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without adequate disclaimers regarding the limitations of 
the data. 
(b) The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Ex-
plosives shall include in all such data releases, language 
similar to the following that would make clear that trace 
data cannot be used to draw broad conclusions about fire-
arms-related crime: 
(1) Firearm traces are designed to assist law en-
forcement authorities in conducting investigations by 
tracking the sale and possession of specific firearms. 
Law enforcement agencies may request firearms traces 
for any reason, and those reasons are not necessarily 
reported to the Federal Government. Not all firearms 
used in crime are traced and not all firearms traced 
are used in crime. 
(2) Firearms selected for tracing are not chosen 
for purposes of determining which types, makes, or 
models of firearms are used for illicit purposes. The 
firearms selected do not constitute a random sample 
and should not be considered representative of the 
larger universe of all firearms used by criminals, or 
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
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sources or methods by which firearms in general are 
acquired for use in crime. 
SEC. 519. (a) The Inspectors General of the Depart-
ment of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National 
Science Foundation shall conduct audits, pursuant to the 
Inspector General Act (5 U.S.C. App.), of grants or con-
tracts for which funds are appropriated by this Act, and 
shall submit reports to Congress on the progress of such au-
dits, which may include preliminary findings and a de-
scription of areas of particular interest, within 180 days 
after initiating such an audit and every 180 days thereafter 
until any such audit is completed. 
(b) Within 60 days after the date on which an audit 
described in subsection (a) by an Inspector General is com-
pleted, the Secretary, Attorney General, Administrator, or 
Director, as appropriate, shall make the results of the audit 
available to the public on the Internet website maintained 
by the Department, Administration, or Foundation, respec-
tively. The results shall be made available in redacted form 
to exclude— 
(1) any matter described in section 552(b) of 
title 5, United States Code; and 
(2) sensitive personal information for any indi-
vidual, the public access to which could be used to
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commit identity theft or for other inappropriate or 
unlawful purposes. 
(c) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro-
priated by this Act may not be used for the purpose of de-
fraying the costs of a banquet or conference that is not di-
rectly and programmatically related to the purpose for 
which the grant or contract was awarded, such as a banquet 
or conference held in connection with planning, training, 
assessment, review, or other routine purposes related to a 
project funded by the grant or contract. 
(d) Any person awarded a grant or contract funded 
by amounts appropriated by this Act shall submit a state-
ment to the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General, 
the Administrator, or the Director, as appropriate, certi-
fying that no funds derived from the grant or contract will 
be made available through a subcontract or in any other 
manner to another person who has a financial interest in 
the person awarded the grant or contract. 
(e) The provisions of the preceding subsections of this 
section shall take effect 30 days after the date on which the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in con-
sultation with the Director of the Office of Government Eth-
ics, determines that a uniform set of rules and requirements, 
substantially similar to the requirements in such sub-
sections, consistently apply under the executive branch eth-
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ics program to all Federal departments, agencies, and enti-
ties. 
SEC. 520. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under this Act may be used to issue patents 
on claims directed to or encompassing a human organism. 
SEC. 521. None of the funds made available in this 
Act shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or jus-
tify the use of torture by any official or contract employee 
of the United States Government. 
SEC. 522. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law or treaty, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under this Act or any other Act may be 
expended or obligated by a department, agency, or instru-
mentality of the United States to pay administrative ex-
penses or to compensate an officer or employee of the United 
States in connection with requiring an export license for 
the export to Canada of components, parts, accessories or 
attachments for firearms listed in Category I, section 121.1 
of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations (International Traf-
ficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), part 121, as it existed 
on April 1, 2005) with a total value not exceeding $500 
wholesale in any transaction, provided that the conditions 
of subsection (b) of this section are met by the exporting 
party for such articles.
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(b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an export 
license— 
(1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any 
Shipper’s Export Declaration or notification letter re-
quired by law, or from being otherwise eligible under 
the laws of the United States to possess, ship, trans-
port, or export the articles enumerated in subsection 
(a); and 
(2) does not permit the export without a license 
of— 
(A) fully automatic firearms and compo-
nents and parts for such firearms, other than for 
end use by the Federal Government, or a Provin-
cial or Municipal Government of Canada; 
(B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or 
complete breech mechanisms for any firearm list-
ed in Category I, other than for end use by the 
Federal Government, or a Provincial or Munic-
ipal Government of Canada; or 
(C) articles for export from Canada to an-
other foreign destination. 
(c) In accordance with this section, the District Direc-
tors of Customs and postmasters shall permit the permanent 
or temporary export without a license of any unclassified 
articles specified in subsection (a) to Canada for end use