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of suits instituted against the Under Secretary of Commerce 
for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States 
Patent and Trademark Office, $1,703,300,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the sum herein ap-
propriated from the general fund shall be reduced as offset-
ting collections assessed and collected pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 
1113 and 35 U.S.C. 41 and 376 are received during fiscal 
year 2006, so as to result in a fiscal year 2006 appropria-
tion from the general fund estimated at $0: Provided fur-
ther, That during fiscal year 2006, should the total amount 
of offsetting fee collections be less than $1,703,300,000, this 
amount shall be reduced accordingly: Provided further, 
That from amounts provided herein, not to exceed $1,000 
shall be made available in fiscal year 2006 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses: Provided further, That of 
amounts made available under this heading, $500,000 is 
only for the National Intellectual Property Law Enforce-
ment Coordinating Council: Provided further, That in fiscal 
year 2006 and hereafter, from the amounts made available 
for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ for the United States Patent 
and Trademark Office (PTO), the amounts necessary to 
pay: (1) the difference between the percentage of basic pay 
contributed by the PTO and employees under section 
8334(a) of title 5, United States Code, and the normal cost 
percentage (as defined by section 8331(17) of that title) of
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basic pay, of employees subject to subchapter III of chapter 
83 of that title; and (2) the present value of the otherwise 
unfunded accruing costs, as determined by the Office of Per-
sonnel Management, of post-retirement life insurance and 
postretirement health benefits coverage for all PTO employ-
ees, shall be transferred to the Civil Service Retirement and 
Disability Fund, the Employees Life Insurance Fund, and 
the Employees Health Benefits Fund, as appropriate, and 
shall be available for the authorized purposes of those ac-
counts. 
OTHER 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the departmental manage-
ment of the Department of Commerce and the Technology 
Administration provided for by law, including not to exceed 
$5,000 for official entertainment, $49,605,000: Provided, 
That not to exceed 9 full-time equivalents and $1,181,000 
shall be expended for the legislative affairs function of the 
Department. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $22,758,000.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
SEC. 201. During the current fiscal year, applicable 
appropriations and funds made available to the Depart-
ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the 
activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 U.S.C. 
1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed by the 
Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may be used for 
advanced payments not otherwise authorized only upon the 
certification of officials designated by the Secretary of Com-
merce that such payments are in the public interest. 
SEC. 202. During the current fiscal year, appropria-
tions made available to the Department of Commerce by 
this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for hire 
of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 
and 1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and uni-
forms or allowances therefore, as authorized by law (5 
U.S.C. 5901–5902). 
SEC. 203. Any costs incurred by a department or agen-
cy funded under this title resulting from personnel actions 
taken in response to funding reductions included in this 
title or from actions taken for the care and protection of 
loan collateral or grant property shall be absorbed within 
the total budgetary resources available to such department 
or agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds 
between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to
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carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 
included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use 
of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a re-
programming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
SEC. 204. Funds made available for salaries and ad-
ministrative expenses to administer the Emergency Steel 
Loan Guarantee Program in section 211(b) of Public Law 
108–199 shall remain available until expended: Provided, 
That section 101(k) of the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee 
Act of 1999 (Public Law 106–51; 15 U.S.C. 1841 note) is 
amended by striking ‘‘2005’’ and inserting ‘‘2007’’. 
SEC. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
made available for the current fiscal year for the Depart-
ment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred between 
such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be in-
creased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Pro-
vided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be 
treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of 
this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expendi-
ture except in compliance with the procedures set forth in 
that section: Provided further, That the Secretary of Com-
merce shall notify the Committees on Appropriations at 
least 15 days in advance of the acquisition or disposal of
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any capital asset (including land, structures, and equip-
ment) not specifically provided for in this or any Depart-
ments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act: Provided further, 
That for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis-
tration this section shall provide for transfers among appro-
priations made only to the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration and such appropriations may not 
be transferred and reprogrammed to other Department of 
Commerce bureaus and appropriation accounts. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com-
merce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006’’.
TITLE III—SCIENCE 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY 
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, $399,869,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which not to exceed $3,000,000 may 
be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’: Provided, 
That from amounts provided herein, not to exceed $5,000 
shall be made available in fiscal year 2006 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses. 
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Hollings Manufacturing 
Extension Partnership of the National Institute of Stand-
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ards and Technology, $106,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
In addition, for necessary expenses of the Advanced 
Technology Program of the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology, $140,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which $60,000,000 shall be expended for the 
award of new grants before September 30, 2006. 
CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES 
For construction of new research facilities, including 
architectural and engineering design, and for renovation 
and maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise pro-
vided for the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology, 
as 
authorized 
by 
U.S.C. 
278c–278e, 
$198,631,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That beginning in fiscal year 2007 and for each fis-
cal year thereafter, the Secretary of Commerce shall include 
in the budget justification materials that the Secretary sub-
mits to Congress in support of the Department of Commerce 
budget (as submitted with the budget of the President under 
section 1105(a) of title 31, 10 United States Code) an esti-
mate for each National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology construction project having a total multiyear pro-
gram cost of more than $5,000,000 and simultaneously the 
budget justification materials shall include an estimate of 
the budgetary requirements for each such project for each 
of the five subsequent fiscal years.