Prior to adjourning for the year in December, Congress completed action on the FY2006 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education; and Department of Defense spending bills.
The remaining nine spending bills were approved before the Thanksgiving recess and have been enacted into law, including: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies (P.L. 109-54); Legislative Branch (P.L. 109-55); Department of Homeland Security (P.L. 109-90); Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies (P.L. 109-97); and Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs (P.L. 109-102); Energy and Water Development (P.L. 109-103); Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies (P.L. 109-108); Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs (P.L. 109-114); and Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, and the District of Columbia (P.L. 109-115).
The following is a summary of funding levels specific to programs affecting women and their families. For more detailed summaries of funding levels and report language, please refer to previous issues of The Source: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies (see The Source, 10/28/05); Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Agencies (see The Source, 11/04/05); Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies (see The Source, 11/14/05); Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs (see The Source, 11/21/05); Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, and the District of Columbia (see The Source, 11/21/05); Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education; and Department of Defense.
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations P.L. 109-97
The final bill allocates $17.09 billion in FY2006, a $260 million increase over FY2005 and $350 million more than the administration’s request.
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): The bill provides $5.3 billion in FY2006 for WIC, $22 million above the FY2005 level and $47 million more than the budget request. Of that total, no less than $15 million is provided to continue the breastfeeding support initiative.
Child Nutrition Programs: Child nutrition programs receive $12.7 billion in FY2006, an $879 million increase over FY2005 and $245 million more than the administration’s request.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA): The measure allocates $1.5 billion for the FDA, $40 million more than FY2005 and $10 million above the budget request. Of that amount, no less than $4 million is provided for the Office of Women’s Health.
Food Stamp Program: As requested by President Bush, the Food Stamp Program is funded at $40.7 billion in FY2006, a $5.6 billion increase over FY2005.
Food for Peace: Under the bill, $1.2 billion is provided for the Food for Peace Program, $23 million less than FY2005 and $265 million above the administration’s request. In addition, the McGovern-Dole Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program receives $100 million, a $13.2 million increase over FY2005 and equal to the budget request.
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Agencies P.L. 109-102
The final bill allocates $19.54 billion in FY2006, a $1.36 billion decrease below FY2005 and $3.28 billion less than the administration’s request.
The conferees intend that programs funded in the bill “that provide training for foreign police, judicial, and military officials, shall include, where appropriate, programs and activities that address gender-based violence.”
Child Survival and Health Programs Fund: Under the bill, $1.58 billion is provided for the Child Survival and Health Programs Fund, $40 million less than FY2005 and $330 million above the administration’s request. The total includes $360 million for child survival and maternal health, $34 million more than FY2005 and the budget request. In addition, $3 million is provided to address the needs of orphans and displaced children.
HIV/AIDS: The measure provides $2.8 billion in FY2006 for HIV/AIDS prevention activities, $629 million more than FY2005 and $258 million above the budget request. The total includes $1.99 billion for the Global HIV/AIDS Initiative; $350 million in bilateral HIV/AIDS funding within the Child Survival and Health Programs Fund to finance ongoing programs; $450 million for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria; and $30 million for UNAIDS.
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID): The final bill allocates $1.52 billion in development assistance for USAID, a $120 million increase over FY2005 and $380 million more than the budget request. The total includes level funding of $15 million for programs to improve women’s leadership capacity in recipient countries and $11.5 million for the Office of Women in Development. The bill also provides $365 million for basic education and level funds at $15 million a pilot project “to increase access to basic education by addressing the prohibitive fees that keep children, and particularly girls, out of school.” In addition, the conferees intend for development assistance funds to be made available for programs in sub-Saharan Africa to address sexual and gender-based violence, and for activities to reduce the incidence of child marriage in developing countries.
Microbicides: The measure provides no less than $40 million for microbicides, including up to $3 million for the International Partnership for Microbicides, and $29 million for the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative.
International Family Planning: Under the bill, $432 million is included for international family planning programs in FY2006. This amount is $9 million less than FY2005 and $7 million more than the administration’s request.
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA): In FY2006, UNFPA receives level funding of $34 million, $9 million above the budget request. The administration has blocked the release of all UNFPA funds in FY2002 through FY2005. The conferees state that the funding could be transferred to the Child Survival and Health Programs Fund and “shall be made available for family planning, maternal, and reproductive health activities.”
Afghanistan: As requested by the administration, the measure provides $430 million for Afghanistan, $250 million above the FY2005 level. The total includes $50 million to support programs for Afghan women and girls, of which no less than $7.5 million “shall be made available for grants to support training and equipment to improve the capacity of women-led Afghan nongovernmental organizations and to support the activities of such organizations.”
Iraq: The bill provides $61 million for assistance to Iraq, $398 million less than the budget request.
Migration and Refugee Assistance: The measure includes $791 million for migration and refugee assistance, a $27.2 million increase over FY2005, but $101.8 million below the administration’s request.
Middle East Partnership Initiative: The Middle East Partnership Initiative receives $110 million in FY2006, $35 million more than FY2005 and $10 million more than the budget request.
Trafficking: In FY2006, the measure includes $4 million for programs to fight trafficking in persons. The report states that the conferees “intend that this funding be used to protect victims of trafficking, prevent new instances of trafficking, and support the prosecution of traffickers.”
Sudan: The bill provides $70 million for humanitarian assistance to the Darfur region of Sudan.
Millennium Challenge Corporation: The measure provides $1.77 billion for the Millennium Challenge Corporation, $270 million more than FY2005, but $1.23 billion below the administration’s request.
Peace Corps: The Peace Corps receives $322 million in FY2006, a $5 million increase over FY2005, but $23 million less than the amount requested by President Bush.
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF): In FY2006, the measure provides $127 million for UNICEF. This amount is $3 million more than FY2005 and $13 million above the administration’s request.
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM): Under the bill, UNIFEM receives $3.25 million in FY2006, $1.25 million more than FY2005 and $2.25 million above the budget request. The total includes a $1.5 million contribution to the UNIFEM Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence Against Women.
Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations P.L. 109-108
The final bill allocates $57.85 billion in FY2006, a $1.61 billion increase over FY2005, but $2.5 billion less than the administration’s request.
The State Department
Under the bill, the State Department is funded at $9.6 billion in FY2006, a $1.1 billion decrease below FY2005 and $250 million under the budget request.
Department of Justice
Under the bill, the Department of Justice receives $21.4 billion in FY2006, a $1.1 billion increase over FY2005 and $790 million more than the administration’s request. The measure maintains current law prohibiting the use of federal funds to pay for abortions for female inmates except in cases of rape or if the life of the pregnant woman is endangered. The Bureau of Prisons is required to provide escort services for female inmates seeking abortion services outside a federal facility.
Gender-Based Asylum Claims: The conference report includes language concerning the excessive delay in the issuance of regulations governing the recognition of asylum claims from women fleeing honor killings, trafficking, sexual slavery and domestic violence.
Violence Against Women Act: Programs under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) receive $386.5 million in FY2006, $4.5 million more than FY2005 and $23.5 million more than the administration’s request. VAWA programs include the following:
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The conferees “understand that Native American and Native Alaskan women experience a higher rate of violence compared to any other group in the United States. These individuals lack a comprehensive community response to address their needs in breaking the cycle of violence. Last year, a liaison office was created to address this concern. The conference agreement includes $6.7 million for the Native American/Native Alaskan Liaison Office to continue their work in Alaska, of which $950,000 is for the rural domestic violence prosecution unit; $5 million is for the State of Alaska Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Program; and $750,000 is for the Victims of Justice in Alaska.”
National Institute of Justice: In FY2006, the National Institute of Justice receives $55 million, $700,000 more than FY2005, but $28.7 million below the administration’s request.
Missing Children’s Program: The bill provides $48 million for the Missing Children Program in FY2006, $1.73 million more than FY2005 and $9.2 million above the budget request. The total includes $24 million for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), $14.5 million for the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, and $5 million for the AMBER Alert program.
Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grants: The Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grants program receives $416.5 million in FY2006, $217.5 million less than FY2005. Under the administration’s budget request, this program would not have been funded.
Boys and Girls Clubs: The measure provides $85 million for the Boys and Girls Clubs, a $1.1 million increase over FY2005 and $15 million more than the administration’s request.
Prison Rape: Under the bill, $18.2 million is provided to implement the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (P.L. 108-79). The amount is $39.8 million below FY2005 and $8 million more than the amount requested by President Bush.
Trafficking: The measure provides $10 million in FY2006 for a program to provide assistance to victims of trafficking, $134,000 more than FY2005. President Bush did not request funding for the program.
DNA Analysis Initiative: The bill includes $108.5 million in FY2006 for a DNA and forensics initiative, $1.5 million less than FY2005 and $42.5 million below the administration’s request.
Juvenile Justice Programs: Under the bill, $342.7 million is allocated for juvenile justice programs in FY2006, a $41.3 million decrease below FY2005 and $110.5 million more than the budget request. The total includes $15 million for the Victims of Child Abuse Act, $200,000 more than FY2005 and $3.23 million above the administration’s request.
Related Agencies
Legal Services Corporation: The Legal Services Corporation is level-funded at $331 million, $12.7 million more than the administration’s request.
Small Business Administration: The bill provides $456 million for the Small Business Administration, $154 million less than FY2005 and $3 million above the administration’s request. Of that amount, $12.5 million is provided for women’s business centers, $500,000 above the FY2005 level. In addition, the National Women’s Business Council is level-funded at $750,000.
Commission on Civil Rights: As requested by the administration, H.R. 2862 includes $9.04 million for the Commission on Civil Rights in FY2006. This amount is $40,000 above the FY2005 level.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission receives $331.23 million in FY2006, a $4.43 million increase over FY2005 and equal to the budget request.
National Science Foundation: The measure allocates $5.65 billion for the National Science Foundation (NSF), a $181 million increase over FY2005 and $49 million more than the administration’s request. The total includes $64 million for Math and Science Partnerships, $15 million less than FY2005 and $4 million above the budget request.
The conference report states that the NSF “plays a significant role in attracting more of the best and brightest students in the Nation into the science, mathematics, engineering, and technology fields. The conferees urge NSF to work towards increasing the number of women, minorities, and other underrepresented groups to the greatest extent possible.”
Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs P.L. 109-114
The final bill allocates $45.4 billion in FY2006, a $3.1 billion increase over FY2005 and $300 million more than the administration’s request.
Military Family Housing: Under the bill, $4.02 billion is provided for military family housing, $20 million more than FY2005, but $220 million less than the budget request. Of that amount, $1.81 billion is allocated for new family housing units and improvements to existing units, and $2.21 billion is used for the operation and maintenance of existing units.
Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, and the District of Columbia P.L. 109-115
The final bill allocates $65.9 billion in FY2006, a $2.7 billion increase over FY2005 and $5.2 billion more than the administration’s request.
The measure maintains current law requiring health plans participating in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) to cover prescription contraceptives if they cover other prescription drugs. Physicians and others who provide contraceptives are exempted from the requirement if they object based on religious beliefs. Religiously affiliated health plans also are exempt. Additionally, the measure prohibits abortion coverage under FEHBP, except when the life of the mother is endangered or in the case of rape or incest. The bill also maintains current law permitting breastfeeding at any location in a federal building or on federal property.
Department of Transportation
Minority Business Resource Center: As requested by the administration, $900,000 is provided for the Minority Business Resource Center, a $7,200 increase over FY2005. The center “provides assistance in obtaining short-term working capital and bonding for disadvantaged, minority, and women-owned businesses.” The center also “enables qualified businesses to obtain loans at prime interest rates for transportation-related projects.” In addition, $3 million is included for minority business outreach, $24,000 more than FY2005 and equal to the budget request.
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Homeless Programs: Under the bill, $1.34 billion is provided for homeless programs, $99.5 million more than FY2005, but $100 million less than the budget request. The total includes $238 million to renew all expiring Shelter Plus Care contracts. In addition, $11.7 million is provided for the national homeless data analysis project.
U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness: As requested by the administration, the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness receives $1.8 million in FY2006, $300,000 more than FY2005.
Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA): In FY2006, the HOPWA program receives $289 million. This amount is $5 million above FY2005 and $21 million more than the budget request.
Section 8: The measure includes $15.6 billion for Section 8 voucher renewals, $870 million above the FY2005 level, but $209 million less than the amount requested by the administration.
Fair Housing: Fair housing activities receive $46.5 million in FY2006, $100,000 less than FY2005 and $7.7 million more than the budget request. Of that amount, $26 million is provided for the Fair Housing Assistance Program and $20 million for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program.
Lead Hazard Reduction: The bill provides $152 million for the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, $33 million more than the budget request. The total includes $76.9 million for the lead-based paint hazard control program to provide assistance for lead-based abatement in private low-income housing. In addition, $9.5 million is provided for the Healthy Homes Initiative “to address lead-based paint poisoning and other housing-related diseases and hazards.”
American Dream Downpayment Assistance Initiative: In FY2006, the American Dream Downpayment Assistance Initiative receives $25 million, $24.6 million below the FY2005 level and $175 million less than the administration’s request.
Housing Counseling: Under the bill, level funding of $42 million is provided for housing counseling programs in FY2006. This amount is $2 million above the budget request.
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation: The Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation receives $118 million in FY2006, a $3.9 million increase over FY2005 as requested by the administration.
Homeownership: The measure provides $61 million for the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity Program, a new account “proposed by the Administration to fund programs that previously have been funded as set asides within the Community Development Fund (CDF).” The total includes $20 million for the Self-Help Homeownership Program, a $5 million decrease below FY2005 and $10 million less than the amount requested by the administration.
Youthbuild: The bill provides $50 million for the Youthbuild program, $12 million less than FY2005. Under the administration’s budget request, the Youthbuild program would have been transferred from HUD to the Department of Labor. The total includes $4 million for grants to establish Youthbuild programs in underserved and rural areas and $1 million for Youthbuild USA for capacity building for community development and affordable housing activities.
Office of National Drug Control Policy
National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign: The bill provides $100 million for the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, a $20 million decrease below the FY2005 level.
District of Columbia
The measure allocates $603 million for the District of Columbia in FY2006, a $47 million increase over FY2005 and $29.6 million more than the budget request.
D.C. Courts: As requested by the administration, the bill provides $219 million in FY2006 for the operation of the D.C. Courts, $29.8 million more than the FY2005 level. The total includes funding for the Family Court, which handles all cases in the District pertaining to child abuse and neglect, domestic violence, adoption, and foster care.
D.C. Schools: In FY2006, $40 million is provided for D.C. schools. This amount is $300,000 above FY2005, but $1.62 million less than the budget request. Of the total, $13 million is allocated for D.C. public schools and $13 million for charter schools. In addition, $14 million is provided for “opportunity scholarships.”
Marriage Development Accounts: The measure allocates $3 million for a new initiative to establish marriage development accounts and pre-marriage development accounts in the District of Columbia.
Department of Defense P.L. 109-148
The final bill allocates $403.5 billion for the Department of Defense in FY2006, a $12.3 billion increase over FY2005, but $4.5 billion less than the administration’s request.
Afghanistan and Iraq: The measure provides $50 billion to cover the projected costs of continuing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Cancer Research: Under the bill, $127.5 million is provided for the Army’s Peer-Reviewed Breast Cancer Research Program, $22.5 million less than FY2005; the Ovarian Cancer Research Program is level-funded at $10 million.
Peer-Reviewed Medical Research Program: The measure provides level funding of $50 million for the Peer-Reviewed Medical Research Program. According to the conference report, projects could include research on chronic pain and fatigue, fibromyalgia, Interstitial Cystitis Syndrome, lupus, osteoporosis and bone-related diseases, pulmonary hypertension, and autoimmune diseases such as scleroderma.
Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation: Under the bill, level funding of $1 million is allocated for the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation.
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education P.L. 109-149
The final bill allocates $142.5 billion in FY2006, a $164.1 million decrease below FY2005 and $923.78 million more than the administration’s request.
Department of Labor
The measure includes language ensuring that the Current Employment Survey continues the collection of data for the women worker series.
Department of Labor Women’s Bureau: As requested by the administration, the Department of Labor Women’s Bureau receives $9.76 million in FY2006, $286,000 more than FY2005.
Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations: The bill provides $982,000 for the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations program. This program received no funding in FY2004 or FY2005.
Dislocated Workers Assistance: Dislocated workers assistance receives level funding of $1.48 billion in FY2006, $132.5 million above the administration’s request.
Job Corps: The measure provides $1.57 billion for Job Corps, $20 million above FY2005 and $50 million more than the budget request.
Community College Initiative: Under the bill, $125 million is provided for the administration’s Community College Initiative, $1 million more than FY2005, but $125 million less than the budget request.
Prisoner Re-Entry Initiative: The prisoner re-entry initiative is level-funded at $19.84 million in FY2006, $15.16 million less than the amount requested by President Bush.
International Labor Affairs Bureau: The final bill provides $73.3 million for the International Labor Affairs Bureau, $19.9 million less than FY2005 and $60.9 million above the administration’s request. The total includes $38 million for the International Labor Organization’s International Program for the Elimination of Child Labor. In addition, $23 million is provided “for bilateral assistance to improve access to basic education in international areas with a high rate of abusive and exploitative child labor.”
Department of Health and Human Services
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): Under the bill, HRSA receives $6.56 billion in FY2006, $240 million less than FY2005 and $560 million above the administration’s request.
Community Health Centers: Community health centers receive $1.8 billion in FY2006, an increase of $70 million above FY2005, but $230 million less than the administration’s request.
Maternal and Child Health Block Grant: The measure provides $700 million for the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant, $23.93 million less than FY2005 and the budget request. Of this amount, $1.94 million is provided for newborn and child screening for heritable disorders, $3.9 million for the sickle cell newborn screening program and its locally based outreach and counseling efforts, $1 million for a fetal alcohol syndrome demonstration program, and $1.6 million for mental health programs and activities.
Healthy Start: The Healthy Start infant mortality initiative receives $102.5 million in FY2006, $500,000 above the FY2005 level and $4.8 million more than the administration’s request.
Universal Newborn Hearing Screening: The measure provides $9.9 million for universal newborn hearing screening, $110,000 more than FY2005. Under the administration’s budget request, this program would not have been funded.
Ryan White: The Ryan White Care Act receives a $10 million increase over the FY2005 funding level to $2.08 billion as requested by the administration. Of this amount, $72.5 million is provided to help children, youth, women, and families infected with, or affected by, HIV/AIDS.
National Cord Stem Cell Bank: The bill provides $4 million for the National Cord Stem Cell Bank program, a $5.86 million decrease below FY2005. Under the budget request, this program would not have been funded.
Family Planning: Title X, the nation’s family planning program, is level-funded at $286 million as requested by President Bush.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): The measure allocates $5.88 billion for the CDC in FY2006, a $1.31 billion increase over FY2005 and $1.86 billion more than the administration’s request. Of this total, $126 million is provided for the prevention of birth defects, developmental disabilities, and disability and health activities. This represents a $1 million increase over the FY2005 level and a $2 million increase over the administration’s request. The total includes $5.1 million for the national spina bifida program and $2.3 million for an educational campaign to increase the number of women taking folic acid daily.
Chronic disease prevention and health promotion receives $845.1 million in FY2006, $53.9 million below FY2005 and $5.1 million above the budget request. Within that amount, $44.9 million is provided for heart disease and stroke, $311 million for cancer prevention and control, $41.9 million for nutrition and health promotion, and $44.7 million for safe motherhood and infant health.
Within the amount provided for cancer prevention and control, $100,000 is included “for a national education campaign concerning gynecologic cancer.
HIV/AIDS: The bill provides $956.1 million for HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and tuberculosis prevention at the CDC, a decrease of $4.57 million below FY2005 and $145,000 less than the budget request. Of that amount, $123.8 million is provided for global HIV/AIDS programs, $100,000 less than FY2005. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria receives $100 million in FY2006. In addition, $159.6 million is provided for STD activities.
National Institutes of Health (NIH): The NIH receives $28.62 billion in FY2006, $260 million more than FY2005 and $110 million above the administration’s request.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): SAMHSA receives $3.36 billion in FY2006, $190 million more than FY2005 and $140 million more than the budget request.
Center for Mental Health Services: H.R. 3010 provides $871.2 million in FY2006 for mental health services, a $29.8 million decrease below FY2005 and $34.2 million above the administration’s request. The Mental Health Performance Partnership is level-funded at $410.95 million as requested by President Bush.
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment: The measure provides $2.18 billion for substance abuse treatment programs in FY2006. This allocation is $10.3 million less than FY2005 and $35 million below the administration’s request. The total includes $10.5 million for treatment programs for pregnant, postpartum, and residential women and children, an increase of $580,000 over FY2005.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): As requested by the administration, the bill provides level funding of $318.7 million for AHRQ in FY2006.
Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG): Under the bill, the CCDBG is level-funded at $2.08 billion in FY2006 as requested by President Bush. The total includes $99.2 million for activities that improve the quality of infant and toddler care.
Social Services Block Grant: As requested by the administration, the Social Services Block Grant also is level-funded at $1.7 billion in FY2006.
Child Support Enforcement: The final bill allocates $4.19 billion for payments to states for child support enforcement and family support programs. This amount is $119.35 million less than FY2005 and equal to the administration’s request.
International Trafficking: Under the Refugee and Entrant assistance account, a program to aid victims of trafficking is level-funded at $9.92 million in FY2006 as requested by the administration.
Unaccompanied Minors: The measure provides $78.1 million for the unaccompanied minors program, $24.1 million more than FY2005 and $51.1 million above the budget request.
Head Start: Head Start is level-funded at $6.84 billion in FY2006. This amount is $50 million less than the administration’s request.
Consolidated Runaway and Homeless Youth: Consolidated runaway and homeless youth programs receive $88.7 million in FY2006, $4 million more than FY2005 and equal to the administration’s request. The bill does not include the administration’s request of $10 million for maternity group homes.
Child Abuse: As requested by President Bush, H.R. 3010 provides level funding of $42.9 million in FY2006 for child abuse and neglect treatment and prevention activities.
Abandoned Infants: Programs to increase abandoned infant assistance are level-funded at $12 million in FY2006 as requested by the administration.
Child Welfare Services: The bill provides level funding of $289.65 million for child welfare services in FY2006, equal to the administration’s request.
Adoption: The measure provides level funding of $27.12 million for adoption opportunities and $12.8 million for adoption awareness programs as requested by the administration. In addition, $18 million is provided for adoption incentives, $13.85 million less than FY2005 and the budget request.
Mentoring Children of Prisoners: As requested by the administration, the Mentoring Children of Prisoners program receives $50 million in FY2006, $395,000 more than FY2005.
Promoting Safe and Stable Families: The final bill provides level funding of $305 million for the Promoting Safe and Stable Families program in FY2006, equal to the administration’s request.
Violence Against Women Act (VAWA): The National Domestic Violence Hotline receives $3 million in FY2006, $224,000 less than FY2005 and equal to the administration’s request. In addition, battered women’s shelters receive $126 million as requested by the administration. This amount is $361,000 more than FY2005.
Abstinence-only Education: The bill provides $114.5 million for the abstinence education program in FY2006, $15.3 million more than FY2005, but $23.6 million less than the administration’s request.
Administration on Aging: The Administration on Aging’s National Family Caregiver Support program receives $157.7 million in FY2006, $4.35 million less than FY2005 and the administration’s request.
Public Health Service’s Office on Women’s Health: The Office on Women’s Health receives $28.72 million in FY2006, $103,000 less than FY2005 and equal to the administration’s request.
Public Health Service’s Office of Minority Health: The measure provides $57.24 million for the Office of Minority Health, $7.24 million above FY2005 and $10 million more than the budget request.
Minority HIV/AIDS: As requested by President Bush, H.R. 3010 provides level funding of $52.42 million for minority HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment activities.
Adolescent Family Life: The Adolescent Family Life program receives $30.74 million in FY2006, $158,000 less than FY2005 and equal to the administration’s request.
Afghanistan: The bill provides level funding of $5.95 million in FY2006 to assist Afghanistan in the development of maternal and child health clinics. This amount is equal to the budget request.
Embryo Adoption Awareness Campaign: Under the bill, $2 million is provided for the embryo adoption awareness campaign, approximately $1 million more than FY2005 and the budget request.
Department of Education
No Child Left Behind: Grants to local educational agencies under the No Child Left Behind Act (P.L. 107-110) receive $12.84 billion in FY2006, $100 million more than FY2005, but $502.74 million less than the administration’s request.
William F. Goodling Even Start Family Literacy Program: H.R. 3010 provides $100 million for the Even Start program in FY2006, a $125.1 million decrease below the FY2005 level. Under the administration’s budget request, the program would not have been funded.
Reading First and Early Reading First: The measure level funds the Reading First program at $1.04 billion in FY2006 as requested by the administration. In addition, the Early Reading First program is level-funded at $104.2 million, also equal to the administration’s request.
High School Intervention: No funding is provided for a proposed high school intervention initiative. The administration requested $1.24 billion for the program in FY2006.
Teacher Quality: Under the bill, level funding of $2.92 billion is provided for teacher professional development programs in FY2006 as requested by the administration. The bill provides level funding of $44.93 million for the Transition to Teaching program to assist eligible members of the armed forces and mid-career professionals to obtain certification as teachers. This amount is equal to the administration’s request. In addition, the Math and Science Partnerships are funded at $184 million in FY2006, a $5.4 million increase over FY2005, but $85 million less than the budget request.
Women’s Educational Equity: H.R. 3010 provides $2.96 million for the women’s educational equity program, a decrease of $20,000 below FY2005. Under the administration’s budget request, this program would not have been funded.
Carol M. White Physical Education for Progress Program: The bill includes level funding of $73.4 million for the Carol M. White Physical Education for Progress Program, $18.4 million above the budget request.
21st Century Community Learning Centers: As requested by the administration, H.R. 3010 provides level funding of $991.1 million in FY2006 for 21st Century Community Learning Centers.
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Total spending for special education is $11.77 billion in FY2006, a $120 million increase over FY2005, but $330 million less than the administration’s request.
Education for Homeless Children and Youth: Under the bill, level funding of $62.5 million is provided for education for homeless children and youth, equal to the administration’s request.
Vocational Education: The measure provides $1.31 billion for vocational education in FY2006, $14.21 million less than FY2005. Under the administration’s budget request, the program would not have been funded.
Adult Education: In FY2006, funding for adult education is level-funded at $585.41 million, a $369.67 million increase over the administration’s request.
Pell Grants: The bill provides $13.18 billion for Pell Grants in FY2006, $812 million more than FY2005, but $20 million below the budget request. The maximum Pell Grant is level-funded at $4,050, $100 less than the amount requested by President Bush.
Minority Science and Engineering Improvement: As requested by the administration, the Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program is level-funded at $8.82 million in FY2006.
Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS): Funding for the CCAMPIS program is level-funded at $15.97 million as requested by the administration.
Office for Civil Rights: The measure provides $91.53 million in FY2006 for the Office for Civil Rights to enforce laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, and age in all programs and institutions funded by the Department of Education. This funding level is $2.15 million more than FY2005 and equal to the budget request.
