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OIL SPILL RESPONSE 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environ-
mental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990, $16,000,000, to be derived from 
the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, to remain available until 
expended. 
STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For environmental programs and infrastructure as-
sistance, including capitalization grants for State revolv-
ing 
funds 
and 
performance 
partnership 
grants, 
$3,359,027,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $850,000,000 shall be for making capitalization 
grants for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under 
title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as 
amended (the ‘‘Act’’), of which up to $50,000,000 shall 
be available for loans, including interest free loans as au-
thorized by 33 U.S.C. 1383(d)(1)(A), to municipal, inter- 
municipal, interstate, or State agencies or nonprofit enti-
ties for projects that provide treatment for or that mini-
mize sewage or stormwater discharges using one or more 
approaches which include, but are not limited to, decen-
tralized or distributed stormwater controls, decentralized 
wastewater treatment, low-impact development practices, 
conservation easements, stream buffers, or wetlands res-
toration; $845,000,000 shall be for capitalization grants 
for the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under sec-
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tion 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended; 
$50,000,000 shall be for architectural, engineering, plan-
ning, design, construction and related activities in connec-
tion with the construction of high priority water and 
wastewater facilities in the area of the United States-Mex-
ico Border, after consultation with the appropriate border 
commission; $20,000,000 shall be for grants to the State 
of Alaska to address drinking water and waste infrastruc-
ture needs of rural and Alaska Native Villages; 
$323,400,000 shall be for making grants for the construc-
tion of drinking water, wastewater and storm water infra-
structure and for water quality protection in accordance 
with the terms and conditions specified for such grants 
in the report accompanying this legislation; $95,000,000 
shall be to carry out section 104(k) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including grants, inter-
agency agreements, and associated program support costs; 
$4,000,000 shall be for a grant to Puerto Rico for drink-
ing 
water 
infrastructure 
improvements 
to 
the 
Metropolitano community water system in San Juan; 
$10,000,000 for a cost-shared grant program to school 
districts for necessary upgrades of their diesel bus fleets; 
and $1,161,627,000 shall be for grants, including associ-
ated program support costs, to States, federally recognized
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tribes, interstate agencies, tribal consortia, and air pollu-
tion control agencies for multi-media or single media pol-
lution prevention, control and abatement and related ac-
tivities, including activities pursuant to the provisions set 
forth under this heading in Public Law 104–134, and for 
making grants under section 103 of the Clean Air Act for 
particulate matter monitoring and data collection activi-
ties of which and subject to terms and conditions specified 
by the Administrator, of which $50,000,000 shall be for 
carrying out section 128 of CERCLA, as amended, and 
$19,500,000 shall be for Environmental Information Ex-
change Network grants, including associated program 
support costs, and $14,500,000 shall be for making com-
petitive targeted watershed grants: Provided further, That 
for fiscal year 2005, State authority under section 302(a) 
of Public Law 104–182 shall remain in effect: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding section 603(d)(7) of the 
Act, the limitation on the amounts in a State water pollu-
tion control revolving fund that may be used by a State 
to administer the fund shall not apply to amounts included 
as principal in loans made by such fund in fiscal year 2005 
and prior years where such amounts represent costs of ad-
ministering the fund to the extent that such amounts are 
or were deemed reasonable by the Administrator, ac-
counted for separately from other assets in the fund, and
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used for eligible purposes of the fund, including adminis-
tration: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2005, and 
notwithstanding section 518(f) of the Act, the Adminis-
trator is authorized to use the amounts appropriated for 
any fiscal year under section 319 of that Act to make 
grants to Indian tribes pursuant to sections 319(h) and 
518(e) of that Act: Provided further, That for fiscal year 
2005, notwithstanding the limitation on amounts in sec-
tion 518(c) of the Act, up to a total of 11⁄2 percent of 
the funds appropriated for State Revolving Funds under 
title VI of that Act may be reserved by the Administrator 
for grants under section 518(c) of such Act: Provided fur-
ther, That no funds provided by this legislation to address 
the water, wastewater and other critical infrastructure 
needs of the colonias in the United States along the 
United States-Mexico border shall be made available to a 
county or municipal government unless that government 
has established an enforceable local ordinance, or other 
zoning rule, which prevents in that jurisdiction the devel-
opment or construction of any additional colonia areas, or 
the development within an existing colonia the construc-
tion of any new home, business, or other structure which 
lacks water, wastewater, or other necessary infrastructure: 
Provided further, That the referenced statement of the 
managers under this heading in Public Law 108–07, in
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reference to item number 471, is deemed to be amended 
by striking everything after ‘‘for’’ and inserting, ‘‘for 
water infrastructure improvements’’: Provided further, 
That the referenced statement of the managers under this 
heading in Public Law 108–199, in reference to item num-
ber 22, is deemed to be amended by striking everything 
after ‘‘22.’’ and inserting, ‘‘$200,000 to Jackson County, 
Alabama, for water system improvements and $200,000 
to the City of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, for water and 
sewer infrastructure improvements’’: Provided further, 
That the referenced statement of the managers under this 
heading in Public Law 108–199, in reference to item num-
ber 158, is deemed to be amended by inserting ‘‘water 
and’’ after ‘‘for’’. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
For fiscal year 2005, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
6303(1) and 6305(1), the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, in carrying out the Agency’s 
function to implement directly Federal environmental pro-
grams required or authorized by law in the absence of an 
acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative agree-
ments to federally-recognized Indian Tribes or Intertribal 
consortia, if authorized by their member Tribes, to assist 
the Administrator in implementing Federal environmental 
programs for Indian Tribes required or authorized by law, 
except that no such cooperative agreements may be award-
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ed from funds designated for State financial assistance 
agreements. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency is authorized to collect and obligate pesticide reg-
istration service fees in accordance with section 33 of the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (as 
added by subsection (f)(2) of the Pesticide Registration 
Improvement Act of 2003), as amended. 
Notwithstanding CERCLA 104(k)(4)(B)(i)(IV), ap-
propriated funds for fiscal year 2005 may be used to 
award grants or loans under section 104(k) of CERCLA 
to eligible entities that satisfy all of the elements set forth 
in CERCLA section 101(40) to qualify as a bona fide pro-
spective purchaser except that the date of acquisition of 
the property was prior to the date of enactment of the 
Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfield Revitaliza-
tion Act of 2001. 
The Administrator may hereafter receive and use 
funds contributed by a non-Federal sponsor as its share 
of the cost of a project to carry out a project under para-
graph (c)(12) of section 118 of the Federal Water Pollu-
tion Control Act, as amended. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency and the New York State De-
partment of Environmental Conservation are authorized
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to award a $2,000,000 grant to the Town of Wheatfield, 
Niagara County, New York for the construction of sani-
tary collector sewers from funds realloted to the State of 
New York under title II of the Clean Water Act. 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na-
tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 
Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 and 6671), hire 
of passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109, not to exceed $2,500 for official reception 
and representation expenses, and rental of conference 
rooms in the District of Columbia, $7,081,000. 
COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF 
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 
For necessary expenses to continue functions as-
signed to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office 
of Environmental Quality pursuant to the National Envi-
ronmental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality 
Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 
1 of 1977, and not to exceed $750 for official reception 
and representation expenses, $3,284,000: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 202 of the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of 
one member, appointed by the President, by and with the
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advice and consent of the Senate, serving as chairman and 
exercising all powers, functions, and duties of the Council. 
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, $30,125,000, to be de-
rived from the Bank Insurance Fund, the Savings Asso-
ciation Insurance Fund, and the FSLIC Resolution Fund. 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
FEDERAL CITIZEN INFORMATION CENTER FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Citizen Infor-
mation Center, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $14,907,000, 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 $27,000,000. Appropriations, reve-
nues, and collections accruing to this Fund during fiscal 
year 2005 in excess of such amount shall remain in the 
Fund and shall not be available for expenditure except as 
authorized in appropriations Acts.
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UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON 
HOMELESSNESS 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses (including payment of sala-
ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
the rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 
and the employment of experts and consultants under sec-
tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code) of the Inter-
agency Council on Homelessness in carrying out the func-
tions pursuant to title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Act, as amended, $1,500,000. 
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 
SCIENCE, AERONAUTICS AND EXPLORATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of science, aeronautics and ex-
ploration research and development activities, including 
research, development, operations, support and services; 
maintenance; construction of facilities including repair, re-
habilitation, revitalization, and modification of facilities, 
construction of new facilities and additions to existing fa-
cilities, facility planning and design, and restoration, and 
acquisition or condemnation of real property, as author-
ized by law; environmental compliance and restoration; 
space flight, spacecraft control and communications activi-
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ties including operations, production, and services; pro-
gram management; personnel and related costs, including 
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902; travel expenses; purchase and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; not to exceed $35,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses; and purchase, 
lease, charter, maintenance and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $7,621,169,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2006, of which amounts as deter-
mined by the Administrator for salaries and benefits; 
training, travel and awards; facility and related costs; in-
formation technology services; science, engineering, fabri-
cating and testing services; and other administrative serv-
ices may be transferred to ‘‘Exploration capabilities’’ in 
accordance with section 312(b) of the National Aero-
nautics and Space Act of 1958, as amended by Public Law 
106–377. 
EXPLORATION CAPABILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of exploration capabilities re-
search and development activities, including research, de-
velopment, operations, support and services; maintenance; 
construction of facilities including repair, rehabilitation, 
revitalization and modification of facilities, construction of 
new facilities and additions to existing facilities, facility
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planning and design, and acquisition or condemnation of 
real property, as authorized by law; environmental compli-
ance and restoration; space flight, spacecraft control and 
communications activities including operations, produc-
tion, and services; program management; personnel and 
related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; travel expenses; 
purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to ex-
ceed $35,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and op-
eration 
of 
mission 
and 
administrative 
aircraft, 
$7,496,800,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2006, of which amounts as determined by the Adminis-
trator for salaries and benefits; training, travel and 
awards; facility and related costs; information technology 
services; science, engineering, fabricating and testing serv-
ices; and other administrative services may be transferred 
to ‘‘Science, aeronautics and exploration’’ in accordance 
with section 312(b) of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Act of 1958, as amended by Public Law 106–377. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
as amended, $31,400,000.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of 
funds appropriated for ‘‘Science, aeronautics and explo-
ration’’, or ‘‘Exploration capabilities’’ by this appropria-
tions Act, when any activity has been initiated by the in-
currence of obligations for construction of facilities or en-
vironmental compliance and restoration activities as au-
thorized by law, such amount available for such activity 
shall remain available until expended. This provision does 
not apply to the amounts appropriated for institutional 
minor revitalization and construction of facilities, and in-
stitutional facility planning and design. 
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of 
funds appropriated for ‘‘Science, aeronautics and explo-
ration’’, or ‘‘Exploration capabilities’’ by this appropria-
tions Act, the amounts appropriated for construction of 
facilities shall remain available until September 30, 2007. 
The unexpired balances of prior appropriations to 
NASA for activities for which funds are provided under 
this Act may be transferred to the new account established 
for the appropriation that provides such activity under this 
Act. Balances so transferred may be merged with funds 
in the newly established account and thereafter may be 
accounted for as one fund under the same terms and con-
ditions.
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NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION 
CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY 
During fiscal year 2005, gross obligations of the Cen-
tral Liquidity Facility for the principal amount of new di-
rect loans to member credit unions, as authorized by 12 
U.S.C. 1795 et seq., shall not exceed $1,500,000,000: Pro-
vided, That administrative expenses of the Central Liquid-
ity Facility in fiscal year 2005 shall not exceed $310,000. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND 
For the Community Development Revolving Loan 
Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822 
and 9910, $1,000,000 shall be available: Provided, That 
of this amount $200,000, together with amounts of prin-
cipal and interest on loans repaid, is available until ex-
pended for loans to community development credit unions, 
and $800,000 is available until September 30, 2006 for 
technical assistance to low-income and community devel-
opment credit unions. 
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the National 
Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
1861–1875), and the Act to establish a National Medal 
of Science (42 U.S.C. 1880–1881); services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109; maintenance and operation of aircraft 
and purchase of flight services for research support; and
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acquisition of aircraft; $4,151,745,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $350,000,000 shall remain available until expended 
for Polar research and operations support, and for reim-
bursement to other Federal agencies for operational and 
science support and logistical and other related activities 
for the United States Antarctic program; the balance to 
remain available until September 30, 2006: Provided, 
That receipts for scientific support services and materials 
furnished by the National Research Centers and other Na-
tional Science Foundation supported research facilities 
may be credited to this appropriation. 
MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES 
CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc-
tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research 
equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursu-
ant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as 
amended, including authorized travel, $208,200,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out science and 
engineering education and human resources programs and 
activities pursuant to the National Science Foundation 
Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875), includ-
ing services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and rental 
of conference rooms in the District of Columbia,
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$842,985,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2006. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses necessary in carrying out 
the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended 
(42 U.S.C. 1861–1875); services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed 
$9,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902; rental of conference rooms in the District of 
Columbia; and reimbursement of the General Services Ad-
ministration for security guard services; $249,970,000: 
Provided, That contracts may be entered into under ‘‘Sal-
aries and expenses’’ in fiscal year 2005 for maintenance 
and operation of facilities, and for other services, to be 
provided during the next fiscal year. 
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD 
For necessary expenses (including payment of sala-
ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
the rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 
and the employment of experts and consultants under sec-
tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved in car-
rying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation 
Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86–209 
(42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $3,950,000: Provided, That not
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more than $9,000 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 
1978, as amended, $10,110,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2006. 
NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT 
CORPORATION 
For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor-
poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, 
as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $115,000,000. 
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys-
tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of 
training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective 
Service System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for 
civilian employees; purchase of uniforms, or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed $750 for official reception 
and representation expenses; $26,300,000: Provided, That 
during the current fiscal year, the President may exempt
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this appropriation from the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, 
whenever the President deems such action to be necessary 
in the interest of national defense: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be ex-
pended for or in connection with the induction of any per-
son into the Armed Forces of the United States. 
WHITE HOUSE COMMISSION ON THE NATIONAL 
MOMENT OF REMEMBRANCE 
For necessary expenses of the White House Commis-
sion on the National Moment of Remembrance, $250,000. 
TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 402. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 
expended— 
(1) pursuant to a certification of an officer or 
employee of the United States unless— 
(A) such certification is accompanied by, 
or is part of, a voucher or abstract which de-
scribes the payee or payees and the items or 
services for which such expenditure is being 
made; or 
(B) the expenditure of funds pursuant to 
such certification, and without such a voucher
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or abstract, is specifically authorized by law; 
and 
(2) unless such expenditure is subject to audit 
by the General Accounting Officer or is specifically 
exempt by law from such audit. 
SEC. 403. None of the funds provided in this Act to 
any department or agency may be obligated or expended 
for: (1) the transportation of any officer or employee of 
such department or agency between the domicile and the 
place of employment of the officer or employee, with the 
exception of an officer or employee authorized such trans-
portation under 31 U.S.C. 1344 or 5 U.S.C. 7905 or (2) 
to provide a cook, chauffeur, or other personal servants 
to any officer or employee of such department or agency. 
SEC. 404. None of the funds provided in this Act may 
be used for payment, through grants or contracts, to re-
cipients that do not share in the cost of conducting re-
search resulting from proposals not specifically solicited 
by the Government: Provided, That the extent of cost 
sharing by the recipient shall reflect the mutuality of in-
terest of the grantee or contractor and the Government 
in the research. 
SEC. 405. None of the funds provided in this Act may 
be used, directly or through grants, to pay or to provide 
reimbursement for payment of the salary of a consultant
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(whether retained by the Federal Government or a grant-
ee) at more than the daily equivalent of the rate paid for 
level IV of the Executive Schedule, unless specifically au-
thorized by law. 
SEC. 406. None of the funds provided in this Act may 
be used to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, 
non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudica-
tory proceedings. Nothing herein affects the authority of 
the Consumer Product Safety Commission pursuant to 
section 7 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 
2056 et seq.). 
SEC. 407. Except as otherwise provided under exist-
ing law, or under an existing Executive order issued pur-
suant to an existing law, the obligation or expenditure of 
any appropriation under this Act for contracts for any 
consulting service shall be limited to contracts which are: 
(1) a matter of public record and available for public in-
spection; and (2) thereafter included in a publicly available 
list of all contracts entered into within 24 months prior 
to the date on which the list is made available to the public 
and of all contracts on which performance has not been 
completed by such date. The list required by the preceding 
sentence shall be updated quarterly and shall include a 
narrative description of the work to be performed under 
each such contract.
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SEC. 408. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
may be used to implement any cap on reimbursements to 
grantees for indirect costs, except as published in Office 
of Management and Budget Circular A–21. 
SEC. 409. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2005 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall 
be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act. 
SEC. 410. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, 
to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and prod-
ucts purchased with funds made available in this Act 
should be American-made. 
(b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering 
into any contract with, any entity using funds made avail-
able in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the 
greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a 
notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by 
the Congress. 
SEC. 411. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for any program, project, or activity, 
when it is made known to the Federal entity or official 
to which the funds are made available that the program, 
project, or activity is not in compliance with any Federal 
law relating to risk assessment, the protection of private 
property rights, or unfunded mandates.
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SEC. 412. Except in the case of entities that are 
funded solely with Federal funds or any natural persons 
that are funded under this Act, none of the funds in this 
Act shall be used for the planning or execution of any pro-
gram to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, 
non-Federal parties to lobby or litigate in respect to adju-
dicatory proceedings funded in this Act. A chief executive 
officer of any entity receiving funds under this Act shall 
certify that none of these funds have been used to engage 
in the lobbying of the Federal Government or in litigation 
against the United States unless authorized under existing 
law. 
SEC. 413. No part of any funds appropriated in this 
Act shall be used by an agency of the executive branch, 
other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative 
relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and 
for the preparation, distribution or use of any kit, pam-
phlet, booklet, publication, radio, television or film presen-
tation designed to support or defeat legislation pending 
before the Congress, except in presentation to the Con-
gress itself. 
SEC. 414. All departments and agencies funded under 
this Act are encouraged, within the limits of the existing 
statutory authorities and funding, to expand their use of 
‘‘E-Commerce’’ technologies and procedures in the con-
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duct of their business practices and public service activi-
ties. 
SEC. 415. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 
SEC. 416. None of the funds provided in this Act to 
any department or agency shall be obligated or expended 
to procure passenger automobiles as defined in 15 U.S.C. 
2001 with an EPA estimated miles per gallon average of 
less than 22 miles per gallon. 
SEC. 417. Section 313 of the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration Act of 1958, as amended, is 
further amended in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘Space 
flight capabilities’’ and inserting ‘‘Exploration capabili-
ties’’. 
SEC. 418. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to implement any policy prohibiting the 
Directors of the Veterans Integrated Service Networks 
from conducting outreach or marketing to enroll new vet-
erans within their respective Networks. 
SEC. 419. Of the amounts available to the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, such sums as 
maybe necessary for the benefit of the families of the as-
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tronauts who died on board the Space Shuttle Columbia 
on February 1, 2003, are available under the terms of sec-
tion 203(c)(13) of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Act of 1958, as amended, independent of the limitations 
established therein. 
SEC. 420. Section 315(a) of the National Aeronautics 
and Space Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 2459(a)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘two (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘4’’. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Vet-
erans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005’’.
Union Calendar No. 413 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5041 
[Report No. 108–674] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Vet-
erans Affairs and Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, and for sundry independent agencies, 
boards, commissions, corporations, and offices 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, 
and for other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 9, 2004 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed