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109TH CONGRESS
Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session
109-272
MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SCIENCE, THE DEPARTMENTS OF STATE, JUSTICE, AND
COMMERCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2006,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
November 7, 2005- Ordered to be printed
Mr. WOLF, from the committee of conference, submitted the following
CONFERENCE REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 2862]
The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2862) `making appropriations for Science, the Departments of
State, Justice, and Commerce, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2006, and for other purposes', having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to
recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:
That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate to the text, and
agree to the same with an amendment, as follows:
In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said amendment, insert:

CONFERENCE REPORT (H. REPT. 109-272)
The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the
amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2862) `making appropriations for Science,
the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, and related agencies for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes', having met, after full and free
conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as
follows:
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That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate to the
text, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows:
In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said amendment, insert:
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other
purposes, namely:

TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND
EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the administration of the Department of Justice,
$124,456,000, of which not to exceed $3,317,000 is for the Facilities Program 2000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 45 permanent positions
and 46 full-time equivalent workyears and $11,821,000 shall be expended for the
Department Leadership Program exclusive of augmentation that occurred in these offices
in fiscal year 2005: Provided further, That not to exceed 26 permanent positions, 21 fulltime equivalent workyears and $3,480,000 shall be expended for the Office of Legislative
Affairs: Provided further, That not to exceed 17 permanent positions, 22 full-time
equivalent workyears and $2,764,000 shall be expended for the Office of Public Affairs:
Provided further, That the Offices of Legislative Affairs and Public Affairs may utilize, on a
non-reimbursable basis details of career employees within the ceilings provided for the
Office of Legislative Affairs and the Office of Public Affairs: Provided further, That not less
than $500,000 shall be used to contract with an independent party to carry out a privacy
assessment.

JUSTICE
INFORMATION
SHARING TECHNOLOGY
For necessary expenses for information sharing technology, including planning,
development, deployment and Departmental direction, $125,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That, of the funds available $10,000,000 is for the
unified financial management system to be administered by the Unified Financial
Management System Executive Council: Provided further, That of the funds provided,
$20,000,000 is unavailable for obligation until the Department Chief Information Officer
submits the plan described in section 110 of this title.

NARROWBAND
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COMMUNICATIONS/
INTEGRATED WIRELESS
NETWORK
For the costs of conversion to narrowband communications, including the cost for
operation and maintenance of Land Mobile Radio legacy systems, $90,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That the Attorney General shall transfer to
this account all funds made available to the Department of Justice for the purchase of
portable and mobile radios: Provided further, That any transfer made under the
preceding proviso shall be subject to section 605 of this Act.

ADMINISTRATIVE
REVIEW AND APPEALS
For expenses necessary for the administration of pardon and clemency petitions and
immigration-related activities, $215,685,000.

DETENTION TRUSTEE
For necessary expenses of the Federal Detention Trustee, $1,222,000,000, of which
$45,000,000 shall be derived from prior year unobligated balances from funds previously
appropriated, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Trustee shall be
responsible for managing the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System and for
overseeing housing related to such detention: Provided further, That any unobligated
balances available in prior years from the funds appropriated under the heading `Federal
Prisoner Detention' shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation under the
heading `Detention Trustee' and shall be available until expended.

OFFICE OF
INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, $68,801,000, including not to
exceed $10,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character.

UNITED STATES PAROLE
COMMISSION

SALARIES AND
EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Parole Commission as authorized,
$11,000,000.

LEGAL ACTIVITIES
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SALARIES AND
EXPENSES, GENERAL
LEGAL ACTIVITIES
For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the Department of Justice, not
otherwise provided for, including not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting
evidence, to be expended under the direction of, and to be accounted for solely under the
certificate of, the Attorney General; and rent of private or Government-owned space in
the District of Columbia, $661,959,000, of which not to exceed $10,000,000 for litigation
support contracts shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of the total
amount appropriated, not to exceed $1,000 shall be available to the United States
National Central Bureau, INTERPOL, for official reception and representation expenses:
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 105 of this Act, upon a determination by
the Attorney General that emergent circumstances require additional funding for litigation
activities of the Civil Division, the Attorney General may transfer such amounts to
`Salaries and Expenses, General Legal Activities' from available appropriations for the
current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such
circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the previous proviso shall
be treated as a reprogramming under section 605 of this Act and shall not be available
for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that
section.
In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the Department of Justice associated with
processing cases under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, not to exceed
$6,333,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund.

SALARIES AND
EXPENSES,
ANTITRUST DIVISION
For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust and kindred laws, $144,451,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision
of law, not to exceed $116,000,000 of offsetting collections derived from fees collected
for premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act
of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year of collection, shall be retained and used
for necessary expenses in this appropriation, and shall remain available until expended:
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be
reduced as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2006, so as to result
in a final fiscal year 2006 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than
$28,451,000.

SALARIES AND
EXPENSES, UNITED
STATES ATTORNEYS
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For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United States Attorneys, including intergovernmental and cooperative agreements, $1,600,000,000: Provided, That of the total
amount appropriated, not to exceed $8,000 shall be available for official reception and
representation expenses: Provided further, That not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain
available until expended: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this
heading, $1,500,000 shall only be available to continue `Operation Streetsweeper'.

UNITED STATES
TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND
For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee Program, as authorized,
$214,402,000, to remain available until expended and to be derived from the United
States Trustee System Fund: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
deposits to the Fund shall be available in such amounts as may be necessary to pay
refunds due depositors: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of
law, $214,402,000 of offsetting collections pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 589a(b) shall be
retained and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation and remain available until
expended: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the Fund shall be
reduced as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2006, so as to result
in a final fiscal year 2006 appropriation from the Fund estimated at $0.

SALARIES AND
EXPENSES, FOREIGN
CLAIMS SETTLEMENT
COMMISSION
For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the Foreign Claims Settlement
Commission, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $1,320,000.

UNITED STATES MARSHALS
SERVICE

SALARIES AND
EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Marshals Service, $793,031,000; of which
not to exceed $6,000 shall be available for official reception and representation
expenses; of which $4,000,000 for information technology systems shall remain available
until expended; and of which not less than $12,000,000 shall be available for the costs of
courthouse security equipment, including furnishings, relocations, and telephone systems
and cabling, and shall remain available until expended.

CONSTRUCTION
For construction in space controlled, occupied or utilized by the United States Marshals
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Service in United States courthouses and Federal buildings, $8,883,000, to remain
available until expended.

FEES AND EXPENSES
OF WITNESSES
For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of contracts for the procurement and
supervision of expert witnesses, for private counsel expenses, including advances, such
sums as are necessary, to remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed
$10,000,000 may be made available for construction of buildings for protected witness
safesites: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000,000 may be made available for
the purchase and maintenance of armored vehicles for transportation of protected
witnesses: Provided further, That not to exceed $9,000,000 may be made available for
the purchase, installation, maintenance and upgrade of secure telecommunications
equipment and a secure automated information network to store and retrieve the
identities and locations of protected witnesses.

SALARIES AND
EXPENSES,
COMMUNITY
RELATIONS SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the Community Relations Service, $9,659,000: Provided, That
notwithstanding section 105 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General
that emergent circumstances require additional funding for conflict resolution and
violence prevention activities of the Community Relations Service, the Attorney General
may transfer such amounts to the Community Relations Service, from available
appropriations for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be
necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer
pursuant to the previous proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 605
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance
with the procedures set forth in that section.

ASSETS FORFEITURE
FUND
For expenses authorized by 28 U.S.C. 524(c)(1)(B), (F), and (G), $21,468,000, to be
derived from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund.

INTERAGENCY LAW
ENFORCEMENT

INTERAGENCY CRIME
AND DRUG
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ENFORCEMENT
For necessary expenses for the identification, investigation, and prosecution of individuals
associated with the most significant drug trafficking and affiliated money laundering
organizations not otherwise provided for, to include inter-governmental agreements with
State and local law enforcement agencies engaged in the investigation and prosecution of
individuals involved in organized crime drug trafficking, $489,440,000, of which
$50,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That any amounts
obligated from appropriations under this heading may be used under authorities available
to the organizations reimbursed from this appropriation.

FEDERAL BUREAU OF
INVESTIGATION

SALARIES AND
EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for detection,
investigation, and prosecution of crimes against the United States; including purchase for
police-type use of not to exceed 3,868 passenger motor vehicles, of which 3,039 will be
for replacement only; and not to exceed $70,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a
confidential character pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 530C, $5,728,737,000; of which not to
exceed $150,000,000 shall remain available until expended; of which $2,288,897,000
shall be for counterterrorism investigations, foreign counterintelligence, and other
activities related to our national security; and of which not to exceed $25,000,000 is
authorized to be made available for making advances for expenses arising out of
contractual or reimbursable agreements with State and local law enforcement agencies
while engaged in cooperative activities related to violent crime, terrorism, organized
crime, gang-related crime, cybercrime, and drug investigations: Provided, That not to
exceed $205,000 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses.

CONSTRUCTION
For necessary expenses to construct or acquire buildings and sites by purchase, or as
otherwise authorized by law (including equipment for such buildings); conversion and
extension of Federally-owned buildings; and preliminary planning and design of projects;
$37,608,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That $15,108,000 shall be
available for the planning, design, and construction of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Center for Integrated Training and Technology Transfer in Redstone Arsenal: Provided
further, That $5,000,000 shall be available for a chemical and biological evidence
handling and storage facility to be co-located with comparable facilities in existence for
sample, handling and receipt of hazardous material by the Department of the Army:
Provided further, That $10,000,000 shall be available for equipment and associated costs
for a permanent central records complex in Frederick County, Virginia.

DRUG ENFORCEMENT
ADMINISTRATION
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SALARIES AND
EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Administration, including not to exceed
$70,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character pursuant to 28 U.S.
C. 530C; expenses for conducting drug education and training programs, including travel
and related expenses for participants in such programs and the distribution of items of
token value that promote the goals of such programs; and purchase of not to exceed
1,043 passenger motor vehicles, of which 937 will be for replacement only, for policetype use, $1,686,457,000; of which not to exceed $75,000,000 shall remain available
until expended; and of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for official
reception and representation expenses.

BUREAU OF ALCOHOL,
TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND
EXPLOSIVES

SALARIES AND
EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives,
including the purchase of not to exceed 822 vehicles for police-type use, of which 650
shall be for replacement only; not to exceed $40,000 for official reception and
representation expenses; for training of State and local law enforcement agencies with or
without reimbursement, including training in connection with the training and acquisition
of canines for explosives and fire accelerants detection; and for provision of laboratory
assistance to State and local law enforcement agencies, with or without reimbursement,
$923,613,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the payment of
attorneys' fees as provided by 18 U.S.C. 924(d)(2); and of which $10,000,000 shall
remain available until expended: Provided, That no funds appropriated herein shall be
available for salaries or administrative expenses in connection with consolidating or
centralizing, within the Department of Justice, the records, or any portion thereof, of
acquisition and disposition of firearms maintained by Federal firearms licensees: Provided
further, That no funds appropriated herein shall be used to pay administrative expenses
or the compensation of any officer or employee of the United States to implement an
amendment or amendments to 27 CFR 178.118 or to change the definition of `Curios or
relics' in 27 CFR 178.11 or remove any item from ATF Publication 5300.11 as it existed
on January 1, 1994: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall
be available to investigate or act upon applications for relief from Federal firearms
disabilities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c): Provided further, That such funds shall be available
to investigate and act upon applications filed by corporations for relief from Federal
firearms disabilities under section 925(c) of title 18, United States Code: Provided
further, That no funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to transfer
the functions, missions, or activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives to other agencies or Departments in fiscal year 2006: Provided further, That
no funds appropriated under this or any other Act with respect to any fiscal year may be
used to disclose part or all of the contents of the Firearms Trace System database
maintained by the National Trace Center of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
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Explosives or any information required to be kept by licensees pursuant to section 923(g)
of title 18, United States Code, or required to be reported pursuant to paragraphs (3)
and (7) of such section 923(g), to anyone other than a Federal, State, or local law
enforcement agency or a prosecutor solely in connection with and for use in a bona fide
criminal investigation or prosecution and then only such information as pertains to the
geographic jurisdiction of the law enforcement agency requesting the disclosure and not
for use in any civil action or proceeding other than an action or proceeding commenced
by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, or a review of such an action
or proceeding, to enforce the provisions of chapter 44 of such title, and all such data shall
be immune from legal process and shall not be subject to subpoena or other discovery,
shall be inadmissible in evidence, and shall not be used, relied on, or disclosed in any
manner, nor shall testimony or other evidence be permitted based upon such data, in
any civil action pending on or filed after the effective date of this Act in any State
(including the District of Columbia) or Federal court or in any administrative proceeding
other than a proceeding commenced by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives to enforce the provisions of that chapter, or a review of such an action or
proceeding; except that this proviso shall not be construed to prevent the disclosure of
statistical information concerning total production, importation, and exportation by each
licensed importer (as defined in section 921(a)(9) of such title) and licensed
manufacturer (as defined in section 921(a)(10) of such title): Provided further, That no
funds made available by this or any other Act shall be expended to promulgate or
implement any rule requiring a physical inventory of any business licensed under section
923 of title 18, United States Code: Provided further, That no funds under this Act may
be used to electronically retrieve information gathered pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 923(g)(4)
by name or any personal identification code: Provided further, That no funds authorized
or made available under this or any other Act may be used to deny any application for a
license under section 923 of title 18, United States Code, or renewal of such a license due
to a lack of business activity, provided that the applicant is otherwise eligible to receive
such a license, and is eligible to report business income or to claim an income tax
deduction for business expenses under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986: Provided
further, That of the amount provided under this heading, $5,000,000, to remain available
until expended, shall be for the expenses necessary for site selection, architectural
design, site preparation and the development of a total cost estimate for the construction
of a permanent site for the National Center for Explosives Training and Research:
Provided further, That any funds remaining shall be applied to the construction of the
Center: Provided further, That the Director of the ATF, when considering site selection
shall consider a site collocated with other law enforcement and Federal government
entities that provide similar training and research.

FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM

SALARIES AND
EXPENSES
For expenses necessary of the Federal Prison System for the administration, operation,
and maintenance of Federal penal and correctional institutions, including purchase (not to
exceed 768, of which 701 are for replacement only) and hire of law enforcement and
passenger motor vehicles, and for the provision of technical assistance and advice on
corrections related issues to foreign governments, $4,892,649,000: Provided, That the
Attorney General may transfer to the Health Resources and Services Administration such

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amounts as may be necessary for direct expenditures by that Administration for medical
relief for inmates of Federal penal and correctional institutions: Provided further, That the
Director of the Federal Prison System, where necessary, may enter into contracts with a
fiscal agent/fiscal intermediary claims processor to determine the amounts payable to
persons who, on behalf of the Federal Prison System, furnish health services to
individuals committed to the custody of the Federal Prison System: Provided further, That
not to exceed $6,000 shall be available for official reception and representation
expenses: Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000,000 shall remain available for
necessary operations until September 30, 2007: Provided further, That, of the amounts
provided for Contract Confinement, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain available
until expended to make payments in advance for grants, contracts and reimbursable
agreements, and other expenses authorized by section 501(c) of the Refugee Education
Assistance Act of 1980, for the care and security in the United States of Cuban and
Haitian entrants: Provided further, That the Director of the Federal Prison System may
accept donated property and services relating to the operation of the prison card
program from a not-for-profit entity which has operated such program in the past
notwithstanding the fact that such not-for-profit entity furnishes services under contracts
to the Federal Prison System relating to the operation of pre-release services, halfway
houses or other custodial facilities.

BUILDINGS AND
FACILITIES
For planning, acquisition of sites and construction of new facilities; purchase and
acquisition of facilities and remodeling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and
correctional use, including all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force
account; and constructing, remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings and facilities
at existing penal and correctional institutions, including all necessary expenses incident
thereto, by contract or force account, $90,112,000, to remain available until expended,
of which not to exceed $14,000,000 shall be available to construct areas for inmate work
programs: Provided, That labor of United States prisoners may be used for work
performed under this appropriation.

FEDERAL PRISON
INDUSTRIES,
INCORPORATED
The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is hereby authorized to make such
expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available, and in accord
with the law, and to make such contracts and commitments, without regard to fiscal year
limitations as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may be
necessary in carrying out the program set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year
for such corporation, including purchase (not to exceed five for replacement only) and
hire of passenger motor vehicles.

LIMITATION ON
ADMINISTRATIVE
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EXPENSES, FEDERAL
PRISON INDUSTRIES,
INCORPORATED
Not to exceed $3,365,000 of the funds of the corporation shall be available for its
administrative expenses, and for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to be
computed on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance with the corporation's
current prescribed accounting system, and such amounts shall be exclusive of
depreciation, payment of claims, and expenditures which such accounting system
requires to be capitalized or charged to cost of commodities acquired or produced,
including selling and shipping expenses, and expenses in connection with acquisition,
construction, operation, maintenance, improvement, protection, or disposition of facilities
and other property belonging to the corporation or in which it has an interest.

OFFICE ON VIOLENCE
AGAINST WOMEN

VIOLENCE AGAINST
WOMEN PREVENTION
AND PROSECUTION
PROGRAMS
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance for the prevention
and prosecution of violence against women as authorized by the Omnibus Crime Control
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (`the 1968 Act'); the Violent Crime Control and Law
Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322) (`the 1994 Act'); the Victims of Child
Abuse Act of 1990 (`the 1990 Act'); the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to End
the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-21); the Juvenile Justice
and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (`the 1974 Act'); and the Victims of Trafficking
and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-386); $386,502,000, including
amounts for administrative costs, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
except as otherwise provided by law, not to exceed three percent of funds made
available under this heading may be used for expenses related to evaluation, training and
technical assistance: Provided further, That of the amount provided-(1) $11,897,000 for the court-appointed special advocate program, as authorized
by section 217 of the 1990 Act;
(2) $2,287,000 for child abuse training programs for judicial personnel and
practitioners, as authorized by section 222 of the 1990 Act;
(3) $986,000 for grants for televised testimony, as authorized by Part N of the
1968 Act;
(4) $187,308,000 for grants to combat violence against women, as authorized by
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(A) $5,100,000 shall be for the National Institute of Justice for research and
evaluation of violence against women;
(B) $10,000,000 shall be for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention for the Safe Start Program, as authorized by the 1974 Act; and
(C) $15,000,000 shall be for transitional housing assistance grants for
victims of domestic violence, stalking or sexual assault as authorized by
Public Law 108-21;
(5) $63,075,000 for grants to encourage arrest policies as authorized by part U of
the 1968 Act;
(6) $39,166,000 for rural domestic violence and child abuse enforcement
assistance grants, as authorized by section 40295(a) of the 1994 Act;
(7) $4,958,000 for training programs as authorized by section 40152 of the 1994
Act, and for related local demonstration projects;
(8) $2,962,000 for grants to improve the stalking and domestic violence
databases, as authorized by section 40602 of the 1994 Act;
(9) $9,054,000 to reduce violent crimes against women on campus, as authorized
by section 1108(a) of Public Law 106-386;
(10) $39,220,000 for legal assistance for victims, as authorized by section 1201(c)
of Public Law 106-386;
(11) $4,540,000 for enhancing protection for older and disabled women from
domestic violence and sexual assault, as authorized by section 40802 of the 1994
Act;
(12) $13,894,000 for the safe havens for children pilot program, as authorized by
section 1301(a) of Public Law 106-386; and
(13) $7,155,000 for education and training to end violence against and abuse of
women with disabilities, as authorized by section 1402(a) of Public Law 106-386.

OFFICE OF JUSTICE
PROGRAMS

JUSTICE ASSISTANCE
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance authorized by title I
of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, the Missing Children's
Assistance Act, including salaries and expenses in connection therewith, the Prosecutorial
Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (Public
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Law 108-21), the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-405), and the Victims of
Crime Act of 1984, $233,233,000, to remain available until expended.

STATE AND LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT
ASSISTANCE
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance authorized by the
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322) (`the 1994
Act'); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (`the 1968 Act'); and the
Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-386); and
other programs; $1,142,707,000 (including amounts for administrative costs, which shall
be transferred to and merged with the `Justice Assistance' account): Provided, That
funding provided under this heading shall remain available until expended, as follows-(1) $416,478,000 for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program
pursuant to the amendments made by section 201 of H.R. 3036 of the 108th
Congress, as passed by the House of Representatives on March 30, 2004 (except
that the special rules for Puerto Rico established pursuant to such amendments
shall not apply for purposes of this Act), of which-(A) $10,000,000 is for the National Institute of Justice in assisting units of
local government to identify, select, develop, modernize, and purchase new
technologies for use by law enforcement; and
(B) $85,000,000 for Boys and Girls Clubs in public housing facilities and
other areas in cooperation with State and local law enforcement, as
authorized by section 401 of Public Law 104-294 (42 U.S.C. 13751 note);
(2) $405,000,000 for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, as authorized
by section 242(j) of the Immigration and Nationality Act;
(3) $30,000,000 for the Southwest Border Prosecutor Initiative to reimburse State,
county, parish, tribal, or municipal governments only for costs associated with the
prosecution of criminal cases declined by local United States Attorneys offices;
(4) $191,704,000 for discretionary grants authorized by subpart 2 of part E, of title
I of the 1968 Act, notwithstanding the provisions of section 511 of said Act;
(5) $10,000,000 for victim services programs for victims of trafficking, as
authorized by section 107(b)(2) of Public Law 106-386;
(6) $850,000 for the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program, as
authorized by section 240001(c) of the 1994 Act;
(7) $10,000,000 for Drug Courts, as authorized by Part EE of the 1968 Act;
(8) $7,500,000 for a prescription drug monitoring program;
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(9) $18,175,000 for prison rape prevention and prosecution programs, as
authorized by the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-79), of
which $2,175,000 shall be transferred to the National Prison Rape Elimination
Commission for authorized activities;
(10) $10,000,000 for grants for residential substance abuse treatment for State
prisoners, as authorized by part S of the 1968 Act;
(11) $10,000,000 for a program to improve State and local law enforcement
intelligence capabilities including antiterrorism training and training to ensure that
constitutional rights, civil liberties, civil rights, and privacy interests are protected
throughout the intelligence process;
(12) $1,000,000 for a capital litigation improvement grant program;
(13) $5,000,000 for a cannabis eradication program to be administered by the
Drug Enforcement Administration;
(14) $22,000,000 for assistance to Indian tribes, of which-(A) $9,000,000 shall be available for grants under section 20109(a)(2) of
subtitle A of title II of the 1994 Act;
(B) $8,000,000 shall be available for the Tribal Courts Initiative; and
(C) $5,000,000 shall be available for demonstration projects on alcohol and
crime in Indian Country; and
(15) $5,000,000 for mental health courts and adult and juvenile collaboration
program grants, as authorized by parts V and HH of title I of the 1968 Act:
Provided, That, if a unit of local government uses any of the funds made available under
this title to increase the number of law enforcement officers, the unit of local government
will achieve a net gain in the number of law enforcement officers who perform
nonadministrative public safety service.

WEED AND SEED
PROGRAM FUND
For necessary expenses, including salaries and related expenses of the Executive Office
for Weed and Seed, to implement `Weed and Seed' program activities, $50,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2007, for inter-governmental agreements, including
grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts, with State and local law enforcement
agencies, non-profit organizations, and agencies of local government engaged in the
investigation and prosecution of violent and gang-related crimes and drug offenses in
`Weed and Seed' designated communities, and for either reimbursements or transfers to
appropriation accounts of the Department of Justice and other Federal agencies which
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shall be specified by the Attorney General to execute the `Weed and Seed' program
strategy: Provided, That funds designated by Congress through language for other
Department of Justice appropriation accounts for `Weed and Seed' program activities
shall be managed and executed by the Attorney General through the Executive Office for
Weed and Seed: Provided further, That the Attorney General may direct the use of other
Department of Justice funds and personnel in support of `Weed and Seed' program
activities only after the Attorney General notifies the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Senate in accordance with section 605 of this Act:
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated for the Executive Office for Weed and
Seed, not to exceed $2,000,000 shall be directed for comprehensive community
development training and technical assistance.

COMMUNITY ORIENTED
POLICING SERVICES
(INCLUDING
TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
(Public Law 103-322) (including administrative costs), $478,300,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That of the funds under this heading, not to exceed
$2,575,000 shall be available for the Office of Justice Programs for reimbursable services
associated with programs administered by the Community Oriented Policing Services
Office: Provided further, That section 1703(b) and (c) of the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (`the 1968 Act') shall not apply to non-hiring grants made
pursuant to part Q of title I thereof (42 U.S.C. 3796dd et seq.): Provided further, That up
to $34,000,000 of balances made available as a result of prior year deobligations may be
obligated for program management and administration, of which $5,000,000 shall be
available for transfer to the National Institute of Standards and Technology: Provided
further, That any balances made available as a result of prior year deobligations in
excess of $34,000,000 shall only be obligated in accordance with section 605 of this Act.
Of the amounts provided-(1) $30,000,000 is for the matching grant program for law enforcement armor
vests as authorized by section 2501 of part Y of the 1968 Act, of which not to
exceed $3,000,000 may be for the National Institute of Justice to test and evaluate
vests;
(2) $63,590,000 is for policing initiatives to combat methamphetamine production
and trafficking and to enhance policing initiatives in `drug hot spots';
(3) $139,904,000 is for a law enforcement technologies and interoperable
communications program;
(4) $10,000,000 is for grants to upgrade criminal records, as authorized under the
Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 14601);
(5) $5,000,000 is for an offender re-entry program;
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(6) $108,531,000 is for a DNA analysis and capacity enhancement program, and
for other State, local and Federal forensic activities, of which $4,000,000 shall be
for grant programs as authorized by sections 412 and 413 of Public Law 108-405;
(7) $15,000,000 is for law enforcement assistance to Indian tribes;
(8) $40,000,000 for a national program to reduce gang violence;
(9) $4,000,000 is for training and technical assistance;
(10) $18,500,000 is for Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grants
under part BB of title I of the 1968 Act (42 U.S.C. 3797j et seq.);
(11) $28,775,000 is for grants, contracts and other assistance to States under
section 102(b) of the Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C.
14601); and
(12) $15,000,000 is for Project Safe Neighborhoods, of which $4,500,000 is for the
National District Attorneys Association to conduct prosecutorial training by the
National Advocacy Center.

JUVENILE JUSTICE
PROGRAMS
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance authorized by the
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (`the Act'), and other juvenile
justice programs, including salaries and expenses in connection therewith to be
transferred to and merged with the appropriations for Justice Assistance, $342,739,000,
to remain available until expended, as follows-(1) $712,000 for concentration of Federal efforts, as authorized by section 204 of
the Act;
(2) $80,000,000 for State and local programs authorized by section 221 of the Act,
including training and technical assistance to assist small, non-profit organizations
with the Federal grants process;
(3) $106,027,000 for demonstration projects, as authorized by sections 261 and
262 of the Act;
(4) $10,000,000 for juvenile mentoring programs;
(5) $65,000,000 for delinquency prevention, as authorized by section 505 of the
Act, of which-(A) $10,000,000 shall be for the Tribal Youth Program;

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(B) $25,000,000 shall be for a gang resistance education and training
program; and
(C) $25,000,000 shall be for grants of $360,000 to each State and
$6,640,000 shall be available for discretionary grants to States, for
programs and activities to enforce State laws prohibiting the sale of alcoholic
beverages to minors or the purchase or consumption of alcoholic beverages
by minors, prevention and reduction of consumption of alcoholic beverages
by minors, and for technical assistance and training;
(6) $1,000,000 for Project Childsafe;
(7) $15,000,000 for the Secure Our Schools Act as authorized by Public Law 106386;
(8) $15,000,000 for programs authorized by the Victims of Child Abuse Act of
1990; and
(9) $50,000,000 for the Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program as
authorized by Public Law 107-273 and Guam shall be considered a State:
Provided, That not more than 10 percent of each amount may be used for research,
evaluation, and statistics activities designed to benefit the programs or activities
authorized: Provided further, That not more than 2 percent of each amount may be used
for training and technical assistance: Provided further, That the previous two provisos
shall not apply to demonstration projects, as authorized by sections 261 and 262 of the
Act: Provided further, That section 702(a) of Public Law 88-352 shall apply to any grants
for World Vision, described in H. Rpt. 108-792 and the statement of managers
accompanying this Act, and awarded by the Attorney General.

PUBLIC SAFETY
OFFICERS BENEFITS
To remain available until expended, for payments authorized by part L of title I of the
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796), such sums as are
necessary, as authorized by section 6093 of Public Law 100-690 (102 Stat. 4339-4340);
and $4,884,000, to remain available until expended for payments as authorized by
section 1201(b) of said Act; and $4,064,000 for educational assistance, as authorized by
section 1212 of the 1968 Act.

GENERAL PROVISIONS-DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
SEC. 101. In addition to amounts otherwise made available in this title for official
reception and representation expenses, a total of not to exceed $60,000 from funds
appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title shall be available to the Attorney
General for official reception and representation expenses.

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SEC. 102. None of the funds appropriated by this title shall be available to pay for an
abortion, except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were
carried to term, or in the case of rape: Provided, That should this prohibition be declared
unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this section shall be null and void.
SEC. 103. None of the funds appropriated under this title shall be used to require any
person to perform, or facilitate in any way the performance of, any abortion.
SEC. 104. Nothing in the preceding section shall remove the obligation of the Director of
the Bureau of Prisons to provide escort services necessary for a female inmate to receive
such service outside the Federal facility: Provided, That nothing in this section in any way
diminishes the effect of section 103 intended to address the philosophical beliefs of
individual employees of the Bureau of Prisons.
SEC. 105. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the current
fiscal year for the Department of Justice in this Act may be transferred between such
appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer
pursuant to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 605
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except in compliance with the
procedures set forth in that section: Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated to `Buildings and Facilities, Federal Prison System' in this or any other Act
may be transferred to `Salaries and Expenses, Federal Prison System', or any other
Department of Justice account, unless the President certifies that such a transfer is
necessary to the national security interests of the United States, and such authority shall
not be delegated, and shall be subject to section 605 of this Act.
SEC. 106. The Attorney General is authorized to extend through September 30, 2007,
the Personnel Management Demonstration Project transferred to the Attorney General
pursuant to section 1115 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, Public Law 107-296 (6 U.
S.C. 533) without limitation on the number of employees or the positions covered.
SEC. 107. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Public Law 102-395 section 102(b)
shall extend to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the conduct of
undercover investigative operations and shall apply without fiscal year limitation with
respect to any undercover investigative operation initiated by the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that is necessary for the detection and prosecution of
crimes against the United States.
SEC. 108. None of the funds made available to the Department of Justice in this Act may
be used for the purpose of transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to
conviction for crime under State or Federal law and is classified as a maximum or high
security prisoner, other than to a prison or other facility certified by the Federal Bureau of
Prisons as appropriately secure for housing such a prisoner.
SEC. 109. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used by Federal prisons
to purchase cable television services, to rent or purchase videocassettes, videocassette
recorders, or other audiovisual or electronic equipment used primarily for recreational
purposes.

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(b) The preceding sentence does not preclude the renting, maintenance, or purchase of
audiovisual or electronic equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational
programs.
SEC. 110. Within the funds provided under `Justice Information Sharing Technology', the
Attorney General shall establish an investment review board, which the Deputy Attorney
General shall head: Provided, That within 90 days of enactment of this Act, the
Department shall submit a plan that outlines the governance structure and membership
of the board: Provided further, That the Department shall submit to the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives, within 90 days of enactment of this Act, the project criteria that will
initiate the board's oversight, to include a listing of all projects to be reviewed during
fiscal year 2006.
SEC. 111. Section 3151(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by-(1) striking paragraph (2)(A) and (B);
(2) in paragraph (1) by striking `(1)'; and
(3) redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as paragraphs (1) and (2),
respectively.
SEC. 112. Within the funds provided for the Drug Enforcement Administration, the
Attorney General shall establish a Methamphetamine Task Force within the Drug
Enforcement Administration which shall be responsible for improving and targeting the
Federal Government's policies with respect to the production and trafficking of
methamphetamine: Provided, That within 90 days of enactment of this Act, the Drug
Enforcement Administration shall submit a plan that outlines the governance structure
and membership of the task force: Provided further, That within 120 days the Drug
Enforcement Administration shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives the
membership of the task force and powers established for the task force.
SEC. 113. (a) Section 4(a) of the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (42 U.S.C. 15603
(a)) is amended-(1) in paragraph (5), by inserting `, except as authorized in paragraph (7)' before
the period at the end; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
`(7) REPORTING ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT- Nothing in sections 304 or 812
of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.
3735, 3789g) or any other provision of law, including paragraph (5), shall prevent
the Bureau (including its agents), in carrying out the review and analysis under
paragraph (1), from reporting to the designated public officials such information
(and only such information) regarding child abuse or child neglect with respect to
which the statutes or regulations of a State (or a political subdivision thereof)
require prompt reporting.'.
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(b) Section 7(d)(3)(A) of the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (42 U.S.C. 15606(d)(3)
(A)) is amended by striking `2 years' and inserting `3 years'.
SEC. 114. The Attorney General shall waive the matching requirement for the purchase
of bulletproof vests of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 1998 for any law
enforcement agency that purchased defective Zylon-based body armor with Federal
funds pursuant to such Act between October 1, 1998, and September 30, 2005, and
seeks to replace that Zylon-based body armor, provided that the law enforcement agency
can present documentation to prove the purchase of Zylon-based body armor with funds
awarded to it under such Act.
This title may be cited as the `Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2006'.

TITLE II--DEPARTMENT
OF COMMERCE AND
RELATED AGENCIES
TRADE AND
INFRASTRUCTURE
DEVELOPMENT
RELATED AGENCIES
OFFICE OF THE UNITED
STATES TRADE
REPRESENTATIVE

SALARIES AND
EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the United States Trade Representative, including
the hire of passenger motor vehicles and the employment of experts and consultants as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $44,779,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain available
until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $124,000 shall be available for official
reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That not less than $2,000,000
provided under this heading shall be for expenses authorized by 19 U.S.C. 2451 and
1677b(c): Provided further, That negotiations shall be conducted within the World Trade
Organization to recognize the right of members to distribute monies collected from
antidumping and countervailing duties: Provided further, That negotiations shall be
conducted within the World Trade Organization consistent with the negotiating objectives
contained in the Trade Act of 2002, Public Law 107-210.

INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
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SALARIES AND
EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the International Trade Commission, including hire of
passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to
exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation expenses, $62,752,000, to
remain available until expended.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
ADMINISTRATION

OPERATIONS AND
ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses for international trade activities of the Department of Commerce
provided for by law, and for engaging in trade promotional activities abroad, including
expenses of grants and cooperative agreements for the purpose of promoting exports of
United States firms, without regard to 44 U.S.C. 3702 and 3703; full medical coverage
for dependent members of immediate families of employees stationed overseas and
employees temporarily posted overseas; travel and transportation of employees of the
United States and Foreign Commercial Service between two points abroad, without
regard to 49 U.S.C. 40118; employment of Americans and aliens by contract for services;
rental of space abroad for periods not exceeding 10 years, and expenses of alteration,
repair, or improvement; purchase or construction of temporary demountable exhibition
structures for use abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first
paragraph of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when such claims arise in foreign countries; not to exceed
$327,000 for official representation expenses abroad; purchase of passenger motor
vehicles for official use abroad, not to exceed $45,000 per vehicle; obtaining insurance
on official motor vehicles; and rental of tie lines, $406,925,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2007, of which $8,000,000 is to be derived from fees to be retained and
used by the International Trade Administration, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302:
Provided, That $47,434,000 shall be for Manufacturing and Services; $39,815,000 shall
be for Market Access and Compliance; $62,134,000 shall be for the Import
Administration of which not less than $3,000,000 is for the Office of China Compliance;
$231,722,000 shall be for the United States and Foreign Commercial Service; and
$25,820,000 shall be for Executive Direction and Administration: Provided further, That
negotiations shall be conducted within the World Trade Organization to recognize the
right of members to distribute monies collected from antidumping and countervailing
duties: Provided further, That the provisions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all
of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these activities without regard to section
5412 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4912); and that
for the purpose of this Act, contributions under the provisions of the Mutual Educational
and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall include payment for assessments for services
provided as part of these activities: Provided further, That the International Trade
Administration shall be exempt from the requirements of Circular A-25 (or any successor
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administrative regulation or policy) issued by the Office of Management and Budget:
Provided further, That negotiations shall be conducted within the World Trade
Organization consistent with the negotiating objectives contained in the Trade Act of
2002, Public Law 107-210.

BUREAU OF INDUSTRY
AND SECURITY

OPERATIONS AND
ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses for export administration and national security activities of the
Department of Commerce, including costs associated with the performance of export
administration field activities both domestically and abroad; full medical coverage for
dependent members of immediate families of employees stationed overseas;
employment of Americans and aliens by contract for services abroad; payment of tort
claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when such
claims arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $15,000 for official representation
expenses abroad; awards of compensation to informers under the Export Administration
Act of 1979, and as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 401(b); and purchase of passenger motor
vehicles for official use and motor vehicles for law enforcement use with special
requirement vehicles eligible for purchase without regard to any price limitation otherwise
established by law, $76,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$14,767,000 shall be for inspections and other activities related to national security:
Provided, That the provisions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108
(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and
2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these activities: Provided further, That payments and
contributions collected and accepted for materials or services provided as part of such
activities may be retained for use in covering the cost of such activities, and for providing
information to the public with respect to the export administration and national security
activities of the Department of Commerce and other export control programs of the
United States and other governments.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ADMINISTRATION

ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
For grants for economic development assistance as provided by the Public Works and
Economic Development Act of 1965, and for trade adjustment assistance, $253,985,000,
to remain available until expended.

SALARIES AND
EXPENSES
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For necessary expenses of administering the economic development assistance programs
as provided for by law, $30,075,000: Provided, That these funds may be used to monitor
projects approved pursuant to title I of the Public Works Employment Act of 1976, title II
of the Trade Act of 1974, and the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977.

MINORITY BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

MINORITY BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses of the Department of Commerce in fostering, promoting, and
developing minority business enterprise, including expenses of grants, contracts, and
other agreements with public or private organizations, $30,024,000.

ECONOMIC AND
INFORMATION
INFRASTRUCTURE
ECONOMIC AND
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

SALARIES AND
EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of economic and statistical analysis
programs of the Department of Commerce, $80,304,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2007.

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

SALARIES AND
EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for collecting, compiling, analyzing, preparing, and publishing
statistics, provided for by law, $198,029,000.

PERIODIC CENSUSES
AND PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses related to the 2010 decennial census, $453,596,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2007.
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In addition, for expenses to collect and publish statistics for other periodic censuses and
programs provided for by law, $160,612,000, to remain available until September 30,
2007: Provided, That none of the funds provided in this or any other Act for any fiscal
year may be used for the collection of Census data on race identification that does not
include `some other race' as a category.

NATIONAL
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND
INFORMATION
ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND
EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the National Telecommunications and
Information Administration (NTIA), $18,068,000, to remain available until September 30,
2007: Provided, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce
shall charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in spectrum management, analysis, and
operations, and related services and such fees shall be retained and used as offsetting
collections for costs of such spectrum services, to remain available until expended:
Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use as
offsetting collections all funds transferred, or previously transferred, from other
Government agencies for all costs incurred in telecommunications research, engineering,
and related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences of NTIA, in
furtherance of its assigned functions under this paragraph, and such funds received from
other Government agencies shall remain available until expended.

PUBLIC
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FACILITIES,
PLANNING AND
CONSTRUCTION
For the administration of grants authorized by section 392 of the Communications Act of
1934, $22,000,000, to remain available until expended as authorized by section 391 of
the Act: Provided, That not to exceed $2,000,000 shall be available for program
administration as authorized by section 391 of the Act: Provided further, That,
notwithstanding the provisions of section 391 of the Act, the prior year unobligated
balances may be made available for grants for projects for which applications have been
submitted and approved during any fiscal year.

UNITED STATES PATENT
AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

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SALARIES AND
EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Patent and Trademark Office provided for by
law, including defense of suits instituted against the Under Secretary of Commerce for
Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office,
$1,683,086,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the sum herein
appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collections assessed
and collected pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 1113 and 35 U.S.C. 41 and 376 are received during
fiscal year 2006, so as to result in a fiscal year 2006 appropriation from the general fund
estimated at $0: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2006, should the total amount
of offsetting fee collections be less than $1,683,086,000, this amount shall be reduced
accordingly: Provided further, That not less than 657 full-time equivalents, 690 positions
and $85,017,000 shall be for the examination of trademark applications; and not less
than 5,810 full-time equivalents, 6,241 positions and $906,142,000 shall be for the
examination and searching of patent applications: Provided further, That not more than
265 full-time equivalents, 272 positions and $37,490,000 shall be for the Office of the
General Counsel: Provided further, That not more than 82 full-time equivalents, 83
positions and $25,393,000 shall be for the Office of the Administrator for External Affairs:
Provided further, That any deviation from the full-time equivalent, position, and funding
designations set forth in the preceding four provisos shall be subject to the procedures
set forth in section 605 of this Act: Provided further, That from amounts provided herein,
not to exceed $1,000 shall be made available in fiscal year 2006 for official reception and
representation expenses: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31,
United States Code, no employee of the United States Patent and Trademark Office may
accept payment or reimbursement from a non-Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or
related expenses for the purpose of enabling an employee to attend and participate in a
convention, conference, or meeting when the entity offering payment or reimbursement
is a person or corporation subject to regulation by the Office, or represents a person or
corporation subject to regulation by the Office, unless the person or corporation is an
organization exempt from taxation pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986: Provided further, That in fiscal year 2006, from the amounts made
available for `Salaries and Expenses' for the United States Patent and Trademark Office
(PTO), the amounts necessary to pay: (1) the difference between the percentage of basic
pay contributed by the PTO and employees under section 8334(a) of title 5, United States
Code, and the normal cost percentage (as defined by section 8331(17) of that title) of
basic pay, of employees subject to subchapter III of chapter 83 of that title; and (2) the
present value of the otherwise unfunded accruing costs, as determined by the Office of
Personnel Management, of post-retirement life insurance and post-retirement health
benefits coverage for all PTO employees, shall be transferred to the Civil Service
Retirement and Disability Fund, the Employees Life Insurance Fund, and the Employees
Health Benefits Fund, as appropriate, and shall be available for the authorized purposes
of those accounts.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY
ADMINISTRATION

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SALARIES AND
EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Under Secretary for Technology Office of Technology
Policy, $6,000,000.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF
STANDARDS AND
TECHNOLOGY

SCIENTIFIC AND
TECHNICAL RESEARCH
AND SERVICES
For necessary expenses of the National Institute of Standards and Technology,
$399,869,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $1,300,000
may be transferred to the `Working Capital Fund'.

INDUSTRIAL
TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
For necessary expenses of the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership of the
National Institute of Standards and Technology, $106,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
In addition, for necessary expenses of the Advanced Technology Program of the National
Institute of Standards and Technology, $80,000,000, to remain available until expended.

CONSTRUCTION OF
RESEARCH FACILITIES
For construction of new research facilities, including architectural and engineering design,
and for renovation and maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise provided for the
National Institute of Standards and Technology, as authorized by 15 U.S.C. 278c-278e,
$175,898,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That beginning in fiscal year
2007 and for each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of Commerce shall include in the
budget justification materials that the Secretary submits to Congress in support of the
Department of Commerce budget (as submitted with the budget of the President under
section 1105(a) of title 31, 10 United States Code) an estimate for each National
Institute of Standards and Technology construction project having a total multiyear
program cost of more than $5,000,000 and simultaneously the budget justification
materials shall include an estimate of the budgetary requirements for each such project
for each of the five subsequent fiscal years.

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NATIONAL OCEANIC AND
ATMOSPHERIC
ADMINISTRATION

OPERATIONS,
RESEARCH, AND
FACILITIES
(INCLUDING
TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law for the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and
vessels; grants, contracts, or other payments to nonprofit organizations for the purposes
of conducting activities pursuant to cooperative agreements; and relocation of facilities,
$2,763,222,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007, except for funds provided
for cooperative enforcement which shall remain available until September 30, 2008:
Provided, That fees and donations received by the National Ocean Service for the
management of national marine sanctuaries may be retained and used for the salaries
and expenses associated with those activities, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided
further, That in addition, $3,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund entitled
`Coastal Zone Management' and in addition $67,000,000 shall be derived by transfer
from the fund entitled `Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining
to American Fisheries': Provided further, That of the $2,833,222,000 provided for in
direct obligations under this heading $2,763,222,000 is appropriated from the General
Fund and $70,000,000 is provided by transfer: Provided further, That no general
administrative charge shall be applied against an assigned activity included in this Act or
the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That the total amount available for
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration corporate services administrative
support costs shall not exceed $179,036,000: Provided further, That payments of funds
made available under this heading to the Department of Commerce Working Capital Fund
including Department of Commerce General Counsel legal services shall not exceed
$34,000,000: Provided further, That any deviation from the amounts designated for
specific activities in the report accompanying this Act, or any use of deobligated balances
of funds provided under this heading in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures
set forth in section 605 of this Act: Provided further, That grants to States pursuant to
sections 306 and 306A of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended, shall
not exceed $2,000,000, unless funds provided for `Coastal Zone Management Grants'
exceed funds provided in the previous fiscal year: Provided further, That if funds provided
for `Coastal Zone Management Grants' exceed funds provided in the previous fiscal year,
then no State shall receive more than 5 percent or less than 1 percent of the additional
funds: Provided further, That the personnel management demonstration project
established at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
4703 may be expanded by 3,500 full-time positions to include up to 6,925 full-time
positions and may be extended indefinitely: Provided further, That the Administrator of
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration may engage in formal and informal
education activities, including primary and secondary education, related to the agency's
mission goals: Provided further, That, in accordance with the Federal Credit Reform Act
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of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 611 et seq.), within funds appropriated under this heading, $2,000,000
shall remain available until expended, for the cost of loans under section 211(e) of title II
of Division C of Public Law 105-277, such loans to have terms of up to 30 years and to be
available for use in any of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands fisheries.
In addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under the Retired Serviceman's Family
Protection and Survivor Benefits Plan, and for payments for the medical care of retired
personnel and their dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch.
55), such sums as may be necessary.

PROCUREMENT,
ACQUISITION AND
CONSTRUCTION
For procurement, acquisition and construction of capital assets, including alteration and
modification costs, of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
$1,124,278,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008, except funds provided for
construction of facilities which shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of
the amounts provided for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite
System, funds shall only be made available on a dollar for dollar matching basis with
funds provided for the same purpose by the Department of Defense: Provided further,
That except to the extent expressly prohibited by any other law, the Department of
Defense may delegate procurement functions related to the National Polar-orbiting
Operational Environmental Satellite System to officials of the Department of Commerce
pursuant to section 2311 of title 10, United States Code: Provided further, That any
deviation from the amounts designated for specific activities in the report accompanying
this Act, or any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading in
previous years, shall be subject to the procedures set forth in section 605 of this Act:
Provided further, That beginning in fiscal year 2007 and for each fiscal year thereafter,
the Secretary of Commerce shall include in the budget justification materials that the
Secretary submits to Congress in support of the Department of Commerce budget (as
submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, 10 United
States Code) an estimate for each National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
procurement, acquisition and construction program having a total multiyear program cost
of more than $5,000,000 and an estimate of the budgetary requirements for each such
program for each of the five subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, That subject to
amounts provided in advance in appropriations Acts, the Secretary of Commerce is
authorized to enter into a lease with The Regents of the University of California for land
at the San Diego Campus in La Jolla for a term not less than 55 years: Provided further,
That funds appropriated for the construction of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Pacific Regional Center are an additional increment in the incremental
funding planned for the Center, and may be expended incrementally, through multi-year
contracts for construction and related activities, provided that obligations under any such
multi-year contract shall be subject to the availability of appropriations.

PACIFIC COASTAL
SALMON RECOVERY
For necessary expenses associated with the restoration of Pacific salmon populations,
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$67,500,000.

COASTAL ZONE
MANAGEMENT FUND
(INCLUDING
TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Of amounts collected pursuant to section 308 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of
1972 (16 U.S.C. 1456a), not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be transferred to the
`Operations, Research, and Facilities' account to offset the costs of implementing such
Act.

FISHERIES FINANCE
PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the costs of direct loans, $287,000, as authorized by the Merchant Marine Act of
1936: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as
defined in the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990: Provided further, That these funds are
only available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to
exceed $5,000,000 for Individual Fishing Quota loans, and not to exceed $59,000,000 for
traditional direct loans, of which $19,000,000 may be used for direct loans to the United
States menhaden fishery: Provided further, That none of the funds made available under
this heading may be used for direct loans for any new fishing vessel that will increase the
harvesting capacity in any United States fishery.

OTHER
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

SALARIES AND
EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the departmental management of the Department of
Commerce provided for by law, including not to exceed $5,000 for official entertainment,
$47,466,000: Provided, That not to exceed 11 full-time equivalents and $1,490,000 shall
be expended for the legislative affairs function of the Department.

UNITED STATES
TRAVEL AND TOURISM
PROMOTION
For necessary expenses of the United States Travel and Tourism Promotion Program, as
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authorized by section 210 of Public Law 108-7, for programs promoting travel to the
United States including grants, contracts, cooperative agreements and related costs,
$4,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007.

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 (5 U.S.C. App.), $22,758,000.

GENERAL PROVISIONS-DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

(INCLUDING
TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 201. During the current fiscal year, applicable appropriations and funds made
available to the Department of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the activities
specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 U.S.C. 1514), to the extent and in the
manner prescribed by the Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may be used for
advanced payments not otherwise authorized only upon the certification of officials
designated by the Secretary of Commerce that such payments are in the public interest.
SEC. 202. During the current fiscal year, appropriations made available to the
Department of Commerce by this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for hire
of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law
(5 U.S.C. 5901-5902).
SEC. 203. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the current
fiscal year for the Department of Commerce in this Act may be transferred between such
appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by
any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated
as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this Act and shall not be available for
obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that
section: Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committees
on Appropriations at least 15 days in advance of the acquisition or disposal of any capital
asset (including land, structures, and equipment) not specifically provided for in this or
any other Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act: Provided further, That for the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration this section shall provide for transfers among appropriations
made only to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and such
appropriations may not be transferred and reprogrammed to other Department of
Commerce bureaus and appropriation accounts.
SEC. 204. Any costs incurred by a department or agency funded under this title resulting
from personnel actions taken in response to funding reductions included in this title or
from actions taken for the care and protection of loan collateral or grant property shall be
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absorbed within the total budgetary resources available to such department or agency:
Provided, That the authority to transfer funds between appropriations accounts as may
be necessary to carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities included
elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use of funds to carry out this section shall
be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this Act and shall not be
available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth
in that section.
SEC. 205. Funds made available for salaries and administrative expenses to administer
the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Program in section 211(b) of Public Law 108-199
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That section 101(k) of the Emergency
Steel Loan Guarantee Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-51; 15 U.S.C. 1841 note) is amended
by striking `2005' and inserting `2007'.
SEC. 206. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no funds appropriated under
this Act shall be used to register, issue, transfer, or enforce any trademark of the phrase
`Last Best Place'.
SEC. 207. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the amounts made available
elsewhere in this title to the `National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Construction of Research Facilities', $8,000,000 is for a cooperative agreement with the
Medical University of South Carolina; $20,000,000 is for the National Formulation Science
Laboratory at the University of Southern Mississippi; $20,000,000 is for the University of
Mississippi Research Park; $5,000,000 is for the Alabama State University Science and
Education Building; $8,000,000 is for Tuscaloosa, Alabama, revitalization; $20,000,000 is
for the Biomedical Research Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham;
$3,000,000 is for the Institute for Security Technology Studies; $1,000,000 is for the
Thayer School of Engineering; $12,000,000 is for the WVHTCF Research Facility; and
$30,000,000 is for the University of Alabama for the design and construction of the
Science and Engineering Center.
SEC. 208. Of the amount available from the fund entitled `Promote and Develop Fishery
Products and Research Pertaining to American Fisheries', $7,000,000 shall be provided to
the Alaska Fisheries Marketing Board, $5,000,000 shall be available to the Southern
Shrimp Alliance for its `Wild American Shrimp Marketing Program'.
SEC. 209. Of the amounts made available under the heading `Procurement, Acquisition
and Construction, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration', $27,000,000 shall
be transferred to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the planning,
design, and construction of Building 3203, for the planning and design of Buildings 3205
and 3216, and for certain infrastructure improvements.
This title may be cited as the `Department of Commerce and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2006'.

TITLE III--SCIENCE
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY POLICY
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For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, in carrying out
the purposes of the National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities
Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601-6671), 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,
$5,564,000.

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 exploration research and development activities, including
research, development, 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 planning and
design, and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized
by law; environmental compliance and restoration; space flight, spacecraft control and
communications activities including operations, production, 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 exceed $35,000 for official reception and representation expenses;
and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and operation of mission and administrative
aircraft, $9,761,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007, of which
amounts as determined by the Administrator for salaries and benefits; training, travel
and awards; facility and related costs; information technology services; science,
engineering, fabricating and testing services; and other administrative services may be
transferred to `Exploration Capabilities' in accordance with section 312(b) of the National
Aeronautics 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 research and development activities, including research,
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development, 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 planning and design, and
acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized by law; environmental
compliance and restoration; space flight, spacecraft control and communications
activities including operations, production, 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 exceed $35,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and purchase,
lease, charter, maintenance and operation of mission and administrative aircraft,
$6,663,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007, of which amounts as
determined by the Administrator for salaries and benefits; training, travel and awards;
facility and related costs; information technology services; science, engineering,
fabricating and testing services; 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, $32,400,000, to remain available until September 30,
2007.

ADMINISTRATIVE
PROVISIONS
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds appropriated for `Science,
Aeronautics and Exploration', or `Exploration Capabilities' by this appropriations Act,
when any activity has been initiated by the incurrence of obligations for construction of
facilities or environmental compliance and restoration activities as authorized 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 institutional facility planning and design.
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds appropriated for `Science,
Aeronautics and Exploration', or `Exploration Capabilities' by this appropriations Act, the
amounts appropriated for construction of facilities shall remain available until September
30, 2008.
Funds for announced prizes otherwise authorized shall remain available, without fiscal
year limitation, until the prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. Funding shall not be
made available for Centennial Challenges unless authorized.
Funding made available under the headings `Exploration Capabilities' and `Science,
Aeronautics, and Exploration' in this Act shall be governed by the terms and conditions
specified in the statement of managers accompanying the conference report for this Act.

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The unexpired balances of prior appropriations to National Aeronautics and Space
Administration 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 conditions.

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; acquisition of
aircraft; and authorized travel; $4,387,520,000, to remain available until September 30,
2007, of which not to exceed $425,000,000 shall remain available until expended for
Polar research and operations support, and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies
for operational and science support and logistical and other related activities for the
United States Antarctic program: Provided, That from funds specified in the fiscal year
2006 budget request for icebreaking services, such sums shall be available for the
procurement of polar icebreaking services: Provided further, That the National Science
Foundation shall reimburse the Coast Guard according to the existing memorandum of
agreement: Provided further, That receipts for scientific support services and materials
furnished by the National Research Centers and other National Science Foundation
supported research facilities may be credited to this appropriation: Provided further, That
to the extent that the amount appropriated is less than the total amount authorized to be
appropriated for included program activities, all amounts, including floors and ceilings,
specified in the authorizing Act for those program activities or their subactivities shall be
reduced proportionally: Provided further, That funds under this heading may be available
for innovation inducement prizes.

MAJOR RESEARCH
EQUIPMENT AND
FACILITIES
CONSTRUCTION
For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construction, commissioning, and upgrading
of major research equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursuant to the
National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended, including authorized travel,
$193,350,000, to remain available until expended.

EDUCATION AND
HUMAN RESOURCES
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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), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, authorized travel, and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia,
$807,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That to the
extent that the amount of this appropriation is less than the total amount authorized to
be appropriated for included program activities, all amounts, including floors and ceilings,
specified in the authorizing Act for those program activities or their subactivities shall be
reduced proportionally.

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 Administration for security guard services; $250,000,000: Provided,
That contracts may be entered into under `Salaries and Expenses' in fiscal year 2006 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 salaries, 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 section 3109 of title 5, United States
Code) involved in carrying 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.), $4,000,000: Provided,
That not more than $9,000 shall be available for official reception and representation
expenses.

OFFICE OF
INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General as authorized by the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended, $11,500,000, to remain available until September 30,
2007.
This title may be cited as the `Science Appropriations Act, 2006'.

TITLE IV--DEPARTMENT
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OF STATE AND RELATED
AGENCY
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
ADMINISTRATION OF
FOREIGN AFFAIRS

DIPLOMATIC AND
CONSULAR PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING
TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Department of State and the Foreign Service not
otherwise provided for, including employment, without regard to civil service and
classification laws, of persons on a temporary basis (not to exceed $700,000 of this
appropriation), as authorized by section 801 of the United States Information and
Educational Exchange Act of 1948; representation to certain international organizations
in which the United States participates pursuant to treaties ratified pursuant to the advice
and consent of the Senate or specific Acts of Congress; arms control, nonproliferation
and disarmament activities as authorized; acquisition by exchange or purchase of
passenger motor vehicles as authorized by law; and for expenses of general
administration, $3,680,019,000: Provided, That not to exceed 71 permanent positions
and $9,804,000 shall be for the Bureau of Legislative Affairs: Provided further, That of
the amount made available under this heading, not to exceed $4,000,000 may be
transferred to, and merged with, funds in the `Emergencies in the Diplomatic and
Consular Service' appropriations account, to be available only for emergency evacuations
and terrorism rewards: Provided further, That of the amount made available under this
heading, not less than $334,000,000 shall be available only for public diplomacy
international information programs: Provided further, That of the amount made available
under this heading, not less than $2,000,000 shall be for a contribution to the Scholar
Rescue Fund endowment: Provided further, That of the amount made available under this
heading, $3,000,000 shall be available only for the operations of the Office on RightSizing the United States Government Overseas Presence: Provided further, That funds
available under this heading may be available for a United States Government
interagency task force to examine, coordinate and oversee United States participation in
the United Nations headquarters renovation project: Provided further, That no funds may
be obligated or expended for processing licenses for the export of satellites of United
States origin (including commercial satellites and satellite components) to the People's
Republic of China unless, at least 15 days in advance, the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified of such proposed action:
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading are available, pursuant to
31 U.S.C. 1108(g), for the field examination of programs and activities in the United
States funded from any account contained in this title.
In addition, not to exceed $1,469,000 shall be derived from fees collected from other

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executive agencies for lease or use of facilities located at the International Center in
accordance with section 4 of the International Center Act; in addition, as authorized by
section 5 of such Act, $490,000, to be derived from the reserve authorized by that
section, to be used for the purposes set out in that section; in addition, as authorized by
section 810 of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act, not to
exceed $6,000,000, to remain available until expended, may be credited to this
appropriation from fees or other payments received from English teaching, library,
motion pictures, and publication programs and from fees from educational advising and
counseling and exchange visitor programs; and, in addition, not to exceed $15,000,
which shall be derived from reimbursements, surcharges, and fees for use of Blair House
facilities.
In addition, for the costs of worldwide security upgrades, $689,523,000, to remain
available until expended.

CAPITAL INVESTMENT
FUND
For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment Fund, $58,895,000, to remain
available until expended, as authorized: Provided, That section 135(e) of Public Law 103236 shall not apply to funds available under this heading.

CENTRALIZED
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
MODERNIZATION
PROGRAM
For expenses relating to the modernization of the information technology systems and
networks of the Department of State, $69,368,000, to remain available until expended.

OFFICE OF
INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, $30,029,000, notwithstanding
section 209(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-465), as it relates to
post inspections.

EDUCATIONAL AND
CULTURAL EXCHANGE
PROGRAMS
For expenses of educational and cultural exchange programs, as authorized,
$431,790,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed
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$2,000,000, to remain available until expended, may be credited to this appropriation
from fees or other payments received from or in connection with English teaching,
educational advising and counseling programs, and exchange visitor programs as
authorized.

REPRESENTATION
ALLOWANCES
For representation allowances as authorized, $8,281,000.

PROTECTION OF
FOREIGN MISSIONS
AND OFFICIALS
For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the Secretary of State to provide for
extraordinary protective services, as authorized, $9,390,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2007.

EMBASSY SECURITY,
CONSTRUCTION, AND
MAINTENANCE
For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign Service Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.
S.C. 292-303), preserving, maintaining, repairing, and planning for buildings that are
owned or directly leased by the Department of State, renovating, in addition to funds
otherwise available, the Harry S Truman Building, and carrying out the Diplomatic
Security Construction Program as authorized, $598,800,000, to remain available until
expended as authorized, of which not to exceed $25,000 may be used for domestic and
overseas representation as authorized: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in
this paragraph shall be available for acquisition of furniture, furnishings, or generators for
other departments and agencies.
In addition, for the costs of worldwide security upgrades, acquisition, and construction as
authorized, $910,200,000, to remain available until expended.

EMERGENCIES IN THE
DIPLOMATIC AND
CONSULAR SERVICE
(INCLUDING
TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of State to meet unforeseen
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emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Consular Service, $10,000,000, to remain
available until expended as authorized, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 may be
transferred to and merged with the `Repatriation Loans Program Account', subject to the
same terms and conditions.

REPATRIATION LOANS
PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING
TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of direct loans, $712,000, as authorized: Provided, That such costs, including
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the direct loan program,
$607,000, which may be transferred to and merged with funds in the `Diplomatic and
Consular Programs' account.

PAYMENT TO THE
AMERICAN INSTITUTE
IN TAIWAN
For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96-8),
$19,751,000.

PAYMENT TO THE
FOREIGN SERVICE
RETIREMENT AND
DISABILITY FUND
For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund, as authorized by law,
$131,700,000.

INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS

CONTRIBUTIONS TO
INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to meet annual obligations of
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membership in international multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified
pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate, conventions or specific Acts of
Congress, $1,166,212,000: Provided, That the Secretary of State shall, at the time of the
submission of the President's budget to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31,
United States Code, transmit to the Committees on Appropriations the most recent
biennial budget prepared by the United Nations for the operations of the United Nations:
Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall notify the Committees on
Appropriations at least 15 days in advance (or in an emergency, as far in advance as is
practicable) of any United Nations action to increase funding for any United Nations
program without identifying an offsetting decrease elsewhere in the United Nations
budget and cause the United Nations budget for the biennium 2006-2007 to exceed the
revised United Nations budget level for the biennium 2004-2005 of $3,695,480,000:
Provided further, That any payment of arrearages under this title shall be directed toward
special activities that are mutually agreed upon by the United States and the respective
international organization: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this
paragraph shall be available for a United States contribution to an international
organization for the United States share of interest costs made known to the United
States Government by such organization for loans incurred on or after October 1, 1984,
through external borrowings.

CONTRIBUTIONS FOR
INTERNATIONAL
PEACEKEEPING
ACTIVITIES
For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other expenses of international
peacekeeping activities directed to the maintenance or restoration of international peace
and security, $1,035,500,000, of which 15 percent shall remain available until September
30, 2007: Provided, That none of the funds made available under this Act shall be
obligated or expended for any new or expanded United Nations peacekeeping mission
unless, at least 15 days in advance of voting for the new or expanded mission in the
United Nations Security Council (or in an emergency as far in advance as is practicable):
(1) the Committees on Appropriations and other appropriate committees of the Congress
are notified of the estimated cost and length of the mission, the national interest that will
be served, and the planned exit strategy; (2) the Committees on Appropriations and
other appropriate committees of the Congress are notified that the United Nations has
taken appropriate measures to prevent United Nations employees, contractor personnel,
and peacekeeping forces serving in any United Nations peacekeeping mission from
trafficking in persons, exploiting victims of trafficking, or committing acts of illegal sexual
exploitation, and to hold accountable individuals who engage in such acts while
participating in the peacekeeping mission; and (3) a reprogramming of funds pursuant to
section 605 of this Act is submitted, and the procedures therein followed, setting forth
the source of funds that will be used to pay for the cost of the new or expanded mission:
Provided further, That funds shall be available for peacekeeping expenses only upon a
certification by the Secretary of State to the appropriate committees of the Congress that
American manufacturers and suppliers are being given opportunities to provide
equipment, services, and material for United Nations peacekeeping activities equal to
those being given to foreign manufacturers and suppliers: Provided further, That none of
the funds made available under this heading are available to pay the United States share
of the cost of court monitoring that is part of any United Nations peacekeeping mission.
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INTERNATIONAL
COMMISSIONS
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to meet obligations of the United
States arising under treaties, or specific Acts of Congress, as follows:

INTERNATIONAL
BOUNDARY AND WATER
COMMISSION, UNITED
STATES AND MEXICO
For necessary expenses for the United States Section of the International Boundary and
Water Commission, United States and Mexico, and to comply with laws applicable to the
United States Section, including not to exceed $6,000 for representation; as follows:

SALARIES AND
EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, $28,000,000.

CONSTRUCTION
For detailed plan preparation and construction of authorized projects, $5,300,000, to
remain available until expended, as authorized.

AMERICAN SECTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL
COMMISSIONS
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for the International Joint Commission
and the International Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, as authorized by
treaties between the United States and Canada or Great Britain, and for the Border
Environment Cooperation Commission as authorized by Public Law 103-182,
$10,039,000, of which not to exceed $9,000 shall be available for representation
expenses incurred by the International Joint Commission.

INTERNATIONAL
FISHERIES
COMMISSIONS
For necessary expenses for international fisheries commissions, not otherwise provided
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for, as authorized by law, $24,000,000: Provided, That the United States' share of such
expenses may be advanced to the respective commissions pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3324.

OTHER

PAYMENT TO THE
ASIA FOUNDATION
For a grant to the Asia Foundation, as authorized by the Asia Foundation Act (22 U.S.C.
4402), $14,000,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized.

CENTER FOR MIDDLE
EASTERN-WESTERN
DIALOGUE TRUST FUND
For a grant to the Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund (22 U.S.C.
2078), $5,000,000 for operation of the Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue in
Istanbul, Turkey.
In addition, for necessary expenses of the Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue
Trust Fund, the total amount of the interest and earnings accruing to such Fund on or
before September 30, 2006, to remain available until expended.

EISENHOWER
EXCHANGE
FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, Incorporated, as authorized
by sections 4 and 5 of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20 U.S.C. 52045205), all interest and earnings accruing to the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program
Trust Fund on or before September 30, 2006, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be used to pay any salary or
other compensation, or to enter into any contract providing for the payment thereof, in
excess of the rate authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5376; or for purposes which are not in
accordance with OMB Circulars A-110 (Uniform Administrative Requirements) and A-122
(Cost Principles for Non-profit Organizations), including the restrictions on compensation
for personal services.

ISRAELI ARAB
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholarship Program as authorized by section
214 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 U.S.C.
2452), all interest and earnings accruing to the Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or
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before September 30, 2006, to remain available until expended.

EAST-WEST CENTER
To enable the Secretary of State to provide for carrying out the provisions of the Center
for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West Act of 1960, by grant to
the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West in the State of
Hawaii, $19,240,000: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be used
to pay any salary, or enter into any contract providing for the payment thereof, in excess
of the rate authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5376.

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT
FOR DEMOCRACY
For grants made by the Department of State to the National Endowment for Democracy
as authorized by the National Endowment for Democracy Act, $75,000,000, to remain
available until expended.

RELATED AGENCY
BROADCASTING BOARD OF
GOVERNORS

INTERNATIONAL
BROADCASTING
OPERATIONS
For expenses necessary to enable the Broadcasting Board of Governors, as authorized, to
carry out international communication activities, including the purchase, rent,
construction, and improvement of facilities for radio and television transmission and
reception and purchase, lease, and installation of necessary equipment for radio and
television transmission and reception to Cuba, and to make and supervise grants for
radio and television broadcasting to the Middle East, $641,450,000: Provided, That of the
total amount in this heading, not to exceed $16,000 may be used for official receptions
within the United States as authorized, not to exceed $35,000 may be used for
representation abroad as authorized, and not to exceed $39,000 may be used for official
reception and representation expenses of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; and in
addition, notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed $2,000,000 in
receipts from advertising and revenue from business ventures, not to exceed $500,000 in
receipts from cooperating international organizations, and not to exceed $1,000,000 in
receipts from privatization efforts of the Voice of America and the International
Broadcasting Bureau, to remain available until expended for carrying out authorized
purposes.

BROADCASTING
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CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENTS
For the purchase, rent, construction, and improvement of facilities for radio and
television transmission and reception, and purchase and installation of necessary
equipment for radio and television transmission and reception as authorized,
$10,893,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized.

GENERAL PROVISIONS-DEPARTMENT OF STATE
AND RELATED AGENCY
SEC. 401. Funds appropriated under this title shall be available, except as otherwise
provided, for allowances and differentials as authorized by subchapter 59 of title 5,
United States Code; for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and for hire of
passenger transportation pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1343(b).
SEC. 402. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the current
fiscal year for the Department of State in this title may be transferred between such
appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That not to
exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal year for the
Broadcasting Board of Governors in this title may be transferred between such
appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided further, That any
transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under
section 605 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in
compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
SEC. 403. None of the funds made available in this title may be used by the Department
of State or the Broadcasting Board of Governors to provide equipment, technical support,
consulting services, or any other form of assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting
Corporation.
SEC. 404. (a) The Senior Policy Operating Group on Trafficking in Persons, established
under section 406 of division B of Public Law 108-7 to coordinate agency activities
regarding policies (including grants and grant policies) involving the international
trafficking in persons, shall coordinate all such policies related to the activities of
traffickers and victims of severe forms of trafficking.
(b) None of the funds provided in this or any other Act shall be expended to perform
functions that duplicate coordinating responsibilities of the Operating Group.
(c) The Operating Group shall continue to report only to the authorities that appointed
them pursuant to section 406 of division B of Public Law 108-7.
SEC. 405. For the purposes of registration of birth, certification of nationality, or issuance
of a passport of a United States citizen born in the city of Jerusalem, the Secretary of
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State shall, upon request of the citizen, record the place of birth as Israel.
SEC. 406. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds appropriated by this
Act under the heading `Diplomatic and Consular Programs': $5,000,000 shall be made
available for an endowment for the Center for Asian Democracy; $100,000 shall be made
available for a grant to the Center for the Study of the Presidency for a public diplomacy
initiative; $300,000 shall be made available for a grant to Operation Smile for a public
diplomacy program; and $350,000 shall be made available for a grant to MiraMed for
programs to combat human trafficking.
SEC. 407. Funds appropriated under this title for the Broadcasting Board of Governors
and the Department of State may be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 15
of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, section 313 of the Foreign
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236), and
section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414(a)(1)).
SEC. 408. (a) Funds provided in this title for the following accounts shall be made
available for programs in the amounts contained in the respective tables included in the
report accompanying this Act:
`Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs'.
`National Endowment for Democracy'.
`International Broadcasting Operations'.
`Broadcasting Capital Improvements'.
(b) Any proposed increases or decreases to the amounts contained in such tables in the
accompanying report shall be subject to the regular notification procedures in section 605
of this Act.
(c) The Secretary of State shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 15 days in
advance of recommending the issuance of any license subject to Executive Order 13067.
SEC. 409. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds appropriated or
otherwise made available in this title, not more than $1,035,500,000 shall be available
for payment to the United Nations for assessed and other expenses of international
peacekeeping activities.
SEC. 410. Section 1334 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (22
U.S.C. 6553) is amended by striking `October 1, 2005' and inserting `October 1, 2006'.
SEC. 411. None of the funds appropriated under this title may be made available to pay
any contribution of the United States to the United Nations if the United Nations
implements or imposes any taxation on any United States persons.
SEC. 412. It is the sense of the Congress that the amount of any loan for the renovation
of the United Nations headquarters building located in New York, New York, should not
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exceed $600,000,000: Provided, That if any loan exceeds $600,000,000, the Secretary of
State shall notify the Congress of the current cost of the renovation and cost containment
measures.
SEC. 413. None of the funds made available by this title may be used for any United
Nations undertaking when it is made known to the Federal official having authority to
obligate or expend such funds that: (1) The United Nations undertaking is a
peacekeeping mission; (2) such undertaking will involve United States Armed Forces
under the command or operational control of a foreign national; and (3) the President's
military advisors have not submitted to the President a recommendation that such
involvement is in the national security interests of the United States and the President
has not submitted to the Congress such a recommendation.
SEC. 414. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this title
shall be expended for any purpose for which appropriations are prohibited by section 609
of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1999.
(b) The requirements in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 609 of that Act shall
continue to apply during fiscal year 2006.
SEC. 415. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this title
shall be expended for any purpose for which appropriations are prohibited by section 616
of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1999.
(b) The requirements in subsections (b) and (c) of section 616 of that Act shall continue
to apply during fiscal year 2006.
SEC. 416. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a project to construct a diplomatic
facility of the United States may not include office space or other accommodations for an
employee of a Federal agency or department if the Secretary of State determines that
such department or agency has not provided to the Department of State the full amount
of funding required by subsection (e) of section 604 of the Secure Embassy Construction
and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(7) of Public
Law 106-113 and contained in appendix G of that Act; 113 Stat. 1501A-453), as
amended by section 629 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the
Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005.
(b) Notwithstanding the prohibition in subsection (a), a project to construct a diplomatic
facility of the United States may include office space or other accommodations for
members of the Marine Corps.
SEC. 417. Ceilings and earmarks contained in this title shall not be applicable to funds or
authorities appropriated or otherwise made available by any subsequent Act unless such
Act specifically so directs. Earmarks or minimum funding requirements contained in any
other Act shall not be applicable to funds appropriated by this title.
This title may be cited as the `Department of State and Related Agency Appropriations
Act, 2006'.
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TITLE V--RELATED
AGENCIES
ANTITRUST
MODERNIZATION COMMISSION

SALARIES AND
EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Antitrust Modernization Commission, as authorized by
Public Law 107-273, $1,172,000, to remain available until expended.

COMMISSION FOR THE
PRESERVATION OF
AMERICA'S HERITAGE
ABROAD

SALARIES AND
EXPENSES
For expenses for the Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad,
$499,000, as authorized by section 1303 of Public Law 99-83.

COMMISSION ON CIVIL
RIGHTS

SALARIES AND
EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil Rights, including hire of passenger
motor vehicles, $9,048,000: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this
paragraph shall be used to employ in excess of four full-time individuals under Schedule
C of the Excepted Service exclusive of one special assistant for each Commissioner:
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to
reimburse Commissioners for more than 75 billable days, with the exception of the
chairperson, who is permitted 125 billable days.

COMMISSION ON
INTERNATIONAL
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

SALARIES AND
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EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the United States Commission on International Religious
Freedom, as authorized by title II of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998
(Public Law 105-292), $3,300,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007.

COMMISSION ON SECURITY
AND COOPERATION IN
EUROPE

SALARIES AND
EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, as
authorized by Public Law 94-304, $2,030,000, to remain available until September 30,
2007.

CONGRESSIONALEXECUTIVE COMMISSION
ON THE PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC OF CHINA

SALARIES AND
EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's
Republic of China, as authorized, $1,900,000, including not more than $3,000 for the
purpose of official representation, to remain available until September 30, 2007.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

SALARIES AND
EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as authorized
by title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (29 U.S.C. 206(d) and 621-634), the Americans
with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Civil Rights Act of 1991, including services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.
C. 1343(b); non-monetary awards to private citizens; and not to exceed $33,000,000 for
payments to State and local enforcement agencies for services to the Commission
pursuant to title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, sections 6 and 14 of the Age
Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the
Civil Rights Act of 1991, $331,228,000: Provided, That the Commission is authorized to
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make available for official reception and representation expenses not to exceed $2,500
from available funds: Provided further, That the Commission may take no action to
implement any workforce repositioning, restructuring, or reorganization until such time
as the Committees on Appropriations have been notified of such proposals, in accordance
with the reprogramming provisions of section 605 of this Act.

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION

SALARIES AND
EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Communications Commission, as authorized by
law, including uniforms and allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902;
not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and representation expenses; purchase and
hire of motor vehicles; special counsel fees; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$289,771,000: Provided, That $288,771,000 of offsetting collections shall be assessed
and collected pursuant to section 9 of title I of the Communications Act of 1934, shall be
retained and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation, and shall remain
available until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be
reduced as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2006 so as to result
in a final fiscal year 2006 appropriation estimated at $1,000,000: Provided further, That
any offsetting collections received in excess of $288,771,000 in fiscal year 2006 shall
remain available until expended, but shall not be available for obligation until October 1,
2006: Provided further, That notwithstanding 47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B), proceeds from the
use of a competitive bidding system that may be retained and made available for
obligation shall not exceed $85,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

SALARIES AND
EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commission, including uniforms or
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; services as authorized by 5 U.
S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $2,000 for official
reception and representation expenses, $211,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be available for use to contract
with a person or persons for collection services in accordance with the terms of 31 U.S.C.
3718: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed
$116,000,000 of offsetting collections derived from fees collected for premerger
notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.
S.C. 18a), regardless of the year of collection, shall be retained and used for necessary
expenses in this appropriation: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, $23,000,000 in offsetting collections derived from fees sufficient to
implement and enforce the Telemarketing Sales Rule, promulgated under the Telephone
Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), shall be credited to
this account, and be retained and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation:
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Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be
reduced as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2006, so as to result
in a final fiscal year 2006 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than
$72,000,000: Provided further, That none of the funds made available to the Federal
Trade Commission may be used to enforce subsection (e) of section 43 of the Federal
Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1831t) or section 151(b)(2) of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 (12 U.S.C. 1831t note).

LEGAL SERVICES
CORPORATION

PAYMENT TO THE
LEGAL SERVICES
CORPORATION
For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to carry out the purposes of the Legal
Services Corporation Act of 1974, $330,803,000, of which $312,375,000 is for basic field
programs and required independent audits; $2,539,000 is for the Office of Inspector
General, of which such amounts as may be necessary may be used to conduct additional
audits of recipients; $12,825,000 is for management and administration; $1,255,000 is
for client self-help and information technology; and $1,809,000 is for grants to offset
losses due to census adjustments.

ADMINISTRATIVE
PROVISION--LEGAL
SERVICES
CORPORATION
None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be
expended for any purpose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the provisions
of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 of Public Law 105-119, and all funds
appropriated in this Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to the same
terms and conditions set forth in such sections, except that all references in sections 502
and 503 to 1997 and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2005 and 2006,
respectively, and except that section 501(a)(1) of Public Law 104-134 (110 Stat. 132151, et seq.) shall not apply to the use of the $1,809,000 to address loss of funding due to
Census-based reallocations.

MARINE MAMMAL
COMMISSION

SALARIES AND
EXPENSES

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For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Commission as authorized by title II of
Public Law 92-522, $2,920,000, of which $920,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2007.

NATIONAL VETERANS
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION
For necessary expenses of the National Veterans Business Development Corporation as
authorized under section 33(a) of the Small Business Act, $1,500,000, to remain
available until expended.

SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION

SALARIES AND
EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Securities and Exchange Commission, including services
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) in
the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and not to exceed $3,000 for official reception
and representation expenses, $888,117,000, to remain available until expended; of
which not to exceed $10,000 may be used toward funding a permanent secretariat for
the International Organization of Securities Commissions; and of which not to exceed
$100,000 shall be available for expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the
Commission with foreign governmental and other regulatory officials, members of their
delegations, appropriate representatives and staff to exchange views concerning
developments relating to securities matters, development and implementation of
cooperation agreements concerning securities matters and provision of technical
assistance for the development of foreign securities markets, such expenses to include
necessary logistic and administrative expenses and the expenses of Commission staff and
foreign invitees in attendance at such consultations and meetings including: (1) such
incidental expenses as meals taken in the course of such attendance; (2) any travel and
transportation to or from such meetings; and (3) any other related lodging or
subsistence: Provided, That fees and charges authorized by sections 6(b) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77f(b)), and 13(e), 14(g) and 31 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m(e), 78n(g), and 78ee), shall be credited
to this account as offsetting collections: Provided further, That not to exceed
$863,117,000 of such offsetting collections shall be available until expended for
necessary expenses of this account: Provided further, That $25,000,000 shall be derived
from prior year unobligated balances from funds previously appropriated to the Securities
and Exchange Commission: Provided further, That the total amount appropriated under
this heading from the general fund for fiscal year 2006 shall be reduced as such
offsetting fees are received so as to result in a final total fiscal year 2006 appropriation
from the general fund estimated at not more than $0.

SMALL BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION
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SALARIES AND
EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the Small Business Administration
as authorized by Public Law 108-447, including hire of passenger motor vehicles as
authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344, and not to exceed $3,500 for official reception
and representation expenses, $313,029,000: Provided, That the Administrator is
authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of publications developed by the Small
Business Administration, and certain loan servicing activities: Provided further, That,
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues received from all such activities shall be
credited to this account, to be available for carrying out these purposes without further
appropriations: Provided further, That $89,000,000 shall be available to fund grants for
performance in fiscal year 2006 or fiscal year 2007 as authorized: Provided further, That
the Small Business Administration is authorized to award grants under the Women's
Business Center Sustainability Pilot Program established by section 4(a) of Public Law
106-165 (15 U.S.C. 656(l)): Provided further, That, of the amounts provided for
Women's Business Centers, not less than 41 percent shall be available to continue
Women's Business Centers in sustainability status.

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, $13,900,000.

SURETY BOND
GUARANTEES
REVOLVING FUND
For additional capital for the Surety Bond Guarantees Revolving Fund, authorized by the
Small Business Investment Act, as amended, $2,861,000, to remain available until
expended.

BUSINESS LOANS
PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING
TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For the cost of direct loans, $1,300,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That subject to section
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2006 commitments to
guarantee loans under section 503 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, shall
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not exceed the levels established under 20(e)(1)(B)(ii) of the Small Business Act:
Provided further, That during fiscal year 2006 commitments for general business loans
authorized under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act, shall not exceed the levels
established under 20(e)(1)(B)(i) of the Small Business Act: Provided further, That during
fiscal year 2006 commitments to guarantee loans for debentures under section 303(b) of
the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, shall not exceed $3,000,000,000: Provided
further, That during fiscal year 2006 guarantees of trust certificates authorized by section
5(g) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed a principal amount of $12,000,000,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan
programs, $125,307,000, which may be transferred to and merged with the
appropriations for Salaries and Expenses: Provided, That, of the funds previously made
available under Public Law 105-135, section 507(g), for the Delta Loan program, up to
$500,000 may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for Salaries and
Expenses.

DISASTER LOANS
PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING
TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
From unobligated balances under this heading, in fiscal year 2006, not to exceed
$9,000,000 may be transferred to and merged with appropriations for Salaries and
Expenses for indirect administrative expenses, of which $1,500,000 is for the Office of
Inspector General of the Small Business Administration for audits and reviews of disaster
loans and the disaster loan program and shall be transferred to and merged with
appropriations for the Office of Inspector General.

ADMINISTRATIVE
PROVISION--SMALL
BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal year
for the Small Business Administration in this Act may be transferred between such
appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by
any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall be
treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this Act and shall not be
available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth
in that section.

STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE

SALARIES AND
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EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, as authorized by the State Justice
Institute Authorization Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-572), $3,500,000: Provided, That not
to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses.

UNITED STATES-CHINA
ECONOMIC AND SECURITY
REVIEW COMMISSION

SALARIES AND
EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States-China Economic and Security Review
Commission, $3,000,000, including not more than $5,000 for the purpose of official
representation, to remain available until September 30, 2007.

UNITED STATES
INSTITUTE OF PEACE

OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Institute of Peace as authorized in the
United States Institute of Peace Act, $22,350,000, to remain available until September
30, 2007.

UNITED STATES SENATECHINA
INTERPARLIAMENTARY
GROUP

SALARIES AND
EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Senate-China Interparliamentary Group, as
authorized under section 153 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004 (22 U.S.C.
276n; Public Law 108-99; 118 Stat. 448), $150,000, to remain available until September
30, 2007.

TITLE VI--GENERAL
PROVISIONS
SEC. 601. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used for publicity or
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propaganda purposes not authorized by the Congress.
SEC. 602. 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. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting service
through procurement contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those
contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public
inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing
Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 604. If any provision of this Act or the application of such provision to any person or
circumstances shall be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of each
provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid shall
not be affected thereby.
SEC. 605. (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 obligation
or expenditure in fiscal year 2006, 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 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 agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure
in fiscal year 2006, 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 for activities, programs, or projects through a
reprogramming of funds in excess of $750,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that: (1)
Augments existing programs, projects, or activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding
for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent as
approved by Congress; or (3) results from any general savings, including savings from a
reduction in personnel, which would result in a change in existing programs, activities, or
projects as approved by Congress; unless the Appropriations Committees of both Houses
of Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.
SEC. 606. Hereafter, none of the funds made available in this Act may be used to
implement, administer, or enforce any guidelines of the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission covering harassment based on religion, when it is made known to the
Federal entity or official to which such funds are made available that such guidelines do
not differ in any respect from the proposed guidelines published by the Commission on
October 1, 1993 (58 Fed. Reg. 51266).
SEC. 607. If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal agency that any person
intentionally affixed a label bearing a `Made in America' inscription, or any inscription
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with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not
made in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any contract or
subcontract made with funds made available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment,
suspension, and ineligibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title
48, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 608. The Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Broadcasting Board of
Governors, the National Science Foundation, the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, the Federal Communications Commission, the Securities and Exchange
Commission and the Small Business Administration shall provide to the Committees on
Appropriations of the Senate and of the House of Representatives a quarterly accounting
of the cumulative balances of any unobligated funds that were received by such agency
during any previous fiscal year.
SEC. 609. Any costs incurred by a department or agency funded under this Act resulting
from personnel actions taken in response to funding reductions included in this Act shall
be absorbed within the total budgetary resources available to such department or
agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds between appropriations accounts
as may be necessary to carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities
included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use of funds to carry out this
section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this Act and
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the
procedures set forth in that section.
SEC. 610. None of the funds provided by this Act shall be available to promote the sale or
export of tobacco or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal by any foreign
country of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco or tobacco products, except for
restrictions which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products of the same
type.
SEC. 611. None of the funds appropriated pursuant to this Act or any other provision of
law may be used for-(1) the implementation of any tax or fee in connection with the implementation of
subsection 922(t) of title 18, United States Code; and
(2) any system to implement subsection 922(t) of title 18, United States Code,
that does not require and result in the destruction of any identifying information
submitted by or on behalf of any person who has been determined not to be
prohibited from possessing or receiving a firearm no more than 24 hours after the
system advises a Federal firearms licensee that possession or receipt of a firearm
by the prospective transferee would not violate subsection (g) or (n) of section 922
of title 18, United States Code, or State law.
SEC. 612. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts deposited or available in
the Fund established under 42 U.S.C. 10601 in any fiscal year in excess of $625,000,000
shall not be available for obligation until the following fiscal year.
SEC. 613. For additional amounts under the heading `Small Business Administration,
Salaries and Expenses', $1,000,000 shall be available for the Adelante Development

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Center, Inc., NM; $850,000 shall be available for the Alabama Department of Archives
and History, Montgomery, AL; $500,000 shall be available for the Alabama Humanities
Foundation for a Statewide Initiative; $1,500,000 shall be available for Alabama State
Docks Economic Development; $200,000 shall be available for the Alaska Small Business
Development Center; $1,000,000 shall be available for the Alcorn State University
Judicial Threat Analysis Center; $775,000 shall be available for Ben Franklin Technology
Partners Translational Action Research Boards, Philadelphia, PA; $1,000,000 shall be
available for the Bring Back Broad Street Initiative, Mobile, AL; $450,000 shall be
available for the City of Guin, AL, Industrial Development Initiative; $250,000 shall be
available for the City of Monroeville, AL, Community Enrichment Project; $300,000 shall
be available for the City of Oneonta, AL, for industrial development; $500,000 shall be
available for the City of Richland Revitalization Project; $100,000 shall be available for
community development in Randolph County, AL; $275,000 shall be available for the
Community Development Project, Huntsville, AL; $500,000 shall be available for
economic development in Lamar County, AL; $100,000 shall be available for the Great
Lakes Business Growth and Development Center at Lorain County Community College;
$200,000 shall be available for the Greenville Waterfront Industrial Enhancement Project;
$50,000 shall be available for the Houston Community College Multi-Cultural Business
Center; $75,000 shall be available for the Idaho Virtual Incubator at Lewis-Clark State
College; $500,000 shall be available for Industrial Infrastructure in Hartselle, AL;
$5,000,000 shall be available for the Industrial Outreach Service at Mississippi State
University; $450,000 shall be available for infrastructure development in Chambers
County, AL; $200,000 shall be available for the Investnet/Technology Venture Center
partnership for Alaska and Montana; $200,000 shall be available for the Knoxville College
Small Business Incubator Program; $350,000 shall be available for the LeFleur Lakes
Flood Control/Pearl River Watershed project; $750,000 shall be available for the
Manufacturing Technology Initiative at Mississippi State University; $500,000 shall be
available for the Mississippi Children's Museum; $1,000,000 shall be available for the
Mississippi Film Enterprise Zone; $1,250,000 shall be available for the Mississippi
Technology Alliance Economic Development Plan; $500,000 shall be available for the
Mitchell Memorial Library for the digitization of special collections; $500,000 shall be
available for the Montgomery, AL, Downtown Revitalization Project; $650,000 shall be
available for the New Product Development and Commercialization Center for Rural
Manufacturers; $2,100,000 shall be available for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory for
the Southeastern fiber optic project (Lambda Rail); $500,000 shall be available for the
Old Fort McClellan Economic Development Initiative, Anniston, AL; $75,000 shall be
available for the Pro-Tech Program at the College of Southern Idaho; $500,000 shall be
available for the Shelby County, AL, Environmental Education Center; $2,000,000 shall
be available for Small Business Development Centers in Mississippi; $100,000 shall be
available for the South Carolina International Center for Automotive Research Park
Innovation Center; $250,000 shall be available for the Technology Venture Center, MT;
$25,000 shall be available for the Town of Millry, AL, for community development;
$1,000,000 shall be available for the Toxin Alert Development Project at the University of
Southern Mississippi; $500,000 shall be available for the Troy University Center for
International Business and Economic Development; $900,000 shall be available for the
Tuck School of Business/MBDA Partnership; $150,000 shall be available for the University
of Alabama Community Development project; $350,000 shall be available for the
University of West Alabama Regional Center for Community and Economic Development;
$1,000,000 shall be available for the Women's Entrepreneurship Initiative at the
Mississippi University for Women; $500,000 shall be available for the Montana
Department of Administration for spatial data to enable economic development;
$500,000 shall be available for the City of Fort Wayne, Indiana for the Institute for
Orthopedic Biomaterials Research; $1,000,000 shall be available for the New Mexico
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State University Arrowhead Center; $1,000,000 shall be available for the New Mexico
Community Development Loan Fund/WESSTCorp. Cooperative; $1,500,000 shall be
available for the Inland Northwest Regional GigaPop Network Connectivity project;
$300,000 shall be available for the Brooklyn, NY Chamber of Commerce for the Brooklyn
Goes Global program; $500,000 shall be available for the Institute for Technology and
Business Development at Central Connecticut State University; $500,000 shall be
available for the Iowa Department of Economic Development for the Entrepreneurial
Venture Assistance Project; $400,000 shall be available for the New Ventures Center in
Davenport in Iowa; $400,000 shall be available for the Pappajohn Higher Education
Center in Des Moines, Iowa; $250,000 shall be available for the University of Vermont
Small Enterprise Research Initiative; $200,000 shall be available for the Genesis of
Innovation in Rapid City, South Dakota; $500,000 shall be available for the Wisconsin
Security Research Consortium, a collaboration between the University of Wisconsin
System and the Wisconsin Technology Council; $500,000 shall be available for the Rowan
University Technology Center and Business Incubator; $1,500,000 shall be available for
the Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies; $500,000 shall be available for the
Vermont Employee Ownership Center; $820,000 shall be available for the Central
Michigan University Center for Applied Research and Technology; $500,000 shall be
available for the Nanotechnology Economic Development Program at the University of
Arkansas at Little Rock; $1,100,000 shall be available for the University of Arkansas'
Research and Technology Park; $600,000 shall be available for the Maryland Technology
Development Corporation for the Minority R&D Initiative; $1,000,000 shall be available
for the University of West Florida's Statewide Small Business Development Center
Network; $200,000 shall be available for the Nevada's Commission on Economic
Development; $1,000,000 shall be available for the Clark County Department of Aviation,
Las Vegas, Nevada to study and operate the international air trade show; $250,000 shall
be available for the Corona-Elmhurst Center for Economic Development, New York;
$180,000 shall be available for the Sephardic Angel Fund, New York City; $500,000 shall
be available for the Detroit Economic Growth Business Attraction Program; $250,000
shall be available for the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services' OneStop Permitting Portal; $250,000 shall be available for the Fossil Bed Park and Ancient
Lands Field House; $100,000 shall be for a grant to Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation;
$100,000 shall be for a grant to Belle Grove Plantation; $250,000 shall be for a grant to
Shenandoah University for a facility; $100,000 shall be for a grant to WinchesterFrederick Convention and Visitor Bureau; $2,000,000 shall be for a grant to Virginia
Community College System for a web portal; $200,000 shall be for a grant to Americans
at War; $500,000 shall be for a grant to Warren County, Virginia, for a community
enhancement project; $2,000,000 shall be available for the United States-China
Economic and Security Review Commission for projects to study Chinese policies and
practices and their impacts on American interests, the American economy, and small
businesses; $200,000 shall be for a grant to the Myrtle Beach International Trade and
Convention Center; $575,000 shall be for a grant to the Innovation and Outreach Center
at the University of Mississippi; $500,000 shall be for a grant to Competetive
Manufacturing through Innovation Management at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh;
$200,000 shall be for a grant to Business and Industrial Incubator in Cushing, Oklahoma;
$500,000 shall be for a grant to Patrick Henry Community College for a workforce
development program; $500,000 shall be for a grant to Danville Community College for a
workforce development program; $500,000 shall be for a grant to Advanced and Applied
Polymer Processing Institute; $1,000,000 shall be for a grant to the Industrial
Development Authority of Halifax, VA; $1,000,000 shall be for a grant to the University
of Illinois for the Information Trust Initiative; $1,000,000 shall be for a grant to Aurora,
IL, for construction and other activities related to community development; $200,000

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shall be for a grant to Carnegie Mellon University for a Community-Based Demonstration
Project; $500,000 shall be for a grant to REI Rural Business and Resource Center in
Seminole, Oklahoma; $1,000,000 shall be for a grant to Appalachian State University;
$1,000,000 shall be for a grant to Western Carolina University for a computer
engineering program; $1,000,000 shall be for a grant to International Small Business and
Trade Institute; $500,000 shall be for a grant to the Illinois Institute for Technology to
examine and assess advancements in biotechnologies; $3,000,000 shall be for a grant to
the Southern and Eastern Kentucky Tourism Development Association; $2,500,000 shall
be for a grant to the Southern and Eastern Kentucky Economic Development
Corporation; $1,000,000 shall be for a grant to the National Center for Community
Renewal; $250,000 shall be for a grant to Advanced Business Technology Incubator at
College of the Canyons; $250,000 shall be for a grant to the Applied Competitive
Technologies Program of the California Community Colleges; $250,000 shall be for a
grant to Adirondack Champlain Fiber Network; $100,000 shall be for a grant to
Amoskeag Business Incubator; $500,000 shall be for a grant to the Montana World Trade
Center; $1,000,000 shall be for a grant to the Fairplex Trade and Conference Center;
$220,000 shall be for a grant to Virtual Business Incubator in Southeast Pennsylvania;
$250,000 shall be for a grant to the Rochester Tooling and Machining Association;
$600,000 shall be for a grant to Wittenberg University to expand business education;
$500,000 shall be for a grant to Experience Works to expand opportunities for older
workers; $1,000,000 shall be for a grant to Innovation Center in Peoria, Illinois;
$1,250,000 shall be for a grant to North Iowa Area Community College business
incubator; $1,000,000 shall be for a grant to University of Redlands for development of a
center to assist small business; $500,000 shall be for a grant to McHenry County
Economic Development Corporation; $300,000 shall be for a grant to Rockford Area
Ventures in Rockford, Illinois; $1,100,000 shall be for a grant to Ohio Ready to Work
program; $530,000 shall be for a grant to Michigan State University for the Institute for
Trade in the Americas; $500,000 shall be for a grant to Bridgeport Regional Business
Council for an economic integration initiative; $100,000 shall be for a grant to
Cedarbridge Development Corporation for a redevelopment initiative; $100,000 shall be
for a grant to the Heart of Florida Regional Coalition; $150,000 shall be for a grant to
Syracuse, NY, for a small business community support program; $500,000 shall be for a
grant to the Connect the Valley initiative; $500,000 shall be for a grant to the
Chattanooga Enterprise Center for a demonstration project; $150,000 shall be available
for a grant to St. Jerome Church for their community center project and programs in the
Bronx, New York; $50,000 shall be available for a grant to establish the Tito Puente
Legacy Project at Hostos Community College in New York; $150,000 shall be available for
a grant to the Bronx Council on the Arts for its Arts Cultural Corridor Project to promote
local arts initiatives; $50,000 shall be available for a grant to the South Bronx Action
Group to provide housing related services to the community; $100,000 shall be available
for a grant to Pro Co Technology, Inc. for their programs in the Bronx, New York;
$150,000 shall be available for a grant to Bronx Shepherds for community programs;
$200,000 shall be available for a grant to HOGAR, Inc. in the Bronx, New York; $50,000
shall be available for a grant to the Promesa Foundation to provide financial assistance to
New York area families under a youth sports and recreational initiative; $100,000 shall
be available for a grant to Promesa Enterprises in New York for infrastructure program
support; $100,000 shall be available for a grant to Presbyterian Senior Services for
capital costs for their Grandparent Family Apartments project in the Bronx, New York;
$50,000 shall be available for a grant to World Vision's Bronx Storehouse for services in
the community; $50,000 shall be available for a grant to the Bronx River Alliance for its
services in the Bronx, New York; $600,000 shall be available to the Downtown Huntsville
Small Business Enhancement Initiative; $150,000 shall be available for the Rhode Island
College for the Project FLIP (Financial and Functional Literacy Incentive Program);
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$750,000 shall be available for the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode
Island; $100,000 shall be available for the Newport County Chamber of Commerce for
the Aquidneck Island Corporate Park Capital Program; $700,000 shall be available for the
American Cities Foundation (ACF) Economic Development Initiative; $300,000 shall be
available for CAP Services in Stevens Point, WI; $500,000 shall be available for the
Northwest Regional Planning Commission; $400,000 shall be available for the Wisconsin
Procurement Institute; $250,000 shall be for the JARI Workforce Development Program;
$250,000 shall be for the JARI Small Business Technology Center; $400,000 shall be for
the Economic Growth Connection Procurement Assistance Program; $300,000 shall be for
the Franklin County, Massachusetts Community Development Corporation for a rural
economic growth program; $1,870,000 shall be available for a grant to the
MountainMade Foundation to fulfill its charter purposes and to continue the initiative
developed by the NTTC for outreach and promotion, business and sites development, the
education of artists and craftspeople, and to promote small businesses, artisans and their
products through market development, advertisement, commercial sale and other
promotional means; $1,000,000 shall be available for the INNOVA small business
incubator; $30,000 shall be available for the Town of Hambleton for upgrades and
renovations to the town hall; $100,000 shall be available for the Parsons Revitalization
Organization for planning purposes; $100,000 shall be available for Rowlesburg
Revitalization Committee for neighborhood revitalization; $500,000 shall be available for
the Institute for Entrepreneurship, Small Business Development and Global Logistics at
California State University at Dominguez Hills, California; $300,000 shall be available for
Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation in Brooklyn, New York to support and
expand the Initiative for a Competitive Brooklyn; and $200,000 shall be available for the
Local Development Corporation of East New York for the Brooklyn Enterprise Center.
SEC. 614. None of the funds made available to the Department of Justice in this Act may
be used to discriminate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of students
who participate in programs for which financial assistance is provided from those funds,
or of the parents or legal guardians of such students.
SEC. 615. All disaster loans issued in Alaska or North Dakota shall be administered by the
Small Business Administration and shall not be sold during fiscal year 2006.
SEC. 616. None of the funds made available in this Act may be transferred to any
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government, except
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other
appropriations Act.
SEC. 617. The Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Securities and
Exchange Commission and the Small Business Administration shall, not later than two
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, certify that telecommuting
opportunities have increased over levels certified to the Committees on Appropriations
for fiscal year 2005: Provided, That, of the total amounts appropriated to the
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Securities and Exchange Commission
and the Small Business Administration, $5,000,000 shall be available to each only upon
such certification: Provided further, That each Department or agency shall provide
quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropriations on the status of telecommuting
programs, including the number and percentage of Federal employees eligible for, and
participating in, such programs: Provided further, That each Department or agency shall
maintain a `Telework Coordinator' to be responsible for overseeing the implementation

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and operations of telecommuting programs, and serve as a point of contact on such
programs for the Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 618. With the consent of the President, the Secretary of Commerce shall represent
the United States Government in negotiating and monitoring international agreements
regarding fisheries, marine mammals, or sea turtles: Provided, That the Secretary of
Commerce shall be responsible for the development and interdepartmental coordination
of the policies of the United States with respect to the international negotiations and
agreements referred to in this section.
SEC. 619. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Science
Foundation shall, not later than two months after the date of the enactment of this Act,
certify that telecommuting opportunities are made available to 100 percent of the eligible
workforce: Provided, That, of the total amounts appropriated to the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration and the National Science Foundation, $5,000,000 shall be
available to each agency only upon such certification: Provided further, That both
agencies shall provide quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropriations on the
status of telecommuting programs, including the number of Federal employees eligible
for, and participating in, such programs: Provided further, That both agencies shall
designate a `Telework Coordinator' to be responsible for overseeing the implementation
and operations of telecommuting programs, and serve as a point of contact on such
programs for the Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 620. Any funds provided in this Act used to implement E-Government Initiatives
shall be subject to the procedures set forth in section 605 of this Act.
SEC. 621. (a) Tracing studies conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives are released without adequate disclaimers regarding the limitations of the
data.
(b) The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives shall include in all such data
releases, language similar to the following that would make clear that trace data cannot
be used to draw broad conclusions about firearms-related crime:
(1) Firearm traces are designed to assist law enforcement authorities in conducting
investigations by tracking the sale and possession of specific firearms. Law
enforcement agencies may request firearms traces for any reason, and those
reasons are not necessarily reported to the Federal Government. Not all firearms
used in crime are traced and not all firearms traced are used in crime.
(2) Firearms selected for tracing are not chosen for purposes of determining which
types, makes or models of firearms are used for illicit purposes. The firearms
selected do not constitute a random sample and should not be considered
representative of the larger universe of all firearms used by criminals, or any
subset of that universe. Firearms are normally traced to the first retail seller, and
sources reported for firearms traced do not necessarily represent the sources or
methods by which firearms in general are acquired for use in crime.
SEC. 622. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used by the Federal
Communications Commission to modify, amend, or change its rules or regulations for

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universal service support payments to implement the February 27, 2004
recommendations of the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service regarding single
connection or primary line restrictions on universal service support payments.
SEC. 623. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this Act
may be used to issue patents on claims directed to or encompassing a human organism.
SEC. 624. None of the funds made available in this Act shall be used in any way
whatsoever to support or justify the use of torture by any official or contract employee of
the United States Government.
SEC. 625. Of the amounts made available in this Act, $393,616,321 from `Department of
State'; $27,938,072 from `Department of Justice'; $14,107,754 from `Department of
Commerce'; $426,314 from `United States Trade Representative'; $575,116 from
`Broadcasting Board of Governors'; $291,855 from `National Aeronautics and Space
Administration'; and $79,754 from `National Science Foundation' shall be available for
the purposes of implementing the Capital Security Cost Sharing program.
SEC. 626. None of the funds made available to NASA in this Act may be used for
voluntary separation incentive payments as provided for in subchapter II of chapter 35 of
title 5, United States Code, unless the Administrator of NASA has first certified to
Congress that such payments would not result in the loss of skills related to the safety of
the Space Shuttle or the International Space Station or to the conduct of independent
safety oversight in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
SEC. 627. Notwithstanding 40 U.S.C. 524, 571, and 572, the Administrator of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration may sell the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration-owned property on the Camp Parks Military Reservation, Alameda
County, California.
SEC. 628. (a) IN GENERAL- The President of the United States through his designee the
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and in consultation
with other Federal agencies shall develop a national aeronautics policy to guide the
aeronautics programs of the Administration through 2020.
(b) CONTENT- At a minimum, the national aeronautics policy shall describe-(1) the priority areas of research for aeronautics through fiscal year 2011;
(2) the basis on which and the process by which priorities for ensuing fiscal years
will be selected;
(3) the facilities and personnel needed to carry out the program through fiscal year
2011; and
(4) the budget assumptions on which the national aeronautics policy is based.
(c) CONSIDERATIONS- In developing the national aeronautics policy, the President shall
consider the following questions, which shall be discussed in the policy statement--

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(1) the extent to which NASA should focus on long-term, high-risk research or
more incremental research or both and the expected impact on the U.S. aircraft
and airline industries of those decisions;
(2) the extent to which NASA should address military and commercial needs;
(3) how NASA will coordinate its aeronautics program with other Federal agencies;
and
(4) the extent to which NASA will fund university research and the expected impact
of that funding on the supply of U.S. workers for the aeronautics industry.
(d) CONSULTATION- In developing the national aeronautics policy, the Administrator
shall consult widely with academic and industry experts and with other Federal agencies.
The Administrator may enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences
to help develop the national aeronautics policy.
(e) SCHEDULE- The Administrator shall submit the new national aeronautics policy to the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and to the House Committee on
Science and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation within
one year of enactment of this Act. The Administrator shall make available to the
Congress any study done by a non-governmental entity that was used in the
development of the national aeronautics policy.
SEC. 629. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or treaty, none of the funds
appropriated or otherwise made available under this Act or any other Act may be
expended or obligated by a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States
to pay administrative expenses or to compensate an officer or employee of the United
States in connection with requiring an export license for the export to Canada of
components, parts, accessories or attachments for firearms listed in Category I, section
121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations (International Trafficking in Arms
Regulations (ITAR), part 121, as it existed on April 1, 2005) with a total value not
exceeding $500 wholesale in any transaction, provided that the conditions of subsection
(b) of this section are met by the exporting party for such articles.
(b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an export license-(1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any Shipper's Export Declaration or
notification letter required by law, or from being otherwise eligible under the laws
of the United States to possess, ship, transport, or export the articles enumerated
in subsection (a); and
(2) does not permit the export without a license of-(A) fully automatic firearms and components and parts for such firearms,
other than for end use by the Federal Government, or a Provincial or
Municipal Government of Canada, or
(B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or complete breech mechanisms for
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any firearm listed in Category I, other than for end use by the Federal
Government, or a Provincial or Municipal Government of Canada; or
(C) articles for export from Canada to another foreign destination.
(c) In accordance with this section, the District Directors of Customs and postmasters
shall permit the permanent or temporary export without a license of any unclassified
articles specified in subsection (a) to Canada for end use in Canada or return to the
United States, or temporary import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for end use in
the United States or return to Canada for a Canadian citizen.
(d) The President may require export licenses under this section on a temporary basis if
the President determines, upon publication first in the Federal Register, that the
Government of Canada has implemented or maintained inadequate import controls for
the articles specified in subsection (a), such that a significant diversion of such articles
has and continues to take place for use in international terrorism or in the escalation of a
conflict in another nation. The President shall terminate the requirements of a license
when reasons for the temporary requirements have ceased.
SEC. 630. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no department, agency, or
instrumentality of the United States receiving appropriated funds under this Act or any
other Act shall obligate or expend in any way such funds to pay administrative expenses
or the compensation of any officer or employee of the United States to deny any
application submitted pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)(B) and qualified pursuant to 27
CFR Sec. 478.112 or .113, for a permit to import United States origin `curios or relics'
firearms, parts, or ammunition.
SEC. 631. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to include in any
new bilateral or multilateral trade agreement the text of-(1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United States-Singapore Free Trade
Agreement;
(2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United States-Australia Free Trade
Agreement; or
(3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement.
Sec. 632. Of the funds appropriated to the Federal Trade Commission by this Act, not
less than $1,000,000 shall be used by the Commission to conduct an immediate
investigation into nationwide gasoline prices in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina:
Provided, That the investigation shall include (1) any evidence of price-gouging by
companies with total United States wholesale sales of gasoline and petroleum distillates
for calendar 2004 in excess of $500,000,000 and by any retail distributor of gasoline and
petroleum distillates against which multiple formal complaints (that identify the location
of a particular retail distributor and provide contact information for the complainant) of
price-gouging were filed in August or September, 2005, with a Federal or State consumer
protection agency, (2) a comparison of, and an explanation of the reasons for changes in,
profit levels of such companies during the 12-month period ending on August 31, 2005,
and their profit levels for the month of September, 2005, including information for
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particular companies on a basis that does not permit the identification of any company to
which the information relates, (3) a summary of tax expenditures (as defined in section 3
(3) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(3))
for such companies, (4) the effects of increased gasoline prices and gasoline pricegouging on economic activity in the United States, and (5) the overall cost of increased
gasoline prices and gasoline price-gouging to the economy, including the impact on
consumers' purchasing power in both declared State and National disaster areas and
elsewhere: Provided further, That, in conducting its investigation, the Commission shall
treat as evidence of price-gouging any finding that the average price of gasoline available
for sale to the public in September, 2005, or thereafter in a market area located in an
area designated as a State or National disaster area because of Hurricane Katrina, or in
any other area where price-gouging complaints have been filed because of Hurricane
Katrina with a Federal or State consumer protection agency, exceeded the average price
of such gasoline in that area for the month of August, 2005, unless the Commission finds
substantial evidence that the increase is substantially attributable to additional costs in
connection with the production, transportation, delivery, and sale of gasoline in that area
or to national or international market trends: Provided further, That in any areas of
markets in which the Commission determines price increases are due to factors other
than the additional costs, it shall also notify the appropriate State agency of its findings:
Provided further, That the Commission shall provide information on the progress of the
investigation to the Senate and House Appropriations Committees, the Senate Committee
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and the House of Representatives Committee
on Energy and Commerce every 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, shall
provide those Committees a written interim report 90 days after such date, and shall
transmit a final report to those Committees, together with its findings and
recommendations, no later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act:
Provided further, That the Commission shall transmit recommendations, based on its
findings, to the Congress for any legislation necessary to protect consumers from
gasoline price-gouging in both State and National disaster areas and elsewhere: Provided
further, That chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, does not apply to the collection
of information for the investigation required by this section: Provided further, That if,
during the investigation, the Commission obtains evidence that a person may have
violated a criminal law, the Commission may transmit that evidence to appropriate
Federal or State authorities: Provided further, That nothing in this section affects any
other authority of the Commission to disclose information.
SEC. 633. Section 302 of the Universal Service Antideficiency Temporary Suspension Act
is amended by striking `December 31, 2005,' each place it appears and inserting
`December 31, 2006,'.
SEC. 634. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to send or otherwise
pay for the attendance of more than 50 employees of agencies or departments of the
United States Government who are stationed in the United States, at any single
international conference occurring outside the United States, unless the Secretary of
State determines that such attendance is in the national interest: Provided, That for
purposes of this section the term `international conference' shall mean a conference
attended by representatives of the United States Government and representatives of
foreign governments, international organizations, or nongovernmental organizations.
SEC. 635. (a) Modification of Responsibilities- Notwithstanding any provision of section
1238 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (22
U.S.C. 7002), or any other provision of law, the United States-China Economic and
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Security Review Commission established by subsection (b) of that section shall
investigate and report exclusively on each of the following areas:
(1) PROLIFERATION PRACTICES- The role of the People's Republic of China in the
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and other weapons (including dual
use technologies), including actions the United States might take to encourage the
People's Republic of China to cease such practices.
(2) ECONOMIC TRANSFERS- The qualitative and quantitative nature of the transfer
of United States production activities to the People's Republic of China, including
the relocation of high technology, manufacturing, and research and development
facilities, the impact of such transfers on United States national security, the
adequacy of United States export control laws, and the effect of such transfers on
United States economic security and employment.
(3) ENERGY- The effect of the large and growing economy of the People's Republic
of China on world energy supplies and the role the United States can play
(including through joint research and development efforts and technological
assistance) in influencing the energy policy of the People's Republic of China.
(4) ACCESS TO UNITED STATES CAPITAL MARKETS- The extent of access to and
use of United States capital markets by the People's Republic of China, including
whether or not existing disclosure and transparency rules are adequate to identify
People's Republic of China companies engaged in harmful activities.
(5) REGIONAL ECONOMIC AND SECURITY IMPACTS- The triangular economic and
security relationship among the United States, Taipei, and the People's Republic of
China (including the military modernization and force deployments of the People's
Republic of China aimed at Taipei), the national budget of the People's Republic of
China, and the fiscal strength of the People's Republic of China in relation to
internal instability in the People's Republic of China and the likelihood of the
externalization of problems arising from such internal instability.
(6) UNITED STATES-CHINA BILATERAL PROGRAMS- Science and technology
programs, the degree of non-compliance by the People's Republic of China with
agreements between the United States and the People's Republic of China on
prison labor imports and intellectual property rights, and United States
enforcement policies with respect to such agreements.
(7) WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION COMPLIANCE- The compliance of the People's
Republic of China with its accession agreement to the World Trade Organization
(WTO).
(8) FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION- The implications of restrictions on speech and
access to information in the People's Republic of China for its relations with the
United States in the areas of economic and security policy.
(b) Applicability of Federal Advisory Committee Act- Subsection (g) of section 1238 of the
Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 is amended to
read as follows:
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`(g) Applicability of FACA- The provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.
C. App.) shall apply to the activities of the Commission.'.
SEC. 636. Section 635 of division B of Public Law 108-447 is amended by striking
`balance' and inserting `and unexpended balances'.
SEC. 637. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to pay expenses for
any United States delegation to any specialized agency, body, or commission of the
United Nations if such commission is chaired or presided over by a country, the
government of which the Secretary of State has determined, for purposes of section 6(j)
(1) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)(1)), has provided
support for acts of international terrorism.

(RESCISSION)
SEC. 638. (a) There is hereby rescinded an amount equal to 0.28 percent of the budget
authority provided for in fiscal year 2006 for any discretionary account in this Act.
(b) Any rescission made by subsection (a) shall be applied proportionately-(1) to each discretionary account and each item of budget authority described in
subsection (a); and
(2) within each such account and item, to each program, project, and activity (with
programs, projects, and activities as delineated in the appropriation Act or
accompanying reports for the relevant fiscal year covering such account or item, or
for accounts and items not included in appropriation Acts, as delineated in the
most recently submitted President's budget).

TITLE VII--RESCISSIONS
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

WORKING CAPITAL FUND
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, $2,500,000 are rescinded.

LEGAL ACTIVITIES

ASSETS FORFEITURE
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FUND
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, $102,000,000 are rescinded.

FEDERAL BUREAU OF
INVESTIGATION

SALARIES AND
EXPENSES
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, $25,000,000 are rescinded.

OFFICE OF JUSTICE
PROGRAMS

(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, $110,500,000 are rescinded.

COMMUNITY ORIENTED
POLICING SERVICES
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, $86,500,000 are rescinded.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND
ATMOSPHERIC
ADMINISTRATION

(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available in accounts under this heading from prior year
appropriations, $25,000,000 are rescinded.

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RELATED AGENCIES
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION

SALARIES AND
EXPENSES
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, $25,300,000 are rescinded.

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

SALARIES AND
EXPENSES
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, $12,000,000 are rescinded.

MARINE MAMMAL
COMMISSION

SALARIES AND
EXPENSES
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, $920,000 are rescinded.

SMALL BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND
EXPENSES
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, $3,000,000 are rescinded.
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BUSINESS LOANS
PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, $4,000,000 are rescinded.
This Act may be cited as the `Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2006'.
And the Senate agree to the same.
That the Senate recede from its amendment to the title of the bill.

Frank R. Wolf,
Charles H. Taylor,
Mark Steven Kirk,
Dave Weldon,
Virgil Goode, Jr.,
Ray LaHood,
John Abney Culberson,
Rodney Alexander,
Jerry Lewis,
Alan B. Mollohan,
Jose E. Serrano,
Bud Cramer,
Patrick J. Kennedy,
Chaka Fattah,
Managers on the Part of the House.
Richard C. Shelby,
Judd Gregg,
Ted Stevens,
Pete V. Domenici,
Mitch McConnell,
Kay Bailey Hutchison,
Sam Brownback,
Kit Bond,
Thad Cochran,
Barbara Mikulski,
Daniel K. Inouye,
Patrick Leahy,
Herb Kohl,
Patty Murray,
Tom Harkin,
Byron L. Dorgan,
Robert C. Byrd,
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Managers on the Part of the Senate.

JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE
The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2862), `making appropriations for Science, the Departments of
State, Justice, and Commerce, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2006, and for other purposes', submits the following joint statement to the House and the
Senate in explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon by the conferees and
recommended in the accompanying conference report.
The legislative intent in the House and Senate versions in H.R. 2862 is set forth in the
accompanying House report (H. Rpt. 109-118) and the accompanying Senate reports (S. Rpt.
109-88 and S. Rpt. 109-96).
The Senate amended the House bill with two amendments. The Senate amendment to the text
deleted the entire House bill after the enacting clause and inserted the Senate bill. The
conference agreement includes a revised bill.
The Senate amended the title of the House bill. The conference agreement adopts the title of
the bill as proposed by the House.

TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes $124,456,000 for General Administration, Salaries and
Expenses, as proposed by the House, instead of $116,936,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The conference agreement includes $31,250,000 for the Office of Intelligence Policy and
Review. This is an increase of $8,289,000 above fiscal year 2005 and is equal to the budget
request.
The conference agreement includes necessary sums to continue efforts to replace locks used to
store classified information.
The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language included in the House report
concerning the excessive delay in the issuance of regulations governing the recognition of
asylum claims from women fleeing honor killings, trafficking, sexual slavery and domestic
violence. The conferees expect the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security to issue
regulations to govern gender-based asylum claims.
The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language included in the House directing the
Attorney General, in cooperation with the Director of National Intelligence, to submit a report,
not later than 120 days after enactment of this Act, on the practicality of integrating the Drug
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Enforcement Administration, or a portion thereof, into the Intelligence Community.
The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language included in the House report
encouraging the Attorney General to ensure that every contract the Department enters into
that contemplates the exchange of personal data between a contractor and the Department
includes a provision requiring that entity to have a security policy in place that contains
procedures to promptly notify any individual whose personal information was, or is reasonably
believed to have been, lost or acquired by an unauthorized person. Notification may be delayed
or may not occur if it would impede a law enforcement investigation or jeopardize national
security.
The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language included in the House report
directing the Department to submit a report on its efforts to share intelligence relating to large,
violent gangs with State and local law enforcement officials. The report should address specific
gangs, drug trafficking organizations, the regions in which they operate, and the Federal
resources allocated to containing these gangs.
The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language included in the Senate report
requiring the Department to provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations, no later
than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act and quarterly thereafter, on all
administrative, E-Gov, and centralized training service charges to all components of the
Department. The report shall include: (1) how costs are derived; (2) the specific activities paid
for; (3) the savings achieved by having a centralized service or E-Gov implementation; (4) all
data used to compute savings; (5) how often the charges are administered; (6) a breakout of
all centralized services rolled into the General Administration account or any other account, as
well as in each bureau's budgets. Future budget submissions to the Committees on
Appropriations shall include this detailed breakout.
The conference agreement includes $500,000, as proposed by the Senate, for a third party
privacy assessment. The Department is the repository of large amounts of personal
information, much of it related to counterterrorism initiatives. With this comes the responsibility
of managing and protecting this personal information. The party chosen to undertake this third
party assessment should have knowledge of all applicable privacy laws, including the Privacy
Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-579), the E-Government Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-347), the
privacy provisions of the 2004 Omnibus Appropriations Act (Public Law 108-199), and related
Office of Management and Budget regulations. This assessment should provide the framework
for implementation of a comprehensive privacy program across the Department.
The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language included in the Senate report
directing that, within 90 days of enactment of this Act, the Department submit a report to the
Committees on Appropriations that identifies the cost and use of executive aircraft for senior
official transport. The report should also address whether fractional aircraft ownership is a more
cost-effective method.
The conferees commend the Department for the creation of a National Sex Offender Public
Registry. The conferees encourage the Department to continue to enhance the capabilities of
this useful tool, including the possibility of a search function by radius to allow a user to enter
an address and find all registered sex offenders within a specified distance of their
neighborhood, regardless of zip code, county or State borders.
The conferees remain concerned about the failure of convicted child molesters to register with
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State and local law enforcement agencies when they move into a jurisdiction, as required by
the laws of many States. According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children,
more than 100,000 convicted sex offenders have failed to register. The wide disparity among
the State programs in both registration and notification procedures permits sex offenders to
forum shop to get around reporting. The Attorney General is directed to report to the
Committees on Appropriations, within 90 days of enactment of this Act, on suggested
legislative changes necessary to address the gaps and loopholes that may exist in the current
State registration and reporting systems.
Information Sharing Systems Available to Federal, State, and Local Law Enforcement.--The
conferees are concerned about the proliferation and the growing costs of information sharing
services available to Federal, State, and local law enforcement. To ensure that these efforts are
coordinated, cost efficient, and not duplicative of each other, the conferees direct that within 90
days of enactment of this Act, the Chief Information Officer shall provide a report to the
Committees on Appropriations that reviews the numerous information technology sharing
services available to law enforcement. This report shall include recommendations on methods
to ensure coordination and functionality to provide comprehensive services to law enforcement.
The services to be considered in the study shall include but not be limited to the Regional
Information Sharing System, the Criminal Information Sharing Alliance Network, Nationwide
Pegasus Program, Law Enforcement Online, and the Department's N-DEX and R-DEX systems.
Radiation Exposure Compensation.--The conferees direct the Department to submit a report,
within 90 days of enactment, to the Committees on Appropriations detailing those actions that
the Department and the Congress can take to implement the recommendations of the National
Academy of Sciences' report on the coverage of affected populations by the Radiation Exposure
Compensation Act (Public Law 108-375).
Reducing the Number of Alien Absconders- The conferees recognize the importance of reducing
the rate of aliens who do not comply with Orders of Removal, known as absconders. However,
the ability to address this situation is not fully within the control of one Federal department.
Both the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Justice (DOJ) must work
closely together to achieve this goal. The conferees direct DOJ, in conjunction with DHS, to
study existing apprehension, detention, appeal, and removal policies and procedures. The
conferees direct DHS and DOJ to jointly submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations
by February 18, 2006, on the efforts each Department will take to reduce the absconder rate,
including proposed changes to existing policies, procedures, and laws to further assist in
reducing the absconder population.
Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties.--The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language
included in the House report expressing disappointment in the Department's inability to
complete the initial report on the establishment of this Office. The conferees direct the
Department to submit the initial report, as soon as possible, and to provide subsequent annual
reports by January 30 of each year. Of the funds provided for the Departmental Leadership
Program, not less than $690,000 shall be available for the Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties
and for no other purpose.

JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY
The conference agreement provides $125,000,000 for this account, instead of $135,000,000 as
proposed by both the House and Senate.

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The conference agreement includes $10,000,000 for the Unified Financial Management System
and not less than $5,000,000 for the Public Key Infrastructure and Secure Communications
program.
Information Technology Governance Board.--Given the Department's recent high profile
information technology (IT) failures and the large amount of resources devoted to these
programs, the conferees direct the Department to set up an Investment Review Board to be led
by the Deputy Attorney General to oversee the development of all critical IT infrastructure
acquisitions and improvements. The Investment Review Board shall review the completeness of
the initial business case and cost justification, ensure the creation of realistic project
performance metrics that measure compliance with the projects' stated scope, costs, schedule,
performance and quality. The Attorney General shall, within 90 days of enactment of this Act,
submit to the Committees on Appropriations for approval, a plan that includes the organization
and membership of the Board and the operating agreement defining how the Board governs.
Automated Biometric Identification System/Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification
System (IDENT/IAFIS).--The conferees understand that the Secretary of Homeland Security
announced in July, 2005, the adoption of the biometric standard for identification and
verification that was recommended by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and
supported by DOJ. The conferees are pleased that Administration officials are finally beginning
to address the IDENT, IAFIS, U.S.-VISIT interoperability issue. The conferees direct the DOJ to
submit an update on its efforts to make the IDENT, IAFIS, and U.S.-VISIT systems fully
interoperable no later than 180 days after enactment of this Act.
The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language included in the House report
directing that the Office of the Chief Information Officer manage the Department's participation
in e-government initiatives and Federal Investigation Case Management System.

NARROWBAND COMMUNICATIONS/INTEGRATED WIRELESS NETWORK
The conference agreement provides $90,000,000 for this account, as proposed by the Senate,
instead of $70,874,000, as proposed by the House.

ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS
The conference agreement provides $215,685,000 for this account, as proposed by the House,
instead of $216,286,000, as proposed by the Senate.
The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language included in the House report
concerning guidelines for the adjudication of unaccompanied aliens and training for judges and
pro bono attorneys.
The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language included in the House report urging
the Office of Immigration Review to explore with the DHS the possibility of expanding the Legal
Orientation Program, which is funded by the DHS.

DETENTION TRUSTEE
The conference agreement provides $1,222,000,000 for the Detention Trustee, as proposed by
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both the House and the Senate. This funding level assumes the use of $45,000,000 of prior
year unobligated balances.
The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language included in the Senate report
requiring a quarterly report on the Federal detainee population. The conference agreement
adopts, by reference, language included in the House report regarding the Detention Trustee's
efforts to develop automated systems to reduce detention time.
The Detention Trustee shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 90 days prior to soliciting
any contract for new detention facilities.

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
The conference agreement provides $68,801,000 for the Office of Inspector General (OIG),
instead of $66,801,000 as proposed by the House and $70,431,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language included in the Senate report
directing the OIG to review and assess how well the investigations conducted by the Drug
Enforcement Administration's Mobile Enforcement Teams, the Federal Bureau of Investigation's
Safe Street Task Forces, the United States Marshals Service's Fugitive Task Forces, and Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' Violent Crimes Impact Teams are coordinated.
The conferees direct the OIG to compile and present to the Committees on Appropriations an
inventory of all major Department information technology systems and planned initiatives. This
inventory will include the system name, system description, component, cost, and
implementation status. The OIG shall also provide a report that details all research, plans,
studies, and evaluations that the Department has produced, or is in the process of producing,
concerning IT systems, needs, plans, and initiatives. This shall include an analysis that will
identify the depth and scope of the problems DOJ has experienced in the formulation of its IT
plans.
Sentinel Oversight.--The conference agreement provides an additional $2,000,000 to continue
to build the OIG's IT oversight capacity and to provide the OIG with an enhanced capability to
conduct ongoing oversight of the Department's IT project acquisition and management
practices.

UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement provides $11,000,000 for the United States Parole Commission, as
proposed by the Senate instead of $11,200,000, as proposed by the House.

LEGAL ACTIVITIES

SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES

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The conference agreement provides $661,959,000 for General Legal Activities, instead of
$665,821,000, as proposed by the House, and $648,245,000, as proposed by the Senate. The
distribution of funding provided is as follows:

General Legal Activities
[Dollars in thousands]
2005 appropriation
Office of the Solicitor General

$8,399

Tax Division

81,548

Criminal Division

144,957

Civil Division

195,359

Environment and Natural Resources Division

93,974

Office of Legal Counsel
Civil Rights Division

5,937
110,447

Interpol U.S. National Central Bureau

20,852

Office of Dispute Resolution
Total

486
661,959

Within the level of funding provided, $250,000 shall be to enforce subsections (a) and (b) of
section 642 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.
Criminal Division- The conference agreement provides a $9,612,000 increase for the Criminal
Division, of which $1,000,000 and 8 positions (7 attorneys) are for gang investigations and
prosecutions. These additional resources shall be applied to enhance the Department's
coordination of gang investigations across judicial districts and with international law
enforcement partners, and to assist U.S. Attorneys offices that need additional resources and
expertise to effectively prosecute complex gang cases.
The recommendation for the Criminal Division also provides a $1,000,000 increase for the
Criminal Division to target, prosecute, and seize the assets of those who commit crimes against
the youngest and most vulnerable members of our society.
Civil Rights Division- The conference agreement fully funds the Civil Rights Division's efforts to
combat human trafficking. The conferees expect the Department to continue submitting yearly
updates regarding efforts to address human trafficking.
Civil Division- The conferees recognize the increased workload of the Office of Immigration
Litigation and expect the Civil Division to make increases to the on-board staffing for this office
a priority within the resources provided.
The conference agreement includes bill language carried in previous appropriations acts
allowing the Attorney General to provide additional resources to the Civil Division, if emergent
circumstances warrant, through transfers of funds from other Department sources, subject to
the requirements of section 605 of this Act. The conferees expect the Department to submit a
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reprogramming for costs associated with continuing tobacco and other litigation activities,
should funding be warranted.

THE NATIONAL CHILDHOOD VACCINE INJURY ACT
The conference agreement includes a reimbursement of $6,333,000 from the Vaccine Injury
Compensation Trust Fund to DOJ, as proposed by both the House and Senate.

SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION
The conference agreement provides $144,451,000 for the Antitrust Division, as proposed by
both the House and Senate.

SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS
The conference agreement provides $1,600,000,000 for the United States Attorneys instead of
$1,626,146,000 as proposed by the House, and $1,572,654,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The conference agreement includes $1,500,000 to continue and expand task force activities
associated with Operation Streetsweeper.
The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language included in the Senate report
designating $10,000,000 for Cybercrime and Intellectual Property Enforcement and requiring a
report to be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations not later than April 30, 2006, on
the number, type, and location of copyright prosecutions undertaken in the previous year.
The conference agreement includes not less than $27,000,000 for the investigation and
prosecution of identity theft.
Within the level of funds provided, the conferees expect U.S. Attorneys to make the prosecution
of human smugglers, referred to as `coyotes', a priority.

UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND
The conference agreement provides $214,402,000 for the United States Trustee System Fund,
as proposed by both the House and Senate.

SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION
The conference agreement provides $1,320,000 for this account, instead of $1,220,000 as
proposed by the House, and $1,270,000 as proposed by the Senate.

UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES
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The conference agreement provides $793,031,000 for the United States Marshals Service
(USMS), Salaries and Expenses account, instead of $800,255,000 as proposed by the House
and $764,199,000 as proposed the Senate.
In addition to inflationary and other required base adjustments, the conference agreement
includes the following program changes: (1) an increase of $100,000 for an intelligence analyst
to be assigned to the National Gang Intelligence Center to coordinate USMS anti-gang fugitive
activities with other law enforcement agencies; (2) an increase of $758,000 for information
technology enhancements; (3) an increase of $2,500,000 for 25 additional deputy marshals for
security associated with high-risk cases and the growing number of prisoners awaiting trial or
sentencing; (4) an increase of $100,000 and one position for the Witness Security Program; (5)
a reduction of $1,745,000 for savings associated with travel and training; (6) an increase of
$9,000,000 for the establishment of a Gulf Coast Fugitive Task Force; (7) an increase of
$2,185,000 to support the five existing regional fugitive task forces, including $425,000 for
State and local overtime, training, equipment, communication, vehicles, contractor support and
support to District Fugitive Task Forces and $1,760,000 for 12 additional positions; (8) an
increase of $210,000 for two additional positions for the Criminal Information Branch; (9) an
increase of $1,063,000 for the Technical Operations Group, including $600,000 for 4 additional
positions and $463,000 for equipment, maintenance and increased circuit costs; and (10) an
increase of $575,000 for courthouse security equipment.
The conferees are concerned that workloads in local USMS offices exceed current staffing
levels, raising questions regarding the distribution of funds to local offices, current restrictions
on overtime pay, and staffing levels. The conferees direct the USMS to submit a report no later
than March 31, 2006, detailing how funds are allocated to local USMS offices, how full time
equivalents and other positions are distributed among these offices, and all policies regarding
restrictions on overtime pay.
Under the Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement account, the conference agreement does
not include the requested $2,072,000 increase for the USMS.
Courthouse Security Equipment.--The conference agreement provides $12,000,000 for the
preventive maintenance and repair of courthouse security equipment to be allocated to the
USMS's highest priority needs. The conference agreement directs the USMS to report to the
Committees on Appropriations within 30 days of enactment of this Act on the allocation of this
funding.
The conferees are concerned with the long-term courthouse security equipment requirements
of the USMS. The conferees expect the USMS to develop long-term plans to address these
requirements and expect future budget requests to include sufficient resources to address
USMS equipment deficiencies.
Regional Fugitive Task Forces.--The conference agreement provides $27,683,000 for Regional
Fugitive Task Forces. Of these funds, $18,683,000 is provided for the existing five regional task
forces, including $16,498,000 for base resources, $1,760,000 for 12 new positions, and
$425,000 for State and local overtime, training, equipment, communication, vehicles,
contractor support and support to District Fugitive Task Forces. Within the funds provided, the
conference agreement includes $9,000,000 for the establishment of a new Gulf Coast Regional
Fugitive Task Force to be headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama; with additional offices in
Montgomery, Alabama; Mobile, Alabama; Jackson, Mississippi; and Oxford, Mississippi. Funds
are provided to support 37 new positions (22 in Alabama and 10 in Mississippi) and 19 full-time
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equivalent positions, and $3,528,000 is provided for other start-up and operational costs.
Criminal Information Branch.--The conference agreement provides $1,050,000 for the Criminal
Information Branch, of which $840,000 is for base resources and $210,000 is for two additional
analysts and support personnel.
Technical Operations Group.--The conference agreement provides $17,450,000 for the
Technical Operations Group, of which: $16,387,000 is for base resources; $463,000 is for
equipment, maintenance, and increased circuit costs; and $600,000 is for four new full-time
equivalent positions.
Criminal Information Systems.--The conference agreement provides $2,650,000 in base
resources for Criminal Information Systems.
International Fugitives.--The conference agreement provides $4,380,000 in base resources for
the International Fugitive Apprehension Program.
Special Operations Group.--The conference agreement provides $4,414,000 in base resources
for the Special Operations Group.
Central Courthouse Management Group.--The conference agreement provides $4,433,000 in
base resources for the Central Courthouse Management Group.
Emergency Supplemental- The Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the
Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005 (Public Law 109-13) appropriated $11,935,000
to increase judicial security outside of courthouse facilities. The conferees understand that there
is a disagreement between the Department and the Federal Judiciary over how future costs for
home intrusion detection systems should be funded. The conferees expect the executive and
judicial branches of government to work out their differences before submission of the fiscal
year 2007 budget request. The safety of judges and the efficient use of appropriated funds
demands improved cooperation and coordination between the executive and judicial branches.

CONSTRUCTION
The conference agreement provides $8,883,000 for this account instead of no funding as
proposed by the House and $12,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The conference agreement provides funding for construction in space controlled, occupied, or
utilized by the USMS in United States courthouses and Federal buildings, including but not
limited to the creation, renovation, and expansion of prisoner movement areas, elevators,
sallyports, staff offices, and other law enforcement and court security support space. As in prior
years, the conferees' intent is to provide for all construction activity to support the mission of
the USMS in protection of the Federal judiciary and other law enforcement activities. The
conferees understand that, due to the inherent nature of construction, slippages may occur in
the construction schedule. As in the past, funds may be directed to other locations as needed.
However, USMS is directed to notify the Committees on Appropriations of such slippages and of
the plans to redirect such funds prior to the expenditure of those funds, in accordance with
section 605 of this Act.

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The conference agreement includes $3,000,000 for the establishment of the Gulf Coast
Regional Fugitive Task Force. These funds will support the rent and/or construction of office
space in five locations, a local area network and high-speed communications link, and office
furnishings.
The remaining funds shall be allocated to the USMS' highest priority construction needs. The
conference agreement directs the USMS to report to the Committees on Appropriations within
30 days of enactment of this Act on the allocation of this funding.
The conferees are concerned with the long-term construction requirements of the USMS. The
conferees expect the USMS to develop long-term plans to address these requirements and
expect future budget requests to include sufficient resources to address USMS facility
deficiencies.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES
The conference agreement includes $168,000,000 for Fees and Expenses of Witnesses, as
proposed by both the House and Senate.

SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE
The conference agreement provides $9,659,000 for the Community Relations Service, as
proposed by both the House and Senate.

ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND
The conference agreement includes $21,468,000 for the Assets Forfeiture Fund, as proposed by
both the House and Senate.

INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT

INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT
The conference agreement provides $489,440,000 for this account, instead of $506,940,000 as
proposed by the House and $440,197,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference
agreement provides the following amounts to reimburse agencies for their costs of participating
in these task forces:

Reimbursement by Agency
[Dollars in thousands]
Amount
Department of Justice Agencies:
Drug Enforcement Administration
Federal Bureau of Investigation

$196,410
136,678

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United States Marshals Service
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
United States Attorneys
Criminal Division

7,022
11,318
128,084
2,702

Tax Division
Administrative Office
Total

984
6,242
489,440

The conference agreement does not adopt the Administration's proposal to transfer
$50,000,000 and 365 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents from the FBI's salaries and
expenses budget to this account. The conferees believe this proposal unnecessarily limits the
FBI's ability to allocate resources to the highest priority threats such as terrorism,
counterintelligence, cyber crime and gang enforcement.
The conference agreement does not transfer the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas program
from the Office of National Drug Control Policy to this account, as proposed in the budget
request.
The conferees direct the Department to use prior year unobligated balances available in this
account to fund the operations of the Drug Fusion Center.

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement provides $5,728,737,000 for the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI) Salaries and Expenses account, instead of $5,741,132,000 as proposed by the House,
and $5,295,513,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The conference agreement does not adopt the Administration's proposal to transfer
$50,000,000 and 365 agents from this account to the Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement
Task Forces account. This proposal would unnecessarily limit the FBI's ability to allocate
resources to the highest priority and emerging threats such as terrorism, counterintelligence,
cyber crime and gang enforcement.
The conference agreement includes an increase of $163,211,000 for adjustments to base to
support the current operating level and provides the following program changes: (1) a
$26,317,000 increase for intelligence program development, training, and employee
recruitment; (2) a $36,373,000 increase for 329 additional intelligence analyst and intelligence
support positions; (3) a $26,299,000 increase and an additional 274 positions for the foreign
language program; (4) a $25,000,000 increase for additional Top Secret/Sensitive
Compartmented Information Operational Network connectivity; (5) a $70,000,000 increase and
an additional 61 positions for the Terrorist Screening Center (TSC); (6) a $8,000,000 increase
for the Law Enforcement On-Line program; (7) a $6,023,000 increase and an additional 7
positions for the Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center (TEDAC); (8) a $69,810,000
increase and an additional 396 national security investigations personnel; (9) a $14,297,000
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increase and an additional 10 positions to improve IT program management; (10) a
$10,000,000 increase for additional access to SBUNet; (11) a $13,260,000 increase and an
additional 42 positions for legal attache expansion and IT infrastructure; (12) a $4,929,000
increase and an additional 40 positions to increase the FBI's surveillance capabilities; (13) a
$35,000,000 increase for counterterrorism operations; (14) a $14,295,000 increase and an
additional 68 positions for the Critical Incident Response Group; (15) a $20,000,000 increase
for renovations to the FBI Academy; (16) a $2,690,000 increase and an additional 22 positions
for the Innocent Images National Initiative; (17) a $1,604,000 increase and an additional 10
positions for child exploitation and obscenity investigations; (18) a $5,000,000 increase for pay
and benefit enhancements to continue the implementation of the new pay authorities; (19) a
$5,000,000 increase for training programs; (20) a $20,000,000 increase to accelerate the
expansion of secure facilities in FBI field offices; (21) a $9,700,000 increase for gang
enforcement; (22) a $5,000,000 increase for 100 additional administrative personnel; (23) a
$5,125,000 increase for the Hazardous Devices School; (24) a $20,000,000 increase for the
Special Technologies and Applications Section; (25) a $3,173,000 increase for Child Abduction
Rapid Deployment Teams; (26) a $16,796,000 general reduction; (27) a $5,404,000 and 42
position reduction in lower priority criminal programs; and (28) a $4,674,000 reduction for
electronic government efficiencies.
The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language included in the House report on the
FBI Transformation and the continuation of quarterly updates.
The conferees are supportive of the Administration's efforts to implement the recommendations
of the Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of
Mass Destruction (WMD Commission) including the creation of a National Security Branch within
the FBI and a National Security Division at the DOJ. The conferees direct the Attorney General
to submit a report, not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, on the actions taken to
implement the recommendations of the WMD Commission.
Infrastructure.--The conferees are concerned that the FBI has been neglecting its national
security infrastructure over the past several years. While the FBI has requested and received
significant personnel increases since September 11, 2001, the FBI has not taken adequate
steps to ensure that these new personnel have the tools to perform their duties efficiently.
Specifically, the FBI has indicated that it does not possess sufficient Sensitive Compartmented
Information Facilities (SCIF) to equip and house its counterintelligence and counterterrorism
personnel. To address this shortfall, the conferees have included an additional $20,000,000 for
SCIFs in the field divisions and resident agencies with the greatest need. This is in addition to
the $20,500,000 in base funding for SCIFs. Should additional funding become available, the
conferees would support a reprogramming of resources for additional SCIFs, subject to section
605 of this Act.
The conferees also direct the FBI to submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations and
Committees on Intelligence that details its plan, including projected growth, schedule, and
costs, for providing adequately equipped SCIFs in all field divisions and resident agencies
conducting national security investigations. The report should be submitted no later than
February 15, 2006.
In addition to deficiencies in secure space, the conferees note that reports by the National
Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) and the OIG have identified shortfalls in the FBI's
capability to fill all of their analyst and support positions, to implement effective analytical
training programs, and effectively use IT. Therefore, the conference agreement reduces the
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amount of funding requested for additional staff from 2,044 positions to 1,317 positions in
order to provide additional funding to address these infrastructure deficiencies. The conference
agreement provides increases above the request for IT program management ($7,297,000),
training programs, including the FBI Academy and the Hazardous Devices School
($15,125,000), IT network connectivity ($7,321,000), administrative staff ($5,000,000),
recruitment and retention ($5,000,000), and, as discussed above, expanded secure space
($20,000,000).
Staffing Increases.--The conference agreement provides staffing increases for various
requested enhancements including national security investigations, surveillance specialists,
intelligence analysts, the TSC, the TEDAC, the CIRG, and legal attache offices. The conferees
direct the FBI to provide the Committees on Appropriations with a report on how these
additional staffing resources will be allocated based on position type and program to address
the highest priority threats.
Information Technology.--The conferees are disappointed that the implementation of the Virtual
Case Files (VCF) program has been unsuccessful, wasting tax payers' dollars and leaving agents
and analysts without the necessary IT tools. However, the conferees note that the FBI has
made certain notable improvements in its IT program. First, the FBI brought in a skilled Chief
Information Officer (CIO) and granted him the authority and independence to effectively
oversee IT throughout the FBI. Second, under the CIO's leadership, Sentinel, the FBI's new
replacement case management system, seems to address many of the problems that led to
VCF's failure, such as independent verification of requirements and cost estimates, phased in
development and deployment, and commercial off-the-shelf rather than custom software.
To help ensure success, the FBI must have program management `bench strength' as Sentinel
moves forward. Therefore, the conference agreement includes an increase of $14,297,000 to
enhance the Office of the CIO. The conferees expect the FBI to use the enhanced pay
authorities provided in fiscal year 2005, as well as the new authority provided this year
regarding the Senior Executive Service, to enhance and stabilize the Office of the CIO.
The conferees direct the OIG to provide the Committees on Appropriations with regular updates
during fiscal year 2006 on the financial and programmatic status of Sentinel.
The conference agreement provides no funding for Sentinel. The FBI is expected to reprogram
existing resources, subject to section 605 of this Act, to fund Sentinel costs during fiscal year
2006.
Training- Within the increases provided for intelligence program development and national
security personnel, the conference agreement includes the requested amounts of $5,197,000
for intelligence training and $2,500,000 for national security training. In addition, the
recommendation provides a $20,000,000 increase to perform necessary renovations to the FBI
Academy, which is $5,000,000 above the request. The conferees encourage the FBI to quickly
develop and implement a plan to renovate the FBI Academy to improve its training capabilities.
Finally, the conference agreement includes an additional $5,000,000 above the request to
accelerate training enhancements to the FBI's intelligence, counterterrorism, and
counterintelligence training programs.
The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language included in the House report
concerning coordination of hiring and availability of training; joint training with agents, analysts
and other Intelligence Community agencies; the expansion of the University Education
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Program, the Sabbatical Program, the Fellows Program, and the use of the Foreign Service
Institute; and working with NAPA to improve training programs for first-line supervisors, midlevel managers and executives.
Support and Administrative Staff- The conference agreement provides a $5,000,000 increase
for an additional 100 support staff. The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language
included in the House report regarding support and administrative staff including: directing the
FBI to focus its hiring efforts on filling vacant support and administrative positions in order to
improve agent and analyst performance and job satisfaction; and re-evaluating the staffing
model for the number of administrative staff required to support new agents and analysts.
Recruitment and Retention- Within the increases provided for intelligence program development
and national security personnel, the conference agreement includes the requested program
increase of $9,200,000 for intelligence analyst relocation, bonuses, and college loan
repayments, and the requested increase of $4,192,000 for special agent transfers. In addition,
the conference agreement includes $5,000,000 above the request to provide additional
retention and recruitment opportunities. The conference agreement adopts, by reference,
language included in the House report regarding recruitment and retention, including working
with NAPA to ensure that the FBI's new personnel authorities are used effectively.
Human Resources- The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language included in the
House report regarding human resources including working with NAPA to develop a
comprehensive leadership development strategy and the submission of a report on the creation
of an Office of Human Resources. The report describing the responsibilities of this new office
shall be submitted not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act and shall describe, at a
minimum, how this office will: (1) ensure that employee rating systems match the FBI's
priorities, including intelligence and security; (2) ensure the new pay authorities and funding
provided to attract and retain staff are effectively utilized; (3) develop leadership and
succession planning programs; and (4) consider ways to give FBI field offices more flexibility in
hiring administrative staff. In addition, this report shall outline how the FBI intends to ensure
that hiring decisions and training availability are coordinated.
Legal Attache Expansion and Information Technology Infrastructure.--The conference
agreement includes an increase of $9,925,000 and 39 positions for legal attache office
expansions including a new office in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and office expansions in Abu Dhabi,
United Arab Emirates; Canberra, Australia; London, United Kingdom; Nairobi, Kenya; New
Delhi, India; Ottawa, Canada; Port of Spain, Trinidad; and Rabat, Morocco. This includes
increases of $986,000 and 14 positions for headquarters support, $5,696,000 for 25 field
positions, and $3,243,000 for non-personnel infrastructure requirements. In addition, the
conference agreement provides an increase of $3,335,000 and 3 positions to establish a legal
attache office in San Salvador, El Salvador.
Gang Enforcement- The conference agreement includes a $5,000,000 increase to establish 20
additional Safe Streets Task Forces, and a $4,700,000 increase for additional National Gang
Intelligence Center and task force needs. As discussed earlier, the conference agreement
includes an increase of $3,335,000 to create a legal attache office in San Salvador, El Salvador.
This office is established to enhance cooperation in gang investigations with international law
enforcement partners.
Security Clearances- Within the increase provided for intelligence program development, the
conference agreement includes the requested program increase of $3,526,000 for additional
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contract adjudicators to ensure the FBI has the most trustworthy workforce available and to
increase its capability to recognize applicants who have been directed to seek employment with
the FBI by hostile organizations or groups. The conferees encourage the FBI to use information
technology tools, as appropriate, to reduce the amount of time required to perform background
checks and promote reciprocity between government agencies.
Cyber Investigations- The conference agreement includes a $20,000,000 increase for the
Special Technologies and Applications Section (STAS) for recurring operational needs. These
funds may be used for personnel funding for additional Special Agent and other personnel to
meet the needs of the program.
The conferees direct the FBI to establish a cyber crime task force in Birmingham, AL. The FBI
shall report to the Committees on its progress within 60 days of the enactment of this Act.
The conference agreement provides an increase of $2,690,000 for the Innocent Images
National Initiative (IINI) to expand field training programs, strengthen interagency partnerships
with law enforcement partners, and provide increased operational support to the field. IINI is
an intelligence-driven, proactive, multi-agency investigative initiative to combat the
proliferation of child pornography and child sexual exploitation facilitated by an online
computer. The IINI provides centralized coordination and analysis of case information that by
its very nature is national and international in scope, requiring unprecedented coordination
throughout the FBI, as well as with State, local, and international governments.
Child Exploitation and Obscenity Investigations- In coordination with the DOJ Criminal Division's
Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS) and the National Center for Missing and
Exploited Children (NCMEC), the FBI has implemented the `Innocent Lost' initiative, which is
intended to address the growing problem of domestic child prostitution. The FBI provides the
investigative aspect of the initiative, while DOJ-CEOS commits the prosecutorial resources and
the NCMEC provides training for the participating field offices. The conference agreement
includes an additional $1,604,000 to more aggressively identify, investigate, and prosecute
crimes of this nature.
Criminal Justice Information Services Division.--The conference agreement includes
$395,700,000, including fee collections, for the Criminal Justice Information Services Division
(CJIS). As in previous years, under no circumstances is the FBI to divert funding collected
through the CJIS user fee for any purpose other than CJIS, its refreshment plan, or a
subsequent modernization plan for the current facility.
Next Generation Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS)- The conferees
support the FBI's efforts to improve the speed and accuracy of IAFIS, expand the data available
in the system, and improve its latent print capabilities. The conferees direct the FBI to use
excess user fee collections from various Criminal Justice Information Services' programs to fully
fund the Next Generation IAFIS project in fiscal year 2006 including the $16,808,000 requested
program increase.
Hazardous Devices School- The Hazardous Devices School (HDS) trains bomb technicians from
around the world to locate, identify, render safe, and dispose of improvised explosive devices,
as well as learn to use specialized equipment and protective clothing needed for the safe
disposal of explosive materials. To ensure HDS has leading edge technology to match this
critical mission, the conference agreement includes a $5,125,000 increase to develop, produce,
and deploy a simulated training module that will enhance its training program.
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Intellectual Property Rights- Industrial espionage, by both erstwhile friends and obvious foes,
has become the growth industry in the counterintelligence world. The struggle for domination
among major powers is now played out in largely economic terms. Ideas and innovation are the
sinews of national strength. Within available resources, $9,000,000 shall be available to combat
industrial espionage and other threats to the intellectual property rights of manufacturers and
researchers in the United States.
The conferees are also concerned about identity theft and encourage the FBI to work with the U.
S. Attorneys to increase investigations and prosecutions in this area.
National Name Check Programs- The conferees understand there is a significant backlog in the
processing of background checks for petitions and applications pending before the United States
Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS). The FBI is reimbursed for the cost of these
background checks by USCIS. The conferees direct the FBI to ensure that current fees paid by
USCIS are directed solely toward completion of USCIS background checks and prevention of
future backlogs of USCIS background checks. The FBI is further directed to submit a report to
Congress identifying current use of funds submitted by USCIS for purposes of background
checks and to include in that report a fee review to determine whether current fees accurately
reflect cost savings that have been developed as a result of transition to an electronic rather
than paper-based system.
The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language included in the House report
concerning information sharing, the records management center, the correctional intelligence
initiative, and enforcement of export laws.

CONSTRUCTION
The conference agreement provides $37,608,000 for FBI construction, instead of $20,105,000
as proposed by the House and $25,213,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The conference agreement includes funding for the following projects: (1) $5,000,000 for a
chemical and biological evidence handling and storage facility to be co-located with comparable
facilities in existence for sampling, handling, and receipt of hazardous material by the
Department of the Army; (2) $7,500,000 for Critical Incident Response Group facility needs;
(3) $10,000,000 for equipment and other necessary costs associated with establishing a
permanent records management facility; and (4) $15,108,000 for the FBI Center for Integrated
Training and Technology Transfer at Redstone Arsenal. The Center will provide training areas
including secure space, classrooms, and practical problem areas for both FBI personnel and
State and local bomb technicians.

DRUG ENFORCEMENTS ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement appropriates $1,686,457,000 for the Drug Enforcement
Administration (DEA), instead of $1,716,173,000 as proposed by the House and
$1,647,142,000 as proposed by the Senate.

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The conference agreement does not adopt the Administration's proposal to reduce Mobile
Enforcement Teams or to eliminate the Demand Reduction program. The conference agreement
funds these programs at their current services level. The conferees direct the DEA to focus
these programs on combating methamphetamine (meth) production, trafficking and abuse.
The conference agreement includes an increase of $215,000 for 2 intelligence analysts to be
assigned to the National Gang Intelligence Center to coordinate DEA anti-gang activities with
other law enforcement agencies.
The conferees direct the DEA to focus the remaining funding increase on its highest priority
programs such as combating heroin trafficking in Afghanistan and Central Asia, and enhancing
its intelligence capabilities.
Within the total level of funding provided in this bill and in prior years, the conferees expect
DEA to establish a presence in Dubai, United Arab Emirates to help combat the movement of
proceeds from heroin trafficking.
In addition, the conference agreement includes $20,000,000 under the Office of Justice
Programs for DEA to assist State and local law enforcement with proper removal and disposal of
hazardous materials at clandestine meth labs and to initiate a container program, including
funding for training, technical assistance and purchase of equipment to adequately remove and
store hazardous material. Within the level of funding provided, DEA shall dedicate three
positions to manage and oversee this program.
Air Assets.--DEA's mission is to disrupt and dismantle the major drug trafficking organizations
responsible for supplying the bulk of illegal drugs that enter the United States. The conferees
strongly support this mission, but are concerned about the lack of air assets available to DEA
agents stationed in key transit countries. To be most effective in these locations, DEA must be
able to react quickly to traffickers' movements to intercept and deny large shipments of drugs
bound for the United States. Due to other pressing demands, the air assets of the Defense
Department and other law enforcement agencies are not generally available for DEA's use,
leaving DEA unable to respond to important enforcement opportunities. The conferees direct
the DEA to provide a report by April 1, 2006, on the availability of air assets, both its own and
those of other agencies, to meet its demands for squad-size deployments of DEA agents in key
transit zone countries.
Diversion Control Fee Account.--The conference agreement includes $201,673,000 for this
account, which is $47,457,000 above fiscal year 2005. The conference agreement includes the
following increases: (1) $11,735,000 for inflationary and other base adjustments; (2)
$8,726,000 to annualize the fiscal year 2005 transfer of the Drug and Chemical Diversion
Control Decision Unit to the Diversion Control Fee Account; (3) $13,435,000 transferred from
the Salaries and Expenses account to more accurately reflect DEA's actual diversion control
activities; (4) $8,857,000 and 41 positions to improve intelligence analysis supporting diversion
investigations; and (5) $4,704,000 and 23 positions for additional agents to conduct diversion
investigations.

BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVES

SALARIES AND EXPENSES
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The conference agreement provides $923,613,000 for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
and Explosives (ATF) as proposed by the House, instead of $923,700,000 as proposed by the
Senate.
The conference agreement includes the following changes: (1) $13,314,000 increase for
inflationary and other base adjustments; (2) $20,000,000 increase for Violent Crime Impact
Teams (VCIT); (3) $966,000 reduction for savings in travel and training; (4) $6,000,000
increase for the Terrorist Explosive Device Analysis Center; (5) $1,500,000 increase for the
National Arson Laboratory; (6) $300,000 increase for 2 intelligence analysts to be assigned to
the National Gang Intelligence Center to coordinate ATF anti-gang activities with other law
enforcement agencies; and (7) $5,000,000 increase for the National Center for Explosives
Training and Research.
The conference agreement does not adopt the Administration's proposal to transfer $500,000
and 2 positions to the Department's Office of Legislative Affairs.
Terrorist Explosive Device Analysis Center (TEDAC).--The conference agreement provides an
increase of $6,000,000 for ATF's participation in the TEDAC. The conference agreement adopts,
by reference, language included in the Senate report requiring the submission of a report to the
Committees on Appropriations no later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, that identifies:
(1) the number of IEDs recovered and submitted to the TEDAC; (2) the dates the devices were
recovered and sent to the TEDAC; (3) the dates the devices were technically and forensically
exploited; (4) the number of completed examinations; (5) the dates the results of examinations
were disseminated to State and local first responders; and (6) a detailed summary of the
information provided in those reports. In addition, this report shall provide a spending plan
detailing how the $6,000,000 increase will be allocated.
National Center for Explosives Training and Research.--The conference agreement provides an
additional $5,000,000 for site selection, architectural design, site preparation and a total cost
estimate for the construction of a permanent site for the National Center for Explosives Training
and Research. In considering site selection, the ATF shall consider a site co-located with other
law enforcement and Federal government entities that provides similar training and research.
The dynamic of these collective resources will provide a unique opportunity to leverage assets,
knowledge, and expertise in the field, providing Federal, State and local law enforcement
explosives expertise at a single location.
Violent Crime Impact Teams.--VCITs are ATF-led task forces that are established in locations
with high or increasing rates of violence and include participants from State and local law
enforcement and other Federal law enforcement entities such as U.S. Attorneys, the U.S.
Marshals Service, and the Drug Enforcement Administration. The conference agreement
includes a $20,000,000 increase for VCITs including funding for special agents, inspectors,
technical support staff and operations.
Proposed Fees to Fund Existing Law Enforcement Operations.--The conferees are disappointed
by the Department's legislative proposal of a $120,000,000 fee on the explosives industry and
a permit fee on users to fund existing base operations and programs of the ATF. The conferees
understand the legislative proposal for the fee has yet to be transmitted to Congress and that if
this fee were enacted today, it would take two years to put the regulatory structure in place
before any funds could be collected. The conferees find it irresponsible to budget for ongoing
fiscal year 2006 law enforcement operations with funds that do not exist. These types of
creative financing schemes could ultimately lead to a disruption to the Department's law
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enforcement programs.
The conferees encourage ATF to continue to assess the utility of new ballistic imaging products
to ensure that the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network program continues to meet
the technological and programmatic needs of its State and local law enforcement partners.
Conversion of Records.--The conferees recognize the need for ATF to complete the conversion
of tens of thousands of existing Federal firearms dealer out-of-business records from film to
digital images at the ATF National Tracing Center. Once the out-of-business records are fully
converted, search time for these records will be reduced significantly. The conference
agreement includes $4,200,000 for the ATF to hire additional contract personnel to continue the
conversion and integration of records.
The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language included in the House report
regarding multiple handgun sales reports and forfeiture actions.

FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM

SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement provides $4,892,649,000 for the salaries and expenses of the
Federal Prison System (FPS), instead of $4,895,649,000 as proposed by the House and
$4,889,649,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The conferees remain concerned about the annual budget requests for the FPS. The conferees
are disturbed by the Administration's fiscal year 2006 proposal to rescind prison construction
funds at a time when the inmate population is expected to steadily increase and over-crowding
is expected to remain a significant problem. The conferees encourage the Administration to
more accurately report the needs of the FPS in future budget requests.
The funds provided for the salaries and expenses of the FPS shall be distributed as shown below
and any deviation from this distribution is subject to the reprogramming requirements of
section 605 of this Act.

Salaries and Expenses
[Dollars in thousands]
Inmate Care and Programs
Institution Security and Administration

$1,762,523
2,256,037

Contract Confinement

691,867

Management and Administration

182,222

Total

4,892,649

Activations and Expansions of Prisons.--The conferees include an increase of $85,017,000 for
the activation of three new facilities and the expansion of two existing facilities. In addition, the
second year activation costs of the Coleman, FL, facility are included within the base funding
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provided. The conferees define `activation' as open and receiving prisoners.

Activation of New Prison Facilities
[Dollars in thousands]
Activation of New Prison Facilities:
United States Penitentiary, Tucson, AZ

$37,647

Federal Correctional Institution, Butner, NC

29,190

Hazelton, WV, Secure Women's Facility

10,297

Activation of Expanded Prison Facilities:
United States Penitentiary, Florence, CO, Special Housing Unit

1,242

Sandstone, MN, Housing Unit Expansion

6,641

Total

85,017

Within the amounts provided, the conference agreement provides the full requested amount for
Beckley Federal Correctional Institution, Gilmer Federal Correctional Institution, and United
States Penitentiary in Hazelton.
The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language included in the House report on the
following: expanding intergovernmental agreements; continuing drug treatment programs;
pursuing a reimbursable agreement; assigning an intelligence analyst; supporting cost saving
initiatives with consideration for current employees; requiring a report on programs for
mentally-ill offenders; and encouraging marksmanship training. The conference agreement
adopts, by reference, language included in the House report on inmate correspondence and
revises the report due date to February 1, 2006. The conference agreement adopts, by
reference, language included in the House and Senate reports on sexual abuse. The conference
agreement incorporates, by reference, language included in the Senate report concerning
interaction with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Contract Confinement.--In order to meet bedspace needs in a cost effective manner, the
conferees adopt, by reference, language included in the House and Senate reports supporting
contracting.
Cost Comparison.--The conferees request that the Government Accountability Office conduct a
review of low and minimum security facilities that compares the following: (1) the costs of
housing inmates in Federally-owned prisons; (2) the costs of using State and local prisons and
jails obtained through Intergovernmental Agreements; and (3) the costs of using privatelymanaged facilities. The report shall include all costs associated with operating these facilities.
Residential Re-entry.--The conference agreement includes an increase of $3,000,000 to expand
faith-based re-entry programs to at least three institutions.

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
The conference agreement provides $90,112,000 for construction, modernization, maintenance,
and repair of prison and detention facilities housing Federal prisoners, instead of $70,112,000
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as proposed by the House and $222,112,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees
understand that the Federal Prison System ended fiscal year 2005 with significant carryover
balances for maintenance and repair projects; therefore, new funding has been reduced
accordingly.
The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language included in the House and Senate
reports expressing concern over prison safety if construction funds are rescinded. The conferees
reject the proposed rescission of $314,000,000 of construction balances.
The conference agreement provides $3,000,000 for site planning and further development of a
medium or high security facility or facilities at Yazoo City, MS, $15,000,000 for site planning
and further development of another medium or high security facility or facilities in the Aliceville,
AL, area, and an additional $5,000,000 for site planning and development of a Federal
Correctional Institution in Letcher County, KY.
The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language in the Senate report concerning
projections of the Federal prison population, construction of additional facilities on the site of
existing facilities, and housing of geriatric inmates.
The conferees note that any reallocation of funds within this account, including carryover
balances, is subject to section 605 of this Act.

FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

(LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES)
The conference agreement includes language regarding a limit on administrative expenses of
$3,365,000 for Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated (FPI).

OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND
PROSECUTION PROGRAMS
The conference agreement provides $386,502,000 for violence against women prevention and
prosecution programs, instead of $389,497,000 as proposed by the House and $371,997,000
as proposed by the Senate. The following table outlines the funding provided in the conference
agreement.

Violence Against Women Prevention and
Prosecution Programs
(Dollars in thousands)
Program
STOP Grants
(National Institute of Justice--R&D)
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(Safe Start Program)

(10,000)

(Transitional Housing Assistance)

(15,000)

Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies

63,075

Rural Domestic Violence Assistance Grants

39,166

Violence on College Campuses

9,054

Civil Legal Assistance

39,220

Elder Abuse Grant Program

4,540

Safe Haven Project

13,894

Education & Training for Disabled Female Victims

7,155

CASA (Special Advocates)

11,897

Training for Judicial Personnel

2,287

Grants for Televised Testimony

986

Training Programs

4,958

Stalking Database

2,962

Total

386,502

Native American/Native Alaskan Liaison Office- The conferees understand that Native American
and Native Alaskan women experience a higher rate of violence compared to any other group in
the United States. These individuals lack a comprehensive community response to address their
needs in breaking the cycle of violence. Last year, a liaison office was created to address this
concern. The conference agreement includes $6,700,000 for the Native American/Native
Alaskan Liaison Office to continue their work in Alaska, of which $950,000 is for the rural
domestic violence prosecution unit; $5,000,000 is for the State of Alaska Sexual Assault/
Domestic Violence Program; and $750,000 is for the Victims for Justice in Alaska.

OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS

JUSTICE ASSISTANCE
The conference agreement provides $233,233,000 for Justice Assistance. The conferees do not
adopt the Administration's proposal to consolidate all Office of Justice Programs (OJP) activities
under this heading. The following table outlines the funding provided in the conference
agreement.

Justice Assistance
[Dollars in thousands]
Program

Conference agreement

National Institute of Justice

$55,000

Bureau of Justice Statistics

35,000

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State Automated Victim Notification

9,000

Justice for All

2,000

National White Collar Crime

9,000

Regional Information Sharing System

40,233

Management and Administration

35,000

Missing Children Programs

48,000

Total

233,233

National Institute of Justice- The conference agreement provides $55,000,000 for the National
Institute of Justice. This funding supports counterterrorism research and development, the
Office of Science and Technology, social science research and evaluation, and the National Law
Enforcement and Corrections Technology Centers.
The conference agreement includes $21,000,000 for the National Law Enforcement and
Corrections Technology Centers, which shall be distributed equally among the Centers. Within
the amounts provided for the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), $3,000,000 is for the Center
for Rural Law Enforcement Technology and Training and $2,800,000 is for the Office of Law
Enforcement Technology Commercialization, Inc. The conferees support the Border Research
and Technology Center and recognize the important technology assistance and technical
information it has provided to Federal, State, and local law enforcement operations in the
border region.
The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language included in the House report
requiring a report on the various forensic centers that have received previous grant funding.
The due date for the report is modified to January 15, 2006.
The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language included in the Senate report
concerning a comprehensive comparison of privately-operated prisons and Federal institutions.
The conferees understand that this report is in its final stages and should be delivered within 90
days of enactment of this Act and shall meet the requirement in the Senate report language.
The conferees are aware of NIJ's efforts to assist local units of government to identify, select,
develop, modernize and purchase new technologies, and support NIJ's work to develop lesslethal portable systems for evaluation by local law enforcement and corrections agencies.
Victim Notification- The conference agreement includes $9,000,000 for the Bureau of Justice
Assistance to continue the State Automated Victim Notification grant program to allow States to
join the National Victim Notification Network. No funding may be utilized from within the
Victims Assistance Program for this initiative and funds provided under this heading shall
require a 50 percent match from State, local, and private sources.
Justice for All- The conference agreement includes $2,000,000 for the activities authorized by
section 103(b)(4) of the Justice for All Act, Public Law 108-405, for the support of the National
Crime Victim Law Institute and its clinic organizations that provide legal counsel and support
services for victims in criminal cases for the enforcement of crime victims' rights in Federal
jurisdictions.

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Missing Children Programs- The conference agreement includes $48,000,000 for Missing
Children Programs, as follows:

Missing Children Programs
[Dollars in thousands]
Program

Conference agreement

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Jimmy Ryce Law Enforcement Training Center
Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force

$24,000
3,000
14,500

Missing and Exploited Children Office

1,500

AMBER Alert Program

5,000

Total

48,000

Coordination with U.S. Attorneys- To ensure a viable partnership between Federal, State, and
local law enforcement agencies and prosecutors, recipients of Internet Crimes Against Children
(ICAC) grants are encouraged to coordinate their investigations and initiatives with the U.S.
Attorneys in their communities.
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)- The conferees strongly support
the NCMEC's nationwide services for the prevention of abduction, endangerment, and sexual
exploitation of children. The conferees commend the leadership of NCMEC for their dedication
to these issues. The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language included in the
House report regarding Internet service providers.
Management and Administration- The conference agreement include $35,000,000 for the
management and administration of OJP. In addition, consistent with prior practice,
reimbursable funding for management and administration costs will be made available from
programs administered by OJP from the `Community Oriented Policing Services' account.
Further, the conferees note that remaining management and administration funding will be
made available from the `Juvenile Justice Programs' and the `State and Local Law Enforcement
Assistance' accounts, and that these funds will be transferred to and merged with the `Justice
Assistance' account.
The conferees direct that any action taken by OJP relating to the Office of Management and
Budget's Circular A-76 shall be subject to the requirements of section 605 of this Act.

STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE
The conference agreement provides $1,142,707,000 for this account, instead of
$1,069,244,000 as proposed by the House and $1,353,350,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The following table outlines the funding provided in the conference agreement.

State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance
[Dollars in thousands]
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Program

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Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants

$416,478

(Boys and Girls Clubs)

(85,000)

(National Institute of Justice)

(10,000)

State Criminal Alien Assistance

405,000

Southwest Border Prosecutor Program

30,000

Indian Assistance

22,000

(Tribal Prison Construction Program)

(9,000)

(Indian Tribal Courts Program)

(8,000)

(Alcohol and Substance Abuse)

(5,000)

Byrne Discretionary Grants

191,704

Victims of Trafficking Grants

10,000

State Prison Drug Treatment

10,000

Drug Courts

10,000

Prescription Drug Monitoring

7,500

Prison Rape Prevention and Prosecution

18,175

Intelligence State and Local Training

10,000

Missing Alzheimer's Patients

850

Capital Litigation

1,000

Cannabis Eradication

5,000

Mentally-Ill Offender Act Programs

5,000

Total

1,142,707

Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants program- The conference agreement includes
$416,478,000. The conference agreement is $416,478,000 above the budget request.
As in fiscal year 2005, this program consolidates the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant
program and the Byrne Formula program. Funding under this program is authorized for: (a) law
enforcement programs; (b) prosecution and court programs; (c) prevention and education
programs; (d) corrections and community corrections programs; (e) drug treatment programs;
and (f) planning, evaluation, and technology improvement programs. Funding under this
program is not available for: (a) vehicles, vessels, or aircraft; (b) luxury items; (c) real estate;
or (d) construction projects.
The formula used for distributing funds under this program allocates 50 percent of funding
based on population, and 50 percent based on violent crime rates. The formula allocates 60
percent of funding to States and 40 percent to units of local government. Of the amount
provided, $85,000,000 is for Boys and Girls Clubs and $10,000,000 is for NIJ to assist local
units of government to identify, select, develop, modernize, and purchase new technologies for
use by law enforcement.
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Indian Country Grants- The conference agreement includes $22,000,000 for Indian Country
grants. The conferees acknowledge the success that the Comprehensive Indian Resources for
Community Law Enforcement (CIRCLE) initiative is having and urges the Department to
continue to work on ways to expand CIRCLE. The conference agreement includes $7,000,000
for construction of the Choctaw Justice Center in Mississippi.
Edward Byrne Discretionary Grants- The conference agreement includes $191,704,000 for
discretionary grants under this account.
Within the amounts provided, OJP is expected to review the following proposals, provide grants
if warranted, and report to the Committees on Appropriations regarding its intentions:
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Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program.--The conference agreement includes
$7,500,000 to assist States in building or enhancing prescription drug monitoring systems,
facilitating the exchange of information between States, and providing technical assistance and
training on establishing and operating effective prescription drug monitoring programs.
Prison Rape Prevention and Prosecution.--The conference agreement provides $18,175,000 for
implementation of the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-79). The conference
agreement includes the following: $15,000,000 for the collection of statistics, data and research
as authorized by section 4 of the Act; $1,000,000 for the National Institute of Corrections for a
national clearinghouse, training and education as authorized by section 5 of the Act; and
$2,175,000 to be transferred to the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission. Because of
the delay in awarding previous years' funding, no new funds are provided for the grant program
authorized by section 6 of the Act. The conferees expect DOJ to award the existing funds as
soon as possible.
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Improving State and Local Law Enforcement Intelligence Capabilities.--The conference
agreement includes $10,000,000 for the implementation of the National Criminal Intelligence
Sharing Plan and the efforts of the Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative. The conferees
direct this funding to be used to support training for State and local law enforcement on the
intelligence process including planning, collection, analysis, dissemination and reevaluation.
This program should continue to provide support for training in the use of intelligence as a tool
in identifying pre-incident indicators. This training should ensure that law enforcement officials
are protecting individuals' privacy, civil rights, civil liberties, and constitutional rights within the
intelligence process. The conferees also expect some funding to be available to promote the use
of information technology standards among law enforcement to ensure that the data can be
exchanged across disparate information systems.
Mentally-Ill Offenders.--The conferees are concerned about the effects of the criminal justice
system on the mentally-ill. The conference agreement includes $5,000,000 for programs
authorized by the Mentally Ill Offender Act of 2004.

WEED AND SEED PROGRAM FUND
The conference agreement provides $50,000,000 for the Weed and Seed program as proposed
by the House, instead of $50,280,000 as proposed by the Senate.

COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement provides $478,300,000 for Community Oriented Policing Services
(COPS) programs, instead of $566,557,000 as proposed by the House and $534,987,000 as
proposed by the Senate. The following table outlines the funding provided in the conference
agreement.

Community Oriented Policing Services
[Dollars in thousands]
Program

Conference agreement

Training and Technical Assistance

$4,000

Tribal Law Enforcement

15,000

Meth Hot Spots

63,590

Law Enforcement Technologies and Interoperable
Communications Program

139,904

Bullet-Proof Vests

30,000

Criminal Records Upgrade

10,000

DNA Initiative
Paul Coverdell Forensic Science
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28,775

Gang Violence Program

40,000

Project Safe Neighborhoods

15,000

Offender Re-Entry
Total

5,000
478,300

Methamphetamine Enforcement and Clean-Up.--The conference agreement includes
$63,580,000 for State and local law enforcement programs to combat methamphetamine
(meth) production and distribution, to target drug `hot spots' and to remove and dispose of
hazardous materials at clandestine methamphetamine labs.
Within the amount provided, the conference agreement includes $20,000,000 to reimburse the
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for assistance to State and local law enforcement for
proper removal and disposal of hazardous materials at clandestine methamphetamine labs and
to initiate container programs, including funds for training, technical assistance, and purchase
of equipment to adequately remove and store hazardous waste.
In addition, within the amount provided, the conferees expect the COPS Program Office, in
consultation with DEA, to examine each of the following proposals, to provide grants if
warranted, and to submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations on its intentions for
each proposal:
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The conferees direct the Partnership for a Drug Free America to focus the efforts of its
Methamphetamine Demand Reduction Program on regions adversely impacted by the abuse,
production and trafficking of meth, as well as regions likely to experience meth-related
problems. When identifying regions to deploy this program, program coordinators shall consider
national tracking data systems that monitor the abuse of methamphetamine, such as the
Monitoring the Future study; drug-related emergency room admission data; meth lab seizure
data; and other national, State and local data sources. The conferees expect the Partnership to
work to incorporate the State of Indiana into this program.
Law Enforcement Technologies and Interoperable Communications Program.--The conference
agreement includes $139,904,000 for the COPS Law Enforcement Technologies and
Interoperable Communications Programs. Within the funds provided, $10,000,000 is for the
COPS program to continue its competitive interoperable communications grant program. The
conferees understand the critical need for minimum standards for law enforcement
communications equipment and strongly support the standards being designed and
implemented by the COPS office, in consultation with the National Institute of Justice's Office of
Science and Technology (OS&T), as well as the Bureau of Justice Assistance. Coordination of
Federal efforts is critical. Therefore, OS&T should continue to assist COPS in incorporating
existing minimum standards into the formulation of this grant program. The conferees have
allowed $5,000,000 from prior year deobligated balances to be transferred to NIST to continue
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the efforts of the Office of Law Enforcement Standards (OLES) towards developing a
comprehensive suite of minimum standards for law enforcement communications.
The inability to apply open standards to communications equipment purchased under the COPS
Interoperable Communications Grant Program, as well as other Federal grant programs
continues to be of great concern to the conferees. In fiscal year 2005, the conferees directed
OLES, working with the National Institute of Justice's CommTech Program and SAFECOM within
the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), to consider, in the absence of published Project
25 standards, the issuance of interim standards that could be used to specify the required
functionality and testing validation for an Inter-RF-Subsystem Interface (ISSI), Console
Interface, and Fixed Station Interface for land mobile radio systems. The conferees direct that
within 30 days of the enactment of this Act, OLES shall submit a report to the Committees on
Appropriations detailing the process by which interim standards will be identified, as well as a
timeline for issuance this fiscal year. The conferees also direct that, within this report, OLES
identify a process to ensure that equipment procured using Federal grant dollars complies with
the requirements of the identified standard(s). At a minimum, the Office of Interoperability and
Compatibility (OIC) within DHS should consider working with NIST and DOJ to require that all
grant dollars for interoperable communication be used for Project 25 compliant equipment that
meets the requirements of a conformity assessment program.
Within the amounts provided, the conferees expect the COPS office to examine each of the
following proposals, to provide grants if warranted, and to submit a report to the Committees
on Appropriations on its intentions for each proposal:
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Crime Identification Technology Act program. Within the amounts provided, the conferees
expect OJP to examine each of the following proposals, to provide grants if warranted, and to
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations on its intentions for each proposal:
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Bulletproof Vest Program.--Within the $30,000,000 provided, the conferees expect that funds
will be dedicated to OLES at NIST to continue support for the ballistic resistant and stab
resistant material compliance testing programs, as well as for other technical support related to
public safety weapons and protective systems.
DNA and Forensics.--The conference agreement includes $108,531,000 for a DNA analysis and
capacity enhancement program including eliminating casework backlogs, eliminating offender
backlogs, strengthening crime lab capacity, training of the criminal justice community and
identifying missing persons. Within the amounts provided, $5,000,000 shall be for OLES to
continue working with the COPS office to develop minimum standards for equipment and
testing for forensic science labs.
In addition, the conference agreement provides $18,500,000 for Paul Coverdell Forensic
Sciences Improvement Grants. Within the amounts provided for Paul Coverdell Forensic
Sciences Improvement Grants, $1,500,000 is for the National Academy of Sciences to conduct
a study on forensic science, as described in the Senate report.
Anti-Gang Program.--The conference agreement provides $40,000,000 for a new anti-gang
initiative modeled on the Project Safe Neighborhoods program. The conferees appreciate and
support the Attorney General's efforts to strengthen Department-wide efforts to combat gang
violence and the appointment of an Assistant U.S. Attorney in each judicial district as an antigang coordinator to prepare a comprehensive, district-wide strategy (in consultation with
partners from Federal and local law enforcement, social services providers, and community and
faith-based groups) to coordinate anti-gang activity. The conference agreement includes
$40,000,000 for grants to implement these strategies. The funding is intended to support
additional enforcement and prevention activities.
Project Safe Neighborhoods.--The conference agreement provides $15,000,000 for a national
program to reduce gun violence. Of the amounts provided, $4,500,000 is for State and local
prosecutor training.

JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS
The conference agreement includes $342,739,000 for Juvenile Justice Programs, instead of
$333,712,000 as proposed by the House and $352,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The
following table outlines the funding provided in the conference agreement:

Juvenile Justice Programs
[Dollars in thousands]
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Part B--State Formula
Part E--Demonstration Projects

80,000
106,027

Juvenile Mentoring Program

10,000

Big Brothers/Big Sisters

(7,000)

Title V--Incentive Grants

65,000

Tribal Youth

(10,000)

Gang Prevention

(25,000)

Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Program

(25,000)

Secure Our Schools Act

15,000

Victims of Child Abuse Programs

15,000

Juvenile Accountability Block Grant

50,000

Project Childsafe
Total

1,000
342,739

Discretionary Grants.--The conference agreement includes $106,027,000 for part E programs.
Within the amounts provided, OJP is expected to review the following proposals, provide grants
if warranted, and report to the Committees on Appropriations on its intentions:
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Gang Prevention.--The conference agreement provides $25,000,000, within Title V grants, for
OJP to administer a gang resistance and education program, known as GREAT. The GREAT
program is a school-based, law enforcement officer-instructed classroom curriculum. The
program's primary objective is prevention and is intended as an immunization against
delinquency, youth violence, and gang membership. The conferees support the work of this
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program as part of an integrated anti-gang strategy of prevention, enforcement, and
interdiction. These funds shall be available to develop comprehensive community strategies to
address gangs, including anti-gang education programs and coordination with Federal, State
and local law enforcement.
Victims of Child Abuse Act.--The conference agreement includes $15,000,000 for the various
programs authorized under the Victims of Child Abuse Act (VOCA). The conference agreement
provides the following:
$3,000,000 for Regional Children's Advocacy Centers, as authorized by section 213 of VOCA;
$9,500,000 for local Children's Advocacy Centers, as authorized by section 214 of VOCA;
$250,000 for the National Children's Advocacy Center in Huntsville, AL, to implement a training
program;
$850,000 for the National Children's Alliance for technical assistance and training, as authorized
by section 214a of VOCA; and
$1,400,000 for the National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse for specialized technical
assistance and training programs to improve the prosecution of child abuse cases, as
authorized by section 214a of VOCA.

PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS BENEFITS
The conference agreement includes $72,948,000 for this account, including $64,000,000 for
death benefits, $4,884,000 for disability benefits, and $4,064,000 for education benefits.

GENERAL PROVISIONS--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
The conference agreement includes the following general provisions for the Department of
Justice:
Section 101 provides language making up to $60,000 of the funds appropriated to the
Department of Justice available to the Attorney General for reception and representation
expenses.
Section 102 provides language, included in prior Appropriations Acts, which prohibits the use of
funds to perform abortions in the Federal Prison System.
Section 103 provides language, included in previous Appropriations Acts, which prohibits use of
the funds in this bill to require any person to perform, or facilitate the performance of, an
abortion.
Section 104 provides language, included in previous Appropriations Acts, which states that
nothing in the previous section removes the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons
to provide escort services to female inmates who seek to obtain abortions outside a Federal
facility.
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Section 105 provides language allowing the Department of Justice, subject to the Committees'
reprogramming procedures, to transfer up to 5 percent between any appropriation, but limits to
10 percent the amount that can be transferred into any one appropriation. The provision also
prohibits transfers of funds from the Federal Prison Systems, Buildings and Facilities account
unless the President certifies that such a transfer is necessary to the national security interests
of the United States, and such authority shall not be delegated, and shall be subject to section
605 of this Act.
Section 106 provides for the extension of the Personnel Management Demonstration Project for
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Section 107 provides authority for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to
use confiscated funds during undercover operations.
Section 108 limits the placement of maximum or high security prisoners to appropriately secure
facilities.
Section 109 restricts Federal prisoner access to certain amenities.
Section 110 provides for the establishment of an investment review board led by the Deputy
Attorney General.
Section 111 enhances the ability of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug
Enforcement Administration to recruit qualified candidates for critical positions, as proposed by
the Senate.
Section 112 provides for the establishment of a methamphetamine task force.
Section 113 contains changes regarding the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003.
Section 114 directs the Attorney General to waive the matching requirements for the purchase
of bulletproof vests. The conferees intend for law enforcement agencies to replace Zylon-based
bulletproof vests with vests of comparable value.

TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND RELATED AGENCIES
TRADE AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
RELATED AGENCIES
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes $44,779,000 for the Office of the United States Trade
Representative (USTR) as proposed by the House, instead of $40,997,000 as proposed by the
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Senate.
The conference agreement includes, by reference, language in the House report regarding
China and World Trade Organization (WTO) compliance, Chinese intellectual property violations,
the submission of a spending plan and obligation reports, a report on using outside counsel,
and international standards.
The conferees note that the fiscal year 2005 Act included direction to create the position of
Chief Negotiator for Intellectual Property Enforcement. The conferees direct the USTR to report
on the impact of this position no later than February 3, 2006.
The conference agreement includes bill language, and adopts by reference report language, as
proposed by the Senate, regarding negotiations within the WTO.

INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes $62,752,000 as proposed by the House and Senate for the
International Trade Commission (ITC). The conferees note that the ITC submitted a revised
budget estimate subsequent to the President's budget request, which included a reduced
requirement for fiscal year 2006. The conference agreement fully funds this revised budget
estimate. The conference agreement includes, by reference, language in the House report
regarding the submission of a spending plan and obligation reports.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION

OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
The conference agreement includes $406,925,000 in total resources for the programs of the
International Trade Administration (ITA) as proposed by the House, instead of $404,625,000 as
proposed by the Senate. Of this total, $8,000,000 is to be derived from fee collections as
proposed by the Senate, instead of $13,000,000 as proposed by the House. The conference
agreement makes funding available for two fiscal years.
The conference agreement includes bill language designating the amounts available for each
unit within ITA. The conferees remind ITA that any deviation from the funding distribution
provided in the bill and report, including carryover balances, is subject to reprogramming
procedures set forth in section 605 of this Act. In addition, ITA is directed to submit to the
Committees on Appropriations, not later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act, a
spending plan for all ITA units that incorporates any carryover balances from prior fiscal years.
The conference agreement includes bill language, and adopts by reference report language, as
proposed by the Senate, regarding negotiations within the World Trade Organization.

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Within the funding provided, the conference agreement includes $13,000,000 for the National
Textile Centers, $3,500,000 for Textile/Clothing Technology Corporation, $500,000 for the
continuation of the international competitiveness program, $500,000 for the Textile Marking
System, and $1,500,000 for Auburn University for advanced research and development of
novel polymetrics. The conference agreement also includes $1,000,000 for the Rural Export
Initiative.
The conference agreement includes language designating $3,000,000 for the Office of China
Compliance, as proposed in the House bill, and includes, by reference, language in the House
report on this office. The conferees direct ITA to submit a report to the Committees no later
than January 1, 2006, describing the resources, accomplishments, and fiscal year 2006
workplan for the office.
The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language in the House report regarding
Capital Security Cost Sharing, USIPO offices in Beijing and Moscow, China and Middle East
Business Centers, establishing programs on intellectual property, and documenting cases of
intellectual property infringement. The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language in
the Senate report regarding the Appalachian-Turkish Trade Project and BISNIS.
The conferees wish to reaffirm that drawback adjustments in antidumping cases are to be
granted by the Department of Commerce only to the extent necessary to offset import duties
that are paid on inputs used in the production of merchandise sold in the home market. The
conferees understand that the Department is currently reviewing the existing policy and has
published a request for comments in the Federal Register. The conferees expect the
Department to ensure that current rules are adhered to until a new policy is established.

BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY

OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
The conference agreement provides a total operating level of $76,000,000 for the Bureau of
Industry and Security instead of $77,000,000 as proposed by the House and Senate.
The conference agreement adopts, by reference, House report language containing program
guidance. The conferees have provided $14,767,000 for inspection and other activities related
to national security as proposed by the House instead of $7,200,000 as proposed by the
Senate.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
The conference agreement provides $253,985,000 for Economic Development Assistance
Programs instead of $200,985,000 as proposed by the House and $483,985,000 as proposed
by the Senate. The distribution of these funds is as follows: $160,381,000 for Public Works
Grants, $27,000,000 for Planning Assistance, $13,000,000 for Trade Adjustment Assistance,
$44,794,000 for Economic Adjustment Grants, $8,322,000 for Technical Assistance, and
$488,000 for Research. The conference agreement does not include $200,000,000 as an
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emergency requirement as proposed by the Senate.
The conference agreement adopts, by reference, House report language concerning coal
industry downturns, assistance to applicants for planning, and targeting the most severely
distressed communities. The conference agreement adopts, by reference, Senate report
language concerning rightsizing, and assisting communities impacted by economic dislocations.
The conference agreement does not adopt Senate language prohibiting the implementation of
EDA's interim rule published in the Federal Register on August 11, 2005. The conferees
understand that based on extensive public comment between EDA and its stakeholders a
compromise has been reached on the implementation of these regulations. Based on this
compromise, the conferees direct EDA to make the following revisions to its Interim Final Rule
(`IFR') published on August 11, 2005 (70 FR 47002) in publishing a Final Rule. All section
references below refer to the IFR. All capitalized terms have the meanings ascribed to them in
the IFR.
District Organizations: Operations.--The conferees direct EDA to redraft Section 304.2(d) to
clarify that the District Organization: (a) shall engage in the full range of economic
development activities (e.g., coordination, implementation, research, advisory functions)
necessary to develop, maintain, revise and implement its EDA-approved CEDS; and (b) may, in
its discretion (i.e., shall not be obligated to), outsource these activities via a contract for
services.
District Organizations: Formational Requirements.-The conferees direct EDA to:
(a) Redraft Section 304.2(c)(2) to clarify that a District Organization's governing body must
include at least one (1) Private Sector Representative, together with one (1) or more
representatives of institutions of post-secondary education, workforce development groups,
labor groups and Executive Directors of Chambers of Commerce, all of which must comprise in
the aggregate a minimum of 35% of the District Organization's governing body;
(b) Redraft Section 304.2(c)(2) to clarify that the District Organization's governing body shall
also have at least a simple majority of its membership who are elected officials and/or
employees of a general purpose unit of local government who have been appointed to
represent the government;
(c) Provide for a non-delegable waiver by the Assistant Secretary of the Private Sector
Representative requirement upon a District Organization's showing of its inability to locate a
Private Sector Representative to serve on its governing body following extensive due diligence;
and
(d) Expand the definition of `Private Sector Representative' in Section 300.3 to include a
designee of any senior management official or executive holding a key decision-making position
in any for-profit enterprise.
District Termination.--The conferees direct EDA to add a provision to Section 304.3 to clarify
that prior to terminating a District's designation (as an Economic Development District) based
upon failure to execute its CEDS, EDA will: (a) consult with the District Organization; and (b)
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consider all facts and circumstances surrounding the District Organization's operations. EDA will
clarify that it will not terminate a District's designation owing to circumstances beyond the
control of the District Organization (e.g., natural disasters, plant closures, overall economic
downturn, other sudden and severe economic dislocations, or other circumstances).
Performance Awards.--The conferees direct EDA to redraft Section 308.2 to better track Section
215 of PWEDA. Specifically, the provision will (a) eliminate the requirement that project
performance be `exceptional' and (b) consistent with Section 215 of PWEDA, require that
Project performance `meets or exceeds' performance goals. EDA will set forth in an annual
Federal Funding Opportunity the requirements, qualifications, guidelines and procedures for
performance awards, subject to the availability of funds.
Investment Rates for Planning Investments- The conferees direct EDA to add a new subsection
to Section 301.4 containing the following provisions:
(e) All Planning Investments will receive a minimum Investment Rate of 50%;
(f) Except as otherwise provided in Section 204(c) of PWEDA, the maximum allowable
Investment Rate for Planning Investments shall be the maximum allowable Investment Rate set
forth in Table 1 of Section 301.4 for the most economically distressed county or other
equivalent political unit (e.g., parish) within the Region;
(g) The maximum allowable Investment Rate will not exceed eighty (80) percent; and
(h) In compelling circumstances, the Assistant Secretary may waive the requirement in
paragraph (b) above. The Assistant Secretary shall not delegate the authority to grant this
waiver.
Maximum Allowable Investment Rates Table 1.--EDA will revise Table 1 in Section 301.4 to
show that projects located in Regions demonstrating a 24-month unemployment rate at least
one percent (1%) greater than the national average or per capita income not more than 80% of
the national average shall be eligible to receive a maximum allowable Investment Rate of 50%.
The conferees are aware of several proposals for economic development and urge EDA to
consider the proposals as follows:
The Gateway Economic Development District's business creation and expansion program for
Broadwater, Lewis and Clark, and Meagher Counties, MT; the Mississippi Blues Delta Quarter;
the Development Projects, Inc. in Dayton, OH, Tech Town; the expansion of Penn Eagle
Industrial Park, PA; the Ogontz Avenue Revitalization Corporation for a neighborhood
redevelopment project in Philadelphia, PA; Rural Enterprises of Oklahoma to expand the
International Trade Assistance Center; Oklahoma State University Rural Product Manufacturers
for the New Product Development and Commercialization Center; the Phase III implementation
of the Manufacturing Training and Technology Center clean room at the University of New
Mexico; the Mescalero Apache Tribe fish hatchery rehabilitation project in New Mexico; Jackson
State University for the Lynch Street Corridor Redevelopment; Prentiss County, MS, for the
Wheeler Water and Sewer Project; the Lauderdale County, MS, Economic Development District;
and the Mid-Delta Empowerment Zone `Supersite' Industrial Park; the Rutgers Camden
Business Incubator in Camden, New Jersey; the Hawaii Capital Cultural District on the Island of
Oahu; the Brooklyn Goes Global program in New York; National Association of Latino Arts and
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Culture in San Antonio, Texas; and the Garde Arts Center in New London, Connecticut.

SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement provides $30,075,000 for Salaries and Expenses instead of
$26,584,000 as proposed by the House and $40,939,000 as proposed by the Senate. The
conference agreement does not include $10,000,000 as an emergency requirement as
proposed by the Senate.

MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
The conference agreement provides $30,024,000 for the Minority Business Development
Agency (MBDA) as proposed by the House instead of $30,727,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Should additional funds become available, the conferees urge the MBDA to provide funds for
the expansion of the Asian American and Pacific Island Commission.

ECONOMIC AND INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE
ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement provides $80,304,000 for this account, as proposed by the House,
instead of $81,283,000 as proposed by the Senate.

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
The conference agreement includes a total operating level of $812,237,000 for the Bureau of
the Census, as proposed by the House, instead of $727,385,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The conferees direct the Bureau to submit a financial operating plan within 60 days of
enactment of this Act outlining the allocation of funding provided by this Act. The operating
plan shall address the Bureau's highest priority needs such as Re-engineered Design Process for
the Short-Form Only Census, the American Community Survey (ACS), the Master Address File/
Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) system, and
necessary furniture and relocation costs associated with the Bureau's new facility.

SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement provides $198,029,000 for this account, as proposed by the House,
instead of $183,029,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The conferees direct the Bureau to continue to streamline and prioritize programs to ensure the
highest priority core activities are supported. The conferees expect the Bureau to be fully
reimbursed for any non-core survey conducted for any other Federal agency or private
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organization.
The conferees expect that key reports on manufacturing, general economic and foreign trade
statistics will be maintained and issued on a timely basis.
The Bureau is directed to include socks in its quarterly Current Industrial Reports on Apparel,
and to produce a one-time annual report for 2005 domestic sock production. The conference
agreement includes sufficient funding for the Manufacturing and Construction Statistics Division
for this purpose.
The conference agreement adopts, by reference, the House report language regarding the
production of monthly Export-Import and Trade Balance statistics on a North American Industry
Classification System basis, and the Advanced Technology Trade Imports, Exports, and Net
Balance by Country. In addition, the conference agreement adopts, by reference, the House
report language regarding the presentation of the U.S. Trade in Advanced Technology Products.
The conferees direct the Bureau to undertake a study on using prisoners' permanent homes of
record, as opposed to their incarceration sites, when determining their residences. The Bureau
should report back to the Committees on Appropriations on its findings within 90 days of
enactment of this Act.

PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS
The conference agreement provides $614,208,000 for this account, as proposed by the House,
instead of $544,356,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement includes
$453,596,000 for expenses related to the 2010 decennial census and $160,612,000 for
expenses to collect and publish statistics for other periodic censuses and programs.
Within the level of funds provided, the Bureau shall fully fund the budget request for ACS and
MAF/TIGER in the submission of its financial operating plan.
The conferees encourage the Bureau to continue its efforts to minimize the number of personal
visits for non-response follow-up for Census programs. This activity is very costly and if
response rates through other means can be increased, it will provide substantial cost savings in
both the ongoing ACS and the 2010 Census.
The conferees expect the ACS methods panel to ensure a more comprehensive and streamlined
approach to multiple data collection techniques and to ensure that any change in the language
of survey questions will maximize clarity in order to elicit correct responses.
The conferees direct the Bureau to continue to submit quarterly reports, in cooperation with the
General Services Administration (GSA), regarding the expenditure of funds and the project
planning, design and cost decisions for the Suitland Federal Center.
No funds appropriated to the Bureau shall be available for construction and build-out costs that
are the responsibility of the GSA.
MAF/TIGER.--The conferees direct the Secretary of Commerce to take all available measures to
reduce the requirement of payment for information currently available from certain State and
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local governments. Further, the conferees direct the Secretary of Commerce to work with other
Departments to gain access to currently available aerial photography. Further, the Secretary is
directed to utilize global positioning system technology and aerial photography to update
existing information only if these measures are shown to be a more cost effective alternative.
Subgroup Enumeration.--The conferees commend the efforts of the Bureau to work with
interested parties to ensure that necessary measures will be taken to ensure accuracy in
enumerating Hispanic subgroups.
The conferees appreciate the efforts of the Bureau to consider new options for reporting data
reflecting all citizens of the United States, including Puerto Rico.
Bill language is continued, as proposed by the House, regarding changes to the race category
for collection and dissemination purposes.

NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
The conference agreement includes a total of $40,068,000 for the National Telecommunications
and Information Administration (NTIA), instead of $19,716,000 as proposed by the House and
$62,255,000 as proposed by the Senate.

SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes $18,068,000 for the Salaries and Expenses appropriation of
the NTIA, instead of $17,716,000 as proposed by the House, and $20,255,000 as proposed by
the Senate.
As in previous years, the conference agreement includes language allowing the Secretary of
Commerce to collect reimbursements from other Federal agencies to offset a portion of the cost
of coordination of spectrum management, analysis, and operations. The conferees expect the
NTIA to aggressively pursue all opportunities for reimbursement, deobligations, and use of nonappropriated resources, to maximize the operating level for NTIA's mission purposes. The
conferees support the requested increases for NTIA and will consider a reprogramming of
resources should additional funding become available, subject to section 605 of this Act.

PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES,
PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION
The conference agreement includes $22,000,000, as proposed by the Senate, instead of
$2,000,000 as proposed by the House.

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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The conference agreement includes $1,683,086,000 for the United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) for fiscal year 2006. This amount is $20,214,000 below the amounts
proposed by both the Senate and the House due to a notification from the USPTO of a revised
fee collection estimate.
In an October 18, 2005 letter to the Committees on Appropriations, the USPTO provided reestimates of fee collections and staffing levels for fiscal year 2006. The conferees have taken
this information into account and have provided appropriations commensurate with the
USPTO's projected fee collections.
The conferees note their disappointment with the USPTO's inability to adhere to Public Law 108447, which mandated staffing levels for patent and trademark examiners. The USPTO must
continue to focus on hiring additional patent and trademark examiners in order to reduce
patent and trademark pendency. The conference agreement therefore includes language
designating full-time equivalents, positions, and funding for certain functions and requires that
any deviation from those designations must be in accordance with section 605 of the Act.
Furthermore, the conferees remind the USPTO that any change from the funding distribution
provided in the bill and the Statement of Managers, including carryover balances, is subject to
the reprogramming procedures set forth in section 605 of this Act.
The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language included in the House report
regarding the National Inventor's Hall of Fame and Inventure Place, the International
Intellectual Property Institute, the University of Central Florida, a training facility, and telework.
The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language included in the Senate report
requiring a report on the USPTO's efforts to implement the recommendations of the June 2004
Inspector General report. The report shall be submitted by January 15, 2006.
The conferees are concerned about protecting the intellectual property rights of American
inventors and urge the USPTO to take immediate steps to prevent pirating and counterfeiting
by foreign entities. The USPTO shall report to the Committees on Appropriations on its efforts
by March 15, 2006.
In addition, USPTO is directed to submit to the Committees on Appropriations, not later than
three months after the enactment of this Act, a spending plan, which incorporates any
carryover balances from previous fiscal years and any changes to the patent or trademark fee
structure.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes $6,000,000 for necessary expenses of the Under Secretary
for Technology Policy and the Office of Technology Policy, instead of $6,460,000 as proposed by
the House. The Senate included funding for these expenses under the Departmental
Management account.

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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
The conference agreement includes $761,767,000 for the National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST), instead of $548,744,000 as proposed by the House, and $844,500,000 as
proposed by the Senate.

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES
The conference agreement includes $399,869,000 for the Scientific and Technical Research and
Services (core programs) of the NIST, as proposed by the Senate, instead of $397,744,000 as
proposed by the House. Of the funds made available, $1,300,000 is provided for transfer to the
NIST Working Capital Fund.

[Dollars in thousands]
Conference agreement
Electronics and Electrical Engineering

$50,171

Manufacturing Engineering

22,132

Chemical Science and Technology

44,651

Physics

42,148

Materials Science and Engineering

33,064

Building and Fire Research

22,030

Computer Science and Applied Mathematics

64,572

Standards and Technology Services

15,926

National Research Facilities

37,434

National Quality Program
Research Support Activities
Total, STRS

7,081
60,660
399,869

The conference agreement includes, by reference, language in the Senate report regarding the
Office of Law Enforcement Standards. The conference agreement also includes, by reference,
language in the House report regarding the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program,
and international standards negotiations.
Within the funding for Research Support Activities, the conference agreement continues funding
of $2,400,000 for a telework project and $6,500,000 for a critical infrastructure program, both
of which received similar funding in previous fiscal years. The conference agreement also
includes $1,027,000 for the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology
Program, $1,503,000 for the Nanoparticle Risk Impact and Assessment Program, and $612,000
for the Operation Safe Commerce Program. Finally, the amount for Research Support Activities
includes $4,864,000 for high priority requested program increases, such as the National
Nanomanufacturing and Nanometrology Facility, biosystems and health, and quantum
processing initiatives.

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INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
The conference agreement includes $186,000,000 for Industrial Technology Services, instead of
$106,000,000 as proposed by the House, and $246,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP)- The conference agreement includes
$106,000,000 for MEP, as proposed by both the House and the Senate. The conference
agreement adopts, by reference, language in the House report regarding the requirements for
applicants seeking assistance.
Advanced Technology Program- The conference agreement includes $80,000,000 for the
Advanced Technology Program, instead of $140,000,000 as proposed by the Senate and no
funding as proposed by the House. The conference agreement does not adopt bill language
providing specific funding for new awards as proposed by the Senate.

CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES
The conference agreement includes $175,898,000 for construction of research facilities, instead
of $45,000,000 as proposed by the House and $198,631,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The conference agreement includes $48,898,000 for maintenance, repair, construction and
major renovations of the NIST campuses at Boulder, CO, and Gaithersburg, MD. The conferees
provide $35,498,000 for safety, capacity, maintenance, and major repairs, including not less
than $5,000,000 for Advanced Measurement Lab maintenance; $9,400,000 for central utility
plant upgrades for the Boulder, CO campus; and $4,000,000 for the NIST North relocation and
remediation project. The balance of funds under this heading is allocated to activities specified
in section 207.

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
The conference agreement includes a total of $3,946,000,000 for the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), instead of $3,379,000,000 as proposed by the House and
$4,476,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
NOAA is the Nation's lead civilian agency in science, service, and stewardship for the Earth's
oceans and atmosphere. The agency's mission was recently highlighted by two major national
commissions: The Congressionally mandated and Presidentially appointed United States
Commission on Ocean Policy and the privately funded Pew Oceans Commission. Together these
commissions conducted the most comprehensive reviews of ocean policy and programs in over
35 years. The conferees note that the chairmen of the two commissions have formed the Joint
Ocean Commission Initiative to encourage implementation of recommendations common to
both commission reports. The conferees support NOAA's science and education programs,
which were strongly endorsed in the commission reports. To that end, the conference
agreement adopts, by reference, language in the Senate report regarding a reporting
requirement for Ocean Commission-endorsed programs.

OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
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(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement includes total direct obligations of $2,833,222,000, instead of
$2,493,000,000 as proposed by the House and $3,264,983,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of
the amount provided, $67,000,000 is from balances in the account entitled, `Promote and
Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining to American Fisheries', and $3,000,000 is
from the Coastal Zone Management Fund. The net appropriation from the General Fund is
$2,763,222,000.
Language is included prohibiting any general administrative charge against an assigned activity
in this Act or the accompanying report. Language is also included capping the amount provided
for corporate services administrative support at $179,036,000, and capping the amount
available to the Department of Commerce Working Capital Fund at $34,000,000.
The conference agreement stipulates that any deviation from the amounts designated for
specific activities in the report accompanying this Act shall be subject to the procedures set
forth in section 605 of this Act.
The conference agreement includes language making $2,000,000 available for subsidy costs of
certain fisheries loans.
The following table identifies the activities, sub-activities, and projects funded in this
appropriation:
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NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE
The conference agreement includes a total of $500,031,000 for activities of the National Ocean
Service (NOS). The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language in the House report
on the hydrographic survey backlog, on Vieques Island, PR, and on the strategy for the use of
private mapping services.
Within the amount provided for Pribilof Islands Cleanup and Economic Development, the
conferees agree that no more than $2,000,000 shall be available for economic development
activities. The conferees are encouraged by recent efforts by regional ocean observing
programs to establish a federation and seek competitive funding. The conferees expect that the
creation of such a program will expedite the integration of these regional systems into a system
of systems, which is fundamental to the broader concept of the Integrated Ocean Observing
System.
Of the funds provided for the Coastal Services Center, $3,000,000 is provided for Mississippi
Digital Earth.
The conference agreement includes $1,000,000 for a White Water to Blue Water Ecosystem
initiative in the Gulf of Maine.
Of the funds provided for the Center for Coastal Environmental Health & Biomolecular Research,
funding is provided for high salinity studies if warranted.

NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE
The conference agreement includes $678,469,000 for the operations of the National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS).
The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language in the House report regarding
implementation of a West Coast in-season harvest data collection system, and a report on
certain prior year balances.
The conferees agree that funding provided for Shedd in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 shall be for
Shedd's Center for the Great Lakes, for conservation education activities, including exhibits,
programming and community-based outreach.
The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language in the Senate report regarding bycatch reduction, Columbia River Hatcheries, and Hawaiian Hatcheries.
The conference agreement provides for the AK Composite Research and Development Program
for Alaska Fisheries and Marine Mammals. Alaska's commercial fishing industry is a primary
employer, providing 47 percent of private sector jobs, and is second only to the oil industry in
generating revenue to the State. Two of the Nation's top three fishing ports, in terms of highest
dollar value for commercial landings, are in Alaska. In 2003, Dutch Harbor-Unalaska moved the
most fish of any port--908.7 million pounds for a total dollar value of $156,900,000. Kodiak,
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The amount and dollar value of fishery resources taken from the waters off Alaska are only half
the story. The science, research, and management of these living marine resources provide for
sustainable and abundance-based harvests. The North Pacific has no fisheries listed as
endangered, in part due to the constant monitoring and research that this funding provides.
Alaska's fisheries management requires data and research on over 900,000 square miles of
ocean within the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska's coast. These funds are critical to provide
data collection, analysis and further resource development of these fisheries in order to provide
continued economic opportunity for the State of Alaska and its numerous coastal communities.
NOAA is directed to provide the Committees with a spending plan for the funds provided under
the AK Composite Research and Development Program no later than 30 days after the date of
enactment of this Act.

OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
The conference agreement includes $373,313,000 for the Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
(OAR) line office.
Within the amount provided for Climate Observations and Services, the conference agreement
includes $68,500,000 for the Climate and Global Change program.
The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language in the House report on planning
activities related to the International Polar Year.
The conference agreement includes, by reference, language in the Senate report regarding the
establishment of a new joint institute and the National Sea Grant Program.
The conference agreement includes funding for Urbanet, a partnership with an existing national
network of weather stations that is centrally managed with uniform instrumentation, in order to
validate the benefits of integrating such technologies into weather and all hazards
management.
Of the funds made available for the National Undersea Research Program (NURP), $1,125,000
is provided for the NURP Center in Alaska and $3,125,000 is provided for the NURP Center in
Hawaii.
Of the funds made available for Arctic Research under the `Ocean, Coastal, and Great Lakes'
sub-heading, $2,000,000 is provided for the International Arctic Research Center.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
The conference agreement includes $745,250,000 for the operations of the National Weather
Service (NWS).
The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language in the House report regarding
weather radio coverage in certain locations, a tsunami warning network in the Caribbean/Gulf
of Mexico, and air quality forecasting in the Shenandoah Valley.
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the Susquehanna Flood Forecast and Warning System, tsunami modeling, and the weather
radar and office in Williston, ND.
The conferees remain concerned about the expenditure of funds for single purpose observing
systems and encourage NOAA to maximize efficiencies by developing multi-purpose observing
systems.
The conference agreement provides $6,100,000 to strengthen the U.S. Tsunami Warning
Network, including $1,000,000 for re-engineering and design of tsunami detection buoys at the
National Data Buoy Center, $500,000 for next generation buoy research, $500,000 for tsunami
warning sirens in the State of Washington and $500,000 for tsunami-readiness efforts,
including warning sirens in the State of Oregon, focused on high-risk communities such as
Seaside, OR.
Of the amounts made available for the National Data Buoy Center, funding is included for the
operation and maintenance of the Alaskan buoys, the hurricane buoys, and the conversion of
weather buoys.
The conference agreement provides an increase of not less than $500,000 for the National
Hurricane Center for four new hurricane forecasters.
The conferees direct that no funds shall be used to implement a plan to consolidate,
regionalize, or reduce service hours at weather service forecast offices.

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE, DATA, AND
INFORMATION SERVICE
The conference agreement includes $179,337,000 for the operational and research and
development programs of the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
(NESDIS).
Of the $2,800,000 provided for the National Climatic Data Center, $2,500,000 is to continue
the GOES Data Archive Project and $300,000 is to develop a detailed strategy for prototyping
data grids.

PROGRAM SUPPORT
The conference agreement includes $356,422,000 for Program Support.
The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language in the House report regarding a
spending plan for all NOAA education programs.
The conference agreement includes funding for the Office of General Counsel in the amount
provided for Corporate Services.
The conferees are concerned that funding provided to address NOAA's maintenance and
facilities needs in recent years has been redirected toward the hiring of staff. Many of NOAA's
facilities are in urgent need of maintenance and repair. The conference agreement provides
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funds to address these needs. NOAA is directed to provide the Committees with a plan for this
funding within 90 days of enactment of this Act.
The conference agreement incorporates, by reference, language in the Senate report regarding
marine operations and maintenance.

PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION
The conference agreement includes $1,124,278,000 under this heading, instead of
$936,000,000 as proposed by the House and $1,195,017,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The conferees remain concerned about the safety of NOAA employees at the Southwest
Fisheries Science Center, and language is included providing the Secretary of Commerce the
option to enter into negotiations with the University of California for a long-term lease. Any
construction, however, will require future appropriation of funds. The conferees emphasize that
the Administration should assess this safety issue and should include a proposal in a formal
budget request, if warranted. No funds are provided in this Act for the design or construction of
a new facility.
The conference agreement includes, by reference, language in the House report regarding
radiosonde replacement, a report on the cost and risk implications of delays in the development
of the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS), the
National Research Council report on Earth Science and Applications from Space, and the Coastal
and Estuarine Land Conservation Program. The conference agreement includes, by reference,
language included in the Senate report regarding the Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection
program, the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, NOAA ships, and NOAA aircraft and unmanned
aerial vehicles.
Of the amounts provided for small boats, funding is included to procure two 51-foot highly
stable craft for the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary.
The conference agreement includes language regarding the incremental construction of the
NOAA Pacific Regional Center.
The following distribution reflects the activities funded within this account:
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PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY FUND
The conference agreement provides $67,500,000 for Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery, instead
of $50,000,000 as proposed by the House and $90,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Funds provided under this heading shall be allocated as follows: $22,000,000 for Alaska;
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$6,500,000 for California; $1,250,000 for Columbia River Tribes; $2,250,000 for Idaho;
$6,500,000 for Oregon; $4,000,000 for Pacific Coast Tribes; and $25,000,000 for Washington.
The conference agreement includes, by reference, language in the House report on program
performance measurement.
Of the amounts provided to the State of Alaska, the conferees agree to the following allocation:
$3,500,000 is for the Arctic Yukon-Kuskokwim Sustainable Salmon initiative; $1,000,000 is for
the Cook Inlet Fishing Community Assistance Program; $500,000 is for the Yukon River
Drainage Association; $500,000 is for Coffman Cove king salmon; $250,000 is for the State of
Alaska to participate in discussions regarding the Columbia River hydro-system and for fisheries
revitalization; $100,000 is for the United Fishermen of Alaska's subsistence program;
$2,500,000 is to restore salmon fisheries in Anchorage at Ship Creek, Chester Creek, and
Campbell Creek, including habitat restoration and facilities; $500,000 is for Alaska Village
Initiatives to enhance salmon stocks; $700,000 is for Bristol Bay Science and Research
Institute; $1,000,000 is for the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation; $1,500,000 is for the
State of Alaska for fisheries monitoring; $1,500,000 is for the Alaska SeaLife Center to restore
salmon runs in Resurrection Bay; $3,000,000 is for the Southeast Revitalization Association for
implementation of its fleet stabilization program; and $750,000 is for the Kenai River.
Of the amounts provided to the State of Washington, $2,500,000 is for the Washington State
Department of Natural Resources and other State and Federal agencies for purposes of
implementing the State of Washington's Forest and Fish report, and $2,400,000 is designated
for purchasing two automated marking trailers and four manual marking trailers. In addition,
$490,000 is designated for the mass marking of Puget Sound tribal fish by the Washington
Department of Fish and Wildlife, and $350,000 is designated for the mass marking of fall
chinook at Hood Canal and Willapa Bay hatchery facilities operated by the Washington
Department of Fish and Wildlife. In addition, $1,000,000 is designated for the Washington State
Pacific Coast Tribes.
Of the amounts provided to the State of Oregon, $1,100,000 is designated for conservation of
mass marking at Columbia River hatcheries and $1,040,000 is for the purchase of one mass
marking trailer.

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement includes language allowing the transfer of up to $3,000,000 to the
`Operations, Research, and Facilities' account for the costs of implementing the Coastal Zone
Management Act, as proposed by the House and Senate.

FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT
The conference agreement includes language proposed by the Senate providing $287,000 to
subsidize up to $5,000,000 for Individual Fishing Quota loans and up to $59,000,000 for fishing
capacity reduction loans, of which $19,000,000 may be used for direct loans to the United
States menhaden fishery.

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OTHER
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement provides $47,466,000 for this account, as proposed by the House,
instead of $44,605,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement does not provide
funding for the Technology Administration within this account as proposed by the Senate.
The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language included in the House report
regarding office relocations.
Legislative Affairs Function.--The conference agreement provides 11 full-time equivalents and
$1,490,000 for the legislative affairs function, instead of 12 full-time equivalents and
$1,621,000 as proposed by the House, and 9 full-time equivalents and $1,181,000 as proposed
by the Senate.
Security Enhancements.--The conferees are aware that the Department of Commerce is
planning security improvements at the Boulder, CO, facility and directs the Department to
consult with the Committees on Appropriations prior to proceeding. No funding shall be
redirected from other proposed construction projects at Boulder for this purpose.
Intellectual Property.--The conferees are aware that $2,000,000 was provided in fiscal year
2005 for the National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Counsel (NIPLECC).
The conferees continue to support that action and are aware that funding remains available
through fiscal year 2006 to meet NIPLECC's critical operations.
Commerce Information Technology Solutions (COMMITS).--The conferees note that concerns
have been raised about the fairness of the `bid down' approach of the COMMITS acquisition
vehicle, and agree that this matter warrants further review. The conferees therefore direct the
Government Accountability Office (GAO) to undertake a review of this acquisition vehicle, with
particular emphasis on a provision of the vehicle's current guidelines that permit incumbent
contractors who have graduated from a particular size category of small business to bid against
smaller firms that still qualify for the smaller category of classification. The GAO's review should
be completed within 180 days of enactment of this Act. The conferees direct that the Secretary
of Commerce ensure that appropriate procedures are in place so that awards made to
incumbent contractors are in the best interest of, and constitute the best value for, the
government.

UNITED STATES TRAVEL AND TOURISM PROMOTION
The conference agreement provides $4,000,000 for this account instead of no funding as
proposed by the House and $5,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
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The conference agreement includes $22,758,000 for the Inspector General for fiscal year 2006,
as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

GENERAL PROVISIONS--DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement includes the following general provisions for the Department of
Commerce:
Section 201 making Department of Commerce funds available for advanced payments only
upon certification of officials designated by the Secretary that such payments are considered to
be in the public interest.
Section 202 making appropriations for the Department for Salaries and Expenses available for
hire of passenger motor vehicles, and for services, uniforms and allowances as authorized by
law.
Section 203 providing the authority to transfer funds between Department of Commerce
appropriation accounts and requiring notification to the Committees of certain actions.
Section 204 providing that any costs incurred by the Department in response to funding
reductions shall be absorbed within total budgetary resources available.
Section 205 regarding the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Program.
Section 206 regarding certain trademarks.
Section 207 designating funds for certain projects.
Section 208 designating amounts available in the `Promote and Develop Fishery Products and
Research Pertaining to American Fisheries' fund.
Section 209 regarding a transfer of funds from NOAA to NASA for certain purposes.

TITLE III--SCIENCE
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY
The conference agreement includes $5,564,000 for the Office of Science and Technology Policy
(OSTP) in the Executive Office of the President, as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
The conference agreement includes, by reference, language in the House report regarding the
improvement of coordination among science agencies on education programs. The conferees
urge the OSTP to ensure that Executive branch policy makers and budget officials understand
the impact of stagnation in science and technology. In this regard, the OSTP shall submit a
report to the Committees by March 1, 2006, including recommendations for improving the
effectiveness and coordination of science education programs across all agencies funded under
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this Act.
The conferees encourage the OSTP to assess future opportunities for improving merit-based,
peer-reviewed basic science to support food and agriculture research and to report their
findings to the Committees.
The conferees are aware of concerns that insufficient attention and study has been directed
toward the ethical dimensions of nanotechnology research. The conferees direct the OSTP to
conduct such an analysis and report to the Committees no later than March 31, 2006, on
ethical questions raised by the National Nanotechnology Initiative, including recommended
safeguards, and methods of monitoring and tracking potential uses of nanotechnology. The
conferees encourage the OSTP to use external expertise in compiling this report. The conferees
direct OSTP to work with agencies receiving funds under this Act for the National
Nanotechnology Initiative to set aside a portion of the funding to analyze and report on the
ethical issues generated from the research and development of nanotechnology. The conferees
expect OSTP to follow the pattern established for the human genome project, allocating three
percent of funding to ethical, legal and social issues research.

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
The conference agreement provides $16,456,800,000 for the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA), instead of $16,471,050,000 as proposed by the House and
$16,396,400,000 as proposed by the Senate.
All changes to the budget request are net of NASA's budget amendment that was submitted to
the Congress after both the House and Senate had passed their respective bills, and hence are
not included in the statement of the managers for the Science, Aeronautics and Exploration
account or the Exploration Capabilities account.
The conferees are extremely disappointed in the lack of detail provided in the fiscal year 2006
congressional budget justification. NASA is reminded that the primary purpose of budget
justifications is to provide needed information to the Committees on Appropriations, and
therefore must be submitted in a format with the necessary level of detail required by the
Committees so that funding requests may be analyzed. In order for the budget justifications to
be of value to the Committees, NASA shall present the fiscal year 2007 budget justification with
detailed information on the prior year, current year, and requested funding levels for each
program, project or activity funded within each division and directorate in each account, and
provide detailed information on all proposed changes being requested.
The conferees do not agree to the continuation of the transfer authority in the House bill.
However, to the extent necessary, NASA should use the flexibility in spending authority within
each of its accounts to accommodate any funding level adjustments after first consulting with
the Committees on Appropriations.
For fiscal year 2006 and thereafter, the conferees direct NASA to include the out-year budget
impacts in all reprogramming requests. In addition, future reprogramming requests/operating
plans should include a separate accounting of all program/mission impacts on estimated
carryover funds. NASA is further directed to incorporate independent cost verification as part of
the process by which contracts are selected for contracts in excess of $100,000,000. This
process should be a valuable guide for assessing when costs have exceeded expectations and
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will help identify projects for termination.
As NASA begins the development of programs to return to the Moon, it is critical that it be able
to control costs for these, and other, activities. For this purpose, NASA is directed to notify the
Committees on Appropriations 30 days prior to allocating funds, modifying contracts, or
extending existing contracts that are in excess of 15 percent of the original contract value at
the program level. Within this notification, NASA shall justify the additional expenditure of
funds. NASA shall also evaluate the new cost estimates and verify to the Committees on
Appropriations the ability to complete the contract under the new funding profile. Finally, NASA
shall identify the source of any required additional funds to cover the overrun.
The conferees note that NASA has, in the past few months, used its buyout authority to
promote voluntary separations as a first attempt at reshaping its workforce. The conferees
believe that at this early stage, NASA has been able to reshape its workforce without losing
critical workforce skills. The conferees direct that NASA shall not go beyond using voluntary
buyout authority until it has developed a comprehensive coordinated restructuring plan and
implementation roadmap, and has provided a report to the Congress detailing the steps that
will be taken in reshaping the agency's human and physical capital assets. In addition, NASA
must notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in advance of any planned
reduction in force pursuant to section 605 reprogramming requirements.
With respect to the agency's workforce, the conferees note the impressive core competencies
that exist at NASA's field centers, and direct the agency to fully utilize the competencies that
reside at these field centers. NASA's field centers are an asset, and not a liability, for our
nation. The conferees believe that NASA currently has, and must maintain, world-class
scientists and engineers at its field centers. These scientists and engineers must continue to
work at the cutting-edge of their disciplines so that they can remain world-class.
The conferees are supportive of NASA's new vision and mission for space exploration and the
conference agreement includes funds for the Administration's priorities for these activities.
However, the conferees remain concerned about the need to maintain the nation's leadership in
science and technology. To this end, the conferees have not agreed to the Administration's
proposed reductions to the aeronautics research program or science programs, and have
partially restored funding to these core programs. However, given the serious nature of the
budget deficit facing the nation, the conferees were forced to make a number of difficult choices
in allocating the scarce resources available to NASA. The conference agreement includes a
budget that supports both the new vision and NASA's other core functions.
The conferees have agreed to provide funds to the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) and Crew
Launch Vehicle (CLV) according to the Exploration Systems Architecture study, but are
concerned about the impact the accelerated schedules for the CEV and CLV will have within the
agency. NASA is directed to find an approach that will, to the maximum extent possible,
mitigate the impacts within NASA of this planned redirection of funding in fiscal year 2006 and
beyond for the CEV and CLV.
NASA possesses a unique capability among Federal government agencies in that it has its own
television station. This station is carried nationally on cable and satellite television stations. The
conferees note that this asset is significantly underutilized and could be used as a centerpiece
in helping to excite the next generation of explorers in science. NASA has made numerous
important discoveries in recent years as a result of such initiatives as the Hubble Space
Telescope, the Mars Rovers, and the Chandra Space telescope to mention a few. NASA must
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take advantage of its television resources to inform and excite the public about these
discoveries. NASA Television has, for the most part, been used almost exclusively as an internal
communications medium. NASA must make more effective use of this capability if NASA is to
be permitted to retain it. NASA is directed to develop an integrated communications plan for
NASA Television in consultation with outside experts. This plan should have a major focus on
educating and exciting the next generation of explorers. This plan is to be submitted to the
Committees on Appropriations no later than April 15, 2006.

SCIENCE, AERONAUTICS AND EXPLORATION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement provides $9,761,400,000 for Science, Aeronautics and Exploration
instead of $9,725,750,000 as proposed by the House and $9,761,000,000 as proposed by the
Senate. Changes to the budget request include increases of $10,000,000 for the Space
Interferometry Mission, $30,000,000 for the Glory Mission, $60,000,000 for the Aeronautics
Research program of which $25,000,000 is for hypersonic research, $10,000,000 for the
Institute for Scientific Research, $20,000,000 for the National Center for Advanced
Manufacturing, $5,000,000 for the Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle, $15,000,000 for the Propulsion
Research Laboratory, $15,000,000 for an earth science competitive grant program,
$20,000,000 for alternative small spacecraft technologies, $50,000,000 for the Hubble
Telescope servicing mission, $8,200,000 for EPSCoR, $12,200,000 for the Space Grant
program, $5,000,000 for Living With a Star program, and $280,000,000 for Congressionally
directed priorities. Decreases to the budget request include $25,000,000 for Exploration
Systems R&T, $25,000,000 for Discovery missions, $25,000,000 for Human Systems R&T,
$26,000,000 for corporate G&A, $34,000,000 for Centennial Challenges, $15,000,000 for
optical communications, $200,000,000 for Project Prometheus, and $90,000,000 for a general
reduction.
The conferees agree to the following:
1. The conference agreement adopts, by reference, the House report language accompanying H.
R. 2862 with respect to earth-orbit crossing asteroids and the Senate report language with
respect to the National Academy of Sciences Decadal Survey, EOSDIS, Centennial Challenges,
and alternative small spacecraft technologies. In addition, both the House and Senate urge
NASA to continue its technology and education collaboration with the American Museum of
Natural History.
2. The conference agreement provides an increase of $50,000,000 above the budget request
for the Hubble Space Telescope for a total of $271,000,000. The conferees have provided this
increase to continue planning, preparation and engineering activities for the SM-4 servicing
mission pending a final decision on the use of the space shuttle by the Administrator. The
conferees reiterate their position that the Hubble Space Telescope has been one of NASA's most
successful programs and remains one of the top priorities for the nation's space program. The
conferees direct the Administrator to continue to take all appropriate steps to ensure Hubble's
continued safe operations.
3. The conferees support the Space Interferometry Mission (SIM) and have provided an
additional $10,000,000 over the budget request for this mission, for a total program level of
$119,000,000. NASA's search for planets and life beyond our solar system is having increasing
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and dramatic success with more than 150 planets now discovered. SIM is expected to examine
2000-3000 stars for planetary systems to fulfill a critical step in the search for Earth-like
planets. The conferees have provided these additional funds to ensure that SIM's important
mission remains on schedule. In addition, the conferees expect that NASA will continue funding
for the Terrestrial Planet Finder.
4. A key element of the nation's vision for space exploration is NASA's popular and scientifically
important Mars exploration program. The Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity have
captured the world's imagination as indicated by the more than 10 billion hits on NASA's Mars
website. Therefore, the conference agreement provides $680,000,000 for the Mars program.
The conferees urge NASA to continue these important programs within the context of the
President's vision for space exploration.
5. The conference agreement provides $371,600,000 for the James Webb Space Telescope, the
same as the budget request.
6. The conferees fully support the emphasis being placed on the development of a new Crew
Launch Vehicle, understanding that this is a critical element of the Exploration Systems
Architecture. Additional risk reduction activities are required to help ensure the success of this
program and therefore the conference agreement provides an additional $20,000,000 to the
funds provided to the National Center for Advanced Manufacturing for work to include, but not
limited to, the development of a structural test article, upperstage mass simulator, main
propulsion test article and mated vehicle ground vibration test article to support upperstage
development; and prototype and test advanced long-term cryogenic storage tanks.
7. The conference agreement includes an additional $15,000,000 to the Propulsion Research
Laboratory to conduct research and development in support of the Constellation program,
including the characterization of the altitude start capability of the Space Shuttle main engine
and research in nuclear systems and high energy electric propulsion.
8. The conferees note that the Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle is critical to NASA's exploration plans,
and that human exploration beyond low-Earth orbit is not achievable without an operational
capability. The conferees strongly urge NASA to initiate work on critical systems earlier than is
currently planned and provide an additional $5,000,000 to begin development and planning for
the heavy lift vehicle proposed in the Exploration Systems Architecture. The conferees also
direct NASA to submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations within 120 days of
enactment of this Act with a detailed plan for ensuring that such a capability will be available
for missions as soon as possible.
9. The conference agreement provides $60,000,000 above the budget request for the
Aeronautics Research program for a total program level of $912,300,000, of which $25,000,000
is for the continuation of hypersonics research. The conferees direct that within 60 days of
enactment of this Act NASA shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations and the
legislative committees of jurisdiction in the House and Senate a plan for how it intends to
allocate aeronautics research funds for fiscal year 2006. Included in this plan should be a
definition of work that enhances United States competitiveness.
10. The conferees note that the National Academy of Sciences, Solar System Exploration
Decadal Survey of planetary scientists concluded that the highest priority of the scientific
community is an orbiter/lander mission to Jupiter's moon Europa. The Administration supported
just such a mission, and had proposed that the first or second mission of the Prometheus
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Nuclear Systems and Technology Program would be the Jupiter Icy Moons Mission (JIMO).
NASA no longer plans a JIMO mission for Project Prometheus because of funding and technical
considerations, and because the NASA Administrator has determined that funding is needed to
implement the President's vision for space exploration. Recognizing that these deep space
missions usually take a decade to complete from design to orbit, the conferees support NASA
moving forward with a conventionally powered mission to Jupiter as soon as possible.
Therefore, the conferees direct NASA to begin planning for this mission and to incorporate a
new start for a non-nuclear Europa mission as part of its fiscal year 2007 budget request.
11. The conferees have modified Senate language regarding the Discovery program. The
conferees set a cap of $425,000,000 on all future Discovery missions beginning with the next
announcement of opportunity. In addition, the conferees direct NASA to report back to the
Committees on Appropriations on all future awards under this program and provide detailed
information as to the cost of spacecraft, scientific instruments, launch vehicles, civil service,
flight readiness, launch integration and operations, agency reviews and deep space network
costs.
12. The conference agreement provides a total of $12,500,000 for NASA's Experimental
Program to Stimulate Competitive Research. Additionally, the conferees recommend a total of
$30,200,000 for the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program. This amount will
fund 40 grantees at $611,250 each and 12 grantees at $425,000. The conferees expect NASA
to follow this distribution.
13. The conference agreement provides an increase of $15,000,000 above the budget request
for the Earth Science Applications program. This funding increase will be used to support
competitively selected projects. These projects will integrate the results of NASA's earth
observing systems and earth system models (using observations and predictions) into decision
support tools to serve applications of national priority including, but not limited to: homeland
security, coastal management, agricultural efficiency, and disaster management.
14. The conference agreement provides $103,600,000 for NASA's Solar Terrestrial Probes
program. The conferees urge NASA to move forward with full-scale development of the
magnetospheric multiscale mission.
15. The conference agreement provides $5,000,000 above the budget request for Living With a
Star program for a total program level of $239,000,000 of which $10,000,000 shall be allocated
to the APL Program Office for direct program management of certain activities, including the
Geospace Radiation Belt program, the Geospace Ionispheric-Therospheric program, the Solar
Sentinels program and the Solar Probe Advanced Technology program. The conferees remain
concerned about the Solar Dynamic Observatory's cost growth over time and expect NASA to
take steps to manage it so as not to adversely impact future launch schedules of Geospace and
Solar Sentinels.
16. Within the funds provided for non-programmatic construction of facilities, $10,000,000 is
directed to the Institute for Scientific Research, Inc. for the continued construction of the
research facility.
17. The conference agreement provides the budget request of $30,900,000 for continued
operation of the Independent Verification and Validation Center in Fairmont, WV.

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18. The conferees direct, to the extent possible, that education funds within this account
address the education needs of women, minorities, and other historically underrepresented
groups.
19. The conferees are concerned that NASA has halted environmental clean-up of the test
reactor facility at NASA Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, OH. NASA has since learned that low
levels of radioactive contamination have been found on and off site at this Station, but
continues to delay completion of the decommissioning of the nuclear reactor. As a result, NASA
is urged to reconsider its premature termination of clean-up contracts and sub-contracts.
Further, the agency should report back to the Committees on Appropriations by March 30,
2006, on how it plans to address this issue, including the associated costs of such plan.
20. The conferees note that over the past several years the technological maturity of U.S.
manufactured unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has increased substantially. The conferees
believe UAVs could offer NASA a potentially low cost alternative to traditional earth science
research missions, thereby opening up new opportunities for research that do not currently
exist, and possible improvements in weather and severe storm prediction capabilities.
Therefore, the conferees direct the NASA Administrator, in consultation with National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to report to the Committees on Appropriations on the
potential use of UAVs to operate in the near space environment for a variety of science and
operational missions. The report should be completed no later than March 30, 2006.
21. The conferees support NASA's efforts to realign the Aeronautics program by redirecting
resources into high-priority activities in support of core competencies in supersonic, subsonic,
and hypersonic flight. The conferees urge NASA, as part of this realignment, to ensure a
smooth transition of data for certification and policy recommendations from NASA's Unmanned
Aerial Vehicles in the National Airspace project to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), so
that this knowledge is fully available to the FAA for use in the certification process. The
conferees direct NASA to provide a report on the findings of the UAVs in the National Air Space
project to the FAA no later than February 15, 2006, with a copy of this report to be provided to
the Committees on Appropriations.
22. Funding was proposed in the budget requests for NASA, the Department of the Interior's
United States Geological Survey, and the NOAA for a Landsat Data Continuity Mission. The
Administration proposed a Landsat-type instrument to be flown on a NOAA spacecraft. The
conferees now understand that such a mission is no longer feasible for both funding and
technical reasons. The conferees direct the above agencies, in consultation with the Office of
Science and Technology Policy, to report back to the Committees on Appropriations within 120
days of enactment of this Act with an appropriate alternative for a Landsat mission.
23. With minor technical changes, the conferees have agreed to language included in the House
report requiring the President to develop a National Aeronautics Policy no later than one year
from the date of enactment of this Act. The lack of support and clear direction for NASA's
Aeronautics Research program is directly related to the fact that there is no clear policy
direction concerning the government's role in the civil aviation industry. The conferees are
extremely concerned about the direction NASA has taken in downsizing and restructuring its
Aeronautics Research program. While the United States is reducing its Federal investment in
aeronautics research, our competitors are increasing their aeronautics research and
development budgets and making competitiveness their number one priority. While the
conferees support the development of a national aeronautics policy, such a policy should be
guided by the data and policy guidance contained in the recently published National Institute of
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Aerospace Report, `Responding to the Call: Aviation Plan for American Leadership'.
24. With the cancellation of the Mars Telecommunications Orbiter, the conferees are concerned
about how the requirements that led to the need for this mission will be met, especially optical
communications. NASA is directed to provide a report no later than March 1, 2006, on these
requirements, how it intends to meet these requirements and what the impact on the overall
Mars exploration programmatic risk will be.
25. NASA is directed to provide a ten-year funding plan for the Deep Space Network upgrades
and maintenance as part of the fiscal year 2007 budget request.
26. The conferees agree that NASA should continue to work toward an affordable, universal and
autonomous capability for rendezvous and docking in the vicinity of the Earth, the Moon, and
Mars. Upon completion of the DART review board report, the conferees direct NASA, within 30
days of delivery of the board report, to report to the Committees on Appropriations with its
future plans for autonomous, safe proximity operations and docking in space.
The conference agreement provides funds for the following congressional priorities. None of
these funds shall be for non-NASA construction projects:
$3,000,000 MSFC Simulation Based Acquisition for Manned Space Flight Vehicle Design and
Testing;
$4,000,000 Satellite Test Equivalence Principal (STEP);
$1,500,000 Alan Shepard Discovery Center at the McAuliffe Planetarium, equipment and
exhibits;
$1,000,000 Ott Planetarium, education programs;
$1,000,000 Stars program at Rhoads College, TN;
$5,000,000 to be transferred to the Air Force Research Laboratory for joint NASA-AFRL
research in advanced air traffic management including the development of new visualization
and simulation tools;
$2,000,000 Institute for the Application of Geospatial Technology at Cayuga Community
College, Inc.;
$1,000,000 University of South Alabama for high strength composite research;
$1,000,000 collaborative research on innovative carbon nanotechnology between Houston
Advanced Research Center and Rice University;
$750,000 Remote Sensing Initiative at California State University, Fullerton;
$700,000 space exploration education program at the McLean VA based Total Learning
Research Institute;

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$2,000,000 George Mason University's Center for Earth Observing Research;
$4,000,000 cooperative partnership between GSFC and Lehigh University for research and
development of nanomaterials;
$500,000 cooperative education programs between Griffith Observatory and NASA's Jet
Propulsion Laboratory;
$300,000 education programs at St. Thomas University;
$1,150,000 Southeast Missouri State University, Educator Resource Center;
$1,000,000 Environmental Tectonics Corporation, flight simulator pilot training human factors
validation;
$500,000 National Federation of the Blind, science education programs for blind youth;
$3,000,000 Virginia Institute for Performance and Engineering;
$1,000,000 Centenary College NJ, innovative teacher training initiative;
$2,500,000 NASA-Illinois Technology Commercialization Center at DuPage Research Park;
$1,000,000 Northwestern University Institute for Proteomics and Nanobiotechnology;
$2,000,000 Pacific Northwest Regional Collaboratory WA, earth science applications;
$4,000,000 Ultra Efficient Engine Technology (UEET);
$1,000,000 Garrett Morgan Commercialization Initiative;
$2,000,000 Advanced Virtual Engine Test Cell, Springfield, OH;
$750,000 Westminster College's Natural Sciences and Technology Center MO, education
programs;
$1,000,000 Applied Polymer Technology Extension Consortium, LA;
$200,000 North Shore Aerospace Initiative IL;
$750,000 Museum of Science and Industry's Human Exploration program, Henry Crown Space
Center, IL;
$200,000 Adler Planetarium education programs;
$500,000 Challenge Learning Center, Olean, NY;

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$500,000 Central Illinois Regional Museum for digital dome planetarium equipment;
$4,000,000 Loma Linda University space radiation research;
$1,000,000 University of Redlands academic programs;
$1,000,000 Oklahoma Space Technology Program;
$1,000,000 Centenary College LA, technology upgrades;
$1,000,000 Plattsburg Aeronautical Institute NY;
$1,000,000 Texas Tech University TX, development and enhancement of space flight
technologies;
$500,000 University of Idaho ID, deep submicron radiation hard electronics;
$2,350,000 Jason Foundation Project;
$500,000 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University AZ, education programs;
$1,000,000 Burlington Community College Integrated Education Center NJ, equipment;
$2,000,000 Idaho National Laboratory ID, performance, safety, and mission success tools;
$1,400,000 Indiana University solar proton radiation research;
$2,000,000 Pisgah Astronomical Research Center NC, equipment and exhibits;
$1,500,000 Regional Application Center for the Northeast;
$4,000,000 Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program;
$1,900,000 KSC Space Life Sciences Laboratory and Florida Institute of Technology FL,
research program;
$2,000,000 University of South Florida National Center for Roadway Friction;
$3,000,000 Florida State University advanced turbines research;
$1,000,000 Challenger Learning Center of Southwestern Connecticut;
$2,000,000 for the development and optimization of a low-cost repairable ceramic (CeramARC)
for high temperature applications such as leading edges;
$2,000,000 for the NASA In-Space Propulsion program for High-power Pulsed Inductive
Thruster technology research, utilizing a vector inversion pulsed generator to pre-ionize the
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propellant at an exceptionally high frequency;
$1,000,000 for on-going activities of the Goddard Institute for Systems, Software, and
Technology Research, including model-based mission design tools and advanced sensors for
UAVs;
$5,000,000 to establish a software research program at NASA's Independent Verification &
Validation Facility to include the Code Level Metrics Data Program, IV&V of Neural Nets, and
Software Legacy Research;
$900,000 for the NASA Virtual Teams Collaboration Pilot at Glenn Research Center;
$4,500,000 for the WVHTCF for research of grid-computing based evolutionary design
techniques across NASA applications;
$600,000 for the WVHTCF's Network Learning Alliance;
$1,100,000 for Fairmont State University for aerospace programs, teaching labs, equipment for
programs and necessary improvements and upgrades to the Fairmont State University
Aerospace Education Center;
$4,000,000 for Glenville State College for laboratories, equipment, planning and programs
associated with the science center;
$2,100,000 for the WVHTCF program for the Innovative Research of Technologies to Enable
Next Generation Space Exploration;
$1,500,000 for the Glenn Research Center Collaborative Engineering Environment;
$100,000 for Albany Technical College in Albany, Georgia for a technology, math and
engineering program;
$150,000 for Muscogee County Schools in Georgia for math and science programs;
$250,000 for Albany State University in Albany, Georgia for project `Jump Start' for a math
and science education enhancement program;
$150,000 for Andrew College, Georgia, for a rural math, science and engineering program;
$600,000 for Richland County Challenger Learning Center for Space Education in Columbia,
South Carolina;
$2,000,000 for the Sci-Quest Hands-On Science Center;
$1,400,000 for the Alabama A&M University for Advanced Propulsion Materials Research;
$800,000 for the University of Alabama in Huntsville for the Laboratory for Advanced
Scintillator Materials;
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$500,000 for the U.S. Space & Rocket Center for museum exhibits updates;
$2,300,000 for the Propulsion Research Laboratory at the Marshall Space Flight Center for
advanced propulsion test equipment;
$1,000,000 for the Mid-Atlantic Aerospace Complex in Bridgeport;
$100,000 for the Lower Hudson Valley Challenger Center;
$3,500,000 for the Educational Advancement Alliance to support the Alliance's K-12 math,
science and technology education and scholarship program;
$700,000 for Middle Tennessee State University for K-12 Science Education Enhancements;
$250,000 for the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Center at Tennessee Tech
University;
$1,000,000 for the National Center of Excellence in Small Scale Systems Packaging at the State
University of New York in Binghamton;
$2,500,000 for Goddard Space Flight Center for Radiance process laser dry cleaning capability;
$2,000,000 for Goddard Space Flight Center's Integrated Modeling Environment for Safety of
Space Flight initiative;
$100,000 for planning associated with the Plum Brook Station Alternative Energy Development;
$250,000 for East Providence School Department, Rhode Island, for instruction labs in math
and science;
$200,000 for the University of Rhode Island Engineering School;
$200,000 for the Providence School Department, Rhode Island, for instructional labs in math
and science;
$1,000,000 for continuation of NASA's Science and Education Institutional collaboration
between the American Museum of Natural History, New York;
$600,000 for the Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland, California for The Future
Programs for Humans in Space Education Programs;
$950,000 for the Sacramento Space Science Center at California State University;
$500,000 for the MCNC-Research and Development Institute (RDI) for continued funding for a
Laboratory for Distributed Chemical and Biological Sensors;
$500,000 for North Carolina State University's Center for Sustainable Life Support;
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$500,000 for the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences;
$1,000,000 for the University of San Francisco to acquire equipment for laboratories and
upgrades to a science center;
$250,000 for the Liberty Science Center;
$500,000 for St. Peter's College, New Jersey, for enhancing physical sciences and human
factors education and research;
$1,000,000 for Downey, California related to housing of a Space Shuttle mock-up;
$300,000 for the Bronx Community College Center for Sustainable Energy;
$1,000,000 for Ball State University, Indiana, Human Performance Laboratory;
$750,000 for the University of Massachusetts at Amherst for the U.S./Mexico large millimeter
telescope project;
$4,500,000 for the California Academy of Sciences to support technologies and educational
programming for the Morrison Planetarium;
$200,000 to Coppin State University for the Middle Passage Project to support the Geospatial
Sciences Laboratory
$1,000,000 for the Dole Scholarship Program;
$1,500,000 for weather mapping in Alaska;
$3,500,000 for the Biodefense Research Infrastructure Project at St. Louis University;
$4,000,000 for the Stennis Commercial Technology Program (CTP);
$500,000 for the AgCam Science Applications Team, Montana State University, Bozeman,
Montana;
$2,000,000 for the University of South Alabama to develop a high peak power plasmoid
thruster;
$1,000,000 for the University of Louisville Rejuvenating Injured Tissues for Enhanced Wound
Healing Project;
$100,000 for the La Rouche College Chemistry Initiative;
$300,000 for the Stroud Water Research Center;
$1,000,000 for the Delaware AeroSpace Education Foundation, Kent County, Delaware;
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$3,500,000 for Auburn University to develop high efficiency, free piston stirling converters;
$250,000 for the Space Foundation's Integrated Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Mathematics (STEM) Education Program;
$200,000 for the Colorado Consortium for Earth and Space Science Education Challenger
Learning Center of Colorado Springs;
$350,000 for the Center for Science and Technology at Dominican University, San Rafael,
California;
$300,000 for the Sun-Climate and Extra solar Planets Research Program at Tennessee State
University;
$750,000 for the Digital Image Archive Center at Utah State University;
$2,500,000 for the Composites Technology Institutes, Marshall University, Huntington, West
Virginia;
$1,750,000 for the Ultra-Long-Duration Balloon Program at New Mexico State University;
$200,000 for the Adventure Science Center--Bridges to the Universe;
$500,000 for the GeoInformatics Training, Research, Education and Extension Center
(GeoTREE) for emergency planning and management;
$4,000,000 for the Chesapeake Information Based Aeronautics Consortium, Baltimore,
Maryland of which $1,000,000 is for a demonstration of the Navy's JATDI program into civilian
applications;
$750,000 for the University of Colorado Institute for Micro/Nano Technology for Engineering
and Life Sciences;
$1,000,000 for the North Alabama Science Center's Alabama Nature Center interactive
immersive-reality science laboratory;
$2,000,000 for Constellation University for the CU Research Program;
$1,000,000 for Philadelphia University for the Scientific Reasoning-Inquiry Based Education
Initiative;
$2,000,000 for the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York for optics research;
$2,000,000 for the University of Louisville Space Flight Exploration Project;
$2,500,000 for the National Space Science and Technology Center to develop high power thin
disk lasers;
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$4,000,000 for the Alliance for NanoHealth;
$3,000,000 for the Northern Great Plains Space Sciences Technology Center at the University
of North Dakota, Grand Forks;
$1,100,000 for the Glenn Research Center for research and technology programs in advanced
aeronautics programs, including turbine engine research;
$1,000,000 for the Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative;
$2,000,000 for the development of a prototype systems integration node for secure data
storage at MSFC;
$100,000 for the Franklin & Marshall Life Sciences Facility;
$1,000,000 for the University of Mississippi to expand the National Center for Air and Space
Law (NCASL) mission;
$1,500,000 for the Houston Advanced Research Center;
$500,000 for the University of Idaho for Radiation-Tolerant Ultra-Low-Power (RTULP)
electronics;
$800,000 for the Combined Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Computed Tomography
(CT) Scanner at Colorado State University;
$3,000,000 to the Mauna Kea Discovery Center, Hilo, Hawaii;
$2,750,000 for the Glenn Research Center for research and technology programs in electric
power and propulsion, including photovoltaics, solar power, fuel cells, and other forms of
energy storage;
$1,000,000 for the Nuclear Systems Initiative at the Propulsion Research Lab for a modeling
and simulation test bed environment;
$500,000 for Wheelock College, Boston, Massachusetts, for K-6 science teacher education;
$1,250,000 for the Astromaterials Institute at University of New Mexico;
$500,000 for the Manned Space Flight Education Foundation;
$600,000 for the Sci-Port Discovery Center, Shreveport, Louisiana;
$500,000 for the Temporal Land Cover Change Research Program at Idaho State University;
$1,000,000 for the Mississippi Coastal Disaster Inventory Initiative;

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$1,000,000 for the Advanced Computing Center at the University of Vermont, Burlington,
Vermont;
$5,000,000 for the Autonomous Rendezvous and Docking Center of Excellence;
$4,000,000 for the Micro Satellite Development program at the National Space, Science and
Technology Center in coordination with NASA's Systems Development, Integration and Test
Division;
$50,000 for the Denver Museum of Nature and Science Space Odyssey Initiative;
$2,500,000 for the Saturn V Rocket restoration at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center;
$1,000,000 for the Center for Space and Planetary Sciences at the University of Arkansas,
Fayetville;
$1,000,000 for the Space Dynamics Laboratory Calibrations Standards Initiative at Utah State
University;
$1,250,000 for Compact Laser Sensors at Montana State University;
$400,000 for the Glenn Research Center for Human Health and Performance in Space;
$600,000 for the Central Nebraska Planetarium at the University of Nebraska at Kearney;
$3,000,000 to develop and demonstrate an Airport Operations Virtual Systems Laboratory;
$500,000 for the Space Engineering Institute at Texas A&M University;
$3,000,000 for the National Technology Transfer Center at Wheeling Jesuit University,
Wheeling, West Virginia for the HEALTHeWV program;
$750,000 for the Glenn Research Center for applied research in nuclear power and propulsion
systems;
$2,000,000 for the Institute for NanoBio Technology at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore,
Maryland;
$1,000,000 for a Methane Propellant Viability Assessment and Program Plan to be conducted
within the Rocket Propulsion Test Program;
$2,000,000 for continued operation of the Classroom of the Future at Wheeling Jesuit
University, Wheeling West Virginia;
$5,000,000 for the Propulsion Research Lab for the development of a Crew Launch Vehicle
Integrated Health Monitoring Fault Detection and Correction system;
$4,000,000 for infrastructure upgrades at the Wallops Island Flight Facility to accommodate
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unmanned aerial vehicles at existing hangars as well as the creation of ground support facilities
for medium and high altitude UAV's and the definition and development of end to end concept
of operations including payload-air vehicle integration and developing a standardized UAV
design for civilian agencies;
$250,000 for the Geospatial Extension Specialist program at Utah State University;
$2,000,000 for high end computing capability at the Goddard Space Flight Center;
$4,000,000 for MSFC for the development of a knowledge management integrated data
environment;
$500,000 for the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport to study the expansion of the Wallops Island
Flight Facility into a next-generation, commercial cargo spaceport;
$1,250,000 for Spaceflight Health Monitoring Technology at Montana State University;
$2,000,000 for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington;
$400,000 for Applied Technology Center at Montana State University--Northern;
$1,500,000 for the NASA Langley Visitor Center for the `Space Bound' campaign;
$750,000 for the Aerospace Propulsion Particulate Emissions Reduction Program at the
University of Missouri;
$5,000,000 for the High Altitude Deployment Demonstration (HADD) within the Planetary
Aircraft Risk Reduction program (PARR) for integrating existing aircraft critical sub systems and
conducting a flight-testing program using a full size prototype aircraft;
$1,000,000 for the Manufacturing Research Center at Southern Methodist University;
$3,500,000 for the Maryland Institute for Dexterous Space Robotics at the University of
Maryland, College Park;
$2,000,000 for the Bio-Info-Nano Research and Development Institute at NASA Ames Research
Center to be operated in conjunction with University of California at Santa Cruz;
$600,000 for the Montana Technology and Innovation Partnership;
$2,000,000 for continued operations of the National Technology Transfer Center (NTTC) at
Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, West Virginia;
$2,000,000 for the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development for
broadband connection to the Wallops Island Flight Facility;
$1,000,000 for the Mitchell Institute, Portland, Maine for educational purposes; and

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$375,000 for the Challenger Foundation for education software.

EXPLORATION CAPABILITIES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement provides $6,663,000,000 for Exploration Capabilities instead of
$6,712,900,000 as proposed by the House and $6,603,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Changes to the budget request include an overall reduction for International Space Station of
$80,000,000, of which $60,000,000 is for crew cargo services, a reduction of $10,000,000 for
space communications, and $10,000,000 as a general reduction. The conferees have addressed
funding and policy direction for the aeronautics research program under the Science,
Aeronautics and Exploration account.
The conferees agree to the following:
1. The conference agreement provides a funding level for the International Space Station crew
and cargo services program of $198,000,000, which includes $98,000,000 in carryover funds
from fiscal year 2005 as well as $100,000,000 appropriated in this Act. This funding level
should be sufficient to address NASA's needs in this area.
2. NASA is encouraged to utilize, to the fullest extent possible, commercially developed
domestic cargo resupply and, ultimately, crew rotation capabilities for the International Space
Station. This should be a priority for NASA. Utilizing the market offered by the International
Space Station's requirements for cargo and crew will help to spur true competition in the
private sector, result in savings that can be applied elsewhere in the program, and promote
further commercial opportunities in the aerospace sector.
3. The conferees are concerned that construction of facilities projects that have been planned
and deferred by NASA in the past have not been readdressed in a satisfactory manner. One
such project is building 4601 at the Marshall Space Flight Center. The conferees direct NASA to
begin construction of building 4601, beginning in fiscal year 2006, from within funds provided
for the construction of facilities. Furthermore, construction funds should not be taken from the
general and administrative services account to cover this activity.
4. NASA is reminded that it must request a reprogramming, in writing, to move or alter the
purpose of any funds related to the Shuttle program, and that NASA must include the out-year
impacts on all activities involved in such a reprogramming. In addition, NASA is directed to
consult with the Committees on Appropriations on all proposed changes to investments in the
Shuttle program. These consultations should occur before any final decisions are made.

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
The conference agreement provides $32,400,000 for the Office of Inspector General as
proposed by both the House and Senate. The conference agreement includes bill language
proposed by the Senate that extends the availability of funds until September 30, 2007.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
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The conferees agree to the following:
1. Bill language is included as proposed by the House making minor technical changes to the
language dealing with environmental compliance and restoration activities. The Senate bill had
similar language.
2. Bill language is included as proposed by the House making minor technical changes to the
language dealing with the availability of funds for construction of facilities. The Senate bill had
similar language.
3. Bill language is included as proposed by the Senate dealing with prizes. Funding for the
Centennial Challenge is not available for obligation unless authorized. The House bill had no
similar language.
4. Bill language is included as proposed by the Senate that allows the merging of unexpired
balances that are transferred to the new account established under this Act. The House bill had
no similar language.
5. Bill language is included as proposed by the House that incorporated by reference the
program, projects, and activities included in the statement of the managers accompanying this
Act. The Senate bill had no similar language.
6. Bill language is not adopted as proposed by the House that would have allowed for the
transfer of funds between appropriations accounts. The Senate bill had no similar provision.

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
The conference agreement includes $5,653,370,000 for the six appropriations accounts of the
National Science Foundation (NSF), instead of $5,643,370,000 as proposed by the House and
$5,530,959,000 as proposed by the Senate.

RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
The conference agreement includes $4,387,520,000 for the Research and Related Activities
account, instead of $4,377,520,000 as proposed by the House and $4,345,213,000 as proposed
by the Senate.
The conference agreement includes language allowing funds under this heading to be available
for polar icebreaking services. The conferees expect the NSF to reimburse the United States
Coast Guard for such services pursuant to a memorandum of agreement. The conference
agreement includes, by reference, language in the House report regarding the submission of a
report on alternatives for long-term icebreaking needs and future options for supporting the
United States presence in the Antarctic.
The conference agreement includes, by reference, language in the House report on innovation
inducement prizes. The conference agreement also includes, by reference, language in the
Senate report on the Plant Genome Research program and radio astronomy.
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The conferees agree that funding for the Children's Research Initiative research centers
program shall continue at least at the fiscal year 2005 level. The conferees commend NSF for
its Silicon Nanoelectronics and Beyond program and its partnership with the Nanoelectronics
Research Initiative, which involves the sponsorship of research in the areas of information
technology and electronics. The conferees encourage NSF to continue its support for such
research in fiscal year 2006 at the same level as fiscal year 2005.

MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES
CONSTRUCTION
The conference agreement includes $193,350,000 for the Major Research Equipment and
Facilities Construction (MREFC) account, as proposed by the House and Senate. In addition, the
conferees are aware that unobligated balances of at least $14,880,000 are available from fiscal
year 2005, resulting in a total funding availability of $208,230,000 under this account. The
conferees agree to the following distribution of available resources, which fully funds all
requested MREFC projects for fiscal year 2006:

[Dollars in thousands]
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Atacama Large Millimeter Array

$49,240

EarthScope

50,620

IceCube Neutrino Observatory

50,450

Scientific Ocean Drilling Vessel

57,920

Total, MREFC

208,230

EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES
The conference agreement includes $807,000,000 for the Education and Human Resources
(EHR) account as proposed by the House, instead of $747,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The conferees agree to the following distribution of funds under this account for fiscal year
2006:

[Dollars in thousands]
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Math and Science Partnerships

$64,000

EPSCoR

100,000

Elementary, Secondary & Informal Education

172,500

Undergraduate Education

146,000

Graduate Education

155,000

Human Resource Development

120,000

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Research, Evaluation and Communication
Total, EHR

49,500
807,000

Within the amount provided for Human Resource Development, the conferees agree that
$25,800,000 shall be for the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation program and
$35,800,000 shall be for the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate
Program. In addition, the amount provided for Human Resource Development continues funding
for the Tribal Colleges and Universities program, and the HBCU-Research University Science
and Technology initiative within the Center of Research Excellence in Science and Technology
program.
NSF plays a significant role in attracting more of the best and brightest students in the Nation
into the science, mathematics, engineering, and technology fields. The conferees urge NSF to
work towards increasing the number of women, minorities, and other underrepresented groups
to the greatest extent possible.
Within the amount provided for Undergraduate Education, the conference agreement continues
funding for the Robert Noyce Scholarship program and the Advanced Technological Education
program.
The conference agreement includes, by reference, language in the Senate report regarding the
Math and Science Partnership (MSP) program.
Within the funding provided under this account, the conferees direct the NSF to initiate a
demonstration program to provide seed money for new projects with the goal of increasing the
pool of individuals pursuing science, technology, engineering and mathematics careers through
programs that catalyze and maintain interest of K-8 students in math and science. The projects
must stimulate interest and provide exciting but challenging educational experiences in math
and science that are continuous and seamless from initial contact and throughout high school.
The conferees agree that the NSF shall conduct a merit-based peer review process to select
projects for funding, and that each project shall involve sustainable coalitions of industry/
business, colleges of education, and educational agencies.

SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes $250,000,000 for the Salaries and Expenses account as
proposed by the House, instead of $229,896,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference
agreement includes full requested funding for 23 new positions, and includes, by reference,
guidance in the House report regarding priority areas for the allocation of additional personnel.
The conferees agree that at least three positions shall be allocated to the Office of the Deputy
Director of Large Facility Projects to improve oversight of large research facility projects.

OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD
The conference agreement includes $4,000,000 for the Office of the National Science Board, as
proposed by the House and Senate. The conference agreement includes, by reference,
language in the House report regarding the establishment of a Board commission on science
education.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
The conference agreement includes $11,500,000 for the Office of Inspector General as
proposed by the House and Senate.

TITLE IV--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY
In total, the conference agreement includes $9,685,574,000 for the Department of State and
the Broadcasting Board of Governors. Of the total amount provided, $9,553,874,000 is derived
from general purpose discretionary funds and $131,700,000 is scored as mandatory spending.
The conference agreement includes $1,599,723,000 to continue worldwide security activities,
including the design and construction of replacement facilities for the most vulnerable overseas
posts.
For purposes of this title and relevant related agencies in title V of this Act, the language set
forth in House Report 109-118 and Senate Report 109-96 should be complied with unless
specifically addressed in the accompanying bill and statement of the managers to the contrary.
The statement of the managers, while repeating some report language for emphasis or
clarification, does not intend to negate the language in either the House or Senate reports
unless expressly addressed herein.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
The conference agreement includes a total of $9,033,231,000 for the Department of State. Of
the total amount provided, $8,901,531,000 is derived from general purpose discretionary funds
and $131,700,000 is scored as mandatory spending.
The conference agreement includes a total of $6,517,365,000 for the discretionary
appropriation accounts under Administration of Foreign Affairs; $2,201,712,000 for
International Organizations; $67,339,000 for International Commissions; and $115,115,000 for
other activities. The conferees' priorities for the Department of State are described in the
following paragraphs.
The conferees agree with the direction of the Senate with respect to submission of a report on
proposals to improve budget justification materials submitted with the fiscal year 2007 budget
request. The Department of State should submit proposals to both the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations no later than December 15, 2005.

ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement includes $4,369,542,000 for the Diplomatic and Consular Programs
account, instead of $4,436,641,000 as proposed by the House and $4,444,641,000 as proposed
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by the Senate. The conference agreement includes $689,523,000 to continue funding for
worldwide security upgrades, and $334,000,000 for public diplomacy programs. The conference
agreement includes $930,610,000 for the border security program, including $74,213,000 in
appropriated funds, $672,097,000 in Machine Readable Visa (MRV) fees, and $184,300,000 in
Enhance Border Security Program fees and Visa Fraud fees.
The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language as proposed in the House report
regarding: the detail of a diplomatic security agent to the FBI's National Gang Intelligence
Center; follow-on efforts related to an external review of public diplomacy programs; the
American Corners program; the microscholarships program; diplomatic efforts to support the
expansion of audiences for U.S. international broadcasting; international book programs;
reporting on MRV fee collections; the diversity visa program; fingerprint technology standards;
minority recruitment and hiring; overseas American schools; security of classified material; an
export control process plan; war crimes in West Africa; right-sizing the U.S. overseas presence;
presence in China; intellectual property rights enforcement; and intercountry adoption. The
conference agreement also includes, by reference, language in the House and Senate reports
regarding the Office of the Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues.
The conferees expect that within the planned personnel complement for Baghdad, Iraq, that
one Senior Foreign Service Officer who reports directly to the Ambassador will be assigned as
the lead human rights official in Baghdad. This officer should be tasked with encouraging
incorporation of human rights principles during Iraq's constitutional and legal reconstruction,
and especially to secure for all individuals strong human rights provisions, including freedom of
thought, conscience, religion or belief, and due process of law, through the Iraqi legal system
and the implementation of the Iraqi constitution.
The conference agreement includes a program increase of $150,000 and two additional
positions for the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. The conferees support the
efforts of the Office to further strengthen the annual reporting process and those of the
Department-led Senior Policy Operating Group to coordinate interagency activities to implement
the Trafficking Victims Prevention Act of 2000.
The conferees urge the Department of State to ensure that no later than 30 days after the date
of issuance by the U.S. mission in a foreign country, the Trafficking in Persons Report and the
International Religious Freedom Report be translated into the official language of that country.
The translated report should be posted on the Web site of the U.S. Embassy in that country.
The conferees strongly believe that translation of the reports is critical to accomplishing the
purpose of the U.S. Congress in requiring these reports.
The conferees direct that not later than February 15, 2006, the Secretary of State shall submit
to the Committees on Appropriations a report setting forth the number of personnel of the
Department of State performing legislative liaison or legislative affairs functions as of January
1, 2006. The report shall include the following: the number of personnel of the Department of
State assigned to full-time legislative liaison or affairs functions, shown by organizational entity,
and the number of personnel of the Department of State either in a part time or support
function. The report shall include a description of each position, including those unfilled as of
January 1, and a summary comparing the total cost to the Department for all legislative affairs
functions for fiscal year 2006 and the justification of funds contained in the fiscal year 2007
budget request.
The conferees continue to follow the development of the ePassport and are aware that the
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Department of State is working to select a microchip technology that will be embedded in nextgeneration passports. The conferees direct the Department to submit a report no later than 30
days after the enactment of this Act to the Committees on Appropriations describing the
selection criteria for production of these chips and how it will provide for domestic integration
and personalization of ePassports in a secure facility.
The conference agreement includes $3,000,000 for the Ambassador's Fund for Cultural
Preservation for grants to preserve objects, sites, and forms of cultural expression, as proposed
by the Senate.
The conference agreement includes $1,000,000 for the Cultural Antiquities Task Force, as
proposed by the Senate. The Task Force is directed to continue initiatives begun in prior years
to protect and preserve archeological collections and sites.
The conference agreement includes $2,000,000 for a contribution to the endowment of the
Scholar Rescue Fund. The conferees understand this contribution will be exceeded by private
donations to assist scholars to leave their home countries if their personal safety or academic
freedom is threatened. Any interest income earned on the contribution may be retained by the
Fund endowment.

CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND
The conference agreement includes $58,895,000 for the Capital Investment Fund, as proposed
by the Senate, instead of $69,121,000 as proposed by the House. The conference agreement
includes two separate accounts for the Department of State's information technology (IT)
programs. As in fiscal year 2005, the Capital Investment Fund will continue to provide funding
only for new investments in IT, and the Centralized IT Modernization Program account will
provide funding for the maintenance of the Department's IT infrastructure, including hardware
and software refreshment and upgrades. The conferees expect that an additional amount
estimated at $116,000,000 in expedited passport fee collections will be used for technology
investments in fiscal year 2006.
The conference agreement includes $7,740,000 for public key infrastructure requirements as
described in the House report, and adopts, by reference, language included in the House report
regarding the State Messaging and Archive Retrieval Toolset program, and language in the
Senate report on payroll consolidation.

CENTRALIZED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MODERNIZATION
PROGRAM
The conference agreement includes $69,368,000 for the Centralized IT Modernization Program
account, instead of $74,105,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House did not provide funding
under this heading.
The conferees remind the Department of State of the requirement to annually update the
automation replacement and modernization plan report that was initiated in fiscal year 2005.

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
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The conference agreement includes $30,029,000 for the Office of Inspector General (OIG),
instead of $29,983,000 as proposed by the House and $33,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
The conference agreement includes a total of $431,790,000 under this heading, instead of
$410,400,000 as proposed by the House and $440,200,000 as proposed by the Senate. The
following chart displays the conference agreement on the distribution of funds by program or
activity under this account:

Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs
[Budget authority in thousands of dollars]
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Academic Programs:
Fulbright
Regional Graduate Fellowships
Educational Advising and Student Services
English Language Programs
American Overseas Research Centers

$185,136
25,342
5,000
14,556
3,316

South Pacific Exchanges

500

Timor Leste Exchanges

750

Mobility Exchange Clearinghouse

500

Benjamin Gilman International Scholarship Program

3,712

George Mitchell Fellowship Program

500

Tibet Fulbright Exchanges

500

Hemispheric Program

500

Abraham Lincoln Study Abroad Fellowship

400

Subtotal, Academic Programs

240,712

Professional and Cultural Programs:
International Visitor Program

68,000

Citizen Exchange Programs

57,950

Congress Bundestag Youth Exchange

3,256

Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program

1,877

Irish Institute
Leadership program for emerging democracies
Atlantic Corridor

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Ngwang Choephel Fellows (Tibet)

600

Youth Science Leadership Institute of the Americas

150

Africa Workforce Development

400

Institute for Representative Government

500

SIFE

250

Rule of Law Forum

850

Northern Forum

400

Arctic Council

175

Permafrost Conference

500

Kosovo Foundation for Medical Development

850

Global Perspectives Project

750

Project Children

200

International Leadership Training Program

70

World Scholar and Athlete Games

500

International Forum on Democracy

900

Pakistan Literacy Training Program

250

Empower Peace

500

William Joiner Fellowship in War & Social Consequences

500

Law program for leaders from transitional democracies

700

Karelia Sustainable Development Exchange

350

International Leadership Program with sub-Saharan Africa

150

Leaders in Education Initiative

2,000

Tolerance Foreign Exchange Program

150

University Consortium

1,000

Concordia Arabic Language Exchange
Subtotal, Professional and Cultural Exchanges

250
146,078

Exchanges Support
Total

45,000
431,790

Deviations from this distribution of funds will be subject to the normal reprogramming
procedures under section 605 of this Act.
The conference agreement includes, by reference, language in the House report regarding
Fulbright exchanges with Tibet, Traditional Public/Private Partnership grants, artistic and
cultural exchanges, and religious freedom exchanges. The conference agreement also includes,
by reference, language in the Senate report requiring an assessment of exchange capacity
between and among developing countries and the United States, and on the Timor-Leste
Scholarship Program.
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The conference agreement does not include language, proposed by the Senate, providing
$13,500,000 for educational and cultural exchanges with the People's Republic of China. The
conferees direct that not less than $10,000,000 be provided for such activities, including for an
American studies program. The conferees request the Department of State to consult with the
Committees on Appropriations on the use of these funds.
The conference agreement does not include $5,000,000 under this heading for the Center for
Asian Democracy. Instead, the conference agreement includes section 406 designating
$5,000,000 for such purpose from the Diplomatic and Consular Programs account.
The conferees support the Special Olympics and recommend that the Department of State
continue to fund this program.
Within amounts specified in the chart, the conference agreement includes $15,500,000 for
Future Leaders Exchange Program, $2,200,000 for Teaching Excellence Awards, and last year's
funding level for Muskie Graduate Fellowships, including the Muskie Ph.D. program, and for
Junior Faculty Development Program exchanges, including Southeast Europe. Within the
amount for educational advising, $1,600,000 is for Eurasia. Within Regional Fellowships,
$2,000,000 is for the Cooperative Fellowships Program for Eastern Europe and Eurasia.
The conference agreement includes $1,000,000 for an undergraduate international exchange
program involving a consortium of the Virginia Military Institute, Christopher Newport
University, the College of William and Mary, Shenandoah University, and James Madison
University.
The conference agreement includes, by reference, language in the Senate report regarding
proposals from Morehouse College and other universities to expand exchange programs,
particularly for minority students.

REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES
The conference agreement includes $8,281,000 for representation allowances as proposed by
the House and Senate. The conference agreement includes, by reference, language in the
House report regarding the submission of a quarterly report on expenditures under this
account.

PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS
The conference agreement includes $9,390,000 under this heading as proposed by the House
and the Senate, and makes the funding available for two fiscal years as proposed by the House.
The conference agreement includes, by reference, language in the House report regarding the
Department of State's treatment of reimbursement requests and the submission of a report on
budgeting for protection expenses in light of heightened security measures. The conferees
believe that local jurisdictions incurring such costs must submit a certified billing for such costs
in accordance with program regulations. The conferees expect the Department to treat such
submissions diligently and provide reimbursement for valid claims to local jurisdictions on a
timely basis. The conferees recognize that, in those instances where a local jurisdiction will
realize a financial benefit from a visit by a foreign dignitary through increased tax revenues,
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such circumstances should be taken into account by the Department in assessing the need for
reimbursement under this program.

EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE
The conference agreement includes a total appropriation of $1,509,000,000 for Embassy
Security, Construction, and Maintenance, instead of $1,513,710,000 as proposed by the House
and $1,499,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement designates
$910,200,000 as available only for priority worldwide security upgrades, acquisition, and
construction, the full amount requested for such activities.
The conference agreement includes $910,320,000 for worldwide security upgrades, including
$810,320,000 to continue the capital security program for constructing new secure replacement
facilities for the Department's most vulnerable embassies and consulates. Within the funds
made available under this category, the conferees expect the Department to undertake new
office building projects from among the highest priority facilities listed in the Long Range
Overseas Buildings Plan. Projects funded under this account must follow a rigorous rightsizing
methodology.
The conference agreement includes, by reference, language in the House report regarding the
submission of a spending plan, compound security, right-sizing, Capital Security Cost Sharing,
and assets management.
The conferees direct the Department of State to consult with the Committees on Appropriations
prior to initiating any embassy construction projects in Thailand, including the sale of any
properties or assets (specifically the Rajadamri compound). The conferees request the
Department to report to the Committees on Appropriations not later than 90 days after
enactment of this Act on options to utilize the Rajadamri compound.

EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement includes $10,000,000 under this heading as proposed by the House,
instead of $13,643,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement anticipates that
significant carryover balances will be available for obligation in fiscal year 2006.

REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement includes $712,000 for the subsidy cost of repatriation loans and
$607,000 for administrative costs of the program as proposed by the House and Senate.

PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN
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The conference agreement includes $19,751,000 under this heading as proposed by the House
and Senate. The conference agreement includes, by reference, language in the House report
regarding the submission of a spending plan, except that such plan shall be submitted by
February 3, 2006.

PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND
DISABILITY FUND
The conference agreement includes $131,700,000 under this heading, as proposed by the
House and the Senate.

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
The conference agreement includes $1,166,212,000 under this heading as proposed by the
Senate, instead of $1,144,264,400 as proposed by the House.
The conference agreement includes, by reference, language in the House report regarding
reassessment of U.S. membership in certain international organizations, assessment rate
equity, reform and budget discipline, the UN Regular Budget, and American employment levels
in the UN System.
The House and Senate bills did not include language that was included in the budget request
authorizing the United States Government to use funds for the payment of interest costs to the
United Nations for a loan for the renovation of its headquarters. The conferees are concerned
with the estimated costs of the renovation, and are aware that the U.N. Under Secretary
General for Management is currently reviewing the estimated cost of the renovation. The
conferees direct the Department of State to provide the Committees on Appropriations a report
of the results of these findings. The conference agreement includes section 412 expressing the
sense of the Congress that the loan amount for the headquarters renovation should not exceed
$600,000,000.

CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING
ACTIVITIES
The conference agreement includes $1,035,500,000 for Contributions for International
Peacekeeping Activities as proposed by the House and Senate.
The conference agreement includes, by reference, language in the House report regarding
sexual exploitation and abuse in UN peacekeeping missions; UN peacekeeping in Western
Sahara; UN peacekeeping reform; benchmarks for mission performance and termination; and
the Office of Internal Oversight Services. The allocation of funds under this account to specific
missions shall be subject to the reprogramming requirements in section 605 of this Act.
The conference agreement includes section 409, which limits payments for UN peacekeeping to

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$1,035,500,000 from funds made available by this Act. The conferees expect the Department
of State to evaluate and prioritize United States participation in, and support for, UN
peacekeeping missions. In a climate of limited resources the conferees continue to insist that
the Department live within appropriated amounts, prioritize as necessary according to policy
goals, take steps as necessary to conclude or withdraw support from lower priority missions,
and refrain from entering into new commitments without identifying offsetting savings or
requesting supplemental appropriations.

INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION,
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO
The conference agreement includes a total of $33,300,000 for the International Boundary and
Water Commission, United States and Mexico (IBWC). The total amount provided includes
$28,000,000 for Salaries and Expenses and $5,300,000 for Construction. The conference
agreement includes language authorizing not to exceed $6,000 for representation expenses.

SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement for the Salaries and Expenses account includes $28,000,000,
instead of $27,000,000 as proposed by the House and $28,700,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The conference agreement includes, by reference, language in the House report regarding the
use of surplus operations and maintenance funding through reprogramming.

CONSTRUCTION
The conference agreement includes $5,300,000 under this heading, as proposed by both the
House and the Senate.
The conference agreement includes $1,200,000 for Boundary-wide Construction; $3,700,000
for the Water Quantity Program; and $400,000 for the Water Quality Program.
Within the amount for the Water Quantity Program, the conferees recommend that the
Commission increase funding for the Lower Rio Grande Flood Control Project above the
$2,200,000 contained in the budget request. Studies by the U.S. Section of the IBWC conclude
that Rio Grande Valley levees are deficient in height, geologically flawed, and structurally
unsound. The conferees expect the Administration, in the upcoming budget cycle, to request
sufficient funds to address these needs. Also, the conferees direct that $250,000 be made
available for the Rio Grande Canalization project.
The conferees encourage the IBWC to attempt, if possible, to achieve greater secondary
treatment of Mexican sewage within current funding levels under this account, including
carryover balances.
Any obligation of carryover balances available under this heading, including any new project
starts, shall be subject to the reprogramming process described in section 605 of this Act.
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AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS
The conference agreement includes $10,039,000 under this heading, instead of $9,500,000 as
proposed by the House and $10,400,000 as proposed by the Senate. This amount includes
$1,429,000 for the International Boundary Commission; $2,110,000 for the Border
Environment Cooperation Commission; and $6,500,000 for the International Joint Commission
including $300,000 for the Lake Champlain Basin Program.

INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS
The conference agreement includes $24,000,000 under this heading, instead of $22,000,000 as
proposed by the House and $25,623,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees direct that
the following amounts be provided: $2,072,000 for the Inter-American Tropical Tuna
Commission; $3,029,000 for the Pacific Salmon Commission; $300,000 for the Western and
Central Pacific Fisheries Commission; $3,079,000 for the International Pacific Halibut
Commission; $85,000 for the North Pacific Marine Science Organization; and $14,937,000 for
the Great Lakes Fisheries Commission. The conferees expect the Department of State to
allocate the balance of funds in the conference agreement, and, through the regular
reprogramming process, any additional funds that may become available, to priority
commissions.
The conference agreement includes $500,000 within the amount provided for the Great Lakes
Fisheries Commission (GLFC) for eradication of lampreys in Lake Champlain, as proposed by
the Senate. The GLFC is directed to give priority to States that have provided matching grants
when distributing lampricide funds.
The conferees expect the Department of State to take immediate action to evaluate and
prioritize United States participation in, and funding for, international fisheries commissions. In
a climate of limited resources the conferees continue to insist that the Department operate
within appropriated amounts, prioritize as necessary among commissions according to policy
goals, take steps as necessary to withdraw from lower priority commissions, and refrain from
entering into new commitments.

OTHER

PAYMENT TO THE ASIA FOUNDATION
The conference agreement includes $14,000,000 under this heading, instead of $10,000,000 as
proposed by the House and $15,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference
agreement includes, by reference, language in the House and Senate reports regarding certain
Foundation programs. The conferees continue to strongly support the programs and activities of
TAF.

CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN-WESTERN DIALOGUE TRUST
FUND

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The conference agreement includes $5,000,000 under this heading to be deposited in the
International Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund (as authorized by 22 U.S.
C. 2078) for the perpetual operations of the Center in Istanbul, Turkey, instead of $7,000,000
as proposed by the Senate. The House did not propose funding in this account. The interest and
earnings accruing to the Trust Fund, estimated at $1,000,000, shall be available for the
steering committee, chaired by the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC),
for the operations of the Center.

EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
The conference agreement includes an appropriation of interest and earnings from the
Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund, expected to total $500,000. The
conference agreement includes, by reference, language in the House report regarding
geographical priorities and the selection of fellows.

ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
The conference agreement includes an appropriation of interest and earnings of the Israeli Arab
Scholarship Endowment Fund, expected to total $375,000.

EAST-WEST CENTER
The conference agreement includes $19,240,000 for the East-West Center, instead of
$6,000,000 as proposed by the House and $20,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The
conferees direct that the Center spend no less than $3,874,000 on programs related to the
People's Republic of China, the same level as fiscal year 2005. The conferees strongly
encourage the Center to focus on successful programs in the Pacific Rim and Southeast Asia, in
lieu of starting new programs in South Asia.

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY
The conference agreement includes $75,000,000 for the National Endowment for Democracy
(NED), instead of $50,000,000 as proposed by the House and $88,800,000 as proposed by the
Senate.
The conference agreement allocates funds to the following activities:

National Endowment for Democracy
[Budget authority in thousands of dollars]
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Region:
Africa

$9,000

Asia

10,000

Middle East/North Africa

22,550

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Central and Eastern Europe

4,000

Independent States of the Former Soviet Union

8,000

Latin America/Caribbean

7,700

Multiregional

4,000

Other:
Democratic Activities

1,500

Administration

8,250

Total

75,000

The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language in the House report regarding the
International Center for Democratic Transition, and language reaffirming NED's duty to ensure
that all sponsored activities adhere to core NED principles and requiring a report on NED
activities in Venezuela.
The conferees note the need for a systematic effort to evaluate the impact of democracy
programs and the process by which strategic priorities are determined and funds are allocated
to advance democracy and U.S. national interests. In light of the significant increase in NED
resources, the conferees believe that a thorough program review will improve program results.
In this regard, the conferees expect NED to submit a report to the Committees by March 1,
2006 outlining the methodologies proposed to evaluate NED democracy-promotion programs,
to measure results, and to guide future resource allocation decisions.

RELATED AGENCY
BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS

INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS
The conference agreement includes $641,450,000 to carry out United States International
Broadcasting Operations, instead of $620,000,000 as proposed by the House and $603,394,000
as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement includes funding for Broadcasting to
Cuba under this account, at the requested level, instead of in a separate account as proposed
by the Senate.
The conference agreement allocates funding under this account to the following activities:

International Broadcasting Operations
[Budget authority in thousands of dollars]
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International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB):
VOA
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Agency Direction

25,500

Management

46,000

Program Support

16,800

Subtotal, IBB

418,294

Independent Grantee Organizations:
RFE/RL

76,200

(Farda)

(4,500)

(Afghan)

(3,905)

(Iraq)

(1,858)

(Moldova)

(938)

(Russian)

(9,615)

(Ukrainian)

(2,260)

(News/Current Affairs)

(4,069)

RFA

30,200

Middle East Broadcasting Networks

79,100

Subtotal, Grantees
Broadcasting to Cuba
Total

185,500
37,656
641,450

The conference agreement adopts, by reference, House language regarding Arabic
broadcasting, broadcasting to Africa, language service review, anti-jamming efforts,
cooperation with the Department of Defense, Radio Free Asia broadcasting in Uyghur, Korean
and Cantonese, and programming on religious freedom.
The conferees recommend a total of $11,160,000 for the VOA Persian Service and a total of
$4,500,000 for RFE/RL's Radio Farda, increases similar to those recommended by the Senate.
The conference agreement includes funding under Engineering and Technical Services and
under VOA to support increased programming, and increased medium wave and FM
transmission of U.S. International Broadcasting in Pashto to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border
region. The conferees expect the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) to report to the
Committees 60 days after enactment of this Act on an implementation plan for this initiative.
Within the amount for Engineering and Technical Services, the conferees expect that current
efforts to enable satellite television broadcasting to China will be continued.
The conferees are concerned that funds allocated for the establishment of radio transmitters for
BBG programs overseas remain unexpended as a result of lengthy negotiations with host
governments over permission to erect and operate transmitters. The conferees direct the
Department of State, no later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, and every 90 days
thereafter until September 30, 2006, to report to the Committees

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on Appropriations on the status of any ongoing negotiations with foreign governments for
permission to install and operate BBG transmitters. The report should also include: the
proposed locations of planned BBG transmitters; the history of negotiations with the host
country (and developments in the interim between reports); the rank and position of the
Department of State personnel conducting the negotiations; the rank and position of the
host nation officials participating in the negotiations; the reasons cited by the host
country for the lack of progress; and the anticipated date that the transmitters will be
fully operational.

BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
The conference agreement includes $10,893,000 for broadcasting capital improvements, as
proposed by the House and Senate.
The conferees expect the Board to keep the Committees on Appropriations informed on the
status of its efforts to acquire additional transmission capabilities in the Middle East, including
Egypt.
The conference agreement allocates funding under this account to the following activities:

Broadcasting Capital Improvements
[Budget authority in thousands of dollars]
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Maintenance, Improvements, Replace and Repair:
Continuing Maintenance and Repair

$4,902

VOA TV

769

Security

2,047

Subtotal, MIRR:

7,718

Upgrade of Existing Facilities

2,375

Satellite and Terrestrial Program Feeds
Total, BCI:

800
10,893

GENERAL PROVISIONS--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY
The conference agreement includes section 401, permitting the use of funds for allowances,
differentials and transportation.
The conference agreement includes section 402 dealing with transfer authority.
The conference agreement includes section 403 prohibiting the use of funds by the Department
of State or the Broadcasting Board of Governors to provide certain assistance to the Palestinian
Broadcasting Corporation.

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The conference agreement includes section 404 on the responsibilities of the Senior Policy
Operating Group on Trafficking in Persons. The conferees understand that the Operating Group
has been actively meeting and performing its designated functions since enactment of Section
406 of division B of Public Law 108-7. The conferees agree that all anti-trafficking policies,
grants and grant policies shall be covered by the provisions of Section 406 of division B of
Public Law 108-7. The conference agreement also includes language clarifying that the Senior
Policy Operating Group and its chairman are the coordinating body (and official) accountable for
federal anti-trafficking policies, grants and grant policies. The language also makes clear that
the coordinating responsibilities of the Operating Group are not intended to supercede the
decision making authority of the constituent members of the Task Force to Monitor and Combat
Trafficking in Persons, to whom Operating Group members continue to report. The Operating
Group is, and was intended to serve as, the forum for interagency coordination of antitrafficking policies, even as final decisions regarding any such policies are necessarily vested
with the President and the senior officials who comprise the Task Force. The conferees agree
that the Senior Operating Group and its chair have successfully performed the coordinating
functions assigned to them.
The conference agreement includes section 405 regarding the recording of place of birth on
certain passport applications.
The conference agreement includes section 406 designating funding for certain purposes in the
Diplomatic and Consular Programs account.
The conference agreement includes section 407 waiving certain authorization requirements.
The conference agreement includes section 408 regarding tables included in the Statement of
the Managers accompanying the Act, and describing certain notification requirements.
The conference agreement includes section 409 limiting the amount available under this title for
payment to the United Nations for expenses of international peacekeeping.
The conference agreement includes section 410 extending the authorization for the U.S.
Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. The conferees direct the Department of State to
submit to the Committees on Appropriations not later than 120 days after enactment of this Act
a report that justifies continued funding for the United States Advisory Commission on Public
Diplomacy and a detailed analysis of the accomplishments of the Commission, to include its
impact on the formulation and conduct of United States foreign policy.
The conference agreement includes section 411 prohibiting funds to pay contributions to the
United Nations if the United Nations imposes any taxation on United States persons. The
conferees remain concerned with proposals by international organizations to interfere with the
sovereign right of jurisdictions to pursue low-tax policies and direct the Department of State to
consider such behavior when reporting whether continued participation in that international
organization serves the interests of the United States.
The conference agreement includes section 412 expressing a sense of Congress regarding the
renovation of the United Nations headquarters building.
The conference agreement includes section 413 prohibiting the use of funds for any United
Nations peacekeeping mission that involves U.S. Armed Forces under the command or
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operational control of a foreign national unless the President certifies that the involvement is in
the national security interest.
The conference agreement includes section 414 prohibiting the use of funds to expand the U.S.
diplomatic presence in Vietnam beyond the level in effect July 11, 1995, unless the President
makes a certification that several conditions have been met regarding Vietnam's cooperation
with the United States on POW/MIA issues.
The conference agreement includes section 415 extending the prohibition on the use of funds to
issue a visa to any alien involved in extrajudicial and political killings in Haiti, including
exemption and reporting requirements.
The conference agreement includes section 416 regarding Capital Security Cost Sharing.
The conference agreement includes section 417 regarding ceilings and earmarks of funding.
The conference agreement does not include language adopted by the House regarding
administration of the State Department Rewards for Justice Program. Absent the capture or
death of Osama Bin Laden and other top Al Qaeda terrorists, the conferees direct the
Department to report to the Committees by March 31, 2006, on ways to strengthen the
administration and optimize the results of the State Department Rewards for Justice Program
as it applies to the senior leadership of Al Qaeda, including the modifications included in the
language adopted by the House. This report shall be prepared in consultation with the
Department of Defense and the National Security Council.
The conference agreement does not include some provisions included in the House bill that
prohibit the use of funds in violation of existing law. The House included such language
regarding child abduction, torture, and HIV/AIDS policy. However, the conferees wish to
highlight that none of the funds in this Act are available to be used in contravention of section
212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, of laws and regulations to implement the United
Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment, or of subsections (e) and (f) of section 301 of the United States Leadership
Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003.
The conference agreement does not include a sense of the Senate provision concerning abusive
child labor practices in the cocoa industry. The House did not address this matter. However, the
conferees are concerned with forced child labor in cocoa plantations in West Africa and urge the
cocoa industry, the Department of State and others to meet the recommendations contained in
the Senate provision.
The conference agreement does not include a House provision regarding the denial of visas to
citizens of countries that deny or unreasonably delay accepting the return from the United
States of citizens, subjects, nationals, and residents of that country. The Senate did not
address this matter. The conferees urge the Department of State to exercise the authorities
that already exist under Section 243(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
The conference agreement does not include a Senate provision requiring a report on assistance
to victims of crime in foreign countries. The House did not address this matter. The conferees
encourage the Department of State to track the number of United States citizens who were
victims of violent crime and to review current services to assist those citizens and determine if
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additional services are required.

TITLE V--RELATED AGENCIES
ANTITRUST MODERNIZATION COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes $1,172,000 for the Antitrust Modernization Commission, as
proposed by the House. The Senate did not propose funding for this Commission.

COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA'S HERITAGE ABROAD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes $499,000 for the Commission as proposed in the House and
Senate bills.

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes $9,048,000 for the salaries and expenses of the
Commission on Civil Rights, instead of $9,096,000 as proposed by the House and $9,000,000
as proposed by the Senate.
The conferees are concerned about the financial mismanagement that has occurred at the
Commission in previous years but are encouraged by the Commission's recent efforts to
embrace the Government Accountability Office's (GAO) recommendations for improving agency
operations. The conferees expect the Commission to submit, thirty (30) days after the end of
each quarter, reports detailing: (1) expenditures by object classification; (2) all existing staff
vacancies; and (3) any hiring that occurred during the preceding quarter.
The conferees expect the Commission to submit a detailed budget justification concurrent with
the President's annual budget request, which is due on or before the first Monday in February
pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1105 (a).

COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes $3,300,000 for the Commission on International Religious
Freedom, instead of $3,200,000 as proposed by the House and $1,000,000 as proposed by the
Senate. The conference agreement makes funds appropriated under this heading available until
September 30, 2007.
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COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes $2,030,000 for the Commission on Security and
Cooperation in Europe as proposed in the House and Senate bills. The conference agreement
makes funds appropriated under this heading available until September 30, 2007.

CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC
OF CHINA

SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes $1,900,000 for the Congressional-Executive Commission on
the People's Republic of China as proposed in the House and Senate bills. The conference
agreement makes funds appropriated under this heading available until September 30, 2007.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes $331,228,000, as proposed by both the House and the
Senate. The amount provided is the same as the budget request.
The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language in the House report requiring a
quarterly accounting of expenditures, including any changes resulting from repositioning
activities.
The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language in the Senate report regarding
salaries and staffing, and an analysis of investigation and enforcement levels. The conferees
direct the EEOC to continue to work to resolve concerns regarding the pending repositioning
plan.
The conferees remind the EEOC of the reprogramming requirements of section 605 of this Act.

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes $289,771,000 for the salaries and expenses of the Federal
Communications Commission, as proposed by the House instead of $297,370,000 as proposed
by the Senate. Of the amounts provided, $288,771,000 is to be derived from offsetting fee
collections, resulting in a net direct appropriation of $1,000,000.

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The conference agreement includes a limitation on expenditures to administer spectrum
auctions, as proposed by the Senate.
The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language in the House report regarding the
FCC's budget presentation, acceptance of travel payments, and the Universal Service Fund. The
conference agreement adopts, by reference, language in the Senate report regarding broadcast
television standards.
The conferees understand that the FCC plans to convene a panel of experts from the public
safety and communications industry to perform an independent review and make
recommendations on ways to improve disaster preparedness, network robustness and
reliability, and public safety operations. The conferees support this concept and encourage the
FCC to work with its Federal partners at the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and
Commerce to best address public safety needs, especially in the wake of a natural disaster or
terrorist attack. The FCC should report to the Committees on Appropriations by March 1, 2006,
on the work of this panel.
In September of 2005, the FCC announced a planned reorganization. The conferees were
surprised that this announcement was made prior to submission of a reprogramming
notification to the Committees on Appropriations, as required by section 605 of this Act and
previous Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies
Appropriations Acts. The conferees remind the FCC that the Committees on Appropriations take
very seriously the statutory requirement of advanced notification before any reorganization is
implemented. The conferees direct the FCC to immediately submit its reorganization plan.
The conferees note that in a hearing before the House Committee on Appropriations, the FCC
stated that an incremental approach to renovating the Columbia, Maryland, laboratory was
being considered. The conferees expect the FCC to provide a final recommendation on this
project by January 30, 2006.
The conferees are aware that the FCC has initiated a pilot program to modernize its radiation
monitoring equipment. Specifically, the FCC is testing selective radiation meters (SRMs) with an
evaluation of the pilot program expected in April, 2006. The conferees support this effort. If the
FCC determines the pilot project is successful, the conferees encourage the FCC to include
sufficient funding in future budget submissions to complete the modernization of its monitoring
systems. The conferees also agree to consider a reprogramming of fiscal year 2006 funds to
accelerate the transition to the new technology if the FCC determines it is warranted.

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes $211,000,000 for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), as
proposed by both the House and the Senate. Of the amounts provided, $116,000,000 is derived
from Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger filing fees, $23,000,000 is derived from Do-Not-Call fees,
and $72,000,000 is derived from discretionary appropriations. The amount provided fully
supports the budget request.
The conference agreement incorporates, by reference, language in the Senate report regarding

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the exposure of children to violent entertainment, the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act,
and childhood obesity.
In section 632 of this Act, the conferees provide $1,000,000 for the FTC to conduct an
investigation into nationwide gas prices, as proposed by the Senate.
The conferees strongly support the continued occupancy of the FTC in its current building, the
FTC Building, located at 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, in the District of Columbia. The
conferees are concerned that moving the Commission out of its current location could raise rent
costs and therefore unnecessarily increase must-pay bills. In addition, the FTC building, which
was originally designed and built for the agency in 1938, is well-suited for the Commission's
essential functions. In particular, the three large ceremonial courtrooms continue to serve the
needs of the Commission to meet and adjudicate competition and consumer protection cases.
For these reasons, the conferees are troubled by a recent effort to relocate the Commission and
expect the FTC to provide updates to the Committees on Appropriations on any further
consideration of this matter.

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
The conference agreement includes $330,803,000 for the payment to the Legal Services
Corporation, the same as proposed by the House, instead of $358,527,000 as proposed by the
Senate.
The conference agreement includes $312,375,000 for basic field programs, to be used for
competitively awarded grants and contracts, $12,825,000 for management and administration,
$1,255,000 for client self-help and information technology, $2,539,000 for the Office of the
Inspector General, and $1,809,000 for grants to offset losses due to census adjustments.
The conferees incorporate, by reference, language in the House report regarding rent costs.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION--LEGAL SERVICES
CORPORATION
The conference agreement includes bill language to continue the terms and conditions included
under this section in previous Appropriations Acts.

MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes $2,920,000 for the Marine Mammal Commission, instead of
$1,865,000 as proposed by the House and $2,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

NATIONAL VETERANS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
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The conference agreement includes $1,500,000 for the National Veterans Business
Development Corporation, instead of $2,000,000 as proposed by the Senate and $1,000,000 as
proposed by the House (via transfer from Small Business Administration, Salaries and
Expenses).
The conferees note that fiscal year 2004 was the last year the Corporation was authorized to
receive appropriated funds, but that start-up of the Corporation was delayed. The conferees
encourage the Corporation to make its operations self-sustaining by fiscal year 2007.

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes $888,117,000 for the Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC), as proposed by the House and the Senate. The amount provided fully supports the
budget request.
The conference agreement includes $10,000 to fund a permanent secretariat for the
International Organization of Securities Commissions, as proposed by the House instead of
$13,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The conference agreement incorporates, by reference, language in the Senate report requiring
quarterly updates on the health of financial markets and supporting continued hiring. The
conference agreement incorporates, by reference, language in the House report regarding
protecting Americans from investing in companies with ties to terrorism and human rights
violations.
The conferees note that during fiscal year 2005, the SEC identified unbudgeted costs of
approximately $48,000,000, resulting from misestimates and omissions of costs associated with
the construction of its new facilities in Washington, DC, and improvements in its new leased
facilities in New York, NY, and Boston, MA. The Government Accountability Office (GAO)
submitted a report on this matter on October 20, 2005. The conferees urge the SEC to
immediately implement the recommendations of the GAO report, namely: to establish
accountability at both the staff and management levels to oversee the formulation of budgets;
to create regular reporting and review procedures related to the three construction and lease
improvement projects; to improve communication and consultation with operating units; to
evaluate options for budget and facilities management; and complete the hiring of new
positions in the Office of Administrative Services and the Office of Financial Management. The
conferees direct the SEC to submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations on the
implementation of these GAO recommendations within 90 days of enactment of this Act.

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
The conference agreement provides a total of $456,397,000 for the five appropriations
accounts of the Small Business Administration (SBA). Detailed guidance for the five SBA
appropriation accounts is contained in the following paragraphs.

SALARIES AND EXPENSES
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The conference agreement provides $313,029,000 for the salaries and expenses account of the
SBA, instead of $304,588,000 as proposed by the House and $336,084,000 as proposed by the
Senate. Of the amounts provided under this heading, $184,529,000 is for operating expenses
of the SBA. In addition, a total of $134,807,000 from other SBA accounts may be transferred to
and merged with the salaries and expenses account, resulting in a total availability for salaries
and expenses of $319,336,000. The additional amount consists of $125,807,000 from the
Business Loans Program account and $9,000,000 from the Disaster Loans Program account for
the administrative expenses related to those accounts.
The conferees understand that the Administration is phasing out the Low Documentation
Processing (Low-Doc) program but that no jobs will be lost. Staff that previously worked in the
Low-Doc program will now process other business loan applications. The conferees understand
that small business borrowers will continue to have access to streamlined loan applications
through the SBA Express program. The conferees expect the SBA to continue to help small
businesses adapt to a paperless procurement environment and assist small businesses with
regulatory compliance issues through the Small Business Compliance Alliance. The conferees
expect SBA to continue to enhance opportunities for small businesses to partner with the
manufacturing sector. The conferees continue to support the defense transition program.
The conferees adopt, by reference, the House report language concerning information
technology systems and language requiring a report on the Small Business Development
Centers, Women's Business Centers (WBC), and the Service Corps of Retired Executives
(SCORE). The conferees adopt, by reference, House and Senate language regarding
modifications to the HUBZone program. The SBA shall report to the Committees on
Appropriations on proposed changes to the HUBZone program no later than 30 days after
enactment of this Act.
Non-Credit Programs.--The conferees expect that no less than the following amounts shall be
dedicated to these non-credit programs of the SBA:

Veterans Programs
7(j) Technical Assistance Programs
Small Business Development Centers
SCORE

$750,000
1,500,000
89,000,000
5,000,000

Women's Business Centers

12,500,000

Women's Business Council

750,000

Native American Outreach

1,000,000

Drug-free Workplace Program

1,000,000

Microloan Technical Assistance

13,000,000

PRIME Technical Assistance

2,000,000

HUBZones

2,000,000

Total, non-credit programs

128,500,000

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In addition, the conferees expect that the Advocacy Research, National Ombudsman, United
States Export Assistance Centers, 8(a), and Office of Women's Business Ownership programs
receive no less than the fiscal year 2005 level of funding. The conferees adopt, by reference,
the Senate language regarding the Small Disadvantaged Business Program.
The conference agreement includes bill language allowing WBCs in sustainability status to
continue to receive grants and designates 41 percent of the total WBC funding for centers in
sustainability status.

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
The conference agreement provides $13,900,000 for the Office of Inspector General of the
Small Business Administration, instead of $13,500,000 as proposed by the House and
$14,500,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees recognize that because of the high
number of recent Federal disaster declarations, the Office of Inspector General must conduct
vigorous oversight of the disaster loan program to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in the
disaster loan program. For this reason, the conference agreement includes language allowing
an additional $1,500,000 to be transferred to this account from the Disaster Loans Program
Account.

SURETY BOND GUARANTEES REVOLVING FUND
The conference agreement provides $2,861,000 under this account, as proposed by the House,
instead of $3,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement provides $126,607,000, consisting of $1,300,000 for subsidies for
direct business loans and $125,807,000 for administrative expenses related to business loan
programs. The amount provided for administrative expenses may be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation for SBA Salaries and Expenses to cover the common overhead expenses
associated with business loans. The conference agreement also includes a provision allowing
$500,000 of prior year balances to be transferred to the Salaries and Expenses account.

DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement includes no new funding for the Disaster Loans Program Account, in
accordance with the amendment to the President's Budget that was submitted to the Congress
on July 15, 2005.
The conference agreement includes bill language transferring $9,000,000 of prior year balances
to the Salaries and Expenses account for indirect administrative expenses and $1,500,000 to
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the Office of Inspector General account for oversight of the disaster loan program.
The conferees understand that the emergency appropriations provided in response to natural
disasters at the end of fiscal year 2004 greatly exceeded the actual need for loans to affected
businesses and individuals. In fact, over $600,000,000 was carried forward into fiscal year
2006; therefore, the conferees expect that carryover balances shall be applied to meet the
disaster loan program's needs. For this reason, the conference agreement does not provide an
additional appropriation for fiscal year 2006. The conferees request that the SBA continue to
provide a monthly status report on disaster loan activity to the Committees on Appropriations.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION--SMALL BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION
The conference agreement includes bill language allowing transfers between accounts.

STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement provides $3,500,000 for the State Justice Institute (SJI), instead of
$2,000,000 as proposed by the House and $5,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The conferees expect that successful applicants for new and continuing SJI grants will provide a
cash match of not less than 50 percent of the total cost of the project. In addition, the
conferees support SJI's grant requirements and remind grantees that adherence to grant
guidelines is required in order to receive further Federal funding.

UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes $3,000,000 for the United States-China Economic and
Security Review Commission, instead of $4,000,000 as proposed by the House and $2,800,000
as proposed by the Senate.

UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE

OPERATING EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes $22,350,000 for the United States Institute of Peace,
instead of $22,850,000 as proposed by the House and $21,850,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The conference agreement makes funds appropriated under this heading available until
September 30, 2007.
Within the amount provided, the conferees expect the Institute to continue high priority

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activities with regard to Sudan and Iraq, as well as follow-on activities related to the
recommendations in the report of the Institute's Task Force on the United Nations.

UNITED STATES SENATE-CHINA INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP

SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes $150,000 for the United States Senate-China
Interparliamentary Group as proposed by the Senate. The House bill did not include funding for
this activity.

TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS
The conference agreement includes the following General Provisions:
Sec. 601- The conference agreement includes section 601 regarding the use of appropriations
for publicity and propaganda purposes.
Sec. 602- The conference agreement includes section 602 regarding the availability of
appropriations for obligation beyond the current fiscal year.
Sec. 603- The conference agreement includes section 603 regarding the use of funds for
consulting purposes.
Sec. 604- The conference agreement includes section 604 providing that should any provision
of the Act be held to be invalid, the remainder of the Act would not be affected.
Sec. 605- The conference agreement includes section 605 regarding the policy by which
funding available to the agencies funded under this Act may be reprogrammed for other
purposes.
Sec. 606- The conference agreement includes section 606 prohibiting funds in the bill from
being used to implement, administer, or enforce any guidelines of the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission (EEOC) similar to proposed guidelines covering harassment based on
religion published by the EEOC in October 1993.
Sec. 607- The conference agreement includes section 607 regarding the purchase of American
made products.
Sec. 608- The conference agreement includes section 608 that requires agencies to provide
quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropriations regarding unobligated balances.
Sec. 609- The conference agreement includes section 609 requiring agencies and departments
funded in this Act to absorb any necessary costs related to downsizing or consolidation within
the amounts provided to the agency or department.
Sec. 610- The conference agreement includes section 610 regarding the sale or export of
tobacco or tobacco products.
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Sec. 611- The conference agreement includes section 611 that prohibits a user fee from being
charged for background checks conducted pursuant to the Brady Handgun Control Act of 1993,
and prohibits implementation of a background check system which does not require or result in
destruction of certain information.
Sec. 612- The conference agreement includes section 612 regarding amounts available under
the Crime Victims Fund.
Sec. 613- The conference agreement includes section 613 providing additional amounts for the
Small Business Administration.
Sec. 614- The conference agreement includes section 614 prohibiting the use of Department of
Justice funds for programs that discriminate against, denigrate, or otherwise undermine the
religious beliefs of students participating in such programs.
Sec. 615- The conference agreement includes section 615 regarding the Small Business
Administration Disaster Loans Program.
Sec. 616- The conference agreement includes section 616 regarding transfers of funds.
Sec. 617- The conference agreement includes section 617 regarding the implementation of
telecommuting programs.
The conference agreement includes language requiring certain agencies funded in this Act to
certify to the Committees on Appropriations that telecommuting opportunities have increased
over the levels reported in fiscal year 2005.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently concluded a review of these agencies'
efforts on telework and found inconsistencies among them, both in identifying the teleworkeligible population and in reporting. The conferees expect the agencies to work diligently to
address both of these issues and to report on their progress in their quarterly reports.
The conferees expect each of the agencies to do the following: Expand telework-eligible
population; put in place telework agreements for all eligible employees; and actively promote
telework opportunities. In order to eliminate any negative perceptions about staff who choose
to telework, agencies should consider providing training to managers on the benefits of
telework arrangements.
The conferees are troubled that many of the agencies' telework programs do not even have a
standardized manner in which to report participation. The conferees expect each of these
agencies to implement time and attendance systems that will allow more accurate reporting.
Finally, the conferees expect the agencies' quarterly reports to highlight the following: (1) the
agency population eligible to telework, including a comparison to the previous fiscal year; (2)
the actual participation rate of the eligible population, including permanent, ad hoc, and
episodic arrangements; and (3) the expansion of the eligible population.
Sec. 618- The conference agreement includes section 618 regarding the negotiation or
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reevaluation of international agreements.
Sec. 619- The conference agreement includes section 619 regarding the implementation of
telecommuting programs.
Sec. 620- The conference agreement includes section 620 regarding E-government initiatives.
Sec. 621- The conference agreement includes section 621 regarding firearms tracing studies.
Sec. 622- The conference agreement includes section 622 prohibiting the Federal
Communications Commission to change rules governing the Universal Service Fund regarding
single connection or primary line restrictions.
Sec. 623- The conference agreement includes section 623 regarding patents.
Sec. 624- The conference agreement includes section 624 that prohibits the use of funds to
support or justify the use of torture.
Sec. 625- The conference agreement includes section 625 regarding Capital Security Cost
Sharing.
Sec. 626- The conference agreement includes section 626 prohibiting funds for certain
separation payments.
Sec. 627- The conference agreement includes section 627 regarding a certain land sale.
Sec. 628- The conference agreement includes section 628 regarding the development of a
national aeronautics policy.
Sec. 629- The conference agreement includes section 629 regarding the export of firearms.
Sec. 630- The conference agreement includes section 630 regarding the use of funds to process
permits to import certain products.
Sec. 631- The conference agreement includes section 631 prohibiting funds to include certain
language in new trade agreements.
Sec. 632- The conference agreement includes section 632 designating funding for a Federal
Trade Commission investigation on gasoline prices.
Sec. 633- The conference agreement includes section 633 extending a certain exemption for
the Universal Service Fund.
Sec. 634- The conference agreement includes section 634 limiting attendance at international
conferences.
Sec. 635- The conference agreement includes section 635 regarding the responsibilities of the
United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
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Sec. 636- The conference agreement includes section 636 regarding certain balances.
Sec. 637- The conference agreement includes section 637 prohibiting funds for United States
delegations to United Nations entities in certain circumstances.

(RESCISSION)
Sec. 638- The conference agreement includes section 638 regarding amounts provided in this
Act.

TITLE VII--RESCISSIONS
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

WORKING CAPITAL FUND
(RESCISSION)
The conference agreement includes a rescission of $2,500,000 from unobligated balances in
this account.

LEGAL ACTIVITIES

ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND
(RESCISSION)
The conference agreement includes a rescission of $102,000,000 from unobligated balances in
this account, instead of $62,000,000 as proposed by the House and $82,000,000 as proposed
by the Senate.

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(RESCISSION)
The conference agreement includes a rescission of $25,000,000 from unobligated balances in
this account, instead of $103,502,000 as proposed by the Senate.

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OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS

(RESCISSION)
The conference agreement includes a rescission of $110,500,000 from unobligated balances
available to the Office of Justice Programs from prior year appropriations. The conferees direct
the Department not to rescind funding from the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, Prison
Rape Prevention and Prosecution Programs, gang prevention programs, or from the Victims of
Trafficking program.

COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES
(RESCISSION)
The conference agreement includes a rescission of $86,500,000 from the unobligated balances
available in this account, as proposed by the House.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

(RESCISSION)
The conference agreement includes a rescission of $25,000,000 from the unobligated balances
available under this heading.

RELATED AGENCIES
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(RESCISSION)
The conference agreement includes a rescission of $25,300,000 from the unobligated balances
available in this account.

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(RESCISSION)
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The conference agreement includes a rescission of $12,000,000 from the unobligated balances
available in this account.

MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(RESCISSION)
The conference agreement includes a rescission of $920,000 from the unobligated balances
available in this account.

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(RESCISSION)
The conference agreement includes a rescission of $3,000,000 from the unobligated balances
available in this account.

BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

(RESCISSION)
The conference agreement includes a rescission of $4,000,000 from the unobligated balances
available in this account.

CONFERENCE TOTAL--WITH COMPARISONS
The total new budget (obligational) authority for the fiscal year 2006 recommended by the
Committee of Conference, with comparisons to the fiscal year 2005 amount, the 2006 budget
estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2006 follow:

[In thousands of dollars]
New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2005

$62,939,025

Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2006

64,158,909

House bill, fiscal year 2006

61,293,285

Senate bill, fiscal year 2006

63,209,272

Conference agreement, fiscal year 2006

61,797,098

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Conference agreement compared with:
New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2005

-1,141,927

Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year
2006

-2,361,811

House bill, fiscal year 2006
Senate bill, fiscal year 2006
FRANK R. WOLF,
CHARLES H. TAYLOR,
MARK STEVEN KIRK,
DAVE WELDON,
VIRGIL GOODE, Jr.,
RAY LAHOOD,
JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON,
RODNEY ALEXANDER,
JERRY LEWIS,
ALAN B. MOLLOHAN,
JOSE E. SERRANO,
BUD CRAMER,
PATRICK J. KENNEDY,
CHAKA FATTAH,
Managers on the Part of the House.
RICHARD C. SHELBY,
JUDD GREGG,
TED STEVENS,
PETE V. DOMENICI,
MITCH MCCONNELL,
KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON,
SAM BROWNBACK,
KIT BOND,
THAD COCHRAN,
BARBARA MIKULSKI,
DANIEL K. INOUYE,
PATRICK LEAHY,
HERB KOHL,
PATTY MURRAY,
TOM HARKIN,
BYRON L. DORGAN,
ROBERT C. BYRD,
Managers on the Part of the Senate.

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