H. R. 2863
One Hundred Ninth Congress
of the
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the fourth day of January, two thousand and five 
An Act 
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
DIVISION A 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2006
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2006, for military functions administered by the 
Department of Defense and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
MILITARY PERSONNEL 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest 
on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel 
(including all expenses thereof for organizational movements), and 
expenses of temporary duty travel between permanent duty sta-
tions, for members of the Army on active duty, (except members 
of reserve components provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation 
cadets; for members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and 
for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department of Defense 
Military Retirement Fund, $28,191,287,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest 
on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel 
(including all expenses thereof for organizational movements), and 
expenses of temporary duty travel between permanent duty sta-
tions, for members of the Navy on active duty (except members 
of the Reserve provided for elsewhere), midshipmen, and aviation 
cadets; for members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and 
for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department of Defense 
Military Retirement Fund, $22,788,101,000.
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MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest 
on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel 
(including all expenses thereof for organizational movements), and 
expenses of temporary duty travel between permanent duty sta-
tions, for members of the Marine Corps on active duty (except 
members of the Reserve provided for elsewhere); and for payments 
pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amended (42 
U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department of Defense Military Retire-
ment Fund, $8,968,884,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest 
on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel 
(including all expenses thereof for organizational movements), and 
expenses of temporary duty travel between permanent duty sta-
tions, for members of the Air Force on active duty (except members 
of reserve components provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation 
cadets; for members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and 
for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department of Defense 
Military Retirement Fund, $23,199,850,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, 
and related expenses for personnel of the Army Reserve on active 
duty under sections 10211, 10302, and 3038 of title 10, United 
States Code, or while serving on active duty under section 12301(d) 
of title 10, United States Code, in connection with performing 
duty specified in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, 
or while undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills 
or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 
16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the 
Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $3,172,669,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, 
and related expenses for personnel of the Navy Reserve on active 
duty under section 10211 of title 10, United States Code, or while 
serving on active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United 
States Code, in connection with performing duty specified in section 
12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve 
training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty, and expenses 
authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and 
for payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement 
Fund, $1,686,099,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, 
and related expenses for personnel of the Marine Corps Reserve 
on active duty under section 10211 of title 10, United States Code, 
or while serving on active duty under section 12301(d) of title 
10, United States Code, in connection with performing duty specified
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in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under-
going reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent 
duty, and for members of the Marine Corps platoon leaders class, 
and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States 
Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense Military 
Retirement Fund, $513,001,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, 
and related expenses for personnel of the Air Force Reserve on 
active duty under sections 10211, 10305, and 8038 of title 10, 
United States Code, or while serving on active duty under section 
12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in connection with per-
forming duty specified in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States 
Code, or while undergoing reserve training, or while performing 
drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized 
by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments 
to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 
$1,296,646,000. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, 
and related expenses for personnel of the Army National Guard 
while on duty under section 10211, 10302, or 12402 of title 10 
or section 708 of title 32, United States Code, or while serving 
on duty under section 12301(d) of title 10 or section 502(f) of 
title 32, United States Code, in connection with performing duty 
specified in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or 
while undergoing training, or while performing drills or equivalent 
duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of 
title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the Department 
of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $4,912,794,000. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, 
and related expenses for personnel of the Air National Guard on 
duty under section 10211, 10305, or 12402 of title 10 or section 
708 of title 32, United States Code, or while serving on duty 
under section 12301(d) of title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, 
United States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 
in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under-
going training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty or 
other duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 10, 
United States Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense 
Military Retirement Fund, $2,267,732,000. 
TITLE II 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance of the Army, as authorized by law; 
and not to exceed $11,478,000 can be used for emergencies and
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extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority 
of the Secretary of the Army, and payments may be made on 
his certificate of necessity for confidential military purposes, 
$24,105,470,000: Provided, That of funds made available under 
this heading, $2,000,000 shall be available for Fort Baker, in accord-
ance with the terms and conditions as provided under the heading 
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, in Public Law 107–117: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of the Army may provide a grant of up to $10,000,000 
from funds made available in this or any other Department of 
Defense Appropriations Act to the Army Distaff Foundation. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance of the Navy and the Marine Corps, 
as authorized by law; and not to exceed $6,003,000 can be used 
for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on 
the approval or authority of the Secretary of the Navy, and pay-
ments may be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential 
military purposes, $29,995,383,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance of the Marine Corps, as authorized 
by law, $3,695,256,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance of the Air Force, as authorized by law; 
and not to exceed $7,699,000 can be used for emergencies and 
extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority 
of the Secretary of the Air Force, and payments may be made 
on his certificate of necessity for confidential military purposes, 
$30,313,136,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance of activities and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Defense (other than the military departments), as author-
ized by law, $18,500,716,000: Provided, That not more than 
$25,000,000 may be used for the Combatant Commander Initiative 
Fund authorized under section 166a of title 10, United States 
Code: Provided further, That not to exceed $36,000,000 can be 
used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended 
on the approval or authority of the Secretary of Defense, and 
payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential 
military purposes: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, of the funds provided in this Act for Civil Military 
programs under this heading, $500,000 shall be available for a 
grant for Outdoor Odyssey, Roaring Run, Pennsylvania, to support 
the Youth Development and Leadership program and Department 
of Defense STARBASE program: Provided further, That of the funds
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made available under this heading, $4,250,000 is available for con-
tractor support to coordinate a wind test demonstration project 
on an Air Force installation using wind turbines manufactured 
in the United States that are new to the United States market 
and to execute the renewable energy purchasing plan: Provided 
further, That of the funds provided under this heading, not less 
than $27,009,000 shall be made available for the Procurement 
Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program, of which 
not less than $3,600,000 shall be available for centers defined 
in 10 U.S.C. 2411(1)(D): Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used 
to plan or implement the consolidation of a budget or appropriations 
liaison office of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the office 
of the Secretary of a military department, or the service head-
quarters of one of the Armed Forces into a legislative affairs or 
legislative liaison office: Provided further, That $4,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, is available only for expenses 
relating to certain classified activities, and may be transferred 
as necessary by the Secretary to operation and maintenance appro-
priations or research, development, test and evaluation appropria-
tions, to be merged with and to be available for the same time 
period as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, 
That any ceiling on the investment item unit cost of items that 
may be purchased with operation and maintenance funds shall 
not apply to the funds described in the preceding proviso: Provided 
further, That the transfer authority provided under this heading 
is in addition to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere 
in this Act. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and 
administration, of the Army Reserve; repair of facilities and equip-
ment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation; 
care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and 
equipment; and communications, $1,973,382,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and 
administration, of the Navy Reserve; repair of facilities and equip-
ment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation; 
care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and 
equipment; and communications, $1,244,795,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and 
administration, of the Marine Corps Reserve; repair of facilities 
and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and 
transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, 
supplies, and equipment; and communications, $202,734,000.