Appropriations bill FY2007, Commerce, Justice, Science, State

Making appropriations for Science, the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.

6/29/2006--Passed House, amended. (There are 2 other summaries)
Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007 - Title I: Department of Justice - Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2007 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Justice for FY2007 for:
(1) general administration, including for Department information sharing technology, conversion to narrowband communications, administration of pardon and clemency petitions and immigration-related activities, the Federal Detention Trustee (including transfer of funds), and the Department of Justice Inspector General;
(2) the U.S. Parole Commission;
(3) legal activities, including reimbursement from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund for processing cases under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, for carrying out the activities of the National Security Division and for antitrust enforcement, the Offices of U.S. Attorneys, the U.S. Trustee Program, and the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission;
(4) the U.S. Marshals Service (including for courthouse security equipment), fees and expenses of witnesses, the Community Relations Service, and for certain uses of the Assets Forfeiture Fund;
(5) interagency crime and drug enforcement;
(6) the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI);
(7) the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA);
(8) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF);
(9) the federal prison system, including for the construction of new buildings and facilities and the Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated (subject to certain limitations on administrative expenses);
(10) Office on Violence Against Women for violence against women prevention and prosecution programs; and
(11) Office of Justice Programs, including state and local law enforcement assistance, community-oriented policing services, juvenile justice programs, and public safety officers benefits. Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act.
(Sec. 102) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this title to:
(1) pay for an abortion, except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or in the case of rape; or
(2) require any person to perform or facilitate an abortion.
(Sec. 104) Declares that nothing in the prohibition against the use of funds for abortions shall remove the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide escort services necessary for a female inmate to receive an abortion outside of a Federal facility.
(Sec. 106) Authorizes the Attorney General to extend through FY2008 the Personnel Management Demonstration Project for certain positions of ATF without limitation on the number of employees or the positions covered.
(Sec. 107) Prohibits the use of funds made available to the Department of Justice in this Act for the purpose of transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to conviction for crime under state or federal law and is classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other than to a prison or other facility certified by the Federal Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for housing such a prisoner.
(Sec. 108) Prohibits the use of funds by federal prisons to purchase cable television services, to rent or purchase videocassettes, videocassette recorders, or other audiovisual or electronic equipment used primarily for recreational purposes. Excludes from such prohibition the renting, maintaining, or purchasing of audiovisual or electronic equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational programs.
(Sec. 109) Subjects any funds provided in this Act under "Department of Justice" used to implement E-Government Initiatives to the procedures set forth in section 605 of this Act.
(Sec. 110) Prohibits the use of funds for SENTINEL, or for any other major new or enhanced information technology program having total estimated development costs in excess of $100 million, unless the Deputy Attorney General and the investment review board certify to the Committees on Appropriations that the information technology program has appropriate program management and contractor oversight mechanisms in place, and that the program is compatible with the enterprise architecture of the Department of Justice. Title II: Department of Commerce and Related Agencies - Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007 - Makes appropriations for FY2007 for:
(1) the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative;
(2) the International Trade Commission;
(3) the International Trade Administration;
(4) the Bureau of Industry and Security;
(5) the Economic Development Administration;
(6) the Minority Business Development Agency;
(7) economic and statistical analysis programs;
(8) the Bureau of the Census;
(9) the National Telecommunications and Information Administration;
(10) public telecommunications facilities planning and construction grants;
(11) the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office;
(12) the Under Secretary for Technology;
(13) the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), including amounts for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership of NIST and for construction of new research facilities;
(14) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), including transfers of funds and an amount for procurement, acquisition, and construction of capital assets;
(15) restoration of Pacific salmon populations;
(16) the Coastal Zone Management Fund (including transfer of funds);
(17) the fisheries finance program account; and
(18) departmental management, including for the Department of Commerce Office of Inspector General. Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act.
(Sec. 205) Amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 to authorize appropriations to carry out provisions relating to the establishment of the Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship Program.
(Sec. 206) Amends the National Marine Sanctuaries Act to authorize appropriations to the Secretary of Commerce to carry out provisions relating to establishment of the Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program. Repeals the provision specifying the purpose of such Program.
(Sec. 207) Subjects any funds provided in this Act under "Department of Commerce" used to implement E-Government Initiatives to the procedures set forth in section 605 of this Act. Title III: Science - Science Appropriations Act, 2007 - Makes appropriations for FY2007 for:
(1) the Office of Science and Technology Policy;
(2) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), including for the Office of Inspector General; and
(3) the National Science Foundation (NSF), including for carrying out science and engineering education and human resources programs and activities pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, the Office of the National Science Board, and the Office of Inspector General. Title IV: Department of State and Related Agency - Department of State and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2007 - Makes appropriations for the Department of State for FY2007 for:
(1) administration of foreign affairs, diplomatic and consular programs;
(2) the Capital Investment Fund;
(3) the Office of Inspector General;
(4) educational and cultural exchange programs;
(5) representation allowances;
(6) protection of foreign missions and officials;
(7) U.S. embassy security, construction, and maintenance;
(8) emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service;
(9) the repatriation loans program account;
(10) the American Institute in Taiwan;
(11) the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund;
(12) international organizations, peacekeeping, and commissions; (13 ) the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico;
(14) plan preparation and construction of authorized projects;
(15) the International Joint Commission and the International Boundary Commission, United States and Canada;
(16) international fisheries commissions;
(17) the Asia Foundation;
(18) the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, Incorporated;
(19) the Israeli Arab Scholarship Program;
(20) the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West in the State of Hawaii;
(21) the National Endowment for Democracy; and
(22) the Broadcasting Board of Governors. Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act.
(Sec. 403) Bars the use of funds under this title by the Department of State or the Broadcasting Board of Governors to provide assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation.
(Sec. 404) Directs the Senior Policy Operating Group on Trafficking in Persons to coordinate policies related to international trafficking in persons, including traffickers and victims of severe forms of trafficking.
(Sec. 405) Prohibits the use of funds for any United Nations (UN) undertaking when it is made known to the federal official having authority to obligate or expend such funds that:
(1) the UN undertaking is a peacekeeping mission;
(2) such undertaking will involve U.S. armed forces under the command or operational control of a foreign national; and
(3) the President's military advisors have not submitted to the President a recommendation that such involvement is in U.S. national security interests and the President has not submitted to Congress such a recommendation.
(Sec. 406) Prohibits the use of funds for any purpose for which appropriations are prohibited by the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 for:
(1) opening, operating, or expanding any U.S. diplomatic or consular post in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam that was not operating on July 11, 1995, or increasing the number of personnel assigned in that country; and
(2) the issuance of visas to any individuals named or implicated in certain killings in Haiti.
(Sec. 408) Prohibits a project to construct a U.S. diplomatic facility from including office space or other accommodations for an employee of a federal agency or department if the Secretary of State determines that such department or agency has not provided to the Department of State the full amount of advanced funding for its share of the costs for such facility. Excludes the Marine Corps from such prohibition.
(Sec. 409) Bars ceilings and earmarks contained in this title from being applicable to funds or authorities appropriated or otherwise made available by any subsequent Act unless such Act specifically so directs. Provides that earmarks or minimum funding requirements contained in any other Act shall not be applicable to funds appropriated by this title.
(Sec. 410) Subjects any funds provided in this Act under "Department of State" used to implement E-Government Initiatives to the procedures set forth in section 605 of this Act.
(Sec. 411) Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize the Secretary of State to pay a reward to an officer or employee of a foreign government (or any entity thereof) who, while in the performance of his or her official duties, furnishes information leading to certain actions being taken with respect to international terrorism or narcotics-related offenses, including trafficking, if such payment:
(1) is appropriate in light of the exceptional or high-profile nature of the information furnished;
(2) may aid in furnishing further information; and
(3) is formally requested by such agency. Title V: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY2007 for:
(1) the Antitrust Modernization Commission;
(2) the Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad;
(3) the Commission on Civil Rights;
(4) the Commission on International Religious Freedom;
(5) the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe;
(6) the Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China;
(7) the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC);
(8) the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), including transfer of funds;
(9) the Federal Trade Commission (FTC);
(10) the Helping Enhance the Livelihood of People Around the Globe Commission (HELP Commission);
(11) the Legal Services Corporation;
(12) the Marine Mammal Commission;
(13) the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC);
(14) the Small Business Administration (SBA), including the Office of Inspector General;
(15) the Surety Bond Guarantees Revolving Fund, the Business Loans Program Account, and the Disaster Loans Program Account;
(16) the State Justice Institute;
(17) the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission; and
(18) the United States Institute of Peace. Title VI: General Provisions - Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act.
(Sec. 601) Prohibits the use of any part of any appropriation contained in this Act for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by Congress.
(Sec. 602) Prohibits any part of any appropriation contained in this Act from remaining available for obligation or expenditure beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
(Sec. 605) Prohibits the reprogramming of funds as specified, including any reprogramming that either creates a new program or eliminates an existing program, unless the Appropriations Committees of the House and Senate are notified 15 days in advance.
(Sec. 606) Prohibits the use of funds to implement, administer, or enforce any guidelines of the EEOC covering harassment based on religion, when it is made known to the federal entity or official to which such funds are made available that such guidelines do not differ in any respect from the proposed guidelines published by the EEOC on October 1, 1993.

(Sec. 607) Requires the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, Broadcasting Board of Governors, NSF, NASA, FCC, SEC, and SBA to provide the House and Senate Appropriations Committees with a quarterly accounting of the cumulative balances of any unobligated funds that were received by such agency during any previous fiscal year.
(Sec. 608) Requires any costs incurred by a department or agency funded under this Act resulting from personnel actions taken in response to funding reductions included in this Act to be absorbed within the total budgetary resources available to such department or agency.
(Sec. 609) Prohibits the use of funds to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products or to seek the reduction or removal by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco or tobacco products (except for the reduction or removal of restrictions which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products of the same type).
(Sec. 611) Prohibits funds from being used to obligate more than $625 million during FY2007 from the Crime Victims Fund for paying the salaries and expenses of Department of Justice personnel.
(Sec. 612) Prohibits any of the funds made available to the Department of Justice in this Act from being used to discriminate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of students who participate in programs for which financial assistance is provided from those funds, or of the parents or legal guardians of such students.
(Sec. 614) Requires the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, NASA, NSF, SEC, and SBA to certify that telecommuting opportunities have increased over levels certified to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees for FY2006, to make quarterly reports on the status of telecommuting programs, and to maintain a Telework Coordinator.
(Sec. 615) Subjects any funds provided in this Act under "National Science Foundation" used to implement E-Government Initiatives to the procedures set forth in section 605 of this Act.
(Sec. 616) Requires ATF to include certain disclaimers in data releases on the limitations of data in firearms tracing studies with respect to firearms-related crime.
(Sec. 617) Prohibits the use funds to issue patents on claims directed to or encompassing a human organism.
(Sec. 618) Prohibits the use of funds for the support or justification of the use of torture by any official or contract employee of the United States.
(Sec. 619) Provides for a specified additional amount under the heading "Small Business Administration, Salaries and Expenses" to be used for initiatives related to small business development and entrepreneurship, including programmatic and construction activities.
(Sec. 620) Earmarks (out of amounts made available in this Act for the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, the U.S. Trade Representative, the Broadcasting Board of Governors, NASA, and the NSF) funds to implement the Capital Security Cost Sharing Program.
(Sec. 621) Prohibits the use of funds to pay administrative expenses or to compensate a U.S. officer or employee in connection with requiring an export license for the export to Canada of components, parts, accessories, or attachments for certain firearms with a total value not exceeding $500 wholesale in any transaction, provided that specified conditions are met by the exporting party. Requires the District Directors of Customs and postmasters to permit the export without a license of any such unclassified articles to Canada for end use in Canada or return to the United States, or temporary import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for end use in the United States or return to Canada for a Canadian citizen. Allows the President to require export licenses on a temporary basis under this section if, the Government of Canada has inadequate import controls for the articles specified in this section, such that a significant diversion of such articles has and continues to take place for use in international terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in another nation.
(Sec. 622) Bars any department, agency, or U.S. instrumentality receiving appropriated funds under this Act or any other Act from obligating or spending such funds to pay administrative expenses or the compensation of any U.S. officer or employee to deny any application for a permit to import U.S. origin "curios or relics" firearms, parts, or ammunition.
(Sec. 623) Prohibits the use of funds to include in any new bilateral or multilateral trade agreement specified text of the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement, the United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement, or the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement.
(Sec. 624) Prohibits the use of funds to pay expenses for any U.S. delegation to any specialized agency, body, or UN commission if such commission is chaired or presided over by a country the government of which the Secretary of State has determined, for purposes of the exercise of certain foreign policy controls on the export of goods or technology to countries that have repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism, has provided support for such acts.
(Sec. 625) Prohibits the use of funds to carry out any diplomatic operations in Libya or accept the credentials of any representative of the Government of Libya until such time as the President certifies to Congress that Libya:
(1) has taken irrevocable steps to pay the total amount of the settlement commitment of $10 million to the surviving families of each decedent of Pan Am Flight 103; and
(2) will continue to work in good faith to resolve the outstanding cases of U.S. victims of terrorism sponsored or supported by Libya, including the settlement of La Belle Discotheque bombing.
(Sec. 626) Prohibits the use of funds in contravention of specified federal buildings performance and reporting requirements.
(Sec. 627) Prohibits the use funds to enter into a basing rights agreement between the United States and Iraq. Title VII: Rescissions - Rescinds certain unobligated balances available to the Department of Justice for:
(1) the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund;
(2) general administration (Telecommunications Carrier Compliance Fund);
(3) legal activities (Assets Forfeiture Fund); and
(4) the Office of Justice programs for state and local law enforcement assistance and community oriented policing services. Rescinds certain unobligated balances available to the:
(1) Department of Commerce (departmental management) for the Emergency Steel Guaranteed Loan Program Account; and
(2) the Department of State for the Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund. Rescinds certain unobligated balances available to the SBA for:
(1) salaries and expenses;
(2) the business loans program account; and
(3) the disaster loans program account. Title VIII: Additional General Provisions -
(Sec. 801) Prohibits the use of funds to enforce any of the provisions in the Memorandum to all Department and Agency Executive Secretaries dated, February 2, 2001, and entitled "Guidelines on Relations with Taiwan."

(Sec. 802) Reduces by a specified amount the amount for the "Office of Justice Programs---Justice Assistance" for the Drug Endangered Children grant program and the amounts otherwise provided by this Act for "Other---Salaries and Expenses, Departmental Management."

(Sec. 803) Prohibits the use of any of the funds under this Act by NASA for travel policies and practices in contravention of Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A-126.
(Sec. 804) Prohibits the use any of the funds under this Act for business class or first class airline travel by employees of the Department of State in contravention of federal regulations.
(Sec. 805) Prohibits the use of funds in contravention of provisions relating to communication between government agencies and the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) regarding the lawful or unlawful citizenship or immigration status of any individual.
(Sec. 806) Reduces by a specified amount the amount for grants for young witness assistance and the amount otherwise provided by this Act for "Other---Salaries and Expenses, Departmental Management."
(Sec. 807) Prohibits the use of funds in contravention of section 303 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 relating to minimum requirements for acquisition of light duty alternative fueled vehicles by the federal fleet.
(Sec. 808) States that the amounts otherwise provided by this Act are revised by a specified amount by increasing the amount made available for "Office of Justice Programs---Justice Assistance" and by reducing the amount made available for "Department of Justice---General Administration---Salaries and Expenses."
(Sec. 809) Reduces by a specified amount the amount for "Office of Justice Programs---State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance" for the Law Enforcement Tribute Act program and the amount otherwise provided by this Act for "Department of Justice---General Administration---Salaries and Expenses."
(Sec. 810) States that the amounts otherwise provided by this Act are revised by increasing the amount made available for "Violence Against Women and Prosecution Programs" (consisting of specified amounts for grants to assist children and youth exposed to violence, for services to advocate for and respond to youth, and for the national tribal sex offender registry, and for grants for sexual assault services) and by reducing the amount made available for "Department of Justice---General Administration---Salaries and Expenses."
(Sec. 811) Prohibits the use of funds for the administration and operation of the UN Human Rights Council while countries designated as state sponsors of terrorism by the Secretary of State are members of such Council.
(Sec. 812) Reduces by a specified amount the amount for "Office of Justice Programs---Juvenile Justice Programs" for the Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Block Grant program and the amount otherwise provided by this Act for "Broadcasting Board of Governors---International Broadcasting Operations."

(Sec. 813) Prohibits the use of funds for:
(1) the Industry Trade Advisory Committee on Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Health/Science Products and Services (ITAC 3) unless the membership of the committee is "fairly balanced in terms of the points of view represented" pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act; or
(2) the Industry Trade Advisory Committee on Intellectual Property Rights (ITAC 15) unless the membership of the committee is "fairly balanced in terms of the points of view represented" pursuant to such Act.
(Sec. 814) Prohibits the use of funds to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than 50 employees from a federal department or agency at any single conference occurring outside the United States.
(Sec. 815) Reduces by a specified amount the amount for "Office on Violence Against Women---Violence Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Programs" for the Jessica Gonzales Victims Assistants program and the amount otherwise provided by this Act for "Department of Justice---General Administration---Salaries and Expenses."
(Sec. 816) Prohibits the use of funds in contravention of the Buy American Act.
(Sec. 817) Prohibits the use of funds to file a motion respecting a civil action brought by the Attorney General against a person for a certain false claim, for an extension of time of more than six months, or to file more than one motion in any one such case.
(Sec. 818) States that the amounts otherwise provided by this Act are revised by increasing the amount made available under title I for "Community Oriented Policing Services" and by reducing the amount made available under title IV for "International Organizations---Contributions to International Organizations."
(Sec. 819) States that the amounts otherwise provided by this Act are revised by increasing the amount made available for the item "Community Oriented Policing Services" and by reducing the aggregate amount made available for "Departments of Justice, General Administration, Salaries and Expenses."
(Sec. 820) Prohibits the use of funds to carry out requirements for penalties relating to violations involving the sale, delivery, or transfer of handguns not provided with a secure gun storage or safety device.

(Sec. 821) Prohibits the use of funds for the purpose of enforcing the final judgment of the District Court for the Southern District of Indiana issued in Hinrichs v. Bosma.
(Sec. 822) Prohibits the use of funds to implement the revision to Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 made on May 29, 2003.


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• Rep. Frank Wolf [R, VA-10]

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Amendments

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Amendments to H.R.5672

Number	Status	Purpose
H.Amdt1098	Pass	An amendment to increase funding (by offset) for the Missing Alzheimer Program by $1,000,000.
H.Amdt1099	Pass	An amendment to increase funding (by offset) for the Legal Services Corporation by $25,000,000.
H.Amdt1100	Pass	An amendment to increase funding (by offset) for Justice Assistance Grants by $25,000,000.
H.Amdt1101	Pass	An amendment to increase funding (by offset) for the Criminal Records Upgrade Program by $1,500,000.
H.Amdt1102	Pass	An amendment to increase funding (by offset) for the Violence Against Women Act by $10,000,000.
H.Amdt1103	Pass	An amendment to increase funds (by offset) for the direct and guaranteed loan programs by $40,000,000.
H.Amdt1104	Fail	An amendment to increase funds (by offset) for the FBI by $40,000,000.
H.Amdt1105	Pass	An amendment to increase funds (by offset) for the FBI's Innocent Images Program by $3,300,000.
H.Amdt1106	Fail	An amendment numbered 22 printed in the Congressional Record to increase funding (by offset) for expenses necessary of the Federal Prison System by $500,000.
H.Amdt1107	Offered	An amendment to increase funding for State and local law enforcement authorization grants.
H.Amdt1108	Offered	An amendment to increase funding for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program by $532 million.
H.Amdt1109	Pass	An amendment to increase funding (by offset) for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program by $25 million.
H.Amdt1110	Pass	An amendment to increase funding (by offset) to the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program by $50 million.
H.Amdt1111	Withdrawn	An amendment to increase funding (by offset) for the Department of Justice Drug Court Programs by $5 million.
H.Amdt1112	Pass	An amendment to increase funding (by offset) for the Southwest Border Prosecutor Initiative by $10,000,000.
H.Amdt1113	Pass	An amendment to increase funding (by offset) for Justice Assistance Grants by $2,000,000.
H.Amdt1114	Pass	An amendment to increase funding (by offset) for COPS bulletproof vests by $12,000,000.
H.Amdt1115	Pass	An amendment to increase the amount for Operations and Administration under the ITA by $5 million.
H.Amdt1116	Pass	An amendment to increase funding by an additional $3 million to monitor imports from China.
H.Amdt1117	Pass	An amendment to increase funding for the National Weather Service by $2.7 million.
H.Amdt1118	Withdrawn	An amendment to transfer $783 million from various accounts which fund NASA to accounts providing funding for NOAA.
H.Amdt1119	Pass	An amendment to provide an additional $2 million (by transfer) for the West Coast commercial salmon industry.
H.Amdt1120	Pass	An amendment numbered 17 printed in the Congressional Record to designate funding for a Global Warming Study by the National Academy of Sciences.
H.Amdt1121	Pass	An amendment to increase and immediately decrease funding for the FCC in order to encourage the FCC to promulgate a rule on caller ID services.
H.Amdt1122	Pass	An amendment to set aside funds for National Veterans Business Development Corporation in the amount of $1 million.
H.Amdt1123	Offered	An amendment to insert a new section at the end of title IV amending Section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)) to raise the Federal minimum wage.
H.Amdt1124	Pass	An amendment numbered 25 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit any funds made available by the Act from being used to enforce any of the provisions in the Memorandum to all Department and Agency Executive Secretaries dated, February 2, 2001, and entitled "Guidelines on Relations With Taiwan".
H.Amdt1125	Fail	An amendment to prohibit funds from being used for the Tooling and Machining Association in Rochester, New York.
H.Amdt1126	Fail	An amendment to prohibit funds from being used for the Arthur Avenue Retail Market.
H.Amdt1127	Fail	An amendment to prohibit funds from being used for the Oil Region Alliance of Business, Industry, and Tourism.
H.Amdt1128	Fail	An amendment to prohibit funds from being used for the Fairplex Trade and Conference Center.
H.Amdt1129	Fail	An amendment to prohibit funds from being used for the Bronx Council on the Arts.
H.Amdt1130	Fail	An amendment to prohibit funds from being used for the Johnstown Area Regional Industries (JARI) organization.
H.Amdt1131	Fail	An amendment to prohibit funds from being used for the Wisconsin Procurement Initiative.
H.Amdt1132	Fail	An amendment to prohibit funds from being used to fund Fairmont State University.
H.Amdt1133	Fail	An amendment to prohibit funds from being used for the Southern and Eastern Kentucky Tourism Development Association.
H.Amdt1134	Pass	An amendmemt to provide $5 million for the Drug Endangered Children grant program.
H.Amdt1135	Pass	An amendment numbered 2 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit funds from being used by NASA for travel policies and practices in contravention of Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A-126.
H.Amdt1136	Fail	An amendment to prohibit funds from being used for a manned space mission to Mars.
H.Amdt1137	Pass	An amendment numbered 3 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit the use of funds from being made available for business class or first class airline travel by employees of the Department of State in contravention of 41 CFR 301-10.122 through 301-10.124.
H.Amdt1138	Offered	An amendment to prohibit the use of funds from being made available to negotiate the accession by the Russian Federation into the World Trade Organization.
H.Amdt1139	Pass	An amendment to prohibit the use of funds from being used in contravention of section 1373 of title 8, United States Code.
H.Amdt1140	Withdrawn	An amendment to allocate $38,000,000 for the Public Safety Officers' Death Benefits program.
H.Amdt1141	Pass	An amendment to provide for $3,000,000 for grants for young witness assistance.
H.Amdt1142	Pass	An amendment to prohibit the use of funds from being used in contravention of section 303 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992.
H.Amdt1143	Withdrawn	An amendment to prohibit the use of funds from being made available to prevent the States of Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, Rhode Island, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont, or Washington from implementing State laws authorizing the use of medical marijuana, and directing the Attorney General to transfer from available appropriations for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice any amounts that would have been used for such purpose but for this section to the Drug Enforcement Administration to assist State and local law enforcement with proper removal and disposal of hazardous materials from illegal methamphetamine labs, including funding for training, technical assistance, a container program, and purchase of equipment to adequately remove and store hazardous material.
H.Amdt1144	Fail	An amendment to prohibit the use of funds from being used to prevent the States of Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, Rhode Island, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont, or Washington from implementing State laws authorizing the use of medical marijuana in those States.
H.Amdt1145	Fail	An amendment numbered 21 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit use of funds in the bill to carry out any provision of section 203 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
H.Amdt1146	Pass	An amendment to revise the amount made available for "Office of Justice Programs--Justice Assistance" and reducing the amount made available for "Department of Justice--General Administration--Salaries and Expenses", by $3 million.
H.Amdt1147	Fail	An amendment to increase funding (by offset) for the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program by $467,574,000.
H.Amdt1148	Fail	An amendment to prohibit funds from being used for the design, renovation, construction, or rental of any headquarters for the United Nations in any location in the United States.
H.Amdt1149	Withdrawn	An amendment to prohibit funds from being used to operate the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's National Contact Center.
H.Amdt1150	Fail	An amendment numbered 6 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit funds from being used for negotiating the participation of additional countries under the visa waiver program described in section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187).
H.Amdt1151	Pass	An amendment to provide $500,000 for the Law Enforcement Tribute Act program.
H.Amdt1152	Withdrawn	An amendment to prohibit funds from being used for a United Nations peacekeeping mission if an individual who is participating in that mission is under investigation for alleged human rights abuses, including sexual exploitation, and that individual has not been removed from that mission for the duration of that investigation.
H.Amdt1153	Pass	An amendment to provide an additional $10 million for various new Violence Against Women programs.
H.Amdt1154	Pass	An amendment to prohibit funds from being used for the administraton and operation of the United Nations Human Rights Council while countries designated as state sponsors of terrorism by the Secretary of State are members of the Council.
H.Amdt1155	Pass	An amendment to increase funding for the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Block Grant program by $5 million.
H.Amdt1156	Pass	An amendment numbered 16 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit funds from being used to carry out section 924(p) of title 18, United States Code.
H.Amdt1157	Pass	An amendment to prohibit the use of funds from being available for the Industry Trade Advisory Committee on Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Health/Science Products and Services (ITAC 3) unless the membership of the committee is "fairly balanced in terms of the points of view represented" pursuant to section 5(b)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act; or the Industry Trade Advisory Committee on Intellectual Property Rights (ITAC 15) unless the membership of the committee is "fairly balanced in terms of the points of view represented" pursuant to section 5(b)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
H.Amdt1158	Pass	An amendment numbered 5 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit the use of funds from being used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than 50 employees from a Federal department or agency at any single conference occurring outside the United States.
H.Amdt1159	Pass	An amendment to increase funding (by offset) for the Jessica Gonzales Victims Assistants program by $5,000,000.
H.Amdt1160	Withdrawn	An amendment to require that not later than 90 days after enactment, and annually thereafter, the President shall submit to Congress a report listing contributions of the United States Government for the preceding fiscal year to the United Nations and United Nations affiliated agencies and related bodies.
H.Amdt1161	Fail	An amendment to prohibit the use of funds from being used to issue a national security letter to a health insurance company under any of the provisions of law amended by section 505 of the USA PATRIOT ACT.
H.Amdt1162	Pass	An amendment numbered 13 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit use of funds in the bill in contravention of the Buy American Act.
H.Amdt1163	Withdrawn	An amendment to prohibit use of funds in the bill to support programs that target segments of the Muslim and Arab communities for national security investigations.
H.Amdt1164	Pass	An amendment to prohibit use of funds in the bill for the purpose of enforcing the final judgement of the Federal District Court for the Southern District of Indiana issued in Hinrichs v. Bosma.
H.Amdt1165	Pass	An amendment to prohibit use of funds in the bill to file a motion under section 3730(b)(3) of title 31, United States Code, for an extension of time of more than 6 months, or to file more than one motion under such section in any case.
H.Amdt1166	Pass	An amendment to revise amounts in the bill by increasing the amount made available under title I for "Community Oriented Policing Services" and reducing the amount made available under title IV for "International Organizations--Contributions to International Organizations", by $5 million.
H.Amdt1167	Fail	An amendment to prohibit use of funds in the bill in contravention of section 3109 of title 18, United States Code (knock and announce rule).
H.Amdt1168	Pass	An amendment to increase by $2,000,000 funding for prisoner re-entry programs.
H.Amdt1169	Pass	An amendment to prohibit funds from being used to implement the revision to Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 made on May 29, 2003.
H.Amdt1170	Fail	An amendment numbered 18 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit funds from being used by the Secretary of State to implement a plan under section 7209 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (8 U.S.C. 1185 note) that permits travel into the United States from foreign countries using any document other than a passport to denote citizenship and identity.
H.Amdt1171	Offered	An amendment to prohibit funds from being used to fund State or local anti-drug task forces that do not collect, and make publicly available, data as to the racial distribution of convictions as a result of their operation.
H.Amdt1172	Fail	An amendment to reduce the overall funding of the bill by $590 million or 1 percent.

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• Jul 17, 2006: Star Print ordered on S. Rpt. 109-280.
• Jul 13, 2006: Committee on Appropriations. Reported by Senator Shelby with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 109-280.
• Added to calendar on Jul 13, 2006: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 516..
• Jul 11, 2006: Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies. Approved for full committee consideration with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
• Jun 29, 2006: The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 5672.
• Passed roll in the House on Jun 29, 2006. On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 393 - 23 (Roll no. 349).
• Jun 29, 2006: The House adopted the remaining amendments en gross as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
• Jun 29, 2006: The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 5672.
• Jun 29, 2006: The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
• Jun 29, 2006: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
• Jun 28, 2006: Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 5672 as unfinished business.
• Jun 28, 2006: Mr. Davis, Tom raised a point of order against the content of the measure. Mr. Davis (VA) raised a point of order against Section 607 stating that it was in violation of clause 2 of rule 21 prohibiting legislation in an appropriations bill. The Chair sustained the point of order.
• Jun 28, 2006: On motion that the Committee do now rise Failed by recorded vote: 37 - 352 (Roll no. 332).
• Jun 28, 2006: Mr. Miller, George moved that the Committee do now rise.
• Jun 28, 2006: The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
• Jun 27, 2006: Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 5672 as unfinished business.
• Jun 27, 2006: On motion that the Committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.
• Jun 27, 2006: Mr. Mollohan raised a point of order against the content of the measure. Mr. Mollohan raised a point of order against page 15, line 8 through page 16, line 4 stating that it constituted legislation in an appropriations bill and was in violation of clause 2 of rule 21. The Chair sustained the point of order.
• Jun 27, 2006: The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
• Jun 27, 2006: Considered as unfinished business.
• Jun 27, 2006: Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 5672 as unfinished business.
• Jun 27, 2006: The Speaker designated the Honorable Doc Hastings to act as Chairman of the Committee.
• Jun 27, 2006: Rule H. Res. 890 passed House.
• Jun 26, 2006: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 890 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 5672 with 1 hour of general debate. Motion to recommit with or without installowed. Measure will be read by paragraph. Bill is open to amendments.
• Jun 22, 2006: The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 109-520, by Mr. Wolf.
• Added to calendar on Jun 22, 2006: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 290..
• Introduced on Jun 22, 2006.

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