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MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Com-
merce in fostering, promoting, and developing minority 
business enterprise, including expenses of grants, con-
tracts, and other agreements with public or private organi-
zations, $28,899,000. 
ECONOMIC AND INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE 
ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco-
nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department 
of Commerce, $78,211,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2006, of which $2,000,000 is for a grant to 
the National Academy of Public Administration to study 
impacts of off-shoring on the economy and workforce of 
the United States. 
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for collecting, compiling, ana-
lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for 
by law, $202,765,000. 
PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses related to the 2010 decennial 
census, $399,976,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2006: Provided, That, of the total amount available
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related to the 2010 decennial census, $173,806,000 is for 
the Re-engineered Design Process for the Short-Form 
Only Census, $146,009,000 is for the American Commu-
nity Survey, and $80,161,000 is for the Master Address 
File/Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and 
Referencing (MAF/TIGER) system. 
In addition, for expenses to collect and publish statis-
tics for other periodic censuses and programs provided for 
by law, $171,140,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2006, of which $73,473,000 is for economic statistics 
programs and $97,667,000 is for demographic statistics 
programs: Provided, That regarding construction of a fa-
cility at the Suitland Federal Center, quarterly reports re-
garding the expenditure of funds and project planning, de-
sign and cost decisions shall be provided by the Bureau, 
in cooperation with the General Services Administration, 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives: Provided further, That none 
of the funds provided in this or any other Act under the 
heading ‘‘Bureau of the Census, Periodic Censuses and 
Programs’’ shall be used to fund the construction and ten-
ant build-out costs of a facility at the Suitland Federal 
Center.
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NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of 
the National Telecommunications and Information Ad-
ministration (NTIA), $15,282,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2006: Provided, That, notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce 
shall charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in spec-
trum management, analysis, and operations, and related 
services and such fees shall be retained and used as offset-
ting collections for costs of such spectrum services, to re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use as 
offsetting collections all funds transferred, or previously 
transferred, from other Government agencies for all costs 
incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and 
related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication 
Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions 
under this paragraph, and such funds received from other 
Government agencies shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING 
AND CONSTRUCTION 
For the administration of grants authorized by sec-
tion 392 of the Communications Act of 1934, $2,538,000,
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to remain available until expended as authorized by sec-
tion 391 of the Act: Provided, That, notwithstanding the 
provisions of section 391 of the Act, the prior year unobli-
gated balances may be made available for grants for 
projects for which applications have been submitted and 
approved during any fiscal year. 
INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS 
For the administration of prior year grants, recov-
eries and unobligated balances of funds previously appro-
priated for grants are available only for the administration 
of all open grants until their expiration. 
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Patent 
and Trademark Office provided for by law, including de-
fense of suits instituted against the Under Secretary of 
Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the 
United 
States 
Patent 
and 
Trademark 
Office, 
$1,314,653,000, which shall be derived from offsetting 
collections assessed and collected pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 
1113 and 35 U.S.C. 41 and 376, and shall be retained 
and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation: 
Provided, That the sum herein appropriated from the gen-
eral fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections 
are received during fiscal year 2005, so as to result in 
a fiscal year 2005 appropriation from the general fund
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estimated at $0: Provided further, That during fiscal year 
2005, should the total amount of offsetting fee collections 
be less than $1,314,653,000, this amount shall be reduced 
accordingly: Provided further, That not less than 584 full-
time equivalents, 602 positions and $78,450,000 shall be 
for the examination of trademark applications; and not 
less than 5,435 full-time equivalents, 5,848 positions and 
$866,007,000 shall be for the examination and searching 
of patent applications: Provided further, That not more 
than 264 full-time equivalents, 271 positions and 
$36,861,000 shall be for the Office of the General Coun-
sel: Provided further, That from amounts provided herein, 
not to exceed $1,000 shall be made available in fiscal year 
2005 for official reception and representation expenses: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 1353 of 
title 31, United States Code, no employee of the United 
States Patent and Trademark Office may accept payment 
or reimbursement from a non-Federal entity for travel, 
subsistence, or related expenses for the purpose of ena-
bling an employee to attend and participate in a conven-
tion, conference, or meeting when the entity offering pay-
ment or reimbursement is a person or corporation subject 
to regulation by the Office, or represents a person or cor-
poration subject to regulation by the Office, unless the 
person or corporation is an organization exempt from tax-