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1861–1875); services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; not to exceed $9,000 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; rental of conference rooms in the District 
of Columbia; and reimbursement of the General Services Adminis-
tration for security guard services; $250,000,000: Provided, That 
contracts may be entered into under ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ in 
fiscal year 2006 for maintenance and operation of facilities, and 
for other services, to be provided during the next fiscal year. 
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD 
For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, author-
ized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference 
rooms in the District of Columbia, and the employment of experts 
and consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code) 
involved in carrying out section 4 of the National Science Founda-
tion Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86–209 (42 
U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $4,000,000: Provided, That not more than 
$9,000 shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General as 
authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$11,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropriations Act, 
2006’’. 
TITLE IV—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Department of State and the 
Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, including employment, 
without regard to civil service and classification laws, of persons 
on a temporary basis (not to exceed $700,000 of this appropriation), 
as authorized by section 801 of the United States Information 
and Educational Exchange Act of 1948; representation to certain 
international organizations in which the United States participates 
pursuant to treaties ratified pursuant to the advice and consent 
of the Senate or specific Acts of Congress; arms control, non-
proliferation and disarmament activities as authorized; acquisition 
by exchange or purchase of passenger motor vehicles as authorized 
by law; and for expenses of general administration, $3,680,019,000: 
Provided, That not to exceed 71 permanent positions and $9,804,000 
shall be for the Bureau of Legislative Affairs: Provided further, 
That of the amount made available under this heading, not to 
exceed $4,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 
in the ‘‘Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service’’ appro-
priations account, to be available only for emergency evacuations 
and terrorism rewards: Provided further, That of the amount made
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available under this heading, not less than $334,000,000 shall be 
available only for public diplomacy international information pro-
grams: Provided further, That of the amount made available under 
this heading, not less than $2,000,000 shall be for a contribution 
to the Scholar Rescue Fund endowment: Provided further, That 
of the amount made available under this heading, $3,000,000 shall 
be available only for the operations of the Office on Right-Sizing 
the United States Government Overseas Presence: Provided further, 
That funds available under this heading may be available for a 
United States Government interagency task force to examine, 
coordinate and oversee United States participation in the United 
Nations headquarters renovation project: Provided further, That 
no funds may be obligated or expended for processing licenses 
for the export of satellites of United States origin (including 
commercial satellites and satellite components) to the People’s 
Republic of China unless, at least 15 days in advance, the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate are notified of such proposed action: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading are available, pursuant to 
31 U.S.C. 1108(g), for the field examination of programs and activi-
ties in the United States funded from any account contained in 
this title. 
In addition, not to exceed $1,469,000 shall be derived from 
fees collected from other executive agencies for lease or use of 
facilities located at the International Center in accordance with 
section 4 of the International Center Act; in addition, as authorized 
by section 5 of such Act, $490,000, to be derived from the reserve 
authorized by that section, to be used for the purposes set out 
in that section; in addition, as authorized by section 810 of the 
United States Information and Educational Exchange Act, not to 
exceed $6,000,000, to remain available until expended, may be 
credited to this appropriation from fees or other payments received 
from English teaching, library, motion pictures, and publication 
programs and from fees from educational advising and counseling 
and exchange visitor programs; and, in addition, not to exceed 
$15,000, which shall be derived from reimbursements, surcharges, 
and fees for use of Blair House facilities. 
In addition, for the costs of worldwide security upgrades, 
$689,523,000, to remain available until expended. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment Fund, 
$58,895,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized: 
Provided, That section 135(e) of Public Law 103–236 shall not 
apply to funds available under this heading. 
CENTRALIZED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MODERNIZATION PROGRAM 
For expenses relating to the modernization of the information 
technology systems and networks of the Department of State, 
$69,368,000, to remain available until expended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
$30,029,000, notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) of the Foreign
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Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465), as it relates to post 
inspections. 
EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS 
For expenses of educational and cultural exchange programs, 
as authorized, $431,790,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That not to exceed $2,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, may be credited to this appropriation from fees or other 
payments received from or in connection with English teaching, 
educational advising and counseling programs, and exchange visitor 
programs as authorized. 
REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES 
For representation allowances as authorized, $8,281,000. 
PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the Secretary 
of State to provide for extraordinary protective services, as author-
ized, $9,390,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007. 
EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign Service 
Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292–303), preserving, maintaining, 
repairing, and planning for buildings that are owned or directly 
leased by the Department of State, renovating, in addition to funds 
otherwise available, the Harry S Truman Building, and carrying 
out the Diplomatic Security Construction Program as authorized, 
$598,800,000, to remain available until expended as authorized, 
of which not to exceed $25,000 may be used for domestic and 
overseas representation as authorized: Provided, That none of the 
funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be available for acquisi-
tion of furniture, furnishings, or generators for other departments 
and agencies. 
In addition, for the costs of worldwide security upgrades, 
acquisition, and construction as authorized, $910,200,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of State to 
meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Con-
sular Service, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended as 
authorized, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 may be transferred 
to and merged with the ‘‘Repatriation Loans Program Account’’, 
subject to the same terms and conditions. 
REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, $712,000, as authorized: Provided, 
That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall 
be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974.
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In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct loan program, $607,000, which may be transferred 
to and merged with funds in the ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Pro-
grams’’ account. 
PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Relations Act 
(Public Law 96–8), $19,751,000. 
PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY 
FUND 
For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability 
Fund, as authorized by law, $131,700,000. 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to meet 
annual obligations of membership in international multilateral 
organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified pursuant to the advice 
and consent of the Senate, conventions or specific Acts of Congress, 
$1,166,212,000: Provided, That the Secretary of State shall, at 
the time of the submission of the President’s budget to Congress 
under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, transmit 
to the Committees on Appropriations the most recent biennial 
budget prepared by the United Nations for the operations of the 
United Nations: Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall 
notify the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days in advance 
(or in an emergency, as far in advance as is practicable) of any 
United Nations action to increase funding for any United Nations 
program without identifying an offsetting decrease elsewhere in 
the United Nations budget and cause the United Nations budget 
for the biennium 2006–2007 to exceed the revised United Nations 
budget level for the biennium 2004–2005 of $3,695,480,000: Pro-
vided further, That any payment of arrearages under this title 
shall be directed toward special activities that are mutually agreed 
upon by the United States and the respective international 
organization: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 
in this paragraph shall be available for a United States contribution 
to an international organization for the United States share of 
interest costs made known to the United States Government by 
such organization for loans incurred on or after October 1, 1984, 
through external borrowings. 
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other expenses 
of international peacekeeping activities directed to the maintenance 
or restoration of international peace and security, $1,035,500,000, 
of which 15 percent shall remain available until September 30, 
2007: Provided, That none of the funds made available under this 
Act shall be obligated or expended for any new or expanded United 
Nations peacekeeping mission unless, at least 15 days in advance 
of voting for the new or expanded mission in the United Nations 
Security Council (or in an emergency as far in advance as is