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H.R. 1268 (109th)

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005

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11 March 2005

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Became Public Law No: 109-13.

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Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005 - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for FY 2005 for the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) military personnel; (2) operation and maintenance (O&M); (3) overseas humanitarian, disaster, and civic aid; (4) the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund; (5) the Iraq Security Forces Fund; (6) procurement; (7) research, development, test and evaluation; (8) Defense Working Capital Funds and the National Defense Sealift Fund; (9) drug interdiction and counter-drug activities related to Afghanistan and Central Asia; (10) the Office of the Inspector General; and (11) the Intelligence Community Management Account. Allows DOD funds to be used for support for counter-drug activities of the Governments of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Increases the: (1) maximum benefit under the Servicemen's Group Life Insurance program from $250,000 to $400,000 (or lesser amounts in increments of $50,000); and (2) military death gratuity from $12,000 to $100,000. Provides a special death gratuity with respect to certain service in Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. Makes emergency supplemental appropriations to DOD for: (1) military construction; (2) military personnel, Army; (3) O&M, Army; and (4) the Defense Health Program. Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for: (1) international disaster and famine assistance; (2) the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); (3) the Economic Support Fund; (4) international narcotics control and law enforcement; (5) migration and refugee assistance; (6) nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining and related programs; (7) the Foreign Military Financing Program; and (8) peacekeeping operations. Requires audits and reports concerning uses of appropriated funds. Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for: (1) diplomatic and consular programs; (2) embassy security, construction, and maintenance; (3) international peacekeeping activities; (4) international broadcasting operations; (5) certain agricultural grants; (6) defense nuclear nonproliferation; (7) the U.S. Coast Guard; (8) salaries and expenses of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); (9) emergency relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction aid to countries affected by the tsunami and earthquakes of December 2004; (10) geological surveys, investigations, and research; and (11) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Humanitarian Assistance Code of Conduct Act of 2005 - Prohibits certain appropriated funds from being obligated to an organization that fails to adopt a code of conduct that provides for the protection of beneficiaries of assistance from sexual exploitation and abuse in humanitarian relief operations.

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