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the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $9,198,000, 
of which not to exceed $1,500 is for official reception and 
representation expenses; for the District of Columbia Su-
perior Court, $87,342,000, of which not to exceed $1,500 
is for official reception and representation expenses; for 
the District of Columbia Court System, $41,643,000, of 
which not to exceed $1,500 is for official reception and 
representation expenses; and $83,510,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2007, for capital improve-
ments for District of Columbia courthouse facilities: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
a single contract or related contracts for development and 
construction of facilities may be employed which collec-
tively include the full scope of the project: Provided fur-
ther, That the solicitation and contract shall contain the 
clause ‘‘availability of Funds’’ found at 48 CFR 52.232– 
18: Provided further, That funds made available for capital 
improvements shall be expended consistent with the Gen-
eral Services Administration master plan study and build-
ing evaluation report: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, all amounts under 
this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office 
of Management and Budget and obligated and expended 
in the same manner as funds appropriated for salaries and 
expenses of other Federal agencies, with payroll and finan-
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cial services to be provided on a contractual basis with 
the General Services Administration (GSA), and such 
services shall include the preparation of monthly financial 
reports, copies of which shall be submitted directly by GSA 
to the President and to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and Senate, the Com-
mittee on Government Reform of the House of Represent-
atives, and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate: Provided further, That 30 days after providing 
written notice to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and Senate, the District of Co-
lumbia Courts may reallocate not more than $1,000,000 
of the funds provided under this heading among the items 
and entities funded under this heading for operations, and 
not more than 4 percent of the funds provided under this 
heading for facilities. 
DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS 
For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and 
section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to represen-
tation provided under the District of Columbia Criminal 
Justice Act), payments for counsel appointed in pro-
ceedings in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the 
District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. 
Official Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to 
provide guardian ad litem representation, training, tech-
nical assistance and such other services as are necessary
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to improve the quality of guardian ad litem representation, 
payments for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings 
under chapter 3 of title 16, D.C. Code, and payments for 
counsel authorized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official 
Code (relating to representation provided under the Dis-
trict of Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, 
and
Durable
Power
of
Attorney
Act
of
1986), 
$45,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the funds provided in this Act under the head-
ing ‘‘Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts’’ 
(other than the $83,510,000 provided under such heading 
for capital improvements for District of Columbia court-
house facilities) may also be used for payments under this 
heading: Provided further, That in addition to the funds 
provided under this heading, the Joint Committee on Ju-
dicial Administration in the District of Columbia may use 
funds provided in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal 
Payment to the District of Columbia Courts’’ (other than 
the $83,510,000 provided under such heading for capital 
improvements for District of Columbia courthouse facili-
ties), to make payments described under this heading for 
obligations incurred during any fiscal year: Provided fur-
ther, That funds provided under this heading shall be ad-
ministered by the Joint Committee on Judicial Adminis-
tration in the District of Columbia: Provided futher, That
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notwithstanding any other provision of law, this appro-
priation shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of 
Management and Budget and obligated and expended in 
the same manner as funds appropriated for expenses of 
other Federal agencies, with payroll and financial services 
to be provided on a contractual basis with the General 
Services Administration (GSA), and such services shall in-
clude the preparation of monthly financial reports, copies 
of which shall be submitted directly by GSA to the Presi-
dent and to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and Senate, the Committee on 
Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and 
the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OF-
FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT 
OF COLUMBIA 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 
hire of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender 
Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia and the 
Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, as 
authorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self- 
Government Improvement Act of 1997, $203,388,000, of 
which not to exceed $2,000 is for official receptions and 
representation expenses related to Community Supervision 
and Pretrial Services Agency programs; of which not to
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exceed $25,000 is for dues and assessments relating to 
the implementation of the Court Services and Offender 
Supervision Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002; 
of which $131,360,000 shall be for necessary expenses of 
Community Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to 
include expenses relating to the supervision of adults sub-
ject to protection orders or the provision of services for 
or related to such persons; of which $42,195,000 shall be 
available to the Pretrial Services Agency; and of which 
$29,833,000 shall be transferred to the Public Defender 
Service for the District of Columbia: Provided, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, all amounts 
under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the 
Office of Management and Budget and obligated and ex-
pended in the same manner as funds appropriated for sal-
aries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided fur-
ther, That the Director is authorized to accept and use 
gifts in the form of in-kind contributions of space and hos-
pitality to support offender and defendant programs, and 
equipment and vocational training services to educate and 
train offenders and defendants: Provided further, That the 
Director shall keep accurate and detailed records of the 
acceptance and use of any gift or donation under the pre-
vious proviso, and shall make such records available for 
audit and public inspection: Provided further, That the
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Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Director 
is authorized to accept and use reimbursement from the 
D.C. Government for space and services provided on a cost 
reimbursable basis: Provided further, That the Public De-
fender Service is authorized to charge fees to cover costs 
of materials distributed and training provided to attendees 
of educational events, including conferences, sponsored by 
the Public Defender Service, and notwithstanding section 
3302 of title 31, United States Code, said fees shall be 
credited to the Public Defender Service account to be 
available for use without further appropriation. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
Water and Sewer Authority, $10,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, to continue implementation of the 
Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan: Provided, 
That the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority 
provides a 100 percent match for this payment. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE ANACOSTIA WATERFRONT 
INITIATIVE 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
Department of Transportation, $5,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2007, for design and con-
struction of a continuous pedestrian and bicycle trail sys-
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tem from the Potomac River to the District’s border with 
Maryland. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
COORDINATING COUNCIL 
For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Co-
ordinating Council, $1,300,000, to remain available until 
expended, to support initiatives related to the coordination 
of Federal and local criminal justice resources in the Dis-
trict of Columbia. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF 
FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
For a Federal payment to the Office of the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer of the District of Columbia, $20,000,000: 
Provided, That each entity that receives funding under 
this heading shall submit to the Office of the Chief Finan-
cial Officer of the District of Columbia (CFO) a report 
on the activities to be carried out with such funds no later 
than March 15, 2006, and the CFO shall submit a com-
prehensive report to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate no later 
June 1, 2006. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT 
For a Federal payment for a school improvement pro-
gram in the District of Columbia, $41,616,000, to be allo-
cated as follows: for the District of Columbia Public 
Schools, $13,525,000 to improve public school education
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in the District of Columbia; for the State Education Of-
fice, $13,525,000 to expand quality public charter schools 
in the District of Columbia, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2007; for the Secretary of the Department of 
Education, $14,566,000 to provide opportunity scholar-
ships for students in the District of Columbia in accord-
ance with division C, title III of the District of Columbia 
Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108–199; 118 Stat. 
126), of which up to $1,000,000 may be used to admin-
ister and fund assessments. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR BIOTERRORISM AND FORENSICS 
LABORATORY 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, 
$7,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007, 
for design, planning, and procurement costs associated 
with the construction of a bioterrorism and forensics lab-
oratory: Provided, That the District of Columbia shall pro-
vide an additional $1,500,000 with local funds as a condi-
tion of receiving this payment. 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS 
The following amounts are appropriated for the Dis-
trict of Columbia for the current fiscal year out of the 
general fund of the District of Columbia, except as other-
wise specifically provided: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, except as provided in section 
450A of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C.
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Official Code, sec. 1–204.50a) and provisions of this Act, 
the total amount appropriated in this Act for operating 
expenses for the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2006 
under this heading shall not exceed the lesser of the sum 
of the total revenues of the District of Columbia for such 
fiscal year or $8,700,158,000 (of which $5,007,344,000 
shall be from local funds, $1,921,287,000 shall be from 
Federal grant funds, $1,754,399,000 shall be from other 
funds, and $17,129,000 shall be from private funds), in 
addition, $163,116,000 from funds previously appro-
priated in this Act as Federal payments: Provided further, 
That of the local funds, $466,830,000 shall be derived 
from the District’s general fund balance: Provided further, 
That of these funds the District’s intradistrict authority 
shall
be
$468,486,000:
Provided
further,
That
the 
amounts provided under this heading are to be allocated 
and expended as proposed under ‘‘Title II-District of Co-
lumbia Funds’’ of the Fiscal Year 2006 Proposed Budget 
and Financial Plan submitted to the Congress of the 
United States by the District of Columbia on June 6, 
2005: Provided further, That this amount may be in-
creased by proceeds of one-time transactions, which are 
expended for emergency or unanticipated operating or 
capital needs: Provided further, That such increases shall 
be approved by enactment of local District law and shall
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comply with all reserve requirements contained in the Dis-
trict of Columbia Home Rule Act as amended by this Act: 
Provided further, That the Chief Financial Officer of the 
District of Columbia shall take such steps as are necessary 
to assure that the District of Columbia meets these re-
quirements, including the apportioning by the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer of the appropriations and funds made 
available to the District during fiscal year 2006, except 
that the Chief Financial Officer may not reprogram for 
operating expenses any funds derived from bonds, notes, 
or other obligations issued for capital projects. 
GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
SEC. 501. Whenever in this title, an amount is speci-
fied within an appropriation for a particular purposes or 
objects of expenditure, such amount, unless otherwise 
specified, shall be considered as the maximum amount 
that may be expended for said purpose or object rather 
than an amount set apart exclusively therefor. 
SEC. 502. Appropriations in this title shall be avail-
able for expenses of travel and for the payment of dues 
of organizations concerned with the work of the District 
of Columbia government, when authorized by the Mayor, 
or, in the case of the Council of the District of Columbia, 
funds may be expended with the authorization of the 
Chairman of the Council.
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SEC. 503. There are appropriated from the applicable 
funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be 
necessary for making refunds and for the payment of legal 
settlements or judgments that have been entered against 
the District of Columbia government. 
SEC. 504. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 
no part of this appropriation shall be used for publicity 
or propaganda purposes or implementation of any policy 
including boycott designed to support or defeat legislation 
pending before Congress or any State legislature. 
(b) The District of Columbia may use local funds pro-
vided in this title to carry out lobbying activities on any 
matter other than— 
(1) the promotion or support of any boycott; or 
(2) statehood for the District of Columbia or 
voting representation in Congress for the District of 
Columbia. 
(c) Nothing in this section may be construed to pro-
hibit any elected official from advocating with respect to 
any of the issues referred to in subsection (b). 
SEC. 505. (a) None of the funds provided under this 
title to the agencies funded by this title, both Federal and 
District government agencies, that remain available for 
obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2006, or provided 
from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States
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derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies 
funded by this title, shall be available for obligation or ex-
penditures for an agency through a reprogramming of 
funds which— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi-
bility center; 
(3) establishes or changes allocations specifi-
cally denied, limited or increased under this Act; 
(4) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any program, project, or responsibility center for 
which funds have been denied or restricted; 
(5) reestablishes any program or project pre-
viously deferred through reprogramming; 
(6) augments any existing program, project, or 
responsibility center through a reprogramming of 
funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less; or 
(7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel 
assigned to a specific program, project or responsi-
bility center, 
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate are notified in writing 15 days 
in advance of the reprogramming.
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(b) None the local funds contained in this title may 
be available for obligation or expenditure for an agency 
through a transfer of any local funds in excess of 
$3,000,000 from one appropriation heading to another un-
less the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate are notified in writing 15 days 
in advance of the transfer, except that in no event may 
the amount of any funds transferred exceed 4 percent of 
the local funds in the appropriations. 
SEC. 506. Consistent with the provisions of section 
1301(a) of title 31, United States Code, appropriations 
under this title shall be applied only to the objects for 
which the appropriations were made except as otherwise 
provided by law. 
SEC. 507. Notwithstanding any other provisions of 
law, the provisions of the District of Columbia Govern-
ment Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C. 
Law 2–139; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–601.01 et seq.), 
enacted pursuant to section 422(3) of the District of Co-
lumbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1– 
204l.22(3)), shall apply with respect to the compensation 
of District of Columbia employees. For pay purposes, em-
ployees of the District of Columbia government shall not 
be subject to the provisions of title 5, United States Code.
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SEC. 508. No later than 30 days after the end of the 
first quarter of fiscal year 2006, the Mayor of the District 
of Columbia shall submit to the Council of the District 
of Columbia and the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and Senate the new fiscal year 
2006 revenue estimates as of the end of such quarter. 
These estimates shall be used in the budget request for 
fiscal year 2007. The officially revised estimates at mid-
year shall be used for the midyear report. 
SEC. 509. No sole source contract with the District 
of Columbia government or any agency thereof may be re-
newed or extended without opening that contract to the 
competitive bidding process as set forth in section 303 of 
the District of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 
1985 (D.C. Law 6–85; D.C. Official Code, sec. 2–303.03), 
except that the District of Columbia government or any 
agency thereof may renew or extend sole source contracts 
for which competition is not feasible or practical, but only 
if the determination as to whether to invoke the competi-
tive bidding process has been made in accordance with 
duly promulgated rules and procedures and has been re-
viewed and certified by the Chief Financial Officer of the 
District of Columbia. 
SEC. 510. None of the Federal funds provided in this 
title may be used by the District of Columbia to provide
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for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the 
offices of United States Senator or United States Rep-
resentative under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia 
Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 
(D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–123). 
SEC. 511. None of the Federal funds made available 
in this title may be used to implement or enforce the 
Health Care Benefits Expansion Act of 1992 (D.C. Law 
9–114; D.C. Official Code, sec. 32–701 et seq.) or to oth-
erwise implement or enforce any system of registration of 
unmarried, cohabiting couples, including but not limited 
to registration for the purpose of extending employment, 
health, or governmental benefits to such couples on the 
same basis that such benefits are extended to legally mar-
ried couples. 
SEC. 512. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of this title, the Mayor, in consultation with the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer of the District of Columbia may accept, 
obligate, and expend Federal, private, and other grants 
received by the District government that are not reflected 
in the amounts appropriated in this title. 
(b)(1) No such Federal, private, or other grant may 
be obligated, or expended pursuant to subsection (a) 
until—
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(A) the Chief Financial Officer of the District 
of Columbia submits to the Council a report setting 
forth detailed information regarding such grant; and 
(B) the Council has reviewed and approved the 
obligation, and expenditure of such grant. 
(2) For purposes of paragraph (1)(B), the Council 
shall be deemed to have reviewed and approved the obliga-
tion, and expenditure of a grant if— 
(A) no written notice of disapproval is filed with 
the Secretary of the Council within 14 calendar days 
of the receipt of the report from the Chief Financial 
Officer under paragraph (1)(A); or 
(B) if such a notice of disapproval is filed with-
in such deadline, the Council does not by resolution 
disapprove the obligation, or expenditure of the 
grant within 30 calendar days of the initial receipt 
of the report from the Chief Financial Officer under 
paragraph (1)(A). 
(c) No amount may be obligated or expended from 
the general fund or other funds of the District of Colum-
bia government in anticipation of the approval or receipt 
of a grant under subsection (b)(2) or in anticipation of 
the approval or receipt of a Federal, private, or other 
grant not subject to such subsection.
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(d) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co-
lumbia may adjust the budget for Federal, private, and 
other grants received by the District government reflected 
in the amounts appropriated in this title, or approved and 
received under subsection (b)(2) to reflect a change in the 
actual amount of the grant. 
(e) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co-
lumbia shall prepare a quarterly report setting forth de-
tailed information regarding all Federal, private, and 
other grants subject to this section. Each such report shall 
be submitted to the Council of the District of Columbia 
and to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and Senate not later than 15 days after 
the end of the quarter covered by the report. 
SEC. 513. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this 
section, none of the funds made available by this title or 
by any other title may be used to provide any officer or 
employee of the District of Columbia with an official vehi-
cle unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in 
the performance of the officer’s or employee’s official du-
ties. For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘‘official 
duties’’ does not include travel between the officer’s or em-
ployee’s residence and workplace, except in the case of— 
(1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan 
Police Department who resides in the District of Co-
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lumbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the 
Department; 
(2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an offi-
cer or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and 
Emergency Medical Services Department who re-
sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 
hours a day or is otherwise designated by the Fire 
Chief; 
(3) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 
(4) the Chairman of the Council of the District 
of Columbia. 
(b) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co-
lumbia shall submit by March 1, 2006, an inventory, as 
of September 30, 2005, of all vehicles owned, leased or 
operated by the District of Columbia government. The in-
ventory shall include, but not be limited to, the depart-
ment to which the vehicle is assigned; the year and make 
of the vehicle; the acquisition date and cost; the general 
condition of the vehicle; annual operating and mainte-
nance costs; current mileage; and whether the vehicle is 
allowed to be taken home by a District officer or employee 
and if so, the officer or employee’s title and resident loca-
tion. 
SEC. 514. None of the funds contained in this title 
may be used for purposes of the annual independent audit
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of the District of Columbia government for fiscal year 
2006 unless— 
(1) the audit is conducted by the Inspector 
General of the District of Columbia, in coordination 
with the Chief Financial Officer of the District of 
Columbia, pursuant to section 208(a)(4) of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 
1985 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 2–302.8); and 
(2) the audit includes as a basic financial state-
ment a comparison of audited actual year-end re-
sults with the revenues submitted in the budget doc-
ument for such year and the appropriations enacted 
into law for such year using the format, terminology, 
and classifications contained in the law making the 
appropriations for the year and its legislative his-
tory. 
SEC. 515. (a) None of the funds contained in this 
title may be used by the District of Columbia Corporation 
Counsel or any other officer or entity of the District gov-
ernment to provide assistance for any petition drive or civil 
action which seeks to require Congress to provide for vot-
ing representation in Congress for the District of Colum-
bia. 
(b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Co-
lumbia Corporation Counsel from reviewing or com-
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menting on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting 
with officials of the District government regarding such 
lawsuits. 
SEC. 516. (a) None of the funds contained in this 
title may be used for any program of distributing sterile 
needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any ille-
gal drug. 
(b) Any individual or entity who receives any funds 
contained in this title and who carries out any program 
described in subsection (a) shall account for all funds used 
for such program separately from any funds contained in 
this title. 
SEC. 517. None of the funds contained in this title 
may be used after the expiration of the 60-day period that 
begins on the date of the enactment of this title to pay 
the salary of any chief financial officer of any office of 
the District of Columbia government (including any inde-
pendent agency of the District of Columbia) who has not 
filed a certification with the Mayor and the Chief Finan-
cial Officer of the District of Columbia that the officer 
understands the duties and restrictions applicable to the 
officer and the officer’s agency as a result of this title (and 
the amendments made by this title), including any duty 
to prepare a report requested either in the title or in any 
of the reports accompanying the title and the deadline by
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which each report must be submitted: Provided, That the 
Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall 
provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and Senate by the 10th day after the 
end of each quarter a summary list showing each report, 
the due date, and the date submitted to the Committees. 
SEC. 518. Nothing in this title may be construed to 
prevent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia 
from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive 
coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent 
of Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue 
should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides excep-
tions for religious beliefs and moral convictions. 
SEC. 519. The Mayor of the District of Columbia 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and Senate, the Committee on 
Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and 
the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate 
quarterly reports addressing— 
(1) crime, including the homicide rate, imple-
mentation of community policing, the number of po-
lice officers on local beats, and the closing down of 
open-air drug markets; 
(2) access to substance and alcohol abuse treat-
ment, including the number of treatment slots, the
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number of people served, the number of people on 
waiting lists, and the effectiveness of treatment pro-
grams; 
(3) management of parolees and pre-trial vio-
lent offenders, including the number of halfway 
houses escapes and steps taken to improve moni-
toring and supervision of halfway house residents to 
reduce the number of escapes to be provided in con-
sultation with the Court Services and Offender Su-
pervision Agency for the District of Columbia; 
(4) education, including access to special edu-
cation services and student achievement to be pro-
vided in consultation with the District of Columbia 
Public Schools and the District of Columbia public 
charter schools; 
(5) improvement in basic District services, in-
cluding rat control and abatement; 
(6) application for and management of Federal 
grants, including the number and type of grants for 
which the District was eligible but failed to apply 
and the number and type of grants awarded to the 
District but for which the District failed to spend 
the amounts received; and 
(7) indicators of child well-being.
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SEC. 520. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial 
Officer of the District of Columbia shall submit to the ap-
propriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the 
Council of the District of Columbia a revised appropriated 
funds operating budget in the format of the budget that 
the District of Columbia government submitted pursuant 
to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 
(D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42), for all agencies of the 
District of Columbia government for fiscal year 2006 that 
is in the total amount of the approved appropriation and 
that realigns all budgeted data for personal services and 
other-than-personal-services, respectively, with anticipated 
actual expenditures. 
(b) This section shall apply only to an agency where 
the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia 
certifies that a reallocation is required to address unantici-
pated changes in program requirements. 
SEC. 521. None of the Federal funds made available 
in this title may be transferred to any department, agency, 
or instrumentality of the United States Government, ex-
cept pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority 
provided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 
SEC. 522. Notwithstanding any other law, in fiscal 
year 2006 and in each subsequent fiscal year, the District
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of Columbia Courts shall transfer to the general treasury 
of the District of Columbia all fines levied and collected 
by the Courts under section 10(b)(1) and (2) of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Traffic Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 50– 
2201.05(b)(1) and (2)): Provided, that the transferred 
funds are hereby made available and shall remain available 
until expended and shall be used by the Office of the At-
torney General of the District of Columbia for enforce-
ment and prosecution of District traffic alcohol laws in 
accordance with section 10(b)(3) of the District of Colum-
bia
Traffic
Act
(D.C.
Official
Code,
sec.
50– 
2201.05(b)(3)). 
SEC. 523. (a) None of the funds contained in this 
Act may be made available to pay— 
(1) the fees of an attorney who represents a 
party in an action or an attorney who defends an ac-
tion brought against the District of Columbia Public 
Schools under the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) in excess of 
$4,000 for that action; or 
(2) the fees of an attorney or firm whom the 
Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia 
determines to have a pecuniary interest, either 
through an attorney, officer, or employee of the
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firm, in any special education diagnostic services, 
schools, or other special education service providers. 
(b) In this section, the term ‘‘action’’ includes an ad-
ministrative proceeding and any ensuing or related pro-
ceedings before a court of competent jurisdiction. 
SEC. 524. The Chief Financial Officer of the District 
of Columbia shall require attorneys in special education 
cases brought under the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
cation Act (IDEA) in the District of Columbia to certify 
in writing that the attorney or representative rendered any 
and all services for which they receive awards, including 
those received under a settlement agreement or as part 
of an administrative proceeding, under the IDEA from the 
District of Columbia. As part of the certification, the Chief 
Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall require 
all attorneys in IDEA cases to disclose any financial, cor-
porate, legal, memberships on boards of directors, or other 
relationships with any special education diagnostic serv-
ices, schools, or other special education service providers 
to which the attorneys have referred any clients as part 
of this certification. The Chief Financial Officer shall pre-
pare and submit quarterly reports to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Sen-
ate on the certification of and the amount paid by the gov-
ernment of the District of Columbia, including the District
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of Columbia Public Schools, to attorneys in cases brought 
under IDEA. The Inspector General of the District of Co-
lumbia may conduct investigations to determine the accu-
racy of the certifications. 
SEC. 525. The amount appropriated by this title may 
be increased by no more than $42,000,000 from funds 
identified in the comprehensive annual financial report as 
the District’s fiscal year 2005 unexpended general fund 
surplus. The District may obligate and expend these 
amounts only in accordance with the following conditions: 
(1) The Chief Financial Officer of the District 
of Columbia shall certify that the use of any such 
amounts is not anticipated to have a negative impact 
on the District’s long-term financial, fiscal, and eco-
nomic vitality. 
(2) The District of Columbia may only use 
these funds for the following expenditures: 
(A) One-time expenditures. 
(B) Expenditures to avoid deficit spending. 
(C) Debt Reduction. 
(D) Program needs. 
(E) Expenditures to avoid revenue short-
falls. 
(3) The amounts shall be obligated and ex-
pended in accordance with laws enacted by the
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Council in support of each such obligation or ex-
penditure. 
(4) The amounts may not be used to fund the 
agencies of the District of Columbia government 
under court ordered receivership. 
(5) The amounts may not be obligated or ex-
pended unless the Mayor notifies the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
Senate not fewer than 30 days in advance of the ob-
ligation or expenditure. 
SEC. 526. (a) The fourth proviso in the item relating 
to ‘‘Federal Payment for School Improvement’’ in the Dis-
trict of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 
108–335; 118 Stat. 1327) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$4,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$4,000,000, to remain available until expended,’’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘$2,000,000 shall be for a new 
incentive fund’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be for a new in-
centive fund’’. 
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if included in the enactment of the District 
of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2005.
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SEC. 527. (a) To account for an unanticipated growth 
of revenue collections, the amount appropriated as District 
of Columbia Funds pursuant to this Act may be in-
creased— 
(1) by an aggregate amount of not more than 
25 percent, in the case of amounts proposed to be 
allocated as ‘‘Other-Type Funds’’ in the Fiscal Year 
2006 Proposed Budget and Financial Plan sub-
mitted to Congress by the District of Columbia on 
June 6, 2005; and 
(2) by an aggregate amount of not more than 
6 percent, in the case of any other amounts pro-
posed to be allocated in such Proposed Budget and 
Financial Plan. 
(b) The District of Columbia may obligate and ex-
pend any increase in the amount of funds authorized 
under this section only in accordance with the following 
conditions: 
(1) The Chief Financial Officer of the District 
of Columbia shall certify— 
(A) the increase in revenue; and 
(B) that the use of the amounts is not an-
ticipated to have a negative impact on the long- 
term financial, fiscal, or economic health of the 
District.
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(2) The amounts shall be obligated and ex-
pended in accordance with laws enacted by the 
Council of the District of Columbia in support of 
each such obligation and expenditure, consistent 
with the requirements of this Act. 
(3) The amounts may not be used to fund any 
agencies of the District government operating under 
court-ordered receivership. 
(4) The amounts may not be obligated or ex-
pended unless the Mayor has notified the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and Senate not fewer than 30 days in advance 
of the obligation or expenditure. 
SEC. 528. (a) Notwithstanding section 450A of the 
District of Columbia Home Rule Act, during fiscal year 
2006 the District of Columbia may allocate amounts from 
the emergency reserve fund established under section 
450A(a) of such Act and the contingency reserve fund es-
tablished under section 450A(b) of such Act and use such 
amounts to fund the operations of the District government 
during such fiscal year (consistent with the requirements 
of this Act and other applicable law). 
(b) The aggregate amount allocated from the emer-
gency reserve fund or the contingency reserve fund under
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this section may not exceed 50 percent of the balance of 
the fund involved as of October 1, 2005. 
(c) If the District of Columbia allocates any amounts 
from a reserve fund under this section, the District shall 
fully replenish the fund for the amounts allocated not later 
than February 15, 2007. 
SEC. 529. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, there is hereby appropriated for the Office of 
the Inspector General such amounts in local funds, as are 
consistent with the annual estimates for the expenditures 
and appropriations necessary for the operation of the Of-
fice of the Inspector General as prepared by the Inspector 
General and submitted to the Mayor and forwarded to the 
Council pursuant to D.C. Official Code 2–302.08(a)(2)(A) 
for fiscal year 2005: Provided, That the Office of the Chief 
Financial Officer shall take such steps as are necessary 
to implement the provisions of this subsection. 
SEC. 530. (a) None of the funds contained in this 
title may be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or 
regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associ-
ated with the possession, use, or distribution of any sched-
ule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 802) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative. 
(b) The Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treat-
ment Initiative of 1998, also known as Initiative 59, ap-
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proved by the electors of the District of Columbia on No-
vember 3, 1998, shall not take effect. 
SEC. 531. None of the funds appropriated under this 
title shall be expended for any abortion except where the 
life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were 
carried to term or where the pregnancy is the result of 
an act of rape or incest. 
TITLE VI—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 that
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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); and not to exceed $19,000 for official 
entertainment expenses, to be available for allocation with-
in the Executive Office of the President, $53,830,000: 
Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing, $1,500,000 shall be for the Privacy and Civil Lib-
erties 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 nec-
essary: Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses 
of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance 
with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such 
amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the 
exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur ob-
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ligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such ex-
penses: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 
shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable polit-
ical event to pay in advance an amount equal to the esti-
mated cost of the event, and all such advance payments 
shall be credited to this account and remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the Executive 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 relat-
ing 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 reimbursable operating expense 
under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing 
such amount within 60 days after such expense is in-
curred, and that such amount is collected 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 provisions applicable to an out-
standing debt on a United States Government claim under 
section 3717 of title 31, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, That each such amount that is reimbursed, and any
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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 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this 
Act, a report setting forth the reimbursable operating ex-
penses 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 offi-
cial and ceremonial events, the amount of such total that 
consists of reimbursable political events, and the portion 
of each such amount that has been reimbursed as of the 
date of the report: Provided further, That the Executive 
Residence shall maintain a system for the tracking of ex-
penses related to reimbursable events within the Executive 
Residence that includes a standard for the classification 
of any such expense as political or nonpolitical: Provided 
further, That no provision of this paragraph may be con-
strued 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 
Executive Residence at the White House, $1,700,000, to 
remain available until expended, for required maintenance,
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safety and health issues, and continued preventative main-
tenance. 
COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic 
Advisers in carrying out its functions under the Employ-
ment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021), $4,040,000. 
OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Devel-
opment, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 
and 3 U.S.C. 107, $3,500,000. 
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Security 
Council, 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 Administra-
tion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 
and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$89,322,000, of which $11,768,000 shall remain available 
until expended for the Capital Investment Plan for contin-
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ued modernization of the information technology infra-
structure 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, $76,930,000 (reduced by $9,000,000), of which not 
to exceed $3,000 shall be available for official representa-
tion expenses: Provided, That, as provided in 31 U.S.C. 
1301(a), appropriations shall be applied only to the ob-
jects for which appropriations were made and shall be allo-
cated in accordance with the terms and conditions set 
forth in the accompanying Report except as otherwise pro-
vided by law: Provided further, That none of the funds ap-
propriated in this Act for the Office of Management and 
Budget may be used for the purpose of reviewing any agri-
cultural marketing orders or any activities or regulations 
under the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agree-
ment 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 wit-
nesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office of
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Management and Budget, before the Committees on Ap-
propriations or their subcommittees: Provided further, 
That the preceding shall not apply to printed hearings re-
leased by the Committees on Appropriations. 
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 expenses; 
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 with-
out reimbursement, $26,908,000; of which $1,316,000 
shall remain available until expended for policy research 
and evaluation: Provided, That the Office is authorized to 
accept, hold, 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. 
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-
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ization
Act
of
1998
(21
U.S.C.
1701
et
seq.), 
$30,000,000, which shall remain available until expended, 
consisting of $18,000,000 for counternarcotics research 
and development projects, and $12,000,000 for the contin-
ued operation of the technology transfer program: Pro-
vided, That the $18,000,000 for counternarcotics research 
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 TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of National 
Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking 
Areas Program, $227,000,000 (increased by $9,000,000), 
for drug control activities consistent with the approved 
strategy for each of the designated High Intensity Drug 
Trafficking Areas, of which 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 the enactment of this Act: Provided, That up to 
49 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
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collection system to measure the performance of the High 
Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program: Provided fur-
ther, That High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Pro-
grams designated as of September 30, 2005, shall be fund-
ed at no less than the fiscal year 2005 initial allocation 
levels unless the Director submits to the Committees on 
Appropriations, and the Committees approve, justification 
for changes in those levels based on clearly articulated pri-
orities for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Pro-
grams, as well as published Office of National Drug Con-
trol Policy performance measures of effectiveness: Pro-
vided further, That a request shall be submitted in compli-
ance with the reprogramming guidelines to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations for approval prior to the obligation 
of funds of an amount in excess of the fiscal year 2005 
budget request: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$2,000,000 of the funds made available under this head-
ing in excess of the fiscal year 2005 budget request shall 
be available for the Consolidated Priority Organization 
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.), $213,292,000 (in-
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creased by $25,000,000), to remain available until ex-
pended, of which the following amounts are available as 
follows: $120,000,000 (increased by $25,000,000) to sup-
port a national media campaign, as authorized by the 
Drug-Free Media Campaign Act of 1998: Provided, That 
ONDCP shall maintain funding for non-advertising serv-
ices for the Media Campaign at no less than the Fiscal 
Year 2003 ratio of service funding to total funds and shall 
continue the corporate outreach program as it operated 
prior to its cancellation: $80,000,000 to continue a pro-
gram of matching grants to drug-free communities, of 
which $750,000 shall be a directed grant to the Commu-
nity 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 National Drug 
Court Institute; $992,000 for the National Alliance for 
Model State Drug Laws; $7,400,000 for the United States 
Anti-Doping Agency for anti-doping activities; $2,900,000 
for the United States membership dues to the World Anti- 
Doping Agency; and $1,000,000 for evaluations and re-
search related to National Drug Control Program per-
formance measures: Provided further, That such funds 
may be transferred to other Federal departments and 
agencies to carry out such activities: Provided further,
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That of the amounts appropriated for a national media 
campaign, not to exceed 12 percent shall be for adminis-
tration, advertising production, research and testing, labor 
and related costs of the national media campaign. 
UNANTICIPATED NEEDS 
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 during 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 
specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex-
penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex-
pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and 
hire of passenger 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-
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cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 for official en-
tertainment expenses of the Vice President, to be ac-
counted for solely on his certificate, $325,000: Provided, 
That advances or repayments or transfers from this ap-
propriation may be made to any department or agency for 
expenses of carrying out such activities. 
TITLE VII—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS 
COMPLIANCE BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Architectural and 
Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized 
by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as 
amended, $5,941,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, there may be credited to this 
appropriation 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 ve-
hicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at 
rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv-
alent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376,
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purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal offi-
cials’ contributions to Commission activities, and not to 
exceed $500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $62,449,000. 
ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Help Amer-
ica Vote Act of 2002, $15,877,000, of which $2,800,000 
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 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, as amended $29,965,000, to be de-
rived from the Bank Insurance Fund, the Savings Asso-
ciation Insurance 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 amend-
ed, $54,700,000, of which no less than $4,700,000 shall 
be available for internal automated data processing sys-
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tems, and of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available 
for reception and representation expenses. 
FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga-
nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service 
Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consult-
ants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 
$25,468,000: Provided, That public members of the Fed-
eral Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses 
and per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law 
(5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermittently in 
the Government service, and compensation as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees charged to non- 
Federal participants at labor-management relations con-
ferences shall be credited to and merged with this account, 
to be available without further appropriation for the costs 
of carrying out these conferences.
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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime 
Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Mer-
chant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. App. 
1111), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 
U.S.C. 1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefor, as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, $20,499,000: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses. 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES 
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND 
LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
To carry out the purposes of the Fund established 
pursuant to section 210(f) of the Federal Property and 
Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 
U.S.C. 592), the revenues and collections deposited into 
the Fund shall be available for necessary expenses of real 
property management and related activities not otherwise 
provided for, including operation, maintenance, and pro-
tection of federally owned and leased buildings; rental of 
buildings in the District of Columbia; restoration of leased 
premises; moving governmental agencies (including space
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adjustments and telecommunications relocation expenses) 
in connection with the assignment, allocation and transfer 
of space; contractual services incident to cleaning or serv-
icing buildings, and moving; repair and alteration of feder-
ally owned buildings including grounds, approaches and 
appurtenances; care and safeguarding of sites; mainte-
nance, preservation, demolition, and equipment; acquisi-
tion of buildings and sites by purchase, condemnation, or 
as otherwise authorized by law; acquisition of options to 
purchase buildings and sites; conversion and extension of 
federally owned buildings; preliminary planning and de-
sign of projects by contract or otherwise; construction of 
new buildings (including equipment for such buildings); 
and payment of principal, interest, and any other obliga-
tions for public buildings acquired by installment purchase 
and purchase contract; in the aggregate amount of 
$7,768,795,000 (reduced by $88,789,000) (reduced by 
$727,909,000) (reduced by $25,000,000), of which: (1) 
$708,106,000 (reduced by $67,789,000) (reduced by 
$9,500,000) shall remain available until expended for con-
struction (including funds for sites and expenses and asso-
ciated design and construction services) of additional 
projects at the following locations: 
New Construction: 
California:
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San
Diego,
United
States
Courthouse, 
$230,803,000. 
Colorado: 
Lakewood, Denver Federal Center Infra-
structure, $4,658,000. 
District of Columbia: 
Coast Guard Consolidation, $24,900,000. 
Saint Elizabeths West Campus Infrastruc-
ture, $13,095,000. 
Southeast Federal Center Site Remedi-
ation, $15,000,000. 
Maine: 
Calais, Border Station, $50,146,000. 
Jackman, Border Station, $12,788,000. 
Maryland: 
Montgomery County, Food and Drug Ad-
ministration Consolidation, $127,600,000. 
New York: 
Champlain, Border Station, $52,510,000. 
Massena, Border Station, $49,783,000. 
Texas: 
Austin,
United
States
Courthouse, 
$3,000,000. 
Washington:
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Blaine,
Peace
Arch
Border
Station, 
$46,534,000. 
Material
Price
increases,
various
projects, 
$67,789,000 (reduced by $67,789,000). 
Nonprospectus Construction, $9,500,000 (re-
duced by $9,500,000): 
Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs on 
new construction projects may be exceeded to the extent 
that savings are effected in other such projects, but not 
to exceed 10 percent of the amounts included in an ap-
proved prospectus, if required, unless advance approval is 
obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of a 
greater amount: Provided further, That all funds for direct 
construction projects shall expire on September 30, 2007, 
and remain in the Federal Buildings Fund except for 
funds for projects as to which funds for design or other 
funds have been obligated in whole or in part prior to such 
date; (2) $961,376,000 (reduced by $568,409,000) shall 
remain available until expended for repairs and alter-
ations, which includes associated design and construction 
services: 
Repairs and Alterations: 
Arizona: 
Tucson,
James
A.
Walsh
Courthouse, 
$16,136,000.
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District of Columbia: 
Eisenhower
Executive
Office
Building, 
$133,417,000 (reduced by $133,417,000). 
Federal Office Building 8, $47,769,000. 
Heating, Operation, and Transmission Dis-
trict Repair, $18,783,000. 
Herbert C. Hoover Building, $54,491,000. 
Main Interior Building, $41,399,000. 
Georgia: 
Atlanta, Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal 
Building, $30,129,000. 
New York: 
Brooklyn,
Emanuel
Celler
Courthouse, 
$96,924,000. 
New York City, James Watson Federal 
Building and Courthouse, $9,721,000. 
Special Emphasis Programs: 
Chlorofluorocarbons
Program, 
$10,000,000. 
Energy Program, $30,000,000. 
Glass Fragment Retention, $15,700,000. 
Design Program, $21,915,000. 
Basic Repairs and Alterations, $434,992,000 
(reduced by $434,992,000):
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Provided further, That funds made available in this or any 
previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs 
and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, be limited 
to the amount identified for each project, except each 
project in this or any previous Act may be increased by 
an amount not to exceed 10 percent unless advance ap-
proval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations 
of a greater amount: Provided further, That additional 
projects for which prospectuses have been fully approved 
may be funded under this category only if advance ap-
proval is obtained from the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That the amounts provided in this 
or any prior Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be 
used to fund costs associated with implementing security 
improvements to buildings necessary to meet the minimum 
standards for security in accordance with current law and 
in compliance with the reprogramming guidelines of the 
appropriate Committees of the House and Senate: Pro-
vided further, That the difference between the funds ap-
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 
prospectus projects shall expire on September 30, 2007,
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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: 
Provided 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) $168,180,000 for installment acquisition payments in-
cluding payments on purchase contracts which shall re-
main available until expended; (4) $4,046,031,000 (re-
duced by $12,500,000) for rental of space which shall re-
main available until expended; and (5) $1,885,102,000 
(reduced by $21,000,000) (reduced by $150,000,000) (re-
duced by $12,500,000) 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, re-
pair, alteration and acquisition project for which a pro-
spectus, if required by the Public Buildings Act of 1959, 
as amended, has not been approved, except that necessary 
funds may be expended for each project for required ex-
penses for the development of a proposed prospectus: Pro-
vided further, That funds available in the Federal Build-
ings Fund may be expended for emergency repairs when
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advance approval is obtained from the Committees on Ap-
propriations: Provided further, That amounts necessary to 
provide reimbursable special services to other agencies 
under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Ad-
ministrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 
592(b)(2)) and amounts to provide such reimbursable 
fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on pri-
vate or other property not in Government ownership or 
control as may be appropriate to enable the United States 
Secret Service to perform its protective functions pursuant 
to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be available from such revenues 
and collections: Provided further, That revenues and col-
lections and any other sums accruing to this Fund during 
fiscal year 2006, excluding reimbursements under section 
210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Administrative 
Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2)) in excess of 
the aggregate new obligational authority authorized for 
Real Property Activities of the Federal Buildings Fund 
in this Act shall remain in the Fund and shall not be avail-
able for expenditure except as authorized in appropria-
tions Acts. 
GENERAL ACTIVITIES 
GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-
vided for, for Government-wide policy and evaluation ac-
tivities associated with the management of real and per-
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sonal property assets and certain administrative services; 
Government-wide policy support responsibilities relating to 
acquisition, telecommunications, information technology 
management, and related technology activities; and serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $52,796,000. 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-
vided for, for Government-wide activities associated with 
utilization and donation of surplus personal property; dis-
posal of real property; providing Internet access to Federal 
information and services; agency-wide policy direction and 
management, and Board of Contract Appeals; accounting, 
records management, and other support services incident 
to adjudication of Indian Tribal Claims by the United 
States Court of Federal Claims; services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed $7,500 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses, $99,890,000 (reduced 
by $17,711,000). 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General
and
service
authorized
by
U.S.C.
3109, 
$43,410,000: Provided, That not to exceed $15,000 shall 
be available for payment for information and detection of 
fraud against the Government, including payment for re-
covery of stolen Government property: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for awards
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to employees of other Federal agencies and private citizens 
in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in en-
hanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness. 
ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses in support of interagency 
projects that enable the Federal Government to expand 
its ability to conduct activities electronically, through the 
development and implementation of innovative uses of the 
Internet and other electronic methods, $3,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That these funds 
may be transferred to Federal agencies to carry out the 
purposes of the Fund: Provided further, That this transfer 
authority shall be in addition to any other transfer author-
ity provided in this Act: Provided further, That such trans-
fers may not be made until 10 days after a proposed 
spending plan and justification for each project to be un-
dertaken has been submitted to the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER 
PRESIDENTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 
25, 1958, as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public 
Law 95–138, $2,952,000: Provided, That the Adminis-
trator of General Services shall transfer to the Secretary
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of the Treasury such sums as may be necessary to carry 
out the provisions of such Acts. 
FEDERAL CITIZEN INFORMATION CENTER FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Citizen Infor-
mation Center, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $15,030,000, to be deposited into the Federal Cit-
izen Information Center Fund: Provided, That the appro-
priations, revenues, and collections deposited into the 
Fund shall be available for necessary expenses of Federal 
Citizen Information Center activities in the aggregate 
amount not to exceed $32,000,000. Appropriations, reve-
nues, and collections accruing to this Fund during fiscal 
year 2006 in excess of such amount shall remain in the 
Fund and shall not be available for expenditure except as 
authorized in appropriations Acts. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 701. The appropriate appropriation or fund 
available to the General Services Administration shall be 
credited with the cost of operation, protection, mainte-
nance, upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part 
of rentals received from Government corporations pursu-
ant to law (40 U.S.C. 129). 
SEC. 702. Funds available to the General Services 
Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles.
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SEC. 703. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund 
made available for fiscal year 2006 for Federal Buildings 
Fund activities may be transferred between such activities 
only to the extent necessary to meet program require-
ments: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be ap-
proved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 704. No funds made available by this Act shall 
be used to transmit a fiscal year 2007 request for United 
States Courthouse construction that: (1) does not meet 
the design guide standards for construction as established 
and approved by the General Services Administration, the 
Judicial Conference of the United States, and the Office 
of Management and Budget; and (2) does not reflect the 
priorities of the Judicial Conference of the United States 
as set out in its approved 5-year construction plan: Pro-
vided, That the fiscal year 2007 request must be accom-
panied by a standardized courtroom utilization study of 
each facility to be constructed, replaced, or expanded. 
SEC. 705. None of the funds provided in this Act may 
be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, 
provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 
other service usually provided through the Federal Build-
ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per 
square foot assessment for space and services as deter-
mined by the General Services Administration in compli-