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travel expenses and the agency determines there is no suit-
able alternative payment mechanism available before 
issuing the card; or (2) an individual who lacks a credit 
history. Each Executive department and agency shall es-
tablish guidelines and procedures for disciplinary actions 
to be taken against agency personnel for improper, fraud-
ulent, or abusive use of government charge cards, which 
shall include appropriate disciplinary actions for use of 
charge cards for purposes, and at establishments, that are 
inconsistent with the official business of the Department 
or agency or with applicable standards of conduct. 
SEC. 939. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, 
and/or lease any additional facilities, except within or con-
tiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose 
of conducting Federal law enforcement training without 
advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations, 
except that the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center 
is authorized to obtain the temporary use of additional fa-
cilities by lease, contract, or other agreement for training 
which cannot be accommodated in existing Center facili-
ties. 
SEC. 940. From funds made available in this or any 
other Act under the headings ‘‘The White House’’, ‘‘Spe-
cial Assistance to the President and the Official Residence
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of Residence of the Vice President’’, ‘‘Council on Environ-
mental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality’’, 
‘‘Office of Science and Technology Policy’’, and ‘‘Office 
of the United States Trade Representative’’, the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget (or such other 
officer as the President may designate in writing) may, 
15 days after giving notice to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, 
transfer not to exceed 10 percent of any such appropria-
tion to any other such appropriation, to be merged with 
and available for the same time and for the same purposes 
as the appropriation to which transferred: Provided, That 
the amount of an appropriation shall not be increased by 
more than 50 percent by such transfers: Provided further, 
That no amount shall be transferred from the heading 
‘‘Special Assistance to the President and the Official Resi-
dence of the Vice President’’ without approval of the Vice 
President. 
SEC. 941. Section 4(b) of the Federal Activities In-
ventory Reform Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–270) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(5) Executive agencies with fewer than 100 
full-time employees as of the first day of the fiscal 
year. However, such an agency shall be subject to
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section 2 to the extent it plans to conduct a public- 
private competition for the performance of an activ-
ity that is not inherently governmental.’’. 
SEC. 942. (a) No funds shall be available for trans-
fers or reimbursements to the E-Government Initiatives 
sponsored by the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) prior to 15 days following submission of a report 
to the Committees on Appropriations by the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget or receipt of ap-
proval to transfer funds by the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations. 
(b) The report in (a) shall detail— 
(1) the amount proposed for transfer for any 
department and agency by program office, bureau, 
or activity, as appropriate; 
(2) the specific use of funds; 
(3) the relevance of that use to that department 
or agency and each bureau or office within, which is 
contributing funds; and 
(4) a description on any such activities for 
which funds were appropriated that will not be im-
plemented or partially implemented by the depart-
ment or agency as a result of the transfer. 
SEC. 943. (a) The adjustment in rates of basic pay 
for employees under the statutory pay systems that takes
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effect in fiscal year 2006 under sections 5303 and 5304 
of title 5, United States Code, shall be an increase of 3.1 
percent, and this adjustment shall apply to civilian em-
ployees in the Department of Defense and the Department 
of Homeland Security and such adjustments shall be effec-
tive as of the first day of the first applicable pay period 
beginning on or after January 1, 2006. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 913 of this Act, the ad-
justment in rates of basic pay for the statutory pay sys-
tems that take place in fiscal year 2006 under sections 
5344 and 5348 of title 5, United States Code, shall be 
no less than the percentage in paragraph (a) as employees 
in the same location whose rates of basic pay are adjusted 
pursuant to the statutory pay systems under section 5303 
and 5304 of title 5, United States Code. Prevailing rate 
employees at locations where there are no employees whose 
pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 of 
title 5 and prevailing rate employees described in section 
5343(a)(5) of title 5 shall be considered to be located in 
the pay locality designated as ‘‘Rest of US’’ pursuant to 
section 5304 of title 5 for purposes of this paragraph. 
(c) Funds used to carry out this section shall be paid 
from appropriations, which are made to each applicable 
department or agency for salaries and expenses for fiscal 
year 2006.
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SEC. 944. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 
law, none of the funds provided in this Act or any other 
Act may be used by an executive branch agency to produce 
any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or dis-
tribution in the United States, unless the story includes 
a clear notification within the text or audio of the pre-
packaged news story that the prepackaged news story was 
prepared or funded by that executive branch agency. 
SEC. 945. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the 
amendment made to section 515.533 of title 31, Code of 
Federal Regulations, that was published in the Federal 
Register on February 25, 2005. 
SEC. 946. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title 
5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy 
Act) or of section 552.224 of title 48 of the Code of Fed-
eral Regulations. 
SEC. 947. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to provide for the competitive sourcing 
of flight service stations. 
SEC. 948. None of the funds contained in this Act 
may be used to enforce section 702 of the Firearms Con-
trol Regulations Act of 1975 (sec. 7—2507.02, D.C. Offi-
cial Code).
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SEC. 949. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to enforce the judgment of the United 
States Supreme Court in the case of Kelo v. New London, 
decided June 23, 2005. 
SEC. 950. The amount otherwise provided under the 
heading
‘‘Management
and
Administration—Working 
Capital Fund’’, in title III is hereby increased by 
$22,000,000. 
SEC. 951. None of the funds made available in this 
Act to the Department of the Treasury may be used to 
recommended approval of the sale of Unocal Corporation 
to CNOOC Ltd. of China. 
SEC. 952. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the General Services Administration 
to carry out the eTravel Service program. 
SEC. 953. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement the revision to Office of 
Management and Budget Circular A–76 made on May 29, 
2003. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, Treas-
ury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the 
District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2006’’. 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
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Departments of Transportation, Treasury, the Judiciary, 
and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other 
purposes, namely: 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$86,000,000, of which not to exceed $2,198,000 shall be 
available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to 
exceed $698,000 shall be available for the immediate Office 
of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $15,183,000 shall be 
available for the Office of the General Counsel; not to exceed 
$12,650,000 shall be available for the Office of the Under 
Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not to exceed 
$8,585,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to exceed 
$2,293,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed 
$22,031,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Administration; not to exceed $1,910,000 shall 
be available for the Office of Public Affairs; not to exceed 
$1,442,000 shall be available for the Office of the Executive 
Secretariat; not to exceed $697,000 shall be available for 
the Board of Contract Appeals; not to exceed $1,265,000
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shall be available for the Office of Small and Disadvantaged 
Business Utilization; not to exceed $2,033,000 for the Office 
of Intelligence and Security; not to exceed $11,895,000 shall 
be available for the Office of the Chief Information Officer; 
and not to exceed $3,120,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Emergency Transportation: Provided, That the Secretary 
of Transportation is authorized to transfer funds appro-
priated for any office of the Office of the Secretary to any 
other office of the Office of the Secretary: Provided further, 
That no appropriation for any office shall be increased or 
decreased by more than 5 percent by all such transfers: Pro-
vided further, That notice of any change in funding greater 
than 5 percent shall be submitted for approval to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $60,000 shall be for allocation with-
in the Department for official reception and representation 
expenses as the Secretary may determine: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, excluding 
fees authorized in Public Law 107–71, there may be cred-
ited to this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds re-
ceived in user fees: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available in this Act may be used to enforce the re-
striction in section 29(a) of the International Air Transpor-
tation Competition Act of 1979 against the operation of 
flights between Love Field, Texas, and one or more points
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within the State of Missouri: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Transportation shall amend each air carrier’s 
certificate of public convenience and necessity to authorize 
the carrier operations consistent with the limitations of the 
preceding proviso. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$8,550,000. 
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND 
DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 
planning, research, systems development, development ac-
tivities, and making grants, to remain available until ex-
pended, $15,000,000. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital out-
lays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 
$120,014,000, shall be paid from appropriations made 
available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 
That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 
to entities within the Department of Transportation: Pro-
vided further, That the above limitation on operating ex-
penses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided fur-
ther, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency 
of the Department shall be transferred to the Working Cap-
ital Fund without the approval of the agency modal admin-
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istrator: Provided further, That no assessments may be lev-
ied against any program, budget activity, subactivity or 
project funded by this Act unless notice of such assessments 
and the basis therefor are presented to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations and are approved by such 
Committees. 
MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $500,000, as author-
ized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec-
tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That these funds are available to subsidize total 
loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not 
to exceed $18,367,000. In addition, for administrative ex-
penses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, $400,000. 
MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH 
For necessary expenses of Minority Business Resource 
Center outreach activities, $3,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2007: Provided, That notwithstanding 
49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for business oppor-
tunities related to any mode of transportation. 
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
In addition to funds made available from any other 
source to carry out the essential air service program under 
49 U.S.C. 41731 through 41742, $60,000,000, to be derived
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from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
NEW HEADQUARTERS BUILDING 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Transpor-
tation’s new headquarters building and related services, 
$50,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration, not otherwise provided for, including operations 
and research activities related to commercial space trans-
portation, administrative expenses for research and develop-
ment, establishment of air navigation facilities, the oper-
ation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, sub-
sidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold to 
the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only, in addition to amounts made available 
by Public Law 108–176, $8,026,000,000, of which 
$5,686,500,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Air-
way Trust Fund, of which not to exceed $6,627,010,000 
shall be available for air traffic organization activities; not 
to exceed $956,242,000 shall be available for aviation regu-
lation and certification activities; not to exceed $11,759,000 
shall be available for commercial space transportation ac-
tivities; not to exceed $50,983,000 shall be available for fi-
nancial services activities; not to exceed $69,943,000 shall
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be available for human resources program activities; not to 
exceed $150,744,000 shall be available for region and center 
operations and regional coordination activities; not to ex-
ceed $141,909,000 shall be available for staff offices; and 
not to exceed $36,112,000 shall be available for information 
services: Provided, That not to exceed 2 percent of any budg-
et activity, except for aviation regulation and certification 
budget activity, may be transferred to any budget activity 
under this heading: Provided further, That no transfer may 
increase or decrease any appropriation by more than 2 per-
cent: Provided further, That any transfer in excess of 2 per-
cent shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under 
section 710 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That none 
of the funds in this Act shall be available for the Federal 
Aviation Administration to finalize or implement any reg-
ulation that would promulgate new aviation user fees not 
specifically authorized by law after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act: Provided further, That there may be cred-
ited to this appropriation funds received from States, coun-
ties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other public au-
thorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred in the 
provision of agency services, including receipts for the 
maintenance and operation of air navigation facilities, and
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for issuance, renewal or modification of certificates, includ-
ing airman, aircraft, and repair station certificates, or for 
tests related thereto, or for processing major repair or alter-
ation forms: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, not less than $7,500,000 shall 
be for the contract tower cost-sharing program: Provided 
further, That funds may be used to enter into a grant agree-
ment with a nonprofit standard-setting organization to as-
sist in the development of aviation safety standards: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be 
available for new applicants for the second career training 
program: Provided further, That none of the funds in this 
Act shall be available for paying premium pay under 5 
U.S.C. 5546(a) to any Federal Aviation Administration 
employee unless such employee actually performed work 
during the time corresponding to such premium pay: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds in this Act may be 
obligated or expended to operate a manned auxiliary flight 
service station in the contiguous United States: Provided 
further, That none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical 
charting and cartography are available for activities con-
ducted by, or coordinated through, the Working Capital 
Fund: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act 
may be obligated or expended for an employee of the Federal 
Aviation Administration to purchase a store gift card or