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(b) PEER REVIEW.—In entering into transactions 
under subsection (a), the Director of the National Insti-
tutes of Health may utilize such peer review procedures 
(including consultation with appropriate scientific experts) 
as the Director determines to be appropriate to obtain as-
sessments of scientific and technical merit. Such proce-
dures shall apply to such transactions in lieu of the peer 
review and advisory council review procedures that would 
otherwise
be
required
under
sections
301(a)(3), 
405(b)(1)(B), 405(b)(2), 406(a)(3)(A), 492, and 494 of 
the
Public
Health
Service
Act
(42
U.S.C.
241, 
284(b)(1)(B), 284(b)(2), 284a(a)(3)(A), 289a, and 289c). 
SEC. 218. Funds which are available for Individual 
Learning Accounts for employees of the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry may be transferred to 
‘‘Disease Control, Research, and Training,’’ to be avail-
able only for Individual Learning Accounts: Provided, 
That such funds may be used for any individual full-time 
equivalent employee while such employee is employed ei-
ther by CDC or ATSDR. 
SEC. 219. $15,912,000 of the unobligated balance of 
the Health Professions Student Loan program authorized 
in subpart II, Federally-Supported Student Loan Funds, 
of title VII of the Public Health Service Act is rescinded.
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This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Health 
and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2006’’. 
TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED 
For carrying out title I of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (‘‘ESEA’’) and section 
418A
of
the
Higher
Education
Act
of
1965, 
$14,728,735,000, of which $7,144,426,000 shall become 
available on July 1, 2006, and shall remain available 
through
September
30,
2007,
and
of
which 
$7,383,301,000 shall become available on October 1, 
2006, and shall remain available through September 30, 
2007, for academic year 2006–2007: Provided, That 
$6,934,854,000 shall be available for basic grants under 
section 1124: Provided further, That up to $3,472,000 of 
these funds shall be available to the Secretary of Edu-
cation on October 1, 2005, to obtain annually updated 
educational-agency-level census poverty data from the Bu-
reau
of
the
Census:
Provided
further,
That 
$1,365,031,000 shall be available for concentration grants 
under
section
1124A:
Provided
further,
That 
$2,269,843,000 shall be available for targeted grants 
under
section
1125:
Provided
further,
That 
$2,269,843,000 shall be available for education finance in-
centive grants under section 1125A: Provided further,
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That $9,424,000 shall be available to carry out part E 
of title I: Provided further, That $10,000,000 shall be 
available for comprehensive school reform grants under 
part F of the ESEA. 
IMPACT AID 
For carrying out programs of financial assistance to 
federally affected schools authorized by title VIII of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 
$1,240,862,000, of which $1,102,896,000 shall be for 
basic
support
payments
under
section
8003(b), 
$49,966,000 shall be for payments for children with dis-
abilities under section 8003(d), $18,000,000 shall be for 
construction under section 8007 and shall remain avail-
able through September 30, 2007, $65,000,000 shall be 
for Federal property payments under section 8002, and 
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
for facilities maintenance under section 8008: Provided, 
That for purposes of computing the amount of a payment 
for an eligible local educational agency under section 
8003(a) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
(20 U.S.C. 7703(a)) for school year 2005–2006, children 
enrolled in a school of such agency that would otherwise 
be eligible for payment under section 8003(a)(1)(B) of 
such Act, but due to the deployment of both parents or 
legal guardians, or a parent or legal guardian having sole
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custody of such children, or due to the death of a military 
parent or legal guardian while on active duty (so long as 
such children reside on Federal property as described in 
section 8003(a)(1)(B)), are no longer eligible under such 
section, shall be considered as eligible students under such 
section, provided such students remain in average daily 
attendance at a school in the same local educational agen-
cy they attended prior to their change in eligibility status. 
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS 
For carrying out school improvement activities au-
thorized by titles II, part B of title IV, part A of title 
V, parts A and B of title VI, and parts B and C of title 
VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (‘‘ESEA’’); the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act; section 203 of the Educational Technical Assist-
ance Act of 2002; the Compact of Free Association 
Amendments Act of 2003; and the Civil Rights Act of 
1964, $5,393,765,000, of which $3,805,882,000 shall be-
come available on July 1, 2006, and remain available 
through
September
30,
2007,
and
of
which 
$1,435,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 
2006, and shall remain available through September 30, 
2007, for academic year 2006–2007: Provided, That 
$411,680,000 shall be for State assessments and related 
activities authorized under sections 6111 and 6112 of the
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ESEA: Provided further, That $56,825,000 shall be avail-
able to carry out section 203 of the Educational Technical 
Assistance
Act
of
2002:
Provided
further,
That 
$12,132,000 shall be available to carry out the Supple-
mental Education Grants program for the Federated 
States of Micronesia, and $6,051,000 shall be available 
to carry out the Supplemental Education Grants program 
for the Republic of the Marshall Islands: Provided further, 
That up to 5 percent of these amounts may be reserved 
by the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic 
of the Marshall Islands to administer the Supplemental 
Education Grants programs and to obtain technical assist-
ance, oversight and consultancy services in the administra-
tion of these grants and to reimburse the United States 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education for such services. 
INDIAN EDUCATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent 
not otherwise provided, title VII, part A of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $119,889,000. 
INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT 
For carrying out activities authorized by part G of 
title I, subpart 5 of part A and parts C and D of title 
II, parts B, C, and D of title V, and section 1504 of the 
Elementary
and
Secondary
Education
Act
of
1965
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(‘‘ESEA’’), $708,522,000: Provided, That $36,981,000 
shall be for subpart 2 of part B of title V: Provided fur-
ther, That $127,000,000 shall be available to carry out 
part D of title V of the ESEA, of which $100,000,000 
of the funds for subpart 1 shall be for competitive grants 
to local educational agencies, including charter schools 
that are local educational agencies, or States, or partner-
ships of (1) a local educational agency, a State, or both 
and (2) at least one non-profit organization to develop and 
implement performance-based teacher and principal com-
pensation systems in high-need areas: Provided further, 
That such performance-based compensation systems must 
consider gains in student achievement, among other fac-
tors, and may reward educators who choose to work in 
hard-to-staff
schools:
Provided
further,
That
up
to 
$700,000 of the funds available under title V, part D, sub-
part 1 of the ESEA may be used for evaluation of the 
program carried out under the DC School Choice Incentive 
Act of 2003. 
SAFE SCHOOLS AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION 
For carrying out activities authorized by subpart 3 
of part C of title II, part A of title IV, and subparts 2, 
3, and 10 of part D of title V of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (‘‘ESEA’’), $763,870,000, 
of which $400,000,000, shall become available on July 1,
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2006, and remain available through September 30, 2007: 
Provided, That $400,000,000 shall be available for sub-
part 1 of part A of title IV and $152,537,000 shall be 
available for subpart 2 of part A of title IV: Provided fur-
ther, That $132,621,000 shall be available to carry out 
part D of title V of the ESEA: Provided further, That of 
the funds available to carry out subpart 3 of part C of 
title II, up to $12,193,000 may be used to carry out sec-
tion 2345 and $3,035,000 shall be used by the Center for 
Civic Education to implement a comprehensive program 
to improve public knowledge, understanding, and support 
of the Congress and the State legislatures. 
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION 
For carrying out part A of title III of the ESEA, 
$675,765,000, which shall become available on July 1, 
2006, and shall remain available through September 30, 
2007, except that 6.5 percent of such amount shall be 
available on October 1, 2005, and shall remain available 
through September 30, 2007, to carry out activities under 
section 3111(c)(1)(C). 
SPECIAL EDUCATION 
For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education
Act,
$11,813,783,000,
of
which 
$6,202,804,000 shall become available for obligation on 
July 1, 2006, and shall remain available through Sep-
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tember 30, 2007, and of which $5,413,000,000 shall be-
come available on October 1, 2006, and shall remain avail-
able through September 30, 2007, for academic year 
2006–2007: Provided, That $11,400,000 shall be for Re-
cording for the Blind and Dyslexic, Inc., to support the 
development, production, and circulation of recorded edu-
cational materials: Provided further, That the amount for 
section 611(b)(2) of the Act shall be equal to the amount 
available for that activity during fiscal year 2005, in-
creased by the amount of inflation as specified in section 
619(d)(2)(B) of the Act. 
REHABILITATION SERVICES AND DISABILITY RESEARCH 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Assistive Tech-
nology Act of 1998 (‘‘the AT Act’’), and the Helen Keller 
National Center Act, $3,128,638,000: Provided, That 
$29,760,000 shall be used for carrying out the AT Act, 
including $4,385,000 for State grants for protection and 
advocacy under section 5 of the AT Act and $5,086,000 
shall be for alternative financing programs under section 
4(b)(2)(D) of the AT Act: Provided further, That the Fed-
eral share of grants for alternative financing programs 
shall not exceed 75 percent, and the requirements in sec-
tion 301(c)(2) and section 302 of the AT Act (as in effect
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on the day before the date of enactment of the Assistive 
Technology Act of 2004) shall not apply to such grants. 
SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH 
DISABILITIES 
AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND 
For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879, as 
amended (20 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), $17,000,000. 
NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF 
For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf 
under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act 
of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), $56,137,000, of which 
$800,000 shall be for construction and shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That from the total amount 
available, the Institute may at its discretion use funds for 
the endowment program as authorized under section 207. 
GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY 
For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, 
the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial 
support of Gallaudet University under titles I and II of 
the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 
et seq.), $107,657,000: Provided, That from the total 
amount available, the University may at its discretion use 
funds for the endowment program as authorized under 
section 207.
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VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Edu-
cation Act of 1998, the Adult Education and Family Lit-
eracy Act, and subparts 4 and 11 of part D of title V 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(‘‘ESEA’’), $1,991,782,000, of which $1,196,058,000 
shall become available on July 1, 2006, and shall remain 
available through September 30, 2007, and of which 
$791,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2006, 
and shall remain available through September 30, 2007: 
Provided, That of the amount provided for Adult Edu-
cation State Grants, $68,581,000 shall be made available 
for integrated English literacy and civics education serv-
ices to immigrants and other limited English proficient 
populations: Provided further, That of the amount re-
served for integrated English literacy and civics education, 
notwithstanding section 211 of the Adult Education and 
Family Literacy Act, 65 percent shall be allocated to 
States based on a State’s absolute need as determined by 
calculating each State’s share of a 10-year average of the 
Immigration and Naturalization Service data for immi-
grants admitted for legal permanent residence for the 10 
most recent years, and 35 percent allocated to States that 
experienced growth as measured by the average of the 3
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most recent years for which Immigration and Naturaliza-
tion Service data for immigrants admitted for legal perma-
nent residence are available, except that no State shall be 
allocated an amount less than $60,000: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available for the Adult Edu-
cation and Family Literacy Act, $9,096,000 shall be for 
national leadership activities under section 243 and 
$6,638,000 shall be for the National Institute for Literacy 
under section 242: Provided further, That $94,476,000 
shall be available to support the activities authorized 
under subpart 4 of part D of title V of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965, of which up to 5 
percent shall become available October 1, 2005, and shall 
remain available through September 30, 2007, for evalua-
tion, technical assistance, school networking, peer review 
of applications, and program outreach activities, and of 
which not less than 95 percent shall become available on 
July 1, 2006, and remain available through September 30, 
2007, for grants to local educational agencies: Provided 
further, That funds made available to local education agen-
cies under this subpart shall be used only for activities 
related to establishing smaller learning communities in 
high schools.
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STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 4 of part A, part 
C and part E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 
1965, as amended, $15,283,752,000, which shall remain 
available through September 30, 2007. 
The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall 
be eligible during award year 2006–2007 shall be $4,100. 
STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION 
For Federal administrative expenses (in addition to 
funds made available under section 458), to carry out part 
D of title I, and subparts 1, 3, and 4 of part A, and parts 
B, C, D, and E of title IV of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965, as amended, $124,084,000. 
HIGHER EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, section 121 and titles II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (‘‘HEA’’), as amend-
ed, section 1543 of the Higher Education Amendments 
of 1992, the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange 
Act of 1961, and section 117 of the Carl D. Perkins Voca-
tional and Technical Education Act, $1,936,936,000 (in-
creased by $27,000,000): Provided, That $9,797,000, to 
remain available through September 30, 2007, shall be 
available to fund fellowships for academic year 2007–2008 
under part A, subpart 1 of title VII of said Act, under
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the terms and conditions of part A, subpart 1: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law 
or any regulation, the Secretary of Education shall not 
require the use of a restricted indirect cost rate for grants 
issued pursuant to section 117 of the Carl D. Perkins Vo-
cational and Technical Education Act of 1998: Provided 
further, That $980,000 is for data collection and evalua-
tion activities for programs under the HEA, including 
such activities needed to comply with the Government Per-
formance and Results Act of 1993: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made 
available in this Act to carry out title VI of the HEA and 
section 102(b)(6) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural 
Exchange Act of 1961 may be used to support visits and 
study in foreign countries by individuals who are partici-
pating in advanced foreign language training and inter-
national studies in areas that are vital to United States 
national security and who plan to apply their language 
skills and knowledge of these countries in the fields of gov-
ernment, the professions, or international development: 
Provided further, That of the funds referred to in the pre-
ceding proviso up to 1 percent may be used for program 
evaluation, national outreach, and information dissemina-
tion activities: Provided further, That the funds provided
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for title II of the HEA shall be allocated notwithstanding 
section 210 of such Act. 
HOWARD UNIVERSITY 
For partial support of Howard University (20 U.S.C. 
121 et seq.), $240,790,000, of which not less than 
$3,524,000 shall be for a matching endowment grant pur-
suant to the Howard University Endowment Act (Public 
Law 98–480) and shall remain available until expended. 
COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS 
PROGRAM 
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out ac-
tivities related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 
121 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended 
$573,000. 
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY 
CAPITAL FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
The aggregate principal amount of outstanding bonds 
insured pursuant to section 344 of title III, part D of the 
Higher
Education
Act
of
1965,
shall
not
exceed 
$357,000,000, and the cost, as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of such bonds shall 
not exceed zero. 
For administrative expenses to carry out the Histori-
cally Black College and University Capital Financing Pro-
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gram entered into pursuant to title III, part D of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, $210,000. 
INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Edu-
cation Sciences Reform Act of 2002, as amended, the Na-
tional Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization 
Act, section 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance 
Act of 2002, and section 664 of the Individuals with Dis-
abilities
Education
Act,
$522,696,000,
of
which 
$271,560,000 shall be available until September 30, 2007. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, the Department of Education Organization Act, in-
cluding rental of conference rooms in the District of Co-
lumbia and hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 
$418,992,000. 
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil 
Rights, as authorized by section 203 of the Department 
of Education Organization Act, $91,526,000. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector 
General, as authorized by section 212 of the Department 
of Education Organization Act, $49,000,000.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be 
used for the transportation of students or teachers (or for 
the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in 
order to overcome racial imbalance in any school or school 
system, or for the transportation of students or teachers 
(or for the purchase of equipment for such transportation) 
in order to carry out a plan of racial desegregation of any 
school or school system. 
SEC. 302. None of the funds contained in this Act 
shall be used to require, directly or indirectly, the trans-
portation of any student to a school other than the school 
which is nearest the student’s home, except for a student 
requiring special education, to the school offering such 
special education, in order to comply with title VI of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964. For the purpose of this section 
an indirect requirement of transportation of students in-
cludes the transportation of students to carry out a plan 
involving the reorganization of the grade structure of 
schools, the pairing of schools, or the clustering of schools, 
or any combination of grade restructuring, pairing or clus-
tering. The prohibition described in this section does not 
include the establishment of magnet schools.
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SEC. 303. No funds appropriated under this Act may 
be used to prevent the implementation of programs of vol-
untary prayer and meditation in the public schools. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 304. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre-
tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended) 
which are appropriated for the Department of Education 
in this Act may be transferred between appropriations, but 
no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 
percent by any such transfer: Provided, That the Appro-
priations Committees of both Houses of Congress are noti-
fied at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
SEC. 305. In addition, for carrying out subpart 1 of 
part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 
$4,300,000,000 for the purpose of eliminating the esti-
mated accumulated shortfall of budget authority for such 
subpart for awards made through the award year 2005– 
2006, pursuant to section 303 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th 
Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fis-
cal year 2006. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu-
cation Appropriations Act, 2006’’.
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TITLE IV—RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE 
BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary of the Committee for Pur-
chase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled 
established by Public Law 92–28, $4,669,000. 
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 
DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROGRAMS, OPERATING 
EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service to carry out the provisions 
of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, as amend-
ed, $357,962,000: Provided, That none of the funds made 
available to the Corporation for National and Community 
Service in this Act for activities authorized by section 122 
of part C of title I and part E of title II of the Domestic 
Volunteer Service Act of 1973 shall be used to provide 
stipends or other monetary incentives to volunteers or vol-
unteer leaders whose incomes exceed 125 percent of the 
national poverty level: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 122(c) of the Act, the Corporation shall 
make available up to $2,000,000 under part C of title I 
of the Act in a grant to support Teach for America’s ef-
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forts to address educational inequity in low-income rural 
and urban communities. 
NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS, 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service (the ‘‘Corporation’’) in car-
rying out programs, activities, and initiatives under the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (the ‘‘Act’’) 
(42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.), $523,087,000 (reduced by 
$5,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 
2007: Provided, That not more than $270,000,000 (re-
duced by $2,500,000) of the amount provided under this 
heading shall be available for grants under the National 
Service Trust Program authorized under subtitle C of title 
I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.) (relating to activi-
ties of the AmeriCorps program), including grants to orga-
nizations operating projects under the AmeriCorps Edu-
cation Awards Program (without regard to the require-
ments of sections 121 (d) and (e), section 131(e), section 
132, and sections 140 (a), (d), and (e) of the Act): Pro-
vided further, That not less than $146,000,000 of the 
amount provided under this heading, to remain available 
without fiscal year limitation, shall be transferred to the 
National Service Trust for educational awards authorized
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under subtitle D of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12601), 
of which up to $4,000,000 shall be available to support 
national service scholarships for high school students per-
forming community service, and of which $10,000,000 
shall be held in reserve as defined in Public Law 108– 
45: Provided further, That in addition to amounts other-
wise provided to the National Service Trust under the sec-
ond proviso, the Corporation may transfer funds from the 
amount provided under the first proviso, to the National 
Service Trust authorized under subtitle D of title I of the 
Act (42 U.S.C. 12601) upon determination that such 
transfer is necessary to support the activities of national 
service participants and after notice is transmitted to Con-
gress: Provided further, That of the amount provided 
under this heading for grants under the National Service 
Trust program authorized under subtitle C of title I of 
the Act, not more than $55,000,000 may be used to ad-
minister, reimburse, or support any national service pro-
gram authorized under section 121(d)(2) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 12581(d)(2)): Provided further, That not more 
than $9,945,000 shall be available for quality and innova-
tion activities authorized under subtitle H of title I of the 
Act (42 U.S.C. 12853 et seq.), of which $4,000,000 shall 
be available for challenge grants to non-profit organiza-
tions: Provided further, That notwithstanding subtitle H
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of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12853), none of the funds 
provided under the previous proviso shall be used to sup-
port salaries and related expenses (including travel) attrib-
utable to Corporation employees: Provided further, That 
to the maximum extent feasible, funds appropriated under 
subtitle C of title I of the Act shall be provided in a man-
ner that is consistent with the recommendations of peer 
review panels in order to ensure that priority is given to 
programs
that
demonstrate
quality,
innovation, 
replicability, and sustainability: Provided further, That 
$25,500,000 of the funds made available under this head-
ing shall be available for the Civilian Community Corps 
authorized under subtitle E of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
12611 et seq.): Provided further, That $40,000,000 (re-
duced by $2,500,000) shall be available for school-based 
and community-based service-learning programs author-
ized under subtitle B of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12521 
et seq.): Provided further, That $4,000,000 shall be avail-
able for audits and other evaluations authorized under sec-
tion 179 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12639): Provided further, 
That $10,000,000 of the funds made available under this 
heading shall be made available for the Points of Light 
Foundation for activities authorized under title III of the 
Act (42 U.S.C. 12661 et seq.), of which not more than 
$2,500,000 may be used to support an endowment fund,
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the corpus of which shall remain intact and the interest 
income from which shall be used to support activities de-
scribed in title III of the Act, provided that the Founda-
tion may invest the corpus and income in federally insured 
bank savings accounts or comparable interest bearing ac-
counts, certificates of deposit, money market funds, mu-
tual funds, obligations of the United States, and other 
market instruments and securities but not in real estate 
investments: Provided further, That no funds shall be 
available for national service programs run by Federal 
agencies authorized under section 121(b) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 12571(b)): Provided further, That $5,000,000 of 
the funds made available under this heading shall be made 
available to America’s Promise—The Alliance for Youth, 
Inc.: Provided further, That to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, the Corporation shall increase significantly the 
level of matching funds and in-kind contributions provided 
by the private sector, and shall reduce the total Federal 
costs per participant in all programs: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding section 501(a)(4) of the Act, of the 
funds
provided
under
this
heading,
not
more
than 
$12,642,000 shall be made available to provide assistance 
to state commissions on national and community service 
under section 126(a) of the Act: Provided further, That 
the Corporation may use up to one percent of program
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grant funds made available under this heading to defray 
its costs of conducting grant application reviews, including 
the use of outside peer reviewers. 
NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administration as provided 
under section 501(a)(4) of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.) including 
payment of salaries, authorized travel, hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, the rental of conference rooms in the Dis-
trict of Columbia, the employment of experts and consult-
ants authorized under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed 
$2,500 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$27,000,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
as amended, $6,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2007. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the term 
‘‘qualified student loan’’ with respect to national service 
education awards shall mean any loan determined by an 
institution of higher education to be necessary to cover 
a student’s cost of attendance at such institution and 
made, insured, or guaranteed directly to a student by a
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State agency, in addition to other meanings under section 
148(b)(7) of the National and Community Service Act. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
made available under section 129(d)(5)(B) of the National 
and Community Service Act to assist entities in placing 
applicants who are individuals with disabilities may be 
provided to any entity that receives a grant under section 
121 of the Act. 
The Inspector General of the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service shall conduct random au-
dits of the grantees that administer activities under the 
AmeriCorps programs and shall levy sanctions in accord-
ance with standard Inspector General audit resolution pro-
cedures which include, but are not limited to, debarment 
of any grantee (or successor in interest or any entity with 
substantially the same person or persons in control) that 
has been determined to have committed any substantial 
violations of the requirements of the AmeriCorps pro-
grams, including any grantee that has been determined 
to have violated the prohibition of using Federal funds to 
lobby the Congress: Provided, That the Inspector General 
shall obtain reimbursements in the amount of any misused 
funds from any grantee that has been determined to have 
committed any substantial violations of the requirements 
of the AmeriCorps programs.
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For fiscal year 2006, the Corporation shall make any 
significant changes to program requirements or policy only 
through public notice and comment rulemaking. For fiscal 
year 2006, during any grant selection process, no officer 
or employee of the Corporation shall knowingly disclose 
any covered grant selection information regarding such se-
lection, directly or indirectly, to any person other than an 
officer or employee of the Corporation that is authorized 
by the Corporation to receive such information. 
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
Of the amounts made available to the Corporation for 
Public Broadcasting for fiscal year 2006 by Public Law 
108–199, $100,000,000 is rescinded; up to $30,000,000 
is available for grants associated with the transition of 
public television to digital broadcasting including costs re-
lated to transmission equipment and program production, 
development, and distribution, to be awarded as deter-
mined by the Corporation in consultation with public tele-
vision licensees or permittees, or their designated rep-
resentatives, and up to $52,000,000 is available pursuant 
to section 396(k)(10) of the Communications Act of 1934, 
as amended, for replacement and upgrade of the public 
television interconnection system: Provided, That section
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396(k)(3) shall apply only to amounts remaining after the 
allocations made herein. 
For payment to the Corporation for Public Broad-
casting, as authorized by the Communications Act of 
1934, an amount which shall be available within limita-
tions
specified
by
that
Act,
for
fiscal
year
2008, 
$400,000,000: Provided, That no funds made available to 
the Corporation for Public Broadcasting by this Act shall 
be used to pay for receptions, parties, or similar forms 
of entertainment for Government officials or employees: 
Provided further, That none of the funds contained in this 
paragraph shall be available or used to aid or support any 
program or activity from which any person is excluded, 
or is denied benefits, or is discriminated against, on the 
basis of race, color, national origin, religion, or sex. 
FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation 
and Conciliation Service to carry out the functions vested 
in it by the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 
U.S.C. 171–180, 182–183), including hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; for expenses necessary for the Labor-Man-
agement Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a); and 
for expenses necessary for the Service to carry out the 
functions vested in it by the Civil Service Reform Act,
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Public Law 95–454 (5 U.S.C. ch. 71), $42,331,000: Pro-
vided,
That
notwithstanding
U.S.C.
3302,
fees 
charged, up to full-cost recovery, for special training ac-
tivities and other conflict resolution services and technical 
assistance, including those provided to foreign govern-
ments and international organizations, and for arbitration 
services shall be credited to and merged with this account, 
and shall remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That fees for arbitration services shall be available 
only for education, training, and professional development 
of the agency workforce: Provided further, That the Direc-
tor of the Service is authorized to accept and use on behalf 
of the United States gifts of services and real, personal, 
or other property in the aid of any projects or functions 
within the Director’s jurisdiction. 
FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety 
and Health Review Commission (30 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), 
$7,809,000.
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INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES 
OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS 
AND ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out the Museum and Library Services 
Act of 1996, $249,640,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of 
the Social Security Act, $10,168,000, to be transferred to 
this appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance 
and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust 
Funds. 
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON LIBRARIES AND 
INFORMATION SCIENCE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the National Commission 
on Libraries and Information Science, established by the 
Act of July 20, 1970 (Public Law 91–345, as amended), 
$993,000. 
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Council on 
Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation 
Act of 1973, as amended, $2,800,000.
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NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Labor Rela-
tions Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the 
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, as amended (29 
U.S.C. 141–167), and other laws, $252,268,000: Pro-
vided, That no part of this appropriation shall be available 
to organize or assist in organizing agricultural laborers or 
used in connection with investigations, hearings, direc-
tives, or orders concerning bargaining units composed of 
agricultural laborers as referred to in section 2(3) of the 
Act of July 5, 1935 (29 U.S.C. 152), and as amended 
by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, as amend-
ed, and as defined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 
1938 (29 U.S.C. 203), and including in said definition em-
ployees engaged in the maintenance and operation of 
ditches, canals, reservoirs, and waterways when main-
tained or operated on a mutual, nonprofit basis and at 
least 95 percent of the water stored or supplied thereby 
is used for farming purposes. 
NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
of the Railway Labor Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 151–
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188), including emergency boards appointed by the Presi-
dent, $11,628,000. 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety 
and
Health
Review
Commission
(29
U.S.C.
661), 
$10,510,000. 
RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 
DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT 
For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Ac-
count, authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Re-
tirement Act of 1974, $97,000,000, which shall include 
amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2006 pursuant 
to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98–76; and in addi-
tion, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount 
provided herein, shall be available proportional to the 
amount by which the product of recipients and the average 
benefit received exceeds $97,000,000: Provided, That the 
total amount provided herein shall be credited in 12 ap-
proximately equal amounts on the first day of each month 
in the fiscal year.
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FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT 
ACCOUNTS 
For payment to the accounts established in the 
Treasury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad 
Retirement Act for interest earned on unnegotiated 
checks, $150,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2007, which shall be the maximum amount available 
for payment pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98– 
76. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement 
Board for administration of the Railroad Retirement Act 
and
the
Railroad
Unemployment
Insurance
Act, 
$102,543,000, to be derived in such amounts as deter-
mined by the Board from the railroad retirement accounts 
and from moneys credited to the railroad unemployment 
insurance administration fund. 
LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 
General for audit, investigatory and review activities, as 
authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, not more than $7,196,000, to be derived from 
the railroad retirement accounts and railroad unemploy-
ment insurance account: Provided, That none of the funds 
made available in any other paragraph of this Act may
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be transferred to the Office; used to carry out any such 
transfer; used to provide any office space, equipment, of-
fice supplies, communications facilities or services, mainte-
nance services, or administrative services for the Office; 
used to pay any salary, benefit, or award for any personnel 
of the Office; used to pay any other operating expense of 
the Office; or used to reimburse the Office for any service 
provided, or expense incurred, by the Office. 
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS 
For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 
Insurance and the Federal Disability Insurance trust 
funds, as provided under sections 201(m), 228(g), and 
1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, $20,470,000. 
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM 
For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Se-
curity Act, section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212 
of Public Law 93–66, as amended, and section 405 of 
Public Law 95–216, including payment to the Social Secu-
rity trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pur-
suant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, 
$29,533,174,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State 
in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State 
during that year shall be returned to the Treasury.