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Torture.

Certification.

President. Guidelines. 42 USC 2451 note.

VerDate 14-DEC-2004

13:51 Oct 26, 2006

PUBLIC LAW 109–108—NOV. 22, 2005

(2) Firearms selected for tracing are not chosen for purposes of determining which types, makes or models of firearms are used for illicit purposes. The firearms selected do not constitute a random sample and should not be considered representative of the larger universe of all firearms used by criminals, or any subset of that universe. Firearms are normally traced to the first retail seller, and sources reported for firearms traced do not necessarily represent the sources or methods by which firearms in general are acquired for use in crime. SEC. 622. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used by the Federal Communications Commission to modify, amend, or change its rules or regulations for universal service support payments to implement the February 27, 2004 recommendations of the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service regarding single connection or primary line restrictions on universal service support payments. SEC. 623. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this Act may be used to issue patents on claims directed to or encompassing a human organism. SEC. 624. None of the funds made available in this Act shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or justify the use of torture by any official or contract employee of the United States Government. SEC. 625. Of the amounts made available in this Act, $393,616,321 from ‘‘Department of State’’; $27,938,072 from ‘‘Department of Justice’’; $14,107,754 from ‘‘Department of Commerce’’; $426,314 from ‘‘United States Trade Representative’’; $575,116 from ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’; $291,855 from ‘‘National Aeronautics and Space Administration’’; and $79,754 from ‘‘National Science Foundation’’ shall be available for the purposes of implementing the Capital Security Cost Sharing program. SEC. 626. None of the funds made available to NASA in this Act may be used for voluntary separation incentive payments as provided for in subchapter II of chapter 35 of title 5, United States Code, unless the Administrator of NASA has first certified to Congress that such payments would not result in the loss of skills related to the safety of the Space Shuttle or the International Space Station or to the conduct of independent safety oversight in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. SEC. 627. Notwithstanding 40 U.S.C. 524, 571, and 572, the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration may sell the National Aeronautics and Space Administrationowned property on the Camp Parks Military Reservation, Alameda County, California. SEC. 628. (a) IN GENERAL.—The President of the United States through his designee the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and in consultation with other Federal agencies shall develop a national aeronautics policy to guide the aeronautics programs of the Administration through 2020. (b) CONTENT.—At a minimum, the national aeronautics policy shall describe— (1) the priority areas of research for aeronautics through fiscal year 2011; (2) the basis on which and the process by which priorities for ensuing fiscal years will be selected; (3) the facilities and personnel needed to carry out the program through fiscal year 2011; and

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