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Union Calendar No. 413 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5041 
[Report No. 108–674] 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing 
and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, 
commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2005, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 9, 2004 
Mr. WALSH, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 
bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Af-
fairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sun-
dry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corpora-
tions, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2005, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
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Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
Development, and for sundry independent agencies, 
boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fis-
cal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other pur-
poses, namely: 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION 
COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the payment of compensation benefits to or on 
behalf of veterans and a pilot program for disability ex-
aminations as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 107, chapters 
11, 13, 18, 51, 53, 55, and 61); pension benefits to or 
on behalf of veterans as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 
chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61; 92 Stat. 2508); and bur-
ial benefits, emergency and other officers’ retirement pay, 
adjusted-service credits and certificates, payment of pre-
miums due on commercial life insurance policies guaran-
teed under the provisions of article IV of the Soldiers’ and 
Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940 (50 U.S.C. App. 540 et 
seq.) and for other benefits as authorized by law (38 
U.S.C. 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, chapters 23, 51, 53, 
55, and 61; 50 U.S.C. App. 540–548; 43 Stat. 122, 123; 
45 Stat. 735; 76 Stat. 1198), $32,607,688,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 
$20,703,000 of the amount appropriated under this head-
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ing shall be reimbursed to ‘‘General operating expenses’’ 
and ‘‘Medical services’’ for necessary expenses in imple-
menting those provisions authorized in the Omnibus 
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, and in the Veterans’ 
Benefits Act of 1992 (38 U.S.C. chapters 51, 53, and 55), 
the funding source for which is specifically provided as the 
‘‘Compensation and pensions’’ appropriation: Provided 
further, That such sums as may be earned on an actual 
qualifying patient basis, shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Medical 
facilities revolving fund’’ to augment the funding of indi-
vidual medical facilities for nursing home care provided 
to pensioners as authorized. 
READJUSTMENT BENEFITS 
For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation 
benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by law 
(38 U.S.C. chapters 21, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53, 
55, and 61), $2,556,232,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That expenses for rehabilitation pro-
gram services and assistance which the Secretary is au-
thorized to provide under section 3104(a) of title 38, 
United States Code, other than under subsection (a)(1), 
(2), (5), and (11) of that section, shall be charged to this 
account. 
VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES 
For military and naval insurance, national service life 
insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled vet-
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erans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as 
authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 19; 70 Stat. 887; 72 
Stat. 487, $44,380,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such 
sums as may be necessary to carry out the program, as 
authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, as amended: Pro-
vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided fur-
ther, That during fiscal year 2005, within the resources 
available, not to exceed $500,000 in gross obligations for 
direct loans are authorized for specially adapted housing 
loans. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $154,075,000, 
which may be transferred to and merged with the appro-
priation for ‘‘General operating expenses’’. 
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, $47,000, as authorized 
by 38 U.S.C. chapter 31, as amended: Provided, That such
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costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That funds made 
available under this heading are available to subsidize 
gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans 
not to exceed $4,108,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct loan program, $311,000, which may 
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
‘‘General operating expenses’’. 
NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan program authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, sub-
chapter V, as amended, $571,000, which may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘General 
operating expenses’’: Provided, That no new loans in ex-
cess of $50,000,000 may be made in fiscal year 2005. 
GUARANTEED TRANSITIONAL HOUSING LOANS FOR 
HOMELESS VETERANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the administrative expenses to carry out the 
guaranteed transitional housing loan program authorized 
by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, subchapter VI, not to exceed 
$750,000 of the amounts appropriated by this Act for
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‘‘General operating expenses’’ and ‘‘Medical services’’ may 
be expended. 
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
MEDICAL SERVICES 
For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized 
by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to 
beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs and 
veterans described in paragraphs (1) through (8) of sec-
tion 1705(a) of title 38, United States Code, including 
care and treatment in facilities not under the jurisdiction 
of the department and including medical supplies and 
equipment and salaries and expenses of health-care em-
ployees hired under title 38, United States Code, and aid 
to State homes as authorized by section 1741 of title 38, 
United States Code; $19,498,600,000, plus reimburse-
ments: Provided, That of the funds made available under 
this heading, not to exceed $1,100,000,000 shall be avail-
able until September 30, 2006: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs shall establish a priority for treatment 
for veterans who are service-connected disabled, lower in-
come, or have special needs: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall give priority funding for the provi-
sion of basic medical benefits to veterans in enrollment
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priority groups 1 through 6: Provided further, That of the 
funds made available under this heading, the Secretary 
may transfer up to $400,000,000 to ‘‘Construction, major 
projects’’ for purposes of implementing CARES subject to 
a determination by the Secretary that such funds will im-
prove access and quality of veteran’s health care needs: 
Provided further, That of the funds made available under 
this heading, the Secretary may transfer up to 
$75,000,000 to ‘‘General operating expenses’’ for costs as-
sociated with processing claims where the basis of the enti-
tlement is claimed disability incurred as a result of a 
vetern’s service, subject to a determination by the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs that such additional funds are 
necessary: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
may authorize the dispensing of prescription drugs from 
Veterans Health Administration facilities to enrolled vet-
erans with privately written prescriptions based on re-
quirements established by the Secretary: Provided further, 
That the implementation of the program described in the 
previous proviso shall incur no additional cost to the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, For the 
DoD/VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund, as author-
ized by section 721 of Public Law 107–317, to transfer
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a minimum of $15,000,000 to remain available until ex-
pended for any purpose authorized by 38 U.S.C. 8111. 
MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses in the administration of the 
medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, 
supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; ad-
ministrative expenses in support of capital policy activi-
ties; information technology hardware and software; uni-
forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 
5901–5902 of title 5, United States Code; and administra-
tive and legal expenses of the department for collecting 
and recovering amounts owed the department as author-
ized under chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, and 
the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651 
et seq.); $4,705,000,000, of which $150,000,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2006, plus reimbursements. 
MEDICAL FACILITIES 
For necessary expenses for the maintenance and op-
eration of hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facili-
ties and other necessary facilities for the Veterans Health 
Administration; for administrative expenses in support of 
planning, design, project management, real property ac-
quisition and disposition, construction and renovation of 
any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the 
department; for oversight, engineering and architectural
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activities not charged to project costs; for repairing, alter-
ing, improving or providing facilities in the several hos-
pitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the department, 
not otherwise provided for, either by contract or by the 
hire of temporary employees and purchase of materials; 
for leases of facilities; and for laundry and food services, 
$3,745,000,000, of which $150,000,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2006. 
MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of 
medical and prosthetic research and development as au-
thorized by chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, 
to 
remain 
available 
until 
September 
30, 
2006, 
$384,770,000, plus reimbursements. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary operating expenses of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including 
administrative expenses in support of department-wide 
capital planning, management and policy activities, uni-
forms or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General 
Services Administration for security guard services, and 
the Department of Defense for the cost of overseas em-
ployee mail, $1,319,753,000: Provided, That expenses for
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under this heading, not to exceed $7,400,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2006. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, as amended, $69,711,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2006. 
CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS 
For constructing, altering, extending and improving 
any of the facilities including parking projects under the 
jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 
316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, 
and 8122 of title 38, United States Code, including plan-
ning, architectural and engineering services, maintenance 
or guarantee period services costs associated with equip-
ment guarantees provided under the project, services of 
claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system 
construction costs, and site acquisition, where the esti-
mated cost of a project is more than the amount set forth 
in 38 U.S.C. 8104(a)(3)(A) or where funds for a project 
were made available in a previous major project appropria-
tion, $458,800,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $370,709,000 shall be for Capital Asset Realign-
ment for Enhanced Services (CARES) activities; and of 
which $10,000,000 shall be to make reimbursements as
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provided in 41 U.S.C. 612 for claims paid for contract 
disputes: Provided, That except for advance planning ac-
tivities, including needs assessments which may or may 
not lead to capital investments, and other capital asset 
management related activities, such as portfolio develop-
ment and management activities, and investment strategy 
studies funded through the advance planning fund and the 
planning and design activities funded through the design 
fund and CARES funds, including needs assessments 
which may or may not lead to capital investments, none 
of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be used 
for any project which has not been approved by the Con-
gress in the budgetary process: Provided further, That 
funds provided in this appropriation for fiscal year 2005, 
for each approved project (except those for CARES activi-
ties referenced above) shall be obligated: (1) by the award-
ing of a construction documents contract by September 
30, 2005; and (2) by the awarding of a construction con-
tract by September 30, 2006: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall promptly report in 
writing to the Committees on Appropriations any ap-
proved major construction project in which obligations are 
not incurred within the time limitations established above.
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CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS 
For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 
any of the facilities including parking projects under the 
jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, including planning and assessments of needs 
which may lead to capital investments, architectural and 
engineering services, maintenance or guarantee period 
services costs associated with equipment guarantees pro-
vided under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite 
utility and storm drainage system construction costs, and 
site acquisition, or for any of the purposes set forth in 
sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 
8110, 8122, and 8162 of title 38, United States Code, 
where the estimated cost of a project is equal to or less 
than the amount set forth in 38 U.S.C. 8104(a)(3)(A), 
$230,799,000, to remain available until expended, along 
with unobligated balances of previous ‘‘Construction, 
minor projects’’ appropriations which are hereby made 
available for any project where the estimated cost is equal 
to or less than the amount set forth in 38 U.S.C. 
8104(a)(3)(A), of which $162,100,000 shall be for Capital 
Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) ac-
tivities: Provided, That from amounts appropriated under 
this heading, additional amounts may be used for CARES 
activities upon notification of and approval by the Com-
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mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds 
in this account shall be available for: (1) repairs to any 
of the nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction or for 
the use of the department which are necessary because 
of loss or damage caused by any natural disaster or catas-
trophe; and (2) temporary measures necessary to prevent 
or to minimize further loss by such causes. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE 
FACILITIES 
For grants to assist States to acquire or construct 
State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to re-
model, modify or alter existing hospital, nursing home and 
domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing care 
to veterans as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 8131–8137, 
$105,163,000, to remain available until expended. 
GRANTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATE VETERANS 
CEMETERIES 
For grants to aid States in establishing, expanding, 
or improving State veterans cemeteries as authorized by 
38 U.S.C. 2408, $32,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2005 for 
‘‘Compensation and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’,
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and ‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ may be trans-
ferred to any other of the mentioned appropriations. 
SEC. 102. Appropriations available to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2005 for salaries 
and expenses shall be available for services authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; lease of 
a facility or land or both; and uniforms or allowances 
therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902. 
SEC. 103. No appropriations in this Act for the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs (except the appropriations 
for ‘‘Construction, major projects’’, ‘‘Construction, minor 
projects’’, and the ‘‘Parking revolving fund’’) shall be 
available for the purchase of any site for or toward the 
construction of any new hospital or home. 
SEC. 104. No appropriations in this Act for the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs shall be available for hos-
pitalization or examination of any persons (except bene-
ficiaries entitled under the laws bestowing such benefits 
to veterans, and persons receiving such treatment under 
5 U.S.C. 7901–7904 or 42 U.S.C. 5141–5204), unless re-
imbursement of cost is made to the ‘‘Medical services’’ ac-
count at such rates as may be fixed by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 105. Appropriations available to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2005 for ‘‘Com-
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pensation and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, and 
‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ shall be available 
for payment of prior year accrued obligations required to 
be recorded by law against the corresponding prior year 
accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 2004. 
SEC. 106. Appropriations accounts available to the 
Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2005 shall 
be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding 
prior year appropriations accounts resulting from title X 
of the Competitive Equality Banking Act, Public Law 
100–86, except that if such obligations are from trust 
fund accounts they shall be payable from ‘‘Compensation 
and pensions’’. 
SEC. 107. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, during fiscal year 2005, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall, from the National Service Life Insurance 
Fund (38 U.S.C. 1920), the Veterans’ Special Life Insur-
ance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1923), and the United States Gov-
ernment Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1955), reim-
burse the ‘‘General operating expenses’’ account for the 
cost of administration of the insurance programs financed 
through those accounts: Provided, That reimbursement 
shall be made only from the surplus earnings accumulated 
in an insurance program in fiscal year 2005 that are avail-
able for dividends in that program after claims have been
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for salaries and other administrative expenses shall also 
be available to reimburse the Office of Resolution Manage-
ment and the Office of Employment Discrimination Com-
plaint Adjudication for all services provided at rates which 
will recover actual costs but not exceed $29,318,000 for 
the Office of Resolution Management and $3,059,000 for 
the Office of Employment and Discrimination Complaint 
Adjudication: Provided, That payments may be made in 
advance for services to be furnished based on estimated 
costs: Provided further, That amounts received shall be 
credited to ‘‘General operating expenses’’ for use by the 
office that provided the service. 
SEC. 111. No appropriations in this Act for the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs shall be available to enter 
into any new lease of real property if the estimated annual 
rental is more than $300,000 unless the Secretary submits 
a report which the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Congress approve within 30 days following the date on 
which the report is received. 
SEC. 112. No funds of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs shall be available for hospital care, nursing home 
care, or medical services provided to any person under 
chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, for a non-serv-
ice-connected disability described in section 1729(a)(2) of 
such title, unless that person has disclosed to the Sec-
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retary of Veterans Affairs, in such form as the Secretary 
may require, current, accurate third-party reimbursement 
information for purposes of section 1729 of such title: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may recover, in the same man-
ner as any other debt due the United States, the reason-
able charges for such care or services from any person who 
does not make such disclosure as required: Provided fur-
ther, That any amounts so recovered for care or services 
provided in a prior fiscal year may be obligated by the 
Secretary during the fiscal year in which amounts are re-
ceived. 
SEC. 113. Of the amounts provided in this Act, 
$25,000,000 shall be for information technology initiatives 
to support the enterprise architecture of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 114. None of the funds made available to the 
Department in this Act, or any other Act, may be used 
to implement sections 2 and 5 of Public Law 107–287. 
SEC. 115. (a) Hereafter receipts that would otherwise 
be credited to the accounts listed in subsection (c) shall 
be deposited into the Medical Care Collections Fund, and 
shall be transferred to and merged with the ‘‘Medical serv-
ices’’ account, and subsequent years, to remain available 
until expended, to carry out the purposes of the ‘‘Medical 
services’’ account.
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(b) The unobligated balances in the accounts listed 
in subsection (c), shall be transferred to and merged with 
the ‘‘Medical services’’ account in fiscal year 2005 and 
subsequent years, and remain available until expended, to 
carry out the purposes of the ‘‘Medical services’’ account: 
Provided, That the obligated balances in these accounts 
may be transferred to the ‘‘Medical services’’ account at 
the discretion of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and 
shall remain available until expended. 
(c) Veterans Extended Care Revolving Fund; Medical 
Facilities Revolving Fund; Special Therapeutic and Reha-
bilitation Fund; Nursing Home Revolving Fund; Veterans 
Health Services Improvement Fund; and Parking Revolv-
ing Fund. 
SEC. 116. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
conduct by contract a program of recovery audits for the 
fee basis and other medical services contracts with respect 
to payments for hospital care. Notwithstanding section 
3302(b) of title 31, United States Code, amounts col-
lected, by setoff or otherwise, as the result of such audits 
shall be available, without fiscal year limitation, for the 
purposes for which funds are appropriated under ‘‘Medical 
services’’ and the purposes of paying a contractor a per-
cent of the amount collected as a result of an audit carried 
out by the contractor.
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(b) All amounts so collected under subsection (a) with 
respect to a designated health care region (as that term 
is defined in section 1729A(d)(2) of title 38, United States 
Code) shall be allocated, net of payments to the con-
tractor, to that region. 
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, at the discretion of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 
proceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use leasing 
activities (including disposal) that are deposited into the 
Medical Care Collections Fund may be transferred and 
merged with ‘‘Construction, major projects’’ and ‘‘Con-
struction, minor projects’’ accounts and be used for con-
struction (including site acquisition and disposition), alter-
ations and improvements of any medical facility under the 
jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs. Such sums as realized are in addition to the 
amount provided for in ‘‘Construction, major projects’’ 
and ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’. 
SEC. 118. Amounts made available under ‘‘Medical 
services’’ are available— 
(1) for furnishing recreational facilities, sup-
plies, and equipment; and 
(2) for funeral expenses, burial expenses, and 
other expenses incidental to funerals and burials for 
beneficiaries receiving care in the department.
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SEC. 119. That such sums as may be deposited to 
the Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 
1729A may be transferred to ‘‘Medical services’’, to re-
main available until expended for the purposes of this ac-
count. 
SEC. 120. Amounts made available for fiscal year 
2005 under the ‘‘Medical services’’, ‘‘Medical administra-
tion’’, and ‘‘Medical facilities’’ accounts may be trans-
ferred between the accounts to the extent necessary to im-
plement the restructuring of the Veterans Health Admin-
istration accounts after notice of the amount and purpose 
of the transfer is provided to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and House of Representatives and 
a period of 30 days has elapsed: Provided, That the limita-
tion on transfers is 20 percent in fiscal year 2005. 
SEC. 121. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2005 for 
the Veterans Benefits Administration made available 
under the heading ‘‘General operating expenses’’ may be 
transferred to the ‘‘Veterans Housing Benefit Program 
Fund Program Account’’ for the purpose of providing 
funds for the nationwide property management contract 
if the administrative costs of such contract exceed 
$8,800,000 in the budget year. 
SEC. 122. The Department of Veterans Affairs is au-
thorized to expend such sums as are available in the unob-
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ligated balances of the funds originally appropriated to 
‘‘Medical Care’’ for emergency expenses resulting from the 
January 1994 earthquake in Southern California in Public 
Law 103–211, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 
Act of 1994, for the same purposes of the ‘‘Medical Serv-
ices’’ account, to remain available until expended. 
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 
URBAN DEVELOPMENT 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities and assistance for the provision of ten-
ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 
States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 
et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein), not otherwise provided for, 
$14,677,055,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $10,477,055,000 shall be available on October 1, 
2004 and $4,200,000,000 shall be available on October 
1, 2005: Provided, That the amounts made available under 
this heading are provided as follows: 
(1) $13,303,177,000 for renewals of expiring 
section 8 tenant-based annual contributions con-
tracts (including renewals of enhanced vouchers 
under any provision of law authorizing such assist-
ance under section 8(t) of the Act): Provided, That 
none of the funds provided in this paragraph may be
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used to support a total number of unit months 
under lease which exceeds a public housing agency’s 
authorized level of units under contract; 
(2) $163,000,000 for section 8 rental assistance 
for relocation and replacement of housing units that 
are demolished or disposed of pursuant to the Omni-
bus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act 
of 1996 (Public Law 104–134), conversion of section 
23 projects to assistance under section 8, the family 
unification program under section 8(x) of the Act, 
relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to 
combat crime in public and assisted housing pursu-
ant to a request from a law enforcement or prosecu-
tion agency, enhanced vouchers under any provision 
of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) 
of the Act, and tenant protection assistance, includ-
ing replacement and relocation assistance; 
(3) $46,000,000 for family self-sufficiency coor-
dinators under section 23 of the Act; 
(4) no less than $2,940,000 shall be transferred 
to the Working Capital Fund for the development of 
and modifications to information technology systems 
which serve programs or activities under ‘‘Public 
and Indian Housing’’; and
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(5) $1,161,938,000 for administrative and 
other expenses of public housing agencies in admin-
istering the section 8 tenant-based rental assistance 
program: Provided, That amounts provided in this 
paragraph shall be allocated on a pro rata basis to 
public housing agencies based on the amount public 
housing agencies received in fiscal year 2004: Pro-
vided further, That all amounts provided under this 
paragraph shall be only for activities related to the 
provision of tenant-based rental assistance author-
ized under section 8. 
PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities and assistance for the provision of 
project-based subsidy contracts under the United States 
Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 et 
seq.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein), not otherwise provided for, 
$5,340,745,000 to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the amounts made available under this head-
ing are provided as follows: 
(1) $5,236,885,000 for expiring or terminating 
section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including 
section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for 
amendments to section 8 project-based subsidy con-
tracts, for contracts entered into pursuant to section 
441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance
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Act, for renewal of section 8 contracts for units in 
projects that are subject to approved plans of action 
under the Emergency Low Income Housing Preser-
vation Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Housing 
Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 
1990, and for administrative and other expenses as-
sociated with project-based activities and assistance 
funded under this paragraph; 
(2) $101,900,000 for performance-based con-
tract administrators for section 8 project-based as-
sistance; and 
(3) no less than $1,960,000 shall be transferred 
to the Working Capital Fund for the development of 
and modifications to information technology systems 
which serve programs or activities under this head-
ing. 
PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to 
carry out capital and management activities for public 
housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 
U.S.C. 1437g) (the ‘‘Act’’) $2,580,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law or regulation, dur-
ing fiscal year 2005, the Secretary may not delegate to
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any Department official other than the Deputy Secretary 
and the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Hous-
ing any authority under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) re-
garding the extension of the time periods under such sec-
tion: Provided further, That for purposes of such section 
9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with respect to amounts, 
that the amounts are subject to a binding agreement that 
will result in outlays, immediately or in the future: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount provided under 
this heading, up to $37,850,000 shall be for carrying out 
activities under section 9(h) of such Act, of which 
$12,440,000 shall be for the provision of remediation serv-
ices to public housing agencies identified as ‘‘troubled’’ 
under the Section 8 Management Assessment Program 
and for surveys used to calculate local Fair Market Rents 
and assess housing conditions in connection with rental 
assistance under section 8 of the Act: Provided further, 
That no less than $10,150,000 shall be transferred to the 
Working Capital Fund for the development of and modi-
fications to information technology systems which serve 
programs or activities under ‘‘Public and Indian housing’’: 
Provided further, That no funds may be used under this 
heading for the purposes specified in section 9(k) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended: Provided 
further, That of the total amount provided under this
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heading, up to $38,000,000 shall be available for the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development to make 
grants, notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, to public 
housing agencies for emergency capital needs resulting 
from unforeseen emergencies and natural disasters occur-
ring in fiscal year 2005: Provided further, That of the total 
amount provided under this heading, $52,300,000 shall be 
for supportive services, service coordinators and con-
gregate services as authorized by section 34 of the Act 
and the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-De-
termination Act of 1996: Provided further, That up to 
$5,000,000 to support the costs of administrative and ju-
dicial receiverships or other intervention activities. 
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND 
For 2005 payments to public housing agencies for the 
operation and management of public housing, as author-
ized by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $3,425,000,000: 
Provided, That of the total amount provided under this 
heading, $10,000,000 shall be for programs, as deter-
mined appropriate by the Attorney General, which assist 
in the investigation, prosecution, and prevention of violent 
crimes and drug offenses in public and federally-assisted 
low-income housing, including Indian housing, which shall 
be administered by the Department of Justice through a 
reimbursable agreement with the Department of Housing
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and Urban Development: Provided further, That, in fiscal 
year 2005 and all fiscal years hereafter, no amounts under 
this heading in any appropriations Act may be used for 
payments to public housing agencies for the costs of oper-
ation and management of public housing for any year 
prior to the current year of such Act: Provided further, 
That no funds may be used under this heading for the 
purposes specified in section 9(k) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937, as amended. 
REVITALIZATION OF SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC 
HOUSING (HOPE VI) 
For grants to public housing agencies for demolition, 
site revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based 
assistance grants to projects as authorized by section 24 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, 
$143,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2006, of which the Secretary may use up to $4,000,000 
for technical assistance and contract expertise, to be pro-
vided directly or indirectly by grants, contracts or coopera-
tive agreements, including training and cost of necessary 
travel for participants in such training, by or to officials 
and employees of the department and of public housing 
agencies and to residents: Provided, That none of such 
funds shall be used directly or indirectly by granting com-
petitive advantage in awards to settle litigation or pay 
judgments, unless expressly permitted herein.
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NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Native American Housing Block Grants pro-
gram, as authorized under title I of the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 
(NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $622,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which $2,100,000 shall 
be contracted through the Secretary as technical assist-
ance and capacity building to be used by the National 
American Indian Housing Council in support of the imple-
mentation of NAHASDA; of which $4,300,000 shall be 
to support the inspection of Indian housing units, contract 
expertise, training, and technical assistance in the train-
ing, oversight, and management of Indian housing and 
tenant-based assistance, including up to $300,000 for re-
lated travel; and of which no less than $2,600,000 shall 
be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for develop-
ment of and modifications to information technology sys-
tems which serve programs or activities under ‘‘Public and 
Indian housing’’: Provided, That of the amount provided 
under this heading, $1,914,000 shall be made available 
for the cost of guaranteed notes and other obligations, as 
authorized by title VI of NAHASDA: Provided further, 
That such costs, including the costs of modifying such 
notes and other obligations, shall be as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amend-
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ed: Provided further, That these funds are available to sub-
sidize the total principal amount of any notes and other 
obligations, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to 
exceed $17,155,000: Provided further, That for adminis-
trative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, 
up to $150,000 from amounts in the first proviso, which 
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 
for ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’, to be used only for the ad-
ministrative costs of these guarantees. 
INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 
section 184 of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $5,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 
including the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds 
are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of 
which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $145,345,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the guaranteed loan program, up to $250,000 from 
amounts in the first paragraph, which shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and
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expenses’’, to be used only for the administrative costs of 
these guarantees. 
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 
section 184A of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b), $1,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
costs, including the costs of modifying such loans, shall 
be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these 
funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any 
part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$37,403,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the guaranteed loan program, up to $35,000 from 
amounts in the first paragraph, which shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and 
expenses’’, to be used only for the administrative costs of 
these guarantees. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS 
For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Per-
sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS 
Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.),
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$282,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2006: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew all expir-
ing contracts for permanent supportive housing that were 
funded under section 854(c)(3) of such Act that meet all 
program requirements before awarding funds for new con-
tracts and activities authorized under such Act: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may use up to $2,500,000 of 
the funds under this heading for training, oversight, and 
technical assistance activities. 
RURAL HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 
For the Office of Rural Housing and Economic De-
velopment in the Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment, $24,000,000 to remain available until ex-
pended, which amount shall be competitively awarded by 
September 1, 2005, to Indian tribes, State housing finance 
agencies, State community and/or economic development 
agencies, local rural nonprofits and community develop-
ment corporations to support innovative housing and eco-
nomic development activities in rural areas. 
EMPOWERMENT ZONES/ENTERPRISE COMMUNITIES 
For grants in connection with a second round of em-
powerment 
zones 
and 
enterprise 
communities, 
$14,250,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2005, for ‘‘Urban Empowerment Zones’’, as authorized in 
section 1391(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 
U.S.C. 1391(g)), including $950,000 for each empower-
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ment zone for use in conjunction with economic develop-
ment activities consistent with the strategic plan of each 
empowerment zone. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For assistance to units of State and local govern-
ment, and to other entities, for economic and community 
development 
activities, 
and 
for 
other 
purposes, 
$4,711,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2007: 
Provided, 
That 
of 
the 
amount 
provided, 
$4,304,900,000 is for carrying out the community devel-
opment block grant program under title I of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended 
(the ‘‘Act’’ herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.): Provided fur-
ther, That unless explicitly provided for under this heading 
(except for planning grants provided in the third para-
graph and amounts made available in the second para-
graph), not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with 
funds appropriated under this heading (other than a grant 
made available in this paragraph to the Housing Assist-
ance Council or the National American Indian Housing 
Council, or a grant using funds under section 107(b)(3) 
of the Act) shall be expended for planning and manage-
ment development and administration: Provided further, 
That $69,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian tribes not-
withstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act, of which, not-
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withstanding any other provision of law (including Section 
205 of this Act), up to $4,000,000 may be used for emer-
gencies that constitute imminent threats to health and 
safety; $3,200,000 shall be for a grant to the Housing 
Assistance Council; $2,400,000 shall be for a grant to the 
National American Indian Housing Council; $4,800,000 
shall be available as a grant to the National Housing De-
velopment Corporation, for operating expenses not to ex-
ceed $2,000,000 and for a program of affordable housing 
acquisition and rehabilitation; $4,800,000 shall be avail-
able as a grant to the Raza Development Fund of La Raza 
for the HOPE Fund, of which $500,000 is for technical 
assistance and fund management, and $4,300,000 is for 
investments in the HOPE Fund and financing to affiliated 
organizations; $36,700,000 shall be for grants pursuant 
to section 107 of the Act, of which $9,000,000 shall be 
for the Native Hawaiian block grant authorized under title 
VIII of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self- 
Determination Act of 1996; no less than $3,465,000 shall 
be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the devel-
opment of and modification to information technology sys-
tems which serve programs or activities under ‘‘Commu-
nity planning and development’’; $26,000,000 shall be for 
grants pursuant to the Self Help Homeownership Oppor-
tunity Program; $33,500,000 shall be for capacity build-
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ing, of which $28,800,000 shall be for Capacity Building 
for Community Development and Affordable Housing for 
LISC and the Enterprise Foundation for activities as au-
thorized by section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 
1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), as in effect immediately be-
fore June 12, 1997, with not less than $4,800,000 of the 
funding to be used in rural areas, including tribal areas, 
and of which $4,700,000 shall be for capacity building ac-
tivities administered by Habitat for Humanity Inter-
national; $2,000,000 shall be for the Special Olympics Na-
tional Games Organizing Committee for planning, equip-
ment, and operational expenses associated with the 2006 
games in Ames, Iowa; $62,000,000 shall be available for 
YouthBuild program activities authorized by subtitle D of 
title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act, as amended, and such activities shall be an 
eligible activity with respect to any funds made available 
under this heading: Provided, That local YouthBuild pro-
grams that demonstrate an ability to leverage private and 
nonprofit funding shall be given a priority for YouthBuild 
funding: Provided further, That no more than 10 percent 
of any grant award under the YouthBuild program may 
be used for administrative costs: Provided further, That 
of the amount made available for YouthBuild not less than 
$10,000,000 is for grants to establish YouthBuild pro-
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grams in underserved and rural areas and $2,000,000 is 
to be made available for a grant to YouthBuild USA for 
capacity building for community development and afford-
able housing activities as specified in section 4 of the 
HUD Demonstration Act of 1993, as amended. 
Of the amount made available under this heading, 
$21,735,000 shall be available for neighborhood initiatives 
that are utilized to improve the conditions of distressed 
and blighted areas and neighborhoods, to stimulate invest-
ment, economic diversification, and community revitaliza-
tion in areas with population outmigration or a stagnating 
or declining economic base, or to determine whether hous-
ing benefits can be integrated more effectively with welfare 
reform initiatives: Provided, That amounts made available 
under this paragraph shall be provided in accordance with 
the terms and conditions specified in the report accom-
panying this Act. 
Of the amount made available under this heading, 
$136,500,000 shall be available for grants for the Eco-
nomic Development Initiative (EDI) to finance a variety 
of targeted economic investments in accordance with the 
terms and conditions specified in the report accompanying 
this Act: Provided, That none of the funds provided under 
this paragraph may be used for program operations.
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The referenced statement of the managers under this 
heading in Public Law 108–7 is deemed to be amended 
with respect to item number 2 with respect to amounts 
made available for the City of Boaz, Alabama by striking 
‘‘facilities renovation and expansion’’ and inserting ‘‘con-
struction of a new library’’. 
The referenced statement of the managers under this 
heading in Public Law 108–7 is deemed to be amended 
with respect to item number 740 by striking ‘‘facilities 
renovation and construction’’ and inserting ‘‘an economic 
development planning study’’. 
The referenced statement of the managers under this 
heading in Public Law 108–7 is deemed to be amended 
with respect to item number 254 by striking ‘‘Greater 
Community Council in Louisville, Kentucky for construc-
tion of a facility for low-income, disabled persons’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Portland Promise, Inc. in Louisville, Kentucky 
for a multi-purpose facility’’. 
The referenced statement of the managers under this 
heading in Public Law 108–7 is deemed to be amended 
with respect to item number 10 with respect to amounts 
made available to the St. Stephen Family Life Center in 
Louisville, Kentucky by striking ‘‘renovation’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘construction’’.
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The referenced statement of the managers under this 
heading in Public Law 108–7 is deemed to be amended 
with respect to item number 584 with respect to amounts 
made available for Queens Borough Public Library in 
Queens, New York by striking ‘‘for facilities rehabilitation 
and expansion of the Parsons Boulevard complex’’ and in-
serting ‘‘for facilities construction and renovations’’. 
The referenced statement of the managers under this 
heading in Public Law 108–199 is deemed to be amended 
with respect to item number 198 by striking ‘‘$160,000 
for the Pine Mountain Beautification and Economic De-
velopment project in Harris County, Georgia for 
streetscape improvements’’ and inserting ‘‘$60,000 for the 
Beautification and Economic Development project in Har-
ris County, Georgia for streetscape improvements; and 
$99,056 for the Beautification and Economic Develop-
ment project in the Town of Pine Mountain, Georgia for 
streetscape improvements’’. 
The referenced statement of the managers under this 
heading in Public Law 108–199 is deemed to be amended 
with respect to item number 96 with respect to amounts 
made available for the City of Corona, California by strik-
ing ‘‘construction’’ and inserting ‘‘rehabilitation and con-
version’’.
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The referenced statement of the managers under this 
heading in Public Law 108–199 is deemed to be amended 
with respect to item number 257 with respect to amounts 
made available for Fort Dodge, Iowa by inserting ‘‘plan-
ning, design and’’ before the word ‘‘facilities’’. 
The referenced statement of the managers under this 
heading in Public Law 108–199 is deemed to be amended 
with respect to item number 776 with respect to amounts 
made available for Rice University by inserting ‘‘planning, 
design and’’ before the word ‘‘construction’’. 
The referenced statement of the managers under this 
heading in Public Law 108–199 is deemed to be amended 
with respect to item number 535 by striking ‘‘facilities 
renovation, expansion and buildout for the D’Youville Col-
lege Library Improvement project’’ and inserting ‘‘Admin-
istration building renovation’’. 
The referenced statement of the managers under this 
heading in Public Law 108–7 is deemed to be amended 
with respect to item number 215 by striking ‘‘construction 
of a fieldhouse located at 39th and Cottage Grove’’ and 
inserting ‘‘costs associated with construction of a LULA 
list at Ogden Park’’. 
The referenced statement of the managers under this 
heading in Public Law 108–7 is deemed to be amended 
with respect to item number 831 by striking ‘‘Bread and
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Rose in Olympia, Washington for renovations to a home-
less shelter’’ and inserting ‘‘Catholic Community Services 
in Olympia, Washington for construction of a homeless 
shelter’’. 
The referenced statement of the managers under this 
heading in Public Law 108–199 is deemed to be amended 
with respect to item number 303 by striking ‘‘Maine’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Marine’’. 
The referenced statement of the managers under this 
heading in Public Law 108–199 is deemed to be amended 
with respect to item number 177 by inserting ‘‘design 
and’’ before the word ‘‘construction’’. 
The referenced statement of the managers under this 
heading in Public Law 108–199 is deemed to be amended 
with respect to item number 163 by striking ‘‘a special 
needs evacuation, senior, multipurpose center’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘for Lakefront improvements to Lake Toho’’. 
The referenced statement of the managers under this 
heading in Public Law 108–199 is deemed to be amended 
with respect to item number 499 by striking ‘‘relocation 
of and renovations to the Wolcott Carriage House’’ and 
inserting ‘‘facilities improvements to Erie Canal parks’’.
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $6,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2006, as authorized 
by section 108 of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974, as amended: Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are 
available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of 
which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $275,000,000, 
notwithstanding any aggregate limitation on outstanding 
obligations guaranteed in section 108(k) of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the guaranteed loan program, $1,000,000, which shall be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
‘‘Salaries and expenses’’. 
BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT 
For competitive economic development grants, as au-
thorized by section 108(q) of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974, as amended, for Brownfields 
redevelopment projects, $24,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2006.
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HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the HOME investment partnerships program, as 
authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional 
Affordable 
Housing 
Act, 
as 
amended, 
$1,835,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2007: Provided, That of the total amount provided in this 
paragraph, up to $38,000,000 shall be available for hous-
ing counseling under section 106 of the Housing and 
Urban Development Act of 1968, and no less than 
$2,000,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital 
Fund for the development of and modifications to informa-
tion technology systems which serve programs or activities 
under ‘‘Community planning and development’’. 
In addition to amounts otherwise made available 
under this heading, $85,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2007, for assistance to homebuyers as au-
thorized under title I of the American Dream Downpay-
ment Act. 
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the emergency shelter grants program as author-
ized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; the supportive 
housing program as authorized under subtitle C of title 
IV of such Act; the section 8 moderate rehabilitation sin-
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gle room occupancy program as authorized under the 
United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, to assist 
homeless individuals pursuant to section 441 of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; and the shelter 
plus care program as authorized under subtitle F of title 
IV of such Act, $1,206,000,000, of which $1,186,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2007, and of 
which $20,000,000 shall remain available until expended: 
Provided, That not less than 30 percent of funds made 
available, excluding amounts provided for renewals under 
the shelter plus care program, shall be used for permanent 
housing: Provided further, That all funds awarded for 
services shall be matched by 25 percent in funding by each 
grantee: Provided further, That the Secretary shall renew 
on an annual basis expiring contracts or amendments to 
contracts funded under the shelter plus care program if 
the program is determined to be needed under the applica-
ble continuum of care and meets appropriate program re-
quirements and financial standards, as determined by the 
Secretary: Provided further, That all awards of assistance 
under this heading shall be required to coordinate and in-
tegrate homeless programs with other mainstream health, 
social services, and employment programs for which home-
less populations may be eligible, including Medicaid, State 
Children’s Health Insurance Program, Temporary Assist-
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ance for Needy Families, Food Stamps, and services fund-
ing through the Mental Health and Substance Abuse 
Block Grant, Workforce Investment Act, and the Welfare- 
to-Work 
grant 
program: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
$11,500,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be available for the national homeless data analysis 
project and technical assistance: Provided further, That no 
less than $2,500,000 of the funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund 
for the development of and modifications to information 
technology systems which serve programs or activities 
under ‘‘Community planning and development’’: Provided 
further, That all balances for Shelter Plus Care renewals 
previously funded from the Shelter Plus Care Renewal ac-
count shall be transferred to this account, to be available 
for Shelter Plus Care renewals in fiscal year 2005. 
HOUSING PROGRAMS 
HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For capital advances, including amendments to cap-
ital advance contracts, for housing for the elderly, as au-
thorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as 
amended, and for project rental assistance for the elderly 
under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, including amend-
ments to contracts for such assistance and renewal of ex-
piring contracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year
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term, and for supportive services associated with the hous-
ing, $741,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2008, of which amount $48,000,000 shall be for serv-
ice coordinators and the continuation of existing con-
gregate service grants for residents of assisted housing 
projects, and of which amount up to $20,000,000 shall 
be for grants under section 202b of the Housing Act of 
1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q–2) for conversion of eligible 
projects under such section to assisted living or related 
use and for emergency capital repairs as determined by 
the Secretary: Provided, That of the amount made avail-
able under this heading, $15,000,000 shall be available to 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development only for 
making competitive grants to private nonprofit organiza-
tions and consumer cooperatives for covering costs of ar-
chitectural and engineering work, site control, and other 
planning relating to the development of supportive housing 
for the elderly that is eligible for assistance under section 
202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q): Pro-
vided further, That no less than $450,000 shall be trans-
ferred to the Working Capital Fund for the development 
of and modifications to information technology systems 
which serve programs or activities under ‘‘Housing pro-
grams’’ or ‘‘Federal Housing Administration’’: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may waive the provisions of
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section 202 governing the terms and conditions of project 
rental assistance, except that the initial contract term for 
such assistance shall not exceed 5 years in duration. 
Title II of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 2004, is amended under this 
heading by striking the fourth proviso. 
HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For capital advance contracts, including amendments 
to capital advance contracts, for supportive housing for 
persons with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of 
the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, 
for project rental assistance for supportive housing for 
persons with disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of such 
Act, including amendments to contracts for such assist-
ance and renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance 
for up to 1-year terms, and for supportive services associ-
ated with the housing for persons with disabilities as au-
thorized by section 811(b)(1) of such Act, and for tenant- 
based rental assistance contracts entered into pursuant to 
section 811 of such Act, including renewal of expiring con-
tracts for such assistance for up to 1-year terms, 
$238,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2008: Provided, That no less than $450,000 shall be 
transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the develop-
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ment of and modifications to information technology sys-
tems which serve programs or activities under ‘‘Housing 
programs’’ or ‘‘Federal Housing Administration’’: Pro-
vided further, That, of the amount provided under this 
heading $28,890,000 shall be for amendments to existing 
tenant-based assistance contracts entered into prior to fis-
cal year 2004 (only one amendment authorized for any 
such contract): Provided further, That of the amount pro-
vided under this heading, the Secretary may make avail-
able up to $10,000,000 for incremental tenant-based rent-
al assistance, as authorized by section 811 of such Act, 
(which assistance is five years in duration): Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may waive the provisions of sec-
tion 811 governing the terms and conditions of project 
rental assistance and tenant-based assistance, except that 
the initial contract term for such assistance shall not ex-
ceed five years in duration. 
Title II of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 2004, is amended under this 
heading by striking the fourth proviso: Provided, That all 
section 811 balances outstanding, as of September 30, 
2003, shall be transferred to the appropriation under this 
heading.
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The paragraph under this heading in the Depart-
ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2004, is amended by inserting at the end of the paragraph 
and before the period the following: ‘‘: Provided further, 
That of the amount provided under this heading, 
$14,610,000 shall be for amendments to existing tenant- 
based assistance contracts entered into prior to fiscal year 
2004 (only one amendment authorized for any such con-
tract)’’. 
FLEXIBLE SUBSIDY FUND 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
From the Rental Housing Assistance Fund, all un-
committed balances of excess rental charges as of Sep-
tember 30, 2004, and any collections made during fiscal 
year 2005, shall be transferred to the Flexible Subsidy 
Fund, as authorized by section 236(g) of the National 
Housing Act, as amended. 
MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST FUND 
For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 
Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Stand-
ards Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), 
up to $13,000,000 to remain available until expended, to 
be derived from the Manufactured Housing Fees Trust 
Fund: Provided, That not to exceed the total amount ap-
propriated under this heading shall be available from the
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general fund of the Treasury to the extent necessary to 
incur obligations and make expenditures pending the re-
ceipt of collections to the Fund pursuant to section 620 
of such Act: Provided further, That the amount made 
available under this heading from the general fund shall 
be reduced as such collections are received during fiscal 
year 2005 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2005 appro-
priation from the general fund estimated at not more than 
$0 and fees pursuant to such section 620 shall be modified 
as necessary to ensure such a final fiscal year 2005 appro-
priation. 
FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION 
MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
During fiscal year 2005, commitments to guarantee 
loans to carry out the purposes of section 203(b) of the 
National Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed a loan 
principal of $185,000,000,000. 
During fiscal year 2005, obligations to make direct 
loans to carry out the purposes of section 204(g) of the 
National Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed 
$50,000,000: Provided, That the foregoing amount shall 
be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in con-
nection with sales of single family real properties owned 
by the Secretary and formerly insured under the Mutual 
Mortgage Insurance Fund.
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For administrative expenses necessary to carry out 
the guaranteed and direct loan program, $356,882,000, 
of which not to exceed $352,906,000 shall be transferred 
to the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’; and not 
to exceed $3,976,000 shall be transferred to the appro-
priation for ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’. In addition, for 
administrative contract expenses, $78,000,000, of which 
no less than $15,000,000 shall be transferred to the Work-
ing Capital Fund for the development of and modifications 
to information technology systems which serve programs 
or activities under ‘‘Housing programs’’ or ‘‘Federal 
Housing Administration’’: Provided, That to the extent 
guaranteed loan commitments exceed $65,500,000,000 on 
or before April 1, 2005, an additional $1,400 for adminis-
trative contract expenses shall be available for each 
$1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan commitments 
(including a pro rata amount for any amount below 
$1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by 
this proviso exceed $30,000,000. 
GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 
sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 
U.S.C. 1715z–3 and 1735c), including the cost of loan 
guarantee modifications, as that term is defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amend-
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ed, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That these funds are available to subsidize total 
loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, of 
up to $35,000,000,000. 
Gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
loans, as authorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 
519(a) of the National Housing Act, shall not exceed 
$50,000,000, of which not to exceed $30,000,000 shall be 
for bridge financing in connection with the sale of multi-
family real properties owned by the Secretary and for-
merly insured under such Act; and of which not to exceed 
$20,000,000 shall be for loans to nonprofit and govern-
mental entities in connection with the sale of single-family 
real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly in-
sured under such Act. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the guaranteed and direct loan programs, 
$227,649,000, of which $207,767,000 shall be transferred 
to the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’; and of 
which $19,882,000 shall be transferred to the appropria-
tion for ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’. 
In addition, for administrative contract expenses nec-
essary to carry out the guaranteed and direct loan pro-
grams, $86,000,000, of which no less than $9,600,000 
shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the
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development of and modifications to information tech-
nology systems which serve programs or activities under 
‘‘Housing programs’’ or ‘‘Federal Housing Administra-
tion’’: Provided, That to the extent guaranteed loan com-
mitments exceed $8,426,000,000 on or before April 1, 
2005, an additional $1,980 for administrative contract ex-
penses shall be available for each $1,000,000 in additional 
guaranteed loan commitments over $8,426,000,000 (in-
cluding a pro rata amount for any increment below 
$1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by 
this proviso exceed $14,400,000. 
GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION 
GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN 
GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out 
the purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, 
as amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed 
$200,000,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2006. 
For administrative expenses necessary to carry out 
the guaranteed mortgage-backed securities program, 
$10,695,000, to be derived from the GNMA guarantees 
of mortgage-backed securities guaranteed loan receipt ac-
count, of which not to exceed $10,695,000, shall be trans-
ferred to the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’.
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POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro-
grams of research and studies relating to housing and 
urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized 
by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act 
of 1970, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), includ-
ing carrying out the functions of the Secretary under sec-
tion 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968, 
$45,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2006: Provided, That of the total amount provided under 
this heading, $7,000,000 shall be for the Partnership for 
Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH) Initiative. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES 
For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not oth-
erwise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing 
Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, 
$46,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2006, of which $19,500,000 shall be to carry out activities 
pursuant to such section 561: Provided, That no funds 
made available under this heading shall be used to lobby 
the executive or legislative branches of the Federal Gov-
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ernment in connection with a specific contract, grant or 
loan. 
OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL 
LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION 
For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as author-
ized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint 
Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, $167,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2006, of which $9,900,000 
shall be for the Healthy Homes Initiative, pursuant to sec-
tions 501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban Develop-
ment Act of 1970 that shall include research, studies, test-
ing, and demonstration efforts, including education and 
outreach concerning lead-based paint poisoning and other 
housing-related diseases and hazards: Provided, That for 
purposes of environmental review, pursuant to the Na-
tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 
et seq.) and other provisions of law that further the pur-
poses of such Act, a grant under the Healthy Homes Ini-
tiative, Operation Lead Elimination Action Plan (LEAP), 
or the Lead Technical Studies program under this heading 
or under prior appropriations Acts for such purposes 
under this heading, shall be considered to be funds for 
a special project for purposes of § 305(c) of the Multi-
family Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994.
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MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary administrative and non-administrative 
expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, not otherwise provided for, including purchase of 
uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed 
$25,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$1,116,575,000, of which $560,672,000 shall be provided 
from the various funds of the Federal Housing Adminis-
tration, $10,695,000 shall be provided from funds of the 
Government National Mortgage Association, $1,000,000 
shall be provided from the ‘‘Community development loan 
guarantees program’’ account, $150,000 shall be provided 
by transfer from the ‘‘Native American housing block 
grants’’ account, $250,000 shall be provided by transfer 
from the ‘‘Indian housing loan guarantee fund program’’ 
account and $35,000 shall be transferred from the ‘‘Na-
tive Hawaiian housing loan guarantee fund’’ account: Pro-
vided, That funds made available under this heading shall 
only be allocated in the manner specified in the report ac-
companying this Act unless the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both the House of Representatives and the Senate 
are notified of any changes in an operating plan or re-
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programming: Provided further, That no official or em-
ployee of the Department shall be designated as an allot-
ment holder unless the Office of the Chief Financial Offi-
cer (OCFO) has determined that such allotment holder 
has implemented an adequate system of funds control and 
has received training in funds control procedures and di-
rectives: Provided further, That the Chief Financial Officer 
shall establish positive control of and maintain adequate 
systems of accounting for appropriations and other avail-
able funds as required by 31 U.S.C. 1514: Provided fur-
ther, That for purposes of funds control and determining 
whether a violation exists under the Anti-Deficiency Act 
(31 U.S.C. 1341 et seq.), the point of obligation shall be 
the executed agreement or contract, except with respect 
to insurance and guarantee programs, certain types of sal-
aries and expenses funding, and incremental funding that 
is authorized under an executed agreement or contract, 
and shall be designated in the approved funds control 
plan: Provided further, That the Chief Financial Officer 
shall: (1) appoint qualified personnel to conduct investiga-
tions of potential or actual violations; (2) establish min-
imum training requirements and other qualifications for 
personnel that may be appointed to conduct investigations; 
(3) establish guidelines and timeframes for the conduct 
and completion of investigations; (4) prescribe the content,
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format and other requirements for the submission of final 
reports on violations; and (5) prescribe such additional 
policies and procedures as may be required for conducting 
investigations of, and administering, processing, and re-
porting on, potential and actual violations of the Anti-De-
ficiency Act and all other statutes and regulations gov-
erning the obligation and expenditure of funds made avail-
able in this or any other Act. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For additional capital for the Working Capital Fund 
(42 U.S.C. 3535) for the development of, modifications 
to, and infrastructure for Department-wide information 
technology systems, and for the continuing operation of 
both Department-wide and program-specific information 
systems, $100,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2006: Provided, That any amounts transferred 
to this Fund under this Act shall remain available until 
expended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
as amended, $100,858,000, of which $23,858,000 shall be 
provided from the various funds of the Federal Housing 
Administration: Provided, That the Inspector General 
shall have independent authority over all personnel issues
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within this office: Provided further, That no less than 
$300,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital 
Fund for the development of and modifications to informa-
tion technology systems for the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral. 
OFFICE OF FEDERAL HOUSING ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprises 
Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, including 
not to exceed $500 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $59,209,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, to be derived from the Federal Housing Enter-
prises Oversight Fund: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
submit a spending plan for the amounts provided under 
this heading no later than January 15, 2005: Provided 
further, That not less than 60 percent of total amount 
made available under this heading shall be used only for 
examination, supervision, and capital oversight of the en-
terprises (as such term is defined in section 1303 of the 
Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Sound-
ness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4502)) to ensure that the 
enterprises are operating in a financially safe and sound 
manner and complying with the capital requirements 
under Subtitle B of such Act: Provided further, That not 
to exceed the amount provided herein shall be available
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from the general fund of the Treasury to the extent nec-
essary to incur obligations and make expenditures pending 
the receipt of collections to the Fund: Provided further, 
That the general fund amount shall be reduced as collec-
tions are received during the fiscal year so as to result 
in a final appropriation from the general fund estimated 
at not more than $0. 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances, including recaptures and 
carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development under this 
heading or the heading ‘‘Annual contributions for assisted 
housing’’ or any other heading for fiscal year 2004 and 
prior years, $1,557,000,000 is rescinded, to be effected by 
the Secretary no later than September 30, 2005: Provided, 
That any such balances governed by reallocation provi-
sions under the statute authorizing the program for which 
the funds were originally appropriated shall be available 
for the rescission: Provided further, That any obligated 
balances of contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and 
prior that have been terminated shall be cancelled: Pro-
vided further, That except to the extent that amounts ap-
propriated under this heading in fiscal year 2004 are 
needed to complete funding of public housing agencies
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pursuant to the terms and conditions of such appropriated 
amounts, no amounts recaptured from amounts appro-
priated in prior years under this heading or the heading 
‘‘Annual contributions for assisted housing’’ and no carry-
over of such appropriated amounts shall be available in 
FY 2005 for activities provided for under the heading 
‘‘Tenant-based rental assistance’’. 
DRUG ELIMINATION GRANTS FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances remaining from funds 
appropriated in fiscal year 2001 and prior years under the 
heading ‘‘Drug elimination grants for low-income hous-
ing’’, $5,000,000 are rescinded. 
NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances remaining from funds 
appropriated in fiscal year 2004 and prior years under the 
heading ‘‘Native American housing block grants’’ for ac-
tivities related to title VI of NAHASDA, $21,000,000 are 
rescinded. 
INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances remaining from funds 
appropriated in fiscal year 2004 and prior years under the 
heading ‘‘Indian housing loan guarantee fund program ac-
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count’’ for activities related to the cost of guaranteed 
loans, $33,000,000 are rescinded. 
HOUSING PROGRAMS 
RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the amounts made available under the heading 
‘‘Rent Supplement’’ in Public Law 98–63 for amendments 
to contracts under section 101 of the Housing and Urban 
Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s) and section 
236(f)(2) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z– 
1) in State-aided, non-insured rental housing projects, 
$675,000,000 is cancelled. 
FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION 
GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances remaining from credit 
subsidy appropriated in fiscal year 2004 and prior years 
under the heading ‘‘General and special risk program ac-
count’’, $30,000,000 are rescinded. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget au-
thority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts 
associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured 
from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart 
B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 
1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437 note) shall be rescinded, or in the
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case of cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such 
amounts of budget authority or cash recaptured and not 
rescinded or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by 
State housing finance agencies or local governments or 
local housing agencies with projects approved by the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development for which set-
tlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in accordance 
with such section. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, 
the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the budget 
authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted 
to the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives 
to refinance their project at a lower interest rate. 
SEC. 202. None of the amounts made available under 
this Act may be used during fiscal year 2005 to investigate 
or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise 
lawful activity engaged in by one or more persons, includ-
ing the filing or maintaining of a non-frivolous legal ac-
tion, that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving 
or preventing action by a Government official or entity, 
or a court of competent jurisdiction. 
SEC. 203. (a) Notwithstanding section 854(c)(1)(A) 
of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 
12903(c)(1)(A)), from any amounts made available under 
this title for fiscal year 2005 that are allocated under such 
section, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
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shall allocate and make a grant, in the amount determined 
under subsection (b), for any State that— 
(1) received an allocation in a prior fiscal year 
under clause (ii) of such section; and 
(2) is not otherwise eligible for an allocation for 
fiscal year 2005 under such clause (ii) because the 
areas in the State outside of the metropolitan statis-
tical areas that qualify under clause (i) in fiscal year 
2005 do not have the number of cases of acquired 
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) required under 
such clause. 
(b) The amount of the allocation and grant for any 
State described in subsection (a) shall be an amount based 
on the cumulative number of AIDS cases in the areas of 
that State that are outside of metropolitan statistical 
areas that qualify under clause (i) of such section 
854(c)(1)(A) in fiscal year 2005, in proportion to AIDS 
cases among cities and States that qualify under clauses 
(i) and (ii) of such section and States deemed eligible 
under subsection (a). 
SEC. 204. (a) During fiscal year 2005, in the provi-
sion of rental assistance under section 8(o) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) in con-
nection with a program to demonstrate the economy and 
effectiveness of providing such assistance for use in as-
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sisted living facilities that is carried out in the counties 
of the State of Michigan specified in subsection (b) of this 
section, notwithstanding paragraphs (3) and (18)(B)(iii) 
of such section 8(o), a family residing in an assisted living 
facility in any such county, on behalf of which a public 
housing agency provides assistance pursuant to section 
8(o)(18) of such Act, may be required, at the time the 
family initially receives such assistance, to pay rent in an 
amount exceeding 40 percent of the monthly adjusted in-
come of the family by such a percentage or amount as 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development deter-
mines to be appropriate. 
(b) The counties specified in this subsection are Oak-
land County, Macomb County, Wayne County, and 
Washtenaw County, in the State of Michigan. 
SEC. 205. Except as explicitly provided in law, any 
grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made 
pursuant to title II of this Act shall be made on a competi-
tive basis and in accordance with section 102 of the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act 
of 1989. 
SEC. 206. Funds of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development subject to the Government Corpora-
tion Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 
1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations
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on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract 
or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for 
services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage 
Association, Government National Mortgage Association, 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Fi-
nancing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member 
thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank 
within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor-
poration Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811–1831). 
SEC. 207. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act 
or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any ap-
propriation for the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development shall be available for any program, project 
or activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget 
estimates submitted to Congress. 
SEC. 208. Corporations and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development which are sub-
ject to the Government Corporation Control Act, as 
amended, are hereby authorized to make such expendi-
tures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to each such corporation or agency and in ac-
cordance with law, and to make such contracts and com-
mitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro-
vided by section 104 of such Act as may be necessary in 
carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for 2005
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for such corporation or agency except as hereinafter pro-
vided: Provided, That collections of these corporations and 
agencies may be used for new loan or mortgage purchase 
commitments only to the extent expressly provided for in 
this Act (unless such loans are in support of other forms 
of assistance provided for in this or prior appropriations 
Acts), except that this proviso shall not apply to the mort-
gage insurance or guaranty operations of these corpora-
tions, or where loans or mortgage purchases are necessary 
to protect the financial interest of the United States Gov-
ernment. 
SEC. 209. None of the funds provided in this title 
for technical assistance, training, or management improve-
ments may be obligated or expended unless HUD provides 
to the Committees on Appropriations a description of each 
proposed activity and a detailed budget estimate of the 
costs associated with each program, project or activity as 
part of the Budget Justifications. For fiscal year 2005, 
HUD shall transmit this information to the Committees 
by March 15, 2005 for 30 days of review. 
SEC. 210. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment shall provide quarterly reports to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding all 
uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in 
each program and activity within the jurisdiction of the
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Department and shall submit additional, updated budget 
information to these Committees upon request. 
SEC. 211. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, in fiscal year 2005, in managing and disposing of any 
multifamily property that is owned or held by the Sec-
retary and is occupied primarily by elderly or disabled 
families, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment shall maintain any rental assistance payments under 
section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 that 
are attached to any dwelling units in the property. To the 
extent the Secretary determines that such a multifamily 
property owned or held by the Secretary is not feasible 
for continued rental assistance payments under such sec-
tion 8, the Secretary may, in consultation with the tenants 
of that property, contract for project-based rental assist-
ance payments with an owner or owners of other existing 
housing properties or provide other rental assistance. 
SEC. 212. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the amount allocated for fiscal year 2005 under 
section 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 
U.S.C. 12903(c)), to the City of Wilmington, Delaware, 
on behalf of the Wilmington, Delaware-Maryland-New 
Jersey Metropolitan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropolitan di-
vision’’), shall be adjusted by the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development by allocating to the State of New
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tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate using the identical structure provided 
under this Act and only in accordance with the direction 
specified in the report accompanying this Act. 
SEC. 215. That incremental voucher previously made 
available under the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’ 
for non-elderly disabled families shall, to the extent prac-
ticable, continue to be provided to non-elderly disabled 
families upon turnover. 
SEC. 216. The installment contract between the Vil-
lage of Hanna City, Illinois and the General Services Ad-
ministration is in the nature of a purchase money mort-
gage which will be paid off at initial closing. The Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development shall accept the 
Village of Hanna City, Illinois’ holding of equitable title 
to this property as sufficient for the purposes of the sec-
tion 202 housing program. 
SEC. 217. A public housing agency or such other enti-
ty that administers Federal housing assistance in the 
States of Alaska, Iowa, and Mississippi shall not be re-
quired to include a resident of public housing or a recipi-
ent of assistance provided under section 8 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 on the board of directors or 
a similar governing board of such agency or entity as re-
quired under section (2)(b) of such Act. Each public hous-
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ing agency or other entity that administers Federal hous-
ing assistance under section 8 in the States of Alaska, 
Iowa, and Mississippi shall establish an advisory board of 
not less than 6 residents of public housing or recipients 
of section 8 assistance to provide advice and comment to 
the public housing agency or other administering entity 
on issues related to public housing and section 8. Such 
advisory board shall meet not less than quarterly. 
TITLE III—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
of the American Battle Monuments Commission, including 
the acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign coun-
tries; purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of 
national cemeteries and monuments outside of the United 
States and its territories and possessions; rent of office 
and garage space in foreign countries; purchase (one for 
replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
not to exceed $7,500 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses; and insurance of official motor vehicles in 
foreign countries, when required by law of such countries, 
$41,100,000, to remain available until expended. 
FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS ACCOUNT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
of 
the 
American 
Battle 
Monuments 
Commission,
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$9,000,000, to remain available until expended, for pur-
poses authorized by 36 U.S.C. 2109. 
CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pur-
suant to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, as amend-
ed, including hire of passenger vehicles, uniforms or allow-
ances therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, 
and for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates 
for individuals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to 
the maximum rate payable for senior level positions under 
5 U.S.C. 5376, $9,451,000: Provided, That the Chemical 
Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (Board) shall have 
not more than three career Senior Executive Service posi-
tions: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the individual appointed to the position 
of Inspector General of the Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) shall, by virtue of such appointment, also 
hold the position of Inspector General of the Board: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Inspector General of the Board shall utilize per-
sonnel of the Office of Inspector General of EPA in per-
forming the duties of the Inspector General of the Board, 
and shall not appoint any individuals to positions within 
the Board.
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EMERGENCY FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Chemical Safety and 
Hazard Investigation Board for accident investigations 
not otherwise provided for, $400,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
To carry out the Community Development Banking 
and Financial Institutions Act of 1994, including services 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals 
not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for 
ES–3, $60,640,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2006, of which $4,000,000 shall be for financial assist-
ance, technical assistance, training and outreach programs 
designed to benefit Native American, Native Hawaiian, 
and Alaskan Native communities and provided primarily 
through qualified community development lender organi-
zations with experience and expertise in community devel-
opment banking and lending in Indian country, Native 
American organizations, tribes and tribal organizations 
and other suitable providers, and up to $15,321,000 may 
be used for administrative expenses, including administra-
tion of the New Markets Tax Credit, up to $6,000,000
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may be used for the cost of direct loans, and up to 
$250,000 may be used for administrative expenses to 
carry out the direct loan program: Provided, That the cost 
of direct loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, 
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That 
these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for 
the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 
$11,000,000. 
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product 
Safety Commission, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at 
rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv-
alent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 
purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal offi-
cials’ contributions to Commission activities, and not to 
exceed $500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $62,650,000.
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 
NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service (the ‘‘Corporation’’) in car-
rying out programs, activities, and initiatives under the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (the ‘‘Act’’) 
(42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.), $541,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2006: Provided, That not more 
than $290,000,000 of the amount provided under this 
heading shall be available for grants under the National 
Service Trust Program authorized under subtitle C of title 
I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.) (relating to activi-
ties of the AmeriCorps program), including grants to orga-
nizations operating projects under the AmeriCorps Edu-
cation Awards Program (without regard to the require-
ments of sections 121(d) and (e), section 131(e), section 
132, and sections 140(a), (d), and (e) of the Act), except 
no funds shall be available for programs authorized by sec-
tion 121(b) of the Act: Provided further, That not less 
than $144,000,000 of the amount provided under this 
heading, to remain available without fiscal year limitation, 
shall be transferred to the National Service Trust for edu-
cational awards authorized under subtitle D of title I of
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to defray its costs of conducting grant application reviews, 
including the use of outside peer reviewers. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administration as provided 
under section 501(a)(4) of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.) including 
payment of salaries, authorized travel, hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, the rental of conference rooms in the Dis-
trict of Columbia, the employment of experts and consult-
ants authorized under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed 
$2,500 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$25,000,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
as amended, $6,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2006. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the term 
‘‘qualified student loan’’ with respect to national service 
education awards shall mean any loan determined by an 
institution of higher education to be necessary to cover 
a student’s cost of attendance at such institution and 
made, insured, or guaranteed directly to a student by a 
State agency, in addition to other meanings under section 
148(b)(7) of the National and Community Service Act.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
made available under section 129(d)(5)(B) of the National 
and Community Service Act to assist entities in placing 
applicants who are individuals with disabilities may be 
provided to any entity that receives a grant under section 
121 of the Act. 
The Inspector General of the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service shall conduct audits of the 
grantees that administer activities under the AmeriCorps 
programs and shall levy sanctions in accordance with 
standard Inspector General audit resolution procedures 
which include, but are not limited to, debarment of any 
grantee (or successor in interest or any entity with sub-
stantially the same person or persons in control) that has 
been determined to have committed any substantial viola-
tions of the requirements of the AmeriCorps programs, in-
cluding any grantee that has been determined to have vio-
lated the prohibition of using Federal funds to lobby the 
Congress: Provided, That the Inspector General shall ob-
tain reimbursements in the amount of any misused funds 
from any grantee that has been determined to have com-
mitted any substantial violations of the requirements of 
the AmeriCorps programs.
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS 
CLAIMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the operation of the 
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as 
authorized by 38 U.S.C. 7251–7298, $16,725,000, of 
which $1,100,000 shall be available for the purpose of pro-
viding financial assistance as described, and in accordance 
with the process and reporting procedures set forth, under 
this heading in Public Law 102–229. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, for 
maintenance, operation, and improvement of Arlington 
National Cemetery and Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home Na-
tional Cemetery, including the purchase of two passenger 
motor vehicles for replacement only, and not to exceed 
$1,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$29,600,000, to remain available until expended.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 
SCIENCES 
For necessary expenses for the National Institute of 
Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities 
set forth in section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
1980, as amended, and section 126(g) of the Superfund 
Amendments 
and 
Reauthorization 
Act 
of 
1986, 
$80,486,000. 
AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE 
REGISTRY 
TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC 
HEALTH 
For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Sub-
stances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out 
activities set forth in sections 104(i), 111(c)(4), and 
111(c)(14) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(CERCLA), as amended; section 118(f) of the Superfund 
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), 
as amended; and section 3019 of the Solid Waste Disposal 
Act, as amended, $76,654,000: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, in lieu of performing
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a health assessment under section 104(i)(6) of CERCLA, 
the Administrator of ATSDR may conduct other appro-
priate health studies, evaluations, or activities, including, 
without limitation, biomedical testing, clinical evaluations, 
medical monitoring, and referral to accredited health care 
providers: Provided further, That in performing any such 
health assessment or health study, evaluation, or activity, 
the Administrator of ATSDR shall not be bound by the 
deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A) of CERCLA: Provided 
further, That none of the funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be available for ATSDR to issue in excess 
of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to section 104(i) of 
CERCLA during fiscal year 2005, and existing profiles 
may be updated as necessary. 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
For science and technology, including research and 
development activities, which shall include research and 
development activities under the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
1980, as amended; necessary expenses for personnel and 
related costs and travel expenses, including uniforms, or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901– 
5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at 
rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv-
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alent to the maximum rate payable for senior level posi-
tions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; procurement of laboratory 
equipment and supplies; other operating expenses in sup-
port of research and development; construction, alteration, 
repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to 
exceed $85,000 per project, $729,029,000, which shall re-
main available until September 30, 2006. 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT 
For environmental programs and management, in-
cluding necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
personnel and related costs and travel expenses, including 
uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per 
diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable for sen-
ior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of air-
craft; purchase of reprints; library memberships in soci-
eties or associations which issue publications to members 
only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers 
who are not members; construction, alteration, repair, re-
habilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed 
$85,000 per project; and not to exceed $9,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses, $2,241,476,000, 
which shall remain available until September 30, 2006, in-
cluding administrative costs of the brownfields program