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FOREST SERVICE TRANSFER 
SEC. 6030. Funds in the amount of $1,500,000, pro-
vided in Public Law 108–447 for the ‘‘Forest Service, Cap-
ital Improvement and Maintenance’’ account, are hereby 
transferred to the ‘‘Forest Service, State and Private For-
estry’’ account. 
WEST YELLOWSTONE VISITOR INFORMATION CENTER 
SEC. 6031. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the National Park Service is authorized to expend ap-
propriated funds for the construction, operations and main-
tenance of an expansion to the West Yellowstone Visitor In-
formation Center to be constructed for visitors to, and ad-
ministration of, Yellowstone National Park. 
PESTICIDES TOLERANCE FEES 
SEC. 6032. None of the funds in this or any other Ap-
propriations Act may be used by the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency or any other Federal agency to develop, pro-
mulgate, or publish a pesticides tolerance fee rulemaking. 
GULF ISLANDS NATIONAL SEASHORE 
SEC. 6033. (a) The Secretary of the Interior shall allow 
the State of Mississippi, its lessees, contractors, and permit-
tees, to conduct, under reasonable regulation not incon-
sistent with timely and generally full extraction of the oil 
and gas minerals: 
(1) exploration, development and production op-
erations on sites outside the boundaries of Gulf Is-
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lands National Seashore that use directional drilling 
techniques which result in the drill hole crossing into 
the Gulf Islands National Seashore and passing under 
any land or water the surface of which is owned by 
the United States, including terminating in bottom 
hole locations thereunder; and 
(2) seismic and seismic-related exploration ac-
tivities inside the boundaries of Gulf Islands National 
Seashore related to extraction of the oil and gas lo-
cated within the boundaries of the Gulf Islands Na-
tional Seashore, all of which oil and gas is owned by 
the State of Mississippi. 
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall not take effect 
until the State of Mississippi enters into an agreement with 
the Secretary providing that any actions by the United 
States in relation to the provisions in this section shall not 
trigger any reverter of any estate conveyed by the State of 
Mississippi to the United States within the Gulf Islands 
National Seashore in Chapter 482 of the General Laws of 
the State of Mississippi, 1971, and the quitclaim deed of 
June 15, 1972. 
SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION ACT 
SEC. 6034. Section 402(b) of the Surface Mining Con-
trol and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1232(b)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘June 30, 2005,’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2005,’’.
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REPEAL OF TRANSFER AUTHORITY 
SEC. 6035. Section 102 and section 208 of division F 
of Public Law 108–447 are hereby repealed. 
TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS—FUND FOR THE IMPROVEMENT 
OF EDUCATION—FISCAL YEAR 2005
SEC. 6036. In the statement of the managers of the 
committee of conference accompanying H.R. 4818 (Public 
Law 108–447; House Report 108–792), in the matter in 
title III of division F, relating to the Fund for the Improve-
ment of Education under the heading ‘‘Innovation and Im-
provement’’—
(1) the provision specifying $500,000 for the 
Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS for Hardy 
Middle School After School Program shall be deemed 
to read ‘‘Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS for 
a Mississippi Museum of Art After-School Collabo-
rative’’; 
(2) the provision specifying $2,000,000 for the 
Milken Family Foundation, Santa Monica, CA, for 
the Teacher Advancement Program shall be deemed to 
read ‘‘Teacher Advancement Program Foundation, 
Santa Monica, CA for the Teacher Advancement Pro-
gram’’; 
(3) the provision specifying $1,000,000 for 
Batelle for Kids, Columbus, OH for a multi-state ef-
fort to evaluate and learn the most effective ways for
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accelerating student academic growth shall be deemed 
to read ‘‘Battelle for Kids, Columbus, OH for a multi-
state effort to implement, evaluate and learn the most 
effective ways for accelerating student academic 
growth’’; 
(4) the provision specifying $750,000 for the In-
stitute of Heart Math, Boulder Creek, CO for a teach-
er retention and student dropout prevention program 
shall be deemed to read ‘‘Institute of Heart Math, 
Boulder Creek, CA for a teacher retention and student 
dropout prevention program’’; 
(5) the provision specifying $200,000 for Fairfax 
County Public Schools, Fairfax, VA for Chinese lan-
guage programs in Franklin Sherman Elementary 
School and Chesterbrook Elementary School in 
McLean, Virginia shall be deemed to read ‘‘Fairfax 
County Public Schools, Fairfax, VA for Chinese lan-
guage programs in Shrevewood Elementary School 
and Wolftrap Elementary School’’; 
(6) the provision specifying $1,250,000 for the 
University of Alaska/Fairbanks in Fairbanks, AK, 
working with the State of Alaska and Catholic Com-
munity Services, for the Alaska System for Early 
Education Development (SEED) shall be deemed to 
read ‘‘University of Alaska/Southeast in Juneau, AK,
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working with the State of Alaska and Catholic Com-
munity Services, for the Alaska System for Early 
Education Development (SEED)’’; 
(7) the provision specifying $25,000 for QUILL 
Productions, Inc., Aston, PA, to develop and dissemi-
nate programs to enhance the teaching of American 
history shall be deemed to read ‘‘QUILL Entertain-
ment Company, Aston, PA, to develop and dissemi-
nate programs to enhance the teaching of American 
history’’; 
(8) the provision specifying $780,000 for City of 
St. Charles, MO for the St. Charles Foundry Arts 
Center in support of arts education shall be deemed 
to read ‘‘The Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, Mis-
souri for support of arts education in conjunction 
with the City of St. Charles, MO’’; 
(9) the provision specifying $100,000 for Com-
munity Arts Program, Chester, PA, for arts education 
shall be deemed to read ‘‘Chester Economic Develop-
ment Authority, Chester, PA for a community arts 
program’’; 
(10) the provision specifying $100,000 for Kids 
with A Promise—The Bowery Mission, Bushkill, PA 
shall be deemed to read ‘‘Kids with A Promise—The 
Bowery Mission, New York, NY’’;
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(11) the provision specifying $50,000 for Great 
Projects Film Company, Inc., Washington, DC, to 
produce ‘‘Educating America’’, a documentary about 
the challenges facing our public schools shall be 
deemed to read ‘‘Great Projects Film Company, Inc., 
New York, NY, to produce ‘Educating America’, a 
documentary about the challenges facing our public 
schools’’; 
(12) the provision specifying $30,000 for Sum-
mer Camp Opportunities Provide an Edge (SCOPE), 
New York, NY for YMCA Camps Skycrest, Speers and 
Elijabar shall be deemed to read ‘‘American Camping 
Association for Summer Camp Opportunities Provide 
an Edge (SCOPE), New York, NY for YMCA Camps 
Skycrest and Speers-Elijabar’’; and 
(13) the provision specifying $163,000 for Space 
Education Initiatives, Green Bay, WI for the Wis-
consin Space Science Initiative shall be deemed to 
read ‘‘Space Education Initiatives, De Pere, WI for 
the Wisconsin Space Science Initiative’’. 
TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS—FUND FOR THE IMPROVEMENT 
OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION—FISCAL YEAR 2005
SEC. 6037. In the statement of the managers of the 
committee of conference accompanying H.R. 4818 (Public 
Law 108–447; House Report 108–792), in the matter in 
title III of division F, relating to the Fund for the Improve-
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ment of Postsecondary Education under the heading ‘‘High-
er Education’’—
(1) the provision specifying $145,000 for the 
Belin-Blank Center at the University of Iowa, Iowa 
City, IA for the Big 10 school initiative to improve 
minority student access to Advanced Placement 
courses shall be deemed to read ‘‘University of Iowa, 
Iowa City, IA for the Iowa and Israel: Partners in 
Excellence program to enhance math and science op-
portunities to rural Iowa students’’; 
(2) the provision specifying $150,000 for Mercy 
College, Dobbs Ferry, NY for the development of a reg-
istered nursing program shall be deemed to read 
‘‘Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY, for the development 
of a master’s degree program in nursing education, 
including marketing and recruitment activities’’; 
(3) the provision specifying $100,000 for Univer-
sity of Alaska/Southeast to develop distance education 
coursework for arctic engineering courses and pro-
grams shall be deemed to read ‘‘University of Alaska 
System 
Office 
to 
develop 
distance 
education 
coursework for arctic engineering courses and pro-
grams’’; and 
(4) the provision specifying $100,000 for Culver-
Stockton College, Canton, MO for equipment and
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technology shall be deemed to read ‘‘Moberly Area 
Community College, Moberly, MO for equipment and 
technology’’. 
TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS—FUND FOR THE IMPROVEMENT 
OF EDUCATION—FISCAL YEAR 2004
SEC. 6038. In the statement of the managers of the 
committee of conference accompanying H.R. 2673 (Public 
Law 108–199; House Report 108–401), in the matter in 
title III of division E, relating to the Fund for the Improve-
ment of Education under the heading ‘‘Innovation and Im-
provement’’ the provision specifying $1,500,000 for the Uni-
versity of Alaska at Fairbanks for Alaska System for Early 
Education Development (SEED) program to expand early 
childhood services and to train Early Head Start teachers 
with AAS degrees for positions in rural Alaska shall be 
deemed to read ‘‘University of Alaska/Southeast in Juneau, 
AK, working with the State of Alaska and Catholic Commu-
nity Services, for the Alaska System for Early Education 
Development (SEED) program to expand early childhood 
services and to train Early Head Start teachers with AAS 
degrees for positions in rural Alaska’’. 
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 
FOR GRANT REVIEWS 
SEC. 6039. The matter under the heading ‘‘Corpora-
tion for National and Community Service—National and 
Community Service Programs Operating Expenses’’ in title
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III of division I of Public Law 108–447 is amended by 
inserting before the period at the end the following: ‘‘: Pro-
vided further, That the Corporation may use up to 1 per-
cent of program grant funds made available under this 
heading to defray its costs of conducting grant application 
reviews, including the use of outside peer reviewers’’. 
COPYRIGHT ROYALTY JUDGES 
SEC. 6040. (a) During fiscal year 2005, the Librarian 
of Congress shall transfer from funds under the subheading 
‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’ under the heading ‘‘LIBRARY 
OF CONGRESS’’ under title I of the Legislative Appro-
priations Act, 2005 to the account under the subheading 
‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’ under the heading ‘‘COPYRIGHT 
OFFICE’’ under the heading ‘‘LIBRARY OF CONGRESS’’ 
under title I of that Act such funds as necessary to carry 
out the Copyright Royalty Judges program under chapter 
8 of title 17, United States Code, as amended by the Copy-
right Royalty and Distribution Reform Act of 2004 (Public 
Law 108–419), subject to subsection (b). 
(b) No more than $485,000 may be transferred under 
this section. 
TECHNICAL CORRECTION—DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 6041. The matter under the heading ‘‘Federal 
Transit Administration, Capital Investment Grants’’ in 
title I of division H of Public Law 108–447 is amended
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by striking ‘‘$3,591,548’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,362,683’’ and 
by striking ‘‘$22,554,144’’ and inserting ‘‘$12,998,815’’: 
Provided, That the amount of new fixed guideway funds 
available for each project expected to complete its full fund-
ing grant agreement this fiscal year shall not exceed the 
amount which, when reduced by the across-the-board rescis-
sion of 0.80 percent of such Act, is equal to the amount 
of new fixed guideway funds required to complete the com-
mitment of Federal new fixed guideway funds reflected in 
the project’s full funding grant agreement: Provided further, 
That of the new fixed guideway funds available in Public 
Law 108–447, $1,352,899 shall be available for the North-
ern New Jersey Newark Rail Link MOS 1 project, no funds 
shall be available for the Northern New Jersey Newark-Eliz-
abeth Rail Line MOS 1 project, and $316,427 shall be 
available for the Northern New Jersey Hudson-Bergen Light 
Rail MOS 1 project. 
THE JUDICIARY 
SEC. 6042. Section 308 of division B of Public Law 
108–447 is amended by striking ‘‘shall be deposited’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘expenses’’ and inserting in lieu 
thereof ‘‘shall be deposited as offsetting receipts to the fund 
established under 28 U.S.C. section 1931 and shall remain 
available to the Judiciary until expended to reimburse any 
appropriation for the amount paid out of such appropria-
tion for expenses of the Courts of Appeals, District Courts,
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and Other Judicial Services and the Administrative Office 
of the United States Courts’’. 
SEC. 6043. Section 325 of S. 256, the Bankruptcy 
Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, as 
passed by the Senate on March 10, 2005, is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(b) UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND.—Sec-
tion 589a(b) of title 28, United States Code, is amended—
‘‘(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘ ‘(1)(A) 29.75 percent of the fees collected under 
section 1930(a)(1)(A) of this title; and 
‘‘ ‘(B) 39.67 percent of the fees collected under 
section 1930(a)(1)(B);’; 
‘‘(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘one-half’ and 
inserting ‘75 percent’; and 
‘‘(3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘one-half’ and 
inserting ‘100 percent’. ’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(c) COLLECTION AND DEPOSIT OF MISCELLANEOUS 
BANKRUPTCY FEES.—Section 406(b) of the Judiciary Ap-
propriations Act, 1990 (28 U.S.C. 1931 note) is amended 
by striking ‘pursuant to 28 U.S.C. section 1930(b)’ and all
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that follows through ‘28 U.S.C. section 1931’ and inserting 
‘under section 1930(b) of title 28, United States Code, 29.75 
percent of the fees collected under section 1930(a)(1)(A) of 
that title, 39.67 percent of the fees collected under section 
1930(a)(1)(B) of that title, and 25 percent of the fees col-
lected under section 1930(a)(3) of that title shall be depos-
ited as offsetting receipts to the fund established under sec-
tion 1931 of that title’. ’’; and 
(3) by striking subsections (d) and (e) in their 
entirety. 
TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS—GENERAL SERVICES 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 6044. Under the heading ‘‘Federal Buildings 
Fund’’ in title IV of division H of Public Law 108–447, 
strike 
‘‘$60,000,000’’ 
and 
insert 
in 
lieu 
thereof 
‘‘$60,600,000’’ in reference to the Las Cruces United States 
Courthouse. 
SEC. 6045. Section 408 in title IV of division H of 
Public Law 108–477 is amended by striking ‘‘Section 
572(a)(2)(ii)’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Section 
572(a)(2)(A)(ii)’’. 
TECHNICAL CORRECTION—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 
URBAN DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 6046. (a) The referenced statement of the man-
agers under the heading ‘‘Community Development Fund’’ 
in title II of division I of Public Law 108–447 is deemed
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to be amended with respect to item 230 by striking ‘‘City’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Port’’. 
(b) The referenced statement of the managers under the 
heading ‘‘Community Development Fund’’ in title II of di-
vision I of Public Law 108–447 is deemed to be amended 
with respect to item 233 by inserting ‘‘Port of’’ before the 
words ‘‘Brookings Harbor’’. 
(c) The referenced statement of the managers under the 
heading ‘‘Community Development Fund’’ in title II of di-
vision I of Public Law 108–447 is deemed to be amended 
with respect to item number 30 by inserting ‘‘to be used 
for planning, design, and construction’’ after ‘‘California,’’. 
(d) The referenced statement of managers under the 
heading ‘‘Community Development Fund’’ in title II of di-
vision G of Public Law 108–199 is deemed to be amended 
with respect to item number 122 by inserting ‘‘to be used 
for planning, design, and construction’’ after ‘‘California,’’. 
SENSE OF SENATE REGARDING TIMELY ENACTMENT OF AP-
PROPRIATIONS FOR UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES 
SEC. 6047. SENSE OF THE SENATE. It is the sense of 
the Senate that— 
(1) our immigration system is badly broken, 
fails to serve the interests of our national security and 
our national economy, and undermines respect for the 
rule of law;
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(2) in a post-9/11 world, national security de-
mands a comprehensive solution to our immigration 
system; 
(3) Congress must engage in a careful and delib-
erative discussion about the need to bolster enforce-
ment of, and comprehensively reform, our immigra-
tion laws; 
(4) Congress should not short-circuit that discus-
sion by attaching amendments to this supplemental 
outside of the regular order; and 
(5) Congress should not delay the enactment of 
critical appropriations necessary to ensure the well-
being of the men and women of the United States 
Armed Forces fighting in Iraq and elsewhere around 
the world, by attempting to conduct a debate about 
immigration reform while the supplemental appro-
priations bill is pending on the floor of the United 
States Senate. 
SEC. 6048. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 
law, none of the funds provided in this Act or any other 
Act may be used by a Federal agency to produce any pre-
packaged news story unless the story includes a clear notifi-
cation within the text or audio of the prepackaged news 
that the prepackaged news story was prepared or funded 
by that Federal agency.
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SEC. 6049. TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO THE MEDI-
CARE
HEALTH
CARE
INFRASTRUCTURE
IMPROVEMENT 
PROGRAM. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1897(c) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395hhh(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by inserting ‘‘or an entity described in 
paragraph (3)’’ after ‘‘means a hospital’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘legislature’’ after 
‘‘State’’ the first place it appears; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘and such designation 
by the State legislature occurred prior to 
December 8, 2003’’ before the period at the 
end; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(3) ENTITY DESCRIBED.—An entity described 
in this paragraph is an entity that— 
‘‘(A) is described in section 501(c)(3) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from 
tax under section 501(a) of such Code; 
‘‘(B) has at least 1 existing memorandum of 
understanding or affiliation agreement with a
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hospital located in the State in which the entity 
is located; and 
‘‘(C) retains clinical outpatient treatment 
for cancer on site as well as lab research and 
education and outreach for cancer in the same 
facility.’’. 
(b) LIMITATION ON REVIEW.—Section 1897 of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395hhh(c)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(i) LIMITATION ON REVIEW.—There shall be no ad-
ministrative or judicial review of any determination made 
by the Secretary under this section.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall take effect as if included in the enactment of 
section 1016 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improve-
ment, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–
173; 117 Stat. 2447). 
SEC. 6050. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to deny the provision of as-
sistance under section 310B(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(a)(1)) solely 
due to the failure of the Secretary of Labor to respond to 
a request to certify assistance within the time period speci-
fied in section 310B(d)(4) of that Act.
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TECHNICAL CORRECTION—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 
URBAN DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 6051. (a) Section 222 of title II of division I of 
Public Law 108–447 is deleted; and 
(b) Section 203(c)(l) of the National Housing Act (12 
U.S.C. 1709(c)) is amended by—
(1) striking ‘‘subsections’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section’’, and 
(2) striking ‘‘or (k)’’ each place that it appears. 
NEPAL 
SEC. 6052. (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate makes the fol-
lowing findings: 
(1) That on February 1, 2005, Nepal’s King 
Gyanendra dissolved the multi-party government, sus-
pended constitutional liberties, and arrested political 
party leaders, human rights activists and representa-
tives of civil society organizations. 
(2) That despite condemnation of the King’s ac-
tions and the suspension of military aid to Nepal by 
India and Great Britain, and similar steps by the 
United States, the King has refused to restore con-
stitutional liberties and democracy. 
(3) That there are concerns that the King’s ac-
tions will strengthen Nepal’s Maoist insurgency. 
(4) That while some political leaders have been 
released from custody, there have been new arrests of
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human rights activists and representatives of other 
civil society organizations. 
(5) That the King has thwarted efforts of mem-
bers of the National Human Rights Commission to 
conduct monitoring activities, but recently agreed to 
permit the United Nations High Commissioner for 
Human Rights to open an office in Katmandu to 
monitor and investigate violations. 
(6) That the Maoists have committed atrocities 
against civilians and poses a threat to democracy in 
Nepal. 
(7) That the Nepalese Army has also committed 
gross violations of human rights. 
(8) That King Gyanendra has said that he in-
tends to pursue a military strategy against the 
Maoists. 
(9) That Nepal needs an effective military strat-
egy to counter the Maoists and pressure them to nego-
tiate an end to the conflict, but such a strategy must 
include the Nepalese Army’s respect for the human 
rights and dignity of the Nepalese people. 
(10) That an effective strategy to counter the 
Maoists also requires a political process that is inclu-
sive and democratic in which constitutional rights are
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protected, and government policies that improve the 
lives of the Nepalese people. 
(11) That it is the Sense of the Senate that King 
Gyanendra should immediately release all political 
detainees, restore constitutional liberties, and under-
take good faith negotiations with the leaders of Ne-
pal’s political parties to restore democracy. 
FISCHER-TROPSCH COAL-TO-OIL PROJECT 
SEC. 6053. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds that have been appropriated to and awarded by 
the Secretary of Energy under the Clean Coal Power Initia-
tive in accordance with financial assistance solicitation 
#DE–PS26–02NT41428 (as described in 67 Federal Reg-
ister 575) to construct a Fischer-Tropsch coal-to-oil project 
may be used by the Secretary to provide a loan guarantee 
for the project. 
PROTECTION OF THE GALAPAGOS 
SEC. 6054. (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate makes the fol-
lowing findings: 
(1) The Galapagos Islands are a global treasure 
and World Heritage Site, and the future of the Gala-
pagos is in the hands of the Government of Ecuador. 
(2) The world depends on the Government of Ec-
uador to implement the necessary policies and pro-
grams to ensure the long term protection of the bio-
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diversity of the Galapagos, including enforcing the 
Galapagos Special Law. 
(3) There are concerns with the current leader-
ship of the Galapagos National Park Service and that 
the biodiversity of the Galapagos and the Marine Re-
serve are not being properly managed or adequately 
protected; and 
(4) The Government of Ecuador has reportedly 
given preliminary approval for commercial airplane 
flights to the Island of Isabela, which may cause ir-
reparable harm to the biodiversity of the Galapagos, 
and has allowed the export of fins from sharks caught 
accidentally in the Marine Reserve, which encourages 
illegal fishing. 
(b) The Senate strongly encourages the Government of 
Ecuador to—
(A) refrain from taking any action that 
could cause harm to the biodiversity of the Gala-
pagos or encourage illegal fishing in the Marine 
Reserve; 
(B) abide by the agreement to select the Di-
rectorship of the Galapagos National Park Serv-
ice though a transparent process based on merit 
as previously agreed by the Government of Ecua-
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dor, international donors, and nongovernmental 
organizations; and 
(C) enforce the Galapagos Special Law in 
its entirety, including the governance structure 
defined by the law to ensure effective control of 
migration to the Galapagos and sustainable fish-
ing practices, and prohibit long-line fishing 
which threatens the survival of shark and marine 
turtle populations. 
(c) The Department of State should—
(A) emphasize to the Government of Ecua-
dor the importance the United States gives to 
these issues; and 
(B) offer assistance to implement the nec-
essary policies and programs to ensure the long 
term protection of the biodiversity of the Gala-
pagos and the Marine Reserve and to sustain the 
livelihoods of the Galapagos population who de-
pend on the marine ecosystem for survival. 
CAMP JOSEPH T. ROBINSON 
SEC. 6055. The United States releases to the State of 
Arkansas the reversionary interest described in sections 2 
and 3 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act authorizing the transfer 
of part of Camp Joseph T. Robinson to the State of Arkan-
sas’’, approved June 30, 1950 (64 Stat. 311, chapter 429), 
in and to the surface estate of the land constituting Camp
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Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas, which lies east of the Bates-
ville Pike county road, in sections 24, 25, and 36, township 
3 north, range 12 west, Pulaski County, Arkansas. 
INDEPENDENT COUNSEL INVESTIGATION OF HENRY 
CISNEROS 
SEC. 6056. (a) None of the funds appropriated or made 
available in this Act or any other Act may be used to fund 
the independent counsel investigation of Henry Cisneros 
after June 1, 2005. 
(b) Not later than July 1, 2005, the Government Ac-
countability Office shall provide the Committee on Appro-
priations of each House with a detailed accounting of the 
costs associated with the independent counsel investigation 
of Henry Cisneros. 
AFFIRMING THE PROHIBITION ON TORTURE AND CRUEL, 
INHUMAN, OR DEGRADING TREATMENT 
SEC. 6057. (a)(1) None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this Act shall be obligated or 
expended to subject any person in the custody or under the 
physical control of the United States to torture or cruel, 
inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment that is 
prohibited by the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the 
United States. 
(2) Nothing in this section shall affect the status of 
any person under the Geneva Conventions or whether any
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person is entitled to the protections of the Geneva Conven-
tions. 
(b) As used in this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘torture’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 2340(1) of title 18, United States 
Code; and 
(2) the term ‘‘cruel, inhuman, or degrading 
treatment or punishment’’ means the cruel, unusual, 
and inhumane treatment or punishment prohibited 
by the fifth amendment, eighth amendment, or four-
teenth amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States. 
DETROIT LABOR BUILDING 
SEC. 6058. The Secretary of Labor shall convey to the 
State of Michigan, for no consideration, all right, title, and 
interest of the United States in and to the real property 
known as the ‘‘Detroit Labor Building’’ and located at 7310 
Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, to the extent the 
right, title, or interest was acquired through a grant to the 
State of Michigan under title III of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 501 et seq.) or the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 
49 et seq.) or using funds distributed to the State of Michi-
gan under section 903 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1103).
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TRAUMATIC INJURY PROTECTION 
SEC. 6059. TRAUMATIC INJURY PROTECTION. (a) IN 
GENERAL.—Subchapter III of chapter 19, Title 38, United 
States Code, is amended—
(1) in section 1965, by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(11) The term ‘activities of daily living’ means 
the inability to independently perform 2 of the 6 fol-
lowing functions: 
‘‘(A) Bathing. 
‘‘(B) Continence. 
‘‘(C) Dressing. 
‘‘(D) Eating. 
‘‘(E) Toileting. 
‘‘(F) Transferring.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 1980A. Traumatic injury protection 
‘‘(a) A member who is insured under subparagraph 
(A)(i), (B), or (C)(i) of section 1967(a)(1) shall automati-
cally be issued a traumatic injury protection rider that will 
provide for a payment not to exceed $100,000 if the mem-
ber, while so insured, sustains a traumatic injury that re-
sults in a loss described in subsection (b)(1). The maximum 
amount payable for all injuries resulting from the same 
traumatic event shall be limited to $100,000. If a member
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suffers more than 1 such loss as a result of traumatic in-
jury, payment will be made in accordance with the schedule 
in subsection (d) for the single loss providing the highest 
payment. 
‘‘(b)(1) A member who is issued a traumatic injury 
protection rider under subsection (a) is insured against 
such traumatic injuries, as prescribed by the Secretary, in 
collaboration with the Secretary of Defense, including, but 
not limited to— 
‘‘(A) total and permanent loss of sight; 
‘‘(B) loss of a hand or foot by severance at or 
above the wrist or ankle; 
‘‘(C) total and permanent loss of speech; 
‘‘(D) total and permanent loss of hearing in both 
ears; 
‘‘(E) loss of thumb and index finger of the same 
hand 
by 
severance 
at 
or 
above 
the 
metacarpophalangeal joints; 
‘‘(F) quadriplegia, paraplegia, or hemiplegia; 
‘‘(G) burns greater than second degree, covering 
30 percent of the body or 30 percent of the face; and 
‘‘(H) coma or the inability to carry out the ac-
tivities of daily living resulting from traumatic in-
jury to the brain. 
‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection—
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‘‘(A) the term ‘quadriplegia’ means the complete 
and irreversible paralysis of all 4 limbs; 
‘‘(B) the term ‘paraplegia’ means the complete 
and irreversible paralysis of both lower limbs; and 
‘‘(C) the term ‘hemiplegia’ means the complete 
and irreversible paralysis of the upper and lower 
limbs on 1 side of the body. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary, in collaboration with the Secretary 
of Defense, shall prescribe, by regulation, the conditions 
under which coverage against loss will not be provided. 
‘‘(c) A payment under this section may be made only 
if— 
‘‘(1) 
the 
member 
is 
insured 
under 
Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance when the trau-
matic injury is sustained; 
‘‘(2) the loss results directly from that traumatic 
injury and from no other cause; and 
‘‘(3) the member suffers the loss before the end of 
the period prescribed by the Secretary, in collabora-
tion with the Secretary of Defense, which begins on 
the date on which the member sustains the traumatic 
injury, except, if the loss is quadriplegia, paraplegia, 
or hemiplegia, the member suffers the loss not later 
than 365 days after sustaining the traumatic injury.