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GS–15 levels until the total number of GS–14 and GS–15 
positions in the Department has been reduced from the 
number of GS–14 and GS–15 positions on the date of enact-
ment of Public Law 106–377 by 21⁄2 percent. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For additional capital for the Working Capital Fund 
(42 U.S.C. 3535) for the development of, modifications to, 
and infrastructure for Department-wide information tech-
nology systems, for the continuing operation of both Depart-
ment-wide and program-specific information systems, and 
for program-related development activities, $265,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That 
any amounts transferred to this Fund under this Act shall 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
any amounts transferred to this Fund from amounts appro-
priated by previously enacted appropriations Acts or from 
within this Act may be used only for the purposes specified 
under this Fund, in addition to the purposes for which such 
amounts were appropriated. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, $106,000,000, of which $24,000,000 shall be pro-
vided from the various funds of the Federal Housing Ad-
ministration: Provided, That the Inspector General shall
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have independent authority over all personnel issues within 
this office. 
OFFICE OF FEDERAL HOUSING ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprises Fi-
nancial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, including not 
to exceed $500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $60,000,000, to remain available until expended, to 
be derived from the Federal Housing Enterprises Oversight 
Fund: Provided, That not to exceed the amount provided 
herein shall be available from the general fund of the Treas-
ury to the extent necessary to incur obligations and make 
expenditures pending the receipt of collections to the Fund: 
Provided further, That the general fund amount shall be 
reduced as collections are received during the fiscal year 
so as to result in a final appropriation from the general 
fund estimated at not more than $0. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 300. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget au-
thority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts 
associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured 
from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart 
B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 
(42 U.S.C. 1437 note) shall be rescinded, or in the case of 
cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts
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of budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded 
or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by State housing 
finance agencies or local governments or local housing agen-
cies with projects approved by the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development for which settlement occurred after 
January 1, 1992, in accordance with such section. Notwith-
standing the previous sentence, the Secretary may award 
up to 15 percent of the budget authority or cash recaptured 
and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury to provide 
project owners with incentives to refinance their project at 
a lower interest rate. 
SEC. 301. None of the amounts made available under 
this Act may be used during fiscal year 2006 to investigate 
or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise law-
ful activity engaged in by one or more persons, including 
the filing or maintaining of a non-frivolous legal action, 
that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving or 
preventing action by a Government official or entity, or a 
court of competent jurisdiction. 
SEC. 302. (a) Notwithstanding section 854(c)(1)(A) of 
the 
AIDS 
Housing 
Opportunity 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
12903(c)(1)(A)), from any amounts made available under 
this title for fiscal year 2006 that are allocated under such 
section, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
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shall allocate and make a grant, in the amount determined 
under subsection (b), for any State that— 
(1) received an allocation in a prior fiscal year 
under clause (ii) of such section; and 
(2) is not otherwise eligible for an allocation for 
fiscal year 2006 under such clause (ii) because the 
areas in the State outside of the metropolitan statis-
tical areas that qualify under clause (i) in fiscal year 
2006 do not have the number of cases of acquired im-
munodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) required under 
such clause. 
(b) The amount of the allocation and grant for any 
State described in subsection (a) shall be an amount based 
on the cumulative number of AIDS cases in the areas of 
that State that are outside of metropolitan statistical areas 
that qualify under clause (i) of such section 854(c)(1)(A) 
in fiscal year 2006, in proportion to AIDS cases among 
cities and States that qualify under clauses (i) and (ii) of 
such section and States deemed eligible under subsection 
(a). 
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
amount allocated for fiscal year 2006 under section 854(c) 
of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 
12903(c)), to the City of New York, New York, on behalf 
of the New York-Wayne-White Plains, New York-New Jersey
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Metropolitan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropolitan division’’) 
of the New York-Newark-Edison, NY-NJ-PA Metropolitan 
Statistical Area, shall be adjusted by the Secretary of Hous-
ing and Urban Development by: (1) allocating to the City 
of Jersey City, New Jersey, the proportion of the metropoli-
tan area’s or division’s amount that is based on the number 
of cases of AIDS reported in the portion of the metropolitan 
area or division that is located in Hudson County, New 
Jersey, and adjusting for the proportion of the metropolitan 
division’s high incidence bonus if this area in New Jersey 
also has a higher than average per capita incidence of 
AIDS; and (2) allocating to the City of Paterson, New Jer-
sey, the proportion of the metropolitan area’s or division’s 
amount that is based on the number of cases of AIDS re-
ported in the portion of the metropolitan area or division 
that is located in Bergen County and Passaic County, New 
Jersey, and adjusting for the proportion of the metropolitan 
division’s high incidence bonus if this area in New Jersey 
also has a higher than average per capita incidence of 
AIDS. The recipient cities shall use amounts allocated 
under this subsection to carry out eligible activities under 
section 855 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 
U.S.C. 12904) in their respective portions of the metropoli-
tan division that is located in New Jersey.
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(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
amount allocated for fiscal year 2006 under section 854(c) 
of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)) 
to areas with a higher than average per capita incidence 
of AIDS, shall be adjusted by the Secretary on the basis 
of area incidence reported over a three year period. 
SEC. 303. (a) During fiscal year 2006, in the provision 
of rental assistance under section 8(o) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) in connection 
with a program to demonstrate the economy and effective-
ness of providing such assistance for use in assisted living 
facilities that is carried out in the counties of the State of 
Michigan specified in subsection (b) of this section, notwith-
standing paragraphs (3) and (18)(B)(iii) of such section 
8(o), a family residing in an assisted living facility in any 
such county, on behalf of which a public housing agency 
provides assistance pursuant to section 8(o)(18) of such Act, 
may be required, at the time the family initially receives 
such assistance, to pay rent in an amount exceeding 40 per-
cent of the monthly adjusted income of the family by such 
a percentage or amount as the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development determines to be appropriate. 
(b) The counties specified in this subsection are Oak-
land County, Macomb County, Wayne County, and 
Washtenaw County, in the State of Michigan.
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SEC. 304. Except as explicitly provided in law, any 
grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made pur-
suant to title III of this Act shall be made on a competitive 
basis and in accordance with section 102 of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989. 
SEC. 305. Funds of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development subject to the Government Corporation 
Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall 
be available, without regard to the limitations on adminis-
trative expenses, for legal services on a contract or fee basis, 
and for utilizing and making payment for services and fa-
cilities of the Federal National Mortgage Association, Gov-
ernment National Mortgage Association, Federal Home 
Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Fed-
eral Reserve banks or any member thereof, Federal Home 
Loan banks, and any insured bank within the meaning of 
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as amended 
(12 U.S.C. 1811–1831). 
SEC. 306. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act 
or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any ap-
propriation for the Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment shall be available for any program, project or 
activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget esti-
mates submitted to Congress.
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SEC. 307. Corporations and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development which are subject 
to the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, 
are hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the 
limits of funds and borrowing authority available to each 
such corporation or agency and in accordance with law, 
and to make such contracts and commitments without re-
gard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 
of such Act as may be necessary in carrying out the pro-
grams set forth in the budget for 2006 for such corporation 
or agency except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That 
collections of these corporations and agencies may be used 
for new loan or mortgage purchase commitments only to 
the extent expressly provided for in this Act (unless such 
loans are in support of other forms of assistance provided 
for in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this 
proviso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guar-
anty operations of these corporations, or where loans or 
mortgage purchases are necessary to protect the financial 
interest of the United States Government. 
SEC. 308. None of the funds provided in this title for 
technical assistance, training, or management improve-
ments may be obligated or expended unless HUD provides 
to the Committees on Appropriations a description of each 
proposed activity and a detailed budget estimate of the costs
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associated with each program, project or activity as part 
of the Budget Justifications. For fiscal year 2006, HUD 
shall transmit this information to the Committees by March 
15, 2006 for 30 days of review. 
SEC. 309. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment shall provide quarterly reports to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding all uncom-
mitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in each 
program and activity within the jurisdiction of the Depart-
ment and shall submit additional, updated budget informa-
tion to these Committees upon request. 
SEC. 310. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
in fiscal year 2006, in managing and disposing of any mul-
tifamily property that is owned or held by the Secretary, 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall 
maintain any rental assistance payments under section 8 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 that are attached 
to any dwelling units in the property, and the contract for 
such payments shall be renewable by the owner under the 
provisions of section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Hous-
ing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f 
note). To the extent the Secretary determines that such a 
multifamily property owned or held by the Secretary is not 
feasible for continued rental assistance payments under 
such section 8, the Secretary may, in consultation with the
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tenants of that property, contract for project-based rental 
assistance payments with an owner or owners of other exist-
ing housing properties or provide other rental assistance. 
SEC. 311. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the amount allocated for fiscal year 2006 under section 
854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 
12903(c)), to the City of Wilmington, Delaware, on behalf 
of the Wilmington, Delaware-Maryland-New Jersey Metro-
politan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropolitan division’’), shall 
be adjusted by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment by allocating to the State of New Jersey the propor-
tion of the metropolitan division’s amount that is based on 
the number of cases of AIDS reported in the portion of the 
metropolitan division that is located in New Jersey, and 
adjusting for the proportion of the metropolitan division’s 
high incidence bonus if this area in New Jersey also has 
a higher than average per capita incidence of AIDS. The 
State of New Jersey shall use amounts allocated to the State 
under this subsection to carry out eligible activities under 
section 855 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 
U.S.C. 12904) in the portion of the metropolitan division 
that is located in New Jersey. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall allocate 
to Wake County, North Carolina, the amounts that other-
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wise would be allocated for fiscal year 2006 under section 
854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 
12903(c)) to the City of Raleigh, North Carolina, on behalf 
of the Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina Metropolitan Statis-
tical Area. Any amounts allocated to Wake County shall 
be used to carry out eligible activities under section 855 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) within such metropolitan sta-
tistical area. 
(c) Notwithstanding section 854(c) of the AIDS Hous-
ing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)), the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development may adjust the alloca-
tion of the amounts that otherwise would be allocated for 
fiscal year 2006 under section 854(c) of such Act, upon the 
written request of an applicant, in conjunction with the 
State(s), for a formula allocation on behalf of a metropoli-
tan statistical area, to designate the State or States in 
which the metropolitan statistical area is located as the eli-
gible grantee(s) of the allocation. In the case that a metro-
politan statistical area involves more than one State, such 
amounts allocated to each State shall be in proportion to 
the number of cases of AIDS reported in the portion of the 
metropolitan statistical area located in that State. Any 
amounts allocated to a State under this section shall be used 
to carry out eligible activities within the portion of the met-
ropolitan statistical area located in that State.
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SEC. 312. The Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment shall submit the Department’s fiscal year 2007 
congressional budget justifications to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
using the identical structure provided under this Act and 
only in accordance with the direction specified in the report 
accompanying this Act. 
SEC. 313. Incremental vouchers previously made avail-
able under the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’ or re-
newed under the heading, ‘‘Tenant-Based Rental Assist-
ance,’’ for non-elderly disabled families shall, to the extent 
practicable, continue to be provided to non-elderly disabled 
families upon turnover. 
SEC. 314. A public housing agency or such other entity 
that administers Federal housing assistance in the States 
of Alaska, Iowa, and Mississippi shall not be required to 
include a resident of public housing or a recipient of assist-
ance provided under section 8 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 on the board of directors or a similar governing 
board of such agency or entity as required under section 
(2)(b) of such Act. Each public housing agency or other en-
tity that administers Federal housing assistance under sec-
tion 8 in the States of Alaska, Iowa and Mississippi shall 
establish an advisory board of not less than 6 residents of 
public housing or recipients of section 8 assistance to pro-
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vide advice and comment to the public housing agency or 
other administering entity on issues related to public hous-
ing and section 8. Such advisory board shall meet not less 
than quarterly. 
SEC. 315. For this fiscal year and each fiscal year 
hereafter, the portion of any athletic scholarship assistance 
that is available for housing costs shall be considered ad-
justed income for purposes of section 3(b)(5) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937. 
SEC. 316. The funds made available for Native Alas-
kans under the heading ‘‘Native American Housing Block 
Grants’’ in title III of this Act shall be allocated to the same 
Native Alaskan housing block grant recipients that received 
funds in fiscal year 2004. 
SEC. 317. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, subject to the conditions listed in subsection (b), for 
this fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary 
may authorize the transfer of project-based assistance, debt 
and statutorily required low-income and very low-income 
use restrictions, associated with one multifamily housing 
project to another multifamily housing project. 
(b) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is subject 
to the following conditions: 
(1) the number of low-income and very low-in-
come units and the net dollar amount of Federal as-
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sistance provided by the transferring project shall re-
main the same in the receiving project; 
(2) the transferring project shall, as determined 
by the Secretary, be either physically obsolete or eco-
nomically non-viable; 
(3) the receiving project shall meet or exceed ap-
plicable physical standards established by the Sec-
retary; 
(4) the owner or mortgagor of the transferring 
project shall notify and consult with the tenants re-
siding in the transferring project and provide a cer-
tification of approval by all appropriate local govern-
mental officials; 
(5) the tenants of the transferring project who re-
main eligible for assistance to be provided by the re-
ceiving project shall not be required to vacate their 
units in the transferring project until new units in 
the receiving project are available for occupancy; 
(6) if either the transferring project or the receiv-
ing project meets the condition specified in subsection 
(c)(2)(A), any lien on the receiving project resulting 
from additional financing obtained by the owner shall 
be subordinate to any FHA-insured mortgage lien 
transferred to, or placed on, such project by the Sec-
retary;
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(7) if the transferring project meets the require-
ments of subsection (c)(2)(E), the owner or mortgagor 
of the receiving project shall execute and record either 
a continuation of the existing use agreement or a new 
use agreement for the project where, in either case, 
any use restrictions in such agreement are of no lesser 
duration than the existing use restrictions; and 
(8) any financial risk to the FHA General and 
Special Risk Insurance Fund, as determined by the 
Secretary, would be reduced as a result of a transfer 
completed under this section. 
(c) For purposes of this section— 
(1) the terms ‘‘low-income’’ and ‘‘very low-in-
come’’ shall have the meanings provided by the statute 
and/or regulations governing the program under 
which the project is insured or assisted; 
(2) the term ‘‘multifamily housing project’’ 
means housing that meets one of the following condi-
tions— 
(A) housing that is subject to a mortgage 
insured under the National Housing Act, 
(B) housing that has project-based assist-
ance attached to the structure, 
(C) housing that is assisted under section 
202 of the Housing Act of 1959 as amended by
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section 801 of the Cranston-Gonzales National 
Affordable Housing Act, 
(D) housing that is assisted under section 
202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as such section 
existed before the enactment of the Cranston- 
Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act, or, 
(E) housing or vacant land that is subject 
to a use agreement; 
(3) the term ‘‘project-based assistance’’ means— 
(A) assistance provided under section 8(b) 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937; 
(B) assistance for housing constructed or 
substantially rehabilitated pursuant to assistance 
provided under section 8(b)(2) of such Act (as 
such section existed immediately before October 
1, 1983); 
(C) rent supplement payments under sec-
tion 101 of the Housing and Urban Development 
Act of 1965; 
(D) additional assistance payments under 
section 236(f)(2) of the National Housing Act; 
and, 
(E) assistance payments made under sec-
tion 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959;
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(4) the term ‘‘receiving project’’ means the multi-
family housing project to which the project-based as-
sistance, debt, and statutorily required use low-in-
come and very low-income restrictions are to be 
transferred; 
(5) the term ‘‘transferring project’’ means the 
multifamily housing project which is transferring the 
project-based assistance, debt and the statutorily re-
quired low-income and very low-income use restric-
tions to the receiving project; and, 
(6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development. 
SEC. 318. (a) EXTENSION.—The Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development shall extend the term of the Moving 
to Work Demonstration Agreement entered into between a 
public housing agency and the Secretary under section 204, 
title V, of the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appro-
priations Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–134, April 26, 
1996) if— 
(1) the public housing agency requests such ex-
tension in writing; 
(2) the public housing agency is not at the time 
of such request for extension in default under its Mov-
ing to Work Demonstration Agreement; and
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(3) the Moving to Work Demonstration Agree-
ment to be extended would otherwise expire on or be-
fore September 30, 2006. 
(b) TERMS.—Unless the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development and the public housing agency other-
wise agree, the extension under subsection (a) shall be upon 
the identical terms and conditions set forth in the extending 
agency’s existing Moving to Work Demonstration Agree-
ment, except that for each public housing agency that has 
been or will be granted an extension to its original Moving 
to Work Agreement, the Secretary shall require that data 
be collected so that the effect of Moving to Work policy 
changes on residents can be measured. 
(c) EXTENSION PERIOD.—The extension under sub-
section (a) shall be for such period as is requested by the 
public housing agency, not to exceed 3 years from the date 
of expiration of the extending agency’s existing Moving to 
Work Demonstration Agreement. 
(d) BREACH OF AGREEMENT.—Nothing contained in 
this section shall limit the authority of the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development to terminate any Moving 
to Work Demonstration Agreement of a public housing 
agency if the public housing agency is in breach of the pro-
visions of such agreement.
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SEC. 319. Incremental vouchers previously made avail-
able under the heading, ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’ or re-
newed under the heading, ‘‘Tenant-Based Rental Assist-
ance’’, for family unification shall, to the extent practicable, 
continue to be provided for family unification. 
SEC. 320. Section 421 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1987 (12 U.S.C. § 1715z–4a) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by inserting after 
‘‘is’’ the following: ‘‘or, at the time of the violations, 
was’’; and 
(2) in subsection (a)(1)(C), by inserting after 
‘‘held’’ the following: ‘‘or, at the time of the violations, 
was insured or held’’. 
SEC. 321. No funds in this Act may be used to support 
any Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use the 
power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is em-
ployed only for a public use: Provided, That for purposes 
of this section, public use shall not be construed to include 
economic development that primarily benefits private enti-
ties: Provided further, That any use of funds for mass tran-
sit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway projects as well 
as utility projects which benefit or serve the general public 
(including energy-related, communication-related, water-re-
lated and wastewater-related infrastructure), other struc-
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tures designated for use by the general public or which have 
other common-carrier or public-utility functions that serve 
the general public and are subject to regulation and over-
sight by the government, and projects for the removal of 
blight (including areas identified by units of local govern-
ment for recovery from natural disasters) or brownsfields 
as defined in the Small Business Liability Relief and 
Brownsfields Revitalization Act (Public Law 107–118) 
shall be considered a public use for purposes of eminent do-
main: Provided further, That the Government Account-
ability Office, in consultation with the National Academy 
for Public Administration, organizations representing State 
and local governments, and property rights organizations, 
shall conduct a study to be submitted to the Congress within 
12 months of the enactment of this Act on the nationwide 
use of eminent domain, including the procedures used and 
the results accomplished on a state-by-state basis as well 
as the impact on individual property owners and on the 
affected communities. 
SEC. 322. (a) No assistance shall be provided under 
section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f) to any individual who— 
(1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of 
higher education (as defined under section 102 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002));
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(2) is under 24 years of age; 
(3) is not a veteran; 
(4) is unmarried; 
(5) does not have a dependent child; and 
(6) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has 
parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, 
to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). 
(b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a per-
son to receive assistance under section 8 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any financial as-
sistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition) that an 
individual receives under the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), from private sources, or an institu-
tion of higher education (as defined under the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be considered 
income to that individual. 
(c) Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment shall issue final regulations to carry out the provi-
sions of this section. 
SEC. 323. LIMITATION
ON
FUNDING
FOR
CON-
FERENCES. 
Of the funds made available for the Department of 
Housing and Development under the heading ‘‘Management
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and Administration, Salaries and Expenses’’ in this title, 
not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be available for expenses re-
lated to conferences, including for conference programs, staff 
time, travel costs, and related expenses. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Housing 
and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2006’’. 
TITLE IV—THE JUDICIARY 
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the operation of the Su-
preme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the 
building and grounds, including purchase or hire, driving, 
maintenance, and operation of an automobile for the Chief 
Justice, not to exceed $10,000 for the purpose of trans-
porting Associate Justices, and hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not to 
exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended as 
the Chief Justice may approve, $60,730,000, of which 
$2,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 
CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS 
For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable 
the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties imposed 
upon the Architect by the Act approved May 7, 1934 (40 
U.S.C. 13a–13b), $5,624,000, which shall remain available 
until expended.
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL 
CIRCUIT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries of the chief judge, judges, and other officers 
and employees, and for necessary expenses of the court, as 
authorized by law, $23,489,000. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries of the chief judge and eight judges, salaries 
of the officers and employees of the court, services, and nec-
essary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, 
$15,480,000. 
COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER 
JUDICIAL SERVICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the salaries of circuit and district judges (includ-
ing judges of the territorial courts of the United States), 
justices and judges retired from office or from regular active 
service, judges of the United States Court of Federal Claims, 
bankruptcy judges, magistrate judges, and all other officers 
and employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise spe-
cifically provided for, and necessary expenses of the courts, 
as authorized by law, $4,374,959,000 (including the pur-
chase of firearms and ammunition); of which not to exceed 
$27,817,000 shall remain available until expended for space
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alteration projects and for furniture and furnishings related 
to new space alteration and construction projects. 
In addition, for expenses of the United States Court 
of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under 
the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Public 
Law 99–660), not to exceed $3,833,000, to be appropriated 
from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund. 
DEFENDER SERVICES 
For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; 
the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attor-
neys appointed to represent persons under the Criminal 
Justice Act of 1964, as amended (18 U.S.C. 3006A); the 
compensation and reimbursement of expenses of persons 
furnishing investigative, expert and other services under the 
Criminal Justice Act of 1964 (18 U.S.C. 3006A(e)); the 
compensation (in accordance with Criminal Justice Act 
maximums) and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys ap-
pointed to assist the court in criminal cases where the de-
fendant has waived representation by counsel; the com-
pensation and reimbursement of travel expenses of guard-
ians ad litem acting on behalf of financially eligible minor 
or incompetent offenders in connection with transfers from 
the United States to foreign countries with which the 
United States has a treaty for the execution of penal sen-
tences; the compensation of attorneys appointed to represent 
jurors in civil actions for the protection of their employ-
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ment, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d); and for nec-
essary training and general administrative expenses, 
$710,785,000, to remain available until expended. 
FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS 
For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 
U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commissioners 
as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensation of com-
missioners appointed in condemnation cases pursuant to 
rule 71A(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28 
U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71A(h)), $61,318,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the compensation 
of land commissioners shall not exceed the daily equivalent 
of the highest rate payable under section 5332 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
COURT SECURITY 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in-
cident to the provision of protective guard services for 
United States courthouses and other facilities housing Fed-
eral court operations, and the procurement, installation, 
and maintenance of security systems and equipment for 
United States courthouses and other facilities housing Fed-
eral court operations, including building ingress-egress con-
trol, inspection of mail and packages, directed security pa-
trols, perimeter security, basic security services provided by 
the Federal Protective Service, and other similar activities 
as authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improvement
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and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100–702), 
$372,426,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended, to be expended directly or 
transferred to the United States Marshals Service, which 
shall be responsible for administering the Judicial Facility 
Security Program consistent with standards or guidelines 
agreed to by the Director of the Administrative Office of 
the United States Courts and the Attorney General. 
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 
COURTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office of 
the United States Courts as authorized by law, including 
travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a passenger 
motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), adver-
tising and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 
$72,198,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is authorized 
for official reception and representation expenses and of 
which up to $1,000,000 shall be made available to the Na-
tional Academy of Public Administrators for a review of 
the financial and management procedures of the Federal 
Judiciary.
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FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Center, 
as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $22,350,000; of which 
$1,800,000 shall remain available through September 30, 
2007, to provide education and training to Federal court 
personnel; and of which not to exceed $1,500 is authorized 
for official reception and representation expenses. 
JUDICIAL RETIREMENT FUNDS 
PAYMENT TO JUDICIARY TRUST FUNDS 
For payment to the Judicial Officers’ Retirement 
Fund, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 377(o), $36,800,000; to 
the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund, as authorized by 
28 U.S.C. 376(c), $600,000; and to the United States Court 
of Federal Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund, as authorized 
by 28 U.S.C. 178(l), $3,200,000. 
UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out 
the provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States Code, 
$14,700,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is authorized 
for official reception and representation expenses.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY 
SEC. 400. Appropriations and authorizations made in 
this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall 
be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
SEC. 401. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
made available for the current fiscal year for the Judiciary 
in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, 
but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of Appeals, Dis-
trict Courts, and Other Judicial Services, Defender Serv-
ices’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other 
Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commissioners’’, shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: 
Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall 
be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 705 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex-
penditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth 
in that section. 
SEC. 402. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the salaries and expenses appropriation for Courts of Ap-
peals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services shall be 
available for official reception and representation expenses 
of the Judicial Conference of the United States: Provided, 
That such available funds shall not exceed $11,000 and 
shall be administered by the Director of the Administrative
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Office of the United States Courts in the capacity as Sec-
retary of the Judicial Conference. 
SEC. 403. Within 90 days of enactment of this Act, 
the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations a comprehensive fi-
nancial plan for the Judiciary allocating all sources of 
available funds including appropriations, fee collections, 
and carryover balances, to include a separate and detailed 
plan for the Judiciary Information Technology fund. 
SEC. 404. Pursuant to section 140 of Public Law 97– 
92, and from funds appropriated in this Act, Justices and 
judges of the United States are authorized during fiscal 
year 2006, to receive a salary adjustment in accordance 
with 28 U.S.C. 461. 
SEC. 405. The existing judgeship for the eastern dis-
trict of Missouri authorized by section 203(c) of the Judicial 
Improvements Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–650, 104 Stat. 
5089) as amended by Public Law 105–53, as of the effective 
date of this Act, shall be extended. The first vacancy in the 
office of district judge in this district occurring 20 years 
or more after the confirmation date of the judge named to 
fill the temporary judgeship created by section 203(c) shall 
not be filled. 
SEC. 406. Not later than 180 days after enactment of 
this Act, GAO shall provide the Committees on Appropria-
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tions with a report regarding the potential impact on the 
Federal Judiciary of recent increases in Homeland Security 
funding to enhance border security and enforce our nation’s 
immigration laws. 
SEC. 407. (a) Section 604 of title 28, United States 
Code, is amended by adding section (4) at the end of section 
‘‘(g)’’: 
‘‘(4) The Director is hereby authorized: 
‘‘(A) to enter into contracts for the acquisi-
tion of severable services for a period that begins 
in one fiscal year and ends in the next fiscal 
year to the same extent as the head of an execu-
tive agency under the authority of section 253l 
of 41 U.S.C.; 
‘‘(B) to enter into contracts for multiple 
years for the acquisition of property and services 
to the same extent as executive agencies under 
the authority of section 254c of 41 U.S.C.; and 
‘‘(C) to make advance, partial, progress or 
other payments under contracts for property or 
services to the same extent as executive agencies 
under the authority of section 255 of 41 U.S.C.’’ 
(b) Section 612 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by striking the current language in section 
(e)(2)(B) and inserting ‘‘such contract is in accordance
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with the Director’s authority in section 604(g) of 28 U.S.C.; 
and,’’. 
(c) The authorities granted in this section shall expire 
on September 30, 2010. 
SEC. 408. (a) The division of the court shall release 
to the Congress and to the public not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act all portions of the 
final report of the independent counsel of the investigation 
of Henry Cisneros made under section 594(h) of title 28, 
United States Code, except for any such portions that con-
tain information of a personal nature that the division of 
the court determines the disclosure of which would cause 
a clearly unwarranted invasion of privacy that outweighs 
the public interest in a full accounting of this investigation. 
Upon the release of the final report, the final report shall 
be published pursuant to section 594(h)(3) of title 28, 
United States Code. 
(b)(1) After the release and publication of the final re-
port referred to in subsection (a), the independent counsel 
shall continue his office only to the extent necessary and 
appropriate to perform the noninvestigative and nonpros-
ecutorial tasks remaining of his statutory duties as required 
to conclude the functions of his office. 
(2) The duties referred to in paragraph (1) shall spe-
cifically include—
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(A) the evaluation of claims for attorney fees, 
pursuant to section 593(l) of title 28, United States 
Code; 
(B) the transfer of records to the Archivist of the 
United States pursuant to section 594(k) of title 28, 
United States Code; 
(C) compliance with oversight obligations pursu-
ant to section 595(a) of title 28, United States Code; 
and 
(D) preparation of statements of expenditures 
pursuant to section 595(c) of title 28, United States 
Code. 
(c)(1) The independent counsel shall have not more 
than 45 days after the release and publication of the final 
report referred to in subsection (a) to complete his remain-
ing statutory duties unless the division of the court deter-
mines that it is necessary for the independent counsel to 
have additional time to complete his remaining statutory 
duties. 
(2) If the division of the court finds that the inde-
pendent counsel needs additional time under paragraph (1), 
the division of the court shall issue a public report stating 
the grounds for the extension and a proposed date for com-
pletion of all aspects of the investigation of Henry Cisneros 
and termination of the office of the independent counsel.
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This title may be cited as the ‘‘Judiciary Appropria-
tions Act, 2006’’. 
TITLE V—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 author-
ized 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; subsist-
ence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which shall 
be expended and accounted for as provided in that section; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, newspapers, 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); not to exceed $3,501,000 for the necessary expenses 
of the Office of Policy Development, including services au-
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thorized under 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107; and not 
to exceed $19,000 for official entertainment expenses, to be 
available for allocation within the Executive Office of the 
President, $58,081,000: Provided, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, $1,500,000 shall be for the Pri-
vacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. 
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, $12,436,000, 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 Resi-
dence at the White House, such sums as may be necessary: 
Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses of the 
Executive Residence shall be made in accordance with the 
provisions of this paragraph: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, such amount for 
reimbursable operating expenses shall be the exclusive au-
thority of the Executive Residence to incur obligations and 
to receive offsetting collections, for such expenses: Provided 
further, That the Executive Residence shall require each 
person sponsoring a reimbursable political event to pay in
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advance an amount equal to the estimated cost of the event, 
and all such advance payments shall be credited to this ac-
count and remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That the Executive Residence shall require the na-
tional 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 sponsored by such committee during such fiscal year: 
Provided 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 collected with-
in 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 provisions applicable to an 
outstanding debt on a United States Government claim 
under section 3717 of title 31, United States Code: Provided 
further, That each such amount that is reimbursed, and any 
accompanying interest and charges, shall be deposited in 
the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, 
That the Executive Residence shall prepare and submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations, by not later than 90
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days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Act, 
a report setting forth the reimbursable operating expenses 
of the Executive Residence during the preceding fiscal year, 
including the total amount of such expenses, the amount 
of such total that consists of reimbursable official and cere-
monial events, the amount of such total that consists of re-
imbursable political events, and the portion of each such 
amount that has been reimbursed as of the date of the re-
port: Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall 
maintain a system for the tracking of expenses related to 
reimbursable events within the Executive Residence that in-
cludes a standard for the classification of any such expense 
as political or nonpolitical: Provided further, That no pro-
vision of this paragraph may be construed to exempt the 
Executive Residence from any other applicable requirement 
of subchapter I or II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States 
Code. 
WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION 
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Ex-
ecutive Residence at the White House, $1,700,000, to re-
main available until expended, for required maintenance, 
safety and health issues, and continued preventative main-
tenance.
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COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic Ad-
visers in carrying out its functions under the Employment 
Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021), $4,040,000. 
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Security Coun-
cil, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$8,705,000. 
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 
U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$98,609,000, of which $11,768,000 shall remain available 
until expended for the Capital Investment Plan for contin-
ued modernization of the information technology infrastruc-
ture within the Executive Office of the President. 
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,
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$68,411,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 shall be available 
for official representation expenses: Provided, That, as pro-
vided in 31 U.S.C. 1301(a), appropriations shall be applied 
only to the objects for which appropriations were made ex-
cept 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 ac-
tivities or regulations under the provisions of the Agricul-
tural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et 
seq.): Provided further, That none of the funds made avail-
able 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 Commit-
tees on Appropriations or their subcommittees: Provided 
further, That the preceding shall not apply to printed hear-
ings released by the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds provided in this or 
prior Acts shall be used, directly or indirectly, by the Office 
of Management and Budget, for evaluating or determining 
if water resource project or study reports submitted by the 
Chief of Engineers acting through the Secretary of the Army 
are in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and 
requirements relevant to the Civil Works water resource
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planning process: Provided further, That the Office of Man-
agement and Budget shall have not more than 60 days in 
which to perform budgetary policy reviews of water resource 
matters on which the Chief of Engineers has reported. The 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall no-
tify the appropriate authorizing and Appropriations Com-
mittees when the 60-day review is initiated. If water re-
source reports have not been transmitted to the appropriate 
authorizing and appropriating committees within 15 days 
of the end of the OMB review period based on the notifica-
tion from the Director, Congress shall assume OMB concur-
rence with the report and act accordingly. 
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 Reauthorization Act of 
1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); not to exceed $10,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses; and for par-
ticipation 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 reim-
bursement, $24,224,000; of which $1,316,000 shall remain 
available until expended for policy research and evaluation: 
Provided, That the Office is authorized to accept, hold, ad-
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minister, 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. 
COUNTERDRUG TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CENTER 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the Counterdrug Technology 
Assessment Center for research activities pursuant to the 
Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act 
of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), $30,000,000, which shall 
remain available until expended, consisting of $12,000,000 
for counternarcotics research and development projects, and 
$18,000,000 for the continued operation of the technology 
transfer program: Provided, That the $12,000,000 for coun-
ternarcotics research and development projects shall be 
available for transfer to other Federal departments or agen-
cies. 
FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS 
HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas 
Program, $227,000,000, for drug control activities con-
sistent with the approved strategy for each of the designated 
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, of which no less 
than 60 percent shall be transferred to State and local enti-
ties for drug control activities, which shall be obligated
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within 120 days of the date of the enactment of this Act: 
Provided, That up to 40 percent, to remain available until 
September 30, 2007, may be transferred to Federal agencies 
and departments at a rate to be determined by the Director, 
of which not less than $2,000,000 shall be used for auditing 
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 performance of the 
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program: Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available under this 
heading shall be available for the Consolidated Priority Or-
ganization Target program. 
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 Reauthorization Act 
of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), $191,400,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which the following amounts 
are available as follows: $95,000,000 to support a national 
media campaign, as authorized by the Drug-Free Media 
Campaign Act of 1998; $80,000,000 to continue a program 
of matching grants to drug-free communities, of which 
$2,000,000 shall be a directed grant to the Community 
Anti-Drug Coalitions of America for the National Commu-
nity Anti-Drug Coalition Institute, as authorized in chap-
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ter 2 of the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988, as 
amended; $1,000,000 for the National Drug Court Institute; 
$1,000,000 for the National Alliance for Model State Drug 
Laws; $9,500,000 for the United States Anti-Doping Agen-
cy for anti-doping activities; $2,900,000 for the United 
States membership dues to the World Anti-Doping Agency; 
and $2,000,000 for evaluations and research related to Na-
tional Drug Control Program performance measures: Pro-
vided, That such funds may be transferred to other Federal 
departments and agencies to carry out such activities: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts appropriated for a na-
tional media campaign, not to exceed 10 percent shall be 
for administration, advertising production, research and 
testing, labor and related costs of the national media cam-
paign. 
UNANTICIPATED NEEDS 
For expenses necessary to enable the President to meet 
unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national interest, 
security, or defense which may arise at home or abroad dur-
ing the current fiscal year, as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 108, 
$1,000,000. 
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President to 
provide assistance to the President in connection with spe-
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cially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence expenses as 
authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be expended and 
accounted for as provided in that section; and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles, $4,455,000. 
OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, 
and to the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and 
lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi-
cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 for official enter-
tainment expenses of the Vice President, to be accounted for 
solely on his certificate, $325,000: Provided, That advances 
or repayments or transfers from this appropriation may 
be made to any department or agency for expenses of car-
rying out such activities. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office of the 
President Appropriations Act, 2006’’. 
TITLE VI—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS 
COMPLIANCE BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Architectural and 
Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized
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by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amend-
ed, $5,941,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, there may be credited to this appropria-
tion funds received for publications and training expenses. 
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to 
the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, purchase 
of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal officials’ con-
tributions to Commission activities, and not to exceed $500 
for 
official 
reception 
and 
representation 
expenses, 
$63,000,000 of which up to $500,000 shall be used to coordi-
nate with the Administrator of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency in the Agency’s study pursuant to H.R. 2361, 
as passed by the Senate in the first session of the 109th 
Congress, to assess safety risks to both persons and the envi-
ronment with regard to small engines, as required in Public 
Law 108–199, including real-world scenarios involving, 
among other things, operator burn, fire due to contact with 
flammable items, and refueling.
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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Help America 
Vote Act of 2002, $13,888,000, of which $4,000,000 shall 
be transferred to the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology for election reform activities authorized under 
the Help America Vote Act of 2002. 
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, as amended, $31,000,000, to be derived from 
the Bank Insurance Fund, the Savings Association Insur-
ance Fund, and the FSLIC Resolution Fund. 
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, 
$54,600,000, of which no less than $4,700,000 shall be 
available for internal automated data processing systems, 
and of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for re-
ception and representation expenses.