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such activities: Provided further, That of the amounts ap-
propriated for a national media campaign, no less than 
78 percent shall be used for the purchase of advertising 
time and space for the national media campaign. 
UNANTICIPATED NEEDS 
For expenses necessary to enable the President to 
meet unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national 
interest, security, or defense which may arise at home or 
abroad during the current fiscal year, as authorized by 
3 U.S.C. 108, $1,000,000. 
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE 
OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President 
to provide assistance to the President in connection with 
specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex-
penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex-
pended and accounted for as provided in that section; 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $4,571,000. 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, 
and to the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and 
lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi-
cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger
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motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 for official en-
tertainment expenses of the Vice President, to be ac-
counted for solely on his certificate, $333,000: Provided, 
That advances or repayments or transfers from this ap-
propriation may be made to any department or agency 
for expenses of carrying out such activities.
TITLE IV—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS 
COMPLIANCE BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Architectural and 
Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as author-
ized by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as 
amended $5,686,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, there may be credited to this 
appropriation funds received for publications and training 
expenses. 
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the National Transpor-
tation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor 
vehicles and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per 
diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS–15; uniforms, 
or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C.
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5901–5902) $76,925,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 
may be used for official reception and representation ex-
penses. Of the available unobligated balances made avail-
able under Public Law 106–246, $8,000,000 are hereby 
cancelled. 
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as 
amended, $52,159,000, of which no less than $4,700,000 
shall be available for internal automated data processing 
systems, and of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be 
available for reception and representation expenses: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds provided in this Act or 
from any other source may be used to allow any can-
didate for or member of the House of Representatives or 
United States Senate to file information and reports re-
quired by the Commission in any form other than elec-
tronically. 
ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Help Amer-
ica Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA), $15,000,000, of which not 
less than $2,500,000 shall be transferred to the National 
Institutes of Standards and Technology for election re-
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form activities as authorized by HAVA: Provided, That 
none of the funds under this heading may be used for 
any member or employee of the Election Assistance Com-
mission for lobbying activities, if the lobbying relates to 
the advocacy of a change in the date provided under Fed-
eral law for general elections for Federal office. 
FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga-
nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service 
Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consult-
ants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 
$29,673,000: Provided, That public members of the Fed-
eral Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses 
and per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law 
(5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermittently in 
the Government service, and compensation as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees 
charged to non-Federal participants at labor-management 
relations conferences shall be credited to and merged
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with this account, to be available without further appro-
priation for the costs of carrying out these conferences. 
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime 
Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Mer-
chant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. App. 
1111), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 
U.S.C. 1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefor, as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, $19,362,000: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for of-
ficial reception and representation expenses. 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES 
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND 
LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
To carry out the purposes of the Fund established 
pursuant to section 210(f) of the Federal Property and 
Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 
U.S.C. 592), the revenues and collections deposited into 
the Fund shall be available for necessary expenses of real 
property management and related activities not otherwise 
provided for, including operation, maintenance, and pro-
tection of federally owned and leased buildings; rental of