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SEC. 516. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
may be used to enter into an arrangement under section
7(b)(4) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C.
231f(b)(4)) with a nongovernmental financial institution
to serve as disbursing agent for benefits payable under
the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974.
SEC. 517. (a) None of the funds provided under this
Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the
agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli-
gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2005, or provided from
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded
by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure
through a reprogramming of funds that—
(1) creates new programs;
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means
for any project or activity for which funds have been
denied or restricted;
(4) relocates an office or employees;
(5) reorganizes or renames offices;
(6) reorganizes programs or activities; or
(7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or
activities presently performed by Federal employees;
unless the Appropriations Committees of both
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Houses of Congress are notified 15 days in advance
of such reprogramming of funds.
(b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or
provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agen-
cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation
or expenditure in fiscal year 2005, or provided from any
accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by
the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by
this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure
through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000
or 10 percent, whichever is less, that—
(1) augments existing programs, projects (in-
cluding construction projects), or activities;
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-
sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or
(3) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel which would result in a change
in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap-
proved by Congress; unless the Appropriations Com-
mittees of both Houses of Congress are notified 15
days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.
SEC. 518. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be used by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
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to enforce section 4010(c) of the Employee Retirement In-
come Security Act of 1974.
SEC. 519. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend-
ance of more than 50 Federal employees from that agency
at any single conference occurring outside the United
States.
SEC. 520. None of the funds made available in this
Act for the National Institute of Mental Health may be
used to fund grant numbers MH054142 and MH064527.
SEC. 521. None of the funds provided in this Act may
be used by the Department of Labor to implement or ad-
minister any change to regulations regarding overtime
compensation (contained in part 541 of title 29, Code of
Federal Regulations) in effect on July 14, 2004, except
those changes in the Department of Labor’s final regula-
tion published in the Federal Register on April 23, 2004
at section 541.600 of such title 29.
SEC. 522. None of the funds appropriated under this
Act may be used by the Secretary of Education to admin-
ister or pay any special allowance under section
438(b)(2)(B) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1087–1(b)(2)(B)) pursuant to the provisions of
section 682.302(e)(2) of the regulations of the Depart-
ment of Education (34 CFR 682.302(e)(2)).
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SEC. 523. None of the funds made available under
this Act to the Department of Education may be expended
in contravention of section 505 of the Illegal Immigration
Reform and Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1623).
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Labor,
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 9,
2004.
Attest:
Clerk.