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501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 (Public 
Law 96–422), for carrying out section 462 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296), and for car-
rying out the Torture Victims Relief Act of 2003 (Public 
Law 108–179), $552,040,000, of which up to $9,915,000 
shall be available to carry out the Trafficking Victims Pro-
tection Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–193): Provided, That 
funds appropriated under this heading pursuant to section 
414(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act and section 
462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 for fiscal year 
2006 shall be available for the costs of assistance provided 
and other activities to remain available through September 
30, 2008. 
For an additional amount for the necessary expenses 
for refugee and entrant assistance activities and for costs 
associated with the care and placement of unaccompanied 
children authorized by title IV of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act, section 501 of the Refugee Education Assist-
ance Act of 1980, and for carrying out section 462 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002, $19,100,000: Provided, 
That the entire amount is designated as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 
(109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget 
for fiscal year 2006.
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PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND 
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 
For carrying out sections 658A through 658R of the 
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (The Child 
Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990), 
$2,082,910,000 shall be used to supplement, not supplant 
State general revenue funds for child care assistance for 
low-income families: Provided, That $19,120,000 shall be 
available for child care resource and referral and school- 
aged child care activities, of which $1,000,000 shall be for 
the Child Care Aware toll free hotline: Provided further, 
That, in addition to the amounts required to be reserved 
by the States under section 658G, $272,672,000 shall be re-
served by the States for activities authorized under section 
658G, of which $100,000,000 shall be for activities that im-
prove the quality of infant and toddler care: Provided fur-
ther, That $10,000,000 shall be for use by the Secretary for 
child care research, demonstration, and evaluation activi-
ties. 
SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT 
For making grants to States pursuant to section 2002 
of the Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000: Provided, That 
notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of section 404(d)(2) of 
such Act, the applicable percent specified under such sub-
paragraph for a State to carry out State programs pursu-
ant to title XX of such Act shall be 10 percent.
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CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the 
Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, the Developmental Dis-
abilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, the Head Start 
Act, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, sec-
tions 310 and 316 of the Family Violence Prevention and 
Services Act, as amended, the Native American Programs 
Act of 1974, title II of Public Law 95–266 (adoption oppor-
tunities), the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 (Pub-
lic Law 105–89), sections 1201 and 1211 of the Children’s 
Health Act of 2000, the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act 
of 1988, sections 261 and 291 of the Help America Vote 
Act of 2002, part B(1) of title IV and sections 413, 429A, 
1110, 1115 of the Social Security Act, and sections 40155, 
40211, and 40241 of Public Law 103–322; for making pay-
ments under the Community Services Block Grant Act, sec-
tions 439(h), 473A, and 477(i) of the Social Security Act, 
and title IV of Public Law 105–285, and for necessary ad-
ministrative expenses to carry out said Acts and titles I, 
IV, V, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XX of the Social Security Act, 
the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), the Omnibus 
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, title IV of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act, section 501 of the Refugee Edu-
cation Assistance Act of 1980, sections 40155, 40211, and 
40241 of Public Law 103–322, and section 126 and titles
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IV and V of Public Law 100–485, $9,000,832,000, of which 
$22,846,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007, 
shall be for grants to States for adoption incentive pay-
ments, as authorized by section 473A of title IV of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 670–679) and may be made for 
adoptions completed before September 30, 2006: Provided, 
That $6,874,314,000 shall be for making payments under 
the Head Start Act, of which $1,388,800,000 shall become 
available October 1, 2006 and remain available through 
September 30, 2007: Provided further, That $708,895,000 
shall be for making payments under the Community Serv-
ices Block Grant Act: Provided further, That not less than 
$7,492,000 shall be for section 680(3)(B) of the Community 
Services Block Grant Act: Provided further, That within 
amounts provided herein for abstinence education for ado-
lescents, up to $10,000,000 may be available for a national 
abstinence education campaign: Provided further, That in 
addition to amounts provided herein, $6,000,000 shall be 
available from amounts available under section 241 of the 
Public Health Service Act to carry out the provisions of 
section 1110 of the Social Security Act: Provided further, 
That to the extent Community Services Block Grant funds 
are distributed as grant funds by a State to an eligible enti-
ty as provided under the Act, and have not been expended 
by such entity, they shall remain with such entity for carry-
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over into the next fiscal year for expenditure by such entity 
consistent with program purposes: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall establish procedures regarding the dis-
position of intangible property which permits grant funds, 
or intangible assets acquired with funds authorized under 
section 680 of the Community Services Block Grant Act, 
as amended, to become the sole property of such grantees 
after a period of not more than 12 years after the end of 
the grant for purposes and uses consistent with the original 
grant: Provided further, That funds appropriated for sec-
tion 680(a)(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act, 
as amended, shall be available for financing construction 
and rehabilitation and loans or investments in private 
business enterprises owned by community development cor-
porations: Provided further, That $95,000,000 is for a com-
passion capital fund to provide grants to charitable organi-
zations to emulate model social service programs and to en-
courage research on the best practices of social service orga-
nizations: Provided further, That $14,879,000 shall be for 
activities authorized by the Help America Vote Act of 2002, 
of which $10,000,000 shall be for payments to States to pro-
mote access for voters with disabilities, and of which 
$4,879,000 shall be for payments to States for protection 
and advocacy systems for voters with disabilities: Provided 
further, That $101,000,000 shall be for making competitive
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grants to provide abstinence education (as defined by sec-
tion 510(b)(2) of the Social Security Act) to adolescents, 
and for Federal costs of administering the grant: Provided 
further, That grants under the immediately preceding pro-
viso shall be made only to public and private entities which 
agree that, with respect to an adolescent to whom the enti-
ties provide abstinence education under such grant, the en-
tities will not provide to that adolescent any other edu-
cation regarding sexual conduct, except that, in the case of 
an entity expressly required by law to provide health infor-
mation or services the adolescent shall not be precluded from 
seeking health information or services from the entity in 
a different setting than the setting in which abstinence edu-
cation was provided: Provided further, That within 
amounts provided herein for abstinence education for ado-
lescents, up to $10,000,000 may be available for a national 
abstinence education campaign: Provided further, That in 
addition to amounts provided herein for abstinence edu-
cation for adolescents, $4,500,000 shall be available from 
amounts available under section 241 of the Public Health 
Services Act to carry out evaluations (including longitu-
dinal evaluations) of adolescent pregnancy prevention ap-
proaches: Provided further, That $2,000,000 shall be for im-
proving the Public Assistance Reporting Information Sys-
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tem, including grants to States to support data collection 
for a study of the system’s effectiveness. 
PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES 
For carrying out section 436 of the Social Security 
Act, $305,000,000 and for section 437, $90,000,000. 
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION 
ASSISTANCE 
For making payments to States or other non-Federal 
entities under title IV–E of the Social Security Act, 
$4,852,800,000. 
For making payments to States or other non-Federal 
entities under title IV–E of the Act, for the first quarter 
of fiscal year 2007, $1,730,000,000. 
For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, 
payments to States or other non-Federal entities under sec-
tion 474 of title IV–E, for the last 3 months of the current 
fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current 
fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 
ADMINISTRATION ON AGING 
AGING SERVICES PROGRAMS 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, and section 
398 of the Public Health Service Act, $1,391,699,000, of 
which $5,500,000 shall be available for activities regarding 
medication management, screening, and education to pre-
vent incorrect medication and adverse drug reactions.
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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for 
general departmental management, including hire of six se-
dans, and for carrying out titles III, XVII, XX, and XXI 
of the Public Health Service Act, the United States-Mexico 
Border Health Commission Act, and research studies under 
section 1110 of the Social Security Act, $353,614,000, to-
gether with $5,851,000 to be transferred and expended as 
authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act 
from the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Supple-
mental Medical Insurance Trust Fund, and $39,552,000 
from the amounts available under section 241 of the Public 
Health Service Act to carry out national health or human 
services research and evaluation activities: Provided, That 
of the funds made available under this heading for carrying 
out title XX of the Public Health Service Act, $13,120,000 
shall be for activities specified under section 2003(b)(2), all 
of which shall be for prevention service demonstration 
grants under section 510(b)(2) of title V of the Social Secu-
rity Act, as amended, without application of the limitation 
of section 2010(c) of said title XX: Provided further, That 
of this amount, $52,415,000 shall be for minority AIDS 
prevention and treatment activities; and $5,952,000 shall 
be to assist Afghanistan in the development of maternal and
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child health clinics, consistent with section 103(a)(4)(H) of 
the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002: Provided 
further, That specific information requests from the chair-
men and ranking members of the Subcommittees on Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related 
Agencies, on scientific research or any other matter, shall 
be transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations in a 
prompt professional manner and within the time frame 
specified in the request: Provided further, That scientific in-
formation requested by the Committees on Appropriations 
and prepared by government researchers and scientists shall 
be transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations, un-
censored and without delay. 
OFFICE OF MEDICARE HEARINGS AND APPEALS 
For expenses necessary for administrative law judges 
responsible for hearing cases under title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act (and related provisiosn of title XI of such Act), 
$75,000,000, to be transferred in appropriate part from the 
Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supple-
mentary Medical Insurance Trust Funds. 
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the National 
Coordinator for Health Information Technology, including 
grants, contracts and cooperative agreements for the devel-
opment and advancement of an interoperable national
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health information technology infrastructure, $32,800,000: 
Provided, That in addition to amounts provided herein, 
$12,350,000 shall be available from amounts available 
under section 241 of the Public Health Service Act to carry 
out health information technology network development. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for in-
vestigations, in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, as amended, $39,813,000: Provided, 
That of such amount, necessary sums are available for pro-
viding protective services to the Secretary and investigating 
non-payment of child support cases for which non-payment 
is a Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 228: Provided further, 
That funds transferred to this heading pursuant to section 
220 of the Department of Health and Human Services Ap-
propriations Act, 2005, shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2006. 
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, 
$31,682,000, together with not to exceed $3,314,000 to be 
transferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) 
of the Social Security Act from the Hospital Insurance 
Trust Fund and the Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust 
Fund.
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RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR 
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS 
For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public 
Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by law, 
for payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Pro-
tection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, for medical care 
of dependents and retired personnel under the Dependents’ 
Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. chapter 55), such amounts as 
may be required during the current fiscal year. 
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY FUND 
For expenses necessary to support activities related to 
countering potential biological, disease, nuclear, radio-
logical and chemical threats to civilian populations, and 
to ensure a year-round influenza vaccine production capac-
ity, the development and implementation of rapidly ex-
pandable influenza vaccine production technologies, and if 
determined necessary by the Secretary, the purchase of in-
fluenza vaccine, $183,589,000: Provided, That $120,000,000 
of amounts available for influenza preparedness shall re-
main available until expended. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be 
available for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses when specifically approved by the 
Secretary.
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SEC. 202. The Secretary shall make available through 
assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public 
Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to 
work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided 
by the Agency for International Development, the United 
Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund or the 
World Health Organization. 
SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
may be used to implement section 399F(b) of the Public 
Health Service Act or section 1503 of the National Insti-
tutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993, Public Law 103– 
43. 
SEC. 204. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
for the National Institutes of Health, the Agency for 
Healthcare Research and Quality, and the Substance Abuse 
and Mental Health Services Administration shall be used 
to pay the salary of an individual, through a grant or other 
extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess of Executive 
Level I. 
SEC. 205. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
may be expended pursuant to section 241 of the Public 
Health Service Act, except for funds specifically provided 
for in this Act, or for other taps and assessments made by 
any office located in the Department of Health and Human 
Services, prior to the Secretary’s preparation and submis-
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sion of a report to the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate and of the House detailing the planned uses of such 
funds. 
SEC. 206. Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the Public 
Health Service Act, such portion as the Secretary shall de-
termine, but not more than 2.5 percent, of any amounts 
appropriated for programs authorized under said Act shall 
be made available for the evaluation (directly, or by grants 
or contracts) of the implementation and effectiveness of such 
programs. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 207. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary 
funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended) which are appro-
priated for the current fiscal year for the Department of 
Health and Human Services in this Act may be transferred 
between a program, project, or activity, but no such pro-
gram, project, or activity shall be increased by more than 
3 percent by any such transfer: Provided, That a program, 
project, or activity may be increased by up to an additional 
2 percent subject to approval by the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the 
transfer authority granted by this section shall be available 
only to meet emergency needs and shall not be used to create 
any new program or to fund any project or activity for 
which no funds are provided in this Act: Provided further,
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That the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Con-
gress are notified at least 15 days in advance of any trans-
fer. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 208. The Director of the National Institutes of 
Health, jointly with the Director of the Office of AIDS Re-
search, may transfer up to 3 percent among institutes, cen-
ters, and divisions from the total amounts identified by 
these two Directors as funding for research pertaining to 
the human immunodeficiency virus: Provided, That the 
Congress is promptly notified of the transfer. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 209. Of the amounts made available in this Act 
for the National Institutes of Health, the amount for re-
search related to the human immunodeficiency virus, as 
jointly determined by the Director of the National Institutes 
of Health and the Director of the Office of AIDS Research, 
shall be made available to the ‘‘Office of AIDS Research’’ 
account. The Director of the Office of AIDS Research shall 
transfer from such account amounts necessary to carry out 
section 2353(d)(3) of the Public Health Service Act. 
SEC. 210. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
may be made available to any entity under title X of the 
Public Health Service Act unless the applicant for the 
award certifies to the Secretary that it encourages family 
participation in the decision of minors to seek family plan-
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ning services and that it provides counseling to minors on 
how to resist attempts to coerce minors into engaging in 
sexual activities. 
SEC. 211. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
(including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be 
used to carry out the Medicare Advantage program if the 
Secretary denies participation in such program to an other-
wise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Orga-
nization) because the entity informs the Secretary that it 
will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide 
referrals for abortions: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
make appropriate prospective adjustments to the capitation 
payment to such an entity (based on an actuarially sound 
estimate of the expected costs of providing the service to such 
entity’s enrollees): Provided further, That nothing in this 
section shall be construed to change the Medicare program’s 
coverage for such services and a Medicare Advantage orga-
nization described in this section shall be responsible for 
informing enrollees where to obtain information about all 
Medicare covered services. 
SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
no provider of services under title X of the Public Health 
Service Act shall be exempt from any State law requiring 
notification or the reporting of child abuse, child molesta-
tion, sexual abuse, rape, or incest.
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SEC. 213. (a) Except as provided by subsection (e) 
none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used 
to withhold substance abuse funding from a State pursuant 
to section 1926 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
300x–26) if such State certifies to the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services by May 1, 2006 that the State will 
commit additional State funds, in accordance with sub-
section (b), to ensure compliance with State laws prohib-
iting the sale of tobacco products to individuals under 18 
years of age. 
(b) The amount of funds to be committed by a State 
under subsection (a) shall be equal to 1 percent of such 
State’s substance abuse block grant allocation for each per-
centage point by which the State misses the retailer compli-
ance rate goal established by the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services under section 1926 of such Act. 
(c) The State is to maintain State expenditures in fis-
cal year 2006 for tobacco prevention programs and for com-
pliance activities at a level that is not less than the level 
of such expenditures maintained by the State for fiscal year 
2005, and adding to that level the additional funds for to-
bacco compliance activities required under subsection (a). 
The State is to submit a report to the Secretary on all fiscal 
year 2005 State expenditures and all fiscal year 2006 obli-
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gations for tobacco prevention and compliance activities by 
program activity by July 31, 2006. 
(d) The Secretary shall exercise discretion in enforcing 
the timing of the State obligation of the additional funds 
required by the certification described in subsection (a) as 
late as July 31, 2006. 
(e) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used to withhold substance abuse funding pursuant to 
section 1926 from a territory that receives less than 
$1,000,000. 
SEC. 214. In order for the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention to carry out international health activities, 
including HIV/AIDS and other infectious disease, chronic 
and environmental disease, and other health activities 
abroad during fiscal year 2006, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services— 
(1) may exercise authority equivalent to that 
available to the Secretary of State in section 2(c) of 
the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 
(22 U.S.C. 2669(c)). The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall consult with the Secretary of 
State and relevant Chief of Mission to ensure that the 
authority provided in this section is exercised in a 
manner consistent with section 207 of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3927) and other appli-
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cable statutes administered by the Department of 
State, and 
(2) is authorized to provide such funds by ad-
vance or reimbursement to the Secretary of State as 
may be necessary to pay the costs of acquisition, 
lease, alteration, renovation, and management of fa-
cilities outside of the United States for the use of the 
Department of Health and Human Services. The De-
partment of State shall cooperate fully with the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services to ensure that 
the Department of Health and Human Services has 
secure, safe, functional facilities that comply with ap-
plicable regulation governing location, setback, and 
other facilities requirements and serve the purposes 
established by this Act. The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services is authorized, in consultation with 
the Secretary of State, through grant or cooperative 
agreement, to make available to public or nonprofit 
private institutions or agencies in participating for-
eign countries, funds to acquire, lease, alter, or ren-
ovate facilities in those countries as necessary to con-
duct programs of assistance for international health 
activities, including activities relating to HIV/AIDS 
and other infectious diseases, chronic and environ-
mental diseases, and other health activities abroad.
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SEC. 215. The Division of Federal Occupational 
Health hereafter may utilize personal services contracting 
to employ professional management/administrative and oc-
cupational health professionals. 
SEC. 216. (a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Director of the National Insti-
tutes of Health may use funds available under section 
402(i) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 282(i)) 
to enter into transactions (other than contracts, cooperative 
agreements, or grants) to carry out research in support of 
the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research. 
(b) PEER REVIEW.—In entering into transactions 
under subsection (a), the Director of the National Institutes 
of Health may utilize such peer review procedures (includ-
ing consultation with appropriate scientific experts) as the 
Director determines to be appropriate to obtain assessments 
of scientific and technical merit. Such procedures shall 
apply to such transactions in lieu of the peer review and 
advisory council review procedures that would otherwise be 
required under sections 301(a)(3), 405(b)(1)(B), 405(b)(2), 
406(a)(3)(A), 492, and 494 of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 241, 284(b)(1)(B), 284(b)(2), 284a(a)(3)(A), 
289a, and 289c). 
SEC. 217. Funds which are available for Individual 
Learning Accounts for employees of the Centers for Disease
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Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Sub-
stances and Disease Registry may be transferred to ‘‘Dis-
ease Control, Research, and Training’’, to be available only 
for Individual Learning Accounts: Provided, That such 
funds may be used for any individual full-time equivalent 
employee while such employee is employed either by CDC 
or ATSDR. 
SEC. 218. Notwithstanding any other provisions of 
law, funds made available in this Act may be used to con-
tinue operating the Council on Graduate Medical Edu-
cation established by section 301 of Public Law 102–408. 
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 219. The unobligated balance in the amount of 
$10,000,000 appropriated by Public Law 108–11 under the 
heading ‘‘Public Health and Social Services Emergency 
Fund’’ are rescinded. 
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 220. $15,912,000 of the unobligated balance of 
the Health Professions Student Loan program authorized 
in subpart II, Federally-Supported Student Loan Funds, 
of title VII of the Public Health Service Act are rescinded. 
SEC. 221. Funds appropriated for State Pharma-
ceutical Assistance Programs in Public Law 108–173 for 
fiscal year 2005 shall remain available through fiscal year 
2006.
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This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Health 
and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2006’’. 
TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED 
For carrying out title I of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (‘‘ESEA’’) and section 418A 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965, $14,525,135,000, of 
which $6,935,826,000 shall become available on July 1, 
2006, and shall remain available through September 30, 
2007, and of which $7,383,301,000 shall become available 
on October 1, 2006, and shall remain available through 
September 30, 2007 for academic year 2006–2007: Pro-
vided, That $6,934,854,000 shall be for basic grants under 
section 1124: Provided further, That up to $3,472,000 of 
these funds shall be available to the Secretary of Education 
on October 1, 2005, to obtain annually updated edu-
cational-agency-level census poverty data from the Bureau 
of the Census: Provided further, That $1,365,031,000 shall 
be for concentration grants under section 1124A: Provided 
further, That $2,269,843,000 shall be for targeted grants 
under section 1125: Provided further, That $2,269,843,000 
shall be for education finance incentive grants under section 
1125A: Provided further, That $9,424,000 shall be to carry 
out part E of title I.
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IMPACT AID 
For carrying out programs of financial assistance to 
federally affected schools authorized by title VIII of the Ele-
mentary 
and 
Secondary 
Education 
Act 
of 
1965, 
$1,240,862,000, of which $1,102,896,000 shall be for basic 
support payments under section 8003(b), $49,966,000 shall 
be for payments for children with disabilities under section 
8003(d), $18,000,000 shall be for construction under section 
8007 and shall remain available through September 30, 
2007, $65,000,000 shall be for Federal property payments 
under section 8002, and $5,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be for facilities maintenance under 
section 8008: Provided, That for purposes of computing the 
amount of a payment for an eligible local educational agen-
cy under section 8003(a) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act (20 U.S.C. 7703(a)) for school year 2005– 
2006, children enrolled in a school of such agency that 
would otherwise be eligible for payment under section 
8003(a)(1)(B) of such Act, but due to the deployment of both 
parents or legal guardians, or a parent or legal guardian 
having sole custody of such children, or due to the death 
of a military parent or legal guardian while on active duty 
(so long as such children reside on Federal property as de-
scribed in section 8003(a)(1)(B)), are no longer eligible 
under such section, shall be considered as eligible students
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under such section, provided such students remain in aver-
age daily attendance at a school in the same local edu-
cational agency they attended prior to their change in eligi-
bility status. 
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS 
For carrying out school improvement activities author-
ized by title II, part B of title IV, part A and subparts 
6 and 9 of part D of title V, parts A and B of title VI, 
and parts B and C of title VII of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (‘‘ESEA’’); the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act; section 203 of the Edu-
cational Technical Assistance Act of 2002; the Compact of 
Free Association Amendments Act of 2003; and the Civil 
Rights 
Act 
of 
1964, 
$5,457,953,000, 
of 
which 
$3,821,042,000 shall become available on July 1, 2006, and 
remain available through September 30, 2007, and of which 
$1,435,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2006, 
and shall remain available through September 30, 2007, for 
academic year 2006–2007: Provided, That funds made 
available to carry out part B of title VII of the ESEA may 
be used for construction, renovation and modernization of 
any elementary school, secondary school, or structure re-
lated to an elementary school or secondary school, run by 
the Department of Education of the State of Hawaii, that 
serves a predominantly Native Hawaiian student body:
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Provided further, That from the funds referred to in the pre-
ceding proviso, not less than $1,250,000 shall be for a grant 
to the Department of Education of the State of Hawaii for 
the activities described in such proviso, and $1,250,000 
shall be for a grant to the University of Hawaii School of 
Law for a Center of Excellence in Native Hawaiian law: 
Provided further, That funds made available to carry out 
part C of title VII of the ESEA may be used for construc-
tion: Provided further, That $411,680,000 shall be for State 
assessments and related activities authorized under sections 
6111 and 6112 of the ESEA: Provided further, That 
$56,825,000 shall be available to carry out section 203 of 
the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002: Provided 
further, That $36,022,000 shall be available to carry out 
part D of title V of the ESEA: Provided further, That no 
funds appropriated under this heading may be used to 
carry out section 5494 under the ESEA: Provided further, 
That $12,132,000 shall be available to carry out the Supple-
mental Education Grants program for the Federated States 
of Micronesia, and $6,051,000 shall be available to carry 
out the Supplemental Education Grants program for the 
Republic of the Marshall Islands: Provided further, That 
up to 5 percent of these amounts may be reserved by the 
Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Mar-
shall Islands to administer the Supplemental Education
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Grants programs and to obtain technical assistance, over-
sight and consultancy services in the administration of 
these grants and to reimburse the United States Depart-
ments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu-
cation for such services. 
INDIAN EDUCATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not 
otherwise provided, title VII, part A of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965, $119,889,000. 
INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT 
For carrying out activities authorized by part G of 
title I, subpart 5 of part A and parts C and D of title 
II, parts B, C, and D of title V, and section 1504 of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(‘‘ESEA’’), $1,057,385,000: Provided, That $10,000,000 
shall be available to carry out section 2151(c) of the ESEA 
through an award to the National Board for Professional 
Teaching Standards: Provided further, That from funds for 
subpart 4, part C of title II, up to 3 percent shall be avail-
able to the Secretary for technical assistance and dissemina-
tion of information: Provided further, That $417,924,000 
shall be available to carry out part D of title V of the 
ESEA.
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SAFE SCHOOLS AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION 
For carrying out activities authorized by subpart 3 of 
part C of title II, part A of title IV, and subparts 2, 3 
and 10 of part D of title V of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (‘‘ESEA’’), $697,300,000, of 
which $300,000,000 shall become available on July 1, 2006 
and remain available through September 30, 2007: Pro-
vided, That of the amount available for subpart 2 of part 
A of title IV of the ESEA, $850,000 shall be used to con-
tinue the National Recognition Awards program under the 
same guidelines outlined by section 120(f) of Public Law 
105–244: Provided further, That $300,000,000 shall be 
available for subpart 1 of part A of title IV and 
$232,807,000 shall be available for subpart 2 of part A of 
title IV: Provided further, That $134,493,000 shall be avail-
able to carry out part D of title V of the ESEA: Provided 
further, That of the funds available to carry out subpart 
3 of part C of title II, up to $12,440,000 may be used to 
carry out section 2345 and $3,087,000 shall be used by the 
Center for Civic Education to implement a comprehensive 
program to improve public knowledge, understanding, and 
support of the Congress and the State legislatures. 
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION 
For carrying out part A of title III of the ESEA, 
$675,765,000, which shall become available on July 1, 2006,
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and shall remain available through September 30, 2007, ex-
cept that 6.5 percent of such amount shall be available on 
October 1, 2005 and shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2007, to carry out activities under section 
3111(c)(1)(C). 
SPECIAL EDUCATION 
For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act, $11,774,107,000, of which $6,145,104,000 
shall become available on July 1, 2006, and shall remain 
available through September 30, 2007, and of which 
$5,424,200,000 shall become available on October 1, 2006, 
and shall remain available through September 30, 2007, for 
academic year 2006–2007: Provided, That $12,000,000 
shall be for Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, Inc., to 
support the development, production, and circulation of re-
corded educational materials: Provided further, That 
$1,500,000 shall be for the recipient of funds provided by 
Public Law 105–78 under section 687(b)(2)(G) of the Act 
(as in effect prior to the enactment of the Individuals with 
Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004) to pro-
vide information on diagnosis, intervention, and teaching 
strategies for children with disabilities: Provided further, 
That the amount for section 611(b)(2) of the Act shall be 
equal to the amount available for that activity during fiscal
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year 2005, increased by the amount of inflation as specified 
in section 619(d)(2)(B) of the Act. 
REHABILITATION SERVICES AND DISABILITY RESEARCH 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Assistive Technology Act 
of 1998 (‘‘the AT Act’’), and the Helen Keller National Cen-
ter Act, $3,133,638,000, of which $1,000,000 shall be award-
ed to the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists 
for activities that further the purposes of the grant received 
by the Academy for the period beginning October 1, 2003, 
including activities to meet the demand for orthotic and 
prosthetic provider services and improve patient care: Pro-
vided, That $34,760,000 shall be used for carrying out the 
AT Act, including $4,500,000 for State grants for protec-
tion and advocacy under section 5 of the AT Act and 
$3,760,000 shall be for alternative financing programs 
under section 4(b)(2)(D) of the AT Act: Provided further, 
That the Federal share of grants for alternative financing 
programs shall not exceed 75 percent, and the requirements 
in section 301(c)(2) and section 302 of the AT Act (as in 
effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Assistive 
Technology Act of 2004) shall not apply to such grants.
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SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 
AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND 
For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879, as amended 
(20 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), $18,500,000. 
NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF 
For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf 
under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 
1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), $57,279,000, of which 
$800,000 shall be for construction and shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That from the total amount 
available, the Institute may at its discretion use funds for 
the endowment program as authorized under section 207. 
GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY 
For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, 
the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial 
support of Gallaudet University under titles I and II of 
the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 et 
seq.), $108,500,000: Provided, That from the total amount 
available, the University may at its discretion use funds 
for the endowment program as authorized under section 
207. 
VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education 
Act of 1998, the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, 
title VIII–D of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998,
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and subpart 11 of part D of title V of the Elementary and 
Secondary 
Education 
Act 
of 
1965 
(‘‘ESEA’’), 
$1,923,766,000, of which $1,127,806,000 shall become avail-
able on July 1, 2006 and shall remain available through 
September 30, 2007 and of which $791,000,000 shall become 
available on October 1, 2006 and shall remain available 
through September 30, 2007: Provided, That of the amount 
provided for Adult Education State Grants, $68,582,000 
shall be made available for integrated English literacy and 
civics education services to immigrants and other limited 
English proficient populations: Provided further, That of 
the amount reserved for integrated English literacy and 
civics education, notwithstanding section 211 of the Adult 
Education and Family Literacy Act, 65 percent shall be 
allocated to States based on a State’s absolute need as deter-
mined by calculating each State’s share of a 10-year aver-
age of the Immigration and Naturalization Service data for 
immigrants admitted for legal permanent residence for the 
10 most recent years, and 35 percent allocated to States 
that experienced growth as measured by the average of the 
3 most recent years for which Immigration and Naturaliza-
tion Service data for immigrants admitted for legal perma-
nent residence are available, except that no State shall be 
allocated an amount less than $60,000: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available for the Adult Edu-
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cation and Family Literacy Act, $9,096,000 shall be for 
national leadership activities under section 243 and 
$6,638,000 shall be for the National Institute for Literacy 
under section 242: Provided further, That $4,960,000 shall 
be available to carry out part D of title V of the ESEA: 
Provided further, That $24,000,000 shall be for Youth Of-
fender Grants. 
STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
For carrying out subparts 1, 3 and 4 of part A, part 
C and part E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 
1965, as amended, $15,103,795,000, which shall remain 
available through September 30, 2007. 
The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall 
be eligible during award year 2006–2007 shall be $4,050. 
STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION 
For Federal administrative expenses (in addition to 
funds made available under section 458), to carry out part 
D of title I, and subparts 1, 3, and 4 of part A, and parts 
B, C, D and E of title IV of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965, as amended, $120,000,000. 
HIGHER EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
titles II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (‘‘HEA’’), as amended, the Mutual Educational 
and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, title VIII of the Higher
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Education Amendments of 1998, and section 117 of the Carl 
D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act, 
$2,104,508,000: Provided, That $9,797,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2007, shall be available to 
fund fellowships for academic year 2007–2008 under part 
A, subpart 1 of title VII of said Act, under the terms and 
conditions of part A, subpart 1: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law or any regulation, 
the Secretary of Education shall not require the use of a 
restricted indirect cost rate for grants issued pursuant to 
section 117 of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical 
Education Act of 1998: Provided further, That $980,000 is 
for data collection and evaluation activities for programs 
under the HEA, including such activities needed to comply 
with the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, funds made available in this Act to carry out title 
VI of the HEA and section 102(b)(6) of the Mutual Edu-
cational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 may be used 
to support visits and study in foreign countries by individ-
uals who are participating in advanced foreign language 
training and international studies in areas that are vital 
to United States national security and who plan to apply 
their language skills and knowledge of these countries in 
the fields of government, the professions, or international
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development: Provided further, That of the funds referred 
to in the preceding proviso up to 1 percent may be used 
for program evaluation, national outreach, and informa-
tion dissemination activities: Provided further, That the 
funds provided for title II of the HEA shall be allocated 
notwithstanding section 210 of such Act. 
HOWARD UNIVERSITY 
For partial support of Howard University (20 U.S.C. 
121 et seq.), $238,789,000, of which not less than $3,600,000 
shall be for a matching endowment grant pursuant to the 
Howard University Endowment Act (Public Law 98–480) 
and shall remain available until expended. 
COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out ac-
tivities related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 
121 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, 
$573,000. 
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAPITAL 
FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
The aggregate principal amount of outstanding bonds 
insured pursuant to section 344 of title III, part D of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965, shall not exceed 
$357,000,000, and the cost, as defined in section 502 of the
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Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of such bonds shall not 
exceed zero. 
For administrative expenses to carry out the Histori-
cally Black College and University Capital Financing Pro-
gram entered into pursuant to title III, part D of the High-
er Education Act of 1965, as amended, $210,000. 
INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Edu-
cation Sciences Reform Act of 2002, as amended, the Na-
tional Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization 
Act, section 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance 
Act of 2002, and section 664 of the Individuals with Dis-
abilities 
Education 
Act, 
$522,695,000, 
of 
which 
$271,560,000 shall be available until September 30, 2007. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
the Department of Education Organization Act, including 
rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 
hire of three passenger motor vehicles, $418,992,000. 
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, 
as authorized by section 203 of the Department of Edu-
cation Organization Act, $91,526,000.
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OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector 
General, as authorized by section 212 of the Department 
of Education Organization Act, $49,408,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be 
used for the transportation of students or teachers (or for 
the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order 
to overcome racial imbalance in any school or school system, 
or for the transportation of students or teachers (or for the 
purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order to 
carry out a plan of racial desegregation of any school or 
school system. 
SEC. 302. None of the funds contained in this Act shall 
be used to require, directly or indirectly, the transportation 
of any student to a school other than the school which is 
nearest the student’s home, except for a student requiring 
special education, to the school offering such special edu-
cation, in order to comply with title VI of the Civil Rights 
Act of 1964. For the purpose of this section an indirect re-
quirement of transportation of students includes the trans-
portation of students to carry out a plan involving the reor-
ganization of the grade structure of schools, the pairing of 
schools, or the clustering of schools, or any combination of 
grade restructuring, pairing or clustering. The prohibition
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described in this section does not include the establishment 
of magnet schools. 
SEC. 303. No funds appropriated in this Act may be 
used to prevent the implementation of programs of vol-
untary prayer and meditation in the public schools. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 304. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary 
funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended) which are appro-
priated for the Department of Education in this Act may 
be transferred between appropriations, but no such appro-
priation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any 
such transfer: Provided, That the Appropriations Commit-
tees of both Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days 
in advance of any transfer. 
SEC. 305. For an additional amount to carry out sub-
part 1 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 for the purpose of eliminating the estimated accu-
mulated shortfall of budget authority for such subpart, 
$4,300,000,000, pursuant to section 303 of H. Con. Res. 95, 
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006. 
SEC. 306. Subpart 12 of part D of title V of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7265 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 5522(b), by adding at the end the 
following:
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‘‘(4) To authorize and develop cultural and edu-
cational programs relating to the Mississippi Band of 
Choctaw Indians.’’; 
(2) in section 5523(a)— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(6) 
through (8) as paragraphs (7) through (9), re-
spectively; and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(6) The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians 
in Choctaw, Mississippi.’’; and 
(3) in section 5525, by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) For cultural and educational programs, not 
less than $2,000,000 to the Mississippi Band of Choc-
taw Indians in Choctaw, Mississippi.’’. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu-
cation Appropriations Act, 2006’’. 
TITLE IV—RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE 
BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary of the Committee for Purchase 
From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled estab-
lished by Public Law 92–28, $4,669,000.
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 
DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROGRAMS, OPERATING 
EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service to carry out the provisions 
of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, as amended, 
$316,212,000: Provided, That none of the funds made avail-
able to the Corporation for National and Community Serv-
ice in this Act for activities authorized by section 122 of 
part C of title I and part E of title II of the Domestic 
Volunteer Service Act of 1973 shall be used to provide sti-
pends or other monetary incentives to volunteers or volun-
teer leaders whose incomes exceed 125 percent of the na-
tional poverty level. 
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.), $546,243,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2007: Provided, That not more than 
$280,000,000 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
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Act (42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.) (relating to activities of the 
AmeriCorps program), including grants to organizations 
operating projects under the AmeriCorps Education 
Awards Program (without regard to the requirements of sec-
tions 121(d) and (e), section 131(e), section 132, and sec-
tions 140(a), (d), and (e) of the Act: Provided further, That 
not less than $149,000,000 of the amount provided under 
this heading, to remain available without fiscal year limi-
tation, shall be transferred to the National Service Trust 
for educational awards authorized under subtitle D of title 
I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12601), of which up to $4,000,000 
shall be available to support national service scholarships 
for high school students performing community service, and 
of which $10,000,000 shall be held in reserve as defined in 
Public Law 108–45: Provided further, That in addition to 
amounts otherwise provided to the National Service Trust 
under the second proviso, the Corporation may transfer 
funds from the amount provided under the first proviso, to 
the National Service Trust authorized under subtitle D of 
title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12601) upon determination 
that such transfer is necessary to support the activities of 
national service participants and after notice is trans-
mitted to Congress: Provided further, That of the amount 
provided under this heading for grants under the National 
Service Trust program authorized under subtitle C of title
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I of the Act, not more than $55,000,000 may be used to 
administer, reimburse, or support any national service pro-
gram authorized under section 121(d)(2) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 12581(d)(2)): Provided further, That not more than 
$15,945,000 shall be available for quality and innovation 
activities authorized under subtitle H of title I of the Act 
(42 U.S.C. 12853 et seq.): Provided further, That notwith-
standing subtitle H of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12853), 
none of the funds provided under the previous proviso shall 
be used to support salaries and related expenses (including 
travel) attributable to Corporation employees: Provided fur-
ther, That to the maximum extent feasible, funds appro-
priated under subtitle C of title I of the Act shall be pro-
vided in a manner that is consistent with the recommenda-
tions of peer review panels in order to ensure that priority 
is given to programs that demonstrate quality, innovation, 
replicability, and sustainability: Provided further, That 
$27,000,000 of the funds made available under this heading 
shall be available for the Civilian Community Corps au-
thorized under subtitle E of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
12611 et seq.): Provided further, That $42,656,000 shall be 
available for school-based and community-based service- 
learning programs authorized under subtitle B of title I of 
the Act (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.): Provided further, That 
$4,000,000 shall be available for audits and other evalua-
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tions authorized under section 179 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
12639): Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the funds 
made available under this heading shall be made available 
for the Points of Light Foundation for activities authorized 
under title III of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12661 et seq.), of which 
not more than $2,500,000 may be used to support an en-
dowment fund, the corpus of which shall remain intact and 
the interest income from which shall be used to support ac-
tivities described in title III of the Act, provided that the 
Foundation may invest the corpus and income in federally 
insured bank savings accounts or comparable interest bear-
ing accounts, certificates of deposit, money market funds, 
mutual funds, obligations of the United States, and other 
market instruments and securities but not in real estate in-
vestments: Provided further, That no funds shall be avail-
able for national service programs run by Federal agencies 
authorized under section 121(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
12571(b)): Provided further, That $5,000,000 of the funds 
made available under this heading shall be made available 
to America’s Promise—The Alliance for Youth, Inc.: Pro-
vided further, That to the maximum extent practicable, the 
Corporation shall increase significantly the level of match-
ing funds and in-kind contributions provided by the private 
sector, and shall reduce the total Federal costs per partici-
pant in all programs: Provided further, That notwith-
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standing section 501(a)(4) of the Act, of the funds provided 
under this heading, not more than $12,642,000 shall be 
made available to provide assistance to state commissions 
on national and community service under section 126(a) 
of the Act: Provided further, That the Corporation may use 
up to 1 percent of program grant funds made available 
under this heading to defray its costs of conducting grant 
application reviews, including the use of outside peer re-
viewers. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administration as provided 
under section 501(a)(4) of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 and under section 504(a) of the Domes-
tic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, including payment of sal-
aries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
the rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 
the employment of experts and consultants authorized under 
5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses, $66,750,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, $6,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2007.
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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. 
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 National 
and Community Service shall conduct random 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 substan-
tially the same person or persons in control) that has been 
determined to have committed any substantial violations of 
the requirements of the AmeriCorps programs, including
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any grantee that has been determined to have violated the 
prohibition of using Federal funds to lobby the Congress: 
Provided, That the Inspector General shall obtain reim-
bursements in the amount of any misused funds from any 
grantee that has been determined to have committed any 
substantial violations of the requirements of the AmeriCorps 
programs. 
For fiscal year 2006, the Corporation shall make any 
significant changes to program requirements or policy only 
through public notice and comment rulemaking. For fiscal 
year 2006, during any grant selection process, no officer 
or employee of the Corporation shall knowingly disclose any 
covered grant selection information regarding such selec-
tion, directly or indirectly, to any person other than an 
officer or employee of the Corporation that is authorized 
by the Corporation to receive such information. 
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING 
For payment to the Corporation for Public Broad-
casting, as authorized by the Communications Act of 1934, 
an amount which shall be available within limitations spec-
ified by that Act, for the fiscal year 2007, $400,000,000: 
Provided, That no funds made available to the Corporation 
for Public Broadcasting by this Act shall be used to pay 
for receptions, parties, or similar forms of entertainment 
for Government officials or employees: Provided further,
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That none of the funds contained in this paragraph shall 
be available or used to aid or support any program or activ-
ity from which any person is excluded, or is denied benefits, 
or is discriminated against, on the basis of race, color, na-
tional origin, religion, or sex: Provided further, That for 
fiscal year 2006, in addition to the amounts provided above, 
$35,000,000 shall be for costs related to digital program 
production, development, and distribution, associated with 
the transition of public broadcasting to digital broad-
casting, to be awarded as determined by the Corporation 
in consultation with public radio and television licensees 
or permittees, or their designated representatives: Provided 
further, That for fiscal year 2006, in addition to the 
amounts provided above, $40,000,000 shall be for the costs 
associated with replacement and upgrade of the public tele-
vision interconnection system: Provided further, That none 
of the funds made available to the Corporation for Public 
Broadcasting by this Act, Public Law 108–199 or Public 
Law 108–7, shall be used to support the Television Future 
Fund or any similar purpose. 
FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and 
Conciliation Service to carry out the functions vested in 
it by the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C.
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171–180, 182–183), including hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles; for expenses necessary for the Labor-Management Co-
operation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a); and for expenses 
necessary for the Service to carry out the functions vested 
in it by the Civil Service Reform Act, Public Law 95–454 
(5 U.S.C. ch. 71), $43,439,000, including $500,000, to re-
main available through September 30, 2007, for activities 
authorized by the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 
1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a): Provided, That notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302, fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, for spe-
cial training activities and other conflict resolution services 
and technical assistance, including those provided to foreign 
governments and international organizations, and for arbi-
tration services shall be credited to and merged with this 
account, and shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That fees for arbitration services shall be 
available only for education, training, and professional de-
velopment of the agency workforce: Provided further, That 
the Director of the Service is authorized to accept and use 
on behalf of the United States gifts of services and real, per-
sonal, or other property in the aid of any projects or func-
tions within the Director’s jurisdiction.
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FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety 
and Health Review Commission (30 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), 
$7,809,000. 
INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES 
OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS AND 
ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out the Museum and Library Services 
Act of 1996, $290,129,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of the 
Social Security Act, $10,168,000, to be transferred to this 
appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance and the 
Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds. 
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION 
SCIENCE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the National Commission 
on Libraries and Information Science, established by the 
Act of July 20, 1970 (Public Law 91–345, as amended), 
$993,000.