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Calendar No. 153

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1217

[Report No. 106–76]

Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State,

the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September

30, 2000, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 14, 1999

Mr. GREGG, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following

original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar

A BILL

Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce,

Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for

other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the

5 Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judici-
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1 ary, and related agencies programs for the fiscal year end2 ing September 30, 2000, and for other purposes, namely:

3 TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

4 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For expenses necessary for the administration of the

7 Department of Justice, $82,485,000, of which not to ex8 ceed $3,317,000 is for the Facilities Program 2000, to

9 remain available until expended: Provided, That not to ex10 ceed 43 permanent positions and 44 full-time equivalent

11 workyears and $8,136,000 shall be expended for the De12 partment Leadership Program exclusive of augmentation

13 that occurred in these offices in fiscal year 1999: Provided

14 further, That not to exceed 41 permanent positions and

15 48 full-time equivalent workyears and $4,811,000 shall be

16 expended for the Offices of Legislative Affairs and Public

17 Affairs: Provided further, That the latter two aforemen18 tioned offices may utilize non-reimbursable details of ca19 reer employees within the caps described in the aforemen20 tioned proviso.

21 JOINT AUTOMATED BOOKING SYSTEM

22 For expenses necessary for the nationwide deploy23 ment of a Joint Automated Booking System, $6,000,000,

24 to remain available until expended.
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1 NARROWBAND COMMUNICATIONS

2 For the costs of conversion to narrowband commu3 nications as mandated by section 104 of the National

4 Telecommunications and Information Administration Or5 ganization Act (47 U.S.C. 903(d)(1)), $20,000,000, to re6 main available until expended: Provided, That such funds

7 may be transferred to any Department of Justice organi8 zation upon approval by the Attorney General: Provided

9 further, That any transfer pursuant to the previous pro10 viso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section

11 605 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation

12 or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures

13 set forth in that section.

14 COUNTERTERRORISM FUND

15 For necessary expenses, as determined by the Attor16 ney General, $27,000,000, to remain available until ex17 pended, to reimburse any Department of Justice organiza18 tion for (1) the costs incurred in reestablishing the oper19 ational capability of an office or facility which has been

20 damaged or destroyed as a result of any domestic or inter21 national terrorist incident; (2) the costs of providing sup22 port to counter, investigate or prosecute domestic or inter23 national terrorism, including payment of rewards in con24 nection with these activities; and (3) the costs of con25 ducting a terrorism threat assessment of Federal agencies

26 and their facilities: Provided, That any Federal agency
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1 may be reimbursed for the costs of detaining in foreign

2 countries individuals accused of acts of terrorism that vio3 late the laws of the United States: Provided further, That

4 funds provided under this paragraph shall be available

5 only after the Attorney General notifies the Committees

6 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the

7 Senate in accordance with section 605 of this Act.

8 TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER COMPLIANCE FUND

9 For payments authorized by section 109 of the Com10 munications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (47

11 U.S.C. 1008), $15,000,000, to remain available until ex12 pended.

13 ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS

14 For expenses necessary for the administration of par15 don and clemency petitions and immigration related activi16 ties, $30,727,000.

17 In addition, $59,251,000 for such purposes, to re18 main available until expended, to be derived from the Vio19 lent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.

20 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

22 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

23 General Act of 1978, as amended, $32,049,000; including

24 not to exceed $10,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of

25 a confidential character, to be expended under the direc-
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1 tion of, and to be accounted for solely under the certificate

2 of, the Attorney General.

3 UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the United States Parole

6 Commission as authorized by law, $7,176,000.

7 LEGAL ACTIVITIES

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES

9 For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the

10 Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, includ11 ing not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evi12 dence, to be expended under the direction of, and to be

13 accounted for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney

14 General; and rent of private or Government-owned space

15 in the District of Columbia, $299,260,000; of which not

16 to exceed $10,000,000 for litigation support contracts

17 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of

18 the funds available in this appropriation, not to exceed

19 $55,166,000 shall remain available until expended for of20 fice automation systems for the legal divisions covered by

21 this appropriation, and for the United States Attorneys,

22 the Antitrust Division, and offices funded through ‘‘Sala23 ries and Expenses’’, General Administration: Provided fur24 ther, That of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed

25 $1,000 shall be available to the United States National
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1 Central Bureau, INTERPOL, for official reception and

2 representation expenses.

3 In addition, $185,740,000 for such purposes, to re4 main available until expended, to be derived from the Vio5 lent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.

6 In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the De7 partment of Justice associated with processing cases

8 under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986,

9 as amended, not to exceed $4,028,000, to be appropriated

10 from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund.

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION

12 For expenses necessary for the enforcement of anti13 trust and kindred laws, $112,318,000: Provided, That,

14 notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed

15 $112,318,000 of offsetting collections derived from fees

16 collected in fiscal year 2000 for premerger notification fil17 ings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements

18 Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18(a)) shall be retained and used

19 for necessary expenses in this appropriation, and shall re20 main available until expended: Provided further, That the

21 sum herein appropriated from the General Fund shall be

22 reduced as such offsetting collections are received during

23 fiscal year 2000, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2000

24 appropriation from the General Fund estimated at not

25 more than $0.
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1 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS

2 For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United

3 States Attorneys, including intergovernmental and cooper4 ative agreements, $589,478,000; of which not to exceed

5 $2,500,000 shall be available until September 30, 2000,

6 for (1) training personnel in debt collection, (2) locating

7 debtors and their property, (3) paying the net costs of sell8 ing property, and (4) tracking debts owed to the United

9 States Government: Provided, That of the total amount

10 appropriated, not to exceed $8,000 shall be available for

11 official reception and representation expenses: Provided

12 further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of this

13 Act, of the amount made available under this heading, not

14 to exceed $20,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged

15 with, funds in the ‘‘Federal Prisoner Detention’’ appro16 priations account: Provided further, That not to exceed

17 $10,000,000 of those funds available for automated litiga18 tion support contracts shall remain available until ex19 pended: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,500,000

20 for the operation of the National Advocacy Center shall

21 remain available until expended: Provided further, That

22 not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain available until ex23 pended for the expansion of existing Violent Crime Task

24 Forces in United States Attorneys Offices into demonstra25 tion projects, including inter-governmental, inter-local, co-
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1 operative, and task-force agreements, however denomi2 nated, and contracts with State and local prosecutorial

3 and law enforcement agencies engaged in the investigation

4 and prosecution of violent crimes: Provided further, That,

5 in addition to reimbursable full-time equivalent workyears

6 available to the Offices of the United States Attorneys,

7 not to exceed 9,044 positions and 9,312 full-time equiva8 lent workyears shall be supported from the funds appro9 priated in this Act or made available during fiscal year

10 2000 under any other Act for the United States Attorneys,

11 of which 2,107 positions and 2,171 full-time equivalents

12 shall be dedicated to civil or civil defensive litigation: Pro13 vided further, That $25,000,000 shall only be available to

14 support or establish task forces to enforce Federal laws

15 related to preventing the possession by criminals of fire16 arms (as defined in section 921(a) of title 18, United

17 States Code), of which $5,000,000 shall be for a task force

18 in each of the paired locations of Philadelphia, Pennsyl19 vania, and Camden, New Jersey; Las Cruces, New Mexico,

20 and Albuquerque, New Mexico; Savannah, Georgia, and

21 Charleston, South Carolina; Baltimore, Maryland, and

22 Prince Georges County, Maryland; and Denver, Colorado,

23 and Salt Lake City, Utah.
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1 In addition, $500,000,000 for such purposes, to re2 main available until expended, to be derived from the Vio3 lent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.

4 UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND

5 For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee

6 Program, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 589a(a),

7 $112,775,000, to remain available until expended and to

8 be derived from the United States Trustee System Fund:

9 Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of

10 law, deposits to the Fund shall be available in such

11 amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds due deposi12 tors: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other

13 provision of law, $112,775,000 of offsetting collections de14 rived from fees collected pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 589a(b)

15 shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this

16 appropriation and remain available until expended: Pro17 vided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the

18 Fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are

19 received during fiscal year 2000, so as to result in a final

20 fiscal year 2000 appropriation from the Fund estimated

21 at $0.

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS

23 SETTLEMENT COMMISSION

24 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of

25 the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including

26 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $1,175,000.
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1 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES MARSHALS

2 SERVICE

3 For necessary expenses of the United States Mar4 shals Service; including the acquisition, lease, mainte5 nance, and operation of vehicles, and the purchase of pas6 senger motor vehicles for police-type use, without regard

7 to the general purchase price limitation for the current

8 fiscal year, $409,253,000, as authorized by 28 U.S.C.

9 561(i); of which not to exceed $6,000 shall be available

10 for official reception and representation expenses; and of

11 which not to exceed $4,000,000 for development, imple12 mentation, maintenance and support, and training for an

13 automated prisoner information system shall remain avail14 able until expended: Provided, That none of the amount

15 made available under this heading may be used to contract

16 with any individual to perform the duties of an officer or

17 employee of the United States Marshals Service on a tem18 porary or intermittent basis, except for prisoner ground

19 transport, service of process, and evictions: Provided fur20 ther, That none of the amount made available under this

21 heading may be used for the service of process on any per22 son by an officer or employee of the United States Mar23 shals Service, unless such service of process is pursuant

24 to a written request made by a judge of the United States
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1 (as defined in section 451 of title 28, United States Code)

2 and approved by the Attorney General.

3 In addition, $138,000,000 for such purposes, to re4 main available until expended, to be derived from the Vio5 lent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.

6 CONSTRUCTION

7 For planning, constructing, renovating, equipping,

8 and maintaining United States Marshals Service prisoner9 holding space in United States courthouses and federal

10 buildings, including the renovation and expansion of pris11 oner movement areas, elevators, and sallyports,

12 $9,632,000, to remain available until expended.

13 JUSTICE PRISONER AND ALIEN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

14 FUND, UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE

15 Beginning in fiscal year 2000 and thereafter, pay16 ment shall be made from the Justice Prisoner and Alien

17 Transportation System Fund for the payment of necessary

18 expenses related to the scheduling and transportation of

19 United States prisoners and illegal and criminal aliens in

20 the custody of the United States Marshals Service, as au21 thorized in 18 U.S.C. 4013, including, without limitation,

22 salaries and expenses, operations, and the acquisition,

23 lease, and maintenance of aircraft and support facilities:

24 Provided, That the Fund shall be reimbursed or credited

25 with advance payments from amounts available to the De26 partment of Justice, other Federal agencies, and other
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1 sources at rates that will recover the expenses of Fund

2 operations, including, without limitation, accrual of annual

3 leave and depreciation of plant and equipment of the

4 Fund: Provided further, That proceeds from the disposal

5 of Fund aircraft shall be credited to the Fund: Provided

6 further, That amounts in the Fund shall be available with7 out fiscal year limitation, and may be used for operating

8 equipment lease agreements that do not exceed 5 years:

9 Provided further, That with respect to the transportation

10 of Federal, State, local and territorial prisoners and de11 tainees, the lease or rent of aircraft by the Justice Pris12 oner Air Transport System shall be considered use of pub13 lic aircraft pursuant to 49 U.S.C. section 40102(a)(37).

14 For the initial capitalization costs of the Fund,

15 $9,000,000.

16 FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION

17 For expenses, related to United States prisoners in

18 the custody of the United States Marshals Service as au19 thorized in 18 U.S.C. 4013, but not including expenses

20 otherwise provided for in appropriations available to the

21 Attorney General, $500,000,000, as authorized by 28

22 U.S.C. 561(i), to remain available until expended.

23 FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES

24 For expenses, mileage, compensation, and per diems

25 of witnesses, for expenses of contracts for the procurement
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1 and supervision of expert witnesses, for private counsel ex2 penses, and for per diems in lieu of subsistence, as author3 ized by law, including advances, $110,000,000, to remain

4 available until expended; of which not to exceed

5 $6,000,000 may be made available for planning, construc6 tion, renovations, maintenance, remodeling, and repair of

7 buildings, and the purchase of equipment incident thereto,

8 for protected witness safesites; and of which not to exceed

9 $1,000,000 may be made available for the purchase and

10 maintenance of armored vehicles for transportation of pro11 tected witnesses: Provided, That, notwithstanding any

12 other provision of this Act, of the amount made available

13 under this heading, not to exceed $15,000,000 may be

14 transferred to, and merged with, funds in the ‘‘Federal

15 Prisoner Detention’’ appropriations account.

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS

17 SERVICE

18 For necessary expenses of the Community Relations

19 Service, established by title X of the Civil Rights Act of

20 1964, $7,199,000.

21 ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND

22 For expenses authorized by 28 U.S.C.

23 524(c)(1)(A)(ii), (B), (F), and (G), as amended,

24 $23,000,000, to be derived from the Department of Jus25 tice Assets Forfeiture Fund.
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1 RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION

2 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

3 For necessary administrative expenses in accordance

4 with the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act,

5 $2,000,000.

6 PAYMENT TO RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION

7 TRUST FUND

8 For payments to the Radiation Exposure Compensa9 tion Trust Fund, $20,300,000.

10 INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT

11 INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT

12 For necessary expenses for the detection, investiga13 tion, and prosecution of individuals involved in organized

14 crime drug trafficking not otherwise provided for, to in15 clude intergovernmental agreements with State and local

16 law enforcement agencies engaged in the investigation and

17 prosecution of individuals involved in organized crime drug

18 trafficking, $304,014,000, of which $20,000,000 shall re19 main available until expended: Provided, That any

20 amounts obligated from appropriations under this heading

21 may be used under authorities available to the organiza22 tions reimbursed from this appropriation: Provided fur23 ther, That any unobligated balances remaining available

24 at the end of the fiscal year shall revert to the Attorney

25 General for reallocation among participating organizations
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1 in succeeding fiscal years, subject to the reprogramming

2 procedures described in section 605 of this Act.

3 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of In6 vestigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of

7 crimes against the United States; acquisition, lease, main8 tenance, and operation of aircraft; and not to exceed

9 $70,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential

10 character, to be expended under the direction of, and to

11 be accounted for solely under the certificate of, the Attor12 ney General, $2,692,791,000; of which not to exceed

13 $50,000,000 for automated data processing and tele14 communications and technical investigative equipment and

15 not to exceed $1,000,000 for undercover operations shall

16 remain available until September 30, 2001; of which not

17 less than $260,000,000 shall be for counterterrorism in18 vestigations, foreign counterintelligence, and other activi19 ties related to our national security; of which not to exceed

20 $14,000,000 for research, development, test, and evalua21 tion shall remain available until expended; and of which

22 not to exceed $10,000,000 is authorized to be made avail23 able for making advances for expenses arising out of con24 tractual or reimbursable agreements with State and local

25 law enforcement agencies while engaged in cooperative ac-
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1 tivities related to violent crime, terrorism, organized

2 crime, and drug investigations; and of which $1,500,000

3 shall be available to maintain an independent program of4 fice dedicated solely to the automation of fingerprint iden5 tification services: Provided, That not to exceed $65,000

6 shall be available for official reception and representation

7 expenses: Provided further, That, including reimbursable

8 full-time equivalent workyears available to the Federal Bu9 reau of Investigation, not to exceed 27,604 positions and

10 27,604 full-time equivalent workyears shall be supported

11 from the funds appropriated in this Act or made available

12 during fiscal year 2000 under any other Act for the Fed13 eral Bureau of Investigation: Provided further, That no

14 funds in this Act may be used to provide ballistics imaging

15 equipment to any State or local authority which has ob16 tained similar equipment through a Federal grant or sub17 sidy unless the State or local authority agrees to return

18 that equipment or to repay that grant or subsidy to the

19 Federal Government.

20 In addition, $280,501,000 for such purposes, to re21 main available until expended, to be derived from the Vio22 lent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.

23 CONSTRUCTION

24 For necessary expenses to construct or acquire build25 ings and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by

26 law (including equipment for such buildings); conversion
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1 and extension of federally-owned buildings; and prelimi2 nary planning and design of projects; $10,287,000, to re3 main available until expended.

4 DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Ad7 ministration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet un8 foreseen emergencies of a confidential character, to be ex9 pended under the direction of, and to be accounted for

10 solely under the certificate of, the Attorney General; ex11 penses for conducting drug education and training pro12 grams, including travel and related expenses for partici13 pants in such programs and the distribution of items of

14 token value that promote the goals of such programs; ac15 quisition, lease, maintenance, and operation of aircraft;

16 $798,187,000, of which not to exceed $1,800,000 for re17 search shall remain available until expended, and of which

18 not to exceed $4,000,000 for purchase of evidence and

19 payments for information, not to exceed $10,000,000 for

20 contracting for automated data processing and tele21 communications equipment, and not to exceed $2,000,000

22 for laboratory equipment, $4,000,000 for technical equip23 ment, and $2,000,000 for aircraft replacement retrofit

24 and parts, shall remain available until September 30,
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1 2001; and of which not to exceed $50,000 shall be avail2 able for official reception and representation expenses.

3 In addition, $419,459,000 for such purposes, to re4 main available until expended, to be derived from the Vio5 lent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.

6 CONSTRUCTION

7 For necessary expenses to construct or acquire build8 ings and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by

9 law (including equipment for such buildings); conversion

10 and extension of federally-owned buildings; and prelimi11 nary planning and design of projects; $5,500,000, to re12 main available until expended.

13 IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary

16 for the administration and enforcement of the laws relat17 ing to immigration, naturalization, and alien registration,

18 including not to exceed $50,000 to meet unforeseen emer19 gencies of a confidential character, to be expended under

20 the direction of, and to be accounted for solely under the

21 certificate of, the Attorney General; acquisition, lease,

22 maintenance and operation of aircraft; research related to

23 immigration enforcement; for protecting and maintaining

24 the integrity of the borders of the United States including,

25 without limitation, equipping, maintaining, and making

26 improvements to the infrastructure; and for the care and
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1 housing of Federal detainees held in the joint Immigration

2 and Naturalization Service and United States Marshals

3 Service’s Buffalo Detention Facility, $1,697,164,000, of

4 which not to exceed $400,000 for research shall remain

5 available until expended; of which not to exceed

6 $10,000,000 shall be available for costs associated with

7 the training program for basic officer training, and

8 $5,000,000 is for payments or advances arising out of con9 tractual or reimbursable agreements with State and local

10 law enforcement agencies while engaged in cooperative ac11 tivities related to immigration; and of which not to exceed

12 $5,000,000 is to fund or reimburse other Federal agencies

13 for the costs associated with the care, maintenance, and

14 repatriation of smuggled illegal aliens: Provided, That

15 none of the funds available to the Immigration and Natu16 ralization Service shall be available to pay any employee

17 overtime pay in an amount in excess of $20,000 during

18 the calendar year beginning January 1, 2000: Provided

19 further, That uniforms may be purchased without regard

20 to the general purchase price limitation for the current

21 fiscal year: Provided further, That not to exceed $5,000

22 shall be available for official reception and representation

23 expenses: Provided further, That, including reimbursable

24 full-time equivalent workyears available to the Immigra25 tion and Naturalization Service, not to exceed 29,784 posi-
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1 tions and 29,784 full-time equivalent workyears shall be

2 supported from the funds appropriated in this Act or

3 made available during fiscal year 2000 under any other

4 Act for the Immigration and Naturalization Service: Pro5 vided further, That not to exceed 39 permanent positions

6 and 39 full-time equivalent workyears and $4,284,000

7 shall be expended for the Offices of Legislative Affairs and

8 Public Affairs: Provided further, That the latter two afore9 mentioned offices shall be augmented by personnel details,

10 temporary transfers of personnel on either a reimbursable

11 or non-reimbursable basis, or any other type of formal or

12 informal transfer or reimbursement of personnel or funds

13 on either a temporary or long-term basis and such aug14 mentation may not exceed 4 full-time equivalent

15 workyears: Provided further, That the number of positions

16 filled through non-career appointment at the Immigration

17 and Naturalization Service, for which funding is provided

18 in this Act or is otherwise made available to the Immigra19 tion and Naturalization Service, shall not exceed 4 perma20 nent positions and 4 full-time equivalent workyears.

21 VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS

22 In addition, $873,000,000, for such purposes, to re23 main available until expended, to be derived from the Vio24 lent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.
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1 CONSTRUCTION

2 For planning, construction, renovation, equipping,

3 and maintenance of buildings and facilities necessary for

4 the administration and enforcement of the laws relating

5 to immigration, naturalization, and alien registration, not

6 otherwise provided for, $138,964,000, to remain available

7 until expended.

8 FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For expenses necessary for the administration, oper11 ation, and maintenance of Federal penal and correctional

12 institutions, including purchase (not to exceed 708, of

13 which 602 are for replacement only) and hire of law en14 forcement and passenger motor vehicles, and for the provi15 sion of technical assistance and advice on corrections re16 lated issues to foreign governments, $3,156,895,000: Pro17 vided, That the Attorney General may transfer to the

18 Health Resources and Services Administration such

19 amounts as may be necessary for direct expenditures by

20 that Administration for medical relief for inmates of Fed21 eral penal and correctional institutions: Provided further,

22 That the Director of the Federal Prison System (FPS),

23 where necessary, may enter into contracts with a fiscal

24 agent/fiscal intermediary claims processor to determine

25 the amounts payable to persons who, on behalf of the
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1 FPS, furnish health services to individuals committed to

2 the custody of the FPS: Provided further, That not to ex3 ceed $6,000 shall be available for official reception and

4 representation expenses: Provided further, That not to ex5 ceed $50,000,000 for the activation of new facilities shall

6 remain available until September 30, 2000: Provided fur7 ther, That, of the amounts provided for Contract Confine8 ment, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain available

9 until expended to make payments in advance for grants,

10 contracts and reimbursable agreements, and other ex11 penses authorized by section 501(c) of the Refugee Edu12 cation Assistance Act of 1980, as amended, for the care

13 and security in the United States of Cuban and Haitian

14 entrants: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section

15 4(d) of the Service Contract Act of 1965 (41 U.S.C.

16 353(d)), FPS may enter into contracts and other agree17 ments with private entities for periods of not to exceed

18 3 years and 7 additional option years for the confinement

19 of Federal prisoners.

20 In addition, $46,599,000 for such purposes, to re21 main available until expended, to be derived from the Vio22 lent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.

23 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

24 For planning, acquisition of sites and construction of

25 new facilities; leasing the Oklahoma City Airport Trust

26 Facility; purchase and acquisition of facilities and remod-
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1 eling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and correc2 tional use, including all necessary expenses incident there3 to, by contract or force account; and constructing, remod4 eling, and equipping necessary buildings and facilities at

5 existing penal and correctional institutions, including all

6 necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force

7 account, $549,791,000, to remain available until ex8 pended, of which not to exceed $14,074,000 shall be avail9 able to construct areas for inmate work programs: Pro10 vided, That labor of United States prisoners may be used

11 for work performed under this appropriation: Provided

12 further, That not to exceed 10 percent of the funds appro13 priated to ‘‘Buildings and Facilities’’ in this Act or any

14 other Act may be transferred to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’,

15 Federal Prison System, upon notification by the Attorney

16 General to the Committees on Appropriations of the

17 House of Representatives and the Senate in compliance

18 with provisions set forth in section 605 of this Act.

19 FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

20 The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is here21 by authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits

22 of funds and borrowing authority available, and in accord

23 with the law, and to make such contracts and commit24 ments, without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro25 vided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as

26 may be necessary in carrying out the program set forth
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1 in the budget for the current fiscal year for such corpora2 tion, including purchase of (not to exceed five for replace3 ment only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles.

4 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL

5 PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

6 Not to exceed $3,429,000 of the funds of the corpora7 tion shall be available for its administrative expenses, and

8 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to be com9 puted on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance

10 with the corporation’s current prescribed accounting sys11 tem, and such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation,

12 payment of claims, and expenditures which the said ac13 counting system requires to be capitalized or charged to

14 cost of commodities acquired or produced, including sell15 ing and shipping expenses, and expenses in connection

16 with acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, im17 provement, protection, or disposition of facilities and other

18 property belonging to the corporation or in which it has

19 an interest.

20 OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS

21 JUSTICE ASSISTANCE

22 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and

23 other assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus

24 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended,

25 and the Missing Children’s Assistance Act, as amended,

26 including salaries and expenses in connection therewith,
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1 and with the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, as amended,

2 $168,592,000, to remain available until expended, as au3 thorized by section 1001 of title I of the Omnibus Crime

4 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended by Pub5 lic Law 102–534 (106 Stat. 3524), and $204,500,000 for

6 counterterrorism programs, including $40,000,000 as au7 thorized by Section 821 of the Antiterrorism and Effective

8 Death Penalty Act of 1996, respectively: Provided further,

9 That none of these funds made available under this head10 ing shall be provided to any State that has failed to estab11 lish a comprehensive counterterrorism plan which has

12 been approved by the National Domestic Preparedness Of13 fice.

14 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE

15 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and

16 other assistance authorized by part E of title I of the Om17 nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as

18 amended, for State and Local Narcotics Control and Jus19 tice Assistance Improvements, notwithstanding the provi20 sions of section 511 of said Act, $452,100,000, to remain

21 available until expended, as authorized by section 1001 of

22 title I of said Act, as amended by Public Law 102–534

23 (106 Stat. 3524), of which $52,100,000 shall be available

24 to carry out the provisions of chapter A of subpart 2 of

25 part E of title I of said Act, for discretionary grants under
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1 the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law En2 forcement Assistance Programs.

3 VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS, STATE AND

4 LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE

5 For assistance (including amounts for administrative

6 costs for management and administration, which amounts

7 shall be transferred to and merged with the ‘‘Justice As8 sistance’’ account) authorized by the Violent Crime Con9 trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–

10 322), as amended (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Omnibus Crime

11 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended (‘‘the

12 1968 Act’’); and the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990,

13 as amended (‘‘the 1990 Act’’), $1,547,450,000, to remain

14 available until expended, which shall be derived from the

15 Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund; of which

16 $400,000,000 shall be for Local Law Enforcement Block

17 Grants, pursuant to H.R. 728 as passed by the House of

18 Representatives on February 14, 1995, except that for

19 purposes of this Act, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

20 shall be considered a ‘‘unit of local government’’ as well

21 as a ‘‘State’’, for the purposes set forth in paragraphs (A),

22 (B), (D), (F), and (I) of section 101(a)(2) of H.R. 728

23 and for establishing crime prevention programs involving

24 cooperation between community residents and law enforce25 ment personnel in order to control, detect, or investigate
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1 crime or the prosecution of criminals: Provided, That no

2 funds provided under this heading may be used as match3 ing funds for any other Federal grant program: Provided

4 further, That $50,000,000 of this amount shall be for

5 Boys and Girls Clubs in public housing facilities and other

6 areas in cooperation with State and local law enforcement:

7 Provided further, That funds may also be used to defray

8 the costs of indemnification insurance for law enforcement

9 officers: Provided further, That $20,000,000 shall be avail10 able to carry out section 102(2) of H.R. 728: Provided

11 further, That $30,000,000 shall be available for the Police

12 Corps training program, as authorized by sections

13 200101–200113 of the 1994 Act; of which $350,000,000

14 shall be available for the Crime Identification Technology

15 Initiative, of which $40,000,000 is for grants to upgrade

16 criminal records, as authorized by section 106(b) of the

17 Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993, as

18 amended, and section 4(b) of the National Child Protec19 tion Act of 1993, of which $15,000,000 is for the National

20 Institute of Justice to develop school safety technologies,

21 of which $12,000,000 is available for the Office of Justice

22 Program’s Global Criminal Justice Information Network

23 for work with states and local jurisdictions; of which

24 $100,000,000 shall be for the State Criminal Alien Assist25 ance Program, as authorized by section 242(j) of the Im-
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1 migration and Nationality Act, as amended; of which

2 $75,000,000 shall be for Violent Offender Incarceration

3 and Truth in Sentencing Incentive Grants pursuant to

4 subtitle A of title II of the 1994 Act, of which $41,000,000

5 shall be available for the Cooperative Agreement Program,

6 and of which $34,000,000 shall be reserved by the Attor7 ney General for fiscal year 2000 under section 20109(a)

8 of subtitle A of title II of the 1994 Act; of which

9 $10,000,000 shall be for the Court Appointed Special Ad10 vocate Program, as authorized by section 218 of the 1990

11 Act; of which $2,000,000 shall be for Child Abuse Train12 ing Programs for Judicial Personnel and Practitioners, as

13 authorized by section 224 of the 1990 Act; of which

14 $206,750,000 shall be for Grants to Combat Violence

15 Against Women, to States, units of local government, and

16 Indian tribal governments, as authorized by section

17 1001(a)(18) of the 1968 Act, including $23,000,000

18 which shall be used exclusively for the purpose of strength19 ening civil legal assistance programs for victims of domes20 tic violence, and $10,000,000 which shall be used exclu21 sively for violence on college campuses: Provided further,

22 That, of these funds, $5,200,000 shall be provided to the

23 National Institute of Justice for research and evaluation

24 of violence against women, and $10,000,000 shall be avail25 able to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
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1 Prevention for the Safe Start Program, to be administered

2 as authorized by part C of the Juvenile Justice and Delin3 quency Act of 1974, as amended; of which $34,000,000

4 shall be for Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies to States,

5 units of local government, and Indian tribal governments,

6 as authorized by section 1001(a)(19) of the 1968 Act; of

7 which $25,000,000 shall be for Rural Domestic Violence

8 and Child Abuse Enforcement Assistance Grants, as au9 thorized by section 40295 of the 1994 Act; of which

10 $5,000,000 shall be for training programs to assist proba11 tion and parole officers who work with released sex offend12 ers, as authorized by section 40152(c) of the 1994 Act,

13 and for local demonstration projects; of which $1,000,000

14 shall be for grants for televised testimony, as authorized

15 by section 1001(a)(7) of the 1968 Act; of which

16 $5,000,000 shall be for the Tribal Courts Initiative; of

17 which $63,000,000 shall be for grants for residential sub18 stance abuse treatment for State prisoners, as authorized

19 by section 1001(a)(17) of the 1968 Act; of which

20 $30,000,000 shall be for State and local forensic labora21 tories as authorized by section 1001(a)(22) of the 1968

22 Act, as well as for improvements to the State and local

23 forensic laboratory general forensic science capabilities to

24 reduce their DNA convicted offender database sample

25 backlog; of which $900,000 shall be for the Missing Alz-
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1 heimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program, as authorized by

2 section 240001(c) of the 1994 Act; of which $1,300,000

3 shall be for Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Programs, as

4 authorized by section 220002(h) of the 1994 Act; of which

5 $40,000,000 shall be for Drug Courts, as authorized by

6 title V of the 1994 Act; of which $1,500,000 shall be for

7 Law Enforcement Family Support Programs, as author8 ized by section 1001(a)(21) of the 1968 Act; of which

9 $2,000,000 shall be for public awareness programs ad10 dressing marketing scams aimed at senior citizens, as au11 thorized by section 250005(3) of the 1994 Act; and of

12 which $100,000,000 shall be for Juvenile Accountability

13 Incentive Block Grants, except that such funds shall be

14 subject to the same terms and conditions as set forth in

15 the provisions under this heading for this program in Pub16 lic Law 105–119, but all references in such provisions to

17 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 1999; of which

18 $12,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Justice

19 Programs’ Global Information Integration Initiative; of

20 which $45,000,000 shall be available for the Indian Coun21 try Initiative; of which $25,000,000 shall be available for

22 the Bulletproof Vest Program; of which $25,000,000 shall

23 be available for the Methamphetamine Program: Provided

24 further, That funds made available in fiscal year 2000

25 under subpart 1 of part E of title I of the 1968 Act may
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1 be obligated for programs to assist States in the litigation

2 processing of death penalty Federal habeas corpus peti3 tions and for drug testing initiatives: Provided further,

4 That, if a unit of local government uses any of the funds

5 made available under this title to increase the number of

6 law enforcement officers, the unit of local government will

7 achieve a net gain in the number of law enforcement offi8 cers who perform nonadministrative public safety service.

9 WEED AND SEED PROGRAM FUND

10 For necessary expenses, including salaries and re11 lated expenses of the Executive Office for Weed and Seed,

12 to implement ‘‘Weed and Seed’’ program activities,

13 $40,000,000 to remain available until expended, for inter14 governmental agreements, including grants, cooperative

15 agreements, and contracts, with State and local law en16 forcement agencies engaged in the investigation and pros17 ecution of violent crimes and drug offenses in ‘‘Weed and

18 Seed’’ designated communities, and for either reimburse19 ments or transfers to appropriation accounts of the De20 partment of Justice and other Federal agencies which

21 shall be specified by the Attorney General to execute the

22 ‘‘Weed and Seed’’ program strategy: Provided, That funds

23 designated by Congress through language for other De24 partment of Justice appropriation accounts for ‘‘Weed and

25 Seed’’ program activities shall be managed and executed

26 by the Attorney General through the Executive Office for
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1 Weed and Seed: Provided further, That the Attorney Gen2 eral may direct the use of other Department of Justice

3 funds and personnel in support of ‘‘Weed and Seed’’ pro4 gram activities only after the Attorney General notifies the

5 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent6 atives and the Senate in accordance with section 605 of

7 this Act.

8 JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS

9 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and

10 other assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and

11 Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended, (‘‘the

12 Act’’), including salaries and expenses in connection there13 with to be transferred to and merged with the appropria14 tions for Justice Assistance, $277,597,000, to remain

15 available until expended, as authorized by section 299 of

16 part I of title II and section 506 of title V of the Act,

17 as amended by Public Law 102–586, of which (1) notwith18 standing any other provision of law, $6,847,000 shall be

19 available for expenses authorized by part A of title II of

20 the Act, $89,000,000 shall be available for expenses au21 thorized by part B of title II of the Act, and $49,750,000

22 shall be available for expenses authorized by part C of title

23 II of the Act: Provided, That $26,500,000 of the amounts

24 provided for part B of title II of the Act, as amended,

25 is for the purpose of providing additional formula grants

26 under part B to States that provide assurances to the Ad-
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1 ministrator that the State has in effect (or will have in

2 effect no later than one year after date of application) poli3 cies and programs, that ensure that juveniles are subject

4 to accountability-based sanctions for every act for which

5 they are adjudicated delinquent; (2) $12,000,000 shall be

6 available for expenses authorized by sections 281 and 282

7 of part D of title II of the Act for prevention and treat8 ment programs relating to juvenile gangs; (3)

9 $10,000,000 shall be available for expenses authorized by

10 section 285 of part E of title II of the Act; (4)

11 $15,000,000 shall be available for expenses authorized by

12 part G of title II of the Act for juvenile mentoring pro13 grams; (5) $95,000,000 shall be available for expenses au14 thorized by title V of the Act for incentive grants for local

15 delinquency prevention programs; of which $20,000,000

16 shall be for delinquency prevention, control, and system

17 improvement programs for tribal youth; of which

18 $25,000,000 shall be available for grants of $360,000 to

19 each state and $6,640,000 shall be available for discre20 tionary grants to states, for programs and activities to en21 force state laws prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages

22 to minors or the purchase or consumption of alcoholic bev23 erages by minors, prevention and reduction of consump24 tion of alcoholic beverages by minors, and for technical

25 assistance and training: Provided further, That upon the
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1 enactment of reauthorization legislation for Juvenile Jus2 tice Programs under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency

3 Prevention Act of 1974, as amended, funding provisions

4 in this Act shall from that date be subject to the provisions

5 of that legislation and any provisions in this Act that are

6 inconsistent with that legislation shall no longer have ef7 fect: Provided further, That of amounts made available

8 under the Juvenile Justice Programs of the Office of Jus9 tice Programs to carry out part B (relating to Federal

10 Assistance for State and Local Programs), subpart II of

11 part C (relating to Special Emphasis Prevention and

12 Treatment Programs), part D (relating to Gang-Free

13 Schools and Communities and Community-Based Gang

14 Intervention), part E (relating to State Challenge Activi15 ties), and part G (relating to Mentoring) of title II of the

16 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974,

17 and to carry out the At-Risk Children’s Program under

18 title V of that Act, not more than 10 percent of each such

19 amount may be used for research, evaluation, and statis20 tics activities designed to benefit the programs or activities

21 authorized under the appropriate part or title, and not

22 more than 2 percent of each such amount may be used

23 for training and technical assistance activities designed to

24 benefit the programs or activities authorized under that

25 part or title.
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1 In addition, $218,000,000 shall be available for the

2 Safe Schools Initiative.

3 In addition, for grants, contracts, cooperative agree4 ments, and other assistance authorized by the Victims of

5 Child Abuse Act of 1990, as amended, $7,000,000, to re6 main available until expended, as authorized by section

7 214B of the Act.

8 PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS BENEFITS

9 To remain available until expended, for payments au10 thorized by part L of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control

11 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796), as amend12 ed, such sums as are necessary, as authorized by section

13 6093 of Public Law 100–690 (102 Stat. 4339–4340) and,

14 in addition, $3,500,000, to remain available until ex15 pended, for programs authorized by section 1201(h) of

16 said Act.

17 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

18 SEC. 101. In addition to amounts otherwise made

19 available in this title for official reception and representa20 tion expenses, a total of not to exceed $45,000 from funds

21 appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title

22 shall be available to the Attorney General for official re23 ception and representation expenses in accordance with

24 distributions, procedures, and regulations established by

25 the Attorney General.
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1 SEC. 102. Section 110 of division C of Public Law

2 104–208 is repealed.

3 SEC. 103. None of the funds appropriated by this

4 title shall be available to pay for an abortion, except where

5 the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus

6 were carried to term, or in the case of rape: Provided,

7 That should this prohibition be declared unconstitutional

8 by a court of competent jurisdiction, this section shall be

9 null and void.

10 SEC. 104. None of the funds appropriated under this

11 title shall be used to require any person to perform, or

12 facilitate in any way the performance of, any abortion.

13 SEC. 105. Nothing in the preceding section shall re14 move the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Pris15 ons to provide escort services necessary for a female in16 mate to receive such service outside the Federal facility:

17 Provided, That nothing in this section in any way dimin18 ishes the effect of section 104 intended to address the phil19 osophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of

20 Prisons.

21 SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of

22 law, not to exceed $10,000,000 of the funds made avail23 able in this Act may be used to establish and publicize

24 a program under which publicly advertised, extraordinary

25 rewards may be paid, which shall not be subject to spend-
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1 ing limitations contained in sections 3059 and 3072 of

2 title 18, United States Code: Provided, That any reward

3 of $100,000 or more, up to a maximum of $2,000,000,

4 may not be made without the personal approval of the

5 President or the Attorney General and such approval may

6 not be delegated.

7 SEC. 107. Not to exceed 10 percent of any appropria8 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De9 partment of Justice in this Act, including those derived

10 from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, may be

11 transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap12 propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall

13 be increased by more than 20 percent by any such trans14 fers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section

15 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec16 tion 605 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga17 tion except in compliance with the procedures set forth

18 in that section.

19 SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of

20 law, for fiscal year 2000 and thereafter, the Assistant At21 torney General for the Office of Justice Programs of the

22 Department of Justice—

23 (1) may make grants, or enter into cooperative

24 agreements and contracts, for the Office of Justice
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1 Programs and the component organizations of that

2 Office; and

3 (2) shall have final authority over all grants, co4 operative agreements, and contracts made, or en5 tered into, for the Office of Justice Programs and

6 the component organizations of that Office.

7 SEC. 109. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision

8 of law, for fiscal year 2000, the Attorney General may

9 obligate any funds appropriated for or reimbursed to the

10 Counterterrorism programs, projects or activities of the

11 Department of Justice to purchase or lease equipment or

12 any related items, or to acquire interim services, without

13 regard to any otherwise applicable Federal acquisition

14 rule, if the Attorney General determines that—

15 (A) there is an exigent need for the equipment,

16 related items, or services in order to support an on17 going counterterrorism, national security, or com18 puter-crime investigation or prosecution;

19 (B) the equipment, related items, or services re20 quired are not available within the Department of

21 Justice; and

22 (C) adherence to that Federal acquisition rule

23 would—

24 (i) delay the timely acquisition of the

25 equipment, related items, or services; and
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1 (ii) adversely affect an ongoing

2 counterterrorism, national security, or com3 puter-crime investigation or prosecution.

4 (2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘Federal acquisition

5 rule’’ means any provision of title II or IX of the Federal

6 Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, the Of7 fice of Federal Procurement Policy Act, the Small Busi8 ness Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulation, or any other

9 provision of law or regulation that establishes policies, pro10 cedures, requirements, conditions, or restrictions for pro11 curements by the head of a department or agency or the

12 Federal Government.

13 (b) The Attorney General shall immediately notify the

14 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent15 atives and the Senate in writing of each expenditure under

16 subsection (a), which notification shall include sufficient

17 information to explain the circumstances necessitating the

18 exercise of the authority under that subsection.

19 SEC. 110. Notwithstanding any other provision of law

20 for fiscal year 2000 and thereafter, in any action brought

21 by a prisoner under section 1979 of the Revised Statutes

22 (42 U.S.C. 1983) against a Federal, State, or local jail,

23 prison, or correctional facility, or any employee or former

24 employee thereof, arising out of the incarceration of that

25 prisoner—
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1 (1) the financial records of a person employed

2 or formerly employed by the Federal, State, or local

3 jail, prison, or correctional facility, shall not be sub4 ject to disclosure without the written consent of that

5 person or pursuant to a court order, unless a verdict

6 of liability has been entered against that person; and

7 (2) the home address, home phone number, so8 cial security number, identity of family members,

9 personal tax returns, and personal banking informa10 tion of a person described in paragraph (1), and any

11 other records or information of a similar nature re12 lating to that person, shall not be subject to disclo13 sure without the written consent of that person, or

14 pursuant to a court order.

15 SEC. 111. Hereafter, for payments of judgments

16 against the United States and compromise settlements of

17 claims in suits against the United States arising from the

18 Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement

19 Act and its implementation, such sums as may be nec20 essary, to remain available until expended: Provided, That

21 the foregoing authority is available solely for payment of

22 judgments and compromise settlements: Provided further,

23 That payment of litigation expenses is available under ex24 isting authority and will continue to be made available as

25 set forth in the Memorandum of Understanding between
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1 the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the De2 partment of Justice, dated October 2, 1998, and may not

3 be paid from amounts provided in this Act.

4 SEC. 112. Section 2(c) of the Public Law 104–232,

5 as amended, is further amended by replacing ‘‘five’’ with

6 ‘‘three’’.

7 SEC. 113. Section 4006 of title 18, United States

8 Code, is amended—

9 (1) by striking ‘‘The Attorney General’’ and in10 serting the following: ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The At11 torney General’’; and

12 (2) by adding at the end the following:

13 ‘‘(b) HEALTH CARE ITEMS AND SERVICES.—

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Payment for costs incurred

15 for the provision of health care items and services

16 for individuals in the custody of the United States

17 Marshals Service shall not exceed the lesser of the

18 amount that would be paid for the provision of simi19 lar health care items and services under—

20 ‘‘(A) the medicare program under title

21 XVIII of the Social Security Act; or

22 ‘‘(B) the medicaid program under title

23 XIX of such Act of the State in which the serv24 ices were provided.
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1 ‘‘(2) FULL AND FINAL PAYMENT.—Any pay2 ment for a health care item or service made pursu3 ant to this subsection, shall be deemed to be full and

4 final payment.’’.

5 SEC. 114. (a) The Attorney General shall establish

6 by plain rule that it shall be punishable conduct for any

7 Department of Justice employee, in the discharge of his

8 or her official duties, intentionally to—

9 (1) seek the indictment of any person in the ab10 sence of a reasonable belief of probable cause, as

11 prohibited by the Principles of Federal Prosecution,

12 U.S. Attorneys’ Manual 9–27.200 et seq.;

13 (2) fail to disclose exculpatory evidence to the

14 defense, in violation of his or her obligations under

15 Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963);

16 (3) mislead a court as to the guilt of any person

17 by knowingly making a false statement of material

18 fact or law;

19 (4) offer evidence lawyers know to be false;

20 (5) alter evidence in violation of 18 U.S.C.

21 15[03/12];

22 (6) attempt to corruptly influence or color a

23 witness’ testimony with the intent to encourage un24 truthful testimony, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1503

25 and 1512;
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1 (7) violate a defendant’s right to discovery

2 under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 16(a);

3 (8) offer or provide sexual activities to any gov4 ernment witness or potential witness as in exchange

5 for or on account of his or her testimony;

6 (9) improperly disseminate confidential, non7 public information to any person during an inves8 tigation or trial, in violation of 28 C.F.R. 50.2, Fed9 eral Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e); 18 U.S.C.

10 2511(1)(c), 18 U.S.C. 2232 (b) and (c), 26 U.S.C.

11 6103, or United States Attorneys’ Manual 1–7.000

12 et seq.

13 (b) The Attorney General shall establish a range of

14 penalties for engaging in conduct described above that

15 shall include—

16 (1) reprimand;

17 (2) demotion;

18 (3) dismissal;

19 (4) referral of ethical charges to the bar;

20 (5) suspension from employment; and

21 (6) referral of the allegations, if appropriate, to

22 a grand jury for possible criminal prosecution.

23 (c) Subsection (a) is not intended to and does not

24 create substantive rights on behalf of criminal defendants,

25 civil litigants, targets or subjects of investigation, wit-
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1 nesses, counsel for represented parties or represented par2 ties, or any other person, and shall not be a basis for dis3 missing criminal or civil charges or proceedings against

4 any person or for excluding relevant evidence in any pro5 ceeding in any court of the United States.

6 SEC. 115. (a) Hereafter, none of the funds made

7 available by this or any other Act may be used to pay

8 premium pay under title 5, United States Code, sections

9 5542 to 5549, to any individual employed as an attorney,

10 including an Assistant United States Attorney, in the U.S.

11 Department of Justice for any work performed on or after

12 the date of enactment of this Act.

13 (b) Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provision of

14 law, neither the United States nor any individual or entity

15 acting on its behalf shall be liable for premium pay under

16 title 5, United States Code, sections 5542 to 5549, for

17 any work performed on or after the date of enactment of

18 this Act by any individual employed as an attorney in the

19 Department of Justice, including an Assistant United

20 States Attorney.

21 SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of

22 this Act, the total of the amounts appropriated under this

23 title of this Act is reduced by $2,468,000, out of which

24 the reductions for each account shall be made in accord25 ance with the chart on fiscal year 2000 general pricing
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1 level adjustment dated May 4, 1999, provided to Congress

2 by the Department of Justice.

3 SEC. 117. Section 113 of the Department of Justice

4 Appropriations Act, 1999 (section 101(b) of division A of

5 Public Law 105–277), as amended by section 3028 of the

6 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Pub7 lic Law 106–31), is further amended by striking the first

8 comma and inserting ‘‘for fiscal year 2000 and here9 after,’’.

10 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Justice

11 Appropriations Act, 2000’’.

12 TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND

13 RELATED AGENCIES

14 TRADE AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

15 RELATED AGENCIES

16 OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE

17 REPRESENTATIVE

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of the United

20 States Trade Representative, including the hire of pas21 senger motor vehicles and the employment of experts and

22 consultants as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $26,067,000,

23 of which $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended:

24 Provided, That not to exceed $98,000 shall be available

25 for official reception and representation expenses.
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1 INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the International Trade

4 Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles,

5 and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to

6 exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation ex7 penses, $45,700,000, to remain available until expended.

8 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

9 INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION

10 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

11 For necessary expenses for international trade activi12 ties of the Department of Commerce provided for by law,

13 and engaging in trade promotional activities abroad, in14 cluding expenses of grants and cooperative agreements for

15 the purpose of promoting exports of United States firms,

16 without regard to 44 U.S.C. 3702 and 3703; full medical

17 coverage for dependent members of immediate families of

18 employees stationed overseas and employees temporarily

19 posted overseas; travel and transportation of employees of

20 the United States and Foreign Commercial Service be21 tween two points abroad, without regard to 49 U.S.C.

22 1517; employment of Americans and aliens by contract for

23 services; rental of space abroad for periods not exceeding

24 ten years, and expenses of alteration, repair, or improve25 ment; purchase or construction of temporary demountable
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1 exhibition structures for use abroad; payment of tort

2 claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph

3 of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when such claims arise in foreign coun4 tries; not to exceed $327,000 for official representation

5 expenses abroad; purchase of passenger motor vehicles for

6 official use abroad, not to exceed $30,000 per vehicle; ob7 tain insurance on official motor vehicles; and rent tie lines

8 and teletype equipment, $290,696,000, to remain avail9 able until expended, of which $3,000,000 is to be derived

10 from fees to be retained and used by the International

11 Trade Administration, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302:

12 Provided, That of the $311,344,000 provided for in direct

13 obligations (of which $308,344,000 is appropriated from

14 the General Fund, $3,000,000 is derived from fee collec15 tions, $68,729,000 shall be for Trade Development,

16 $22,549,000 shall be for Market Access and Compliance,

17 $31,420,000 shall be for the Import Administration,

18 $169,398,000 shall be for the United States and Foreign

19 Commercial Service, $14,449,000 shall be for Executive

20 Direction and Administration, and $4,799,000 shall be for

21 carryover restoration: Provided further, That the provi22 sions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of sec23 tion 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Ex24 change Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall

25 apply in carrying out these activities without regard to
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1 section 5412 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness

2 Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4912); and that for the purpose

3 of this Act, contributions under the provisions of the Mu4 tual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act shall include

5 payment for assessments for services provided as part of

6 these activities.

7 EXPORT ADMINISTRATION

8 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

9 For necessary expenses for export administration and

10 national security activities of the Department of Com11 merce, including costs associated with the performance of

12 export administration field activities both domestically and

13 abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of

14 immediate families of employees stationed overseas; em15 ployment of Americans and aliens by contract for services

16 abroad; rental of space abroad for periods not exceeding

17 ten years, and expenses of alteration, repair, or improve18 ment; payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized

19 in the first paragraph of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when such claims

20 arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $15,000 for offi21 cial representation expenses abroad; awards of compensa22 tion to informers under the Export Administration Act of

23 1979, and as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 401(b); purchase

24 of passenger motor vehicles for official use and motor vehi25 cles for law enforcement use with special requirement vehi-
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1 cles eligible for purchase without regard to any price limi2 tation otherwise established by law, $55,931,000 to re3 main available until expended, of which $1,877,000 shall

4 be for inspections and other activities related to national

5 security: Provided, That the provisions of the first sen6 tence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the

7 Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961

8 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying

9 out these activities: Provided further, That payments and

10 contributions collected and accepted for materials or serv11 ices provided as part of such activities may be retained

12 for use in covering the cost of such activities, and for pro13 viding information to the public with respect to the export

14 administration and national security activities of the De15 partment of Commerce and other export control programs

16 of the United States and other governments: Provided fur17 ther, That no funds may be obligated or expended for proc18 essing licenses for the export of satellites of United States

19 origin (including commercial satellites and satellite compo20 nents) to the People’s Republic of China, unless, at least

21 15 days in advance, the Committees on Appropriations of

22 the House and the Senate and other appropriate Commit23 tees of the Congress are notified of such proposed action.
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1 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

2 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

3 For grants for economic development assistance as

4 provided by the Public Works and Economic Development

5 Act of 1965, as amended, and for trade adjustment assist6 ance, $203,379,000.

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of administering the eco9 nomic development assistance programs as provided for by

10 law, $24,937,000: Provided, That these funds may be used

11 to monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the

12 Public Works Employment Act of 1976, as amended, title

13 II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, and the Commu14 nity Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977.

15 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

16 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

17 For necessary expenses of the Department of Com18 merce in fostering, promoting, and developing minority

19 business enterprise, including expenses of grants, con20 tracts, and other agreements with public or private organi21 zations, $27,627,000.
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1 ECONOMIC AND INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE

2 ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco5 nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department

6 of Commerce, $51,158,000, to remain available until Sep7 tember 30, 2001.

8 BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For expenses necessary for collecting, compiling, ana11 lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for

12 by law, $156,944,000.

13 PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS

14 For expenses necessary to conduct the decennial cen15 sus, $2,789,545,000 to remain available until expended.

16 In addition, for expenses to collect and publish statis17 tics for other periodic censuses and programs provided for

18 by law, $125,209,000, to remain available until expended.

19 NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION

20 ADMINISTRATION

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of

23 the National Telecommunications and Information Ad24 ministration (NTIA), $11,009,000, to remain available

25 until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding 31
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1 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce shall charge

2 Federal agencies for costs incurred in spectrum manage3 ment, analysis, and operations, and related services and

4 such fees shall be retained and used as offsetting collec5 tions for costs of such spectrum services, to remain avail6 able until expended: Provided further, That hereafter, not7 withstanding any other provision of law, NTIA shall not

8 authorize spectrum use or provide any spectrum functions

9 pursuant to the NTIA Organization Act, 47 U.S.C. 902–

10 903, to any Federal entity without reimbursement as re11 quired by NTIA for such spectrum management costs, and

12 Federal entities withholding payment of such cost shall

13 not use spectrum: Provided further, That the Secretary of

14 Commerce is authorized to retain and use as offsetting

15 collections all funds transferred, or previously transferred,

16 from other Government agencies for all costs incurred in

17 telecommunications research, engineering, and related ac18 tivities by the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences

19 of the NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions

20 under this paragraph, and such funds received from other

21 Government agencies shall remain available until ex22 pended.

23 PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING

24 AND CONSTRUCTION

25 For grants authorized by sections 391 and 392 of the

26 Communications Act of 1934, as amended, $30,000,000,
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1 to remain available until expended as authorized by sec2 tion 391 of the Act, as amended: Provided, That not to

3 exceed $1,800,000 shall be available for program adminis4 tration as authorized by section 391 of the Act: Provided

5 further, That notwithstanding the provisions of section

6 391 of the Act, the prior year unobligated balances may

7 be made available for grants for projects for which appli8 cations have been submitted and approved during any fis9 cal year: Provided further, That, hereafter, notwith10 standing any other provision of law, the Pan-Pacific Edu11 cation and Communication Experiments by Satellite

12 (PEACESAT) Program is eligible to compete for Public

13 Telecommunications Facilities, Planning and Construction

14 funds.

15 INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS

16 For grants authorized by section 392 of the Commu17 nications Act of 1934, as amended, $18,102,000, to re18 main available until expended as authorized by section 391

19 of the Act: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall

20 be available for program administration and other support

21 activities as authorized by section 391: Provided further,

22 That, of the funds appropriated herein, not to exceed 5

23 percent may be available for telecommunications research

24 activities for projects related directly to the development

25 of a national information infrastructure: Provided further,
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1 That, notwithstanding the requirements of section 392(a)

2 and 392(c) of the Act, these funds may be used for the

3 planning and construction of telecommunications networks

4 for the provision of educational, cultural, health care, pub5 lic information, public safety, or other social services: Pro6 vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of

7 law, no entity that receives telecommunications services at

8 preferential rates under section 254(h) of the Act (47

9 U.S.C. 254(h)) or receives assistance under the regional

10 information sharing systems grant program of the Depart11 ment of Justice under part M of title I of the Omnibus

12 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.

13 3796h) may use funds under a grant under this heading

14 to cover any costs of the entity that would otherwise be

15 covered by such preferential rates or such assistance, as

16 the case may be.

17 PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Patent and Trademark

20 Office provided for by law, including defense of suits insti21 tuted against the Commissioner of Patents and Trade22 marks, $785,976,000, to remain available until expended:

23 Provided, That of this amount, $785,976,000 shall be de24 rived from offsetting collections assessed and collected

25 pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 1113 and 35 U.S.C. 41 and 376,
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1 and shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in

2 this appropriation: Provided further, That the sum herein

3 appropriated from the General Fund shall be reduced as

4 such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year

5 2000, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2000 appropria6 tion from the General Fund estimated at $0: Provided fur7 ther, That, during fiscal year 2000, should the total

8 amount of offsetting fee collections be less than

9 $785,976,000, the total amounts available to the Patent

10 and Trademark Office shall be reduced accordingly: Pro11 vided further, That any amount received in excess of

12 $785,976,000 in fiscal year 2000 shall remain available

13 until expended, but shall not be available for obligation

14 until October 1, 2000.

15 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

16 TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION

17 UNDER SECRETARY FOR TECHNOLOGY/OFFICE OF

18 TECHNOLOGY POLICY

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses for the Under Secretary for

21 Technology/Office of Technology Policy, $7,972,000, of

22 which not to exceed $600,000 shall remain available until

23 September 30, 2001.
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1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY

2 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES

3 For necessary expenses of the National Institute of

4 Standards and Technology, $288,128,000, to remain

5 available until expended, of which not to exceed $282,000

6 may be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’.

7 INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

8 For necessary expenses of the Manufacturing Exten9 sion Partnership of the National Institute of Standards

10 and Technology, $109,836,000, to remain available until

11 expended.

12 In addition, for necessary expenses of the Advanced

13 Technology Program of the National Institute of Stand14 ards and Technology, $226,500,000, to remain available

15 until expended, of which not to exceed $73,000,000 shall

16 be available for the award of new grants, and of which

17 not to exceed $500,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Work18 ing Capital Fund’’.

19 CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES

20 For construction of new research facilities, including

21 architectural and engineering design, and for renovation

22 of existing facilities, not otherwise provided for the Na23 tional Institute of Standards and Technology, as author24 ized by 15 U.S.C. 278c–278e, $117,500,000, to remain

25 available until expended, of which not to exceed
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1 $10,000,000 shall be used to fund a cooperative agree2 ment with the University of South Carolina School of

3 Medicine, and of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall

4 be used to fund a cooperative agreement with Dartmouth

5 College.

6 NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC

7 ADMINISTRATION

8 OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law

11 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,

12 including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft;

13 grants, contracts, or other payments to nonprofit organi14 zations for the purposes of conducting activities pursuant

15 to cooperative agreements; and relocation of facilities as

16 authorized by 33 U.S.C. 883i; $1,776,728,000, to remain

17 available until expended: Provided, That fees and dona18 tions received by the National Ocean Service for the man19 agement of the national marine sanctuaries may be re20 tained and used for the salaries and expenses associated

21 with those activities, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302:

22 Provided further, That in addition, $66,426,000 shall be

23 derived by transfer from the fund entitled ‘‘Promote and

24 Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining to

25 American Fisheries’’: Provided further, That grants to
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1 States pursuant to sections 306 and 306A of the Coastal

2 Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended, shall not ex3 ceed $2,000,000: Provided further, That the Secretary of

4 Commerce shall make funds available to implement the

5 mitigation recommendations identified subsequent to the

6 ‘‘1995 Secretary’s Report to Congress on Adequacy of

7 NEXRAD Coverage and Degradation of Weather Serv8 ices’’, and shall ensure continuation of weather service cov9 erage for these communities until mitigation activities are

10 completed: Provided further, That no general administra11 tive charge shall be applied against any assigned activity

12 included in this Act and, further, that any direct adminis13 trative expenses applied against assigned activities shall

14 be limited to five percent of the funds provided for that

15 assigned activity: Provided further, That of the amount

16 made available under this heading for the National Marine

17 Fisheries Services Pacific Salmon Treaty Program,

18 $5,000,000 is appropriated for a Southern Boundary and

19 Transboundary Rivers Restoration Fund, subject to ex20 press authorization.

21 PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For procurement, acquisition and construction of

24 capital assets, including alteration and modification costs,

25 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
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1 $670,578,000, to remain available until expended: Pro2 vided, That unexpended balances of amounts previously

3 made available in the ‘‘Operations, Research, and Facili4 ties’’ account for activities funded under this heading may

5 be transferred to and merged with this account, to remain

6 available until expended for the purposes for which the

7 funds were originally appropriated.

8 PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY

9 For necessary expenses associated with the restora10 tion of Pacific salmon populations listed under the Endan11 gered Species Act, $100,000,000: Provided, That, of the

12 amounts provided, $20,000,000 each is made available as

13 direct payments to the States of California, Oregon,

14 Washington, and Alaska: Provided further, That

15 $15,000,000 is made available to the State of Washington

16 as a direct payment for implementation of the June 3,

17 1999 Agreement of the United States and Canada on the

18 Treaty Between the Government of the United States of

19 America and the Government of Canada Concerning Pa20 cific Salmon, 1985 (hereafter referred to as the ‘‘Pacific

21 Salmon Treaty’’) extending the Treaty framework to in22 clude habitat protection objectives, subject to express au23 thorization: Provided further, That $5,000,000 is made

24 available as a direct payment to the State of Alaska for

25 implementation of the June 3, 1999 Agreement of the

26 United States and Canada on the Pacific Salmon Treaty
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1 extending the Treaty framework to include habitat protec2 tion objectives for fisheries enhancement measures, sub3 ject to express authorization.

4 COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT FUND

5 Of amounts collected pursuant to section 308 of the

6 Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C.

7 1456a), not to exceed $4,000,000, for purposes set forth

8 in sections 308(b)(2)(A), 308(b)(2)(B)(v), and 315(e) of

9 such Act.

10 FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND

11 For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public

12 Law 95–372, not to exceed $953,000, to be derived from

13 receipts collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available

14 until expended.

15 FOREIGN FISHING OBSERVER FUND

16 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions

17 of the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975, as amend18 ed (Public Law 96–339), the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

19 Conservation and Management Act of 1976, as amended

20 (Public Law 100–627), and the American Fisheries Pro21 motion Act (Public Law 96–561), to be derived from the

22 fees imposed under the foreign fishery observer program

23 authorized by these Acts, not to exceed $189,000, to re24 main available until expended.
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1 FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

2 For the cost of direct loans, $2,038,000, as author3 ized by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, as amended:

4 Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying

5 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con6 gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That

7 none of the funds made available under this heading may

8 be used for direct loans for any new fishing vessel that

9 will increase the harvesting capacity in any United States

10 fishery.

11 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For expenses necessary for the general administra14 tion of the Department of Commerce provided for by law,

15 including not to exceed $3,000 for official entertainment,

16 $34,046,000.

17 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

19 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

20 General Act of 1978, as amended (App. 1–11 as amended

21 by Public Law 100–504), $17,900,000.

22 FISHERIES PROMOTIONAL FUND

23 (RESCISSION)

24 Of the unobligated balances available under this

25 heading, $1,187,000 are rescinded.
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1 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

2 SEC. 201. During the current fiscal year, applicable

3 appropriations and funds made available to the Depart4 ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the

5 activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15

6 U.S.C. 1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed

7 by the Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may

8 be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized

9 only upon the certification of officials designated by the

10 Secretary of Commerce that such payments are in the

11 public interest.

12 SEC. 202. During the current fiscal year, appropria13 tions made available to the Department of Commerce by

14 this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for

15 hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31

16 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.

17 3109; and uniforms or allowances therefore, as authorized

18 by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902).

19 SEC. 203. None of the funds made available by this

20 Act may be used to support the hurricane reconnaissance

21 aircraft and activities that are under the control of the

22 United States Air Force or the United States Air Force

23 Reserve.

24 SEC. 204. None of the funds provided in this or any

25 previous Act, or hereinafter made available to the Depart-
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1 ment of Commerce, shall be available to reimburse the Un2 employment Trust Fund or any other fund or account of

3 the Treasury to pay for any expenses paid before October

4 1, 1992, as authorized by section 8501 of title 5, United

5 States Code, for services performed after April 20, 1990,

6 by individuals appointed to temporary positions within the

7 Bureau of the Census for purposes relating to the 1990

8 decennial census of population.

9 SEC. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria10 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De11 partment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred be12 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall

13 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans14 fers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section

15 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec16 tion 605 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga17 tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce18 dures set forth in that section.

19 SEC. 206. Any costs incurred by a Department or

20 agency funded under this title resulting from personnel

21 actions taken in response to funding reductions included

22 in this title or from actions taken for the care and protec23 tion of loan collateral or grant property shall be absorbed

24 within the total budgetary resources available to such De25 partment or agency: Provided, That the authority to trans-
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1 fer funds between appropriations accounts as may be nec2 essary to carry out this section is provided in addition to

3 authorities included elsewhere in this Act: Provided fur4 ther, That use of funds to carry out this section shall be

5 treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 605

6 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex7 penditure except in compliance with the procedures set

8 forth in that section.

9 SEC. 207. The Secretary of Commerce may award

10 contracts for hydrographic, geodetic, and photo11 grammetric surveying and mapping services in accordance

12 with title IX of the Federal Property and Administrative

13 Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 541 et seq.).

14 SEC. 208. The Secretary of Commerce may use the

15 Commerce franchise fund for expenses and equipment nec16 essary for the maintenance and operation of such adminis17 trative services as the Secretary determines may be per18 formed more advantageously as central services, pursuant

19 to section 403 of Public Law 103–356: Provided, That any

20 inventories, equipment, and other assets pertaining to the

21 services to be provided by such fund, either on hand or

22 on order, less the related liabilities or unpaid obligations,

23 and any appropriations made for the purpose of providing

24 capital shall be used to capitalize such fund: Provided fur25 ther, That such fund shall be paid in advance from funds
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1 available to the Department and other Federal agencies

2 for which such centralized services are performed, at rates

3 which will return in full all expenses of operation, includ4 ing accrued leave, depreciation of fund plant and equip5 ment, amortization of automated data processing (ADP)

6 software and systems (either acquired or donated), and

7 an amount necessary to maintain a reasonable operating

8 reserve, as determined by the Secretary: Provided further,

9 That such fund shall provide services on a competitive

10 basis: Provided further, That an amount not to exceed 4

11 percent of the total annual income to such fund may be

12 retained in the fund for fiscal year 2000 and each fiscal

13 year thereafter, to remain available until expended, to be

14 used for the acquisition of capital equipment, and for the

15 improvement and implementation of Department financial

16 management, ADP, and other support systems: Provided

17 further, That such amounts retained in the fund for fiscal

18 year 2000 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be available

19 for obligation and expenditure only in accordance with sec20 tion 605 of this Act: Provided further, That no later than

21 30 days after the end of each fiscal year, amounts in ex22 cess of this reserve limitation shall be deposited as mis23 cellaneous receipts in the Treasury: Provided further, That

24 such franchise fund pilot program shall terminate pursu25 ant to section 403(f) of Public Law 103–356.
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1 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com2 merce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000’’.

3 TITLE III—THE JUDICIARY

4 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For expenses necessary for the operation of the Su7 preme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the

8 building and grounds, including purchase or hire, driving,

9 maintenance, and operation of an automobile for the Chief

10 Justice, not to exceed $10,000 for the purpose of trans11 porting Associate Justices, and hire of passenger motor

12 vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not

13 to exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation

14 expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended

15 as the Chief Justice may approve, $34,759,000.

16 CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS

17 For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable

18 the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties im19 posed upon him by the Act approved May 7, 1934 (40

20 U.S.C. 13a–13b), $18,123,000, of which $15,222,000

21 shall remain available until expended.
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1 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL

2 CIRCUIT

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For salaries of the chief judge, judges, and other offi5 cers and employees, and for necessary expenses of the

6 court, as authorized by law, $16,911,000.

7 UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For salaries of the chief judge and 8 judges, salaries

10 of the officers and employees of the court, services as au11 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and necessary expenses of the

12 court, as authorized by law, $11,957,000.

13 COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER

14 JUDICIAL SERVICES

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For the salaries of circuit and district judges (includ17 ing judges of the territorial courts of the United States),

18 justices and judges retired from office or from regular ac19 tive service, judges of the United States Court of Federal

20 Claims, bankruptcy judges, magistrate judges, and all

21 other officers and employees of the Federal Judiciary not

22 otherwise specifically provided for, and necessary expenses

23 of the courts, as authorized by law, $2,892,265,000 (in24 cluding the purchase of firearms and ammunition); of

25 which not to exceed $19,150,000 shall remain available
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1 until expended for space alteration projects; and of which

2 not to exceed $10,000,000 shall remain available until ex3 pended for furniture and furnishings related to new space

4 alteration and construction projects.

5 In addition, $100,000,000 for such purposes, to re6 main available until expended, to be derived from the Vio7 lent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.

8 In addition, for expenses of the United States Court

9 of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under

10 the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, not

11 to exceed $2,581,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine

12 Injury Compensation Trust Fund.

13 DEFENDER SERVICES

14 For the operation of Federal Public Defender and

15 Community Defender organizations; the compensation and

16 reimbursement of expenses of attorneys appointed to rep17 resent persons under the Criminal Justice Act of 1964,

18 as amended; the compensation and reimbursement of ex19 penses of persons furnishing investigative, expert and

20 other services under the Criminal Justice Act; the com21 pensation (in accordance with Criminal Justice Act maxi22 mums) and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys ap23 pointed to assist the court in criminal cases where the de24 fendant has waived representation by counsel; the com25 pensation and reimbursement of travel expenses of guard-
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1 ians ad litem acting on behalf of financially eligible minor

2 or incompetent offenders in connection with transfers

3 from the United States to foreign countries with which

4 the United States has a treaty for the execution of penal

5 sentences; and the compensation of attorneys appointed

6 to represent jurors in civil actions for the protection of

7 their employment, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d),

8 $353,888,000, to remain available until expended as au9 thorized by 18 U.S.C. 3006A(i).

10 FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS

11 For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28

12 U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commis13 sioners as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensa14 tion of commissioners appointed in condemnation cases

15 pursuant to rule 71A(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Pro16 cedure (28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71A(h)), $60,918,000,

17 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the

18 compensation of land commissioners shall not exceed the

19 daily equivalent of the highest rate payable under section

20 5332 of title 5, United States Code.

21 COURT SECURITY

22 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

23 incident to the procurement, installation, and maintenance

24 of security equipment and protective services for the

25 United States Courts in courtrooms and adjacent areas,
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1 including building ingress-egress control, inspection of

2 packages, directed security patrols, and other similar ac3 tivities as authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Im4 provement and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100–

5 702), $196,026,000, of which not to exceed $10,000,000

6 shall remain available until expended, to be expended di7 rectly or transferred to the United States Marshals Serv8 ice, which shall be responsible for administering the Judi9 cial Facility Security Program consistent with standards

10 or guidelines agreed to by the Director of the Administra11 tive Office of the United States Courts and the Attorney

12 General.

13 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

14 COURTS

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office

17 of the United States Courts as authorized by law, includ18 ing travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a pas19 senger motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b),

20 advertising and rent in the District of Columbia and else21 where, $56,054,000, of which not to exceed $10,000 is au22 thorized for official reception and representation expenses.
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1 FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Cen4 ter, as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $18,476,000;

5 of which $1,800,000 shall remain available through Sep6 tember 30, 2001, to provide education and training to

7 Federal court personnel; and of which not to exceed

8 $1,000 is authorized for official reception and representa9 tion expenses.

10 JUDICIAL RETIREMENT FUNDS

11 PAYMENT TO JUDICIARY TRUST FUNDS

12 For payment to the Judicial Officers’ Retirement

13 Fund, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 377(o), $29,500,000;

14 to the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund, as authorized

15 by 28 U.S.C. 376(c), $8,000,000; and to the United

16 States Court of Federal Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund,

17 as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 178(l), $2,200,000.

18 UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out

21 the provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States

22 Code, $4,743,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is au23 thorized for official reception and representation expenses.
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1 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY

2 SEC. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in

3 this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall

4 be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.

5 SEC. 302. Not to exceed 10 percent of any appropria6 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the Judi7 ciary in this Act may be transferred between such appro8 priations, but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of

9 Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, De10 fender Services’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts,

11 and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commis12 sioners’’, shall be increased by more than 20 percent by

13 any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant

14 to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of

15 funds under section 605 of this Act and shall not be avail16 able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance

17 with the procedures set forth in that section.

18 SEC. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of

19 law, the salaries and expenses appropriation for district

20 courts, courts of appeals, and other judicial services shall

21 be available for official reception and representation ex22 penses of the Judicial Conference of the United States:

23 Provided, That such available funds shall not exceed

24 $12,000 and shall be administered by the Director of the
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1 Administrative Office of the United States Courts in the

2 capacity as Secretary of the Judicial Conference.

3 SEC. 304. Pursuant to section 140 of Public Law 97–

4 92, Justices and judges of the United States are author5 ized during fiscal year 2000, to receive a salary adjust6 ment in accordance with 28 U.S.C. 461.

7 SEC. 305. Notwithstanding any other provision of

8 law, in addition to funds appropriated elsewhere in this

9 title, $2,700,000 is appropriated to the ‘‘Courts of Ap10 peals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services’’ and

11 is provided for the Institute at Saint Anselm College and

12 the New Hampshire State Library.

13 This title may be cited as ‘‘The Judiciary Appropria14 tions Act, 2000’’.

15 TITLE IV—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND

16 RELATED AGENCIES

17 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

18 ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

19 DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS

20 For necessary expenses of the Department of State

21 and the Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, includ22 ing expenses authorized by the State Department Basic

23 Authorities Act of 1956, as amended, the Mutual Edu24 cational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, as amended,

25 and the United States Information and Educational Ex-
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1 change Act of 1948, as amended, including employment,

2 without regard to civil service and classification laws, of

3 persons on a temporary basis (not to exceed $700,000 of

4 this appropriation), as authorized by section 801 of such

5 Act of 1948; expenses authorized by section 9 of the Act

6 of August 31, 1964, as amended; representation to certain

7 international organizations in which the United States

8 participates pursuant to treaties, ratified pursuant to the

9 advice and consent of the Senate, or specific Acts of Con10 gress; arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament

11 activities as authorized by the Arms Control and Disar12 mament Act of September 26, 1961, as amended; acquisi13 tion by exchange or purchase of passenger motor vehicles

14 as authorized by law; and for expenses of general adminis15 tration, $2,671,429,000: Provided, That, of the amount

16 made available under this heading, not to exceed

17 $4,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds

18 in the ‘‘Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Serv19 ice’’ appropriations account, to be available only for emer20 gency evacuations and terrorism rewards: Provided fur21 ther, That of the amount made available under this head22 ing, $299,480,000 shall be available only for worldwide se23 curity upgrades: Provided further, That of the amount

24 made available under this heading, $500,000 shall be

25 available only for the National Law Center for Inter-
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1 American Free Trade: Provided further, That of the

2 amount made available under this heading, $5,000,000

3 shall be available only for overseas continuing language

4 education: Provided further, That of the amount made

5 available under this heading, $13,500,000 shall be avail6 able only for the East-West Center: Provided further, That

7 of the amount made available under this heading,

8 $6,000,000 shall be available only for overseas representa9 tion expenses: Provided further, That of the amount made

10 available under this heading, not to exceed $125,000 shall

11 be available only for the Maui Pacific Center: Provided

12 further, That no employee of the Department of State

13 shall be detailed to another agency, organization, or insti14 tution on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis for a

15 total of more than 2 years during any 5-year period: Pro16 vided further, That not later than 3 months after the date

17 of enactment of this Act, each employee of the Depart18 ment of State who has served on detail to another agency,

19 organization, or institution for a total of more than 2

20 years during the 5-year period preceding the date of enact21 ment of this Act shall terminate the detail: Provided fur22 ther, That notwithstanding section 140(a)(5), and the sec23 ond sentence of section 140(a)(3), of the Foreign Rela24 tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995, fees

25 may be collected during fiscal year 2000 and each fiscal
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1 year thereafter, under the authority of section 140(a)(1)

2 of that Act: Provided further, That all fees collected under

3 the preceding proviso shall be deposited as an offsetting

4 collection to appropriations made under this heading to

5 recover costs as set forth under section 140(a)(2) of that

6 Act and shall remain available until expended: Provided

7 further, That of the amount made available under this

8 heading for the Bureau of Oceans and International Envi9 ronment and Scientific Affairs, $5,000,000 is appro10 priated for a Northern Boundary and Transboundary Riv11 ers Restoration Fund, subject to express authorization.

12 In addition, not to exceed $1,252,000 shall be derived

13 from fees collected from other executive agencies for lease

14 or use of facilities located at the International Center in

15 accordance with section 4 of the International Center Act,

16 as amended; in addition, as authorized by section 5 of such

17 Act, $490,000, to be derived from the reserve authorized

18 by that section, to be used for the purposes set out in

19 that section; in addition, not to exceed $6,000,000, to re20 main available until expended, may be credited to this ap21 propriation from fees or other payments received from or

22 in connection with English teaching, library, motion pic23 tures, and publication programs, and from fees from edu24 cational advising and counseling, and exchange visitor pro25 gram services as authorized by section 810 of such Act
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1 of 1948; and, in addition, not to exceed $15,000, which

2 shall be derived from reimbursements, surcharges, and

3 fees for use of Blair House facilities in accordance with

4 section 46 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act

5 of 1956.

6 CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

7 For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment

8 Fund, $80,000,000, to remain available until expended,

9 as authorized in Public Law 103–236: Provided, That sec10 tion 135(e) of Public Law 103–236 shall not apply to

11 funds available under this heading.

12 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

14 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

15 General Act of 1978, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.),

16 $26,495,000, notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) of the

17 Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended (Public Law 96–

18 465), as it relates to post inspections.

19 EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

20 For expenses of educational and cultural exchange

21 programs, as authorized by the Mutual Educational and

22 Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C.

23 2451 et seq.), and Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977 (91

24 Stat. 1636), as amended, $216,476,000, to remain avail25 able until expended as authorized by section 105 of such

26 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455): Provided, That not to ex-
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1 ceed $800,000, to remain available until expended, may

2 be credited to this appropriation from fees or other pay3 ments received from or in connection with English teach4 ing and publication programs as authorized by section 810

5 of the United States Information and Educational Ex6 change Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1475e) and, notwith7 standing any other provision of law, fees from educational

8 advising and counseling.

9 REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES

10 For representation allowances as authorized by sec11 tion 905 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended

12 (22 U.S.C. 4085), $5,850,000.

13 PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS

14 For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the

15 Secretary of State to provide for extraordinary protective

16 services in accordance with the provisions of section 214

17 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956

18 (22 U.S.C. 4314) and 3 U.S.C. 208, $8,100,000, to re19 main available until September 30, 2000.

20 SECURITY AND MAINTENANCE OF UNITED STATES

21 MISSIONS

22 For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign

23 Service Buildings Act of 1926, as amended (22 U.S.C.

24 292–300), preserving, maintaining, repairing, and plan25 ning for, buildings that are owned or directly leased by

26 the Department of State, renovating, in addition to funds
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1 otherwise available, the Main State Building, and carrying

2 out the Diplomatic Security Construction Program as au3 thorized by title IV of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security

4 and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4851),

5 $583,496,000, to remain available until expended as au6 thorized by section 24(c) of the State Department Basic

7 Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2696(c)): Provided,

8 That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph

9 shall be available for acquisition of furniture and fur10 nishings and generators for other departments and agen11 cies.

12 EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR

13 SERVICE

14 For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of

15 State to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplo16 matic and Consular Service pursuant to the requirement

17 of 31 U.S.C. 3526(e), and as authorized by section 804(3)

18 of the United States Information and Educational Ex19 change Act of 1948, as amended, $7,000,000 to remain

20 available until expended as authorized by section 24(c) of

21 the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22

22 U.S.C. 2696(c)), of which not to exceed $1,000,000 may

23 be transferred to and merged with the Repatriation Loans

24 Program Account, subject to the same terms and condi25 tions.
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1 REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

2 For the cost of direct loans, $593,000, as authorized

3 by section 4 of the State Department Basic Authorities

4 Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2671): Provided, That such costs,

5 including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de6 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of

7 1974. In addition, for administrative expenses necessary

8 to carry out the direct loan program, $607,000, which may

9 be transferred to and merged with the Salaries and Ex10 penses account under Administration of Foreign Affairs.

11 PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Rela13 tions Act, Public Law 96–8, $16,000,000.

14 PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND

15 DISABILITY FUND

16 For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and

17 Disability Fund, as authorized by law, $128,541,000.

18 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES

19 CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

20 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary

21 to meet annual obligations of membership in international

22 multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties, ratified

23 pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate, or spe24 cific Acts of Congress, $943,308,000, of which not to ex25 ceed $107,000,000 shall remain available until expended
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1 for payment of arrearages: Provided, That none of the

2 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this

3 Act for payment of arrearages may be obligated or ex4 pended unless such obligation or expenditure is expressly

5 authorized by the enactment of a separate Act that makes

6 payment of arrearages contingent upon United Nations re7 forms: Provided further, That any payment of arrearages

8 shall be directed toward special activities that are mutually

9 agreed upon by the United States and the respective inter10 national organization.

11 CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING

12 ACTIVITIES

13 For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other ex14 penses of international peacekeeping activities directed to

15 the maintenance or restoration of international peace and

16 security, $280,925,000, of which not to exceed

17 $28,093,000 shall remain available until September 30,

18 2001, and of which not to exceed $137,000,000 shall re19 main available until expended for payment of arrearages:

20 Provided, That none of the funds appropriated or other21 wise made available by this Act for payment of arrearages

22 may be obligated or expended unless such obligation or

23 expenditure is expressly authorized by the enactment of

24 a separate Act that makes payment of arrearages contin25 gent upon United Nations reforms: Provided further, That
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1 the funds provided under this heading (other than funds

2 provided to pay arrearages) shall be disbursed in the man3 ner described in the following table:

Mission Amount

UN Disengagement Observer Force ......................................... $8,900,000

UN Interim Force in Lebanon ................................................. 34,000,000

UN Iraq/Kuwait Observer Mission ........................................... 4,500,000

UN Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina/UN Mission of Observers in Prevlaka ............................................................... 50,000,000

UN Force in Cyprus ................................................................. 6,500,000

UN Observer Mission in Georgia ............................................. 5,500,000

UN Mission of Observers to Tajikistan .................................... 7,000,000

UN Observer Mission in Sierra Leone ..................................... 8,500,000

War Crimes Tribunal—Yugoslavia and Rwanda ..................... 15,525,000

UN Observer Mission to East Timor ....................................... 3,500,000

4 INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

5 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

6 to meet obligations of the United States arising under

7 treaties, or specific Acts of Congress, as follows:

8 INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION,

9 UNITED STATES AND MEXICO

10 For necessary expenses for the United States Section

11 of the International Boundary and Water Commission,

12 United States and Mexico, and to comply with laws appli13 cable to the United States Section, including not to exceed

14 $6,000 for representation; as follows:

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for,

17 $19,551,000.

18 CONSTRUCTION

19 For detailed plan preparation and construction of au20 thorized projects, $5,939,000, to remain available until ex-
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1 pended, as authorized by section 24(c) of the State De2 partment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C.

3 2696(c)).

4 AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

5 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for

6 the International Joint Commission and the International

7 Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, as au8 thorized by treaties between the United States and Can9 ada or Great Britain, and for the Border Environment

10 Cooperation Commission as authorized by Public Law

11 103–182, $5,733,000, of which not to exceed $9,000 shall

12 be available for representation expenses incurred by the

13 International Joint Commission.

14 INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS

15 For necessary expenses for international fisheries

16 commissions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by

17 law, $15,549,000: Provided, That the United States’ share

18 of such expenses may be advanced to the respective com19 missions, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3324.

20 OTHER

21 EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM TRUST

22 FUND

23 For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fel24 lowships, Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and

25 5 of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20

26 U.S.C. 5204–5205), all interest and earnings accruing to
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1 the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust

2 Fund on or before September 30, 2000, to remain avail3 able until expended: Provided, That none of the funds ap4 propriated herein shall be used to pay any salary or other

5 compensation, or to enter into any contract providing for

6 the payment thereof, in excess of the rate authorized by

7 5 U.S.C. 5376; or for purposes which are not in accord8 ance with OMB Circulars A–110 (Uniform Administrative

9 Requirements) and A–122 (Cost Principles for Non-profit

10 Organizations), including the restrictions on compensation

11 for personal services.

12 ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

13 For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholar14 ship Program as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign

15 Relations Authorization Act, fiscal years 1992 and 1993

16 (22 U.S.C. 2452), all interest and earnings accruing to

17 the Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before September

18 30, 2000, to remain available until expended.

19 EAST-WEST CENTER

20 To enable the Secretary of State to provide for car21 rying out the provisions of the Center for Cultural and

22 Technical Interchange Between East and West Act of

23 1960 (22 U.S.C. 2054–2057), by grant to the Center for

24 Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and

25 West in the State of Hawaii, $12,500,000: Provided, That
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1 none of the funds appropriated herein shall be used to pay

2 any salary, or enter into any contract providing for the

3 payment thereof, in excess of the rate authorized by 5

4 U.S.C. 5376.

5 RELATED AGENCIES

6 BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS

7 INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS

8 For expenses necessary to enable the Broadcasting

9 Board of Governors, as authorized by the United States

10 Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, as

11 amended, the United States International Broadcasting

12 Act of 1994, as amended, and Reorganization Plan No.

13 2 of 1977, as amended, and the Foreign Affairs Reform

14 and Restructuring Act of 1998, to carry out international

15 communication activities, $362,365,000, of which not to

16 exceed $16,000 may be used for official receptions within

17 the United States as authorized by section 804(3) of such

18 Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1747(3)), not to exceed $35,000

19 may be used for representation abroad as authorized by

20 section 302 of such Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1452) and

21 section 905 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C.

22 4085), and not to exceed $39,000 may be used for official

23 reception and representation expenses of Radio Free Eu24 rope/Radio Liberty; and in addition, notwithstanding any

25 other provision of law, not to exceed $2,000,000 in re-
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1 ceipts from advertising and revenue from business ven2 tures, not to exceed $500,000 in receipts from cooperating

3 international organizations, and not to exceed $1,000,000

4 in receipts from privatization efforts of the Voice of Amer5 ica and the International Broadcasting Bureau, to remain

6 available until expended for carrying out authorized pur7 poses.

8 BROADCASTING TO CUBA

9 For expenses necessary to enable the Broadcasting

10 Board of Governors to carry out the Radio Broadcasting

11 to Cuba Act, as amended, the Television Broadcasting to

12 Cuba Act, and the International Broadcasting Act of

13 1994, and the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring

14 Act of 1998, including the purchase, rent, construction,

15 and improvement of facilities for radio and television

16 transmission and reception, and purchase and installation

17 of necessary equipment for radio and television trans18 mission and reception, $23,664,000, to remain available

19 until expended: Provided, That funds may be used to pur20 chase or lease, maintain, and operate such aircraft (in21 cluding aerostats) as may be required to house and oper22 ate necessary television broadcasting equipment.

23 RADIO CONSTRUCTION

24 For the purchase, rent, construction, and improve25 ment of facilities for radio transmission and reception, and

26 purchase and installation of necessary equipment for radio
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1 and television transmission and reception as authorized by

2 section 801 of the United States Information and Edu3 cational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1471),

4 $13,245,000, to remain available until expended, as au5 thorized by section 704(a) of such Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C.

6 1477b(a)).

7 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND

8 RELATED AGENCIES

9 SEC. 401. Funds appropriated under this title shall

10 be available, except as otherwise provided, for allowances

11 and differentials as authorized by subchapter 59 of title

12 5, United States Code; for services as authorized by 5

13 U.S.C. 3109; and hire of passenger transportation pursu14 ant to 31 U.S.C. 1343(b).

15 SEC. 402. Not to exceed 10 percent of any appropria16 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De17 partment of State in this Act may be transferred between

18 such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as

19 otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more

20 than 20 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That not

21 to exceed 10 percent of any appropriation made available

22 for the current fiscal year for the Broadcasting Board of

23 Governors in this Act may be transferred between such

24 appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as oth25 erwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more
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1 than 20 percent by any such transfers: Provided further,

2 That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated

3 as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this

4 Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure

5 except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that

6 section.

7 SEC. 403. The Secretary of State is authorized to ad8 minister summer travel and work programs without re9 gard to preplacement requirements.

10 SEC. 404. None of the funds made available in this

11 Act may be used by the Department of State or the Broad12 casting Board of Governors to provide equipment, tech13 nical support, consulting services, or any other form of

14 assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation.

15 SEC. 405. None of the funds appropriated or other16 wise made available by this Act or any other Act for fiscal

17 year 2000 or any fiscal year thereafter may be obligated

18 or expended for the operation of a United States consulate

19 or diplomatic facility in Jerusalem unless such consulate

20 or diplomatic facility is under the supervision of the

21 United States Ambassador to Israel.

22 SEC. 406. None of the funds appropriated or other23 wise made available by this Act or any other Act for fiscal

24 year 2000 or any fiscal year thereafter may be obligated

25 or expended for the publication of any official Government
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1 document which lists countries and their capital cities un2 less the publication identifies Jerusalem as the capital of

3 Israel.

4 SEC. 407. For the purposes of registration of birth,

5 certification of nationality, or issuance of a passport of

6 a United States citizen born in the city of Jerusalem, the

7 Secretary of State shall, upon request of the citizen,

8 record the place of birth as Israel.

9 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of State

10 and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000’’.

11 TITLE V—RELATED AGENCIES

12 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

13 MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

14 MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM

15 For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a

16 U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security

17 needs of the United States, $98,700,000, to remain avail18 able until expended.

19 OPERATIONS AND TRAINING

20 For necessary expenses of operations and training ac21 tivities authorized by law, $72,664,000.

22 MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM

23 ACCOUNT

24 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by

25 the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, $11,000,000, to remain

26 available until expended: Provided, That such costs, in-
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1 cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de2 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of

3 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are

4 available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of

5 which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $1,000,000,000.

6 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

7 the guaranteed loan program, not to exceed $3,893,000,

8 which shall be transferred to and merged with the appro9 priation for Operations and Training.

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME

11 ADMINISTRATION

12 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the

13 Maritime Administration is authorized to furnish utilities

14 and services and make necessary repairs in connection

15 with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Govern16 ment property under control of the Maritime Administra17 tion, and payments received therefore shall be credited to

18 the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: Provided,

19 That rental payments under any such lease, contract, or

20 occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, or

21 repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous

22 receipts.

23 No obligations shall be incurred during the current

24 fiscal year from the construction fund established by the

25 Merchant Marine Act, 1936, or otherwise, in excess of the
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1 appropriations and limitations contained in this Act or in

2 any prior appropriation Act, and all receipts which other3 wise would be deposited to the credit of said fund shall

4 be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

5 CENSUS MONITORING BOARD

6 For necessary expenses of the Census Monitoring

7 Board, as authorized by section 210 of Public Law 105–

8 119, $4,000,000, to remain available until expended.

9 COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S

10 HERITAGE ABROAD

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For expenses for the Commission for the Preservation

13 of America’s Heritage Abroad, $490,000, as authorized by

14 section 1303 of Public Law 99–83.

15 COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil

18 Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles,

19 $8,900,000: Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 may

20 be used to employ consultants: Provided further, That

21 none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be

22 used to employ in excess of 4 full-time individuals under

23 Schedule C of the Excepted Service exclusive of 1 special

24 assistant for each Commissioner: Provided further, That

25 none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be
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1 used to reimburse Commissioners for more than 75

2 billable days, with the exception of the chairperson who

3 is permitted 125 billable days.

4 COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN

5 EUROPE

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Commission on Secu8 rity and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public

9 Law 94–304, $1,250,000, to remain available until ex10 pended as authorized by section 3 of Public Law 99–7.

11 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment

14 Opportunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the

15 Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (29 U.S.C. 206(d)

16 and 621–634), the Americans with Disabilities Act of

17 1990, and the Civil Rights Act of 1991, including services

18 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor

19 vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); non-mone20 tary awards to private citizens; and not to exceed

21 $29,000,000 for payments to State and local enforcement

22 agencies for services to the Commission pursuant to title

23 VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, sections

24 6 and 14 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act,

25 the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Civil
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1 Rights Act of 1991, $279,000,000: Provided, That the

2 Commission is authorized to make available for official re3 ception and representation expenses not to exceed $2,500

4 from available funds.

5 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Federal Communica8 tions Commission, as authorized by law, including uni9 forms and allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C.

10 5901–02; not to exceed $600,000 for land and structure;

11 not to exceed $500,000 for improvement and care of

12 grounds and repair to buildings; not to exceed $4,000 for

13 official reception and representation expenses; purchase

14 (not to exceed 16) and hire of motor vehicles; special coun15 sel fees; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,

16 $232,805,000, of which not to exceed $300,000 shall re17 main available until September 30, 2001, for research and

18 policy studies: Provided, That $185,754,000 of offsetting

19 collections shall be assessed and collected pursuant to sec20 tion 9 of title I of the Communications Act of 1934, as

21 amended, and shall be retained and used for necessary ex22 penses in this appropriation, and shall remain available

23 until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein ap24 propriated shall be reduced as such offsetting collections

25 are received during fiscal year 2000 so as to result in a
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1 final fiscal year 2000 appropriation estimated at

2 $47,051,000: Provided further, That any offsetting collec3 tions received in excess of $185,754,000 in fiscal year

4 2000 shall remain available until expended, but shall not

5 be available for obligation until October 1, 2000.

6 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Fed7 eral Communications Commission is authorized to oper8 ate, maintain, and repair its headquarters building, and

9 may negotiate with the lessor or place orders for alter10 ations or building services.

11 FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime

14 Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Mer15 chant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. App.

16 1111), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109;

17 hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31

18 U.S.C. 1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefor, as

19 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–02, $14,150,000: Provided,

20 That not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for official

21 reception and representation expenses.

22 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Com25 mission, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as au-
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1 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized

2 by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and

3 not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa4 tion expenses, $114,059,000: Provided, That not to exceed

5 $300,000 shall be available for use to contract with a per6 son or persons for collection services in accordance with

7 the terms of 31 U.S.C. 3718, as amended: Provided fur8 ther, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, not

9 to exceed $114,059,000 of offsetting collections derived

10 from fees collected for premerger notification filings under

11 the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of

12 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18(a)) shall be retained and used for nec13 essary expenses in this appropriation, and shall remain

14 available until expended: Provided further, That the sum

15 herein appropriated from the General Fund shall be re16 duced as such offsetting collections are received during fis17 cal year 2000, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2000

18 appropriation from the General Fund estimated at not

19 more than $0, to remain available until expended: Pro20 vided further, That none of the funds made available to

21 the Federal Trade Commission shall be available for obli22 gation for expenses authorized by section 151 of the Fed23 eral Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of

24 1991 (Public Law 102–242, 105 Stat. 2282–2285).
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1 LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

2 PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

3 For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to

4 carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation

5 Act of 1974, as amended, $300,000,000, of which

6 $289,000,000 is for basic field programs and required

7 independent audits; $2,100,000 is for the Office of Inspec8 tor General, of which such amounts as may be necessary

9 may be used to conduct additional audits of recipients; and

10 $8,900,000 is for management and administration: Pro11 vided further, That any unobligated balances remaining

12 available at the end of the fiscal year may be reallocated

13 among participating programs for technology enhance14 ments and demonstration projects in succeeding fiscal

15 years, subject to the reprogramming procedures described

16 in section 605 of this Act.

17 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES

18 CORPORATION

19 None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the

20 Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any pur21 pose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the

22 provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, and 504 of Public

23 Law 105–119 (111 Stat. 2510), and all funds appro24 priated in this Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall

25 be subject to the same terms and conditions set forth in
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1 such sections, except that all references in sections 502

2 and 503 of the law to 1997 and 1998 shall be deemed

3 to refer instead to 1999 and 2000, respectively.

4 MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com7 mission as authorized by title II of Public Law 92–522,

8 as amended, $1,300,000.

9 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses for the Securities and Ex12 change Commission, including services as authorized by

13 5 U.S.C. 3109, the rental of space (to include multiple

14 year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and

15 not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representa16 tion expenses, $0; and, in addition, to remain available

17 until expended, from fees collected in fiscal year 1998,

18 $130,800,000, and from fees collected in fiscal year 2000,

19 $240,000,000; of which not to exceed $10,000 may be

20 used toward funding a permanent secretariat for the

21 International Organization of Securities Commissions; and

22 of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for ex23 penses for consultations and meetings hosted by the Com24 mission with foreign governmental and other regulatory

25 officials, members of their delegations, appropriate rep-
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1 resentatives and staff to exchange views concerning devel2 opments relating to securities matters, development and

3 implementation of cooperation agreements concerning se4 curities matters and provision of technical assistance for

5 the development of foreign securities markets, such ex6 penses to include necessary logistic and administrative ex7 penses and the expenses of Commission staff and foreign

8 invitees in attendance at such consultations and meetings

9 including: (1) such incidental expenses as meals taken in

10 the course of such attendance; (2) any travel and trans11 portation to or from such meetings; and (3) any other re12 lated lodging or subsistence: Provided, That fees and

13 charges authorized by sections 6(b)(4) of the Securities

14 Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77f(b)(4)) and 31(d) of the Secu15 rities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee(d)) shall be

16 credited to this account as offsetting collections.

17 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

20 of the Small Business Administration as authorized by

21 Public Law 103–403, including hire of passenger motor

22 vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344, and

23 not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa24 tion expenses, $251,300,000: Provided, That the Adminis25 trator is authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of pub-
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1 lications developed by the Small Business Administration,

2 and certain loan servicing activities: Provided further,

3 That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues received

4 from all such activities shall be credited to this account,

5 to be available for carrying out these purposes without fur6 ther appropriations: Provided further, That $87,000,000

7 shall be available to fund grants for performance in fiscal

8 year 2000 or fiscal year 2001 as authorized by section

9 21 of the Small Business Act, as amended.

10 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

12 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

13 General Act of 1978, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.),

14 $13,250,000.

15 BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

16 For the cost of direct loans, $4,000,000, to be avail17 able until expended; and for the cost of guaranteed loans,

18 $164,368,000, as authorized by 15 U.S.C. 631 note, of

19 which $45,000,000 shall remain available until September

20 30, 2001: Provided, That such costs, including the cost

21 of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502

22 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended:

23 Provided further, That during fiscal year 2000, commit24 ments to guarantee loans under section 503 of the Small

25 Business Investment Act of 1958, as amended, shall not
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1 exceed the amount of financings authorized under section

2 20(d)(1)(B)(ii) of the Small Business Act, as amended:

3 Provided further, That during fiscal year 2000, commit4 ments for general business loans authorized under section

5 7(a) of the Small Business Act, as amended, shall not ex6 ceed $10,500,000,000 without prior notification of the

7 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent8 atives and Senate in accordance with section 605 of this

9 Act.

10 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

11 the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $129,000,000,

12 which may be transferred to and merged with the appro13 priations for Salaries and Expenses.

14 DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

15 For the cost of direct loans authorized by section 7(b)

16 of the Small Business Act, as amended, $77,700,000, to

17 remain available until expended: Provided, That such

18 costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be

19 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act

20 of 1974, as amended.

21 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

22 the direct loan program, $86,000,000, which may be

23 transferred to and merged with appropriations for Salaries

24 and Expenses, including $500,000 for the Office of In25 spector General of the Small Business Administration for
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1 audits and reviews of disaster loans and the disaster loan

2 program, and said sums shall be transferred to and

3 merged with appropriations for the Office of Inspector

4 General.

5 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—SMALL BUSINESS

6 ADMINISTRATION

7 Not to exceed 10 percent of any appropriation made

8 available for the current fiscal year for the Small Business

9 Administration in this Act may be transferred between

10 such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be

11 increased by more than 20 percent by any such transfers:

12 Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this paragraph

13 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec14 tion 605 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga15 tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce16 dures set forth in that section.

17 STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute,

20 as authorized by the State Justice Institute Authorization

21 Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–572 (106 Stat. 4515–

22 4516)), $6,850,000, to remain available until expended:

23 Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for

24 official reception and representation expenses.
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1 TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS

2 SEC. 601. No part of any appropriation contained in

3 this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes

4 not authorized by the Congress.

5 SEC. 602. No part of any appropriation contained in

6 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

7 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

8 SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation

9 under this Act for any consulting service through procure10 ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited

11 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter

12 of public record and available for public inspection, except

13 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex14 isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.

15 SEC. 604. If any provision of this Act or the applica16 tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall

17 be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica18 tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other

19 than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be af20 fected thereby.

21 SEC. 605. (a) None of the funds provided under this

22 Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the

23 agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli24 gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2000, or provided from

25 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived
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1 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded

2 by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure

3 through a reprogramming of funds which: (1) creates new

4 programs; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;

5 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any

6 project or activity for which funds have been denied or

7 restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorga8 nizes offices, programs, or activities; or (6) contracts out

9 or privatizes any functions, or activities presently per10 formed by Federal employees; unless the Appropriations

11 Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified 15

12 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.

13 (b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or

14 provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agen15 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation

16 or expenditure in fiscal year 2000, or provided from any

17 accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by

18 the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by

19 this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure

20 for activities, programs, or projects through a reprogram21 ming of funds in excess of $1,000,000 or 20 percent,

22 whichever is less, that: (1) augments existing programs,

23 projects, or activities; (2) reduces by 20 percent funding

24 for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers

25 of personnel by 20 percent as approved by Congress; or
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1 (3) results from any general savings from a reduction in

2 personnel which would result in a change in existing pro3 grams, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; un4 less the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of

5 Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such re6 programming of funds.

7 SEC. 606. None of the funds made available in this

8 Act may be used for the construction, repair (other than

9 emergency repair), overhaul, conversion, or modernization

10 of vessels for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad11 ministration in shipyards located outside of the United

12 States.

13 SEC. 607. (a) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE

14 EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—It is the sense of the Con15 gress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equip16 ment and products purchased with funds made available

17 in this Act should be American-made.

18 (b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—In providing financial

19 assistance to, or entering into any contract with, any enti20 ty using funds made available in this Act, the head of each

21 Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable, shall

22 provide to such entity a notice describing the statement

23 made in subsection (a) by the Congress.

24 (c) PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS

25 FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—
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1 If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal

2 agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear3 ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription

4 with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped

5 to the United States that is not made in the United

6 States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con7 tract or subcontract made with funds made available in

8 this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli9 gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through

10 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.

11 SEC. 608. None of the funds made available in this

12 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce any

13 guidelines of the Equal Employment Opportunity Com14 mission covering harassment based on religion, when it is

15 made known to the Federal entity or official to which such

16 funds are made available that such guidelines do not differ

17 in any respect from the proposed guidelines published by

18 the Commission on October 1, 1993 (58 Fed. Reg.

19 51266).

20 SEC. 609. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth21 erwise made available by this Act shall be expended for

22 any purpose for which appropriations are prohibited by

23 section 609 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and

24 State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations

25 Act, 1999.
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1 (b) The requirements in subparagraphs (A) and (B)

2 of section 609 of that Act shall continue to apply during

3 fiscal year 2000.

4 SEC. 610. Notwithstanding any other provision of

5 law, not more than 20 percent of the amount allocated

6 to any account or subaccount from an appropriation made

7 by this Act that is available for obligation only in the cur8 rent fiscal year may be obligated during the last two

9 months of the fiscal year.

10 SEC. 611. None of the funds made available in this

11 Act shall be used to provide the following amenities or per12 sonal comforts in the Federal prison system—

13 (1) in-cell television viewing except for prisoners

14 who are segregated from the general prison popu15 lation for their own safety;

16 (2) the viewing of R, X, and NC–17 rated mov17 ies, through whatever medium presented;

18 (3) any instruction (live or through broadcasts)

19 or training equipment for boxing, wrestling, judo,

20 karate, or other martial art, or any bodybuilding or

21 weightlifting equipment of any sort;

22 (4) possession of in-cell coffee pots, hot plates

23 or heating elements; or

24 (5) the use or possession of any electric or elec25 tronic musical instrument.
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1 SEC. 612. Any costs incurred by a department or

2 agency funded under this Act resulting from personnel ac3 tions taken in response to funding reductions included in

4 this Act shall be absorbed within the total budgetary re5 sources available to such department or agency: Provided,

6 That the authority to transfer funds between appropria7 tions accounts as may be necessary to carry out this sec8 tion is provided in addition to authorities included else9 where in this Act: Provided further, That use of funds to

10 carry out this section shall be treated as a reprogramming

11 of funds under section 605 of this Act and shall not be

12 available for obligation or expenditure except in compli13 ance with the procedures set forth in that section.

14 SEC. 613. None of the funds made available in this

15 Act to the Federal Bureau of Prisons may be used to dis16 tribute or make available any commercially published in17 formation or material to a prisoner when it is made known

18 to the Federal official having authority to obligate or ex19 pend such funds that such information or material is sexu20 ally explicit or features nudity.

21 SEC. 614. Of the funds appropriated in this Act

22 under the heading ‘‘Office of Justice Programs—State

23 and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’, not more than

24 90 percent of the amount to be awarded to an entity under

25 the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant shall be made
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1 available to such an entity when it is made known to the

2 Federal official having authority to obligate or expend

3 such funds that the entity that employs a public safety

4 officer (as such term is defined in section 1204 of title

5 I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of

6 1968) does not provide such a public safety officer who

7 retires or is separated from service due to injury suffered

8 as the direct and proximate result of a personal injury

9 sustained in the line of duty while responding to an emer10 gency situation or a hot pursuit (as such terms are defined

11 by State law) with the same or better level of health insur12 ance benefits at the time of retirement or separation as

13 they received while on duty.

14 SEC. 615. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth15 erwise made available by this Act shall be expended for

16 any purpose for which appropriations are prohibited by

17 section 616 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and

18 State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations

19 Act, 1999.

20 (b) Subsection (a)(1) of section 616 of that Act is

21 amended—

22 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘Gonzalez’’; and

23 (2) by inserting before the semicolon at the end

24 of the following, ‘‘, Jean-Yvon Toussaint, and

25 Jimmy Lalanne’’.
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1 (c) The requirements in subsections (b) and (c) of

2 section 616 of that Act shall continue to apply during fis3 cal year 2000.

4 SEC. 616. None of the funds appropriated pursuant

5 to this Act or any other provision of law may be used for

6 (1) the implementation of any tax or fee in connection

7 with the implementation of 18 U.S.C. 922(t); (2) any sys8 tem to implement 18 U.S.C. 922(t) that does not require

9 and result in the immediate destruction of any identifying

10 information submitted by or on behalf of any person who

11 has been determined not to be prohibited from owning a

12 firearm.

13 SEC. 617. None of the funds appropriated or other14 wise made available by this Act may be used to pay to

15 house any individual, other than an attorney, attending

16 a Federal law enforcement training center in a privately

17 owned or operated place of lodging.

18 SEC. 618. Section 309(j)(8) of the Communications

19 Act of 1934 is amended by adding new paragraph (D)

20 as follows:

21 ‘‘(D) PROTECTION OF INTERESTS.—

22 ‘‘(i) Title 11, United States Code, or

23 any otherwise applicable Federal or state

24 law regarding insolvencies or receiverships,

25 or any succeeding Federal law not ex-
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1 pressly in derogation of this subsection,

2 shall not apply to or be construed to apply

3 to the Commission or limit the rights, pow4 ers, or duties of the Commission with re5 spect to (a) a license or permit issued by

6 the Commission under this subsection or a

7 payment made to or a debt or other obliga8 tion owed to the Commission relating to or

9 rising from such a license or permit, (b) an

10 interest of the Commission in property se11 curing such a debt or other obligation, or

12 (c) an act by the Commission to issue,

13 deny, cancel, or transfer control of such a

14 license or permit.

15 ‘‘(ii) Notwithstanding otherwise appli16 cable law, the Commission shall be deemed

17 to have a perfected, first priority security

18 interest in a license or construction permit

19 issued by the Commission under this sub20 section and the proceeds of such a license

21 or permit for which a debt or other obliga22 tion is owed to the Commission under this

23 subsection.

24 ‘‘(iii) This paragraph shall apply

25 retroactively, including to pending cases
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1 and proceedings whether on appeal or oth2 erwise.’’.

3 SEC. 619. Notwithstanding any other provision of

4 law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made

5 available by this Act may be provided for or used by the

6 National Security Council or personnel working for or de7 tailed to the Council.

8 TITLE VII—RESCISSIONS

9 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

10 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

11 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

12 (RESCISSION)

13 Of the unobligated balances available under this

14 heading, $22,577,000 are rescinded.

15 LEGAL ACTIVITIES

16 ASSET FORFEITURE FUND

17 (RESCISSION)

18 Of the unobligated balances available under this

19 heading, $5,500,000 are rescinded.

20 DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION

21 DRUG DIVERSION CONTROL FEE ACCOUNT

22 (RESCISSION)

23 Amounts otherwise available for obligation in fiscal

24 year 2000 for the Drug Diversion Control Fee Account

25 are reduced by $35,000,000.
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1 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

2 NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC

3 ADMINISTRATION

4 OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES

5 (RESCISSION)

6 Of the funds provided under the heading, ‘‘Oper7 ations, Research, and Facilities’’ in the Dire Emergency

8 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1992 (Public Law 102–

9 368), $3,400,000 are rescinded.

10 DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED

11 AGENCIES

12 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

13 SECURITY AND MAINTENANCE OF UNITED STATES

14 MISSIONS

15 (RESCISSION)

16 Of the unobligated balances available under this

17 heading, $58,436,000 are rescinded.

18 BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS

19 INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS

20 (RESCISSION)

21 Of the unobligated balances available under this

22 heading, $18,780,000 are rescinded.

23 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Com24 merce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related

25 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000’’.
Calendar No. 153

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1217

[Report No. 106–76]

A BILL

Making appropriations for the Departments of

tember 30, 2000, and for other purposes.related agencies for the fiscal year ending SepCommerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and

JUNE 14, 1999

Read twice and placed on the calendar