108th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5006
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.
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108th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5006
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are
appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for
the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other
purposes, namely:
TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Training and Employment Services
(INCLUDING RESCISSION)
For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, including
the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, the construction,
alteration, and repair of buildings and other facilities, and the purchase of
real property for training centers as authorized by such Act, $2,649,728,000
plus reimbursements; of which $1,642,442,000 is available for obligation for
the period July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2006, except that amounts determined
by the Secretary of Labor to be necessary pursuant to sections 173(a)(4)(A)
and 174(c) of such Act shall be available from October 1, 2004, until
expended; of which $1,000,965,000 is available for obligation for the period
April 1, 2005, through June 30, 2006, to carry out chapter 4 of such Act; and
of which $6,321,000 is available for the period July 1, 2005, through June 30,
2008, for necessary expenses of construction, rehabilitation, and acquisition
of Job Corps centers: Provided, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, of the funds provided herein under section 137(c) of such
Act, $301,227,000 shall be for activities described in section 132(a)(2)(A) of
such Act, and $1,178,192,000 shall be for activities described in section
132(a)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided further, That $8,000,000 shall be
for carrying out section 172 of such Act: Provided further, That,
notwithstanding any other provision of law or related regulation, $76,874,000
shall be for carrying out section 167 of such Act, including $71,787,000 for
formula grants, $4,583,000 for migrant and seasonal housing (of which not less
than 70 percent shall be for permanent housing), and $504,000 for other
discretionary purposes: Provided further, That notwithstanding the
transfer limitation under section 133(b)(4) of such Act, up to 30 percent of
such funds may be transferred by a local board if approved by the Governor:
Provided further, That funds provided to carry out section 171(d) of
such Act may be used for demonstration projects that provide assistance to new
entrants in the workforce and incumbent workers: Provided further,
That no funds from any other appropriation shall be used to provide meal
services at or for Job Corps centers.
For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, including
the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, the construction,
alteration, and repair of buildings and other facilities, and the purchase of
real property for training centers as authorized by such Act; $2,463,000,000
plus reimbursements, of which $2,363,000,000 is available for obligation for
the period October 1, 2005, through June 30, 2006, and of which $100,000,000
is available for the period October 1, 2005, through June 30, 2008, for
necessary expenses of construction, rehabilitation, and acquisition of Job
Corps centers.
Of the unobligated funds contained in the H-1 B Nonimmigrant Petitioner
Account that are available to the Secretary of Labor pursuant to section
286(s)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(s)(2)),
$100,000,000 are rescinded.
COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER AMERICANS
To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended,
$440,200,000.
Federal Unemployment Benefits and Allowances
For payments during the current fiscal year of trade adjustment benefit
payments and allowances under part I and section 246; and for training,
allowances for job search and relocation, and related State administrative
expenses under part II of chapter 2, title II of the Trade Act of 1974
(including the benefits and services described under sections 123(c)(2) and
151 (b) and (c) of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002, Public
Law 107-210), $1,057,300,000, together with such amounts as may be necessary
to be charged to the subsequent appropriation for payments for any period
subsequent to September 15 of the current year.
State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations
For authorized administrative expenses, $141,934,000, together with not to
exceed $3,440,914,000 (including not to exceed $1,228,000 which may be used
for amortization payments to States which had independent retirement plans in
their State employment service agencies prior to 1980), which may be expended
from the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust
Fund including the cost of administering section 51 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended, section 7(d) of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended,
the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, the Immigration Act of 1990, and the
Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, and of which the sums available
in the allocation for activities authorized by title III of the Social
Security Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 502-504), and the sums available in the
allocation for necessary administrative expenses for carrying out 5 U.S.C.
8501-8523, shall be available for obligation by the States through December
31, 2005, except that funds used for automation acquisitions shall be
available for obligation by the States through September 30, 2007; of which
$141,934,000, together with not to exceed $672,700,000 of the amount which may
be expended from said trust fund, shall be available for obligation for the
period July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2006, to fund activities under the Act
of June 6, 1933, as amended, including the cost of penalty mail authorized
under 39 U.S.C. 3202(a)(1)(E) made available to States in lieu of allotments
for such purpose: Provided, That to the extent that the Average
Weekly Insured Unemployment (AWIU) for fiscal year 2005 is projected by the
Department of Labor to exceed 3,327,000, an additional $28,600,000 shall be
available for obligation for every 100,000 increase in the AWIU level
(including a pro rata amount for any increment less than 100,000) from the
Employment Security Administration Account of the Unemployment Trust Fund:
Provided further, That funds appropriated in this Act which are used
to establish a national one-stop career center system, or which are used to
support the national activities of the Federal-State unemployment insurance or
immigration programs, may be obligated in contracts, grants or agreements with
non-State entities: Provided further, That funds appropriated under
this Act for activities authorized under the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended,
and title III of the Social Security Act, may be used by the States to fund
integrated Employment Service and Unemployment Insurance automation efforts,
notwithstanding cost allocation principles prescribed under Office of
Management and Budget Circular A-87.
Advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund and Other Funds
For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized by
sections 905(d) and 1203 of the Social Security Act, as amended, and to the
Black Lung Disability Trust Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended; and for nonrepayable advances to
the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized by section 8509 of title 5, United
States Code, and to the `Federal unemployment benefits and allowances'
account, to remain available until September 30, 2006, $517,000,000.
In addition, for making repayable advances to the Black Lung Disability
Trust Fund in the current fiscal year after September 15, 2005, for costs
incurred by the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal year,
such sums as may be necessary.
Program Administration
For expenses of administering employment and training programs,
$111,375,000, together with not to exceed $57,479,000 which may be expended
from the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust
Fund.
Employee Benefits Security Administration
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits Security Administration,
$132,345,000.
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Fund
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is authorized to make such
expenditures, including financial assistance authorized by section 104 of
Public Law 96-364, within limits of funds and borrowing authority available to
such 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 (31 U.S.C. 9104), as
may be necessary in carrying out the program, including associated
administrative expenses, through September 30, 2005, for such Corporation:
Provided, That none of the funds available to the Corporation for
fiscal year 2005 shall be available for obligations for administrative
expenses in excess of $266,330,000: Provided further, That
obligations in excess of such amount may be incurred after approval by the
Office of Management and Budget and the Committees on Appropriations of the
House and Senate.
Employment Standards Administration
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Employment Standards Administration,
including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local agencies and their
employees for inspection services rendered, $400,797,000, together with
$2,021,000 which may be expended from the Special Fund in accordance with
sections 39(c), 44(d) and 44(j) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers'
Compensation Act: Provided, That $1,250,000 shall be for the
development of an alternative system for the electronic submission of reports
required to be filed under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act
of 1959, as amended, and for a computer database of the information for each
submission by whatever means, that is indexed and easily searchable by the
public via the Internet: Provided further, That the Secretary of
Labor is authorized to accept, retain, and spend, until expended, in the name
of the Department of Labor, all sums of money ordered to be paid to the
Secretary of Labor, in accordance with the terms of the Consent Judgment in
Civil Action No. 91-0027 of the United States District Court for the District
of the Northern Mariana Islands (May 21, 1992): Provided further,
That the Secretary of Labor is authorized to establish and, in accordance with
31 U.S.C. 3302, collect and deposit in the Treasury fees for processing
applications and issuing certificates under sections 11(d) and 14 of the Fair
Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended (29 U.S.C. 211(d) and 214) and for
processing applications and issuing registrations under title I of the Migrant
and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (29 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).
Special Benefits
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses (except
administrative expenses) accruing during the current or any prior fiscal year
authorized by title 5, chapter 81 of the United States Code; continuation of
benefits as provided for under the heading `Civilian War Benefits' in the
Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; the Employees' Compensation
Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; sections 4(c) and 5(f) of the War Claims
Act of 1948 (50 U.S.C. App. 2012); and 50 percent of the additional
compensation and benefits required by section 10(h) of the Longshore and
Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, as amended, $233,000,000, together with such
amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent year appropriation
for the payment of compensation and other benefits for any period subsequent
to August 15 of the current year: Provided, That amounts appropriated
may be used under section 8104 of title 5, United States Code, by the
Secretary of Labor to reimburse an employer, who is not the employer at the
time of injury, for portions of the salary of a reemployed, disabled
beneficiary: Provided further, That balances of reimbursements
unobligated on September 30, 2004, shall remain available until expended for
the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses: Provided
further, That in addition there shall be transferred to this
appropriation from the Postal Service and from any other corporation or
instrumentality required under section 8147(c) of title 5, United States Code,
to pay an amount for its fair share of the cost of administration, such sums
as the Secretary determines to be the cost of administration for employees of
such fair share entities through September 30, 2005: Provided
further, That of those funds transferred to this account from the fair
share entities to pay the cost of administration of the Federal Employees'
Compensation Act, $39,668,000 shall be made available to the Secretary as
follows:
(1) for enhancement and maintenance of automated data processing systems
and telecommunications systems, $12,351,000;
(2) for automated workload processing operations, including document
imaging, centralized mail intake and medical bill processing,
$14,221,000;
(3) for periodic roll management and medical review, $13,096,000;
and
(4) the remaining funds shall be paid into the Treasury as miscellaneous
receipts:
Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any person
filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits under chapter 81 of title 5,
United States Code, or 33 U.S.C. 901 et seq., provide as part of such notice
and claim, such identifying information (including Social Security account
number) as such regulations may prescribe.
Special Benefits for Disabled Coal Miners
For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of
1977, as amended by Public Law 107-275, (the `Act'), $276,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year, benefit payments to
individuals under title IV of the Act, for costs incurred in the current
fiscal year, such amounts as may be necessary.
For making benefit payments under title IV for the first quarter of fiscal
year 2006, $81,000,000, to remain available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION
FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Employees Occupational
Illness Compensation Act, $40,821,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the Secretary of Labor is authorized to transfer to
any executive agency with authority under the Energy Employees Occupational
Illness Compensation Act, including within the Department of Labor, such sums
as may be necessary in fiscal year 2005 to carry out those authorities:
Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any person
filing a claim for benefits under the Act provide as part of such claim, such
identifying information (including Social Security account number) as may be
prescribed.
Black Lung Disability Trust Fund
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
In fiscal year 2005 and thereafter, such sums as may be necessary from the
Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended, for
payment of all benefits authorized by section 9501(d)(1), (2), (4), and (7) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended; and interest on advances, as
authorized by section 9501(c)(2) of that Act. In addition, the following
amounts shall be available from the Fund for fiscal year 2005 for expenses of
operation and administration of the Black Lung Benefits program, as authorized
by section 9501(d)(5): $32,646,000 for transfer to the Employment Standards
Administration, `Salaries and Expenses'; $23,705,000 for transfer to
Departmental Management, `Salaries and Expenses'; $342,000 for transfer to
Departmental Management, `Office of Inspector General'; and $356,000 for
payments into miscellaneous receipts for the expenses of the Department of the
Treasury.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, $461,599,000, including not to exceed $91,747,000 which shall
be the maximum amount available for grants to States under section 23(g) of
the Occupational Safety and Health Act (the `Act'), which grants shall be no
less than 50 percent of the costs of State occupational safety and health
programs required to be incurred under plans approved by the Secretary under
section 18 of the Act; and, in addition, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration may retain up to $750,000 per
fiscal year of training institute course tuition fees, otherwise authorized by
law to be collected, and may utilize such sums for occupational safety and
health training and education grants: Provided, That, notwithstanding
31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary of Labor is authorized, during the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2005, to collect and retain fees for services provided to
Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories, and may utilize such sums, in
accordance with the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer national and
international laboratory recognition programs that ensure the safety of
equipment and products used by workers in the workplace: Provided
further, That none of the funds appropriated under this paragraph shall
be obligated or expended to prescribe, issue, administer, or enforce any
standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act which is applicable to any
person who is engaged in a farming operation which does not maintain a
temporary labor camp and employs 10 or fewer employees: Provided
further, That no funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be
obligated or expended to administer or enforce any standard, rule, regulation,
or order under the Act with respect to any employer of 10 or fewer employees
who is included within a category having a Days Away, Restricted, or
Transferred (DART) occupational injury and illness rate, at the most precise
industrial classification code for which such data are published, less than
the national average rate as such rates are most recently published by the
Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in accordance with
section 24 of that Act (29 U.S.C. 673), except--
(1) to provide, as authorized by such Act, consultation, technical
assistance, educational and training services, and to conduct surveys and
studies;
(2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in response to an employee
complaint, to issue a citation for violations found during such inspection,
and to assess a penalty for violations which are not corrected within a
reasonable abatement period and for any willful violations found;
(3) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect to imminent
dangers;
(4) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect to health
hazards;
(5) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect to a report
of an employment accident which is fatal to one or more employees or which
results in hospitalization of two or more employees, and to take any action
pursuant to such investigation authorized by such Act; and
(6) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect to complaints
of discrimination against employees for exercising rights under such
Act:
Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not apply to
any person who is engaged in a farming operation which does not maintain a
temporary labor camp and employs 10 or fewer employees: Provided
further, That none of the funds appropriated under this paragraph shall
be obligated or expended to administer or enforce the provisions of 29 CFR
1910.134(f)(2) (General Industry Respiratory Protection Standard) to the
extent that such provisions require the annual fit testing (after the initial
fit testing) of respirators for occupational exposure to tuberculosis.
Mine Safety and Health Administration
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health Administration,
$275,567,000, including purchase and bestowal of certificates and trophies in
connection with mine rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of passenger
motor vehicles; in addition, not to exceed $750,000 may be collected by the
National Mine Health and Safety Academy for room, board, tuition, and the sale
of training materials, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, to be
available for mine safety and health education and training activities,
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302; and, in addition, the Mine Safety and Health
Administration may retain up to $1,000,000 from fees collected for the
approval and certification of equipment, materials, and explosives for use in
mines, and may utilize such sums for such activities; the Secretary is
authorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and other contributions from
public and private sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation with other
agencies, Federal, State, or private; the Mine Safety and Health
Administration is authorized to promote health and safety education and
training in the mining community through cooperative programs with States,
industry, and safety associations; and any funds available to the department
may be used, with the approval of the Secretary, to provide for the costs of
mine rescue and survival operations in the event of a major disaster.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, including
advances or reimbursements to State, Federal, and local agencies and their
employees for services rendered, $455,045,000, together with not to exceed
$78,473,000, which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration
Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.
Office of Disability Employment Policy
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability Employment Policy to
provide leadership, develop policy and initiatives, and award grants
furthering the objective of eliminating barriers to the training and
employment of people with disabilities, $47,555,000.
Departmental Management
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, including the hire of
three sedans, and including the management or operation, through contracts,
grants or other arrangements of Departmental activities conducted by or
through the Bureau of International Labor Affairs, including bilateral and
multilateral technical assistance and other international labor activities,
$264,653,000, of which, $7,000,000 to remain available until September 30,
2006, is for Frances Perkins Building Security enhancements, and $30,000,000
is for the acquisition of Departmental information technology, architecture,
infrastructure, equipment, software, and related needs, which will be
allocated by the Department's Chief Information Officer in accordance with the
Department's capital investment management process to assure a sound
investment strategy, together with not to exceed $314,000, which may be
expended from the Employment Security Administration Account in the
Unemployment Trust Fund: Provided, That no funds made available by
this Act may be used by the Solicitor of Labor to participate in a review in
any United States court of appeals of any decision made by the Benefits Review
Board under section 21 of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act
(33 U.S.C. 921) where such participation is precluded by the decision of the
United States Supreme Court in Director, Office of Workers' Compensation
Programs v. Newport News Shipbuilding, 115 S. Ct. 1278 (1995), notwithstanding
any provisions to the contrary contained in Rule 15 of the Federal Rules of
Appellate Procedure: Provided further, That no funds made available
by this Act may be used by the Secretary of Labor to review a decision under
the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.)
that has been appealed and that has been pending before the Benefits Review
Board for more than 12 months: Provided further, That any such
decision pending a review by the Benefits Review Board for more than 1 year
shall be considered affirmed by the Benefits Review Board on the 1-year
anniversary of the filing of the appeal, and shall be considered the final
order of the Board for purposes of obtaining a review in the United States
courts of appeals: Provided further, That these provisions shall not
be applicable to the review or appeal of any decision issued under the Black
Lung Benefits Act (30 U.S.C. 901 et seq.).
VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING
Not to exceed $194,098,000 (increased by $5,000,000) may be derived from
the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund
to carry out the provisions of 38 U.S.C. 4100-4110A, 4212, 4214, and
4321-4327, and Public Law 103-353, and which shall be available for obligation
by the States through December 31, 2005, of which $2,000,000 is for the
National Veterans' Employment and Training Services Institute. To carry out
the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Programs (38 U.S.C. 2021) and the Veterans
Workforce Investment Programs (29 U.S.C. 2913), $26,550,000 of which
$7,550,000 shall be available for obligation for the period July 1, 2005,
through June 30, 2006.
Office of Inspector General
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying
out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended,
$64,029,000, together with not to exceed $5,561,000, which may be expended
from the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust
Fund.
Working Capital Fund
For the acquisition of a new core accounting system for the Department of
Labor, including hardware and software infrastructure and the costs associated
with implementation thereof, $10,000,000.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated in this title for the Job Corps
shall be used to pay the compensation of an individual, either as direct costs
or any proration as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive Level
II.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds (pursuant to
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended)
which are appropriated for the current fiscal year for the Department of Labor
in this Act may be transferred between appropriations, but no such
appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer:
Provided, That the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of
Congress are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.
SEC. 103. Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of Labor shall issue a monthly transit subsidy of not less than
the amount each of its employees of the National Capital Region is eligible to
receive, not to exceed a maximum of $100, as directed by Executive Order No.
13150.
This title may be cited as the `Department of Labor Appropriations Act,
2005'.
TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Health Resources and Services
For carrying out titles II, III, IV, VII, VIII, X, XII, XIX, and XXVI of
the Public Health Service Act, section 427(a) of the Federal Coal Mine Health
and Safety Act, title V and sections 1128E, 711 and 1820 of the Social
Security Act, the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, as amended, the
Native Hawaiian Health Care Act of 1988, as amended, the Cardiac Arrest
Survival Act of 2000, and the Poison Control Center Enhancement and Awareness
Act, $6,305,333,000, of which $32,500,000 from general revenues,
notwithstanding section 1820(j) of the Social Security Act, shall be available
for carrying out the Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants program under
section 1820 of such Act: Provided, That of the funds made available
under this heading, $250,000 shall be available until expended for facilities
renovations at the Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease Center: Provided
further, That in addition to fees authorized by section 427(b) of the
Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, fees shall be collected for the
full disclosure of information under the Act sufficient to recover the full
costs of operating the National Practitioner Data Bank, and shall remain
available until expended to carry out that Act: Provided further,
That fees collected for the full disclosure of information under the `Health
Care Fraud and Abuse Data Collection Program', authorized by section
1128E(d)(2) of the Social Security Act, shall be sufficient to recover the
full costs of operating the program, and shall remain available until expended
to carry out that Act: Provided further, That no more than
$45,000,000 to remain available until expended is available for carrying out
the provisions of Public Law 104-73: Provided further, That of the
funds made available under this heading, $278,283,000 shall be for the program
under title X of the Public Health Service Act to provide for voluntary family
planning projects: Provided further, That amounts provided to said
projects under such title shall not be expended for abortions, that all
pregnancy counseling shall be nondirective, and that such amounts shall not be
expended for any activity (including the publication or distribution of
literature) that in any way tends to promote public support or opposition to
any legislative proposal or candidate for public office: Provided
further, That $803,872,000 shall be for State AIDS Drug Assistance
Programs authorized by section 2616 of the Public Health Service Act:
Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided herein,
$25,000,000 shall be available from amounts available under section 241 of the
Public Health Service Act to carry out Parts A, B, C, and D of title XXVI of
the Public Health Service Act to fund section 2691 Special Projects of
National Significance: Provided further, That notwithstanding section
502(a)(1) of the Social Security Act, not to exceed $119,158,000 is available
for carrying out special projects of regional and national significance
pursuant to section 501(a)(2) of such Act.
Health Education Assistance Loans Program Account
Such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of the program, as
authorized by title VII of the Public Health Service Act, as amended. For
administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, including
section 709 of the Public Health Service Act, $3,270,000.
Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund
For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund, such
sums as may be necessary for claims associated with vaccine-related injury or
death with respect to vaccines administered after September 30, 1988, pursuant
to subtitle 2 of title XXI of the Public Health Service Act, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That for necessary administrative
expenses, not to exceed $3,176,000 shall be available from the Trust Fund to
the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Disease Control, Research, and Training
To carry out titles II, III, VII, XI, XV, XVII, XIX, XXI, and XXVI of the
Public Health Service Act, sections 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501
of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, sections 20, 21, and 22 of
the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, title IV of the Immigration
and Nationality Act, and section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act
of 1980; including purchase and insurance of official motor vehicles in
foreign countries; and purchase, hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft,
$4,228,778,000, of which $81,500,000 shall remain available until expended for
equipment, and construction and renovation of facilities, and of which
$142,808,000 for international HIV/AIDS shall remain available until September
30, 2006. In addition, such sums as may be derived from authorized user fees,
which shall be credited to this account: Provided, That in addition
to amounts provided herein, the following amounts shall be available from
amounts available under section 241 of the Public Health Service Act:
(1) $14,000,000 to carry out the National Immunization Surveys;
(2) $149,600,000 to carry out the National Center for Health Statistics
surveys;
(3) $28,600,000 to carry out information systems standards development
and architecture and applications-based research used at local public health
levels;
(4) $15,000,000 to carry out Public Health Research; and
(5) $41,900,000 to carry out Research Tools and Approaches activities
within the National Occupational Research Agenda:
Provided further, That none of the funds made available for
injury prevention and control at the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention may be used, in whole or in part, to advocate or promote gun
control: Provided further, That the Director may redirect the total
amount made available under authority of Public Law 101-502, section 3, dated
November 3, 1990, to activities the Director may so designate: Provided
further, That the Congress is to be notified promptly of any such
transfer: Provided further, That not to exceed $12,500,000 may be
available for making grants under section 1509 of the Public Health Service
Act to not more than 15 States, tribes, or tribal organizations: Provided
further, That without regard to existing statute, funds appropriated may
be used to proceed, at the discretion of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, with property acquisition, including a long-term ground lease for
construction on non-Federal land, to support the construction of a replacement
laboratory in the Fort Collins, Colorado area: Provided further, 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.
National Institutes of Health
National Cancer Institute
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act
with respect to cancer, $4,870,025,000, of which up to $8,000,000 may be used
for facilities repairs and improvements at the NCI-Frederick Federally Funded
Research and Development Center in Frederick, Maryland.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act
with respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood diseases, and blood and blood
products, $2,963,953,000.
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act
with respect to dental disease, $394,080,000.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act
with respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney disease, $1,726,196,000.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act
with respect to neurological disorders and stroke, $1,545,623,000.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act
with respect to allergy and infectious diseases, $4,440,007,000: Provided,
That $100,000,000 may be made available to International Assistance
Programs, `Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis', to
remain available until expended: Provided further, That up to
$150,000,000 shall be for extramural facilities construction grants to enhance
the Nation's capability to do research on biological and other agents.
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act
with respect to general medical sciences, $1,959,810,000.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act
with respect to child health and human development, $1,280,915,000.
National Eye Institute
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act
with respect to eye diseases and visual disorders, $671,578,000.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
For carrying out sections 301 and 311 and title IV of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to environmental health sciences, $650,027,000.
National Institute on Aging
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act
with respect to aging, $1,055,666,000.
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act
with respect to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases,
$515,378,000.
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act
with respect to deafness and other communication disorders, $393,507,000.
National Institute of Nursing Research
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act
with respect to nursing research, $139,198,000.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act
with respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, $441,911,000.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act
with respect to drug abuse, $1,012,760,000: Provided, That in
addition to amounts provided herein, $6,300,000 shall be available from
amounts under section 241 of the Act to carry out national surveys on drug
abuse and related analysis.
National Institute of Mental Health
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act
with respect to mental health, $1,420,609,000.
National Human Genome Research Institute
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act
with respect to human genome research, $492,670,000.
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act
with respect to biomedical imaging and bioengineering research,
$297,647,000.
National Center for Research Resources
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act
with respect to research resources and general research support grants,
$1,094,141,000: Provided, That none of these funds shall be used to
pay recipients of the general research support grants program any amount for
indirect expenses in connection with such grants.
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act
with respect to complementary and alternative medicine, $121,116,000.
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act
with respect to minority health and health disparities research,
$196,780,000.
John E. Fogarty International Center
For carrying out the activities at the John E. Fogarty International
Center, $67,182,000.
National Library of Medicine
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act
with respect to health information communications, $316,947,000, of which
$4,000,000 shall be available until expended for improvement of information
systems: Provided, That in fiscal year 2005, the Library may enter
into personal services contracts for the provision of services in facilities
owned, operated, or constructed under the jurisdiction of the National
Institutes of Health: Provided further, That in addition to amounts
provided herein, $8,200,000 shall be available from amounts under section 241
of the Act to carry out National Information Center on Health Services
Research and Health Care Technology and related health services.
Office of the Director
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of the Director,
National Institutes of Health, $359,645,000, of which up to $7,500,000 shall
be used to carry out section 217 of this Act: Provided, That funding
shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 29 passenger motor
vehicles for replacement only: Provided further, That the Director
may direct up to 1 percent of the total amount made available in this or any
other Act to all National Institutes of Health appropriations to activities
the Director may so designate: Provided further, That no such
appropriation shall be decreased by more than 1 percent by any such transfers
and that the Congress is promptly notified of the transfer: Provided
further, That the National Institutes of Health is authorized to collect
third party payments for the cost of clinical services that are incurred in
National Institutes of Health research facilities and that such payments shall
be credited to the National Institutes of Health Management Fund: Provided
further, That all funds credited to the National Institutes of Health
Management Fund shall remain available for 1 fiscal year after the fiscal year
in which they are deposited: Provided further, That a uniform
percentage of the amounts appropriated in this Act to each Institute and
Center, as determined by the Director and totaling not more than $176,800,000,
may be utilized for the National Institutes of Health Roadmap Initiative:
Provided further, That amounts utilized under the preceding proviso
shall be in addition to amounts made available for the Roadmap Initiative from
the Director's Discretionary Fund: Provided further, That up to
$500,000 shall be available to carry out section 499 of the Public Health
Service Act.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the study of, construction of, renovation of, and acquisition of
equipment for, facilities of or used by the National Institutes of Health,
including the acquisition of real property, $99,500,000, to remain available
until expended.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
For carrying out titles V and XIX of the Public Health Service Act with
respect to substance abuse and mental health services, the Protection and
Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act, and section 301 of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to program management, $3,270,360,000:
Provided, That in addition to amounts provided herein, the following
amounts shall be available from amounts available under section 241 of the
Public Health Service Act:
(1) $79,200,000 to carry out subpart II of title XIX of the Public
Health Service Act to fund section 1935(b) technical assistance, national
data, data collection and evaluation activities, and further that the total
available under this Act for section 1935(b) activities shall not exceed 5
percent of the amounts appropriated for subpart II of title XIX;
(2) $21,803,000 to carry out subpart I of part B of title XIX of the
Public Health Services Act to fund section 1920(b) technical assistance,
national data, data collection and evaluation activities, and further that
the total available under this Act for section 1920(b) activities shall not
exceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated for subpart I of part B of
title XIX;
(3) $16,000,000 to carry out national surveys on drug abuse; and
(4) $4,300,000 for substance abuse treatment programs.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Healthcare Research and Quality
For carrying out titles III and IX of the Public Health Service Act, and
part A of title XI of the Social Security Act, amounts received from Freedom
of Information Act fees, reimbursable and interagency agreements, and the sale
of data shall be credited to this appropriation and shall remain available
until expended: Provided, That the amount made available pursuant to
section 927(c) of the Public Health Service Act shall not exceed
$303,695,000.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Grants to States for Medicaid
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI and XIX of the
Social Security Act, $119,124,488,000, to remain available until expended.
For making, after May 31, 2005, payments to States under title XIX of the
Social Security Act for the last quarter of fiscal year 2005 for unanticipated
costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
For making payments to States or in the case of section 1928 on behalf of
States under title XIX of the Social Security Act for the first quarter of
fiscal year 2006, $58,517,290,000, to remain available until expended.
Payment under title XIX may be made for any quarter with respect to a
State plan or plan amendment in effect during such quarter, if submitted in or
prior to such quarter and approved in that or any subsequent quarter.
Payments to Health Care Trust Funds
For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal
Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds, as provided under section 1844,
1860D-16 and 1860D-31 of the Social Security Act, sections 103(c) and 111(d)
of the Social Security Amendments of 1965, section 278(d) of Public Law
97-248, and for administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g) of
the Social Security Act, $114,608,900,000. To ensure prompt payments of
Medicare prescription drug benefits as provided under section 1860D-16 of the
Social Security Act, $5,216,900,000, to become available on October 1, 2005,
for fiscal year 2006.
Program Management
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI, XVIII, XIX, and
XXI of the Social Security Act, titles XIII and XXVII of the Public Health
Service Act, and the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988, not
to exceed $2,746,253,000, to be transferred from the Federal Hospital
Insurance and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds, as
authorized by section 201(g) of the Social Security Act; together with all
funds collected in accordance with section 353 of the Public Health Service
Act and section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act, and such sums as may be
collected from authorized user fees and the sale of data, which shall remain
available until expended: Provided, That all funds derived in
accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from organizations established under title XIII
of the Public Health Service Act shall be credited to and available for
carrying out the purposes of this appropriation: Provided further,
That $24,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 2006, is for
contract costs for CMS's Systems Revitalization Plan: Provided further,
That $78,300,000, to remain available until September 30, 2006, is for
contract costs for the Healthcare Integrated General Ledger Accounting System:
Provided further, That not less than $129,000,000 shall be for
processing Medicare appeals, of which $50,000,000 shall be transferred to the
Social Security Administration for processing Medicare appeals: Provided
further, That the Secretary of Health and Human Services is directed to
collect fees in fiscal year 2005 from Medicare+Choice organizations pursuant
to section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act and from eligible
organizations with risk-sharing contracts under section 1876 of that Act
pursuant to section 1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act: Provided further, That
the aggregate amount under this heading is hereby reduced by $9,000,000, such
reduction shall be allocated among the programs and activities under this
heading (including programs and activities for which amounts are specified
under this heading) in such manner as the Administrator of the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services determines to be appropriate.
Health Maintenance Organization Loan and Loan Guarantee Fund
For carrying out subsections (d) and (e) of section 1308 of the Public
Health Service Act, any amounts received by the Secretary in connection with
loans and loan guarantees under title XIII of the Public Health Service Act,
to be available without fiscal year limitation for the payment of outstanding
obligations. During fiscal year 2005, no commitments for direct loans or loan
guarantees shall be made.
Administration for Children and Families
Payments to States for Child Support Enforcement and Family Support
Programs
For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities under titles
I, IV-D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of July 5,
1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), $2,873,802,000, to remain available until expended;
and for such purposes for the first quarter of fiscal year 2006,
$1,200,000,000, to remain available until expended.
For making payments to each State for carrying out the program of Aid to
Families with Dependent Children under title IV-A of the Social Security Act
before the effective date of the program of Temporary Assistance to Needy
Families (TANF) with respect to such State, such sums as may be necessary:
Provided, That the sum of the amounts available to a State with
respect to expenditures under such title IV-A in fiscal year 1997 under this
appropriation and under such title IV-A as amended by the Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 shall not
exceed the limitations under section 116(b) of such Act.
For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments to States or
other non-Federal entities under titles I, IV-D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the
Social Security Act and the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), for the
last 3 months of the current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for
the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For carrying out low-income home energy assistance activities,
$2,227,000,000 (increased by $22,000,000): Provided, That of the
total amount provided under this heading, $1,900,000,000 (increased by
$11,000,000) shall be for the low-income home energy assistance program under
title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et
seq.): Provided further, That of the total amount provided under this
heading, $100,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for the
low-income home energy assistance program under title XXVI of the Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.) for the
unanticipated home energy assistance needs of one or more States, as
authorized by section 2604(e) of such Act, and notwithstanding the designation
requirement of section 2602(e) of such Act: Provided further, That of
the total amount provided under this heading, $227,000,000 (increased by
$11,000,000) is hereby transferred to the Department of Energy for the
weatherization assistance program under part A of title IV of the Energy
Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6861 et seq.), and shall remain
available until expended.
Refugee and Entrant Assistance
For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant assistance activities and
for costs associated with the care and placement of unaccompanied alien
children authorized by title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act and
section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 (Public Law
96-422), for carrying out section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002
(Public Law 107-296), and for carrying out the Torture Victims Relief Act of
2003 (Public Law 108-179), $491,336,000, of which up to $10,000,000 shall be
available to carry out the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2003 (Public
Law 108-193): Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading
pursuant to section 414(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act and section
462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 for fiscal year 2005 shall be
available for the costs of assistance provided and other activities to remain
available through September 30, 2007.
Payments to States for the Child Care and Development Block Grant
For carrying out sections 658A through 658R of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1981 (The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of
1990), $2,099,729,000 shall be used to supplement, not supplant state general
revenue funds for child care assistance for low-income families:
Provided, That $19,120,000 shall be available for child care resource
and referral and school-aged child care activities, of which $1,000,000 shall
be for the Child Care Aware toll free hotline: Provided further,
That, in addition to the amounts required to be reserved by the States under
section 658G, $272,672,000 shall be reserved by the States for activities
authorized under section 658G, of which $100,000,000 shall be for activities
that improve the quality of infant and toddler care: Provided
further, That $9,864,000 shall be for use by the Secretary for child care
research, demonstration, and evaluation activities.
Social Services Block Grant
For making grants to States pursuant to section 2002 of the Social
Security Act, $1,700,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding
subparagraph (B) of section 404(d)(2) of such Act, the applicable percent
specified under such subparagraph for a State to carry out State programs
pursuant to title XX of such Act shall be 4.5 percent.
Children and Families Services Programs
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the Runaway and Homeless
Youth Act, the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act,
the Head Start Act, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, sections 310
and 316 of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, as amended, the
Native American Programs Act of 1974, title II of Public Law 95-266 (adoption
opportunities), the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 (Public Law
105-89), sections 1201 and 1211 of the Children's Health Act of 2000, the
Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988, sections 261 and 291 of the Help
America Vote Act of 2002, part B(1) of title IV and sections 413, 429A, 1110,
and 1115 of the Social Security Act, and sections 40155, 40211, and 40241 of
Public Law 103-322; for making payments under the Community Services Block
Grant Act, sections 439(h), 473A, and 477(i) of the Social Security Act, and
title IV of Public Law 105-285, and for necessary administrative expenses to
carry out said Acts and titles I, IV, V, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XX of the Social
Security Act, the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1981, title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act,
section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, sections 40155,
40211, and 40241 of Public Law 103-322, and section 126 and titles IV and V of
Public Law 100-485, $8,985,663,000, of which $32,103,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2006, shall be for grants to States for adoption incentive
payments, as authorized by section 473A of title IV of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 670-679) and may be made for adoptions completed before September
30, 2005: Provided further, That $6,898,580,000 shall be for making
payments under the Head Start Act, of which $1,400,000,000 shall become
available October 1, 2005, and remain available through September 30, 2006:
Provided further, That $710,088,000 shall be for making payments
under the Community Services Block Grant Act: Provided further, That
not less than $7,184,000 shall be for section 680(3)(B) of the Community
Services Block Grant Act, as amended: Provided further, That in
addition to amounts provided herein, $5,982,000 shall be available from
amounts available under section 241 of the Public Health Service Act to carry
out the provisions of section 1110 of the Social Security Act: Provided
further, That to the extent Community Services Block Grant funds are
distributed as grant funds by a State to an eligible entity as provided under
the Act, and have not been expended by such entity, they shall remain with
such entity for carryover into the next fiscal year for expenditure by such
entity consistent with program purposes: Provided further, That the
Secretary shall establish procedures regarding the disposition of intangible
property which permits grant funds, or intangible assets acquired with funds
authorized under section 680 of the Community Services Block Grant Act, as
amended, to become the sole property of such grantees after a period of not
more than 12 years after the end of the grant for purposes and uses consistent
with the original grant: Provided further, That funds appropriated
for section 680(a)(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act, as amended,
shall be available for financing construction and rehabilitation and loans or
investments in private business enterprises owned by community development
corporations: Provided further, That $55,000,000 is for a compassion
capital fund to provide grants to charitable organizations to emulate model
social service programs and to encourage research on the best practices of
social service organizations: Provided further, That $15,000,000
shall be for activities authorized by the Help America Vote Act of 2002, of
which $10,000,000 shall be for payments to States to promote access for voters
with disabilities, and of which $5,000,000 shall be for payments to States for
protection and advocacy systems for voters with disabilities: Provided
further, That $105,046,000 is only for making competitive grants to
provide abstinence education (as defined by section 510(b)(2) of the Social
Security Act) to adolescents, and for Federal costs of administering the
grant: Provided further, That grants under the immediately preceding
proviso shall be made only to public and private entities which agree that,
with respect to an adolescent to whom the entities provide abstinence
education under such grant, the entities will not provide to that adolescent
any other education regarding sexual conduct, except that, in the case of an
entity expressly required by law to provide health information or services the
adolescent shall not be precluded from seeking health information or services
from the entity in a different setting than the setting in which abstinence
education was provided: Provided further, That within amounts
provided herein for abstinence education for adolescents, up to $10,000,000
may be available for a national abstinence education campaign: Provided
further, That in addition to amounts provided herein for abstinence
education for adolescents, $4,500,000 shall be available from amounts
available under section 241 of the Public Health Services Act to carry out
evaluations (including longitudinal evaluations) of adolescent pregnancy
prevention approaches: Provided further, That $2,000,000 shall be for
improving the Public Assistance Reporting Information System, including grants
to States to support data collection for a study of the system's
effectiveness.
Promoting Safe and Stable Families
For carrying out section 436 of the Social Security Act, $305,000,000 and
for section 437, $105,000,000.
Payments to States for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance
For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities under title
IV-E of the Social Security Act, $5,037,900,000.
For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities under title
IV-E of the Act, for the first quarter of fiscal year 2006, $1,767,200,000.
For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments to States or
other non-Federal entities under section 474 of title IV-E, for the last 3
months of the current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the
current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
Administration on Aging
Aging Services Programs
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Older
Americans Act of 1965, as amended, and section 398 of the Public Health
Service Act, $1,403,479,000, of which $5,500,000 shall be available for
activities regarding medication management, screening, and education to
prevent incorrect medication and adverse drug reactions; and of which
$4,558,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2007, for the White
House Conference on Aging.
Office of the Secretary
General Departmental Management
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for general departmental
management, including hire of six sedans, and for carrying out titles III,
XVII, XX, and XXI of the Public Health Service Act, and the United
States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act, $380,298,000 (reduced by
$5,000,000) (reduced by $26,000,000), together with $5,851,000 to be
transferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social
Security Act from the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Supplemental
Medical Insurance Trust Fund: Provided, That of the funds made
available under this heading for carrying out title XX of the Public Health
Service Act, $13,120,000 shall be for activities specified under section
2003(b)(2), all of which shall be for prevention service demonstration grants
under section 510(b)(2) of title V of the Social Security Act, as amended,
without application of the limitation of section 2010(c) of said title XX:
Provided further, That of this amount, $25,000,000 shall be for
advancing health care information technology nationally, including
demonstration project grants; $52,838,000 shall be for minority AIDS
prevention and treatment activities; $14,847,000 shall be for an Information
Technology Security and Innovation Fund for Department-wide activities
involving cybersecurity, information technology security, and related
innovation projects; and $5,000,000 shall be to assist Afghanistan in the
development of maternal and child health clinics, consistent with section
103(a)(4)(H) of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002.
Office of Inspector General
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General, including the
hire of passenger motor vehicles for investigations, in carrying out the
provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $40,323,000:
Provided, That of such amount, necessary sums are available for
providing protective services to the Secretary and investigating non-payment
of child support cases for which non-payment is a Federal offense under 18
U.S.C. 228.
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, $32,043,000,
together with not to exceed $3,314,000 to be transferred and expended as
authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the Hospital
Insurance Trust Fund and the Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund.
POLICY RESEARCH
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, research studies
under section 1110 of the Social Security Act and title III of the Public
Health Service Act, $20,750,000, which shall be available from amounts
available under section 241 of the Public Health Service Act to carry out
national health or human services research and evaluation activities:
Provided, That the expenditure of any funds available under section
241 of the Public Health Service Act is subject to the requirements of section
206 of this Act.
Retirement Pay and Medical Benefits for Commissioned Officers
For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public Health Service
Commissioned Officers as authorized by law, for payments under the Retired
Serviceman's Family Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, for medical
care of dependents and retired personnel under the Dependents' Medical Care
Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55 and 56), and for payments pursuant to section 229(b) of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)), such amounts as may be required
during the current fiscal year. The following are definitions for the medical
benefits of the Public Health Service Commissioned Officers that apply to 10
U.S.C. chapter 56, section 1116(c). The source of funds for the monthly
accrual payments into the Department of Defense Medicare-Eligible Retiree
Health Care Fund shall be the Retirement Pay and Medical Benefits for
Commissioned Officers account. For purposes of this Act, the term `pay of
members' shall be construed to be synonymous with retirement payments to
United States Public Health Service officers who are retired for age,
disability, or length of service; payments to survivors of deceased officers;
medical care to active duty and retired members and dependents and
beneficiaries; and for payments to the Social Security Administration for
military service credits; all of which payments are provided for by the
Retirement Pay and Medical Benefits for Commissioned Officers account.
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses necessary to support activities related to countering
potential biological, disease, nuclear, radiological, and chemical threats to
civilian populations, $1,842,247,000: Provided, That this amount is
distributed as follows: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
$1,187,760,000; Office of the Secretary, $64,438,000; National Institutes of
Health, $47,400,000; and Health Resources and Services Administration,
$542,649,000: Provided further, That employees of the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention or the Public Health Service, both civilian and
Commissioned Officers, detailed to States, municipalities, or other
organizations under authority of section 214 of the Public Health Service Act
for purposes related to homeland security, shall be treated as non-Federal
employees for reporting purposes only and shall not be included within any
personnel ceiling applicable to the Agency, Service, or the Department of
Health and Human Services during the period of detail or assignment.
In addition, $450,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the
Strategic National Stockpile: Provided, That subject to 31 U.S.C.
1531, there shall be transferred to the Secretary of Health and Human Services
the functions, assets, unexpended balances (including those from
appropriations authorized under section 121(3) of Public Law 107-188 and prior
authorities); and liabilities of the Strategic National Stockpile, including
the functions of the Secretary of Homeland Security relating thereto:
Provided further, That the stockpile shall be deployed as deemed
appropriate by the Secretary, or when requested by the Secretary of Homeland
Security.
In addition, for activities to ensure a year-round influenza vaccine
production capacity and the development and implementation of rapidly
expandable influenza vaccine production technologies, $60,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be available for not to
exceed $50,000 for official reception and representation expenses when
specifically approved by the Secretary.
SEC. 202. The Secretary shall make available through assignment not more
than 60 employees of the Public Health Service to assist in child survival
activities and to work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided by the
Agency for International Development, the United Nations International
Children's Emergency Fund or the World Health Organization.
SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this Act may be used to
implement section 399F(b) of the Public Health Service Act or section 1503 of
the National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993, Public Law
103-43.
SEC. 204. None of the funds appropriated in this Act for the National
Institutes of Health, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration shall be used to pay
the salary of an individual, through a grant or other extramural mechanism, at
a rate in excess of Executive Level I.
SEC. 205. None of the funds appropriated in this title for Head Start
shall be used to pay the compensation of an individual, either as direct costs
or any proration as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive Level
II.
SEC. 206. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be expended
pursuant to section 241 of the Public Health Service Act, except for funds
specifically provided for in this Act, or for other taps and assessments made
by any office located in the Department of Health and Human Services, prior to
the Secretary's preparation and submission of a report to the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate and of the House detailing the planned uses of
such funds.
SEC. 207. Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the Public Health Service Act,
such portion as the Secretary shall determine, but not more than 2.3 percent,
of any amounts appropriated for programs authorized under said Act shall be
made available for the evaluation (directly, or by grants or contracts) of the
implementation and effectiveness of such programs.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 208. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds (pursuant to
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended)
which are appropriated for the current fiscal year for the Department of
Health and Human Services in this Act may be transferred between
appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 3
percent by any such transfer: Provided, That an appropriation may be
increased by up to an additional 2 percent subject to approval by the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the
Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified at least 15
days in advance of any transfer.
SEC. 209. The Director of the National Institutes of Health, jointly with
the Director of the Office of AIDS Research, may transfer up to 3 percent
among institutes and centers from the total amounts identified by these two
Directors as funding for research pertaining to the human immunodeficiency
virus: Provided, That the Congress is promptly notified of the
transfer.
SEC. 210. Of the amounts made available in this Act for the National
Institutes of Health, the amount for research related to the human
immunodeficiency virus, as jointly determined by the Director of the National
Institutes of Health and the Director of the Office of AIDS Research, shall be
made available to the `Office of AIDS Research' account. The Director of the
Office of AIDS Research shall transfer from such account amounts necessary to
carry out section 2353(d)(3) of the Public Health Service Act.
SEC. 211. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be made available
to any entity under title X of the Public Health Service Act unless the
applicant for the award certifies to the Secretary that it encourages family
participation in the decision of minors to seek family planning services and
that it provides counseling to minors on how to resist attempts to coerce
minors into engaging in sexual activities.
SEC. 212. None of the funds appropriated by this Act (including funds
appropriated to any trust fund) may be used to carry out the Medicare+Choice
program if the Secretary denies participation in such program to an otherwise
eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Organization) because the
entity informs the Secretary that it will not provide, pay for, provide
coverage of, or provide referrals for abortions: Provided, That the
Secretary shall make appropriate prospective adjustments to the capitation
payment to such an entity (based on an actuarially sound estimate of the
expected costs of providing the service to such entity's enrollees):
Provided further, That nothing in this section shall be construed to
change the Medicare program's coverage for such services and a Medicare+Choice
organization described in this section shall be responsible for informing
enrollees where to obtain information about all Medicare covered services.
SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no provider of
services under title X of the Public Health Service Act shall be exempt from
any State law requiring notification or the reporting of child abuse, child
molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest.
SEC. 214. (a) Except as provided by subsection (e) none of the funds
appropriated by this Act may be used to withhold substance abuse funding from
a State pursuant to section 1926 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
300x-26) if such State certifies to the Secretary of Health and Human Services
by May 1, 2005 that the State will commit additional State funds, in
accordance with subsection (b), to ensure compliance with State laws
prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to individuals under 18 years of
age.
(b) The amount of funds to be committed by a State under subsection (a)
shall be equal to 1 percent of such State's substance abuse block grant
allocation for each percentage point by which the State misses the retailer
compliance rate goal established by the Secretary of Health and Human Services
under section 1926 of such Act.
(c) The State is to maintain State expenditures in fiscal year 2005 for
tobacco prevention programs and for compliance activities at a level that is
not less than the level of such expenditures maintained by the State for
fiscal year 2004, and adding to that level the additional funds for tobacco
compliance activities required under subsection (a). The State is to submit a
report to the Secretary on all fiscal year 2004 State expenditures and all
fiscal year 2005 obligations for tobacco prevention and compliance activities
by program activity by July 31, 2005.
(d) The Secretary shall exercise discretion in enforcing the timing of the
State obligation of the additional funds required by the certification
described in subsection (a) as late as July 31, 2005.
(e) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to withhold
substance abuse funding pursuant to section 1926 from a territory that
receives less than $1,000,000.
SEC. 215. In order for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to
carry out international health activities, including HIV/AIDS and other
infectious disease, chronic and environmental disease, and other health
activities abroad during fiscal year 2005, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services--
(1) may exercise authority equivalent to that available to the Secretary
of State in section 2(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of
1956 (22 U.S.C. 2669(c)). The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall
consult with the Secretary of State and relevant Chief of Mission to ensure
that the authority provided in this section is exercised in a manner
consistent with section 207 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C.
3927) and other applicable statutes administered by the Department of State,
and
(2) is authorized to provide such funds by advance or reimbursement to
the Secretary of State as may be necessary to pay the costs of acquisition,
lease, alteration, renovation, and management of facilities outside of the
United States for the use of the Department of Health and Human Services.
The Department of State shall cooperate fully with the Secretary of Health
and Human Services to ensure that the Department of Health and Human
Services has secure, safe, functional facilities that comply with applicable
regulation governing location, setback, and other facilities requirements
and serve the purposes established by this Act. The Secretary of Health and
Human Services is authorized, in consultation with the Secretary of State,
through grant or cooperative agreement, to make available to public or
nonprofit private institutions or agencies in participating foreign
countries, funds to acquire, lease, alter, or renovate facilities in those
countries as necessary to conduct programs of assistance for international
health activities, including activities relating to HIV/AIDS and other
infectious diseases, chronic and environmental diseases, and other health
activities abroad.
SEC. 216. The Division of Federal Occupational Health may utilize personal
services contracting to employ professional management/administrative and
occupational health professionals.
SEC. 217. (a) AUTHORITY- Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Director of the National Institutes of Health may use funds available under
section 402(i) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 282(i)) to enter
into transactions (other than contracts, cooperative agreements, or grants) to
carry out research in support of the NIH Roadmap Initiative of the
Director.
(b) PEER REVIEW- In entering into transactions under subsection (a), the
Director of the National Institutes of Health may utilize such peer review
procedures (including consultation with appropriate scientific experts) as the
Director determines to be appropriate to obtain assessments of scientific and
technical merit. Such procedures shall apply to such transactions in lieu of
the peer review and advisory council review procedures that would otherwise be
required under sections 301(a)(3), 405(b)(1)(B), 405(b)(2), 406(a)(3)(A), 492,
and 494 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241, 284(b)(1)(B),
284(b)(2), 284a(a)(3)(A), 289a, and 289c).
SEC. 218. The unobligated balance of the funds appropriated by section
1897(g) of the Social Security Act, as added by section 1016 of the Medicare
Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public Law
108-173), is rescinded.
SEC. 219. CMS PROGRAM MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT- The amount otherwise provided by
this Act for `Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services--Program Management'
is hereby reduced by $155,000,000.
SEC. 220. The amount appropriated in this Act for `Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention--Disease Control Research and Training' is hereby
reduced by $15,000,000, to be derived from the amounts made available for
administrative and related information technology expenses: Provided,
That the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall
determine the allocation of the reduction among Agency activities, and shall
submit to the Committees on Appropriations a report specifying the proposed
allocation.
SEC. 221. (a) Notwithstanding section 412.23(b)(2) of title 42 of the Code
of Federal Regulations, none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be
expended by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to treat a hospital or
unit of a hospital that was certified by the Secretary as an inpatient
rehabilitation facility on or before June 30, 2004, as a subsection (d)
hospital (as defined in section 1886(d)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(1)(B))) until, not later than 60 days after the date on which
the report under subsection (b) is issued, the Secretary, taking into account
the recommendations in such report--
(1) determines that the classification criteria of hospitals and units
of hospitals as inpatient rehabilitation facilities under such section
412.23(b)(2) are not inconsistent with such recommendations; or
(2) promulgates a regulation providing for revised criteria under such
section 412.23(b)(2), which regulation shall be effective and final
immediately on an interim basis as of the date of publication of the
regulation.
(b) The study referred to in subsection (a) is a study by the Comptroller
General of the United States directed in the statement of managers
accompanying the conference report on the bill H.R. 1 of the 108th Congress
regarding clinically appropriate standards for defining inpatient
rehabilitation services under such section 412.23(b)(2).
(c) The aggregate amount appropriated under title II for `Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services--Program Management' is hereby reduced by
$3,500,000.
SEC. 222. None of the funds appropriated in this title may be used to
impede the exchange of information between the Office of the Actuary of the
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Congress, including its
members, committees, and staff.
This title may be cited as the `Department of Health and Human Services
Appropriations Act, 2005'.
TITLE III--DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Education for the Disadvantaged
For carrying out title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (`ESEA') and section 418A of the Higher Education Act of 1965,
$15,535,735,000, of which $7,849,390,000 shall become available on July 1,
2005, and shall remain available through September 30, 2006, and of which
$7,383,301,000 shall become available on October 1, 2005, and shall remain
available through September 30, 2006, for academic year 2005-2006:
Provided, That $7,037,592,000 shall be available for basic grants
under section 1124: Provided further, That up to $3,500,000 of these
funds shall be available to the Secretary of Education on October 1, 2004, to
obtain annually updated educational-agency-level census poverty data from the
Bureau of the Census: Provided further, That $1,365,031,000 shall be
available for concentration grants under section 1124A: Provided
further, That $2,469,843,000 shall be available for targeted grants under
section 1125: Provided further, That $2,469,843,000 shall be
available for education finance incentive grants under section 1125A:
Provided further, That $80,000,000 shall be available for
comprehensive school reform grants under part F of the ESEA.
Impact Aid
For carrying out programs of financial assistance to federally affected
schools authorized by title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965, $1,250,893,000, of which $1,083,687,000 shall be for basic support
payments under section 8003(b), $50,369,000 shall be for payments for children
with disabilities under section 8003(d), $45,936,000 shall be for construction
under section 8007 and shall remain available through September 30, 2006,
$63,000,000 shall be for Federal property payments under section 8002, and
$7,901,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for facilities
maintenance under section 8008: Provided, That for purposes of
computing the amount of a payment for an eligible local educational agency
under section 8003(a) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (20 U.S.C.
7703(a)) for school year 2004-2005, children enrolled in a school of such
agency that would otherwise be eligible for payment under section
8003(a)(1)(B) of such Act, but due to the deployment of both parents or legal
guardians, or a parent or legal guardian having sole custody of such children,
or due to the death of a military parent or legal guardian while on active
duty (so long as such children reside on Federal property as described in
section 8003(a)(1)(B)), are no longer eligible under such section, shall be
considered as eligible students under such section, provided such students
remain in average daily attendance at a school in the same local educational
agency they attended prior to their change in eligibility status.
School Improvement Programs
For carrying out school improvement activities authorized by titles II,
part B of title IV, subpart 6 of part D of title V, parts A and B of title VI,
and parts B and C of title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965 (`ESEA'); the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; section 203 of
the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002; the Civil Rights Act of
1964; and section 105(f)(1)(B)(iii) of the Compact of Free Association
Amendments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-188), $5,641,401,000, of which
$4,031,016,000 shall become available on July 1, 2005, and remain available
through September 30, 2006, and of which $1,435,000,000 shall become available
on October 1, 2005, and shall remain available through September 30, 2006, for
academic year 2005-2006: Provided, That $410,000,000 shall be for
subpart 1 of part A of title VI of the ESEA: Provided further, That
$68,394,000 shall be available to carry out part D of title V of the ESEA and
section 203 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002: Provided
further, That $12,230,000 shall be available to carry out the
Supplemental Education Grants program for the Federated States of Micronesia,
and $6,100,000 shall be available to carry out the Supplemental Education
Grants program for the Republic of the Marshall Islands: Provided further,
That up to five percent of these amounts may be reserved by the Federated
States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands to administer
the Supplemental Education Grants programs and to obtain technical assistance,
oversight and consultancy services in the administration of these grants and
to reimburse the U.S. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education for such services: Provided further, That the amount made
available in the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2004, under the
heading School Improvement Programs and including any funds transferred by the
Secretary of Education pursuant to section 304 of that Act for state
assessment grants authorized under section 6111 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965, shall not be less than $390,000,000:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
including any across-the-board reduction that would otherwise apply, the funds
made available for fiscal year 2005 under the heading School Improvement
Programs for state assessment grants under section 6111 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 shall not be less than $400,000,000:
Provided further, That, of the funds made available under this
heading, $3,000,000 is for carrying out subpart 21 of part D of title V of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (commonly referred to as the
Women's Educational Equity Act of 2001; 20 U.S.C. 7283 et seq.).
Indian Education
For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not otherwise provided,
title VII, part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965,
$120,856,000.
Innovation and Improvement
For carrying out activities authorized by part G of title I, subpart 5 of
part A and parts C and D of title II, parts B, C, and D of title V, and
section 1504 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (`ESEA'),
$669,936,000: Provided, That $18,391,000 shall be available to carry
out section 2151(c) of the ESEA, of which not less than $10,000,000 shall be
provided to the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, not less
than $7,000,000 shall be provided to the American Board for the Certification
of Teacher Excellence, and up to $1,391,000 may be reserved by the Secretary
to conduct an evaluation of activities authorized by such section:
Provided further, That $50,000,000 shall be for subpart 2 of part B
of title V: Provided further, That $100,000,000 shall be available to
carry out part D of title V of the ESEA.
Safe Schools and Citizenship Education
For carrying out activities authorized by subpart 3 of part C of title II,
part A of title IV, and subparts 2, 3 and 10 of part D of title V of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (`ESEA'), $801,369,000, of
which $440,908,000 shall become available on July 1, 2005 and remain available
through September 30, 2006: Provided, That $440,908,000 shall be
available for subpart 1 of part A of title IV and $203,472,000 shall be
available for subpart 2 of part A of title IV: Provided further, That
$128,347,000 shall be available to carry out part D of title V of the ESEA:
Provided further, That of the funds available to carry out subpart 3
of part C of title II, up to $11,852,000 may be used to carry out section
2345.
English Language Acquisition
For carrying out part A of title III of the ESEA, $681,215,000, of which
$595,715,000 shall become available on July 1, 2005, and shall remain
available through September 30, 2006: Provided, That funds reserved
under section 3111(c)(1)(D) of the ESEA that are not used in accordance with
section 3111(c)(2) may be added to the funds that are available July 1, 2005,
through September 30, 2006, for State allotments under section 3111(c)(3).
Special Education
For carrying out parts B, C, and D of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act, $12,176,101,000, of which $6,560,447,000 shall become available
for obligation on July 1, 2005, and shall remain available through September
30, 2006, and of which $5,413,000,000 shall become available on October 1,
2005, and shall remain available through September 30, 2006, for academic year
2005-2006: Provided, That $11,400,000 shall be for Recording for the
Blind and Dyslexic, Inc. to support the development, production, and
circulation of recorded educational materials: Provided further, That
the amount for section 611(c) of the Act shall be equal to the amount
available for that section during fiscal year 2004, increased by the amount of
inflation as specified in section 611(f)(1)(B)(ii) of the Act.
Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973, the Assistive Technology Act of 1998 (`the AT Act'), and the
Helen Keller National Center Act, $3,054,587,000, of which $15,000,000 shall
be for grants to States under title III of the AT Act: Provided, That
the Federal share of such grants shall not exceed 75 percent, and the
requirements in sections 301(c)(2) and section 302 of the AT Act shall not
apply to such grants.
Special Institutions for Persons With Disabilities
AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND
For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879, as amended (20 U.S.C. 101 et
seq.), $17,000,000.
NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF
For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf under titles I and II of
the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), $55,790,000,
of which $1,685,000 shall be for construction and shall remain available until
expended: Provided, That from the total amount available, the
Institute may at its discretion use funds for the endowment program as
authorized under section 207.
GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY
For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Model Secondary
School for the Deaf, and the partial support of Gallaudet University under
titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 et
seq.), $104,000,000: Provided, That from the total amount available,
the University may at its discretion use funds for the endowment program as
authorized under section 207.
Vocational and Adult Education
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Carl D.
Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998, the Adult Education
and Family Literacy Act, and subpart 4 of part D of title V of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (`ESEA'), $2,025,456,000, of which
$1,234,456,000 shall become available on July 1, 2005, and shall remain
available through September 30, 2006, and of which $791,000,000 shall become
available on October 1, 2005, and shall remain available through September 30,
2006: Provided, That of the amount provided for Adult Education State
Grants, $69,135,000 shall be made available for integrated English literacy
and civics education services to immigrants and other limited English
proficient populations: Provided further, That of the amount reserved
for integrated English literacy and civics education, notwithstanding section
211 of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, 65 percent shall be
allocated to States based on a State's absolute need as determined by
calculating each State's share of a 10-year average of the Immigration and
Naturalization Service data for immigrants admitted for legal permanent
residence for the 10 most recent years, and 35 percent allocated to States
that experienced growth as measured by the average of the 3 most recent years
for which Immigration and Naturalization Service data for immigrants admitted
for legal permanent residence are available, except that no State shall be
allocated an amount less than $60,000: Provided further, That of the
amounts made available for the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act,
$9,169,000 shall be for national leadership activities under section 243 and
$6,692,000 shall be for the National Institute for Literacy under section 242:
Provided further, That $101,698,000 shall be available to support the
activities authorized under subpart 4 of part D of title V of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965, of which up to 5 percent shall become
available October 1, 2004, and shall remain available through September 30,
2006, for evaluation, technical assistance, school networking, peer review of
applications, and program outreach activities, and of which not less than 95
percent shall become available on July 1, 2005, and remain available through
September 30, 2006, for grants to local educational agencies: Provided
further, That funds made available to local education agencies under this
subpart shall be used only for activities related to establishing smaller
learning communities in high schools.
Student Financial Assistance
For carrying out subparts 1, 3 and 4 of part A, part C and part E of title
IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, $14,755,794,000, which
shall remain available through September 30, 2006.
The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be eligible during award
year 2005-2006 shall be $4,050.
Student Aid Administration
For Federal administrative expenses (in addition to funds made available
under section 458), to carry out part D of title I, and subparts 1, 3, and 4
of part A, and parts B, C, D and E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of
1965, as amended, $120,247,000.
Higher Education
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, section 121 and
titles II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(`HEA'), as amended, section 1543 of the Higher Education Amendments of 1992,
the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, and section 117 of
the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act, $1,976,056,000, of
which $1,500,000 for interest subsidies authorized by section 121 of the HEA
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That $9,876,000, to
remain available through September 30, 2006, shall be available to fund
fellowships for academic year 2006-2007 under part A, subpart 1 of title VII
of said Act, under the terms and conditions of part A, subpart 1: Provided
further, That $988,000 is for data collection and evaluation activities
for programs under the HEA, including such activities needed to comply with
the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993: Provided further,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made available in this
Act to carry out title VI of the HEA and section 102(b)(6) of the Mutual
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 may be used to support visits
and study in foreign countries by individuals who are participating in
advanced foreign language training and international studies in areas that are
vital to United States national security and who plan to apply their language
skills and knowledge of these countries in the fields of government, the
professions, or international development: Provided further, That up
to one percent of the funds referred to in the preceding proviso may be used
for program evaluation, national outreach, and information dissemination
activities.
Howard University
For partial support of Howard University (20 U.S.C. 121 et seq.),
$243,893,000, of which not less than $3,552,000 shall be for a matching
endowment grant pursuant to the Howard University Endowment Act (Public Law
98-480) and shall remain available until expended.
College Housing and Academic Facilities Loans Program
For Federal administrative expenses authorized under section 121 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965, $578,000 to carry out activities related to
existing facility loans entered into under the Higher Education Act of
1965.
Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program
Account
The aggregate principal amount of outstanding bonds insured pursuant to
section 344 of title III, part D of the Higher Education Act of 1965, shall
not exceed $357,000,000, and the cost, as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of such bonds shall not exceed zero.
For administrative expenses to carry out the Historically Black College
and University Capital Financing Program entered into pursuant to title III,
part D of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, $212,000.
Institute of Education Sciences
For carrying out activities authorized by Public Law 107-279 and section
672 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, $526,804,000:
Provided, That, of the amount appropriated, $195,518,000 shall be
available for obligation through September 30, 2006.
Departmental Management
Program Administration
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Department of
Education Organization Act, including rental of conference rooms in the
District of Columbia and hire of three passenger motor vehicles,
$421,055,000.
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, as authorized by
section 203 of the Department of Education Organization Act, $90,248,000.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector General, as
authorized by section 212 of the Department of Education Organization Act,
$47,790,000.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be used for the
transportation of students or teachers (or for the purchase of equipment for
such transportation) in order to overcome racial imbalance in any school or
school system, or for the transportation of students or teachers (or for the
purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order to carry out a plan of
racial desegregation of any school or school system.
SEC. 302. None of the funds contained in this Act shall be used to
require, directly or indirectly, the transportation of any student to a school
other than the school which is nearest the student's home, except for a
student requiring special education, to the school offering such special
education, in order to comply with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
For the purpose of this section an indirect requirement of transportation of
students includes the transportation of students to carry out a plan involving
the reorganization of the grade structure of schools, the pairing of schools,
or the clustering of schools, or any combination of grade restructuring,
pairing or clustering. The prohibition described in this section does not
include the establishment of magnet schools.
SEC. 303. No funds appropriated under this Act may be used to prevent the
implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in the public
schools.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 304. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds (pursuant to
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended)
which are appropriated for the Department of Education in this Act may be
transferred between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be
increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided, That
the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified at least
15 days in advance of any transfer.
SEC. 305. Section 8002(m) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7702(m)) is amended by striking `5 years' each place it
appears and inserting `7 years'.
SEC. 306. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be available to
the Secretary of Education--
(1) to enforce any change or clarification of Department of Education
policy with respect to the Federal Family Education Loan Program
Consolidation loans for borrowers with both FFEL and non-FFEL loans, as
provided for in a dear colleague letter of the Secretary's dated April 29,
2004; or
(2) to issue letters regarding loan verification certificates to
providers of Federal Family Education Loan requesting information regarding
William D. Ford Direct Student Loans, including Direct Stafford, PLUS, and
Consolidation Loans, that state either of the following:
(A) We cannot approve the certification form (s). The borrower has
Direct Loans.
(B) We cannot approve the certification form (s). The borrower has a
Direct Consolidation Loan and has no other loans.
SEC. 307. For `SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS' for innovative programs, as
authorized by part A of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.), and the amount otherwise provided by this
Act for `EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED' is hereby reduced by,
$20,000,000.
This title may be cited as the `Department of Education Appropriations
Act, 2005'.
TITLE IV--RELATED AGENCIES
Armed Forces Retirement Home
For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retirement Home to operate and
maintain the Armed Forces Retirement Home--Washington and the Armed Forces
Retirement Home--Gulfport, to be paid from funds available in the Armed Forces
Retirement Home Trust Fund, $61,195,000, of which $4,000,000 shall remain
available until expended for construction and renovation of the physical
plants at the Armed Forces Retirement Home--Washington and the Armed Forces
Retirement Home--Gulfport.
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
For expenses necessary of the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are
Blind or Severely Disabled established by Public Law 92-28, $4,672,000.
Corporation for National and Community Service
Domestic Volunteer Service Programs, Operating Expenses
For expenses necessary for the Corporation for National and Community
Service to carry out the provisions of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of
1973, as amended, $353,197,000: Provided, That none of the funds made
available to the Corporation for National and Community Service in this Act
for activities authorized by section 122 of part C of title I and part E of
title II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 shall be used to
provide stipends or other monetary incentives to volunteers or volunteer
leaders whose incomes exceed 125 percent of the national poverty level.
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
For payment to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, as authorized by
the Communications Act of 1934, an amount which shall be available within
limitations specified by that Act, for the fiscal year 2007, $400,000,000:
Provided, That no funds made available to the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting by this Act shall be used to pay for receptions, parties, or
similar forms of entertainment for Government officials or employees:
Provided further, That none of the funds contained in this paragraph
shall be available or used to aid or support any program or activity from
which any person is excluded, or is denied benefits, or is discriminated
against, on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, or sex.
Of the amounts made available to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
for fiscal year 2005 by Public Law 108-7, up to $20,000,000 is available for
grants associated with the transition of public broadcasting to digital
broadcasting, including costs related to transmission equipment and program
production, development, and distribution, to be awarded as determined by the
Corporation in consultation with public radio and television licensees or
permittees, or their designated representatives; and up to $60,000,000 is
available pursuant to section 396(k)(10) of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, for replacement and upgrade of the public television interconnection
system: Provided, That section 396(k)(3) shall apply only to amounts
remaining after allocations made herein.
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
to carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor Management Relations Act,
1947 (29 U.S.C. 171-180, 182-183), including hire of passenger motor vehicles;
for expenses necessary for the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978 (29
U.S.C. 175a); and for expenses necessary for the Service to carry out the
functions vested in it by the Civil Service Reform Act, Public Law 95-454 (5
U.S.C. ch. 71), $43,964,000, including $1,500,000, to remain available through
September 30, 2006, for activities authorized by the Labor-Management
Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a): Provided, That
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, for
special training activities and other conflict resolution services and
technical assistance, including those provided to foreign governments and
international organizations, and for arbitration services shall be credited to
and merged with this account, and shall remain available until expended:
Provided further, That fees for arbitration services shall be
available only for education, training, and professional development of the
agency workforce: Provided further, That the Director of the Service
is authorized to accept and use on behalf of the United States gifts of
services and real, personal, or other property in the aid of any projects or
functions within the Director's jurisdiction.
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review
Commission (30 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), $7,813,000.
Institute of Museum and Library Services
For carrying out the Museum and Library Services Act of 1996,
$261,743,000, to remain available until expended.
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of the Social Security
Act, $9,905,000, to be transferred to this appropriation from the Federal
Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust
Funds.
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the National Commission on Libraries and
Information Science, established by the Act of July 20, 1970 (Public Law
91-345, as amended), $1,000,000.
National Council on Disability
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the National Council on Disability as
authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended,
$2,873,000.
National Labor Relations Board
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the National Labor Relations Board to carry out
the functions vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, as
amended (29 U.S.C. 141-167), and other laws, $248,785,000: Provided,
That no part of this appropriation shall be available to organize or
assist in organizing agricultural laborers or used in connection with
investigations, hearings, directives, or orders concerning bargaining units
composed of agricultural laborers as referred to in section 2(3) of the Act of
July 5, 1935 (29 U.S.C. 152), and as amended by the Labor-Management Relations
Act, 1947, as amended, and as defined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 25,
1938 (29 U.S.C. 203), and including in said definition employees engaged in
the maintenance and operation of ditches, canals, reservoirs, and waterways
when maintained or operated on a mutual, nonprofit basis and at least 95
percent of the water stored or supplied thereby is used for farming
purposes.
National Mediation Board
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Railway Labor
Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 151-188), including emergency boards appointed by
the President, $11,635,000.
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety and Health Review
Commission (29 U.S.C. 661), $10,516,000.
Railroad Retirement Board
DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT
For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account, authorized under
section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, $108,000,000, which
shall include amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2005 pursuant to
section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98-76; and in addition, an amount, not to
exceed 2 percent of the amount provided herein, shall be available
proportional to the amount by which the product of recipients and the average
benefit received exceeds $108,000,000: Provided, That the total
amount provided herein shall be credited in 12 approximately equal amounts on
the first day of each month in the fiscal year.
Federal Payments to the Railroad Retirement Accounts
For payment to the accounts established in the Treasury for the payment of
benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act for interest earned on unnegotiated
checks, $150,000, to remain available through September 30, 2006, which shall
be the maximum amount available for payment pursuant to section 417 of Public
Law 98-76.
Limitation On Administration
For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement Board for
administration of the Railroad Retirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment
Insurance Act, $102,202,000, to be derived in such amounts as determined by
the Board from the railroad retirement accounts and from moneys credited to
the railroad unemployment insurance administration fund.
Limitation on the Office of Inspector General
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General for audit,
investigatory and review activities, as authorized by the Inspector General
Act of 1978, as amended, not more than $6,561,000, to be derived from the
railroad retirement accounts and railroad unemployment insurance account:
Provided, That none of the funds made available in any other
paragraph of this Act may be transferred to the Office; used to carry out any
such transfer; used to provide any office space, equipment, office supplies,
communications facilities or services, maintenance services, or administrative
services for the Office; used to pay any salary, benefit, or award for any
personnel of the Office; used to pay any other operating expense of the
Office; or used to reimburse the Office for any service provided, or expense
incurred, by the Office.
Social Security Administration
Payments to Social Security Trust Funds
For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and the Federal
Disability Insurance trust funds, as provided under sections 201(m), 228(g),
and 1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, $20,454,000.
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM
For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Security Act, section 401
of Public Law 92-603, section 212 of Public Law 93-66, as amended, and section
405 of Public Law 95-216, including payment to the Social Security trust funds
for administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g)(1) of the
Social Security Act, $28,578,829,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State in the
current fiscal year and not obligated by the State during that year shall be
returned to the Treasury.
For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, benefit payments to
individuals under title XVI of the Social Security Act, for unanticipated
costs incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
For making benefit payments under title XVI of the Social Security Act for
the first quarter of fiscal year 2006, $10,930,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, including the hire of two passenger motor
vehicles, and not to exceed $15,000 for official reception and representation
expenses, not more than $8,674,100,000 may be expended, as authorized by
section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one or all of the trust
funds referred to therein: Provided, That not less than $2,000,000
shall be for the Social Security Advisory Board: Provided further,
That unobligated balances of funds provided under this paragraph at the end of
fiscal year 2005 not needed for fiscal year 2005 shall remain available until
expended to invest in the Social Security Administration information
technology and telecommunications hardware and software infrastructure,
including related equipment and non-payroll administrative expenses associated
solely with this information technology and telecommunications infrastructure:
Provided further, That reimbursement to the trust funds under this
heading for expenditures for official time for employees of the Social
Security Administration pursuant to section 7131 of title 5, United States
Code, and for facilities or support services for labor organizations pursuant
to policies, regulations, or procedures referred to in section 7135(b) of such
title shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, with interest, from
amounts in the general fund not otherwise appropriated, as soon as possible
after such expenditures are made.
In addition, $124,000,000 to be derived from administration fees in excess
of $5.00 per supplementary payment collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of
the Social Security Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93-66, which shall
remain available until expended. To the extent that the amounts collected
pursuant to such section 1616(d) or 212(b)(3) in fiscal year 2005 exceed
$124,000,000, the amounts shall be available in fiscal year 2006 only to the
extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts.
From funds previously appropriated for Federal-State partnerships, any
unobligated balances at the end of fiscal year 2004 shall be transferred to
the Supplemental Security Income Program and remain available until expended
to promote Medicare buy-in programs targeted to elderly and disabled
individuals under titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General in carrying out
the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $25,748,000,
together with not to exceed $65,359,000, to be transferred and expended as
authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the Federal
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability
Insurance Trust Fund.
In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the total provided in
this appropriation may be transferred from the `Limitation on Administrative
Expenses', Social Security Administration, to be merged with this account, to
be available for the time and purposes for which this account is available:
Provided, That notice of such transfers shall be transmitted promptly
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate.
TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education are authorized to transfer unexpended balances of prior
appropriations to accounts corresponding to current appropriations provided in
this Act: Provided, That such transferred balances are used for the
same purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they were originally
appropriated.
SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain
available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so
provided herein.
SEC. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be
used, other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative
relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, for the preparation,
distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio,
television, or video presentation designed to support or defeat legislation
pending before the Congress or any State legislature, except in presentation
to the Congress or any State legislature itself.
(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used to
pay the salary or expenses of any grant or contract recipient, or agent acting
for such recipient, related to any activity designed to influence legislation
or appropriations pending before the Congress or any State legislature.
SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education are authorized to make
available not to exceed $28,000 and $20,000, respectively, from funds
available for salaries and expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for
official reception and representation expenses; the Director of the Federal
Mediation and Conciliation Service is authorized to make available for
official reception and representation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the
funds available for `Salaries and expenses, Federal Mediation and Conciliation
Service'; and the Chairman of the National Mediation Board is authorized to
make available for official reception and representation expenses not to
exceed $5,000 from funds available for `Salaries and expenses, National
Mediation Board'.
SEC. 505. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no funds
appropriated under this Act shall be used to carry out any program of
distributing sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any
illegal drug.
SEC. 506. When issuing statements, press releases, requests for proposals,
bid solicitations and other documents describing projects or programs funded
in whole or in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal funds
included in this Act, including but not limited to State and local governments
and recipients of Federal research grants, shall clearly state--
(1) the percentage of the total costs of the program or project which
will be financed with Federal money;
(2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the project or program;
and
(3) percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the project or
program that will be financed by non-governmental sources.
SEC. 507. (a) None of the funds appropriated under this Act, and none of
the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated under this Act,
shall be expended for any abortion.
(b) None of the funds appropriated under this Act, and none of the funds
in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated under this Act, shall be
expended for health benefits coverage that includes coverage of abortion.
(c) The term `health benefits coverage' means the package of services
covered by a managed care provider or organization pursuant to a contract or
other arrangement.
SEC. 508. (a) The limitations established in the preceding section shall
not apply to an abortion--
(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest; or
(2) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical disorder, physical
injury, or physical illness, including a life-endangering physical condition
caused by or a