[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Pages 19812-19838]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SCIENCE, THE DEPARTMENTS OF STATE, JUSTICE, 
        AND COMMERCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate will 
proceed to the consideration of H.R. 2862, which the clerk will report 
by title.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       A 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.

  The Senate proceeded to consider the bill, which had been reported 
from the Committee on Appropriations, with an amendment to strike all 
after enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following:
  (Strike the part shown in black brackets and insert the part shown in 
italic.)

                               H.R. 2862

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,
     [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, $126,956,000 (reduced by $2,500,000), 
     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 28 permanent positions, 23 full-
     time equivalent workyears and $3,980,000 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 latter two 
     aforementioned offices may utilize non-reimbursable details 
     of career employees within the caps described in the 
     preceding two provisos.


                [Justice Information Sharing Technology

       [For necessary expenses for information sharing technology, 
     including planning, development, deployment and Departmental 
     direction, $135,000,000, to remain available until expended.


         [narrowband 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, $110,000,000 (reduced by 
     $39,126,000), to remain available until September 30, 2007: 
     Provided, That the Attorney General shall transfer to the 
     ``Narrowband Communications'' 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, 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, 
     $66,801,000, 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, $11,200,000.

                           [Legal Activities


            [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, $665,821,000, 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

       [For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United States 
     Attorneys, including inter-governmental and cooperative 
     agreements, $1,626,146,000: 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, in addition 
     to reimbursable full-time equivalent workyears available to 
     the Offices of the United States Attorneys, not

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     to exceed 10,465 positions and 10,451 full-time equivalent 
     workyears shall be supported from the funds appropriated in 
     this Act for the United States Attorneys.


                   [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, $1,220,000.

                    [United States Marshals Service


                         [Salaries and Expenses

       [For necessary expenses of the United States Marshals 
     Service, $800,255,000; of which not to exceed $6,000 shall be 
     available for official reception and representation expenses; 
     and of which $20,000,000 for information technology systems, 
     equipment, and the renovation of United States Marshals 
     Service prisoner holding space in United States courthouses 
     and Federal buildings shall remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That, in addition to reimbursable full-time 
     equivalent workyears available to the United States Marshals 
     Service, not to exceed 4,729 positions and 4,551 full-time 
     equivalent workyears shall be supported from the funds 
     appropriated in this Act for the United States Marshals 
     Service.


                    [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 $8,000,000 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 $7,000,000 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 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, $506,940,000, 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, 
     $5,741,132,000; 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: Provided further, That, in addition 
     to reimbursable full-time equivalent workyears available to 
     the Federal Bureau of Investigation, not to exceed 31,668 
     positions and 30,525 full-time equivalent workyears shall be 
     supported from the funds appropriated in this Act for the 
     Federal Bureau of Investigation.


                             [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; $20,105,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, 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


                         [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 police-type use, 
     $1,706,173,000 (increased by $10,000,000); 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: Provided, 
     That, in addition to reimbursable full-time equivalent 
     workyears available to the Drug Enforcement Administration, 
     not to exceed 8,371 positions and 8,270 full-time equivalent 
     workyears shall be supported from the funds appropriated in 
     this Act for the Drug Enforcement Administration.

          [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 $25,000 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 Explosives or 
     any information required to be kept by licensees pursuant to 
     section 923(g) of title 18, United

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     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 in any civil action in a State 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.

                         [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, 
     $4,895,649,000: Provided, That the Attorney General may 
     transfer to the Health Resources and Services Administration 
     such 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, $70,112,000, 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 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); $387,497,000 (increased by 
     $2,000,000), 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) $1,925,000 (increased by $2,000,000) for child abuse 
     training programs for judicial personnel and practitioners, 
     as authorized by section 222 of the 1990 Act;
       [(3) $983,000 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 part T of the 1968 Act, of which--
       [(A) $5,000,000 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) $63,491,000 for grants to encourage arrest policies as 
     authorized by part U of the 1968 Act;
       [(6) $39,685,000 for rural domestic violence and child 
     abuse enforcement assistance grants, as authorized by section 
     40295(a) of the 1994 Act;
       [(7) $4,415,000 for training programs as authorized by 
     section 40152 of the 1994 Act, and for related local 
     demonstration projects;
       [(8) $2,950,000 for grants to improve the stalking and 
     domestic violence databases, as authorized by section 40602 
     of the 1994 Act;
       [(9) $9,175,000 to reduce violent crimes against women on 
     campus, as authorized by section 1108(a) of Public Law 106-
     386;
       [(10) $39,740,000 for legal assistance for victims, as 
     authorized by section 1201(c) of Public Law 106-386;
       [(11) $4,600,000 for enhancing protection for older and 
     disabled women from domestic violence and sexual assault, as 
     authorized by section 40802 of the 1994 Act;
       [(12) $14,078,000 for the safe havens for children pilot 
     program, as authorized by section 1301(a) of Public Law 106-
     386; and
       [(13) $7,250,000 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 Law 
     108-21), and the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, $227,466,000, 
     to remain available until expended.

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              [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; $1,001,296,000 (reduced by $4,000,000) 
     (increased by $50,000,000) (increased by $21,947,600) 
     (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) $348,466,000 (reduced by $4,000,000) (increased by 
     $21,947,600) 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) $355,000,000 (increased by $50,000,000) 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) $110,000,000 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) $871,000 for the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient 
     Alert Program, as authorized by section 240001(c) of the 1994 
     Act;
       [(7) $40,000,000 for Drug Courts, as authorized by Part EE 
     of the 1968 Act;
       [(8) $10,000,000 for a prescription drug monitoring 
     program;
       [(9) $40,000,000 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) $25,000,000 for grants for residential substance 
     abuse treatment for State prisoners, as authorized by part S 
     of the 1968 Act;
       [(11) $10,359,000 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) $10,000,000 for a capital litigation improvement 
     grant program; and
       [(13) $11,600,000 for a cannabis eradication program to be 
     administered by the Drug Enforcement Administration:
     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 
     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

       [For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Control and 
     Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322) (including 
     administrative costs), $520,057,000 (increased by $2,500,000) 
     (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by $34,000,000), 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 $29,000,000 of balances made available as a result 
     of prior year deobligations may be obligated for program 
     management and administration: Provided further, That any 
     balances made available as a result of prior year 
     deobligations in excess of $29,000,000 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 shall be 
     for the National Institute of Justice to test and evaluate 
     vests;
       [(2) $60,000,000 (increased by $34,000,000) is for policing 
     initiatives to combat methamphetamine production and 
     trafficking and to enhance policing initiatives in ``drug hot 
     spots'';
       [(3) $120,000,000 is for a law enforcement technologies and 
     interoperable communications program;
       [(4) $25,000,000 (increased by $2,500,000) is for grants to 
     upgrade criminal records, as authorized under the Crime 
     Identification Technology Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 14601);
       [(5) $10,000,000 is for an offender re-entry program;
       [(6) $177,057,000 is for a DNA analysis and capacity 
     enhancement program, and for other State, local and Federal 
     forensic activities;
       [(7) $38,000,000 is for law enforcement assistance to 
     Indian tribes; and
       [(8) $60,000,000 for a national program to reduce gang 
     violence.


                       [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, $333,712,000, to 
     remain available until expended, as follows--
       [(1) $712,000 for concentration of Federal efforts, as 
     authorized by section 204 of the Act;
       [(2) $83,000,000 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) $70,000,000 for demonstration projects, as authorized 
     by sections 261 and 262 of the Act;
       [(4) $5,000,000 for juvenile mentoring programs;
       [(5) $80,000,000 for delinquency prevention, as authorized 
     by section 505 of the Act, of which--
       [(A) $10,000,000 shall be for the Tribal Youth Program;
       [(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) $5,000,000 for Project Childsafe;
       [(7) $15,000,000 for the Secure Our Schools Act as 
     authorized by Public Law 106-386;
       [(8) $15,000,000 for programs authorized by the Victims of 
     Child Abuse Act of 1990; and
       [(9) $60,000,000 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.


                    [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

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     $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.
       [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.
       [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. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used by the Drug Enforcement Administration to establish a 
     procurement quota following the approval of a new drug 
     application or an abbreviated new drug application for a 
     controlled substance.
       [Sec. 108. The limitation established in the preceding 
     section shall not apply to any new drug application or 
     abbreviated new drug application for which the Drug 
     Enforcement Administration has reviewed and provided public 
     comments on labeling, promotion, risk management plans, and 
     any other documents.
       [Sec. 109. 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. 110. Any funds provided in this Act under 
     ``Department of Justice'' used to implement E-Government 
     Initiatives shall be subject to the procedures set forth in 
     section 605 of this Act.
       [Sec. 111. 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. 112. (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.
       [(b) The preceding sentence does not preclude the renting, 
     maintenance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic 
     equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational 
     programs.
       [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).

                    [International Trade Commission


                         [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, of which $13,000,000 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 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.

                    [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, $77,000,000, 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

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     Economic Development Act of 1965, and for trade adjustment 
     assistance, $200,985,000, to remain available until expended.


                         [Salaries and expenses

       [For necessary expenses of administering the economic 
     development assistance programs as provided for by law, 
     $26,584,000: 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, $208,029,000 (reduced by $10,000,000).


                    [Periodic censuses and programs

       [For necessary expenses related to the 2010 decennial 
     census, $463,596,000 (reduced by $10,000,000), to remain 
     available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That of the 
     total amount available related to the 2010 decennial census, 
     $213,849,000 (reduced by $10,000,000) is for the Re-
     engineered Design Process for the Short-Form Only Census, 
     $169,948,000 is for the American Community Survey, and 
     $79,799,000 is for the Master Address File/Topologically 
     Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) 
     system.
       [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, of which $72,928,000 is for economic statistics 
     programs and $87,684,000 is for demographic statistics 
     programs: Provided, That regarding construction of a facility 
     at the Suitland Federal Center, quarterly reports regarding 
     the expenditure of funds and project planning, design and 
     cost decisions shall be provided by the Bureau, in 
     cooperation with the General Services Administration, to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives: Provided further, That none of the funds 
     provided in this or any other Act under the heading ``Bureau 
     of the Census, Periodic Censuses and Programs'' shall be used 
     to fund the construction and tenant build-out costs of a 
     facility at the Suitland Federal Center: Provided further, 
     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), $17,716,000: 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 the program as authorized by 
     section 392 of the Communications Act of 1934, $2,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended as authorized by section 391 
     of the Act.

               [United States Patent and Trademark Office


                         [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, $1,703,300,000, 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 
     $1,703,300,000, 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 
     6,050 full-time equivalents, 6,304 positions and $926,356,000 
     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 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


                         [Salaries and expenses

       [For necessary expenses for the Under Secretary for 
     Technology Office of Technology Policy, $6,460,000.

            [National Institute of Standards and Technology


            [Scientific and technical research and services

       [For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 
     Standards and Technology, $397,744,000, to remain available 
     until expended, of which not to exceed $760,000 may be 
     transferred to the ``Working Capital Fund''.


                 [manufacturing extension partnerships

       [For necessary expenses of Manufacturing Extension 
     Partnerships of the National Institute of Standards and 
     Technology, $106,000,000, 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, $45,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

            [National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


                 [Operations, research, and facilities

                     [(INCLUDING TRANSFER 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, $2,444,000,000 (reduced by $50,000,000), to 
     remain available until September 30, 2007: 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 $77,000,000 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 $2,543,000,000 (reduced by $50,000,000)

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     provided for in direct obligations under this heading 
     $2,444,000,000 (reduced by $50,000,000) is appropriated from 
     the General Fund, $80,000,000 is provided by transfer, and 
     $19,000,000 is derived from deobligations from prior years: 
     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 $189,010,000: 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 $40,700,000: 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.
       [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, $936,000,000 
     to remain available until September 30, 2008: 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 
     none of the funds provided in this Act or any other Act under 
     the heading ``National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, Procurement, Acquisition and Construction'' 
     shall be used to fund the General Services Administration's 
     standard construction and tenant build-out costs of a 
     facility at the Suitland Federal Center.


                    [Pacific coastal salmon recovery

       [For necessary expenses associated with the restoration of 
     Pacific salmon populations, $50,000,000: Provided, That this 
     amount shall be available to fund grants to the States of 
     Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, and Alaska, and to the 
     Columbia River and Pacific Coastal Tribes for projects 
     necessary for restoration of salmon and steelhead populations 
     that are listed as threatened or endangered, or identified by 
     a State as at-risk to be so-listed, for maintaining 
     populations necessary for exercise of tribal treaty fishing 
     rights or native subsistence fishing, or for conservation of 
     Pacific coastal salmon and steelhead habitat: Provided 
     further, That funds disbursed to States shall be subject to a 
     matching requirement of funds or documented in-kind 
     contributions of at least thirty-three percent of the Federal 
     funds: Provided further, That, in order to fulfill the 
     matching requirement in the previous proviso, non-Federal 
     contributions of funds pursuant to the previous proviso must 
     be used in direct support of this program.


                     [Coastal zone management fund

       [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, $60,000, 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 $18,900,000 for fishing capacity reduction 
     loans: 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 12 full-time equivalents and 
     $1,621,000 shall be expended for the legislative affairs 
     function of the Department.


                      [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

       [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.
       [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 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. Any funds provided in this Act under 
     ``Department of Commerce'' used to implement E-Government 
     Initiatives shall be subject to the procedures set forth in 
     section 605 of this Act.
       [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

       [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, $9,725,750,000, to remain available until

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     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: Provided, That any 
     funds provided under this heading used to implement E-
     Government Initiatives shall be subject to the procedures set 
     forth in section 605 of this Act.


                       [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, 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, $6,712,900,000, 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: Provided, That any funds provided under 
     this heading used to implement E-Government Initiatives shall 
     be subject to the procedures set forth in section 605 of this 
     Act.


                      [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.


                       [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.
       [From amounts made available in this Act for these 
     activities, subject to the operating plan procedures of the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, the 
     Administrator may transfer amounts between the ``Science, 
     Aeronautics, and Exploration'' account and the ``Exploration 
     Capabilities'' account during fiscal year 2006.
       [Funds for announced prizes otherwise authorized shall 
     remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until the 
     prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn.
       [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.

                      [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; $4,377,520,000 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 amounts specified for Polar research and 
     operations support, the National Science Foundation may 
     reimburse the Coast Guard for such sums as determined by the 
     Director of the National Science Foundation to be necessary 
     to support the Foundation's mission requirements: Provided 
     further, That any reimbursement 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: 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 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

       [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, and rental of conference rooms 
     in the District of Columbia, $807,000,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2007.


                         [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 OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY

                          [DEPARTMENT OF STATE

                   [Administration of Foreign Affairs


                   [Diplomatic and Consular Programs

       [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, $3,747,118,000: 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, $340,000,000 
     shall be available only for public diplomacy international 
     information programs: 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 Right-
     Sizing 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

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     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.
       [In addition, not to exceed $1,469,000 shall be derived 
     from fees collected from other 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, 
     $128,263,000 (reduced by $59,142,000), to remain available 
     until expended, as authorized: Provided, That section 135(e) 
     of Public Law 103-236 shall not apply to funds available 
     under this heading.


                      [Office of Inspector General

       [For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
     $29,983,000, 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, $410,400,000, to remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $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, 
     $603,510,000, 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

       [For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of State to 
     meet unforeseen 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

       [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 the Diplomatic and Consular Programs account 
     under Administration of Foreign Affairs.


              [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 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 (reduced by 
     $21,947,600): 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 of the 
     Senate and of the House of Representatives 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 of the 
     House of Representatives and the Senate and other appropriate 
     committees of the Congress are notified of the estimated cost 
     and length of the mission, the vital national interest that 
     will be served, and the planned exit strategy; (2) the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate 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 
     any such individuals who engage in any 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.

                       [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, 
     $27,000,000.


                             [Construction

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

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             [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, $9,500,000, 
     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 for, as authorized by 
     law, $22,000,000: 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), $10,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended, as authorized.


                [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. 5204-
     5205), 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 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, $6,000,000: 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, $50,000,000, 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, 
     installation, rent, and improvement of facilities for radio 
     and television transmission and reception to Cuba, and to 
     make and supervise grants for radio and television 
     broadcasting to the Middle East, $620,000,000: 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 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 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 not to 
     exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the 
     current fiscal year for the Broadcasting Board of Governors 
     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 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 Act 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. Any funds provided in this Act under 
     ``Department of State'' used to implement E-Government 
     Initiatives shall be subject to the procedures set forth in 
     section 605 of this Act.
       [Sec. 406. (a) Subsection (f) of section 36 of the State 
     Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708(f)) 
     is amended--
       [(1) by striking ``(f) Ineligibility.--An officer'' and 
     inserting the following:
       [``(f) Ineligibility.--
       [``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), an 
     officer''; and
       [(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       [``(2) Exception in certain circumstances.--The Secretary 
     may pay a reward to an officer or employee of a foreign 
     government (or any entity thereof) who, while in the 
     performance of his or her official duties, furnishes 
     information described in such subsection, if the Secretary 
     determines that such payment satisfies the following 
     conditions:
       [``(A) Such payment is appropriate in light of the 
     exceptional or high-profile nature of the information 
     furnished pursuant to such subsection.
       [``(B) Such payment may aid in furnishing further 
     information described in such subsection.
       [``(C) Such payment is formally requested by such 
     agency.''.
       [(b) Subsection (b) of such section (22 U.S.C. 2708(b)) is 
     amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by inserting 
     ``or to an officer or employee of a foreign government in 
     accordance with subsection (f)(2)'' after ``individual''.
       [This title may be cited as the ``Department of State and 
     Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2006''.

                       [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, $9,096,000: 
     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 expenses

       [For necessary expenses for the United States Commission on 
     International Religious Freedom, as authorized by title II of

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     the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (Public Law 
     105-292), $3,200,000, to remain available until expended.

           [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 expended as authorized 
     by section 3 of Public Law 99-7.

 [Congressional-Executive 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 expended.

                [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 
     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 any funds provided under this 
     heading used to implement E-Government Initiatives shall be 
     subject to the procedures set forth in section 605 of this 
     Act.

                       [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 $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: 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).

                            [HELP Commission


                         [salaries and expenses

       [For necessary expenses of the HELP Commission, $1,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended.

                      [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 $313,683,000 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; $12,826,000 is for management and administration; 
     and $1,755,000 is for client self-help and information 
     technology.


         [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.

                       [Marine Mammal Commission


                         [Salaries and Expenses

       [For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Commission as 
     authorized by title II of Public Law 92-522, $1,865,000.

                  [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


                         [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, 
     $318,029,000 (reduced by $13,441,000): 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, of the funds made available under this heading, 
     $1,000,000 shall be for the National Veterans Business 
     Development Corporation: Provided further, That any funds 
     provided under this heading used to implement E-Government 
     Initiatives shall be subject to the procedures set forth in 
     section 605 of this Act.

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                      [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, $13,500,000.


                 [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

       [For the cost of direct loans, $1,000,000, 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 not exceed 
     $6,000,000,000: 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 
     $16,500,000,000: 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, $124,961,000 (increased 
     by $79,132,000), which may be transferred to and merged with 
     the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses.


                    [Disaster Loans Program Account

       [For the cost of direct loans authorized by section 7(b) of 
     the Small Business Act, $79,538,000, 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.
       [In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
     direct loan program authorized by section 7(b), of the Small 
     Business Act, $49,716,000, which may be transferred to and 
     merged with appropriations for Salaries and Expenses, of 
     which $900,000 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; of which $40,316,000 is for direct 
     administrative expenses of loan making and servicing to carry 
     out the direct loan program, to remain available until 
     expended; and of which $8,500,000 is for indirect 
     administrative expenses: Provided, That any amount in excess 
     of $8,500,000 to be transferred to and merged with 
     appropriations for Salaries and Expenses for indirect 
     administrative expenses 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.


        [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 expenses

       [For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, as 
     authorized by the State Justice Institute Authorization Act 
     of 1992 (Public Law 102-572), $2,000,000: 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, $4,000,000, including not 
     more than $5,000 for the purpose of official representation, 
     to remain available until expended.

                   [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, $22,850,000, to remain available until expended.

                     [TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS

       [Sec. 601. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall be used for publicity or 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 $500,000 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. 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. None of the funds made available by this Act 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. 608. The Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, 
     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. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by this Act 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.  610. 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

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     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. 611. 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. 612. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by this Act 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.  613. 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. 614. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel of the 
     Department of Justice to obligate more than $625,000,000 
     during fiscal year 2006 from the Fund established by section 
     1402 of chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98-473 (42 
     U.S.C. 10601).
       [Sec.  615. 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. 616. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available to the Department of State shall be available for 
     the purpose of granting either immigrant or nonimmigrant 
     visas, or both, consistent with the determination of the 
     Secretary of State under section 243(d) of the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act, to citizens, subjects, nationals, or 
     residents of countries that the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security has determined deny or unreasonably delay accepting 
     the return of citizens, subjects, nationals, or residents 
     under that section.
       [Sec. 617. 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 appropriation Act.
       [Sec. 618. 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 and operations of telecommuting programs, and 
     serve as a point of contact on such programs for the 
     Committees on Appropriations.
       [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. (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. 621. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used in violation of section 212(a)(10)(C) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act.
       [Sec. 622. 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. 623. 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.
       [Sec. 624. (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. 625. 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. 626. 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. 627. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used in contravention of the provisions of subsections (e) 
     and (f) of section 301 of the United States Leadership 
     Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 
     (Public Law 108-25; 22 U.S.C. 7631(e) and (f)).
       [Sec. 628. 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. 629. 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, and credit the net 
     proceeds of such sales as offsetting collections

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     to its Exploration, science and aeronautics account. Such 
     funds shall be available until expended; to be used to 
     replace the facilities at Camp Parks that are still required, 
     to improve other National Aeronautics and Space 
     Administration-owned facilities, or both.
       [Sec.  630. (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 Administrator shall consider the 
     following questions, which shall be discussed in the policy 
     statement--
       [(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 no later than the date on which the President 
     submits the proposed budget for the Federal government for 
     fiscal year 2007 to the Congress. 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. 631. Any funds provided in this Act under ``National 
     Science Foundation'' used to implement E-Government 
     Initiatives shall be subject to the procedures set forth in 
     section 605 of this Act.
       [Sec. 632. (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 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. 633. 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. 634. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to include in any 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.

                        [TITLE VII--RESCISSIONS

                         [DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

                           [Legal Activities


                        [assets forfeiture fund

                             [(rescission)

       [Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
     $62,000,000 are rescinded.

                      [Office of Justice Programs


              [state and local law enforcement assistance

                             [(rescission)

       [Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
     $38,500,000 are rescinded.


                 [community oriented policing services

                             [(rescission)

       [Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
     $86,500,000 are rescinded.

                        [DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


            [Emergency steel guaranteed loan program account

                             [(RESCISSION)

       [Of the unobligated balances available under this heading 
     from prior year appropriations, $35,000,000 are rescinded.

                           [RELATED AGENCIES

              [United States-Canada Alaska Rail Commission


                         [salaries and expenses

                             [(rescission)

       [Of the unobligated balances available under this heading 
     from prior year appropriations, $2,000,000 are rescinded.

               [TITLE VIII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       [Sec. 801. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used by the United Nations to develop or publicize any 
     proposal concerning taxation or fees on any United States 
     person in order to raise revenue for the United Nations or 
     any of its specialized or affiliated agencies. None of the 
     funds made available in this Act may be used by the United 
     Nations to implement or impose any such taxation or fee on 
     any United States person.
       [Sec. 802. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
     to employ any individual under the title ``artist in 
     residence''.
       [Sec. 803. (a) For expenses necessary for enforcing 
     subsections (a) and (b) of section 642 of the Illegal 
     Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 
     (8 U.S.C. 1373), $1,000,000.
       [(b) The amount otherwise provided in this Act for 
     ``DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE--Legal Activities--salaries and 
     expenses, general legal activities'' is hereby reduced by 
     $1,000,000.
       [Sec. 804. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to deny the production of safety reports regarding 
     the NASA Space Shuttle program and the International Space 
     Station.
       [Sec. 805. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may 
     be used to enforce the judgment of the United States District 
     Court for the Southern District of Indiana in the case of 
     Russelburg v. Gibson County, decided January 31, 2005.
       [Sec. 806. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to make an application under section 501 of the 
     Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 
     1861) for an order requiring the production of library 
     circulation records, library patron lists, book sales 
     records, or book customer lists.

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       [Sec. 807. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used in contravention of the following laws enacted or 
     regulations promulgated to implement the United Nations 
     Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or 
     Degrading Treatment or Punishment (done at New York on 
     December 10, 1984):
       [(1) Section 2340A of title 18, United States Code.
       [(2) Section 2242 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and 
     Restructuring Act of 1998 (division G of Public Law 105-277; 
     112 Stat. 2681-822; 8 U.S.C. 1231 note) and any regulations 
     prescribed thereto, including regulations under part 208 of 
     title 8, Code of Federal Regulations, and part 95 of title 
     22, Code of Federal Regulations.
       [This Act may be cited as the ``Science, State, Justice, 
     Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006''.]
     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, $125,936,000, 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 24 permanent positions, 19 full-time equivalent 
     workyears and $2,980,000 shall be expended for the Office of 
     Legislative Affairs: Provided further, That not to exceed 17 
     permanent positions, 22 full-time equivalent workyears and 
     $2,470,000 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, $135,000,000, 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 
     United 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 111 
     of this title.


                       Narrowband Communications

       For necessary expenses for the costs of conversion to 
     narrowband communications, including the cost for operations 
     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 the 
     ``Narrowband Communications'' account all funds made 
     available to the Department of Justice for the purchase of 
     portable and mobile radios: Provided further, That any 
     transfer made into or out of this account shall be subject to 
     section 505 of this Act.


                   Administrative Review and Appeals

       For expenses necessary for the administration of pardon and 
     clemency petitions and immigration-related activities, 
     $216,286,000.


                           Detention Trustee

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Detention Trustee, 
     $1,222,000,000, 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, 
     $70,431,000, 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 by law, $11,000,000.

                            Legal Activities


            Salaries and Expenses, General Legal Activities

                     (including transfer of funds)

       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, $648,245,000, 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 any other provision of law, 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 505 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

       For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United States 
     Attorneys, including inter-governmental and cooperative 
     agreements, $1,572,654,000; of which not to exceed $2,500,000 
     shall be available until September 30, 2007, for: (1) 
     training personnel in debt collection; (2) locating debtors 
     and their property; (3) paying the net costs of selling 
     property; and (4) tracking debts owed to the United States 
     Government: 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 not to exceed $2,500,000 for 
     the operation of the National Advocacy Center shall remain 
     available until expended: Provided further, That, in addition 
     to reimbursable full-time equivalent workyears available to 
     the Offices of the United States Attorneys, not to exceed 
     10,465 positions and 10,451 full-time equivalent workyears 
     shall be supported from the funds appropriated in this Act 
     for the United States Attorneys: 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, $1,270,000.

                     United States Marshals Service


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the United States Marshals 
     Service, $764,199,000; 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 
     $13,130,000 shall be available for the costs of courthouse 
     security equipment, including furnishings, relocations, and 
     telephone systems and cabling, and shall remain available 
     until September 30, 2007: Provided, That beginning in fiscal 
     year 2007 and for each fiscal year thereafter, the Attorney 
     General shall include in the budget justification materials 
     that the Attorney General submits to Congress in support of 
     the Department of Justice budget (as submitted with the 
     budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, 10 
     United States Code) an estimate for each United States 
     Marshals Service courthouse security project and an estimate 
     of the budgetary requirements for each such project for each 
     of the five subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, That, 
     in addition to reimbursable full-time

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     equivalent workyears available to the United States Marshals 
     Service, not to exceed 4,657 positions and 4,515 full-time 
     equivalent workyears shall be supported from the funds 
     appropriated in this Act for the United States Marshals 
     Service.


                              CONSTRUCTION

       For construction in space controlled, occupied or utilized 
     by the United States Marshals Service in United States 
     courthouses and Federal buildings, $12,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That beginning in fiscal 
     year 2007 and for each fiscal year thereafter, the Attorney 
     General shall include in the budget justification materials 
     that the Attorney General submits to Congress in support of 
     the Department of Justice budget (as submitted with the 
     budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, 10 
     United States Code) an estimate for each construction project 
     of United States Marshals Service in United States 
     courthouses and Federal buildings and an estimate of the 
     budgetary requirements for each such project for each of the 
     five subsequent fiscal years.


                     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, 
     $168,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That not to exceed $8,000,000 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; and of 
     which not to exceed $7,000,000 may be made available for the 
     purchase, installation, and 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 the necessary expenses of the Community Relations 
     Service, $9,659,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, 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 505 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 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 intergovernmental agreements with State and local law 
     enforcement agencies engaged in the investigation and 
     prosecution of individuals involved in organized crime drug 
     trafficking, $440,197,000, of which $50,000,000 shall remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That all funds 
     appropriated under this heading shall be managed and executed 
     by the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration 
     and all employees of the Executive Office for the Organized 
     Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Forces shall report directly 
     to said Administrator within 60 days of enactment of this 
     Act: Provided further, That any amounts obligated from 
     appropriations under this heading may be used under 
     authorities available to the organizations reimbursed from 
     this appropriation: Provided further, That any unobligated 
     balances remaining available at the end of the fiscal year 
     shall be available to the Administrator of the Drug 
     Enforcement Administration for reallocation among 
     participating organizations in succeeding fiscal years, 
     subject to the reprogramming procedures set forth in section 
     505 of this Act.

                    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, 
     $5,295,513,000; of which not to exceed $150,000,000 shall 
     remain available until expended; of which $1,600,000,000 
     shall be for counterterrorism investigations, foreign 
     counterintelligence, and other activities related to our 
     national security; and of which not to exceed $20,000,000 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, cybercrime, and drug 
     investigations: Provided, That not to exceed $200,000 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; $25,213,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That $15,108,000 shall be 
     available for the planning, design, and construction of a 
     regional analytical training center 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.

                    Drug Enforcement Administration


                         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 police-type use, 
     $1,649,142,000; 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: Provided, That, in addition to 
     reimbursable full-time equivalent workyears available to the 
     Drug Enforcement Administration, not to exceed 8,371 
     positions and 8,270 full-time equivalent workyears shall be 
     supported from the funds appropriated in this Act for the 
     Drug Enforcement Administration.

          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, $923,700,000, 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 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 in 
     any civil action in a State 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)

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     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, $4,889,649,000: 
     Provided, That the Attorney General may transfer to the 
     Health Resources and Services Administration such 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 $85,017,000 shall remain available for prison 
     activations 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, $222,112,000, 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 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 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); $362,997,000, 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 amounts provided--
       (1) $187,308,000 for grants to combat violence against 
     women as authorized by part T of the 1968 Act, of which:
       (A) $5,200,000 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 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Act of 
     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;
       (2) $62,660,000 for grants to encourage arrest policies as 
     authorized by part U of the 1968 Act;
       (3) $39,166,000 for rural domestic violence and child abuse 
     enforcement assistance grants, as authorized by section 
     40295(a) of the 1994 Act;
       (4) $9,054,000 to reduce violent crimes against women on 
     campus, as authorized by section 1108(a) of Public Law 106-
     386;
       (5) $39,220,000 for legal assistance for victims, as 
     authorized by section 1201(c) of Public Law 106-386;
       (6) $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;
       (7) $13,894,000 for the safe havens for children pilot 
     program, as authorized by section 1301(a) of Public Law 106-
     386; and
       (8) $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, as amended, the Missing 
     Children's Assistance Act, as amended, including salaries and 
     expenses in connection therewith, 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), and with the Victims of Crime 
     Act of 1984, as amended, $221,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That of the amount provided--
       (1) $4,958,000 for training programs as authorized by 
     section 40152 of the 1994 Act, and for related local 
     demonstration projects;
       (2) $986,000 for grants for televised testimony, as 
     authorized by Part N of the 1968 Act;
       (3) $2,962,000 for grants to improve the stalking and 
     domestic violence databases, as authorized by section 
     40602(a) of the 1994 Act;
       (4) $2,287,000 for child abuse training programs for 
     judicial personnel and practitioners, as authorized by 
     section 222 of the 1990 Act;
       (5) $11,846,000 for the court-appointed special advocate 
     program, as authorized by section 217 of the 1990 Act.


               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; $1,078,350,000 (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: Provided further, That funds provided under 
     this heading shall be distributed in the manner described in 
     the following table:

        Program                                                  Amount
Justice Assistance Grants..................................$530,000,000
Boys and Girls Clubs........................................$85,000,000
National Institute of Justice...............................$10,000,000
Indian Assistance Programs..................................$15,000,000
State Criminal Alien Assistance Programs...................$170,000,000
SW Border Prosecutors.......................................$30,000,000
Byrne Grants (discretionary)...............................$177,000,000
Drug Courts.................................................$25,000,000
Marketing Scams Against Senior Citizens......................$1,000,000
Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program..............$850,000

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Assistance for Victims of Trafficking........................$2,000,000
Prison Rape Prevention.......................................$1,500,000
State Prison Drug Treatment.................................$15,000,000
National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan..................$6,000,000
Capital Litigation...........................................$1,000,000
Justice For All..............................................$4,000,000
State and Local Anti-Terrorism Training.....................$5,000,000:
     Provided further, 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, $50,280,000, 
     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 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 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 505 of this Act: Provided further, 
     That of the funds appropriated for the Executive Office for 
     Weed and Seed, $2,000,000 shall be directed for comprehensive 
     community development training and technical assistance.


                  COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES

       For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Control and 
     Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322) (including 
     administrative costs), $515,087,000, to remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That funds that become available as 
     a result of deobligations from prior year balances may not be 
     obligated except in accordance with section 505 of this Act: 
     Provided further, 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 funds provided under this 
     heading shall be distributed in the manner described in the 
     following table:

        Program                                                  Amount
Hiring.......................................................$2,000,000
Training and Technical Assistance...........................$14,000,000
Bullet Proof Vests..........................................$27,000,000
Tribal Law Enforcement......................................$20,000,000
Methamphetamine Hot Spots...................................$60,100,000
Police Corps................................................$10,000,000
Law Enforce Technologies (projects)........................$137,000,000
Interoperable Communications................................$37,500,000
Criminal Records Upgrade....................................$20,000,000
DNA Initiative..............................................$89,500,000
Coverdell Forensics Science Improvements....................$22,000,000
Crime Identification Technology.............................$30,000,000
Offender Reentry.............................................$3,000,000
Safe Schools Initiative......................................$5,000,000
Police Integrity.............................................$7,500,000
Management and Administration..............................$30,487,000.


                       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, $350,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 
     provided under this heading shall be distributed in the 
     manner described in the following table:

        Program                                                  Amount
Part A, Concentration of Federal Efforts.....................$1,000,000
Part B, Formula Grants......................................$82,000,000
Part C, Discretionary Grants.................................$5,000,000
Part D, Research, Evaluation, TA and Training................$8,000,000
Part E, Developing New Initiatives..........................$75,000,000
Part G, Juvenile Mentoring Program (JUMP)...................$15,000,000
Title V, At Risk Children Programs..........................$20,000,000
Title V, Tribal Youth.......................................$10,000,000
Title V, Gang Prevention....................................$25,000,000
Title V, Prevention of Underage Drinking....................$25,000,000
Secure Our Schools Act......................................$15,000,000
Project Childsafe............................................$5,000,000
Juvenile Accountability Block Grants........................$49,000,000
Victims of Child Abuse Act.................................$15,000,000.


                    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), as amended, 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.
       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 505 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 505 of this Act.
       Sec. 106. The Attorney General is authorized to make 
     permanent 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. Funds appropriated by this Act for the Federal 
     Prisons System shall be in the amounts and accounts specified 
     in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That within 30 
     days of enactment of this Act, the Bureau of Prisons will 
     submit a comprehensive financial plan for the Federal Prison 
     System to the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 
     That no funds appropriated for the Federal Prison System in 
     this or any other Appropriations Act for the construction of 
     new facilities may be rescinded, cancelled, or used for any 
     other purpose.
       Sec. 109. 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. 110. (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.
       (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. 111. 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

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     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 trigger the board's oversight, 
     to include a listing of all projects to be reviewed during 
     fiscal year 2006.
       Sec. 112. 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.
       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, $40,997,000, 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


                         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, $409,625,000, to remain available until 
     expended, 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 $48,134,000 shall be for Manufacturing and Services; 
     $39,815,000 shall be for Market Access and Compliance; 
     $64,134,000 shall be for the Import Administration; 
     $231,722,000 shall be for Trade Promotion and 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 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, $77,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
     which $7,200,000 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, $283,985,000, to remain 
     available until expended.


                         Salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of administering the economic 
     development assistance programs as provided for by law, 
     $30,939,000: 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, 
     $30,727,000.

                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, $81,283,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2006.

                          Bureau of the Census


                         Salaries and expenses

       For expenses necessary for collecting, compiling, 
     analyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for 
     by law, $183,029,000.


                     Periodic censuses and programs

       For nessary expenses related to the 2010 decennial census, 
     $390,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2006.
       In addition, for expenses to collect and publish statistics 
     for other periodic censuses and programs provided for by law, 
     $154,356,000, to remain available until September 30, 2006.

       National Telecommunications and Information Administration


                         Salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the 
     National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
     (NTIA), $20,255,000, 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.

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                   Information infrastructure grants

       For grants authorized by section 392 of the Communications 
     Act of 1934, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended 
     as authorized by section 391 of the Act: Provided, That not 
     to exceed $3,000,000 shall be available for program 
     administration and other support activities as authorized by 
     section 391: Provided further, That, of the funds 
     appropriated herein, not to exceed 5 percent may be available 
     for telecommunications research activities for projects 
     related directly to the development of a national information 
     infrastructure: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the 
     requirements of sections 392(a) and 392(c) of the Act, these 
     funds may be used for the planning and construction of 
     telecommunications networks for the provision of educational, 
     health care, or public information: Provided further, That, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, no entity that 
     receives telecommunications services at preferential rates 
     under section 254(h) of the Act (47 U.S.C. 254(h)) or 
     receives assistance under the regional information sharing 
     systems grant program of the Department of Justice under part 
     M of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
     Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796h) may use funds under a grant 
     under this heading to cover any costs of the entity that 
     would otherwise be covered by such preferential rates or such 
     assistance, as the case may be.

               United States Patent and Trademark Office


                         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, $1,703,300,000, 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 
     $1,703,300,000, this amount shall be reduced accordingly: 
     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 of amounts made available under this heading, 
     $500,000 is only for the National Intellectual Property Law 
     Enforcement Coordinating Council: Provided further, That in 
     fiscal year 2006 and hereafter, 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 
     postretirement 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.

                                 OTHER

                        Departmental Management


                         Salaries and expenses

       For expenses necessary for the departmental management of 
     the Department of Commerce and the Technology Administration 
     provided for by law, including not to exceed $5,000 for 
     official entertainment, $49,605,000: Provided, That not to 
     exceed 9 full-time equivalents and $1,181,000 shall be 
     expended for the legislative affairs function of the 
     Department.


                    Office of the 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

       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 therefore, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-
     5902).
       Sec. 203. 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 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 505 of this Act and 
     shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
     in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
       Sec. 204. 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. 205. 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 505 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 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.
       This title may be cited as the ``Department of Commerce and 
     Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006''.

                           TITLE III--SCIENCE

                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

             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 $3,000,000 may be 
     transferred to the ``Working Capital Fund'': Provided, That 
     from amounts provided herein, not to exceed $5,000 shall be 
     made available in fiscal year 2006 for official reception and 
     representation expenses.


                     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, $140,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
     of which $60,000,000 shall be expended for the award of new 
     grants before September 30, 2006.


                  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, $198,631,000, 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.

            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; relocation of facilities, 
     $3,199,983,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007, 
     except for funds provided for cooperative enforcement which 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2008: Provided, 
     That in addition, $3,000,000 shall be derived by transfer 
     from the fund entitled ``Coastal Zone Management'' and in 
     addition $62,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the 
     fund entitled ``Promote and Develop Fishery Products and 
     Research Pertaining to American Fisheries'': Provided 
     further, That fees and donations received for the management 
     of the 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 grants to States pursuant to sections 306 and 306A of 
     the Coastal

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     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, of the $3,264,983,000 provided 
     for in direct obligations under this heading, $610,462,000 
     shall be for the National Ocean Service, $763,783,000 shall 
     be for the National Marine Fisheries Service, $470,109,000 
     shall be for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, $772,762,000 
     shall be for the National Weather Service, $180,412,000 shall 
     be for the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and 
     Information Service, and $402,455,000 shall be for Program 
     Support: 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 $40,693,000: 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 none of the funds in this Act may be used for the 
     National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to implement 
     the Department of Commerce's E-Government initiatives: 
     Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law, the authorities provided to National Aeronautics and 
     Space Administration pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 2473 shall be 
     available to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration in the furtherance of its oceanic, atmospheric 
     and space mission and programs: Provided further, That the 
     obligated balance of such sums shall remain available through 
     September 30, 2012 for liquidating obligations made in fiscal 
     years 2004 and 2005.
       In addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under the 
     Retired Serviceman's Family Protection and Survivor Benefits 
     Plan, and for payments for 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, 
     $1,195,017,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008, 
     except funds provided for construction of facilities which 
     shall remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 
     provided under this heading for the National Polar-orbiting 
     Operational Environmental Satellite System 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 
     beginning in fiscal year 2006 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.


                    Pacific coastal salmon recovery

       For necessary expenses associated with the restoration of 
     Pacific salmon populations, $90,000,000 to remain available 
     under September 30, 2007.


                      Coastal zone management fund

       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.

             National Aeronautics and Space Administration


                 Science, Aeronautics, and Exploration

                     (including transfers 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, $9,761,000,000, 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 
     ``Exploration Capabilities'' in accordance with section 
     312(b) of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, as 
     amended by Public Law 106-377: Provided, That within the 
     amounts provided under this heading, $250,000,000 shall be 
     for a Hubble servicing mission, $1,120,100,000 shall be for 
     Constellation systems, and $132,930,000 shall be for other 
     related exploration, science, and aeronautics activities.


                        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, 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, $6,603,000,000, 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 minor institutional 
     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.
       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; $4,345,213,000, of which at least 
     $386,930,000

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     shall remain available until expended for Polar research and 
     operations support, of which up to $58,000,000 shall be used 
     for the procurement of polar ice breaking services from the 
     U.S. Coast Guard, and that in the event that the U.S. Coast 
     Guard is unable to provide said ice breaking services, then 
     the National Science Foundation shall procure such services 
     from alternative sources, and for reimbursement to other 
     Federal agencies for operational and science support and 
     logistical and other related activities for the United States 
     Antarctic program; the balance to remain available until 
     September 30, 2006: Provided, That receipts for scientific 
     support services and materials furnished by the National 
     Research Centers and other 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.


          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

       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, $747,000,000, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2006: 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; $229,896,000: 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, 
     2006.

                   Executive Office of the President


                Office of Science and Technology Policy

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 
     Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the 
     National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 
     Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 and 6671), hire of 
     passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by 5 
     U.S.C. 3109, not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and 
     representation expenses, and rental of conference rooms in 
     the District of Columbia, $5,564,000.

                      General Provisions--Science


                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 301. 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; 
     and $30,000,000 is for the University of Alabama for the 
     design and construction of the Science and Engineering 
     Center.
       Sec. 302. Of the amount available from the fund entitled 
     ``Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Research 
     Pertaining to American Fisheries'', $10,000,000 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. 303. Of the amounts made available under the heading 
     ``Procurement, Acquisition and Construction, National Oceanic 
     and Atmospheric Administration'', $12,000,000 shall be 
     transferred to the National Aeronautics and Space 
     Administration for the planning, design, and construction of 
     Building 3203, and for the planning and design of Buildings 
     3205 and 3216.
       This title may be cited as the ``Science Appropriations 
     Act, 2006''.

                       TITLE IV--RELATED AGENCIES

                       Commission on Civil Rights


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil Rights, 
     including hire of passenger motor vehicles, $9,000,000: 
     Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 may be used to employ 
     consultants: Provided further, 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.

                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 
     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 505 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 $9,900,000 for land and structure; not to exceed 
     $500,000 for improvement and care of grounds and repair to 
     buildings; 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, $297,370,000: Provided, That $296,370,000 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 $296,370,000 
     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: Provided 
     further, That, in addition, not to exceed $20,000,000 may be 
     transferred from the Universal Service Fund to monitor the 
     Universal Service Fund program to prevent and remedy waste, 
     fraud and abuse, and to conduct audits and investigations by 
     the Office of Inspector General: Provided further, That any 
     sums that are transferred from such Fund for such purposes 
     shall be subject to the reprogramming requirements set forth 
     in section 505 of this Act.

                        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 
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     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: 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): Provided further, That hereafter no 
     funds appropriated in this or any other Act shall be expended 
     to remove the Federal Trade Commission from its headquarters 
     building, the Federal Trade Commission Building, located at 
     600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, DC; to render 
     such building appropriate for occupation by another Federal 
     agency or other organization or division thereof; or to 
     locate any such agency, organization, or division in said 
     building.

                       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, 
     $324,527,000, of which $312,251,000 is for basic field 
     programs and required independent audits; $2,600,000 is for 
     the Office of Inspector General, of which such amounts as may 
     be necessary may be used to conduct additional audits of 
     recipients; $13,900,000 is for management and administration; 
     $3,400,000 is for client self-help and information 
     technology; and $2,849,000 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. 1321-51, et seq.) shall not apply to the use of the 
     $1,775,000 to address loss of funding due to Census-based 
     reallocations.

                        Marine Mammal Commission


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Commission as 
     authorized by title II of Public Law 92-522, $2,000,000.

           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, $2,000,000, 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; of which not to exceed $13,000 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


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the 
     Small Business Administration as authorized by Public Law 
     106-554, 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, 
     $336,084,000: 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 48 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, $14,500,000.


                 Surety Bond Guarantees Revolving Fund

       For additional capital for the Surety Bond Guarantees 
     Revolving Fund, authorized by the Small Business Investment 
     Act, as amended, $3,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended.


                     Business Loans Program Account

                     (Including transfer of funds)

       For the cost of guaranteed loans, $2,000,000, as authorized 
     by 15 U.S.C. 631 note, to remain available until September 
     30, 2006: 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 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 and participating securities under section 
     303(b) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, shall 
     not exceed the levels established by section 20(i)(1)(C) of 
     the Small Business Act.
       In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
     direct and guaranteed loan programs, $126,653,000, which may 
     be transferred to and merged with the appropriations for 
     Salaries and Expenses.


                     Disaster Loans Program Account

       For the cost of direct loans authorized by section 7(b) of 
     the Small Business Act, $83,335,000, 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.
       In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
     direct loan program, $56,000,000, which may be transferred to 
     and merged with appropriations for Salaries and 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; of which $46,100,000 is for direct 
     administrative expenses of loan making and servicing to carry 
     out the direct loan program; and of which $9,000,000 is for 
     indirect administrative expenses and may be transferred to 
     and merged with funds in the Salaries and Expenses 
     appropriations account: Provided, That any amount to be 
     transferred to and merged with appropriations for Salaries 
     and Expenses for any purpose shall be treated as a 
     reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 
     shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
     in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.


        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 505 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 EXPENSES

       For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, as 
     authorized by the State Justice Institute Authorization Act 
     of 1992 (Public Law 102-572), $5,000,000: Provided, That not 
     to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception 
     and representation expenses.

                      TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 501. The Departments of Commerce and Justice, the 
     National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Federal 
     Communications Commission, the Securities and Exchange 
     Commission, and the Small Business Administration

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     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 made available to any such agency in any 
     previous appropriations Act.
       Sec. 502. 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. 503. 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. 504. 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. 505. (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 $1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that: 
     (1) augments existing programs, projects (including 
     construction 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 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: Provided, That transfers may not be 
     made from ``Buildings and Facilities, Federal Prison System'' 
     to any other Department of Justice account.
       Sec. 506. Hereafter, none of the funds made available in 
     this Act or any other Act may be used for the construction, 
     repair (other than emergency repair), overhaul, conversion, 
     or modernization of vessels for the National Oceanic and 
     Atmospheric Administration in shipyards located outside of 
     the United States.
       Sec. 507. 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 
     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. 508. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act or any other Act may be used to 
     implement, enforce, or otherwise abide by the Memorandum of 
     Agreement signed by the Federal Trade Commission and the 
     Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice on March 5, 
     2002.
       Sec. 509. Section 704 of the Public Works and Economic 
     Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3234) shall not apply to 
     any funds made available by this Act or an amendment made by 
     this Act.
       Sec. 510. 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 505 of this 
     Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 
     except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 
     section.
       Sec. 511. Of the funds appropriated in this Act under the 
     heading ``Office of Justice Programs--State and Local Law 
     Enforcement Assistance'', not more than 90 percent of the 
     amount to be awarded to an entity under the Local Law 
     Enforcement Block Grant shall be made available to such an 
     entity when it is made known to the Federal official having 
     authority to obligate or expend such funds that the entity 
     that employs a public safety officer (as such term is defined 
     in section 1204 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
     Safe Streets Act of 1968) does not provide such a public 
     safety officer who retires or is separated from service due 
     to injury suffered as the direct and proximate result of a 
     personal injury sustained in the line of duty while 
     responding to an emergency situation or a hot pursuit (as 
     such terms are defined by State law) with the same or better 
     level of health insurance benefits at the time of retirement 
     or separation as they received while on duty.
       Sec. 512. 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. 513. 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. 514. Of the amounts made available under the heading 
     ``Small Business Administration, Salaries and Expenses'', 
     $50,000,000 shall be available for programs described in the 
     statement accompanying this Act.
       Sec. 515. 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. 516. All disaster loans issued in Alaska shall be 
     administered by the Small Business Administration and shall 
     not be sold during fiscal year 2006.
       Sec. 517. 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. 518. 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. 519. Any funds provided in this Act used to implement 
     E-Government Initiatives shall be subject to the procedures 
     set forth in section 505 of this Act.
       Sec. 520. Universal Service Support. 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 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. 521. (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.

                         TITLE VI--RESCISSIONS

                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

                         General Administration


                         counterterrorism fund

                              (rescission)

       Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
     $11,000,000 are rescinded.

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                            Legal Activities


                         assets forfeiture fund

                              (rescission)

       Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
     $82,000,000 are rescinded.

                    Federal Bureau of Investigation


                         salaries and expenses

                              (rescission)

       Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
     $103,502,000 are rescinded; of which $30,000,000 shall be 
     from funding for J. Edgar Hoover Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation Building tours; and of which $73,502,000 shall 
     be from funding for the Federal Bureau of Investigation's 
     failed computer modernization program.
       This Act may be cited as the ``Departments of Commerce and 
     Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     2006''.
       Amend the title so as to read: ``An Act making 
     appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, 
     Science, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.''.

  The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Mississippi is recognized.
  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, on behalf of the distinguished chairman 
of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Mr. Shelby, I am pleased to 
present to the Senate the appropriations bill written by the 
subcommittee for fiscal year 2006.
  Senators Shelby and Mikulski have done an outstanding job producing 
this bill at a time when discretionary dollars are scarce. The 
subcommittee chairman and ranking member have had to make many 
difficult decisions on issues that were presented during the writing of 
this bill.
  The consideration of the bill also comes at a time when we have 
witnessed a terrible tragedy in the gulf coast region of our Nation. 
The entire region, including specifically Alabama, Louisiana, 
Mississippi, and other areas have suffered serious damages, the loss of 
lives and livelihoods.
  This bill provides funding for many Government functions and programs 
that are important to hurricane prediction, response, and recovery. 
Small Business Administration disaster loans, Economic Development 
Administration public works grants, and State and local law enforcement 
assistance grants are a few examples of programs contained in the bill 
that can help disaster victims in the short run.
  We do need immediate assistance available, and these funds will 
become available at the beginning of the fiscal year, starting October 
1.
  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is a major agency 
involved in researching, forecasting, monitoring, and warning of 
hurricanes. Funding for that agency is included in this bill.
  But this bill also reflects a commitment to responsibility in holding 
down the level of spending at a time when we see the Federal Government 
building up deficits that some worry threaten the economic livelihood 
and growth potential of our economy. So this is a lean bill. Senator 
Shelby and Senator Mikulski have had to refuse to include in the bill a 
lot of requested projects for funding. These are difficult decisions 
because the needs are real and many are very meritorious. But I think 
Senators will find this bill supports the functions and 
responsibilities of the agencies and the Departments that are funded in 
the bill. There are increases provided where those increases are 
necessary and important to include.
  The bill is within the 302(b) allocation of the Budget Act, and the 
total amount recommended in the bill is $885 million above the fiscal 
year 2005 level. This is a 2-percent increase over last year's level of 
spending.
  The bill includes an increase of over $1 billion above the 
President's budget request for the Department of Justice. This is 
primarily due to the restoration of the proposed cuts to State and 
local law enforcement grant programs. I am sure the funds will be 
helpful and important in the discharge of those responsibilities at the 
local level throughout the country.
  The bill recommends nearly $7.2 billion for the Department of 
Commerce, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
and the National Institute of Standards Technology, which is an 8-
percent increase over last year's level of funding. This part of the 
bill is particularly important because it provides funding for 
hurricane prediction and warning, including the National Data Buoy 
Center which provides data from the oceans to help assess the strength 
and speed of hurricanes.
  The bill also provides funding for NASA, the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration, to move forward with the exploration vision, 
while fully funding activities of the space shuttle and the 
International Space Station.
  In the related agencies title of the bill, funding is included for 
the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Communications 
Commission.
  The bill also addresses very important needs that were brought to the 
attention of the committee during hearings by both the administration 
and other Senators. Overall, the subcommittee chairman and ranking 
member have crafted a bill that reflects the committee's and the 
Senate's priorities as well as those of the administration.
  I hope Senators will support the bill. And we hope we can complete 
action on it today.
  Mr. President, I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Maryland.
  Ms. MIKULSKI. Thank you very much, Mr. President.
  I come to the floor as the ranking member of this very brandnew 
subcommittee called Commerce, Justice, and Science. As the Presiding 
Officer knows, and our colleagues remember, the Appropriations 
Committee reorganized itself, and I had been the ranking member of a 
subcommittee called VA-HUD and Independent Agencies. It exists no more. 
But now we have Commerce, Justice, and Science, which we think is an 
outstanding subcommittee, funding the important agencies related to 
making us a safer, stronger, smarter, more innovative country.
  Originally, I anticipated our bill would come up today with such 
enthusiasm and such joy in working with my colleague, Senator Shelby, 
whom I served with in the House, that we would work together on a 
bipartisan basis to fashion the bill, but on its way to the floor a 
great national tragedy occurred with Hurricane Katrina.
  I want to say here today on the floor to the distinguished Senator 
from Mississippi, who has just spoken, Mr. Cochran, the chairman of the 
Appropriations Committee, first of all, know that you can count on me 
for full support to move all appropriate legislation to help the people 
of our gulf coast. I know the distinguished Senator is from a wonderful 
State with a great heritage and is a great contributor to our economy. 
And we know his State has been hit hard. We watched him tour the hit 
zones.
  This is a time we all do work together. I know all of our colleagues 
are so proud of the rescue workers who are going to continue to rescue 
people throughout the gulf coast region. Our hearts and prayers and 
thoughts go out to the families who have lost everything in this 
terrible tragedy.
  At the same time, we acknowledge the tremendous role of scores of 
National Guard soldiers, our Coast Guard rescuers, those Navy guys who 
rescued 110 people--and they might have gotten a reprimand from their 
commander, but they would certainly get a hug and kiss from this 
Senator for what they did--and the doctors and nurses and the 
paramedics and all the first responders and law enforcement. Everybody 
who is out there working a 36-hour day, we thank you and we salute you.
  As of Monday, there have been so many who have been rescued, shelters 
that have been opened, and hot meals being served. Also, under the 
doctrine of mutual assistance, other States have opened their doors--
Texas, Arkansas. My own State of Maryland has sent tremendous help and 
support. So we all need to pull together now.
  I am glad the press has stopped calling those people who have lost 
everything refugees. ``Refugee'' is an honorable title, but this is not 
``Hotel Rwanda.'' This is the United States of America. All those 
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They have been evacuated, but they have a home to go back to. And they 
have another home called the United States of America, where every 
State, every city would have an open door toward them. They have not 
lost their home. They have not lost their homeland. And they cannot 
lose their way.
  In my own home State, we have sent people down to rescue people--
first responders. Governor Ehrlich sent our National Guard. We are so 
proud of the hospital ship, the USS Comfort, that is steaming down 
heading toward the coast of New Orleans. But whether it has been first 
responders, local law enforcement, charitable aid from the nonprofits 
and faith-based organizations, they all wanted to offer a contribution.
  But we cannot do this on philanthropic activity alone. We cannot do 
this with just good will. And to be sure, eventually fatigue will set 
in. But the U.S. Federal Government must be tireless. It must be 
responsive. It is critical we approve the Commerce, Justice, Science 
appropriations bill quickly. The distinguished Senator from Mississippi 
has outlined this bill.
  This bill provides a downpayment for the victims of Katrina to 
rebuild their lives and communities. We know a supplemental is coming, 
and we will work expeditiously on a bipartisan basis to also help. We 
will not play politics with the lives of our citizens and with all of 
those who are conducting the rescue and cleanup.
  There are some important things in this bill that can be of specific 
and immediate help. One is the Small Business Administration's disaster 
loan program. It is not just for business, it is for families. SBA 
provides low-interest loans of up to $200,000 to repair damaged 
property to primary residences, and up to $40,000 for personal 
property.
  SBA provides low-interest loans to businesses and nonprofits of up to 
$1.5 million to repair damage to their real estate, machinery, 
equipment, and inventory. So SBA will not only help businesses become 
businesses again, but it will help families be able to get their home 
going again. And for all those nonprofits that will be there when the 
TV cameras leave, this will also help them get on their feet.
  Another area where we will be very helpful is in the area of the 
Economic Development Administration. This is in the Commerce 
Department. It provides grants to State and local governments for 
infrastructure repair and modernization. And, boy, do they do that. 
Roads need to be built, and not only the great Federal highways, but 
those blue highways that make our rural areas so great and provide a 
livelihood to those communities.
  Economic development assistance money can help recover from sudden 
and severe dislocation. This bill includes $315 million for EDA, and we 
presume that in the supplemental this could be a very specific line 
item that would not get lost in big bureaucracy.
  We want to provide assistance in the Department of Justice to our 
State and local police. They provide the safety and security of first 
choice so we want to make sure that they are supported. They themselves 
have lost police stations. They have lost their equipment. They have 
lost their homes. We need to be able to help them.
  While we also are repairing the damage, we need to look ahead and be 
sure we can always give the best predictions possible so people can get 
out of harm's way. This bill funds the National Weather Service. It is 
a branch of NOAA, and it has already done a great job of predicting 
hurricanes, storms, flooding, and tornadoes. But we want to bring even 
more innovation to them and more resources so they can predict not only 
hurricanes but any other natural disaster coming to a community so that 
we can prevent loss of life and secure property. Those are some of the 
things that can be focused immediately on Katrina and future 
prevention. As we know, there are some hurricanes gathering with names 
like Ophelia off the coast now. That is what we can do.
  At the same time, Senator Shelby and I, taking our new charge very 
seriously, said we wanted to work together to build a safer, stronger, 
smarter America. So we concentrated on the Department of Justice to 
make this a safer country. What we then did was look at the agencies 
within our portfolio, the FBI, Drug Enforcement, the U.S. Marshals 
Service, as well as alcohol and firearms. We know that the Department 
of Justice protects us from terrorists and protects our neighborhoods 
and communities. They protect us against those who have a predatory 
intent against our country, the terrorists, but it also protects our 
children against sexual predators. We want to salute President Bush and 
Attorney General Gonzales for developing a specific watch list for the 
registration of sexual predators. It has given a wake-up call to all 
States. Predatory behavior doesn't go in our country.
  The Department of Justice accounts for almost 50 percent of our 
entire bill. The FBI is the lead agency. It will receive $5.3 billion, 
a $100 million increase, so that they can continue to fight organized 
terrorism and organized crime as well. We have given the FBI a record 
amount to do that. We look forward to working with them to correct some 
of their problems in technology, and we know they are improving their 
management. At the same time, we thank them for focusing, No. 1, on 
protecting our children through the Missing and Exploited Children's 
Program, which, by the way, the Missing and Exploited Children's 
Program is now going to be used to help locate over 100 to 1,000 
children, where their parents don't know where they are. We are going 
to find those children, and we are going to bring them back to their 
parents one way or another.
  Working together with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, 
we want to make sure they have the resources to protect us against 
arson, street crime, and gangs that are now menacing our communities. 
We thank them for the outstanding job that the ATF arson laboratory did 
in Maryland. It identified the DC serial arsonist that burned down 
homes in Charles County. It also provided the ballistic laboratory that 
helped to solve the DC sniper case. Our law enforcement is on the job, 
and they are protecting us every day. We have tried to protect them in 
the Federal budget so that they can do their job.
  At the same time, while we are doing law enforcement, we look at 
commerce and science. This is where we talk about building a stronger 
economy and a smarter America. We do all we can to fund the programs in 
the Commerce Department. One of our most important places, though, is 
where we protect our intellectual property. As we are working to 
protect our citizens, we have to protect what our citizens invent. We 
are the country of discovery, of innovation, of invention. If you 
invented it, we think you ought to be able to keep it. We, therefore, 
provided $1.7 billion for the Patent and Trademark Office. It is a 
record amount that should help them reduce their backlog of patent 
applications and help us make sure we secure those new ideas that are 
going to create the new jobs right here in the United States.
  We are also supporting our great Federal laboratories that help come 
up with the new ideas and set the standards for products so they can go 
to the marketplace. That is the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology located in Maryland. It sets standards that are critical to 
successful commerce and, because of what they do, transfers technology 
to the American business community.
  The bill fully funds the Advanced Tech Program and the Manufacturing 
Extension Program which are important to fostering competitiveness. In 
science, we have NOAA, which I have spoken about, which does fantastic 
work on weather prediction, saving lives, and saving communities 
through their predictions. But at the same time, they do fantastic 
research on our oceans, on our bays and so on. We know that we are 
going to face, because of Katrina, a real impact on oysters and clams 
and shrimp on the gulf coast. What are the ideas to be able to help out 
and restore the bays that produce those delicious morsels but that are 
so important to the economy and to little people who have names like 
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what we are challenging NOAA to do, continue their great research. But 
we need immediate and practical solutions to protect the seafood 
industry on the gulf coast.
  Then there is NASA. Originally, we thought the only risky operation 
was going to be the Hubble telescope. Now we have human need pressing 
us, and we are going to meet that need. For NASA, we have provided 
$16.4 billion, a $200 million increase over last year. This does 
include the money for the Hubble servicing mission. We are going to 
provide full funding for the space shuttle, for the space station, and 
work with Dr. Griffin on the new Crew Exploration Vehicle.
  Because of Katrina, we know two major NASA facilities were heavily 
damaged. One was the Michoud assembly facility in New Orleans. The 
other was the Stennis facility in Mississippi. This is everything from 
shipyards to spaceships, from Navy ships to spaceships. We know those 
facilities suffered tremendous damage, and 50 percent of the employees 
lost their homes. We expect the administration and the agencies to tell 
us what happened to those employees and how we can help them.
  On the bright side, we are so happy about the successful mission of 
Discovery last month. Weren't we proud of Colonel Collins and that 
daring-do, can-do crew that got out there and did the kind of repair 
work that had never been done in space, showed our courage and our 
tenacity and our technological capability. We want to support them. We 
know they want to return to space. The shuttle tanks were to be 
prepared in New Orleans. We are going to have to make adjustments. But 
then again, everybody is making adjustments, and we are all going to 
work together. The National Science Foundation is also in here. Just 
think what the Committee on Science is--NIST, NOAA, NASA, the Science 
Foundation. These are the new ideas. It is going to help with funding 
for important research in new ideas in basic science like physics and 
also breakthrough things again for new jobs like biotech and nanotech.
  One of the important things we did was preserve the funding for 
historically Black colleges and universities. This is also coming at a 
very important time. Louisiana, I believe the entire gulf, was the home 
of 28 colleges and universities that were affected by Katrina. 
Historically Black colleges all over America, such as Morgan State in 
my hometown, are accepting the young men and women from the 
historically Black colleges of the gulf coast. They are accepting them 
and not asking questions about tuition and other things. This is a way 
of also being of help. So we are all pitching in together.
  One of the flashing yellow lights in the bill is the census. Because 
of staying within our 302(b) allocation, we funded the Census Bureau 
with $17 million below last year's level and $150 million below the 
President's request. The census is important. They don't just do 
something every 10 years where they knock on your door and give you a 
complicated form. It continually evaluates who we are and where we live 
and gives us important information so that communities and businesses 
can develop everything from transportation and education plans to 
business targeting the new demography in our country. We are proud of 
the civil servants that work in Maryland, and we look forward to 
looking at how we can restore funding. When we looked at our 
priorities, we thought Census could do without an increase and even a 
very modest $17 million cut. We hope to restore that in conference. But 
when we looked at all that we needed to do in Justice and all that we 
needed to do, particularly in agencies such as the FBI, we felt that 
these were our priorities. Now that Katrina has hit us, we will be 
reevaluating as we go along.
  That is our bill. We are proud of our bill because we have tried to 
focus on where America is today and where America needs to go tomorrow. 
We tried to look at the day-to-day needs of our constituents and know 
that they needed to be protected in their local communities. That is 
why we looked at local law enforcement. We know that we face predatory 
assault from everything from organized crime to organized terrorists. 
We focused on our Justice Department, but also on our science and on 
our commerce for new ideas, for new products and invention, but also to 
fund those agencies that help them protect their intellectual property 
against often international predators and also come up with those new 
ideas.
  Along the way, Katrina has happened. We are going to make sure this 
bill serves the needs now, the immediate needs of our neighbors in the 
gulf and those States that have been so kind and so generous and 
welcoming. We view this bill as a work in progress, but work it will 
be, and progress we will make. We are going to work together.
  These are not refugees. They are evacuees, as our Senators are. We 
need to remember all of the people who have been affected. We are one 
nation, under God, and we are indivisible.
  I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Mississippi.
  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I am impressed with the comprehensive 
statement made by the distinguished Senator from Maryland, describing 
the provisions of this bill that have been prepared and are being 
presented today to the Senate by her subcommittee. Her comments and the 
tone that she has set reflects so well on the Senate. It also reflects 
a bipartisanship that is so important to the writing of this bill. This 
is not a Republican bill nor a Democratic bill. It is a bill that 
reflects a consensus of the members of the subcommittee and also 
respect for the requests being made by the administration for funding 
of these agencies and departments for the next fiscal year.
  We have all had what some might say is a wake-up call about hurricane 
warnings, mobilization of State and local resources, and relocation of 
people who are threatened by the ravages of storms such as Katrina. 
This bill is designed to meet the challenge that is so fresh in our 
minds. It can be presented to Government officials, private 
individuals, and businesses as we seek to protect our families and our 
property and our lives from the threats hurricanes and other storms 
might pose. It also reflects, as the distinguished Senator pointed out, 
funding that provides the resources we need for law-and-order 
activities, crime prevention, and investigations to ensure we are doing 
what has to be done to protect the security of our country.
  I know of no more important bill that will come before the Senate 
this year from our committee than the one being presented today by 
Senators Shelby and Mikulski. They have done a wonderful job working 
together. They have set an example by which we could all profit.
  We need to act expeditiously on the bill, consider any amendments 
that any Senator has to add money or delete funding that is contained 
in the bill. We assure everyone that we want to act in a thoughtful way 
and one that will reflect credit on the Senate.
  Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Ensign). The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The Senator from Louisiana.
  Ms. LANDRIEU. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for 
approximately 30 minutes, perhaps more.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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