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Littleton’’ and inserting ‘‘Ayer commuter rail station im-
provements, land acquisition and parking improvements’’. 
SEC. 124. Of the $6,000,000 portion of the funds 
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Highway Demonstra-
tion Projects’’ in title I of Public Law 102–143 (105 
Stat. 929) that was allocated for Routes 70/38 Circle 
Elimination, NJ, $4,500,000 shall be transferred to, and 
made available for, the following projects in the specified 
amounts: Mantua Creek Overpass in Paulsboro, NJ, 
$2,000,000; Delsea Drive Route 47 Timber Creek in 
Westville, NJ, $787,000; Camden Northern End Parking 
Garage in Camden, NJ, $1,213,000; and Route 47 Chap-
el Heights Avenue in Gloucester, NJ, $500,000. 
SEC. 125. Division F, title I, section 115 of Public 
Law 108–199 is amended by inserting before the period 
at the end the following: ‘‘: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law and the preceding 
clauses of this provision, the Secretary of Transportation 
may use amounts made available by this section to make 
grants for any surface transportation project otherwise eli-
gible for funding under title 23 or title 49, United States 
Code’’. 
SEC. 126. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to require a State or local government 
to post a traffic control device or variable message sign,
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or any other type of traffic warning sign, in a language 
other than English, except with respect to the names of 
cities, streets, places, events, or signs related to an inter-
national border. 
SEC. 127. Of the funds available under section 
104(a)(1)(A) of title 23, United States Code, $4,000,000 
shall be available for environmental streamlining activities, 
which may include making grants to, or entering into con-
tracts, cooperative agreements, and other transactions, 
with a Federal agency, State agency, local agency, author-
ity, association, non-profit or for-profit corporation, or in-
stitution of higher education. 
FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of 
the funds in this Act shall be available for expenses for 
administration of motor carrier safety programs and 
motor carrier safety research, and grants, the obligations 
for which are in excess of $248,480,000 for fiscal year 
2005: Provided, That $33,000,000 shall be available to 
make grants to, or enter into contracts with, States, local 
governments, or other persons for carrying out border
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commercial motor vehicle safety programs and enforce-
ment activities and projects for the purposes described in 
49 U.S.C. 31104(f)(2)(B), and the Federal share payable 
under such grants shall be 100 percent; $20,000,000 
shall be available to make grants to, or enter into con-
tracts with, States, local governments, or other persons 
for commercial driver’s licenses program improvements, 
and the Federal share payable under such grants shall be 
100 percent; and $14,200,000 shall be available to make 
grants to States for implementation of section 210 of the 
Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999, and the 
Federal share payable under such grant shall be 100 per-
cent: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, for payment of obligations incurred to 
pay administrative expenses of and grants by the Federal 
Motor Carrier Safety Administration, $248,480,000, to 
be derived from the Highway Trust Fund, together with 
advances and reimbursements received by the Federal 
Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the sum of which 
shall remain available until expended.
NATIONAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY PROGRAM 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for pay-
ment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C.
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31102, 31106, and 31309, $190,000,000 to be derived 
from the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That none of the funds in this 
Act shall be available for the implementation or execution 
of programs the obligations for which are in excess of 
$190,000,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Grants’’ and ‘‘In-
formation Systems,’’ and of which $17,000,000 shall be 
available for grants to States for implementation of sec-
tion 210 of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act 
of 1999 (113 Stat. 1764–1765) and $1,000,000 shall be 
available for grants to States, local governments, or other 
entities for commercial driver’s license program improve-
ments: Provided further, That for grants made to States 
for implementation of section 210 of the Motor Carrier 
Safety Improvement Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 1764–1765), 
and for grants to States, local governments, or other enti-
ties for commercial driver’s license program improve-
ments, the Federal share payable under such grants shall 
be 100 percent. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER 
SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 141. Funds appropriated or limited in this Act 
shall be subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in 
section 350 of Public Law 107–87, including that the 
Secretary submit a report to the House and Senate Ap-
propriations Committees annually on the safety and secu-
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rity of transportation into the United States by Mexico-
domiciled motor carriers. 
SEC. 142. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to implement or en-
force any provisions of the Final Rule, issued on April 
16, 2003 (Docket No. FMCSA–97–2350), with respect to 
the operators of utility service vehicles, as that term is 
defined in section 395.2 of title 49, Code of Federal Reg-
ulations. 
SEC. 143. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act shall be used to implement 
or enforce 49 CFR subsections 395.3 or 395.8 as they 
may apply to operators of utility service vehicles as defined 
in 49 CFR 395.2. This prohibition on implementing or 
enforcing such regulations shall also apply to any State 
or agency receiving funds pursuant to chapter 311 of title 
49 U.S.C. 
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of 
the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety 
under chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, and 
part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, 
$129,514,000, of which $107,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2007: Provided, That none of the
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funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated or ex-
pended to plan, finalize, or implement any rulemaking to 
add to section 575.104 of title 49 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations any requirement pertaining to a grading 
standard that is different from the three grading stand-
ards (treadwear, traction, and temperature resistance) al-
ready in effect: Provided further, That none of the funds 
in this Act may be used to augment information tech-
nology or computer support funds provided to NHTSA be-
yond $2,620,000. 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, to remain available until 
expended, $90,000,000, to be derived from the Highway 
Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act 
shall be available for the planning or execution of pro-
grams the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2005, 
are in excess of $90,000,000 for programs authorized 
under 23 U.S.C. 403.
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FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, $137,738,000, 
of which $15,350,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and de-
velopment, $33,289,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT 
PROGRAM 
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to 
issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obli-
gations pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revital-
ization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 
94–210), as amended, in such amounts and at such times 
as may be necessary to pay any amounts required pursu-
ant to the guarantee of the principal amount of obliga-
tions under sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such 
authority to exist as long as any such guaranteed obliga-
tion is outstanding: Provided, That pursuant to section 
502 of such Act, as amended, no new direct loans or loan 
guarantee commitments shall be made using Federal 
funds for the credit risk premium during fiscal year 
2005: Provided further, That within thirty days of enact-
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ment of this Act, the National Railroad Passenger Cor-
poration shall make full payment of all principal and in-
terest to the Federal Railroad Administrator in satisfac-
tion of the Corporation’s July 3, 2002, direct loan from 
the Federal Railroad Administration. 
NEXT GENERATION HIGH-SPEED RAIL 
For necessary expenses for the Next Generation 
High-Speed Rail program as authorized under 49 U.S.C. 
26101 and 26102, $11,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
PENNSYLVANIA STATION REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Of the unobligated balances of funds made available 
in section 232 of appendix E of Public Law 106–113, 
$39,827,000 are hereby transferred to and merged with 
funds for the Federal Transit Administration, Capital In-
vestment Grants, for the purposes of constructing the New 
York Long Island Rail Road East Side Access (Exten-
sion). 
GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER 
CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
quarterly grants to the National Railroad Passenger Cor-
poration, $900,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2005: Provided, That not less than 
$500,000,000 shall be provided in quarterly grants for
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capital expenses: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
Transportation shall approve funding to cover operating 
losses and capital expenditures, including advance pur-
chase orders, for the National Railroad Passenger Cor-
poration only after receiving and reviewing a grant re-
quest for each specific train route: Provided further, That 
each such grant request shall be accompanied by a de-
tailed financial analysis, revenue projection, and capital 
expenditure projection justifying the Federal support to 
the Secretary’s satisfaction: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Transportation shall reserve $60,000,000 of 
the funds provided under this heading and is authorized 
to transfer such sums to the Surface Transportation 
Board, upon request from said Board, to carry out di-
rected service orders issued pursuant to section 11123 of 
title 49, United States Code to respond to the cessation 
of commuter rail operations by the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of Transportation shall make the reserved funds 
available to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation 
through an appropriate grant instrument during the end 
of the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2005 to the extent 
that no directed service orders have been issued by the 
Surface Transportation Board as of the date of transfer 
or there is a balance of reserved funds not needed by the
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Board to pay for any directed service order issued 
through September 30, 2005: Provided further, That not 
later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, Amtrak 
shall transmit, in electronic format, to the Secretary of 
Transportation, the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations, the House Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure and the Senate Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation a comprehensive 
business plan approved by the Board of Directors for fis-
cal year 2005 under section 24104(a) of title 49, United 
States Code: Provided further, That the business plan 
shall include, as applicable, targets for ridership, reve-
nues, and capital and operating expenses: Provided fur-
ther, That the plan shall also include a separate account-
ing of such targets for the Northeast Corridor; commuter 
service; long-distance Amtrak service; state-supported 
service; each intercity train route; including Autotrain; 
and commercial activities including contract operations 
and mail and express: Provided further, That the business 
plan shall include a description of the work to be funded, 
along with cost estimates and an estimated timetable for 
completion of the projects covered by this business plan: 
Provided further, That not later than October 1, 2004 
and no later than 30 days following the last business day 
of the previous month thereafter, Amtrak shall submit to
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the Secretary of Transportation and the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations a supplemental report, 
in electronic format, regarding the pending business plan, 
which shall describe the work completed to date, any 
changes to the business plan, and the reasons for such 
changes: Provided further, That none of the funds in this 
Act may be used for operating expenses, including ad-
vance purchase orders, and capital projects not approved 
by the Secretary of Transportation nor on the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation’s fiscal year 2005 busi-
ness plan: Provided further, That Amtrak shall display 
the business plan and all subsequent supplemental plans 
on the Corporation’s website within a reasonable time-
frame following their submission to the appropriate enti-
ties: Provided further, That none of the funds under this 
heading may be obligated or expended until the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation agrees to continue abid-
ing by the provisions of paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, and 11 
of the summary of conditions for the direct loan agree-
ment of June 28, 2002, in the same manner as in effect 
on the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to re-
tain up to $4,000,000 of the funds provided to be used 
to retain a consultant or consultants to assist the Sec-
retary in preparing a comprehensive valuation of Am-
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trak’s assets to be completed not later than September 
30, 2005: Provided further, That these funds shall be 
available to the Secretary of Transportation until ex-
pended: Provided further, That this valuation shall to be 
used to retain a consultant or consultants to develop to 
the Secretary’s satisfaction a methodology for deter-
mining the avoidable and fully allocated costs of each 
Amtrak route: Provided further, That once the Secretary 
has approved the methodology for determining the avoid-
able and fully allocated costs of each Amtrak route, Am-
trak shall apply that methodology in compiling an annual 
report to Congress on the avoidable and fully allocated 
costs of each of its routes, with the initial report for fis-
cal year 2005 to be submitted to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations, the House Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Senate Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation before 
December 31, 2005, and each subsequent report to be 
submitted within ninety days after the end of the fiscal 
year to which the report pertains. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 161. For the purpose of assisting State-sup-
ported intercity rail service, in order to demonstrate 
whether competition will provide higher quality rail pas-
senger service at reasonable prices, the Secretary of
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Salt Lake City, Utah, CBD to University LRT, 
$1,130,000; 
Salt Lake City, Utah, Medical Center Exten-
sion, $8,680,000; 
San Diego, California, Mission Valley East 
Light Rail Extension, $81,640,000; 
San Diego, California, Oceanside-Escondido 
Rail Corridor, $55,000,000; 
San Francisco, California, BART Extension to 
San Francisco International Airport, $100,000,000; 
San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tren Urbano Rapid 
Transit System, $54,820,000; 
Seattle, Washington, Central Link Initial Seg-
ment, $80,000,000; 
St. Louis, Missouri, Metrolink St. Clair Exten-
sion, $60,000; 
Washington, DC/MD, Largo Metrorail Exten-
sion, $75,430,000; and 
Hawaii and Alaska Ferry Boats, $10,296,000. 
JOB ACCESS AND REVERSE COMMUTE GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 3037 of 
the Federal Transit Act of 1998, $50,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That no more than 
$150,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for 
these purposes: Provided further, That up to $300,000 of 
the funds provided under this heading may be used by
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the Federal Transit Administration for technical assist-
ance and support and performance reviews of the Job Ac-
cess and Reverse Commute Grants program.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 171. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not 
apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously 
made available for obligation, or to any other authority 
previously made available for obligation. 
SEC. 172. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, and except for fixed guideway modernization 
projects, funds made available by this Act under ‘‘Fed-
eral Transit Administration, Capital investment grants’’ 
for projects specified in this Act or identified in reports 
accompanying this Act not obligated by September 30, 
2007, and other recoveries, shall be made available for 
other projects under 49 U.S.C. 5309. 
SEC. 173. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2004, 
under any section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States 
Code, that remain available for expenditure may be 
transferred to and administered under the most recent 
appropriation heading for any such section. 
SEC. 174. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, for the purpose of calculating the non-New Starts
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share of the total project cost of both phases of San 
Francisco Muni’s Third Street Light Rail Transit project 
for fiscal year 2005, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall include all non-New Starts contributions made to-
wards Phase 1 of the two-phase project for engineering, 
final design and construction, and also shall allow non-
New Starts funds expended on one element or phase of 
the project to be used to meet the non-New Starts share 
requirement of any element or phase of the project: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds provided in this Act 
for the San Francisco Muni Third Street Light Rail 
Transit Project shall be obligated if the Federal Transit 
Administration determines that the project is found to be 
‘‘not recommended’’ after evaluation and computation of 
revised transportation system user benefit data. 
SEC. 175. None of the funds in this Act shall be 
available to any Federal transit grantee after February 
1, 2004, involved directly or indirectly, in any activity 
that promotes the legalization or medical use of any sub-
stance listed in schedule I of section 202 of the Con-
trolled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812 et seq.). 
SEC. 176. From unobligated balances in the Federal 
Transit Administration’s Discretionary Grants account, 
not to exceed $72,792,311 shall be transferred as follows: 
to the Federal Transit Administration’s Formula Grants
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account, not to exceed $42,190,828; and to the Interstate 
Transfer 
Grants—Transit 
account, 
not 
to 
exceed 
$30,601,483: Provided, That these unobligated balances 
are used, together with Formula Grant funds that are 
available for reapportionment in such account, to restore 
obligation authority reduced due to a prior deficiency. 
SEC. 177. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any unobligated funds designated to the Oklahoma 
Transit Association on pages 1305 through 1307 of the 
Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Con-
ference for Public Law 108–7 may be made available to 
the Metropolitan Tulsa Transit Authority and the Central 
Oklahoma Transportation and Parking Authority for any 
project or activity authorized under section 3037 of Public 
Law 105–178 upon receipt of an application. 
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT 
CORPORATION 
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora-
tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, 
within the limits of funds and borrowing authority avail-
able to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to 
make such contracts and commitments without regard to 
fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the 
Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as
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may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth 
in the Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year. 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses for operations and mainte-
nance of those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway 
operated and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway 
Development Corporation, $15,900,000, to be derived 
from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to 
Public Law 99–662: Provided, That, of this amount, 
$1,500,000 shall be for the concrete replacement project 
and related expenses at the Eisenhower and Snell Locks. 
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 
U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security 
needs of the United States, $98,700,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training 
activities authorized by law, $106,400,000, of which 
$23,753,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2005, for salaries and benefits of employees of the United 
States Merchant Marine Academy; of which $13,138,000 
shall remain available until expended for capital improve-
ments at the United States Merchant Marine Academy;
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and of which $8,090,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for the State Maritime Schools Schoolship Main-
tenance and Repair. 
SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of ob-
solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of 
the Maritime Administration, $19,116,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the guaran-
teed loan program, not to exceed $4,764,000, which shall 
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
Operations and Training. 
SHIP CONSTRUCTION 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances available under this 
heading, $1,979,000 are rescinded. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 185. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, the Maritime Administration is authorized to 
furnish utilities and services and make necessary repairs 
in connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy in-
volving Government property under control of the Mari-
time Administration, and payments received therefore
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shall be credited to the appropriation charged with the 
cost thereof: Provided, That rental payments under any 
such lease, contract, or occupancy for items other than 
such utilities, services, or repairs shall be covered into the 
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
SEC. 186. No obligations shall be incurred during 
the current fiscal year from the construction fund estab-
lished by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, or otherwise, 
in excess of the appropriations and limitations contained 
in this Act or in any prior appropriations Act. 
SEC. 187. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to implement 
or make an award pursuant to the National Defense Tank 
Vessel Construction Assistance Program Request for Pro-
posals issued by the Maritime Administration on February 
20, 2004. 
RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION 
RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of 
the Research and Special Programs Administration, 
$46,790,000, of which $645,000 shall be derived from 
the Pipeline Safety Fund, and of which $3,025,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2007: Provided, 
That up to $1,200,000 in fees collected under 49 U.S.C. 
5108(g) shall be deposited in the general fund of the
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Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further, That 
there may be credited to this appropriation, to be avail-
able until expended, funds received from States, counties, 
municipalities, other public authorities, and private 
sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports 
publication and dissemination, and for travel expenses in-
curred in performance of hazardous materials exemptions 
and approvals functions. 
PIPELINE SAFETY 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND) 
For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of 
the pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out 
a pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 
60107, and to discharge the pipeline program responsibil-
ities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $68,466,000, of 
which $14,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2007; of which $54,466,000 shall be derived 
from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $22,901,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2007: Pro-
vided further, That not less than $1,000,000 of the funds 
provided under this heading shall be for the one-call state 
grant program.
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EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 
5127(c), $200,000, to be derived from the Emergency 
Preparedness Fund, to remain available until September 
30, 2006: Provided, That not more than $14,300,000 
shall be made available for obligation in fiscal year 2004 
from amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 
5127(d) 2007: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i), 5127(c), and 
5127(d) shall be made available for obligation by individ-
uals other than the Secretary of Transportation, or his 
designee. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, as amended, $58,000,000: Provided, 
That the Inspector General shall have all necessary au-
thority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspec-
tor General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3) to inves-
tigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to 
the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or enti-
ty that is subject to regulation by the Department: Pro-
vided further, That the funds made available under this 
heading shall be used to investigate, pursuant to section
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41712 of title 49, United States Code: (1) unfair or de-
ceptive practices and unfair methods of competition by 
domestic and foreign air carriers and ticket agents; and 
(2) the compliance of domestic and foreign air carriers 
with respect to item (1) of this proviso. 
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transpor-
tation Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $20,771,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, not to exceed $1,250,000 from 
fees established by the Chairman of the Surface Trans-
portation Board shall be credited to this appropriation as 
offsetting collections and used for necessary and author-
ized expenses under this heading: Provided further, That 
the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall 
be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting 
collections are received during fiscal year 2005, to result 
in a final appropriation from the general fund estimated 
at no more than $19,721,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 188. During the current fiscal year applicable 
appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall 
be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft;
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hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of 
liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign 
countries on official department business; and uniforms 
or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902). 
SEC. 189. Appropriations contained in this Act for 
the Department of Transportation shall be available for 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to 
the rate for an Executive Level IV. 
SEC. 190. None of the funds in this Act shall be 
available for salaries and expenses of more than 106 po-
litical and Presidential appointees in the Department of 
Transportation: Provided, That none of the personnel 
covered by this provision may be assigned on temporary 
detail outside the Department of Transportation. 
SEC. 191. None of the funds in this Act shall be 
used to implement section 404 of title 23, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 192. (a) No recipient of funds made available 
in this Act shall disseminate personal information (as de-
fined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State depart-
ment of motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle 
record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as pro-
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vided in 18 U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 18 
U.S.C. 2721. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall not withhold funds provided in this Act for any 
grantee if a State is in noncompliance with this provision. 
SEC. 193. Funds received by the Federal Highway 
Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and 
Federal Railroad Administration from States, counties, 
municipalities, other public authorities, and private 
sources for expenses incurred for training may be cred-
ited respectively to the Federal Highway Administration’s 
‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit 
Administration’s ‘‘Transit Planning and Research’’ ac-
count, and to the Federal Railroad Administration’s 
‘‘Safety and Operations’’ account, except for State rail 
safety inspectors participating in training pursuant to 49 
U.S.C. 20105. 
SEC. 194. Notwithstanding any other provisions of 
law, rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation 
is authorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock 
heretofore sold to the Department to redeem or repur-
chase such stock upon the payment to the Department of 
an amount determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 195. None of the funds in title I of this Act 
may be used to make a grant unless the Secretary of
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same meaning as that provided in section 
2(d)(2) of Public Law 107–300. 
SEC. 198. The Secretary of Transportation is au-
thorized to transfer the unexpended balances available for 
the bonding assistance program from ‘‘Office of the sec-
retary, salaries and expenses’’ to ‘‘Minority business out-
reach’’.
SEC. 199. None of the funds made available in this 
Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 
for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to ap-
prove assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining 
to funds appropriated to the modal administrations in this 
Act, except for activities underway on the date of enact-
ment of this Act, unless such assessments or agreements 
have completed the normal reprogramming process for 
Congressional notification.
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the departmental offices 
including operation and maintenance of the Treasury 
Building and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase 
of commercial insurance policies for, real properties 
leased or owned overseas, when necessary for the per-
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formance of official business; not to exceed $2,750,000 
for official travel expenses; not to exceed $3,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2006 for informa-
tion technology modernization requirements; not to ex-
ceed $75,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; not to exceed $258,000 for unforeseen emer-
gencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and ex-
pended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treas-
ury and to be accounted for solely on his certificate, 
$177,000,000: Provided, That the Office of Foreign As-
sets Control shall be funded at no less than $22,511,000 
and 120 full-time equivalent positions: Provided further, 
That of these amounts, up to $2,900,000 is for grants 
to State and local law enforcement groups to help fight 
money laundering; $3,393,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2006, shall be for the Treasury-wide fi-
nancial statement audit program, of which such amounts 
as may be necessary may be transferred to accounts of 
the Department’s offices and bureaus to conduct audits: 
Provided further, That this transfer authority shall be in 
addition to any other provided in this Act.
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DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL 
INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For development and acquisition of automatic data 
processing equipment, software, and services for the De-
partment of the Treasury, $36,072,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2007: Provided, That these 
funds shall be transferred to accounts and in amounts as 
necessary to satisfy the requirements of the Department’s 
offices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided fur-
ther, That this transfer authority shall be in addition to 
any other transfer authority provided in this Act: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated shall 
be used to support or supplement ‘‘Internal revenue serv-
ice, information systems’’ or ‘‘Internal revenue service, 
business systems modernization’’. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, as amended, not to exceed 
$2,000,000 for official travel expenses, including hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $100,000 for 
unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be al-
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located and expended under the direction of the Inspector 
General of the Treasury, $16,500,000. 
TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector 
General for Tax Administration in carrying out the In-
spector General Act of 1978, as amended, including pur-
chase (not to exceed 150 for replacement only for police-
type use) and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 
1343(b)); services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such 
rates as may be determined by the Inspector General for 
Tax Administration; not to exceed $6,000,000 for official 
travel expenses; and not to exceed $500,000 for unfore-
seen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated 
and expended under the direction of the Inspector Gen-
eral for Tax Administration, $129,126,000. 
AIR TRANSPORTATION STABILIZATION PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For necessary expenses to administer the Air Trans-
portation Stabilization Board established by section 102 
of the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabiliza-
tion Act (Public Law 107–42), $2,000,000 to remain 
available until expended.
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TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND 
RESTORATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the 
Treasury Building and Annex, $20,316,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That up to 
$2,000,000 of the amount provided under this heading 
shall be transferred to and merged with ‘‘Office of In-
spector General, salaries and expenses’’ for costs associ-
ated with the audit of this account. 
EXPANDED ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES 
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available under this 
heading, $4,000,000 are rescinded. 
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAM 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances available under this 
heading, $1,000,000 are rescinded.
FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the financial crimes en-
forcement network, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles; travel expenses of non-Federal law enforcement 
personnel to attend meetings concerned with financial in-
telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula-
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tion; and for assistance to Federal law enforcement agen-
cies, with or without reimbursement, $64,502,000, of 
which not to exceed $7,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2007; and of which $8,354,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2006: Provided, 
That funds appropriated in this account may be used to 
procure personal services contracts. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the financial management 
service, $230,930,000, of which not to exceed $9,220,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2007, for in-
formation systems modernization initiatives. 
ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, $82,542,000; of which not to 
exceed $50,000 for cooperative research and development 
programs for laboratory services; and provision of labora-
tory assistance to State and local agencies with or with-
out reimbursement.
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UNITED STATES MINT 
UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND 
Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States 
Code, the United States Mint is provided funding 
through the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund 
for costs associated with the production of circulating 
coins, numismatic coins, and protective services, including 
both operating expenses and capital investments. The ag-
gregate amount of new liabilities and obligations incurred 
during fiscal year 2005 under such section 5136 for cir-
culating coinage and protective service capital invest-
ments of the United States Mint shall not exceed 
$41,100,000. 
BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT 
ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT 
For necessary expenses connected with any public-
debt issues of the United States, $179,566,000, of which 
not to exceed $2,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for systems modernization: Provided, That the 
sum appropriated herein from the general fund for fiscal 
year 2005 shall be reduced by not more than $4,400,000 
as definitive security issue fees and Treasury direct inves-
tor account maintenance fees are collected, so as to result 
in a final fiscal year 2005 appropriation from the general 
fund estimated at $175,166,000. In addition, $60,000 to
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be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to re-
imburse the Bureau for administrative and personnel ex-
penses for financial management of the Fund, as author-
ized by section 1012 of Public Law 101–380. 
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 
PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue 
Service for pre-filing taxpayer assistance and education, 
filing and account services, shared services support, gen-
eral management and administration; and services as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be de-
termined by the Commissioner, $4,071,824,000, of which 
up to $4,100,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the 
Elderly Program, and of which $7,500,000 shall be avail-
able for low-income taxpayer clinic grants. 
TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue 
Service for determining and establishing tax liabilities; 
providing litigation support; conducting criminal inves-
tigation and enforcement activities; securing unfiled tax 
returns; collecting unpaid accounts; conducting a docu-
ment matching program; resolving taxpayer problems 
through prompt identification, referral and settlement; 
expanded customer service and public outreach programs, 
strengthened enforcement activities, and enhanced re-
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search efforts to reduce erroneous filings associated with 
the earned income tax credit; compiling statistics of in-
come and conducting compliance research; purchase (for 
police-type use, not to exceed 850) and hire of passenger 
motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be de-
termined by the Commissioner, $4,278,107,000, of which 
not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2007, for research: Provided, That up to 
$10,000,000 may be transferred as necessary from this 
account to the IRS Processing, Assistance, and Manage-
ment appropriation or the IRS Information Systems ap-
propriation solely for the purposes of management of the 
Earned Income Tax Credit compliance program and to 
reimburse the Social Security Administration for the cost 
of implementing section 1090 of the Taxpayer Relief Act 
of 1997 (Public Law 105–33): Provided further, That 
this transfer authority shall be in addition to any other 
transfer authority provided in this Act. 
INFORMATION SYSTEMS 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue 
Service for information systems and telecommunications 
support, including developmental information systems 
and operational information systems; the hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be
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determined by the Commissioner, $1,622,093,000, of 
which $200,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2006. 
BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue 
Service, $285,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2007, for the capital asset acquisition of in-
formation technology systems, including management and 
related contractual costs of said acquisitions, including 
contractual costs associated with operations authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That none of these funds 
may be obligated until the Internal Revenue Service sub-
mits to the Committees on Appropriations, and such 
Committees approve, a plan for expenditure that: (1) 
meets the capital planning and investment control review 
requirements established by the Office of Management 
and Budget, including Circular A–11 part 3; (2) complies 
with the Internal Revenue Service’s enterprise architec-
ture, including the modernization blueprint; (3) conforms 
with the Internal Revenue Service’s enterprise life cycle 
methodology; (4) is approved by the Internal Revenue 
Service, the Department of the Treasury, and the Office 
of Management and Budget; (5) has been reviewed by the 
General Accounting Office; and (6) complies with the ac-
quisition rules, requirements, guidelines, and systems ac-
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quisition management practices of the Federal Govern-
ment. 
HEALTH INSURANCE TAX CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary to implement the health in-
surance tax credit included in the Trade Act of 2002 
(Public Law 107–210), $34,841,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE 
TREASURY 
SEC. 201. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 
Service may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue 
Service appropriation upon the advance approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 202. The Internal Revenue Service Shall main-
tain a training program to ensure that Internal Revenue 
Service employees are trained in taxpayers’ rights, in deal-
ing courteously with the taxpayers, and in cross-cultural 
relations. 
SEC. 203. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti-
tute and enforce policies and procedures that will safe-
guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information. 
SEC. 204. Funds made available by this or any other 
Act to the Internal Revenue service shall be available for 
improved facilities and manpower to provide sufficient and 
effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers. The Com-
missioner shall continue to make the improvement of the
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Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line service a priority 
and allocate resources necessary to increase phone lines 
and staff to improve the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 
help line service. 
SEC. 205. Appropriations to the Department of the 
Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 
including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of 
insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign 
countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to 
the general purchase price limitations for vehicles pur-
chased and used overseas for the current fiscal year; en-
tering into contracts with the Department of State for 
the furnishing of health and medical services to employ-
ees and their dependents serving in foreign countries; and 
services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
SEC. 206. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tions in this Act made available to the Departmental Of-
fices—Salaries and Expenses, Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, Financial Management Service, Alcohol and Tobacco 
Tax and Trade Bureau, Financial Crimes Enforcement 
Network, and Bureau of the Public Debt, may be trans-
ferred between such appropriations upon the advance ap-
proval of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided,
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That no transfer may increase or decrease any such ap-
propriation by more than 2 percent. 
SEC. 207. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 
Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector 
General for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the 
advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided, That no transfer may increase or decrease any 
such appropriation by more than 2 percent. 
SEC. 208. Of the funds available for the purchase of 
law enforcement vehicles, no funds may be obligated until 
the Secretary of the Treasury certifies that the purchase 
by the respective Treasury bureau is consistent with De-
partmental vehicle management principles: Provided, 
That the Secretary may delegate this authority to the As-
sistant Secretary for Management. 
SEC. 209. None of the funds appropriated in this 
Act or otherwise available to the Department of the 
Treasury or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may 
be used to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note. 
SEC. 210. The Secretary of the Treasury may trans-
fer funds from ‘‘Financial management service, salaries 
and expenses’’ to ‘‘Debt services’’ as necessary to cover 
the costs of debt collection: Provided, That such amounts 
shall be reimbursed to such salaries and expenses account
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from debt collections received in the Debt Services Ac-
count. 
SEC. 211. Section 122(g)(1) of Public Law 105–119 
(5 U.S.C. 3104 note), is further amended by striking ‘‘6 
years’’ and inserting ‘‘7 years’’.
SEC. 212. The Treasury Department Appropriations 
Act, 1997 under the heading ‘‘Treasury Franchise Fund’’, 
as amended, is further amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 
2004’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2005’’.
SEC. 213. (a) Section 3333 of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) By amending subsection (a)(1) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(a)(1) The Secretary of the Treasury is not liable 
for a payment made by the Secretary or depositary in due 
course and without negligence, of—
(A) a check, draft, or warrant drawn on the 
Treasury or the depositary; 
(B) an electronic payment issued by the Treas-
ury or the depositary; and 
(C) a debt obligation guaranteed or assumed by 
the United States Government.’’; 
(2) By inserting after paragraph (2) of subsection 
(a) the following new paragraph:
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‘‘(3) The amount of the relief shall be charged to the 
Check Forgery Insurance Fund (31 U.S.C. 3343). A re-
covery or repayment of a loss for which replacement is 
made out of the fund shall be credited to the fund and 
is available for the purposes for which the fund was es-
tablished.’’. 
(b) The Check Forgery Insurance Fund (31 U.S.C. 
3343) shall be available to fund amounts relating to the 
payment of items listed in 31 U.S.C. 3333(a)(1), as 
amended above, prior to the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 214. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 
by the United States Mint to construct or operate any mu-
seum without the explicit approval of the House Com-
mittee on Financial Services and the Senate Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 
SEC. 215. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act or source 
to the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engrav-
ing and Printing, and the United States Mint, individually 
or collectively, may be used to consolidate any or all func-
tions of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the 
United States Mint without the explicit approval of the 
House Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Com-
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; the
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House Committee on Appropriations; and the Senate 
Committee on Appropriations. 
SEC. 216. None of the funds made available in this 
Act to the Secretary of the Treasury may be used to pub-
lish, implement, administer, or enforce regulations that 
permit financial institutions to accept the matricula con-
sular identification card as a form of identification. 
TITLE III—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESI-
DENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE 
PRESIDENT 
COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT 
For compensation of the President, including an ex-
pense allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as au-
thorized by 3 U.S.C. 102, $450,000: Provided, That none 
of the funds made available for official expenses shall be 
expended for any other purpose and any unused amount 
shall revert to the Treasury pursuant to section 1552 of 
title 31, United States Code.
WHITE HOUSE OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the White House as au-
thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 
105; subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, 
which shall be expended and accounted for as provided in
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that section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, news-
papers, periodicals, teletype news service, and travel (not 
to exceed $100,000 to be expended and accounted for as 
provided by 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for 
official entertainment expenses, to be available for alloca-
tion within the Executive Office of the President, 
$59,525,000: Provided, That $8,345,395 of the funds ap-
propriated shall be available for reimbursements to the 
White House Communications Agency.
EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, re-
furnishing, improvement, heating, and lighting, including 
electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Residence at 
the White House and official entertainment expenses of 
the President, $12,760,000, to be expended and accounted 
for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 112–114. 
REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES 
For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Res-
idence at the White House, such sums as may be nec-
essary: Provided, That all reimbursable operating ex-
penses of the Executive Residence shall be made in ac-
cordance with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
such amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be
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the exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to 
incur obligations and to receive offsetting collections, for 
such expenses: Provided further, That the Executive Resi-
dence shall require each person sponsoring a reimburs-
able political event to pay in advance an amount equal 
to the estimated cost of the event, and all such advance 
payments shall be credited to this account and remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That the Exec-
utive Residence shall require the national committee of 
the political party of the President to maintain on deposit 
$25,000, to be separately accounted for and available for 
expenses relating to reimbursable political events spon-
sored by such committee during such fiscal year: Pro-
vided further, That the Executive Residence shall ensure 
that a written notice of any amount owed for a reimburs-
able operating expense under this paragraph is submitted 
to the person owing such amount within 60 days after 
such expense is incurred, and that such amount is col-
lected within 30 days after the submission of such notice: 
Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall 
charge interest and assess penalties and other charges on 
any such amount that is not reimbursed within such 30 
days, in accordance with the interest and penalty provi-
sions applicable to an outstanding debt on a United 
States Government claim under section 3717 of title 31,
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HOMELAND SECURITY COUNCIL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Homeland Security 
Council, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $2,475,000. 
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra-
tion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 
and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$92,696,000, of which $12,075,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended for the Capital Investment Plan for 
continued modernization of the information technology 
infrastructure within the Executive Office of the Presi-
dent: Provided, That $4,000,000 of Capital Investment 
Plan funds may not be obligated until the Executive Of-
fice of the President has submitted a report to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations that includes an Enterprise 
Architecture, as defined in OMB Circular A–130 and the 
Federal Chief Information Officers Council guidance, 
that is reviewed and approved by the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget, reviewed by the U.S. General Account-
ability Office, and approved by the Committees on Appro-
priations.
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Management 
and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 
and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and to carry 
out the provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States 
Code, $67,759,000, of which not to exceed $1,500 shall 
be available for official representation expenses: Provided, 
That, as provided in 31 U.S.C. 1301(a), appropriations 
shall be applied only to the objects for which appropria-
tions were made except as otherwise provided by law: 
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in 
this Act for the Office of Management and Budget may 
be used for the purpose of reviewing any agricultural 
marketing orders or any activities or regulations under 
the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement 
Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available for the Office of 
Management and Budget by this Act may be expended 
for the altering of the transcript of actual testimony of 
witnesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office 
of Management and Budget, before the Committees on 
Appropriations or their subcommittees: Provided further, 
That the preceding shall not apply to printed hearings re-
leased by the Committees on Appropriations: Provided
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further, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act 
may be available to pay the salary or expenses of any em-
ployee of the Office of Management and Budget who cal-
culates, prepares, or approves any tabular or other mate-
rial that proposes the sub-allocation of budget authority 
or outlays by the Committees on Appropriations among 
their subcommittees. 
OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of National 
Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to 
the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); not to exceed 
$10,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; and for participation in joint projects or in the 
provision of services on matters of mutual interest with 
nonprofit, research, or public organizations or agencies, 
with or without reimbursement, $28,109,000; of which 
$1,350,000 shall remain available until expended for pol-
icy research and evaluation: Provided, That the Office is 
authorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, 
both real and personal, public and private, without fiscal 
year limitation, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating 
the work of the Office.
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COUNTERDRUG TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CENTER 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the Counterdrug Tech-
nology Assessment Center for research activities pursuant 
to the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthor-
ization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), 
$30,000,000, which shall remain available until expended, 
consisting of $10,000,000 for counternarcotics research 
and development projects, and $20,000,000 for the con-
tinued operation of the technology transfer program: Pro-
vided, That the $10,000,000 for counternarcotics re-
search and development projects shall be available for 
transfer to other Federal departments or agencies. 
FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS 
HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of National 
Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking 
Areas Program, $215,350,000, for drug control activities 
consistent with the approved strategy for each of the des-
ignated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, of which 
not less than $208,000,000 shall be provided as base 
funding to High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas: Pro-
vided, That no less than 51 percent shall be transferred 
to State and local entities for drug control activities, 
which shall be obligated within 120 days of the date of
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the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That up to 
49 percent, to remain available until September 30, 
2006, may be transferred to Federal agencies and de-
partments at a rate to be determined by the Director: 
Provided further, That $2,000,000 shall be used for au-
diting services and associated activities, and at least 
$500,000 of the $2,000,000 shall be used to develop and 
implement a data collection system to measure the per-
formance of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas 
Program: Provided further, That High Intensity Drug 
Trafficking Areas Programs designated as of September 
30, 2004, shall be funded at no less than the fiscal year 
2004 initial allocation levels unless the Director submits 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, 
and the Committees approve, justification for changes in 
those levels based on clearly articulated priorities for the 
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Programs, as well 
as published Office of National Drug Control Policy per-
formance measures of effectiveness: Provided further, 
That a request shall be submitted to the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations for approval prior to 
the obligation of funds of an amount in excess of the fis-
cal year 2005 budget request: Provided further, That 
such request shall be made in compliance with the re-
programming guidelines.
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OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities to support a national anti-drug cam-
paign for youth, and for other purposes, authorized by 
the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), $195,000,000 
to remain available until expended, of which the following 
amounts are available as follows: $120,000,000 to sup-
port a national media campaign, as authorized by the 
Drug-Free Media Campaign Act of 1998; $70,000,000 to 
continue a program of matching grants to drug-free com-
munities, of which $1,000,000 shall be a directed grant 
to the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America for 
the National Community Anti-Drug Coalition Institute, 
as authorized in chapter 2 of the National Narcotics 
Leadership Act of 1988, as amended; $1,000,000 for the 
Counterdrug Intelligence Executive Secretariat; $500,000 
for the National Alliance for Model State Drug Laws; 
$1,000,000 for evaluations and research related to Na-
tional Drug Control Program performance measures; 
$500,000 for the National Drug Court Institute; 
$1,500,000 for the United States Anti-Doping Agency 
for anti-doping activities; and $500,000 for the United 
States membership dues to the World Anti-Doping Agen-
cy: Provided, That such funds may be transferred to 
other Federal departments and agencies to carry out
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propriated and expended on any projects in this or any 
prior Act, under the heading repairs and alterations, may 
be transferred to basic repairs and alterations or used to 
fund authorized increases in prospectus projects: Provided 
further, That all funds for repairs and alterations pro-
spectus projects shall expire on September 30, 2006 and 
remain in the Federal Buildings Fund except funds for 
projects as to which funds for design or other funds have 
been obligated in whole or in part prior to such date: Pro-
vided further, That the amount provided in this or any 
prior Act for basic repairs and alterations may be used 
to pay claims against the Government arising from any 
projects under the heading repairs and alterations or used 
to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects; (3) 
$161,442,000 for installment acquisition payments includ-
ing payments on purchase contracts which shall remain 
available until expended; (4) $3,672,315,000 for rental of 
space which shall remain available until expended; and (5) 
$1,709,522,000 for building operations which shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That funds 
available to the General Services Administration shall not 
be available for expenses of any construction, repair, alter-
ation and acquisition project for which a prospectus, if re-
quired by the Public Buildings Act of 1959, as amended, 
has not been approved, except that necessary funds may