[House Report 109-307]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
109th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session 109-307
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION, TREASURY,
AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, THE JUDICIARY, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,
AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2006,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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November 18 (legislative day, November 17), 2005.--Ordered to be
printed
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Mr. Knollenberg, from the committee of conference, submitted the
following
CONFERENCE REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 3058]
The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of
the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R.
3058) ``making appropriations for the Departments of
Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development,
the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other
purposes'', having met, after full and free conference, have
agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses
as follows:
That the House recede from its disagreement to the
amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with an
amendment, as follows:
In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said
amendment, insert:
DIVISION A--TRANSPORTATION, TREASURY, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT,
THE JUDICIARY, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2006
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Departments of
Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the
Judiciary, and independent agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2006, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary,
$84,900,000, of which not to exceed $2,198,000 shall be
available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to
exceed $698,000 shall be available for the immediate Office of
the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $15,183,000 shall be
available for the Office of the General Counsel; not to exceed
$11,650,000 shall be available for the Office of the Under
Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not to exceed
$8,485,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to exceed $2,293,000
shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary
for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed $22,031,000 shall be
available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Administration; not to exceed $1,910,000 shall be available for
the Office of Public Affairs; not to exceed $1,442,000 shall be
available for the Office of the Executive Secretariat; not to
exceed $697,000 shall be available for the Board of Contract
Appeals; not to exceed $1,265,000 shall be available for the
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization; not to
exceed $2,033,000 for the Office of Intelligence and Security;
not to exceed $11,895,000 shall be available for the Office of
the Chief Information Officer; and not to exceed $3,120,000
shall be available for the Office of Emergency Transportation:
Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to
transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office of the
Secretary to any other office of the Office of the Secretary:
Provided further, That no appropriation for any office shall be
increased or decreased by more than 5 percent by all such
transfers: Provided further, That notice of any change in
funding greater than 5 percent shall be submitted for approval
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided
further, That not to exceed $60,000 shall be for allocation
within the Department for official reception and representation
expenses as the Secretary maydetermine: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, excluding fees authorized
in Public Law 107-71, there may be credited to this appropriation up to
$2,500,000 in funds received in user fees: Provided further, That none
of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for the position
of Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs.
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights,
$8,550,000.
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation
planning, research, systems development, development
activities, and making grants, to remain available until
expended, $15,000,000.
WORKING CAPITAL FUND
Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays
of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed $118,014,000, shall
be paid from appropriations made available to the Department of
Transportation: Provided, That such services shall be provided
on a competitive basis to entities within the Department of
Transportation: Provided further, That the above limitation on
operating expenses shall not apply to non-DOT entities:
Provided further, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an
agency of the Department shall be transferred to the Working
Capital Fund without the approval of the agency modal
administrator: Provided further, That no assessments may be
levied against any program, budget activity, subactivity or
project funded by this Act unless notice of such assessments
and the basis therefor are presented to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations and are approved by such
Committees.
MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $500,000, as authorized
by 49 U.S.C. 332: 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
these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal,
any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed
$18,367,000. In addition, for administrative expenses to carry
out the guaranteed loan program, $400,000.
MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH
For necessary expenses of Minority Business Resource Center
outreach activities, $3,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2007: Provided, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C.
332, these funds may be used for business opportunities related
to any mode of transportation.
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
In addition to funds made available from any other source
to carry out the essential air service program under 49 U.S.C.
41731 through 41742, $60,000,000, to be derived from the
Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That, in determining between or among
carriers competing to provide service to a community, the
Secretary may consider the relative subsidy requirements of the
carriers: Provided further, That, if the funds under this
heading are insufficient to meet the costs of the essential air
service program in the current fiscal year, the Secretary shall
transfer such sums as may be necessary to carry out the
essential air service program from any available amounts
appropriated to or directly administered by the Office of the
Secretary for such fiscal year.
NEW HEADQUARTERS BUILDING
For necessary expenses of the Department of
Transportation's new headquarters building and related
services, $50,000,000, to remain available until expended.
Federal Aviation Administration
OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation
Administration, not otherwise provided for, including
operations and research activities related to commercial space
transportation, administrative expenses for research and
development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the
operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft,
subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold to
the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles for
replacement only, in addition to amounts made available by
Public Law 108-176, $8,036,000,000, of which $5,541,000,000
shall be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, of
which not to exceed $6,629,000,000 shall be available for air
traffic organization activities; not to exceed $958,542,000
shall be available for aviation regulation and certification
activities; not to exceed $11,759,000 shall be available for
commercial space transportation activities; not to exceed
$50,983,000 shall be available for financial services
activities; not to exceed $69,943,000 shall be available for
human resources program activities; not to exceed $150,744,000
shall be available for region and center operations and
regional coordination activities; not to exceed $142,000,000
shall be available for staff offices; and not to exceed
$36,112,000 shall be available for information services:
Provided, That not to exceed 2 percent of any budget activity,
except for aviation regulation and certification budget
activity, may be transferred to any budget activity under this
heading: Provided further, That no transfer may increase
ordecrease any appropriation by more than 2 percent: Provided further,
That any transfer in excess of 2 percent shall be treated as a
reprogramming of funds under section 710 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 none of
the funds in this Act shall be available for the Federal Aviation
Administration to finalize or implement any regulation that would
promulgate new aviation user fees not specifically authorized by law
after the date of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That
there may be credited to this appropriation funds received from States,
counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other public
authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred in the
provision of agency services, including receipts for the maintenance
and operation of air navigation facilities, and for issuance, renewal
or modification of certificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair
station certificates, or for tests related thereto, or for processing
major repair or alteration forms: Provided further, That of the funds
appropriated under this heading, not less than $7,500,000 shall be for
the contract tower cost-sharing program: Provided further, That funds
may be used to enter into a grant agreement with a nonprofit standard-
setting organization to assist in the development of aviation safety
standards: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall
be available for new applicants for the second career training program:
Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available
for paying premium pay under 5 U.S.C. 5546(a) to any Federal Aviation
Administration employee unless such employee actually performed work
during the time corresponding to such premium pay: Provided further,
That none of the funds in this Act may be obligated or expended to
operate a manned auxiliary flight service station in the contiguous
United States: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act for
aeronautical charting and cartography are available for activities
conducted by, or coordinated through, the Working Capital Fund:
Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act may be obligated
or expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation Administration to
purchase a store gift card or gift certificate through use of a
Government-issued credit card. In addition, $150,000,000 is for costs
associated with the flight service station transition.
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for
acquisition, establishment, technical support services,
improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of air navigation
and experimental facilities and equipment, as authorized under
part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code,
including initial acquisition of necessary sites by lease or
grant; engineering and service testing, including construction
of test facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease
or grant; construction and furnishing of quarters and related
accommodations for officers and employees of the Federal
Aviation Administration stationed at remote localities where
such accommodations are not available; and the purchase, lease,
or transfer of aircraft from funds available under this
heading; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund,
$2,540,000,000, of which $2,110,789,500 shall remain available
until September 30, 2008, and of which $429,210,500 shall
remain available until September 30, 2006: Provided, That there
may be credited to this appropriation funds received from
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and
private sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment and
modernization of air navigation facilities: Provided further,
That upon initial submission to the Congress of the fiscal year
2007 President's budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall
transmit to the Congress a comprehensive capital investment
plan for the Federal Aviation Administration which includes
funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 2007 through
2011, with total funding for each year of the plan constrained
to the funding targets for those years as estimated and
approved by the Office of Management and Budget.
RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for
research, engineering, and development, as authorized under
part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code,
including construction of experimental facilities and
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, $138,000,000,
to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to
remain available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That there
may be credited to this appropriation funds received from
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and
private sources, for expenses incurred for research,
engineering, and development.
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid
for airport planning and development, and noise compatibility
planning and programs as authorized under subchapter I of
chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 of title 49, United
States Code, and under other law authorizing such obligations;
for procurement, installation,and commissioning of runway
incursion prevention devices and systems at airports of such title; for
grants authorized under section 41743 of title 49, United States Code;
and for inspection activities and administration of airport safety
programs, including those related to airport operating certificates
under section 44706 of title 49, United States Code, $3,399,000,000 to
be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain
available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds under this
heading shall be available for the planning or execution of programs
the obligations for which are in excess of $3,550,000,000 in fiscal
year 2006, notwithstanding section 47117(g) of title 49, United States
Code: Provided further, That none of the funds under this heading shall
be available for the replacement of baggage conveyor systems,
reconfiguration of terminal baggage areas, or other airport
improvements that are necessary to install bulk explosive detection
systems: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of
law, of funds limited under this heading, not more than $71,096,000
shall be obligated for administration, not less than $10,000,000 shall
be available for the airport cooperative research program, and not less
than $10,000,000 shall be available to carry out the Small Community
Air Service Development Program, to remain available until expended:
Provided further, That not later than December 31, 2015, the owner or
operator of an airport certificated under 49 U.S.C. 44706 shall improve
the airport's runway safety areas to comply with the Federal Aviation
Administration design standards required by 14 CFR part 139: Provided
further, That the Federal Aviation Administration shall report annually
to the Congress on the agency's progress toward improving the runway
safety areas at 49 U.S.C. 44706 airports.
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
(RESCISSION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
Of the amounts authorized for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2006 and prior years under sections 48103 and
48112 of title 49, United States Code, $1,032,000,000 are
rescinded.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 101. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
airports may transfer without consideration to the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) instrument landing systems (along
with associated approach lighting equipment and runway visual
range equipment) which conform to FAA design and performance
specifications, the purchase of which was assisted by a Federal
airport-aid program, airport development aid program or airport
improvement program grant: Provided, That the Federal Aviation
Administration shall accept such equipment, which shall
thereafter be operated and maintained by FAA in accordance with
agency criteria.
Sec. 102. None of the funds in this Act may be used to
compensate in excess of 375 technical staff-years under the
federally funded research and development center contract
between the Federal Aviation Administration and the Center for
Advanced Aviation Systems Development during fiscal year 2006.
Sec. 103. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to
pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring airport
sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Administration
without cost building construction, maintenance, utilities and
expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned buildings for
services relating to air traffic control, air navigation, or
weather reporting: Provided, That the prohibition of funds in
this section does not apply to negotiations between the agency
and airport sponsors to achieve agreement on ``below-market''
rates for these items or to grant assurances that require
airport sponsors to provide land without cost to the FAA for
air traffic control facilities.
Sec. 104. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration may reimburse amounts made available to satisfy
49 U.S.C. 41742(a)(1) from fees credited under 49 U.S.C. 45303:
Provided, That during fiscal year 2006, 49 U.S.C. 41742(b)
shall not apply, and any amount remaining in such account at
the close of that fiscal year may be made available to satisfy
section 41742(a)(1) for the subsequent fiscal year.
Sec. 105. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) of title
49, United States Code, shall be credited to the appropriation
current at the time of collection, to be merged with and
available for the same purposes of such appropriation.
Sec. 106. None of the funds appropriated or limited by this
Act may be used to change weight restrictions or prior
permission rules at Teterboro Airport in Teterboro, New Jersey.
Sec. 107. None of the funds made available in this Act
shall be used for engineering work related to an additional
runway at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport.
Sec. 108. (a) Section 44302(f)(1) of title 49, United
States Code, is amended by striking ``2005,'' each place it
appears and inserting ``2006,''.
(b) Section 44303(b) of such title is amended by striking
``2005,'' and inserting ``2006,''.
Sec. 109. Section 47114(c)(1) of title 49, United States
Code, is amended by adding the following new paragraph at the
end:
``(G) Special rule for fiscal year 2006.--
Notwithstanding subparagraph (A) and the
absence of scheduled passenger aircraft service
at an airport, the Secretary may apportion in
fiscal year 2006 to the sponsor of the airport
an amount equal to $500,000, if the Secretary
finds that--
``(i) the passenger boardings at
the airport were below 10,000 in
calendar year 2004;
``(ii) the airport had at least
10,000 passenger boardings and
scheduled passenger aircraft service in
either calendar year 2000 or 2001; and
``(iii) the reason that passenger
boardings described in clause (i) were
below 10,000 was the decrease in
passengers following the terrorist
attacks of September 11, 2001.''.
Federal Highway Administration
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Necessary expenses for administration and operation of the
Federal Highway Administration, not to exceed $364,638,000,
shall be paid in accordance with law from appropriations made
available by this Act to the Federal Highway Administration
together with advances and reimbursements received by the
Federal Highway Administration.
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for the
implementation or execution of programs, the obligations for
which are in excess of $36,032,343,903 for Federal-aid highways
and highway safety construction programs for fiscal year 2006:
Provided, That within the $36,032,343,903 obligation limitation
on Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction
programs, not more than $429,800,000 shall be available for the
implementation or execution of programs for transportation
research (chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code; sections
111, 5505, and 5506 of title 49, United States Code; and title
5 of Public Law 109-59) for fiscal year 2006: Provided further,
That this limitation on transportation research programs shall
not apply to any authority previously made available for
obligation: Provided further, That the Secretary may, as
authorized by section 605(b) of title 23, United States Code,
collect and spend fees to cover the costs of services of expert
firms, including counsel, in the field of municipal and project
finance to assist in the underwriting and servicing of Federal
credit instruments and all or a portion of the costs to the
Federal government of servicing such credit instruments:
Provided further, That such fees are available until expended
to pay for such costs: Provided further, That such amounts are
in addition to administrative expenses that are also available
for such purpose, and are not subject to any obligation
limitation or the limitation on administrative expenses under
section 608 of title 23, United States Code.
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for carrying
out the provisions of title 23, United States Code, that are
attributable to Federal-aid highways, not otherwise provided,
including reimbursement for sums expended pursuant to the
provisions of 23 U.S.C. 308, $36,032,343,903 or so much thereof
as may be available in and derived from the Highway Trust Fund
(other than the Mass Transit Account), to remain available
until expended.
(RESCISSION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
Of the unobligated balances of funds apportioned to each
State under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code,
$1,999,999,000 are rescinded: Provided, That such rescission
shall not apply to the funds distributed in accordance with 23
U.S.C. 130(f), 23 U.S.C. 133(d)(1) as in effect prior to the
date of enactment of Public Law 109-59, the first sentence of
23 U.S.C. 133(d)(3)(A), 23 U.S.C. 104(b)(5), or 23 U.S.C. 163
as in effect prior to the enactment of Public Law 109-59.
APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY SYSTEM
For necessary expenses for the Appalachian Development
Highway System as authorized under section 1069(y) of Public
Law 102-240, as amended, $20,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 110. (a) For fiscal year 2006, the Secretary of
Transportation shall--
(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation
for Federal-aid highways amounts authorized for
administrative expenses and programs by section 104(a)
of title 23, United States Code; programs funded from
the administrative takedown authorized by section
104(a)(1) of title 23, United States Code (as in effect
on the date before the date of enactment of the Safe,
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity
Act: A Legacy for Users); the highway use tax evasion
program; the Bureau of Transportation Statistics; the
programs, projects, and activities funded from the
takedown authorized by section 112 of this Act; and the
unobligated balances of funds made available for
programs, projects, and activities funded from the
takedown authorized by section 117 of title I of
division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005
(Public Law 108-447) for which no obligation limitation
has previously been made available;
(2) not distribute an amount from the obligation
limitation for Federal-aid highways that is equal to
the unobligated balance of amounts made available from
the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit
Account) for Federal-aid highways and highway safety
programs for previous fiscal years the funds for which
are allocated by the Secretary;
(3) determine the ratio that--
(A) the obligation limitation for Federal-
aid highways, less the aggregate of amounts not
distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), bears
to
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be
appropriated for Federal-aid highways and
highway safety construction programs (other
than sums authorized to be appropriated for
provisions of law described in paragraphs (1)
through (9) of subsection (b) and sums
authorized to be appropriated for section 105
of title 23, United States Code, equal to the
amount referred to in subsection (b)(10) for
such fiscal year), less the aggregate of the
amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1)
and (2) of this subsection;
(4)(A) distribute the obligation limitation for
Federal-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not
distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), for sections
1301, 1302, and 1934 of the Safe, Accountable,
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy
for Users; sections 117 (but individually for each
project numbered 1 through 3676 listed in the table
contained in section 1702 of the Safe, Accountable,
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy
for Users) and 144(g) of title 23, United States Code;
and section 14501 of title 40,United States Code, so
that the amount of obligation authority available for each of such
sections is equal to the amount determined by multiplying the ratio
determined under paragraph (3) by the sums authorized to be
appropriated for that section for the fiscal year; and
(B) distribute $2,000,000,000 for section 105 of
title 23, United States Code;
(5) distribute the obligation limitation provided
for Federal-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts
not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and
amounts distributed under paragraph (4), for each of
the programs that are allocated by the Secretary under
the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users and title
23, United States Code (other than to programs to which
paragraphs (1) and (4) apply), by multiplying the ratio
determined under paragraph (3) by the amounts
authorized to be appropriated for each such program for
such fiscal year; and
(6) distribute the obligation limitation provided
for Federal-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts
not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and
amounts distributed under paragraphs (4) and (5), for
Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction
programs (other than the amounts apportioned for the
equity bonus program, but only to the extent that the
amounts apportioned for the equity bonus program for
the fiscal year are greater than $2,639,000,000, and
the Appalachian development highway system program)
that are apportioned by the Secretary under the Safe,
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity
Act: A Legacy for Users and title 23, United States
Code, in the ratio that--
(A) amounts authorized to be appropriated
for such programs that are apportioned to each
State for such fiscal year, bear to
(B) the total of the amounts authorized to
be appropriated for such programs that are
apportioned to all States for such fiscal year.
(b) Exceptions From Obligation Limitation.--The obligation
limitation for Federal-aid highways shall not apply to
obligations: (1) under section 125 of title 23, United States
Code; (2) under section 147 of the Surface Transportation
Assistance Act of 1978; (3) under section 9 of the Federal-Aid
Highway Act of 1981; (4) under subsections (b) and (j) of
section 131 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of
1982; (5) under subsections (b) and (c) of section 149 of the
Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of
1987; (6) under sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991; (7) under
section 157 of title 23, United States Code, as in effect on
the day before the date of the enactment of the Transportation
Equity Act for the 21st Century; (8) under section 105 of title
23, United States Code, as in effect for fiscal years 1998
through 2004, but only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for
each of those fiscal years; (9) for Federal-aid highway
programs for which obligation authority was made available
under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century or
subsequent public laws for multiple years or to remain
available until used, but only to the extent that the
obligation authority has not lapsed or been used; (10) under
section 105 of title 23, United States Code, but only in an
amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 and
2006; and (11) under section 1603 of the Safe, Accountable,
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for
Users, to the extent that funds obligated in accordance with
that section were not subject to a limitation on obligations at
the time at which the funds were initially made available for
obligation.
(c) Redistribution of Unused Obligation Authority.--
Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall, after
August 1 of such fiscal year, revise a distribution of the
obligation limitation made available under subsection (a) if
the amount distributed cannot be obligated during that fiscal
year and redistribute sufficient amounts to those States able
to obligate amounts in addition to those previously distributed
during that fiscal year, giving priority to those States having
large unobligated balances of funds apportioned under sections
104 and 144 of title 23, United States Code.
(d) Applicability of Obligation Limitations to
Transportation Research Programs.--The obligation limitation
shall apply to transportation research programs carried out
under chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code, and title V
(research title) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, except that
obligation authority made available for such programs under
such limitation shall remain available for a period of 3 fiscal
years and shall be in addition to the amount of any limitation
imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway
safety construction programs for future fiscal years.
(e) Redistribution of Certain Authorized Funds.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the
date of the distribution of obligation limitationunder
subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds
that--
(A) are authorized to be appropriated for
such fiscal year for Federal-aid highways
programs; and
(B) the Secretary determines will not be
allocated to the States, and will not be
available for obligation, in such fiscal year
due to the imposition of any obligation
limitation for such fiscal year.
(2) Ratio.--Funds shall be distributed under
paragraph (1) in the same ratio as the distribution of
obligation authority under subsection (a)(6).
(3) Availability.--Funds distributed under
paragraph (1) shall be available for any purposes
described in section 133(b) of title 23, United States
Code.
(f) Special Limitation Characteristics.--Obligation
limitation distributed for a fiscal year under subsection
(a)(4) for the provision specified in subsection (a)(4) shall--
(a)(1) for programs, projects, and activities funded from
the takedown authorized by section 117 of title I of division H
of Public Law 108-447 and under subsection
(1) remain available until used for obligation of
funds for that provision; and
(2) be in addition to the amount of any limitation
imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway and
highway safety construction programs for future fiscal
years.
(g)High Priority Project Flexibility.--
(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2),
obligation authority distributed for such fiscal year
under subsection (a)(4) for each project numbered 1
through 3676 listed in the table contained in section
1702 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users may be
obligated for any other project in such section in the
same State.
(2) Restoration.--Obligation authority used as
described in paragraph (1) shall be restored to the
original purpose on the date on which obligation
authority is distributed under this section for the
next fiscal year following obligation under paragraph
(1).
(h) Limitation on Statutory Construction.--Nothing in
this section shall be construed to limit the distribution of
obligation authority under subsection (a)(4)(A) for each of the
individual projects numbered greater than 3676 listed in the
table contained in section 1702 of the Safe, Accountable,
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for
Users.
Sec. 111. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received by
the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data
products, for necessary expenses incurred pursuant to 49 U.S.C.
111 may be credited to the Federal-aid highways account for the
purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses: Provided,
That such funds shall be subject to the obligation limitation
for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction.
Sec. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
whenever an allocation is made of the sums authorized to be
appropriated for expenditure on the Federal lands highway
program, and whenever an apportionment is made of the sums
authorized to be appropriated for the surface transportation
program, the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement
program, the National Highway System, the Interstate
maintenance program, the bridge program, the Appalachian
development highway system, and the equity bonus program, the
Secretary of Transportation shall deduct a sum in such amount
not to exceed 2.75 percent of all sums so authorized: Provided,
That of the amount so deducted in accordance with this section,
$600,000,000 shall be made available for surface transportation
projects and $25,000,000 shall be made available for highway
priority projects as identified under this section in the
statement of the managers accompanying this Act: Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law and
the preceding clauses of this provision, the Secretary of
Transportation may use amounts made available by this section
to make grants for any surface transportation project otherwise
eligible for funding under title 23 or title 49, United States
Code: Provided further, That funds made available under this
section, at the request of a State, shall be transferred bythe
Secretary to another Federal agency: Provided further, That the Federal
share payable on account of any program, project, or activity carried
out with funds made available under this section shall be 100 percent:
Provided further, That the sum deducted in accordance with this section
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That all funds
made available under this section shall be subject to any limitation on
obligations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction
programs set forth in this Act or any other Act: Provided further, That
the obligation limitation made available for the programs, projects,
and activities for which funds are made available under this section
shall remain available until used and shall be in addition to the
amount of any limitation imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway
and highway safety construction programs for future fiscal years.
Sec. 113. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
projects and activities described in the statement of managers
accompanying this Act under the headings ``Federal-Aid
Highways'' and ``Federal Transit Administration'' shall be
eligible for fiscal year 2006 funds made available for the
project for which each project or activity is so designated:
Provided, That the Federal share payable on account of any such
projects and activities subject to this section shall be the
same as the share required by the Federal program under which
each project or activity is designated unless otherwise
provided in this Act.
Sec. 114. Bypass Bridge at Hoover Dam. (a) In General.--
Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of Transportation may
expend from any funds appropriated for expenditure in
accordance with title 23, United States Code, for payment of
debt service by the States of Arizona and Nevada on notes
issued for the bypass bridge project at Hoover Dam, pending
appropriation or replenishment for that project.
(b) Reimbursement.--Funds expended under subsection (a)
shall be reimbursed from the funds made available to the States
of Arizona and Nevada for payment of debt service on notes
issued for the bypass bridge project at Hoover Dam.
Sec. 115. Section 1023(h) of the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 127 note; 105
Stat. 1951) is amended by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and
inserting the following:
``(2) State action.--
``(A) Weight limitations.--For the period
beginning on the date of enactment of this
subparagraph and ending on September 30, 2009,
a covered State, including any political
subdivision of such State, may not enforce a
single axle weight limitation of less than
24,000 pounds, including enforcement
tolerances, on any vehicle referred to in
paragraph (1) in any case in which the vehicle
is using the Interstate System.
``(B) Covered state defined.--In this
paragraph, the term `covered State' means a
State that has enforced, in the period
beginning on October 6, 1992, and ending on the
date of enactment of this subparagraph, a
single axle weight limitation of 20,000 pounds
or greater but less than 24,000 pounds,
including enforcement tolerances, on any
vehicle referred to in paragraph (1) in any
case in which the vehicle is using the
Interstate System.''.
Sec. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
access to the I-5 ``Transit Only'' ramps at NE 163rd in
Shoreline, Washington, shall be expanded to include King County
Solid Waste Division transfer vehicles upon the determination
of the Federal Highway Administrator that necessary safety
improvements have been completed.
Sec. 117. Designation of Max M. Fisher Memorial Highway.
(a) Designation.--The portion of highway US-24 in the State of
Michigan, beginning at Interstate 96 and extending north to
Interstate 75 at exit 93 west of Clarkston, shall be known and
designated as the ``Max M. Fisher Memorial Highway''.
(b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation,
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the
highway portion referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed
to be a reference to the ``Max M. Fisher Memorial Highway''.
Sec. 118. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds
provided in Public Law 108-7 under the heading ``Federal-aid
Highways'' for intelligent transportation system projects and
designated for Gettysburg Borough Signal Coordination and
Upgrade-Signalization; Adams County, Pennsylvania shall be
available for Gettysburg Borough and Surrounding Municipalities
Signal Coordination and Upgrade-Signalization; Adams County,
Pennsylvania.
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred for administration of
motor carrier safety operations and programs pursuant to
section 31104(i) of title 49, United States Code,and sections
4127 and 4134 of Public Law 109-59, $213,000,000, to be derived from
the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), together
with advances and reimbursements received by the Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, the sum of which shall remain available until
expended: Provided, That none of the funds derived from the Highway
Trust Fund in this Act shall be available for the implementation,
execution or administration of programs, the obligations for which are
in excess of $213,000,000, for ``Motor Carrier Safety Operations and
Programs'', of which $10,084,000, to remain available for obligation
until September 30, 2008, is for the research and technology program
and $1,000,000 shall be available for commercial motor vehicle
operator's grants to carry out section 4134 of Public Law 109-59:
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, none
of the funds under this heading for outreach and education shall be
available for transfer.
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out
sections 31102, 31104, 31106, 31107, 31109, 31309, 31313 of
title 49, United States Code, and sections 4126 and 4128 of
Public Law 109-59, $282,000,000, to be derived from the Highway
Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and to remain
available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds in
this Act shall be available for the implementation or execution
of programs, the obligations for which are in excess of
$282,000,000, for ``Motor Carrier Safety Grants''; of which
$188,000,000 shall be available for the motor carrier safety
assistance program to carry out sections 31102 and 31104 of
title 49, United States Code; $25,000,000 shall be available
for the commercial driver's license improvements program to
carry out section 31313 of title 49, United States Code;
$32,000,000 shall be available for the border enforcement
grants program to carry out section 31107 of title 49, United
States Code; $5,000,000 shall be available for the performance
and registration information system management program to carry
out sections 31106 and 31109 of title 49, United States Code;
$25,000,000 shall be available for the commercial vehicle
information systems and networks deployment program to carry
out section 4126 of Public Law 109-59; $2,000,000 shall be
available for the safety data improvement program to carry out
section 4128 of Public Law 109-59; and $5,000,000 shall be
available for the commercial driver's license information
system modernization program to carry out section 31309 of
title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That of the
funds made available for the motor carrier safety assistance
program, $29,000,000 shall be available for audits of new
entrant motor carriers.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION--FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 120. Funds appropriated or limited in this Act shall
be subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in section
350 of Public Law 107-87, including that the Secretary submit a
report to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees
annually on the safety and security of transportation into the
United States by Mexico-domiciled motor carriers.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the
Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety under
chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, and part C of
subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, $122,457,000, to
be derived from the sum authorized to be deducted under section
112 of this Act and transferred to the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration upon enactment of this Act, of which
$96,301,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2006 and
$26,156,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2008:
Provided, That such funds shall be transferred to and
administered by the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration: Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated by this Act may be obligated or expended to plan,
finalize, or implement any rulemaking to add to section 575.104
of title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations any requirement
pertaining to a grading standard that is different from the
three grading standards (treadwear, traction, and temperature
resistance) already in effect: Provided further, That all funds
made available under this heading shall be subject to any
limitation on obligations for Federal-aid highways and highway
safety construction programs set forth in this Act or any other
Act: Provided further, That the obligation limitation made
available for the programs, projects, and activities for which
funds are made available under this heading shall remain
available as specified and shall be in addition to the amount
of any limitation imposed on obligations for Federal-aid
highway and highway safety construction programs for future
fiscal years.
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the
provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, to remain available until
expended, $110,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust
Fund: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be
available for the planning or execution of programs the total
obligations for which, in fiscal year 2006, are in excess of
$110,000,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 403.
NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out chapter
303 of title 49, United States Code, $4,000,000, to be derived
from the Highway Trust Fund and remain available until
September 30, 2007: Provided, That none of the funds in this
Act shall be available for the implementation or execution of
programs the obligations for which are in excess of $4,000,000
for the National Driver Register authorized under chapter 303
of title 49, United States Code.
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the
provisions of 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 406, 408, and 410 and
sections 2001(a)(11), 2009, 2010, and 2011 of Public Law 109-
59, to remain available until expended, $578,176,000 to be
derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass
Transit Account): Provided, That none of the funds in this Act
shall be available for the planning or execution of programs
the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2006, are in
excess of $578,176,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C.
402, 405, 406, 408, and 410 and sections 2001(a)(11), 2009,
2010, and 2011 of Public Law 109-59, of which $217,000,000
shall be for ``Highway Safety Programs'' under 23 U.S.C. 402,
$25,000,000 shall be for ``Occupant Protection Incentive
Grants'' under 23 U.S.C. 405, $124,500,000 shall be for
``Safety Belt Performance Grants'' under 23 U.S.C. 406,
$34,500,000 shall be for ``State Traffic Safety Information
System Improvements'' under 23 U.S.C. 408, $120,000,000 shall
be for ``Alcohol-Impaired Driving Countermeasures Incentive
Grant Program'' under 23 U.S.C. 410, $16,176,000 shall be for
``Administrative Expenses'' under section 2001(a)(11) of Public
Law 109-59, $29,000,000 shall be for ``High Visibility
Enforcement Program'' under section 2009 of Public Law 109-59,
$6,000,000 shall be for ``Motorcyclist Safety'' under section
2010 of Public Law 109-59, and $6,000,000 shall be for ``Child
Safety and Child Booster Seat Safety Incentive Grants'' under
section 2011 of Public Law 109-59: Provided further, That none
of these funds shall be used for construction, rehabilitation,
or remodeling costs, or for office furnishings and fixtures for
State, local or private buildings or structures: Provided
further, That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds made
available for section 410 ``Alcohol-Impaired Driving
Countermeasures Grants'' shall be available for technical
assistance to the States: Provided further, That not to exceed
$750,000 of the funds made available for the ``High Visibility
Enforcement Program'' shall be available for the evaluation
required under section 2009(f) of Public Law 109-59.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION--NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY
ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 125. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or
limitation on the use of funds made available under section 403
of title 23, United States Code, an additional $130,000 shall
be made available to the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, out of the amount limited for section 402 of
title 23, United States Code, to pay for travel and related
expenses for State management reviews and to pay for core
competency development training and related expenses for
highway safety staff.
Federal Railroad Administration
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad
Administration, not otherwise provided for, $145,949,000, of
which $13,856,000 shall remain available until expended.
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses for railroad research and
development, $55,075,000, to remain available until expended,
of which $6,500,000 shall be available for positive train
control projects and $7,190,000 shall be available for grants
for rail corridor planning, development and improvement and
Federal share payable under such grants shall be 50 percent.
RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue to
the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations
pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitalization and
Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-210), as amended,
in such amounts and at such times as may be necessary to pay
any amounts required pursuant to the guarantee of the principal
amount of obligations under sections 511 through 513 of such
Act, such authority to exist as long as any such guaranteed
obligation isoutstanding: Provided, That pursuant to section
502 of such Act, as amended, no new direct loans or loan guarantee
commitments shall be made using Federal funds for the credit risk
premium during fiscal year 2006.
ALASKA RAILROAD REHABILITATION
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to
the Alaska Railroad, $10,000,000, for capital rehabilitation
and improvements benefiting its passenger operations, to remain
available until expended.
OPERATING SUBSIDY GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make quarterly
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for
operation of intercity passenger rail, $495,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of
Transportation shall approve funding to cover operating losses
for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation only after
receiving and reviewing a grant request for each specific train
route: Provided further, That each such grant request shall be
accompanied by a detailed financial analysis, revenue
projection, and capital expenditure projection justifying the
Federal support to the Secretary's satisfaction: Provided
further, That the Secretary of Transportation shall reserve
$60,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading and is
authorized to transfer such sums to the Surface Transportation
Board, upon request from said Board, to carry out directed
service orders issued pursuant to section 11123 of title 49,
United States Code, to respond to the cessation of commuter
rail operations by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation:
Provided further, That the Secretary of Transportation shall
make the reserved funds available to the National Railroad
Passenger Corporation through an appropriate grant instrument
not earlier than September 1, 2006 to the extent that no
directed service orders have been issued by the Surface
Transportation Board as of the date of transfer or there is a
balance of reserved funds not needed by the Board to pay for
any directed service order issued through September 30, 2006:
Provided further, That the Corporation is directed to achieve
savings through operating efficiencies including, but not
limited to, modifications to food and beverage service and
first class service: Provided further, That the Inspector
General of the Department of Transportation shall report to the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations beginning on
January 3, 2006 and quarterly thereafter with estimates of the
savings accrued as a result of all operational reforms
instituted by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation:
Provided further, That if the Inspector General cannot certify
that the Corporation has achieved operational savings by July
1, 2006, none of the funds in this Act may be used after July
1, 2006, to subsidize the net losses of food and beverage
service and sleeper car service on any Amtrak route: Provided
further, That of the funds provided under this section, not
less than $5,000,000 shall be expended for the development and
implementation of a managerial cost accounting system, which
includes average and marginal unit cost capability: Provided
further, That within 30 days of development of the managerial
cost accounting system, the Department of Transportation
Inspector General shall review and comment to the Secretary of
Transportation and the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations upon the strengths and weaknesses of the system
and how it best can be implemented to improve decision making
by the Board of Directors and management of the Corporation:
Provided further, That not later than 60 days after enactment
of this Act, Amtrak shall transmit, in electronic format, to
the Secretary of Transportation, the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations, the House Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation a comprehensive business
plan approved by the Board of Directors for fiscal year 2006
under section 24104(a) of title 49, United States Code:
Provided further, That the business plan shall include, as
applicable, targets for ridership, revenues, and capital and
operating expenses: Provided further, That the plan shall also
include a separate accounting of such targets for the Northeast
Corridor; commuter service; long-distance Amtrak service;
State-supported service; each intercity train route, including
Autotrain; and commercial activities including contract
operations: Provided further, That the business plan shall
include a description of the work to be funded, along with cost
estimates and an estimated timetable for completion of the
projects covered by this business plan: Provided further, That
the Corporation shall continue to provide monthly reports in
electronic format regarding the pending business plan, which
shall describe the work completed to date, any changes to the
business plan, and the reasons for such changes, and shall
identify all sole source contract awards which shall be
accompanied by a justification as to why said contract was
awarded on a sole source basis: Provided further, That none of
the funds in this Act may be used for operating expenses,
including advance purchase orders, not approved by the
Secretary of Transportation or on the National Railroad
Passenger Corporation's fiscal year 2006 business plan:
Provided further, That Amtrak shall display the business plan
and all subsequent supplemental plans on the Corporation's
website within a reasonable timeframe following their
submissionto the appropriate entities: Provided further, That
none of the funds under this heading may be obligated or expended until
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation agrees to continue abiding
by the provisions of paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, and 11 of the summary of
conditions for the direct loan agreement of June 28, 2002, in the same
manner as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act: Provided
further, That none of the funds provided in this Act may be used after
March 1, 2006, to support any route on which Amtrak offers a discounted
fare of more than 50 percent off the normal, peak fare.
CAPITAL AND DEBT SERVICE GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER
CORPORATION
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make quarterly
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for the
maintenance and repair of capital infrastructure owned by the
National Railroad Passenger Corporation, including railroad
equipment, rolling stock, legal mandates and other services,
$780,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which not
to exceed $280,000,000 shall be for debt service obligations:
Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall approve
funding for capital expenditures, including advance purchase
orders, for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation only
after receiving and reviewing a grant request for each specific
capital grant justifying the Federal support to the Secretary's
satisfaction: Provided further, That none of the funds under
this heading may be used to subsidize operating losses of the
National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Provided further, That
none of the funds under this heading may be used for capital
projects not approved by the Secretary of Transportation or on
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation's fiscal year 2006
business plan: Provided further, That the Secretary shall
determine the cost to the Corporation for the annual Northeast
Corridor capital and maintenance costs attributable to commuter
rail operations over said Corridor: Provided further, That
these costs shall be calculated by the Secretary based on the
train mile usage of each commuter rail authority as a
percentage of the total number of annual train miles used by
all users of the Northeast Corridor or by whatever measure the
Secretary believes to be most appropriate: Provided further,
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary
shall assess fees to each commuter rail authority for any
direct capital or maintenance costs associated with that rail
authority's usage of the corridor: Provided further, That such
assessments shall account fully for whatever direct annual
contributions are already being made by each commuter authority
for such Northeast Corridor capital and maintenance expenses in
that fiscal year: Provided further, That the revenues from such
fees shall be merged with this appropriation and be available
for obligation and expenditure consistent with the terms and
conditions of this paragraph: Provided further, That the
Secretary shall transmit to Congress a monthly accounting of
charges levied in accordance with the preceding proviso.
EFFICIENCY INCENTIVE GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER
CORPORATION
For an additional amount to be made available to the
Secretary for efficiency incentive grants to the National
Railroad Passenger Corporation, $40,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary may make
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for an
additional sum for operating subsidies at any time during the
fiscal year for the purpose of maintaining the operation of
existing Amtrak routes: Provided further, That nothing in the
previous proviso should be interpreted either to encourage or
discourage the Corporation with respect to adjusting existing
routes or frequencies: Provided further, That the Secretary may
make grants for operating subsidies at any time during the
fiscal year in order to avert the Corporation's entry into
bankruptcy proceedings: Provided further, That prior to
awarding additional operating grants for the purpose of the
preceding proviso, the Secretary and the Inspector General of
the Department of Transportation shall certify to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate that such grants are necessary to prevent the
Corporation from entering bankruptcy: Provided further, That if
the Secretary and the Inspector General deem that sufficient
operating funds are available to continue operations through
the end of fiscal year 2006, then, as of September 1, 2006, the
Secretary may make grants to the National Railroad Passenger
Corporation at such times and in such amounts for capital
improvements that have a direct and measurable short-term
impact on reducing operating losses of the National Railroad
Passenger Corporation.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 130. The Secretary may purchase promotional items of
nominal value for use in public outreach activities to
accomplish the purposes of 49 U.S.C. 20134: Provided, That the
Secretary shall prescribe guidelines for the administration of
such purchases and use.
Sec. 131. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, from
funds made available to the Federal Railroad Administration
under the heading ``Next Generation High-Speed Rail'' in the
Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2005 (Public Law 108-447),
the Secretary of Transportation shall award a grant in the
amount of $500,000to the Maine Department of Transportation for
Safety and Mitigation Rail Relocation in Auburn, Maine.
Sec. 132. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds
made available to the Federal Railroad Administration for the
Illinois statewide highway-rail crossing safety program on page
1420 of the Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of
Conference for Public Law 108-447 (House Report 108-792) shall
be made available to the Illinois Commerce Commission for the
Public Education and Enforcement Research (PEERS) program to
improve rail-grade crossing safety through education and
enforcement initiatives.
Sec. 133. Notwithstanding any existing Federal legislation,
from funds available to the Federal Railroad Administration
under the heading of ``Next Generation High-Speed Rail'' in the
Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2004, Public Law 108-199;
the Secretary of Transportation may award a grant of $1,000,000
to the New Orleans Regional Planning Commission, New Orleans,
Louisiana for site planning and an update of the Master Plan
for the Union Passenger Terminal, located at New Orleans,
Louisiana.
Sec. 134. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds
made available to the Federal Railroad Administration for the
Spokane Region High Speed Rail Corridor Study on page 1420 of
the Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Conference
for Public Law 108-447 (House Report 108-792) shall be made
available to the Washington State Department of Transportation
for grade crossing and related improvements under the Bridging
the Valley project between Spokane County, Washington and
Kootenai County, Idaho.
Sec. 135. Of the $40,000,000 provided under the heading
``Efficiency Incentive Grants to the National Railroad
Passenger Corporation'', and notwithstanding limitation
language contained therein, $8,300,000 shall be made available
immediately upon enactment of this Act only for a revenue
service demonstration of not less than 5,500 carload shipments
of premium temperature-controlled express.
Federal Transit Administration
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal
Transit Administration's programs authorized by chapter 53 of
title 49, United States Code, $80,000,000: Provided, That of
the funds available under this heading, not to exceed $925,000
shall be available for the Office of the Administrator; not to
exceed $7,325,000 shall be available for the Office of
Administration; not to exceed $4,058,200 shall be available for
the Office of the Chief Counsel; not to exceed $1,359,300 shall
be available for the Office of Communication and Congressional
Affairs; not to exceed $7,985,900 shall be available for the
Office of Program Management; not to exceed $8,732,500 shall be
available for the Office of Budget and Policy; not to exceed
$4,763,900 shall be available for the Office of Demonstration
and Innovation; not to exceed $3,153,100 shall be available for
the Office of Civil Rights; not to exceed $4,127,300 shall be
available for the Office of Planning; not to exceed $20,754,000
shall be available for regional offices; and not to exceed
$16,815,800 shall be available for the central account:
Provided further, That the Administrator is authorized to
transfer funds appropriated for an office of the Federal
Transit Administration: Provided further, That no appropriation
for an office shall be increased or decreased by more than a
total of 5 percent during the fiscal year by all such
transfers: Provided further, That any change in funding greater
than 5 percent shall be submitted for approval to the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That any
funding transferred from the central account shall be submitted
for approval to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations: Provided further, That none of the funds
provided or limited in this Act may be used to create a
permanent office of transit security under this heading:
Provided further, That of the funds in this Act available for
the execution of contracts under section 5327(c) of title 49,
United States Code, $2,000,000 shall be reimbursed to the
Department of Transportation's Office of Inspector General for
costs associated with audits and investigations of transit-
related issues, including reviews of new fixed guideway
systems: Provided further, That upon submission to the Congress
of the fiscal year 2007 President's budget, the Secretary of
Transportation shall transmit to Congress the annual report on
new starts, including proposed allocations of funds for fiscal
year 2007.
FORMULA AND BUS GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY)
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the
provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5308, 5309, 5310, 5311,
5317, 5320, 5335, 5339, and 5340 and section 3038 of Public Law
105-178, as amended, $1,500,000,000, to be derived from the
Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund and to remain
available until expended: Provided, That funds available for
the implementation or execution of programs authorized under 49
U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5308, 5309, 5310, 5311, 5317, 5320, 5335,
5339, and 5340 and section 3038 of Public Law 105-178, as
amended, shall not exceed total obligationsof $6,979,931,000 in
fiscal year 2006: Provided further, That of the funds made available to
carry out capital projects to modernize fixed guideway systems
authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5309(b)(2), $47,766,000 shall be transferred
to the Capital Investment Grants account and made available to carry
out new fixed guideway capital projects identified in this Act and in
accordance with the applicable provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5309: Provided
further, That except as provided in section 3044(b)(1) of Public Law
109-59, funds made available to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308 shall instead
be available to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5309(b)(3).
RESEARCH AND UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTERS
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5306, 5312-
5315, 5322, and 5506, $75,200,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That $9,000,000 is available to carry out
the transit cooperative research program under section 5313 of
title 49, United States Code, $4,300,000 is available for the
National Transit Institute under section 5315 of title 49,
United States Code, $7,000,000 is available for university
transportation centers program under section 5506 of title 49,
United States Code: Provided further, That $54,200,000 is
available to carry out national research programs under
sections 5312, 5313, 5314, and 5322 of title 49, United States
Code.
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS
For necessary expenses to carry out section 5309 of title
49, United States Code, $1,455,234,000, to remain available
until expended as follows:
ACE Gap Closure San Joaquin County, California,
$5,000,000;
Alaska and Hawaii ferry projects, $15,000,000;
Ann Arbor/Detroit Commuter Rail, Michigan, $5,000,000;
Atlanta Beltline/C-Loop, Georgia, $1,000,000;
Baltimore Central Light Rail Double Track Project,
Maryland, $12,420,000;
Baltimore Red Line and Green Line, Maryland, $2,000,000;
Boston/Fitchburg, Massachusetts Rail Corridor,
$2,000,000;
Central Corridor/St. Paul-Minneapolis, Minnesota,
$2,000,000;
Central Florida Commuter Rail, $11,000,000;
Central Phoenix/East Valley LRT, Arizona, $90,000,000;
Charlotte South Corridor Light Rail Project, North
Carolina, $55,000,000;
City of Miami Streetcar, Florida, $2,000,000;
City of Rock Hill Trolley Study, South Carolina,
$400,000;
Commuter Rail, Albuquerque to Santa Fe, New Mexico,
$500,000;
Commuter Rail, Utah, $9,000,000;
CORRIDORone Regional Rail Project, Pennsylvania,
$1,500,000;
CTA Douglas Blue Line, Illinois, $45,150,000;
CTA Ravenswood Brown Line, Illinois, $40,000,000;
CTA Yellow Line, Illinois, $1,000,000;
Dallas Northwest/Southeast Light Rail MOS, Texas,
$12,000,000;
Denali Commission, Alaska, $5,000,000;
Detroit Center City Loop, Michigan, $4,000,000;
Dulles Corridor Rapid Transit Project, Virginia,
$26,000,000;
East Corridor Commuter Rail, Nashville, Tennessee,
$6,000,000;
East Side Access Project, New York, $340,000,000;
Euclid Corridor Transportation Project, Ohio,
$24,770,000;
Fort Lauderdale Downtown Rail Link, Florida, $1,000,000;
Gainesville-Haymarket VRE Service Extension, Virginia,
$1,450,000;
Hartford-New Britain Busway, Connecticut, $6,000,000;
Houston METRO, Texas, $12,000,000;
Hudson-Bergen Light Rail MOS 2, New Jersey, $100,000,000;
Kansas City, Missouri, Southtown BRT, $12,300,000;
Metra, Illinois, $42,180,000;
Metro Gold Line Eastside Light Rail Extension,
California, $80,000,000;
Miami Dade County Metrorail Extension, Florida,
$10,000,000;
Mid-Coast Light Rail Transit Extension, California,
$7,160,000;
Mid-Jordan Light Rail Transit Line, Utah, $500,000;
Mission Valley East, California, $7,700,000;
N. Indiana Commuter Transit District Recapitalization,
$5,000,000;
New Jersey Trans-Hudson Midtown Corridor, New Jersey,
$12,315,000;
North Corridor Interstate MAX Light Rail Project, Oregon,
$18,110,000;
North Shore Connector, Pennsylvania, $55,000,000;
North Shore Corridor and Blue Line Extension,
Massachusetts, $2,000,000;
Northeast Corridor Commuter Rail Project, Delaware,
$1,425,000;
Northern Branch Bergen County, New Jersey, $2,500,000;
Northstar Corridor Commuter Rail Project, Minnesota,
$2,000,000;
Northwest New Jersey--Northeast Pennsylvania Passenger
Rail, $10,000,000;
Oceanside Escondido Rail Project, California,
$12,210,000;
Odgen Avenue Transit Corridor/Circle Line, Illinois,
$1,000,000;
Regional Fixed Guideway Project, Nevada, $3,000,000;
Rhode Island Integrated Commuter Rail Project, Rhode
Island, $6,000,000;
San Francisco BART Extension to San Francisco
International Airport, California, $81,860,000;
San Francisco Muni Third Street Light Rail Project,
California, $25,000,000;
San Juan Tren Urbano, Puerto Rico, $8,045,487;
Santa Barbara Coast Rail Track Improvement Project,
California, $1,000,000;
Schuylkill Valley Metro, Pennsylvania, $2,000,000;
Seattle Sound Transit, Washington, $80,000,000;
Second Avenue Subway, New York, $25,000,000;
Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor Project, Santa
Clara County, California, $6,500,000;
Silver Line Phase III, Massachusetts, $4,000,000;
Sounder Commuter Rail, Washington, $5,000,000;
Southeast Corridor Multi-Modal Project (T-REX), Colorado,
$80,000,000;
Stamford Urban Transitway, Connecticut, $10,000,000;
Triangle Transit Authority Regional Rail System (Raleigh-
Durham), North Carolina, $20,000,000;
Washington County Commuter Rail Project, Oregon,
$15,000,000;
West Corridor Light Rail, Colorado, $5,000,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 140. The limitations on obligations for the programs
of the Federal Transit Administration shall not apply to any
authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously made available for
obligation, or to any other authority previously made available
for obligation.
Sec. 141. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and
except for fixed guideway modernization projects, funds made
available by this Act under ``Federal Transit Administration,
Capital investment grants'' for projects specified in this Act
or identified in reports accompanying this Act not obligated by
September 30, 2008, and other recoveries, shall be made
available for other projects under 49 U.S.C. 5309.
Sec. 142. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any
funds appropriated before October 1, 2005, under any section of
chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that remain
available for expenditure may be transferred to and
administered under the most recent appropriation heading for
any such section.
Sec. 143. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
unobligated funds made available for a new fixed guideway
systems project under the heading ``Federal Transit
Administration, Capital Investment Grants'' in any
appropriations Act prior to this Act may be used during this
fiscal year to satisfy expenses incurred for such projects.
Sec. 144. Funds made available for Alaska or Hawaii ferry
boats or ferry terminal facilities pursuant to 49 U.S.C.
5309(m)(2)(B) may be used to construct new vessels and
facilities, or to improve existing vessels and facilities,
including both the passenger and vehicle-related elements of
such vessels and facilities, and for repair facilities:
Provided, That not more than $3,000,000 of the funds made
available pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5309(m)(2)(B) may be used by
the State of Hawaii to initiate and operate a passenger
ferryboat services demonstration project to test the viability
of different intra-island and inter-island ferry boat routes
and technology: Provided further, That notwithstanding 49
U.S.C. 5302(a)(7), funds made available for Alaska or Hawaii
ferry boats may be used to acquire passenger ferry boats and to
provide passenger ferry transportation services within areas of
the State of Hawaii under the control or use of the National
Park Service.
Sec. 145. Amounts made available from the bus category of
the Capital Investment Grants Account or Discretionary Grants
Account in this or any other previous Appropriations Act that
remain unobligated or unexpended in a grant for a multimodal
transportation facility in Burlington, Vermont, may be used for
site-preparation and design purposes of a multimodal
transportation facility in a different location within
Burlington, Vermont, than originally intended notwithstanding
previous expenditures incurred such purposes at the original
location.
Sec. 146. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds
designated in the conference report accompanying Public Law
108-447 and Public Law 108-199 for the King County Metro Park
and Ride on First Hill, Seattle, Washington, shall be available
to the Swedish Hospital parking garage, Seattle, Washington,
subject to the same conditions and requirements of section 125
of division H of Public Law 108-447.
Sec. 147. Funds in this Act that are apportioned to the
Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority to carry out
section 5307 of title 49, United States Code, may be used to
acquire land, equipment, or facilities used in public
transportation from another governmental authority in the same
geographic area: Provided, That the non-Federal share under
section 5307 may include revenues from the sale of advertising
and concessions.
Sec. 148. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any
unobligated funds designated to the Jacksonville Transportation
Authority, Community Transportation Coordinator Program under
the heading ``Job Access and Reverse Commute Grants'' in the
statement of the managers accompanying Public Law 108-199 may
be made available to the Jacksonville Transportation Authority
for any purpose authorized under the Job Access and Reverse
Commute program.
Sec. 149. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any
funds made available to the South Shore Commuter Rail, Indiana,
project under the Federal Transit Administration Capital
Investment Grants Account in Division H of Public Law 108-447
that remain available may be used for remodernization of the
South Shore Commuter Rail system.
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is hereby
authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of
funds and borrowing authority available to the Corporation, and
in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments
without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by
section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as
amended, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set
forth in the Corporation's budget for the current fiscal year.
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)
For necessary expenses for operations and maintenance of
those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway operated and
maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development
Corporation, $16,284,000, to be derived from the Harbor
Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99-662.
Maritime Administration
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a U.S.-flag
merchant fleet to serve the national security needs of the
United States, $156,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING
For necessary expenses of operations and training
activities authorized by law, $122,249,000 of which $23,750,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2006, for salaries
and benefits of employees of the United States Merchant Marine
Academy; of which $15,000,000 shall remain available until
expended for capital improvements at the United States Merchant
Marine Academy; and of which $8,211,000 shall remain available
until expended for the State Maritime Schools Schoolship
Maintenance and Repair.
SHIP DISPOSAL
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obsolete
vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Maritime
Administration, $21,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed
loan program, not to exceed $4,126,000, which shall be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for Operations
and Training.
SHIP CONSTRUCTION
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading,
$2,071,280 are rescinded.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--MARITIME ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 150. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
the Maritime Administration is authorized to furnish utilities
and services and make necessary repairs in connection with any
lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government property
under control of the Maritime Administration, and payments
received therefore shall be credited to the appropriation
charged with the cost thereof: Provided, That rental payments
under any such lease, contract, or occupancy for items other
than such utilities, services, or repairs shall be covered into
the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
Sec. 151. No obligations shall be incurred during the
current fiscal year from the construction fund established by
the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 App. U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), or
otherwise, in excess of the appropriations and limitations
contained in this Act or in any prior appropriations Act.
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For necessary administrative expenses of the Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, $16,877,000, of
which $645,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous materials
safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration, $26,138,000, of which $1,847,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That up to
$1,200,000 in fees collected under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be
deposited in the general fund of the Treasury as offsetting
receipts: Provided further, That there may be credited to this
appropriation, to be available until expended, funds received
from States, counties, municipalities, other public
authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for
training, for reports publication and dissemination, and for
travel expenses incurred in performance of hazardous materials
exemptions and approvals functions.
PIPELINE SAFETY
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)
For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the
pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out a
pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107, and
to discharge the pipeline program responsibilities of the Oil
Pollution Act of 1990, $73,010,000, of which $15,000,000 shall
be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and shall
remain available until September 30, 2008; of which $58,010,000
shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which
$24,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2008:
Provided, That not less than $1,000,000 of the funds provided
under this heading shall be for the one-call State grant
program.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5127(c),
$200,000, to be derived from the Emergency Preparedness Fund,
to remain available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That
not more than $14,300,000 shallbe made available for obligation
in fiscal year 2006 from amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i)
and 5127(d): Provided further, That none of the funds made available by
49 U.S.C. 5116(i), 5127(c), and 5127(d) shall be made available for
obligation by individuals other than the Secretary of Transportation,
or his designee.
Research and Innovative Technology Administration
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses of the Research and Innovative
Technology Administration, $5,774,000, of which $1,121,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That
there may be credited to this appropriation, to be available
until expended, funds received from States, counties,
municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources
for expenses incurred for training.
Office of Inspector General
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General
to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of
1978, as amended, $62,499,000: Provided, That the Inspector
General shall have all necessary authority, in carrying out the
duties specified in the Inspector General Act, as amended (5
U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations of fraud, including
false statements to the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any
person or entity that is subject to regulation by the
Department: Provided further, That the funds made available
under this heading shall be used to investigate, pursuant to
section 41712 of title 49, United States Code: (1) unfair or
deceptive practices and unfair methods of competition by
domestic and foreign air carriers and ticket agents; and (2)
the compliance of domestic and foreign air carriers with
respect to item (1) of this proviso.
Surface Transportation Board
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board,
including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $26,450,000:
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not
to exceed $1,250,000 from fees established by the Chairman of
the Surface Transportation Board shall be credited to this
appropriation as offsetting collections and used for necessary
and authorized expenses under this heading: Provided further,
That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be
reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting
collections are received during fiscal year 2006, to result in
a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at no
more than $25,200,000.
Administrative Provisions--Department of Transportation
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Sec. 160. During the current fiscal year applicable
appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall be
available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of
passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liability
insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign countries on
official department business; and uniforms or allowances
therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902).
Sec. 161. Appropriations contained in this Act for the
Department of Transportation shall be available for services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not
to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for an
Executive Level IV.
Sec. 162. None of the funds in this Act shall be available
for salaries and expenses of more than 108 political and
Presidential appointees in the Department of Transportation:
Provided, That none of the personnel covered by this provision
may be assigned on temporary detail outside the Department of
Transportation.
Sec. 163. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to
implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code.
Sec. 164. (a) No recipient of funds made available in this
Act shall disseminate personal information (as defined in 18
U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State department of motor
vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle record as defined
in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as provided in 18 U.S.C. 2721 for
a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 2721.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall not
withhold funds provided in this Act for any grantee if a State
is in noncompliance with this provision.
Sec. 165. Funds received by the Federal Highway
Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Federal
Railroad Administration from States, counties, municipalities,
other public authorities, and private sources for expenses
incurred for training may be credited respectively to the
Federal Highway Administration's ``Federal-Aid Highways''
account, the Federal Transit Administration's ``Transit
Planning and Research'' account, and to the Federal Railroad
Administration's ``Safety and Operations'' account, except for
State rail safety inspectors participating in training pursuant
to 49 U.S.C. 20105.
Sec. 166. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, rule
or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to
allow the issuer of any preferred stock heretofore sold to the
Department to redeem orrepurchase such stock upon the payment
to the Department of an amount determined by the Secretary.
Sec. 167. None of the funds in this Act to the Department
of Transportation may be used to make a grant unless the
Secretary of Transportation notifies the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 full business days
before any discretionary grant award, letter of intent, or full
funding grant agreement totaling $1,000,000 or more is
announced by the department or its modal administrations from:
(1) any discretionary grant program of the Federal Highway
Administration other than the emergency relief program; (2) the
airport improvement program of the Federal Aviation
Administration; or (3) any program of the Federal Transit
Administration other than the formula grants and fixed guideway
modernization programs: Provided, That no notification shall
involve funds that are not available for obligation.
Sec. 168. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor fees
and other funds received by the Department of Transportation
from travel management centers, charge card programs, the
subleasing of building space, and miscellaneous sources are to
be credited to appropriations of the Department of
Transportation and allocated to elements of the Department of
Transportation using fair and equitable criteria and such funds
shall be available until expended.
Sec. 169. Amounts made available in this or any other Act
that the Secretary determines represent improper payments by
the Department of Transportation to a third party contractor
under a financial assistance award, which are recovered
pursuant to law, shall be available--
(1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred by
the Department of Transportation in recovering improper
payments; and
(2) to pay contractors for services provided in
recovering improper payments: Provided, That amounts in
excess of that required for paragraphs (1) and (2)--
(A) shall be credited to and merged with
the appropriation from which the improper
payments were made, and shall be available for
the purposes and period for which such
appropriations are available; or
(B) if no such appropriation remains
available, shall be deposited in the Treasury
as miscellaneous receipts: Provided, That prior
to the transfer of any such recovery to an
appropriations account, the Secretary shall
notify the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations of the amount and reasons for
such transfer: Provided further, That for
purposes of this section, the term ``improper
payments'', has the same meaning as that
provided in section 2(d)(2) of Public Law 107-
300.
Sec. 170. The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to
transfer the unexpended balances available for the bonding
assistance program from ``Office of the Secretary, Salaries and
expenses'' to ``Minority Business Outreach''.
Sec. 171. None of the funds made available in this Act to
the Department of Transportation may be obligated for the
Office of the Secretary of Transportation to approve
assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds
appropriated to the modal administrations in this Act, except
for activities underway on the date of enactment of this Act,
unless such assessments or agreements have completed the normal
reprogramming process for Congressional notification.
Sec. 172. None of the funds made available under this Act
may be obligated or expended to establish or implement a pilot
program under which not more than 10 designated essential air
service communities located in proximity to hub airports are
required to assume 10 percent of their essential air subsidy
costs for a 4-year period commonly referred to as the EAS local
participation program.
Sec. 173. (a) Section 14710(a) of title 49, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``a State authority may'' and
inserting ``a State authority other than the attorney
general of the state may, as parens patriae,''; and
(2) by inserting the following after the first
sentence: ``Any civil action for injunctive relief to
enjoin such delivery or transportation or to compel a
person to pay a fine or penalty assessed under chapter
149 shall be brought in an appropriate district court
of the United States.''.
(b) Section 14710(b) of title 49, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
``(b) Exercise of Enforcement Authority.--The authority of
this section shall be exercised subject to the requirements of
sections 14711(b)-(f) of this title.''.
(c) Section 14711(b)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by inserting the following at the end:
``The State may initiate a civil action under
subsection (a) if it is reviewable under subsectin
(b)(2).''.
(d) Section 14711(b)(4) of title 49, United States Code,
is amended by inserting ``that is subject to review under
subsection (b)(2)'' before ``if the Secretary''.
(e) The amendments made by this section shall cease to be
in effect after September 30, 2006.
Sec. 174. Section 112(b)(2) of title 23, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``title 40''
and all that follows through the period and inserting
``title 40.'';
(2) by striking subparagraph (B);
(3) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) through (G)
as subparagraphs (B) through (F), respectively;
(4) in subparagraph (E) (as redesignated by
paragraph (3)), in the first sentence, by
striking``subparagraph (E)'' and inserting ``subparagraph (D)''; and
(5) in subparagraph (F) (as redesignated by
paragraph (3)), by striking ``State Option'' and all
that follows through the period and inserting ``(F)
Subparagraphs (B), (C), (D) and (E) herein shall not
apply to the States of West Virginia or Minnesota.''.
Sec. 175. Notwithstanding any provision of law, the
Secretary of Transportation is authorized and directed to make
project grants under chapter 471 of title 49, United States
Code, from funds available for fiscal year 2006 and thereafter
under 49 U.S.C. 48103, for the cost of acquisition of land, or
reimbursement of the cost of land if purchased prior to
enactment of this provision and prior to a grant agreement, for
non-exclusive use aeronautical purposes on an airport layout
plan that has been approved by the Secretary on January 23,
2004, pursuant to section 49 U.S.C. 47107(a)(16), for any small
hub airport as defined in 49 U.S.C. 47102, and had scheduled or
chartered direct international flights totaling at least 200
million pounds gross aircraft landed weight for calendar year
2002.
Sec. 176. (a) Section 47108 of title 49, United States
Code, is amended in subsection (e) by adding the following new
paragraph at the end:
``(3) Changes to nonhub primary status.--If the
status of a nonhub primary airport changes to a small
hub primary airport at a time when the airport has
received discretionary funds under this chapter for a
terminal development project in accordance with section
47110(d)(2), and the project is not yet completed, the
project shall remain eligible for funding from the
discretionary fund and the small airport fund to pay
costs allowable under section 47110(d). Such project
shall remain eligible for such funds for three fiscal
years after the start of construction of the project,
or if the Secretary determines that a further extension
of eligibility is justified, until the project is
completed.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 47110(d)(2)(A) is
amended by striking ``(A) the'' and inserting ``(A) except as
provided in section 47108(e)(3), the''.
Sec. 177. Section 40128(e) of title 49, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following: ``For purposes
of this subsection, an air tour operator flying over the Hoover
Dam in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area en route to the
Grand Canyon National Park shall be deemed to be flying solely
as a transportation route.''. Nothing in this provision shall
allow exemption from overflight rules for the Grand Canyon.
Sec. 178. Section 145(c) of the Aviation and Transportation
Security Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended by striking
``November 19, 2005.'' and inserting ``November 30, 2006.''.
Sec. 179. (a)(1) This section shall apply to a former
employee of the Federal Aviation Administration, who--
(A) was involuntarily separated as a result of the
reorganization of the Flight Services Unit following
the outsourcing of flight service duties to a
contractor;
(B) was not eligible by October 3, 2005 for an
immediate annuity under a Federal retirement system;
and
(C) assuming continued Federal employment, would
attain eligibility for an immediate annuity under
section 8336(d) or 8414(b) of title 5, United States
Code, not later than October 4, 2007.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during the
period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and
ending October 4, 2007, an employee described under paragraph
(1) may, with the approval of the Administrator of the Federal
Aviation Administration or the designee of the Administrator,
accept an assignment to such contractor within 14 days after
the date of enactment of this section.
(3) Except as provided in subsection (c), an employee
appointed under paragraph (1)--
(A) shall be a temporary Federal employee for the
duration of the assignment;
(B) notwithstanding such temporary status, shall
retain previous enrollment or participation in Federal
employee benefits programs under chapters 83, 84, 87,
and 89 of title 5, United States Code; and
(C) shall be considered to have not had a break in
service for purposes of chapters 83, 84, and sections
8706(b) and 8905(b) of title 5, United States Code,
except no service credit or benefits shall be extended
retroactively.
(4) An assignment and temporary appointment under this
section shall terminate on the earlier of--
(A) October 4, 2007; or
(B) the date on which the employee first becomes
eligibility for an immediate annuity under section
8336(d) or 8414(b) of title 5, United States Code.
(5) Such funds as may be necessary are authorized for the
Federal Aviation Administration to pay the salary and benefits
of an employee assigned under this section, but no funds are
authorized to reimburse the employing contractor for the salary
and benefits of an employee so assigned.
(b) An employee who was involuntarily separated as a result
of the reorganization of the Flight Services Unit following the
outsourcing of flight service duties to a contractor, and was
eligible to use annual leave under the conditions of section
6302(g) of title 5, United States Code, may use such leave to--
(1) qualify for an immediate annuity or to meet the
age or service requirements for an enhanced annuity
that the employee could qualify for under sections
8336, 8412, or 8414; or
(2) to meet the requirements under section 8905(b)
of title 5, United States Code, to qualify to continue
health benefits coverage after retirement from service.
(c)(1) Nothing in this section shall--
(A) affect the validity or legality of the
reduction-in-force actions of the Federal Aviation
Administration effective October 3, 2005; or
(B) create any individual rights of actions
regarding such reduction-in-force or any other actions
related to or arising under the competitive sourcing of
flight services.
(2) An employee subject to this section shall not be--
(A) covered by chapter 71 of title 5, United States
Code, while on the assignment authorized by this
section; or
(B) subject to section 208 of title 18, United
States Code.
(3) Temporary employees assigned under this section shall
not be Federal employees for purposes of chapter 171 of title
28, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Federal
Tort Claims Act). Chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code
(commonly referred to as the Federal Tort Claims Act) and any
other Federal tort liability statute shall not apply to an
employee who is assigned to a contractor under subsection (a).
Sec. 180. (a) In this section:
(1) The term ``Conservation Area'' means the Sloan
Canyon National Conservation Area established by
section 604(a) of the Clark County Conservation of
Public Land and Natural Resources Act of 2002 (116
Stat. 2010).
(2) The term ``County'' means Clark County, Nevada.
(3)(A) The term ``helicopter tour'' means a
commercial helicopter tour operated for profit.
(B) The term ``helicopter tour'' does not include a
helicopter tour that is carried out to assist a
Federal, State, or local agency.
(4) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of
the Interior.
(5) The term ``Wilderness'' means the North
McCullough Mountains Wilderness established by section
202(a)(13) of the Clark County Conservation of Public
Land and Natural Resources Act of 2002 (116 Stat.
2000).
(b) As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary shall convey to the County, subject to
valid existing rights, for no consideration, all right, title,
and interest of the United States in and to the parcel of land
described in subsection (c).
(c) The parcel of land to be conveyed under subsection (b)
is the parcel of approximately 229 acres of land depicted as
tract A on the map entitled ``Clark County Public Heliport
Facility'' and dated May 3, 2004.
(d)(1) The parcel of land conveyed under subsection (b)--
(A) shall be used by the County for the operation
of a heliport facility under the conditions stated in
paragraphs (2), (3), and (4); and
(B) shall not be disposed of by the County.
(2)(A) Any operator of a helicopter tour originating from
or concluding at the parcel of land described in subsection (c)
shall pay to the Clark County Department of Aviation a $3
conservation fee for each passenger on the helicopter tour if
any portion of the helicopter tour occurs over the Conservation
Area.
(B)(i) Not earlier than 10 years after the date of
enactment of this Act and every 10 years thereafter, the
Secretary shall conduct a review to determine whether to raise
the amount of the conservation fee.
(ii) After conducting a review under clause (i) and
providing an opportunity for public comment, the Secretary may
raise the amount of the conservation fee in an amount
determined to be appropriate by the Secretary, but by not more
than 50 percent of the amount of the conservation fee in effect
on the day before the date of the increase.
(3)(A) The amounts collected under paragraph (2) shall be
deposited in a special account in the Treasury of the United
States.
(B) Of the amounts deposited under subparagraph (A)--
(i) \2/3\ of the amounts shall be available to the
Secretary, without further appropriation, for the
management of cultural, wildlife, and wilderness
resources on public land in the State of Nevada; and
(ii) \1/3\ of the amounts shall be available to the
Director of the Bureau of Land Management, without
further appropriation, for the conduct of Bureau of
Land Management operations for the Conservation Area
and the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.
(4)(A) Except for safety reasons, any helicopter tour
originating or concluding at the parcel of land described in
subsection (c) that flies over the Conservation Area shall not
fly--
(i) over any area in the Conservation Area except
the area that is between 3 and 5 miles north of the
latitude of the southernmost boundary of the
Conservation Area;
(ii) lower than 1,000 feet over the eastern
segments of the boundary of the Conservation Area; or
(iii) lower than 500 feet over the western segments
of the boundary of the Conservation Area.
(B) The Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration shall establish a special flight rules area and
any operating procedures that the Administrator determines to
be necessary to implement subparagraph (A).
(5) If the County ceases to use any of the land described
in subsection (c) for the purpose described in paragraph (1)(A)
and under the conditions stated in paragraph (2)--
(A) title to the parcel shall revert to the
United States, at the option of the United
States; and
(B) the County shall be responsible for any
reclamation necessary to revert the parcel to
the United States.
(e) The Secretary shall require, as a condition of the
conveyance under subsection (b), that the County pay the
administrative costs of the conveyance, including survey costs
and any other costs associated with the transfer of title.
Sec. 181. The first sentence of section 29(c) of the
International Air Transportation Competition Act of 1979
(Public Law 96-192; 94 Stat. 48) is amended by inserting
``Missouri,'' before ``and Texas''.
Sec. 182. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none
of the funds provided in or limited by this Act may be
obligated or expended to provide a budget justification for
fiscal year 2007 concurrently with the President's annual
budget submission to Congress under section 1105(a) of title
31, United States Code, to any congressional committee other
than the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations prior to
May 31, 2006.
Sec. 183. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if
any funds provided in or limited by this Act are subject to a
reprogramming action that requires notice to be provided to the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, said
reprogramming action shall be approved or denied solely by the
Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That the Secretary may
provide notice to other congressional committees of the action
of the Committees on Appropriations on such reprogramming but
not sooner than 30 days following the date on which the
reprogramming action has been approved or denied by the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
Sec. 184. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
projects numbered 5094 and 5096 in the table contained in
section 1702 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (Public Law 109-
59; 119 Stat. 1144) shall be subject to section 120(c) of title
23, United States Code.
Sec. 185. For necessary expenses, including an independent
verification regime, to reimburse fixed-based general aviation
operators and the providers of general aviation ground support
services at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport; College
Park Airport in College Park, Maryland; Potomac Airpark in Fort
Washington, Maryland; Washington Executive/Hyde Field in
Clinton, Maryland; and Washington South Capitol Street Heliport
in Washington, DC; for direct and incremental financial losses
incurred while such airports were closed to general aviation
operations, or as of the date of enactment of this provision in
the case of airports that have not reopened to such operations,
by these operators and service providers solely due to the
actions of the Federal government following the terrorist
attacks on the United States that occurred on September 11,
2001, not to exceed $17,000,000, to be available until
expended: Provided,That of this amount not to exceed $5,000,000
shall be available on a pro-rata basis, if necessary, to fixed-based
general aviation operators and the providers of general aviation ground
support services located at College Park Airport in College Park,
Maryland; Potomac Airpark in Fort Washington, Maryland; and Washington
Executive/Hyde Field in Clinton, Maryland: Provided further, That no
funds shall be obligated or distributed to fixed-based general aviation
operators and providers of general aviation ground support services
until an independent audit is completed:
Provided further, That losses incurred as a result of
violations of law, or through fault or negligence, of such
operators and service providers or of third parties (including
airports) are not eligible for reimbursement: Provided further,
That obligation and expenditure of funds are conditional upon
full release of the United States Government for all claims for
financial losses resulting from such actions.
Sec. 186. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any
amounts made available pursuant to Public Law 109-59 for the
Gravina Island bridge and the Knik Arm bridge shall be made
available to the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public
Facilities for any purpose eligible under section 133(b) of
title 23, United States Code: Provided, That in allocating
funds for the equity bonus program under section 105 of such
title, the Secretary shall make the calculations required under
that section as if this section had not been enacted: Provided
further, That the descriptions for High Priority Projects #406,
the Gravina Island bridge, and #2465, the Knik Arm bridge, in
section 1702 of Public Law 109-59 are hereby deleted and in
their place is inserted ``the Alaska Department of
Transportation and Public Facilities''.
Sec. 187. (a) In addition to amounts available to carry out
section 10204 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (Public Law 109-
59) as of the date of enactment of this Act, of the amounts
made available by section 112 of this Act, $1,000,000 shall be
used by the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of
Homeland Security to jointly--
(1) complete the review and assessment of
catastrophic hurricane evacuation plans under that
section; and
(2) submit to Congress, not later than June 1,
2006, the report described in subsection (d) of that
section.
(b) Section 10204 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible,
Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (Public
Law 109-59) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by inserting after ``evacuation plans''
the following: ``(including the costs of the
plans)''; and
(B) by inserting ``and other catastrophic
events'' before ``impacting'';
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ``and local''
and inserting ``parish, county, and municipal''; and
(3) in subsection (c)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``safe
and'' before ``practical'';
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting after
``States'' the following: ``and adjoining
jurisdictions'';
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and''
after the semicolon at the end;
(D) in paragraph (4), by striking the
period at the end and inserting a semicolon;
and
(E) by adding at the end the following:
``(5) the availability of food, water, restrooms,
fueling stations, and shelter opportunities along the
evacuation routes;
``(6) the time required to evacuate under the plan;
and
``(7) the physical and mental strains associated
with the evacuation.''.
This title may be cited as the ``Department of
Transportation Appropriations Act, 2006''.
TITLE II
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Departmental Offices
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices
including operation and maintenance of the Treasury Building
and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles; maintenance,
repairs, and improvements of, and purchase of commercial
insurance policies for, real properties leased or owned
overseas, when necessary for the performance of official
business, not to exceed $3,000,000 for official travel
expenses; $196,592,000, of which not to exceed $8,642,000 is
for executive direction program activities; not to exceed
$7,852,000 is for general counsel program activities; not to
exceed $32,011,000 is for economic policies and programs
activities; not to exceed $26,574,000 is for financial policies
and programs activities; pursuant to section 3004(b) of the
Exchange Rates and International Economic Policy Coordination
Act of 1988 (22 U.S.C. 5304(b)), not to exceed $1,000,000, to
remain available until expended, is for the Secretary of the
Treasury, in conjunction with the President, to implement said
subsection as it pertains to governments and trade violations
involving currency manipulation and other trade violations; not
to exceed $39,939,000 is for financial crimes policies and
programs activities; not to exceed $16,843,000 is for Treasury-
wide management policies and programs activities; and not to
exceed $63,731,000 is for administration programs activities:
Provided, That of the amount appropriated for financial crimes
policies and programs activities, $22,032,016 is for the Office
of Foreign Assets Control and shall support no less than 125
full time equivalent positions: Provided further, That the
Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to transfer funds
appropriated for any program activity of the Departmental
Offices to any other program activity of the Departmental
Offices upon notification to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations: Provided further, That no appropriation for any
program activity shall be increased or decreased by more than
two percent by all such transfers: Provided further, That any
change in funding greater than two percent shall be submitted
for approval to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations: Provided further, That of the amount
appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $3,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2007, for information
technology modernization requirements; not to exceed $100,000
for official reception and representation expenses; and not to
exceed $258,000 for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential
nature, to be allocated and expended under the direction of the
Secretary of the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on his
certificate: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated
under this heading, $5,173,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2007, is for the Treasury-wide Financial
Statement Audit Program, of which such amounts as may be
necessary may be transferred to accounts of the Department's
offices and bureaus to conduct audits: Provided further, That
this transfer authority shall be in addition to any other
provided in this Act.
DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For development and acquisition of automatic data
processing equipment, software, and services for the Department
of the Treasury, $24,412,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2008: Provided, That these funds shall be
transferred to accounts and in amounts as necessary to satisfy
the requirements of the Department's offices, bureaus, and
other organizations: Provided further, That this transfer
authority shall be in addition to any other transfer authority
provided in this Act: Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated shall be used to support or supplement ``Internal
Revenue Service, Information Systems'' or ``Internal Revenue
Service, Business Systems Modernization''.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of
1978, as amended, not to exceed $2,000,000 for official travel
expenses, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not
to exceed $100,000 for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential
nature, to be allocated and expended under the direction of the
Inspector General of the Treasury, $17,000,000, of which not to
exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception and
representation expenses.
TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector General
for Tax Administration in carrying out the Inspector General
Act of 1978, as amended, including purchase (not to exceed 150
for replacement only for police-type use) and hire of passenger
motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); services authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the
Inspector General for Tax Administration; not to exceed
$6,000,000 for official travel expenses; and not to exceed
$500,000 for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature,
to be allocated and expended under the direction of the
Inspector General for Tax Administration, $133,286,000; and of
which not to exceed $1,500 shall be available for official
reception and representation expenses.
AIR TRANSPORTATION STABILIZATION PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For necessary expenses to administer the Air Transportation
Stabilization Board established by section 102 of the Air
Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act (Public Law
107-42), $2,750,000, to remain available until expended.
TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Treasury
Building and Annex, $10,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2008.
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes Enforcement
Network, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel
expenses of non-Federal law enforcement personnel to attend
meetings concerned with financial intelligence activities, law
enforcement, and financial regulation; not to exceed $14,000
for official reception and representation expenses; and for
assistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, with or without
reimbursement, $73,630,000 of which not to exceed $6,944,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2008; and of which
$8,521,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2007:
Provided, That funds appropriated in this account may be used
to procure personal services contracts.
Financial Management Service
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Management Service,
$236,243,000, of which not to exceed $9,220,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2008, for information systems
modernization initiatives; and of which not to exceed $2,500
shall be available for official reception and representation
expenses.
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 of the
Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of passenger
motor vehicles, $91,126,000; of which not to exceed $6,000 for
official reception and representation expenses; not to exceed
$50,000 for cooperative research and development programs for
laboratory services; and provision of laboratory assistance to
State and local agencies with or without reimbursement.
United States Mint
UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND
Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States Code,
the United States Mint is provided funding through the United
States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs associated with
the production of circulating coins, numismatic coins, and
protective services, including both operating expenses and
capital investments. The aggregate amount of new liabilities
and obligations incurred during fiscal year 2006 under such
section 5136 for circulating coinage and protective service
capital investments of the United States Mint shall not exceed
$26,768,000.
Bureau of the Public Debt
ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT
For necessary expenses connected with any public-debt
issues of the United States, $179,923,000, of which not to
exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception and
representation expenses, and of which not to exceed $2,000,000
shall remain available until expended for systems
modernization: Provided, That the sum appropriated herein from
the General Fund for fiscal year 2006 shall be reduced by not
more than $3,000,000 as definitive security issue fees and
Treasury Direct Investor Account Maintenance fees are
collected, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2006
appropriation from the General Fundestimated at $176,923,000.
In addition, $70,000 to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust
Fund to reimburse the Bureau for administrative and personnel expenses
for financial management of the Fund, as authorized by section 1012 of
Public Law 101-380.
Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
To carry out the Community Development Banking and
Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-325),
including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates
for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to
the rate for ES-3, $55,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2007, of which $4,000,000 shall be for financial
assistance, technical assistance, training and outreach
programs designed to benefit Native American, Native Hawaiian,
and Alaskan Native communities and provided primarily through
qualified community development lender organizations with
experience and expertise in community development banking and
lending in Indian country, Native American organizations,
tribes and tribal organizations and other suitable providers,
and up to $13,500,000 may be used for administrative expenses,
including administration of the New Markets Tax Credit, up to
$6,000,000 may be used for the cost of direct loans, and up to
$250,000 may be used for administrative expenses to carry out
the direct loan program: Provided, That the cost of direct
loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,
as amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to
subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct
loans not to exceed $11,000,000.
Internal Revenue Service
PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service for
pre-filing taxpayer assistance and education, filing and
account services, shared services support, general management
and administration; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Commissioner,
$4,136,578,000, of which up to $4,100,000 shall be for the Tax
Counseling for the Elderly Program, of which $8,000,000 shall
be available for low-income taxpayer clinic grants, of which
$1,500,000 shall be for the Internal Revenue Service Oversight
Board; and of which not to exceed $25,000 shall be for official
reception and representation expenses: Provided, That of
unobligated amounts available under this heading from previous
appropriations acts, $20,000,000 shall be rescinded.
TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service for
determining and establishing tax liabilities; providing
litigation support; conducting criminal investigation and
enforcement activities; securing unfiled tax returns;
collecting unpaid accounts; conducting a document matching
program; resolving taxpayer problems through prompt
identification, referral and settlement; expanded customer
service and public outreach programs, strengthened enforcement
activities, and enhanced research efforts to reduce erroneous
filings associated with the earned income tax credit; compiling
statistics of income and conducting compliance research;
purchase (for police-type use, not to exceed 850) and hire of
passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined
by the Commissioner, $4,725,756,000, of which not to exceed
$1,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2008, for
research; and of which $55,584,000 shall be for the Interagency
Crime and Drug Enforcement program: Provided, That up to
$10,000,000 may be transferred as necessary from this account
to the IRS Processing, Assistance, and Management appropriation
or the IRS Information Systems appropriation solely for the
purposes of management of the Interagency Crime and Drug
Enforcement Program: Provided further, That up to $10,000,000
may be transferred as necessary from this account to the IRS
Processing, Assistance, and Management appropriation or the IRS
Information Systems appropriation solely for the purposes of
management of the Earned Income Tax Credit compliance program
and to reimburse the Social Security Administration for the
cost of implementing section 1090 of the Taxpayer Relief Act of
1997 (Public Law 105-33): Provided further, That this transfer
authority shall be in addition to any other transfer authority
provided in this Act.
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service for
information systems and telecommunications support, including
developmental information systems and operational information
systems; the hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C.
1343(b)); and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such
rates as may be determined by the Commissioner, $1,598,967,000,
of which $75,000,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2007.
BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service,
$199,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008, for
the capital asset acquisition of information technology
systems, including management and relatedcontractual costs of
said acquisitions, including contractual costs associated with
operations authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That none of these
funds may be obligated until the Internal Revenue Service submits to
the Committees on Appropriations, and such Committees approve, a plan
for expenditure that: (1) meets the capital planning and investment
control review requirements established by the Office of Management and
Budget, including Circular A-11; (2) complies with the Internal Revenue
Service's enterprise architecture, including the modernization
blueprint; (3) conforms with the Internal Revenue Service's enterprise
life cycle methodology; (4) is approved by the Internal Revenue
Service, the Department of the Treasury, and the Office of Management
and Budget; (5) has been reviewed by the Government Accountability
Office; and (6) complies with the acquisition rules, requirements,
guidelines, and systems acquisition management practices of the Federal
Government.
HEALTH INSURANCE TAX CREDIT ADMINISTRATION
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)
For expenses necessary to implement the health insurance
tax credit included in the Trade Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-
210), $20,210,000: Provided, That of unobligated amounts
available under this heading from previous appropriations acts,
$9,000,000 shall be rescinded.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Sec. 201. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made
available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service or not to
exceed 3 percent of appropriations under the heading ``Tax Law
Enforcement'' may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue
Service appropriation upon the advance approval of the
Committees on Appropriations.
Sec. 202. The Internal Revenue Service shall maintain a
training program to ensure that Internal Revenue Service
employees are trained in taxpayers' rights, in dealing
courteously with taxpayers, and in cross-cultural relations.
Sec. 203. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute and
enforce policies and procedures that will safeguard the
confidentiality of taxpayer information.
Sec. 204. Funds made available by this or any other Act to
the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for improved
facilities and increased manpower to provide sufficient and
effective 1-800 help line service for taxpayers. The
Commissioner shall continue to make the improvement of the
Internal Revenue Service 1-800 help line service a priority and
allocate resources necessary to increase phone lines and staff
to improve the Internal Revenue Service 1-800 help line
service.
Sec. 205. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available in this or any other Act or source to the Internal
Revenue Service may be used to reduce taxpayer services as
proposed in fiscal year 2006 until the Treasury Inspector
General for Tax Administration completes a study detailing the
impact of such proposed reductions on taxpayer compliance and
taxpayer services, and the Internal Revenue Service's plans for
providing adequate alternative services, and submits such study
and plans to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate for approval: Provided, That no
funds shall be obligated by the Internal Revenue Service for
such purposes for 60 days after receipt of such study: Provided
further, That the Internal Revenue Service shall consult with
stakeholder organizations, including but not limited to, the
National Taxpayer Advocate, the Internal Revenue Service
Oversight Board, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax
Administration, and Internal Revenue Service employees with
respect to any proposed or planned efforts by the Internal
Revenue Service to terminate or reduce significantly any
taxpayer service activity.
Sec. 206. Of the funds made available by this Act to the
Internal Revenue Service, not less than $6,447,000,000 shall be
available only for tax enforcement. In addition, of the funds
made available by this Act to the Internal Revenue Service, and
subject to the same terms and conditions, $446,000,000 shall be
available for enhanced tax enforcement.
Sec. 207. Of the funds made available by this Act to the
Internal Revenue Service, not less than $166,249,000 shall be
available for operating expenses of the Taxpayer Advocate
Service, of which not less than $141,311,650 shall be made
available from the ``Tax Law Enforcement'' account.
Sec. 208. The Internal Revenue Service shall submit its
fiscal year 2007 congressional budget justifications to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate using the identical structure provided under
this Act and only in accordance with the direction specified in
the report accompanying this Act.
Sec. 209. Section 3 under the heading ``Administrative
Provisions--Internal Revenue Service'' of title I of Public Law
103-329 is amended by striking the last proviso.
Administrative Provisions--Department of the Treasury
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Sec. 210. Appropriations to the Department of the Treasury
in this Act shall be available for uniforms or allowances
therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), including
maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of insurance for
official motor vehicles operated in foreign countries; purchase
of motor vehicles without regard to the general purchase price
limitations for vehicles purchased and used overseas for the
current fiscal year; entering into contracts with the
Department of State for the furnishing of health and medical
services to employees and their dependents serving in foreign
countries; and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
Sec. 211. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriations in
this Act made available to the Departmental Offices--Salaries
and Expenses, Office of Inspector General, Financial Management
Service, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, Financial
Crimes Enforcement Network, and Bureau of the Public Debt, may
be transferred between such appropriations upon the advance
approval of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That no
transfer may increase or decrease any such appropriation by
more than 2 percent.
Sec. 212. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriation made
available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be
transferred to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax
Administration's appropriation upon the advance approval of the
Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That no transfer may
increase or decrease any such appropriation by more than 2
percent.
Sec. 213. Of the funds available for the purchase of law
enforcement vehicles, no funds may be obligated until the
Secretary of the Treasury certifies that the purchase by the
respective Treasury bureau is consistent with Departmental
vehicle management principles: Provided, That the Secretary may
delegate this authority to the Assistant Secretary for
Management.
Sec. 214. None of the funds appropriated in this Act or
otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury or the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used to redesign the $1
Federal Reserve note.
Sec. 215. The Secretary of the Treasury may transfer funds
from Financial Management Services, Salaries and Expenses to
Debt Collection Fund as necessary to cover the costs of debt
collection: Provided, That such amounts shall be reimbursed to
such salaries and expenses account from debt collections
received in the Debt Collection Fund.
Sec. 216. Section 122(g)(1) of Public Law 105-119 (5 U.S.C.
3104 note), is further amended by striking ``7 years'' and
inserting ``8 years''.
Sec. 217. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this or any other Act may be used by the United
States Mint to construct or operate any museum without the
explicit approval of the House Committee on Financial Services
and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs.
Sec. 218. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this or any other Act or source to the Department
of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and the
United States Mint, individually or collectively, may be used
to consolidate any or all functions of the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing and the United States Mint without the explicit
approval of the House Committee on Financial Services; the
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; the
House Committee on Appropriations; and the Senate Committee on
Appropriations.
Sec. 219. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this or any other Act or source to the Secretary
of the Treasury may be expended to develop, study, or implement
any plan to reallocate the resources of, or merge the Financial
Crimes Enforcement Network into the Departmental Offices--
Salaries and Expenses, or any other office within the
Department of the Treasury.
This title may be cited as the ``Department of the Treasury
Appropriations Act, 2006''.
TITLE III
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Public and Indian Housing
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For activities and assistance for the provision of tenant-
based rental assistance authorized under the United States
Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (``the
Act'' herein), not otherwise provided for, $15,573,655,725, to
remain available until expended, of which $11,373,656,000 shall
be available on October 1, 2005, and $4,200,000,000 shall be
available on October 1, 2006: Provided, That the amounts made
available under this heading are provided as follows:
(1) $14,089,755,725 for renewals of expiring
section 8 tenant-based annual contributions contracts
(including renewals of enhanced vouchers under any
provision of law authorizing such assistance under
section 8(t) of the Act): Provided, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, fromamounts
provided under this paragraph, the Secretary for the calendar year 2006
funding cycle shall provide renewal funding for each public housing
agency based on each public housing agency's 2005 annual budget for
renewal funding as calculated by HUD, prior to prorations, and by
applying the 2006 Annual Adjustment Factor as established by the
Secretary, and by making any necessary adjustments for the costs
associated with the first-time renewal of tenant protection or HOPE VI
vouchers or vouchers that were not in use during the 12-month period in
order to be available to meet a commitment pursuant to section 8(o)(13)
of the Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the extent
necessary to stay within the amount provided under this paragraph, pro
rate each public housing agency's allocation otherwise established
pursuant to this paragraph: Provided further, That except as provided
in the following proviso, the entire amount provided under this
paragraph shall be obligated to the public housing agencies based on
the allocation and pro rata method described above: Provided further,
That public housing agencies participating in the Moving to Work
demonstration shall be funded pursuant to their Moving to Work
agreements and shall be subject to the same pro rata adjustments under
the previous proviso: Provided further, That up to $45,000,000 shall be
available only: (1) to adjust the allocations for public housing
agencies, after application for an adjustment by a public housing
agency and verification by HUD, whose allocations under this heading
for contract renewals for the calendar year 2005 funding cycle were
based on verified VMS leasing and cost data averaged for the months of
May, June, and July of 2004 and solely because of temporarily low
leasing levels during such 3-month period did not accurately reflect
leasing levels and costs for the 2004 fiscal year of the agencies; and
(2) for adjustments for public housing agencies that experienced a
significant increase, as determined by the Secretary, in renewal costs
resulting from unforeseen circumstances or from the portability under
section 8(r) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 of tenant-based
rental assistance: Provided further, That none of the funds provided in
this paragraph may be used to support a total number of unit months
under lease which exceeds a public housing agency's authorized level of
units under contract;
(2) $180,000,000 for section 8 rental assistance
for relocation and replacement of housing units that
are demolished or disposed of pursuant to the Omnibus
Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996
(Public Law 104-134), conversion of section 23 projects
to assistance under section 8, the family unification
program under section 8(x) of the Act, relocation of
witnesses in connection with efforts to combat crime in
public and assisted housing pursuant to a request from
a law enforcement or prosecution agency, enhanced
vouchers under any provision of law authorizing such
assistance under section 8(t) of the Act, HOPE VI
vouchers, mandatory and voluntary conversions, and
tenant protection assistance including replacement and
relocation assistance: Provided, That no more than
$12,000,000 can be used for section 8 assistance to
cover the cost of judgments and settlement agreements;
(3) $48,000,000 for family self-sufficiency
coordinators under section 23 of the Act;
(4) $5,900,000 shall be transferred to the Working
Capital Fund; and
(5) $1,250,000,000 for administrative and other
expenses of public housing agencies in administering
the section 8 tenant-based rental assistance program,
of which up to $10,000,000 shall be available to the
Secretary to allocate to public housing agencies that
need additional funds to administer their section 8
programs: Provided, That $1,240,000,000 of the amount
provided in this paragraph shall be allocated for the
calendar year 2006 funding cycle on a pro rata basis to
public housing agencies based on the amount public
housing agencies were eligible to receive in calendar
year 2005: Provided further, That all amounts provided
under this paragraph shall be only for activities
related to the provision of tenant-based rental
assistance authorized under section 8, including
related development activities.
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances, including recaptures and
carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the Department
of Housing and Urban Development under this heading, the
heading ``Annual contributions for assisted housing'', the
heading ``Tenant-based rental assistance'', and the heading
``Project-based rental assistance'', for fiscal year 2005 and
prior years, $2,050,000,000 is rescinded, to be effected by the
Secretary no later than September 30, 2006: Provided, That, if
insufficient funds exist under these headings, the remaining
balance may be derived from any other heading under this title:
Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify the
Committees on Appropriations 30 days in advance of
therescission of any funds derived from the headings specified above:
Provided further, That any such balances governed by reallocation
provisions under the statute authorizing the program for which the
funds were originally appropriated shall be available for the
rescission: Provided further, That any obligated balances of contract
authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior that have been terminated
shall be cancelled: Provided further, That no amounts recaptured from
amounts appropriated in prior years under this heading or the heading
``Annual contributions for assisted housing'' and no carryover of such
appropriated amounts for project-based assistance shall be available
for the calendar year 2006 funding cycle for activities provided for
under the heading ``Tenant-based rental assistance''.
PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For activities and assistance for the provision of project-
based subsidy contracts under the United States Housing Act of
1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (``the Act'' herein),
not otherwise provided for, $5,088,300,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That the amounts made available under
this heading are provided as follows:
(1) $4,939,700,000 for expiring or terminating
section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including
section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for
amendments to section 8 project-based subsidy contracts
(including section 8 moderate rehabilitation
contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant to
section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance
Act, for renewal of section 8 contracts for units in
projects that are subject to approved plans of action
under the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act
of 1987 or the Low-Income Housing Preservation and
Resident Homeownership Act of 1990, and for
administrative and other expenses associated with
project-based activities and assistance funded under
this paragraph.
(2) $147,200,000 for performance-based contract
administrators for section 8 project-based assistance:
Provided, That the Secretary may also use such amounts
for performance-based contract administrators for:
interest reduction payments pursuant to section 236(a)
of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1(a));
rent supplement payments pursuant to section 101 of the
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C.
1701s); Section 236(f)(2) rental assistance payments
(12 U.S.C. 1715z-1(f)(2)); project rental assistance
contracts for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of
the Housing Act of 1959, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701q,
1701q-1); project rental assistance contracts for
supportive housing for persons with disabilities under
section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act; project assistance contracts
pursuant to section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959
(Public Law 86-372; 73 Stat. 667); and loans under
section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86-
372; 73 Stat. 667).
(3) $1,400,000 shall be transferred to the Working
Capital Fund: Provided further, That amounts recaptured
under this heading, the heading, `Annual Contributions
for Assisted Housing,' or the heading, `Housing
Certificate Fund,' for project-based section 8
activities may be used for renewals of or amendments to
section 8 project-based subsidy contracts or for
performance-based contract administrators,
notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts
were appropriated.
(4) amounts recaptured under this heading, the
heading ``Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing'',
or the heading ``Housing Certificate Fund'' may be used
for renewals of or amendments to section 8 project-
based contracts, notwithstanding the purposes for which
such amounts were appropriated.
PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to carry out
capital and management activities for public housing agencies,
as authorized under section 9 of the United States Housing Act
of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437g) (the ``Act'')
$2,463,600,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009:
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law or
regulation, during fiscal year 2006, the Secretary may not
delegate to any Department official other than the Deputy
Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing any authority under paragraph (2) of section 9(j)
regarding the extension of the time periods under such section:
Provided further, That for purposes of such section 9(j), the
term ``obligate'' means, with respect to amounts, that the
amounts are subject to a binding agreement that will result in
outlays, immediately or in the future: Provided further, That
of the total amount provided under this heading, up to
$11,000,000 shall be for carrying out activities under section
9(h) of such Act: Provided further, That $11,000,000 shall be
transferred to the Working Capital Fund: Provided further, That
no funds may be used under this heading for the purposes
specified in section 9(k) of the United States Housing Act of
1937, as amended: Provided further, That of the total
amountprovided under this heading, up to $17,000,000 shall be available
for the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants,
notwithstanding section 305 of this Act, to public housing agencies for
emergency capital needs resulting from unforeseen or unpreventable
emergencies and natural disasters occurring in fiscal year 2006:
Provided further, That of the total amount provided under this heading,
$38,000,000 shall be for supportive services, service coordinators and
congregate services as authorized by section 34 of the Act and the
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996:
Provided further, That of the total amount provided under this heading
up to $8,820,000 is to support the costs of administrative and judicial
receiverships: Provided further, That of the total amount provided
under this heading, $7,500,000 shall be for Neighborhood Networks
grants for activities authorized in section 9(d)(1)(E) of the United
States Housing Act of 1937, as amended: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts made available in
the previous proviso shall be awarded to public housing agencies on a
competitive basis: Provided further, That notwithstanding section
9(d)(1)(E) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, any Neighborhood
Networks computer center established with funding made available under
this heading in this or any other Act, shall be available for use by
residents of public housing and residents of other housing assisted
with funding made available under this title in this Act or any other
Act.
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND
For 2006 payments to public housing agencies for the
operation and management of public housing, as authorized by
section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $3,600,000,000: Provided, That,
in fiscal year 2006 and all fiscal years hereafter, no amounts
under this heading in any appropriations Act may be used for
payments to public housing agencies for the costs of operation
and management of public housing for any year prior to the
current year of such Act: Provided further, That no funds may
be used under this heading for the purposes specified in
section 9(k) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as
amended.
REVITALIZATION OF SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC HOUSING (HOPE VI)
For grants to public housing agencies for demolition, site
revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based
assistance grants to projects as authorized by section 24 of
the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended,
$100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007, of
which the Secretary may use up to $2,000,000 for technical
assistance and contract expertise, to be provided directly or
indirectly by grants, contracts or cooperative agreements,
including training and cost of necessary travel for
participants in such training, by or to officials and employees
of the department and of public housing agencies and to
residents: Provided, That none of such funds shall be used
directly or indirectly by granting competitive advantage in
awards to settle litigation or pay judgments, unless expressly
permitted herein.
NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the Native American Housing Block Grants program, as
authorized under title I of the Native American Housing
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (25
U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $630,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding the Native American
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, to
determine the amount of the allocation under title I of such
Act for each Indian tribe, the Secretary shall apply the
formula under section 302 of such Act with the need component
based on single-race Census data and with the need component
based on multi-race Census data, and the amount of the
allocation for each Indian tribe shall be the greater of the
two resulting allocation amounts: Provided further, That of the
amounts made available under this heading, $1,000,000 shall be
contracted through the Secretary as technical assistance and
capacity building to be used by the National American Indian
Housing Council in support of the implementation of NAHASDA;
$4,500,000 shall be to support the inspection of Indian housing
units, contract expertise, training, and technical assistance
in the training, oversight, and management of Indian housing
and tenant-based assistance, including up to $300,000 for
related travel; up to $4,000,000 may be used for emergencies
that constitute imminent threats to health and safety,
notwithstanding any other provision of law (including section
305 of this Act): Provided further, That of the amount provided
under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be made available for the
cost of guaranteed notes and other obligations, as authorized
by title VI of NAHASDA: Provided further, That such costs,
including the costs of modifying such notes and other
obligations, shall be as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further,
That these funds are available to subsidize the total principal
amount of any notes and other obligations, any part of which is
to be guaranteed, not to exceed $17,926,000: Provided further,
That for administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed
loan program, up to $150,000 from amounts in the third proviso,
which shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation
for ``Salaries and Expenses''.
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT
For the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant program, as
authorized under title VIII of the Native American Housing
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111
et seq.), $8,815,000, to remain available until expended, of
which $352,606 shall be for training and technical assistance
activities.
INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section
184 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12
U.S.C. 1715z-13a), $4,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That such costs, including the costs of
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further,
That these funds are available to subsidize total loan
principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed
$116,276,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the
guaranteed loan program, up to $250,000 from amounts in the
first paragraph which shall be transferred to and merged with
the appropriation for ``Salaries and Expenses''.
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section
184A of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12
U.S.C. 1715z-13b), $900,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That such costs, including the costs of
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further,
That these funds are available to subsidize total loan
principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed
$35,714,290.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the
guaranteed loan program, up to $35,000 from amounts in the
first paragraph which shall be transferred to and merged with
the appropriation for ``Salaries and Expenses''.
Community Planning and Development
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS
For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Persons with
AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act
(42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), $289,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2007, except that amounts allocated
pursuant to section 854(c)(3) of such Act shall remain
available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That the
Secretary shall renew all expiring contracts for permanent
supportive housing that were funded under section 854(c)(3) of
such Act that meet all program requirements before awarding
funds for new contracts and activities authorized under this
section: Provided further, That the Secretary may use up to
$1,500,000 of the funds under this heading for training,
oversight, and technical assistance activities.
RURAL HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
For the Office of Rural Housing and Economic Development in
the Department of Housing and Urban Development, $17,000,000,
to remain available until expended, which amount shall be
competitively awarded by September 1, 2006, to Indian tribes,
State housing finance agencies, State community and/or economic
development agencies, local rural nonprofits and community
development corporations to support innovative housing and
economic development activities in rural areas.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For assistance to units of State and local government, and
to other entities, for economic and community development
activities, and for other purposes, $4,220,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2008, unless otherwise specified:
Provided, That of the amount provided, $3,748,400,000 is for
carrying out the community development block grant program
under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of
1974, as amended (the ``Act'' herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.):
Provided further, That unless explicitly provided for under
this heading (except for planning grants provided in the second
paragraph and amounts made available under the third
paragraph), not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with
funds appropriated under this heading shall be expended for
planning and management development and administration:
Provided further, That $1,600,000 shall be transferred to the
Working Capital Fund: Provided further, That $60,000,000 shall
be for grants to Indian tribes notwithstanding section
106(a)(1) of such Act, of which, notwithstanding any other
provision of law (including section 305 of this Act), up to
$4,000,000 may be used for emergencies that constitute imminent
threats to health and safety; $50,000,000 shall be available
for YouthBuild program activities authorized by subtitle D of
title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing
Act, as amended, and such activities shall be an eligible
activity with respect to any funds made available under this
heading: Provided, That local YouthBuild programs that
demonstrate an ability to leverage private and nonprofit
funding shall be given a priority for YouthBuild funding:
Provided further, That no morethan eight percent of any grant
award under the YouthBuild program may be used for administrative
costs: Provided further, That of the amount made available for
YouthBuild not less than $4,000,000 is for grants to establish
YouthBuild programs in underserved and rural areas and $1,000,000 is to
be made available for a grant to YouthBuild USA for capacity building
for community development and affordable housing activities as
specified in section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993, as
amended.
Of the amount made available under this heading,
$310,000,000 shall be available for grants for the Economic
Development Initiative (EDI) to finance a variety of targeted
economic investments in accordance with the terms and
conditions specified in the statement of managers accompanying
this Act: Provided, That none of the funds provided under this
paragraph may be used for program operations: Provided further,
That, for fiscal years 2004, 2005 and 2006, no unobligated
funds for EDI grants may be used for any purpose except
acquisition, planning, design, purchase of equipment,
revitalization, redevelopment or construction.
Of the amount made available under this heading,
$50,000,000 shall be available for neighborhood initiatives
that are utilized to improve the conditions of distressed and
blighted areas and neighborhoods, to stimulate investment,
economic diversification, and community revitalization in areas
with population outmigration or a stagnating or declining
economic base, or to determine whether housing benefits can be
integrated more effectively with welfare reform initiatives:
Provided, That amounts made available under this paragraph
shall be provided in accordance with the terms and conditions
specified in the statement of managers accompanying this Act.
The referenced statement of the managers under the heading
``Community Development Fund'' in title II of division G of
Public Law 108-199 is deemed to be amended with respect to item
number 181 striking ``Volusia County'' and inserting ``Lively
Arts Center in Volusia County''.
The referenced statement of the managers under the heading
``Community Development Fund'' in title II of division G of
Public Law 108-199 is deemed to be amended with respect to item
number 216 by striking ``for construction'' and inserting ``for
planning, design, and engineering''.
The referenced statement of the managers under this heading
in Public Law 108-447 is deemed to be amended with respect to
item number 369 by striking ``for the construction of HomeAid
America temporary homeless shelters in Costa Mesa, California''
and inserting ``for the construction of shelters for the
temporarily homeless in New York City, New York''.
The referenced statement of the managers under this heading
in Public Law 108-447 is deemed to be amended with respect to
item number 502 by striking ``for acquisition of'' and
inserting ``for renovations of''.
The referenced statement of the managers under this heading
in Public Law 108-447 is deemed to be amended with respect to
item number 405 by striking ``Willington Senior Center'' and
inserting ``buildings and facilities associated with the
Willington Senior Housing Center''.
The referenced statement of the managers under this heading
in Public Law 108-447 is deemed to be amended with respect to
item number 674 by striking ``City of Big Island, Virginia for
the Sedalia Center restoration'' and inserting ``to restore the
Sedalia Center in Bedford County, Virginia''.
The referenced statement of the managers under this heading
in Public Law 108-447 is deemed to be amended with respect to
item number 469 by striking ``to the City of Havana, Illinois''
and inserting ``Havana, Illinois, Rural Fire District''.
The referenced statement of the managers under this heading
in Public Law 108-447 is deemed to be amended with respect to
item number 554 by striking ``$250,000 to the Town of Monroe,
New York for construction of the Monroe Free Library'' and
inserting ``$150,000 for the Town of Lewisboro, New York for
infrastructure improvements for the Onatru Farm Community
Center and $100,000 for the Town of Poughkeepsie, New York for
streetscape and related improvements in the Arlington Business
District''.
The referenced statement of the managers under this heading
in Public Law 108-447 is deemed to be amended with respect to
item number 445 by striking ``City of St. Petersburg, Florida''
and inserting ``Catholic Charities, Diocese of St. Petersburg,
Florida''.
The referenced statement of the managers under this heading
in Public Law 108-199 is deemed to be amended with respect to
item number 103 for the Mission Preservation Foundation in San
Juan Capistrano, California by striking ``for the Great Stone
Church restoration project'' and inserting ``to construct and
install environment controls and security measures''.
The referenced statement of the managers under this heading
in Division A of the Emergency AppropriationsAct for Defense,
Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005 (Public Law 109-13) is
amended--
(1) in section 6070 (119 Stat. 299), by striking
paragraph (1); and
(2) in section 6071 (119 Stat. 299), by striking
paragraph (1).
The referenced statement of the managers under the heading
``Community Development Fund'' in title II of division I of
Public Law 108-447 is deemed to be amended with respect to item
number 83 by striking ``construction'' and inserting
``planning, design, engineering, and construction''.
The referenced statement of the managers under the heading
``Community Development Fund'' in title II of division G of
Public Law 108-199 is deemed to be amended with respect to item
number 216 by striking ``for construction'' and inserting ``for
planning, design, and engineering''.
The referenced statement of the managers under the heading
``Community Development Fund'' in title II of division I of
Public Law 108-447 is deemed to be amended with respect to item
9 by striking ``for costs associated with the construction''
and inserting ``to be used for the planning and design''.
The referenced statement of the managers under the heading
``Community Development Fund'' in title II of Division I of
Public Law 108-447 is deemed to be amended with respect to item
260 by adding before the period ``including $120,000 for
property renovation at 754 Broad Street for the Family Center
emergency shelter for families and children''.
The referenced statement of the managers accompanying
Public Law 106-74 is deemed to be amended by inserting on page
113 ``, of which $47,500 may be used for physical improvements
at the South Providence Development Corporation business
incubator facility or CleanScape, including associated project
management costs'' after ``$100,000 for the South Providence
Development Corporation in Providence, Rhode Island for a child
care facility''.
The referenced statement of the managers under the heading
``Community Development Fund'' in title II of Division I of
Public Law 108-447 is deemed to be amended with respect to item
number 30 by striking ``City of San Francisco'' and inserting
``San Francisco Museum and Historical Society''.
The referenced statement of the managers under the heading
``Community Development Fund'' in title II of Division G of
Public Law 108-199 is deemed to be amended with respect to item
number 122 by striking ``City of San Francisco'' and inserting
``San Francisco Museum and Historical Society''.
The referenced statement of the managers under this heading
in Public Law 108-199 is deemed to be amended with respect to
item number 855 by striking ``the Skagit County Children's
Museum in Mount Vernon, Washington for facilities improvements
and renovation'' and inserting ``the Children's Museum of
Skagit County in Mount Vernon, Washington to purchase and
renovate a building''.
The referenced statement of the managers under this heading
in Public Law 108-447 is deemed to be amended with respect to
item number 1027 by striking ``planning and design'' and
inserting ``planning, design, construction and buildout''.
The referenced statement of the managers under this heading
in Public Law 108-447 is deemed to be amended with respect to
item number 946 by striking ``capital'' and inserting
``planning, design, engineering, and construction''.
The referenced statement of the managers under this heading
in Public Law 108-447 is deemed to be amended with respect to
item number 731 by striking ``rehabilitation and buildout'' and
inserting ``planning, evaluation, design, engineering and
construction''.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $3,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2007, as authorized by section
108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as
amended: 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, as amended: Provided further,
That these funds are available to subsidize total loan
principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed
$137,500,000, notwithstanding any aggregate limitation on
outstanding obligations guaranteed in section 108(k) of the
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the
guaranteed loan program, $750,000 shall be transferred to and
merged with the appropriation for ``Salaries and expenses''.
BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)
For competitive economic development grants, as authorized
by section 108(q) of the Housing and Community Development Act
of 1974, as amended, for Brownfieldsredevelopment projects,
$10,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007: Provided,
That $10,000,000 shall be rescinded from unobligated balances from
prior years appropriations under this heading and, to the extent there
are insufficient balances, any additional rescission amounts shall be
rescinded from funds appropriated under this heading for fiscal year
2006.
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the HOME investment partnerships program, as authorized
under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable
Housing Act, as amended, $1,750,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2008: Provided, That of the total amount
provided in this paragraph, up to $42,000,000 shall be
available for housing counseling under section 106 of the
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, and $1,000,000 shall
be transferred to the Working Capital Fund.
In addition to amounts otherwise made available under this
heading, $25,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2008, for assistance to homebuyers as authorized under title I
of the American Dream Downpayment Act.
SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM
For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity
Program, $61,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2008: Provided, That of the total amount provided in this
heading $20,000,000 shall be made available to the Self Help
Homeownership Opportunity Program as authorized under section
11 of the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996 as
amended: Provided further, That $30,000,000 shall be made
available for capacity building, of which $26,500,000 shall be
for capacity building for Community Development and affordable
Housing for LISC and the Enterprise Foundation for activities
authorized by Section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993
(42 U.S.C 9816 note), as in effect immediately before June 12,
1997 and $3,500,000 shall be made available for capacity
building activities administered by Habitat for Humanity
International: Provided further, That $3,000,000 shall be made
available to the Housing Assistance Council; $1,000,000 shall
be made available to the National American Indian Housing
Council; $4,000,000 shall be available as a grant to the Raza
Development Fund of La Raza for the HOPE Fund, of which
$500,000 is for technical assistance and fund management, and
$3,500,000 is for investments in the HOPE Fund and financing to
affiliated organizations; $2,000,000 shall be available as a
grant to the National Housing Development Corporation for
operating expenses and a program of affordable housing
acquisition and rehabilitation; and $1,000,000 shall be made
available to the Special Olympics National Organizing Committee
for planning, equipment and operational expenses associated
with the 2006 games in Ames, Iowa.
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the emergency shelter grants program as authorized
under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless
Assistance Act, as amended; the supportive housing program as
authorized under subtitle C of title IV of such Act; the
section 8 moderate rehabilitation single room occupancy program
as authorized under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as
amended, to assist homeless individuals pursuant to section 441
of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; and the shelter
plus care program as authorized under subtitle F of title IV of
such Act, $1,340,000,000, of which $1,320,000,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2008, and of which $20,000,000
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not less
than 30 percent of funds made available, excluding amounts
provided for renewals under the shelter plus care program,
shall be used for permanent housing: Provided further, That all
funds awarded for services shall be matched by 25 percent in
funding by each grantee: Provided further, That the Secretary
shall renew on an annual basis expiring contracts or amendments
to contracts funded under the shelter plus care program if the
program is determined to be needed under the applicable
continuum of care and meets appropriate program requirements
and financial standards, as determined by the Secretary:
Provided further, That all awards of assistance under this
heading shall be required to coordinate and integrate homeless
programs with other mainstream health, social services, and
employment programs for which homeless populations may be
eligible, including Medicaid, State Children's Health Insurance
Program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Food Stamps,
and services funding through the Mental Health and Substance
Abuse Block Grant, Workforce Investment Act, and the Welfare-
to-Work grant program: Provided further, That up to $11,674,000
of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available
for the national homeless data analysis project and technical
assistance: Provided further, That $1,000,000 of the funds
appropriated under this heading shall be transferred to the
Working Capital Fund: Provided further, That all balances for
Shelter Plus Care renewals previously funded from the Shelter
Plus Care Renewal account and transferred to this account shall
be available, if recaptured, for Shelter Plus Care renewals in
fiscal year 2006.
Housing Programs
HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For capital advances, including amendments to capital
advance contracts, for housing for the elderly, as authorized
by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended, and for
project rental assistance for the elderly under section
202(c)(2) of such Act, including amendments to contracts for
such assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for such
assistance for up to a 1-year term, and for supportive services
associated with the housing, $742,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2009, of which amount $51,600,000 shall be
for service coordinators and the continuation of existing
congregate service grants for residents of assisted housing
projects, and of which amount up to $24,800,000 shall be for
grants under section 202b of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C.
1701q-2) for conversion of eligible projects under such section
to assisted living or related use and for emergency capital
repairs as determined by the Secretary: Provided, That of the
amount made available under this heading, $4,000,000 shall be
made available to carry out section 203 of Public Law 108-186:
Provided further, That of the amount made available under this
heading, $20,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development only for making competitive
grants to private nonprofit organizations and consumer
cooperatives for covering costs of architectural and
engineering work, site control, and other planning relating to
the development of supportive housing for the elderly that is
eligible for assistance under section 202 of the Housing Act of
1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q): Provided further, That amounts under
this heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment
Center inspections and inspection-related activities associated
with section 202 capital advance projects: Provided further,
That $400,000 of the total amount made available under this
heading shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund:
Provided further, That the Secretary may waive the provisions
of section 202 governing the terms and conditions of project
rental assistance, except that the initial contract term for
such assistance shall not exceed 5 years in duration.
HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For capital advance contracts, including amendments to
capital advance contracts, for supportive housing for persons
with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of the
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, for project
rental assistance for supportive housing for persons with
disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of such Act, including
amendments to contracts for such assistance and renewal of
expiring contracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year term,
and for supportive services associated with the housing for
persons with disabilities as authorized by section 811(b)(1) of
such Act, and for tenant-based rental assistance contracts
entered into pursuant tosection 811 of such Act, $239,000,000
to remain available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That $400,000
shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund: Provided further,
That, of the amount provided under this heading $78,300,000 shall be
for amendments or renewal of tenant-based assistance contracts entered
into prior to fiscal year 2005 (only one amendment authorized for any
such contract): Provided further, That of the amount provided under
this heading, the Secretary may make available up to $5,000,000 for
incremental tenant-based rental assistance, as authorized by section
811 of such Act (which assistance is 5 years in duration): Provided
further, That all tenant-based assistance made available under this
heading shall continue to remain available only to persons with
disabilities: Provided further, That the Secretary may waive the
provisions of section 811 governing the terms and conditions of project
rental assistance and tenant-based assistance, except that the initial
contract term for such assistance shall not exceed 5 years in duration:
Provided further, That amounts made available under this heading shall
be available for Real Estate Assessment Center Inspections and
inspection-related activities associated with Section 811 Capital
Advance Projects.
OTHER ASSISTED HOUSING PROGRAMS
RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE
For amendments to contracts under section 101 of the
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s) and
section 236(f)(2) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-
1) in State-aided, non-insured rental housing projects,
$26,400,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
amendments to such contracts hereafter may be for a period less
than the term of the respective contracts.
FLEXIBLE SUBSIDY FUND
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
From the Rental Housing Assistance Fund, all uncommitted
balances of excess rental charges as of September 30, 2005, and
any collections made during fiscal year 2006 and all subsequent
fiscal years, shall be transferred to the Flexible Subsidy
Fund, as authorized by section 236(g) of the National Housing
Act, as amended.
MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST FUND
For necessary expenses as authorized by the National
Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of
1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to $13,000,000,
to remain available until expended, to be derived from the
Manufactured Housing Fees Trust Fund: Provided, That not to
exceed the total amount appropriated under this heading shall
be available from the general fund of the Treasury to the
extent necessary to incur obligations and make expenditures
pending the receipt of collections to the Fund pursuant to
section 620 of such Act: Provided further, That the amount made
available under this heading from the general fund shall be
reduced as such 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 $0 and fees
pursuant to such section 620 shall be modified as necessary to
ensure such a final fiscal year 2006 appropriation.
Federal Housing Administration
MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
During fiscal year 2006, commitments to guarantee loans to
carry out the purposes of section 203(b) of the National
Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed a loan principal of
$185,000,000,000.
During fiscal year 2006, obligations to make direct loans
to carry out the purposes of section 204(g) of the National
Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed $50,000,000:
Provided, That the foregoing amount shall be for loans to
nonprofit and governmental entities in connection with sales of
single family real properties owned by the Secretary and
formerly insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund.
For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the
guaranteed and direct loan program, $355,000,000, of which not
to exceed $351,000,000 shall be transferred to the
appropriation for ``Salaries and expenses''; and not to exceed
$4,000,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for
``Office of Inspector General''. In addition, for
administrative contract expenses, $62,600,000, of which
$18,281,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund:
Provided, That to the extent guaranteed loan commitments exceed
$65,500,000,000 on or before April 1, 2006, an additional
$1,400 for administrative contract expenses shall be available
for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan commitments
(including a pro rata amount for any amount below $1,000,000),
but in no case shall funds made available by this proviso
exceed $30,000,000.
GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sections
238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-3 and
1735c), including the cost of loan guarantee modifications, as
that term is defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974, as amended, $8,800,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That commitments to guarantee loans shall
not exceed $35,000,000,000 in total loan principal, any part of
which is to be guaranteed.
Gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans,
as authorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of
the National Housing Act, shall not exceed $50,000,000, of
which not to exceed $30,000,000 shall be for bridge financing
in connection with the sale of multifamily real properties
owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under such Act; and
of which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be for loans to
nonprofit and governmental entities in connection with the sale
of single-family real properties owned by the Secretary and
formerly insured under such Act.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry
out the guaranteed and direct loan programs, $231,400,000, of
which $211,400,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation
for ``Salaries and Expenses''; and of which $20,000,000 shall
be transferred to the appropriation for ``Office of Inspector
General''.
In addition, for administrative contract expenses necessary
to carry out the guaranteed and direct loan programs,
$71,900,000, of which $10,800,000 shall be transferred to the
Working Capital Fund: Provided, That to the extent guaranteed
loan commitments exceed$8,426,000,000 on or before April 1,
2006, an additional $1,980 for administrative contract expenses shall
be available for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan
commitments over $8,426,000,000 (including a pro rata amount for any
increment below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available
by this proviso exceed $14,400,000.
Government National Mortgage Association
GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the
purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, as amended
(12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed $200,000,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2007.
For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the
guaranteed mortgage-backed securities program, $10,700,000, to
be derived from the GNMA guarantees of mortgage-backed
securities guaranteed loan receipt account, of which not to
exceed $10,700,000, shall be transferred to the appropriation
for ``Salaries and Expenses''.
Policy Development and Research
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of programs
of research and studies relating to housing and urban problems,
not otherwise provided for, as authorized by title V of the
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970, as amended (12
U.S.C. 1701z-1 et seq.), including carrying out the functions
of the Secretary under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization
Plan No. 2 of 1968, $56,350,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2007: Provided, That of the total amount provided
under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for the Partnership for
Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH) Initiative: Provided
further, That of the amounts made available for PATH under this
heading, $2,500,000 shall not be subject to the requirements of
section 305 of this title: Provided further, That the Office of
Housing shall administer PATH: Provided further, That of funds
made available under this heading, $750,000 shall be
transferred to the National Research Council for a study in
accordance with the statement of the managers accompanying this
Act: Provided further, That of the funds made available under
this heading, $20,600,000 is for grants pursuant to section 107
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as
amended, as follows: $3,000,000 to support Alaska Native
serving institutions and Native Hawaiian serving institutions
as defined under the Higher Education Act, as amended;
$2,600,000 for tribal colleges and universities to build,
expand, renovate, and equip their facilities and to expand the
role of the colleges into the community through the provision
of needed services such as health programs, job training and
economic development activities; $9,000,000 for the
Historically Black Colleges and Universities program, of which
up to $2,000,000 may be used for technical assistance; and
$6,000,000 for the Hispanic Serving Institutions Program.
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES
For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not otherwise
provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil Rights
Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of
1988, and section 561 of the Housing and Community Development
Act of 1987, as amended, $46,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2007, of which $20,000,000 shall be to carry out
activities pursuant to such section 561: Provided, That no
funds made available under this heading shall be used to lobby
the executive or legislative branches of the Federal Government
in connection with a specific contract, grant or loan.
Office of Lead Hazard Control
LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION
For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as authorized by
section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard
Reduction Act of 1992, $152,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2007, of which $9,500,000 shall be for the
Healthy Homes Initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of
the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 that shall
include research, studies, testing, and demonstration efforts,
including education and outreach concerning lead-based paint
poisoning and other housing-related diseases and hazards:
Provided, That for purposes of environmental review, pursuant
to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.) and other provisions of law that further the
purposes of such Act, a grant under the Healthy Homes
Initiative, Operation Lead Elimination Action Plan (LEAP), or
the Lead Technical Studies program under this heading or under
prior appropriations Acts for such purposes under this heading,
shall be considered to be funds for a special project for
purposes of section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property
Disposition Reform Act of 1994: Provided further, That of the
total amount made available under this heading, $48,000,000
shall be made available on a competitive basis for areas with
the highest lead paint abatement needs, as identified by the
Secretary as having: (1) the highest number of occupied pre-
1940 units of rental housing; and (2) a disproportionately high
number of documented cases of lead-poisoned children:Provided
further, That each grantee receiving funds under the previous proviso
shall target those privately owned units and multifamily buildings that
are occupied by low-income families as defined under section 3(b)(2) of
the United States Housing Act of 1937: Provided further, That not less
than 90 percent of the funds made available under this paragraph shall
be used exclusively for abatement, inspections, risk assessments,
temporary relocations and interim control of lead-based hazards as
defined by 42 U.S.C. 4851: Provided further, That each recipient of
funds provided under the first proviso shall make a matching
contribution in an amount not less than 25 percent: Provided further,
That each applicant shall submit a detailed plan and strategy that
demonstrates adequate capacity that is acceptable to the Secretary to
carry out the proposed use of funds pursuant to a Notice of Funding
Availability.
Management and Administration
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary administrative and non-administrative
expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Development,
not otherwise provided for, including purchase of uniforms, or
allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; hire
of passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109; and not to exceed $25,000 for official reception and
representation expenses, $1,153,285,000, of which $562,400,000
shall be provided from the various funds of the Federal Housing
Administration, $10,700,000 shall be provided from funds of the
Government National Mortgage Association, $750,000 shall be
from the ``Community development loan guarantee program''
account, $150,000 shall be provided by transfer from the
``Native American housing block grants'' account, $250,000
shall be provided by transfer from the ``Indian housing loan
guarantee fund program'' account and $35,000 shall be
transferred from the ``Native Hawaiian housing loan guarantee
fund'' account: Provided, That funds made available under this
heading shall only be allocated in the manner specified in the
statement of the managers accompanying this Act unless the
Committees on Appropriations of both the House of
Representatives and the Senate are notified of any changes in
an operating plan or reprogramming: Provided further, That no
official or employee of the Department shall be designated as
an allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Financial
Officer (OCFO) has determined that such allotment holder has
implemented an adequate system of funds control and has
received training in funds control procedures and directives:
Provided further, That the Chief Financial Officer shall
establish positive control of and maintain adequate systems of
accounting for appropriations and other available funds as
required by 31 U.S.C. 1514: Provided further, That for purposes
of funds control and determining whether a violation exists
under the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 U.S.C. 1341 et seq.), the
point of obligation shall be the executed agreement or
contract, except with respect to insurance and guarantee
programs, certain types of salaries and expenses funding, and
incremental funding that is authorized under an executed
agreement or contract, and shall be designated in the approved
funds control plan: Provided further, That the Chief Financial
Officer shall: (1) appoint qualified personnel to conduct
investigations of potential or actual violations; (2) establish
minimum training requirements and other qualifications for
personnel that may be appointed to conduct investigations; (3)
establish guidelines and timeframes for the conduct and
completion of investigations; (4) prescribe the content, format
and other requirements for the submission of final reports on
violations; and (5) prescribe such additional policies and
procedures as may be required for conducting investigations of,
and administering, processing, and reporting on, potential and
actual violations of the Anti-Deficiency Act and all other
statutes and regulations governing the obligation and
expenditure of funds made available in this or any other Act:
Provided further, That up to $15,000,000 may be transferred to
the Working Capital Fund: Provided further, That the Secretary
shall fill 7 out of 10 vacancies at the GS-14 and GS-15 levels
until the total number of GS-14 and GS-15 positions in the
Department has been reduced from the number of GS-14 and GS-15
positions on the date of enactment of Public Law 106-377 by
2\1/2\ percent.
WORKING CAPITAL FUND
For additional capital for the Working Capital Fund (42
U.S.C. 3535) for the development of, modifications to, and
infrastructure for Department-wide information technology
systems, for the continuing operation of both Department-wide
and program-specific information systems, and for program-
related development activities, $197,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That any amounts
transferred to this Fund under this Act shall remain available
until expended: Provided further, That any amounts transferred
to this Fund from amounts appropriated by previously enacted
appropriations Acts or from within this Act may be used only
for the purposes specified under this Fund, in addition to the
purposes for which such amounts were appropriated.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General
in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended,
$106,000,000, of which $24,000,000 shall be provided from the
various funds of the Federal Housing Administration: Provided,
That the Inspector General shall have independent authority
over all personnel issues within this office.
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial
Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, including not to exceed $500
for official reception and representation expenses,
$60,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be derived
from the Federal Housing Enterprises Oversight Fund: Provided,
That the Director shall submit a spending plan for the amounts
provided under this heading no later than January 15, 2006:
Provided further, That not less than 80 percent of the total
amount made available under this heading shall be used only for
examination, supervision, and capital oversight of the
enterprises (as such term is defined in section 1303 of the
Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act
of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4502)) to ensure that the enterprises are
operating in a financially safe and sound manner and complying
with the capital requirements under Subtitle B of such Act:
Provided further, That not to exceed the amount provided herein
shall be available from the general fund of the Treasury to the
extent necessary to incur obligations and make expenditures
pending the receipt of collections to the Fund: Provided
further, That the general fund amount shall be reduced as
collections are received during the fiscal year so as to result
in a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at not
more than $0.
Administrative Provisions
Sec. 301. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget authority,
or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts associated
with such budget authority, that are recaptured from projects
described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney
Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437
note) shall be rescinded, or in the case of cash, shall be
remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts of budget authority
or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the
Treasury shall be used by State housing finance agencies or
local governments or local housing agencies with projects
approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for
which settlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in accordance
with such section. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the
Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the budget authority or
cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury
to provide project owners with incentives to refinance their
project at a lower interest rate.
Sec. 302. None of the amounts made available under this Act
may be used during fiscal year 2006 to investigate or prosecute
under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise lawful activity
engaged in by one or more persons, including the filing or
maintaining of a non-frivolous legal action, that is engaged in
solely for the purpose of achieving or preventing action by a
Government official or entity, or a court of competent
jurisdiction.
Sec. 303. (a) Notwithstanding section 854(c)(1)(A) of the
AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)(1)(A)), from
any amounts made available under this title for fiscal year
2006 that are allocated under such section, the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development shall allocate and make a grant,
in the amount determined under subsection (b), for any State
that--
(1) received an allocation in a prior fiscal year
under clause (ii) of such section; and
(2) is not otherwise eligible for an allocation for
fiscal year 2006 under such clause (ii) because the
areas in the State outside of the metropolitan
statistical areas that qualify under clause (i) in
fiscal year 2006 do not have the number of cases of
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) required
under such clause.
(b) The amount of the allocation and grant for any State
described in subsection (a) shall be an amount based on the
cumulative number of AIDS cases in the areas of that State that
are outside of metropolitan statistical areas that qualify
under clause (i) of such section 854(c)(1)(A) in fiscal year
2006, in proportion to AIDS cases among cities and States that
qualify under clauses (i) and (ii) of such section and States
deemed eligible under subsection (a).
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amount
allocated for fiscal year 2006 under section 854(c) of the AIDS
Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)), to the City of
New York, New York, on behalf of the New York-Wayne-White
Plains, New York-New Jersey Metropolitan Division (hereafter
``metropolitan division'') of the New York-Newark-Edison, NY-
NJ-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area, shall be adjusted by the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by: (1) allocating
to the City of Jersey City, New Jersey, theproportion of the
metropolitan area's or division's amount that is based on the number of
cases of AIDS reported in the portion of the metropolitan area or
division that is located in Hudson County, New Jersey, and adjusting
for the proportion of the metropolitan division's high incidence bonus
if this area in New Jersey also has a higher than average per capita
incidence of AIDS; and (2) allocating to the City of Paterson, New
Jersey, the proportion of the metropolitan area's or division's amount
that is based on the number of cases of AIDS reported in the portion of
the metropolitan area or division that is located in Bergen County and
Passaic County, New Jersey, and adjusting for the proportion of the
metropolitan division's high incidence bonus if this area in New Jersey
also has a higher than average per capita incidence of AIDS. The
recipient cities shall use amounts allocated under this subsection to
carry out eligible activities under section 855 of the AIDS Housing
Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) in their respective portions of the
metropolitan division that is located in New Jersey.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amount
allocated for fiscal year 2006 under section 854(c) of the AIDS
Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)) to areas with a
higher than average per capita incidence of AIDS, shall be
adjusted by the Secretary on the basis of area incidence
reported over a three year period.
Sec. 304. (a) During fiscal year 2006, in the provision of
rental assistance under section 8(o) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) in connection with a
program to demonstrate the economy and effectiveness of
providing such assistance for use in assisted living facilities
that is carried out in the counties of the State of Michigan
notwithstanding paragraphs (3) and (18)(B)(iii) of such section
8(o), a family residing in an assisted living facility in any
such county, on behalf of which a public housing agency
provides assistance pursuant to section 8(o)(18) of such Act,
may be required, at the time the family initially receives such
assistance, to pay rent in an amount exceeding 40 percent of
the monthly adjusted income of the family by such a percentage
or amount as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
determines to be appropriate.
Sec. 305. Except as explicitly provided in law, any grant,
cooperative agreement or other assistance made pursuant to
title III of this Act shall be made on a competitive basis and
in accordance with section 102 of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development Reform Act of 1989.
Sec. 306. Funds of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development subject to the Government Corporation Control Act
or section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall be available,
without regard to the limitations on administrative expenses,
for legal services on a contract or fee basis, and for
utilizing and making payment for services and facilities of the
Federal National Mortgage Association, Government National
Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation,
Federal Financing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member
thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank within
the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act,
as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811-1831).
Sec. 307. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or
through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any appropriation
for the Department of Housing and Urban Development shall be
available for any program, project or activity in excess of
amounts set forth in the budget estimates submitted to
Congress.
Sec. 308. Corporations and agencies of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development which are subject to the
Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, are hereby
authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of
funds and borrowing authority available to each such
corporation or agency and in accordance with law, and to make
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year
limitations as provided by section 104 of such Act as may be
necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget
for 2006 for such corporation or agency except as hereinafter
provided: Provided, That collections of these corporations and
agencies may be used for new loan or mortgage purchase
commitments only to the extent expressly provided for in this
Act (unless such loans are in support of other forms of
assistance provided for in this or prior appropriations Acts),
except that this proviso shall not apply to the mortgage
insurance or guaranty operations of these corporations, or
where loans or mortgage purchases are necessary to protect the
financial interest of the United States Government.
Sec. 309. None of the funds provided in this title for
technical assistance, training, or management improvements may
be obligated or expended unless HUD provides to the Committees
on Appropriations a description of each proposed activity and a
detailed budget estimate of the costs associated with each
program, project or activity as part of the Budget
Justifications. For fiscal year 2006, HUD shall transmit this
information to the Committees by March 15, 2006 for 30 days of
review.
Sec. 310. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
shall provide quarterly reports to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations regarding all uncommitted,
unobligated, recaptured and excess funds ineach program and
activity within the jurisdiction of the Department and shall submit
additional, updated budget information to these Committees upon
request.
Sec. 311. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in
fiscal year 2006, in managing and disposing of any multifamily
property that is owned or held by the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development, the Secretary shall maintain any rental
assistance payments under section 8 of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 that are attached to any dwelling units in
the property. To the extent the Secretary determines that such
a multifamily property owned or held by the Secretary is not
feasible for continued rental assistance payments under such
section 8, based on consideration of the costs of maintaining
such payments for that property or other factors, the Secretary
may, in consultation with the tenants of that property,
contract for project-based rental assistance payments with an
owner or owners of other existing housing properties, or
provide other rental assistance.
Sec. 312. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the amount allocated for fiscal year 2006 under section 854(c)
of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)), to
the City of Wilmington, Delaware, on behalf of the Wilmington,
Delaware-Maryland-New Jersey Metropolitan Division (hereafter
``metropolitan division''), shall be adjusted by the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development by allocating to the State of
New Jersey the proportion of the metropolitan division's amount
that is based on the number of cases of AIDS reported in the
portion of the metropolitan division that is located in New
Jersey, and adjusting for the proportion of the metropolitan
division's high incidence bonus if this area in New Jersey also
has a higher than average per capita incidence of AIDS. The
State of New Jersey shall use amounts allocated to the State
under this subsection to carry out eligible activities under
section 855 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C.
12904) in the portion of the metropolitan division that is
located in New Jersey.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall allocate to
Wake County, North Carolina, the amounts that otherwise would
be allocated for fiscal year 2006 under section 854(c) of the
AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)) to the City
of Raleigh, North Carolina, on behalf of the Raleigh-Cary,
North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. Any amounts
allocated to Wake County shall be used to carry out eligible
activities under section 855 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12904)
within such metropolitan statistical area.
(c) Notwithstanding section 854(c) of the AIDS Housing
Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)), the Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development may adjust the allocation of the amounts
that otherwise would be allocated for fiscal year 2006 under
section 854(c) of such Act, upon the written request of an
applicant, in conjunction with the State(s), for a formula
allocation on behalf of a metropolitan statistical area, to
designate the State or States in which the metropolitan
statistical area is located as the eligible grantee(s) of the
allocation. In the case that a metropolitan statistical area
involves more than one State, such amounts allocated to each
State shall be in proportion to the number of cases of AIDS
reported in the portion of the metropolitan statistical area
located in that State. Any amounts allocated to a State under
this section shall be used to carry out eligible activities
within the portion of the metropolitan statistical area located
in that State.
Sec. 313. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for
this fiscal year and every fiscal year thereafter, funds
appropriated for housing for the elderly, as authorized by
section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended, and for
supportive housing for persons with disabilities, as authorized
by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable
Housing Act, shall be available for the cost of maintaining and
disposing of such properties that are acquired or otherwise
become the responsibility of the Department.
Sec. 314. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
shall submit an annual report no later than August 30, 2006 and
annually thereafter to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations regarding the number of Federally assisted units
under lease and the per unit cost of these units to the
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Sec. 315. The Department of Housing and Urban Development
shall submit the Department's fiscal year 2007 congressional
budget justifications to the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Senate using the identical
structure provided under this Act and only in accordance with
the direction specified in the report accompanying this Act.
Sec. 316. That incremental vouchers previously made
available under the heading ``Housing Certificate Fund'' or
renewed under the heading, ``Tenant-Based Rental Assistance,''
for non-elderly disabled families shall, to the extent
practicable, continue to be provided to non-elderly disabled
families upon turnover.
Sec. 317. A public housing agency or such other entity that
administers Federal housing assistance in theStates of Alaska,
Iowa, and Mississippi shall not be required to include a resident of
public housing or a recipient of assistance provided under section 8 of
the United States Housing Act of 1937 on the board of directors or a
similar governing board of such agency or entity as required under
section (2)(b) of such Act. Each public housing agency or other entity
that administers Federal housing assistance under section 8 in the
States of Alaska, Iowa and Mississippi shall establish an advisory
board of not less than 6 residents of public housing or recipients of
section 8 assistance to provide advice and comment to the public
housing agency or other administering entity on issues related to
public housing and section 8. Such advisory board shall meet not less
than quarterly.
Sec. 318. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
subject to the conditions listed in subsection (b), for fiscal
years 2006 and 2007, the Secretary may authorize the transfer
of project-based assistance, debt and statutorily required low-
income and very low-income use restrictions, associated with
one multifamily housing project to another multifamily housing
project.
(b) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is subject to
the following conditions:
(1) the number of low-income and very low-income
units and the net dollar amount of Federal assistance
provided by the transferring project shall remain the
same in the receiving project;
(2) the transferring project shall, as determined
by the Secretary, be either physically obsolete or
economically non-viable;
(3) the receiving project shall meet or exceed
applicable physical standards established by the
Secretary;
(4) the owner or mortgagor of the transferring
project shall notify and consult with the tenants
residing in the transferring project and provide a
certification of approval by all appropriate local
governmental officials;
(5) the tenants of the transferring project who
remain eligible for assistance to be provided by the
receiving project shall not be required to vacate their
units in the transferring project until new units in
the receiving project are available for occupancy;
(6) the Secretary determines that this transfer is
in the best interest of the tenants;
(7) if either the transferring project or the
receiving project meets the condition specified in
subsection (c)(2)(A), any lien on the receiving project
resulting from additional financing obtained by the
owner shall be subordinate to any FHA-insured mortgage
lien transferred to, or placed on, such project by the
Secretary;
(8) if the transferring project meets the
requirements of subsection (c)(2)(E), the owner or
mortgagor of the receiving project shall execute and
record either a continuation of the existing use
agreement or a new use agreement for the project where,
in either case, any use restrictions in such agreement
are of no lesser duration than the existing use
restrictions;
(9) any financial risk to the FHA General and
Special Risk Insurance Fund, as determined by the
Secretary, would be reduced as a result of a transfer
completed under this section; and
(10) the Secretary determines that Federal
liability with regard to this project will not be
increased.
(c) For purposes of this section--
(1) the terms ``low-income'' and ``very low-
income'' shall have the meanings provided by the
statute and/or regulations governing the program under
which the project is insured or assisted;
(2) the term ``multifamily housing project'' means
housing that meets one of the following conditions--
(A) housing that is subject to a mortgage
insured under the National Housing Act,
(B) housing that has project-based
assistance attached to the structure,
(C) housing that is assisted under section
202 of the Housing Act of 1959 as amended by
section 801 of the Cranston-Gonzales National
Affordable Housing Act,
(D) housing that is assisted under section
202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as such section
existed before the enactment of the Cranston-
Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act, or,
(E) housing or vacant land that is subject
to a use agreement;
(3) the term ``project-based assistance'' means--
(A) assistance provided under section 8(b)
of the United States Housing Act of 1937;
(B) assistance for housing constructed or
substantially rehabilitated pursuant to
assistance provided under section 8(b)(2) of
such Act (as such section existed immediately
before October 1, 1983);
(C) rent supplement payments under section 101 of
the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965;
(D) additional assistance payments under section
236(f)(2) of the National Housing Act; and,
(E) assistance payments made under section
202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959;
(4) the term ``receiving project'' means the
multifamily housing project to which the project-based
assistance, debt, and statutorily required use low-
income and very low-income restrictions are to be
transferred;
(5) the term ``transferring project'' means the
multifamily housing project which is transferring the
project-based assistance, debt and the statutorily
required low-income and very low-income use
restrictions to the receiving project; and,
(6) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development.
Sec. 319. The funds made available for Native Alaskans
under the heading ``Native American Housing Block Grants'' in
title III of this Act shall be allocated to the same Native
Alaskan housing block grant recipients that received funds in
fiscal year 2005.
Sec. 320. (a) Extension.--The Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development shall extend the term of the Moving to Work
Demonstration Agreement entered into between a public housing
agency and the Secretary under section 204, title V, of the
Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996
(Public Law 104-134, April 26, 1996) if--
(1) the public housing agency requests such
extension in writing;
(2) the public housing agency is not at the time of
such request for extension in default under its Moving
to Work Demonstration Agreement; and
(3) the Moving to Work Demonstration Agreement to
be extended would otherwise expire on or before
September 30, 2006.
(b) Terms.--Unless the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development and the public housing agency otherwise agree, the
extension under subsection (a) shall be upon the identical
terms and conditions set forth in the extending agency's
existing Moving to Work Demonstration Agreement, except that
for each public housing agency that has been or will be granted
an extension to its original Moving to Work Agreement, the
Secretary shall require that data be collected so that the
effect of Moving to Work policy changes on residents can be
measured.
(c) Extension Period.--The extension under subsection (a)
shall be for such period as is requested by the public housing
agency, not to exceed 3 years from the date of expiration of
the extending agency's existing Moving to Work Demonstration
Agreement.
(d) Breach of Agreement.--Nothing contained in this section
shall limit the authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development to terminate any Moving to Work Demonstration
Agreement of a public housing agency if the public housing
agency is in breach of the provisions of such agreement.
Sec. 321. No funds provided under this title may be used
for an audit of the Government National Mortgage Association
that makes applicable requirements under the Federal Credit
Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.).
Sec. 322. Incremental vouchers previously made available
under the heading, ``Housing Certificate Fund'' or renewed
under the heading, ``Tenant-Based Rental Assistance'', for
family unification shall, to the extent practicable, continue
to be provided for family unification.
Sec. 323. Section 223(f)(1) of the National Housing Act is
amended by inserting ``purchase or'' immediately before
``refinancing of existing debt''.
Sec. 324. Section 421 of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1987 (12 U.S.C. Sec. 1715z-4a) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by inserting after
``is'' the following: ``or, at the time of the
violations, was''; and
(2) in subsection (a)(1)(C), by inserting after
``held'' the following: ``or, at the time of the
violations, was insured or held''.
Sec. 325. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for
fiscal year 2006 and thereafter, all mortgagees receiving
interest reduction payments under section 236 of the National
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1) shall submit only electronic
invoices to the Department of Housing and Development in order
to receive such payments. The mortgagees shall comply with this
requirement no later than 90 days from the date of enactment of
this provision.
Sec. 326. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
recipient of a grant under section 202b of the Housing Act of
1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q-2) after December 26, 2000, in accordance
with the unnumbered paragraph at the end of section 202b(b) of
such Act, may, at its option, establish a single-asset
nonprofit entity to own the project and may lend the grant
funds to such entity,which may be a private nonprofit
organization described in section 831 of the American Homeownership and
Economic Opportunity Act of 2000.
Sec. 327. (a) No assistance shall be provided under section
8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) to
any individual who--
(1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of
higher education (as defined under section 102 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002));
(2) is under 24 years of age;
(3) is not a veteran;
(4) is unmarried;
(5) does not have a dependent child; and
(6) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has
parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible,
to receive assistance under section 8 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f).
(b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a person
to receive assistance under section 8 of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any financial assistance
(in excess of amounts received for tuition) that an individual
receives under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001
et seq.), from private sources, or an institution of higher
education (as defined under the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be considered income to that
individual, except for a person over the age of 23 with
dependent children.
(c) Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall
issue final regulations to carry out the provisions of this
section.
Sec. 328. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
shall give priority consideration to applications from the
housing authorities of the Counties of San Bernardino and Santa
Clara and the City of San Jose, California to participate in
the Moving to Work Demonstration Agreement under Section 204,
Title V, of the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and
Appropriations Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-134, April 26,
1996): Provided, That upon turnover, existing requirements on
the re-issuance of Section 8 vouchers shall be maintained to
ensure that not less than 75 percent of all vouchers shall be
made available to extremely low-income families.
This title may be cited as the ``Department of Housing and
Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2006''.
TITLE IV
THE JUDICIARY
Supreme Court of the United States
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the operation of the Supreme
Court, as required by law, excluding care of the building and
grounds, including purchase or hire, driving, maintenance, and
operation of an automobile for the Chief Justice, not to exceed
$10,000 for the purpose of transporting Associate Justices, and
hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C.
1343 and 1344; not to exceed $10,000 for official reception and
representation expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be
expended as the Chief Justice may approve, $60,730,000, of
which $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended.
CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS
For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable the
Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties imposed upon
the Architect by the Act approved May 7, 1934 (40 U.S.C. 13a-
13b), $5,624,000, which shall remain available until expended.
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries of the chief judge, judges, and other officers
and employees, and for necessary expenses of the court, as
authorized by law, $24,000,000.
United States Court of International Trade
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries of the chief judge and eight judges, salaries
of the officers and employees of the court, services, and
necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by law,
$15,480,000.
Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For the salaries of circuit and district judges (including
judges of the territorial courts of the United States),
justices and judges retired from office or from regular active
service, judges of the United States Court of Federal Claims,
bankruptcy judges, magistrate judges, and all other officers
and employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise
specifically provided for, and necessary expenses of the
courts, as authorized by law, $4,348,780,000 (including the
purchase of firearms and ammunition); of which not to exceed
$27,817,000 shall remain availableuntil expended for space
alteration projects and for furniture and furnishings related to new
space alteration and construction projects.
In addition, for expenses of the United States Court of
Federal Claims associated with processing cases under the
National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-
660), not to exceed $3,833,000, to be appropriated from the
Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund.
DEFENDER SERVICES
For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; the
compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys
appointed to represent persons under the Criminal Justice Act
of 1964, as amended (18 U.S.C. 3006A); the compensation and
reimbursement of expenses of persons furnishing investigative,
expert and other services under the Criminal Justice Act of
1964 (18 U.S.C. 3006A(e)); the compensation (in accordance with
Criminal Justice Act maximums) and reimbursement of expenses of
attorneys appointed to assist the court in criminal cases where
the defendant has waived representation by counsel; the
compensation and reimbursement of travel expenses of guardians
ad litem acting on behalf of financially eligible minor or
incompetent offenders in connection with transfers from the
United States to foreign countries with which the United States
has a treaty for the execution of penal sentences; the
compensation of attorneys appointed to represent jurors in
civil actions for the protection of their employment, as
authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d); and for necessary training and
general administrative expenses, $717,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS
For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 U.S.C.
1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commissioners as authorized
by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensation of commissioners appointed
in condemnation cases pursuant to rule 71A(h) of the Federal
Rules of Civil Procedure (28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71A(h)),
$61,318,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
the compensation of land commissioners shall not exceed the
daily equivalent of the highest rate payable under section 5332
of title 5, United States Code.
COURT SECURITY
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
incident to the provision of protective guard services for
United States courthouses and other facilities housing Federal
court operations, and the procurement, installation, and
maintenance of security systems and equipment for United States
courthouses and other facilities housing Federal court
operations, including building ingress-egress control,
inspection of mail and packages, directed security patrols,
perimeter security, basic security services provided by the
Federal Protective Service, and other similar activities as
authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improvement and
Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100-702), $372,000,000, of
which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall remain available until
expended, to be expended directly or transferred to the United
States Marshals Service, which shall be responsible for
administering the Judicial Facility Security Program consistent
with standards or guidelines agreed to by the Director of the
Administrative Office of the United States Courts and the
Attorney General, and of which not to exceed $65,500,000 shall
remain available until expended, to be expended directly or
transferred to the United States Federal Protective Service for
costs associated with building security.
Administrative Office of the United States Courts
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office of the
United States Courts as authorized by law, including travel as
authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a passenger motor vehicle
as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), advertising and rent in the
District of Columbia and elsewhere, $70,262,000, of which not
to exceed $8,500 is authorized for official reception and
representation expenses and of which up to $1,000,000 shall be
made available to the National Academy of Public Administration
for a review of the financial and management procedures of the
Federal Judiciary.
Federal Judicial Center
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Center, as
authorized by Public Law 90-219, $22,350,000; of which
$1,800,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2007,
to provide education and training to Federal court personnel;
and of which not to exceed $1,500 is authorized for official
reception and representation expenses.
Judicial Retirement Funds
PAYMENT TO JUDICIARY TRUST FUNDS
For payment to the Judicial Officers' Retirement Fund, as
authorized by 28 U.S.C. 377(o), $36,800,000; to the Judicial
Survivors' Annuities Fund, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 376(c),
$600,000; and to the United States Court of Federal Claims
Judges' Retirement Fund, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 178(l),
$3,200,000.
United States Sentencing Commission
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the
provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States Code,
$14,400,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is authorized for
official reception and representation expenses.
Administrative Provisions--The Judiciary
Sec. 401. Appropriations and authorizations made in this
title which are available for salaries and expenses shall be
available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
Sec. 402. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made
available for the current fiscal year for the Judiciary in this
Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such
appropriation, except ``Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and
Other Judicial Services, Defender Services'' and ``Courts of
Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, Fees of
Jurors and Commissioners'', 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 sections 705 and 710 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. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
salaries and expenses appropriation for Courts of Appeals,
District Courts, and Other Judicial Services shall be available
for official reception and representation expenses of the
Judicial Conference of the United States: Provided, That such
available funds shall not exceed $11,000 and shall be
administered by the Director of the Administrative Office of
the United States Courts in the capacity as Secretary of the
Judicial Conference.
Sec. 404. Within 90 days of enactment of this Act, the
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts shall submit to the
Committees on Appropriations a comprehensive financial plan for
the Judiciary allocating all sources of available funds
including appropriations, fee collections, and carryover
balances, to include a separate and detailed plan for the
Judiciary Information Technology fund.
Sec. 405. Pursuant to section 140 of Public Law 97-92, and
from funds appropriated in this Act, Justices and judges of the
United States are authorized during fiscal year 2006, to
receive a salary adjustment in accordance with 28 U.S.C. 461.
Sec. 406. The existing judgeship for the eastern district
of Missouri authorized by section 203(c) of the Judicial
Improvements Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-650, 104 Stat. 5089)
as amended by Public Law 105-53, as of the effective date of
this Act, shall be extended. The first vacancy in the office of
district judge in this district occurring 20 years or more
after the confirmation date of the judge named to fill the
temporary judgeship created by section 203(c) shall not be
filled.
Sec. 407. (a) Section 604 of title 28, United States Code,
is amended by adding section (4) at the end of section ``(g)'':
``(4) The Director is hereby authorized:
``(A) to enter into contracts for the
acquisition of severable services for a period
that begins in one fiscal year and ends in the
next fiscal year to the same extent as the head
of an executive agency under the authority of
section 253l of 41 U.S.C.;
``(B) to enter into contracts for multiple
years for the acquisition of property and
services to the same extent as executive
agencies under the authority of section 254c of
41 U.S.C.; and
``(C) to make advance, partial, progress or
other payments under contracts for property or
services to the same extent as executive
agencies under the authority of section 255 of
41 U.S.C.''
(b) Section 612 of title 28, United States Code, is amended
by striking the current language in section (e)(2)(B) and
inserting ``such contract is in accordance with the Director's
authority in section 604(g) of 28 U.S.C.; and,''.
(c) The authorities granted in this section shall expire on
September 30, 2010.
Sec. 408. (a) The division of the court shall release to
the Congress and to the public not later than 60 days after the
date of enactment of this Act all portions of the final report
of the independent counsel of the investigation of Henry
Cisneros made under section 594(h) of title 28, United States
Code. The division of the court shall make such orders as are
appropriate to protect the rights of any individual named in
such report and to prevent undue interference with any pending
prosecution. Upon the release of the final report, the final
report shall be published pursuant to section 594(h)(3) of
title 28, United States Code.
(b)(1) After the release and publication of the final
report referred to in subsection (a), the independent counsel
shall continue his office only to the extent necessary and
appropriate to perform the noninvestigative and
nonprosecutorial tasks remaining of his statutory duties as
required to conclude the functions of his office.
(2) The duties referred to in paragraph (1) shall
specifically include--
(A) the evaluation of claims for attorney fees,
pursuant to section 593(l) of title 28, United States
Code;
(B) the transfer of records to the Archivist of the
United States pursuant to section 594(k) of title 28,
United States Code;
(C) compliance with oversight obligations pursuant
to section 595(a) of title 28, United States Code; and
(D) preparation of statements of expenditures
pursuant to section 595(c) of title 28, United States
Code.
(c)(1) The independent counsel shall have not more than 90
days after the release and publication of the final report
referred to in subsection (a) to complete his remaining
statutory duties unless the division of the court determines
that it is necessary for the independent counsel to have
additional time to complete his remaining statutory duties.
(2) If the division of the court finds that the independent
counsel needs additional time under paragraph (1), the division
of the court shall issue a public report stating the grounds
for the extension and a proposed date for completion of all
aspects of the investigation of Henry Cisneros and termination
of the office of the independent counsel.
This title may be cited as the ``Judiciary Appropriations
Act, 2006''.
TITLE V
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE
PRESIDENT
Compensation of the President
For compensation of the President, including an expense
allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as authorized by 3
U.S.C. 102, $450,000: Provided, That none of the funds made
available for official expenses shall be expended for any other
purpose and any unused amount shall revert to the Treasury
pursuant to section 1552 of title 31, United States Code.
White House Office
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the White House as authorized by
law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; subsistence
expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which shall be expended
and accounted for as provided in that section; hire of
passenger motor vehicles, newspapers, periodicals, teletype
news service, and travel (not to exceed $100,000 to be expended
and accounted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to
exceed $19,000 for official entertainment expenses, to be
available for allocation within the Executive Office of the
President, $53,830,000: Provided, That of the funds
appropriated under this heading, $1,500,000 shall be for the
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.
Executive Residence at the White House
OPERATING EXPENSES
For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration,
refurnishing, improvement, heating, and lighting, including
electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Residence at the
White House and official entertainment expenses of the
President, $12,436,000, to be expended and accounted for as
provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 112-114.
REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES
For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Residence at
the White House, such sums as may be necessary: Provided, That
all reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Residence
shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this
paragraph: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, such amount for reimbursable operating
expenses shall be the exclusive authority of the Executive
Residence to incur obligations and to receive offsetting
collections, for such expenses: Provided further, That the
Executive Residence shall require each person sponsoring a
reimbursable political event to pay in advance an amount equal
to the estimated cost of the event, and all such advance
payments shall be credited to this account and remain available
until expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence
shall require the national committee of the political party of
the President to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be separately
accounted for and available for expenses relating to
reimbursable political events sponsored by such committee
during such fiscal year: Provided further, That the Executive
Residence shall ensure that a written notice of any amount owed
for a reimbursable operating expense under this paragraph is
submitted to the person owing such amount within 60 days after
such expense is incurred, and that such amount is collected
within 30 days after the submission of such notice: Provided
further, That the Executive Residence shall charge interest and
assess penalties and other charges on any such amount that is
not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with the
interest and penalty provisions applicable to an outstanding
debt on a United States Government claim under section 3717 of
title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That each such
amount that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest and
charges, shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous
receipts: Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall
prepare and submitto the Committees on Appropriations, by not
later than 90 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this
Act, a report setting forth the reimbursable operating expenses of the
Executive Residence during the preceding fiscal year, including the
total amount of such expenses, the amount of such total that consists
of reimbursable official and ceremonial events, the amount of such
total that consists of reimbursable political events, and the portion
of each such amount that has been reimbursed as of the date of the
report: Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall maintain a
system for the tracking of expenses related to reimbursable events
within the Executive Residence that includes a standard for the
classification of any such expense as political or nonpolitical:
Provided further, That no provision of this paragraph may be construed
to exempt the Executive Residence from any other applicable requirement
of subchapter I or II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States Code.
White House Repair and Restoration
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the
Executive Residence at the White House, $1,700,000, to remain
available until expended, for required maintenance, safety and
health issues, and continued preventative maintenance.
Council of Economic Advisers
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic Advisers
in carrying out its functions under the Employment Act of 1946
(15 U.S.C. 1021), $4,040,000.
Office of Policy Development
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Development,
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C.
107, $3,500,000.
National Security Council
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the National Security Council,
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $8,705,000.
Office of Administration
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration,
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C.
107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $89,322,000, of
which $11,768,000 shall remain available until expended for the
Capital Investment Plan for continued modernization of the
information technology infrastructure within the Executive
Office of the President.
Office of Management and Budget
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Management and
Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and to carry out the provisions
of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, $76,930,000, of
which not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for official
representation expenses: Provided, That, as provided in 31
U.S.C. 1301(a), appropriations shall be applied only to the
objects for which appropriations were made and shall be
allocated in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth
in the accompanying statement of the managers except as
otherwise provided by law: Provided further, That none of the
funds appropriated in this Act for the Office of Management and
Budget may be used for the purpose of reviewing any
agricultural marketing orders or any activities or regulations
under the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement
Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further, That none
of the funds made available for the Office of Management and
Budget by this Act may be expended for the altering of the
transcript of actual testimony of witnesses, except for
testimony of officials of the Office of Management and Budget,
before the Committees on Appropriations or their subcommittees:
Provided further, That the preceding shall not apply to printed
hearings released by the Committees on Appropriations: Provided
further, That none of the funds provided in this or prior Acts
shall be used, directly or indirectly, by the Office of
Management and Budget, for evaluating or determining if water
resource project or study reports submitted by the Chief of
Engineers acting through the Secretary of the Army are in
compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and
requirements relevant to the Civil Works water resource
planning process: Provided further, That the Office of
Management and Budget shall have not more than 60 days in which
to perform budgetary policy reviews of water resource matters
on which the Chief of Engineers has reported. The Director of
the Office of Management and Budget shall notify the
appropriate authorizing and Appropriations Committees when the
60-day review is initiated. If water resource reports have not
been transmitted to the appropriate authorizing and
appropriating committees within 15 days of the end of the OMB
review period based on the notification from the Director,
Congress shall assume OMB concurrence with the report and act
accordingly.
Office of National Drug Control Policy
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug
Control Policy; for research activities pursuant tothe Office
of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C.
1701 et seq.); not to exceed $10,000 for official reception and
representation expenses; and for participation in joint projects or in
the provision of services on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit,
research, or public organizations or agencies, with or without
reimbursement, $26,908,000; of which $1,316,000 shall remain available
until expended for policy research and evaluation: Provided, That the
Office is authorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts,
both real and personal, public and private, without fiscal year
limitation, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the
Office.
COUNTERDRUG TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CENTER
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for the Counterdrug Technology
Assessment Center for research activities pursuant to the
Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of
1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), $30,000,000, which shall remain
available until expended, consisting of $14,000,000 for
counternarcotics research and development projects, of which up
to $1,000,000 is to be directed to supply reduction activities,
and $16,000,000 for the continued operation of the technology
transfer program: Provided, That the $14,000,000 for
counternarcotics research and development projects shall be
available for transfer to other Federal departments or
agencies.
Federal Drug Control Programs
HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug
Control Policy's High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program,
$227,000,000 for drug control activities consistent with the
approved strategy for each of the designated High Intensity
Drug Trafficking Areas, of which no less than 51 percent shall
be transferred to State and local entities for drug control
activities, which shall be obligated within 120 days of the
date of the enactment of this Act: Provided, That up to 49
percent, to remain available until September 30, 2007, may be
transferred to Federal agencies and departments at a rate to be
determined by the Director, of which not less than $2,000,000
shall be used for auditing services and associated activities,
and at least $500,000 of the $2,000,000 shall be used to
develop and implement a data collection system to measure the
performance of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas
Program: Provided further, That High Intensity Drug Trafficking
Areas programs designated as of September 30, 2005, shall be
funded at no less than the fiscal year 2005 initial allocation
levels unless the Director submits to the Committees on
Appropriations, and the Committees approve, justification for
changes in those levels based on clearly articulated priorities
for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas programs, as well
as published Office of National Drug Control Policy performance
measures of effectiveness: Provided further, That a request
shall be submitted in compliance with the reprogramming
guidelines to the Committees on Appropriations for approval
prior to the obligation of funds of an amount in excess of the
fiscal year 2005 budget request: Provided further, That none of
the funds made available under this heading shall be available
for the Consolidated Priority Organization Target program.
OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For activities to support a national anti-drug campaign for
youth, and for other purposes, authorized by the Office of
National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (21
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), $194,900,000, to remain available until
expended, of which the amounts are available as follows:
$100,000,000 to support a national media campaign, as
authorized by the Drug-Free Media Campaign Act of 1998:
Provided, That the Office of National Drug Control Policy shall
maintain funding for non-advertising services for the media
campaign at no less than the fiscal year 2003 ratio of service
funding to total funds and shall continue the corporate
outreach program as it operated prior to its cancellation;
$80,000,000 to continue a program of matching grants to drug-
free communities, of which $2,000,000 shall be a directed grant
to the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America for the
National Community Anti-Drug Coalition Institute, as authorized
in chapter 2 of the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988,
as amended; $1,000,000 for the National Drug Court Institute;
$1,000,000 for the National Alliance for Model State Drug Laws;
$8,500,000 for the United States Anti-Doping Agency for anti-
doping activities; $2,900,000 for the United States membership
dues to the World Anti-Doping Agency; and $1,500,000 for
evaluations and research related to National Drug Control
Program performance measures: Provided further, That such funds
may be transferred to other Federal departments and agencies to
carry out such activities: Provided further, That of the
amounts appropriated for a national media campaign, not to
exceed 10 percent shall be for administration, advertising
production, research and testing, labor and related costs of
the national media campaign.
Unanticipated Needs
For expenses necessary to enable the President to meet
unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national interest,
security, or defense which may arise at home orabroad during
the current fiscal year, as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 108, $1,000,000.
Special Assistance to the President
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President to
provide assistance to the President in connection with
specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence expenses as
authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be expended and
accounted for as provided in that section; and hire of
passenger motor vehicles, $4,455,000.
Official Residence of the Vice President
OPERATING EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, and to
the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and lighting,
including electric power and fixtures, of the official
residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger motor
vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 for official entertainment
expenses of the Vice President, to be accounted for solely on
his certificate, $325,000: Provided, That advances or
repayments or transfers from this appropriation may be made to
any department or agency for expenses of carrying out such
activities.
This title may be cited as the ``Executive Office of the
President Appropriations Act, 2006''.
TITLE VI
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Architectural and
Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized by
section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended,
$5,941,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision
of law, there may be credited to this appropriation funds
received for publications and training expenses.
Consumer Product Safety Commission
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles,
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the
maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, purchase of nominal
awards to recognize non-Federal officials' contributions to
Commission activities, and not to exceed $500 for official
reception and representation expenses, $63,000,000 of which up
to $500,000 shall be used to coordinate with the Administrator
of the Environmental Protection Agency in the Agency's study
pursuant to H.R. 2361, as passed by the Senate in the first
session of the 109th Congress, to assess safety risks to both
persons and the environment with regard to small engines, as
required in Public Law 108-199, including real-world scenarios
involving, among other things, operator burn, fire due to
contact with flammable items, and refueling.
Election Assistance Commission
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the Help America Vote
Act of 2002, $14,200,000, of which $2,800,000 shall be
transferred to the National Institute of Standards and
Technology for election reform activities authorized under the
Help America Vote Act of 2002.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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, as amended, $31,000,000, to be derived from the Bank
Insurance Fund, the Savings Association Insurance Fund, and the
FSLIC Resolution Fund.
Federal Election Commission
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, $54,700,000,
of which no less than $4,700,000 shall be available for
internal automated data processing systems, and of which not to
exceed $5,000 shall be available for reception and
representation expenses.
Federal Labor Relations Authority
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorganization
Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service Reform Act of
1978, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and
including hire of experts and consultants, hire of passenger
motor vehicles, and rental of conference rooms in the District
of Columbia and elsewhere, $25,468,000: Provided, That public
members of the Federal Service Impasses Panel may be paid
travel expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence as
authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed
intermittently in the Government service, and compensation as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees
charged to non-Federal participants at labor-management
relations conferences shall be credited to and merged with this
account, to be available without further appropriation for the
costs of carrying out these conferences.
Federal Maritime Commission
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Commission
as authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant Marine Act,
1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. App. 1111), including services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles
as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); and uniforms or allowances
therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902, $20,499,000:
Provided, That not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for
official reception and representation expenses.
General Services Administration
REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND
LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
To carry out the purposes of the Fund established pursuant
to section 210(f) of the Federal Property and Administrative
Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 592), the revenues
and collections deposited into the Fund shall be available for
necessary expenses of real property management and related
activities not otherwise provided for, including operation,
maintenance, and protection of federally owned and leased
buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia;
restoration of leased premises; moving governmental agencies
(including space adjustments and telecommunications relocation
expenses) in connection with the assignment, allocation and
transfer of space; contractual services incident to cleaning or
servicing buildings, and moving; repair and alteration of
federally owned buildings including grounds, approaches and
appurtenances; care and safeguarding of sites; maintenance,
preservation, demolition, and equipment; acquisition of
buildings and sites by purchase, condemnation, or as otherwise
authorized by law; acquisition of options to purchase buildings
and sites; conversion and extension of federally owned
buildings; preliminary planning and design of projects by
contract or otherwise; construction of new buildings (including
equipment for such buildings); and payment of principal,
interest, and any other obligations for public buildings
acquired by installment purchase and purchase contract; in the
aggregate amount of $7,752,745,000, of which: (1) $792,056,000
shall remain available until expended for construction
(including funds for sites and expenses and associated design
and construction services) of additional projects at the
following locations:
New Construction:
Alabama:
Tuscaloosa, Federal Building,
$34,500,000.
California:
San Diego, United States
Courthouse, $230,803,000.
Colorado:
Lakewood, Denver Federal Center
Infrastructure, $4,658,000.
District of Columbia:
Coast Guard Consolidation,
$24,900,000.
St. Elizabeths West Campus
Infrastructure, $13,095,000.
Southeast Federal Center Site
Remediation, $15,000,000.
Illinois:
Rockford Federal Courthouse,
$34,500,000.
Maine:
Calais, Border Station,
$50,146,000.
Jackman, Border Station,
$12,788,000.
Maryland:
Montgomery County, Food and Drug
Administration Consolidation,
$127,600,000.
Mississippi:
Jackson, United States Courthouse,
$8,750,000.
Missouri:
Jefferson City, United States
Courthouse, $5,200,000.
New York:
Champlain, Border Station,
$52,510,000.
Massena, Border Station,
$49,783,000.
Texas:
Austin, United States Courthouse,
$3,000,000.
Washington:
Blaine, Peace Arch Border Station,
$46,534,000.
Material Price Increases for the following existing
projects: U.S. Mission to the United Nations, New York
City, New York; FBI Office, Houston, Texas; Border
Station, Del Rio, Texas; United States Courthouse, Cape
Girardeau, Missouri; United States Courthouse, El Paso,
Texas; Border Station, El Paso, Texas; and United
States Courthouse, Las Cruces, New Mexico, $66,789,000.
Non-prospectus Construction, $9,500,000:
Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs on new
construction projects may be exceeded to the extent that
savings are effected in other such projects, but not to exceed
10 percent of the amounts included in an approved prospectus,
if required, unless advance approval is obtained from the
Committees on Appropriations of a greater amount: Provided
further, That all funds for direct construction projects shall
expire on September 30, 2007 and remain in the Federal
Buildings Fund except for funds for projects as to which funds
for design or other funds have been obligated in whole or in
part prior to such date; (2) $861,376,000 shall remain
available until expended for repairs and alterations, which
includes associated design and construction services:
Repairs and Alterations:
Arizona:
Tucson, James A. Walsh United
States Courthouse, $16,136,000.
District of Columbia:
For transfer to the Navy for
certain permanent relocation expenses
pursuant to section 1(e) of Public Law
108-268, $2,000,000.
Eisenhower Executive Office
Building, $33,417,000.
Federal Office Building 8,
$47,769,000.
Heating, Operation, and
Transmission District Repair,
$18,783,000.
Herbert C. Hoover Building,
$54,491,000.
Main Interior Federal Building,
$41,399,000.
Georgia:
Atlanta, Martin Luther King, Jr.,
Federal Building, $30,129,000.
New York:
Brooklyn, Emanuel Celler
Courthouse, $96,924,000.
New York City, James Watson Federal
Building and United States Courthouse,
$9,721,000.
Special Emphasis Programs:
Chlorofluorocarbons Program, $10,000,000.
Energy Program, $28,000,000.
Glass Fragmentation Program, $15,700,000.
Design Program, $21,915,000.
Basic Repairs and Alterations, $434,992,000:
Provided further, That funds made available in this or any
previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs and
Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, be limited to the
amount identified for each project, except each project in this
or any previous Act may be increased by an amount not to exceed
10 percent unless advance approval is obtained from the
Committees on Appropriations of a greater amount: Provided
further, That additional projects for which prospectuses have
been fully approved may be funded under this category only if
advance approval is obtained from the Committees on
Appropriations: Provided further, That the amounts provided in
this or any prior Act for ``Repairs and Alterations'' may be
used to fund costs associated with implementing security
improvements to buildings necessary to meet the minimum
standards for security in accordance with current law and in
compliance with the reprogramming guidelines of the appropriate
Committees of the House and Senate: Provided further, That the
difference between the funds appropriated and expended on any
projects in this or any prior Act, under the heading ``Repairs
and Alterations'', may be transferred to Basic Repairs and
Alterations or used to fund authorized increases in prospectus
projects: Provided further, That all funds for repairs and
alterations prospectus projects shall expire on September 30,
2007 and remain in the Federal Buildings Fund except funds for
projects as to which funds for design or other funds have been
obligated in whole or in part prior to such date: Provided
further, That the amount provided in this or any prior Act for
Basic Repairs and Alterations may be used to pay claims against
the Government arising from any projects under the heading
``Repairs and Alterations'' or used to fund authorized
increases in prospectus projects; (3) $168,180,000 for
installment acquisition payments including payments on purchase
contracts which shall remain available until expended; (4)
$4,046,031,000 for rental of space which shall remain available
until expended; and (5) $1,885,102,000 for building operations
which shall remain available until expended: Provided further,
That funds available to the General Services Administration
shall not be available for expenses of any construction,
repair, alteration and acquisition project for which a
prospectus, if required by the Public Buildings Act of 1959, as
amended, has not been approved, except that necessary funds may
be expended for each project for required expenses for the
development of a proposed prospectus: Provided further, That
funds available in the Federal Buildings Fund may be expended
for emergency repairs when advance approval is obtained from
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further,
That,notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator of
the General Services Administration is authorized and directed to
proceed with site, design, acquisition, and construction for a new
courthouse in Jefferson City, Missouri, of which planning and design
funding is provided in this Act: Provided further, That amounts
necessary to provide reimbursable special services to other agencies
under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Administrative
Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2)) and amounts to
provide such reimbursable fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other
facilities on private or other property not in Government ownership or
control as may be appropriate to enable the United States Secret
Service to perform its protective functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056,
shall be available from such revenues and collections: Provided
further, That revenues and collections and any other sums accruing to
this Fund during fiscal year 2006, excluding reimbursements under
section 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services
Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2)) in excess of the aggregate new
obligational authority authorized for Real Property Activities of the
Federal Buildings Fund in this Act shall remain in the Fund and shall
not be available for expenditure except as authorized in appropriations
Acts.
GENERAL ACTIVITIES
GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for,
for Government-wide policy and evaluation activities associated
with the management of real and personal property assets and
certain administrative services; Government-wide policy support
responsibilities relating to acquisition, telecommunications,
information technology management, and related technology
activities; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$52,796,000.
OPERATING EXPENSES
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for,
for Government-wide activities associated with utilization and
donation of surplus personal property; disposal of real
property; providing Internet access to Federal information and
services; agency-wide policy direction and management, and
Board of Contract Appeals; accounting, records management, and
other support services incident to adjudication of Indian
Tribal Claims by the United States Court of Federal Claims;
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed
$7,500 for official reception and representation expenses,
$99,890,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General
and service authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $43,410,000: Provided,
That not to exceed $15,000 shall be available for payment for
information and detection of fraud against the Government,
including payment for recovery of stolen Government property:
Provided further, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available
for awards to employees of other Federal agencies and private
citizens in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in
enhanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness.
ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses in support of interagency projects
that enable the Federal Government to expand its ability to
conduct activities electronically, through the development and
implementation of innovative uses of the Internet and other
electronic methods, $3,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That these funds may be transferred to
Federal agencies to carry out the purposes of the Fund:
Provided further, That this transfer authority shall be in
addition to any other transfer authority provided in this Act:
Provided further, That such transfers may not be made until 10
days after a proposed spending plan and justification for each
project to be undertaken has been submitted to the Committees
on Appropriations.
ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER PRESIDENTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 25,
1958, as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95-138,
$2,952,000: Provided, That the Administrator of General
Services shall transfer to the Secretary of the Treasury such
sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of such
Acts.
FEDERAL CITIZEN INFORMATION CENTER FUND
For necessary expenses of the Federal Citizen Information
Center, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$15,000,000, to be deposited into the Federal Citizen
Information Center Fund: Provided, That the appropriations,
revenues, and collections deposited into the Fund shall be
available for necessary expenses of Federal Citizen Information
Center activities in the aggregate amount not to exceed
$32,000,000. Appropriations, revenues, and collections accruing
to this Fund during fiscal year 2006 in excess of such amount
shall remain in the Fund and shall not be available for
expenditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Sec. 601. The appropriate appropriation or fund available
to the General Services Administration shall be credited with
the cost of operation, protection, maintenance, upkeep, repair,
and improvement, included as part of rentals received from
Government corporations pursuant to law (40 U.S.C. 129).
Sec. 602. Funds available to the General Services
Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger
motor vehicles.
Sec. 603. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made
available for fiscal year 2006 for Federal Buildings Fund
activities may be transferred between such activities only to
the extent necessary to meet program requirements: Provided,
That any proposed transfers shall be approved in advance by the
Committees on Appropriations.
Sec. 604. Except as otherwise provided in this title, no
funds made available by this Act shall be used to transmit a
fiscal year 2007 request for United States Courthouse
construction that: (1) does not meet the design guide standards
for construction as established and approved by the General
Services Administration, the Judicial Conference of the United
States, and the Office of Management and Budget; and (2) does
not reflect the priorities of the Judicial Conference of the
United States as set out in its approved 5-year construction
plan: Provided, That the fiscal year 2007 request must be
accompanied by a standardized courtroom utilization study of
each facility to be constructed, replaced, or expanded.
Sec. 605. None of the funds provided in this Act may be
used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, provide
cleaning services, security enhancements, or any other service
usually provided through the Federal Buildings Fund, to any
agency that does not pay the rate per square foot assessment
for space and services as determined by the General Services
Administration in compliance with the Public Buildings
Amendments Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-313).
Sec. 606. From funds made available under the heading
``Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Availability of
Revenue'', claims against the Government of less than $250,000
arising from direct construction projects and acquisition of
buildings may be liquidated from savings effected in other
construction projects with prior notification to the Committees
on Appropriations.
Sec. 607. The General Services Administration shall conduct
a program to promote the use of stairs in all Federal
buildings.
Sec. 608. No funds shall be used by the General Services
Administration to reorganize its organizational structure
without approval by the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations through an operating plan change.
Sec. 609. In the case of any General Services
Administration (GSA) project subject to its published design
criteria or specifications of any solicitations for offers
issued for construction of a Federal building or courthouse and
to the extent GSA utilizes, references or relies on any
sustainable building rating systems that award credit for
certified wood products, GSA shall ensure credit under its
procedures and requirements to any project that uses wood or
wood products certified by a credible third party sustainable
forest certification program, including the Sustainable
Forestry Initiative and the Forest Stewardship Council:
Provided, That not later than 60 days after enactment of this
Act, the Administrator shall report to the relevant
congressional committees of jurisdiction on the progress and
next steps toward recognition of other credible sustainable
building rating systems within the GSA sustainable building
procurement process.
Sec. 610. For purposes of the eTravel system, no less than
23 percent of all subcontracted dollars shall be allocated to
small businesses.
Merit Systems Protection Board
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Merit
Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganization Plan
Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, and
the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note),
as amended, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and
elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, direct procurement
of survey printing, and not to exceed $2,000 for official
reception and representation expenses, $35,600,000 together
with not to exceed $2,605,000 for administrative expenses to
adjudicate retirement appeals to be transferred from the Civil
Service Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts determined by
the Merit Systems Protection Board.
Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental
Policy Foundation
MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL
POLICY TRUST FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For payment to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and
Excellence in National Environmental Policy Trust Fund,
pursuant to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in
National Environmental and Native AmericanPublic Policy Act of
1992 (20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), $2,000,000, to remain available until
expended, of which up to $50,000 shall be used to conduct financial
audits pursuant to the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002
(Public Law 107-289) notwithstanding sections 8 and 9 of Public Law
102-259: Provided, That up to 60 percent of such funds may be
transferred by the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in
National Environmental Policy Foundation for the necessary expenses of
the Native Nations Institute.
ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND
For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund to
carry out activities authorized in the Environmental Policy and
Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, $1,900,000, to remain
available until expended.
National Archives and Records Administration
OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary expenses in connection with the
administration of the National Archives and Records
Administration (including the Information Security Oversight
Office) and archived Federal records and related activities, as
provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the review and
declassification of documents, and for the hire of passenger
motor vehicles, $283,045,000: Provided, That the Archivist of
the United States is authorized to use any excess funds
available from the amount borrowed for construction of the
National Archives facility, for expenses necessary to provide
adequate storage for holdings: Provided further, That of the
funds provided in this paragraph, $2,000,000 shall be for
initial move of records, staffing, and operations of the Nixon
Library.
ELECTRONIC RECORDS ARCHIVES
For necessary expenses in connection with the development
of the electronic records archives, to include all direct
project costs associated with research, analysis, design,
development, and program management, $37,914,000, of which
$22,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2008:
Provided, That none of the multi-year funds may be obligated
until the National Archives and Records Administration submits
to the Committees on Appropriations, and such Committees
approve, a plan for expenditure that: (1) meets the capital
planning and investment control review requirements established
by the Office of Management and Budget, including Circular A-
11; (2) complies with the National Archives and Records
Administration's enterprise architecture; (3) conforms with the
National Archives and Records Administration's enterprise life
cycle methodology; (4) is approved by the National Archives and
Records Administration and the Office of Management and Budget;
(5) has been reviewed by the Government Accountability Office;
and (6) complies with the acquisition rules, requirements,
guidelines, and systems acquisition management practices of the
Federal Government.
REPAIRS AND RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of archives
facilities, and to provide adequate storage for holdings,
$9,682,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$1,500,000 is to construct a new regional archives and records
facility in Anchorage, Alaska, and of which $1,000,000 is for
the repair and restoration of the plaza that surrounds the
Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library that is under the
joint control and custody of the University of Texas: Provided,
That such funds may be transferred directly to the University
and used, together with University funds, for repair and
restoration of the plaza and remain available until expended
for this purpose: Provided further, That such funds shall be
spent in accordance with the construction plan submitted to the
Committees on Appropriations on March 14, 2005: Provided
further, That the Archivist shall be prohibited from entering
into any agreement with the University or any other party that
requires additional funding commitments on behalf of the
Federal Government.
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS COMMISSION
GRANTS PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for
historical publications and records as authorized by 44 U.S.C.
2504, as amended, $7,500,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That of the funds provided in this
paragraph, $2,000,000 shall be transferred to the operating
expenses account for operating expenses of the National
Historical Publications and Records Administration.
National Credit Union Administration
CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY
During fiscal year 2006, gross obligations of the Central
Liquidity Facility for the principal amount of new direct loans
to member credit unions, as authorized by 12 U.S.C. 1795 et
seq., shall not exceed $1,500,000,000: Provided, That
administrative expenses of the Central Liquidity Facility in
fiscal year 2006 shall not exceed $323,000.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND
For the Community Development Revolving Loan Fund program
as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822 and 9910, $950,000 shall
be available until September 30,2007 for technical assistance
to low-income designated credit unions, and amounts of principal and
interest on loans repaid shall be available until expended for low-
income designated credit unions.
National Transportation Safety Board
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the National Transportation
Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and
aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates
for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to
the rate for a GS-15; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as
authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902) $76,700,000, of which
not to exceed $2,000 may be used for official reception and
representation expenses.
(RESCISSION)
Of the available unobligated balances made available under
Public Law 106-246, $1,000,000 are rescinded.
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION
For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as authorized
by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act (42 U.S.C.
8101-8107), $118,000,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be for a
multi-family rental housing program.
Office of Government Ethics
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office
of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in Government Act
of 1978, as amended and the Ethics Reform Act of 1989,
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of
conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere,
hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $1,500 for
official reception and representation expenses, $11,148,000.
Office of Personnel Management
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office
of Personnel Management pursuant to Reorganization Plan
Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978,
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; medical
examinations performed for veterans by private physicians on a
fee basis; rental of conference rooms in the District of
Columbia and elsewhere; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not
to exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation
expenses; advances for reimbursements to applicable funds of
the Office of Personnel Management and the Federal Bureau of
Investigation for expenses incurred under Executive Order No.
10422 of January 9, 1953, as amended; and payment of per diem
and/or subsistence allowances to employees where Voting Rights
Act activities require an employee to remain overnight at his
or her post of duty, $122,521,000, of which $6,983,000 shall
remain available until expended for the Enterprise Human
Resources Integration project; $1,450,000 shall remain
available until expended for the Human Resources Line of
Business project; $500,000 shall remain available until
expended for the E-Training project; and $1,412,000 shall
remain available until expended until September 30, 2007 for
the E-Payroll project; and in addition $100,017,000 for
administrative expenses, to be transferred from the appropriate
trust funds of the Office of Personnel Management without
regard to other statutes, including direct procurement of
printed materials, for the retirement and insurance programs:
Provided, That the provisions of this appropriation shall not
affect the authority to use applicable trust funds as provided
by sections 8348(a)(1)(B), and 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 5, United
States Code: Provided further, That no part of this
appropriation shall be available for salaries and expenses of
the Legal Examining Unit of the Office of Personnel Management
established pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358 of July 1,
1943, or any successor unit of like purpose: Provided further,
That the President's Commission on White House Fellows,
established by Executive Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964,
may, during fiscal year 2006, accept donations of money,
property, and personal services: Provided further, That such
donations, including those from prior years, may be used for
the development of publicity materials to provide information
about the White House Fellows, except that no such donations
shall be accepted for travel or reimbursement of travel
expenses, or for the salaries of employees of such Commission.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act, as
amended, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
hire of passenger motor vehicles, $2,071,000, and in addition,
not to exceed $16,329,000 for administrative expenses to audit,
investigate, and provide other oversight of the Office of
Personnel Management's retirement and insurance programs, to be
transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of
Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector General:
Provided, That the Inspector General is authorized to rent
conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere.
GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES HEALTH BENEFITS
For payment of Government contributions with respect to
retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 of title 5,
United States Code, and the Retired Federal Employees Health
Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849), as amended, such sums as may be
necessary.
GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEE LIFE INSURANCE
For payment of Government contributions with respect to
employees retiring after December 31, 1989, as required by
chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, such sums as may be
necessary.
PAYMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY FUND
For financing the unfunded liability of new and increased
annuity benefits becoming effective on or after October 20,
1969, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and annuities under
special Acts to be credited to the Civil Service Retirement and
Disability Fund, such sums as may be necessary: Provided, That
annuities authorized by the Act of May 29, 1944, as amended,
and the Act of August 19, 1950, as amended (33 U.S.C. 771-775),
may hereafterbe paid out of the Civil Service Retirement and
Disability Fund.
Office of Special Counsel
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office
of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2
of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-
454), as amended, the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989
(Public Law 101-12), as amended, Public Law 107-304, and the
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act of 1994
(Public Law 103-353), including services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for witnesses, rental
of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere,
and hire of passenger motor vehicles; $15,325,000.
Selective Service System
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System,
including expenses of attendance at meetings and of training
for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective Service
System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101-4118 for civilian
employees; purchase of uniforms, or allowances therefor, as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; hire of passenger motor
vehicles; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to
exceed $750 for official reception and representation expenses;
$25,000,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal year, the
President may exempt this appropriation from the provisions of
31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President deems such action to be
necessary in the interest of national defense: Provided
further, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be
expended for or in connection with the induction of any person
into the Armed Forces of the United States.
United States Interagency Council on Homelessness
OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries,
authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental
of conference rooms, and the employment of experts and
consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code)
of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness in
carrying out the functions pursuant to title II of the
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended, $1,800,000.
Title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as
amended, is amended in section 209 by striking ``2005'' and
inserting ``2006''.
United States Postal Service
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue forgone
on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to subsections (c) and
(d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States Code,
$116,350,000, of which $73,000,000 shall not be available for
obligation until October 1, 2006: Provided, That mail for
overseas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be
free: Provided further, That 6-day delivery and rural delivery
of mail shall continue at not less than the 1983 level:
Provided further, That none of the funds made available to the
Postal Service by this Act shall be used to implement any rule,
regulation, or policy of charging any officer or employee of
any State or local child support enforcement agency, or any
individual participating in a State or local program of child
support enforcement, a fee for information requested or
provided concerning an address of a postal customer: Provided
further, That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be
used to consolidate or close small rural and other small post
offices in fiscal year 2006.
United States Tax Court
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting and
other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $47,998,000:
Provided, That travel expenses of the judges shall be paid upon
the written certificate of the judge.
TITLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS THIS ACT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Sec. 701. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year
2006 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall be
absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or previous
appropriations Acts.
Sec. 702. None of the funds in this Act shall be used for
the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses
of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in
regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act.
Sec. 703. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year,
nor may any be transferred to other appropriations, unless
expressly so provided herein.
Sec. 704. The expenditure of any appropriation under this
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract
pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall
be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a
matter of public record and available for public inspection,
except where otherwise providedunder existing law, or under
existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
Sec. 705. 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. 706. None of the funds made available by this Act
shall be available for any activity or for paying the salary of
any Government employee where funding an activity or paying a
salary to a Government employee would result in a decision,
determination, rule, regulation, or policy that would prohibit
the enforcement of section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19
U.S.C. 1307).
Sec. 707. No part of any appropriation contained in this
Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person filling
a position, other than a temporary position, formerly held by
an employee who has left to enter the Armed Forces of the
United States and has satisfactorily completed his period of
active military or naval service, and has within 90 days after
his release from such service or from hospitalization
continuing after discharge for a period of not more than 1
year, made application for restoration to his former position
and has been certified by the Office of Personnel Management as
still qualified to perform the duties of his former position
and has not been restored thereto.
Sec. 708. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may be
expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in
expending the assistance the entity will comply with sections 2
through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c,
popularly known as the ``Buy American Act'').
Sec. 709. No funds appropriated or otherwise made available
under this Act shall be made available to any person or entity
that has been convicted of violating the Buy American Act (41
U.S.C. 10a-10c).
Sec. 710. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, none of
the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous
appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in this
Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in
fiscal year 2006, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury
derived by the collection of fees and available to the agencies
funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or
expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates
a new program; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
(3) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, or
activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by the
Congress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific
activity by either the House or Senate Committees on
Appropriations for a different purpose; (5) augments existing
programs, projects, or activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10
percent, whichever is less; (6) reduces existing programs,
projects, or activities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever
is less; or (7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a branch,
division, office, bureau, board, commission, agency,
administration, or department different from the budget
justifications submitted to the Committees on Appropriations or
the table accompanying the statement of the managers
accompanying this Act, whichever is more detailed, unless prior
approval is received from the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations: Provided, That not later than 60 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of
the Senate and of the House of Representatives to establish the
baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer
authorities for the current fiscal year: Provided further, That
the report shall include: (1) a table for each appropriation
with a separate column to display the President's budget
request, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due to
enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year
enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table for each
appropriation both by object class and program, project, and
activity as detailed in the budget appendix for the respective
appropriation; and (3) an identification of items of special
congressional interest: Provided further, That the amount
appropriated or limited for salaries and expenses for an agency
shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after the
required date that the report has not been submitted to the
Congress.
Sec. 711. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law,
not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining
available at the end of fiscal year 2006 from appropriations
made available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2006
in this Act, shall remain available through September 30, 2007,
for each such account for the purposes authorized: Provided,
That a request shall be submitted to the Committees on
Appropriations for approval prior to the expenditure of such
funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be made in
compliance with reprogramming guidelines.
Sec. 712. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used by the Executive Office of the President to request
from the Federal Bureau of Investigation any official
background investigation report on any individual, except
when--
(1) such individual has given his or her express
written consent for such request not more than 6months
prior to the date of such request and during the same presidential
administration; or
(2) such request is required due to extraordinary
circumstances involving national security.
Sec. 713. The cost accounting standards promulgated under
section 26 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act
(Public Law 93-400; 41 U.S.C. 422) shall not apply with respect
to a contract under the Federal Employees Health Benefits
Program established under chapter 89 of title 5, United States
Code.
Sec. 714. For the purpose of resolving litigation and
implementing any settlement agreements regarding the nonforeign
area cost-of-living allowance program, the Office of Personnel
Management may accept and utilize (without regard to any
restriction on unanticipated travel expenses imposed in an
Appropriations Act) funds made available to the Office pursuant
to court approval.
Sec. 715. No funds appropriated by this Act shall be
available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative
expenses in connection with any health plan under the Federal
employees health benefits program which provides any benefits
or coverage for abortions.
Sec. 716. The provision of section 715 shall not apply
where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus
were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the result of an act
of rape or incest.
Sec. 717. In order to promote Government access to
commercial information technology, the restriction on
purchasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set
forth in the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.), shall
not apply to the acquisition by the Federal Government of
information technology (as defined in section 11101 of title
40, United States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined
in section 4(12) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy
Act (41 U.S.C. 403(12)).
Sec. 718. None of the funds made available in the Act may
be used to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce--
(1) the proposed rule relating to the determination
that real estate brokerage is an activity that is
financial in nature or incidental to a financial
activity published in the Federal Register on January
3, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 307 et seq.); or
(2) the revision proposed in such rule to section
1501.2 of title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
Sec. 719. All Federal agencies and departments that are
funded under this Act shall issue a report to the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations on all sole source
contracts by no later than July 31, 2006. Such report shall
include the contractor, the amount of the contract and the
rationale for using a sole source contract.
Sec. 720. The Secretary of the Treasury may transfer funds
from amounts appropriated under title II of this Act for any
costs necessary to pay for both career and non-career senior
Treasury officials and support staff in locations of economic
strategic interest throughout the world. Such positions would
be used to advocate positions of interest to the United States
Government, including open and fair financial markets,
consistent with the Secretary's obligation under the Gold
Reserve Act of 1934 (48 Stat. 337) to promote orderly exchange
arrangements and an orderly system of exchange rates. Any
transfer shall not be made available until approved in an
operating plan request by the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations.
Sec. 721. Section 640(c) of the Treasury and General
Government Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-58; 2
U.S.C. 437g note), as amended by section 642 of the Treasury
and General Government Appropriations Act, 2002 (Public Law
107-67) and by section 639 of the Transportation, Treasury, and
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108-
199), is amended by striking ``December 31, 2005'' and
inserting ``December 31, 2008''.
Sec. 722. The Secretary of the Treasury may make payments
from the Treasury Forfeiture Fund to reimburse the United
States Secret Service for costs of protecting the Secretary of
the Treasury: Provided, That the United States Secret Service
shall provide the Department of the Treasury with a detailed,
itemized list of expenses associated with such protection:
Provided further, That the Comptroller General shall review all
expenditures related to such protection and shall determine if
each expense is a reasonable and unavoidable cost of this
protection: Provided further, That all such reimbursable
expenses shall be subject to a memorandum of understanding
between the Department of the Treasury and the United States
Secret Service.
Sec. 723. Section 101 of the Second Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act to Meet Immediate Needs Arising From the
Consequences of Hurricane Katrina, 2005 (Public Law 109-62; 119
Stat. 1992) is repealed.
Sec. 724. (a) In General.--None of the funds appropriated
or otherwise made available by this Act may be used for any
Federal Government contract with any foreign incorporated
entity which is treated as an inverted domestic corporation
under section 835(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6
U.S.C. 395(b)) or any subsidiary of such an entity.
(b) Waivers.--
(1) In general.--Any Secretary shall waive
subsection (a) with respect to any Federal Government
contract under the authority of such Secretaryif the
Secretary determines that the waiver is required in the interest of
national security.
(2) Report to congress.--Any Secretary issuing a
waiver under paragraph (1) shall report such issuance
to Congress.
(c) Exception.--This section shall not apply to any Federal
Government contract entered into before the date of the
enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued pursuant to
such contract.
Sec. 725. From funds made available in this Act under the
headings ``White House Office'', ``Executive Residence at the
White House'', ``White House Repair and Restoration'',
``Council of Economic Advisors'', ``National Security
Council'', ``Office of Administration'', ``Office of Policy
Development'', ``Special Assistance to the President'', and
``Official Residence of the Vice President'', the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget (or such other officer as
the President may designate in writing), may, fifteen days
after giving notice to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations, transfer not to exceed 10 percent of any such
appropriation to any other such appropriation, to be merged
with and available for the same time and for the same purposes
as the appropriation to which transferred: Provided, That the
amount of an appropriation shall not be increased by more than
50 percent by such transfers: Provided further, That no amount
shall be transferred from ``Special Assistance to the
President'' or ``Official Residence of the Vice President''
without the approval of the Vice President.
Sec. 726. No funds in this Act may be used to support any
Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use the power of
eminent domain, unless eminent domain is employed only for a
public use: Provided, That for purposes of this section, public
use shall not be construed to include economic development that
primarily benefits private entities: Provided further, That any
use of funds for mass transit, railroad, airport, seaport or
highway projects as well as utility projects which benefit or
serve the general public (including energy-related,
communication-related, water-related and wastewater-related
infrastructure), other structures designated for use by the
general public or which have other common-carrier or public-
utility functions that serve the general public and are subject
to regulation and oversight by the government, and projects for
the removal of an immediate threat to public health and safety
or brownfields as defined in the Small Business Liability
Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act (Public Law 107-118)
shall be considered a public use for purposes of eminent
domain: Provided further, That the Government Accountability
Office, in consultation with the National Academy of Public
Administration, organizations representing State and local
governments, and property rights organizations, shall conduct a
study to be submitted to the Congress within 12 months of the
enactment of this Act on the nationwide use of eminent domain,
including the procedures used and the results accomplished on a
state-by-state basis as well as the impact on individual
property owners and on the affected communities.
TITLE VIII
GENERAL PROVISIONS GOVERNMENT-WIDE
Departments, Agencies, and Corporations
Sec. 801. Funds appropriated in this or any other Act may
be used to pay travel to the United States for the immediate
family of employees serving abroad in cases of death or life
threatening illness of said employee.
Sec. 802. No department, agency, or instrumentality of the
United States receiving appropriated funds under this or any
other Act for fiscal year 2006 shall obligate or expend any
such funds, unless such department, agency, or instrumentality
has in place, and will continue to administer in good faith, a
written policy designed to ensure that all of its workplaces
are free from the illegal use, possession, or distribution of
controlled substances(as defined in the Controlled Substances
Act (21 U.S.C. 802)) by the officers and employees of such department,
agency, or instrumentality.
Sec. 803. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the
maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year in
accordance with section 16 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (60
Stat. 810), for the purchase of any passenger motor vehicle
(exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement, and
undercover surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at $8,100
except station wagons for which the maximum shall be $9,100:
Provided, That these limits may be exceeded by not to exceed
$3,700 for police-type vehicles, and by not to exceed $4,000
for special heavy-duty vehicles: Provided further, That the
limits set forth in this section may not be exceeded by more
than 5 percent for electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for
demonstration under the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid
Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976:
Provided further, That the limits set forth in this section may
be exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alternative fuels
vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law 101-549 over the cost
of comparable conventionally fueled vehicles.
Sec. 804. Appropriations of the executive departments and
independent establishments for the current fiscal year
available for expenses of travel, or for the expenses of the
activity concerned, are hereby made available for quarters
allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in accordance with 5
U.S.C. 5922-5924.
Sec. 805. Unless otherwise specified during the current
fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained in this or
any other Act shall be used to pay the compensation of any
officer or employee of the Government of the United States
(including any agency the majority of the stock of which is
owned by the Government of the United States) whose post of
duty is in the continental United States unless such person:
(1) is a citizen of the United States; (2) is a person in the
service of the United States on the date of the enactment of
this Act who, being eligible for citizenship, has filed a
declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United
States prior to such date and is actually residing in the
United States; (3) is a person who owes allegiance to the
United States; (4) is an alien from Cuba, Poland, South
Vietnam, the countries of the former Soviet Union, or the
Baltic countries lawfully admitted to the United States for
permanent residence; (5) is a South Vietnamese, Cambodian, or
Laotian refugee paroled in the United States after January 1,
1975; or (6) is a national of the People's Republic of China
who qualifies for adjustment of status pursuant to the Chinese
Student Protection Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-404): Provided,
That for the purpose of this section, an affidavit signed by
any such person shall be considered prima facie evidence that
the requirements of this section with respect to his or her
status have been complied with: Provided further, That any
person making a false affidavit shall be guilty of a felony,
and, upon conviction, shall be fined no more than $4,000 or
imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both: Provided further,
That the above penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in
substitution for, any other provisions of existing law:
Provided further, That any payment made to any officer or
employee contrary to the provisions of this section shall be
recoverable in action by the Federal Government. This section
shall not apply to citizens of Ireland, Israel, or the Republic
of the Philippines, or to nationals of those countries allied
with the United States in a current defense effort, or to
international broadcasters employed by the United States
Information Agency, or to temporary employment of translators,
or to temporary employment in the field service (not to exceed
60 days) as a result of emergencies.
Sec. 806. Appropriations available to any department or
agency during the current fiscal year for necessary expenses,
including maintenance or operating expenses, shall also be
available for payment to the General Services Administration
for charges for space and services and those expenses of
renovation and alteration of buildings and facilities which
constitute public improvements performed in accordance with the
Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 749), the Public
Buildings Amendments of 1972 (87 Stat. 216), or other
applicable law.
Sec. 807. In addition to funds provided in this or any
other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to receive and
use funds resulting from the sale of materials, including
Federal records disposed of pursuant to a records schedule
recovered through recycling or waste prevention programs. Such
funds shall be available until expended for the following
purposes:
(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention,
and recycling programs as described in Executive Order
No. 13101 (September 14, 1998), including any such
programs adopted prior to the effective date of the
Executive order.
(2) Other Federal agency environmental management
programs, including, but not limited to, the
development and implementation of hazardous waste
management and pollution prevention programs.
(3) Other employee programs as authorized by law or
as deemed appropriate by the head of the Federal
agency.
Sec. 808. Funds made available by this or any other Act for
administrative expenses in the current fiscal year of the
corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of title 31,
United States Code, shall be available, in addition to objects
for which such funds are otherwise available, for rent in the
District of Columbia; services in accordance with 5 U.S.C.
3109; and the objects specified under this head, all the
provisions of which shall be applicable to the expenditure of
such funds unless otherwise specified in the Act by which they
are made available: Provided, That in the event any functions
budgeted as administrative expenses are subsequently
transferred to or paid from other funds, the limitations on
administrative expenses shall be correspondingly reduced.
Sec. 809. No part of any appropriation for the current
fiscal year contained in this or any other Act shall be paid to
any person for the filling of any position for which he or she
has been nominated after the Senate has voted not to approve
the nomination of said person.
Sec. 810. No part of any appropriation contained in this or
any other Act shall be available for interagency financing of
boards (except Federal Executive Boards), commissions,
councils, committees, or similar groups (whether or not they
are interagency entities) which do not have a prior and
specific statutory approval to receive financial support from
more than one agency or instrumentality.
Sec. 811. Funds made available by this or any other Act to
the Postal Service Fund (39 U.S.C. 2003) shall be available for
employment of guards for all buildings and areas owned or
occupied by the Postal Service or under the charge and control
of the Postal Service. The Postal Service may give such guards,
with respect to such property, any of the powers of special
policemen provided under 40 U.S.C. 1315. The Postmaster
General, or his designee, may take any action that the
Secretary of Homeland Security may take under such section with
respect to that property.
Sec. 812. None of the funds made available pursuant to the
provisions of this Act shall be used to implement, administer,
or enforce any regulation which has been disapproved pursuant
to a joint resolution duly adopted in accordance with the
applicable law of the United States.
Sec. 813. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
and except as otherwise provided in this section, no part of
any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 2006, by this or
any other Act, may be used to pay any prevailing rate employee
described in section 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States
Code--
(1) during the period from the date of expiration
of the limitation imposed by the comparable section for
previous fiscal years until the normal effective date
of the applicable wage survey adjustment that is to
take effect in fiscal year 2006, in an amount that
exceeds the rate payable for the applicable grade and
step of the applicable wage schedule in accordance with
such section; and
(2) during the period consisting of the remainder
of fiscal year 2006, in an amount that exceeds, as a
result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate payable
under paragraph (1) by more than the sum of--
(A) the percentage adjustment taking effect
in fiscal year 2006 under section 5303 of title
5, United States Code, in the rates of pay
under the General Schedule; and
(B) the difference between the overall
average percentage of the locality-based
comparability payments taking effect in fiscal
year 2006 under section 5304 of such title
(whether by adjustment or otherwise), and the
overall average percentage of such payments
which was effective in the previous fiscal year
under such section.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or (C)
of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, and no
employee covered by section 5348 of such title, may be paid
during the periods for which subsection (a) is in effect at a
rate that exceeds the rates that would be payable under
subsection (a) were subsection (a) applicable to such employee.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the rates payable to
an employee who is covered by this section and who is paid from
a schedule not in existence on September 30, 2005, shall be
determined under regulations prescribed by the Office of
Personnel Management.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates of
premium pay for employees subject to this section may not be
changed from the rates in effect on September 30, 2005, except
to the extent determined by the Office of Personnel Management
to be consistent with the purpose of this section.
(e) This section shall apply with respect to pay for
service performed after September 30, 2005.
(f) For the purpose of administering any provision of law
(including any rule or regulation that provides premium pay,
retirement, life insurance, or any other employee benefit) that
requires any deduction or contribution, or that imposes any
requirement or limitation on the basis of a rate of salary or
basic pay, the rate of salary or basic pay payable after the
application of this section shall be treated as the rate of
salary or basic pay.
(g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to permit
or require the payment to any employee covered by this section
at a rate in excess of the rate that would be payable were this
section not in effect.
(h) The Office of Personnel Management may provide for
exceptions to the limitations imposed by this section if the
Office determines that such exceptions are necessary to ensure
the recruitment or retention of qualified employees.
Sec. 814. During the period in which the head of any
department or agency, or any other officer or civilian employee
of the Government appointed by the President of the United
States, holds office, no funds may be obligated or expended in
excess of $5,000 to furnish or redecorate the office of such
department head, agency head, officer, or employee, or to
purchase furniture or make improvements for any such office,
unless advance notice of such furnishing or redecoration is
expressly approved by the Committees on Appropriations. For the
purposes of this section, the term ``office'' shall include the
entire suite of offices assigned to the individual, as well as
any other space used primarily by the individual or the use of
which is directly controlled by the individual.
Sec. 815. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, United
States Code, or section 809 of this Act, funds made available
for the current fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be
available for the interagency funding of national security and
emergency preparedness telecommunications initiatives which
benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities, as
provided by Executive Order No. 12472 (April 3, 1984).
Sec. 816. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this or any
other Act may be obligated or expended by any Federal
department, agency, or other instrumentality for the salaries
or expenses of any employee appointed to a position of a
confidential or policy-determining character excepted from the
competitive service pursuant to section 3302 of title 5, United
States Code, without a certification to the Office of Personnel
Management from the head of the Federal department, agency, or
other instrumentality employing the Schedule C appointee that
the Schedule C position was not created solely or primarily in
order to detail the employee to the White House.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to
Federal employees or members of the armed services detailed to
or from--
(1) the Central Intelligence Agency;
(2) the National Security Agency;
(3) the Defense Intelligence Agency;
(4) the offices within the Department of Defense
for the collection of specialized national foreign
intelligence through reconnaissance programs;
(5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the
Department of State;
(6) any agency, office, or unit of the Army, Navy,
Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Department of Homeland
Security, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the
Drug Enforcement Administration of the Department of
Justice, the Department of Transportation, the
Department of the Treasury, and the Department of
Energy performing intelligence functions; and
(7) the Director of National Intelligence or the
Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
Sec. 817. No department, agency, or instrumentality of the
United States receiving appropriated funds under this or any
other Act for the current fiscal year shall obligate or expend
any such funds, unless such department, agency, or
instrumentality has in place, and will continue to administer
in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure that all of
its workplaces are free from discrimination and sexual
harassment and that all of its workplaces are not in violation
of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Public Law 88-
352, 78 Stat. 241), as amended, the Age Discrimination in
Employment Act of 1967 (Public Law 90-202, 81 Stat. 602), and
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-112, 87 Stat.
355).
Sec. 818. No part of any appropriation contained in this or
any other Act shall be available for the payment of the salary
of any officer or employee of the Federal Government, who--
(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threatens
to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or employee
of the Federal Government from having any direct oral
or written communication or contact with any Member,
committee, or subcommittee of the Congress in
connection with any matter pertaining to the employment
of such other officer or employee or pertaining to the
department or agency of such other officer or employee
in any way, irrespective of whether such communication
or contact is at the initiative of such other officer
or employee or in response to the request or inquiry of
such Member, committee, or subcommittee; or
(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay,
demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or
performance of efficiency rating, denies promotion to,
relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or
discriminates in regard to any employment right,
entitlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of
employment of, any other officer or employee of the
Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to commit
any of the foregoing actions with respect to such other
officer or employee, by reason of any communication or
contact of such other officer or employee with any
Member, committee, or subcommittee of the Congress as
described in paragraph (1).
Sec. 819. (a) None of the funds made available in this or
any other Act may be obligated or expended for any employee
training that--
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge,
skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the
performance of official duties;
(2) contains elements likely to induce high levels
of emotional response or psychological stress in some
participants;
(3) does not require prior employee notification of
the content and methods to be used in the training and
written end of course evaluation;
(4) contains any methods or content associated with
religious or quasi-religious belief systems or ``new
age'' belief systems as defined in Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission Notice N-915.022, dated
September 2, 1988; or
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change,
participants' personal values or lifestyle outside the
workplace.
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or
otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training bearing
directly upon the performance of official duties.
Sec. 820. No funds appropriated in this or any other Act
may be used to implement or enforce the agreements in Standard
Forms 312 and 4414 of the Government or any other nondisclosure
policy, form, or agreement if such policy, form, or agreement
does not contain the following provisions: ``These restrictions
are consistent with and do not supersede, conflict with, or
otherwise alter the employee obligations, rights, or
liabilities created by Executive Order No. 12958; section 7211
of title 5, United States Code (governing disclosures to
Congress); section 1034 of title 10, United States Code, as
amended by the Military Whistleblower Protection Act (governing
disclosure to Congress by members of the military); section
2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States Code, as amended bythe
Whistleblower Protection Act (governing disclosures of illegality,
waste, fraud, abuse or public health or safety threats); the
Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 (50 U.S.C. 421 et seq.)
(governing disclosures that could expose confidential Government
agents); and the statutes which protect against disclosure that may
compromise the national security, including sections 641, 793, 794,
798, and 952 of title 18, United States Code, and section 4(b) of the
Subversive Activities Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 783(b)). The definitions,
requirements, obligations, rights, sanctions, and liabilities created
by said Executive order and listed statutes are incorporated into this
agreement and are controlling.'': Provided, That notwithstanding the
preceding paragraph, a nondisclosure policy form or agreement that is
to be executed by a person connected with the conduct of an
intelligence or intelligence-related activity, other than an employee
or officer of the United States Government, may contain provisions
appropriate to the particular activity for which such document is to be
used. Such form or agreement shall, at a minimum, require that the
person will not disclose any classified information received in the
course of such activity unless specifically authorized to do so by the
United States Government. Such nondisclosure forms shall also make it
clear that they do not bar disclosures to Congress or to an authorized
official of an executive agency or the Department of Justice that are
essential to reporting a substantial violation of law.
Sec. 821. No part of any funds appropriated in this or any
other Act shall be used by an agency of the executive branch,
other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative
relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and for
the preparation, distribution or use of any kit, pamphlet,
booklet, publication, radio, television or film presentation
designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the
Congress, except in presentation to the Congress itself.
Sec. 822. None of the funds appropriated by this or any
other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Federal
employee's home address to any labor organization except when
the employee has authorized such disclosure or when such
disclosure has been ordered by a court of competent
jurisdiction.
Sec. 823. None of the funds made available in this Act or
any other Act may be used to provide any non-public information
such as mailing or telephone lists to any person or any
organization outside of the Federal Government without the
approval of the Committees on Appropriations.
Sec. 824. No part of any appropriation contained in this or
any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, including
by private contractor, for publicity or propaganda purposes
within the United States not heretofor authorized by the
Congress.
Sec. 825. (a) In this section the term ``agency''--
(1) means an Executive agency as defined under
section 105 of title 5, United States Code;
(2) includes a military department as defined under
section 102 of such title, the Postal Service, and the
Postal Rate Commission; and
(3) shall not include the Government Accountability
Office.
(b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regulations
to use such time for other purposes, an employee of an agency
shall use official time in an honest effort to perform official
duties. An employee not under a leave system, including a
Presidential appointee exempted under section 6301(2) of title
5, United States Code, has an obligation to expend an honest
effort and a reasonable proportion of such employee's time in
the performance of official duties.
Sec. 826. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 810 of
this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year by
this or any other Act to any department or agency, which is a
member of the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board
(FASAB), shall be available to finance an appropriate share of
FASAB administrative costs.
Sec. 827. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 910 of
this Act, the head of each Executive department and agency is
hereby authorized to transfer to or reimburse ``General
Services Administration, Government-wide Policy'' with the
approval of the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget, funds made available for the current fiscal year by
this or any other Act, including rebates from charge card and
other contracts: Provided, That these funds shall be
administered by the Administrator of General Services to
support Government-wide financial, information technology,
procurement, and other management innovations, initiatives, and
activities, as approved by the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget, in consultation with the appropriate
interagency groups designated by the Director (including the
Chief Financial Officers Council and the Joint Financial
Management Improvement Program for financial management
initiatives, the Chief Information Officers Council for
information technology initiatives, the Chief Human Capital
Officers Council for human capital initiatives, and the Federal
Acquisition Council for procurement initiatives). The total
funds transferred or reimbursed shall not exceed $10,000,000.
Such transfers or reimbursements may onlybe made 15 days
following notification of the Committees on Appropriations by the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
Sec. 828. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a
woman may breastfeed her child at any location in a Federal
building or on Federal property, if the woman and her child are
otherwise authorized to be present at the location.
Sec. 829. Nothwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, United
States Code, or section 810 of this Act, funds made available
for the current fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be
available for the interagency funding of specific projects,
workshops, studies, and similar efforts to carry out the
purposes of the National Science and Technology Council
(authorized by Executive Order No. 12881), which benefit
multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities: Provided,
That the Office of Management and Budget shall provide a report
describing the budget of and resources connected with the
National Science and Technology Council to the Committees on
Appropriations, the House Committee on Science; and the Senate
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 90 days
after enactment of this Act.
Sec. 830. Any request for proposals, solicitation, grant
application, form, notification, press release, or other
publications involving the distribution of Federal funds shall
indicate the agency providing the funds, the Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance Number, as applicable, and the amount
provided: Provided, That this provision shall apply to direct
payments, formula funds, and grants received by a State
receiving Federal funds.
Sec. 831. Subsection (f) of section 403 of Public Law 103-
356 (31 U.S.C. 501 note), as amended, is further amended by
striking ``October 1, 2005'' and inserting ``October 1, 2006'':
Provided, That this provision shall not apply to the Department
of Homeland Security.
Sec. 832. (a) Prohibition of Federal Agency Monitoring of
Individuals' Internet Use.--None of the funds made available in
this or any other Act may be used by any Federal agency--
(1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation
of data, derived from any means, that includes any
personally identifiable information relating to an
individual's access to or use of any Federal Government
Internet site of the agency; or
(2) to enter into any agreement with a third party
(including another government agency) to collect,
review, or obtain any aggregation of data, derived from
any means, that includes any personally identifiable
information relating to an individual's access to or
use of any nongovernmental Internet site.
(b) Exceptions.--The limitations established in subsection
(a) shall not apply to--
(1) any record of aggregate data that does not
identify particular persons;
(2) any voluntary submission of personally
identifiable information;
(3) any action taken for law enforcement,
regulatory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with
applicable law; or
(4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) that
is a system security action taken by the operator of an
Internet site and is necessarily incident to providing
the Internet site services or to protecting the rights
or property of the provider of the Internet site.
(c) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section:
(1) The term ``regulatory'' means agency actions to
implement, interpret or enforce authorities provided in
law.
(2) The term ``supervisory'' means examinations of
the agency's supervised institutions, including
assessing safety and soundness, overall financial
condition, management practices and policies and
compliance with applicable standards as provided in
law.
Sec. 833. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be used to enter into or renew a contract which includes a
provision providing prescription drug coverage, except where
the contract also includes a provision for contraceptive
coverage.
(b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract
with--
(1) any of the following religious plans:
(A) Personal Care's HMO; and
(B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and
(2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier for
the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of
religious beliefs.
(c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters into
or renews a contract under this section may not subject any
individual to discrimination on the basis that the individual
refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for contraceptives
because such activities would be contrary to the individual's
religious beliefs or moral convictions.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require
coverage of abortion or abortion-related services.
Sec. 834. The Congress of the United States recognizes the
United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) asthe official anti-
doping agency for Olympic, Pan American, and Paralympic sport in the
United States.
Sec. 835. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds
appropriated for official travel by Federal departments and
agencies may be used by such departments and agencies, if
consistent with Office of Management and Budget Circular A-126
regarding official travel for Government personnel, to
participate in the fractional aircraft ownership pilot program.
Sec. 836. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none
of the funds appropriated or made available under this Act or
any other appropriations Act may be used to implement or
enforce restrictions or limitations on the Coast Guard
Congressional Fellowship Program, or to implement the proposed
regulations of the Office of Personnel Management to add
sections 300.311 through 300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the
Code of Federal Regulations, published in the Federal Register,
volume 68, number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the
detail of executive branch employees to the legislative
branch).
Sec. 837. (a) Not later than 180 days after the end of the
fiscal year, the head of each Federal agency shall submit a
report to Congress on the amount of the acquisitions made by
the agency from entities that manufacture the articles,
materials, or supplies outside of the United States in that
fiscal year.
(b) The report required by subsection (a) shall separately
indicate--
(1) the dollar value of any articles, materials, or
supplies purchased that were manufactured outside of
the United States;
(2) an itemized list of all waivers granted with
respect to such articles, materials, or supplies under
the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.); and
(3) a summary of the total procurement funds spent
on goods manufactured in the United States versus funds
spent on goods manufactured outside of the United
States.
(c) The head of each Federal agency submitting a report
under subsection (a) shall make the report publicly available
to the maximum extent practicable.
(d) This section shall not apply to acquisitions made by an
agency, or component thereof, that is an element of the
intelligence community as set forth in or designated under
section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C.
401a(4)).
Sec. 838. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, and/or lease
any additional facilities, except within or contiguous to
existing locations, to be used for the purpose of conducting
Federal law enforcement training without the advance approval
of the Committees on Appropriations, except that the Federal
Law Enforcement Training Center is authorized to obtain the
temporary use of additional facilities by lease, contract, or
other agreement for training which cannot be accommodated in
existing Center facilities.
Sec. 839. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, United
States Code, and section 809 of this Act and any other
provision of law, the head of each appropriate executive
department and agency shall transfer to or reimburse the
Federal Aviation Administration, upon the direction of the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, funds made
available by this or any other Act for the purposes described
below, and shall submit budget requests for such purposes.
These funds shall be administered by the Federal Aviation
Administration, in consultation with the appropriate
interagency groups designated by the Director and shall be used
to ensure the uninterrupted, continuous operation of the Midway
Atoll Airfield by the Federal Aviation Administration pursuant
to an operational agreement with the Department of the Interior
for the entirety of fiscal year 2006 and any period thereafter
that precedes the enactment of the Transportation, Treasury,
the Judiciary, Housing and Urban Development, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007. The Director of the Office
of Management and Budget shall mandate the necessary transfers
after determining an equitable allocation between the
appropriate executive departments and agencies of the
responsibility for funding the continuous operation of the
Midway Atoll Airfield based on, but not limited to, potential
use, interest in maintaining aviation safety, and applicability
to governmental operations and agency mission. The total funds
transferred or reimbursed shall not exceed $6,000,000 for any
twelve-month period. Such sums shall be sufficient to ensure
continued operation of the airfield throughout the period cited
above. Funds shall be available for operation of the airfield
or airfield-related capital upgrades. The Director of the
Office of Management and Budget shall notify the Committees on
Appropriations of such transfers or reimbursements within 15
days of this Act. Such transfers or reimbursements shall begin
within 30 days of enactment of this Act.
Sec. 840. Section 4(b) of the Federal Activities Inventory
Reform Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-270) is amended by adding at
the end the following new paragraph:
``(5) Executive agencies with fewer than 100 full-
time employees as of the first day of the fiscal year.
However, such an agency shall be subject to section 2
to the extent it plans to conduct a public-private
competition for the performance of an activity that is
not inherently governmental.''.
Sec. 841. (a) No funds shall be available for transfers or
reimbursements to the E-Government Initiatives sponsored by the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) prior to 15 days
following submission of a report to the Committees on
Appropriations by the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget and receipt of approval to transfer funds by the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
(b) The report in (a) shall detail--
(1) the amount proposed for transfer for any
department and agency by program office, bureau, or
activity, as appropriate;
(2) the specific use of funds;
(3) the relevance of that use to that department or
agency and each bureau or office within, which is
contributing funds; and
(4) a description on any such activities for which
funds were appropriated that will not be implemented or
partially implemented by the department or agency as a
result of the transfer.
Sec. 842. (a) Requirement for Public-Private Competition.--
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
none of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act
shall be available to convert to contractor performance
an activity or function of an executive agency, that on
or after the date of enactment of this Act, is
performed by more than 10 Federal employees unless--
(A) the conversion is based on the result
of a public-private competition that includes a
most efficient and cost effective organization
plan developed by such activity or function;
and
(B) the Competitive Sourcing Official
determines that, over all performance periods
stated in the solicitation of offers for
performance of the activity or function, the
cost of performance of the activity or function
by a contractor would be less costly to the
executive agency by an amount that equals or
exceeds the lesser of--
(i) 10 percent of the most
efficient organization's personnel-
related costs for performance of that
activity or function by Federal
employees; or
(ii) $10,000,000.
(2) This paragraph shall not apply to--
(A) the Department of Defense;
(B) section 4492D of title 49, United
States Code;
(C) a commercial or industrial type
function that--
(i) is included on the procurement
list established pursuant to section 2
of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act (41
U.S.C. 47); or
(ii) is planned to be converted to
performance by a qualified nonprofit
agency for the blind or by a qualified
nonprofit agency for other severely
handicapped individuals in accordance
with that Act;
(D) depot contracts or contracts for depot
maintenance as provided in sections 2469 and
2474 of title 10, United States Code; or
(E) activities that are the subject of an
ongoing competition that was publicly announced
prior to the date of enactment of this Act.
(b) Use of Public-Private Competition.--Nothing in Office
of Management and Budget Circular A-76 shall prevent the head
of an executive agency from conducting a public-private
competition to evaluate the benefits of converting work from
contract performance to performance by Federal employees in
appropriate instances. The Circular shall provide procedures
and policies for these competitions that are similar to those
applied to competitions that may result in the conversion of
work from performance by Federal employees to performance by a
contractor.
Sec. 843. (a) The adjustment in rates of basic pay for
employees under the statutory pay systems that takes effect in
fiscal year 2006 under sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5,
United States Code, shall be an increase of 3.1 percent, and
this adjustment shall apply to civilian employees in the
Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security
and such adjustments shall be effective as of the first day of
the first applicable pay period beginning on or after January
1, 2006.
(b) Notwithstanding section 813 of this Act, the adjustment
in rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that take
place in fiscal year 2006 under sections 5344 and 5348 of title
5, United States Code, shall be no less than the percentage in
paragraph (a) as employeesin the same location whose rates of
basic pay are adjusted pursuant to the statutory pay systems under
section 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United States Code. Prevailing rate
employees at locations where there are no employees whose pay is
increased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5 and prevailing
rate employees described in section 5343(a)(5) of title 5 shall be
considered to be located in the pay locality designated as ``Rest of
US'' pursuant to section 5304 of title 5 for purposes of this
paragraph.
(c) Funds used to carry out this section shall be paid from
appropriations, which are made to each applicable department or
agency for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2006.
Sec. 844. Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, none
of the funds provided in this Act or any other Act may be used
by an executive branch agency to produce any prepackaged news
story intended for broadcast or distribution in the United
States, unless the story includes a clear notification within
the text or audio of the prepackaged news story that the
prepackaged news story was prepared or funded by that executive
branch agency.
Sec. 845. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used in contravention of section 552a of title 5, United
States Code (popularly known as the Privacy Act) or of section
552.224 of title 48 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
Sec. 846. Each Executive department and agency shall
evaluate the creditworthiness of an individual before issuing
the individual a government travel charge card. The department
or agency may not issue a government travel charge card to an
individual that either lacks a credit history or is found to
have an unsatisfactory credit history as a result of this
evaluation: Provided, That this restriction shall not preclude
issuance of a restricted-use charge, debit, or stored value
card made in accordance with agency procedures to: (1) an
individual with an unsatisfactory credit history where such
card is used to pay travel expenses and the agency determines
there is no suitable alternative payment mechanism available
before issuing the card; or (2) an individual who lacks a
credit history. Each Executive department and agency shall
establish guidelines and procedures for disciplinary actions to
be taken against agency personnel for improper, fraudulent, or
abusive use of government charge cards, which shall include
appropriate disciplinary actions for use of charge cards for
purposes, and at establishments, that are inconsistent with the
official business of the Department or agency or with
applicable standards of conduct.
Sec. 847. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any
reference to ``this Act'' contained in this division shall be
treated as referring only to the provisions of this division.
This division may be cited as the ``Transportation,
Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, and
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006''.
DIVISION B--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2006
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the District of
Columbia and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2006, and for other purposes, namely:
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Federal Funds
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, to be
deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide program to
be administered by the Mayor, for District of Columbia resident
tuition support, $33,200,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That such funds, including any interest
accrued thereon, may be used on behalf of eligible District of
Columbia residents to pay an amount based upon the difference
between in-State and out-of-State tuition at public
institutions of higher education, or to pay up to $2,500 each
year at eligible private institutions of higher education:
Provided further, That the awarding of such funds may be
prioritized on the basis of a resident's academic merit, the
income and need of eligible students and such other factors as
may be authorized: Provided further, That the District of
Columbia government shall maintain a dedicated account for the
Resident Tuition Support Program that shall consist of the
Federal funds appropriated to the Program in this Act and any
subsequent appropriations, any unobligated balances from prior
fiscal years, and any interest earned in this or any fiscal
year: Provided further, That the account shall be under the
control of the District of Columbia Chief Financial Officer,
who shall use those funds solely for the purposes of carrying
out the Resident Tuition Support Program: Provided further,
That the Office of the Chief Financial Officer shall provide a
quarterly financial report to the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and Senate for these funds
showing, by object class, the expenditures made and the purpose
therefor: Provided further, That not more than $1,200,000 of
the total amount appropriated for this program may be used for
administrative expenses.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND SECURITY COSTS IN THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
For necessary expenses, as determined by the Mayor of the
District of Columbia in written consultation with the elected
county or city officials of surrounding jurisdictions,
$13,500,000, to remain available until expended, to reimburse
the District of Columbia for the costs of providing public
safety at events related to the presence of the national
capital in the District of Columbia and forthe costs of
providing support to respond to immediate and specific terrorist
threats or attacks in the District of Columbia or surrounding
jurisdictions: Provided, That any amount provided under this heading
shall be available only after such amount has been apportioned pursuant
to chapter 15 of title 31, United States Code.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS
For salaries and expenses for the District of Columbia
Courts, $218,912,000, to be allocated as follows: for the
District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $9,198,000, of which not
to exceed $1,500 is for official reception and representation
expenses; for the District of Columbia Superior Court,
$87,342,000, of which not to exceed $1,500 is for official
reception and representation expenses; for the District of
Columbia Court System, $41,643,000, of which not to exceed
$1,500 is for official reception and representation expenses;
and $80,729,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007,
for capital improvements for District of Columbia courthouse
facilities: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision
of law, a single contract or related contracts for development
and construction of facilities may be employed which
collectively include the full scope of the project: Provided
further, That the solicitation and contract shall contain the
clause ``availability of Funds'' found at 48 CFR 52.232-18:
Provided further, That funds made available for capital
improvements shall be expended consistent with the General
Services Administration master plan study and building
evaluation report: Provided further, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, all amounts under this heading shall be
apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget
and obligated and expended in the same manner as funds
appropriated for salaries and expenses of other Federal
agencies, with payroll and financial services to be provided on
a contractual basis with the General Services Administration
(GSA), and such services shall include the preparation of
monthly financial reports, copies of which shall be submitted
directly by GSA to the President and to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate, the
Committee on Government Reform of the House of Representatives,
and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate:
Provided further, That 30 days after providing written notice
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and Senate, the District of Columbia Courts may
reallocate not more than $1,000,000 of the funds provided under
this heading among the items and entities funded under this
heading for operations, and not more than 4 percent of the
funds provided under this heading for facilities.
DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS
For payments authorized under section 11-2604 and section
11-2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to representation
provided under the District of Columbia Criminal Justice Act),
payments for counsel appointed in proceedings in the Family
Court of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia under
chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, or pursuant to
contractual agreements to provide guardian ad litem
representation, training, technical assistance and such other
services as are necessary to improve the quality of guardian ad
litem representation, payments for counsel appointed in
adoption proceedings under chapter 3 of title 16, D.C. Code,
and payments for counsel authorized under section 21-2060, D.C.
Official Code (relating to representation provided under the
District of Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and
Durable Power of Attorney Act of 1986), $44,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That the funds provided in
this Act under the heading ``Federal Payment to the District of
Columbia Courts'' (other than the $80,729,000 provided under
such heading for capital improvements for District of Columbia
courthouse facilities) may also be used for payments under this
heading: Provided further, That in addition to the funds
provided under this heading, the Joint Committee on Judicial
Administration in the District of Columbia may use funds
provided in this Act under the heading ``Federal Payment to the
District of Columbia Courts'' (other than the $80,729,000
provided under such heading for capital improvements for
District of Columbia courthouse facilities), to make payments
described under this heading for obligations incurred during
any fiscal year: Provided further, That funds provided under
this heading shall be administered by the Joint Committee on
Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia: Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, this
appropriation shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of
Management and Budget and obligated and expended in the same
manner as funds appropriated for expenses of other Federal
agencies, with payroll and financial services to be provided on
a contractual basis with the General Services Administration
(GSA), and such services shall include the preparation of
monthly financial reports, copies of which shall be submitted
directly by GSA to the President and to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate, the
Committee on Government Reform of the House of Representatives,
and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OFFENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and hire
of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender
Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia and the Public
Defender Service for the District of Columbia, as authorized by
the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government
Improvement Act of 1997, $201,388,000, of which not to exceed
$2,000 is for official receptions and representation expenses
related to Community Supervision and Pretrial Services Agency
programs; of which not to exceed $25,000 is for dues and
assessments relating to the implementation of the Court
Services and Offender Supervision Agency Interstate Supervision
Act of 2002; of which $129,360,000 shall be for necessary
expenses of Community Supervision and Sex Offender
Registration, to include expenses relating to the supervision
of adults subject to protection orders or the provision of
services for or related to such persons; of which $42,195,000
shall be available to the Pretrial Services Agency; and of
which $29,833,000 shall be transferred to the Public Defender
Service for the District of Columbia: Provided, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts under
this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of
Management and Budget and obligated and expended in the same
manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of other
Federal agencies: Provided further, That the Director is
authorized to accept and use gifts in the form of in-kind
contributions of space and hospitality to support offender and
defendant programs, and equipment and vocational training
services to educate and train offenders and defendants:
Provided further, That the Director shall keep accurate and
detailed records of the acceptance and use of any gift or
donation under the previous proviso, and shall make such
records available for audit and public inspection: Provided
further, That the Court Services and Offender Supervision
Agency Director is authorized to accept and use reimbursement
from the D.C. Government for space and services provided on a
cost reimbursable basis: Provided further, That for this fiscal
year and subsequent fiscal years, the Public Defender Service
is authorized to charge fees to cover costs of materials
distributed and training provided to attendees of educational
events, including conferences, sponsored by the Public Defender
Service, and notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United
States Code, said fees shall be credited to the Public Defender
Service account to be available for use without further
appropriation.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia Water and
Sewer Authority, $7,000,000, to remain available until
expended, to continue implementation of the Combined Sewer
Overflow Long-Term Plan: Provided, That the District of
Columbia Water and Sewer Authority provides a 100 percent match
for this payment.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE ANACOSTIA WATERFRONT INITIATIVE
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia
Department of Transportation, $3,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2007, for design and construction of a
continuous pedestrian and bicycle trail system from the Potomac
River to the District's border with Maryland.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATING COUNCIL
For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Coordinating
Council, $1,300,000, to remain available until expended, to
support initiatives related to the coordination of Federal and
local criminal justice resources in the District of Columbia.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia
Department of Transportation, $1,000,000, to operate a downtown
circulator transit system.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR FOSTER CARE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA
For the Federal payment to the District of Columbia for
foster care improvements, $2,000,000 to remain available until
expended: Provided, That $1,750,000 shall be for the Child and
Family Services Agency, of which $1,000,000 shall be for a loan
repayment program for social workers; of which $750,000 shall
be for post-adoption services: Provided further, That $250,000
shall be for the Washington Metropolitan Council of
Governments, to continue a program in conjunction with the
Foster and Adoptive Parents Advocacy Center, to provide respite
care for and recruitment of foster parents: Provided further,
That these Federal funds shall supplement and not supplant
local funds for the purposes described under this heading.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
For a Federal payment to the Office of the Chief Financial
Officer of the District of Columbia, $29,200,000: Provided,
That these funds shall be available for the projects and in the
amounts specified in the Statement of the Managers on the
conference report accompanyingthis Act: Provided further, That
each entity that receives funding under this heading shall submit to
the Office of the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia
(CFO) a report on the activities to be carried out with such funds no
later than March 15, 2006, and the CFO shall submit a comprehensive
report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate no later than June 1, 2006.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
For a Federal payment for a school improvement program in
the District of Columbia, $40,000,000, to be allocated as
follows: for the District of Columbia Public Schools,
$13,000,000 to improve public school education in the District
of Columbia; for the State Education Office, $13,000,000 to
expand quality public charter schools in the District of
Columbia, to remain available until September 30, 2007; for the
Secretary of the Department of Education, $14,000,000 to
provide opportunity scholarships for students in the District
of Columbia in accordance with division C, title III of the
District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108-
199; 118 Stat. 126), of which up to $1,000,000 may be used to
administer and fund assessments.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR BIOTERRORISM AND FORENSICS LABORATORY
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia,
$5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007, for
costs associated with the construction of a bioterrorism and
forensics laboratory: Provided, That the District of Columbia
shall provide an additional $1,500,000 with local funds as a
condition of receiving this payment.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE NATIONAL GUARD YOUTH CHALLENGE PROGRAM
For a Federal payment for the District of Columbia National
Guard Youth Challenge program, $500,000: Provided, That the
amount appropriated by this heading shall be transferred to the
Secretary of Defense and made available to the Commanding
General of the District of Columbia National Guard for
activities under the National Guard Youth Challenge Program
under section 509 of title 32, United States Code, and shall be
in addition to any matching funds otherwise required of the
District of Columbia for that Program in fiscal year 2006 under
subsection (d)(4) of such section.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR MARRIAGE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT
For a Federal payment for marriage development and
improvement in the District of Columbia, $3,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That $1,500,000 shall be
for the Capital Area Asset Building Corporation for the
establishment of marriage development accounts in accordance
with the requirements in the accompanying report, of which
$400,000 shall be for program planning, marketing, evaluation,
and account administration: Provided further, That $1,500,000
shall be for mentoring, counseling, community outreach, and
training and technical assistance, of which $850,000 shall be
for the National Center for Fathering and $650,000 shall be for
the East Capitol Center for Change to carry out these
activities: Provided further, That within 30 days of enactment
of this Act, the entities receiving funds under this title
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
and Senate, a detailed expenditure plan and program
requirements that comport with the guidance in the accompanying
report.
District of Columbia Funds
The following amounts are appropriated for the District of
Columbia for the current fiscal year out of the general fund of
the District of Columbia, except as otherwise specifically
provided: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of
law, except as provided in section 450A of the District of
Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, section 1-204.50a)
and provisions of this Act, the total amount appropriated in
this Act for operating expenses for the District of Columbia
for fiscal year 2006 under this heading shall not exceed the
lesser of the sum of the total revenues of the District of
Columbia for such fiscal year or $8,700,158,000 (of which
$5,007,344,000 shall be from local funds, $1,921,287,000 shall
be from Federal grant funds, $1,754,399,000 shall be from other
funds, and $17,129,000 shall be from private funds), in
addition, $163,116,000 from funds previously appropriated in
this Act as Federal payments: Provided further, That of the
local funds, $466,894,000 shall be derived from the District's
general fund balance: Provided further, That of these funds the
District's intradistrict authority shall be $468,486,000: in
addition for capital construction projects there is
appropriated an increase of $2,820,637,000, of which
$1,072,671,000 shall be from local funds, $49,551,000 from
Highway Trust funds, $172,183,000 from the Local Street
Maintenance fund, $378,000,000 from securitization of future
revenue streams, $400,000,000 from Certificates of
Participation financing, $534,800,000 from financing for
construction of a baseball stadium, $213,432,000 from Federal
grant funds, and a rescission of $295,032,000 from local funds
appropriated under this heading in prior fiscal years, for a
net amount of $2,525,605,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided further, That the amounts providedunder this
heading are to be allocated and expended as proposed under ``Title II--
District of Columbia Funds'' of the Fiscal Year 2006 Proposed Budget
and Financial Plan submitted to the Congress of the United States by
the District of Columbia on June 6, 2005: Provided further, That this
amount may be increased by proceeds of one-time transactions, which are
expended for emergency or unanticipated operating or capital needs:
Provided further, That such increases shall be approved by enactment of
local District law and shall comply with all reserve requirements
contained in the District of Columbia Home Rule Act as amended by this
Act: Provided further, That the Chief Financial Officer of the District
of Columbia shall take such steps as are necessary to assure that the
District of Columbia meets these requirements, including the
apportioning by the Chief Financial Officer of the appropriations and
funds made available to the District during fiscal year 2006, except
that the Chief Financial Officer may not reprogram for operating
expenses any funds derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations
issued for capital projects.
General Provisions
Sec. 101. Whenever in this Act, an amount is specified
within an appropriation for particular purposes or objects of
expenditure, such amount, unless otherwise specified, shall be
considered as the maximum amount that may be expended for said
purpose or object rather than an amount set apart exclusively
therefor.
Sec. 102. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for
expenses of travel and for the payment of dues of organizations
concerned with the work of the District of Columbia government,
when authorized by the Mayor, or, in the case of the Council of
the District of Columbia, funds may be expended with the
authorization of the Chairman of the Council.
Sec. 103. There are appropriated from the applicable funds
of the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for
making refunds and for the payment of legal settlements or
judgments that have been entered against the District of
Columbia government.
Sec. 104. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no part
of this appropriation shall be used for publicity or propaganda
purposes or implementation of any policy including boycott
designed to support or defeat legislation pending before
Congress or any State legislature.
(b) The District of Columbia may use local funds provided
in this title to carry out lobbying activities on any matter
other than--
(1) the promotion or support of any boycott; or
(2) statehood for the District of Columbia or
voting representation in Congress for the District of
Columbia.
(c) Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit
any elected official from advocating with respect to any of the
issues referred to in subsection (b).
Sec. 105. (a) None of the funds provided under this title
to the agencies funded by this title, both Federal and District
government agencies, 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 title, shall
be available for obligation or expenditures for an agency
through a reprogramming of funds which--
(1) creates new programs;
(2) eliminates a program, project, or
responsibility center;
(3) establishes or changes allocations specifically
denied, limited or increased under this Act;
(4) increases funds or personnel by any means for
any program, project, or responsibility center for
which funds have been denied or restricted;
(5) reestablishes any program or project previously
deferred through reprogramming;
(6) augments any existing program, project, or
responsibility center through a reprogramming of funds
in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is
less; or
(7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel
assigned to a specific program, project or
responsibility center, unless the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
Senate are notified in writing 15 days in advance of
the reprogramming.
(b) None the local funds contained in this Act may be
available for obligation or expenditure for an agency through a
transfer of any local funds in excess of $3,000,000 from one
appropriation heading to another unless the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate are
notified in writing 15 days in advance of the transfer, except
that in no event may the amount of any funds transferred exceed
4 percent of the local funds in the appropriations.
Sec. 106. Consistent with the provisions of section 1301(a)
of title 31, United States Code, appropriations under this Act
shall be applied only to the objects for which the
appropriations were made except as otherwise provided by law.
Sec. 107. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the
provisions of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive
Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C. Law 2-139; D.C. Official
Code, section 1-601.01 et seq.), enacted pursuant to section
422(3) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official
Code, section 1-204l.22(3)), shall apply with respect to the
compensation of District of Columbia employees. For pay
purposes, employees of the District of Columbia government
shall not be subject to the provisions of title 5, United
States Code.
Sec. 108. No later than 30 days after the end of the first
quarter of fiscal year 2006, the Mayor of the District of
Columbia shall submit to the Council of the District of
Columbia and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and Senate the new fiscal year 2006 revenue
estimates as of the end of such quarter. These estimates shall
be used in the budget request for fiscal year 2007. The
officially revised estimates at midyear shall be used for the
midyear report.
Sec. 109. No sole source contract with the District of
Columbia government or any agency thereof may be renewed or
extended without opening that contract to the competitive
bidding process as set forth in section 303 of the District of
Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 1985 (D.C. Law 6-85; D.C.
Official Code, section 2-303.03), except that the District of
Columbia government or any agency thereof may renew or extend
sole source contracts for which competition is not feasible or
practical, but only if the determination as to whether to
invoke the competitive bidding process has been made in
accordance with duly promulgated rules and procedures and has
been reviewed and certified by the Chief Financial Officer of
the District of Columbia.
Sec. 110. None of the Federal funds provided in this Act
may be used by the District of Columbia to provide for
salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the offices
of United States Senator or United States Representative under
section 4(d) of the District of Columbia Statehood
Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 (D.C. Law 3-171;
D.C. Official Code, section 1-123).
Sec. 111. None of the Federal funds made available in this
Act may be used to implement or enforce the Health Care
Benefits Expansion Act of 1992 (D.C. Law 9-114; D.C. Official
Code, section 32-701 et seq.) or to otherwise implement or
enforce any system of registration of unmarried, cohabiting
couples, including but not limited to registration for the
purpose of extending employment, health, or governmental
benefits to such couples on the same basis that such benefits
are extended to legally married couples.
Sec. 112. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Act, the Mayor, in consultation with the Chief Financial
Officer of the District of Columbia may accept, obligate, and
expend Federal, private, and other grants received by the
District government that are not reflected in the amounts
appropriated in this Act.
(b)(1) No such Federal, private, or other grant may be
obligated, or expended pursuant to subsection (a) until--
(A) the Chief Financial Officer of the District of
Columbia submits to the Council a report setting forth
detailed information regarding such grant; and
(B) the Council has reviewed and approved the
obligation, and expenditure of such grant.
(2) For purposes of paragraph (1)(B), the Council shall be
deemed to have reviewed and approved the obligation, and
expenditure of a grant if--
(A) no written notice of disapproval is filed with
the Secretary of the Council within 14 calendar days of
the receipt of the report from the Chief Financial
Officer under paragraph (1)(A); or
(B) if such a notice of disapproval is filed within
such deadline, the Council does not by resolution
disapprove the obligation, or expenditure of the grant
within 30 calendar days of the initial receipt of the
report from the Chief Financial Officer under paragraph
(1)(A).
(c) No amount may be obligated or expended from the general
fund or other funds of the District of Columbia government in
anticipation of the approval or receipt of a grant under
subsection (b)(2) or in anticipation of the approval or receipt
of a Federal, private, or other grant not subject to such
subsection.
(d) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia
may adjust the budget for Federal, private, and other grants
received by the District government reflected in the amounts
appropriated in this title, or approved and received under
subsection (b)(2) to reflect a change in the actual amount of
the grant.
(e) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia
shall prepare a quarterly report setting forth detailed
information regarding all Federal, private, and other grants
subject to this section. Each such report shall be submitted to
the Council of the District of Columbia and to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate
not later than 15 days after the end of the quarter covered by
the report.
Sec. 113. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section,
none of the funds made available by this Act or by any other
Act may be used to provide any officer oremployee of the
District of Columbia with an official vehicle unless the officer or
employee uses the vehicle only in the performance of the officer's or
employee's official duties. For purposes of this paragraph, the term
``official duties'' does not include travel between the officer's or
employee's residence and workplace, except in the case of--
(1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan
Police Department who resides in the District of
Columbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the
Department;
(2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an officer
or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and
Emergency Medical Services Department who resides in
the District of Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day
or is otherwise designated by the Fire Chief;
(3) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and
(4) the Chairman of the Council of the District of
Columbia.
(b) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia
shall submit by March 1, 2006, an inventory, as of September
30, 2005, of all vehicles owned, leased or operated by the
District of Columbia government. The inventory shall include,
but not be limited to, the department to which the vehicle is
assigned; the year and make of the vehicle; the acquisition
date and cost; the general condition of the vehicle; annual
operating and maintenance costs; current mileage; and whether
the vehicle is allowed to be taken home by a District officer
or employee and if so, the officer or employee's title and
resident location.
Sec. 114. None of the funds contained in this Act may be
used for purposes of the annual independent audit of the
District of Columbia government for fiscal year 2006 unless--
(1) the audit is conducted by the Inspector General
of the District of Columbia, in coordination with the
Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia,
pursuant to section 208(a)(4) of the District of
Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 1985 (D.C.
Official Code, section 2-302.8); and
(2) the audit includes as a basic financial
statement a comparison of audited actual year-end
results with the revenues submitted in the budget
document for such year and the appropriations enacted
into law for such year using the format, terminology,
and classifications contained in the law making the
appropriations for the year and its legislative
history.
Sec. 115. (a) None of the funds contained in this Act may
be used by the District of Columbia Corporation Counsel or any
other officer or entity of the District government to provide
assistance for any petition drive or civil action which seeks
to require Congress to provide for voting representation in
Congress for the District of Columbia.
(b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Columbia
Corporation Counsel from reviewing or commenting on briefs in
private lawsuits, or from consulting with officials of the
District government regarding such lawsuits.
Sec. 116. (a) None of the funds contained in this Act may
be used for any program of distributing sterile needles or
syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug.
(b) Any individual or entity who receives any funds
contained in this Act and who carries out any program described
in subsection (a) shall account for all funds used for such
program separately from any funds contained in this Act.
Sec. 117. None of the funds contained in this Act may be
used after the expiration of the 60-day period that begins on
the date of the enactment of this Act to pay the salary of any
chief financial officer of any office of the District of
Columbia government (including any independent agency of the
District of Columbia) who has not filed a certification with
the Mayor and the Chief Financial Officer of the District of
Columbia that the officer understands the duties and
restrictions applicable to the officer and the officer's agency
as a result of this Act (and the amendments made by this Act),
including any duty to prepare a report requested either in the
Act or in any of the reports accompanying the Act and the
deadline by which each report must be submitted: Provided, That
the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall
provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and Senate by April 1, 2006 and October 1,
2006, a summary list showing each report, the due date, and the
date submitted to the Committees.
Sec. 118. Nothing in this Act may be construed to prevent
the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia from
addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive coverage
by health insurance plans, but it is the intent of Congress
that any legislation enacted on such issue should include a
``conscience clause'' which provides exceptions for religious
beliefs and moral convictions.
Sec. 119. The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and Senate, the Committee onGovernment Reform
of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Governmental
Affairs of the Senate quarterly reports addressing--
(1) crime, including the homicide rate,
implementation of community policing, the number of
police officers on local beats, and the closing down of
open-air drug markets;
(2) access to substance and alcohol abuse
treatment, including the number of treatment slots, the
number of people served, the number of people on
waiting lists, and the effectiveness of treatment
programs;
(3) management of parolees and pre-trial violent
offenders, including the number of halfway houses
escapes and steps taken to improve monitoring and
supervision of halfway house residents to reduce the
number of escapes to be provided in consultation with
the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for
the District of Columbia;
(4) education, including access to special
education services and student achievement to be
provided in consultation with the District of Columbia
Public Schools and the District of Columbia public
charter schools;
(5) improvement in basic District services,
including rat control and abatement;
(6) application for and management of Federal
grants, including the number and type of grants for
which the District was eligible but failed to apply and
the number and type of grants awarded to the District
but for which the District failed to spend the amounts
received; and
(7) indicators of child well-being.
Sec. 120. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Officer of
the District of Columbia shall submit to the appropriate
committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council of the
District of Columbia a revised appropriated funds operating
budget in the format of the budget that the District of
Columbia government submitted pursuant to section 442 of the
District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, section
1-204.42), for all agencies of the District of Columbia
government for fiscal year 2006 that is in the total amount of
the approved appropriation and that realigns all budgeted data
for personal services and other-than-personal-services,
respectively, with anticipated actual expenditures.
(b) This section shall apply only to an agency where the
Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia certifies
that a reallocation is required to address unanticipated
changes in program requirements.
Sec. 121. Notwithstanding any other law, in fiscal year
2006 and in each subsequent fiscal year, the District of
Columbia Courts shall transfer to the general treasury of the
District of Columbia all fines levied and collected by the
Courts under section 10(b)(1) and (2) of the District of
Columbia Traffic Act (D.C. Official Code, section 50-
2201.05(b)(1) and (2)): Provided, that the transferred funds
are hereby made available and shall remain available until
expended and shall be used by the Office of the Attorney
General of the District of Columbia for enforcement and
prosecution of District traffic alcohol laws in accordance with
section 10(b)(3) of the District of Columbia Traffic Act (D.C.
Official Code, section 50-2201.05(b)(3)).
Sec. 122. (a) None of the funds contained in this Act may
be made available to pay--
(1) the fees of an attorney who represents a party
in an action or an attorney who defends an action
brought against the District of Columbia Public Schools
under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) in excess of $4,000 for that
action; or
(2) the fees of an attorney or firm whom the Chief
Financial Officer of the District of Columbia
determines to have a pecuniary interest, either through
an attorney, officer, or employee of the firm, in any
special education diagnostic services, schools, or
other special education service providers.
(b) In this section, the term ``action'' includes an
administrative proceeding and any ensuing or related
proceedings before a court of competent jurisdiction.
Sec. 123. The Chief Financial Officer of the District of
Columbia shall require attorneys in special education cases
brought under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(IDEA) in the District of Columbia to certify in writing that
the attorney or representative rendered any and all services
for which they receive awards, including those received under a
settlement agreement or as part of an administrative
proceeding, under the IDEA from the District of Columbia. As
part of the certification, the Chief Financial Officer of the
District of Columbia shall require all attorneys in IDEA cases
to disclose any financial, corporate, legal, memberships on
boards of directors, or other relationships with any special
education diagnostic services, schools, or other special
education service providers to which the attorneys have
referred any clients as part of this certification. The Chief
Financial Officer shall prepare and submit quarterly reports to
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and Senate on the certification of and the
amount paid by the government of the District of Columbia,
including the District of Columbia Public Schools, to attorneys
in cases brought under IDEA. The Inspector General of the
District of Columbia may conduct investigations to determine
the accuracy of the certifications.
Sec. 124. The amount appropriated by this Act may be
increased by no more than $42,000,000 from funds identified in
the comprehensive annual financial report as the District's
fiscal year 2005 unexpended general fund surplus. The District
may obligate and expend these amounts only in accordance with
the following conditions:
(1) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of
Columbia shall certify that the use of any such amounts
is not anticipated to have a negative impact on the
District's long-term financial, fiscal, and economic
vitality.
(2) The District of Columbia may only use these
funds for the following expenditures:
(A) One-time expenditures.
(B) Expenditures to avoid deficit spending.
(C) Debt Reduction.
(D) Program needs.
(E) Expenditures to avoid revenue
shortfalls.
(3) The amounts shall be obligated and expended in
accordance with laws enacted by the Council in support
of each such obligation or expenditure.
(4) The amounts may not be used to fund the
agencies of the District of Columbia government under
court ordered receivership.
(5) The amounts may not be obligated or expended
unless the Mayor notifies the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
Senate not fewer than 30 days in advance of the
obligation or expenditure.
Sec. 125. (a) The fourth proviso in the item relating to
``Federal Payment for School Improvement'' in the District of
Columbia Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108-335; 118
Stat. 1327) is amended--
(1) by striking ``$4,000,000'' and inserting
``$4,000,000, to remain available until expended,'';
and
(2) by striking ``$2,000,000 shall be for a new
incentive fund'' and inserting ``$2,000,000, to remain
available until expended, shall be for a new incentive
fund''.
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect
as if included in the enactment of the District of Columbia
Appropriations Act, 2005.
Sec. 126. (a) To account for an unanticipated growth of
revenue collections, the amount appropriated as District of
Columbia Funds pursuant to this Act may be increased--
(1) by an aggregate amount of not more than 25
percent, in the case of amounts proposed to be
allocated as ``Other-Type Funds'' in the Fiscal Year
2006 Proposed Budget and Financial Plan submitted to
Congress by the District of Columbia on June 6, 2005;
and
(2) by an aggregate amount of not more than 6
percent, in the case of any other amounts proposed to
be allocated in such Proposed Budget and Financial
Plan.
(b) The District of Columbia may obligate and expend any
increase in the amount of funds authorized under this section
only in accordance with the following conditions:
(1) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of
Columbia shall certify--
(A) the increase in revenue; and
(B) that the use of the amounts is not
anticipated to have a negative impact on the
long-term financial, fiscal, or economic health
of the District.
(2) The amounts shall be obligated and expended in
accordance with laws enacted by the Council of the
District of Columbia in support of each such obligation
and expenditure, consistent with the requirements of
this Act.
(3) The amounts may not be used to fund any
agencies of the District government operating under
court-ordered receivership.
(4) The amounts may not be obligated or expended
unless the Mayor has notified the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
Senate not fewer than 30 days in advance of the
obligation or expenditure.
Sec. 127. The Chief Financial Officer for the District of
Columbia may, for the purpose of cash flow management, conduct
short-term borrowing from the emergency reserve fund and from
the contingency reserve fund established under section 450A of
the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (Public Law 98-198):
Provided, That the amount borrowed shall not exceed 50 percent
of the total amount of funds contained in both the emergency
and contingency reserve funds at the time of borrowing:
Provided further, That the borrowing shall not deplete either
fund by more than 50 percent: Provided further, That 100
percent of the funds borrowed shall be replenished within 9
months of the time of the borrowing or by the end of the fiscal
year, whichever occurs earlier: Provided further, That in the
event that short-term borrowing has been conducted and the
emergency or the contingency funds are later depleted below 50
percent as a result of an emergency or contingency, an amount
equal to the amount necessary to restore reserve levels to 50
percent of the total amount of funds contained in both the
emergency and contingency reserve fund must be replenished from
the amount borrowed within 60 days.
Sec. 128. (a) None of the funds contained in this Act may
be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or regulation to
legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the
possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I substance
under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802) or any
tetrahydrocannabinols derivative.
(b) The Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment
Initiative of 1998, also known as Initiative 59, approved by
the electors of the District of Columbia on November 3, 1998,
shall not take effect.
Sec. 129. None of the funds appropriated under this Act
shall be expended for any abortion except where the life of the
mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term or
where the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.
Sec. 130. Section 7 of the District of Columbia Stadium Act
of 1957 (Public Law 85-300, 71 Stat. 619), as amended, is
further amended by inserting after paragraph (d)(4) the
following:
``(e)(1) Upon receipt of a written description from the
District of Columbia of not more than 15 contiguous acres
(hereinafter referred to as `the 15 acres'), within the area
designated `D' on the revised map entitled `Map to Designate
Transfer of Stadium and Lease of Parking Lots to the District'
and bound by 21st Street, NE, Oklahoma Avenue, NE, Benning
Road, NE, the Metro line, and C Street, NE, and execution of a
long-term lease by the Mayor of the District of Columbia that
is contingent upon the Secretary's conveyance of the 15 acres
and for the purpose consistent with this paragraph, the
Secretary shall convey the 15 acres described land to the
District of Columbia for the purpose of siting, developing, and
operating an educational institution for the public welfare,
with first preference given to a pre-collegiate public boarding
school.
``(2) Upon conveyance, the portion of the stadium lease
that affects the 15 acres on the property and all the
conditions associated therewith shall terminate, and the 15
acres property shall be removed from the `Map to Designate
Transfer of Stadium and Lease of Parking Lots to the District',
and the long-term lease described in paragraph (1) shall take
effect immediately. The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall
execute and deliver a quitclaim deed to effectuate the
District's responsibilities under this section.''.
Sec. 131. The authority that the Chief Financial Officer of
the District of Columbia exercised with respect to personnel
and the preparation of fiscal impact statements during a
control period (as defined in Public Law 104-8) shall remain in
effect until September 30, 2006.
Sec. 132. The entire process used by the Chief Financial
Officer to acquire any and all kinds of goods, works and
services by any contractual means, including but not limited to
purchase, lease or rental, shall be exempt from all of the
provisions of the District of Columbia's Procurement Practices
Act: Provided, That provisions made by this subsection shall
take effect as if enacted in D.C. Law 11-259 and shall remain
in effect until September 30, 2006.
Sec. 133. Section 4013 of the Uniform Per Student Funding
Formula for Public Schools and Public Charter Schools Amendment
Act of 2005, passed on first reading on May 10, 2005 (engrossed
version of Bill 16-200), is hereby enacted into law.
Sec. 134. The Chief Financial Officer of the District is
hereby authorized to transfer $5,000,000 from the local funds
appropriated for the Deputy Mayor for Economic Development to
the Anacostia Waterfront Corporation and to reallocate the
appropriation authority for such funds to a heading to be
entitled ``Anacostia Waterfront Corporation'' in addition, an
amount of $3,200,000 is hereby appropriated from the local
funds made available to the Anacostia Waterfront Corporation in
fiscal year 2005. Provided, That all of the funds made
available herein to the Anacostia Waterfront Corporation shall
remain available until expended.
Sec. 135. Amounts appropriated in the Act for the
Department of Health may be increased by $250,000 in local
funds to remain available until expended to conduct a health
study in Spring Valley.
Sec. 136. Notwithstanding section 602(c)(1) of the District
of Columbia Home Rule Act, amendments to the Ballpark Technical
Amendments Act of 2005 and the Ballpark Fee Rebate Act of 2005
shall take effect on the date of the enactment by the District
of Columbia.
Sec. 137. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any
reference to ``this Act'' contained in this division shall be
treated as referring only to the provisions of this division.
This division may be cited as the ``District of Columbia
Appropriations Act, 2006''.
This Act (including divisions A and B) may be cited as the
``Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the
Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2006''.
And the Senate agree to the same.
Joe Knollenberg,
Frank R. Wolf,
Harold Rogers,
Todd Tiahrt,
Anne M. Northup,
Robert B. Aderholt,
John E. Sweeney,
John Abney Culberson,
Ralph Regula,
Jerry Lewis,
John W. Olver,
Steny H. Hoyer,
Ed Pastor,
Carolyn C. Kilpatrick,
James E. Clyburn,
Steven R. Rothman,
Managers on the Part of the House.
Christopher S. Bond,
Richard C. Shelby,
Arlen Specter,
R.F. Bennett,
Kay Bailey Hutchison,
Mike DeWine,
Sam Brownback,
Ted Stevens,
Pete V. Domenici,
Conrad Burns,
Wayne Allard,
Thad Cochran,
Patty Murray,
Robert C. Byrd,
Barbara Mikulski,
Harry Reid,
Herb Kohl,
Richard J. Durbin
(except for Cuba trade),
Byron L. Dorgan
(except for Cuba trade),
Patrick J. Leahy
(except for Cuba trade),
Tom Harkin
(except for Cuba trade),
Mary L. Landrieu
(except for Cuba trade),
Daniel K. Inouye
(except for Section 173),
Managers on the Part of the Senate.
JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE
The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of
the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill
(H.R. 3058), ``making appropriations for the Departments of
Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development,
the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other
purposes'', submits the following joint statement to the House
and the Senate in explanation of the effect of the action
agreed upon by the conferees and recommended in the
accompanying conference report.
This legislation intent in the House and Senate versions
in H.R. 3058 is set forth in the accompanying House report (H.
Rept. 109-153) and the accompanying Senate report (S. Rept.
109-109).
The Senate amendment deleted the entire House bill after
the enacting clause and inserted the Senate bill. The
conference agreement includes a revised bill.
The language and allocations set forth in the House and
Senate reports should be complied with unless specifically
addressed to the contrary in the conference report and the
statement of the managers. Report language included by the
House which is not changed by the report of the Senate or this
statement of managers and Senate report language which is not
changed by this statement of managers is approved by the
committee of conference. The statement of the managers, while
repeating some report language for emphasis, does not intend to
negate the language referred to above unless expressly provided
herein. In cases where the House or the Senate has directed the
submission of a report, such report is to be submitted to both
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement provides $84,900,000 for the
salaries and expenses of the office of the secretary instead of
$67,824,000 as proposed by the House and $86,000,000 as
proposed by the Senate. As proposed by both the House and the
Senate, bill language is included that specifies funding by
office. The conference agreement is as follows:
Immediate office of the Secretary....................... $2,198,000
Immediate office of the Deputy Secretary................ 698,000
Office of the General Counsel........................... 15,183,000
Office of the Under Secretary for Transportation Policy. 11,650,000
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and
Programs............................................ 8,485,000
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental
Affairs............................................. 2,293,000
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration.... 22,031,000
Office of Public Affairs................................ 1,910,000
Office of the Executive Secretariat..................... 1,442,000
Board of Contract Appeals............................... 697,000
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization.. 1,265,000
Office of Intelligence and Security..................... 2,033,000
Office of the Chief Information Officer................. 11,895,000
Office of Emergency Transportation...................... 3,120,000
The conference agreement retains provisions proposed by
both the House and the Senate limiting transfers among each
office to no more than 5 percent and requiring that any
transfer greater than 5 percent must be submitted for approval
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. Bill
language is also included which allows the Department to spend
up to $60,000 within the funds provided for official reception
and representation expenses.
The conference agreement retains bill language proposed
by the House prohibiting funds from being used for the position
of Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs. The conference
agreement also retains bill language proposed by both the House
and the Senate that allows up to $2,500,000 in user fees to be
credited to salaries and expenses.
The conferees direct the Department to notify the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations no less than three full
business days before any grant totaling $1,000,000 is announced
and further clarify that such notifications shall be based on
the grants full-year funding level, not just the incremental
amount being released.
The conferees reiterate the need for better budget
materials from the Department in general and direct the
Department to provide additional details in the fiscal year
2007 budget justification materials as instructed in both the
House and Senate reports.
The conferees direct the Secretary to submit an operating
plan for fiscal year 2006 for the entire Department as
described in the House report for approval by the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations within 60 days of enactment
of this Act.
Further, the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs
shall submit a report to both the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations at the beginning of each fiscal quarter on
the status of all outstanding reports and reporting
requirements, including the deadlines established by Congress
for each report and an estimated date for delivery, as directed
by the Senate. The Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs
is also directed to submit a quarterly report detailing all
funding transfers made between offices within the office of the
secretary (OST) pursuant to transfer authority in OST salaries
and expenses.
The conferees direct the Secretary to immediately resume
collecting, processing, and disseminating the motor carrier
financial and operating statistics survey (Form M data), as was
in effect in the Department prior to October 1, 2004, and to
provide a report within 30 days of enactment of this Act to the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that identifies
the agency responsible for the survey and the funds to be
allocated to the survey in fiscal year 2006.
The conferees direct that up to $500,000 of the funds
provided to the Office of the Under Secretary of Transportation
for Policy be used for an independent forensic audit of
expenses and payments made under the essential air service
(EAS) program, as directed by the Senate. The conference
agreement does not provide funds for an EAS audit to be
conducted by the National Academy of Public Administration, as
proposed by the Senate.
The conferees deny the funding requested by the
Department for contractor support for oversight of credit
programs. Further, the conferees direct the Assistant Secretary
for Budget and Programs to submit a report detailing
initiatives to improve the management and reduce the risk of
the Department's credit programs and to provide this report to
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations not later
than March 1, 2006, as proposed by the Senate.
The conferees direct the Secretary, in consultation with
the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), to
establish procedures not less than 60 days after the enactment
of this Act to ensure that proper precautions are taken by
airports and air carriers to recognize and prevent the spread
of avian flu, as directed by the Senate.
The provision relating to Love Field, Texas, that was
proposed by the Senate is addressed in the Title I
administrative provisions.
The conferees once again urge the Department and the FAA
to make it their highest priority to consider allocating
permanent slots at LaGuardia Airport, as allowable under 49
U.S.C. 41716(b), to allow the communities of Akron-Canton,
Ohio, and Newport News-Williamsburg, Virginia, to each have
permanent third roundtrips to LaGuardia with stage III aircraft
with no less than 110 and no more than 125 seats.
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS
The conference agreement provides $8,550,000 for the
office of civil rights as proposed by both the House and the
Senate.
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
The conference agreement provides $15,000,000 for
transportation planning, research and development as proposed
by the Senate and instead of $9,030,000 as proposed by the
House. Adjustments to the budget request are as follows:
Ballast Water Study--UWS................................ $500,000
Delaware State University Hydrogen Storage Research..... 250,000
DOT privacy assessment.................................. 400,000
Missouri Transportation Institute, University of
Missouri--Rolla..................................... 1,000,000
Innovative Materials Research at Lawrence Tech
University, Southfield, MI.......................... 1,175,000
Integrated Commercial Vehicle Safety Enforcement
Technology Initiative, MI........................... 900,000
Intermodal Transportation Research, Mississippi State
University.......................................... 900,000
Maritime Domain Awareness Pilot Project, WA............. 425,000
Maritime Fire and Safety Association, WA................ 425,000
National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, Ann Arbor,
MI.................................................. 1,175,000
PVTA Hydrogen Bus or PVTA Electric Bus.................. 750,000
Traffic Improvement Association of Oakland County, MI... 250,000
Transportation Laboratory at the Detroit Science Center,
Detroit, MI......................................... 400,000
TTI Pipeline Safety Research............................ 500,000
UW Superior--STARTS..................................... 250,000
Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute
commercial shipping alternatives for inland
waterways........................................... 700,000
The conference agreement does not provide funds to
support the orderly discontinuation of Amtrak's mail and
express service. The conference agreement also does not hold
any funds within this account in reserve to carry out directed
service should Amtrak cease operations.
WORKING CAPITAL FUND
The conference agreement includes a limitation of
$118,014,000 for working capital fund activities instead of
$120,014,000 as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM
The conference agreement provides an appropriation of
$900,000 for the administrative expenses of the minority
business resource center program and limits loans made under
the program to $18,367,000 as proposed by both the House and
the Senate.
MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH
The conference agreement provides $3,000,000 for minority
business outreach as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement provides $60,000,000 for
payments to air carriers to be derived from the trust fund as
proposed by the Senate, instead of $54,000,000 as proposed by
the House. In addition to these funds, the program will receive
$50,000,000 in mandatory spending pursuant to the Federal
Aviation Authorization Act of 1996, resulting in a program
budget of $110,000,000.
The conference agreement includes bill language, as
proposed by the House, which allows the secretary to take into
consideration the subsidy requirements of carriers when
selecting between carriers competing to provide service to a
community.
Should the total amount of overflight fees collected not
be sufficient to meet all the funding needs of the program in
the fiscal year, then the secretary is authorized to transfer
funds from the available balances of any program appropriated
to, or directly administered by the office of the secretary to
the essential air service program. The conferees direct the
office of the secretary to consult with the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations if such a transfer is necessary
and identify the source of the funds of said transfer subject
to normal reprogramming guidelines.
The provisions relating to the transfer of funds to and
from the FAA for the EAS program, as proposed by the House, are
addressed in the FAA administrative provisions, as proposed by
the Senate.
NEW HEADQUARTERS BUILDING
The conference agreement provides $50,000,000 for
continued construction and buildout of the new headquarters
building as proposed by the Senate and instead of $55,000,000
as proposed by the House.
Federal Aviation Administration
OPERATIONS
The conference agreement includes $8,186,000,000 for
operations of the Federal Aviation Administration instead of
$8,396,920,000 as proposed by the House and $8,176,000,000 as
proposed by the Senate. Of the total amount provided,
$5,541,000,000 is to be derived from the airport and airway
trust fund instead of $4,986,000,000 as proposed by the House
and $5,686,500,000 proposed by the Senate. Funds are
distributed in the bill by budget activity, as proposed by the
Senate.
Contract tower cost-sharing.--The bill specifies
$7,500,000 for continuation of the contract tower cost-sharing
program as proposed by the House and Senate.
Transfers between budget activities.--The conference
agreement retains Senate language that allows transfers of no
greater than two percent from any budget activity, excluding
aviation regulation and certification, to any budget activity.
Transfers of more than two percent are subject to reprogramming
procedures contained in this Act.
Flight service station transition costs.--The conference
agreement provides an additional $150,000,000 for flight
service station transition costs as proposed by the Senate,
instead of $91,000,000 as proposed by the House.
The following table compares the conference agreement to
the President's budget request and the levels proposed in the
House and Senate bills by budget activity:
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Conference
House bill Senate bill agreement
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Air Traffic Organization.................................. $6,647,305,000 $6,647,305,000 $6,647,305,000
Contract Tower base program........................... 3,200,000 2,710,000 3,200,000
Contract tower cost-sharing program................... 395,000 395,000 395,000
Restoration of ARA.................................... -222,171,000 0 0
Management of MOUs and MOAs........................... -500,000 0 -500,000
BTS Aviation Statistics............................... -4,000,000 -4,000,000 -4,000,000
Annualization Adjustment.............................. 0 -2,000,000 -2,000,000
NAS Handoff........................................... 0 -17,000,000 -17,000,000
Alien Species Action Plan............................. 0 1,600,000 1,600,000
NY/NJ Airspace Redesign............................... 0 (2,000,000) (2,000,000)
Amount Recommended........................................ 6,424,229,000 6,627,010,000 6,629,000,000
Flight Service Stations Transition........................ 91,000,000 150,000,000 150,000,000
Amount Recommended........................................ 91,000,000 150,000,000 150,000,000
Research and Acquisition.................................. 0 0 0
Restoration of office funding......................... 222,171,000 0 0
Amount Recommended........................................ 222,171,000 0 0
Aviation Regulation and Certification/Aviation Safety..... 941,742,000 941,742,000 941,742,000
Flight Standards Safety inspectors.................... 4,000,000 8,000,000 8,000,000
Aircraft Certification Service........................ 4,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000
Safety and Security Analytics......................... 1,000,000 0 1,000,000
Professional Aerial Application support system........ 50,000 ................ 50,000
Certification of upset training program............... 250,000 ................ 250,000
Human Intervention and Motivation Study............... 0 500,000 500,000
Medallion Program..................................... 0 2,000,000 2,000,000
Charter air service safety program.................... ................ ................ 1,000,000
Amount Recommended........................................ 951,042,000 956,242,000 958,542,000
Commercial Space Transportation........................... 11,759,000 11,759,000 11,759,000
Amount recommended........................................ 11,759,000 11,759,000 11,759,000
Financial Services........................................ 50,983,000 50,983,000 50,983,000
Personnel adjustments................................. -400,000 0 0
Amount recommended........................................ 50,583,000 50,983,000 50,983,000
Human Resource Management................................. 69,943,000 69,943,000 69,943,000
Adjustments........................................... 0 0 0
Amount recommended........................................ 69,943,000 69,943,000 69,943,000
Region and Center Operations.............................. 150,744,000 150,744,000 150,744,000
Adjustments........................................... 0 0 0
Amount recommended........................................ 150,744,000 150,744,000 150,744,000
Staff Offices............................................. 141,909,000 141,909,000 141,909,000
Personnel adjustments................................. -1,572,000 0 91,000
Amount Recommended........................................ 140,337,000 141,909,000 142,000,000
Information Services...................................... 36,112,000 36,612,000 36,612,000
E-gov adjustment...................................... 0 -500,000 -500,000
Amount recommended........................................ 36,612,000 36,112,000 36,112,000
Account-wide Adjustments:
Personnel compensation and benefits................... -8,000,000 0 0
Unfilled executive positions.......................... -5,000,000 0 0
Working Capital Fund.................................. -1,500,000 0 0
Undistributed reduction............................... 0 -18,702,000 -13,083,000
Amount recommended........................................ -14,500,000 -18,702,000 -13,083,000
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Total............................................... 8,133,920,000 8,176,500,000 8,186,000,000
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National airspace redesign.--The conference agreement
includes $2,000,000 and language proposed by the Senate
regarding the use of funds for the national airspace redesign
project in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area. The
conferees agree to House language that no funds made available
under this appropriation may be used to prepare the
Environmental Impact Statement for the redesign of the New
York/New Jersey/Philadelphia regional airspace, or to conduct
any work as part of the review of the redesign project
conducted under the National Environmental Policy Act and
related laws, as long as the FAA fails to consider noise
mitigation. Further, none of the funds made available for this
purpose shall be reprogrammed by the FAA to other activities,
including airspace redesign not directly related to New York,
New Jersey, and Philadelphia airspace redesign.
Safety inspectors.--The conferees provide a total of
$683,845,000 for flight standards safety inspectors and
$162,271,000 for aircraft certification services to address
staffing reductions. This funding level represents an increase
over the budget request of $8,000,000 for flight standards
safety inspectors and $4,000,000 for aircraft certification
services.
The conference agreement modifies reporting requirements
proposed by the House and Senate regarding safety inspector
staffing in the offices of flight standards and aircraft
certification, and directs FAA to submit semi-annual reports in
fiscal year 2006 identifying baseline staffing levels, staffing
goals, number of new hires on board, number of new hires in the
pipeline, and the use of funds provided for these offices.
Information services.--The conference agreement provides
$36,112,000 for information services, as proposed by the
Senate, and modifies Senate language directing that no funds be
transferred to another agency in support of the e-gov
initiative without prior notification of the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations.
On-airport mobile refuelers.--The conferees recommend
that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) work with the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish reasonable
methods of compliance for the EPA's Spill Prevention Control
and Countermeasure (SPCC) requirements as they relate to on-
airport mobile refuelers.
On-airport mobile refueling vehicles already incorporate
significant spill prevention protections. The design of
refuelers is regulated by DOT and incorporates numerous safety
systems, including emergency cut-off switches, interlock
systems, and over-fill prevention devices for minimizing the
potential for spills. In addition, the FAA extensively
regulates the operations of mobile refuelers and other ground
vehicles at airports to ensure safe operations. Moreover,
mobile refueler operations at airports are subject to EPA
regulations governing stormwater discharges, and airports have
response plans in place to address potential spills. The
conferees urge DOT and EPA to work together to ensure that the
regulations do not impose unreasonable cost burdens on the
operators of the refueling vehicles.
Non-precision GPS approaches.--The conference agreement
includes up to $5,000,000 for development of additional
approaches and flight procedures at non-part 139 certified
airports.
Air charter safety management system.--The conference
agreement provides $1,000,000 for the government and industry
cooperative program to improve safety for America's Part 135
on-demand air taxi industry. This program provides proactive
tools for industry participants to prevent accidents and to
improve and measure safety management by Part 135 on-demand air
carriers.
Department of Defense schools.--FAA organizations have
traditionally staffed their overseas facilities with employees
who have return rights to the U.S. mainland, making their
dependents qualified to attend DOD schools. In 2004, FAA
reviewed the eligibility of FAA employees in Puerto Rico and
determined that many were ineligible to attend these schools.
The majority of employees in Puerto Rico are local hires or
employees that have stayed so long that they have forfeited
their return rights.
The FAA worked with DOD and its employees to allow the
dependents of ineligible employees to enroll for one more year
under a ``good cause'' continuation for the 2004-2005 school
year. After FAA's determination in June 2004, another ``good
cause'' extension was requested from DOD for the 2005-2006
school year. The conferees understand that the second extension
was granted to provide adequate time to plan for the 2007
school year. FAA should continue to provide DOD school access
for the dependents of eligible employees, consistent with its
policies. Further, the conferees direct that the FAA provide a
report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations by
March 15, 2006 detailing the justification for its
determination, assistance it provided to employees determined
as ineligible, and the tuition expenses that are provided for
all FAA dependents living outside of the U.S.
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
The conference agreement includes $2,540,000,000 instead
of $3,053,000,000 as proposed by the House and $2,448,000,000
as proposed by the Senate. Of the total amount available,
$429,210,500 is available until September 30, 2006, and
$2,110,789,500 is available until September 30, 2008. The
conference agreement includes language proposed by both the
House and Senate directing FAA to transmit a detailed five-year
capital investment plan to Congress with its fiscal year 2007
budget submission.
The following table provides a breakdown of the House and
Senate bills and the conference agreement by program:
Advanced technology development and prototyping.--The
conference agreement includes $68,210,000 for advanced
technology development and prototyping instead of $41,460,000
as proposed by the House and $75,960,000 as proposed by the
Senate. The following table compares the conference agreement
to the House and Senate bills by budget activity:
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Project House Senate Conference
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Runway Incursion.............. $7,100,000 $7,100,000 $7,100,000
Aviation System Capacity 6,500,000 6,500,000 6,500,000
Improvement (ASCI)...........
Separation Standards.......... 2,500,000 2,500,000 2,500,000
General Aviation and Vertical 1,500,000 1,500,000 1,500,000
Flight Technology............
Operational Concept Validation 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000
NAS Requirements.............. 800,000 800,000 800,000
Safer Skies................... 3,400,000 3,400,000 3,400,000
NAS Safety Assessment......... 1,500,000 1,500,000 1,500,000
Wake Turbulence............... 2,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000
Airspace Management Laboratory 7,000,000 7,000,000 7,000,000
Wind Profiling in Juneau, AK.. 3,160,000 3,160,000 3,160,000
Airport Cooperative Research -- 10,000,000 --
Program......................
GPS Anti-jam technologies..... 1,000,000 -- 1,000,000
Fogeye........................ -- -- 500,000
Lithium Technologies to reduce 1,000,000 -- 1,000,000
ASR..........................
Mobile Object Infrastructure -- 3,000,000 2,750,000
Technology...................
Airport Technology Program.... -- 17,500,000 17,500,000
Airfield Pavements Research... $1,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000
Runway Obstruction Warning -- 1,000,000 1,000,000
System.......................
Total................... 41,460,000 75,960,000 68,210,000
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Airport pavement research.--Of the funds provided,
$4,000,000 is for the airfield improvement program authorized
under section 905 of Public Law 106-181.
Safe Flight 21.--The conference agreement includes
$42,950,000 for Safe Flight 21, of which $10,000,000 is to
augment ADS-B funding. The conferees direct the FAA to submit a
spend plan to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
within 30 days of enactment.
En route automation.--The conference agreement provides
$333,550,000 for en route automation. FAA is given the
discretion to allocate the reduction of $8,000,000 among
projects within this program.
Airport surface detection equipment--Model X (ASDE-X).--
The conference agreement provides $30,200,000 for ASDE--X,
instead of $27,200,000 proposed by both the House and Senate.
The conferees note that the ASDE-X deployment schedule has
slipped by two years. Although the FAA recently announced
deployment at 15 major airports, the conferees remain concerned
about runway incursions and provide an additional $3,000,000 to
expedite installation and deployment of ASDE-X equipment.
Airport traffic control tower TRACON facilities.--The
conferees provide $44,233,830, instead of $51,469,000 as
proposed by the House and Senate. The reduction is due to the
prohibition of ARAC consolidation into the Oklahoma City
TRACON.
Houston Area Air Traffic System (HAATS).--The conference
agreement provides $10,200,000 for the HAATS.
DOD/FAA facilities transfer.--The conference agreement
includes $2,000,000 to continue the FAA contribution for
operation of the airport radar approach control at Lawton/Fort
Sill Regional Airport in Oklahoma.
Integrated control and monitoring system (ICMS).--The
conference agreement includes $4,000,000 for ICMS. Although the
system has been operating successfully at six airports, the FAA
is conducting an operational safety assessment of ICMS. The
conferees concur with the FAA's decision to spend no more than
$500,000 on this assessment, and the FAA used a portion of the
fiscal year 2005 appropriation for this purpose. The conferees
expect FAA to obligate the funding within three months of
enactment of this Act.
Terminal automation modernization replacement (TAMR).--
The conference agreement provides $20,000,000 for modernization
of display systems replacement at two terminal radar approach
control facilities and their associated air traffic control
towers. The funding level is consistent with the budget
request; however, the conference agreement provides funds under
TAMR instead of the terminal automation program. The conferees
note that on November 9, 2005, FAA requested interested
companies with automation systems in the NAS for descriptions
of their systems. The notice includes four critical sites:
Chicago, Illinois; Denver, Colorado; St. Louis, Missouri; and
Minneapolis--St. Paul, Minnesota, with an expected award date
of January 2007. The sites were identified by the FAA as
critical to upgrade. The conferees are concerned that the
competition for the replacement of these four aging systems,
which is only being offered to a limited number of vendors, is
expected to take up to 15 months. The conferees encourage FAA
to expedite consideration of proposals and make an award or
awards, as the case may be, as soon as possible. In order to
best address the emergency needs of each site in the most
timely and efficient manner, the FAA is encouraged to
independently evaluate bids based on the unique circumstances
and situations at each location. Furthermore, the conferees
note that if the FAA determines that air traffic control
equipment at other facilities poses a critical safety risk, the
conferees would consider and promptly respond to a request to
reprogram funds to accommodate additional facilities if safety
critical arise.
Terminal automation program.--The conference agreement
provides $24,300,000 for the terminal automation program
instead of $64,300,000 as proposed by the House and $39,300,000
as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement transferred
$20,000,000 provided by both the House and Senate to TAMR to
reflect that FAA will complete the display modernization. The
funding level includes a total of $22,000,000 to continue to
sustain software at the busiest facilities in the NAS.
Terminal air traffic control facilities replacement.--The
conference agreement provides $124,800,000 for this program.
Funds shall be distributed as follows:
Project Conference agreement
Addison Field, Dallas, Texas............................ $1,500,000
Battle Creek, Michigan.................................. 1,600,000
Billings, Montana....................................... 1,800,000
Boise, Idaho............................................ 7,700,000
Broomfield, Colorado.................................... 1,220,000
Champaign, Illinois..................................... 2,200,000
Cleveland, Ohio......................................... 18,225,000
Dayton, Ohio............................................ 1,300,000
Deer Valley, Arizona.................................... 2,300,000
Dulles International, Chantilly, Virginia............... 4,500,000
Fort Wayne, Indiana..................................... 1,300,000
Gulfport/Biloxi, Mississippi............................ 5,000,000
Houston TRACON, Texas................................... 4,000,000
Huntsville, Alabama..................................... 2,216,000
Jeffco Airport, Colorado................................ 4,000,000
Kona, Hawaii............................................ 2,000,000
LaGuardia Int'l, New York............................... 10,000,000
Lihue, Hawaii........................................... 2,000,000
Manchester, New Hampshire............................... 1,300,000
McCarran International, Las Vegas, Nevada............... 3,000,000
Memphis, Tennessee...................................... 2,300,000
Memphis, Tennessee...................................... 16,100,000
Morristown, New Jersey.................................. 8,339,000
Morristown, New Jersey.................................. 1,150,000
Newport News, Virginia.................................. 2,300,000
Palm Beach International Airport, Florida............... 2,000,000
Palm Springs International Airport, California.......... 2,300,000
Phoenix, Arizona........................................ 2,450,000
Reno, Nevada............................................ 3,300,000
Spokane, Washington..................................... 3,000,000
St. Louis Downtown Airport, Illinois.................... 2,880,000
Traverse City Air Traffic Control Tower, Michigan....... 1,520,000
Spokane Tower.--The conferees include $3,000,000 for the
demolition or relocation of seven buildings that are in the
line-of-sight of the new air traffic control tower currently
under construction. The conferees also understand that the need
to build additional duct banks and other costs will require
additional resources in fiscal year 2006 in order for the tower
to be commissioned on August 27, 2007. The conferees direct the
FAA to utilize unobligated balances within the tower program to
fully cover these additional costs.
Wide area augmentation system (WAAS).--The conferees
provide $93,000,000 for WAAS, instead of $110,000,000 as
proposed in the House and $98,500,000 as proposed by the
Senate. Of the funds provided, no less than $5,000,000 is for
approaches at airports without an existing ILS. The conferees
note that an additional $10,000,000 was provided for WAAS in a
reprogramming letter dated September 20, 2005.
Chicago O'Hare.--The conferees remain concerned that
congestion and delays at major hubs impact the national airways
system. Improving overall efficiency through investment in
technology and procedures will increase capacity while long-
term solutions to airport congestion continue to be developed.
The conferees support and encourage the FAA to make the
following improvements to operations at O'Hare International
Airport: (1) expeditiously install a multilateration system and
accelerate deployment of the ASDE-X radar system to improve
ground handling of aircraft and (2) redesign the descent
corridor airspace and implement new RNAV arrivals and idle
descents.
Detroit Metro Airport, Michigan.--Detroit Metro Airport
was identified as a candidate airport where FAA should consider
installation of the precision runway monitor (PRM) system to
improve airport capacity in inclement weather conditions. Since
then, FAA has begun to limit PRM deployment in favor of
multilateration technology. Since the need for capacity
improvements at Detroit Metro remains valid and FAA is moving
away from PRM deployments, the conferees provide $6,000,000 to
develop and implement multilateration technology at this
airport.
Approach lighting system improvement program.--The
conference agreement provides $9,000,000 for the approach
lighting system improvement program. Of the amount provided,
$3,000,000 is to continue the program of providing lighting
systems at rural airfields throughout Alaska, and $1,000,000 is
for a medium-intensity approach lighting system replacement
(MALSR) for Lee Gilmer Airport in Gainesville, Georgia. The
conferees do not include House language directing $5,000,000 to
procure MALSR equipment, as a significant number of procured
systems have not been installed. Further, the conference
agreement includes language proposed by the Senate regarding
issuing new MALSR specifications.
Instrument landing system establishment.--The conference
agreement provides $19,850,000 for the instrument landing
system establishment. Funds shall be distributed as follows:
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Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, Florida. Install previously $1,800,000
procured approach
lighting system
(runway 31).
Long Beach, California............. Install previously 2,000,000
procured approach
lighting system
(runway 25R).
Hartsfield-Jackson International, Acquire and install 400,000
Georgia. replacement LPDME.
Keokuk Municipal, Iowa............. Install previously 550,000
acquired glide scope.
Klawock, Alaska.................... Install previously 1,800,000
acquired ILS.
McCook Municipal, Nebraska......... Phase II installation 675,000
of glide slope and
PAPI system.
Western Nebraska (Scottsbuff) Acquire and install 1,900,000
Regional, Nebraska. glide slope and MALSR.
McAllen-Miller Airport, Texas...... Acquire and install 1,623,000
ILS.
Somerset Airport, Kentucky......... Installation of 1,525,000
previously acquired
ILS.
Leesburg Executive Airport, Installation of 2,000,000
Virginia. previously acquired
ILS.
Ozark Regional Airport, Arkansas... Final phase of ILS 577,000
installation.
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In addition, the conference agreement includes $4,400,000
for the cost sharing initiative and $600,000 for the FAA to
conduct site surveys to determine costs and feasibility for
installing instrument landing systems at the following
airports: Reno/Tahoe International, Nevada; University Park,
Pennsylvania; Aiken Municipal, South Carolina; Wendover, Utah;
Menomonie Municipal--Score Field, Wisconsin; and Taylor County,
Wisconsin.
Frequency and spectrum engineering.--The conference
agreement includes $8,600,000 for frequency and spectrum
engineering, of which $2,500,000 is for the national airspace
interference detection location and mitigation project.
Center for advanced systems development (CAASD).--The
conference agreement provides $77,800,000 for CAASD. The
conferees encourage the use of funds in support of simulations
and technical analysis to ensure implementation of constant
descent arrivals using aircraft based spacing and merging.
Transponder landing system.--The conference agreement
does not provide funds for this program.
RESEARCH, ENGINEERING AND DEVELOPMENT
The conference agreement provides $138,000,000 for
research, engineering, and development instead of $130,000,000
as proposed by the House and $134,500,000 as proposed by the
Senate. The following table compares the conference agreement
to the House and Senate bills by budget activity:
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Conference
Program House bill Senate bill agreement
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Improve Aviation Safety:
Fire research and safety.................................... $6,244,000 $6,244,000 $6,244,000
Propulsion and fuel systems................................. 4,049,000 5,049,000 5,799,000
Advanced material/structural safety......................... 2,613,000 3,213,000 5,941,000
Atmospheric hazards/digital system safety................... 3,441,000 3,441,000 3,441,000
Aging aircraft.............................................. 19,007,000 20,007,000 20,007,000
Aircraft catastrophic failure prevention research........... 3,340,000 3,340,000 3,340,000
Flightdeck maintenance/system integration human factors..... 8,181,000 8,181,000 8,181,000
Aviation safety risk analysis............................... 4,932,000 4,932,000 4,932,000
Air traffic control airways facility human factors.......... 9,654,000 9,654,000 9,654,000
Aeromedical research........................................ 6,889,000 8,889,000 8,889,000
Weather program--safety..................................... 20,582,000 20,582,000 20,582,000
Improve efficiency:
Joint program and development office........................ 18,100,000 17,000,000 18,100,000
Wake Turbulence............................................. 2,296,000 2,296,000 2,296,000
Reduce Environment Impacts--Environment and Energy Mission 16,008,000 17,008000 16,000,000
Support........................................................
System Planning and Resource Management..................... 1,271,000 1,201,000 1,201,000
William J. Hughes Technical Center Laboratory Facility...... 3,393,000 3,393,000 3,393,000
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Total................................................. 130,000,000 134,500,000 138,000,000
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Propulsion and fuel systems.--Of the funds provided,
$500,000 is to continue the evaluation of molecular markers for
detecting the adulteration or dilution of jet fuel; $300,000 is
for research into modifying general aviation piston engines to
enable their safe operation usingunleaded aviation fuel;
$500,000 is for research into aviation grade ethanol fuels at South
Dakota State University; $400,000 for the Center of Excellence for
General Aviation research; and $750,000 is for simulation of
containment of airplane engine failure at the George Washington
University in Virginia.
Advanced materials/structural safety.--Of the funds
provided, $4,000,000 is for research and equipment at the
National Institute for Aviation Research at Wichita State
University and $400,000 is for advanced materials research at
the University of Washington.
Aging Aircraft.--Of the funds provided, $1,000,000 is for
the Center for Aviation Systems Reliability; $1,265,000 is for
the Aging Aircraft Nondestructive Inspection Validation Center;
$1,000,000 is for the National Institute for Aviation Research;
$1,325,000 is for Center for Aviation Research and Aerospace
Technology; and $100,000 is for the Center of Excellence for
General Aviation Research.
Flightdeck safety/systems integration.--Of the funds
provided, $235,000 is to continue developing in-flight
simulator training for commercial pilots at the Flight Research
Training Center.
Aeromedical research.--Of the funds provided, $2,000,000
is to continue studies related to cabin air quality to be
conducted by the Center of Excellence for Cabin Environment
Research.
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
The conference agreement includes a liquidating cash
appropriation of $3,399,000,000 instead of $3,600,000,000 as
proposed by the House, and $3,390,000,000 as proposed by the
Senate.
Obligation limitation.--The conferees agree to an
obligation limitation of $3,550,000,000 for the ``Grants-in-aid
for airports'' program, instead of $3,600,000,000 as proposed
by the House and $3,500,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Administration.--The conference agreement includes a
limitation on administrative expenses of $71,096,000 as
proposed by the Senate.
Small community air service development program.--The
bill includes $10,000,000 under the obligation limitation to
continue the small community air service development program
instead of $20,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House had
no similar funding.
Airport cooperative research program.--The bill includes
$10,000,000 under the obligation limitation for the airport
cooperative research program, as proposed by the House. The
Senate provided funds under the facilities and equipment
appropriation.
High priority projects.-- Of the funds covered by the
obligation limitation in this bill, the conferees direct FAA to
provide not less than the following funding levels, out of
available resources, for the following projects. The conferees
agree that state apportionment funds may be construed as
discretionary funds for the purposes of implementing this
provision. To the maximum extent possible, the administrator
should work to ensure that airport sponsors for these projects
first use available entitlement funds to finance the projects.
However, the FAA should not require sponsors to apply carryover
entitlements to discretionary projects funded in the coming
year, but only those entitlements applicable to the fiscal year
2006 obligation limitation. The conferees further direct that
the specific funding allocated below shall not diminish or
prejudice the application of a specific airport or geographic
region to receive other AIP discretionary grants or multiyear
letters of intent.
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
(RESCISSION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
The conference agreement includes a rescission of
contract authority of $1,032,000,000 instead of $469,000,000
proposed by the House and $1,174,000,000 as proposed by the
Senate.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
Section 101 retains a provision authorizing airports to
transfer instrument landing systems and other equipment
purchased with federal airport grants to the FAA, subject to
certain conditions, as proposed by the House and Senate.
Section 102 allows 375 technical staff-years at the
Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development as proposed by
the House and Senate.
Section 103 prohibits funds for adopting guidelines or
regulations requiring airport sponsors to provide FAA ``without
cost'' building construction, maintenance, or space as proposed
by the House and Senate.
Section 104 retains a Senate provision that permits
reimbursement for fees collected and credited under 49 U.S.C.
45303. The House bill contained no similar provision.
Section 105 retains a provision proposed in the Senate
bill that allows reimbursement of funds for providing technical
assistance to foreign aviation authorities to be credited to
the Operations account. The House bill contained no similar
provision.
Section 106 retains a provision proposed by the House
prohibiting funds to change weight restrictions or prior
permission rules at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey. The Senate
bill contained no similar provision.
Section 107 retains a provision proposed by the House
prohibiting funds for engineering work related to an additional
runway at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in
Louisiana. The Senate bill contained no similar provision.
Section 108 includes a provision as proposed by the House
and modifies a Senate provision concerning the continuation and
mandatory expansion of the war risk insurance program. The
conference agreement extends the existing terms and conditions
of the program for one year, until December 31, 2006. The
conferees note that, under the provisions of section 106 of
Public Law 108-176, the Secretary continues to have the
authority to extend war risk insurance to aircraft
manufacturers at his discretion. The Senate provision extending
the virtual primary airport subsidies is addressed under
section 109.
Section 109 modifies a Senate provision regarding
extending virtual primary airport subsidies for fiscal year
2006. It is the conferees intent that this will be the last
extension for such subsidies.
Federal Highway Administration
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
The conference agreement limits administrative expenses
of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to $364,638,000,
as proposed by the Senate instead of $359,529,000 as proposed
by the House. This amount assumes funding for six additional
full-time equivalent staff years (FTES) to help oversee FHWA
major projects, for an overall agency total of 2,430 FTES. The
conferees recommend the following adjustment to the budget
request by program and activity:
Administrative funding in support of oversight and
stewardship activities.............................. -$4,000,000
The conferees direct FHWA to submit with the fiscal year
2007 budget justification a report describing the cost,
schedule, funding, and technical status of all major projects
and an explanation of significant risks to costs, schedules,
funding or technical issues.
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
The conference agreement limits obligations for the
federal-aid highways program to $36,032,343,903 instead of
$36,287,100,000 as proposed by the House and $40,194,259,000 as
proposed by the Senate.
The conference agreement includes bill language, as
proposed by the House, which allows the Secretary to charge and
collect fees from the applicant for a direct loan, guaranteed
loan, or line of credit to cover the cost of the financial and
legal analyses performed on behalf of the Department as
authorized under section 605(b) of title 23, United States
Code. The fees so collected are not subject to any obligation
limitation or the limitation on administrative expenses set for
the infrastructure finance program under section 608 of title
23, United States Code.
The conferees recognize the importance of permitting
States to use transportation enhancement funds for historic
preservation. The conferees direct the FHWA to continue
approving the use of transportation enhancement funds for the
preservation or restoration of historic courthouses when there
is a linkage to transportation, consistent with past practices.
LIMITATION ON TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH
The conference agreement includes a general limitation on
transportation research of $429,800,000 instead of $485,000,000
as proposed by the House and $408,491,420 as proposed by the
Senate. Within this level, the conference agreement includes
funding for the following activities:
Surface transportation research, development, deployment
program............................................. $196,400,000
Training and education program.......................... 26,700,000
Bureau of Transportation Statistics..................... 27,000,000
University transportation research...................... 69,700,000
Intelligent transportation systems research............. 110,000,000
BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS
Under the obligation limitation of the FHWA and within
the sublimitation for transportation research, the conference
agreement provides $27,000,000 for the Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS). Since the passage of the Norman Y. Mineta
Research and Special Programs Improvement Act, Public Law 108-
426, on November 30, 2004, BTS is a part of the Research and
Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) within the
Department. Accordingly, additional information regarding BTS
is included in the RITA section of this report.
FERRY BOATS AND FERRY TERMINAL FACILITIES
Within the funds available for ferry boats and ferry
terminal facilities, funds are to be available for the
following projects and activities:
Project Amount
Beale Street Landing/Docking Facility, Memphis, TN...... $2,500,000
Bridgeport High Speed Ferry, CT......................... 2,750,000
Delaware Ferry Terminal NJ.............................. 2,000,000
Ferry Boat New Construction, WA......................... 1,700,000
Ferryboat Vessel Acquisition, Erie, PA.................. 500,000
Fire Island Ferry Terminal, Saltaire, NY................ 400,000
Harbor Commission Car Ferry, Cassville, WI.............. 400,000
Homer-Halibut Cove-Jakolof Bay-Seldovia Ferry, AK....... 1,000,000
Iowa-Illinois Regional Ferry Service, IA................ 300,000
Kitsap Transit, purchase a low-wake passenger-only
ferry, WA........................................... 1,500,000
Kitsap Transit, Rich-Passage Wake Impact Study,
Bremerton, WA....................................... 2,300,000
LaGuardia Airport Ferry, NY............................. 600,000
Long Branch Ferry Pier, NJ.............................. 900,000
Lorain Port Authority Black River Excursion Vessel, OH.. 500,000
Manns Harbor Maintenance Facility, NC................... 3,000,000
Mayport Vessel Replacement, Jacksonville, FL............ 700,000
Oklahoma City Water Transport System, OK................ 1,250,000
Port Aransas Ferryboat, TX.............................. 500,000
Replacement of Kennedy Class Ferries, NY................ 1,000,000
San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Ferry Boat Oyster
Point, CA........................................... 800,000
Savannah Water Ferry, GA................................ 1,000,000
Sound Class Ferry, Ocracoke, NC......................... 2,750,000
Stamford High Speed Ferry, CT........................... 2,750,000
Staten Island Fast Ferry Purchase, NY................... 2,000,000
Thames Shipyard/Cross Sound Ferry Terminal, CT.......... 500,000
Vashon Island Passenger Ferry, WA....................... 1,400,000
TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNITY AND SYSTEM PRESERVATION PROGRAM
Within the funds made available for the transportation
and community and system preservation program, funds are to be
distributed to the following projects and activities:
FEDERAL LANDS
Within the funds available for the federal lands program,
funds are to be available for the following projects and
activities:
Project Amount
14th Street Bridge Corridor Improvements, VA.................. $800,000
17-Mile Road Reconstruction, WY............................... 530,000
200 Line Road Project, Makah Indian Tribe, WA................. 1,500,000
A. Teague Parkway Extension, Red River Refuge, LA............. 1,250,000
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum Road Improvements, CA........... 750,000
Alaska Trails Initiative, AK.................................. 2,525,000
Battlefield Parkway Expansion from Kincaid Boulevard to Route
7, Leesburg, VA........................................... 3,000,000
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Access Road, UT.............. 750,000
BIA Route 27 Reconstruction, SD............................... 1,000,000
Blackstone River Bikeway, RI.................................. 3,650,000
Bluff Street Corridor (SR-18), UT............................. 575,000
Boston Harbor Islands, Accessible Floats and Ramps, MA........ 1,000,000
Campobello International Park paving of main road and parking
area...................................................... 1,500,000
Chickasaw Museum and Cultural Center, Natchez Trace Parkway,
MS........................................................ 450,000
City of Rocks Back Country Byway, ID.......................... 3,000,000
Craig Road Grade Separation, Las Vegas, NV.................... 5,000,000
Crow's Neck Environmental Education Center, Tishomingo County,
MS........................................................ 150,000
Elm Street Garage Improvements, New Bedford, MA............... 300,000
FDA Access Road, Montgomery County, MD........................ 500,000
FH-24, Banks to Lowman, ID.................................... 1,000,000
Forest Road 235 in Magdalena Ridge, NM........................ 1,165,000
Fort Campbell U.S. 41A Force Protection Barrier Project in
Fort Campbell, KY......................................... 1,600,000
Fort Peck Reservoir Fishing Access Roads, MT.................. 3,000,000
Ft. George Island Traffic Study, FL........................... 300,000
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy Parks and Trails, CA... 600,000
HCRH Improvements, Cascade Locks, OR.......................... 500,000
Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge, Arizona and Nevada.................. 1,000,000
Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge, AZ.................................. 6,000,000
Hopi/Navajo Route 60 in Navajo County, AZ..................... 1,000,000
Hwy 49-Hwy 7 Connector Road, Leflore County, MS............... 1,000,000
Hyde Park Information and Transportation Center, NY........... 1,500,000
Improvements to Turquoise Trail BIA Route 4, AZ............... 750,000
Interstate 580 Freeway Extension, NV.......................... 1,000,000
Jamestown 2007 Project, VA.................................... 1,625,000
LA Highway 117 Environmental Assessment, LA................... 500,000
Lake Mead Parkway Improvements, City of Henderson, NV......... 3,000,000
Lone Pine Dam, Navajo County, AZ.............................. 2,000,000
Lowell Canal Walkway-Red Cross River Reach, MA................ 1,000,000
Lower Elwha Tribe Access Road Project, WA..................... 1,000,000
Marine Corps Heritage Center Interchange, VA.................. 1,000,000
Navajo Route 13 Rehabilitation, NM............................ 1,540,000
Needles Highway, San Bernardino, County, CA................... 1,000,000
Northern Virginia Recreation Trail Connections, VA............ 500,000
Ocean County Route 539 Crossing Resurfacing Upgrade, NJ....... 250,000
Pikes Peak Erosion and Sedimentation Control, CO.............. 1,200,000
Preston North and South in Richardson County, NE.............. 200,000
Reconstruction of S-323, Alzada to Ekalaka, MT................ 400,000
Repaving of Delta/Drummond Road, US Forest Highway 35, WI..... 2,300,000
Riverwalk construction, Lowell, Middlesex, MA................. 1,000,000
Road to the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Reservation, WA......... 750,000
Salmon Falls Creek Bridge, ID................................. 200,000
San Juan County Road 442 in the Navajo Nation, UT............. 150,000
San Juan County Road 444 in the Navajo Nation, UT............. 330,000
San Juan County Road 470 in the Navajo Nation, UT............. 250,000
SD 40 Resurfacing from Hermosa, South Dakota to Shannon
County, Line, DS.......................................... 3,000,000
Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, OK......................... 60,000
SH 145 Dolores to Stoner, CO.................................. 4,800,000
Skaitook Lake Access Roads, OK................................ 150,000
South Access to Golden Gate Bridge, CA........................ 1,250,000
South Dupree Road BIA Route 15, SD............................ 500,000
Spirit Lake Reservation Tokio-Ephriam Road, ND................ 400,000
SR 160 Blue Diamond Highway Widening, Valley View to Rainbow,
NV........................................................ 3,750,000
SR 4-Wagon Trail Realignment, CA.............................. 750,000
SR 92/I-15 Interchange, Utah County, UT....................... 1,500,000
SR-92, I-15 Interchange to SR-146, UT......................... 500,000
Stones River National Battlefield Tour Route, TN.............. 500,000
Summit Valley Road, San Bernardino County, CA................. 1,000,000
Sumpter Valley Railroad Restoration, Baker County, OR......... 500,000
Taholah School Access Road Project, Quinault Indian Nation, WA 2,500,000
Thomas Cole National Historic Site, NY........................ 745,000
Tohono Oodham highway improvements, AZ........................ 850,000
Trail Forever Golden Gate Conservancy, CA..................... 400,000
U.S. 26 Passing Lanes, Wasco County, OR....................... 500,000
US 93 Evaro to Polson Corridor, MT............................ 600,000
Valles Caldera National Preserve, NM.......................... 1,475,000
West Vail Pass Vegetated Wildlife Overpass, CO................ 500,000
Wilson Lake Cedar Creek Bridge Crossing, KS................... 130,000
INTERSTATE MAINTENANCE DISCRETIONARY
Within the funds available for the interstate maintenance
discretionary program, funds are to be available for the
following projects and activities:
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
The conference agreement provides a liquidating cash
appropriation of $36,032,343,903 to pay the outstanding
obligations of the various highway programs at levels provided
in this Act and prior appropriations Acts, instead of
$36,000,000,000 as proposed by the House and $40,194,259,000 as
proposed by the Senate.
(RESCISSION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
The conference agreement includes a rescission of
$1,999,999,000 of the unobligated balances of funds apportioned
to the States under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code,
excluding safety programs and funds set aside within the State
for population areas. The conferees direct the FHWA to
administer the rescission by allowing each State maximum
flexibility in making adjustments among the apportioned highway
programs.
APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY SYSTEM
The conference agreement provides $20,000,000 for the
Appalachian Development Highway System to be allocated for West
Virginia Corridor H.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
Section 110 includes a provision similar to language
proposed by the Senate that modifies the distribution of
Federal-aid highway obligation limitation. The House did not
include a similar provision.
Section 111 retains the provision, as proposed by both
the House and Senate, that allows funds received by the Bureau
of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data products to
be credited to the Federal-aid Highways account.
Section 112 includes a new provision that establishes an
administrative takedown and sets aside funding for activities
of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The
remaining amounts shall be distributed for the following
purposes:
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS
Project Amount
12th Street Flood Prevention Project, Perry Township, OH $750,000
200 West from Syracuse Road to Midland Drive, Davis and
Weber Counties, UT.................................. 1,750,000
2nd Street/Andrews Avenue/3rd Street Enhancements, Ft.
Lauderdale, FL...................................... 500,000
31st Street, Haksell Ave. to O'Connell Rd., Lawrence, KS 800,000
55th Street Bridge Replacement, Plain Township, OH...... 1,100,000
56th Avenue/Quebec Improvements, Denver, CO............. 2,800,000
90A Widening, Stafford, TX.............................. 1,650,000
90A Widening, Sugar Land, TX............................ 1,475,000
A-B Street NW Corridor Connector, Auburn, WA............ 1,700,000
Advanced Vehicle Research Center, NC.................... 300,000
Airport Road Expansion, Phase II, Jasper, AL............ 1,830,000
Airport Terminal Roadway Improvements, Broward County,
FL.................................................. 1,000,000
Alameda Corridor-East, San Gabriel Valley, CA........... 4,200,000
Alief Community Park Rehabilitation Project, TX......... 300,000
Alliance for Transportation Research, University of New
Mexico, NM.......................................... 200,000
Atlus Falcon Road Improvements, OK...................... 750,000
American Discovery Trail, Coralville, IA................ 200,000
Andrews Air Force Base Gateway Beautification, MD....... 1,250,000
Antelope Valley Transportation Improvements, NE......... 900,000
Arthur Avenue Retail Market, NY......................... 400,000
Ashburton Avenue Reconstruction, City of Yonkers, NY.... 800,000
Ashland County, Town of Lapointe, reconstruct Rice
street with storm sewer, sidewalk and parking, WI... 450,000
Assembly Street Railroad Relocation, SC................. 1,300,000
Atlantic Avenue Extension, NY........................... 700,000
Austin Road Extension, Prospect, CT..................... 500,000
Austin-San Antonio Regional Commuter Rail Project, TX... 2,000,000
Baldwin County Highway 83 Evacuation Route Project, AL.. 850,000
Baldwin Road, Oakland County, MI........................ 700,000
Baltimore Area Transit System Expansion, MD............. 750,000
Barnhardt Road Extension, Umatilla County, OR........... 2,000,000
Bass River Park Gateway, Dennis, MA..................... 1,400,000
Back and Wixom Road/I-96 Interchange, MI................ 600,000
Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine, WV........................ 650,000
Belleville Road/Ecorse Road Intersection, MI............ 400,000
Bird Springs Road/Bridge Rehabilitation, AZ............. 2,000,000
Bob Anthony Parkway, Barnett Res., MS................... 1,000,000
Bobby Jones/Palmetto Parkway, SC........................ 1,000,000
Borough of Landsdale Street Improvements, PA............ 500,000
Boston University Infrastructure Investment Research, MA 300,000
Boundary Street Construction, Marlborough, MA........... 1,600,000
Bourbon County Industrial Park Access Road, KY.......... 600,000
Bridge at 132nd St. and US-69, Overland Park, KS........ 1,000,000
Bridge Rehabilitation in Excelsior Springs, MO.......... 450,000
Bridge Replacement, Werner Church Road Plain Township,
OH.................................................. 1,000,000
Bridgeton Trail/Park, MO................................ 800,000
Bristol Street Multi-Modal Corridor, CA................. 600,000
Brooklyn Children's Museum Pedestrian Enhancements, NY.. 800,000
Brookwood Road Restoration, Halfmoon, NY................ 1,330,000
Burbank/Sepulveda Boulevards Intersection Improvements,
CA.................................................. 200,000
California University Pennsylvania (CUP) Urban MAG, PA.. 2,000,000
Calmar Telematics ITS Project, Liverpool, NY............ 1,250,000
Calumet City Street Resurfacing, IL..................... 400,000
Cape Cod Hyannis Memorial Statue Gateway/Walkway, MA.... 100,000
Cedar Park RM 1431 Widening Project, TX................. 500,000
Center for Aquatic Life and Conservation, Baltimore, MD. 800,000
Center for Business and Education Park Access Road, VA.. 600,000
Charleston International Airport Parking Garage, SC..... 1,000,000
Charlotte County Florida Evacuation Widening, FL........ 250,000
Chatham Area Transit Job Access Reverse Commute,
Savannah, VA........................................ 1,000,000
Chicago Department of Transportation Damen/Elston/
Fullerton, IL....................................... 700,000
City of Ashland Industrial Park Road Construction, OH... 300,000
City of Ashland, Pedestrian Infrastructure Improvements,
WI.................................................. 450,000
City of Baytown, Streetscape Project, TX................ 700,000
City of Elkhart Grade Separation Project, Norfolk-
Southern Railroad, IN............................... 200,000
City of Key West Job Access Program, FL................. 500,000
City of Lawndale Street Improvements, CA................ 850,000
City of Leander Upgrade FM 2243, TX..................... 500,000
City of Omaha Widening/Improvements to Q Street from
157th Street to 204th Street, NE.................... 1,000,000
City of Presque Isle Public Works Department Capital
Improvements, ME.................................... 700,000
City of Santa Fe Springs, Los Angeles County, CA........ 800,000
City of Santa Monica ITS Improvements, CA............... 350,000
City of Selma Water Avenue Streetscape Improvement, AL.. 400,000
City of St. Petersburg bicycle master plan, FL.......... 400,000
City of Thornton, Grade Separation Improvements, CO..... 500,000
Clark County, NV Beltway and Interchanges, NV........... 150,000
Clifton Corridor Transit and Transportation
Improvements, GA.................................... 1,000,000
Coalfields Expressway, WV............................... 10,000,000
Cobblestone Landing Restoration, Memphis, TN............ 2,000,000
College of Southern Idaho Student Safety Initiative, ID. 750,000
Colorado Boulevard Connector, CO........................ 2,000,000
Columbus Bypass, MS..................................... 3,000,000
Columbus North Arterial Project, NE..................... 500,000
Connecting Road from Route 78 and Lathrop Street to East
2900th Street, Annawan, IL.......................... 2,300,000
Construction of K-254, Northwest Bypass in Sedgwick, KS. 2,500,000
Construction of USH 8 and Industrial Parkway
intersection overpass, City of St. Croix Falls, WI.. 1,250,000
County Road 19 Improvements, Cherokee County, AL........ 500,000
Creager Island Bridge Replacement, Wayne County, NY..... 950,000
Creation of Pedestrian/bike paths on Route 190 Bridge,
Enfield, CT......................................... 750,000
Cromwell Industrial Park road construction in Cromwell,
CT.................................................. 500,000
Crooks Road, from 14 Mile Road to Elmwood Road/Meijer
Drive, Clawson, MI.................................. 2,200,000
Cross Valley Connector, Santa Clarita, CA............... 1,000,000
Crystal Lake Mitigation, Manchester, NH................. 300,000
CSAH 82 Victory Extension Project, Stage 3, MN.......... 250,000
CTAA of America Nationwide Joblinks, MA................. 3,000,000
Culvert Replacement on Roads, AK........................ 750,000
Curry College Area Road Improvements, MA................ 500,000
Dakota Turkey Plant Access Road US 14 in Huron, SD...... 500,000
Daytona Avenue Highway Improvements, Penfield, NY....... 100,000
Dedeaux Road, Gulfport, MS.............................. 2,000,000
Delaware Welfare to Work Program, DE.................... 275,000
Denton I-35E Bridge at Loop 288/U.S. 77, TX............. 2,000,000
Des Moines (Principal) Riverwalk, Des Moines, IA........ 750,000
Design and construction of Union Street railroad
underpass, West Springfield, MA..................... 900,000
Development and construction of SR37/SR145, IN.......... 500,000
Downtown Multimodal Parking System, Huntsville, AL...... 1,000,000
Downtown Road Improvement, Indianapolis, IN............. 700,000
Dualization of MD 404, MD............................... 2,000,000
Dualization of US 113, MD............................... 2,000,000
Dublin Boulevard and Dougherty, City of Dublin, CA...... 300,000
E. Genesee Avenue streetscape project, Saginaw, MI...... 1,000,000
East Lake Sammamish Parkway, Sammamish, WA.............. 750,000
Eastern Hills Corridor road construction, Clarence, Erie
County, NY.......................................... 900,000
Edith Boulevard Improvements, Bernalillo County, NM..... 3,000,000
El Camino East/West Corridor, LA........................ 400,000
Eleven Mile Road, Berkley, Oak Park, and Huntington
Woods, MI........................................... 1,000,000
Environmental Shield, Brooklyn Queens Expressway, NY.... 650,000
Essential road improvements, Desert Hot Springs, CA..... 1,000,000
Evacuation Plan Funding, LA............................. 1,000,000
Evanston, IL: CTA viaducts reconstruction, IL........... 750,000
Evansville Indiana Downtown Traffic Study, IN........... 200,000
Expansion of access and parking adjacent to Post Office,
City of Jacksonville, AL............................ 110,000
Expansion of Highway 431, Town of Roanoke, AL........... 150,000
Extend I-759 East to US Highway 278, Gadsden, AL........ 2,800,000
FAST-TRAC SCATS signal installations, Oakland County, MI 1,000,000
Flamingo Road Reconstruction, Laguna Beach, CA.......... 2,000,000
Fort Bragg Bike Path, CA................................ 750,000
Fort Campbell Variable Message Board/Directional Signs
in Fort Campbell, KY................................ 1,100,000
Fort Worth Flood Safety, TX............................. 800,000
Fort Worth Transportation Improvement Projects, TX...... 2,000,000
Fortification Street Rehabilitation, Jackson, MS........ 3,000,000
Fourth Street Bridge, San Francisco, CA................. 1,500,000
Fredericksburg Road-Medical Drive, San Antonio, TX...... 500,000
Freight Rail Improvements, New Bedford, MA.............. 500,000
Fresno State Route 41 Off ramp Improvements, CA......... 1,500,000
Galveston Rail Trolley Extension to Seawall Boulevard,
TX.................................................. 750,000
GEARS Intelligent Transportation Systems, PA............ 400,000
Geneva Road (SR-114) from Orem 1600 North to University,
Provo, UT........................................... 500,000
Going Street Overcrossing Project, OR................... 1,000,000
Grand Teton Pathways Project, WY........................ 4,000,000
Great River Road, Renovating Old Fort Madison, IA....... 25,000
Great River Road, Scenic Byways, Montrose, IA........... 50,000
Greater Nanticoke (Luzerne Co, PA) Connector Road, PA... 750,000
Greenbridge Transportation Improvements, White Center,
WA.................................................. 1,500,000
Greene Co. Demonstration Bridge, MO..................... 148,000
Greene County, Georgia Conversion of I-20 and Carey
Station, GA......................................... 200,000
Grenada Lake Bridge, Grenada, MS........................ 200,000
Grenada Lake Bridge, MS................................. 500,000
Guaranteed Ride Home Prog. Santa Clara County, CA....... 300,000
Hapeville rail facilities and corridor, GA.............. 3,000,000
Hartford Avenue Improvements to Aid Pocasset River
Drainage, RI........................................ 1,000,000
Hattiesburg Intelligent Transportation System, MS....... 500,000
Highway 100 Trail Bridge and 26th Street Pedestrian
Bridge, St. Louis Park, MN.......................... 800,000
Highway 149 Improvements, Richland, MS.................. 1,700,000
Highway 21 extension, Talladega, AL..................... 500,000
Highway 25 to MS Highway 471 in Flowood, MS............. 1,750,000
Highway 278 Corridor, Beaufort County, SC............... 250,000
Highway 412 Mountain Home to Ash Flat, AR............... 700,000
Highway 44 Bridge, Marion County, MS.................... 750,000
Highway 45 Bypass, Columbus, MS......................... 600,000
Highway 49 Widening from the University of North
Carolina to the Yadkin River Bridge, Charlotte, NC.. 5,000,000
Highway 49/Highway 7 Connector Road, Greenwood, MS...... 1,500,000
Highway 6 Bypass, TX.................................... 2,250,000
Highway 6 from Batesville to Clarksdale, MS............. 3,250,000
Highway 63: Interstate 55-Jonesboro, AR................. 2,000,000
Highway 7 Improvements, Blue Springs, MO................ 2,550,000
Highway 71: Texarkana--DeQueen, AR...................... 2,000,000
Highway 77 Rail Grade Separation, Marion, AR............ 350,000
Highway 82 Frontage Roads, Leland, MS................... 500,000
Highway-rail grade crossing bypass, Silver Spring, NY... 600,000
Hike and Bike Trails, Burleson, TX...................... 250,000
Historic Court Square Improvements, Charlottesville, VA. 140,000
Hoboken Waterfront Walkway along North Sinatra Drive, NJ 400,000
Honolulu Ways to Work, HI............................... 250,000
Hoosier Heartland Highway, Cass/Carroll County, IN...... 1,300,000
Hoosier Heartland Highway, IN........................... 1,500,000
Hoover Nature Trail, Ely, IA............................ 100,000
Houston Flood Improvement Projects, TX.................. 1,500,000
Houston Road Improvements, TX........................... 750,000
Howell, Shannon, Carter and Butler Counties, Route 60,
MO.................................................. 500,000
Hudson River Waterfront Walkway, NJ..................... 750,000
HWY 133 from Valdosta to Moultrie to Albany, GA......... 1,000,000
I-15 Layton Interchange, Layton, UT..................... 1,500,000
I-15 North & Commuter Rail Coordination study; Davis
County, UT.......................................... 1,500,000
I-15 (Falchion Rd)/SR 18 Interchange, CA................ 1,000,000
I-20 Corridor Program, Lincoln Parish, LA............... 600,000
I-26/US 1 Airport Intermodal Connector, Lexington, SC... 750,000
I-275/M-5 corridor economic development study for
Oakland and Wayne Counties by the I-275/M-5
Transportation Alliance, Farmington Hills, MI....... 500,000
I-4 Crosstown Connector, FL............................. 850,000
I-4 Land Acquisition (Orlando Metropolitan Area), FL.... 1,500,000
I-40/Arizona 95 Interconnect, Needles, CA............... 2,000,000
I-49 North, LA.......................................... 500,000
I-5 Freeway/Highway 43 Freeway Ramp and Street Capacity
Improvements, OR.................................... 2,000,000
I-5 Sorrento Valley/Genesee Avenue, San Diego, CA....... 600,000
I-69, Indianapolis to Evansville, IN.................... 1,450,000
I-74 Northern Beltway, Eastern Section Extension,
Winston-Salem, NC................................... 500,000
I-76 Corridor Improvements from Ft. Morgan to Nebraska
state line, CO...................................... 1,600,000
I-79 Parkway West ramp construction and widening, PA.... 500,000
I-90 Burma Avenue Overpass, Gillette, WY................ 1,000,000
I-94 Westbound Reconstruction, ND....................... 1,000,000
I-Go Carsharing Project, Chicago, IL.................... 400,000
Illinois Trails, IL..................................... 2,000,000
Improve Millstonebrook Road Southampton, NY............. 500,000
Improvements to Alton Traffic Rotary, NH................ 250,000
Improvements to Mill Bridge, Somers, CT................. 2,000,000
Improvements to Raffia Road in Enfield, CT.............. 900,000
INAAP Re-use Authority Project, IN...................... 1,500,000
Indian River Bridge Inlet Replacement, DE............... 3,000,000
Indianapolis Downtown Road Improvements, IN............. 1,000,000
Infrastructure Development and Highway/Street Access
Improvements, Rural Enterprises, OK................. 200,000
Integrate Traffic Light Coordination, Houston, TX....... 750,000
Intelligent Transportation System, Ventura County, CA... 700,000
Interchange construction on I-94 at 21 Mile Road,
Chesterfield Township, MI........................... 600,000
Intermodal Freight Facilities, Port of Walla Walla, WA.. 1,500,000
Intermodal Infrastructure Enhancement Project, Port of
Olympia, Olympia, WA................................ 1,000,000
Intersection at I-49 and Highway 190, St. Landry Parish,
LA.................................................. 1,000,000
Intersection Improvements Route 9/Oak, Natick, MA....... 1,400,000
Interstate 40/Highways 25/64 Interchange, AR............ 750,000
Interstate 5 Blaine Exit Interchange in Blaine, WA...... 500,000
Interstate 5 Trade Corridor, OR......................... 800,000
Interstate 69, TN....................................... 1,900,000
Interstate 93 Water Quality Study, NY................... 1,250,000
Interstate-235 Reconstruction Project, IA............... 600,000
Isle of Wight Emergency Signals, VA..................... 300,000
Issac Middle School Pedestrian Bridge, AZ............... 700,000
ITS St. George Area, UT................................. 750,000
Jackson Road right-of-way and reconstruction, MI........ 400,000
Jacksonville Transportation Authority, Soutel Road
Improvements, FL.................................... 3,000,000
Jennie Barker Rd./Mary St./K-156 Intersection
Reconfiguration, Finney County, KS.................. 1,250,000
Jersey City Signalization Improvements, Jersey City, NJ. 800,000
Johnson County, East/West Corridor, Phase I, IN......... 1,000,000
Joplin Downtown Streetscape Development, MO............. 1,000,000
Joplin West Bypass Study, MO............................ 120,000
K-18 4-lane Improvement, Preliminary Engineering and
Design, Riley County, KS............................ 1,250,000
Kalkberg Commerce Park, NY.............................. 725,000
Kendall Square Transportation Improvements, MA.......... 1,000,000
Keystone Drive Reconstruction and Upgrade, AK........... 1,000,000
KY1494 widening in Bullitt County, KY................... 150,000
LA 1 Replacement, LA.................................... 1,500,000
LA Highway 28 from Ft. Polk to Alexandria, LA........... 750,000
La Velle Road Reconstruction, Alamogordo, NM............ 1,000,000
Lagoon Pond Inlet Bridge, Martha's Vineyard, MA......... 800,000
Lake County Passage, IL................................. 975,000
Lake County Passage, Lake County, IL.................... 1,300,000
Lake Falcon Improvements Project, TX.................... 600,000
Lake Road Seaway Trail, Webster, NY..................... 450,000
Latson Road/I-96 Interchange, Brighton, MI.............. 300,000
Leeville Bridge, LA..................................... 800,000
Lenexa Prairie Star Parkway, KS......................... 250,000
Lexington Connector, SC................................. 893,000
Liberty Street Reconstruction, McDonald, PA............. 100,000
Library Lane Project, NY................................ 800,000
Lincoln Bypass, CA...................................... 700,000
Lincoln South Beltway, NE............................... 2,000,000
Little Bay Bridges/Spaulding Turnpike, NH............... 2,500,000
Little Sugar Creek, Greenway, NC........................ 500,000
Livernois Road, from South Boulevard to Avon Road,
Rochester Hills, MI................................. 1,300,000
Long Branch Village Center Access Improvements, Silver
Spring, MD.......................................... 750,000
Longfellow Bridge Rehabilitation, Boston, MA............ 700,000
Main Street Extension Realignment, Freemansburg, PA..... 800,000
Malden Industrial Park Improvement Programs, MO......... 800,000
Maple Road lane addition and road improvements between
Drake and Beck, MI.................................. 500,000
Marin Novato Narrows Highway 101 Corridor Widening, CA.. 850,000
Maryland 4 Suitland Parkway Exchange, MD................ 2,000,000
Maryland 5 at Maryland 373, MD.......................... 2,500,000
MD 246, MD235 to Saratoga Drive, MD..................... 1,000,000
MD45, Cavan to Ridgely Road, MD......................... 750,000
Mechanical Civil Aerospace Engineering Complex, Rolla,
MO.................................................. 2,000,000
Medford Downtown Traffic and Pedestrian Redevelopment
Project, MA......................................... 1,000,000
Memorial Drive Improvements, Lancaster, OH.............. 950,000
Meredith Village Improvement Project, NH................ 800,000
Mexico Branch Line Improvements, MO..................... 2,000,000
Middle Reservation Road Improvements, Wyoming County, NY 1,000,000
Midlothian Road Widening and Signalization Project, IL.. 450,000
Midtown Greenway, Minneapolis, MN....................... 1,500,000
Milwaukee Intermodal Terminal, WI....................... 2,000,000
Misericordia Job Program, IL............................ 200,000
Missouri Avenue Reconstruction, Keokuk, IA.............. 350,000
Monaville Road Bike Path Tunnel, IL..................... 800,000
Montana Automated Crash Notification Research, MT....... 1,000,000
Monterey Bay Sanctuary Scenic Trail, CA................. 500,000
Montour Trail completion project, PA.................... 250,000
Morgan County Bridges Improvement Project in Morgan
County, KY.......................................... 1,000,000
Morgan State University Transportation Center, MD....... 500,000
Mountain Avenue Duarte Road Realignment, Duarte, CA..... 500,000
MSU South Entrance Loop, MS............................. 1,000,000
Myrtle Avenue Streetscape Project, Monrovia, CA......... 100,000
N.A. Sandifer Highway, Lincoln County, MS............... 1,250,000
Navy Yard Reconstruction of Broad Street Quaywall, PA... 900,000
Nebraska Highway 35, NE................................. 5,000,000
New Hampshire Route 111A Intersection Safety
Improvements, NH.................................... 750,000
New Haven Missouri River bore project, MO............... 1,000,000
New Mexico State University Bridge Research Center, NM.. 200,000
Ninth Street Arterial Connector, Prineville, OR......... 500,000
Norris Viaduct Project, WY.............................. 800,000
North Cass Parkway Corridor Improvement from U.S. 71 to
Mullen Road, Belton, MO............................. 2,000,000
North County 1-5 interchanges and Arch Sperry Road, San
Joaquin County, CA.................................. 3,000,000
North Oak Corridor Improvement Project, MO.............. 2,000,000
Northern Corridor Widening, St. George, UT.............. 500,000
Northside Dr, Clinton, MS............................... 2,500,000
North-South Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL................... 350,000
Northwest Butler Transportation Improvement District,
Butler County, OH................................... 4,000,000
Northwestern Highway Extension, Oakland County, MI...... 1,500,000
Ohio to Erie Trail/Camp Chase Segment, OH............... 2,000,000
Old Orchard Rd Overpass, MO............................. 3,000,000
Orange County SR50 Road Improvements, FL................ 250,000
Orange County, FL....................................... 400,000
Overpass for SH146 at Wharton Wheems, La Porte, TX...... 1,475,000
PA 901/PA61/PA54 Connector, Northumberland, PA.......... 1,500,000
PA-10 widening, New Morgan Borough, PA.................. 5,000,000
Paducah Waterfront Development Project in Paducah, KY... 2,300,000
Palmer Canyon Road Improvements, Los Angeles County, CA. 700,000
Park Boulevard drainage improvements, Pinellas Park, FL. 4,500,000
Park Street Streetscape Improvements, Alameda, CA....... 700,000
PATCO Fleet Upgrade, NJ................................. 3,000,000
Pecue Land Interchange and Realignment, LA.............. 225,000
Pedestrian Walkway at SCSU and Claflin University, SC... 1,700,000
Pelzer Street Reconstruction, City of Winona, MN........ 250,000
Penn and Smallman Street Gateways Project, PA........... 345,000
Pittsfield Downtown Streetscape Plan, MA................ 1,850,000
Planning, preliminary engineering, land acquisition, and
construction to widen I-75 from Eight Mile Road to
M-59, MI............................................ 2,000,000
Plough Boulevard Interchange at Winchester Road,
Memphis, TN......................................... 1,000,000
Port of Albany Operational Improvements, Albany, NY..... 650,000
Port of Siuslaw Infrastructure Improvements, OR......... 500,000
Port of Stockton, Daggett Road, Stockton, CA............ 500,000
Portland & Western Rail Bridge Replacement Project,
Albany, OR.......................................... 850,000
Ports to Plains, US 287 Corridor, CO.................... 3,000,000
Powell County Bridge Replacement, MT.................... 200,000
Prairie Star Parkway/K-7--Maize Blvd., Lenexa, KS....... 800,000
Priority Projects, South Dakota Department of
Transportation...................................... 750,000
PVTA JARC, MA........................................... 400,000
Quakertown Rail Investment Study, PA.................... 300,000
Queens Plaza Rebuilding Project, Queens, NY............. 800,000
Rail right-of-way purchase, City of Spooner, WI......... 155,000
Railroad Avenue Improvement, LA......................... 600,000
Ram Island Road Improvements, Shelter Isle, NY.......... 300,000
Ranch Vista Boulevard widening project, Palmdale, CA.... 545,000
Ranchero Road Grade Separation, Hesperia, CA............ 3,000,000
Ravenswood Road Improvement Project, East Palo Alto, CA. 500,000
Re-alignment and Reconstruction of Somerset Street, ME.. 100,000
Realignment, Widening and Reconstruction of Prospect
Street in Hartford, CT.............................. 2,000,000
Reconstruct 3rd Street, City of Wausau, WI.............. 1,500,000
Reconstruct Barnes Street/Eastern Avenue, Rhinelander,
WI.................................................. 750,000
Reconstruction of Eleven Mile Road, MI.................. 650,000
Reconstruction of Main Street in Tappan, NY............. 650,000
Reconstruction of Main Street, Stoneham, MA............. 450,000
Reconstruction of Old Highway 77, Geary County, KS...... 400,000
Reconstruction of University Drive from the Crittenton
Hospital Medical Center east to Main Street (M-150)
in the City of Rochester, MI........................ 2,000,000
Rehabilitate Route 1(a) Bridge, Hampton, NH............. 850,000
Renovations on Dixon Road, City of Cocoa, FL............ 600,000
Renovations on Industry Road, City of Cocoa, FL......... 400,000
Repair of Route 9 Bridge and Vanderbilt Wall, NY........ 1,100,000
Replace Ash Street/Pillsbury Road Bridge, Londonderry,
NH.................................................. 500,000
Replace Milford Road Bridge, Anderson, SC............... 500,000
Replacement of Makakupaia Stream Bridge, Molokai, HI.... 750,000
Reunion Parkway Environmental Assessment, Madison, MS... 500,000
Richmond Bypass, McHenry, IL............................ 650,000
Rio Grande Bike Trail, Garfield County, CO.............. 1,000,000
RITC Mass Country Roads, MA............................. 650,000
Road/Overpass Improvements at Adriaen's Landing and CT
Science Center, Hartford, CT........................ 4,000,000
Roadway improvements to Old Laurens Road, Laurens, SC... 250,000
Rochelle Park and Paramus, Bergen County, NJ............ 1,300,000
Route 10/202-Southwick, MA.............................. 1,800,000
Route 112 Scenic Byway, MA.............................. 75,000
Route 195 Corridor Study, Tolland, CT................... 300,000
Route 23 Hardyston Road Improvements, NJ................ 1,700,000
Route 31 Ashby State Road, Fitchburg, MA................ 750,000
Route 5 and Route 10 Bernardston, MA.................... 1,000,000
Route 7 Leesburg Bypass Project, Leesburg, VA........... 500,000
Route 78 widening (Transit Road) from Genessee Street to
Main Street, Erie County, NY........................ 900,000
Routes I-295 and 42 Missing Moves, Camden County, NJ.... 2,000,000
Rural dock and waterfront development projects, AK...... 2,000,000
S.R. 5 Corridor Improvements (W. 12 St.), PA............ 800,000
Sacramento Buses and Bus Facilities, CA................. 250,000
Safer Roadside Barriers, NE............................. 1,000,000
Safety Improvements to Third Street, Suffield, CT....... 400,000
Sakonnet River Bride, RI................................ 2,000,000
San Francisco 19th Avenue Improvements, CA.............. 1,000,000
Saratoga RR Overpass, Simpson County, MS................ 1,250,000
School Pedestrian Safety, Alameda County, CA............ 650,000
SCRRA Highway/Rail Sealed Corridor Program, CA.......... 500,000
SE Connector/Martin Luther King, Jr. Parkway East, Des
Moines, IA.......................................... 3,000,000
Second Street Bridge Replacement project, MO............ 864,000
Semmes Street Project, East Point, GA................... 500,000
Senior Transportation Project, OH....................... 800,000
SH71-FM20 to .25 m west of SH304 Bastrop City, TX....... 600,000
Sierra College Boulevard/I-80 Interchange, Rocklin, CA.. 300,000
Siesta Gardens Alternative Access Road, VA.............. 500,000
Sistrunk Boulevard Streetscape Improvements, Ft.
Lauderdale, FL...................................... 750,000
Somerset Downtown Revitalization Project, KY............ 800,000
South Boulevard Signal System, NC....................... 700,000
South Capitol Street Improvements, MD................... 2,250,000
South County Commuter Rail, RI.......................... 4,000,000
South Frontage Road, Vicksburg, MS...................... 2,000,000
South Lawrence Traffic Way, City of Lawrence and Douglas
County, KS.......................................... 1,500,000
South Medford Interchange, OR........................... 350,000
South Road Mitigation, Londonderry, NH.................. 250,000
South Valley Connector Project, ID...................... 2,000,000
Southern California High Speed Rail Grade Crossing
Improvements, CA.................................... 2,000,000
Special Services Transportation Agency, Chittenden
County, VT.......................................... 300,000
Springfield Evening Bus Service, IL..................... 375,000
SR 146, Saint Rose Parkway (Phase 2) Reconstruction and
Widening, NV........................................ 3,000,000
SR 171 at Rocky Comfort Creek, GA....................... 1,000,000
SR 247/SR1012 Valley View Business Park, Lackawanna
County, PA.......................................... 2,500,000
SR 4 widening and bridge replacement, Brentwood, CA..... 200,000
SR 62 Lloyd Expressway Vanderburgh County, IN........... 750,000
SR 67 and SR 605 from I-110 to US 49, MS................ 500,000
SR-56/I-5 Northbound Widening Project, San Diego, CA.... 400,000
SR-91 Chokepoint Elimination in Corona, CA.............. 1,000,000
St. Francois, Madison and Wayne Counties, Route 67, MO.. 500,000
St. Georges Avenue Improvements, Roselle/Linden, NJ..... 500,000
St. Louis and Garden District Community Transportation
Improvement Initiative, MO.......................... 3,000,000
St. Louis Science Center Streetscape Improvements, MO... 750,000
St. Louis Zoo Public Safety and Transportation
Improvements Project, MO............................ 5,000,000
Star Landing Road Corridor, Desoto County, MS........... 1,500,000
State Road A1A S-Curve Improvement project, Deerfield
Beach, FL........................................... 2,000,000
State Route 79 Realignment, Riverside County, CA........ 700,000
State Street Redesign, Madison, WI...................... 1,000,000
Steger Street Improvements, IL.......................... 400,000
STH 29/WSH 51, Marathon County, Wausau, WI.............. 3,000,000
Subway Hub Access, Museum of Arts and Design, NY........ 75,000
Sybiak Farm Mitigation, Derry, NH....................... 300,000
Tacoma Rail Mountain Division Rail-line Improvements
from Frederickson to Morton, WA..................... 1,500,000
Tanana River Bridge Replacement, AK..................... 3,000,000
TH 23 Paynesville Bypass, MN............................ 1,000,000
Third Avenue resurfacing Project, Ranburne, AL.......... 40,000
Tibbee Road Project, Clay County, MS.................... 100,000
Toa Baja Recreational Trail Design and Construction, PR. 2,000,000
Toby Tubby Parkway Oxford, MS........................... 100,000
Tolt Bridge Replacement, King County, WA................ 250,000
Tower Bridge Pedestrian/Bike Improvements, CA........... 500,000
Towpath Trail to Downtown Cleveland, OH................. 800,000
Traffic Calming Project in Plainsboro, NJ............... 700,000
Traffic congestion mitigation at I-210 and Highway 14,
Lake Charles, LA.................................... 1,220,000
Traffic study for Mystic Seaport, Stonington, CT........ 500,000
Trailways Station Revitalization and Visitors Center, GA 500,000
Transportation Access, Northlake, IL.................... 500,000
Transportation and Engineering Research Facility,
Columbia, MO........................................ 2,000,000
Transportation Grants for Evacuee Impacted Communities,
LA.................................................. 1,500,000
Transportation Infrastructure Improvements and Expansion
for Green River, WY................................. 600,000
Trinity River Visions Neighborhood Linkage, TX.......... 200,000
Truman Boulevard Feasibility Study, MO.................. 600,000
Truman Boulevard Planning Improvements to I-670, MO..... 500,000
Trump Avenue/Georgetown Street Canton Township, OH...... 1,100,000
Trunk Highway 610/10, MN................................ 1,000,000
TTC-69 Environmental and Route Location Studies, TX..... 700,000
TTI Bryan-College Station ITS pilot for mid-size
studies, TX......................................... 400,000
Tucson Wash Crossings Improvements, AZ.................. 100,000
Turnpike Improvements Project at I-95 and State Route 1,
DE.................................................. 2,000,000
U.S. 12 Improvement Study, Saline, Washtenaw, MI........ 600,000
U.S. 20 Toledo's Greenhouse Row, OH..................... 500,000
U.S. 26-287, Dubois to Moran Junction, WY............... 2,000,000
U.S. 35 Interchanges in Green County, OH................ 3,000,000
U.S. Highway 11 in St. Tammany Parish, LA............... 2,000,000
U.S. Highway 67 Eastern Outer Road in Desloge, MO....... 1,750,000
U.S. Highway 87 Improvements, MT........................ 1,400,000
U.S. Route 13 Corridor redevelopment, PA................ 9,00,000
Uniontown to Brownsville--Mon Fayette Expressway, PA.... 2,000,000
University District Improvements, Phases 2 and 3,
Spokane, WA......................................... 1,500,000
University of Arizona Science Center Bridge, AZ......... 3,500,000
University of South Alabama Transportation Technology
Center, AL.......................................... 10,000,000
University Parkway Project, Evansville, IN.............. 1,600,000
UNMC Relocation of Saddle Creek Road, NE................ 1,000,000
UP/Sunset Avenue Grade Separation Banning, CA........... 1,000,000
Upgrade of Route 60 and Route 22/30 Interchange,
Allegheny County, PA................................ 750,000
Upgrade Wells Highway/Sheep, Farm Road, Oconee, SC...... 250,000
Upgrades to Maple Street Bridge, Mainstee, MI........... 345,000
Upgrades to U.S. Rt. 30, City of Wooster, OH............ 750,000
US 167 Extension to LA 335, Vermillion Parish, LA....... 280,000
US 22 to I-79 Southern Beltway Project, Allegheny
County, PA.......................................... 2,400,000
US 278 in Beaufort County, SC........................... 2,000,000
US 287 Corridor construction and repaving, CO........... 2,400,000
US 31, St. Joseph and Marshall Countries, IN............ 2,700,000
US 35 Interchange W/I-64 Paving and Bridges, WV......... 2.350,000
US 6 Carbon County, UT.................................. 500,000
US 61 Fort Madison Bypass, IA........................... 2,975,000
US 64/State Route 15, TN................................ 4,500,000
US 67 Marfa Reliever Route, TX.......................... 510,000
US 80/SR26 Bridge at Ogeechee River, GA................. 800,000
US 87 Feasibility Study, TX............................. 250,000
US Highway 51--Highway 43 Connector Road Canton, MS..... 4,000,000
US 14/18 and SD34 ``S'' Curve Underpass, Pierre, SD..... 2,000,000
US-34 Corridor Missouri River Bridges Pair, NE.......... 1,500,000
US 401 Harnett and Cumberland Counties, NC.............. 400,000
US-54 (Kellogg Rd.) from I-135 to K-96, Wichita, KS..... 1,000,000
US 59 at Grand Parkway overpass in Sugar Land, TX....... 1,850,000
US-95, Worley North, ID................................. 2,000,000
USH2 Improvements, Ashland County, City of Ashland, WI.. 1,800,000
UW Superior/UM Duluth Maritime Research, WI............. 2,000,000
Village of Matteson Safety Upgrades, IL................. 750,000
Virgnia Tech Transportation Institute Vehicle and
Roadside Safety Product Development, VA............. 2,000,000
W. Smith Road Reconstruction, City of Medina, OH........ 750,000
Wadsworth Interchange/State Highway 128, CO............. 1,500,000
Walden Point Road, AK................................... 1,000,000
Walnut Street Route 98 Oak Street, Genesee County, NY... 600,000
War Memorial Hospital Infrastructure, WV................ 500,000
Washington St., Greenville, MS.......................... 1,250,000
Washington State Produce Rail Car Program, WA........... 1,000,000
Water main, sewer and street improvements, City of
Barron, WI.......................................... 2,100,000
Waterfront Parking Garage, Camden, NJ................... 800,000
Waterfront Redevelopment Project, Bellingham, WA........ 500,000
Waterfront Walkway 12th Street to 10th Street along
North Sinatra Drive, Hoboken, NJ.................... 1,000,000
Weathersfield US 422 Widening, Trumbull Co, OH.......... 800,000
West Bypass Study City of Joplin, MO.................... 120,000
West Vancouver Freight Access Project, Port of
Vancouver, WA....................................... 2,300,000
West Virginia Route 10, Logan County, WV................ 5,000,000
Wickiup Junction Grade Separation, Deschutes County, OR. 1,000,000
Widen Route 50 from Route 2 to Poland Road, Fairfax, VA. 2,300,000
Widen Route 7 west of Tysons Corner, VA................. 1,400,000
Widen SR 86--Sells, AZ.................................. 650,000
Widening of Gratiot Avenue from 24 Mile Road to 26 Mile
Road, Macomb County, MI............................. 400,000
Wikck's Lake bicycle and pedestrian trail, Farmville, VA 150,000
Wildcat Glades Conservation & Audubon Nature Center &
Trail, MO........................................... 1,000,000
Williamsburg bridge plaza improvement, Brooklyn, NY..... 250,000
Wilson Street Bridge land acquisition and design,
Batavia, IL......................................... 1,000,000
WINR Donated Wheels Program Expansion, WI............... 100,000
Wisconsin Statewide JARC................................ 1,000,000
Wyoming Statewide ITS................................... 1,700,000
Yakima Grade Separations, WA............................ 2,500,000
Zora and Main Street Interchange, Joplin, MO............ 5,880,000
Transportation Assistance for Hurricane Impacted
Communities in Louisiana.--The conference agreement provides
$1,500,000 to be made available as a grant to the Louisiana
Department of Transportation and Development to establish a
program under which the Louisiana Department of Transportation
and Development shall provide grants to parish and municipal
governments in the State of Louisiana that experience a
significant spike in population of at least 10 percent because
of an unexpected influx of hurricane evacuees, as determined by
the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, to
quickly implement smart and innovative plans to alleviate
traffic congestion and to address increased transportation
demands in the affected communities.
Illinois Trails.--The conference agreement provides
$12,000,000 to the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT)
for various transportation enhancement projects throughout the
State. The conferees expect IDOT to provide funding to the
following projects: Springfield Interurban Trail, Urbana to
Danville Trail, Galena River Trail, Camp Sacajawea Trail, and
the Genoa Route 66 Prairie Trail.
HIGHWAY PRIORITY PROJECTS
Section 113 includes a new provision that makes certain
projects and activities eligible to receive fiscal year 2006
grants.
Section 114 retains the provision, as proposed by the
Senate, that allows Nevada and Arizona to reimburse debt
service payment on the Bypass Bridge at Hoover Dam project with
future apportionments, in accordance with title 23, United
States Code. The House did not include a similar provision.
Section 115 includes a provision similar to language
proposed by the Senate that exempts over-the-road bus and
public transit vehicles from axle weight limitations.
Section 116 retains the provision, as proposed by the
Senate, that provides access for solid waste vehicles to a
``transit only'' ramp in Washington State following the
completion of necessary safety improvements to the ramp. The
House did not include a similar provision.
Section 117 includes a new provision that designates the
name of a Michigan highway.
Section 118 includes a new provision that modifies the
designation of an intelligent transportation systems project in
Public Law 108-7.
The conference agreement deletes a provision proposed by
the Senate that would have prohibited funding from being used
for development or dissemination of any programmatic agreement
making the Interstate eligible under the National Register of
Historic Places.
FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
The conference agreement includes a liquidation of
contract authorization and a limitation on obligations of
$213,000,000 for the operating expenses of and motor carrier
safety research by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), instead of $215,000,000 as proposed by
the House and $211,400,000 as proposed by the Senate. The
conference agreement provides funding in the following manner:
Conference level
Operating expenses...................................... $144,475,000
Research and technology................................. 10,084,000
Information management.................................. 42,092,000
Regulatory development.................................. 10,414,000
Outreach and education.................................. 4,000,000
PRISM operations........................................ 935,000
Commercial motor vehicle operators grants............... 1,000,000
Outreach and education.--The conference agreement provide
a total of $4,000,000 for outreach and education. Of this
amount, the conferees direct that no more than $100,000 shall
be for the ``safety is good business'' program, no less than
$1,000,000 shall be used to increase safety belt usage among
commercial motor vehicle drivers, no less then $500,000 shall
be for the share the road safely program, and no less than
$1,000,000 shall be for household goods outreach. The conferees
also provide within the funding for outreach and education
$150,000 to continue the motorcoach transportation service
selection program and $390,000 for the telephone hotline.
The conference agreement also prohibits any funds
relating to outreach and education from being transferred to
another agency.
The conference agreement retains language proposed by the
Senate directing FMCSA to provide at least two updates to the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations during fiscal
year 2006 on the transition of the share the road safely
program from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) to FMCSA, as well as the status of the two planned
enforcement/media waves. The conferees also direct NHTSA to
return to FMCSA the one FTE that had been detailed from FMCSA
to help oversee the share the road safely program.
Research and Technology.--The conference agreement
includes $10,084,000 for research and technology and stipulates
that the funds shall be available until September 30, 2008.
Within the funds provided for operating expenses, the
conference agreement includes funding for the following
activities:
Salaries and benefits................................... $91,746,000
Travel.................................................. 14,087,000
Transportation.......................................... 242,000
Communications, rent, and utilities..................... 515,000
GSA Rent................................................ 10,887,000
Printing................................................ 530,000
Other services.......................................... 17,551,000
Supplies................................................ 1,357,000
Equipment............................................... 3,687,000
Working capital fund.................................... 3,873,000
New entrant program.--The conference agreement provides a
total of $2,000,000 for the new entrant program for oversight
and other Federal responsibilities. This funding level
issufficient to support the existing on-board staffing for fiscal year
2006. An additional $29,000,000 is provided for state grants under the
motor carrier safety assistance program.
Commercial vehicle analysis reporting system (CVARS).--
Under the recently enacted reauthorization of motor carrier
safety programs, no funding is provided within this limitation
for CVARS. However, the conferees note that funding is
available within motor carrier safety grants for the FMCSA to
make grants to, or enter into contracts with, states, local
government, or other persons for CVARS.
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
The conference agreement provides a liquidating cash
appropriation and a limitation on obligations of $282,000,000
for motor carrier safety grants, instead of $286,000,000 as
proposed by the House and $278,620,000 as proposed by the
Senate.
The conference agreement provides funding for motor
carrier safety grants as follows:
Amount
Motor carrier safety assistance program................. $188,000,000
Border enforcement grants............................... 32,000,000
Performance and registration information system
management grant program............................ 5,000,000
Commercial driver's license (CDL) program improvement
grants.............................................. 25,000,000
Commercial vehicle information systems and networks
deployment.......................................... 25,000,000
CDL information system modernization.................... 5,000,000
Safety data improvement grants.......................... 2,000,000
The conference agreement directs that $29,000,000 of the
funds provided for the motor carrier safety assistance program
shall be distributed as grants to States and local governments
for new entrant motor carrier audits.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION--FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
Section 120 retains the provision as proposed by the
House and the Senate that subjects funds appropriated in this
Act to the terms and conditions of section 350 of Public Law
107-87, including that the Secretary submit a report on Mexico-
domiciled motor carriers.
The conference agreement deletes a provision proposed by
the Senate that prohibited using funds in this Act to implement
or enforce any provision of the Final Rule issued on April 16,
2003, as it applies to operators of utility service vehicles
and motion picture and television production drivers working at
a site within a 100 air mile radius of the reporting location.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
As noted in both the House and Senate reports, the lack
of detail and specificity in NHTSA's fiscal year 2006 budget
justification has put at risk the House and Senate
Appropriations Committees' ability to glean the information
necessary to make informed decisions about the Nation's highway
traffic safety programs. To ensure that the Committees have the
information necessary to invest scarce Federal resources
wisely, the conferees direct NHTSA to provide detailed
information regarding requested increases and reductions to
each program, project or activity outlined in the budget
request. In particular, for each program, project or activity,
the conferees direct NHTSA in its fiscal year 2007 budget
justification to show the fiscal year 2006 enacted level, the
requested level and to provide a narrative explaining the
rationale for any increases or reductions to the current fiscal
year enacted level.
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement provides a total program level
of $232,457,000 for highway and traffic safety activities,
instead of $227,367,000 as proposed by the House and
$232,688,000 as proposed by the Senate. The limited amounts for
obligation include $122,457,000 to be transferred from the
Federal Highway Administration for operations and research, and
$110,000,000 for operations and research.
The following table summarizes the conference agreement
for operations and research by budget activity:
Salaries and benefits................................... $72,002,000
Travel.................................................. 1,336,000
Operating expenses...................................... 22,963,000
Contract programs:
Safety performance (rulemaking)..................... 14,155,000
Safety assurance (enforcement)...................... 18,277,000
Highway safety programs............................. 46,595,000
Research and analysis............................... 72,632,000
General administration.............................. 673,000
Grant administration reimbursements................. 16,176,000
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Total............................................. 232,457,000
SALARIES AND BENEFITS
The conference agreement provides an increase of $150,000
to support one additional FTE to work exclusively on
enforcement against non-compliant tire imports in NHTSA's
vehicle safety compliance office, as proposed by the Senate.
OPERATING EXPENSES
The conference agreement provides $5,403,000 for NHTSA's
contribution to the working capital fund and provides no
funding for workforce planning and development, as proposed by
the Senate.
SAFETY PERFORMANCE
The conference agreement includes $10,500,000 for NCAP
vehicle testing, instead of $7,859,000 as proposed by the House
and $13,679,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The conference agreement includes $206,000 for
harmonization of vehicle safety standards, as proposed by the
Senate. The House provided no funding for this activity.
HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS
The conference agreement provides the following amounts
for highway safety programs:
Impaired Driving........................................ $12,800,000
Judicial and prosecutorial awareness................ (1,100,000)
Pedestrian, Bicycle, and Pupil Transportation........... 2,065,000
WPI Center for Human Impact Protection Systems...... (400,000)
Motorcycle safety....................................... 800,000
National Occupant Protection............................ 11,774,000
Enforcement and Justice Services........................ 2,217,000
Emergency Medical Services.............................. 3,655,000
NEMSIS implementation............................... (1,000,000)
University of South Alabama rural vehicular trauma
research.......................................... (350,000)
Traffic Records and Driver Licensing.................... 2,660,000
Highway Safety Research................................. 7,690,000
Bridgewater State College Remote Sensing and Spatial
Information Technologies, MA...................... (200,000)
Emerging Traffic Safety Issues.......................... 1,178,000
NOPUS................................................... 1,656,000
International Activities in Behavioral Traffic Safety... 100,000
RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS
The conference agreement provides the following amounts
for research and analysis:
Safety Systems.......................................... $9,226,000
Biomechanics............................................ 14,000,000
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Subtotal, Crashworthiness......................... 23,226,000
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Heavy Vehicles.......................................... 4,515,000
Commercial vehicle rollover prevention technology
demonstration..................................... (900,000)
Michigan Research Institute for research to reduce
vehicle weight.................................... (1,000,000)
National Center for Manufacturing Sciences heavy
vehicle fuel economy research program............. (500,000)
Driver/Vehicle Performance/Simulator.................... 7,050,000
Pneumatic Tire Research................................. 621,000
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Subtotal, Crash Avoidance......................... 12,186,000
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Fatality Analysis Reporting System...................... 7,063,000
National Automotive Sampling System..................... 12,230,000
Data Analysis Program................................... 2,000,000
State Data Program...................................... 2,540,000
Special Crash Investigations............................ 1,700,000
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Subtotal, National Center for Statistics &
Analysis.......................................... 25,533,000
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National Motor Vehicle Crash Causation Survey........... 8,000,000
Vehicle Research and Test Center........................ 1,012,000
FastFARS................................................ 1,000,000
Crash Avoidance Initiative.............................. 500,000
Plastic and composite automobiles....................... 250,000
Hydrogen Fuel Cell and Alternative Fuel Vehicle Safety.. 925,000
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Subtotal.......................................... 11,687,000
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Total, Research and Analysis.................... 72,632,000
Driver/Vehicle Performance/Simulator.--The conference
agreement retains a provision in the Senate report directing
that not less than $3,000,000 be provided for the National
Advanced Driving Simulator.
Driver Distraction.--The conferees direct NHTSA to
undertake an effort to consolidate current knowledge on driver
distraction for use by policy makers that would assist state
and local governments to formulate effective policies,
regulations and laws. Such an effort should also identify areas
in which scientific evidence is weak or lacking, thus helping
to focus the federal research effort in the most productive
directions.
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
The conference agreement limits obligations for
operations and research to $110,000,000, instead of $75,000,000
as proposed by the House and $226,688,000 as proposed by the
Senate.
NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
The conference agreement limits obligations for the
national driver register to $4,000,000 as proposed by both the
House and the Senate.
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
The conference agreement limits obligations for highway
traffic safety grants to $578,176,000, instead of $551,000,000
as proposed by the House and $548,182,095 as proposed by the
Senate. The conferees direct NHTSA to submit a High Visibility
Enforcement grants spending plan to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations within 60 days of enactment.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION--NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY
ADMINISTRATION
Section 125 modifies a provision included by the Senate
providing funding for travel and related expenses for state
management reviews and highway safety core competency
development training. The House did not include a similar
provision.
The conference agreement deletes a provision proposed by
the Senate that would provide funding for seat belt and
impaired driving mobilizations.
The conference agreement deletes a provision proposed by
the Senate that would authorize innovative project allocations
under section 157 seat belt grants.
The conference agreement deletes a provision proposed by
the Senate that provides additional funding for NCAP. The
conference agreement provides funding under ``Operations and
Research.''
Federal Railroad Administration
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS
The conference agreement provides $145,949,000 for Safety
and Operations as proposed by the House instead of $146,000,000
as proposed by the Senate. The conferees approve three new
positions for FRA: two hazardous materials tank car facility
inspectors and one R&D program manager.
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
The conference agreement provides $55,075,000 for
Railroad Research and Development, instead of no funding as
proposed by the House and $41,000,000 as proposed by the
Senate. Within the amount provided, the conferees have provided
$1,500,000 for the Foster Miller Advanced Freight Locomotive;
$500,000 for DMU compliance and demonstration, NJ; $210,000 for
the WVU constructed facility center; $1,500,000 for the
Marshall University-University of Nebraska consortium for
safety and research programs in rail equipment, human factors,
and track and rail safety related issues; and $10,000,000 for
NDGPS.
Within the total, the conference agreement provides
$6,500,000 for positive train control programs, including
$3,000,000 for the North American Joint PTC program and
$3,500,000 for a public-private partnership with a freight
railroad to fund a project to assist the development of
technology to deploy safety overlay technology designed to
prevent train movement authority violations, over-speed
violations, and train collision accidents caused by non-
compliance of authorities as well as provide additional
protections to roadway workers and to protect against open
switches in non-signal territories.
The conference agreement includes $7,190,000 for rail
corridor planning, to be distributed as follows: $500,000 for
the Southeast HSR Corridor, NC; $500,000 for the Gulf Coast
High Speed Corridor, near Carriere, MS; $2,500,000 to address
critical corridor planning and highway-rail crossing safety
needs within the Gulf Coast High Speed Rail Corridor;
$1,540,000 for the Southeast High Speed Rail corridor between
North Carolina and Virginia; $500,000 for grade crossing hazard
elimination in Jemison, AL; $750,000 for highway-rail crossing
improvements to the Pacific Northwest Corridor in Vancouver,
Washington; $500,000 for the Public Education and Enforcement
Research program for highway-rail grade crossing safety in
Illinois; and, $400,000 for corridor improvements to the
Midwest Regional Rail Initiative in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Rail-highway crossing hazard eliminations.--The
conference agreement provides the following funding allocations
for rail-highway grade crossing mitigation authorized under
section 1103(f) of Public Law 109-59:
Grade crossing improvements, Deer Park, TX.............. $650,000
Conecuh Valley Railroad grade crossing at Henderson
Highway (CR-21), Troy, AL........................... 100,000
Streeter Avenue grade crossing, Riverside, CA........... 300,000
Grade crossing improvements, Fort Worth, TX............. 450,000
Grade crossing improvements, Palm Beach Gardens, FL..... 375,000
Upper Peninsula grade crossing improvements, MI......... 750,000
Los Angeles grade crossing improvements, CA............. 500,000
Pacific Northwest Corridor grade crossing improvements,
WA.................................................. 1,250,000
Louisiana statewide grade crossing improvements......... 1,000,000
Gulf Coast grade crossing improvements, MS.............. 1,000,000
NEXT GENERATION HIGH-SPEED RAIL
The conference agreement provides no funding for Next
Generation High-Speed Rail, instead of $10,165,000 as proposed
by the House and $11,500,000 as proposed by the Senate.
ALASKA RAILROAD REHABILITATION
The conference agreement provides $10,000,000 for the
rehabilitation expenses of the Alaska Railroad instead of no
funding as proposed by the House and $20,000,000 as proposed by
the Senate.
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION
(AMTRAK)
The conference agreement provides a total of
$1,315,000,000 for operations, capital improvements and debt
service to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation
(Amtrak). The conferees agree to provide these funds in a new
account structure that provides better clarity as to the nature
and extent of Amtrak's operations. The conferees further agree
that reform is an essential element to bring escalating Amtrak
costs under control in both the short and long term. As such,
the conference agreement includes a number of reforms aimed at
bringing about operational efficiency.
OPERATING SUBSIDY GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION
The conference agreement provides $495,000,000 to the
Secretary of Transportation to make quarterly operating subsidy
grants to Amtrak, upon submittal of grant requests. Amtrak and
the Secretary are reminded that the quarterly grants need not
be of equal size, and that Amtrak should submit grant requests
that align to seasonal operating needs.
Earlier in the year, the Appropriations Committees
received testimony from the Department of Transportation
Inspector General (IG) indicating that Amtrak would require an
appropriation between $1,400,000,000 and $1,500,000,000 in
order to maintain all existing services through fiscal year
2006. More recently, however, the conferees received a
communication from the IG indicating that Amtrak carried over
roughly $120,000,000 in available funds into fiscal year 2006--
some $90,000,000 more than was anticipated at the time of his
initial testimony. The IG also noted that Amtrak failed to
avail itself of multiple cost-saving opportunities,
particularly in the areas of food and beverage and first class
services.These findings prompted the IG to conclude that
``Amtrak can function at a lower level of Federal funding--
$1,275,000,000 in FY 2006--without cutting routes.'' In total, the
conference agreement provides $1,315,000,000 for Amtrak--$40,000,000
more than the level cited by the Inspector General.
The conference agreement includes bill language mandating
that Amtrak achieve operational efficiencies, and directing the
DOT Inspector General to submit quarterly reports to Congress
tracking Amtrak's progress in this area. The conferees direct
the Inspector General to develop an operating subsidy baseline
by January 3, 2006 against which Amtrak's progress will be
measured. The conference agreement includes bill language that
prohibits federal subsidies for food and beverage and sleeper
car service if the IG cannot certify by the July 1, 2006
quarterly report that Amtrak has achieved operational savings.
The conference agreement also includes a provision prohibiting
Amtrak from discounting tickets at more than 50 percent off the
normal, peak fare after March 1, 2006, consistent with Amtrak's
recently announced plan for the Smart Pass program.
The conferees are aware of a recent Government
Accountability Office report that highlights serious weaknesses
in Amtrak's procurement practices. The conferees expect that
these concerns will be remedied, and direct Amtrak, as part of
its monthly reporting requirements, to identify and justify all
sole source contract awards.
The conference agreement also provides $5,000,000 for
development of a managerial cost accounting system, as proposed
by the Senate. Finally, the conference agreement continues
reporting and grant-making provisions contained in prior
appropriations Acts, including the withholding of $60,000,000
for directed service orders should it be needed.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this
Act, the conferees encourage Amtrak to continue offering
discounted tickets for veterans and, if financially feasible,
to increase the veterans' discounts offered during off-peak
periods when space remains available on trains. If discounts
are offered, the conferees expect these discounts to be offered
equally to members of all veterans service organizations.
CAPITAL AND DEBT SERVICE GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER
CORPORATION
The conference agreement includes $780,000,000 for
capital and debt service payment grants to Amtrak. The
conferees agree to language that provides not more than
$280,000,000 for debt service payments. If Amtrak is able to
refinance its debt and reduce the size of its payments, the
conference agreement permits the savings to be used for the
capital program. The conferees include language carried in
previous appropriations Acts requiring the Secretary to approve
capital expenditures in advance.
The conference agreement also includes a provision
directing the Secretary to determine the capital and
maintenance cost to Amtrak associated with the use of Amtrak-
owned infrastructure on the Northeast Corridor by the commuter
railroads that operate over that corridor. The provision
requires the Secretary to determine and assess appropriate fees
on the commuter railroads based on that use. The revenues from
these fees will be merged with the capital appropriation and be
used for the appropriate capital investments along the
Northeast Corridor. In establishing the level of such fees, the
Secretary will account fully for the contributions that
commuter railroads currently make toward these costs. The
conferees expect the Secretary to establish these fees
expeditiously and through an open and transparent process that
seeks, to the maximum extent possible, to yield a consensus on
the part of all stakeholders as to the appropriate distribution
of costs between said stakeholders. The conferees expect the
Inspector General to include an assessment of the Department's
efforts in assessing and collecting these fees as part of his
quarterly reports on Amtrak's operating efficiencies beginning
with the report due on July 1, 2006.
EFFICIENCY INCENTIVE GRANTS
The conference agreement includes $40,000,000 for a new
Efficiency Incentive Grant program. These funds are to be used
at the discretion of the Secretary and may be used at any time
during the fiscal year to make additional operating assistance
available to Amtrak if the Secretary determines such assistance
is necessary to maintain the operation of existing Amtrak
routes. Funds may also be disbursed by the Secretary at any
time during the fiscal year for operating assistance if such
assistance is necessary for Amtrak to stay out of bankruptcy
and the Secretary and IG have certified that an emergency
situation exists. The conferees expect the Secretary to hold
any funds not disbursed for operating assistance in reserve
until September 1, 2006, and if such funds are not needed for
additional operating assistance, the Secretary should then make
capital grants to Amtrak for investments that will have a
direct and measurable short-term impact on operating
efficiencies.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
Section 130 retains a provision included by the House
that permits FRA to purchase promotional items for Operation
Lifesaver. The Senate did not include a similar provision.
Section 131 retains a provision included by the Senate
that clarifies the purpose of fiscal year 2005 funding in the
State of Maine. The House did not include a similar provision.
Section 132 retains a provision proposed by the Senate
that clarifies the purpose of fiscal year 2005 funding in the
State of Illinois. The House did not include a similar
provision.
Section 133 retains a provision proposed by the Senate
that permits fiscal year 2004 funding to be used for site
planning and improvements to Union Passenger Terminal in New
Orleans. The House did not include a similar provision.
Section 134 modifies a provision proposed by the Senate
that permits fiscal year 2005 funding to be used for
improvements in Spokane, WA. The House did not include a
similar provision.
Section 135 includes a new provision regarding a
temperature-controlled express demonstration. The conferees
direct Amtrak to report to both the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations on the status of this demonstration not later
than April 14, 2006 and monthly thereafter.
Federal Transit Administration
The House and Senate Committees on Appropriations both
reported out of committee H.R. 3058, which provided
appropriations for the Federal Transit Administration (FTA),
prior to the August 10, 2005 enactment of Public Law 109-59,
the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation
Equity Act: A Legacy for Users or ``SAFETEA-LU.'' Both the
House and the Senate structured the appropriations for FTA
under the authorities contained in Public Law 105-178, the
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century or ``TEA-21''
and split funded the accounts between the General Fund and the
Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund. Besides various
changes to the transit programs, SAFETEA-LU changed the funding
mechanism for FTA such that accounts are funded completely from
either the General Fund or the Mass Transit Account. The
conference agreement follows the structure of SAFETEA-LU.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement provides a total of $80,000,000
from the General Fund for the administrative expenses of the
Federal Transit Administration. Of the amount provided, the
conferees direct the funds for the following offices:
Administrator........................................... $925,000
Administration.......................................... 7,325,000
Chief Counsel........................................... 4,058,200
Communications and Congressional Affairs................ 1,359,300
Program Management (includes public safety)............. 7,985,900
Budget and Policy....................................... 8,732,500
Research, Demonstration, and Innovation................. 4,763,900
Civil Rights............................................ 3,153,100
Planning................................................ 4,127,300
Regional Offices........................................ 20,754,000
Central Account......................................... 16,815,000
The conference agreement retains provisions proposed by
both the House and the Senate allowing for the transfer of up
to five percent of funds between offices, directing FTA to
submit for approval any proposal to transfer funds from the
Central Account, prohibiting funds for a permanent office of
transit security, directing FTA to reimburse up to $2,000,000
to the Office of the Inspector General, and directing the
submission of the annual new starts report. As proposed by the
House, funds for the National Transit Database are included
under the formula program.
The conferees direct FTA to notify the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations prior to funding e-gov initiatives
based in the Office of the Secretary. Activities in support of
the Secretary's initiative should be reflected in either the
OST account or in the FTA accounts.
The conferees direct the FTA Administrator to comply with
the Department's July 18, 2005 chief financial officer (CFO)
policy requiring each operating agency chief financial officer
to manage directly all financial and budget activities for both
program and administrative funds. The conferees agree that the
FTA CFO is to oversee the formulation and execution of all
authorized and appropriated funds to the agency. The conferees
direct the Administrator to report to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations by January 30, 2006, detailing how
FTA has aligned the agency's management and oversight of the
financial and budget activities for both program and
administrative funds consistent with the Department's CFO
policy.
Further, the conferees direct the Inspector General to
conduct an audit of FTA's administrative expenses for fiscal
year 2005 to validate that funds were spent consistent with the
provisions of the appropriations Act and the directives that
were included in the committee reports. The Inspector General
should report the results of the audit to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations by December 31, 2005.
FTA is directed to submit its fiscal year 2007
congressional budget justification for administrative funds
itemized by office with material detailing salaries and
expenses, staffing increases, and programmatic initiatives of
each office. The initiatives for each should be clearly stated,
and include a justification for each new position or full-time
equivalent, should FTA request additional FTEs next year. In
addition, the congressional budget justifications must identify
the administrative costs for each new fixed guideway project
included in the fiscal year 2007 request.
The conferees reiterate the Senate directive to continue
reporting monthly on the new starts program, including
milestone schedules for projects within two years of reaching
their full funding grant agreement.
FORMULA AND BUS GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY)
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement limits obligations from the Mass
Transit Account for the formula and bus grant program to
$6,979,931,000. Of the amount available for the fixed guideway
modernization program, $47,766,000 is to be transferred to the
Capital Investment Grants account for activities under that
program. The conferees expect FTA to distribute funds as
directed by SAFETEA-LU.
Of the funds provided for bus and bus facilities, the
conferees direct funds to the following priorities:
10 new fixed-route buses, Cedar Rapids, IA.............. 150,000
1st District Bus Replacement and Facilities, MI......... 2,000,000
2nd St/Andrews Ave/3rd St Enhancements, Fort Lauderdale,
FL.................................................. 500,000
7th Avenue Transit Hub, FL.............................. 400,000
7th District Buses and Bus Facilities, WI............... 1,050,000
95th Street Red Line Station, IL........................ 800,000
Acquisition of MARTA Transit Buses, GA.................. 500,000
ADA Paratransit Vehicles, San Diego, CA................. 500,000
Adams Co. Transit Authority purchase of buses, PA....... 500,000
Alabama Association of Area Agencies on Aging Bus and
Van Purchase........................................ 200,000
Alabama State Docks Choctaw Point Terminal.............. 2,160,000
Alaska Native Medical Center intermodal bus/parking
facility............................................ 750,000
Alexandria Transit Service Improvements, VA............. 1,000,000
Allegan County Transportation Services, MI.............. 89,000
Alternative fuel buses, Broward County, FL.............. 1,000,000
Area Transit Authority, PA.............................. 1,000,000
Arlington County Bus Transfer Facility, VA.............. 400,000
Atlantic City Regional Medical Center Bus Project, NJ... 250,000
Automated Light study along Route 59, NY................ 100,000
Automation Alley/BUSolutions, MI........................ 2,000,000
Automotive-Based Fuel Cell Hybrid Bus Program, DE....... 1,000,000
BARTA--Auto Vehicle Locator System, PA.................. 800,000
BARTA--Franklin Street Station Intermodal, PA........... 500,000
Battle Creek Transit Bus Replacement, MI................ 1,200,000
Bay City MTA New and Replacement Vehicles, MI........... 400,000
Bellows Falls Multimodal Facility, VT................... 1,000,000
Ben Franklin Transit, Maintenance and Operations
Facility, WA........................................ 500,000
Bergen Intermodal Stations and Park N'Rides, NJ......... 2,000,000
Berrien County Public Transportation, MI................ 150,000
Billings Public Bus and Transfer, MT.................... 1,250,000
Blacksburg Transit Intermodal Facility, VA.............. 200,000
Bloomfield Intermodal Facilities and Park-and-Ride, NJ.. 500,000
Bloomington, Indiana University Campus Bus System, IN... 600,000
Bloomington Public Transportation Corporation, IN....... 1,200,000
Blue Line Trolley Shelter Improvements, CA.............. 350,000
Boro Park JCC Bus Purchase, NY.......................... 250,000
Boulder Highway Max Bus Rapid Transit System, NV........ 450,000
Brazos Transit District Bus Replacement, TX............. 125,000
Brazos Transit District, Capital Cost Contracting, TX... 1,000,000
Bridgeport Intermodal Transport Center, CT.............. 4,000,000
Brigham City Buses and Bus Facilities, UT............... 150,000
Brockton Area Transit Authority Replacement Buses, MA... 1,031,459
Broward County Alternative Fuel Buses, FL............... 115,000
Broward County Southwest Bus Facility, FL............... 1,000,000
Bucks County Intermodal Facility, PA.................... 500,000
Burbank Airport Hybrid Shuttle Demonstration Project, CA 500,000
Burlington Transit Facilities, VT....................... 1,000,000
Bus Facility 65th Intermodal Station, NY................ 1,000,000
Bus Purchase and Upgrades, Columbus, IN................. 500,000
Bus Purchase for Red Rose Transit Authority, Lancaster,
PA.................................................. 750,000
Bus Rapid Transit in Western Slope Area, CO............. 400,000
Bus Replacement and Facilities, DE...................... 1,000,000
Bus Replacement, TX..................................... 1,000,000
Bus Replacements, PA.................................... 500,000
Bus Shelters, Dallas, TX................................ 500,000
Bus Terminal and Support Facility, Lake Charles, LA..... 1,000,000
Bus/Vehicle Replacement, Lufkin, TX..................... 300,000
Buses and Bus Facilities, Danville, VA.................. 300,000
Buses and Bus Facilities, Farmington, NM................ 320,000
Buses and Bus Facilities, GA............................ 500,000
Buses and Bus Facilities, Las Cruces, NM................ 1,000,000
Bus and Bus Facilities, Clarkstown and White Plains, NY. 300,000
Cambria County Transit Authority, PA.................... 1,000,000
Capital Area Transit (CAT), PA.......................... 750,000
Capital Area Transportation Authority, Hybrid Public
Transportation Vehicles Purchase, Lansing, MI....... 2,000,000
Capital Metro Expansion and Improvement, TX............. 2,100,000
Capital Metro North Operating Facility, TX.............. 500,000
Capital Metro Rapid Bus Project, TX..................... 750,000
Cass County Transit, MI................................. 80,000
Cedar Avenue Bus Rapid Transit, Dakota County, MN....... 750,000
Central New York Regional Transportation Authority...... 1,500,000
Central NJ Intermodal Stations and Park & Rides......... 500,000
Central Ohio Transit Authority Paratransit Facility..... 1,500,000
Centre Area Transportation Intermodal Facility, PA...... 500,000
CFRTA LYNX Bus Fleet Expansion, FL...................... 1,350,000
Chatham Area Transit Authority bus and facility, GA..... 500,000
Cherry Street Joint Development Project, IN............. 250,000
Chestnut Hill Parking Foundation, Cheltenham, PA........ 250,000
Church Street Transportation Center, PA................. 225,000
City of Albuquerque Transit Vehicles, NM................ 225,000
City of Anderson Intermodal Center Project, IN.......... 125,000
City of Brownsville Urban System, TX.................... 500,000
City of Clinton, Missouri, Buses and Bus Facilities, MO. 50,000
City of Coralville Intermodal Facility, IA.............. 575,000
City of El Paso Sun Metro Bus Replacement, TX........... 2,000,000
City of Lamar, Missouri, new transit vehicle............ 20,000
City of Lubbock Citibus Improvement, TX................. 500,000
City of Marshfield, new transit vehicles, MO............ 50,000
City of Midland Dial-A-Ride Section 5309, MI............ 366,000
City of Modesto's Bus Maintenance Facility, CA.......... 500,000
City of Moultrie, Georgia, Intermodal Facility.......... 500,000
City of Northfield, MN Transit Station.................. 280,000
City of Texarkana, AR................................... 400,000
City Utilities of Springfield bus facilities, MO........ 1,650,000
Clallam Transit, WA..................................... 220,000
Clare County Transit Administration Facility, MI........ 460,000
Coatesville Train Station, Coatesville, PA.............. 1,000,000
Coconino County Bus Facilities, AZ...................... 1,000,000
Colorado Transit Coalition, CO.......................... 3,000,000
Communication Equipment and Bus, Belding, MI............ 76,000
Commuter Rail Hub Planning and Renovation of the
Historic Brigham City Train Depot, UT............... 75,000
Complete intermodal transit facility, Lufkin, TX........ 750,000
Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Buses, TX.................. 1,000,000
Construct bus shelters in Bellflower, CA................ 250,000
Construction of Amesbury Bus Facility, MA............... 1,200,000
Corona Transit Center, CA............................... 500,000
Corpus Christi Bus and Bus Facilities, TX............... 80,000
County of Lebanon Transit (COLT), PA.................... 300,000
Crawford Internmodal Transportation Facility, PA........ 350,000
Cyride/Ames Iowa Bus Garaga facility.................... 1,000,000
Deneka Maintenance Facility, MI......................... 500,000
Detroit Bus Leasing and Expansion, MI................... 2,000,000
Dowagiac Dial A Ride, MI................................ 50,000
Downtown Akron Transportation Center, OH................ 300,000
Downtown Nashville Transit Transfer Facility, TN........ 800,000
East County Bus Maintenance Facility, CA................ 1,000,000
East Valley Bus Maintenance Facility, AZ................ 1,000,000
Easton Intermodal, PA................................... 400,000
Ed Roberts Campus, Berkeley, CA......................... 300,000
El Garces Intermodal Station, Needles, CA............... 2,000,000
Electric, Next-Generation Transit Buses, Broome County
Transit, NY......................................... 800,000
Endless Mountain Transportation Authority, Bradford
County, PA.......................................... 300,000
Enhance Oklahoma Transit Association Public System...... 500,000
Enhancements to Bus Terminal in McAllen, TX............. 500,000
Everett Transit, Bus and Paratransit Vehicle
Replacement, WA..................................... 825,000
Fairfield/Vacaville Intermodal Station, CA.............. 500,000
Family Connection of Shelby County Trans Project, AL.... 50,000
Fayette Area Coordinated Transportation, PA............. 1,500,000
Flagler County Buses and Bus Facilities, FL............. 300,000
Flint MTA New and Replacement Vehicles, MI.............. 300,000
Foothill Transit, San Gabriel Valley, CA................ 3,300,000
Foothills Community Action Partnership Foothills Express
Transit Expansion Project, KY....................... 350,000
Fort Bend Co, TX, Park & Ride........................... 500,000
Fort Wayne Citilink, IN................................. 125,000
Franklin County Transportation Council, MO.............. 456,000
Franklin Multimodal Center, MA.......................... 1,500,000
Fulton County Transit Authority, KY..................... 220,000
Gadsden State Community College Transit Project, AL..... 600,000
Gardner Maintenance Facility Construction, MA........... 800,000
Georgia GRTA Xpress Implementation Buses................ 2,250,000
Gettysburg Bus and Bus Facilities, PA................... 250,000
Golden Empire Transit traffic signal priority project,
CA.................................................. 250,000
Grant Transit, WA....................................... 225,000
Grays Harbor Transit, Transit Center Expansion, WA...... 780,000
Grays Harbor Transit, WA................................ 65,000
Greater Lapeer Transportation Authority, MI............. 500,000
Greater Lynchburg Transit Company Vehicle Replacement,
VA.................................................. 400,000
Greater Minnesota Transit Capital....................... 1,000,000
Greater Minnesota Transit Capitol--5309 Buses and Bus
Facilities, Rock County............................. 500,000
Greater Ouachita Port intermodal facility, LA........... 400,000
Greater Richmond Transit Company Bus Operations and
Maintenance Facility, VA............................ 2,000,000
Greater Sacramento Regional Bus Replacement/Bus Facility
Expansion, CA....................................... 1,000,000
Hampton Roads Southside Bus Facility, VA................ 1,000,000
Hampton Roads Transit Bus Facilities, VA................ 2,250,000
Handicap Buses Desoto County, MS........................ 150,000
Harbor Transit, MI...................................... 404,000
Harlan County Transit Center, KY........................ 500,000
Hazleton Intermodal, PA................................. 1,500,000
Helena Transit Facility, MT............................. 250,000
Henderson Area Rapid Transit Authority, KY.............. 44,000
High Point International Furniture Market Transportation
Terminal, NC........................................ 850,000
Hill County Transit Administration Facility, TX......... 500,000
Hillsdale Dial-A-Ride, MI............................... 500,000
Holyoke Multimodal Center, MA........................... 1,750,000
Homestead East-West Bus Connector, FL................... 500,000
Honolulu Bus and Bus Facilities, HI..................... 6,000,000
Houston METRO Bus Transit Centers, TX................... 2,030,000
Hunt County Committee on Aging, TX...................... 500,000
I-35W BRT 46th Street Station, Minneapolis, MN.......... 1,000,000
Idaho Statewide ITS..................................... 100,000
Idaho Transit Coalition Bus Capital Investment.......... 2,150,000
Idaho Transit Coalition Buses and Bus Facilities........ 750,000
IL Statewide buses and facilities....................... 8,000,000
Inter-city Transit Companies, Meridian, MS.............. 200,000
Inter-Modal Center, Middletown, CT...................... 300,000
Intermodal Center, Scottsdale, AZ....................... 810,000
Intermodal Facility, Augusta, ME........................ 700,000
Intermodal Facility, Ouachita Parish, LA................ 500,000
Intermodal Park and Ride Facility at Discovery, CA...... 300,000
Intermodal Station Improvements, Salem and Beverly, MA.. 1,200,000
Intermodal Terminal Center, Jacksonville, FL............ 1,000,000
Intermodal Transfer Facility at Duncan and Boyle, MO.... 700,000
Intermodal Transit Center, Bell Gardens, CA............. 400,000
Intermodal transportation facility, Huntington Hospital,
NY.................................................. 500,000
Interstate 15 managed lanes, San Diego, CA.............. 1,000,000
Island Transit, WA...................................... 480,000
ITS Security Equipment for Buses, TX.................... 500,000
Ivy Tech Multi-Modal Facility, Indianapolis, IN......... 300,000
Ivy Tech State College Multi-Modal Facility, IN......... 175,000
Jacksonville Transportation Authority Bus and Bus
Facilities, FL...................................... 340,000
Jamestown 2007 Natural Gas Bus purchase, VA............. 250,000
JARC Hartline, Hillsborough County, FL.................. 250,000
JATRAN bus replacement, MS.............................. 550,000
Jefferson City, Missouri, Buses and Bus Facilities...... 350,000
Jefferson County Transit, WA............................ 365,000
Johnson County Fleet Vehicle Replacement, KS............ 350,000
Johnson County SEATS Para-Transit Facility Program, IA.. 100,000
Kalamazoo Metro Transit, MI............................. 1,000,000
Kalispell Buses, MT..................................... 100,000
Kalkaska County Transportation Facility, MI............. 400,000
Kansas Statewide Bus and Bus Facilities, KS............. 700,000
Kapkowski Road Transportation Planning Area Project, NJ. 500,000
KCATA buses, MO......................................... 3,850,000
Key West Buses and Bus Facilities, FL................... 500,000
King County Airfield Transfer Area, WA.................. 1,200,000
King County Metro Park and Ride on First Hill, WA....... 1,200,000
King County Metro, Bus Radio Replacement Program, WA.... 2,000,000
Knoxville Electric Transit Intermodal Center, TN........ 1,000,000
La Habra Shuttle Senior Transportation Program, CA...... 157,000
LA Statewide buses and facilities....................... 4,000,000
Lafayette Bus Replacement, IN........................... 750,000
Lafayette Louisiana Multimodal Transportation Facility.. 150,000
Lake County Bus Systems, IN............................. 500,000
Lake Erie Transit Hybrid Transit Buses, MI.............. 700,000
Lake Erie Transit Maintenance Bay Expansion, Michigan... 500,000
Lakeland Area Citrus Connection Transit Systems......... 250,000
Lakeside Center Hub, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York.. 700,000
Lakewood Bus Stop Improvements, Lakewood, California.... 400,000
Lancaster Intermodal, Pennsylvania...................... 2,000,000
Lawson State Community College, Alabama................. 450,000
Lewistown Bus Facility, Montana......................... 300,000
Lincoln County Senior Citizen Bus, Kentucky............. 400,000
Link Transit Low Floor Coaches Chelan/Leavenworth, WA... 500,000
Livermoore Amador Valley Satellite Maintenance and
Operations Facility, California..................... 1,000,000
Long Beach Transit Bus Purchase, California............. 750,000
Los Angeles Valley College Bus Station Extension,
California.......................................... 750,000
Lubbock/Citibus Low-Floor Buses, Paratransit Vans and
Facilities, and Passenger Amenities, TX............. 80,000
Ludington Mass Transportation Authority................. 320,000
Macatawa Area Express................................... 250,000
MART Advanced Vehicle Locator System (AVL),
Massachusetts....................................... 500,000
MART Maintenance Facility, Fitchburg, Massachusetts..... 1,200,000
MART Vehicle Replacement, Massachusetts................. 1,200,000
MARTA Atlanta Clean Fuel Buses.......................... 1,000,000
MARTA Automated Smart Card Fare Collection Systems,
Georgia............................................. 375,000
Maryland Statewide Bus Program.......................... 500,000
Mason County Transit, Washington........................ 150,000
Memphis Airport Intermodal Facility, Tennessee.......... 1,375,000
METRO St Louis Downtown Shuttle Trolley, Missouri....... 750,000
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority acquisition
of clean buses, Georgia............................. 2,610,000
Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority, Pennsylvania.......... 1,500,000
Midland Bus Facilities, TX.............................. 50,000
Midland Bus Facilities, Texas........................... 80,000
Midland County Board of Commissioners Connection........ 500,000
Minnesota Transit Cap.--5309 Buses and Bus Facilities--
St. Peter........................................... 250,000
Miramar Town Center Transit Hub, Miramar, Florida....... 500,000
Mobile Waterfront Infrastructure Development, AL........ 600,000
Monroe Township/Clarion University Transit.............. 660,000
Monrovia, Los Angeles County, CA, Transit Village....... 1,500,000
Monterey Salinas Transit, Monterey, California.......... 400,000
Montgomery Bus Stop, Shelters and Bus GPS Tracking
System, Alabama..................................... 200,000
Montgomery County Intermodal, Pennsylvania.............. 500,000
Morristown Intermodal Historic Station, NJ.............. 3,000,000
Mountain Line Bus, Montana.............................. 875,000
MTA transit vehicles for disabled persons, Guam......... 300,000
Muncie Indiana Transit System........................... 1,200,000
N. Indiana Mental Health Trans. Partnership............. 250,000
Nassau County Hub and Centre, NY........................ 1,000,000
Nassau County, New York Bus Replacement................. 1,000,000
National Center for Transportation Needs (TRANSPO), FL.. 750,000
Nevada Statewide Bus and Bus Facilities, NV............. 3,000,000
New Bus Facility Capital Improvements, California (San
Joaquin)............................................ 1,000,000
New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal Rehab, Louisiana... 1,000,000
Newark Penn Station Intermodal Improvements, New Jersey. 1,000,000
NFTA Hybrid Buses, Amherst, Erie County, New York....... 750,000
Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority Buses, New
York................................................ 500,000
NIMHTP, Madison Center, South Bend, IN.................. 500,000
NJ Transit Jitney Bus Replacement, Atlantic City........ 250,000
North Dakota Statewide Transit.......................... 1,250,000
North Hempstead Green Bus Fleet, New York............... 600,000
North Leomister Parking Improvements, Massachusetts..... 720,000
Northern New Mexico Park and Ride....................... 450,000
Northumberland County Transportation, PA................ 200,000
Northwest Busway, Minneapolis, Minnesota................ 1,000,000
Northwestern Connecticut Central Transit Facility....... 300,000
Norwalk Pulse Point Joint Improvements, CT.............. 250,000
NW NJ Multi-County Intermodal Transit Initiative........ 1,000,000
OATS buses and bus facilities, Missouri................. 2,200,000
OCTA BRT................................................ 1,500,000
Ogden Buses and Bus Facilities, UT...................... 250,000
Ohio Statewide Buses and Bus Facilities................. 5,600,000
Ojai Multi-Agency Transportation Facility, CA........... 250,000
Oklahoma DOT Transit Program Division................... 500,000
Omni Trans Para Transit Vehicles........................ 300,000
Pablo Bus Facility, Montana............................. 200,000
Pablo Buses, Montana.................................... 150,000
PACE Bus Service to the College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn,
IL.................................................. 200,000
Pace Suburban Bus Transit Signal Priority, Illinois..... 500,000
Pacific Station Multimodal Facility, Santa Cruz,
California.......................................... 400,000
Paducah Area Transit System in Paducah, Kentucky........ 1,100,000
Palm Springs Aerial Tramway Bus Project, CA............. 600,000
Palm Tran, Palm Beach County, FL........................ 250,000
Paoli Transportation Center............................. 2,000,000
Paramount Easy Rider Clean-Air Buses, Paramount,
California.......................................... 200,000
Park and Ride Facility, Ashland, OR..................... 250,000
Park-and-Ride Lot, Springfield, VA...................... 1,000,000
Pasco County Transit Facilities Project, FL............. 250,000
Pasco County Public Transportation Bus Purchase, FL..... 500,000
Pasco County Transit Construction, FL................... 500,000
Pennyrile Allied Community Services..................... 93,000
Petersburg Multi-Modal Transit Center, VA............... 500,000
Petersburg Transit Intermodal Facility, VA.............. 300,000
Phoenix/Avondale/Glendale Bus Expansion, Arizona........ 1,500,000
Phoenix/Glendale West Valley Operating Facility, Arizona 1,000,000
Pine Ridge Transit System, South Dakota................. 600,000
Placerville Station II.................................. 1,000,000
Poplar Transit Facility Renovation, Montana............. 80,000
Port Angeles International Gateway Project, Washington.. 800,000
Port Authority of Allegheny County Bus Acquisition,
Pennsylvania........................................ 3,100,000
Potomac and Rappahannock Transit Commission Buses for
service expansion, VA............................... 1,200,000
Prospect and East 21st Street Intermodal Transportation
Center, OH.......................................... 875,000
Public Bus Transfer and Parking Facility, MT............ 1,250,000
Public Transit for STCC College Students, Massachusetts. 700,000
Pullman Multi-Modal Transit Center, Pennsylvania........ 500,000
Pullman Transit, Washington............................. 50,000
Purchase of Five Transit Buses, Pasco County, FL........ 250,000
Purchase Transit Buses for Macon Transit Authority,
Georgia............................................. 500,000
Putnam County, FL Ride Solutions Buses.................. 750,000
Puyallup Transit Center Park and Ride, Washington....... 780,000
Rapid Transit Handicap Accessibility, Newton,
Massachusetts....................................... 1,200,000
Ray County Transit Buses and Bus Equipment, Missouri.... 50,000
Redondo Beach Coastal Shuttle Transit Vehicles,
California.......................................... 700,000
Regional Bus and Bus Facilities: Intermodal Terminals,
UT, including Gateway TRAX station.................. 1,500,000
Regional Intermodal Transportaiton, South Amboy, New
Jersey.............................................. 500,000
Renaissance Square, NY.................................. 5,000,000
Reno and Sparks Intermodal Transportation Terminals and
Related Development, NV............................. 500,000
RGRTA Hampton Corners Livingston County, NY............. 1,000,000
Rhode Island Public Transit Authority Elmwood Avenue
Maintenance Facility Improvements................... 1,240,000
Rhode Island Public Transit Authority Transit Security
Improvements........................................ 200,000
Rhode Island Statewide Vehicle Replacement.............. 500,000
Richmond Highway Public Transportation Initiative, VA... 2,400,000
Riverside Transit Center, CA............................ 750,000
RiverSphere Multimodal Facility, Louisiana.............. 200,000
Rolling Stock for HCTD Urban System, TX................. 1,500,000
Roscommon Transportation Authority Route Service........ 200,000
Rosemary Children's Services' Transportation Program,
California.......................................... 75,000
RTC Transit Maintenance Facility, NV.................... 500,000
Rural Bus Program, HI................................... 4,000,000
Saint Peter's McGrinley Square Intermodal Facility, New
Jersey.............................................. 800,000
SamTrans Revenue Collection System, California.......... 300,000
San Antonio--New Buses, Bus Facility Improvements, and
Bus-Related Projects TX............................. 100,000
San Diego Bus Rapid Transportation Demonstration
Project, California................................. 700,000
San Francisco Muni Buses and Bus Facilities, California. 2,000,000
San Luis Rey Transit Center............................. 500,000
Sandy Transit Bus Facility, Oregon...................... 375,000
Sanilac Co. Transit Authority, MI....................... 500,000
Santa Clara Valley Transit Authority Paratransit
Vehicle, California................................. 500,000
Seniors Transportation, Inc. Buses and Bus Facilities,
New York............................................ 100,000
Shenango Valley Shuttle Service, Pennsylvania........... 250,000
Shuttle bus to transport seniors in Bell Gardens,
California.......................................... 100,000
Silver Spring Transit Center, Maryland.................. 3,000,000
Simi Valley Public Transit Radio Communications, CA..... 250,000
Skagit Transit Bus Acquisition, Washington.............. 425,000
Skagit Transit Chuckanut Dr. Station in Burlington,
Washington.......................................... 300,000
Skagway Intermodal facility, Alaska..................... 1,000,000
SMART Multi-Modal Transit Center and Bus Maintenance
Facility, Oregon.................................... 500,000
Solana Beach Transit Center, Solana Beach, CA........... 500,000
Sound Transit, Eastgate Transit Access, Washington...... 1,500,000
South East Missouri Transportation Service, Missouri.... 1,100,000
South Norwalk Intermodal Facility, Norwalk, CT.......... 1,000,000
Southeast Tennessee Human Resource Agency............... 500,000
Southern and Eastern Ky Bus and Bus Facilities.......... 500,000
Southern Maryland Commuter Bus Initiative............... 2,000,000
Southern Missouri Buses and Bus Facilities.............. 1,500,000
Space Coast Area Transit Bus Terminal, FL............... 200,000
Spencer Avenue Bus Transfer Center, Oroville, CA........ 350,000
St Johns County, FL Council on Aging Buses.............. 500,000
St. George Terminal, Staten Island, NY.................. 1,000,000
St. Joseph County Transit............................... 80,000
Stamford Urban Transitway Phase II, CT.................. 3,000,000
StarTran Farebox Technology Upgrades, Nebraska.......... 65,000
State of Arkansas--Bus and Bus Facilities............... 4,000,000
Statewide Bus and Bus Facilities, NC.................... 2,000,000
Statewide Bus and Bus Facilities, SD.................... 4,000,000
Statewide Bus and Bus Facilities, Utah.................. 1,700,000
Statewide Bus Replacement, Iowa......................... 1,400,000
Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation
(SMART), MI......................................... 5,000,000
Suffolk County Buses and Bus Facilities, New York....... 400,000
Sun Tran CNG Buses and Facilities....................... 2,000,000
Sun-Tran Operations and Maintenance Facility Expansion,
UT.................................................. 250,000
SW King County-Highline CC Intermodal Transit Facility
and Parking Garage.................................. 850,000
TALTRAN Bus Expansion Project, Florida.................. 1,000,000
Taltran Bus Fleet Replacement........................... 500,000
TARC--purchase of 10 hybrid electric buses.............. 500,000
Tech Town Transportation Center, OH..................... 750,000
Tennessee Department of Transportation Buses and Bus
Facilities.......................................... 500,000
The District-Bryan/College Station Bus Replacement,
Texas............................................... 500,000
The UEL Bus Stop, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Transitway, MN...................................... 50,000
Third Bus Depot on Staten Island, NY--South Shore....... 2,000,000
TN DOT Job Access Reverse Commute....................... 500,000
TN Statewide Bus and Bus Facilities..................... 5,500,000
Torrance Transit System, California..................... 400,000
Town of Chapel Hill, North Carolina Replacement Bus..... 750,000
Town of Normal Multimodal Transportation Center, IL..... 2,000,000
Transit Center 9400 South Sandy, Utah................... 500,000
Transit Vehicles for Albuquerque, NM.................... 500,000
Treasure Coast Connector, St. Lucie County, FL.......... 500,000
Triangle Transit Authority Replacement Buses, North
Carolina............................................ 500,000
Trolley Plaza, AL....................................... 125,000
Trolley Shelter, West Palm Beach, Florida............... 250,000
Trolley System, Boynton Beach, FL....................... 250,000
Tucson SunTran Alternative Fuel Bus Replacement, AZ..... 1,500,000
Tucson SunTran Bus Storage and Maintenance Facility, AZ. 5,000,000
Twin Cities Dial A Ride................................. 89,000
Twin Transit, Washington................................ 160,000
ULM Intermodal Facility, Monroe, LA..................... 1,000,000
UNI Multimodal Project, Cedar Falls, Iowa............... 1,575,000
Union Station Intermodal Trade and Transit Center,
Pennsylvania........................................ 1,250,000
Union Station Intermodal Transportation Center,
Washington, D.C..................................... 700,000
Union/Snyder Transportation Authority Union County, PA.. 1,000,000
University of Montana bus maintenance facility.......... 250,000
University of Norther Iowa Multi........................ 250,000
Upper Cumberland Human Resource Agency, Tennessee....... 350,000
Uptown Crossings Joint Development Transit Project,
Cincinnati, OH...................................... 1,000,000
Utah Intermodal Transit Hubs, Utah...................... 200,000
Vallejo Intermodal Station, California.................. 850,000
Valley Hospital Bus Transportation, NJ.................. 75,000
Valley Transit, Washington.............................. 275,000
Vehicle Acquisition for Ionia Dial-A-Ride, MI........... 144,000
Vehicle Acquisition, SC................................. 1,600,000
Victor Valley Trans Operation/Maintenance Facility...... 750,000
Virgin Island Transit VITRAN, Virgin Islands............ 300,000
Visalia Bus Operations and Maintenance Facility......... 250,000
Visalia CNG Bus Conversion.............................. 250,000
Warwick Para-Transit Vehicles, Rhode Island............. 135,000
West Side Transit Facility, Albuquerque, NM............. 825,000
West Valley City Intermodal Terminal, Utah.............. 375,000
Westchester County Bee-Line Bus Replacement, New York... 250,000
Westminster College Intermodal Transportation Facilities
Expansion for Shuttle Buses, Utah................... 1,250,000
Westmoreland Transit Authority, Pennsylvania............ 750,000
Wichita Transit Authority, KS........................... 800,000
Williamsport Trade and Transit Centre Expansion,
Pennsylvania........................................ 675,000
Winston-Salem Union Station Intermodal Facility, NC..... 250,000
Winter Haven Transit Terminal/Buses..................... 1,000,000
Wisconsin Statewide Buses and Bus Facilities............ 2,125,000
WMATA Bus Purchase...................................... 1,500,000
Wyandotte County Unified Government Transit, KS......... 500,000
Yates Township Dial-A-Ride Transportation System, MI.... 400,000
Yorba Linda Senior Mobility Program--TRAILS............. 41,000
York Co. Transit Auth. (PA) purchase of buses........... 500,000
Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System............ 250,000
Zero Emission Bus Demonstration, Santa Clara, California 400,000
The conferees provide $8,000,000 to the Illinois
Department of Transportation (IDOT) for Section 5309 Bus and
Bus Facilities grants. The conferees expect IDOT to provide at
least $4,000,000 for Downstate Illinois replacement buses in
Bloomington, Champaign-Urbana, Danville, Decatur, Peoria,
Pekin, Quincy, River Valley, Rockford, Rock Island,
Springfield, Madison County, Rides MTD, South Central MTD, and
Macomb, including $375,000 for the Springfield MTD night
service project. Further, the conferees expect IDOT to provide
appropriate funds for bus facilities in Bloomington, Galesburg,
Macomb, Peoria, and Rock Island, including $500,000 for the
Champaign Day Care Center/Park-n-Ride and $500,000 for the
Macomb maintenance facility.
The conferees direct FTA to refrain from reallocating
funds provided in fiscal year 2003 and prior year
appropriations Acts for the Department of Transportation as
follows:
GA--Macon Intermodal
NY--Middletown/Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit Center
NY--Tompkins County/Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit Center
SC--Sumter Intermodal
SC--Intermodal/Inland Port Terminal
PA--Wilkes-Barre intermodal
WV--Morgantown intermodal
AL--Jefferson County, Diesel Hybrid Electric Buses
MA--Attleboro Intermodal
NY--Jamaica Intermodal Facilities
KS--Lawrence Transit System Transfer Center
CT--Hartford-New Britain Busway Project
CT--Hollyhock Station/Intermodal Transportation Center, Norwich
IN--Indianapolis downtown transit facility
MA--Springfield Union Station intermodal facility
MA--Springfield Union Station Intermodal Redevelopment Project
NE--Metro Area Transit--Intermodal Facility
WA--Aurora Avenue Bus Rapid Transit
PA--Easton Intermodal Terminal
SAFETEA-LU setasides of bus and bus facility funds.--The
conferees note that the recently enacted surface transportation
authorization bill, SAFETEA-LU, (Public Law 109-59) sets aside
more than $442,000,000 of the formula funds made available in
this Act for specific bus and bus related facility projects.
These projects include eight high priority ferry boat system
projects and 645 separate high priority bus projects. Included
among those projects is annual funding of $5,000,000 for a
Statewide grant for bus and bus related facilities in the State
of West Virginia.
The conferees are aware that hybrid buses offer reduced
fuel consumption while utilizing existing infrastructure, a
significant benefit particularly at a time when fuel
conservation is paramount. Also, reduced maintenance for hybrid
buses equates to significant life cycle cost benefits.
Accordingly, the conferees believe that FTA should develop a
program for encouraging and incentivizing a far greater number
of transit systems to adopt this technology. The FTA is
directed to develop such an initiative, which is to be
submitted with the fiscal year 2007 budget submission.
RESEARCH AND UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTERS
The conference agreement provides $75,200,000 from the
General Fund for research activities. Of the amounts provided,
$4,300,000 is for the National Transit Institute, $9,000,000 is
for transit cooperative research programs, $7,000,000 is for
the university centers program. The conferees provided
additional funds over and above the guaranteed level in order
to preserve the core research program, which was inadvertently
reduced under SAFETEA-LU.
The conferees note that the recently enacted surface
transportation authorization bill, SAFETEA-LU, (Public Law 109-
59) sets aside research funds made available in this Act for
specific research and university projects. Of the remaining
funds provided for the national planning and research program,
the conference agreement directs funds for the following:
American Cities Transportation Institute, PA............ $500,000
CTAA of America Nationwide Joblinks..................... $800,000
CALSTART/WESTART Advanced Transit Technology............ $2,000,000
Boston-Fitchburg, MA Rail Corridor...................... $640,000
Automation Alley BUSolution............................. $1,500,000
Advanced Transportation Technology Institute, TN........ $1,000,000
Research Hybrid Fuel Technology Transit System, CA...... $250,000
Wichita State University: mass transit vehicle crash
protection.......................................... $250,000
University of Texas, Austin: Flywheel bus and truck
program............................................. $1,000,000
Hennepin County Community Works......................... $500,000
Advanced vehicle emission reduction sensor program, Ohio $500,000
Biodiesel hybrid bus research, AL....................... $1,000,000
CIMERC, PA.............................................. $1,000,000
City of Mount Vernon, WA--transit and development study. $200,000
Low cost carbon fiber production technology, TN......... $1,000,000
Center for Transportation and the Environment--Southern
Fuel Cell Coalition/Flywheel Development............ $1,660,000
Transport 2020, WI...................................... $1,000,000
Washington State ferries wireless over water project.... $1,000,000
WVU exhaust emission testing initiative, WV............. $1,400,000
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS
The conference agreement provides $1,455,234,000 from the
General Fund for capital investment grants.
ACE Gap Closure San Joaquin County, California.......... 5,000,000
Alaska and Hawaii ferry projects........................ 15,000,000
Ann Arbor/Detroit Commuter Rail, Michigan............... 5,000,000
Atlanta Beltline/C-Loop, Georgia........................ 1,000,000
Baltimore Central Light Rail Double Track Project,
Maryland............................................ 12,420,000
Baltimore Red Line and Green Line, Maryland............. 2,000,000
Boston/Fitchburg, Massachusetts Rail Corridor........... 2,000,000
Central Corridor/St. Paul-Minneapolis, Minnesota........ 2,000,000
Central Florida Commuter Rail........................... 11,000,000
Central Phoenix/East Valley LRT, Arizona................ 90,000,000
Charlotte South Corridor Light Rail Project, North
Carolina............................................ 55,000,000
City of Miami Streetcar, Florida........................ 2,000,000
City of Rock Hill Trolley Study, South Carolina......... 400,000
Commuter Rail, Albuquerque to Santa Fe, New Mexico...... 500,000
Commuter Rail, Utah..................................... 9,000,000
CORRIDORone Regional Rail Project, Pennsylvania......... 1,500,000
CTA Douglas Blue Line, Illinois......................... 45,150,000
CTA Ravenswood Brown Line, Illinois..................... 40,000,000
CTA Yellow Line, Illinois............................... 1,000,000
Dallas Northwest/Southeast Light Rail MOS, Texas........ 12,000,000
Detroit Center City Loop, Michigan...................... 4,000,000
Dulles Corridor Rapid Transit Project, Virginia......... 30,000,000
East Corridor Commuter Rail, Nashville, Tennessee....... 6,000,000
East Side Access Project, New York...................... 340,000,000
Euclid Corridor Transportation Project, Ohio............ 24,774,513
Ft. Lauderdale Downtown Rail Link, Florida.............. 1,000,000
Gainesville-Haymarket VRE Service Extension, Virginia... 1,450,000
Hartford-New Britain Busway, Connecticut................ 6,000,000
Houston METRO, Texas.................................... 12,000,000
Hudson-Bergen Light Rail MOS 2, New Jersey.............. 100,000,000
Kansas City, MO, Southtown BRT.......................... 12,300,000
Metra, Illinois......................................... 42,180,000
Metro Gold Line Eastside Light Rail Extension,
California.......................................... 80,000,000
Miami Dade County Metrorail Extension, Florida.......... 10,000,000
Mid-Coast Light Rail Transit Extension, California...... 7,160,000
Mid-Jordan Light Rail Transit Line, Utah................ 500,000
Mission Valley East, California......................... 7,700,000
N. Indiana Commuter Transit District Recapitalization... 5,000,000
New Jersey Trans-Hudson Midtown Corridor, New Jersey.... 12,315,000
North Corridor Interstate MAX Light Rail Project, Oregon 18,110,000
North Shore Connector, Pennsylvania..................... 55,000,000
North Shore Corridor and Blue Line Extension,
Massachusetts....................................... 2,000,000
Northeast Corridor Commuter Rail Project, Delaware...... 1,425,000
Northern Branch Bergen County, New Jersey............... 2,500,000
Northstar Corridor Commuter Rail Project, Minnesota..... 2,000,000
Northwest New Jersey-Northeast Pennsylvania Passenger
Rail................................................ 10,000,000
Oceanside Escondido Rail Project, California............ 12,210,000
Odgen Avenue Transit Corridor/Circle Line, Illinois..... 1,000,000
Regional Fixed Guideway Project, Nevada................. 3,000,000
Rhode Island Integrated Commuter Rail Project, Rhode
Island.............................................. 6,000,000
San Francisco BART Extension to San Francisco
International Airport, California................... 81,860,000
San Francisco Muni Third Street Light Rail Project,
California.......................................... 25,000,000
San Juan Tren Urbano, Puerto Rico....................... 8,045,487
Santa Barbara Coast Rail Track Improvement Project,
California.......................................... 1,000,000
Schuykill Valley Metro, Pennsylvania.................... 4,000,000
Seattle Sound Transit, Washington....................... 80,000,000
Second Avenue Subway, New York.......................... 25,000,000
Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor Project, Santa
Clara County, California............................ 6,500,000
Silver Line Phase III, Massachusetts.................... 4,000,000
Sounder Commuter Rail, Washington....................... 5,000,000
Southeast Corridor Multi-Modal Project (T-REX), Colorado 80,000,000
Stamford Urban Transitway, Connecticut.................. 10,000,000
Triangle Transit Authority Regional Rail System
(Raleigh-Durham), North Carolina.................... 20,000,000
Washington County Commuter Rail Project, Oregon......... 15,000,000
West Corridor Light Rail, Colorado...................... 5,000,000
Denali Commission....................................... 5,000,000
The conferees direct FTA to refrain from reallocating
funds provided in fiscal year 2003 and prior year
appropriations acts for the Department of Transportation as
follows:
Minneapolis, MN Northstar Corridor
Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee Rail Extension Project
Washington Dulles Corridor Project
Bridgeport, Connecticut, Intermodal Transportation Center
Albuquerque/Greater Albuquerque, New Mexico Mass Transit and
Light Rail
Las Vegas, Nevada, Resort Corridor Fixed Guideway
Indianapolis Northeast-Downtown Corridor project
Maryland, [MARC] Commuter Rail Improvements
Wilmington, DE, Downtown Transit Corridor Project
Wilmington, DE, Train Station Improvements
The conferees agree that FTA needed to change the new
starts criteria, but reiterate the concern of the Senate in the
way FTA implemented the new policy. The conferees direct FTA to
report back to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations as directed by the Senate on how FTA will
address similar changes in the future.
The conferees direct FTA to refrain from signing any full
funding grant agreement with a maximum Federal share higher
than 60 percent.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION
Section 140 exempts previously made transit obligations
from limitations on obligations as proposed by both the House
and the Senate.
Section 141 allows funds appropriated for capital
investment grants not obligated by September 30, 2008, plus
other recoveries, to be available for other projects under 49
U.S.C. 5209 as proposed by the Senate. The House did not
include a similar provision.
Section 142 allows transit funds appropriated prior to
October 1, 2005 that remain available for expenditure to be
transferred to another eligible purpose as proposed by the
House and the Senate.
Section 143 allows prior year funds available for capital
investment grants to be used in this fiscal year for such
projects as proposed by the House. The Senate did not include a
similar provision.
Section 144 addresses transit funds available to Alaska
and Hawaii for ferry boats as proposed by the Senate. The House
did not include a similar provision.
Section 145 makes technical changes to a grant made with
prior year funds for Burlington, Vermont as proposed by the
Senate. The House did not include a similar provision.
Section 146 makes technical changes to a grant made with
prior year funds for Seattle, Washington as proposed by the
Senate. The House did not include a similar provision.
Section 147 makes technical changes to funds made
available to Charleston, South Carolina as proposed by the
conferees.
Section 148 makes technical changes to prior year funds
available to Jacksonville, Florida as proposed by the
conferees.
Section 149 makes technical changes to prior year funds
available to the South Shore Commuter Rail in Indiana as
proposed by the conferees.
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)
The conference agreement includes $16,284,000 for the
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation as proposed by
the House and Senate.
Maritime Administration
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM
The conference agreement includes $156,000,000 for the
maritime security program as proposed by the House and Senate.
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING
The conference agreement includes $122,249,000 for the
Maritime Administration's operations and training account,
instead of $112,336,000 as proposed by the House and
$118,649,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference
agreement allocates the funds for operations and training as
follows:
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy: Conference Amount
Salary and benefits....................................... $23,750
Midshipmen program........................................ 7,032
Instructional program..................................... 5,746
Program direction and administration...................... 2,945
Maintenance, repair & operating requirements.............. 7,381
Capital improvements...................................... 15,000
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Subtotal, USMMA....................................... $61,854
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State Maritime Schools:
Student incentive payments................................ 1,200
Direct schoolship payments................................ 1,800
Schoolship maintenance and repair......................... 8,211
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Subtotal, State Maritime Academies.................... $11,211
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MARAD Operations:
Base operations........................................... 34,029
Enterprise architecture & IT security upgrades............ 4,963
GSA space................................................. 93
DOT Electronic Government................................. 99
Marine Transportation System Advocate facility............ 10,000
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Subtotal, MARAD Operations............................ $49,184
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Total, Operations and Training.................... $122,249
SHIP DISPOSAL
The conference agreement includes $21,000,000 for the
disposal of obsolete vessels of the National Defense Reserve
Fleet as proposed by the House and Senate.
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement includes $4,126,000 for
administrative expenses of the maritime guaranteed loan program
(Title XI), instead of $3,526,000 as proposed by the House and
$4,726,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement
modifies a Senate proposed reporting requirement regarding
companies in ``Credit Watch''. In order to protect proprietary
and sensitive business information that may cause direct
financial and/or competitive harm, the companies shall not be
specifically identified in the report. The conferees direct
MARAD to provide the report within 90 days of enactment of this
Act.
The conference agreement includes a new reporting
requirement, due with the fiscal year 2007 budget submittal,
that directs MARAD to detail funds provided or personnel
detailed to the Office of the Secretary's credit council since
its inception, by year.
SHIP CONSTRUCTION
(RESCISSION)
The conference agreement includes a rescission of
unobligated balances totaling $2,071,280 from the dormant ship
construction account as proposed by the House and Senate.
NATIONAL DEFENSE TANK VESSEL CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM
The conference agreement does not include funds for the
National Defense Tank Vessel Construction Program authorized
under Public Law 108-136, as proposed by the House. The Senate
proposed $25,000,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--MARITIME ADMINISTRATION
Section 150 retains a provision proposed by the House and
Senate that authorizes MARAD to furnish utilities and services
and make necessary repairs in connection with any lease,
contract, or occupancy involving Government property under
control of MARAD, and allow payments received to be credited to
the Treasury, as proposed by both the House and Senate.
Section 151 retains a provision proposed by the House and
Senate that prohibits obligations incurred during the current
year from construction funds in excess of appropriations
contained in this or prior year appropriations Acts as proposed
by both the House and Senate.
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
The conference agreement provides $16,877,000 for
necessary administrative expenses of the Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), as proposed by the
Senate instead of $17,027,000 as proposed by the House. Of this
amount, $645,000 is to be derived from the Pipeline Safety
Fund.
The conferees reduce the budget request by $150,000 to
account for the transfer of an attorney to the office of
general counsel for the office of emergency transportation
litigation caseload.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY
The conference agreement provides $26,138,000 to continue
the agency's hazardous materials safety functions, as proposed
by the Senate instead of $26,183,000 as proposed by the House.
Spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste
shipments.--The conferees deny funding for four new positions
for activities related to assuring the safety of shipments of
spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste to Skull
Valley, Utah, as was requested in the budget. The conferees
note the fact that the Bureau of Land Management still has yet
to approve the transportation route to the site, which raises
significant doubts about the ability for the site to be opened
during fiscal year 2006 and the need for the requested
positions.
Hazardous materials regulations compliance.--The
conferees approve the three new positions to help ensure
compliance with current hazmat regulations and the associated
half-year funding.
PIPELINE SAFETY
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)
The conference agreement provides $73,010,000 for the
office of pipeline safety (OPS), instead of $72,860,000 as
proposed by the House and $73,165,000 as proposed by the
Senate.
The conferees approve seven of the additional positions
requested for OPS, instead of five as proposed by the House and
eight as proposed by the Senate.
Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund.--The conferees strongly
agree with language contained in both the House and Senate
reports expressing concern over the significant increases in
the request of funds from the oil spill liability trust fund
and the lack of justification for these increases in the budget
documentation. The conferees once again direct the agency to
include an itemization of how funds from the oil spill
liability trust fund are being allocated within the OPS in the
fiscal year 2007 budget justification.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)
The conference agreement provides a total of $14,500,000
for Emergency Preparedness Grants, as proposed by both the
House and the Senate.
Research and Innovative Technology Administration
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
The conference agreement provides $5,774,000 to continue
research and development activities in fiscal year 2006,
instead of $4,326,000 as proposed by both the House and the
Senate, and stipulates that $1,121,000 of the funds provided
shall be available until September 30, 2008. The agreement
supports a staffing level of 28 full-time equivalent staff
years (FTE).
The conferees reduce funding by $500,000 below the budget
by denying the requested increase in hydrogen research.
BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
Under the appropriation of the Federal Highway
Administration, the conference agreement provides $27,000,000
for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).
As has been the practice in previous years, the conferees
limit BTS staff to 122 FTE in fiscal year 2006 in order to
curtail the significant growth in staffing that occurred
previously within this agency.
The language relating to the collection of the motor
carrier financial and operating statistics survey is addressed
in the office of the secretary section of this statement of the
managers, as proposed by the House, instead of under BTS as
proposed by the Senate.
Office of Inspector General
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes $62,499,000 for the
Office of Inspector General as proposed by the House and
Senate.
Surface Transportation Board
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement provides $26,450,000 for the
Surface Transportation Board to fund salaries and expenses from
a direct appropriation, instead of $26,622,000 as proposed by
the House and $24,388,000 as proposed by the Senate. The
conference agreement includes language that allows the Board to
offset $1,250,000 of this appropriation from fees collected
during the fiscal year, as proposed by both the House and the
Senate.
Administrative Provisions--Department of Transportation
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Section 160 retains the provision as proposed by both the
House and Senate that allows the Department of Transportation
(DOT) to use funds for aircraft, motor vehicles, liability
insurance, uniforms, or allowances, as authorized by law.
Section 161 retains the provision that limits
appropriations for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 to the
rate for an Executive Level IV, as proposed by the House and
Senate.
Section 162 retains the provision that prohibits funds to
be used for salaries and expenses of more than 108 political
and Presidential appointees in DOT, instead of 100 appointees
as proposed by the House and 109 appointees as proposed by the
Senate. The provision also requires that none of the personnel
covered by this provision may be assigned on temporary detail
outside DOT, as proposed by the House and Senate.
Section 163 retains the provision as proposed by the
House and Senate that prohibits funds from being used to
implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code.
Section 164 retains the provision as proposed by the
House and Senate that prohibits recipients of funds made
available in this Act from releasing certain personal
information and photographs from a driver's license or motor
vehicle record, without express consent of the person to whom
such information pertains; and prohibits the withholding of
funds provided in this Act for any grantee if a State is in
noncompliance with this provision.
Section 165 retains the provision that permits funds
received by specified DOT agencies from States or other private
or public sources for expenses incurred for training to be
credited to certain specified agency accounts, as proposed by
the House and Senate.
Section 166 retains the provision as proposed by the
House and Senate that authorizes the Secretary of
Transportation to allow issuers of any preferred stock sold to
the Department to redeem or repurchase such stock upon the
payment to the Department of an amount determined by the
Secretary.
Section 167 retains the provision as proposed by the
House and Senate that prohibits funds from being used to make a
grant unless the Secretary of Transportation notifies the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations no less than three days
in advance of any discretionary grant award, letter of intent,
or full funding grant agreement totaling $1,000,000 or more.
Section 168 retains the provision that allows funds
received from rebates, refunds, and similar sources to be
credited to appropriations of the DOT, as proposed by the House
and Senate.
Section 169 retains the provision as proposed by the
House and Senate that allows amounts from improper payments to
a third party contractor that are lawfully recovered by the DOT
to be available to cover expenses incurred in the recovery of
such payments.
Section 170 retains the provision that allows the
Secretary of Transportation to transfer unexpended sums from
``Office of the Secretary, Salaries and Expenses'' to
``Minority Business Outreach'', as proposed by the House and
Senate.
Section 171 retains the provision as proposed by the
House and Senate that prohibits the Office of the Secretary of
Transportation from approving assessments or reimbursable
agreements pertaining to funds appropriated to the modal
administrations in this Act, unless such assessments or
agreements have completed the normal reprogramming process for
Congressional notification.
Section 172 retains the provision as proposed by the
House that prohibits the use of funds to implement an essential
air service local cost share participation pilot program. The
Senate included a similar provision in title VII.
Section 173 includes a provision similar to what was
proposed by the Senate that amends Section 14711(c) of title 49
to allow DOT to be substituted for a State in civil actions to
enforce certain consumer protection provisions. The House did
not include a similar provision.
Section 174 includes a provision similar to what was
proposed by the Senate that modifies title 23 relating to
contracting for engineering and design services to no longer
permit such services to be awarded under State qualifications.
The House did not include a similar provision.
Section 175 retains a Senate provision making eligible
for the FAA's Airport Improvement Program a project meeting
certain specified requirements. The House did not include a
similar provision.
Section 176 includes a Senate provision that allows a
small hub to be eligible to receive terminal funding if the
airport received a discretionary grant while the airport was
designated as a non-primary airport. The House did not include
a similar provision.
Section 177 retains a Senate provision amending title 49
to deem an air tour operator flying over the Hoover Dam to the
Grand Canyon National Park as flying solely as a transportation
route. The House did not include a similar provision.
Section 178 retains a Senate provision extending a
requirement for air carriers to honor tickets for suspended air
passenger service. The House did not include a similar
provision.
Section 179 retains a Senate provision that allows former
flight service station employees within two years of retirement
to remain temporary FAA employees until they reach retirement
eligibility. The House did not include a similar provision.
Section 180 retains a Senate provision that authorizes
conveyance of land to establish a heliport in Clark County,
Nevada. The House did not include a similar provision.
Section 181 retains a Senate provision amending section
29(c) of the Public Law 96-192. The House did not include a
similar provision.
Section 182 includes a new provision that modifies a
provision relating to the delivery of budget justifications.
Section 183 includes a new provision that modifies a
provision relating to processing of reprogrammings.
Section 184 includes a new provision that modifies
designations relating to certain highway projects in Vermont.
Section 185 modifies House language to provide up to a
total of $17,000,000 to reimburse fixed based general aviation
operators and providers of general aviation ground support
services at five facilities that incurred financial losses when
the Federal government closed the facilities due to the
September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Each of the five
facilities was closed to general aviation operations on
September 11, 2001. Three airports in Maryland were reopened to
such operations on March 2, 2002; the South Capitol Street
Heliport was permanently closed to general aviation; and Ronald
Reagan National Airport was reopened to general aviation
operations on October 18, 2005.
It is the conferees intent that reimbursement cover the
unilateral closures of these facilities after September 11,
2001. It is not the conferees intent to reimburse for closures
resulting from a business operation or facility action or
inaction. The conferees note without prejudice that DOT's
September 2005 report estimated losses incurred through January
23, 2004 at $10,443,936. The Senate did not include a similar
provision.
The language specifies that of the amount provided, up to
$5,000,000 will be distributed, if necessary, to the fixed
based operators and providers of general aviation ground
support services at the three affected Maryland airports.
Further, DOT is directed to verify direct and incremental
financial losses through an independent audit no later than
July 14, 2006 before any funds are provided. In addition,
obligation and expenditure of funds are conditional upon full
release of the government for all financial claims from the
closing of these facilities.
Section 186 includes a new provision that modifies
designations relating to certain highway projects in Alaska.
Section 187 includes a provision similar to what was
proposed by the Senate that provides $1,000,000 from the
amounts made available in Section 112 of this Act to conduct a
study and issue a report relating to catastrophic hurricane
evacuation plans. The House did not include a similar
provision.
The conference agreement deletes a provision proposed by
the Senate that would have reduced the fiscal year 2006 working
capital fund limitation of DOT by $1,000,000.
The conference agreement deletes a provision proposed by
the Senate that would have designated the city of Norman,
Oklahoma, to be considered part of the Oklahoma City
Transportation urbanized area.
The conference agreement deletes a provision proposed by
the Senate that would have required the use of a sliding scale
match ratio for certain transportation projects in the States
of Idaho and Washington.
The conference agreement deletes a provision proposed by
the Senate that would have modified the designation relating to
a certain project in the State of New York.
The conference agreement deletes a provision proposed by
the Senate that would have modified the designation relating to
a certain project in the State of New York.
TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Departmental Offices
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement provides $196,592,000 for
departmental salaries and expenses instead of $157,452,000 as
proposed by the House and $197,591,000 as proposed by the
Senate. Of the amount provided, not more than $3,000,000 is for
travel expenses, not more than $3,000,000 is for information
technology modernization, $258,000 is for emergencies or
activities of a confidential nature, $5,173,000 is for
Treasury-wide financial audits, and $100,000 is for reception
and representation expenses.
For the activities under this heading, the conferees
recommend the following funding levels:
Executive Direction..................................... $8,642,000
General Counsel......................................... 7,852,000
Economic Policies....................................... 32,011,000
Financial Policies...................................... 26,574,000
Financial Crimes........................................ 39,939,000
Treasury-wide Management................................ 16,843,000
Administration.......................................... 63,731,000
Of the funds provided for the financial crimes activity,
the conferees have agreed to include bill language providing
$22,032,016 and not less than 125 full-time equivalent
positions for the Office of Foreign Assets Control. The
conferees direct that the Office of the Under Secretary for
Terrorism and Financial Crimes shall be funded at no more than
$1,998,000 to ensure that resources are directed to the
operational offices. The conferees agree to the Senate
provision, in lieu of the House provision, directing the
Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis to report on
the Office of Intelligence and Analysis within 90 days of
enactment of this Act.
The conference agreement includes a provision allowing
the Department to transfer up to two percent of funds available
between activities. In addition, the conferees direct the
Department, including all bureaus and offices and the Internal
Revenue Service, to submit an operating plan 60 days after
enactment of this Act for fiscal year 2006 resources. The plan
must include by office and by activity, a comparison of fiscal
year 2005 actual expenditures, the fiscal year 2006 budget
request, and the fiscal year 2006 resources including full-time
equivalent positions and appropriated funds, and all
initiatives underway at the Department.
The conference agreement includes $1,000,000, available
until expended, for combating trade violations, including
currency manipulation as similarly proposed by the Senate.
The conference agreement does not include an increase of
$720,000 for the Treasury media room and $1,000,000 for the
building fund. The conferees agree that the Department must
budget for capital expenses of the building, but have instead
provided funds for the completion of the building renovation
under a different account. The conferees direct the Department
to include in the fiscal year 2007 budget request a proposal to
fund building operations and maintenance expenses.
The conferees direct the Secretary to submit a report to
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations providing a
legal basis for the application of section 1.148-1(c) of the
United States Treasury Regulations (regarding arbitrage bond
regulations) to the reserve funds held by the Clean Water and
Safe Drinking Water State revolving funds which generally
contain replacement proceeds but not bond proceeds. This report
should be submitted by no later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this Act.
Of the funds provided for Financial Policies, $1,500,000
is for the e-Cavern partnership and $250,000 is for Treasury's
public key infrastructure.
DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement provides $24,412,000 for systems
and capital investments as proposed by the Senate instead of
$21,412,000 as proposed by the House. The conferees direct the
Department to provide detailed information on all systems,
especially the TFIN project, in the operating plan as proposed
by the House.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement provides $17,000,000 for
salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General as
proposed by the House instead of $16,722,000 as proposed by the
Senate. Of the amounts provided, up to $2,000,000 may be used
for travel, $100,000 may be used for emergencies or activities
of a confidential nature, and up to $2,500 may be used for
reception and representation expenses.
TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement provides $133,286,000 for
salaries and expenses as proposed by both the House and the
Senate. Of the amounts provided, $6,000,000 is for travel
expenses, $500,000 is for emergencies, and $1,500 is for
reception and representation expenses.
AIR TRANSPORTATION STABILIZATION PROGRAM ACCOUNT
The conference agreement provides $2,750,000, to remain
available until expended, for the costs of the air
transportation stabilization program instead of $2,942,000 as
proposed by the Senate. The House did not include funds for
this program.
TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND RESTORATION
The conference agreement provides $10,000,000 for the
repair and restoration of the Treasury building as proposed by
both the House and the Senate.
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement provides $73,630,000 for
salaries and expenses as proposed by both the House and the
Senate. Of the amounts provided, not more than $14,000 is for
reception and representation expenses, $6,944,000 is available
until September 30, 2008, and $8,521,000 is available until
September 30, 2007.
Financial Management Service
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement provides $236,243,000 for
salaries and expenses as proposed by both the House and the
Senate. Of the amounts provided, $9,220,000 is available until
September 30, 2008 and $2,500 is available for reception and
representation expenses.
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement provides $91,126,000 for
salaries and expenses as proposed by both the House and the
Senate. Of the amounts provided, not more than $6,000 is for
reception and representation expenses and $50,000 is for
cooperative research.
United States Mint
UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND
The conference agreement limits the amounts available for
salaries and expenses to not more than $26,768,000 instead of
$36,900,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate, based on a
revised estimate of costs.
Bureau of the Public Debt
ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT
The conference agreement provides $176,923,000 for costs
associated with administering the public debt as proposed by
both the House and the Senate. Of the amounts provided, not
more than $2,500 is for reception and representation expenses
and $2,000,000 is for systems modernization. The conference
agreement includes $3,000,000 in user fees to offset the
appropriated amounts and $70,000 from the Oil Spill Liability
Trust Fund to reimburse the Bureau for various administrative
expenses.
Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
The conference agreement provides $55,000,000, available
until September 30, 2007 as proposed by the Senate. The House
proposed the same level of funding with one year availability.
Of the amounts provided, up to $13,500,000 is for
administrative costs, $6,000,000 is for direct loans, $250,000
is for administrative expenses of the direct loan program, and
$4,000,000 is for technical assistance and other purposes for
Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaskan Native
communities. The conference agreement includes language that
limits loan obligations of up to $11,000,000, as proposed by
both the House and the Senate.
The conference agreement directs that the Bank Enterprise
Award program be funded at no less than $11,000,000.
Internal Revenue Service
PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement includes $4,136,578,000 for
Processing, Assistance and Management as proposed by the
Senate, instead of $4,181,520,000 as proposed by the House. The
conferees direct IRS to consult with the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations prior to elimination,
consolidation, or reorganization of the workforce and direct
IRS not to proceed with any such activity unless explicitly
approved by the Committees through the IRS operating plan.
The conferees direct the IRS, the IRS Oversight Board and
the National Taxpayer Advocate to develop a 5-year plan for
taxpayer service activities and report to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations by April 14, 2006, as outlined in
the Senate report. The plan should include long-term goals that
are strategic and quantitative and that balance enforcement and
service.
The conferees direct the IRS, in consultation with the
National Taxpayer Advocate, to report by June 30, 2006 on uses
of the Debt Indicator Tool--and whether it facilitates the use
of refund anticipation loans (RALs)--the debt collection offset
practice, the use of RALs, and evaluations of RAL alternatives,
and use of debit cards for refunds, including recommendations
on how to deliver tax refunds more quickly.
The conferees are aware that the IRS and the Free File
Alliance have signed a new, four-year agreement under which IRS
continues to agree not to enter the tax preparation market. The
conferees direct IRS to abide by the terms and conditions of
that agreement.
The conference agreement rescinds $20,000,000 in
unobligated prior year balances from the Processing, Assistance
and Management account.
TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement provides $4,725,756,000 for Tax
Law Enforcement as proposed by the Senate, instead of
$4,580,216,000 as proposed by the House. Language providing
$55,584,000 for the Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement
(ICDE) program is included, as proposed by House. The
conference agreement permits the transfer of up to $10,000,000
for management of the ICDE program, as proposed by the House.
In addition, the conference agreement allows for the transfer
of up to $10,000,000 to the Social Security Administration as
proposed by both the House and the Senate. The conference
agreement includes language proposed by the Senate that
designates $1,000,000 available until September 30, 2008, for
research. The House did not include similar language.
The conferees direct IRS to report back to the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations on tax enforcement,
including estimates for the entire program, enforcement
spending, workload indicators, direct tax enforcement-related
revenue and an explanation of the methodology and accuracy of
the estimates provided. The report shall be submitted by no
later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
The conference agreement provides $1,598,967,000 for
information systems instead of $1,575,146,000 as proposed by
the House and $1,597,717,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within
the amount provided, the conferees provide $1,250,000 for a
vulnerability management solution that continuously discovers
network exposures through an appliance-based technology,
running a hardened operating system.
BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION
The conference agreement provides $199,000,000 for
Business Systems Modernization as proposed by both the House
and the Senate. Language is retained, proposed by both the
House and the Senate, requiring a spend plan from the IRS prior
to the release of these funds.
health insurance tax credit administration
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement provides $20,210,000 for
administration of the Health Insurance Tax Credit program as
proposed by both the House and the Senate.
The conference agreement rescinds $9,000,000 in
unobligated prior year balances from the Health Insurance Tax
Credit Administration account.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
Section 201 retains a provision included by both the
House and the Senate that provides transfer authority.
Section 202 retains a provision included by both the
House and the Senate that requires IRS to maintain training in
taxpayer service.
Section 203 retains a provision included by both the
House and the Senate that requires IRS to safeguard taxpayer
information.
Section 204 retains a provision included by both the
House and the Senate that permits funding for 1-800 help line
services and directs the Commissioner to make improving phone
service a priority.
Section 205 amends a provision included by both the House
and the Senate prohibiting funds to reduce taxpayer services
until TIGTA completes a study on impacts to compliance.
Section 206 retains a provision included by the Senate
that specifies $6,447,000,000 for enhanced tax enforcement. The
House did not include a similar provision.
Section 207 amends a provision included by the Senate
specifying $166,249,000 for operating expenses of the Taxpayer
Advocate Service (TAS), of which $141,311,650 shall be made
available from the Tax Law Enforcement account. The conferees
direct the IRS to continue providing overhead support from
accounts outside of TAS. The House did not include a similar
provision.
Section 208 includes a provision requiring the IRS to
submit its fiscal year 2007 budget justification in the
existing account structure.
Section 209 retains a provision included by the Senate
that repeals the limitation on user fees to supplement
appropriations. The House did not include a similar provision.
The conference agreement deletes a provision included by
the Senate that requires a tax enforcement report.
Administrative Provisions--Department of the Treasury
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Section 210 allows Treasury to purchase uniforms, lease
vehicles, and engage in other activities pursuant to title 5
U.S.C. 5901 as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
Section 211 allows for the transfer of up to two percent
of funds between Departmental Offices and the various Treasury
bureaus, except the IRS as proposed by the Senate. The House
did not include a similar provision.
Section 212 allows for the transfer of up to two percent
from the IRS accounts to TIGTA as proposed by both the House
and the Senate.
Section 213 directs that the purchase of vehicles be
consistent with vehicle management principles.
Section 214 prohibits funds to be used to redesign the $1
note as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
Section 215 allows for the transfer of funds from
``Financial management service, salaries and expenses'' to the
Debt Collection Fund conditional on future reimbursement as
proposed by both the House and the Senate.
Section 216 extends the franchise fund for one year as
proposed by both the House and the Senate.
Section 217 prohibits funds to build a United States Mint
museum without the approval of the authorizing committees of
jurisdiction as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
Section 218 prohibits funds for consolidating functions
of the United States Mint and the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing without the approval of the authorizing committees of
jurisdiction as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
Section 219 prohibits funds to reallocate the funds
provided to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN),
or merge FinCEN into the departmental offices as proposed by
the Senate. The House did not include a similar provision.
TITLE III--DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
The conferees reiterate that the Department must limit
the reprogramming of funds between the programs, projects, and
activities within each account to not more than $500,000
without prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations.
Unless otherwise identified in this Statement of Managers or
Committee reports, the most detailed allocation of funds
presented in the budget justifications is approved, with any
deviation from such approved allocation subject to the normal
reprogramming requirements. Further, it is the intent of the
conferees that all carryover funds in the various accounts,
including recaptures and de-obligations, are subject to the
normal reprogramming requirements outlined above. Further, no
changes may be made to any program, project, or activity if it
is construed to be policy or a change in policy, without prior
approval of the Committees on Appropriations. Finally, the
conferees expect to be notified regarding reorganizations of
offices, programs or activities prior to the planned
implementation of such reorganizations, as well as be notified,
on a monthly basis, of all ongoing litigation, including any
negotiations or discussions, planned or ongoing, regarding a
consent decree between the Department and any other entity,
including the estimated costs of such decrees.
Public and Indian Housing
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The joint statement of the managers herein reflects the
agreement of the conferees on tenant-based rental assistance.
The conference agreement appropriates $15,573,655,725 for all
tenant-based Section 8 (voucher) activities under the Tenant-
Based Rental Assistance Account. The House proposed
$15,631,400,000 and the Senate proposed $15,636,064,000 for
these activities. Language is included designating funds
provided as follows:
Conference
Activity agreement
Voucher Renewals........................................ $14,089,755,725
Tenant Protection Vouchers.............................. 180,000,000
Administative Costs..................................... 1,250,000,000
(Administrative Fees)................................... (1,240,000,000)
Family Self-Sufficiency Coordinators.................... 48,000,000
Working Capital Fund.................................... 5,900,000
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Total, Tenant Based Rental Assistance........... 15,573,655,725
Section 8 Voucher Renewals.--The conference agreement
includes $14,089,755,725 instead of $14,089,756,000 as proposed
by the Senate and $14,189,756,725 as proposed by the House. The
conferees continue the 2005 allocation method as proposed by
the House. The Senate had proposed to revise the allocation
methodology.
The conferees direct HUD not to use recaptures from any
source or any project-based carryover to augment total 2006
funding for this account. In addition, the conferees direct HUD
to provide all public housing agencies (PHAs) with a fixed,
annual budget within which each agency must manage its voucher
programs for fiscal year 2006. The conferees expect that Moving
To Work (MTW) agencies will be funded based on their agreements
and are subject to the same adjustments made to all other PHA
annual budgets based on funding availability. HUD may make any
necessary adjustments for the costs associated with the first-
time renewals of tenant protection and HOPE VI vouchers in
2005. The conferees further direct the Department to commit the
entire amount of funds provided for voucher renewals to the
public housing authorities at the time annual budgets of the
public housing authorities are established.
The conferees direct HUD to provide funds to PHAs based
on the amounts PHAs would have received in fiscal year 2005
before any pro rata reductions, and adjusted for the 2005 AAF
and the 2006 AAF for each PHA, plus the estimated number of
first time renewals of vouchers that will enter the Tenant
Based Rental Assistance Account from other forms of assistance.
The conferees direct HUD, to the extent necessary, to pro rate
each public housing agency's budget to stay within the amount
appropriated.
The conference agreement includes up to $45,000,000 in
funds to adjust the baseline amount for PHAs that for anomalous
reasons, or unforeseen circumstances, were significantly under
leased at the time the baseline was set. Examples include the
timing of the PHAs fiscal year, portability or other unforeseen
circumstances, including the assignment of a significant number
of vouchers, which results in a sharp rise in costs. The
Secretary has full discretion to determine the appropriate
amount of adjustment. HUD is directed to report to the
Committees on Appropriations on requests made by PHAs for
adjustments to allocations and the final decisions made by the
Department.
The conferees reiterate House report language that
requires HUD to track and report on the extent to which subsidy
changes are due to changes in rent costs and changes in tenant
incomes.
Tenant Protection.--The conference agreement includes
$180,000,000 for rental subsidies for tenant protection
activities instead of $165,700,000 as proposed by the House and
$192,000,000 as proposed by the Senate, to replace project-
based Section 8 assistance with section 8 vouchers, for
conversion of section 202 and section 23 projects to section 8
assistance, and for the family reunification program and for
the witness protection program.
Administrative Fees.--The conference agreement includes
$1,250,000,000 for public housing agencies' administrative
costs and other expenses, instead of $1,225,000,000 as proposed
by the House and $1,295,408,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Language is included making up to $10,000,000, as proposed by
the Senate, available to the Secretary to allocate to public
housing agencies that need additional funds to administer their
programs. The House had provided $25,000,000. The conferees
direct the Department to specify the activities eligible for
this funding in the notice to be issued within sixty days of
enactment of this Act. The Senate did not include similar
language. The conferees did not adopt language included in the
House bill that allowed the transfer of up to $200,000,000 in
tenant-based funds to the project based account.
Family Self Sufficiency Coordinators.--The conference
agreement includes $48,000,000 for public housing agencies
family self-sufficiency coordinator staff as proposed by the
Senate instead of $45,000,000 as proposed by the House.
Working Capital Fund.--The conference agreement includes
$5,900,000 for transfer to the Working Capital Fund as proposed
by the House and Senate.
The conference agreement includes language proposed by
the Senate that limits funds for litigation and settlements to
$12,000,000. The House had more narrow language.
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND
(RESCISSION)
The conference agreement includes a rescission of
$2,050,000,000 from unobligated balances and recaptures from
prior-year appropriations provided in the tenant-based rental
assistance and the project-based rental assistance accounts or
any other account within this title. This rescission is to be
effected no later than September 30, 2006. The House proposed
to rescind $2,500,000,000 and the Senate proposed to rescind
$1,500,000,000.
The conferees direct that the Department rescind funds
provided to Section 8 programs in prior years to the maximum
extent possible. The conference agreement does not include
language proposed by the Senate to require that HUD and OMB
salaries be reduced 10 percent if sufficient Section 8 funds
are not available. Instead, language is included that directs
HUD to notify the Committees on Appropriations 30 days in
advance if unobligated balances in any other accounts will be
required to implement the rescission.
PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement appropriates $5,088,300,000 for
project-based rental assistance activities as proposed by the
House, instead of $5,072,100,000 as proposed by the Senate. The
conference agreement provides funds as follows:
Conference
Activity agreement
Project-Based Contract Renewals......................... $4,939,700,000
Contract Administrators................................. 147,200,000
Working Capital Fund.................................... 1,400,000
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Total, Project-Based Rental Assistance 5,088,300,000
Language is included, similar to language proposed by the
House and the Senate, designating $4,939,700,000 for renewals
and amendment of section 8 project-based contracts, section 8
moderate rehabilitation contracts (including associated PHA
administrative expenses), Emergency Low-Income Housing
Preservation Reform Act (ELIHPRA) and Low-Income Housing
Preservation Reform Act (LIHPRA) contracts, and section 441
single room occupancy contracts (including associated PHA
administrative expenses).
Language is included, as proposed by the Senate,
designating $147,200,000 for performance-based contract
administrators. The conference agreement also includes language
proposed by the House that would allow these funds for the
inspection and administration of units funded through elderly
and disabled, section 236, rent supplement and rental
assistance programs and the section 202 loan programs.
The conference agreement assumes that project-based
section 8 contract amendment funding requirements for fiscal
year 2006 can also be met through the use of recaptures
available in the Housing Certificate Fund, as proposed in the
budget request. Language is included elsewhere in this title
making funds available for such purpose.
The conference agreement does not include language
proposed by the House that allowed up to $200,000,000 to be
transferred from the tenant-based account to the project-based
account.
The conferees direct that the Department conduct a study
and prepare a report that describes the progress, if any, in
improving the living conditions of the tenants of the Evergreen
I and Evergreen II housing complexes in Joliet, Illinois, by
the owners of such complexes. An interim report is required
within six months of enactment of this Act. A final report is
required within 12 months of enactment of this Act, which shall
detail findings and recommendations, if any.
PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement provides $2,463,600,000 for the
Public Housing Capital Fund, instead of $2,600,000,000 as
proposed by the House and $2,327,200,000 as proposed by the
Senate. Within the total funding the conference agreement
includes:
--up to $8,820,000 to support the costs of existing
administrative and judicial receiverships in effect as
of the date of enactment of this Act, as proposed by
the House and Senate;
--$11,000,000 for information technology systems instead of
$10,000,000 as proposed by the House and $13,200,000 as
proposed by the Senate; and
--up to $17,000,000 for emergency capital needs resulting
from unforeseen emergencies or natural disasters in
fiscal year 2006 as proposed by both the House and
Senate. Additional language is included that was not in
either the House or Senate proposal to add the word
``unpreventable'' to the definition of ``emergency''.
The conference agreement includes $38,000,000 for the
Resident Opportunity Self-Sufficiency (ROSS) program, instead
of $24,000,000 as proposed by the House and $45,000,000 as
proposed by the Senate.
The conference agreement includes $7,500,000 for
Neighborhood Networks grants similar to language proposed by
the Senate, but does not include $1,000,000 for technical
assistance grants. The House did not include separate funding
for this activity. The conferees direct the Department to
report to the Committees on Appropriations no later than July
15, 2006 on the effectiveness of this program in assisting low-
income households in developing skills related to computer
technology.
The conference agreement does not designate up to
$20,000,000 for demolition, relocation and site remediation for
obsolete and distressed public housing units as proposed by the
Senate. The House did not include funds for this activity.
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND
The conference agreement appropriates $3,600,000,000 for
the Public Housing Operating Fund as proposed by the House
instead of $3,557,300,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The conference agreement deletes language proposed by the
House requiring HUD to implement the negotiated rule as
described in the ``Post 4th Session Rule'' since HUD has
postponed the effective date of the rule and has instead issued
a letter that establishes broad participation by PHAs in
developing the technical guidance to implement the rule. The
conferees direct HUD to provide quarterly updates to the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations on the status of the
implementing rule and directs that the Department include broad
participation from impacted agencies.
The conference agreement directs that up to $10,000,000
be used for a program to provide bonus funding for PHAs that
assist families in moving away from dependency on housing
assistance programs, as proposed by the House. The Senate did
not include a similar provision. The conferees expect the
Department to allocate these funds through a Notice of Funding
Availability that provides clear eligibility criteria for this
program.
The conference agreement includes language that restricts
funding to operations in fiscal year 2006 and includes language
proposed by the Senate that would make this annual requirement
permanent law.
The conferees note that HUD has yet to issue its guidance
to implement section 151 of subtitle D of the Energy Policy Act
of 2005, which extends the payback period for public housing
authorities entering into energy performance contracts to 20
years. HUD is directed to issue the guidance implementing this
section, within 45 days of enactment of this Act.
REVITALIZATION OF SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC HOUSING (HOPE VI)
The conference agreement appropriates $100,000,000 for
the Revitalization of Severely Distressed Public Housing
program (HOPE VI), instead of $150,000,000 as proposed by the
Senate and $60,000,000 as proposed by the House. The conference
agreement allows up to $2,000,000 may be used for technical
assistance. Language is included making funds available for
obligation until September 30, 2007.
The conferees believe it is time to consider alternative
approaches to the HOPE VI program that provide flexible
authority for PHAs to address obsolete housing as well as new
tools for PHAs to develop mixed income housing.
NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement appropriates $630,000,000
instead of $622,000,000 as proposed by the Senate and
$600,000,000 as proposed by the House.
The conference agreement includes $4,500,000 for
inspections, training, and technical assistance and $1,000,000
for the National American Indian Housing Council for technical
assistance and capacity building. The House proposed $2,308,000
and $1,200,000 respectively for these activities. The Senate
proposed $4,500,000 and $2,200,000 for these activities
respectively.
The conference agreement requires that HUD distribute the
needs portion of the formula distribution on the basis of
either single race or multi race data whichever is the most
advantageous to the grant recipient, as proposed by the House.
Sufficient additional funds have been added to the base, along
with uncommitted carryover from 2005, to ensure that no grantee
is disadvantaged.
The conference agreement includes $2,000,000 for
guaranteed loans to subsidize a total guaranteed loan principal
of up to $17,926,000 as proposed by both the House and Senate
and includes modified language transferring $150,000 to the
Department's Salaries and Expenses Account, as proposed by the
House.
The conference agreement includes no funds for transfer
to the Working Capital Fund for information technology systems
as proposed by the House instead of $2,600,000 as proposed by
the Senate.
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT
The conference agreement provides $8,815,000 for the
Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant as proposed by both the
House and the Senate. The Senate included the funds as part of
the Community Development Fund.
INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement appropriates $4,000,000, to
subsidize a loan limitation of up to $116,276,000 instead of
$2,645,000 as proposed by the House and $5,000,000 as proposed
by the Senate.
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement appropriates $900,000 for
guaranteed loans for Native Hawaiian housing, instead of
$882,000 as proposed by the House and $1,000,000 as proposed by
the Senate, to subsidize a total guaranteed loan principal of
up to $35,714,290.
Community Planning and Development
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS
The conference agreement appropriates $289,000,000 for
Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) instead of
$290,000,000 as proposed by the House and $287,000,000 as
proposed by the Senate. Up to $1,500,000 is provided for
technical assistance instead of $1,000,000 as proposed by the
House and $2,200,000 as proposed by the Senate. HUD is directed
to distribute 90 percent of the funds through the formula and
10 percent through a national competition.
RURAL HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
The conference agreement appropriates $17,000,000 for
rural housing and economic development instead of $10,000,000
as proposed by the House and $24,000,000 as proposed by the
Senate. Language is included requiring funds to be awarded
competitively by September 1, 2006 as proposed by both the
House and Senate.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement provides $4,220,000,000 for the
Community Development Fund, compared to $4,243,000,000 as
proposed by the House, and $4,323,610,000 as proposed by the
Senate. The conferees agree to the following:
Formula distribution of funds........................... $3,748,400,000
Economic Development Initiative Grants.................. $310,000,000
Transfer to the Working Capital Fund.................... $1,600,000
Indian Economic Block Grants............................ $60,000,000
Youthbuild.............................................. $50,000,000
Neighborhood Initiatives Program........................ $50,000,000
The conference agreement includes modified language
making technical corrections to certain targeted economic
development initiative grants funded under this heading in
prior appropriations Acts, similar to language proposed by the
House and the Senate.
The conference agreement includes language proposed by
the House transferring up to $1,600,000 to the Working Capital
Fund for development of and modifications to information
technology systems. The Senate had proposed $3,000,000 for this
transfer.
The conference agreement includes $60,000,000 for the
Indian Economic Block Grant program, of which up to $4,000,000
is for emergencies. The House proposed $45,000,000 as part of
the Native American Housing Block Grant program. The Senate
proposed $69,000,000 for this grant program.
The conference agreement provides $50,000,000 for the
Youthbuild program instead of $55,000,000 proposed by the
Senate. The House did not include Youthbuild as a separate
program.
The conference agreement includes language limiting the
use of funds provided under this heading for planning,
management and administration to not more than 20 percent of
the funds provided except for amounts provided for certain
activities as proposed by the House and the Senate.
The conference agreement includes $310,000,000 for the
Economic Development Initiative with specific requirements on
how these funds can be used. The conference agreement directs
HUD to implement the Economic Development Initiatives program
as follows:
1. $100,000 to the City of Anchorage, Alaska for
facilities construction associated with the SAFE Center at
Chester Creek;
2. $400,000 for Bean's Cafe in Anchorage, Alaska for the
expansion of its kitchen;
3. $150,000 for the Alaska Botanical Garden in Anchorage,
Alaska for expansion and renovation of its infrastructure;
4. $750,000 for the Bering Straits Native Corporation in
Nome, Alaska for Cape Nome Quarry upgrades;
5. $950,000 for the Western Alaska Council, Boy Scouts of
America in Anchorage, Alaska for construction of the Boy Scouts
High Adventure Base Camp near Talkeetna, Alaska;
6. $750,000 for the construction of the Tongass Coast
Aquarium;
7. $750,000 for Alaska Pacific University for the
construction of a building;
8. $250,000 for the construction of the Alyeska
Roundhouse in Girdwood, Alaska;
9. $500,000 for the People's Regional Learning Center in
Bethel, Alaska to construct a vocational school and
dormitories;
10. $500,000 for the Dillingham City School District in
Dillingham, Alaska, to repair the gymnasium in the Dillingham
middle/high school;
11. $250,000 National Children's Advocacy Center in
Huntsville, Alabama for facilities planning and improvements to
the advocacy center;
12. $200,000 to Chambers County, Alabama for the
development of the Chambers County industrial park;
13. $400,000 to Clarke County, Alabama for an ongoing
economic development project by the Clark Co. commission;
14. $200,000 to the City of Ashland, Alabama for the
purchase of land for Ashland industrial development;
15. $300,000 to the City of Bear Creek, Alabama for
industrial park expansion;
16. $150,000 to the City of Bessemer, Alabama for
facilities renovation of an existing building at Jefferson
State Community College;
17. $500,000 to the City of Decatur, Alabama for the
Ingalls Harbor/Day Park Riverfront Renovation;
18. $200,000 to the City of Fort Payne, Alabama for
acquisition as part of the downtown revitalization project;
19. $100,000 to the City of Guntersville, Alabama for
renovations to the Whole Backstage Theater;
20. $100,000 to the City of Huntsville, Alabama for land
acquisition for downtown redevelopment;
21. $250,000 to the City of Montevallo, Alabama for
facilities renovation and expansion of the Ramsay Conference
Center at the University of Montevallo in Alabama;
22. $100,000 to the City of Montevallo, Alabama for
sidewalks, street furniture, and facade improvements;
23. $1,000,000 to the City of Opelika, Alabama for the
Northeast Opelika Industrial Park;
24. $150,000 to the City of Prattville, Alabama for the
Prattville Waterfront Development Project to provide access to
local waterways;
25. $100,000 to the City of Robertsdale, Alabama for
upgrades to the PZK Civic Center;
26. $100,000 to the City of Shorter, Alabama for
facilities construction and renovation of the Old Shorter
School building to a community center;
27. $150,000 to the City of Thomasville, Alabama to
construct a worker training center at Alabama Southern
Community Center;
28. $275,000 to the City of Troy, Alabama for small
business training at the Troy University Center for
International Trade and Business Development;
29. $100,000 to the Huntsville Museum of Art, Alabama for
facility renovations;
30. $75,000 to the Town of Mooresville, Alabama for
rehabilitation, facility improvements, and buildout of three
buildings;
31. $400,000 for Construction and outfitting of the
University of South Alabama's Mitchell School of Business
Library in Mobile, Alabama;
32. $400,000 for construction and outfitting of the New
Centurions, Inc. New Life for Women Shelter in Etowah County,
Alabama;
33. $250,000 for the Greenville Family YMCA for child
care facility acquisition, renovation, and construction in
Greenville, Alabama;
34. $300,000 for the City of Evergreen for expansion of
the Evergreen Conecuh County Library in Evergreen, Alabama;
35. $400,000 for the Fayette County Commission for the
Fayette County Industrial Park in Fayette County, Alabama;
36. $200,000 for the Hayneville/Lowndes County Library
Foundation for construction of a new library in Hayneville,
Alabama;
37. $350,000 for the Jasper Area Family Services Center
for construction of the Center in Jasper, Alabama;
38. $300,000 for the City of Tuskegee for Downtown
Revitalization in Tuskegee, Alabama;
39. $400,000 for the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and
Blind's Tuscaloosa Regional Center in Tuscaloosa, Alabama;
40. $250,000 for the City of Montgomery to develop the
Montgomery Riverwalk in Montgomery, Alabama;
41. $250,000 for the Cleveland Avenue YMCA for facility
expansion in Montgomery, Alabama;
42. $200,000 for the Wilcox County Industrial Development
Authority for planning and development of its Industrial/
Commercial Park;
43. $300,000 for the City of Guin in Wilcox County,
Alabama for planning and development of its Industrial/
Commercial Park;
44. $150,000 to Grand Prairie Center for the Arts and
Allied Health, Phillips County Community College in Stuttgart,
Arkansas for facility construction;
45. $150,000 to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas for
facilities renovation and improvements to the community center
at Granite Mountain;
46. $150,000 to the El Dorado Public Schools in El
Dorado, Arkansas for the expansion of a recreational field;
47. $150,000 to the North Arkansas College, Harrison
County, Arkansas for renovations to a Conference and Training
facility;
48. $250,000 to Vada Sheid Community Development Center,
ASU in Mountain Home, Arkansas for the community development
center auditorium;
49. $800,000 for the Central Arkansas Resource
Conservation and Development Council in Helena, Arkansas for
the construction of the Phillips County Agricultural Storage
Facility;
50. $200,000 for the Boys and Girls Club of Ouachita
County, Arkansas for the construction of recreational
facilities;
51. $200,000 for the City of Conway, Arkansas for
downtown revitalization;
52. $200,000 for Audubon Arkansas for the development of
the Audubon Nature Center at Gillam Park in Little Rock,
Arkansas;
53. $600,000 to Chicanos Por La Causa in Phoenix, Arizona
for redevelopment of the Nuestro Barrio Community;
54. $250,000 to Chicanos Por La Causa in Phoenix, Arizona
for land acquisition and redevelopment of the East Washington
Fluff site;
55. $250,000 to Pinal County, Arizona for the renovation
and repair of the Pinal County Courthouse;
56. $350,000 to the City of Douglas, Arizona for
facilities renovation of the Grand Theater;
57. $500,000 to the City of Eloy, Arizona for
construction of a community center;
58. $250,000 to the City of Globe, Arizona for land
acquisition and streetscape improvements;
59. $180,000 to the City of Scottsdale, Arizona for the
renovation of the Vista del Camino Community Center;
60. $650,000 to the City of Sierra Vista, Arizona for
construction of the Boys & Girls Club in Sierra Vista;
61. $150,000 to the Dunbar Coalition in Tucson, Arizona
for the Dunbar Project;
62. $350,000 to Valley of the Sun YMCA in Phoenix,
Arizona for facilities construction of a YMCA;
63. $150,000 to Chualar, California for construction of a
multipurpose cultural room on the Chualar Elementary School
campus;
64. $150,000 to Merced County, California for renovation
of the George Washington Carver Community Center in Dos Palos,
California;
65. $150,000 to Mono County, California for the Library
Authority Board of Education for construction of a building;
66. $100,000 to San Bernardino County, CA for the
development of the Santa Ana River Regional Park;
67. $200,000 to Solano County, California for renovation
of two structures used by local veterans groups;
68. $150,000 to Taylor Yard Park in Los Angeles,
California for recreational equipment and other park upgrades
that will serve at-risk youth;
69. $250,000 to the City of Alhambra, California for
development and construction of a park;
70. $1,000,000 to the City of Apple Valley, California
for Civic Center Park development;
71. $250,000 to the City of Banning, CA for city pool
improvements;
72. $350,000 to the City of Beaumont, CA for the
construction of the Beaumont Sports Park;
73. $200,000 to the City of Bell Gardens, California for
renovation and update of facilities;
74. $100,000 to the City of Bishop, California for
improvements to City housing;
75. $75,000 to the City of Chino, California for
construction of a facility for the Hillview Acres Children's
Home;
76. $150,000 to the City of Chowchilla, California for
reconstruction of an industrial park;
77. $80,000 to the City of Colfax, California for an
expansion of the Youth Center;
78. $150,000 to the City of Colton, California for
improvements to Veterans Park;
79. $100,000 to the City of Corona, California for the
renovation of the Old City Hall;
80. $1,000,000 to the City of Crescenta Valley,
California for the ongoing construction of a new library;
81. $350,000 to the City of Davis, California; to
complete the design and construction of Shafter Research and
Extension Center at the University of California, Davis;
82. $250,000 to the City of Diamond Bar, California for
the renovation of the Diamond Bar High School and Community
Sports Field;
83. $150,000 to the City of East Palo Alto, California
for the construction of facilities for community services;
84. $350,000 to the City of El Monte, California for
construction of a community gymnasium;
85. $250,000 to the City of Encinitas, California for the
construction of a visitor center in the San Elijo Lagoon Open
Space Preserve;
86. $250,000 to the City of Greenfield, California for
construction of a multipurpose community facility;
87. $100,000 to the City of Huntington Beach, California
for the planning and design phase of a senior center;
88. $200,000 to the City of Huntington Park, California
for renovation of a recreation center building;
89. $500,000 to the City of Idyllwild, California for
building cabins and dining hall improvements at Ronald McDonald
camp;
90. $200,000 to the City of Inglewood, California for
construction of a new senior center;
91. $75,000 to the City of La Habra, California to
rehabilitate the La Habra Vista Grande Park;
92. $150,000 to the City of La Mirada, California for
construction of an aquatic center;
93. $250,000 to the City of Lake Morena, California for
the design of a residential facility for homeless youth;
94. $250,000 to the City of Lancaster, California for
installations related to the baseball complex;
95. $100,000 to the City of Lancaster, California for
improvements to the Boys and Girls Club of Antelope Valley;
96. $100,000 to the City of Lompoc, California to
construct a new C.N.A. training center;
97. $50,000 to the City of Lompoc, California to
construct an elevator for a building that serves the disabled;
98. $150,000 to the City of Long Beach, California to
develop an exhibit to educate the public on the importance of
ports;
99. $125,000 to the City of Los Angeles, California for
the Esperanza Community Maple-Mae Project;
100. $400,000 to the City of Los Angeles, California for
site acquisition and development;
101. $100,000 to the City of Madera, California to
construct a youth center for at risk youth;
102. $200,000 to the City of Mariposa, California for
preservation of the CA Mining and Mineral Museum;
103. $150,000 to the City of Mendota, California for
construction of the Rural Vocational Training Facility (RVTF);
104. $50,000 to the City of Oak View, California for
rehabilitation of the multi-purpose room and kitchen of the Oak
View Park and Resource Center;
105. $150,000 to the City of Oakland, California for
renovation of historic Fruitvale Masonic Temple;
106. $200,000 to the City of Oceanside, California for a
Senior Center facility to serve seniors from Oceanside, Vista,
Carlsbad and San Marcos;
107. $100,000 to the City of Oroville, California for
Vega Center renovations;
108. $200,000 to the City of Pico Rivera, California for
the expansion of the California senior center;
109. $200,000 to the City of Placerville, California for
Gold Bug Park Renovations;
110. $250,000 to the City of Redding, California to
develop the Stilwater business park;
111. $100,000 to the City of Riverside, California for
the development of a Technology Center within University
Research Park;
112. $100,000 to the City of Riverside, California for
facility construction of the School for Nursing at Riverside
Community College;
113. $100,000 to the City of Riverside, California for
construction of a pedestrian bridge in the California Citrus
State Park;
114. $400,000 to the City of Sacramento, California for
construction of the Sacramento Food Bank;
115. $100,000 to the City of San Bernardino, California
for Renovations to National Orange Show stadium;
116. $100,000 to the City of San Fernando, California for
revitalization of downtown San Fernando;
117. $300,000 to the City of San Jacinto, California for
improvements to city museum/Estudillo property;
118. $150,000 to the City of San Jose, California to the
construction of a community center in a low and moderate-income
area;
119. $350,000 to the City of San Leandro, California for
streetscape and pedestrian safety improvements;
120. $150,000 to the City of San Pedro, California for
streetscape and other improvements along Gaffey Street;
121. $500,000 to the City of Santee, California for
construction of a new Boys and Girls Club facility at East
County;
122. $100,000 to the City of Stockton, California for the
Oasis of Hope Community Development Corporation education
project;
123. $125,000 to the City of Tehachapi, California for
design and construction of a performing arts center;
124. $100,000 to the City of Thousand Oaks, California to
construct a community aquatics complex on the campus of
California Lutheran University;
125. $100,000 to the City of Tulare, California to expand
educational activities with the College of Sequoias and the
California Polytechnic University;
126. $40,000 to the City of Tulare, California for
modernization of the veterans hall;
127. $250,000 to the City of Twentynine Palms, California
for Development of a Visitors Center;
128. $100,000 to the City of Visalia, California for
construction of a new facility to provide shelter for homeless
women and children;
129. $100,000 to the City of Vista, California Solutions
Family Intake/Access Center for homeless families and their
children;
130. $350,000 to the City of Yucaipa, California for
development and construction of the Yucaipa/Crafton Hills
College Recreational Facility;
131. $350,000 to the City of Yucaipa, California for
development of the Yucaipa Valley Regional Sports Complex;
132. $150,000 to the Community Action partnership of
Orange County in Garden Grove, California for acquisition,
construction, or rehabilitation of a service facility;
133. $200,000 to the Department of Economic Development
in Rancho Cordova, California for Cordova Senior Center
Expansion;
134. $250,000 to the Earle Baum Center of the Blind, Inc.
in Santa Rosa, California to build a center for the visually
impaired;
135. $250,000 to the Lake County Arts Council in
Lakeport, California for renovation of the Lakeport Cinema to a
Performing Arts Center;
136. $500,000 to the Museum of Latin American Art in Long
Beach, California to complete the renovation of the Museum;
137. $150,000 to the San Diego Housing Commission in San
Diego, California for the HOPE Village Project to construct a
20-unit housing complex to house homeless individuals;
138. $150,000 to the Santa Barbara County Food bank in
Santa Barbara, California for expansion and upgrades to its
facility;
139. $550,000 to the Skirball Cultural Center in Los
Angeles, California for development and construction of Noah's
pArk;
140. $250,000 to the Town of Yucca Valley, California for
development and construction of the South Side Community
Center;
141. $200,000 to the Valley Alliance for the Arts in San
Fernando Valley, California for construction of a performing
arts center;
142. $200,000 to the Youth Science Institute Center in
San Jose, California for building renovations;
143. $250,000 for the 10th and Mission Affordable Family
Housing & Commercial Space Project, for the development of
housing units and commercial space, Mercy Housing, San
Francisco, California;
144. $200,000 for the City of Inglewood, California to
construct a Senior Center;
145. $200,000 for the San Francisco Museum and Historical
Society Old Mint Restoration Project for planning, design and
construction, California;
146. $150,000 for the Fresno County Economic
Opportunities Commission, Fresno, CA, for construction of the
Neighborhood Youth Center;
147. $600,000 for the City of Oakland, CA for the Fox
Theater Restoration;
148. $200,000 for the City of Redding, CA for the
Stillwater Business Park;
149. $200,000 for the West Angeles Community Development
Corporation, CA for the development of the West Angeles Plaza;
150. $100,000 to the Housing Trust of Santa Clara County,
CA, for the First Time Home Buyer Loan Program;
151. $175,000 for the San Francisco Fine Arts Museums,
CA, for M.H. de Young Memorial Museum construction;
152. $175,000 for the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum, Palm
Springs, CA for construction;
153. $160,000 to the City of Montrose, Colorado for
expansion of a research park for Mesa State University;
154. $240,000 to the City of Pueblo, Colorado for
redevelopment of recreation and park facilities;
155. $250,000 to the City of Wellington, Colorado for
construction and renovation of rehabilitation facilities;
156. $150,000 to the Denver Rescue Mission in Denver,
Colorado for acquisition and renovation of an emergency
shelter;
157. $300,000 for the City of Denver, Denver Rescue
Mission for the Acquisition and Renovation of Emergency and
Transitional Housing for Colorado's Homeless population;
158. $150,000 to the City of Ansonia, Connecticut for
construction of a new community space;
159. $350,000 to the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut for
relocation of the Music and Arts Center for the Humanities to a
now-vacant department store;
160. $100,000 to the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut for
planning and implementation of a Neighborhood Revitalization
Zone (NRZ);
161. $100,000 to the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut to
complete the renovation of the former CT state armory facility;
162. $100,000 to the City of Ellington, Connecticut for
construction of a new YMCA in an underserved area;
163. $250,000 to the City of Farmington, Connecticut for
Hill-Stead Museum Renovation and Security Improvements;
164. $100,000 to the City of New Britain, Connecticut for
the renovation of 85 Arch Street by the Friendship Service
Center of New Britain;
165. $100,000 to the City of Norwalk, Connecticut for the
Human Services Council to redevelop facilities for affordable
housing;
166. $250,000 to the City of Stamford, Connecticut for
renovations to the Palace Theatre;
167. $100,000 to the City of Stamford, Connecticut for
repairs to the Yerwood Community Center;
168. $100,000 to the City of Waterbury, Connecticut for
renovations to the Mattatuck Museum to create an exhibit on the
history of Brass Valley;
169. $450,000 to the Naugatuck YMCA in Naugatuck,
Connecticut for upgrades and other facilities expansion;
170. $100,000 to the Town of Sherman, Connecticut for
reconstruction of the Sherman town library;
171. $350,000 to the Town of Stonington, Connecticut for
the construction of south pier at Stonington Town Dock Complex;
172. $350,000 to the Town of Willington, Connecticut for
the expansion of low-income senior housing;
173. $300,000 to the University of Hartford in Hartford,
Connecticut for facilities construction and renovation of the
Hartt Performing Arts Center;
174. $450,000 for the City of Hartford, Connecticut for
the Hartford Homeownership Initiative;
175. $200,000 for the City of Hartford, Connecticut for
the renovation of the Mark Twain House Building;
176. $300,000 for the City of Ansonia, Connecticut for
the renovation of the Ansonia Armory;
177. $250,000 for the City of West Haven, CT, for the
redevelopment of residential housing;
178. $250,000 for the City of Stamford, CT, for
renovations to the Yerwood Community Center;
179. $250,000 for the Town of Southbury, CT, for
renovations to the Bent of the River Audubon Center;
180. $200,000 for the City of Hartford, CT, for
neighborhood restoration activities undertaken by the Southside
Institutions Neighborhood Alliance;
181. $250,000 to the African American Civil War Museum in
Washington, DC for capital improvements to the facility and
visitors center;
182. $200,000 to New Castle County, Delaware for
renovations to the Wilmington Senior Center;
183. $250,000 to Sussex County, Delaware for the
renovation of Beebe Medical Center;
184. $250,000 for the Ministry of Caring, House of Joseph
II, in Wilmington, DE for the renovation/operation of the
facility;
185. $200,000 to the St. Michaels School and Nursery,
Wilmington, DE, for expansion of the school;
186. $200,000 to the Wilmington Senior Center,
Wilmington, DE, for the completion of the renovation of the
Lafayette Court Senior Apartments project;
187. $250,000 for Easter Seals Delaware & Maryland's
Eastern Shore for the construction of the new Easter Seals
Facility in Georgetown, Delaware;
188. $200,000 for the Wilmington Music School for the
Music School Expansion in Wilmington, Delaware;
189. $200,000 to the City of Lewes for the Lewes
Canalfront Park in Lewes, Delaware;
190. $350,000 to Brevard County, Florida for construction
of a marine and coastal research center at Hubbs/Sea World;
191. $75,000 to Brevard County, Florida for the
construction of Crosswinds youth center;
192. $200,000 to Goodwill of North Florida, Inc. in
Jacksonville, Florida for the expansion of its facility;
193. $100,000 to Hillsborough County, FL for construction
of an agricultural worker center;
194. $200,000 to Lake County, FL for construction of a
library;
195. $500,000 to Miami-Dade County, Florida for
construction of a new building for the Centro Mater Foundation;
196. $250,000 to Pinellas County, Florida for the
renovation of Palm Harbor Public Library;
197. $25,000 to the City of Alachua, Florida for the
construction of the Veterans' Memorial at City Hall;
198. $250,000 to the City of Bartow, Florida for the
redevelopment of downtown Bartow;
199. $250,000 to the City of Boca Raton, Florida for
infrastructure improvements for Pearl City;
200. $96,300 to the City of Coral Gables, Florida for the
renovation of historic Biltmore Hotel;
201. $100,000 to the City of DeBary, Florida for
construction of a Gateway Center for the Arts;
202. $500,000 to the City of Dunedin, FL for construction
of a new community center;
203. $250,000 to the City of Elfers, Florida to replace
the Community Aging & Retirement Services, Inc building;
204. $200,000 to the City of Ft. Myers, Florida for the
redevelopment of Edison & Ford Estates;
205. $250,000 to the City of Gainesville, Florida for the
expansion of the Fine and Applied Arts Educational Building at
Santa Fe Community College;
206. $400,000 to the City of Gainesville, Florida for
renovations and historic preservation of James Norman Hall at
the University of Florida, Gainesville;
207. $200,000 to the City of Gulfport, Florida for
renovations to City of Gulfport Scout Hall;
208. $200,000 to the City of Hollywood, Florida for the
construction and development of the Young Circle Arts Park
project;
209. $150,000 to the City of Homestead, Florida for
upgrades to the Dade County water and sewer infrastructure;
210. $75,000 to the City of Marathon, Florida for the
redevelopment of Boot Key Municipal Harbor;
211. $250,000 to the City of Miami Gardens, Florida for
revitalization of the business district;
212. $100,000 to the City of Miami Springs, Florida for
the construction of a hurricane shelter;
213. $250,000 to the City of Miami, Florida for the
elderly assistance program;
214. $250,000 to the City of Naranja, Florida to
construct a facility at Camillus House;
215. $250,000 to the City of New Port Richey, Florida for
the renovation of Good Samaritan Health Clinic of Pasco, Inc;
216. $300,000 to the City of Ocala, Florida for
improvements to the Fine Arts Center at Central Florida
Community College;
217. $250,000 to the City of Ocoee, Florida for
construction of a senior citizens veterans service center;
218. $100,000 to the City of Osceola County, Florida for
the completion of Osceola County Homeless Shelter;
219. $100,000 to the City of Osceola County, Florida for
the construction of a senior citizen center;
220. $100,000 to the City of Pensacola, Florida for
construction of the YMCA of Greater Pensacola;
221. $250,000 to the City of Pinellas County, Florida for
construction of Joe's Creek Greenway Park;
222. $300,000 to the City of Riviera Beach, Florida for
site acquisition and improvements for commercial
revitalization;
223. $250,000 to the City of Sarasota, Florida for
renovations to the Robert L. Taylor Community Center;
224. $200,000 to the City of Seminole, Florida for the
development of a Science and Nature Park at St. Petersburg
College;
225. $250,000 to the City of St. Petersburg Beach,
Florida for construction of a new Community Center;
226. $100,000 to the City of St. Petersburg, Florida for
planning and design of Albert Whitted Waterfront Park;
227. $125,000 to the City of Treasure Island, Florida for
construction of beach walkovers;
228. $250,000 to the City of Winter Haven, Florida for
improvements to the downtown business district;
229. $150,000 to the Tangerine Avenue Community
Redevelopment Area in St. Petersburg, Florida for the
redevelopment of the Tangerine Avenue Community Area;
230. $400,000 to Wakulla County, Florida for construction
of the multi-purpose community center;
231. $500,000 for Orange County, FL for Central Receiving
Center to renovate single occupancy rooms;
232. $500,000 for the Lowry Park Zoological Society,
Tampa, FL for business development initiative;
233. $300,000 for the Central Florida YMCA to expand and
renovate the Wayne Densch YMCA Family Center;
234. $250,000 for Miami Dade College and the construction
of a library at their Hialeah, Florida campus;
235. $250,000 for Nova Southeastern University in Florida
for the Center for Collaborative Bio-Medical Research;
236. $600,000 for the City of Coral Gables, Florida for
the Biltmore Complex Restoration Project;
237. $400,000 for the City of Orlando, Florida for the
Parramore Neighborhood Revitalization Project;
238. $250,000 for Miami Dade County, Florida for the
Miami Performing Arts Center;
239. $250,000 for the American Beach Property Owners'
Association, Fernandina Beach, Florida for the Historic Evans
Rendezvous Cultural Center Restoration Project;
240. $200,000 for the City of Gainesville, Florida for
the Downtown Revitalization Project;
241. $200,000 for the Florida Memorial University, Miami,
Florida: West Augustine Initiative;
242. $200,000 to Clarkston Community Center in Dekalb
County, Georgia for renovation of Clarkston Community Center;
243. $150,000 to Clayton County, Georgia for renovation
of the Clayton Senior Center;
244. $400,000 to Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta,
Georgia for land acquisition to revitalize its West End
neighborhood;
245. $250,000 to Paulding County, Georgia for site
preparations;
246. $175,000 to SOWEGA Council on Aging in Albany,
Georgia for facility construction;
247. $100,000 to the City of Atlanta, Georgia for
development of land for Morehouse School of Medicine;
248. $50,000 to the City of Atlanta, Georgia for
development of land for Morehouse School of Medicine;
249. $150,000 to the City of Augusta, Georgia for a Hope
House facility for therapeutic childcare;
250. $100,000 to the City of Covington, Georgia for
renovation and construction of a resource center;
251. $100,000 to the City of Marietta, Georgia for the
city redevelopment of Marietta Growth Fund;
252. $100,000 to the City of Powder Springs, Georgia to
refurbish the Ford Center;
253. $275,000 to the City of Savannah, Georgia for the
renovation of a building annex to house a library and computer
lab;
254. $75,000 to the City of Savannah, Georgia for
revitalization of the Central Georgia Railway for Coastal
Heritage Society;
255. $75,000 to the City of Tybee Island, Georgia for a
new facility for the Georgia 4-H Foundation;
256. $250,000 to the City of Warner Robins, Georgia for
the construction of a WWII exhibit and depot flight line for
the Museum of Aviation;
257. $250,000 to the Community Service Board of Middle
Georgia for construction of a girls crisis center;
258. $225,000 to the Infantry Museum and Heritage Park in
Columbus, Georgia for construction/development of National
Infantry Museum and Heritage Park;
259. $200,000 for Mercer University, Macon, Georgia for
Critical Personnel Development Program (CPDP);
260. $200,000 for the Atlanta, Georgia Intergenerational
Resource Center for a senior housing project;
261. $200,000 for the Warner Robins, Georgia Museum of
Aviation for expansion of aviation flight and technology
center;
262. $200,000 City of Moutri, Georgia for a community and
economic development initiative;
263. $200,000 Morehouse School of Medicine for West End
Community Development;
264. $500,000 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Georgia for the
Atlanta Symphony Center expansion;
265. $150,000 to the Children's Justice Center Foundation
in Honolulu, Hawaii for renovation of a building to provide
services to victims of child abuse and neglect;
266. $150,000 to the County of Hawaii in Kailua-Kona,
Hawaii for construction of a homeless shelter;
267. $650,000 for the Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii,
Honolulu, HI, for planning, design and construction of the
Nanakuli Boys & Girls Club;
268. $300,000 for Pa'a Pono Miloli'I to construct a
community and youth center;
269. $300,000 for the Children's Justice Center
Foundation to construct and renovate the child counseling
center on Oahu;
270. $300,000 for the Maui Economic Development Board to
renovate the enterprise building;
271. $300,000 for the Kauai YMCA to construct facilities;
272. $200,000 for the Lanai Youth Center to acquire and
construct activity facilities;
273. $200,000 for the County of Hawaii for the renovation
of a Caregiver and Senior Resource Center;
274. $300,000 for Hale Mahaolu Ehiku to construct
affordable rental housing for senior citizens;
275. $450,000 to Iowa City, Iowa for the establishment of
a service center for Systems Unlimited, Inc to aid
disadvantaged families;
276. $450,000 to the city of Cedar Rapids, Iowa for
redevelopment of southern Cedar Rapids;
277. $400,000 to the City of Des Moines, Iowa for land
acquisition for a technology park;
278. $750,000 for the City of Clinton, Iowa, for
redevelopment of Liberty Square;
279. $250,000 for the National Cattle Congress, Waterloo,
Iowa, for renovation and construction of facilities;
280. $400,000 for the City of Waterloo, Iowa, for the
acquisition and rehabilitation of the Cedar Valley TechWorks
facility;
281. $300,000 for the City of Des Moines, Iowa, for the
Riverpoint West development;
282. $300,000 for the City of Fort Dodge, Iowa for the
Lincoln Neighborhood housing initiative;
283. $1,000,000 to the Iowa Department of Economic
Development for the Main Street Iowa program for restoration of
structures on main streets throughout the state;
284. $750,000 to Polk County, Iowa for the purchase and
rehabilitation of housing for low income people;
285. $200,000 to the Heartland Hill Habitat for Humanity
in Brehmer County, Iowa for the renovation of deteriorated
housing for low income housing;
286. $300,000 to the City of Council Bluffs, Iowa for
downtown historic building renovation;
287. $100,000 to Franklin County, Idaho for restoration
of Oneida Stake Academy for historic renovations;
288. $45,000 to the City of Franklin, Idaho for repairs
to historic City Hall;
289. $150,000 to the City of Lewiston, Idaho for
completion of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Project Planning
and Implementation;
290. $100,000 to the City of Pocatello, Idaho for
renovations to the Greater Pocatello Senior Center;
291. $350,000 to the City of Rexburg, Idaho for
construction of recreational facilities and handicap
accessibility;
292. $1,000,000 for Ada County, Idaho for development of
the Family Justice Center and the Detox Center;
293. $1,000,000 for the Clearwater Economic Development
Association for the implementation of the Lewis and Clark
Bicentennial Plan;
294. $1,000,000 for Boise State University for
construction of the Center for Environmental Science and
Economic Development;
295. $1,000,000 for the Idaho Migrant Council for
planning, design, and construction of the Burley Community
Center, Burley, Idaho;
296. $250,000 to Western Illinois University Quad City
Campus in Moline, Illinois for renovations of facilities;
297. $250,000 to Coles County, Illinois for construction
of Lifespan Center for seniors;
298. $100,000 to Northeastern Illinois University in
Chicago, Illinois for a feasibility study on planning and
design analysis for a new education building;
299. $200,000 to Pioneer Center Group Home in McHenry
County, Illinois for upgrades at to a group home;
300. $150,000 to Seguin Services in Cicero, Illinois for
construction of a garden center;
301. $200,000 to the Avalon Park School in Chicago,
Illinois for construction of a child-parent center;
302. $900,000 to the Chicago Academy High School in
Chicago, Illinois for construction of a campus park;
303. $150,000 to the Chicago Children's Advocacy Center
in Chicago, Illinois for expansion of its facilities;
304. $150,000 to the Chicago Park District in Chicago,
Illinois for land acquisition and facilities improvements to
expand a park;
305. $200,000 to the Chicago Park District in Chicago,
Illinois for land acquisition and facilities improvements for
the expansion of a park;
306. $80,000 to the City of Beardstown, Illinois for
construction of the Grand Opera House Beardstown Historical
Society;
307. $200,000 to the City of Bloomingdale, Illinois for
the renovation of Marklund Children's Home;
308. $100,000 to the City of Collinsville, Illinois for
completion of the Collins Home Project;
309. $500,000 to the City of Downers Grove, Illinois for
improvements to Ray Graham Association for People With
Disabilities;
310. $100,000 to the City of East Moline, Illinois for
revitalization of downtown;
311. $225,000 to the City of Harvey, Illinois for
demolition and redevelopment of property to aid the community;
312. $150,000 to the City of Hudson, Illinois for
construction of Timber Pointe Outdoor Center;
313. $250,000 to the City of Jacksonville, Illinois for
renovation to Crampton Hall at Illinois College;
314. $250,000 to the City of Joliet, Illinois for repairs
to Rialto Square Theater;
315. $100,000 to the City of Lincoln, Illinois for the
restoration of the Earl C. Hargrove Auditorium at Lincoln
Christian College;
316. $200,000 to the City of Naperville, Illinois for the
DuPage Children's Museum for building renovations;
317. $75,000 to the City of Naperville, Illinois for Our
Children's Homestead to construct new foster care homes;
318. $250,000 to the City of Peoria, Illinois for design
and construction of Central Illinois Regional Museum;
319. $250,000 to the City of Peoria, Illinois for
renovations to Bradley Hall at Bradley University;
320. $250,000 to the City of Peoria, Illinois for design
and construction of Africa exhibit at Glen Oak Zoo;
321. $100,000 to the City of Peru, Illinois for
construction of the Horizon House;
322. $100,000 to the City of Quincy, Illinois for the
design and construction of an Art and Sciences Center at Quincy
University;
323. $150,000 to the City of Rockford, Illinois for the
expansion of laboratories and public viewing areas at Burpee/
Discovery Center Museum;
324. $200,000 to the City of Shawneetown, Illinois for
construction of a facility at Shawneetown Regional Port
District;
325. $150,000 to the City of Wheaton, Illinois for
renovation of the County of DuPage's nursing facility to be
used for nurses training center;
326. $500,000 to the City of Yorkville, Illinois for the
redevelopment of a Yorkville site;
327. $75,000 to the City of Crest Hill, Illinois for
redevelopment of Division Street;
328. $75,000 to the Home of the Sparrow in Lake, Illinois
for the renovation of a homeless shelter;
329. $75,000 to the Inner Voice in Chicago, Illinois for
upgrades to homeless shelters on the South Side of Chicago;
330. $100,000 to the Village of Hazel Crest in Hazel
Crest, Illinois for the redevelopment of the area around Hazel
Crest Metra Station;
331. $160,000 to the Village of Orion, Illinois for lead-
based paint removal;
332. $75,000 to the Village of South Jacksonville,
Illinois for construction of a playground and park for disabled
children;
333. $500,000 for the Looking for Lincoln Heritage
Coalition in Springfield, IL, for the Looking for Lincoln
economic development and tourism initiative;
334. $800,000 for the Peace and Education Coalition in
Chicago, IL, for construction of a new facility to serve San
Miguel Schools in the City's Back of the Yards neighborhood;
335. $300,000 to the Haymarket Center in Chicago, IL, for
construction and establishment of the McDermott Addiction
Center;
336. $200,000 for the Quincy Public Library in Quincy,
IL, for a newspaper digitization and community education
project;
337. $200,000 to the Community Foundation of Decatur/
Macon County, Illinois for construction and rehabilitation of
housing facilities for the homeless and disabled;
338. $200,000 to the Heartland Community Health Center in
Illinois for equipment and facilities to expand services;
339. $250,000 to the Chicago Historical Society in
Illinois for construction of a new Chicago History Exhibition
and redevelopment of current facilities;
340. $200,000 for Home Sweet Home Ministries--Threshold
program located in the City of Bloomington, IL for the
construction of an additional housing facility;
341. $250,000 for the Village of Northfield, IL for
construction of pedestrian and bicycle paths as well as other
infrastructure improvements to the Northfield Park District;
342. $200,000 for the Township of North Hurricane, IL for
construction of a multi-purpose building within Precinct 1 of
the Township;
343. $100,000 to Martin County, Indiana for improvements
to the Crane Technology Park;
344. $250,000 to the African American Achievers Youth
Corporation in Gary, Indiana for renovations of the Glen
Theater;
345. $150,000 to the City of Fort Wayne, Indiana for the
construction of a new building for Crossroad;
346. $100,000 to the City of Fort Wayne, Indiana for
construction of a new facility for Easter Seals Arc of
Northeast Indiana;
347. $500,000 to the City of Marion, Indiana for the
renovation of Memorial Coliseum Redevelopment;
348. $250,000 to the City of Muncie, Indiana for
enhancements to Urban Park;
349. $500,000 to the City of South Bend, Indiana for the
South Bend Heritage Foundation for neighborhood economic
development and revitalization;
350. $250,000 to the City of South Bend, Indiana for the
redevelopment of a brownfield site;
351. $500,000 to the Town of Cedar Lake, Indiana for
downtown streetscape improvements;
352. $500,000 for the City of Muncie, Indiana to
revitalize the downtown urban park;
353. $250,000 for the Learning Collaborative to implement
the Web Portal Technology Development Initiative in Daviess
County, IN;
354. $250,000 for the City of Anderson, Indiana to expand
the Fiber Optic Network;
355. $150,000 for the City of Indianapolis, IN for the
Link Savoy Housing Development;
356. $100,000 for the City of Evansville, IN for the
Center City Industrial Park;
357. $100,000 for the City of Fort Wayne, IN for the Fort
Wayne Technology Center;
358. $200,000 to SAFEHOME, Inc. in Overland Park, Kansas
for building acquisition;
359. $100,000 to the City of Atchison, Kansas for the
redevelopment of a storm water system overflow;
360. $200,000 to the City of Florence, Kansas for
construction and upgrades of the World Impact Morning Star
Ranch;
361. $250,000 to the City of Fort Scott, Kansas for
restoration of historic buildings and brick streets in the
downtown area;
362. $250,000 to the City of Independence, Kansas for
renovations to historic Landon House and Booth Theater;
363. $300,000 to the City of Wichita, Kansas for
expansion of Lord's Diner of Wichita;
364. $300,000 to the City of Wichita, Kansas for
construction of food bank central distribution facility;
365. $250,000 to the City of Wichita, Kansas for the
downtown WaterWalk revitalization project;
366. $150,000 to the YWCA of Greater Kansas City in
Kansas City, Kansas for expansion of the facility;
367. $1,000,000 for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater
Kansas City for the construction of the Heathwood Community
Center for Children and Families in Wyandotte County, KS;
368. $500,000 for Sedgwick County, KS for the
construction of a Technical Education and Training Center;
369. $300,000 for the City of Fort Scott, KS for the
redevelopment of underground infrastructure in the Central
Business District;
370. $200,000 for the City of Topeka, KS for renovating
and updating Heartland Park Topeka;
371. $500,000 for the City of Mission Kansas to ensure
the future viability of business and residential districts near
the Rock Creek Project;
372. $500,000 for the City of Fairview, Kansas to ensure
the future viability of business and residential districts near
the Rock Creek Project;
373. $75,000 to Crittenden County, Kentucky for expansion
of the Crittenden County Day Care Center;
374. $200,000 to Fleming County, Kentucky for the
completion of a building by the Fleming County Industrial
Authority;
375. $150,000 to Hardin County, Kentucky for renovation
of an historic state theater;
376. $100,000 to LaRue County, Kentucky for construction
of a facility for the Lincoln Bicentennial celebration in 2008;
377. $150,000 to Powell County Fiscal Court in Powell
County, Kentucky for the construction and development of a
park;
378. $350,000 to Pulaski County, Kentucky for
construction of the Mill Springs Battlefield Visitors Center;
379. $100,000 to the City of Louisville, Kentucky for the
renovation of First Gethsemane Center for Family Development;
380. $350,000 to the City of Louisville, Kentucky for
construction of a community resource center for Day Spring
Foundation;
381. $350,000 to the City of Louisville, Kentucky for the
renovation of a facility for the Temple Community Development
Corporation;
382. $250,000 to the City of Louisville, Kentucky for the
construction of an entertainment facility for the Community
Economic Empowerment Corporation;
383. $100,000 to the City of Louisville, Kentucky for
renovation of a facility for the New Zion Community Foundation;
384. $100,000 to the City of Louisville, Kentucky for
construction of a playground in Shawnee Park;
385. $100,000 to the City of Louisville, Kentucky for
construction of a playground in the Louisville Olmsted Parks
Conservancy;
386. $500,000 to the City of Lynch, Kentucky for historic
preservation of the Portal 31 Exhibition Mine Site;
387. $500,000 to the City of Manchester, KY for facility
construction;
388. $70,000 to the City of Tompkinsville, Kentucky for
the completion of the Tompkinsville Senior Citizen Housing
Complex;
389. $600,000 for the Kentucky Commerce Cabinet to
develop a visitor center at the Big Bone Lick State Park;
390. $200,000 for McCracken County Fiscal Court in
Kentucky to construct an Emergency Services Building
391. $200,000 for Clinton County to develop and construct
a Welcome Center, KY;
392. $100,000 to Livingston Parish, Louisiana for
construction of Livingston Parish Veterans' Memorial Plaza;
393. $250,000 to Loyola University New Orleans, Louisiana
for renovations and upgrades to a facility;
394. $250,000 to the City of Grand Isle, Louisiana for
construction of a multiplex center;
395. $500,000 to the City of Opelousas, Louisiana for
Phase I of recreation improvements;
396. $250,000 to the City of Shreveport, Louisiana for
renovations to a donated building in Shreveport;
397. $180,000 to the City of St. Tammany, Louisiana for
repairs to the Town Hall and Community Center;
398. $225,000 to the City of St. Tammany, Louisiana to
build a trailhead plaza;
399. $250,000 for Alexandria Central Economic Development
District, to develop the Alexandria Riverfront Development in
Louisiana;
400. $250,000 for Ascension Parish, to develop the Lamar
Dixon Exposition Center in Louisiana;
401. $500,000 for the Audubon Nature Institute for the
Audubon Living Science Museum and Wetlands Center in New
Orleans, Louisiana;
402. $500,000 for Lafourche Parish for waterfront
development along Bayou Lafourche in Ascension, Asumption and
Lafourche Parishes, Louisiana;
403. $300,000 to American International College in
Springfield, Massachusetts for the renovation of Reed Mansion
and Breck Hall;
404. $600,000 to Banknorth building in Fitchburg,
Massachusetts for renovation and construction;
405. $200,000 to Boston Healthcare for the Homeless in
Boston, Massachusetts for renovation of its facility;
406. $300,000 to Edith Wharton Restoration, Inc. in
Lenox, Massachusetts for facilities upgrade and buildout;
407. $300,000 to Endicott College in Beverly,
Massachusetts for construction of a research center;
408. $100,000 to Greenfield Community College in
Greenfield, Massachusetts for a feasibility study;
409. $380,000 to Lawrence Community Works in Lawrence,
Massachusetts for construction of a design and technology
training center;
410. $250,000 to Stetson Town Hall in Randolph,
Massachusetts for improvements and renovations of its facility;
411. $200,000 to the City of Holyoke, Massachusetts for
renovations of facility for Solutions Development Corporation;
412. $200,000 to the City of Lynn, Massachusetts for the
renovation of the City Hall and Auditorium;
413. $500,000 to the City of Medford, Massachusetts for
construction and renovation of an outdoor facility;
414. $300,000 to the City of Melrose, Massachusetts for
improvements to the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall;
415. $1,000,000 to the City of New Bedford, Massachusetts
for design and construction of a community center;
416. $100,000 to the City of Sommerville, Massachusetts
for renovations and upgrades to its facility;
417. $100,000 to the Community Art Center, Inc. in
Cambridge, Massachusetts for renovation and capital
improvements;
418. $300,000 to the Mahaiwae Performing Arts Center,
Inc. in Great Barrington, Massachusetts for facilities
renovation and improvements;
419. $400,000 to the Main South Community Development
Corporation in Worcester, Massachusetts for revitalization of
the Gardner-Kilby-Hammond neighborhood;
420. $125,000 to the Mashpee Wampanoq Tribal Council,
Inc. in Massachusetts for renovation of a facility;
421. $200,000 to the Merrimack Repertory Theater in
Lowell, Massachusetts for renovation of facilities;
422. $100,000 to the Narrows Center in Fall River,
Massachusetts for renovations and upgrades to facilities;
423. $400,000 to the Springfield Day Nursery in
Springfield, Massachusetts for renovations to the King Street
Children's Center;
424. $400,000 to Western Mass Enterprise Fund, Inc. in
Greenfield, Massachusetts for capitalization of a loan fund;
425. $200,000 to Whittier Street Community Center in
Roxbury, Massachusetts for facilities renovation;
426. $400,000 to Walpole, MA for improvements and
renovations to town fields;
427. $280,000 for the City of North Adams, MA for the
renovation of the historic Mohawk Theater;
428. $280,000 for the City of Holyoke, MA for renovations
to the Picknelly Adult and Family Education Center;
429. $200,000 for the City of Medford, MA for the
redevelopment of Medford Square;
430. $280,000 for the Main South Community Development
Corporation, Worcester, MA for the redevelopment of the
Gardner-Kilby-Hammond Neighborhood;
431. $260,000 for the City of Lawrence, MA for the
redevelopment of the Lawrence In-Town Mall site;
432. $250,000 for the Bird Street Community Center,
Boston, MA for facility renovations;
433. $200,000 for Straight Ahead Ministries of Westboro,
MA for the acquisition and renovation of facilities in
Hubbardston, MA;
434. $200,000 for Girls Incorporated of Lynn, MA for
building renovations;
435. $250,000 to Dawson Safe Haven for Children, Youth,
and Families in Baltimore, Maryland for reconstruction of the
Dawson Safe Haven facility;
436. $225,000 to St. Mary's College, St. Mary's, Maryland
for the renovation and purchasing of technology equipment for
Goodpaster Hall;
437. $150,000 to the City of Baltimore, Maryland for
revitalization of the East Baltimore Development Project Area;
438. $250,000 to the City of Hyattsville, Maryland for
construction of the Renaissance Square Artists' Housing;
439. $250,000 to the City of Takoma Park, Maryland for
construction and build out of a community learning center;
440. $500,000 to the Historic St. Mary's City Commission
in St. Mary's City, Maryland for construction and renovation of
a brick chapel;
441. $275,000 to the Ministers Alliance of Charles County
in Waldorf, Maryland for the acquisition, renovation, and
construction of a business center;
442. $100,000 to the Towson YMCA Day Care in Towson,
Maryland for the renovation and expansion of the Day Care
Facility;
443. $300,000 for the Maryland Food Bank in Baltimore for
construction and equipping of new food distribution center;
444. $500,000 for the Washington Archdiocese/Langley Park
Health Clinic and Social Service Center, Maryland;
445. $450,000 for the East Baltimore Development Project,
Maryland;
446. $500,000 for Patterson Park/Library Square
Revitalization, Maryland;
447. $400,000 for Goucher College, Community Service
Center, Maryland;
448. $200,000 for the American Visionary Arts Museum,
Maryland;
449. $200,000 for the Our Daily Bread Employment Center,
Maryland;
450. $100,000 to Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine for
site planning and renovation of a building;
451. $200,000 to the Town of Milo, Maine for the
development of an industrial park;
452. $325,000 for the City of Brewer Administrative
Building Redevelopment, ME;
453. $300,000 for the Maine Franco-American Heritage
Center, Renovation Project;
454. $325,000 for the Bangor Waterfront Park on the
Penobscot River for the City of Bangor, Maine;
455. $350,000 for the Town of Milo, Maine for the
development of the Eastern Piscataquis Industrial Park;
456. $350,000 for the Town of Van Buren for the Van Buren
Regional Business Park, Maine;
457. $350,000 for Western Maine Community Action for the
Keeping Seniors Home program;
458. $300,000 for the University of New England: George
and Barbara Bush Cultural Center for construction and
equipment;
459. $200,000 for the City of Portland, Portland Public
Library Renovation and Expansion Project, Maine;
460. $100,000 for the Penobscot Marine Museum Maine-
Mawooshen for the One Country, Two Worlds Project, Maine;
461. $300,000 for the Westbrook Housing Authority:
Larrabee Village Supportive Services for construction and
design of facilities for the elderly & disabled;
462. $250,000 to Grand Traverse County, Michigan for a
homeless shelter to serve five counties;
463. $400,000 to Grand Valley State University in the
Town of Allendale, Michigan for renovations to a research and
education facility;
464. $150,000 to Northern Michigan University in
Marquette, Michigan for construction and facility expansion of
the Olympic Village Project;
465. $550,000 to the Arab Community Center for Economic
and Social Services in Dearborn, Michigan for construction of a
museum;
466. $550,000 to the City of Detroit, Michigan for the
demolition of unsafe buildings;
467. $500,000 to the City of Detroit, Michigan for
demolition of dangerous structures;
468. $300,000 to the City of Detroit, Michigan for
revitalization of Eastern Market;
469. $350,000 to the City of East Lansing, Michigan for
the construction of housing units for low-income families;
470. $150,000 to the City of Farmington, Michigan for
trail improvements to Shiawassee Park;
471. $350,000 to the City of Farmington, Michigan for ADA
compliance of the Municipal Riverfront Park;
472. $400,000 to the City of Ferndale, Michigan for the
expansion of the existing Kulick Community Center;
473. $100,000 to the City of Frankfort, Michigan for
mixed-use development;
474. $250,000 to the City of Port Huron, Michigan for the
renovation of areas in conjunction with the city revitalization
plan;
475. $350,000 to the City of Saginaw, Michigan for
renovation of the YMCA of Saginaw;
476. $100,000 to the Detroit Zoo for construction of the
Ford Center for Environmental and Conservation Education;
477. $200,000 to the Jewish Vocational Services in the
City of Southfield, Michigan for the development of assisted
housing;
478. $300,000 to the Labor Museum and Learning Center of
Michigan in Flint, Michigan for construction and buildout of a
museum;
479. $400,000 to the Lighthouse of Oakland County,
Michigan for construction of new homes in Unity Park;
480. $475,000 to the Michigan Jewish Institute in West
Bloomfield, Michigan for improvements to campus buildings and
classrooms;
481. $200,000 to the MotorCities National Heritage Area
in Detroit, Michigan for renovations to the historic Piquette
Plant;
482. $700,000 to the National Center for Manufacturing
Sciences in the City of Ann Arbor, Michigan for the development
of advanced technologies to the manufacturing base;
483. $200,000 to The Oakland Livingston Human Service
Agency in Pontiac, Michigan for the purchase of 196 Cesar
Chavez Avenue;
484. $250,000 to the Presbyterian Villages of Pontiac,
Michigan for improvements to the senior wellness center;
485. $350,000 to the Presbyterian Villages of Redwood,
Michigan for construction of green housing;
486. $200,000 to the Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
in the City of Troy, Michigan for material dissemination to
homes and classrooms;
487. $250,000 to the Samaritan Center in the City of
Detroit, Michigan for renovation of a multipurpose facility;
488. $250,000 to the Village of Clinton, Michigan for
renovations to the Boysville Neighborhood Centers;
489. $250,000 to Walsh College in the City of Troy,
Michigan for a library expansion;
490. $600,000 for The Enterprise Group of Jackson, MI for
the Armory Arts redevelopment project;
491. $600,000 to the Arab Community Center for Economic
and Social Services (ACCESS) in Dearborn, MI for expansion of a
museum;
492. $600,000 to the City of Detroit, MI for
redevelopment of the Far East Side neighborhood;
493. $350,000 to the City of Saginaw, MI to provide for
the revitalization of Northeast Saginaw;
494. $300,000 for the State of Michigan for costs
associated with the relocation of the A.E. Seaman Mineral
Museum;
495. $300,000 for Focus: Hope in Detroit, MI for the
upgrades to the cogeneration micro-grid;
496. $250,000 for the Goodwill Inn Homeless Shelter in
Traverse City, MI for construction of a new shelter;
497. $200,000 to the Harbor Habitat for Humanity in
Benton Harbor, MI for costs associated with infrastructure in
the construction of new homes;
498. $150,000 to the City of St. Paul, Minnesota for
rehabilitation needs at the Ames Lake Neighborhood/Phalen Place
Apartments;
499. $100,000 to the City of St. Paul, Minnesota for the
development of supporting housing for homeless youth;
500. $500,000 to the Minneapolis American Indian Center
in Minneapolis, Minnesota for facilities renovation;
501. $275,000 to the Northside Residents Redevelopment
Council in Minneapolis, Minnesota for construction of mixed-use
facilities;
502. $550,000 to the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians in
Red Lake, Minnesota for construction and buildout of a multi-
purpose complex;
503. $200,000 for the Hmong American Mutual Assistance
Association in Minneapolis, Minnesota to complete the HAMAA
Community Center;
504. $200,000 for the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians
in Red Lake, Minnesota to construct criminal justice complex
project;
505. $200,000 for the Chicanos Latinos Unidos En Servicio
(CLUES) in St. Paul, Minnesota for facility construction;
506. $200,000 for Redwood County, Minnesota for the
Material Recovery/Waste to Energy Facility at Lamberton,
Minnesota;
507. $300,000 to construct a community, activity center
for low-income seniors in Mora, MN;
508. $75,000 to the 3rd Ward Neighborhood Council in St.
Louis, Missouri for renovation and preservation of a facility;
509. $150,000 to the Better Family Life Cultural Center &
Museum in St. Louis, Missouri for facility construction and
renovation;
510. $500,000 to the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri for
the construction of a new school for visual and performing arts
at Southeast Missouri State University;
511. $250,000 to the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri for
construction of a Discovery Research Institute;
512. $250,000 to the City of Joplin, Missouri for the
renovation of center downtown district;
513. $150,000 to the City of Kansas City, Missouri for
project planning and design, demolition, and redevelopment at
the Columbus Park Redevelopment Project;
514. $500,000 to the City of Springfield, Missouri for
the renovation of Gillioz/Reagan Theater;
515. $250,000 to the City of Springfield, Missouri for
the construction of a multi-purpose community facility;
516. $150,000 to the City of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri for
streetscape improvements;
517. $500,000 for the Liberty Memorial Association in
Kansas City, MO for construction and renovation;
518. $250,000 for the St. Louis Bosnian Chamber of
Commerce for construction of a community center in St. Louis,
MO;
519. $250,000 for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater
Kansas City, MO for RBI construction;
520. $250,000 for the Winston Churchill Memorial in
Fulton, MO for construction and renovation;
521. $250,000 for Covenant House Missouri for
construction of homeless youth center in St. Louis, MO;
522. $250,000 for Truman State University for
construction of Speech and Hearing Clinic in Kirksville, MO;
523. $250,000 for City of Springfield, MO for renovation
of the Springfield Commercial Club Building;
524. $750,000 to the Family Support Services Center for
Autistic Children for construction of a Center to serve
families with autistic children in St. Charles County,
Missouri;
525. $500,000 to the University of Missouri for Hickman
House preservation, renovation and improvements projects in
Howard County, Missouri;
526. $500,000 to the Salvation Army Northland Community
Center, to construct a family center and community room Clay
County, Missouri;
527. $1,000,000 to the Kansas City Neighborhood Alliance
for capital improvements in Kansas City, Missouri;
528. $1,000,000 to Better Living Communities for capital
improvements for Salisbury Park neighborhood housing
development in St. Louis, Missouri;
529. $500,000 to the St. Louis Housing Authority for
neighborhood housing development of the Cochran Gardens Public
Housing Site in St. Louis, Missouri;
530. $620,000 to the City of Kansas City for Swope
Community Builders for the Linwood Housing project, Kansas
City, Missouri;
531. $500,000 to the Missouri Soybean Association for
test plots for the Life Sciences Research Development and
Commercialization Project in Boone County, Missouri;
532. $500,000 to the Mark Twain Neighborhood Association
for capital improvements in St. Louis, Missouri;
533. $750,000 to the Students in Free Enterprise World
Headquarters for capital improvements [equipment] in Greene
County, Missouri;
534. $250,000 to the Advanced Technology Center for
construction of Laser/photronics lab complex and classroom in
Mexico, Missouri;
535. $750,000 to the Youzeum for construction of youth
health museum in Boone County, Missouri;
536. $400,000 to City of Kennett for downtown
revitalization in Kennett, Missouri;
537. $550,000 City of Moorhead, Sunflower County,
Mississippi for streetscape improvements;
538. $300,000 to Panola County, Mississippi for the
construction of a multi-purpose community facility;
539. $200,000 to the City of Meridian, Mississippi for
the construction of the Mississippi Arts and Entertainment
Center;
540. $100,000 to the City of Natchez, Mississippi for a
long term master plan for community development;
541. $750,000 to the City of Pontotoc, Mississippi for
construction of the Pontotoc County Sportsplex;
542. $50,000 to the City of Starkville, Mississippi for
improvements to the Cornerstone Industrial Park;
543. $250,000 to the Town of McLain, Mississippi for
industrial park development;
544. $500,000 in the City of Oxford, Mississippi for the
Innovation and Outreach Center;
545. $500,000 in the City of Madison, Mississippi, for
the Historic Madison Gateway Project;
546. $500,000 in the City of Tchula, Mississippi for the
Tchula New Town Infrastructure Project;
547. $1,500,000 for the Mississippi Museum of Art in
Jackson, Mississippi, for renovations and improvements;
548. $950,000 for the Education Building for the Jackson
Zoo in Jackson, Mississippi, to construct an educational
building;
549. $850,000 for the Lafayette County Courthouse in
Oxford, Mississippi, to restore and renovate their historic
c.1872 courthouse;
550. $800,000 for the Hinds Community College Performing
Arts Center in Utica, Mississippi, to construct a performing
arts, multi-purpose building;
551. $500,000 for the Mississippi University for Women
Facility Restoration in Columbus, Mississippi, for facility
improvements and restoration;
552. $500,000 for the Simpson County, Mississippi
Courthouse for renovations and improvements;
553. $500,000 for the Jackson Public School-Belhaven
College H.T. Newell Field Complex Partnership for facility
improvements and construction in Jackson, Mississippi;
554. $600,000 for the City of Collins, Mississippi, to
build a multi-purpose civic center;
555. $500,000 for the renovation of the Robert O. Wilder
Building at Tougaloo College in Jackson, Mississippi;
556. $500,000 for the St. Ambrose Leadership College in
Wesson, Mississippi, for restoration of a historic building for
housing;
557. $500,000 for Delta State University for economic
development activities and campus and facility improvements;
558. $500,000 for the Historical Preservation at Alcorn
State University, Alcorn State, Mississippi, for the
restoration project of existing historic buildings;
559. $100,000 to the City of Billings, Montana for the
renovation of the Child and Family Intervention Center;
560. $100,000 to the City of Havre, Montana for
improvements to the Montana State University Applied Technology
Center;
561. $40,000 to the City of Lolo, Montana for
construction of a pedestrian bridge over Lolo Creek;
562. $500,000 to the City of Missoula, Montana for
expansion of the Montana Food Bank Network;
563. $200,000 for the Liberty House Foundation, for
construction expenses in Ft. Harrison, MT;
564. $350,000 for the Rocky Mountain Development Council,
to continue the PenKay Eagles Manor Renovation in Helena, MT;
565. $250,000 for the Rocky Boy Reservation's utilization
of Malmstrom Air Force Base's excess housing;
566. $250,000 for the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation in
Missoula, MT for the infrastructure needs of their new
headquarters facility;
567. $250,000 for the Center for St. Vincent Healthcare's
Center for Healthy Aging in Billings, MT;
568. $200,000 for the Child and Family Intervention
Center to renovate the Garfield School Building in Billings,
MT;
569. $200,000 for the Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch's
Education Facilities Expansion in Billings, MT;
570. $200,000 for the Carter County Museum's Highway to
Hell Creek project facilities expansion in Ekalaka, MT;
571. $400,000 for the Big Sky Economic Development
Corporation for acquisition and rehabilitation for low-income
housing in Billings, MT;
572. $200,000 for the Missoula Aging Services building
renovation in Missoula, MT;
573. $200,000 to the St. Vincent Center for Healthy Aging
for construction in Billings, MT;
574. $300,000 to the Daly Mansion Preservation Trust for
the renovation of the Daly Mansion in Hamilton, MT;
575. $250,000 to CommunityWorks for the construction of
the ExplorationWorks Museum in Helena, MT;
576. $200,000 to the Montana Technology Enterprise Center
for the construction of lab facilities in Missoula, MT;
577. $150,000 to Columbus County, North Carolina for
construction of a center for the Southeast Community College;
578. $250,000 to Davidson County, North Carolina for
facility and equipment upgrades to the Davidson County
Community College;
579. $200,000 to DHIC, Inc. in Wake County, North
Carolina for a revolving loan fund for low-income homebuyers;
580. $200,000 to EmPOWERment, Inc. in Chapel Hill, North
Carolina for a revolving loan fund for low-income homebuyers;
581. $150,000 to Gaston County, North Carolina for
technology park expansion;
582. $50,000 to Madison County, North Carolina; for
restoration of an old school building to be used as the Spring
Creek Community Center;
583. $100,000 to Northampton County, North Carolina for
planning, design, and construction of a community center;
584. $348,700 to the City of Asheville, North Carolina
for the renovation of the Asheville Veterans Memorial Stadium;
585. $250,000 to the City of Asheville, North Carolina;
for construction of a new science and multi-media building;
586. $50,000 to the City of Dobbins Heights, North
Carolina for the redevelopment of downtown;
587. $150,000 to the City of Durham, North Carolina for
facilities construction/renovation and streetscape
improvements;
588. $150,000 to the City of Fayetteville and Cumberland
County, North Carolina for the development of a business park;
589. $250,000 to the City of Hatteras, North Carolina for
the construction of the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum;
590. $250,000 to the City of Laurinburg, North Carolina
for the demolition of an old hospital;
591. $250,000 to the City of Monroe, North Carolina for
the renovation of Old Armory for neighborhood revitalization;
592. $200,000 to the City of Raeford, North Carolina for
improvements to the Raeford downtown streetscape;
593. $250,000 to the City of Sparta, North Carolina for
construction of the Sparta Teapot Museum;
594. $250,000 to the City of Troy, North Carolina for the
implementation of an affordable housing program;
595. $150,000 to the City of Winston-Salem, North
Carolina for renovation and expansion of the Central Library of
Forsyth County;
596. $250,000 to the Inter-Faith Council for Social
Services in Chapel Hill, North Carolina for construction,
renovation, and build out of facilities;
597. $200,000 to the Piedmont Environmental Center in
High Point, North Carolina for renovation and expansion of the
Naturalist Education Center;
598. $150,000 to the Town of Cullowhee, North Carolina
for interior building renovations to the Center for Engineering
Technologies at Western Carolina University;
599. $150,000 to the Town of Zebulon, North Carolina for
land acquisition;
600. $200,000 to UDI Community Development Corporation in
Durham, North Carolina for construction/renovation and build
out of an industrial park facility;
601. $400,000 for Renovations to the Core Sound Waterfowl
Museum in Harkers Island, NC;
602. $200,000 to the City of Kannapolis, NC for the
rehabilitation of the Pillowtex Plant 1 site;
603. $250,000 for New River Community Partners, Inc., in
Sparta, NC for the Sparta Teapot Museum;
604. $200,000 for Catawba Science Museum to renovate and
expand exhibitions in Hickory, NC;
605. $200,000 for Military Business Park Development in
Fayetteville, NC;
606. $250,000 for the City of Wilmington, NC, for the
Downtown Park & Open Space Initiative;
607. $250,000 for the City of Fayetteville, NC, for the
Military Business Park;
608. $250,000 for the City of Asheville, NC, for the
Veterans Memorial Restoration;
609. $350,000 to the Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch
Residential Facilities in North Dakota for construction and
renovation of its three facilities;
610. $250,000 for the Northwest Ventures Communities,
Minot, ND for the construction of the Northwest Career and
Technology Center;
611. $200,000 for the United Tribes Technical College in
Bismarck, ND for the construction of family housing;
612. $350,000 for the City of Killdeer, ND to construct a
community activity center;
613. $400,000 for the City of Rugby, ND to support
construction and other projects within two North Dakota REAP
Zones;
614. $300,000 for the Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch, Minot,
ND for facilities at their Minot location;
615. $350,000 for the UND Center for Innovation
Foundation in Grand Forks, ND for the Ina Mae Rude Entrepreneur
Center;
616. $300,000 for the Bismarck-Mandan Development
Association, Bismarck, ND for the construction of the National
Energy Technology Training and Education Facility;
617. $200,000 for the Minot Area Community Development
Foundation, Minot, ND for the Prairie Community Development
Center;
618. $200,000 for the Turtle Mountain Community College,
Belcourt, ND for the Turtle Mountain Community College
Vocational Educational Center;
619. $250,000 to the City of Boys Town, Nebraska for the
national priorities of Girls and Boys Town USA;
620. $200,000 to the City of Columbus, Nebraska for
renovations to the Boys and Girls Home of Nebraska;
621. $400,000 to the City of Lincoln, Nebraska for the
revitalization of the Antelope Valley Neighborhood Project;
622. $100,000 to the City of Lincoln, Nebraska for the
expansion of rural business enterprise development;
623. $100,000 to the City of Omaha, Nebraska for the
restoration of Tech Auditorium;
624. $150,000 to the City of Peru, Nebraska for
construction of a new technology building at Peru State
College;
625. $100,000 to the City of Red Cloud, Nebraska for
renovations to the historic Moon Block building;
626. $200,000 to Thurston County, Nebraska for the
renovation of the Thurston County Courthouse;
627. $1,000,000 for Metro Community College's Health
Careers and Science Building in the City of Omaha, NE;
628. $200,000 for Thurston County Courthouse renovation
in the City of Pender, NE;
629. $200,000 for the Boys and Girls Home of Nebraska's
Columbus Family Resources Center in the City of Columbus, NE;
630. $200,000 for the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial and
Educational Foundation's Moon Block restoration project in the
City of Red Cloud;
631. $200,000 for Clarkson College's Central Student
Service Center Facility in the City of Omaha, NE;
632. $200,000 for University of Nebraska-Lincoln's
Enterprise Development in Rural Nebraska in the City of
Lincoln;
633. $950,000 for a parking facility as part of the
Joslyn Art Museum Master Plan, in Omaha, Nebraska;
634. $100,000 to the City of Bethlehem, New Hampshire for
the renovation of Main Street performing arts theater;
635. $150,000 to the City of Concord, New Hampshire for
site preparation for improvements to White Park;
636. $100,000 to the City of Portsmouth, New Hampshire
for construction of an environmentally responsible library;
637. $225,000 to the Town of Temple, New Hampshire for
restoration of Temple Town Hall;
638. $100,000 to the Village of North Conway, New
Hampshire for construction of an academic learning center at
the New Hampshire Community Technical College;
639. $450,000 for Families in Transition, Manchester, New
Hampshire for the Mothers and Children: Staying Together
Recovery Center;
640. $350,000 for New Hampshire Community Technical
College System, Conway, New Hampshire for the Consortium-Based
Academic Center;
641. $200,000 for Gibson Center, Madison, New Hampshire
for the preservation of senior housing at Silver Lake Landing;
642. $500,000 for the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund,
manufactured housing park program;
643. $200,000 for the Monadnock, NH, Township home owner
initiative;
644. $400,000 for the Derry, NH, Senior Center project;
645. $600,000 for the Manchester, NH, YWCA project;
646. $400,000 for the Nashua, NH, Downtown Riverfront
Opportunity Program;
647. $400,000 for the Student Conservation Association
service center, New Hampshire;
648. $400,000 to 2nd Floor Youth Helpline in Hazlet, New
Jersey for construction and renovation of its space;
649. $300,000 to Essex County, New Jersey for economic
development;
650. $250,000 to Eva's Kitchen and Sheltering Program in
Paterson, New Jersey for renovation and construction of a
homeless shelter;
651. $150,000 to Hunterdon County, New Jersey for
improvements to the Village of Oldwick;
652. $300,000 to Morris County, New Jersey for economic
development;
653. $150,000 to Rutgers University in New Jersey for
land acquisition for Early Childhood Research Learning Academy;
654. $300,000 to Somerset County, New Jersey for economic
development;
655. $300,000 to Sussex County, New Jersey for economic
development;
656. $150,000 to the City of Atlantic City, New Jersey
for the development of a manufacturers business park;
657. $200,000 to the City of Barnegat Light, New Jersey
for renovations to historic structures;
658. $150,000 to the City of Bridgeton, New Jersey for
the revitalization of Southeast Gateway Neighborhood;
659. $90,000 to the City of Cape May, New Jersey for
rehabilitation of a community arts center;
660. $350,000 to the City of East Orange, New Jersey for
upgrades and improvements to recreation fields;
661. $100,000 to the City of Elmer, New Jersey for
expansion of Appel Farms Arts and Music Center;
662. $250,000 to the City of Lakewood, New Jersey for the
construction of a new building for the School for Children with
Hidden Intelligence;
663. $600,000 to the City of Perth Amboy, New Jersey for
rehabilitation and construction of the Jewish Renaissance
Medical Center;
664. $50,000 to the City of Trenton, New Jersey for the
completion of the Martin House Transitional Housing Program;
665. $350,000 to the City of West Milford, New Jersey for
public commercial improvements;
666. $100,000 to the City of Westfield, New Jersey for
the renovation of the new East Board Street YMCA;
667. $250,000 to the Monroe Township in Middlesex County,
New Jersey for the development of recreation facilities;
668. $100,000 to the Town of Montclair, New Jersey for
construction of a facility at Montclair State University;
669. $250,000 for the City of Pleasantville, NJ for the
construction and renovation of the Pleasantville Marina;
670. $200,000 for the City of Paterson, NJ for the design
and renovation of the Silk City Senior Nutrition Center;
671. $200,000 for the St. Joseph's School of the Blind in
Jersey City, NJ for the construction of a new facility;
672. $300,000 for the Rutgers-Camden Business Incubator,
Camden NJ for the expansion of the business incubator;
673. $20,000 to the City of Albuquerque, New Mexico for
the East Central Ministries enterprises program;
674. $500,000 to the City of Albuquerque, New Mexico for
the construction of the YMCA of Albuquerque;
675. $250,000 to the City of Belen, New Mexico for
construction of a multipurpose community center;
676. $150,000 to the City of Carlsbad, New Mexico for
construction of the Carlsbad Battered Family Shelter;
677. $350,000 to the City of Placitas, New Mexico for the
construction of the Placitas Public Library;
678. $200,000 to the Village of Angel Fire in New Mexico
for construction and development of a town square;
679. $1,130,000 for Presbyterian Medical Services for
their Head Start Facility in Santa Fe, New Mexico;
680. $750,000 for the Albuquerque Mental Health Housing
Coalition, Inc. for the renovation of the Sunport Plaza
Apartments in Albuquerque, New Mexico;
681. $620,000 for Eastern New Mexico State University in
Portales, New Mexico for scientific instructional equipment;
682. $200,000 Otero County, NM, Veteran's Museum
Construction;
683. $350,000 City of Carlsbad, NM, Battered Family
Shelter Construction;
684. $250,000 Helping Hands Food Bank of Deming, NM,
Construction;
685. $350,000 City of Sunland Park, NM, Community Center
Construction;
686. $250,000 Sandoval County, NM, Community Health
Alliance, Construction and Equipment;
687. $200,000 City of Portales, NM, Rehabilitation of the
Yam Movie Palace;
688. $100,000 to the City of Carson, Nevada for expansion
of Nevada's Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology;
689. $500,000 to the City of Henderson, Nevada for
improvements and building renovations;
690. $350,000 to the City of Las Vegas, Nevada for
improvements to WestCare;
691. $150,000 to the City of North Las Vegas, Nevada for
construction of a recreation center;
692. $150,000 to the City of Tonapah, Nevada for the
development of multifunctional recreational facilities;
693. $300,000 for the Pahrump Senior Center, Pahrump NV,
for senior transportation;
694. $500,000 for the Nathan Adelson Hospice, Henderson,
NV, for an adult day care center;
695. $200,000 for the Ridge House, Reno, NV, for the
purchase or acquisition of facilities for the Reentry Resource
Center;
696. $500,000 for the University of Nevada-Reno to
provide a Small Business Development Center;
697. $500,000 for the City of Las Vegas, Nevada for the
renovation of the Old Post Office;
698. $350,000 for the City of Reno, Nevada to provide
Fourth St. Corridor Enhancements;
699. $300,000 for the City of Pahrump/Nye County, Nevada
Fairgrounds Project;
700. $500,000 for Wadsworth, Nevada to provide a
Community Center;
701. $200,000 for the City of Sparks, Nevada for the Deer
Park Facility Renovation Project;
702. $250,000 for the City of Reno, Nevada to provide a
Food Bank of Northern Nevada Regional Distribution Facility
Project;
703. $350,000 to Columbia County, New York for
restoration of historic Great Stone Barn;
704. $150,000 to Elmcor Youth and Adult Activities in
Queens, New York for renovation of economic development
facilities;
705. $350,000 to Erie County, New York for the Suburban
Solutions Center;
706. $400,000 to Fordham University in Bronx, New York
for the construction of a multipurpose center;
707. $75,000 to Mamaroneck Village, New York for a
pedestrian streetscape program;
708. $150,000 to Monroe County, New York for the
rehabilitation of historic Whiteside Barnett and Co.
Agricultural Works property;
709. $150,000 to Monroe County, New York for construction
of education center classrooms;
710. $150,000 to Monroe County, New York for construction
of a research and education center at the State University of
New York College, Brockport;
711. $250,000 to Proctor's Theatre in Schenectady, New
York for facility expansion;
712. $250,000 to Prospect Park Alliance in Brooklyn, New
York for construction of a visitor's center and upgrades to its
facilities;
713. $150,000 to Sunnyside Community Services in Queens,
New York for construction of a senior center;
714. $150,000 to the 39th Street Recreation Center, New
York Department of Parks for the renovation of a recreation
center;
715. $250,000 to the Bardavon 1869 Opera House, Inc. in
Poughkeepsie, New York for improvements to the Bardavon Opera
House;
716. $150,000 to the Beth Gavriel Bukharian Congregation
in Queens, New York for planning, design, and construction of a
building expansion to serve the Bukharian and Russian
populations;
717. $550,000 to the Boricua College in New York, New
York for renovation of the Audubon Terrace Building;
718. $250,000 to the Burchfield-Penney Art Center in
Buffalo, New York for the construction of an art museum;
719. $450,000 to the City College of New York for the
planning, design, and construction of the Center for Public
Service;
720. $158,000 to the City of Alfred, New York for
construction of the Sugar Hill Industrial Park;
721. $200,000 to the City of Alfred, New York for
construction of a facility at Alfred State College;
722. $250,000 to the City of Babylon, New York for
construction of 9/11 Education Center;
723. $300,000 to the City of Brooklyn, New York for
additions to Sephardic Community Center;
724. $100,000 to the City of Brooklyn, New York for
improvements to the 86th Street Business District;
725. $250,000 to the City of Elmira, New York for the
restoration of Cowles Hall on the Elmira College Campus;
726. $100,000 to the City of Fort Ann, New York for
construction of the Adirondack Golden Goal complex;
727. $100,000 to the City of Geneva, New York for
construction of community recreation center;
728. $100,000 to the City of Glen Cove, New York for
construction of children's center for the YMCA at Glen Cove;
729. $250,000 to the City of Houghton, New York for the
rehabilitation of Paine Science Center at Houghton College;
730. $250,000 to the City of Hunter, New York for
renovations of the Orpheum Theatre and renovations of the Sugar
Maples Center for the Arts;
731. $250,000 to the City of Lindenhurst, New York for
construction of a center for Breast Cancer Help, Inc;
732. $100,000 to the City of Plattsburgh, New York for
the construction of Adirondack Champlain Fiber Network;
733. $150,000 to the City of Rochester, New York for
construction to the Northwest Family YMCA, Camp Northpoint;
734. $100,000 to the City of Rome, New York for the
construction of a community recreation center;
735. $250,000 to the City of Syracuse, New York for the
continuation of the Neighborhood Initiative Program;
736. $100,000 to the City of Syracuse, New York for the
Essential New York Initiative;
737. $250,000 to the City of Utica, New York for the
replacement of windows at the Utica Public Library;
738. $100,000 to the City of Utica, New York for the
construction and expansion of nursing laboratory;
739. $100,000 to the City of Watertown, New York for
renovations to North Country Children's Clinic;
740. $200,000 to the Federation of Italian-American
Organizations in Brooklyn, New York for facility upgrades;
741. $150,000 to the Huntington Economic Development
Corporation in Huntington, New York for planning and design of
a public plaza;
742. $550,000 to the Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn,
New York for renovation and capital improvements;
743. $200,000 to the Mary Mitchell Family and Youth
Center in Bronx, New York for the construction of a
multipurpose center;
744. $150,000 to the Museum of the Moving Image in
Queens, New York for facility expansion;
745. $750,000 to the Old Fort Niagara Gateway to History
in Porter, New York for rehabilitation of a visitor's center;
746. $400,000 to the Orange County Community College in
Middletown, New York for construction of a new building;
747. $75,000 to the Pregones Theater in Bronx, New York
for renovation of its facility;
748. $75,000 to the Queens Borough Children's Discovery
Center, New York City, New York for the construction of a
children's discovery center;
749. $200,000 to the Town of Brookhaven, Farmingville,
New York for demolition and construction of a new Senior
Citizens Wellness Center;
750. $75,000 to the Town of Eastchester, New York for
construction of a youth center;
751. $100,000 to the Town of Lenox, New York for
construction of WWI Memorial;
752. $150,000 to the Town of North Hempstead, New York
for construction and revitalization in New Cassel;
753. $200,000 to the town of Old Forge, New York for the
renovation of Arts Guild of Old Forge;
754. $100,000 to the Town of Ripley, New York for land
acquisition;
755. $75,000 to the Village of Elmsford, New York for
construction of a new senior center;
756. $75,000 to the Village of Pleasantville, New York
for a pedestrian streetscape program;
757. $200,000 to the Village of Tuckahoe, New York for
streetscape improvements in the Crestwood section;
758. $250,000 to the Town of Volney, New York for the
development of Riverview Business Park;
759. $500,000 to Warren County, New York for facilities
construction at North Creek Ski Bowl;
760. $200,000 to the YWCA of Niagara, NY for the computer
lab expansion;
761. $250,000 to Alianza Dominicana of New York City, NY
for expansion of the Triangle building;
762. $200,000 to SUNY Plattsburgh, NY for the expansion
of the Adirondack-Champlain Community Fiber Network;
763. $250,000 to the El Museo del Barrio in New York
City, NY for capital improvements;
764. $200,000 to the Central New York Community Arts
Council of Utica, NY for the expansion of the Stanley Theater;
765. $200,000 to the City of Canandaigua, NY for the
construction of a regional tourism center;
766. $200,000 for the Graduate College of Union
University, Schenectady, NY to establish a freestanding campus;
767. $200,000 for the Robert H. Jackson Center,
Jamestown, NY for auditorium restoration;
768. $200,000 for the Griffiss Local Development
Corporation, Rome, NY for development of a multi-tenant
technology office complex;
769. $200,000 for the Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn
Harbor, NY for building restoration;
770. $200,000 for the Veterans Outreach Center,
Rochester, NY for renovation and expansion of employment and
training facilities;
771. $100,000 to Carroll County, Ohio for the development
of a community center;
772. $250,000 to Columbiana County, Ohio for construction
of a new community services building;
773. $200,000 to Connecting Point, Inc. in Toledo, Ohio
for facility construction;
774. $200,000 to Ross County, Ohio for development of an
industrial park;
775. $100,000 to the City of St. Clairsville, Ohio for
the renovation of the Clarendon Hotel;
776. $750,000 to the City of Canton, Ohio for
construction of a Community Youth/Recreation Activity Center;
777. $350,000 to the City of Cincinnati, Ohio for the
construction of community education center on grounds of fire
training facility;
778. $100,000 to the City of Cincinnati, Ohio for the
renovation of Covedale Center for Performing Arts;
779. $650,000 to the City of Columbus, Ohio for the
Campus Partners Neighborhood Initiative;
780. $300,000 to the City of Columbus, Ohio for mixed-use
commercial and residential facilities;
781. $250,000 to the City of Dayton, Ohio for street
infrastructure and parking facility improvements;
782. $100,000 to the City of Dayton, Ohio for
redevelopment of Brown and Stewart Street properties at the
University of Dayton;
783. $200,000 to the City of Delaware, Ohio for
renovations to the Stand Theater;
784. $200,000 to the City of Glouster, Ohio for
renovations to the Ohio Department of Corrections Facility;
785. $250,000 to the City of Green, Ohio for the purchase
of Southgate Farm;
786. $75,000 to the City of Lancaster, Ohio for the
renovation of a building for the glass-blowing museum;
787. $100,000 to the City of Lima, Ohio for improvements
to riverwalk;
788. $150,000 to the City of Lorain, Ohio for planning,
design, demolition, and redevelopment of Broadway Avenue;
789. $400,000 to the City of Navarre, Ohio for
construction of a library for the Towpath Trail YMCA Community
Center;
790. $295,000 to the City of Peebles, Ohio for
improvements to the Serpent Mound State Memorial Visitor
Facility;
791. $1,000,000 to the City of Springfield, Ohio for the
expansion of Applied Research Technology Park (ARTP) in
Springfield;
792. $175,000 to the City of Springfield, Ohio for
demolition of a property to be used for a new hospital;
793. $200,000 to the City of St. Marys, Ohio for
renovations to the historic Glass Block;
794. $100,000 to the City of Toledo, Ohio for the
construction of Ice-Skating Rinks in City Parks;
795. $150,000 to the City of Urbana, Ohio for the
revitalization of Champaign County heritage sites;
796. $250,000 to the City of Van Wert, Ohio for
renovations of a facility for The Marsh Foundation;
797. $250,000 to the City of Van Wert, Ohio for the
renovation of facilities for Starr Commonwealth;
798. $200,000 to the Depression and Bipolar Support
Alliance in Toledo, Ohio for facility construction;
799. $150,000 to the Urban League of Greater Cleveland,
Ohio for a multicultural business development center;
800. $200,000 to the Youngstown, Ohio Associated
Neighborhood Center in Youngstown, Ohio for upgrades to the
McGuffey Center;
801. $200,000 for the City of Canton, Ohio for the New
Horizons Park land and site acquisition, demolition, or
facilities construction;
802. $200,000 for Wright Dunbar, Inc., Dayton, Ohio, to
construct the Gateway to Paul Laurence Dunbar Memorial;
803. $200,000 for Daybreak, Inc., Dayton, Ohio, for the
Daybreak Opportunity House land and site acquisition,
demolition, site preparation and facilities construction;
804. $200,000 for Catholic Charities Services
Corporation, Parma, Ohio, for Parmadale's land and site
acquisition, demolition, site preparation and facilities
construction;
805. $100,000 for Cornerstone of Hope, Independence, OH,
to build a facility;
806. $300,000 for The Preston Fund for SMA Research,
Beachwood, Ohio, for the construction and development of
Preston's H.O.P.E.;
807. $300,000 for the Defiance County Senior Service
Center, Defiance, Ohio, for construction;
808. $250,000 for the Ukrainian Museum-Archives,
Cleveland, Ohio, for Phase II development and construction;
809. $250,000 for The Scioto Society, Inc., Chillicothe,
Ohio for the ``Tecumseh!'' Capital Improvement Project;
810. $270,000 for the Lorain County Community College
Great Lakes Business Growth and Development Center in Ohio;
811. $200,000 for the City of Jackson's Day Care Center,
Ohio;
812. $260,000 for Wilberforce University, Ohio Private
Historically Black University Residence Hall Project;
813. $270,000 for the Solid Waste Authority of Central
Ohio (SWACO) Pyramid Resource Center;
814. $250,000 to the City of Durant, Oklahoma for an
employer assisted housing initiative;
815. $100,000 to the City of El Reno, Oklahoma for the
construction of a facility for Youth and Family Services;
816. $300,000 to the City of Pawnee, Oklahoma for the
renovation of the Buffalo Theater;
817. $100,000 to the City of Tulsa, Oklahoma for the
renovation of a facility to establish a one-stop youth and
family service center;
818. $220,000 for the City of Ardmore, OK, to construct
the Ardmore Community Resource Center;
819. $220,000 for Norman Economic Development
Corporation, Norman, OK, to construct an engineering incubator;
820. $200,000 for the City of Ponca City, OK, to
construct a museum building and information center for the
statue of Ponca Chief Standing Bear;
821. $220,000 for the United States-Mexico Cultural
Education Foundation to establish the Center for North American
Sustainable Economic Development at the University of Oklahoma,
Norman, OK;
822. $220,000 for the Native American Cultural Center and
Museum, Oklahoma City, OK, for construction of the American
Indian Cultural Center;
823. $200,000 for the City of Midwest City, OK to
construct a community outreach center;
824. $150,000 to the Portland Center Stage Armory Theater
in Portland, Oregon for renovations and upgrades to its
facility;
825. $150,000 to the Portland Development Commission in
Portland, Oregon for urban revitalization of the South
Waterfront District;
826. $300,000 to the Richard E. Wildish Community Theater
in Springfield, Oregon for the completion of construction of
its facility;
827. $200,000 to the Salem Urban Renewal Agency in Salem,
Oregon for rehabilitation of downtown Salem;
828. $200,000 for the City of Lakeview, Oregon to develop
geothermal resources;
829. $200,000 for Marion-Polk Food Share in Salem, Oregon
to improve and renovate an emergency food distribution center;
830. $200,000 for the City of Pendleton, Oregon to
improve and renovate round-up facilities;
831. $500,000 for construction of an education building
at the Blue Mountain Community College's Northeastern Oregon
Collaborative University Center, Hermiston, Oregon;
832. $250,000 for construction of the Downtown/Riverfront
Access Project by the City of The Dalles for the Port of The
Dalles, Oregon;
833. $200,000 for construction of a Teen Activity Center
at the Santo Community Center in Medford, Oregon;
834. $200,000 to Armstrong County, Pennsylvania for
rebuilding the Belmont Complex;
835. $200,000 to Berks County, Pennsylvania for a
Competitive Greater Reading Initiative;
836. $500,000 to Bradford County, Pennsylvania for the
construction of two business parks;
837. $200,000 to Bristol Township, Pennsylvania for the
construction of a community center for Freedom Neighborhood;
838. $150,000 to Carbon County, Pennsylvania for land
acquisition, facilities renovation, and demolition;
839. $200,000 to Greene County, Pennsylvania for
revitalization of recreational facilities;
840. $100,000 to Gwen's Girls, Inc. in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania for construction of a residential facility;
841. $200,000 to Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania for
construction of a new facility for the YMCA of Carbondale;
842. $750,000 to Lower Makefield Township, Pennsylvania
for construction of the Lower Makefield 9/11 Memorial Garden;
843. $150,000 to North Central Triangle Revitalization in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for planning and design of the
Triangle Revitalization project;
844. $47,000 to Perry County, Pennsylvania for expansion
of the community pool in Liverpool Township;
845. $100,000 to Point Breeze Performing Arts Center in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for renovations and upgrades of its
facility;
846. $200,000 to the Borough of Mahonoy City,
Pennsylvania for improvements to West Market Street;
847. $100,000 to the Carroll Park Neighbors Advisory
Council in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for facility renovations
and upgrades;
848. $15,000 to the City of Blaine, Pennsylvania for
renovations to the baseball park in Toboyne Township;
849. $100,000 to the City of Allentown, Pennsylvania for
the construction of the Da Vinci Discovery Center of Science
and Technology;
850. $100,000 to the City of Allentown, Pennsylvania for
expansion of the Allentown Art Museum;
851. $100,000 to the City of Allentown, Pennsylvania for
the construction of a center for LeHigh Valley Heritage;
852. $100,000 to the City of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania for
the renovation of KidsPeace Broadway Campus;
853. $200,000 to the City of Bradford, Pennsylvania for
construction of an aquatic area at Brookville YMCA;
854. $60,000 to the City of Cambria, Pennsylvania for
construction of a playground facility for Coal Country Hang-out
Youth Center;
855. $250,000 to the City of Carnegie, Pennsylvania for
infrastructure improvements;
856. $100,000 to the City of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
for renovations to the Capitol Theater;
857. $250,000 to the City of Chester, Pennsylvania for
improving the YWCA of Chester;
858. $200,000 to the City of Clarion, Pennsylvania for
improvements to Sawmill Center for the Arts;
859. $200,000 to the City of Clearfield, Pennsylvania for
improvements to the Clearfield YMCA;
860. $200,000 to the City of Corry, Pennsylvania for the
redevelopment of the former Cooper Ajax facility;
861. $200,000 to the City of Galeton, Pennsylvania for
the expansion of the museum's visitor center;
862. $100,000 to the City of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania for
the renovation of Gettysburg Railway Station as a visitor's
center;
863. $150,000 to the City of Greenville, Pennsylvania for
the reconstruction of streetscapes;
864. $50,000 to the City of Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania
for the renovations to the YMCA in Hollidaysburg;
865. $50,000 to the City of Homer, Pennsylvania for
construction of a new athletic facility;
866. $250,000 to the City of Jeannette, Pennsylvania for
parking improvements to the business district;
867. $400,000 to the City of Johnstown, Pennsylvania for
construction and improvements to the convention center;
868. $250,000 to the City of Lancaster, Pennsylvania for
construction of the Columbia Clubhouse for the Boys and Girls
Club of Lancaster;
869. $10,000 to the City of Marysville, Pennsylvania for
enhancements to a public playground;
870. $100,000 to the City of Media, Pennsylvania for
technology infrastructure at the Delaware County Community
College;
871. $25,000 to the City of Mifflintown, Pennsylvania for
the development of a playground facility;
872. $250,000 to the City of Monroeville, Pennsylvania
for construction of a new center and park for Monroeville
Community Center;
873. $100,000 to the City of Oil City, Pennsylvania for
upgrades to the Oil Creek Railway Historic Caboose;
874. $300,000 to the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
for streetscape of the vendors mall;
875. $200,000 to the City of Pine Forge, Pennsylvania for
construction of an student center at Pine Forge Academy;
876. $250,000 to the City of Radnor, Pennsylvania for
expansion of a community center for Cabrini College;
877. $250,000 to the City of Sunbury, Pennsylvania for
construction of an amphitheater complex for the Susquehanna
Riverfront;
878. $200,000 to the City of Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania
for construction of a community facility for autistic children;
879. $150,000 to the City of York, Pennsylvania for
improvements to streetscapes;
880. $1,500,000 to the Indiana University, Indiana,
Pennsylvania for the development and construction of a Regional
Development Center;
881. $1,500,000 to the Indiana University, Indiana,
Pennsylvania for the construction of a multiuse training
facility in Indiana, Pennsylvania;
882. $150,000 to the Jewish Community Center of Greater
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for facilities construction and
improvements;
883. $200,000 to Waynesburg College Center, Greene
County, Pennsylvania for a center for economic development;
884. $200,000 for the City of Carbondale, Pennsylvania
for the South Main Street Economic Development Initiative which
is designed to reduce blight along the City's Main Street
Corridor;
885. $200,000 for the Redevelopment Authority of the City
of Corry to acquire a brownfield site in downtown Corry,
Pennsylvania;
886. $200,000 for Weatherly Borough, Pennsylvania to
acquire and redevelop the Lehigh Valley Railroad Shops and
Weatherly Steel Plant complex in the heart of Weatherly, PA;
887. $200,000 for Indiana County, Pennsylvania to acquire
the Wayne Avenue Property in Indiana;
888. $200,000 for Armstrong County, Pennsylvania for
remediation and infrastructure development on a 14.2 acre of
brownfield property in Apollo Borough;
889. $200,000 for Perry County, Pennsylvania to develop
an industrial park in New Bloomfield;
890. $200,000 for People for People, Inc. for planning
and project development efforts for the Triangle redevelopment
project;
891. $200,000 for the Southwestern Pennsylvania
Commission, to develop the Alta Vista Business Park, a mixed-
use business park on a former strip mine site adjacent to I-70,
in Washington County, Pennsylvania;
892. $300,000 for the Allegheny County Airport Authority
in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania for site preparation and
construction of its North Field Development project;
893. $200,000 for Gaudenzia, Inc. in Norristown,
Pennsylvania to renovate and expand its residential facilities;
894. $200,000 for Our City Reading in Reading,
Pennsylvania to rehabilitate abandoned houses and provide down
payment assistance to home buyers;
895. $200,000 for the City of Lancaster, Pennsylvania for
the revitalization and construction of Lancaster Square;
896. $200,000 for the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of
Business and Industry in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania for
acquisition, planning, and redevelopment of the historic Irem
Temple;
897. $200,000 for the Greene County Department of
Planning and Economic Development in Greene County,
Pennsylvania for construction and site development of a multi-
phased business park on the grounds of the Greene County
Airport;
898. $200,000 for Impact Services Corporation in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to renovate, redevelop, and convert
an existing building into low-income housing units;
899. $200,000 for the Shippensburg University Foundation
in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania for construction of Phase III of
the Shippensburg Regional Conference Center;
900. $200,000 for the Partnership CDC in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania for acquisition, renovation and rehabilitation of
affordable housing for moderate- and low-income families;
901. $200,000 for the Allentown Art Museum in Allentown,
Pennsylvania to expand and modernize its facilities;
902. $200,000 for the Pittsburgh Zoo in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania for the planning, site development, and
construction of Phase I of its expansion project;
903. $200,000 for Universal Community Homes in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for conversion of parcels of land
into housing units for low- and moderate-income families;
904. $150,000 to the Municipality of Isabela, Puerto Rico
for the construction of a youth center;
905. $250,000 to the Village of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
for construction of a little league baseball park at Old Ramey
Air Force Base;
906. $200,000 to the City of Central Falls, Rhode Island
for construction and renovation of parks facilities;
907. $150,000 to the Providence YMCA in Providence, Rhode
Island for the construction of a multipurpose center;
908. $200,000 to the Town of North Smithfield, Rhode
Island for economic development initiatives focused on
technology improvements;
909. $350,000 for the Cranston Public Library in
Cranston, Rhode Island for building renovations;
910. $250,000 for Jamiel Park in Warren, Rhode Island for
facility improvements;
911. $200,000 for the Town of West Warwick, Rhode Island
for the development and construction of a river walk;
912. $200,000 for Meeting Street School in Providence,
Rhode Island for the construction of the Bright Futures Early
Learning Center;
913. $200,000 for Sexual Assault and Trauma Resource
Center in Providence, Rhode Island for building acquisition and
renovations;
914. $200,000 for the Pastime Theatre in Bristol, Rhode
Island for building improvements;
915. $200,000 for Family Service of Rhode Island in
Providence, Rhode Island for building purchase and renovations;
916. $200,000 for St. Mary's Home for Children in North
Providence, Rhode Island for building renovations;
917. $200,000 for Stand Up for Animals in Westerly, Rhode
Island for building construction;
918. $300,000 for the acquisition and renovation of the
Seniors Helping Others volunteer center in South Kingstown, RI;
919. $300,000 for the expansion and renovation of the
Pawtucket Day Child Development Center, Pawtucket, RI;
920. $300,000 for the renovation and expansion of the
John E. Fogarty Center to provide services and programs for
children and adults with disabilities, North Providence, RI;
921. $200,000 for the City of Woonsocket, RI for the
redevelopment of the Hamlet Avenue Mill site;
922. $200,000 to provide for equipment and construction
of the Arlington Branch of the Cranston Public Library,
Cranston, RI;
923. $1,000,000 Engenuity South Carolina in the City of
Columbia for the National Institute of Hydrogen
Commercialization;
924. $100,000 to Georgetown County, South Carolina for
construction of the Choppee Regional Resource Center;
925. $60,000 to Laurens County, South Carolina for the
Hunter Industrial Park improvements;
926. $250,000 to Lee County, South Carolina for
construction of a county recreation center;
927. $150,000 to Marion County, South Carolina for
constructing of an outdoor wellness facility;
928. $125,000 to the Bible Way Community Development
Corporation, Columbia, South Carolina for construction of a
multipurpose facility;
929. $100,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of the Pee Dee
in Florence, South Carolina for renovation and expansion of
Florence and Sumter facilities;
930. $400,000 to the City of Charleston, SC for completed
construction of the Spirit of South Carolina;
931. $500,000 to the City of Greenville, South Carolina
for the development of Clemson University International Center
for Automotive Research;
932. $300,000 to the City of Lancaster, South Carolina
for renovation of the ``Hope on the Hill'' adult education and
afterschool center;
933. $100,000 to the City of Spartanburg, South Carolina
for the expansion of dormitories and classrooms at the South
Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind;
934. $300,000 to the City of Walterboro, South Carolina
for construction of Great Swamp Sanctuary Discovery Center and
associated streetscape;
935. $200,000 to the National Council of Negro Women,
Inc. in Bishopville, South Carolina for construction of the Dr.
Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial Park;
936. $200,000 to the Paxville Community Development
Center in Paxville, South Carolina for the construction of a
multipurpose center;
937. $50,000 to the Progressive Club in John's Island,
South Carolina for renovation of a multi-purpose building;
938. $400,000 to the Town of Greenwood, South Carolina
for the renovation of Old Federal Courthouse;
939. $100,000 to the Town of St. Stephens, South Carolina
for renovation of the Berkeley Senior Center;
940. $75,000 to the Williamsburg County Boys and Girls
Club in Hemingway, South Carolina for expansion and upgrading
of facilities;
941. $280,000 for the South Carolina School for the Deaf
and Blind in Spartanburg, SC for dormitory renovation;
942. $220,000 for Crisis Ministries Homeless Shelter in
Charleston, SC for facilities renovation;
943. $100,000 to the Children's Home Society of South
Dakota in Sioux Falls, South Dakota for construction of
facilities;
944. $100,000 to the City of Aberdeen, South Dakota for
renovations to the Aberdeen Recreation and Cultural Center;
945. $150,000 to Wakpa Sica Reconciliation Place in Ft.
Pierre, South Dakota for construction of the Wakpa Sica
Reconciliation Place;
946. $250,000 for the City of Aberdeen, South Dakota to
construct a Recreation and Cultural Center;
947. $250,000 for the Children's Home Society in Sioux
Falls to expand its at-risk youth facility;
948. $400,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of Brookings, SD
for Facilities Expansion;
949. $200,000 to the Children's Home Society of Sioux
Falls, SD for At-Risk Youth Facilities Expansion;
950. $200,000 to the City of North Sioux City, SD for
Community Library Expansion;
951. $200,000 to the Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, SD for
the Theater and Lecture Hall Project;
952. $200,000 to the Wakpa Sica Historical Society of
Fort Pierre, SD for the Wakpa Sica Reconciliation Place;
953. $200,000 to the Rapid City Area Economic Development
Partnership of Rapid City, SD for the Technology Transfer and
Entrepreneur Center Project;
954. $200,000 to Miner County Revitalization of Howard,
SD for the Rural Learning Center Project;
955. $100,000 to Bradley County, Tennessee for
construction of a facility to house small business development;
956. $100,000 to Clay County, Tennessee for renovation of
the Clay County Senior Citizens Center;
957. $150,000 to Hamilton County, Tennessee for
technology improvements to the Hamilton County Center for
Entrepreneurial Growth;
958. $250,000 to Johnson City, Tennessee for construction
materials for expansion of the Appalachia Service Project;
959. $250,000 to Knox County, Tennessee for the
construction of a senior center;
960. $100,000 to Loudon County, Tennessee to complete
construction of a senior center;
961. $500,000 to Polk County, Tennessee for the
construction of community projects;
962. $100,000 to the City of Gallatin, Tennessee for
construction of facilities;
963. $50,000 to the City of Gray, Tennessee for
renovations to the storage warehouse of Second Harvest Food
Bank;
964. $100,000 to the City of Oak Ridge, Tennessee for the
nanoscience research initiative for Tech 2020;
965. $100,000 to the City of Savannah, Tennessee for the
expansion of the Tennessee River Museum;
966. $200,000 to the Cumberland County Playhouse in
Crossville, Tennessee for facility renovations;
967. $150,000 to the Second Harvest Food Bank in Middle,
Tennessee for facilities renovation and buildout;
968. $150,000 to the Second Harvest Food Bank in
Nashville, Tennessee for facilities renovation and equipment;
969. $150,000 to the Southwest Tennessee Community
College in Memphis, Tennessee for construction of a teaching
facility;
970. $750,000 for the City of Clinton, Tennessee to
renovate the Green McAdoo Cultural Center;
971. $400,000 for the Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle
Tennessee in Nashville, Tennessee for the expansion of its
distribution center;
972. $300,000 for the Chattanooga African American
Chamber of Commerce, Tennessee to construct the Martin Luther
King Business Solutions Center;
973. $600,000 for the Carroll County Watershed Authority
in Carroll County, Tennessee for land acquisition;
974. $200,000 for the Big South Fork Visitors Center in
Cumberland County, Tennessee to develop new visitors
facilities;
975. $500,000 for Technology 2020 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee
to support the East Tennessee Nanotechnology Initiative;
976. $250,000 for Smith County, Tennessee for
construction and infrastructure improvements to the Health,
Senior, and Education complex;
977. $320,000 to Cameron County, Texas for construction
of a Boys and Girls Club in Santa Rosa, Texas;
978. $150,000 to Harris County, Texas for the development
of an economic development plan;
979. $150,000 to Harris County, Texas for the
construction of a senior education center;
980. $150,000 to the Children's Museum of Houston, Texas
for construction of an annex to a Children's Museum;
981. $250,000 to the City of Abilene, Texas for
construction of a new hangar at Abilene Regional Airport;
982. $500,000 to the City of Arlington, Texas for
construction of an entrepreneur center;
983. $100,000 to the City of Austin, Texas for
construction of International Center of Austin;
984. $500,000 to the City of Cleburne, Texas for
construction of a new East Cleburne Community Center;
985. $150,000 to the City of Dallas, Texas for planning
and design of an Afro-Centric cultural district;
986. $650,000 to the City of Fort Worth, Texas for
construction of the Trinity River Vision;
987. $350,000 to the City of Fort Worth, Texas for the
Central City Revitalization Initiative;
988. $1,000,000 to the City of Houston, Texas for
construction of a facility for the Bay Area Business and
Technology Center at the University of Houston Clear Lake;
989. $200,000 to the City of Leonard, Texas for
streetscape improvements;
990. $250,000 to the City of Livingston, Texas for
facility improvements to the reservation of the Alabama-
Coushatta Tribe of Texas;
991. $100,000 to the City of Madisonville, Texas for
upgrades and improvements to its' community recreational
fields;
992. $250,000 to the City of Midland, Texas for the
renovation of downtown Midland;
993. $200,000 to the City of Nacogdoches, Texas for
renovations to The Fredonia Hotel and Convention Center;
994. $250,000 to the City of Odessa, Texas for the
renovation of Historical Globe Theatre;
995. $250,000 to the City of Rio Bravo, Texas for the
construction of a community center;
996. $150,000 to the City of Tilden, Texas for
construction of a community center;
997. $250,000 to the Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley,
Inc. in McAllen, Texas for purchase of a facility;
998. $250,000 to the Foundation for Brownsville Sports in
Brownsville, Texas for renovation of a site;
999. $150,000 to the San Antonio Food Bank in San
Antonio, Texas for construction of a distribution facility;
1000. $400,000 for the Dallas Women's Museum in Dallas,
Texas to conduct renovations;
1001. $200,000 for the Houston Hispanic Forum of Houston,
Texas to provide the historic preservation and renovation of
the Houston Light Guard Armory into the Hispanic Cultural and
Educational Center;
1002. $200,000 for Polk County, Texas to restore the Polk
County Annex;
1003. $200,000 to the Arlington Chamber of Commerce in
Arlington, Texas to establish the Arlington Entrepreneur
Center;
1004. $200,000 to the City of Fort Worth, Texas for the
Central City revitalization initiative;
1005. $200,000 to the World Congress on Information
Technology in Austin, Texas for convention center renovations;
1006. $200,000 to the City of Commerce, Texas for a new
city hall facility;
1007. $200,000 to the City of Hillsboro, Texas for the
district warehouse development project;
1008. $200,000 to the City of Dallas, Texas for the
Dallas Fair Park Commercial District;
1009. $300,000 to the City of Lufkin, Texas for the
convention center initiative;
1010. $200,000 for the Los Fresnos Texas Boys and Girls
Club, Los Fresnos, TX for planning, design and facility
construction;
1011. $200,000 to Sandy City, Utah for streetscape
improvements and revitalization efforts;
1012. $250,000 to the City of Riverton, Utah for the
construction of Nature Center;
1013. $250,000 to the City of Riverton, Utah for the
reconstruction of Old Dome Meeting Hall;
1014. $150,000 to the College of Eastern Utah in
Blanding, Utah for construction of a building on its campus;
1015. $600,000 for the City of Provo, Utah to build the
Provo Community Arts Center in the City of Provo;
1016. $200,000 for the City of Hyrum, Utah to build the
Hyrum Library and Museum Complex in the City of Hyrum;
1017. $1,000,000 for Sandy City, Utah, for the
revitalization of the city's original historic district;
1018. $1,200,000 for the City of Blanding's College of
Eastern Utah--San Juan Campus, for the construction of a
library community multipurpose building;
1019. $800,000 for Summit County, Utah, for improvements
to the Utah Olympic Park facilities;
1020. $100,000 to Bedford County, Virginia for
construction of the National D-Day Memorial;
1021. $50,000 to Chase City, Virginia for the
construction of an African-American historic landmark memorial;
1022. $100,000 to Fairfax County, Virginia for creation
of the Housing Counseling Information and Technology Center;
1023. $150,000 to Franklin County, Virginia for
restoration of the Jubal A. Early homeplace;
1024. $150,000 to Henrico County, Virginia for site
preparation and construction of a war memorial and visitor's
center;
1025. $400,000 to Northampton County, Virginia for
construction of a community center;
1026. $250,000 to Northampton County, Virginia for the
construction of a recreational facility;
1027. $100,000 to Prince William County, Virginia for
improvements to the Nokesville streetscape;
1028. $200,000 to the Alexandria Redevelopment Housing
Authority in Alexandria, Virginia for renovations of the Family
Resource Learning Center;
1029. $250,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of Alexandria
in Alexandria, Virginia for renovation and expansion of
facilities;
1030. $250,000 to the City of Berryville, Virginia for
the restoration of Barns of Rose Hill;
1031. $250,000 to the City of Chesapeake, Virginia for
improvements to the Poindexter streetscape;
1032. $50,000 to the City of Danville, Virginia for
development of the American Armoured Foundation Tank Museum;
1033. $100,000 to the City of Harrisonburg, Virginia for
renovations to the Harrisonburg Children's Museum;
1034. $300,000 to the City of Manassas, Virginia for
construction of a technology building at the Northern Virginia
Community College;
1035. $100,000 to the City of Martinsville, Virginia for
the expansion of the West Piedmont Business Development Center;
1036. $250,000 to the City of Newport News, Virginia for
the restoration of USS Monitor artifacts;
1037. $300,000 to the City of Richmond, Virginia for the
construction of the Virginia Performing Arts Foundation
Education Center;
1038. $200,000 to the City of Richmond, Virginia for
construction and renovations to the Virginia Holocaust Museum;
1039. $150,000 to the City of Richmond, Virginia for
construction and renovations to the Virginia Historical
Society;
1040. $150,000 to the City of Richmond, Virginia for
facility expansion of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts;
1041. $250,000 to the City of Roanoke, Virginia for
renovations to the Southwestern Virginia Food Bank;
1042. $100,000 to the City of South Boston, Virginia for
restoration of The Prizery for a community arts center;
1043. $150,000 to the City of Staunton, Virginia for
building renovations and improvements to downtown buildings;
1044. $200,000 to the City of Vienna, Virginia for the
Green Project;
1045. $150,000 to the Dabney S. Lancaster Community
College in Clifton Forge, Virginia for construction of the
Virginia Packaging Applications Center;
1046. $100,000 to the Falls Church Education Foundation
in Falls Church, Virginia for planning and expansion of Mt.
Daniel Elementary School;
1047. $75,000 to the Town of Boydton, Virginia for
revitalization projects in the central business district;
1048. $50,000 to the Town of Charlotte, Virginia for the
revitalization of the historic Charlotte Court House;
1049. $450,000 to Warren County, Virginia for renovations
to the county youth center;
1050. $250,000 for the Woodrow Wilson Presidential
Library in Staunton, Virginia to continue undertaking initial
design of the Library;
1051. $250,000 for the Radford University Business and
Technology Park in Radford, Virginia to begin site preparation
and schematic design of the Park;
1052. $200,000 for the George L. Carter Home Regional
Arts and Crafts Center in Hillville, Virginia to restore the
historic home to serve as a regional Appalachian arts and
crafts center;
1053. $200,000 for the Suffolk Museum of African-American
History in Suffolk, Virginia to renovate the former Phoenix
Bank of Nansemond for the Museum of African-American History;
1054. $500,000 for the Christopher Newport News
University Real Estate Foundation for the Warwick Boulevard
Commercial Corridor Redevelopment Project in Newport News,
Virginia;
1055. $200,000 for the Mariners' Museum for the USS
Monitor Center in Newport News, Virginia;
1056. $200,000 for the Total Action Against Poverty to
restore and revitalize the Dumas Center for Artistic and
Cultural Development in Roanoke, Virginia;
1057. $200,000 for the Appalachia Service Project for its
Home Repair Program in Jonesville, Virginia;
1058. $200,000 to the Northeast Vermont Area Agency on
Aging in Vermont for construction and rehabilitation of senior
centers;
1059. $750,000 for the Preservation Trust of Vermont,
Burlington, VT for the Village Revilitization Initiative;
1060. $750,000 for the Vermont Broadband Council,
Waterbury, VT for high speed broadband deployment;
1061. $450,000 for the Vermont Housing and Conservation
Board, Montpelier, VT for development of affordable housing in
Townsend, VT;
1062. $300,000 for Project Independence, Bennington, VT
for renovation of the Harwood Hill Farm Facility;
1063. $250,000 for the Vermont Housing and Conservation
Board to build low-income housing and reconstruct downtown
Enosburg, VT;
1064. $250,000 for the Vermont Housing and Conservation
Board to construct senior housing in South Burlington, VT;
1065. $250,000 for the Visiting Nurse Association of
Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties, VT to construct a low-
income parent and child center in Burlington, VT;
1066. $200,000 for the Vermont Housing and Conservation
Board to rehabilitate and construct affordable rental housing
in Bradford, VT;
1067. $150,000 to Kitsap County, Washington for land
acquisition for a community center and park/utility complex;
1068. $200,000 to Skagit County, Washington for land
acquisition to assist in the redevelopment of Hamilton,
Washington;
1069. $150,000 to Skamania County Wind River Public
Development Authority in Washington for rehabilitation and
upgrades to existing buildings;
1070. $350,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of King County
in Seattle, Washington for renovation of the Greenbridge
Community Center;
1071. $800,000 to the City of Bellevue, Washington for
the purchase of an additional Safe House for short-term
transitional shelter;
1072. $250,000 to the City of Kent, Washington for
renovations to the Springwood Community Center;
1073. $300,000 to the City of Roslyn, Washington for
rehabilitation of Roslyn City Hall;
1074. $200,000 to the City of Yakima, Washington for
restoring buildings and improving streetscapes;
1075. $200,000 to the Foss Waterway Development Authority
in Tacoma, Washington for redevelopment of its downtown urban
core;
1076. $550,000 to the Museum of Glass in Tacoma,
Washington for construction of facilities;
1077. $225,000 to the Northwest Maritime Center in Port
Townsend, Washington for construction of its facility;
1078. $300,000 for the City of Roslyn, WA, for the Old
City Hall and Library Renovation Project;
1079. $325,000 for the Wing Luke Asian Museum in Seattle,
WA for an expansion project;
1080. $500,000 for North Helpline in Seattle, WA for new
facility site acquisition;
1081. $500,000 for the Fremont Public Association in
Seattle, WA for the Housing for the Homeless project;
1082. $500,000 for the Asian Counseling and Referral
Service in Seattle, WA for facility construction;
1083. $325,000 for the Urban League in Seattle, WA for
construction of the Northwest African American Museum;
1084. $500,000 for the Seattle Art Museum in Seattle, WA
for construction of the Olympic Sculpture Park;
1085. $325,000 for the Seattle Aquarium Society in
Seattle, WA for the renovation and expansion of the Seattle
Aquarium;
1086. $500,000 Northeast Community Center Association in
Spokane, WA for a capital improvement project;
1087. $400,000 for Easter Seals Washington in Seattle, WA
for construction of a camp and respite lodging facility;
1088. $500,000 for the Boys and Girls Club of King
County, WA for renovations to the Greenbridge Community Center;
1089. $325,000 for the Spokane Symphony in Spokane, WA
for renovations to the Fox Theater;
1090. $500,000 for Kitsap Community Resources in
Bremerton, Washington, for the construction of the Bremerton
Community Services Center;
1091. $150,000 to Chippewa Valley Technical College in
Eau Claire, Wisconsin for construction of an addition to the
Gateway Manufacturing and Technology Center;
1092. $200,000 to Manitowoc County, Wisconsin for
reconstruction of the Manitowoc County Courthouse;
1093. $150,000 to Monroe Senior Center in Monroe,
Wisconsin for renovation of its facilities;
1094. $100,000 to the City of Cedarburg, Wisconsin for
demolition of a facility for future construction;
1095. $300,000 to the City of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin for
the completion of the New Launch System at Sturgeon Bay
Shipbuilding Cluster;
1096. $100,000 to the Juneau County Economic Development
Corporation in Wisconsin for renovation of a multipurpose
facility;
1097. $200,000 to the Milwaukee Public Schools for a
demolition project;
1098. $150,000 to the West End Development Corporation in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin for revitalization of the city's Near West
Side;
1099. $200,000 for the City of LaCrosse, WI to construct
the Center for Manufacturing Excellence;
1100. $300,000 for the City of Appleton, WI for
construction of affordable housing units at the Appleton Wire
Works factory site;
1101. $270,000 for the Redevelopment Authority of the
City of Racine, WI to redevelop brownfields space for the
Racine Industrial Park;
1102. $200,000 for the Redevelopment Authority of the
City of Milwaukee, WI to redevelop a vacant school and provide
for the Bronzeville Cultural Center;
1103. $200,000 for the City of Kenosha, WI for
construction related to the Columbus Neighborhood Affordable
Housing Project;
1104. $200,000 for West End Development Corporation in
Milwaukee, WI to rehabilitation a commercial building as part
of the North 27th Street Project;
1105. $230,000 for the City of Green Bay, WI, for the
Green Bay Waterfront construction and revitalization project;
1106. $200,000 for the City of Milwaukee, WI for
construction of the Menomonee Valley Partners Stormwater Park;
1107. $200,000 for City of Necedah, WI to construct a
facility for the Juneau County Business Incubator;
1108. $250,000 for the City of Milwaukee, WI for
rehabilitation associated with the 30th Street Industrial
Corridor-Esser Paint site;
1109. $25,000 Mineral County Historical Foundation for
facilities construction;
1110. $2,200,000 to Glenville State College in Glenville,
West Virginia for facilities construction;
1111. $550,000 to Greenbrier County, West Virginia for
construction of the Greenbrier Valley Welcome and Interpretive
Center;
1112. $100,000 to Preston County Commission in West
Virginia for construction and renovation;
1113. $300,000 to the City of Montgomery, West Virginia
for completion of a building for the West Virginia Technical
College newspaper publishing program;
1114. $450,000 to the City of South Charleston, West
Virginia for a feasibility study for the Mid-Atlantic
Technology, Research and Innovation Center;
1115. $25,000 to the Friends of Preston Academy for
facilities construction;
1116. $50,000 to Wetzel County Commission for
construction and renovation;
1117. $1,000,000 for construction, related activities,
and programs at the Scarborough Library at Shepherd University;
1118. $1,000,000 for the Wheeling Park Commission for the
development of training facilities at Oglebay Park;
1119. $2,000,000 for West Virginia University for the
development of a facility to house forensic science research
and academic programs;
1120. $1,000,000 for the Kanawha Institute for Social
Research and Action, for renovations to the Empowerment Center
in West Dunbar, which will house an array of self-sufficiency
programs for low- to moderate-income individuals;
1121. $150,000 to the City of Dubois, Wyoming for
improvements to the Dubois Community area;
1122. $350,000 to the City of Laramie, Wyoming for
construction of a National Creative Arts Center facility;
1123. $100,000 to the City of Laramie, Wyoming for
improvements to the Wyoming Technology Business Center;
1124. $900,000 for the Sustainable Agriculture Research &
Extension Center (SAREC) in Goshen County, Wyoming for
construction of a community center building;
1125. $1,100,000 for the Wyoming Substance Abuse
Treatment and Recovery Center (WYSTAR) in Sheridan, Wyoming to
expand its substance abuse treatment facility for women with
children;
1126. $1,000,000 for the Central Wyoming College
Foundation in Riverton, Wyoming to construct the Intertribal
Education & Community Center;
The conference agreement includes $50,000,000 for the
Neighborhood Initiatives program and directs HUD to implement
the program as follows:
1. $1,000,000 to the City and County of San Francisco for
rehabilitation of a facility for use as a homeless shelter;
2. $1,000,000 to the City of Desert Hot Springs,
California for construction of a civic center;
3. $500,000 to the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco,
California for construction of a museum;
4. $2,000,000 to the Nixon Foundation for capital
improvements to the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace;
5. $1,000,000 to the San Francisco Conservatory of Music
for relocation of its facility;
6. $400,000 to the University of San Francisco for
construction, renovation, and expansion of the Science Center;
7. $750,000 for Barracks Row Main Street, Inc. for the
redevelopment of the Eastern Market Metro Plaza;
8. $600,000 for the National Children's Museum for
facility construction;
9. $100,000 for the National Council for Negro Women for
facility construction;
10. $1,250,000 to the Bucks County Community College in
the County of Bucks, Pennsylvania, for facilities design and
construction;
11. $2,500,000 to ER One in Washington, DC for facilities
construction;
12. $700,000 to Southeastern University for facility
renovation;
13. $700,000 to The ARC in Washington, DC for
construction of a community center;
14. $1,325,000 to the DC Food Bank for facilities
construction;
15. $1,250,000 to the Center on Halsted in Chicago,
Illinois for the construction of a new community center;
16. $3,000,000 for the City of Paducah, Kentucky, to
develop the Paducah Waterfront Development Project;
17. $950,000 to Picknelly Adult & Family Education Center
in Holyoke, Massachusetts for an adult literacy center;
18. $800,000 to Pittsfield and Leeds Cooperative Housing
in Pittsfield, MA for homeless veterans;
19. $100,000 for the Technical Exploration Center (TEC)
of Husson College: Expand the Service Capacity of TEC;
20. $500,000 for the Detroit Science Center to create a
Space Science Discovery Lab;
21. $200,000 to Presbyterian Villages of Michigan for
construction and building upgrades to its facilities;
22. $5,000,000 for planning, development and acquisition
for the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, for the West Riverfront
Redevelopment project, Detroit, Michigan;
23. $200,000 for the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency in
St. Paul, Minnesota to provide supportive housing for homeless
youth;
24. $5,000,000 for the Grace Hill Neighborhood Health
Centers, Inc. shall be spent on primary prevention activities
with no less than $4,000,000 spent on remediation and abatement
activities of housing in St. Louis, Missouri.
25. $150,000 for the Covenant House I Elderly
Demonstration Program to preserve and expand affordable housing
opportunities for the elderly in St. Louis, Missouri;
26. $130,000 to the City of Kansas City for Swope
Community Builders for the Linwood Housing project, Kansas
City, Missouri;
27. $500,000 for Mississippi State University costs for
facility restoration and development;
28. $300,000 for the Stennis Institute of Government
capacity development initiative in Starkville, Mississippi, for
the enhancement of economic development capabilities;
29. $200,000 for the Housing Education and Economic
Development Center in Jackson, Mississippi, for the enhancement
of housing and economic development programs;
30. $200,000 for the Mississippi Community College
Foundation for the Montgomery Institute to provide
entrepreneurship assistance and coordination in NI;
31. $800,000 for Enochs Hall in Brookhaven, Mississippi
for the construction of additional teaching facilities and
operations of activities;
32. $275,000 to Newark Downtown Corridor Revitalization
in Newark, New Jersey for revitalization of the Newark Downtown
Corridor;
33. $275,000 to the Englewood Hospital in New Jersey for
construction of its facility;
34. $275,000 to the I-Port 440 International Trade and
Logistics Center for construction and renovation of its
facility;
35. $275,000 to the Meadowlands Hospital Emergency
Department in Secaucus, New Jersey for expansion and upgrades
of the Emergency Department;
36. $1,000,000 to the City of Syracuse, New York for
continuation of the Neighborhood Initiative Program;
37. $5,000,000 to the Housing Partnership Network for
capitalization of its affordable housing-related ventures;
38. $575,000 to the Metropolitan Development Association
in Syracuse, New York for the Essential New York Initiative;
39. $220,000 for Rural Enterprises Institute of Oklahoma
to continue the HUD Employer Assisted Housing Project;
40. $200,000 for Union County, Oregon to support economic
development and tourism activities for the Wallowa Union
Railroad;
41. $200,000 for Umatilla County, Oregon to support
economic development and infrastructure improvements;
42. $200,000 to the City of Scranton, Pennsylvania for
the North Main Avenue redevelopment project;
43. $200,000 for Oxford Mainstreet, Inc, Oxford, PA to
revitalize the downtown commercial district.
44. $200,000 to Camp Fire USA Lone Star Council in
Dallas, Texas for their Texas public housing initiative;
45. $200,000 for the City of Eagle Mountain, Utah for
community development and park facilities improvements in the
City of Eagle Mountain;
46. $1,500,000 for the Washington State Farmworker
Housing Trust in Seattle, WA for the Washington Farmerworker
and Housing Homeownership;
47. $500,000 for the Enterprise Foundation in Seattle, WA
for the Washington Greenbuilding Initiative;
48. $3,200,000 to the University of Wisconsin, Marathon
for construction of a building;
49. $1,600,000 to Vandalia Heritage Foundation, Inc. in
West Virginia for land acquisition, facilities construction and
renovation;
50. $1,000,000 for construction, related activities, and
programs at the Scarborough Library at Shepherd University.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement appropriates $3,000,000 for
costs associated with section 108 loan guarantees, including
administrative costs, to subsidize a total loan principal of up
to $137,500,000. The House had proposed no funding for this
program and the Senate had proposed $6,000,000 for a loan limit
of $275,000,000. The conference agreement transfers $750,000 to
the Salaries and Expenses account instead of $1,000,000 as
proposed by the Senate.
BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement includes $10,000,000 for
Brownfields Redevelopment. The House proposed no funds and the
Senate proposed $15,000,000. The agreement includes a
rescission of $10,000,000 from unobligated funds from prior
years appropriations and, to the extent funds are unavailable,
from FY 2006 funds.
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement appropriates a total of
$1,775,000,000 for this account, instead of $1,900,000,000 as
proposed by the House and by the Senate.
The conference agreement includes $1,750,000,000 for the
HOME Investment Partnerships program, instead of $1,850,000,000
as proposed by the House and the Senate. Within this account,
funds are allocated as follows:
--$42,000,000 is for housing counseling as proposed by
the Senate. The House had proposed $41,700,000.
--$1,000,000 is transferred to the Working Capital fund
as proposed by the House. The Senate had proposed $2,000,000.
The conference agreement directs that 15 percent of the
formula is reserved for housing developed, sponsored or owned
by Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDOs) as
proposed by the House. The Senate did not include a similar
provision. In addition, $10,000,000 is reserved for technical
assistance as proposed by the Senate. The House had proposed
$17,300,000 for technical assistance. Of amounts made available
for technical assistance, $8,000,000 is for qualified non-
profit intermediaries to provide technical assistance to CHDOs
as proposed by the House. The Senate did not include a similar
provision.
In addition to the $1,750,000,000 for the grant amount
above, the conference agreement includes $25,000,000 to provide
down-payment assistance to low-income families to help them
achieve homeownership, instead of $50,000,000 as proposed by
both the House and the Senate.
SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM
The conference agreement provides funding for Section 4
and other entities under a new account structure as proposed by
the House. The account combines those specific organizations
that engage in self-help or other forms of homeownership and
assisted housing formerly funded under the Community
Development Fund. The Senate proposed to retain these entities
as set-asides within the CDBG program. A total of $61,000,000
is provided under this structure, and the conferees direct that
funds be distributed as follows:
LISC/Enterprise Foundation.............................. $30,000,000
La Raza................................................. 4,000,000
Housing Assistance Council.............................. 3,000,000
National American Indian Housing Council................ 1,000,000
Self Help and Opportunity Program....................... 20,000,000
Special Olympics........................................ 1,000,000
National Housing Development Corporation................ 2,000,000
In addition, the conference agreement directs that, of
the $30,000,000 made available to LISC and Enterprise
Foundation, $3,500,000 shall be made available for Habitat for
Humanity for technical assistance and capacity building.
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement appropriates $1,340,000,000 for
Homeless Assistance Grants, as proposed by the House instead of
$1,415,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Funds are available
for two years except for $20,000,000, which is available until
expended. As proposed by both the House and Senate,
$238,000,000 is for renewal of Shelter Plus Care contracts. The
conference agreement transfers $1,000,000 to the Working
Capital Fund as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
Language is included designating up to $11,674,000 for
the National Homeless Data Analysis project and for technical
assistance as proposed by the House and the Senate. The
conferees reiterate the three specific directives in the Senate
report, which address homeless families and expect the
Department to fund these directives from funds made available
for the National Homeless Data Analysis project and technical
assistance.
Language is included as proposed by both the House and
Senate requiring that 30 percent of the funds be for permanent
shelter and requires a 25 percent match for service funds.
Housing Programs
HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement appropriates $742,000,000 for
the section 202 Housing for the Elderly program as proposed by
the Senate, instead of $741,000,000 as proposed by the House.
The conference agreement allocates funds as follows:
--$641,200,000 for new capital and PRAC contracts,
amendments to contracts and for the renewal of
contracts for up to one year terms and for supportive
services;
--$51,600,000 for service coordinators and the
continuation of congregate services grants. The House
had proposed $49,600,000 for service coordinators and
congregate services and the Senate had proposed
$53,600,000;
--Up to $24,800,000 for assisted living conversion
grants and emergency capital repairs as proposed by the
House. The Senate proposed $30,000,000 for assisted
living conversion grants, emergency capital repairs,
and substantial rehabilitation;
--$4,000,000 for a demonstration project to
determine the efficacy of implementing Section 203 of
Public Law 108-186;
--$20,000,000 for competitive grants for planning,
design and development activities for section 202
projects as proposed by the Senate. The House did not
propose funds for these activities. These funds are to
be allocated for project planning, preliminary design,
site control activities and other development costs,
including gap financing if appropriate,directly related
to section 202 projects in order to facilitate timely completion of
such projects. The conferees do not intend for these funds to be used
for technical assistance but instead expect such funds to be used for
start-up costs associated with such projects; and
--$400,000 for transfer to the Working Capital Fund
for information technology activities as proposed by
the House instead of $450,000 as proposed by the
Senate.
HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement provides a total program level
of $239,000,000 for the Section 811 program instead of
$238,100,000 as proposed by the House and $240,000,000 as
proposed by the Senate.
The conference agreement includes bill language proposed
by the House and Senate to ensure that housing assistance made
available under this account remains available to persons with
disabilities upon turnover.
The conference agreement allocates funds as follows:
--$155,700,000 for new capital grants and PRAC;
--$78,300,000 for amendment and one-year renewal
costs of Section 811 rental assistance as proposed by
the House. The Senate had proposed funding renewals
under the Tenant-based Rental Assistance Account; and
--Caps funds for incremental vouchers at $5,000,000
as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
The conferees reiterate language included in the House
report directing HUD to issue program guidance for the Section
811 mainstream program including guidance on (1) targeting
rental assistance eligibility criteria; (2) maintaining
vouchers exclusively for eligible persons; and (3) retaining a
meaningful role for non-profit disability organizations. The
conference agreement further reiterates Senate report language
to ensure that all tenant-based assistance made available under
this account is to remain available to persons with
disabilities upon turnover.
The conference agreement includes language proposed by
both the House and Senate that allows the use of funds by the
Real Estate Assessment Center ( REAC) for inspection related
activities.
OTHER ASSISTED HOUSING PROGRAMS
RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE
The conference agreement provides $26,400,000 for Section
236 payments to State-aided, non-insured projects as proposed
by both the House and the Senate. In addition, the conference
agreement includes language, allowing HUD to amend contracts
for a period of less than needed to fund the contracts to term.
The House and Senate did not propose this language.
FLEXIBLE SUBSIDY FUND
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement includes language permanently
transferring excess rental charges to the Flexible Subsidy Fund
as proposed by the Senate. The House included similar language.
MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST FUND
The conference agreement appropriates up to $13,000,000
for authorized activities from fees collected in the Fund as
proposed by the Senate. The House proposed $12,896,000.
Federal Housing Administration
MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement establishes an $185,000,000,000
limitation on commitments to guarantee single-family loans
during fiscal year 2006, as proposed by the House and the
Senate.
The conference agreement establishes a $50,000,000
limitation on direct loans to nonprofits and governmental
entities in connection with the sale of HUD-owned single-family
properties, as proposed by the House and the Senate.
As proposed by both the House and the Senate the
conference agreement appropriates:
--$355,000,000 for administrative expenses, of
which $351,000,000 is for transfer to the Salaries and
Expenses account and not to exceed $4,000,000 is for
transfer to the Office of Inspector General; and
--$62,600,000 for administrative contract expenses,
of which $18,281,000 is for information technology
systems. Language is also included allowing up to an
additional $30,000,000 to be made available for such
expenses in certain circumstances.
GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement, as proposed by both the House
and the Senate:
--Establishes a $35,000,000,000 limitation on
multifamily and specialized loan guarantees during
fiscal year 2006;
--Appropriates $8,800,000 for subsidy costs to
support certain multifamily and special purpose loan
guarantee programs as proposed by both the House and
Senate;
--Appropriates $231,400,000 for administrative
expenses, of which $211,400,000 is transferred to the
Salaries and Expenses Account and $20,000,000 is for
transfer to the Office of Inspector General; and
--Appropriates $71,900,000 for administrative
contract expenses, of which $10,800,000 is for transfer
to the Working Capital Fund for information technology
systems.
Language is also included allowing up to an additional
$4,000,000 to be made available for such expenses in certain
circumstances as proposed by both the House and Senate.
Government National Mortgage Association
GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement includes up to $200,000,000,000
for new commitments to issue guarantees and appropriates
$10,700,000 for administrative expenses to be transferred to
the Salaries and Expenses account as proposed by the House
instead of $11,360,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Policy Development and Research
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
The conference agreement provides for a new structure for
this program, which includes both general contract funds for
research and funds for Section 107 academic grants formerly
funded under the Community Development Fund, and which have
been historically administered by PD&R.
The conference agreement also includes language that
directs that the implementation of $5,000,000 for the
Partnership for the Advancing of Technology in Housing (PATH)
be shifted to the Office of Housing. Both the House and the
Senate proposed funding for PATH under the PD&R account.
In total the conference agreement appropriates
$56,350,000 for research and technology instead of $60,000,000
as proposed by the House and $46,000,000 as proposed by the
Senate.
Of the amount provided the conference agreement directs
that:
--$750,000 be provided to the National Academy of
Sciences/National Research Council for a thorough
evaluation of HUD's current research plan and provide
HUD and the Congress with a set of options and
recommendations for Congress to consider about the
future course of research needed to address future
technology, engineering and social or economic issues;
and
--$20,600,000 is provided for Section 107 grants to
academic institutions, and is to be distributed as
follows:
Section 107............................................. $20,600,000
Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions.. (3,000,000)
Tribal Colleges and Universities........................ (2,600,000)
HBCUs................................................... (9,000,000)
Hispanic Serving Institutions........................... (6,000,000)
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES
The conference agreement appropriates $46,000,000 for
this program as proposed by the Senate instead of $46,500,000
as proposed by the House. Of this amount, $26,000,000 is for
the Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP) and $20,000,000 is
for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP), as proposed by
the Senate. The House proposed $26,500,000 for FHAP and
$20,000,000 for FHIP.
Office of Lead Hazard Control
LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION
The conference agreement appropriates $152,000,000 for
the Lead Hazard Reduction program instead of $166,656,000 as
proposed by the House and $167,000,000 as proposed by the
Senate.
The conference agreement allocates funds as follows:
--$76,900,000 for the lead-based paint hazard
control grant program to provide assistance to State
and local governments and Native American tribes for
lead-based paint abatement in private low-income
housing;
--$8,800,000 for Operation LEAP;
--$8,800,000 for technical assistance and support
to State and local agencies and private property
owners;
--$9,500,000 for the Healthy Homes Initiative for
competitive grants for research, standards development,
and education and outreach activities to address lead-
based paint poisoning and other housing-related
diseases and hazards; and
--$48,000,000 for an initiative to target lead
abatement funds to areas with the highest lead paint
abatement needs.
Management and Administration
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement provides $1,153,285,000 for the
management and administration of HUD as proposed by the House.
The Senate proposed $1,145,195,000 for these activities.
Of the amount provided the conference agreement includes
$579,000,000 from direct appropriations, of which up to
$15,000,000 can be transferred to the working capital fund and
$574,285,000 is to be derived from transfers from other
accounts.
Operating Plans/Reprogramming Requirements.--All
Departments and agencies funded within the Subcommittee's
jurisdiction are required to submit operating plans,
reprogramming letters and reorganization proposals for
committee approval. Unless otherwise specified in this Act or
the accompanying statement of the managers, the approved level
for any program, project, or activity is that amount detailed
for that program, project, or activity in the Department's
annual detailed budget justification document unless changed
through an approved operating plan.
Limitations on Conferences and associated expenditures.--
The conference agreement directs HUD to conduct an analysis of
funds used by each office for conferences in fiscal year 2005.
The analysis is to include conferences that are not
specifically associated with the issuance of formal guidance,
the implementation of new regulations or implementation of HUD
directives to grantees pursuant to Congressional directives as
well as conferences that are funded as part of technical
assistance of any kind and HUD staff conferences for purposes
of internal guidance or staff-related training. The types of
costs to be included are travel, including the travel costs of
employees and any other individuals paid for by HUD, the dollar
value of FTE utilization to develop and support the conference,
and contractual or grant costs associated with the development
or conduct of the conferences.
WORKING CAPITAL FUND
The conference agreement appropriates $197,000,000 for
the Working Capital Fund (WCF) instead of $265,000,000 as
proposed by the Senate and $62,000,000 as proposed by the
House. The conferees direct that HUD reduce staffing in the WCF
by 33 FTEs as the first part of a three-year phase out of 100
FTEs due to the signing of the new long-term HITS contract, as
proposed by the House. Within funds provided, the Department is
directed to modernize its e-mail system and make it compatible
with thesystems used by the House and Senate Appropriations
Committees to facilitate the electronic transfer of information and
data.
The conferees reiterate House report language that
precludes the transfer of funds from the WCF for the ``e-gov''
initiative prior to submission of an operating plan; requires a
report on the status of the four IT projects and directs HUD to
submit an updated 5 year IT plan.
In addition, the conference agreement includes language
proposed by both the House and Senate that allows transfers
from the following accounts to be used for the purposes of the
fund and for which the funds were appropriated. Transfers
include:
FHA, Mutual mortgage insurance fund..................... $18,281,000
FHA, General and special risk insurance fund............ 10,800,000
Community development fund.............................. 1,600,000
HOME investment partnerships program.................... 1,000,000
Homeless assistance..................................... 1,000,000
Public housing capital fund............................. 11,000,000
Tenant-based rental assistance.......................... 5,900,000
Project-based rental assistance......................... 1,400,000
Housing for the elderly................................. 400,000
Housing for the disabled................................ 400,000
Management and Administration........................... 15,000,000
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement appropriates $106,000,000 for
the Office of Inspector General as proposed by the Senate
instead of $103,000,000 as proposed by the House. Of this
amount, $24,000,000 is provided by transfer from the various
funds of the Federal Housing Administration as proposed by the
House and the Senate.
The conferees reiterate the House language that prohibits
the IG from requiring HUD to rescind funds from existing
Section 236 contracts and requires that any proposal to require
HUD to reduce obligations on existing long term contracts as
part of an audit must be approved in the IG's operating plan.
The Senate did not include a similar provision.
As proposed in the House, the conference agreement
includes language within Administrative Provisions that
precludes HUD's IG from conducting an audit of GNMA under any
circumstances other than those in effect for fiscal year 2005.
The Senate did not include a similar provision.
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement appropriates $60,000,000 for the
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) to be
derived from collections available in the Federal Housing
Enterprise Oversight Fund as proposed by the House and the
Senate.
The conference agreement includes an administrative
amendment proposed by the House that continues prior year
requirements on the use of funds. The Senate did not include a
similar provision. A set aside for special investigations, as
proposed by the House was not included.
Administrative Provisions
Section 301 splits overpayments 50/50 between Treasury
and State HFAs, as proposed by the House and Senate.
Section 302 precludes the use of funds to prosecute or
investigate legal activities under the Fair Housing Act, as
proposed by the House and Senate.
Section 303 continues language to correct anomalies for
HOPWA and specifies jurisdictions in New York and New Jersey
and uses three year average as proposed by the House and
Senate.
Section 304 authorizes the Secretary to waive certain
requirements on adjusted income for certain assisted living
projects for counties in Michigan, and expands the
demonstration to be statewide. The Senate proposed four
counties.
Section 305 requires that funds be subject to competition
unless specified otherwise in statute as proposed by the House
and Senate.
Section 306 allows HUD to use funds for services or
facilities of GNMA, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and certain banks
as proposed by the House and Senate.
Section 307 requires HUD to comport with the budget
estimates except as otherwise provided in this Act or through
an approved reprogramming, as proposed by the House and Senate.
Section 308 provides authorization for HUD corporations
to utilize funds under certain conditions and restrictions, as
proposed by the House and Senate.
Section 309 requires that technical assistance and
training funds be subject to an approved operating plan as
proposed by the House and Senate due by March 15, 2006.
Section 310 requires a report on unexpended balances each
quarter as proposed by the House and Senate.
Section 311 provides funding for continued project-based
assistance for HUD-held or -owned projects subject to cost
considerations and the physical condition of the properties.
The House limited this program to units occupied by the elderly
and disabled. HUD is directed to report quarterly to the
Committees on Appropriations on the disposition of all HUD-held
or -owned properties.
Section 312 specifies the distribution of AIDs funds to
New Jersey and North Carolina, as proposed by the House and
Senate.
Section 313 allows Section 202 and 811 funds to be used
for disposition of properties. The Senate did not have a
similar provision.
Section 314 requires a report annually on number of
leased units and average costs. The Senate did not have a
similar provision.
Section 315 requires that budget justifications shall be
submitted in traditional format as proposed by the House and
Senate.
Section 316 requires that non-elderly disabled assistance
shall continue for non-elderly disabled persons upon turnover
to the extent practicable as proposed by the House and Senate.
Section 317 exempts the residency requirement for PHA
Boards in Alaska, Iowa and Mississippi as proposed by the House
and Senate.
Section 318 authorizes HUD to transfer debt and use
agreements from an obsolete project to a viable project,
provided that no additional costs are incurred, and other
conditions are met. The House did not have a similar provision.
Section 319 distributes fiscal year 2006 Indian block
grant funds to the same Native Alaskan recipients as fiscal
year 2005 as proposed by the House and Senate.
Section 320 extends the MTW agreements (about to expire
at the end of 2006) for up to three years. The House did not
have a similar provision.
Section 321 prohibits the IG from changing the basis on
which the audit of GNMA is conducted. The Senate did not have a
similar provision.
Section 322 requires that the renewal of Family
Unification vouchers upon turnover shall, to the extent
practicable, go to family unification. The House did not have a
similar provision.
Section 323 clarifies section 223(f) of NHA to include
purchase as well as refinancing of debt. The Senate did not
have a similar provision.
Section 324 makes a technical fix to allow HUD to pursue
sanctions against owners of FHA multi-family housing who skim
equity. Language is included that makes violations applicable
retroactively. The House did not have a similar provision.
Section 325 requires that Section 236 vouchers be
submitted electronically, to avoid payment errors by HUD. The
Senate did not have a similar provision.
Section 326 includes an amendment that clarifies that
unused or underutilized commercial properties selected by HUD
for Section 202b assistance after December 26, 2000 are
eligible to use the limited partnership ownership structure
made possible by the new definition of non-profit
organizations. The Senate did not have a similar provision.
Section 327 requires that athletic scholarships for
housing shall be considered part of adjusted income for
purposes of eligibility for Section 8. The House did not have a
similar provision.
Section 328 requires priority consideration for Moving to
Work Demonstration applications from Santa Clara/San Jose and
San Bernardino.
The conference agreement does not include a Senate
provision that limits HUD conference expenses to $3,000,000 in
fiscal year 2006. Instead the conferees direct HUD to conduct a
study of funding for conferences including associated travel,
staff time and related expenses elsewhere in this title. The
House did not have a similar provision.
TITLE IV--THE JUDICIARY
Supreme Court of the United States
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes $60,730,000 for the
salaries and expenses of the Supreme Court, as proposed by the
House and the Senate.
CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS
The conference agreement includes $5,624,000 for care of
the Supreme Court building and grounds, as proposed by both the
House and the Senate.
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes $24,000,000 for the
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, instead
of $24,613,000 as proposed by the House and $23,489,000 as
proposed by the Senate. The conferees have provided sufficient
funding to hire court security officers originally provided in
fiscal year 2003, but deny funding for all program increases
outlined in the court's fiscal year 2006 budget justification.
United States Court of International Trade
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes $15,480,000 for the
U.S. Court of International Trade, as proposed by both the
House and the Senate.
Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement provides $4,348,780,000 for
salaries and expenses of the Courts of Appeals, District
Courts, and Other Judicial Services, as proposed by the House,
instead of $4,374,959,000 as proposed by the Senate. The
conferees are aware of substantial carry-over funding from
fiscal year 2005 that is available to the Judiciary and expect
that these funds will be used to supplement fiscal year 2006
appropriations. Within the amount provided, the conferees
encourage the Judiciary to make available $1,300,000 for the
Edwin L. Nelson Local Initiatives Program, with $1,000,000
reserved for local court grants. In addition, the conferees
provide $672,000 for Electronic Probation Pretrial Services
under the Judiciary Information Technology Fund (JITF). No
funding is provided for other new JITF programs, nor is funding
provided for additional court automation support personnel, as
proposed by the Senate.
The conferees direct the Administrative Office of the
U.S. Courts (AO) to report on all new trends in caseload
changes, including those resulting from the recent Booker/
Fanfan decision, increased law enforcement activities along the
borders, and the recently enacted bankruptcy reform
legislation.
As the formula for the distribution of fiscal year 2006
funds is developed, the conferees encourage the Administrative
Office to take into account district courts with extremely
heavy caseloads along the international border.
VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION TRUST FUND
The conference agreement includes $3,833,000 from the
Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund as proposed by both the
House and the Senate.
DEFENDER SERVICES
The conference agreement includes $717,000,000 for
defender services instead of $721,919,000 as proposed by the
House and $710,785,000, as proposed by the Senate. The
conference agreement deletes language denying cost-of-living
adjustments to panel attorneys, as proposed by the Senate. The
conferees will revisit the need for panel attorney cost-of-
living adjustments in fiscal year 2007.
FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS
The conference agreement includes $61,318,000 for fees of
jurors and commissioners, as proposed by the Senate, instead of
$60,053,000 as proposed by the House.
COURT SECURITY
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement includes $372,000,000 for court
security, instead of $379,461,000 as proposed by the House and
$372,426,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference
agreement includes language limiting payments to the Federal
Protective Service (FPS) to not more than $65,500,000. The
conferees remain concerned that FPS has yet to produce a full
accounting of charges to the Judiciary. Furthermore, the
conferees are concerned that security decisions made in the
field without consultation with the AO have placed in jeopardy
other important court activities.
The conferees are aware that the AO and the U.S. Marshals
Service cannot reach agreement over which entity will
administer the annual maintenance of security systems for which
$11,935,000 was provided inPublic Law 109-13, the fiscal year
2005 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global
War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief. The conferees direct the AO to work
with the U.S. Marshals Service to come to a resolution of this impasse
prior to submission of the fiscal year 2007 President's budget request.
Administrative Office of the United States Courts
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes $70,262,000 for the
Administrative Office of the United States Courts as proposed
by the House, instead of $72,198,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Federal Judicial Center
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes $22,350,000 for
salaries and expenses of the Federal Judicial Center as
proposed by the Senate, instead of $22,249,000 as proposed by
the House.
Judicial Retirement Funds
PAYMENT TO JUDICIARY TRUST FUNDS
The conference agreement includes $40,600,000 for payment
to various judicial retirement funds, as proposed by the House
and Senate.
United States Sentencing Commission
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes $14,400,000 for the
United States Sentencing Commission, instead of $14,046,000 as
proposed by the House and $14,700,000 as proposed by the
Senate.
Administrative Provisions--The Judiciary
Section 401 retains a provision included by both the
House and the Senate that allows appropriations to be used for
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
Section 402 retains a provision included by both the
House and the Senate related to the transfer of funds.
Section 403 retains a provision included by both the
House and the Senate that allows up to $11,000 to be used for
official representation expenses of the Judicial Conference of
the United States.
Section 404 retains a provision included by the Senate
that requires a financial plan. The conferees intend that the
financial plan should serve as the equivalent of operating
plans required of other entities receiving funding under this
Act. The House did not include a similar provision.
Section 405 retains a provision proposed by the Senate
that provides a cost-of-living adjustment to justices and
judges. The House did not include a similar provision.
Section 406 retains a provision proposed by the Senate
that extends a temporary judgeship in Missouri. The House did
not include a similar provision.
Section 407 retains a provision included by the Senate
that provides certain procurement authorities to the Judicial
branch that are currently available to the Legislative and
Executive branches. The House did not include a similar
provision. The conferees direct the AO to provide a report to
the Committees on Appropriations detailing a two-year history
of the use of these authorities on or before May 1, 2008.
Section 408 modifies a provision included by the Senate
concerning the investigation of Henry Cisneros. The House did
not include a similar provision.
The conference agreement deletes a provision proposed by
the Senate that requires a GAO report on the impacts of
increased border/homeland security funding in the Judiciary.
TITLE V--EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO
THE PRESIDENT
Compensation of the President
The conference agreement provides $450,000 for
compensation of the President as proposed by both the House and
Senate.
White House Office
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement provides $53,830,000 as proposed
by the House instead of $58,081,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The bill specifies that, of the total funding provided,
$1,500,000 is for the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight
Board, as proposed by the House and the Senate.
Executive Residence at the White House
OPERATING EXPENSES
The conference agreement provides $12,436,000 as proposed
by both the House and the Senate.
White House Repair and Restoration
The conference agreement provides $1,700,000 as proposed
by both the House and the Senate.
Council of Economic Advisers
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement provides $4,040,000 as proposed
by both the House and the Senate.
Office of Policy Development
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement provides $3,500,000 as proposed
by the House. The Senate proposed to consolidate OPD in the
White House Salaries and Expenses.
National Security Council
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement provides $8,705,000 as proposed
by both the House and the Senate.
Office of Administration
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement provides $89,322,000 as proposed
by the House instead of $98,609,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The conference agreement includes $11,768,000 for the capital
investment plan. The conferees allocate funds by activity as
proposed in budget request.
Office of Management and Budget
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement provides $76,930,000 for the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) instead of $67,930,000
proposed by the House and $68,411,000 as proposed by the
Senate. The conferees did not agree to consolidate rent and
health costs into the Enterprise Services activity. The
conferees also allocate funds by object class, and limit
reception and representation expenses to $3,000 as proposed by
the House instead of $2,000 proposed by the Senate.
The conference agreement reiterates language included in
the general provisions precluding the use of funds for the ``e-
Gov'' initiative and for conducting PART studies prior to
consultation with the Committees on Appropriations.
The conference agreement continues prior year
restrictions and requirements for congressional notification
for agricultural marketing orders and on the review of water
projects and other water resource matters, as proposed by the
Senate. The House did not include restrictions and requirements
relating to water resource projects.
Office of National Drug Control Policy
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conferees agree to provide $26,908,000 for salaries
and expenses, as proposed by the House instead of $24,224,000
proposed by the Senate. The conferees do not agree to transfer
the rent and health costs to the Enterprise Services activity.
Within this total, the conference agreement retains specific
funding and staffing levels for ONDCP administrative offices as
proposed in the House and Senate reports.
The conferees are concerned with ONDCP's lack of
attention and activity on Methamphetamine despite the
increasing reports on the devastating impact Methamphetamine
has on the Nation's communities. The conferees direct ONDCP to
increase its focus, resources and activities targeted at
combating Methamphetamine abuse.
Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conferees agree to provide $30,000,000 for the
Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center (CTAC), as proposed by
the House and the Senate. Of this amount, the conferees agree
to provide $16,000,000 for the operation of the technology
transfer program, instead of $18,000,000 as proposed by the
Senate and $12,000,000 as proposed by the House. Also included
in this amount is $14,000,000 for counter-narcotics research
and development. Of this amount, up to $1,000,000 shall be
provided for supply reduction and directed to marijuana
eradication. The House proposed $18,000,000 for research and
the Senate proposed $12,000,000. Fiscal year 2006 CTAC/HIDTA
appropriated funds must be transferred within 90 days of
enactment of this Act.
The conferees direct that a spending plan be included in
the ONDCP operating plan for fiscal year 2006. In addition, the
conferees direct that a thorough review of the entire CTAC
program be implemented to determine the future course of
funding for the CTAC program. A report with options for the
Committees to consider shall be included in the
Administration's fiscal year 2007 budget justification for
ONDCP.
Further, the conferees direct the completion of existing
imaging system instrumentation validation effects at qualified
academic institutions and direct that ONDCP assess the
reinstatement of the demand instrumentation infrastructure
development program in the fiscal year 2007 budget.
Federal Drug Control Programs
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conferees agree to provide $227,000,000 for the HIDTA
program, as proposed by the Senate. The House proposed
$236,000,000. The conference agreement precludes the use of
funds for the Consolidated Priority Organization Target (CPOT)
list as proposed by the Senate. Of the funds provided, no less
than $2,000,000 shall be for new counties; $2,000,000 is
provided for audit activities, of which at least $500,000 is to
develop performance measures. Language is included that HIDTAs
designated as of September 30, 2005 shall be funded at no less
than the fiscal year 2005 initial allocations, as proposed by
the House. The Senate report contained a similar provision.
The conferees encourage the use of performance measures
that were developed by the HIDTA Directors Committee, as
proposed by the House.
Other Federal Drug Control Programs
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conferees agree to provide $194,900,000 for Other
Federal Drug Control Programs, instead of $238,292,000 as
proposed by the House and $191,400,000 as proposed by the
Senate. Within the amount provided, the agreement provides the
following allocations:
National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign................. $100,000,000
Drug Free Communities Support Program................... $80,000,000
National Community Anti-Drug Coalitions Institute....... (2,000,000)
National Drug Court Institute........................... 1,000,000
National Alliance for Model State Drug Laws............. 1,000,000
U.S. Anti-Doping Agency................................. 8,500,000
World Anti-Doping Agency Membership Dues................ 2,900,000
Research & Performance Measures......................... 1,500,000
The conferees have reviewed ONDCP's pending performance
measures for research and note that much of it reflects ongoing
interest in defining the nature and extent of drug use and its
damaging consequences in the United States. The conferees
direct ONDCP to expand its research to include a study of the
social costs of Methamphetamine use and production in the
United States.
The conferees direct ONDCP to maintain funding for non-
advertising services for the Media Campaign at no less than the
fiscal year 2003 ratio of service funding to total funds and to
re-institute the corporate outreach program as it operated
prior to its cancellation as proposed by the House. The Senate
had no similar provision.
The conferees direct that USADA submit a report including
a spending plan and performance measures for fiscal year 2006,
specifying the use of funds that were provided above the
request.
Unanticipated Needs
The conference agreement provides $1,000,000 as proposed
by both the House and the Senate.
Special Assistance to the President
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement provides $4,455,000 as proposed
by both the House and the Senate.
Official Residence of the Vice President
OPERATING EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement provides $325,000 as proposed by
both the House and the Senate, and adopts the header as
proposed by the Senate.
TITLE VI--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes $5,941,000 as proposed
by the House and Senate.
Consumer Product Safety Commission
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes $63,000,000 as proposed
by the Senate.
Election Assistance Commission
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement provides $14,200,000 for
salaries and expenses of the Election Assistance Commission
instead of $15,877,000 as proposed by the House and $13,888,000
as proposed by the Senate. The conferees direct that funds
provided above the fiscal year 2005 level are to be used only
to conduct audits of state expenditures of Help America Vote
Act grant funds, for which one additional position is
authorized.
The conference agreement transfers $2,800,000 to the
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as
proposed by the House, instead of $4,000,000 as proposed by the
Senate. In addition, the conferees encourage the Commission to
provide $250,000 for the Help America Vote College Program.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
The conference agreement includes $31,000,000 for the
Office of Inspector General, as proposed by the Senate instead
of $29,965,000 as proposed by the House. Funds for this account
are derived from the Bank Insurance Fund, the Savings and Loan
Insurance Fund, and the FSLIC Resolution Fund and are therefore
not reflected in either the budget authority or budget outlay
totals.
Federal Election Commission
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes $54,700,000 for
salaries and expenses of the Commission as proposed by the
House instead of $54,600,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Federal Labor Relations Authority
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes $25,468,000 for the
Federal Labor Relations Authority as proposed by the House and
Senate.
Federal Maritime Commission
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes $20,499,000 as proposed
by the House and Senate.
General Services Administration
Real Property Activities
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND
Limitation on Availability of Revenue
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement provides resources from the
Federal Buildings Fund in the aggregate amount of
$7,752,745,000 instead of $6,867,097,000 as proposed by the
House and $7,889,745,000 as proposed by the Senate.
CONSTRUCTION AND ACQUISITION
The conference agreement limits funds for construction to
$792,056,000 instead of $630,817,000 as proposed by the House
and $829,056,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference
agreement modifies the projects proposed by the House and
Senate bills and provides funds for the following projects:
Project Amount
San Diego, U.S. Courthouse.............................. $230,803,000
Lakewood, Denver Federal Center Infrastructure.......... 4,658,000
Coast Guard Consolidation............................... 24,900,000
St. Elizabeths West Campus Infrastructure............... 13,095,000
Southeast Federal Center Site Remediation............... 15,000,000
Calais, Border Station.................................. 50,146,000
Jackman, Border Station................................. 12,788,000
Montgomery County FDA Consolidation..................... 127,600,000
Champlain, Border Station............................... 52,510,000
Massena, Border Station................................. 49,783,000
Austin, U.S. Courthouse................................. 3,000,000
Blaine, Peace Arch Border Station....................... 46,534,000
Tuscaloosa Federal Building............................. 34,500,000
Rockford Federal Courthouse............................. 34,500,000
Jackson, U.S. Courthouse................................ 8,750,000
Jefferson City U.S. Courthouse.......................... 5,200,000
Material price increases for U.S. Mission to the United
Nations, New York; Houston, Texas FBI Office; Del
Rio, Texas Border Station; Cape Girardeau, Missouri
U.S. Courthouse; El Paso, Texas U.S. Courthouse; El
Paso, Texas Border Station; Las Cruces, New Mexico
U.S. Courthouse..................................... 66,789,000
Nonprospectus construction.............................. 9,500,000
REPAIRS AND ALTERATIONS
The conference agreement limits resources for repairs and
alterations to $861,376,000 instead of $392,967,000 as proposed
by the House, and $961,376,000 as proposed by the Senate. The
bill specifies certain projects and various programs as
follows:
Project Amount
Tucson, James A. Walsh Courthouse....................... $16,136,000
Eisenhower Executive Office Building.................... 33,417,000
Federal Office Building 8............................... 47,769,000
Heating, Operation, and Transmission repair............. 18,783,000
Herbert C. Hoover Building.............................. 54,491,000
Main Interior Building.................................. 41,399,000
Atlanta, Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Building....... 30,129,000
Brooklyn, Emanuel Celler Courthouse..................... 96,924,000
James Watson Federal Building and Courthouse, New York
City................................................ 9,721,000
Transfers to Navy for permanent relocation expenses
pursuant to section 1(e) of PL 108-268.............. 2,000,000
Special Emphasis Programs:
Chlorofluorocarbons program......................... 10,000,000
Energy Program...................................... 28,000,000
Glass Fragmentation Program......................... 15,700,000
Design Program.......................................... 21,915,000
Basic Repairs and Alterations........................... 434,992,000
INSTALLMENT ACQUISITION PAYMENTS
The conference agreement provides a limitation of
$168,180,000 for installment acquisition payments as proposed
by both the House and Senate.
RENTAL OF SPACE
The conference agreement limits $4,046,031,000 for rental
of space as proposed by the Senate instead of $4,033,531,000 as
proposed by the House.
BUILDING OPERATIONS
The conference agreement limits $1,885,102,000 for
building operations as proposed by the Senate, instead of
$1,641,602,000 as proposed by the House.
GENERAL ACTIVITIES
GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY
The conference agreement appropriates $52,796,000 for
government-wide policy activities as proposed by both the House
and Senate. The conference agreement retains Senate language
that directs GSA to reflect any proposed reorganization in the
operating plan. Further, the conferees recognize the funding
level is consistent with the request. The Committees on
Appropriations will entertain reprogramming requests if the
proposed reorganization is not accepted and adjustments are
required between the government-wide policy and operating
expenses appropriation.
OPERATING EXPENSES
The conference agreement appropriates $99,890,000 for
operating expenses as proposed by the Senate, instead of
$82,179,000 as proposed by the House. The conferees urge GSA to
support the mission of the Public Employees Roundtable and
provide $150,000 in administrative and logistical assistance to
Public Service Recognition Week activities.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
The conference agreement appropriates $43,410,000 for the
office of inspector general as proposed by both the House and
Senate.
ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement appropriates $3,000,000 for e-
gov as proposed by the House, instead of $5,000,000 as proposed
by the Senate.
ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER PRESIDENTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement appropriates $2,952,000 for
former presidents as proposed by both the House and Senate.
FEDERAL CITIZEN INFORMATION CENTER FUND
The conference agreement provides $15,000,000 to be
deposited into the Federal Citizen Information Center Fund as
proposed by the Senate, instead of $15,030,000 as proposed by
the House.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Section 601 retains the provision as proposed by the
House and Senate that authorizes GSA to credit accounts with
certain funds received from Government corporations.
Section 602 retains the provision as proposed by the
House and Senate that authorizes GSA to use funds for the hire
of passenger motor vehicles.
Section 603 retains the provision as proposed by the
House and Senate that allows Federal Buildings Funds to be
transferred between appropriations with advance approval from
Congress.
Section 604 modifies a Senate provision that prohibits,
except as provided under this title, funds for courthouse
construction projects that do not meet GSA standards and the
priorities of the Judicial conference's five-year plan and
requires that the fiscal year 2007 budget request be
accompanied by a standardized courtroom utilization study of
each facility to be constructed, replaced, or expanded.
Further, it is the conferees' intent to adhere to the
priorities of the judicial conference as reflected in GSA's
budget request in future years.
Section 605 prohibits funds from being used to increase
space and from providing services usually provided to any
agency that does not pay the requested rent as proposed by the
House and Senate.
Section 606 allows GSA to pay small claims made against
the government as proposed by the House and Senate.
Section 607 retains the provision proposed by the Senate
that directs GSA to conduct a program promoting the use of
stairs. The House did not include a similar provision.
Section 608 prohibits the use of funds by GSA to
reorganize its structure except through an operating plan
change as proposed by the Senate. The House did not include a
similar provision.
Section 609 modifies a Senate provision to ensure that
GSA's rating system credit products that use wood or wood
products certified by a credible third party sustainable forest
certification program and directs that GSA report to the
relevant Congressional committees of jurisdiction on its
progress within 60 days of enactment of this Act. The House did
not include a similar provision.
Section 610 modifies a Senate provision on e-travel and
the percentage of subcontracted dollars allocated to small
businesses.
The conference agreement deletes a provision included by
the House relating to a property in Arizona.
Merit Systems Protection Board
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement includes $35,600,000, plus
$2,605,000 from appropriate trust funds, for salaries and
expenses of the Board as proposed by the House and the Senate.
Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental
Policy Foundation
MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL
POLICY TRUST FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement includes $2,000,000 for the
Morris K. Udall Trust Fund as proposed by both the House and
Senate.
ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND
The conference agreement provides $1,900,000 for the
Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund as proposed by the House.
National Archives and Records Administration
OPERATING EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes $283,045,000 for
operating expenses of the Administration instead of
$283,975,000 as proposed by the House and $280,975,000 as
proposed by the Senate. Of this amount, $2,000,000 shall be
used for the initial move of records, staffing, and operation
of the Nixon Library in California, as proposed by the House.
ELECTRONIC RECORDS ARCHIVES
The conference agreement includes $37,914,000 for the
electronic records archives instead of $35,914,000 as proposed
by the House and $38,914,000 as proposed by the Senate. The
conferees also retain the directive requiring NARA to submit,
and for the Committees on Appropriations to approve, a plan
that outlines the expenditure of ERA funds. The conferees have
also provided $2,000,000 to allow NARA to begin work with the
Naval Oceanographic Office at the National Center for Critical
Information Processing and Storage at the Stennis Space Center
in Mississippi.
REPAIRS AND RESTORATION
The conference agreement includes $9,682,000 for repairs
and restoration instead of $6,182,000 as proposed by the House
and $11,682,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees
provide $1,500,000 for construction of a new regional facility
in Anchorage, Alaska and $1,000,000 for repair and restoration
of the plaza of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library
in Austin, Texas. In addition, the conferees direct $1,000,000
for the design and renovations to the John F. Kennedy
Presidential Library, as proposed by the Senate.
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS COMMISSION GRANTS PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement includes $7,500,000 for the
grant program, of which $2,000,000 is for operating expenses,
as proposed by the House instead of $5,000,000 as proposed by
the Senate.
National Credit Union Administration
CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY
The conference agreement provides limitation of
$1,500,000,000 on CLF lending activities from borrowed funds
and provides $323,000 for limitation on administrative
expenses, as proposed by the House and Senate.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND
The conference agreement appropriates $950,000 as
proposed by the House and the Senate. The conferees reiterate
language proposed by the Senate encouraging NCUA to continue to
develop technical assistance in rural areas.
National Transportation Safety Board
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement provides $76,700,000 for the
National Transportation Safety Board as proposed by the House
and Senate.
NTSB Academy.--The conference agreement retains the
requirement proposed by the Senate to reduce workforce hours at
the NTSB Academy in order to minimize the impact of any loss of
FTEs on the agency's key investigatory responsibilities and the
report requirements regarding the use of investigators at the
Academy.
(RESCISSION)
The conference agreement includes a rescission of
$1,000,000 from unobligated balances from the National
Transportation Safety Board as proposed by the House and
Senate.
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION
The conference agreement includes $118,000,000 for the
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation as proposed by the House.
The Senate proposed $115,000,000.
Language is included in the bill that designates
$5,000,000 to support the Corporation's multi-family rental
housing program, as proposed by the Senate.
Office of Government Ethics
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes $11,148,000 for
salaries and expenses of the Office, as proposed by both the
House and the Senate.
Office of Personnel Management
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)
The conference agreement includes $122,521,000 for
salaries and expenses instead of $119,952,000 as proposed by
the House and $124,521,000 as proposed by the Senate. In
addition, the conference agreement transfers $100,017,000 from
the Office of Personnel Management trust funds for salaries and
expenses as proposed by the Senate instead of $102,679,000 as
proposed by the House. As proposed by both the House and the
Senate, the conferees agree to provide up to $2,500 for
reception and representation costs, $6,983,000 for the
enterprise human resources integration project, $1,450,000 for
the e-human resources line of business project, $500,000 for
the e-training project, and $1,412,000 for the e-payroll
project.
The conference agreement provides the full budget request
for the continued refinement of a new government personnel
system. However, the conferees direct OPM to evaluate fully the
systems developed and introduced at the Department of Defense
(DoD) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). A full
evaluation and discussion of lessons learned from the pilot
programs at DoD and DHS should be a part of the development,
introduction, and implementation of a reformed civil service
employment system in other departments and agencies.
Of the funds provided for salaries and expenses, not less
than $2,700,000 are to be used for activities required by the
Voting Rights Act of 1965. In the future, OPM is to budget for
these expenses and include details of the activities proposed
in the annual budget justifications.
The conferees retain the reduction of $3,000,000 from the
budget request for the Center for Financial Services for
performance measurement and evaluation as proposed by the
House. The Senate proposed funding this activity at the budget
request.
In addition, the conferees agree to provide $600,000 for
the Call to Service Recruitment Initiative with the Partnership
for Public Service instead of $680,000 as proposed by the
House. The Senate did not propose funding for this activity.
The conferees retain the directive proposed by the House
requiring OPM to submit an operating plan for approval by the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 60 days of
enactment of this Act. The plan must contain details on the
funding and staffing levels for the various offices, centers,
programs, activities, and initiatives under the jurisdiction of
OPM. The plan should compare the resources provided and used in
fiscal year 2005, requested in fiscal year 2006, and planned
based on the appropriation provided for fiscal year 2006.
Office of Inspector General
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement provides $2,071,000 for salaries
and expenses instead of $1,614,000 as proposed by the House and
the Senate. The additional funds are provided to support
ongoing audits and investigations. In addition, the conferees
agreed to provide $16,329,000 from the OPM trust funds as
proposed by the Senate instead of $16,786,000 as proposed by
the House.
GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES HEALTH BENEFITS
The conference agreement provides such sums as necessary
for health benefits payments as proposed by both the House and
the Senate.
GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES LIFE INSURANCE
The conference agreement provides such sums as necessary
for life insurance payments as proposed by both the House and
the Senate.
PAYMENT TO THE CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY FUND
The conference agreement provides such sums as necessary
for retirement and disability payments as proposed by both the
House and the Senate.
Office of Special Counsel
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes $15,325,000 for
salaries and expenses for the Office of Special Counsel as
proposed by both the House and the Senate. The conferees
reiterate language proposed by the Senate concerning how
funding shall be allocated to each office and directing the
Office to submit quarterly staffing reports.
Selective Service System
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement provides $25,000,000 for
salaries and expenses instead of $24,000,000 as proposed by the
House and $25,650,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of the funds
provided, up to $750 may be used for reception and
representation expenses. The conferees prohibit the Selective
Service System from using funds to support the Corporation for
National and Community Service.
United States Interagency Council on Homelessness
OPERATING EXPENSES
The conference agreement provides $1,800,000 as proposed
by the Senate and extends the expiration date for the Council
until September 1, 2006. The Senate proposed extending the
expiration date until 2012.
The conferees direct the United States Interagency
Council on Homelessness to conduct an assessment of the
guidance disseminated by the Department of Education, the
Department of Housing and Urban Development, and other related
Federal agencies for grantees of homeless assistance programs
on whether such guidance is consistent with and does not
restrict the exercise of education rights provided to parents,
youth, and children under subtitle B of title VII of the
McKinney-Vento Act. The assessment shall address whether the
practices, outreach, and training efforts of said agencies
serve to protect and advance such rights. The Council shall
submit to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations an
interim report by May 1, 2006, and a final report by September
1, 2006.
United States Postal Service
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND
The conference agreement provides $116,350,000 for
payment to the Postal Service Fund, as proposed by the House
and the Senate. Of this amount, $73,000,000 is provided as an
advance appropriation for free mail for the blind and overseas
voters to be available on October 1, 2006. The agreement also
includes $29,000,000 for repayment for revenue forgone. The
conferees retain the provision directing OMB to report to the
House and the Senate Committees on Appropriations within 90
days of enactment of this Act, the revised estimated amount of
Federal funding that may be necessary to complete the Postal
Service's work to secure the nation's mail system, as directed
by the House. The conferees direct the USPS to adhere to the
Senate reporting requirements on installation of Biohazardous
Detection System (BDS) and House reporting requirements on the
progress of the mail irradiation facility in the Washington,
D.C. area.
United States Tax Court
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes $47,998,000 for the
United States Tax Court as proposed by the Senate.
TITLE VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS ACT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Section 701 provides that pay raises be absorbed within
levels provided in this or previous appropriations acts, as
proposed by the House and the Senate.
Section 702 prohibits pay and other expenses for non-
Federal parties in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings
funded in this Act, as proposed by the House and the Senate.
Section 703 prohibits obligations beyond the current
fiscal year and prohibits transfers of funds unless expressly
so provided herein, as proposed by the House and the Senate.
Section 704 limits consulting service expenditures to
contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public
record, with exceptions, as proposed by the House and the
Senate.
Section 705 prohibits funds from being transferred to any
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States
without expressed authority, as proposed by the House and the
Senate.
Section 706 prohibits the use of funds to engage in
activities that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307
of the 1930 Tariff Act, as proposed by the House and the
Senate.
Section 707 concerns employment rights of Federal
employees who return to their civilian jobs after assignment
with the Armed Forces by prohibiting payment under certain
circumstances to any employee who fills this position, as
proposed by the House and the Senate.
Section 708 prohibits funds from being expended unless
the recipient agrees to comply with the Buy American Act, as
proposed by the Senate.
Section 709 prohibits funding to a person or entity
convicted of violating the Buy American Act, as proposed by the
House and the Senate.
Section 710 specifies reprogramming procedures for all
departments, agencies, and offices funded under this Act unless
otherwise specified elsewhere in this Act, by subjecting the
establishment of new offices and reorganizations to the
reprogramming process. Reprogramming requirements apply to
transfers in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent or whichever is
less.
Section 711 provides that not to exceed fifty percent of
unobligated balances from salaries and expenses may remain
available for certain purposes, as proposed by the House and
the Senate.
Section 712 provides that no funds may be used by the
Executive Office of the President to request any official
background investigation from the Federal Bureau of
Investigation unless the person has given consent or there are
national security circumstances, as proposed by the House and
the Senate.
Section 713 requires that cost accounting standards not
apply to a contract under the Federal Employees Health Benefits
Program, as proposed by the House and the Senate.
Section 714 permits OPM to accept funds regarding the
nonforeign area cost of living allowances, as proposed by the
House and the Senate.
Section 715 prohibits the expenditure of funds for
abortions under the FEHBP, as proposed by the House.
Section 716 provides an exemption from section 715 if the
life of the mother is in danger or if the pregnancy is a result
of an act of rape or incest, as proposed by the House.
Section 717 waives restrictions on the purchase of non-
domestic articles, materials, and supplies in the case of
acquisition by the Federal Government of information
technology, as proposed by the House and the Senate.
Section 718 prohibits the use of funds for a proposed
rule relating to the determination that real estate brokerage
is a financial activity. This applies to fiscal year 2006 only,
as proposed by the House. The Senate proposed to make this
provision permanent.
Section 719 modifies a provision proposed by the Senate
that requires a report to the Committees on Appropriations on
all sole source contracts by no later than July 31, 2006.
Section 720 modifies a provision that was proposed by the
Senate that authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to
establish offices in locations of strategic interest throughout
the world, once an operating plan is approved by the Committees
on Appropriations, as proposed by the Senate.
Section 721 extends the Federal Election Commission
administrative fine program through December 31, 2008, as
proposed by the House.
Section 722 establishes certain requirements in order for
the Secret Service to be reimbursed by the Secretary of the
Treasury.
Section 723 repeals the increased micropurchase
threshold, as proposed by the Senate.
Section 724 prohibits funding of federal contracts with
expatriated entities, as proposed by the Senate.
Section 725 provides transfer authority for selected
agencies within the Executive Office of the President.
Section 726 prohibits funds from being used to support
any Federal, State or local project using eminent domain unless
it is employed for a public use with certain conditions. A
study by GAO, NAPA and certain organizations is required, as
proposed by the Senate.
TITLE VIII--GENERAL PROVISIONS GOVERNMENT-WIDE
Departments, Agencies, and Corporations
Section 801 allows payment for travel of families serving
overseas to the United States in case of death or life
threatening illness, as proposed by the House and the Senate.
Section 802 requires all agencies have a written policy
for ensuring a drug free workplace, as proposed by the House
and the Senate.
Section 803 sets specific limits on the cost of passenger
vehicles with exceptions for police, heavy duty, electric
hybrid and clean fuels, as proposed by the House.
Section 804 makes appropriations available for quarters/
cost of living allowances, as proposed by the House and the
Senate.
Section 805 prohibits the government from employing non-
US citizens (with exceptions) whose posts are in the
continental United States, as proposed by the House and the
Senate.
Section 806 ensures that appropriations made available to
any department or agency for space, services and rental charges
shall also be available for payment to the GSA, as proposed by
the House and the Senate.
Section 807 allows the use of receipts from the sale of
materials for acquisition, waste reduction and prevention;
environmental management programs and other federal employee
programs as appropriate, as proposed by the House and the
Senate.
Section 808 permits that funds for administrative
expenses shall also be available for rent in the District of
Columbia services under 5 U.S.C. 3109 and other objects
specified in this head, as proposed by the House and the
Senate.
Section 809 prohibits funds to pay to hire someone for a
position for which they have been rejected by the Senate, as
proposed by the House and the Senate.
Section 810 prohibits funds for interagency financing
boards (with exception), commissions, counsels, committees or
similar groups without prior approval to receive multi-agency
funding, as proposed by the House and the Senate.
Section 811 allows use of funds for guards at Postal
Service buildings, as proposed by the House and the Senate.
Section 812 precludes funds for regulations which have
been disapproved by joint resolution, as proposed by the House
and the Senate.
Section 813 sets ceilings on pay rates for certain
Federal employees for fiscal year 2006, as proposed by the
House and the Senate.
Section 814 continues the provision limiting the amount
of funds that can be used for redecoration of offices under
certain circumstances to $5,000, unless approved by the
Appropriations Committees, as proposed by the House and the
Senate.
Section 815 continues the provision to allow for
interagency funding of national security and emergency
telecommunications initiatives, as proposed by the House and
the Senate.
Section 816 continues the provision requiring agencies to
certify that a Schedule C appointment was not created solely or
primarily to detail the employee to the White House, as
proposed by the House and the Senate.
Section 817 continues the provision requiring agencies to
administer a policy designed to ensure that all workplaces are
free from discrimination and sexual harassment, as proposed by
the House and the Senate.
Section 818 continues the provision prohibiting the
payment of any employee who prohibits, threatens, prevents or
otherwise penalizes another employee from communicating with
Congress, as proposed by the House and the Senate.
Section 819 continues the provision prohibiting federal
training not directly related to the performance of official
duties, as proposed by the House and the Senate.
Section 820 prevents funds from being used to implement
or enforce non-disclosure agreement policies unless certain
provisions are included, as proposed by the House and the
Senate.
Section 821 continues the provision prohibiting
propaganda, publicity and lobbying by executive agency
personnel in support or defeat of legislative initiatives, as
proposed by the House and the Senate.
Section 822 continues the provision prohibiting any
federal agency from disclosing an employee's home address to
any labor organization, absent employee authorization or court
order, as proposed by the House and the Senate.
Section 823 continues the provision prohibiting funds to
be used to provide non-public information such as mailing or
telephone lists to any person or organization outside the
government without the approval of the Committees on
Appropriations, as proposed by the House and the Senate.
Section 824 continues a provision, with modifications,
prohibiting the use of funds for propaganda and publicity
purposes not authorized by Congress, as proposed by the House.
Section 825 continues the provision directing agency
employees to use official time in an honest effort to perform
official duties, as proposed by the House and the Senate.
Section 826 continues the provision, with technical
modifications, authorizing the use of funds to finance an
appropriate share of the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory
Board administrative costs, as proposed by the House and the
Senate.
Section 827 continues the provision, with technical
modifications, authorizing agencies to transfer funds to the
Government-wide Policy account of GSA to finance an appropriate
share of the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program and
other purposes. The limit on funds allowed to be transferred or
reimbursed is $10,000,000, as proposed by the House and the
Senate.
Section 828 continues the provision that permits breast
feeding in a federal building or on federal property if the
woman and child are authorized to be there, as proposed by the
House and the Senate.
Senate 829 continues the provision that permits
interagency funding of the National Science and Technology
Council and that OMB provide a report on the budget and
resources of the National Science and Technology Council, as
proposed by the House and the Senate.
Section 830 requires that the federal forms that are used
in distributing federal funds must carry agency and domestic
catalogue information and codes, as proposed by the House and
the Senate.
Section 831 extends the authorization period for agency
franchise funds by striking ``October 1, 2005'' and inserting
``October 1, 2006, except for the Department of Homeland
Security, as proposed by the Senate.
Section 832 continues the provision prohibiting the use
of funds to monitor personal information relating to the use of
federal internet sites to collect, review, or create any
aggregate list that includes personally identifiable
information relating to access to or use of any federal
internet site of such agency, as proposed by the House and the
Senate.
Section 833 continues the provision requiring health
plans participating in the FEHBP to provide contraceptive
coverage and provides exemptions to certain religious plans, as
proposed by the House and the Senate.
Section 834 continues the provision providing recognition
of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency as the official anti-doping
agency for Olympic, Pan American and Paralympic sport in the
United States, as proposed by the House and the Senate.
Section 835 continues a provision allowing funds for
official travel to be used by departments and agencies, if
consistent with OMB and Budget Circular A-126, to participate
in the fractional aircraft ownership pilot program, as proposed
by the House and the Senate.
Section 836 continues a provision prohibiting funds for
implementation of OPM regulations limiting detailees to the
Legislative Branch, and implementing limitations on the Coast
Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, as proposed by the
House and the Senate.
Section 837 requires Agencies to report to Congress on
the amount of acquisitions made from entities that manufacture
articles, materials or supplies outside the United States, as
proposed by the Senate.
Section 838 continues a provision that restricts the use
of funds for federal law enforcement training facilities with
an exception for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center,
as proposed by the House and the Senate.
Section 839 modifies a provision proposed by the Senate
that provides funding for the Midway Atoll airfield. The
conferees note that the fuel farm on Midway Island is a
critical but aging facility that is essential to the
functioning of several Federal agencies in the region. The
conferees expect the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) to submit a report to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations not later than July 1, 2006
outlining his plan to replace the fuel farm and detailing which
Federal agencies will be assessed the necessary funds to
replace the facility.
Section 840 provides certain requirements for public-
private competition for the performance of certain activities
for offices with less than 100 FTEs, as proposed by the House
and the Senate.
Section 841 modifies a provision proposed by the House
that precludes the use of funds for E-Gov, including transfers
until 15 days after a report is provided to Congress which
details each transfer and details which projects included in
the budget requests of any agency which was funded by Congress
but will not be done and will be reduced as a result of the
transfer and the impacts of that loss of funding. Any transfer
requires approval by the Committees on Appropriations.
Section 842 modifies a provision that was proposed by the
Senate that precludes the use of funds to convert to
contractors, if more than 10 federal employees perform the
activity, unless the analysis reveals that savings would exceed
10 percent of the most efficient organization personnel cost or
$10,000,000, whichever is the lesser. The conferees recognize
that public-private competition is an effective management tool
for reducing costs and improving the performance of government.
The conferees request that the Office of Management and Budget
advise the Committees on Appropriations of the House and the
Senate of the impact of this section on the Federal
government's ability to obtain best value for the taxpayer,
both in terms of cost and quality, through the use of
competitive sourcing. The House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations will consider this information as part of the
fiscal year 2007 appropriations process.
Section 843 continues a provision, with modifications,
providing that the adjustment in rates of basic pay for
employees under statutory pay systems taking effectin fiscal
year 2006 shall be an increase of 3.1 percent, as proposed by the House
and the Senate.
Section 844 continues the provision that prohibits
executive branch agencies from creating prepackaged news
stories that are broadcast or distributed in the United States
unless the story includes a clear notification within the text
or audio of that news story that the prepackaged news story was
prepared or funded by that executive branch agency, as proposed
by the House and the Senate.
Section 845 precludes contravention of Sec. 552a of title
5 USC (Privacy Act) or 552.224 of title 48 of the Code of
Federal Regulations.
Section 846 includes a provision that in general
prohibits agencies from issuing a government travel charge card
to individuals who have an unsatisfactory credit history as
proposed by the House. The Senate included a similar provision
which also included government purchase charge cards. The
conferees direct each Executive department and agency to
establish requirements and benchmarks designed to reduce the
improper, fraudulent, or abusive use of government purchase
charge cards and report to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations no later than August 1, 2006.
Section 847 requires any reference to ``this Act'' to
apply to the provisions of this division.
The conference agreement did not include a provision
proposed by the House and the Senate to prohibit the use of
funds to enforce a provision of the Cuban Assets Control
Regulations that impedes sales to Cuba.
DIVISION B--THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Congressional Directives
The committee of conference approves report language
included by the House (House Report 109-153) or the Senate
(Senate Report 109-106) that is not changed by the conference.
The statement of the managers, while repeating some report
language for emphasis, is not intended to negate the language
referred to above unless expressly provided herein.
Federal Funds
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR TUITION SUPPORT
The conference agreement provides $33,200,000 for tuition
support as proposed by both the House and the Senate. Of the
amount provided, not more than $1,200,000 is available for
administrative expenses.
The conferees direct that no later than March 1, 2006,
the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall submit to the
Congress a detailed action plan and implementation timetable
for correcting the programmatic, operational, and financial
weaknesses in the District of Columbia Tuition Assistance Grant
(D.C. TAG) program as identified in the findings and
recommendations of the Government Accountability Office in
their October 2005 report (GAO-06-14). The plan shall also make
specific recommendations on the Federal legislative authority
necessary to improve the program's operations while maximizing
available resources to benefit as many students as possible.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND SECURITY COSTS IN THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
The conference agreement provides $13,500,000 for
emergency planning and security costs instead of $15,000,000 as
proposed by the House and $12,000,000 as proposed by the
Senate. The District of Columbia may be reimbursed from funds
under this heading for public safety services in support of
protecting foreign dignitaries and significant local events
impacted by the presence of Federal officials, in addition to
reimbursement for National Special Security Events.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS
The conference agreement provides $218,912,000 for the
courts as proposed by the Senate instead of $221,693,000 as
proposed by the House. Of the amounts provided, $9,198,000 is
for the Court of Appeals, $87,342,000 is for the Superior
Court, and $41,643,000 is for the Court System, each of which
is limited to $1,500 for reception and representation expenses.
The conferees also agreed to provide $80,729,000 for capital
improvements to court facilities as proposed by the Senate
instead of $83,510,000 as proposed by the House.
The conferees reiterate the direction of the Senate
requiring the courts to report through GSA within 15 days of
each month on the status of obligations for the Counsel for
Child Abuse and Neglect Program.
DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS
The conference agreement provides $44,000,000 for
defender services instead of $45,000,000 as proposed by both
the House and the Senate.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OFFENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement provides $201,388,000 for the
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency as proposed by
the Senate instead of $203,388,000 as proposed by the House. Of
the amount appropriated, not more than $2,000 is for
representation and reception expenses, $25,000 is for dues and
assessments, $129,360,000 is for the expenses of the Community
Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, $42,195,000 is for
the Pretrial Service Agency, and $29,833,000 is available for
transfer to the Public Defender Services Agency.
In addition, the conference agreement includes a
provision allowing the Public Defender Service to charge fees
to cover the costs of training and materials in this and
subsequent fiscal years as proposed by the Senate. The House
included a similar provision applicable only for fiscal year
2006.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY
The conference agreement provides $7,000,000 for the
District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority to continue
implementation of the combined sewer overflow long-term plan
instead of $10,000,000 as proposed by the House and $5,000,000
as proposed by the Senate.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE ANACOSTIA WATERFRONT INITIATIVE
The conference agreement provides $3,000,000 to the
District of Columbia Department of Transportation for
continuation of the Anacostia waterfront initiative as proposed
by the Senate instead of $5,000,000 as proposed by the House.
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATING COUNCIL
The conference agreement provides $1,300,000 for the
Criminal Justice Coordinating Council as proposed by both the
House and Senate.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE
The conference agreement provides $1,000,000 to the
District of Columbia Department of Transportation for the
downtown circulator transit system as proposed by the Senate.
The House did not include funds for this activity. The
conferees agree that the District shall provide 100 percent
matching funds for the system.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR FOSTER CARE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA
The conference agreement provides $2,000,000 for foster
care improvements in the District of Columbia as proposed by
the Senate. The House did not include funds for this activity.
Of the amount provided, $1,750,000 is for the Child and Family
Services Agency, of which $1,000,000 is for a loan repayment
program for social workers and $750,000 is for post-adoption
services. In addition, $250,000 is for the Washington
Metropolitan Council of Governments.
FEDRAL PAYMENT TO THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
The conference agreement provides $29,200,000 to the
Chief Financial Officer (CFO), to be distributed as listed
below. Each entity receiving funding must report to the CFO by
March 15, 2006 on the activities carried out with the funds
provided in this Act, and the CFO will submit a comprehensive
report from all grantees to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations by June 1, 2006.
The conferees direct grants to the following:
All-Faith Consortium/homeless veterans.................. $100,000
American Community Partnerships, Inc. (ACP)............. 250,000
AppleTree Institute..................................... 150,000
Arise Foundation........................................ 250,000
Arthritis Foundation, Metropolitan Washington Chapter... 300,000
Association for the Preservation of the Congressional
Cemetery/road repair................................ 2,000,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of DC/gang prevention program...... 300,000
Camp Arena Stage........................................ 100,000
Capital Area Food Bank/capital development.............. 1,300,000
Capitol Hill Baseball and Softball League/capital
improvements........................................ 50,000
Caribbean American Mission for Education Research and
Action, Inc. (CAMERA)............................... 200,000
Catalyst Capitol City Careers Program................... 200,000
Center for Inspired Teaching............................ 450,000
Centro Nia/early childhood education.................... 200,000
Children's Health Fund/mobile health van................ 150,000
Children's Hospital/cord blood bank for African-American
children............................................ 300,000
Children's National Medical Center...................... 5,000,000
Children's Research Institute/Duchenne Muscular
Dystrophy research.................................. 150,000
City Year............................................... 150,000
Community Youth Connection.............................. 200,000
Congressional Glaucoma Caucus........................... 250,000
DC CARES................................................ 103,000
DC Humane Society....................................... 100,000
DC Pearls III Foundation/college preparation program.... 50,000
DC Primary Care Association............................. 500,000
DC Public Charter School Association/school quality
project............................................. 150,000
Discovery Creek Children's Museum/public school science
program............................................. 200,000
District of Columbia Department of Transportation/safety
improvements to Foxhall Road........................ 250,000
Earth Conservation Corps................................ 500,000
East of the River Clergy/prisoner re-entrant housing.... 300,000
Eastern Market Ventilation Improvements................. 200,000
EROne................................................... 1,000,000
Excel Institute......................................... 1,200,000
Family Communications/educational material for child
care................................................ 100,000
Father McKenna Center/homeless men's shelter............ 100,000
Friends of Carter Barron Foundation for the Performing
Arts................................................ 100,000
Ft. Dupont Ice Arena.................................... 495,000
Georgetown Circulator................................... 500,000
Girl Scouts Council of the Nation's Capital/young
leaders project..................................... 400,000
International Youth Service and Development Corps....... 1,000,000
Jump Start/deployment of college students to mentor Head
Start children...................................... 200,000
Latin American Youth Center Youth Build................. 200,000
Les Aspin Center/community service and outreach......... 200,000
My Sister's Place/capital development................... 200,000
National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy with Uhlich
Children's Advantage Network........................ 300,000
National Capital Children's Museum/capital development.. 250,000
National Trust for Historic Preservation/Lincoln Cottage
refurbishment....................................... 1,000,000
NCMS Technology Transfer Partnership/DC College Program. 727,000
Perry School Community Services Center, Inc............. 150,000
Public School Library Initiative........................ 100,000
ReadNet Foundation/literacy program..................... 300,000
Second Chance Employment Services....................... 450,000
See Forever Foundation/employment training.............. 100,000
Sewall Belmont House/education and outreach............. 100,000
Southeastern University/capital development............. 250,000
St. Coletta's School/capital development................ 1,000,000
STEED Youth Education and Recreation Program............ 300,000
Teacher Advancement Program Foundation/DCPS and charter
school program...................................... 100,000
Teen Connection......................................... 500,000
The Lab School of Washington, DC........................ 50,000
Thurgood Marshall Academy/capital development........... 500,000
Voyager Expanded Learning/DCPS program.................. 175,000
WASA/water study........................................ 200,000
Washington Area Women's Foundation/financial
independence initiative............................. 1,000,000
Washington Jesuit Academy............................... 250,000
Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority for the
replacement of aged bi-directional antennae......... 450,000
Whitman-Walker Clinic/technology improvement............ 650,000
Youth Leadership Foundation............................. 200,000
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Total............................................... $29,200,000
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
The conference agreement provides $40,000,000 for school
improvement as proposed by the Senate instead of $41,616,000 as
proposed by the House. Of the funds provided, $13,000,000 is
for improvements to the District of Columbia Public Schools and
$14,000,000 is for opportunity scholarships, of which
$1,000,000 is for assessments. Of the funds for the District of
Columbia Public Schools not less than $250,000 shall be to
support the Superintendent's assessment of public school
facilities.
In addition, the conferees agree to provide $13,000,000
for charter schools as proposed by the Senate instead of
$13,525,000 as proposed by the House. Of the funds provided,
the conferees agree with the Senate proposal to provide
$4,000,000 for the direct loan fund, $2,000,000 for credit
enhancement, $2,000,000 for continuation of the City Build
Charter School program, $1,500,000 for flexible grants,
$2,000,000 for grants for public charter schools to improve
public school facilities, $400,000 for college access
programming, $300,000 for a truancy center, $250,000 for
administration of Federal entitlement funding, $300,000 for
data collection and analysis, and $250,000 for administration
in the State Education Office.
The conferees remind the Mayor and the Council of the
District of Columbia that the primary intention of seciton 342
of the fiscal year 2005 District of Columbia Appropriations
Act, Public Law 108-335 as amended, is to make surplus public
school facilities available to public charter schools. The
provision should not be construed to prevent a consortium of
charter schools, or a non-profit organization managing a
charter school or an incubator for multiple charter schools,
from occupying surplus public school space. The conferees are
encouraged that the Mayor and the Council of the District of
Columbia are moving expeditiously to make surplus facilities
available to public charter schools, consistent with current
law, to serve the 20,000 public charter school students in the
District, thereby retaining public funds for the benefit of
public education.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR BIOTERRORISM AND FORENSICS LABORATORY
The conference agreement provides $5,000,000 for the
construction of a bioterrorism and forensics laboratory instead
of $7,200,000 as proposed by the House and $5,200,000 as
proposed by the Senate. As a condition of the Federal payment,
the District of Columbia must provide an additional $1,500,000
in local funds, for this project.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE NATIONAL GUARD YOUTH CHALLENGE PROGRAM
The conference agreement provides $500,000 for the
District of Columbia National Guard Youth Challenge Program as
proposed by the Senate. The House did not recommend funding for
this program.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR MARRIAGE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT
The conference agreement provides $3,000,000 for the
marriage development and improvement initiative proposed by the
Senate. The House did not include funds for this program.
The conferees require that, in the event that a couple
divorces prior to withdrawing funds from their marriage
development account, each may withdraw what they have
individually contributed but neither will be entitled to the
Federal-private matching funds in the account. However, if a
spouse is convicted of domestic abuse, the other partner shall
be entitled to his or her share of the Federal/private match.
The conferees further direct the Capital Area Asset Building
Corporation to contract with an appropriate research firm to
evaluate the implementation and determine the success of
marriage development accounts.
District of Columbia Funds
The conference agreement provides authority for the
District of Columbia to spend $8,700,158,000 from the General
Fund of the District of Columbia. Of the funds provided,
$5,007,344,000 is from local funds, of which $466,894,000 is
from the general fund balance; $1,921,287,000 is from the
Federal grant funds; $1,754,399,000 is from other funds; and
$17,129,000 is from private funds. In addition, the District
may use $163,116,000 from prior year funds.
For capital construction, the conference agreement
provides an additional $2,820,637,000 as proposed by the
Senate. The House did not include this provision. Of the funds
provided, $1,072,671,000 is from local funds, $49,551,000 is
from the Highway Trust Fund, $172,183,000 is from the Local
Street Maintenance Fund, $378,000,000 is from the security of
future revenue streams, $400,000,000 is from Certificates of
Participation financing, $534,800,000 is from stadium
construction, and $213,432,000 is from Federal grant funds. In
addition, $295,032,000 of prior year local funds are rescinded.
In total, $2,525,605,000 are provided.
General Provisions
Section 101 specifies that an appropriation for a
particular purpose or object is the maximum available for
expenditure as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
Section 102 permits funds to be used for travel and dues
as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
Section 103 permits funds to be used to pay tax refunds,
settlements, and judgments as proposed by both the House and
the Senate.
Section 104 prohibits funds for lobbying activities and
publicity to promote a boycott or statehood as proposed by the
House. The Senate proposed similar provisions applicable only
to Federal funds.
Section 105 establishes reprogramming guidelines as
proposed by both the House and the Senate.
Section 106 limits funds for the appropriated purpose
unless otherwise provided in law as proposed by both the House
and the Senate.
Section 107 clarifies the District's employee
compensation authority as proposed by both the House and the
Senate.
Section 108 directs the Mayor to submit revenue estimates
as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
Section 109 prohibits sole source contracting except
under certain conditions as proposed by both the House and the
Senate.
Section 110 prohibits Federal funds for the costs of a
United States Senator or Representative as proposed by both the
House and the Senate.
Section 111 prohibits funds for registering unmarried,
cohabiting couples as proposed by both the House and the
Senate.
Section 112 allows the Mayor to accept, obligate, and
expend other funds not reflected in this Act as proposed by
both the House and the Senate.
Section 113 restricts official vehicles to official
duties except in certain circumstances as proposed by both the
House and the Senate.
Section 114 prohibits funds for a financial audit unless
the District Inspector General conducts or contracts for the
audit as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
Section 115 prohibits funds for the District of Columbia
Corporation Counsel to provide assistance for District voting
representation in Congress as proposed by both the House and
the Senate.
Section 116 prohibits funds for needle exchange programs
as proposed by the House. The Senate proposed limiting only
Federal funds for such purpose.
Section 117 prohibits funds for any governmental chief
financial officer (CFO) unless that CFO certifies that he or
she understands the duties of the office as proposed by the
Senate. The House included a similar provision with a different
reporting schedule.
Section 118 addresses contraceptive coverage by insurance
plans as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
Section 119 requires the Mayor to report quarterly on
various issues as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
Section 120 requires the Chief Financial Officer to
submit an operating budget as proposed by both the House and
the Senate.
Section 121 requires the District of Columbia Courts make
available all fines levied from alcohol-related traffic
violations for enforcement and prosecution of such laws as
proposed by both the House and the Senate.
Section 122 addresses the payment of lawyer fees in legal
cases under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(IDEA) as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
Section 123 requires lawyers involved in IDEA cases in
the District to comply with certain reporting requirements as
proposed by both the House and the Senate.
Section 124 allows for an additional $42,000,000 from
District funds to be spent under certain conditions as proposed
by both the House and the Senate.
Section 125 makes a technical correction to Public Law
108-335 as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
Section 126 allows for the obligation of additional
District funds under certain circumstances as proposed by both
the House and the Senate.
Section 127 allows the District to conduct short-term
borrowing from emergency and contingency reserve funds under
certain circumstances in fiscal year 2006. The House and Senate
had similar provisions.
Section 128 prohibits funds to change the legality of
marijuana use as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
Section 129 prohibits funds for abortion except under
certain circumstances as proposed by both the House and the
Senate.
Section 130 authorizes the conveyance of a parcel of
Federal land to the District for a school as proposed by the
Senate. The House did not include a similar provision.
Section 131 extends the authorities of the CFO with
respect to personnel and preparing financial statements as
proposed by the Senate. The House did not include a similar
provision.
Section 132 exempts the CFO from certain provisions of
the District of Columbia Procurement Practices Act as proposed
by the Senate. The House did not include a similar provision.
Section 133 enacts section 4013 of the Uniform Per
Student Funding Formula for Public Schools and Public Charter
Schools Amendment Act of 2005 as proposed by the Senate. The
House did not include a similar provision.
Section 134 makes technical changes to fiscal year 2005
funds available for the Anacostia Waterfront Corporation as
proposed by the Senate. The House did not include a similar
provision.
Section 135 allows an additional $250,000 to the
District's Department of Health for a health study in Spring
Valley as proposed by the Senate. The House did not include a
similar provision.
Section 136 enacts amendments to the Ballpark Technical
Amendments Act of 2005 and the Ballpark Fee Rebate Act of 2005
as proposed by the Senate. The House did not include a similar
provision.
Conference Total--With Comparisons
The total new budget (obligational) authority for the
fiscal year 2006 recommended by the Committee of Conference,
with comparisons to the fiscal year 2005 amount, the 2006
budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2006
follow:
(In thousands of dollars)
New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2005... $87,431,383
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal
year 2006........................................... 83,885,395
House bill, fiscal year 2006............................ 91,018,996
Senate bill, fiscal year 2006........................... 89,463,400
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2006.................. 89,135,149
Conference agreement compared with:
New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year
2005.............................................. +1,703,766
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority,
fiscal year 2006.................................. +5,249,754
House bill, fiscal year 2006........................ -1,883,847
Senate bill, fiscal year 2006....................... -328,251
Joe Knollenberg,
Frank R. Wolf,
Harold Rogers,
Todd Tiahrt,
Anne M. Northup,
Robert B. Aderholt,
John E. Sweeney,
John Abney Culberson,
Ralph Regula,
Jerry Lewis,
John W. Olver,
Steny H. Hoyer,
Ed Pastor,
Carolyn C. Kilpatrick,
James E. Clyburn,
Steven R. Rothman,
Managers on the Part of the House.
Christopher S. Bond,
Richard Shelby,
Arlen Specter,
R.F. Bennett,
Kay Bailey Hutchison,
Mike DeWine,
Sam Brownback,
Ted Stevens,
Pete Domenici,
Conrad Burns,
Wayne Allard,
Thad Cochran,
Patty Murray,
Robert C. Byrd,
Barbara Mikulski,
Harry Reid,
Herb Kohl,
Richard J. Durbin
(except for Cuba trade),
Byron L. Dorgan
(except for Cuba trade),
Patrick J. Leahy
(except for Cuba trade),
Tom Harkin
(except for Cuba trade),
Mary L. Landrieu
(except for Cuba trade),
Daniel K. Inouye
(except for Section 173),
Managers on the Part of the Senate.