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any subset of that universe. Firearms are normally 
traced to the first retail seller, and sources reported 
for firearms traced do not necessarily represent the 
sources or methods by which firearms in general are 
acquired for use in crime. 
SEC. 522. (a) For the period beginning on October 1, 
2005, and ending on April 1, 2006, none of the funds made 
available by this or any other Act may be used to pay the 
salaries or expenses of any employee of any agency or office 
to implement any change to part 302, 303, 306, or 318 of 
title 13, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on Decem-
ber 14, 1999), pursuant to the interim final rule published 
August 11, 2005 (70 Fed. Reg. 47002; relating to the imple-
mentation of, and regulatory revision under, the Economic 
Development Reauthorization Act (Public Law 108–373; 
118 Stat. 1756)). 
(b) Notwithstanding the interim final rule described 
in subsection (a), the public comment period with respect 
to parts 302, 303, 306, and 318 of title 13, Code of Federal 
Regulations, shall be not less than 30 days. 
SEC. 523. SENSE OF THE SENATE.—(a) FINDINGS.— 
The Senate finds the following: 
(1) In a time of national catastrophe, it is the 
responsibility of Congress and the Executive Branch
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to take quick and decisive action to help those in 
need. 
(2) The size, scope, and complexity of Hurricane 
Katrina are unprecedented, and the emergency re-
sponse and long-term recovery efforts will be extensive 
and require significant resources. 
(3) It is the responsibility of Congress and the 
Executive Branch to ensure the financial stability of 
the nation by being good stewards of Americans’ 
hard-earned tax dollars. 
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that any funding directive contained in this Act, or its 
accompanying report, that is not specifically authorized in 
any Federal law as of the date of enactment of this section, 
or Act or resolution passed by the Senate during the 1st 
Session of the 109th Congress prior to such date, or pro-
posed in pursuance to an estimate submitted in accordance 
with law, that is for the benefit of an identifiable program, 
project, activity, entity, or jurisdiction and is not directly 
related to the impact of Hurricane Katrina, may be redi-
rected to recovery efforts if the appropriate head of an agen-
cy or department determines, after consultation with appro-
priate Congressional Committees, that the funding directive 
is not of national significance or is not in the public inter-
est.
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SEC. 524. (a) It is the sense of Congress that all au-
thorities with jurisdiction, including the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation and other entities within the Department of 
Justice, should— 
(1) expeditiously investigate unsolved civil rights 
murders, due to the amount of time that has passed 
since the murders and the age of potential witnesses; 
and 
(2) provide all the resources necessary to ensure 
timely and thorough investigations in the cases in-
volved. 
(b) In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘Chief’’ means the Chief of the Sec-
tion. 
(2) The term ‘‘criminal civil rights statutes’’ 
means— 
(A) section 241 of title 18, United States 
Code (relating to conspiracy against rights); 
(B) section 242 of title 18, United States 
Code (relating to deprivation of rights under 
color of law); 
(C) section 245 of title 18, United States 
Code (relating to federally protected activities);
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(D) sections 1581 and 1584 of title 18, 
United States Code (relating to involuntary ser-
vitude and peonage); 
(E) section 901 of the Fair Housing Act (42 
U.S.C. 3631); and 
(F) any other Federal law that— 
(i) was in effect on or before December 
31, 1969; and 
(ii) the Criminal Section of the Civil 
Rights Division of the Department of Jus-
tice enforced, prior to the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
(3) The term ‘‘Section’’ (except when used as 
part of the term ‘‘Criminal Section’’) means the Un-
solved Crimes Section established under subsection 
(c). 
(c)(1) There is established in the Civil Rights Division 
of the Department of Justice an Unsolved Crimes Section. 
The Section shall be headed by a Chief of the Section. 
(2)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal 
law, the Chief shall be responsible for investigating and 
prosecuting violations of criminal civil rights statutes, in 
each case in which a complaint alleges that such a viola-
tion—
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(i) occurred not later than December 31, 1969; 
and 
(ii) resulted in a death. 
(B) After investigating a complaint under subpara-
graph (A), if the Chief determines that an alleged practice 
that is a violation of a criminal civil rights statute occurred 
in a State, or political subdivision of a State, that has a 
State or local law prohibiting the practice alleged and es-
tablishing or authorizing a State or local official to grant 
or seek relief from such practice or to institute criminal 
proceedings with respect to the practice on receiving notice 
of the practice, the Chief shall consult with the State or 
local official regarding the appropriate venue for the case 
involved. 
(C) After investigating a complaint under subpara-
graph (A), the Chief shall refer the complaint to the Crimi-
nal Section of the Civil Rights Division, if the Chief deter-
mines that the subject of the complaint has violated a crimi-
nal civil rights statute in the case involved but the violation 
does not meet the requirements of clause (i) or (ii) of sub-
paragraph (A). 
(3)(A) The Chief shall annually conduct a study of the 
cases under the jurisdiction of the Chief and, in conducting 
the study, shall determine the cases—
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(i) for which the Chief has sufficient evidence to 
prosecute violations of criminal civil rights statutes; 
and 
(ii) for which the Chief has insufficient evidence 
to prosecute those violations. 
(B) Not later than September 30 of 2006 and of each 
subsequent year, the Chief shall prepare and submit to Con-
gress a report containing the results of the study conducted 
under subparagraph (A), including a description of the 
cases described in subparagraph (A)(ii). 
(4)(A) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out this subsection $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and each 
subsequent fiscal year. 
(B) Any funds appropriated under this paragraph 
shall consist of additional appropriations for the activities 
described in this subsection, rather than funds made avail-
able through reductions in the appropriations authorized 
for other enforcement activities of the Department of Jus-
tice. 
SEC. 525. Of the funds appropriated to the Federal 
Trade Commission by this Act, not less than $1,000,000 
shall be used by the Commission to conduct an immediate 
investigation into nationwide gasoline prices in the after-
math of Hurricane Katrina; Provided, That the investiga-
tion shall include (1) any evidence of price-gouging by com-