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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1559

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 7, 2003

Ordered to be printed with the amendment of the Senate 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

AN ACT

Making emergency wartime supplemental appropriations for 

the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, 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 fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other pur6 poses, namely:
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1 TITLE I—WAR-RELATED APPROPRIATIONS 

2 CHAPTER 1 

3 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

4 PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE II GRANTS

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Public Law 480 Title 

6 II Grants’’, $250,000,000, to remain available until ex7 pended. 

8 BILL EMERSON HUMANITARIAN TRUST

9 The Secretary of Agriculture shall utilize the funds 

10 and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 

11 acquire a quantity of commodities for use in administering 

12 the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust in an amount equal 

13 to the quantity utilized by the Corporation pursuant to 

14 the release of March 20, 2003, relating to the use of com15 modities for assistance in Iraq: Provided, That notwith16 standing any other provision of law, monetization of stocks 

17 in the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust to purchase dif18 ferent commodities for humanitarian aid to Iraq is prohib19 ited. 
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1 CHAPTER 2 

2 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

3 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘General Administra6 tion, Salaries and Expenses’’, $5,000,000, to remain avail7 able until September 30, 2004. 

8 COUNTERTERRORISM FUND

9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Counterterrorism 

10 Fund’’, $50,000,000, to remain available until December 

11 31, 2003: Provided, That funds provided under this para12 graph shall be available only after the Attorney General 

13 notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

14 of Representatives and the Senate in accordance with sec15 tion 605 of division B of Public Law 108–7. 

16 DETENTION TRUSTEE

17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Detention Trustee’’ 

18 for the detention of Federal prisoners in the custody of 

19 the United States Marshals Service, $15,000,000. 

20 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 

22 General’’, $2,500,000, to remain available until September 

23 30, 2004. 
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1 LEGAL ACTIVITIES

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES MARSHALS

3 SERVICE

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex5 penses, United States Marshals Service’’ for necessary ex6 penses, $26,080,000, to remain available until September 

7 30, 2004. 

8 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For an additional amount for ‘‘Federal Bureau of In11 vestigations, Salaries and Expenses’’, $398,862,000, to re12 main available until September 30, 2004. 

13 THE JUDICIARY 

14 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Supreme Court of the 

17 United States, Salaries and Expenses’’ for police enhance18 ments, $1,535,000, to remain available until September 

19 30, 2004. 

20 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE 

21 FEDERAL CIRCUIT 

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For an additional amount for ‘‘United States Court 

24 of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Salaries and Expenses’’ 
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1 for court security officer expenses, $973,000, to remain 

2 available until September 30, 2004. 

3 UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL 

4 TRADE 

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘United States Court 

7 of International Trade, Salaries and Expenses’’ to en8 hance security, $50,000. 

9 DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED 

10 AGENCY 

11 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

12 ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 

13 DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS

14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Diplomatic and Con15 sular Programs’’, $106,420,000, to remain available until 

16 December 31, 2003. 

17 EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND

18 MAINTENANCE

19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Embassy Security, 

20 Construction, and Maintenance’’, $71,500,000, to remain 

21 available until expended. 
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1 EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR

2 SERVICE

3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Emergencies in the 

4 Diplomatic and Consular Service’’, $65,708,000, to re5 main available until expended. 

6 RELATED AGENCY 

7 BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS 

8 INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS

9 For an additional amount for ‘‘International Broad10 casting Operations’’ for activities related to the Middle 

11 East Television Network broadcasting to the Middle East 

12 and radio broadcasting to Iraq, $30,500,000, to remain 

13 available until September 30, 2004. 

14 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER

15 SEC. 1201. Funds appropriated under this Chapter 

16 for the Broadcasting Board of Governors and the Depart17 ment of State may be obligated and expended notwith18 standing section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authoriza19 tion Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995, and section 15 of 

20 the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, as 

21 amended. 
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1 CHAPTER 3 

2 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—MILITARY 

3 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

4 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE5 WIDE 

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main7 tenance, Defense-Wide’’, $1,400,000,000, to remain avail8 able until September 30, 2004, which may be used, not9 withstanding any other provision of law, for payments to 

10 reimburse Pakistan, Jordan, and other key cooperating 

11 nations, for logistical and military support provided, or to 

12 be provided, to United States military operations in con13 nection with military action in Iraq and the global war 

14 on terrorism: Provided, That such payments may be made 

15 in such amounts as the Secretary of Defense, with concur16 rence of the Secretary of State and in consultation with 

17 the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 

18 may determine, in his discretion, and such determination 

19 is final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the 

20 United States: Provided further, That unless expressly 

21 provided for in an appropriations act enacted after the 

22 date of enactment of this Act, and notwithstanding any 

23 other provision of law, no funds other than those addi24 tional amounts provided herein shall be made available for 

25 any payments intended to fulfill the purposes specified in 
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1 this paragraph and similar reimbursement authorities ex2 pressly provided in section 304 of Public Law 107–117 

3 and within the ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense4 Wide’’ appropriation account enacted in Public Law 107–

5 206: Provided further, That the Committees on Appropria6 tions of the House and Senate shall be notified in writing 

7 at least seven days prior to the obligation of funds for 

8 payments to Pakistan, Jordan, or other key cooperating 

9 nations: Provided further, That not later than 30 days fol10 lowing enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

11 shall submit a report in writing to the Committees on Ap12 propriations that includes a financial plan for the obliga13 tion and expenditure of such funds: Provided further, That 

14 if such report is not provided to the Committees on Appro15 priations by the date specified in the previous proviso, un16 obligated balances of funds in this account that are avail17 able from the amounts provided in this paragraph shall 

18 be returned to the Treasury of the United States: Provided 

19 further, That, beginning not later than June 30, 2003, and 

20 ending on September 30, 2004, the Secretary of Defense 

21 shall provide quarterly reports to the Committees on Ap22 propriations of the House and Senate on the uses of funds 

23 made available for payments to Pakistan, Jordan, and 

24 other key cooperating nations for logistical and military 

25 support provided to United States military operations in 
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1 connection with military action in and around Iraq and 

2 the global war on terrorism. 

3 OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM RESPONSE FUND 

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For incremental costs of the Department of Defense 

6 associated with the global war on terrorism and operations 

7 in and around Iraq as part of operations currently known 

8 as Operation Iraqi Freedom: $59,682,500,000 is appro9 priated to the ‘‘Operation Iraqi Freedom Response Fund’’, 

10 which is hereby established in the Treasury of the United 

11 States. Funds appropriated or transferred to the ‘‘Oper12 ation Iraqi Freedom Response Fund’’ shall remain avail13 able until expended. 

14 Of the funds appropriated under this heading, and 

15 in addition, such sums as may be transferred, or are other16 wise available, from current and future balances in the De17 fense Cooperation Account and the Natural Resources 

18 Risk Remediation Fund (only to the extent said funds are 

19 available pursuant to the authorities and limitations in 

20 current law and those further enumerated in chapter 3 

21 of this Act), and only for expenses, not otherwise provided 

22 for, necessary to finance the estimated partial costs of op23 erations associated with Operation Iraqi Freedom and 

24 other operations and related activities in support of the 

25 global war on terrorism (including Operations Enduring 
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1 Freedom and Noble Eagle), there is hereby made available 

2 a total amount of not to exceed $59,682,500,000, only for 

3 transfer to the following accounts in not to exceed the fol4 lowing amounts: 

5 MILITARY PERSONNEL 

6 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY

8 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 

9 Army’’, $6,974,500,000. 

10 MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY

11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 

12 Navy’’, $1,984,300,000. 

13 MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 

15 Marine Corps’’, $1,204,900,000. 

16 MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 

18 Air Force’’, $1,834,800,000. 

19 RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY

20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, 

21 Army’’, $3,000,000. 

22 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY

23 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Guard Per24 sonnel, Army’’, $93,000,000. 
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1 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

2 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main5 tenance, Army’’, $10,481,500,000, of which $874,000,000 

6 shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 

7 2004. 

8 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY

9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main10 tenance, Navy’’, $3,940,300,000, of which 

11 $1,909,000,000 shall remain available for obligation until 

12 September 30, 2004. 

13 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS

14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main15 tenance, Marine Corps’’, $1,383,700,000, of which 

16 $786,000,000 shall remain available for obligation until 

17 September 30, 2004. 

18 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE

19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main20 tenance, Air Force’’, $3,668,200,000, of which 

21 $359,000,000 shall remain available for obligation until 

22 September 30, 2004. 

23 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE

24 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main25 tenance, Defense-Wide’’, $901,900,000. 
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1 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL

2 GUARD

3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main4 tenance, Army National Guard’’, $58,400,000. 

5 DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Health Pro7 gram’’, $301,700,000. 

8 PROCUREMENT 

9 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY

11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, 

12 Army’’, $4,100,000. 

13 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY

14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Missile Procurement, 

15 Army’’, $3,100,000. 

16 PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT

17 VEHICLES, ARMY

18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Weap19 ons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army’’, $53,300,000. 

20 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY

21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Am22 munition, Army’’, $447,500,000. 

23 OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY

24 For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, 

25 Army’’, $241,800,000. 
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1 OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, 

3 Air Force’’, $113,600,000. 

4 PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, De6 fense-Wide’’, $451,000,000. 

7 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND 

8 EVALUATION 

9 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

11 ARMY

12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop13 ment, Test and Evaluation, Army’’, $11,500,000. 

14 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

15 DEFENSE-WIDE

16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop17 ment, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’, $90,000,000, 

18 to remain available for obligation until September 30, 

19 2004. 

20 COMBAT, STABILITY OPERATIONS, AND FORCE 

21 RECONSTITUTION COSTS 

22 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 For additional expenses, to be derived by transfer 

24 from the ‘‘Operation Iraqi Freedom Response Fund’’, not 

25 otherwise provided for, necessary to finance the estimated 
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1 partial costs of combat, stability operations (including nat2 ural resource risk remediation activities), force reconstitu3 tion and munitions/equipment replacement, and other re4 lated costs, an amount not to exceed $25,436,400,000, of 

5 which not less than $4,000,000,000 shall be withheld from 

6 obligation until after July 1, 2003, as a reserve for any 

7 additional incremental fiscal year 2003 Military Personnel 

8 and ‘‘Defense Health Program’’ costs that may be in9 curred above the amounts provided elsewhere in this chap10 ter or previously enacted defense appropriations: Provided, 

11 That the Secretary of Defense shall not make any transfer 

12 from the ‘‘Operation Iraqi Freedom Response Fund’’, the 

13 ‘‘Defense Cooperation Account’’, or the ‘‘Natural Re14 sources Risk Remediation Fund’’ to appropriations, pro15 grams and activities cited under this heading, until seven 

16 days after notifying the Committees on Appropriations of 

17 the Senate and House of Representatives of the amounts 

18 and purposes of any such transfer: Provided further, That 

19 subject to the limitations stated above, amounts provided 

20 under this heading shall otherwise be available for obliga21 tion in the following amounts, as specified: 

22 For classified programs, not less than 

23 $1,817,000,000, which shall remain available for obliga24 tion until September 30, 2004, and which shall be in addi25 tion to amounts provided elsewhere in this chapter for 
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1 Procurement, and Research, development, test and evalua2 tion; 

3 For Operation and maintenance, up to 

4 $20,214,300,000, of which $4,000,000,000 shall remain 

5 available until September 30, 2004, and of which not less 

6 than $8,000,000,000 shall be only for fiscal year 2003 

7 costs associated with Operation Enduring Freedom and 

8 related costs of the global war on terrorism; 

9 For Procurement, up to $4,242,000,000, to remain 

10 available for obligation until September 30, 2004, of which 

11 up to $3,249,400,000 may be made available to replenish 

12 munitions and other equipment expended for military op13 erations in and around Iraq and the global war on ter14 rorism; 

15 For Research, development, test, and evaluation, up 

16 to $57,600,000; and 

17 For Department of Homeland Security, ‘‘United 

18 States Coast Guard, Operating Expenses’’ up to 

19 $400,000,000 to support military activities in connection 

20 with Operation Iraqi Freedom and the global war on ter21 rorism: Provided further, That the transfer authority pro22 vided under this heading is in addition to any other trans23 fer authority available to the Department of Defense: Pro24 vided further, That upon determinations that all or part 

25 of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not 
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1 necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts 

2 shall be transferred back to this appropriation or to the 

3 ‘‘Operation Iraqi Freedom Response Fund’’. 

4 NATURAL RESOURCES RISK REMEDIATION 

5 FUND 

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 There is established in the Treasury of the United 

8 States a special account to be known as the ‘‘Natural Re9 sources Risk Remediation Fund’’. Funds transferred to, 

10 appropriated to, and contributions made to, the ‘‘Natural 

11 Resources Risk Remediation Fund’’ may be made avail12 able for expenses necessary in connection with Operation 

13 Iraqi Freedom to address emergency fire fighting, repair 

14 of damage to oil facilities and related infrastructure, and 

15 preserve a distribution capability, and may remain avail16 able until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 

17 $489,300,000 of the funds appropriated under the head18 ing ‘‘Operation Iraqi Freedom Response Fund’’ in this Act 

19 may be transferred to this fund: Provided further, That 

20 the Secretary of Defense may accept from any person, for21 eign government, or international organization, and credit 

22 to this fund, any contribution of money for such purposes: 

23 Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may 

24 transfer funds available in the Natural Resources Risk Re25 mediation Fund to other appropriations or funds of the 
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1 Department of Defense to carry out such purposes, or to 

2 reimburse such appropriations or funds for expenses in3 curred for such purposes and such reimbursements may 

4 include funds received pursuant to the authority of the 

5 previous proviso: Provided further, That funds to be trans6 ferred shall be merged with and shall be available for the 

7 same purposes and for the same time period as the appro8 priation or fund to which transferred: Provided further,

9 That the transfer authority provided in this paragraph is 

10 in addition to any other transfer authority available to the 

11 Department of Defense: Provided further, That upon a de12 termination that all or part of the funds transferred from 

13 this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes pro14 vided, such amounts may be transferred back to this ap15 propriation. 

16 REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 

17 DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS 

18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Working 

19 Capital Funds’’, $1,100,000,000. 

20 OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 

21 DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG 

22 ACTIVITIES, DEFENSE 

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For an additional amount for ‘‘Drug Interdiction and 

25 Counter-Drug Activities, Defense’’, $34,000,000, for 
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1 transfer subject to the terms and conditions governing 

2 such transfers as provided for under this heading in Public 

3 Law 107–248. 

4 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 

5 SEC. 1301. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

6 in this chapter, amounts provided to the Department of 

7 Defense under each of the headings in this chapter shall 

8 be available for the same time period, and subject to the 

9 same terms and conditions, as the amounts appropriated 

10 or otherwise made available in the Department of Defense 

11 Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 107–248) and 

12 Making Further Continuing Appropriations for the Fiscal 

13 Year 2003, and for Other Purposes (Public Law 108–7). 

14 SEC. 1302. None of the funds in this chapter may 

15 be used to initiate a new start program without prior noti16 fication to the congressional defense committees. 

17 SEC. 1303. None of the funds in this chapter may 

18 be used to develop or procure any item or capability that 

19 will not be fielded within four years of enactment of this 

20 Act. 

21 SEC. 1304. Title II of the Department of Defense Ap22 propriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 107–248), is amended 

23 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense24 Wide’’ by striking ‘‘$25,000,000’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘$50,000,000’’: Provided, That the additional funds for 
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1 the CINC Initiative Fund made available by this section 

2 may be expended notwithstanding the limitations in sec3 tion 166a(e)(1) of title 10, United States Code. 

4 SEC. 1305. Title II of the Department of Defense Ap5 propriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 107–248), is amended 

6 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense7 Wide’’ by striking ‘‘$34,500,000’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘$69,000,000’’. 

9 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 SEC. 1306. section 8005 of the Department of De11 fense Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 107–248), is 

12 amended— 

13 (1) by striking ‘‘May 31’’ in the fourth proviso 

14 and inserting ‘‘June 30’’; and 

15 (2) by striking the sixth proviso, as added by 

16 section 112 of division M of Public Law 108–7, be17 ginning with ‘‘: Provided further’’ and ending with 

18 ‘‘to which transferred’’. 

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 SEC. 1307. In addition to amounts made available 

21 elsewhere in this Act for the Department of Defense, 

22 $165,000,000 is appropriated to the Department of De23 fense to reimburse applicable appropriations for the value 

24 of drawdown support provided by the Department of De25 fense under the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 

26 2002: Provided, That this appropriation shall not increase 
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1 the limitation set forth in section 202(b) of that Act: Pro2 vided further, That the Secretary of Defense may transfer 

3 the funds provided herein to the applicable appropriations 

4 of the Department of Defense: Provided further, That the 

5 funds transferred shall be merged with and shall be avail6 able for the same purposes and for the same time period 

7 as the appropriation to which transferred: Provided fur8 ther, That the transfer authority provided in this section 

9 is in addition to any other transfer authority available to 

10 the Department of Defense: Provided further, That not11 withstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds 

12 provided in this or any other appropriations Act for the 

13 Department of Defense may be used for the drawdown 

14 authority in section 202 of the Afghanistan Freedom Sup15 port Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–327) prior to notifying 

16 in writing the House and Senate Committees on Appro17 priations of the source of the funds to be used for such 

18 purpose. 

19 SEC. 1308. Funds appropriated in this Act, or made 

20 available by transfer of funds in or pursuant to this Act, 

21 for intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically au22 thorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of 

23 the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414). 

24 SEC. 1309. (a) Of the amounts available to the Sec25 retary of Defense, $63,500,000 may be used to reimburse 
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1 applicable appropriations for the value of support provided 

2 by the Department of Defense under the Iraq Liberation 

3 Act of 1998: Provided, That this appropriation shall not 

4 increase the limitation set forth in section (4)(a)(2)(B) of 

5 that Act. 

6 (b) Section (4)(a)(2) of the Iraq Liberation Act of 

7 1998 is amended by adding the following new subpara8 graph at the end: 

9 ‘‘(C) The aggregate value (as defined in 

10 section 644(m) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

11 1961) of assistance provided under this para12 graph may not exceed $150,000,000 in fiscal 

13 year 2003.’’. 

14 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 

15 of the funds provided in this or any other appropriations 

16 Act for the Department of Defense may be used for the 

17 drawdown authority in section (4)(a)(2) of Iraq Liberation 

18 Act of 1998 (including the drawdown authority of this sec19 tion) unless the House and Senate Committees on Appro20 priations are notified in writing of the sources of the funds 

21 to be used for such purpose at least seven days prior to 

22 the exercise of the drawdown authority. 

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 SEC. 1310. During fiscal year 2003, amounts in or 

25 credited to the Defense Cooperation Account under 10 

26 U.S.C. 2608(b) shall be available for obligation and ex-
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1 penditure consistent with the purposes for which such 

2 amounts were contributed and accepted: Provided, That 

3 such amounts shall only be available for transfer by the 

4 Secretary of Defense the ‘‘Operation Iraqi Freedom Re5 sponse Fund’’ and be available for the same period as the 

6 appropriation to which transferred: Provided further, That 

7 this transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer 

8 authority available to the Department of Defense: Pro9 vided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall report 

10 at least seven days in advance to the Congress of all pro11 posed transfers to be made pursuant to this authority. 

12 SEC. 1311. (a) Hereafter, contributions of money de13 posited into the ‘‘Natural Resources Risk Remediation 

14 Fund’’ shall be reported to the Congress in the same re15 port, and under the same terms and conditions, as the 

16 report required for contributions to the ‘‘Defense Coopera17 tion Account’’ under section 2608, chapter 155 of title 10, 

18 United States Code. 

19 (b) During fiscal years 2003 and 2004, the use of 

20 monies or real or personal property contributed to the 

21 ‘‘Defense Cooperation Account’’ and the ‘‘Natural Re22 sources Risk Remediation Fund’’ shall be subject to the 

23 prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations. 

24 SEC. 1312. The Secretary of Defense shall notify the 

25 congressional defense committees, in writing, not later 
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1 than 15 days prior to the obligation of funds appropriated 

2 in this chapter for military construction activities or minor 

3 construction in excess of $7,500,000. 

4 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 SEC. 1313. As of October 31, 2003, all balances of 

6 funds remaining in the ‘‘Defense Emergency Response 

7 Fund’’ shall be transferred to, and merged with, the ‘‘Op8 eration Iraqi Freedom Response Fund’’, and shall be 

9 available for the same purposes, and under the same terms 

10 and conditions, as funds appropriated to the ‘‘Operation 

11 Iraqi Freedom Response Fund’’ in this chapter. 

12 CHAPTER 4 

13 BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

14 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 

15 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

16 DEVELOPMENT 

17 CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH PROGRAMS FUND

18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Child Survival and 

19 Health Programs Fund’’, $40,000,000. 

20 INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE

21 For an additional amount for ‘‘International Disaster 

22 Assistance’’, $160,000,000: Provided, That amounts made 

23 available pursuant to section 492(b) of the Foreign Assist24 ance Act of 1961 for the purpose of addressing relief and 

25 rehabilitation needs in Iraq, prior to enactment of this 

26 Act, shall be in addition to the amount that may be obli-
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1 gated in any fiscal year under that section: Provided fur2 ther, That during the remainder of fiscal year 2003 the 

3 authority referenced in the preceding proviso may not be 

4 utilized unless written notice has been provided to the 

5 Committees on Appropriations not less than five days 

6 prior to the proposed obligation. 

7 OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY

8 FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating Expenses 

10 of the United States Agency for International Develop11 ment’’, $23,000,000, of which not less than $2,000,000 

12 may be transferred to and merged with ‘‘Operating Ex13 penses of the United States Agency for International De14 velopment Office of Inspector General’’ for financial and 

15 program audits of the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction 

16 Fund and other assistance for Iraq. 

17 OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

18 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Economic Support 

20 Fund’’, $2,342,000,000, of which: 

21 (1) not less than $700,000,000 shall be made 

22 available for assistance for Jordan; 

23 (2) $300,000,000, to remain available until 

24 September 30, 2005, shall be made available only 

25 for grants for Egypt: Provided, That during the pe-
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1 riod beginning March 1, 2003, and ending Sep2 tember 30, 2005, loan guarantees may be made to 

3 Egypt, the principal amount, any part of which is to 

4 be guaranteed, shall not exceed $2,000,000,000: 

5 Provided further, That the Government of Egypt will 

6 incur all the costs, as defined in section 502 of the 

7 Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, as amended, as8 sociated with these loan guarantees, including any 

9 non-repayment exposure risk: Provided further, That 

10 all fees associated with these loan guarantees, in11 cluding subsidy and administrative costs, shall be 

12 paid by the Government of Egypt to the Government 

13 of the United States: Provided further, That funds 

14 made available under this paragraph and other 

15 funds appropriated to carry out chapter 4 of part II 

16 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and made 

17 available for assistance for Egypt may be used by 

18 the Government of Egypt to pay such fees to the 

19 United States Government: Provided further, That 

20 the President shall determine the terms and condi21 tions for issuing the economic assistance authorized 

22 by this paragraph and should take into consideration 

23 budgetary and economic reforms undertaken by 

24 Egypt: Provided further, That if the President deter25 mines that these terms and conditions have been 
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1 breached, the President may suspend or terminate 

2 the provision of all or part of such economic assist3 ance not yet outlayed under this paragraph; 

4 (3) not to exceed $1,000,000,000, to remain 

5 available until September 30, 2005, for grants for 

6 Turkey: Provided, That during the period beginning 

7 March 1, 2003 and ending September 30, 2005, di8 rect loans or loan guarantees may be made to Tur9 key, the principal amount of direct loans or loans, 

10 any part of which is to be guaranteed, shall not ex11 ceed $8,500,000,000: Provided further, That the 

12 Government of Turkey will incur all the costs, as de13 fined in section 502 of the Federal Credit Reform 

14 Act of 1990, as amended, associated with these 

15 loans or loan guarantees, including any non-repay16 ment exposure risk: Provided further, That all fees 

17 associated with these loans or loan guarantees, in18 cluding subsidy and administrative costs, shall be 

19 paid by the Government of Turkey to the Govern20 ment of the United States: Provided further, That 

21 funds made available under this paragraph and 

22 other funds appropriated to carry out chapter 4 of 

23 part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and 

24 made available for assistance for Turkey may be 

25 used by the Government of Turkey to pay such fees 
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1 to the United States Government: Provided further,

2 That none of the funds made available by this para3 graph may be made available for assistance for Tur4 key until the Secretary of State determines and re5 ports to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

6 House and Senate, the Committee on Foreign Rela7 tions of the Senate and Committee on International 

8 Relations of the House that the Government of Tur9 key is cooperating with the United States in Oper10 ation Iraqi Freedom, including the facilitation of hu11 manitarian assistance to Iraq: Provided further, That 

12 the President shall determine the terms and condi13 tions for issuing the economic assistance authorized 

14 by this paragraph and should take into consideration 

15 budgetary and economic reforms undertaken by Tur16 key: Provided further, That if the President deter17 mines that these terms and conditions have been 

18 breached, the President may suspend or terminate 

19 the provision of all or part of such economic assist20 ance not yet outlayed under this paragraph; 

21 (4) not to exceed $5,000,000 may be available 

22 for administrative expenses of the Islamic Partner23 ship and Outreach program; and 

24 (5) funds made available under this heading for 

25 the Islamic Partnership and Outreach program and 
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1 other regional programs are subject to the regular 

2 notification procedures of the Committees on Appro3 priations. 

4 IRAQ RELIEF AND RECONSTRUCTION FUND

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes of 

7 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for humanitarian as8 sistance in and around Iraq and for rehabilitation and re9 construction in Iraq, $2,483,300,000, to remain available 

10 until September 30, 2004, including for the costs of: (1) 

11 water/sanitation infrastructure; (2) feeding and food dis12 tribution; (3) supporting relief efforts related to refugees, 

13 internally displaced persons, and vulnerable individuals; 

14 (4) humanitarian demining; (5) healthcare; (6) education; 

15 (7) electricity; (8) transportation; (9) telecommunications; 

16 (10) rule of law and governance; (11) economic and finan17 cial policy; and (12) agriculture: Provided, That these 

18 funds shall be apportioned only to the Department of 

19 State, the United States Agency for International Devel20 opment, the Department of the Treasury, and the Depart21 ment of Health and Human Services, as appropriate, for 

22 expenses to meet such costs: Provided further, That with 

23 respect to funds appropriated under this heading in this 

24 Act or proposed for appropriation in subsequent Acts, the 

25 responsibility for policy decisions and justifications for the 
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1 use of such funds shall be the responsibility of the Sec2 retary of State and the Deputy Secretary of State and 

3 this responsibility shall not be delegated: Provided further,

4 That funds appropriated under this heading shall be used 

5 to fully reimburse accounts administered by the Depart6 ment of State and the United States Agency for Inter7 national Development, not otherwise reimbursed from 

8 funds appropriated by this chapter, for obligations in9 curred for the purposes provided under this heading prior 

10 to enactment of this Act from funds appropriated for for11 eign operations, export financing, and related programs: 

12 Provided further, That the United States may accept from 

13 any person, foreign government, or international organiza14 tion, and credit to this Fund, any contribution of money 

15 for such purposes: Provided further, That funds appro16 priated under this heading shall be available notwith17 standing any other provision of law, including section 10 

18 of Public Law 91–672 and section 15 of the State Depart19 ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956: Provided further,

20 That funds appropriated under this heading that are made 

21 available for assistance for Iraq shall be subject to the reg22 ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro23 priations, except that notifications shall be transmitted at 

24 least 5 days in advance of the obligations of funds. 
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1 LOAN GUARANTEES TO ISRAEL

2 During the period beginning April 14, 2003, and end3 ing September 30, 2005, loan guarantees may be made 

4 available to Israel, guaranteeing 100 percent of the prin5 cipal and interest on such loans, the principal amount, any 

6 part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 

7 $9,000,000,000, of which up to $3,000,000,000 may be 

8 issued prior to October 1, 2003, or thereafter and of which 

9 $3,000,000,000 may be issued subsequent to September 

10 30, 2004: Provided, That such guarantees shall constitute 

11 obligations, in accordance with the terms of such guaran12 tees, of the United States of America and the full faith 

13 and credit of the United States of America is hereby 

14 pledged for the full payment and performance of such obli15 gations: Provided further, That if less than the full amount 

16 of guarantees authorized to be made available is issued 

17 prior to September 30, 2005, the authority to issue the 

18 balance of such guarantees shall extend to the subsequent 

19 fiscal year: Provided further, That guarantees may be 

20 issued under this section only to support activities in the 

21 geographic areas which were subject to the administration 

22 of the Government of Israel before June 5, 1967: Provided 

23 further, That the amount of guarantees that may be issued 

24 shall be reduced by an amount equal to the amount ex25 tended or estimated to have been extended by the Govern-
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1 ment of Israel during the period from March 1, 2003, to 

2 the date of issue of the guarantee, for activities which the 

3 President determines are inconsistent with the objectives 

4 and understandings reached between the United States 

5 and the Government of Israel regarding the implementa6 tion of the loan guarantee program: Provided further, That 

7 the President shall submit a report to Congress no later 

8 than September 30 of each fiscal year during the pendency 

9 of the program specifying the amount calculated under the 

10 preceding proviso and that will be deducted from the 

11 amount of guarantees authorized to be issued in the next 

12 fiscal year: Provided further, That no appropriations under 

13 this heading are available for the subsidy costs for these 

14 loan guarantees: Provided further, That the Government 

15 of Israel will pay the cost, as defined in section 502 of 

16 the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, as amended, in17 cluding any non-payment exposure risk, associated with 

18 the loan guarantees issued in any fiscal year, on a pro 

19 rata basis as each guarantee is issued during that year: 

20 Provided further, That all fees (as defined in section 

21 601(e) of Public Law 102–391) associated with the loan 

22 guarantees shall be paid by the Government of Israel to 

23 the Government of the United States: Provided further, 

24 That funds made available for assistance to Israel under 

25 chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
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1 as amended, may be utilized by the Government of Israel 

2 to pay such fees to the United States Government: Pro3 vided further, That the President shall determine the 

4 terms and conditions for issuing guarantees, taking into 

5 consideration the budgetary and economic reforms under6 taken by Israel: Provided further, That if the President 

7 determines that these terms and conditions have been 

8 breached, the President may suspend or terminate the 

9 provision of all or part of the loan guarantees not yet 

10 issued under this heading. 

11 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

12 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW

13 ENFORCEMENT

14 For an additional amount for ‘‘International Nar15 cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, $25,000,000, to re16 main available until September 30, 2004. 

17 ANDEAN COUNTERDRUG INITIATIVE

18 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Andean 

19 Counterdrug Initiative’’, $34,000,000, to remain available 

20 until September 30, 2004. 

21 UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION

22 ASSISTANCE FUND

23 For an additional amount for ‘‘United States Emer24 gency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund’’, 

25 $80,000,000, to remain until expended, notwithstanding 
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1 section 2(c)(2) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance 

2 Act of 1962, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)(2)). 

3 NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING, AND

4 RELATED PROGRAMS

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Nonproliferation, 

6 Anti-Terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, 

7 $28,000,000: Provided, That funds appropriated by this 

8 paragraph shall be available notwithstanding section 10 

9 of Public Law 91–672 and section 15 of the State Depart10 ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956. 

11 MILITARY ASSISTANCE 

12 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 

13 FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

14 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Foreign Military 

15 Financing Program’’, $2,059,100,000: Provided, That 

16 funds appropriated by this paragraph shall be available 

17 notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672 and sec18 tion 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 

19 of 1956: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

20 under this heading, not less than $406,000,000 shall be 

21 made available for grants only for Jordan and 

22 $1,000,000,000 shall be available for grants only for 

23 Israel: Provided further, That the funds appropriated by 

24 this paragraph for Israel shall be disbursed within 30 days 

25 of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That to 
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1 the extent that the Government of Israel requests that 

2 funds be used for such purposes, grants made available 

3 for Israel by this paragraph shall, as agreed to by the 

4 United States and Israel, be available for advanced weap5 ons systems, of which not less than $263,000,000 shall 

6 be available for the procurement in Israel of defense arti7 cles and defense services, including research and develop8 ment. 

9 PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

10 For an additional amount for ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper11 ations’’, $115,000,000. 

12 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 

13 SEC. 1401. Assistance or other financing under this 

14 chapter may be provided for Iraq notwithstanding any 

15 other provision of law: Provided, That funds made avail16 able for Iraq pursuant to this authority shall be subject 

17 to the regular reprogramming procedures of the Commit18 tees on Appropriations and section 634A of the Foreign 

19 Assistance Act of 1961, except that notification shall be 

20 transmitted at least 5 days in advance of obligation: Pro21 vided further, That the notification requirements of this 

22 section may be waived if failure to do so would pose a 

23 substantial risk to human health or welfare: Provided fur24 ther, That in case of any such waiver, notification to the 

25 appropriate congressional committees, shall be provided as 
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1 early as practicable, but in no event later than 3 days after 

2 taking the action to which such notification requirement 

3 was applicable, in the context of the circumstances neces4 sitating such waiver: Provided further, That any notifica5 tion provided pursuant to such a waiver shall contain an 

6 explanation of the emergency circumstances. 

7 SEC. 1402. The President may suspend the applica8 tion of any provision of the Iraq Sanctions Act of 1990: 

9 Provided, That nothing in this section shall affect the ap10 plicability of the Iran-Iraq Arms Non-Proliferation Act of 

11 1992 (Public Law 102–484) except as it applies to hu12 manitarian assistance and supplies: Provided further, That 

13 the President may make inapplicable with respect to Iraq 

14 section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or 

15 any other provision of law that applies to countries that 

16 have supported terrorism: Provided further, That military 

17 equipment shall not be exported under the authority of 

18 this section: Provided further, That section 307 of the For19 eign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply with respect 

20 to programs of international organizations for Iraq: Pro21 vided further, That provisions of law that direct the United 

22 States Government to vote against or oppose loans or 

23 other uses of funds, including for financial or technical 

24 assistance, in international financial institutions for Iraq 

25 shall not be construed as applying to Iraq: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That the President shall submit a notification 5 days 

2 prior to exercising any of the authorities described in this 

3 section to the Committee on Appropriations of each House 

4 of the Congress, the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

5 the Senate, and the Committee on International Relations 

6 of the House of Representatives: Provided further, That 

7 not more than 60 days after enactment of this Act and 

8 every 90 days thereafter the President shall submit a re9 port to the Committee on Appropriations of each House 

10 of the Congress, the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

11 the Senate, and the Committee on International Relations 

12 of the House of Representatives containing a summary of 

13 all licenses approved for export to Iraq of any item on 

14 the Commerce Control List contained in the Export Ad15 ministration Regulations, 15 CFR Part 774, Supplement 

16 1, including identification of end users of such items: Pro17 vided further, That the authorities contained in this sec18 tion shall expire on September 30, 2004, or on the date 

19 of enactment of a subsequent Act authorizing assistance 

20 for Iraq and that specifically amends, repeals or otherwise 

21 makes inapplicable the authorities of this section, which22 ever occurs first. 

23 SEC. 1403. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

24 law, the President may authorize the export to Iraq of any 

25 nonlethal military equipment controlled under the Inter-
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1 national Trafficking in Arms Regulations on the United 

2 States Munitions List established pursuant to section 38 

3 of the Arms Export Control Act, (22 U.S.C. 2778), if the 

4 President determines and notifies within 5 days after ex5 port the Committee on Appropriations of each House of 

6 the Congress, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

7 Senate, and the Committee on International Relations of 

8 the House of Representatives that the export of such non9 lethal military equipment is in the national interest of the 

10 United States: Provided, That the authorities contained 

11 in this section shall expire on September 30, 2004, or on 

12 the date of enactment of a subsequent Act authorizing as13 sistance for Iraq and that specifically amends, repeals or 

14 otherwise makes inapplicable the authorities of this sec15 tion, whichever occurs first. 

16 CHAPTER 5 

17 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

18 CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES 

19 OPERATING EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses for ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ re21 lated to conducting Operation Liberty Shield, $1,000,000, 

22 to remain available until December 31, 2003. 
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1 UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE 

2 OPERATING EXPENSES

3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ 

4 for necessary expenses related to conducting Operation 

5 Liberty Shield, $30,000,000, to remain available until De6 cember 31, 2003. 

7 BORDER AND TRANSPORTATION SECURITY 

8 CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION

9 For necessary expenses for ‘‘Customs and Border 

10 Protection’’ related to conducting Operation Liberty 

11 Shield and other purposes, $428,000,000, of which 

12 $235,000,000 shall remain available until December 31, 

13 2003, and of which $193,000,000 shall remain available 

14 until expended for the acquisition and deployment of por15 tal radiation detectors and non-intrusive inspection tech16 nology at United States ports of entry. 

17 IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT

18 For necessary expenses for ‘‘Immigration and Cus19 toms Enforcement’’ related to conducting Operation Lib20 erty Shield, $185,000,000, to remain available until De21 cember 31, 2003, of which up to $10,000,000 shall be 

22 available for the Student and Exchange Visitor Informa23 tion System established under section 641 of the Illegal 

24 Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 

25 1996, including training programs. 
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1 TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

2 For necessary expenses for ‘‘Transportation Security 

3 Administration’’ related to conducting Operation Liberty 

4 Shield and other purposes, $390,000,000, to remain avail5 able until expended: Provided, That of the total amount 

6 provided herein, the following amounts are available for 

7 obligation only for the specific purposes below: 

8 (1) physical modification of commercial service 

9 airports for the purposes of installing checked bag10 gage explosive detection systems into airport bag11 gage systems, $235,000,000; 

12 (2) reimbursements to local and state law en13 forcement officers and National Guardsmen for in14 creased security measures at airports and other crit15 ical transportation sites, $85,000,000; 

16 (3) port security grants, $40,000,000; and 

17 (4) surface transportation security initiatives, 

18 $30,000,000, of which $8,000,000 shall be available 

19 for transit security. 

20 In addition, for expenses related to aviation security, 

21 $3,178,300,000, to remain available until September 30, 

22 2003: Provided, That such appropriation shall be remitted 

23 to United States flag air carriers for expenses incurred 

24 related to aviation security based on the pro-rata share 

25 each such carrier has paid or collected to date in passenger 
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1 security and air carrier security fees to the Transportation 

2 Security Administration: Provded further, That such ap3 propriation shall be remitted to United States flag air car4 riers for expenses related to aviation security based on the 

5 pro-rata share each such carrier is expected to pay or col6 lect to the Transportation Security Administration for the 

7 remainder of the fiscal year: Provided further, That pay8 ments made under this heading may be used by an air 

9 carrier for such purposes as each carrier determines ap10 propriate: Provided further, That payments made under 

11 this heading shall be made within thirty days of enactment 

12 of this Act: Provided further, That no airline receiving 

13 funding under this heading may provide compensation 

14 (pay, benefits and stock options) to senior executives that 

15 exceeds the base pay and benefits that such executives re16 ceived in 2002. 

17 FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER

18 OPERATING EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses for ‘‘Federal Law Enforce20 ment Training Center Operating Expenses’’ related to 

21 conducting Operation Liberty Shield, $2,000,000, to re22 main available until December 31, 2003. 

23 OFFICE FOR DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS

24 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office for Domestic 

25 Preparedness’’, $2,200,000,000, to remain available until 
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1 December 31, 2003, for grants authorized by section 1014 

2 of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 (Public Law 107–56) 

3 and for other counterterrorism programs, of which 

4 $1,500,000,000 shall be for formula-based grants, and of 

5 which $700,000,000 shall be for discretionary grants for 

6 use in high-density urban areas, in high-threat areas, and 

7 for protection of critical infrastructure: Provided, That 80 

8 percent of the funds provided under this heading to any 

9 State shall be allocated by the State to units of local gov10 ernment within the State and shall be distributed by the 

11 State within 45 days of the receipt of funds: Provided fur12 ther, That none of the funds provided under this heading 

13 may be used for construction or renovation of facilities: 

14 Provided further, That subsection (c)(3) of such section 

15 1014 shall not apply to discretionary grants made under 

16 this heading: Provided further, That the Secretary of 

17 Homeland Security shall notify the Committees on Appro18 priations at least 15 days prior to the obligation of any 

19 amount of the funds provided under this heading. 

20 UNITED STATES COAST GUARD 

21 OPERATING EXPENSES

22 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ 

23 for expenses related to conducting Operation Liberty 

24 Shield and other purposes, $230,000,000, to remain avail25 able until December 31, 2003. 
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1 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE 

2 OPERATING EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses for ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ re4 lated to conducting Operation Liberty Shield, 

5 $45,000,000, to remain available until December 31, 

6 2003. 

7 INFORMATION ANALYSIS AND 

8 INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION 

9 OPERATING EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses for ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ re11 lated to conducting Operation Liberty Shield, 

12 $10,000,000, to remain available until December 31, 

13 2003: Provided, That the Secretary of Homeland Security 

14 shall notify the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 

15 days prior to the obligation of any amount of the funds 

16 provided under this heading. 

17 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

18 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

19 REPROGRAMMING AND TRANSFER GUIDELINES

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 SEC. 1501. (a) None of the funds provided in this 

22 Act, or provided in previous Appropriations Acts to the 

23 agencies of the Department of Homeland Security that re24 main available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 

25 2003, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
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1 through a reprogramming of funds which: (1) creates a 

2 new program; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activ3 ity; (3) increases funds for any program, project, or activ4 ity for which funds have been denied or restricted by Con5 gress; (4) deviates significantly from a program, project, 

6 or activity described in the Department’s budget justifica7 tion as presented to or approved by Congress, including 

8 those justifications submitted to Congress prior to the en9 actment of Public Law 107–296; or (5) proposes to use 

10 funds directed for a specific activity by either the House 

11 or Senate Committees on Appropriations for a different 

12 purpose, unless the Committees on Appropriations of both 

13 Houses of Congress are notified 15 days in advance of 

14 such reprogramming of funds. 

15 (b) None of the funds provided in this Act, or pro16 vided in previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies of 

17 the Department of Homeland Security that remain avail18 able for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2003, shall 

19 be available for obligation or expenditure for programs, 

20 projects, or activities through a reprogramming of funds 

21 in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 

22 unless the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

23 of Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such re24 programming of funds. 
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1 (c) Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 

2 made available for the current fiscal year for the agencies 

3 of the Department of Homeland Security in this Act or 

4 provided in previous Appropriations Acts may be trans5 ferred between such appropriations, but no such appro6 priation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be 

7 increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: 

8 Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall 

9 be treated as a reprogramming of funds and shall not be 

10 available for obligation unless the Committees on Appro11 priations of both Houses of Congress are notified 15 days 

12 in advance of such transfer. 

13 CHAPTER 6 

14 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

15 SERVICES 

16 CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND 

17 PREVENTION 

18 DISEASE CONTROL, RESEARCH, AND TRAINING

19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Centers for Disease 

20 Control and Prevention, Disease Control, Research, and 

21 Training’’, $16,000,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 

2 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY

3 FUND

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Public Health and So5 cial Services Emergency Fund’’, for the Centers for Dis6 ease Control and Prevention, $94,000,000. 

7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Public Health and So8 cial Services Emergency Fund’’, for costs associated with 

9 compensating individuals with injuries resulting from ad10 ministration of a smallpox vaccine, $50,000,000 to remain 

11 available until expended: Provided, That such amount 

12 shall become available only upon the enactment of legisla13 tion authorizing a smallpox vaccination compensation pro14 gram. 

15 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 

16 SEC. 1601. section 1113 (d) of the Social Security 

17 Act (42 U.S.C. 1313 (d)) is amended by striking ‘‘1991’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘2003’’. 

19 CHAPTER 7 

20 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

21 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For an additional amount for salaries and expenses 

24 of the House of Representatives, $11,000,000, as follows: 
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1 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

2 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

3 For an additional amount for salaries and expenses 

4 of standing committees, special and select, authorized by 

5 House resolutions, $11,000,000: Provided, That such 

6 amount shall remain available for such salaries and ex7 penses until December 31, 2004. 

8 CAPITOL POLICE 

9 GENERAL EXPENSES

10 For an additional amount for necessary expenses of 

11 the Capitol Police, related emergency expenses for the se12 curity of the United States Capitol complex, $37,758,000, 

13 to remain available until expended, to be disbursed by the 

14 Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee: Provided, That 

15 no part of such amount may be obligated without prior 

16 approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House 

17 of Representatives and Senate. 

18 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For an additional amount for salaries and expenses 

21 of the Office of Compliance, as authorized by section 305 

22 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 

23 1385), $111,000. 
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1 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

2 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

3 For an additional amount for necessary expenses for 

4 the maintenance, care, and operation of buildings and 

5 grounds of the United States Capitol Police, $63,868,000, 

6 to remain available until expended. 

7 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For an additional amount for necessary expenses for 

10 the purchase and installation of a public address system, 

11 $5,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007. 

12 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

13 For an additional amount for necessary expenses for 

14 the implementation of an alternate computer facility, 

15 $1,863,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004. 

16 GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For an additional amount for necessary expenses of 

19 security requirements for the General Accounting Office, 

20 $4,900,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004. 
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1 CHAPTER 8 

2 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

3 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

4 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 

6 Navy’’, $48,100,000, to remain available until September 

7 30, 2007: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi8 sion of law, such funds may be obligated or expended to 

9 carry out military construction projects not otherwise au10 thorized by law. 

11 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 

13 Air Force’’, $5,100,000, to remain available until Sep14 tember 30, 2007: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

15 other provision of law, such funds may be obligated or ex16 pended to carry out planning and design and military con17 struction projects not otherwise authorized by law. 

18 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR

19 FORCE

20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Family Housing Oper21 ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’, $1,800,000. 

22 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 

23 SEC. 1801. None of the funds in the Defense Emer24 gency Response Fund for any fiscal year may be used to 

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1 installation inside or outside the United States or to reim2 burse other appropriations or funds of the Department of 

3 Defense used to carry out such construction. For purposes 

4 of this section, the terms ‘‘military construction’’ and 

5 ‘‘military installation’’ have the meanings given such 

6 terms in section 2801 of title 10, United States Code, ex7 cept that, with respect to military construction in a foreign 

8 country, the term ‘‘military installation’’ includes, not only 

9 buildings, structures, and other improvements to real 

10 property under the operational control of the Secretary of 

11 a military department or the Secretary of Defense, but 

12 also any building, structure, or other improvement to real 

13 property to be used by the Armed Forces, regardless of 

14 whether such use is anticipated to be temporary or of 

15 longer duration. 

16 SEC. 1802. (a) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF

17 CONSTRUCTION USING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

18 FUNDS.—Amounts appropriated or otherwise made avail19 able for any fiscal year for the operation and maintenance 

20 of the Armed Forces (including reserve components) or 

21 for activities and agencies of the Department of Defense 

22 may not be used to carry out military construction at a 

23 military installation inside or outside the United States 

24 unless the Secretary of a military department or the Sec25 retary of Defense, as the case may be— 
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1 (1) in the case of military construction covered 

2 by chapter 169 of title 10, United States Code, com3 plies with the requirements contained in such chap4 ter applicable to the use of operation and mainte5 nance funds for military construction; or 

6 (2) in the case of military construction not oth7 erwise covered by such chapter, submits written no8 tice to the appropriate committees of Congress, not 

9 later than 15 days before obligating funds for the 

10 construction, containing an explanation of the need 

11 to use operation and maintenance funds to carry out 

12 the construction and the estimated cost of the con13 struction. 

14 (b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the 

15 terms ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’, ‘‘military 

16 construction’’, and ‘‘military installation’’ have the mean17 ings given such terms in section 2801 of title 10, United 

18 States Code, except that, with respect to military construc19 tion in a foreign country, the term ‘‘military installation’’ 

20 includes, not only buildings, structures, and other im21 provements to real property under the operational control 

22 of the Secretary of a military department or the Secretary 

23 of Defense, but also any building, structure, or other im24 provement to real property to be used by the Armed 
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1 Forces, regardless of whether such use is anticipated to 

2 be temporary or of longer duration. 

3 TITLE II—TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS 

4 SEC. 2001. Division F of Public Law 108–7 is hereby 

5 amended under the heading ‘‘United States Fish and 

6 Wildlife Service, State and Tribal Wildlife Grants’’ by 

7 striking ‘‘$3,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$5,000,000’’. 

8 SEC. 2002. The matter under the heading ‘‘Depart9 ment of Health and Human Services, Health Resources 

10 and Services Administration, Health Resources and Serv11 ices’’, in Public Law 108–7 is amended— 

12 (1) by striking ‘‘Heart Beat, New Bloomfield, 

13 PA’’ and inserting ‘‘Heart Beat, Millerstown, PA’’ 

14 in lieu thereof; 

15 (2) by striking ‘‘Tressler Lutheran Services, 

16 Harrisburg, PA, for abstinence education and re17 lated services’’ and inserting ‘‘DIAKON Lutheran 

18 Social Ministries, Allentown, PA, for abstinence edu19 cation and related services in Cumberland and Dau20 phin counties’’ in lieu thereof; 

21 (3) by striking ‘‘Community Ministries of the 

22 Lutheran Home at Topton, Reading, PA, for absti23 nence education and related services’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘DIAKON Lutheran Social Ministries of Allentown, 
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1 PA, for abstinence education and related services in 

2 Berks county’’ in lieu thereof; 

3 (4) by striking ‘‘$298,153,000’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘$296,638,000’’ in the first proviso; and 

5 (5) by inserting after ‘‘a study regarding deliv6 ery of pediatric health care in northeastern Okla7 homa,’’ ‘‘$225,000 is available for the Mental 

8 Health Association of Tarrant County, Ft. Worth, 

9 TX, to provide school-based mental health education 

10 to schools in Tarrant County, $200,000 is available 

11 for the AIDS Research Institute at the University of 

12 California, San Francisco for a Developing Country 

13 Medical Program to facilitate clinician exchange be14 tween the United States and developing countries, 

15 $1,000,000 is available for the Geisinger Health 

16 System, Harrisburg, PA, to establish centers of ex17 cellence for the treatment of autism,’’. 

18 SEC. 2003. The matter under the heading ‘‘Office of 

19 the Secretary, Public Health and Social Services Emer20 gency Fund’’, in title II of the Departments of Labor, 

21 Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related 

22 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003, (Public Law 108–7; 

23 division G) is amended by striking ‘‘, to be available until 

24 expended’’ after the ‘‘$5,000,000’’. 
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1 SEC. 2004. Section 207 of the Departments of Labor, 

2 Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related 

3 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 108–7; 

4 division G) is amended by striking ‘‘or any other’’. 

5 SEC. 2005. (a) In addition to the authority provided 

6 in section 215 of the Departments of Labor, Health and 

7 Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 

8 Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 108–7; division G), 

9 in order for the Centers for Disease Control and Preven10 tion to carry out international health activities, including 

11 HIV/AIDS and other infectious disease, chronic and envi12 ronmental disease, and other health activities abroad dur13 ing fiscal year 2003, the Secretary of Health and Human 

14 Services may exercise authority equivalent to that avail15 able to the Secretary of State in section 2(c) of the State 

16 Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 

17 2669(c)). 

18 (b) The Secretary of Health and Human Services 

19 shall consult with the Secretary of State and relevant 

20 Chief of Mission to ensure that the authority provided in 

21 this section is exercised in a manner consistent with sec22 tion 207 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 

23 3927) and other applicable statutes administered by the 

24 Department of State. 
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1 SEC. 2006. (a) The matter under the heading ‘‘De2 partment of Education, School Improvement Programs’’, 

3 in Public Law 108–7 is amended— 

4 (1) by striking ‘‘$508,100,000’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘$537,100,000’’; and 

6 (2) by striking ‘‘$4,132,167,000’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘$4,233,167,000’’. 

8 (b) In the statement of the managers of the com9 mittee of conference accompanying H.J. Res. 2 (Public 

10 Law 108–7; House Report 108–10), in the matter in title 

11 III of division G, relating to the Fund for the Improve12 ment of Education under the heading ‘‘School Improve13 ment Programs’’— 

14 (1) the provision specifying $150,000 for Illi15 nois State Board of Education, Springfield, IL, for 

16 computers, hardware and software for the implemen17 tation of Fast ForWord reading program to the 

18 Pleasant Plains Community Unit District #8 and 

19 Pleasant Plain Illinois District #18 shall be deemed 

20 to read as follows: ‘‘Illinois State Board of Edu21 cation, Springfield, IL, for implementation of Fast 

22 ForWord reading program to the Pleasant Plains 

23 Community Unit District #8 and for improving 

24 mathematics achievement in Peoria School District 
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1 #150 and Jacksonville School District #117, 

2 $150,000’’; 

3 (2) the provision specifying $2,000,000 for 

4 Pinellas County Florida School District, St. Peters5 burg, FL, for technology for Title I schools shall be 

6 deemed to read as follows: ‘‘St. Petersburg College, 

7 St. Petersburg, FL, for the Pinellas County Epi8 Center, $2,000,000’’; 

9 (3) the provision specifying $500,000 for the 

10 St. Louis Children’s Museum, MO, for a collabo11 rative project with the St. Louis Public Library to 

12 create interactive exhibits and educational programs 

13 shall be deleted; 

14 (4) the provision specifying $25,000 for the 

15 Boys and Girls Club of El Dorado, AR, for drug 

16 prevention and after school programs shall be 

17 deemed to read as follows: ‘‘Boys and Girls Club, 

18 Southeast Unit, El Dorado, AR, for drug prevention 

19 and after school programs, $25,000’’; 

20 (5) the provision specifying $400,000 for the 

21 Milwaukee Public Schools, WI, to expand before22 and after-school programs shall be deemed to read: 

23 ‘‘Milwaukee Public Schools, WI, for before- and 

24 after-school programs, $400,000’’; 
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1 (6) the provision specifying $200,000 for 

2 Tensas Reunion, Inc., Newellton, LA, for instruc3 tional technology training, and after school programs 

4 at the Tensas Charter School shall be deemed to 

5 read: ‘‘Tensas Reunion, Inc., Newellton, LA, for the 

6 TREES Project in Tensas Parish, including activi7 ties such as the purchase of computers and edu8 cational software, tutoring, and workshops to pro9 mote parental involvement, $200,000’’; 

10 (7) the provision specifying $250,000 for Com11 munity School District 8, Flushing, NY, for after12 school programs shall be deemed to read: ‘‘Commu13 nity School District 8, Bronx, NY, for after-school 

14 programs, $250,000’’; 

15 (8) the provision specifying $20,000 for 

16 Westside High School, Bakersfield, CA, for equip17 ment shall be deemed to read: ‘‘West High School, 

18 Bakersfield, CA, for equipment, $20,000’’; 

19 (9) the provision specifying $1,000,000 for the 

20 National Science Center Foundation, Atlanta, GA, 

21 for educational technology and other purposes shall 

22 be deemed to read: ‘‘National Science Center Foun23 dation, Augusta, GA, for educational technology and 

24 other purposes, $1,000,000’’; 
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1 (10) the provision specifying $200,000 for the 

2 Golden Gate National Parks Association, San Fran3 cisco, CA, for environmental education programs at 

4 the Crissy Field Center shall be deemed to read: 

5 ‘‘Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, San 

6 Francisco, CA, for environmental education pro7 grams at the Crissy Field Center, $200,000’’; 

8 (11) the provision specifying $100,000 for the 

9 University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, for the 

10 Tampa Bay Consortium for the Development of 

11 Educational Leaders and the Preparation and Re12 cruitment of Teachers shall be deemed to read: 

13 ‘‘University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, for the 

14 Tampa Bay Consortium for the Development of 

15 Educational Leaders, $100,000’’; 

16 (12) the provision specifying $25,000 for the 

17 Meredith-Dunn Learning Disabilities Center, Inc., 

18 Louisville, KY, for technology shall be deemed to 

19 read as follows: ‘‘Meredith-Dunn Learning Disabil20 ities Center, Inc., Louisville, KY, for school coun21 seling services, $25,000’’; 

22 (13) the provision specifying $40,000 for Fa23 ther Maloney’s Boys Haven, Louisville, KY, for tech24 nology shall be deemed to read as follows: ‘‘Father 
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1 Maloney’s Boys Haven, Louisville, KY, for an edu2 cational program, $40,000’’; 

3 (14) the provision specifying $50,000 for the 

4 Joel II Restoration Ministries for education pro5 grams shall be deemed to read as follows: ‘‘Joel II 

6 Restoration Outreach, Inc., for education programs, 

7 $50,000’’; and 

8 (15) the provision specifying $1,500,000 for the 

9 City of Upland, CA, for after school programs shall 

10 be deemed to read as follows: ‘‘YMCA of the City of 

11 Upland, CA, for after-school activities, $1,500,000’’. 

12 SEC. 2007. In the statement of the managers of the 

13 committee of conference accompanying H.J. Res. 2 (Pub14 lic Law 108–7; House Report 108–10), in the matter in 

15 title III of division G, relating to the Fund for the Im16 provement of Postsecondary Education under the heading 

17 ‘‘Higher Education’’— 

18 (1) the second reference to the provision speci19 fying $1,000,000 for the University of Massachu20 setts-Boston to purchase research equipment and 

21 technology infrastructure shall be deleted; 

22 (2) the provision specifying $100,000 for Slip23 pery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA, for Knowl24 edge Pointe at Cranberry Woods, as part of an ini25 tiative to provide life-long educational services to 
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1 Pittsburgh’s regional industry and community resi2 dents shall be deemed to read as follows: ‘‘Regional 

3 Learning Alliance, Marshall Township in Allegheny 

4 County, PA, as part of an initiative to provide life5 long educational services to Pittsburgh’s regional in6 dustry and community residents, $200,000’’; 

7 (3) the provision specifying $100,000 for Slip8 pery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA, for the 

9 North Hill Educational Alliance shall be deleted; and 

10 (4) the provision specifying $250,000 to the 

11 National Aviary Conservation Education Technology 

12 Integration in Pittsburgh shall be deemed to read as 

13 follows: ‘‘National Aviary Conservation Education 

14 Technology Integration in Pittsburgh, for the Re15 mote Audio-Visual Engagement Network (RAVEN) 

16 project, $250,000’’. 

17 SEC. 2008. Section 336 of division I of Public Law 

18 108–7 is amended by striking ‘‘Transportation Manage19 ment’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Urbanized’’. 

20 SEC. 2009. Amounts made available to carry out sec21 tions 1212(k) and 5117(b)(6) of 112 Stat. 107 et seq. 

22 shall be used to carry out item number 1278 of the table 

23 contained in section 1602 of such Act (112 Stat. 263). 

24 SEC. 2010. The matter under the heading ‘‘Corpora25 tion for National and Community Services, Domestic Vol-
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1 unteer Service Programs, Operating Expenses’’, in Public 

2 Law 108–7 is amended by inserting after ‘‘in this Act’’ 

3 the following: ‘‘for activities authorized by section 122 of 

4 part C of title I and part E of title II of the Domestic 

5 Volunteer Service Act of 1973’’. 

6 SEC. 2011. To liquidate obligations previously in7 curred, $64,000,000 is provided to the National Service 

8 Trust of the Corporation for National and Community 

9 Service: Provided, That the second proviso under the head10 ing ‘‘Corporation for National and Community Service’’ 

11 in division K of Public Law 108–7 is deemed to be amend12 ed by inserting after ‘‘section 501(a)(4)’’ the following: 

13 ‘‘with not less than $2,500,000 for the Office of the Chief 

14 Financial Officer to enact financial reform in the Corpora15 tion, notwithstanding the provisions of section 

16 501(a)(4)(B) of the Act’’. 

17 SEC. 2012. Section 115 under the heading ‘‘Depart18 ment of Veterans Affairs, Administrative Provisions’’ in 

19 Public Law 108–7 is amended by striking ‘‘2 and’’. 

20 TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 

21 SEC. 3001. No part of any appropriation contained 

22 in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 

23 the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

24 SEC. 3002. None of the funds made available in the 

25 Act for reconstruction efforts in Iraq may be used to pro-
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1 cure goods or services from any entity that includes infor2 mation on a response to a Request for Proposal (RFP) 

3 that indicates that such entity is organized under the laws 

4 of France, Germany, the Russian Federation, or Syria. 

5 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Wartime 

6 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003’’.

7 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

8 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

9 fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other pur10 poses, namely: 

11 TITLE I—SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS 

12 CHAPTER 1

13 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

14 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

15 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Buildings and Facili17 ties’’, $98,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

18 PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE II GRANTS

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For additional expenses during the current fiscal year, 

21 not otherwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior year’s 

22 costs, including interest thereon, under the Agricultural 

23 Trade Development Act of 1954, $600,000,000, to remain 

24 available until expended, for commodities supplied in con25 nection with dispositions abroad under title II of said Act: 
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1 Provided, That of this amount, $155,000,000 shall be used 

2 to restore funding for previously approved fiscal year 2003 

3 programs under section 204(a)(2) of the Agricultural Trade 

4 Development and Assistance Act of 1954: Provided further, 

5 That of the funds provided under this heading, the Sec6 retary of Agriculture shall transfer to the Commodity Cred7 it Corporation such sums as are necessary to acquire, and 

8 shall acquire, a quantity of commodities for use in admin9 istering the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust in an 

10 amount equal to the quantity allocated by the Corporation 

11 pursuant to the release of March 19, 2003, and the release 

12 of March 20, 2003: Provided further, That the authority 

13 contained in 7 U.S.C. 1736f–1(c)(4) shall not apply during 

14 fiscal year 2003 for any release of commodities after the 

15 date of enactment of this Act. 

16 GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS CHAPTER 

17 SEC. 101. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR CONSERVA18 TION PROGRAMS. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1241 of the 

19 Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841) is amended 

20 by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following: 

21 ‘‘(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective beginning on the 

23 date of enactment of the Agricultural Assistance Act 

24 of 2003, subject to paragraph (2), Commodity Credit 

25 Corporation funds made available under paragraphs 
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1 (4) through (7) of subsection (a) shall be available for 

2 the provision of technical assistance (subject to section 

3 1242) for the conservation programs specified in sub4 section (a). 

5 ‘‘(2) CONSERVATION SECURITY PROGRAM.—Effec6 tive for fiscal year 2004 and subsequent fiscal years, 

7 Commodity Credit Corporation funds made available 

8 to carry out the conservation security program under 

9 subsection (a)(3)—

10 ‘‘(A) shall be available for the provision of 

11 technical assistance for the conservation security 

12 program; and 

13 ‘‘(B) shall not be available for the provision 

14 of technical assistance for conservation programs 

15 specified in subsection (a) other than the con16 servation security program.’’. 

17 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub18 section (a) takes effect on February 20, 2003. 

19 SEC. 102. REPORT ON BILL EMERSON HUMANITARIAN

20 TRUST AND FUTURE OF UNITED STATES FOOD AID. Not 

21 later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

22 the Secretary of Agriculture (in coordination with the Ad23 ministrator of the Agency for International Development) 

24 shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House 

25 of Representatives, the Committee on Agriculture, Nutri-
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1 tion, and Forestry of the Senate, and the Subcommittees 

2 on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies 

3 of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep4 resentatives and the Senate, a report that describes—

5 (1) the policy of the Secretary with respect to the 

6 Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust established under 

7 the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act (7 U.S.C. 

8 1736f–1 et seq.), including whether that policy in9 cludes an intent to replenish the Trust; and 

10 (2)(A) the means by which the Secretary pro11 poses to ensure that the United States retains the 

12 long-term strategy and capability to respond to emer13 gency international food shortages; and 

14 (B) whether, and to what extent, other food aid 

15 programs conducted by the Secretary and the Admin16 istrator will be a part of that strategy. 

17 CHAPTER 2

18 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

19 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

20 DETENTION TRUSTEE

21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Detention Trustee’’ for 

22 the detention of Federal prisoners in the custody of the 

23 United States Marshals Service, $45,000,000, to remain 

24 available until September 30, 2003. 
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1 INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT

2 INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT SUPPORT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For expenses necessary to administer and support 

5 joint Federal, State, local, and foreign law enforcement ac6 tivities, including the design, development, test, deployment, 

7 maintenance, upgrade, or retirement of systems; the pur8 chase, lease, loan, or maintenance of equipment and vehi9 cles; the design, construction, maintenance, upgrade, or 

10 demolition of facilities; and travel, overtime, and other sup11 port, $72,000,000, which shall remain available until De12 cember 31, 2003: Provided, That the funds provided under 

13 this heading shall be managed only by the Attorney General 

14 or the Deputy Attorney General to be transferred to, and 

15 merged with, any appropriations account under this title: 

16 Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the pre17 vious proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under 

18 section 605 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and 

19 State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations 

20 Act, 2003, and shall not be available for obligation or ex21 penditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth 

22 in that section. 

23 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

24 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

25 For an additional amount for ‘‘Federal Bureau of In26 vestigation’’, $63,000,000, to remain available until Decem-
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1 ber 31, 2003, of which $13,380,000 shall be for language 

2 translation needs, of which $20,270,000 shall be for the Fed3 eral Bureau of Investigation participation in the Terrorist 

4 Threat Integration Center, and of which $29,350,000 shall 

5 be for the incorporation of the Foreign Terrorist Tracking 

6 Task Force into the Terrorist Threat Integration Center: 

7 Provided, That the funds provided under this heading shall 

8 not be available for obligation or expenditure except in com9 pliance with the procedures set forth in section 605 of the 

10 Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judici11 ary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003. 

12 CONSTRUCTION

13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Federal Bureau of In14 vestigation, Construction’’, $10,000,000, to remain avail15 able until September 30, 2004, to accelerate construction 

16 and fit out of the new wing of the Engineering Research 

17 Facility. 

18 OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS

19 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE

20 For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Local Law 

21 Enforcement Assistance’’, $91,000,000, to remain available 

22 until December 31, 2003, for the terrorism prevention and 

23 response training for law enforcement and other responders 

24 for increased costs associated with heightened homeland se25 curity alerts and law enforcement needs related to the tem26 porary replacement of veteran officers called to duty: Pro-
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1 vided, That the funds provided under this heading shall not 

2 be available for obligation or expenditure except in compli3 ance with the procedures set forth in section 605 of the De4 partments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, 

5 and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003. 

6 COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES

7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Community Oriented 

8 Policing Services’’, $109,500,000, to remain available until 

9 December 31, 2003, shall be for the Community Oriented 

10 Policing Services, Interoperable Communications Tech11 nology Program, for grants to States and localities to im12 prove communications within and among law enforcement 

13 agencies: Provided, That the funds provided under this 

14 heading shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 

15 except in compliance with the procedures set forth in section 

16 605 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, 

17 the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

18 2003. 

19 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

20 ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

21 DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS

22 For an additional amount for ‘‘Diplomatic and Con23 sular Programs’’, $83,420,000: Provided, That $15,600,000, 

24 to remain available until December 31, 2003, shall only be 

25 available for medical services: Provided further, That 

26 $2,000,000 shall only be available for the Consular Affairs 
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1 requirements relating to American citizen services: Pro2 vided further, That $30,020,000 shall only be available for 

3 Machine Readable Visa fee shortfalls affecting the Border 

4 Security Program: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

5 any other provision of law, any shortfall in fee revenue re6 sulting from a decrease in the number of visa applications 

7 to the United States shall be offset by a direct transfer of 

8 funds equal to the amount of the shortfall from the Diplo9 matic and Consular Programs general account to the Ap10 propriations Point Deliminator Account Number X0113.6: 

11 Provided further, That $35,800,000 shall only be available 

12 for costs associated with the re-establishment of a United 

13 States diplomatic presence in Baghdad, Iraq, of which 

14 $17,900,000 is for operational requirements, including 

15 housing, furniture, sundries, travel, vehicles, and office sup16 plies and furnishings, and $17,900,000 is for security, of 

17 which $5,300,000 is for information technology, $1,945,000 

18 is for courier shipments, $3,789,000 is for temporary duty 

19 assignments, and $2,503,000 is for armored vehicles, spares, 

20 and repairs. 

21 In addition, for the costs of worldwide security up22 grades, including increased local guard protection, chemical 

23 and biological countermeasures, requirements relating to 

24 intelligence, the assignment of temporary personnel to 

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1 the security of the domestic facilities of the Department of 

2 State, $10,000,000, to remain available until December 31, 

3 2003. 

4 EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Embassy Security, 

6 Construction, and Maintenance’’, $72,000,000: Provided, 

7 That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 

8 $20,000,000 shall only be available for capital costs associ9 ated with the re-establishment of a United States Diplo10 matic presence in Baghdad, Iraq: Provided further, That 

11 of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 

12 $52,000,000 shall be available for the Center for 

13 Antiterrorism and Security Training. 

14 In addition, for security enhancements to non-official 

15 facilities frequented by United States citizens overseas, in16 cluding schools attended by the dependents of non-military 

17 United States Government personnel, $10,000,000, to re18 main available until September 30, 2004. 

19 EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR

20 SERVICE

21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Emergencies in the 

22 Diplomatic and Consular Service’’, $40,000,000, to remain 

23 available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of 

24 State may collect from the head of any other agency of the 

25 United States the cost incurred by the Department of State 

26 for evacuating an employee of such agency, and any mem-
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1 ber of the family of such an employee, from a location in 

2 a foreign country where the employee is authorized to be 

3 in connection with the performance of the employee’s official 

4 duties: Provided further, That the head of an agency shall 

5 pay the Secretary of State the amount certified by the Sec6 retary as the cost of evacuation of that agency’s personnel: 

7 Provided further, That amounts collected by the Secretary 

8 of State under the previous two provisos shall be credited 

9 to the appropriation charged such cost, shall be merged with 

10 other sums in such appropriation, and shall be available 

11 for the same purposes and period as the appropriation to 

12 which credited within 60 days of certification by the Sec13 retary of State. 

14 RELATED AGENCY 

15 BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS

16 INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS

17 For an additional amount for ‘‘International Broad18 casting Operations’’, $62,000,000, to remain available until 

19 September 30, 2004, for activities related to the Middle East 

20 Television Network broadcasting and radio broadcasting to 

21 Iraq. 
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1 CHAPTER 3

2 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

3 MILITARY PERSONNEL 

4 MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 

6 Army’’, $7,724,500,000. 

7 MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY

8 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 

9 Navy’’, $1,784,300,000. 

10 MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 

12 Marine Corps’’, $1,254,900,000. 

13 MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 

15 Air Force’’, $2,834,800,000. 

16 RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY

17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, 

18 Army’’, $6,000,000. 

19 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY

20 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Guard Per21 sonnel, Army’’, $110,000,000. 

22 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

23 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY

24 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte25 nance, Army’’, $16,142,500,000. 
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1 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY

2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte3 nance, Navy’’, $5,296,600,000. 

4 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte6 nance, Marine Corps’’, $1,752,700,000. 

7 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE

8 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte9 nance, Air Force’’, $7,209,200,000. 

10 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE

11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte12 nance, Defense-Wide’’, $4,007,700,000, to remain available 

13 until expended, of which $1,400,000,000, which may be 

14 used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for pay15 ments to reimburse Pakistan, Jordan, and other key cooper16 ating nations, for logistical and military-related support 

17 provided to the United States in connection with military 

18 action in Iraq and the global war on terrorism: Provided, 

19 That such payments may be made in such amounts as the 

20 Secretary of Defense, with concurrence of the Secretary of 

21 State and in consultation with the Director of the Office 

22 of Management and Budget, may determine, in his discre23 tion, based on documentation determined by the Secretary 

24 of Defense to adequately account for the support provided, 

25 and such determination is final and conclusive upon the 
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1 accounting officers of the United States and 15 days fol2 lowing notification to the appropriate congressional com3 mittees. 

4 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte6 nance, Navy Reserve’’, $15,000,000. 

7 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE

8 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte9 nance, Marine Corps Reserve’’, $50,000,000. 

10 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte12 nance, Army National Guard’’, $88,400,000. 

13 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD

14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte15 nance, Air National Guard’’, $20,000,000. 

16 NATURAL RESOURCES RISK REMEDIATION FUND

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For expenses necessary to address emergency fire fight19 ing, repair of damage to oil facilities and related infra20 structure and preserve a distribution capability, 

21 $489,300,000, to remain available until expended: Pro22 vided, That the Secretary of Defense may accept from any 

23 person, foreign government, or international organization, 

24 and credit to this fund, any contribution of money for such 

25 purposes: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 
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1 may transfer these funds to other appropriations or funds 

2 of the Department of Defense to carry out such purposes, 

3 or to reimburse such appropriations or funds for expenses 

4 incurred for such purposes: Provided further, That funds 

5 so transferred shall be merged with and shall be available 

6 for the same purposes and for the same time period as the 

7 appropriation or fund to which transferred: Provided fur8 ther, That the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report 

9 no later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal quarter 

10 to the congressional defense committees of any transfer of 

11 funds from this appropriation: Provided further, That the 

12 transfer authority provided in this paragraph is in addi13 tion to any other transfer authority available to the Depart14 ment of Defense: Provided further, That upon a determina15 tion that all or part of the funds transferred from this ap16 propriation are not necessary for the purposes provided, 

17 such amounts may be transferred back to this appropria18 tion. 

19 PROCUREMENT 

20 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY

21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, 

22 Army’’, $4,100,000. 

23 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY

24 For an additional amount for ‘‘Missile Procurement, 

25 Army’’, $3,100,000. 
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1 PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT

2 VEHICLES, ARMY

3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Weap4 ons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army’’, $53,300,000. 

5 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Am7 munition, Army’’, $447,500,000. 

8 OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY

9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, 

10 Army’’, $241,800,000. 

11 OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, 

13 Air Force’’, $113,600,000. 

14 PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE

15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Defense16 Wide’’, $451,000,000. 

17 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND 

18 EVALUATION 

19 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, ARMY

20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop21 ment, Test and Evaluation, Army’’, $11,500,000. 
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1 REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 

2 DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Working Cap5 ital Funds’’, $550,000,000. 

6 OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 

7 DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM

8 For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Health Pro9 gram’’, $501,700,000. 

10 DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, 

11 DEFENSE

12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Drug Interdiction and 

13 Counter-Drug Activities, Defense’’, $34,000,000. 

14 DEFENSE EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Emergency Re17 sponse Fund’’, $11,019,000,000, to remain available until 

18 expended for ongoing military operations in Iraq, and those 

19 operations authorized by Public Law 107–040, of which not 

20 to exceed $50,000,000, to remain available until September 

21 30, 2003, to support the military operations or activities 

22 of foreign nations in furtherance of the global war on ter23 rorism, including equipment, supplies, services, and fund24 ing on such terms as the Secretary of Defense, following 

25 notification of the congressional defense committees, and 
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1 with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, may deter2 mine: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may transfer 

3 the funds provided herein to appropriations for military 

4 personnel; operation and maintenance; Overseas Humani5 tarian, Disaster Assistance, and Civic Aid; procurement; 

6 research, development, test and evaluation; military con7 struction; the Defense Health Program; and working capital 

8 funds: Provided further, That the funds transferred shall be 

9 merged with and shall be available for the same purposes 

10 and for the same time period, as the appropriation to which 

11 transferred: Provided further, That the transfer authority 

12 provided in this paragraph is in addition to any other 

13 transfer authority available to the Department of Defense: 

14 Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall submit 

15 a report no later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal 

16 quarter to the Defense Oversight Committees of the details 

17 of any transfer of funds from the ‘‘Defense Emergency Re18 sponse Fund’’: Provided further, That upon a determina19 tion that all or part of the funds transferred from this ap20 propriation are not necessary for the purposes provided 

21 herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this appro22 priation. 

23 GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS CHAPTER 

24 SEC. 301. Under the heading, ‘‘Operation and Mainte25 nance, Defense-Wide’’, in title II of the Department of De-
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1 fense Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 107–248), 

2 strike ‘‘$25,000,000’’ and insert ‘‘$50,000,000’’. Section 

3 166a of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking 

4 ‘‘$7,000,000’’ in subsection (e)(1)(A) and inserting 

5 ‘‘$15,000,000’’; by striking ‘‘$1,000,000’’ in subsection 

6 (e)(1)(B) and inserting ‘‘$10,000,000’’; and by striking 

7 ‘‘$2,000,000’’ in subsection (e)(1)(C) and inserting 

8 ‘‘$10,000,000’’. 

9 SEC. 302. Under the heading, ‘‘Operation and Mainte10 nance, Defense-Wide’’, in title II of the Department of De11 fense Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 107–248), 

12 strike ‘‘$34,500,000’’ and insert ‘‘$45,000,000’’. 

13 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 SEC. 303. Section 8005 of the Department of Defense 

15 Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 107–248), is amend16 ed—

17 (1) by striking ‘‘$2,000,000,000’’, and inserting 

18 ‘‘$3,500,000,000’’; and 

19 (2) by striking the date ‘‘May 31, 2003’’, and in20 serting ‘‘June 30, 2003’’. 

21 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 SEC. 304. In addition to amounts made available else23 where in this Act for the Department of Defense, 

24 $165,000,000 is appropriated to the Department of Defense 

25 to reimburse applicable appropriations for the value of 

26 drawdown support provided by the Department of Defense 
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1 under the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002: Pro2 vided, That this appropriation shall not increase the limi3 tation set forth in section 202(b) of that Act: Provided fur4 ther, That the Secretary of Defense may transfer the funds 

5 provided herein to the applicable appropriations of the De6 partment of Defense: Provided further, That the funds 

7 transferred shall be merged with and shall be available for 

8 the same purposes and for the same time period as the ap9 propriation to which transferred: Provided further, That the 

10 transfer authority provided in this section is in addition 

11 to any other transfer authority available to the Department 

12 of Defense. 

13 SEC. 305. Funds appropriated in this Act, or made 

14 available by the transfer of funds in or pursuant to this 

15 Act, for intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically 

16 authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of 

17 the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414). 

18 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 SEC. 306. Of the amounts available to the Department 

20 of Defense, $63,500,000 may be used to reimburse applicable 

21 appropriations for the value of support provided by the De22 partment of Defense under the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998: 

23 Provided, That this appropriation shall not increase the 

24 limitation set forth in section (4)(a)(2)(B) of that Act: Pro25 vided further, That the Secretary of Defense may transfer 

26 the funds provided herein to the applicable appropriations 
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1 of the Department of Defense: Provided further, That the 

2 funds transferred shall be merged with and shall be avail3 able for the same purposes and for the same time period 

4 as the appropriation to which transferred: Provided further, 

5 That the transfer authority provided in this section is in 

6 addition to any other transfer authority available to the 

7 Department of Defense. 

8 SEC. 307. EXPANDED USE OF COOPERATIVE THREAT

9 REDUCTION FUNDS. (a) IN GENERAL.—

10 (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

11 during fiscal year 2003 the President may use Coop12 erative Threat Reduction funds, including Coopera13 tive Threat Reduction funds for a prior fiscal year 

14 that remain available for obligation as of the date of 

15 the enactment of this Act, for proliferation threat re16 duction projects and activities outside the states of the 

17 former Soviet Union if the President determines that 

18 such projects and activities will: 

19 (A) assist the United States in the resolu20 tion of critical emerging proliferation threats; or 

21 (B) permit the United States to take advan22 tage of opportunities to achieve long-standing 

23 nonproliferation goals. 

24 (2) The amount that may be obligated under 

25 paragraph (1) in each fiscal year for projects and ac-
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1 tivities described in that paragraph may not exceed 

2 $50,000,000. 

3 (b) AUTHORIZED USES OF FUNDS.—The authority 

4 under subsection (a) to use Cooperative Threat Reduction 

5 funds for a project or activity includes authority to provide 

6 equipment, goods, and services for the project or activity, 

7 and shall be subject to 22 U.S.C. Sec. 5955. 

8 SEC. 308. None of the funds provided in this Act may 

9 be used to fund a program previously prohibited by the 

10 Congress, or to initiate a new procurement or research, de11 velopment, test and evaluation program without prior noti12 fication of the congressional defense committees. 

13 SEC. 309. The Secretary of Defense shall notify the 

14 congressional defense committees no later than 15 days after 

15 the obligation of funds appropriated in this Act for military 

16 construction activities or minor construction in excess of 

17 $7,500,000. 

18 SEC. 310. From funds appropriated in the Department 

19 of Defense Appropriations Act, 2003, Public Law 107–248, 

20 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air 

21 Force’’, not more than $6,800,000 is available to build and 

22 install fiber optic and power improvements and upgrades 

23 at the 11th Air Force Range. 

24 SEC. 311. Section 811(b) of the Bob Stump National 

25 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public 
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1 Law 107–314; 116 Stat. 2608; 10 U.S.C. 2406c note) is 

2 amended by striking ‘‘on or after the date of the enactment 

3 of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘on or after January 1, 2004’’. 

4 SEC. 312. From funds appropriated in the Department 

5 of Defense Appropriations Act, 2003, Public Law 107–248, 

6 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army Na7 tional Guard’’, not more than $3,000,000 is available to 

8 build an Infantry Brigade Rifle Range for the South Caro9 lina National Guard. 

10 SEC. 313. Appropriations available during fiscal year 

11 2003 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 

12 Army’’ for the Air Battle Captain program at the Univer13 sity of North Dakota, may be used to provide summer flight 

14 training to United States Military Academy cadets. 

15 SEC. 314. (a) INCREASE IN IMMINENT DANGER SPE16 CIAL PAY.—Section 310(a) of title 37, United States Code, 

17 is amended by striking ‘‘$150’’ and inserting ‘‘$225’’. 

18 (b) INCREASE IN FAMILY SEPARATION ALLOWANCE.—

19 Section 427(a)(1) of title 37, United States Code, is amend20 ed by striking ‘‘$100’’ and inserting ‘‘$250’’. 

21 (c) EXPIRATION.—(1) The amendments made by sub22 sections (a) and (b) shall expire on September 30, 2003. 

23 (2) Effective on September 30, 2003, sections 310(a) 

24 of title 37, United States Code, and 427(a)(1) of title 37, 
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1 United States Code, as in effect on the day before the date 

2 of the enactment of this Act are hereby revived. 

3 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

4 subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on October 1, 2002 

5 and shall apply with respect to months beginning on or 

6 after that date. 

7 SEC. 315. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 

8 Act may be obligated or expended to reduce the number of 

9 American Registry of Pathology personnel used by the 

10 Armed Forces Institute of Pathology for programs, projects, 

11 and activities of the Institute during fiscal year 2003 below 

12 the number of such personnel who are so used as of April 

13 1, 2003. 

14 (b) Of the total amount appropriated by chapter 3 of 

15 title I under the heading ‘‘Defense Health Program’’, 

16 $7,500,000 shall be available for the Armed Forces Institute 

17 of Pathology. 

18 SEC. 316. Of the funds appropriated in the Depart19 ment of Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds 

20 are hereby rescinded from the following account and pro21 gram in the specified amount: ‘‘Research, Development, 

22 Test and Evaluation, Navy, 2003’’, $3,400,000. 

23 SEC. 317. In the case of a member of the Armed Forces 

24 who is ill or injured as described in section 411h of title 

25 37, United States Code, as a result of service on active duty 
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1 in support of Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring 

2 Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom, the travel and trans3 portation benefits under that section may be provided to 

4 members of the family of the ill or injured member without 

5 regard to whether there is a determination that the presence 

6 of the family member may contribute to the member’s health 

7 and welfare. 

8 SEC. 318. (a) For a member of the Armed Forces medi9 cally evacuated for treatment in a medical facility, or for 

10 travel to a medical facility or the member’s home station, 

11 by reason of an illness or injury incurred or aggravated 

12 by the member while on active duty in support of Operation 

13 Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation 

14 Iraqi Freedom, the Secretary of the military department 

15 concerned may procure civilian attire suitable for wear by 

16 the member during the travel. 

17 (b) The Secretary may not expend more than $250 for 

18 the procurement of civilian attire for any member under 

19 subsection (a). 
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1 CHAPTER 4

2 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 

3 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 

4 CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL

5 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, GENERAL

6 For an additional amount for homeland security ex7 penses, for ‘‘Operations and Maintenance, General’’, 

8 $29,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

9 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

10 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

11 WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES

12 For an additional amount for homeland security ex13 penses, for ‘‘Water and Related Resources’’, $25,000,000, to 

14 remain available until expended. 

15 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

16 ENERGY PROGRAMS

17 SCIENCE

18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Science’’ for expenses 

19 necessary to support safeguards and security of nuclear and 

20 other facilities and for other purposes, $11,000,000, to re21 main available until expended. 
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1 ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 

2 NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

3 WEAPONS ACTIVITIES

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Weapons Activities’’ 

5 for expenses necessary to safeguard nuclear weapons and 

6 nuclear material, $61,000,000, to remain available until ex7 pended: Provided, That $25,000,000 of the funds provided 

8 shall be available for secure transportation asset activities: 

9 Provided further, That $36,000,000 of the funds provided 

10 shall be available to meet increased safeguards and security 

11 needs throughout the nuclear weapons complex. 

12 NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION 

13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Nuclear Nonprolifera14 tion’’ for expenses necessary to safeguard fissile nuclear ma15 terial, $150,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

16 Provided, That $84,000,000 of the funds provided shall be 

17 available for the development and deployment of nuclear de18 tectors at mega seaports, in coordination with the Depart19 ment of Homeland Security Bureau of Customs and Border 

20 Protection: Provided further, That $17,000,000 of the funds 

21 provided shall be available for detection and deterrence of 

22 radiological dispersal devices: Provided further, That 

23 $17,000,000 of the funds provided shall be available for non24 proliferation assistance to nations other than the Former 

25 Soviet Union: Provided further, That $15,000,000 of the 
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1 funds provided shall be available for nuclear nonprolifera2 tion verification programs, including $2,500,000 for the 

3 Caucasus Seismic Network: Provided further, That 

4 $5,000,000 of the funds provided shall be available for the 

5 packaging and disposition of any nuclear material found 

6 in Iraq: Provided further, That $5,000,000 of the funds pro7 vided shall be available for nuclear material detection mate8 rials and devices: Provided further, That $5,000,000 of the 

9 funds provided shall be available for international export 

10 control cooperation activities: Provided further, That 

11 $2,000,000 of the funds provided shall be available for vul12 nerability assessments of spent nuclear fuel casks. 

13 ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE 

14 ACTIVITIES 

15 DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND WASTE

16 MANAGEMENT

17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Environ18 mental Restoration and Waste Management’’, for expenses 

19 necessary to support safeguards and security activities at 

20 nuclear and other facilities, $6,000,000, to remain available 

21 until expended. 

22 OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 

23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Defense Activi24 ties’’, $18,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 

25 increased safeguards and security of Department of Energy 
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1 facilities and personnel, including intelligence and counter2 intelligence activities: Provided, That this amount shall be 

3 available for transfer to other accounts within the Depart4 ment of Energy for other expenses necessary to support ele5 vated security conditions 15 days after a notification to the 

6 Congress of the proposed transfers. 

7 CHAPTER 5

8 BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

9 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 

10 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL

11 DEVELOPMENT

12 CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH PROGRAMS FUNDS

13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Child Survival and 

14 Health Programs Fund’’, $90,000,000. 

15 INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE

16 For an additional amount for ‘‘International Disaster 

17 Assistance’’, $112,500,000: Provided, That amounts made 

18 available pursuant to section 492(b) of the Foreign Assist19 ance Act of 1961 for the purpose of addressing relief and 

20 rehabilitation needs in Iraq, prior to enactment of this Act, 

21 shall be in addition to the amount that may be obligated 

22 in any fiscal year under that section. 

23 LOAN GUARANTEES TO ISRAEL

24 During the period beginning March 1, 2003 and end25 ing September 30, 2005, loan guarantees may be made 

26 available to Israel, guaranteeing 100 percent of the prin-
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1 cipal and interest on such loans, any part of which is to 

2 be guaranteed, not to exceed $9,000,000,000: Provided, That 

3 guarantees may be issued under this section only to support 

4 activities in the geographic areas which were subject to the 

5 administration of the Government of Israel before June 5, 

6 1967: Provided further, That the amount of guarantees that 

7 may be issued shall be reduced by an amount equal to the 

8 amount extended or estimated to have been extended by the 

9 Government of Israel during the period from March 1, 2003 

10 to the date of issue of the guarantee, for activities which 

11 the President determines are inconsistent with the objectives 

12 and understandings reached between the United States and 

13 the Government of Israel regarding the implementation of 

14 the loan guarantee program: Provided further, That no ap15 propriations are available under this heading for the sub16 sidy costs for these loan guarantees: Provided further, That 

17 the Government of Israel will pay the cost, as defined in 

18 section 502 of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, as 

19 amended, including any non-payment exposure risk, associ20 ated with the loan guarantees issued in any fiscal year on 

21 a pro rata basis as each guarantee is issued during that 

22 year: Provided further, That all fees associated with the 

23 loan guarantees shall be paid by the Government of Israel 

24 to the Government of the United States: Provided further, 

25 That funds made available for assistance to Israel under 
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1 chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

2 as amended, may be utilized by the Government of Israel 

3 to pay such fees to the United States Government: Provided 

4 further, That such guarantees shall constitute obligations, 

5 in accordance with the terms of such guarantees, of the 

6 United States and the full faith and credit of the United 

7 States is hereby pledged for the full payment and perform8 ance of such obligations: Provided further, That if less than 

9 the full amount of guarantees authorized to be made avail10 able is issued prior to September 30, 2005, the authority 

11 to issue the balance of such guarantees shall extend to the 

12 subsequent fiscal year: Provided further, That the President 

13 shall determine the terms and conditions for issuing guar14 antees, taking into consideration the budgetary and eco15 nomic reforms undertaken by Israel: Provided further, That 

16 if the President determines that these terms and conditions 

17 have been breached, the President may suspend or terminate 

18 the provision of all or part of the loan guarantees not yet 

19 issued under this section. 

20 OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY

21 FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

22 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating Expenses of 

23 the United States Agency for International Development’’, 

24 $23,600,000, of which not more than $2,000,000 may be 

25 transferred to and merged with ‘‘Operating Expenses of the 
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1 United States Agency for International Development Office 

2 of Inspector General’’. 

3 OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

4 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Economic Support 

6 Fund’’, $2,357,900,000, of which the amounts specified 

7 herein shall be available as follows: 

8 (1) $300,000,000, to remain available until Sep9 tember 30, 2005, only for grants for Egypt: Provided, 

10 That during the period beginning March 1, 2003 and 

11 ending September 30, 2005, loan guarantees may be 

12 made to Egypt, the principal amount, any part of 

13 which is to be guaranteed, shall not exceed 

14 $2,000,000,000: Provided further, That up to 

15 $379,600,000 in funds appropriated under this head16 ing in prior foreign operations, export financing, and 

17 related programs appropriations Acts for Egypt, in18 cluding funds provided as Commodity Import Pro19 gram assistance, may be made available on a grant 

20 basis as a cash transfer. 

21 (2) $1,000,000,000 to remain available until 

22 September 30, 2005, only for grants for Turkey: Pro23 vided, That during the period beginning March 1, 

24 2003 and ending September 30, 2005, direct loans or 

25 loan guarantees may be made to Turkey, the prin-
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1 cipal amount of direct loans or loans, any part of 

2 which is to be guaranteed, shall not exceed 

3 $8,500,000,000: Provided further, That none of the 

4 funds made available under this heading for Turkey 

5 may be made available if Turkey unilaterally deploys 

6 troops into northern Iraq during Operation Iraqi 

7 Freedom: Provided further, That the Secretary of 

8 State may waive the requirement of the previous pro9 viso if he determines that to do so is in the national 

10 security interest of the United States: Provided fur11 ther, That any balance of funds not made available 

12 to Turkey under this paragraph shall be transferred 

13 to, and merged with, funds appropriated for ‘‘Iraq 

14 Relief and Reconstruction Fund’’. 

15 (3) The Government of Egypt and the Govern16 ment of Turkey will pay the cost, as defined in sec17 tion 502 of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, as 

18 amended, including any non-payment exposure risk, 

19 associated with these loan guarantees: Provided fur20 ther, That all fees associated with these loan guaran21 tees or loans shall be paid by the Government of 

22 Egypt and the Government of Turkey to the Govern23 ment of the United States: Provided further, That 

24 funds made available for assistance for Egypt and 

25 Turkey under chapter 4 of Part II of the Foreign As-
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1 sistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be utilized by 

2 the Government of Egypt and the Government of Tur3 key to pay such fees and costs to the United States 

4 Government: Provided further, That such guarantees 

5 shall constitute obligations, in accordance with the 

6 terms of such guarantees, of the United States and the 

7 full faith and credit of the United States is hereby 

8 pledged for the full payment and performance of such 

9 obligations: Provided further, That the President shall 

10 determine the terms and conditions for providing the 

11 economic assistance authorized in paragraphs (1) and 

12 (2): Provided further, That if the President deter13 mines that these terms and conditions have been 

14 breached, the President may suspend or terminate the 

15 provision of all or part of such economic assistance 

16 not yet outlayed under this heading, and shall trans17 fer, and merge, such economic assistance with the 

18 ‘‘Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund’’. 

19 (4) $700,000,000 for assistance for Jordan. 

20 (5) Not less than $50,000,000 for assistance for 

21 the Philippines to further prospects for peace in 

22 Mindanao. 
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1 UNITED STATES EMERGENCY FUND FOR COMPLEX

2 FOREIGN CRISES

3 For necessary expenses to enable the President to re4 spond to unforeseen complex foreign crises, $150,000,000, 

5 to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 

6 appropriated under this heading may be made available 

7 only pursuant to a determination by the President that is 

8 in the national interest to furnish assistance on such terms 

9 and conditions as he may determine, after consultation 

10 with Congress, for the purpose of responding to such crises, 

11 including support for peace and humanitarian intervention 

12 operations: Provided further, That none of the funds appro13 priated under this heading shall be available to respond to 

14 natural disasters: Provided further, That for funds appro15 priated under this heading the President may make alloca16 tions to Federal agencies, other than the Department of De17 fense, to carry out the authorities provided under this head18 ing: Provided further, That funds appropriated by this 

19 paragraph shall be made available notwithstanding section 

20 10 of Public Law 91–672 and section 15 of the State De21 partment Basic Authorities Act of 1956: Provided further, 

22 That the President may furnish assistance under this head23 ing notwithstanding any other provision of law: Provided 

24 further, That the previous proviso shall not apply to section 

25 553 of Public Law 108–7: Provided further, That funds ap-
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1 propriated under this heading shall be subject to the regular 

2 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria3 tions, except that notifications shall be transmitted at least 

4 5 days in advance of the obligations of funds: Provided fur5 ther, That the requirements of the previous proviso may be 

6 waived if failure to do so would pose a substantial risk to 

7 human health or welfare: Provided further, That in case 

8 of any such waiver, notification to the Committees on Ap9 propriations shall be provided as early as practicable, but 

10 in no event later than 3 days after taking the action to 

11 which such notification requirement was applicable, in the 

12 context of the circumstances necessitating such waiver: Pro13 vided further, That any notification provided pursuant to 

14 such waiver shall contain an explanation of the emergency 

15 circumstances. 

16 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

17 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

18 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW

19 ENFORCEMENT

20 For an additional amount for ‘‘International Nar21 cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, $25,000,000, to re22 main available until September 30, 2004. 

23 ANDEAN COUNTERDRUG INITIATIVE

24 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Andean 

25 Counterdrug Initiative’’, $34,0000,000, to remain available 
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1 until September 30, 2004: Provided, That of the funds ap2 propriated under this heading that are made available for 

3 Colombia, not less than $5,000,000 should be made avail4 able for programs and activities to assist women and chil5 dren who have been displaced as a result of armed conflict. 

6 UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION

7 ASSISTANCE FUND

8 For an additional amount for ‘‘United States Emer9 gency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund’’, 

10 $75,000,000, to remain available until expended, notwith11 standing section 2(c)(2) of the Migration and Refugee As12 sistance Act of 1962, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)(2)). 

13 NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND

14 RELATED PROGRAMS

15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Nonproliferation, 

16 Anti-Terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, 

17 $28,000,000: Provided, That funds appropriated by this 

18 paragraph shall be available notwithstanding section 10 of 

19 Public Law 91–672 and section 15 of the State Department 

20 Basic Authorities Act of 1956. 

21 MILITARY ASSISTANCE 

22 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 

23 FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

24 For an additional amount for ‘‘Foreign Military Fi25 nancing Program’’, $2,059,100,000: Provided, That funds 
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1 appropriated by this paragraph shall be available notwith2 standing section 10 of Public Law 91–672 and section 15 

3 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956: Pro4 vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 

5 heading, not less than $1,000,000,000 shall be made avail6 able for assistance for Israel and not less than $406,000,000 

7 shall be made available for assistance for Jordan: Provided 

8 further, That the funds appropriated by this paragraph for 

9 Israel shall be disbursed within 30 days of the enactment 

10 of this Act: Provided further, That to the extent that the 

11 Government of Israel requests that funds be used for such 

12 purposes, grants made available for Israel by this para13 graph shall, as agreed by Israel and the United States, be 

14 available for advanced weapons systems, of which not less 

15 than $263,000,000 shall be available for the procurement 

16 in Israel of defense articles and defense services, including 

17 research and development: Provided further, That up to 

18 $20,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this paragraph 

19 may be transferred to and merged with funds appropriated 

20 under the heading ‘‘Andean Counterdrug Initiative’’ for 

21 aircraft, training, and other assistance for the Colombian 

22 Armed Forces: Provided further, That funds appropriated 

23 under this heading shall be subject to the regular notifica24 tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, ex-
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1 cept that notifications shall be transmitted at least 10 days 

2 in advance of the obligation of funds. 

3 PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper5 ations’’, $150,000,000. 

6 OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

7 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

8 IRAQ RELIEF AND RECONSTRUCTION FUND

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses for humanitarian assistance in 

11 and around Iraq and for rehabilitation and reconstruction 

12 in Iraq, $2,468,300,000, including for the costs of: (1) feed13 ing and food distribution; (2) supporting relief efforts re14 lated to refugees, internally displaced persons, and vulner15 able individuals, including assistance for families of inno16 cent Iraqi civilians who suffer losses as a result of military 

17 operations; (3) humanitarian demining; (4) healthcare; (5) 

18 water/sanitation infrastructure; (6) education; (7) elec19 tricity; (8) transportation; (9) telecommunications; (10) 

20 rule of law and governance; (11) economic and financial 

21 policy; and (12) agriculture: Provided, That these funds 

22 may be transferred to and made available for any Federal 

23 Government activity, other than any Department of Defense 

24 activity, for expenses to meet such costs: Provided further, 

25 That upon a determination that all or part of the funds 

26 transferred from this appropriation are not necessary for 
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1 the purposes provided herein, such amounts may be trans2 ferred back to this appropriation: Provided further, That 

3 funds appropriated under this heading shall be used to fully 

4 reimburse accounts administered by the Department of 

5 State and the United States Agency for International De6 velopment, not otherwise reimbursed from funds appro7 priated by this chapter, for obligations incurred for the pur8 poses provided under this heading prior to enactment of this 

9 Act from funds appropriated for foreign operations, export 

10 financing, and related programs: Provided further, That 

11 prior to the initial transfer of funds made available under 

12 this heading to any Agency or Department, the Secretary 

13 of State shall consult with the Committees on Appropria14 tions on plans for the use of the funds appropriated under 

15 this heading that will be used for assistance for Iraq: Pro16 vided further, That the United States may accept from any 

17 person, foreign government, or international organization, 

18 and credit to this Fund, any contribution of money for such 

19 purposes: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 

20 this heading shall be available notwithstanding any other 

21 provision of law, including section 10 of Public Law 91–

22 672 and section 15 of the State Department Basic Authori23 ties Act of 1956: Provided further, That the previous proviso 

24 shall not apply to section 553 of Public Law 108–7: Pro25 vided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 
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1 shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

2 Committees on Appropriation, except that notifications 

3 shall be transmitted at least 5 days in advance of the obliga4 tions of funds: Provided further, That of the funds appro5 priated under this heading, $4,300,000 shall be made avail6 able to the United States Agency for International Develop7 ment Office of Inspector General for the purpose of moni8 toring and auditing expenditures for reconstruction and re9 lated activities in Iraq: Provided further, That such sums 

10 are in addition to funds otherwise made available by this 

11 Act to such office

12 GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS CHAPTER 

13 SEC. 501. Any appropriation made available in this 

14 chapter under the headings ‘‘International Disaster Assist15 ance’’, ‘‘United States Emergency Refugee and Migration 

16 Assistance Fund’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, 

17 Demining and Related Programs’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper18 ations’’, or ‘‘Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund’’ may be 

19 transferred between such appropriations for use for any of 

20 the purposes for which the funds in the such receiving ac21 count may be used: Provided, That the total amount trans22 ferred from funds appropriated under each of these headings 

23 shall not exceed $200,000,000: Provided further, That the 

24 Secretary of State shall consult with the Committee on Ap25 propriations prior to exercising the authority contained in 
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1 this section: Provided further, That funds made available 

2 pursuant to the authority of this section shall be subject 

3 to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 

4 Appropriations, except that notification shall be trans5 mitted at least 5 days in advance of the obligations of funds. 

6 SEC. 502. Assistance or other financing under this 

7 chapter may be made available for assistance to Iraq not8 withstanding any other provision of law: Provided, That 

9 the authority contained in this section shall not apply to 

10 section 553 of Public Law 108–7: Provided further, That 

11 funds made available for assistance for Iraq pursuant to 

12 this authority shall be subject to the regular notification 

13 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations and sec14 tion 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, except that 

15 notification shall be transmitted at least 5 days in advance 

16 of the obligation of funds. 

17 SEC. 503. The Iraq Sanctions Act of 1990 is hereby 

18 repealed: Provided, That nothing in this section shall affect 

19 the applicability of the Iran-Iraq Arms Non-Proliferation 

20 Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–484), except as such Act ap21 plies to water purification items and other humanitarian 

22 assistance for the Iraqi people: Provided further, That the 

23 President may make inapplicable with respect to Iraq sec24 tion 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amend25 ed, or other provision of law that applies to countries that 
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1 have supported terrorism: Provided further, That section 

2 307 of the Foreign Assistance of 1961, as amended, shall 

3 not apply with respect to programs of international organi4 zations for Iraq: Provided further, That provisions of law 

5 that direct the United States Government to vote against 

6 or oppose loans or other uses of funds, including for finan7 cial or technical assistance, in international financial insti8 tutions for Iraq should not be construed as applying to Iraq. 

9 SEC. 504. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

10 the President may authorize the export to Iraq of any item 

11 subject to the Export Administration Regulations, 15 CFR 

12 chapter VII, subchapter C, or controlled under the Inter13 national Trafficking in Arms Regulations on the United 

14 States Munitions List established pursuant to section 38 of 

15 the Arms Export Control Act, 22 U.S.C. 2778, if the Presi16 dent determines that the export of such item is in the na17 tional interest of the United States. 

18 SEC. 505. Of the funds appropriated by this chapter 

19 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, $10,000,000 

20 should be made available for investigations and research 

21 into allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity, 

22 or genocide committed by Saddam Hussein or other Iraqis, 

23 and for the establishment of an international tribunal to 

24 bring these individuals to justice: Provided, That 90 days 

25 after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall re-
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1 port to the Committees on Appropriations on plans for the 

2 prosecution of these individuals, including jurisdictional 

3 options. 

4 SEC. 506. It is the Sense of the Senate that, to the 

5 maximum extent practicable, contracts (including sub6 contracts) and grants for relief and reconstruction in Iraq 

7 from funds appropriated under this chapter should be 

8 awarded to United States companies (particularly small 

9 and medium sized businesses) and organizations, to compa10 nies and organizations located in the Near East region, and 

11 to those from countries which have provided assistance to 

12 Operation Iraqi Freedom. 

13 SEC. 507. It is the sense of the Senate that the recon14 struction of Iraq should be funded to the maximum extent 

15 practicable from revenues produced by Iraqi oil and that 

16 the United States Government should work with our allies, 

17 the future government of a free Iraq, and other appropriate 

18 entities to establish the necessary framework for this ar19 rangement. 

20 SEC. 508. Division E of Public Law 108–7, under the 

21 heading ‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of the 

22 Former Soviet Union’’, is amended by inserting in sub23 section (f) before the period: ‘‘: Provided further, That such 

24 funds may be made available without regard to the restric25 tion in this subsection if the Secretary of State determines 
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1 that to do so is in the national security interest of the 

2 United States’’. 

3 CHAPTER 6

4 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

5 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

6 COUNTERTERRORISM FUND

7 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Counterterrorism 

8 Fund,’’ for necessary expenses as determined by the Sec9 retary of Homeland Security, $1,135,000,000, to remain 

10 available until December 31, 2003, to reimburse any De11 partment of Homeland Security organization for the costs 

12 of providing support to prevent, counter, investigate, re13 spond to, or prosecute unexpected threats or acts of ter14 rorism: Provided, That of the total amount appropriated, 

15 not to exceed $215,000,000 may be transferred to any au16 thorized Federal Government activity for necessary expenses 

17 to detect, prepare for, protect against, or respond to a poten18 tial terrorist attack: Provided further, That the Secretary 

19 shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

20 and House of Representatives 15 days prior to the obliga21 tion of any amount of these funds. 

22 BORDER AND TRANSPORTATION SECURITY

23 OFFICE FOR DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS

24 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office for Domestic 

25 Preparedness’’, as authorized by Sections 403(5) and 430 
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1 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–

2 296) and Section 1014 of the USA PATRIOT ACT of 2001 

3 (Public Law 107–56), for grants, contracts, cooperative 

4 agreements, and other activities, including grants to States 

5 for terrorism prevention activities, $2,200,000,000, to re6 main available until expended: Provided, That of the total 

7 amount appropriated, $1,270,000,000 shall be made avail8 able for grants to states, and each state grant award shall 

9 ensure that at least 80 percent of the total amount of the 

10 grant shall be allocated to local governments within 60 days 

11 of receipt of the funds: Provided further, That of the total 

12 amount appropriated, $300,000,000 shall be made available 

13 for grants to states for critical infrastructure protection, 

14 and each grant award shall ensure that no less than one15 third of the total amount of the grant shall be allocated to 

16 local governments within 60 days of receipt of the funds: 

17 Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 

18 $600,000,000 shall be made available for protection or pre19 paredness of high-threat urban areas, as determined by the 

20 Secretary of Homeland Security. 

21 COAST GUARD

22 OPERATING EXPENSES

23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ 

24 for the Coast Guard in support of Department of Defense 

25 initiatives in relation to Operation Iraqi Freedom and Op-
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1 eration Liberty Shield, $580,000,000, to remain available 

2 until December 31, 2003: Provided, That the Secretary shall 

3 notify the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

4 House of Representatives 15 days prior to obligation of any 

5 amount of these funds. 

6 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

7 DISASTER RELIEF

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND ASSISTANCE

10 For an additional amount, not otherwise provided for, 

11 to carry out activities under the National Flood Insurance 

12 Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 

13 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

14 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et 

15 seq.), the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 

16 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Federal Fire Prevention and Con17 trol Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), the Defense Pro18 duction Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.), sections 

19 107 and 303 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

20 U.S.C. 404–405), and Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 197, 

21 $109,500,000, to remain available until expended: Pro22 vided, That this amount shall be for grants to improve pub23 lic safety communications and interoperability. 

24 GENERAL PROVISION, THIS CHAPTER 

25 SEC. 601. The Bureau of Customs and Border Protec26 tion shall inspect all commercial motor vehicles (as defined 
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1 in section 31101(1) of title 49, United States Code) car2 rying municipal solid waste and seeking to enter the United 

3 States through the Blue Water Bridge port-of-entry in Port 

4 Huron, Michigan, and the Ambassador Bridge port-of-entry 

5 in Detroit, Michigan, and ensure that by May 2003, the 

6 Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron, Michigan, shall be—

7 (1) equipped with radiation detection equipment; 

8 and 

9 (2) staffed by Bureau inspectors formally trained 

10 in the process of detecting radioactive materials in 

11 cargo and equipped with both portal monitor devices 

12 and hand-held isotope identifiers. 

13 SEC. 602. TSA TO ISSUE LETTERS OF INTENT RE14 GARDING INSTALLATION OF EDS AT AIRPORTS. (a) IN GEN15 ERAL.—The Under Secretary of Homeland Security for 

16 Transportation and Border Security may issue letters of 

17 intent to airports to provide assistance for the installation 

18 of explosive detection systems by the date prescribed by sec19 tion 44901(d)(2)(i) of title 49, United States Code. 

20 (b) REPORT.—Beginning 30 days after the date of en21 actment of this Act, and every 60 days thereafter in cal22 endar year 2003, the Under Secretary shall transmit a clas23 sified report to the House of Representatives Committee on 

24 Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Appropriations, 

25 the House of Representatives Committee on Transportation 
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1 and Infrastructure, and the Senate Committee on Com2 merce, Science, and Transportation describing each letter 

3 of intent issued by the Under Secretary under subsection 

4 (a). 

5 SEC. 603. In accordance with section 873(b) of the 

6 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 453(b)), the Bu7 reau of Customs and Border Protection may accept dona8 tions of body armor for United States border patrol agents 

9 and United States border patrol canines if such donations 

10 would further the mission of protecting our Nation’s border 

11 and ports of entry as determined by the Under Secretary 

12 for Border and Transportation Security. 

13 CHAPTER 7

14 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

15 SERVICES 

16 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

17 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY FUND

18 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Public Health and 

19 Social Services Emergency Fund’’, $35,000,000 for costs as20 sociated with compensating individuals with injuries re21 sulting from smallpox vaccinations and countermeasures, 

22 to remain available until expended: Provided, That such 

23 funds shall become available only upon the enactment of 

24 legislation authorizing a smallpox vaccination compensa25 tion program. 
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1 SMALLPOX AND OTHER BIOTERRORISM INOCULATION

2 ACTIVITIES

3 For additional expenses necessary to support grants to 

4 States for smallpox and other bioterrorism inoculation ac5 tivities, $105,000,000, to remain available until September 

6 30, 2004: Provided, That this amount is transferred to the 

7 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

8 SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME (SARS)

9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Centers for Disease 

10 Control and Prevention, Disease Control, Research, and 

11 Training’’, $16,000,000 for costs associated with the preven12 tion and control of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 

13 (SARS). 

14 GENERAL PROVISION

15 REPATRIATION

16 SEC. 701. Section 1113(d) of the Social Security Act 

17 (42 U.S.C. 1313(d)), is amended by striking ‘‘1991’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘2003’’. 

19 CHAPTER 8

20 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

21 CAPITOL POLICE 

22 GENERAL EXPENSES

23 For an additional amount for ‘‘General expenses’’, 

24 $38,165,000, to remain available until expended. 
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1 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and ex4 penses’’, $111,000. 

5 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

6 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

7 For an additional amount for ‘‘General administra8 tion’’, $18,672,000, which shall remain available until Sep9 tember 30, 2007. 

10 CAPITOL BUILDING

11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Capitol building’’, 

12 $1,100,000. 

13 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Capitol power plant’’, 

15 $14,600,000, which shall remain available until September 

16 30, 2007. 

17 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Capitol police build19 ings and grounds’’, $40,140,000, to remain available until 

20 September 30, 2007. 

21 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and ex24 penses’’, $5,500,000 to remain available until September 

25 30, 2007. 
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1 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and ex4 penses’’, $1,863,000, to remain available until September 

5 30, 2007. 

6 GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and ex9 penses’’, $4,849,000. 

10 GENERAL PROVISONS, THIS CHAPTER 

11 SEC. 801. POSTAL PATRON POSTCARDS. The matter 

12 under the subheading ‘‘MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS’’ under the 

13 heading ‘‘CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE’’ under 

14 title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 

15 (Public Law 108–7) is amended by striking ‘‘with a popu16 lation of less than 250,000’’. 

17 CHAPTER 9

18 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

19 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

20 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY

21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 

22 Navy’’, $48,100,000, to remain available until September 

23 30, 2007. 
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1 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 

3 Air Force’’, $127,400,000, to remain available until Sep4 tember 30, 2007. 

5 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR

6 FORCE

7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Family Housing Oper8 ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’, $2,000,000, to remain 

9 available until September 30, 2007. 

10 GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS CHAPTER 

11 SEC. 901. (a) Up to $150,000,000 of the amounts made 

12 available to the Department of Defense from funds appro13 priated in this Act may be used to carry out military con14 struction projects, not otherwise authorized by law, that the 

15 Secretary of Defense certifies are necessary to respond to 

16 or protect against acts or threatened acts of terrorism or 

17 to prosecute operations in Iraq. 

18 (b) Not later than 15 days before obligating amounts 

19 available under subsection (a) for military construction 

20 projects referred to in that subsection, the Secretary shall 

21 notify the appropriate committees of Congress of the fol22 lowing: 

23 (1) the determination to use such amounts for 

24 the project; and 
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1 (2) the estimated cost of the project and the ac2 companying Form 1391. 

3 (c) In this section the term ‘‘appropriate committees 

4 of Congress’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

5 2801(c)(4) of title 10, United States Code. 

6 SEC. 902. (a) The Secretary of the Army may accept 

7 funds from the State of Utah, and credit them to the appro8 priate Department of the Army accounts for the purpose 

9 of the funding of the costs associated with extending the 

10 runway at Michael Army Airfield, Dugway Proving 

11 Ground, Utah, as part of a previously authorized military 

12 construction project. 

13 (b) The Secretary may use the funds accepted for the 

14 refurbishment, in addition to funds authorized and appro15 priated for the project. The authority to accept a contribu16 tion under this section does not authorize the Secretary of 

17 the Army to reduce expenditures of amounts appropriated 

18 for the refurbishment project. The funds accepted shall re19 main available until expended. 

20 (c) The authority provided in this section shall be effec21 tive upon the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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1 CHAPTER 10

2 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

3 MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

4 MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM

5 ACCOUNT

6 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized, 

7 $50,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2005: 

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

9 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres10 sional Budget Act of 1974, as amended. 

11 CHAPTER 11

12 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

13 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

14 MEDICAL CARE

15 For necessary expenses for the maintenance and oper16 ation of hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facili17 ties; for furnishing, as authorized by law, inpatient and 

18 outpatient care and treatment to beneficiaries of the De19 partment of Veterans Affairs, including care and treatment 

20 in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the department; 

21 and for furnishing recreational facilities, supplies, and 

22 equipment incident to the provision of hospital care, med23 ical services, and nursing home care authorized by section 

24 1710(e)(1)(D) of title 38, United States Code, $155,000,000: 
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1 Provided, That such amount shall remain available until 

2 expended. 

3 TITLE II—MISCELLANEOUS AND TECHNICAL 

4 CORRECTIONS 

5 CHAPTER 1

6 SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, 

7 AND RELATED AGENCIES

8 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

9 SEC. 201. (a) Section 756 in Division A of Public Law 

10 108–7 is amended by striking ‘‘section 7404’’ and inserting 

11 in lieu thereof ‘‘section 7404(a)(1)’’. 

12 (b) Section 10806(b) of the Farm Security and Rural 

13 Investment Act of 2002 (21 U.S.C. 321d(b)) is amended by 

14 adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection and the 

16 amendment made by this subsection take effect on 

17 May 13, 2003.’’. 

18 (c) Section 210 of the Agricultural Assistance Act of 

19 2003, ‘‘Assistance to Agricultural Producers Located in 

20 New Mexico for Tebuthiuron Application Losses’’, is 

21 amended in subsection (a)—

22 (1) by inserting ‘‘all’’ before ‘‘losses’’; 

23 (2) by inserting after ‘‘losses’’ the following: ‘‘to 

24 crops, livestock, and trees, and interest and loss of in25 come, and related expenses’’; 
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1 (3) by striking ‘‘during calendar years 2002 and 

2 2003’’; and 

3 (4) by deleting ‘‘August’’ and inserting in lieu 

4 thereof ‘‘July’’. 

5 (d)(1) STUDY ON THE SALE OF MILK INTO CALI6 FORNIA.—Within 90 days, the Secretary shall report to 

7 Congress on the economic impacts to California dairy farm8 ers from handlers or processors of Class I milk products in 

9 the Las Vegas-Nevada-Arizona region selling milk or milk 

10 products into the California State order. 

11 (2) EXEMPTION OF MILK HANDLERS FROM MINIMUM

12 PRICE REQUIREMENTS.—Section 8c(5) of the Agricultural 

13 Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 608c(5)), reenacted with amend14 ments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 

15 (as amended by subsection (a)), is amended by adding at 

16 the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(N) EXEMPTION OF MILK HANDLERS FROM

18 MINIMUM PRICE REQUIREMENTS.—Notwith19 standing any other provision of this subsection, 

20 prior to January 1, 2005, no handler with dis21 tribution of Class I milk products in the Ari22 zona-Las Vegas marketing area (Order No. 131) 

23 or Pacific Northwest marketing area (Order No. 

24 124) shall be exempt during any month from 

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1 lished by the Secretary under this subsection if 

2 the total distribution of Class I products within 

3 the Arizona-Las Vegas marketing area or the Pa4 cific Northwest marketing area of any handler’s 

5 own farm production exceeds the lesser of—

6 ‘‘(i) 3 percent of the total quantity of 

7 Class I products distributed in the Arizona8 Las Vegas marketing area (Order No. 131) 

9 or the Pacific Northwest marketing area 

10 (Order No. 124); or 

11 ‘‘(ii) 5,000,000 pounds.’’. 

12 (3) EXCLUSION OF CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA FROM

13 FEDERAL MILK MARKETING ORDERS.—

14 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 8c(11)(C) the Agri15 cultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 608c(11)(C)), reen16 acted with amendments by the Agricultural Mar17 keting Agreement Act of 1937, is amended by striking 

18 the last sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘In the 

19 case of milk and its products, Clark County, Nevada 

20 shall not be within a marketing area defined in any 

21 order issued under this section.’’. 

22 (B) INFORMAL RULEMAKING.—The Secretary of 

23 Agriculture may modify an order issued under section 

24 8c of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 

25 608c), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural 
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1 Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, to implement the 

2 amendment made by paragraph (1) by promulgating 

3 regulations, without regard to sections 556 and 557 

4 of title 5, United States Code. 

5 (e) LIVESTOCK COMPENSATION PROGRAM.—Section 

6 203(a) of the Agricultural Assistance Act of 2003 (title II 

7 of division N of Public Law 108–7)) is amended by adding 

8 at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(3) GRANTS.—

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—To provide assistance 

11 to eligible applicants under paragraph (2)(B), 

12 the Secretary shall provide grants to appropriate 

13 State departments of agriculture (or other appro14 priate State agencies) that agree to provide as15 sistance to eligible applicants. 

16 ‘‘(B) AMOUNT.—The total amount of grants 

17 provided under subparagraph (A) shall be equal 

18 to the total amount of assistance that the Sec19 retary determines all eligible applicants are eli20 gible to receive under paragraph (2)(B).’’. 

21 SEC. 202. USE OF ORGANICALLY PRODUCED FEED

22 FOR CERTIFICATION AS ORGANIC FARM. Section 771 of the 

23 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Adminis24 tration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003 

25 (division A of Public Law 108–7) is repealed. 
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1 SEC. 203. WILD SEAFOOD. Section 2107 of the Organic 

2 Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6503) is amend3 ed—

4 (1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 

5 subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and 

6 (2) by inserting after section (b) the following: 

7 ‘‘(c) WILD SEAFOOD.—

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the require9 ment of section 2107(a)(1)(A) requiring products be 

10 produced only on certified organic farms, the Sec11 retary shall allow, through regulations promulgated 

12 after public notice and opportunity for comment, wild 

13 seafood to be certified or labeled as organic. 

14 ‘‘(2) CONSULTATION AND ACCOMMODATION.—In 

15 carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall—

16 ‘‘(A) consult with—

17 ‘‘(i) the Secretary of Commerce; 

18 ‘‘(ii) the National Organic Standards 

19 Board established under section 2119; 

20 ‘‘(iii) producers, processors, and sellers; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(iv) other interested members of the 

23 public; and 

24 ‘‘(B) to the maximum extent practicable, 

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1 dustries in the United States that harvest and 

2 process wild seafood.’’. 

3 CHAPTER 2

4 SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, 

5 THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGENCIES

6 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

7 NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

8 PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION

9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Acquisi10 tion and Construction’’ for satellite programs, 

11 $117,060,000, to remain available until September 30, 

12 2004: Provided, That funds provided under this heading for 

13 the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental 

14 Satellite System shall only be made available on a dollar 

15 for dollar matching basis with funds provided for the same 

16 purpose by the Department of Defense: Provided further, 

17 That of the amount provided under this heading, 

18 $2,460,000 shall be transferred to, and merged with, funds 

19 provided under the heading ‘‘International Fisheries Com20 missions’’ of Division B of Public Law 108–7 and shall 

21 only be available for the Pacific Salmon Commission: Pro22 vided further, That of the amount provided under this head23 ing, $1,000,000 shall be transferred to, and merged with, 

24 funds provided under the heading ‘‘International Fisheries 

25 Commissions’’ of Division B of Public Law 108–7 and shall 
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1 only be available for the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, 

2 of which $500,000 shall be used for sea lamprey control in 

3 Lake Champlain: Provided further, That of the amount 

4 made available under this heading, $10,000,000 to remain 

5 available until September 30, 2004, shall only be available 

6 for the incorporation of additional technologies for dissemi7 nating terrorism warnings within the All Hazards Warn8 ing Network. 

9 RELATED AGENCIES 

10 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Equal Employment 

13 Opportunity Commission, Salaries and Expenses’’, 

14 $23,300,000, of which $5,000,000 shall remain available 

15 until September 30, 2004. 

16 NATIONAL COMMISSION ON TERRORIST ATTACKS UPON

17 THE UNITED STATES

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Commission 

20 on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, Salaries and 

21 Expenses’’, $11,000,000, to remain available until Sep22 tember 30, 2004. 

23 GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS CHAPTER 

24 SEC. 2001. (a) Of the funds made available in Title 

25 I of Division B of Public Law 108–7, under the heading 
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1 ‘‘Juvenile Justice Programs’’, for Family Ties Supervised 

2 Visitation Services in Wakefield, Rhode Island, $100,000 

3 are rescinded. 

4 (b) For an additional amount in Title I of Division 

5 B of Public Law 108–7, under the heading ‘‘Juvenile Jus6 tice Programs’’, $529,000, which shall only be available for 

7 law enforcement costs related to the Station nightclub fire 

8 on February 20, 2003, to remain available until December 

9 31, 2003. 

10 SEC. 2002. Not later than 60 days after the date of 

11 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the 

12 Attorney General shall jointly report to the Committee on 

13 Appropriations on the feasibility of providing access to 

14 State and local law enforcement agencies to the database 

15 of the Department of State on potential terrorists known 

16 as the ‘‘Tipoff’’ database including the process by which 

17 classified information shall be secured from unauthorized 

18 disclosure. 

19 SEC. 2003. For an additional amount for the law en20 forcement technology program under the heading ‘‘Commu21 nity Oriented Policing Services’’ in the Departments of 

22 Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related 

23 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003, $5,000,000 for the Lou24 isville-Jefferson County, Kentucky Public Safety Commu25 nications System to implement a common interoperable 
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1 voice and data communications system for public safety or2 ganizations in the metropolitan area. 

3 SEC. 2004. Section 501(b) of title V of division N of 

4 the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003 is 

5 amended—

6 (1) by striking ‘‘program authorized for the fish7 ery in Sec. 211’’ and inserting ‘‘programs authorized 

8 for the fisheries in sections 211 and 212’’; and 

9 (2) by striking ‘‘program in section 211’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘programs in sections 211 and 212’’. 

11 CHAPTER 3

12 SUBCOMMITTEE ON DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

13 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS 

14 GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT

15 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

16 Of the funds appropriated under this heading in the 

17 District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 

18 108–7), $9,358,000 are rescinded (including $9,261,000 

19 from local funds and $97,000 from other funds). 

20 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION

21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Economic Development 

22 and Regulation’’, $14,998,000 (including $288,000 from 

23 local funds and $14,710,000 from other funds). 
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1 PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE

2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Public Safety and Jus3 tice’’ (Public Law 108–7), $10,422,000 from local funds. 

4 PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM

5 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

6 Of the funds appropriated under this heading in the 

7 District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 

8 108–7), $11,667,000 are rescinded (including a rescission 

9 of $13,778,000 from local funds and an additional amount 

10 of $2,111,000 from other funds), to be allocated as follows: 

11 (1) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.—

12 An increase of $2,029,000 (including a rescission of 

13 $29,000 from local funds and an additional amount 

14 of $2,058,000 from other funds); 

15 (2) STATE EDUCATION OFFICE.—A rescission of 

16 $181,000 from local funds; 

17 (3) PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS.—Notwith18 standing any other provision of law, a rescission of 

19 $12,000,000 from local funds: Provided, That of these 

20 funds, not less than $3,000,000 shall be used for pro21 viding adequate charter school facilities and edu22 cational programming in public charter schools in the 

23 District of Columbia; 

24 (4) UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUM25 BIA.—A rescission of $1,040,000 from local funds; 
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1 (5) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC LIBRAR2 IES.—A rescission of $221,000 (including a rescission 

3 of $273,000 from local funds and an additional 

4 amount of $53,000 from other funds); and 

5 (6) COMMISSION ON THE ARTS AND HUMAN6 ITIES.—A rescission of $255,000 from local funds. 

7 HUMAN SUPPORT SERVICES

8 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Human Support Serv10 ices’’, $28,278,000 (including an additional amount of 

11 $32,312,000 from local funds and a rescission of $4,034,000 

12 from other funds appropriated under this heading in the 

13 District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 

14 108–7). 

15 In addition, this heading in the District of Columbia 

16 Appropriations Act, 2003, approved February 20, 2003 

17 (Public Law 108–7), is amended as follows: 

18 (1) by striking the following proviso, ‘‘Provided 

19 further, That $3,209,000 of this appropriation, to re20 main available until expended, shall be deposited in 

21 the Interim Disability Assistance Fund to be used ex22 clusively for the Interim Disability Assistance pro23 gram established by section 201 of the District of Co24 lumbia Public Assistance Act of 1982, effective April 

25 6, 1982 (D.C. Law 4–101; D.C. Official Code, sec. 4–
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1 202.01), and the purposes for that program set forth 

2 in section 407 of the District of Columbia Public As3 sistance Act of 1982, effective April 3, 2001 (D.C. 

4 Law 13–252; D.C. Official Code, sec. 4–204.07):’’, and 

5 (2) by amending the following proviso, ‘‘: Pro6 vided further, That $37,500,000 in local funds, to re7 main available until expended, shall be deposited in 

8 the Medicaid and Special Education Reform Fund.’’ 

9 to read as follows ‘‘: Provided further, That 

10 $74,500,000 in local funds may be deposited in the 

11 Medicaid and Special Education Reform Fund and 

12 shall then remain available until expended.’’. 

13 PUBLIC WORKS

14 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Public Works’’, 

16 $3,107,000 (including a rescission of $8,311,000 from local 

17 funds appropriated under this heading in the District of 

18 Columbia Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 108–7), 

19 and an additional amount of $11,418,000 from other 

20 funds): Provided, That $512,000 from other funds shall re21 main available until expended for the taxicab revolving 

22 loan fund. 
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1 REPAYMENT OF LOANS AND INTEREST

2 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

3 Of the funds appropriated under this heading in the 

4 District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 

5 108–7), $2,466,000 are rescinded. 

6 NON-DEPARTMENTAL

7 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

8 Of the funds appropriated under this heading in the 

9 District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 

10 108–7), $5,799,000 are rescinded. 

11 WORKFORCE INVESTMENTS

12 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

13 Of the funds appropriated under this heading in the 

14 District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 

15 108–7), $2,000,000 are rescinded. 

16 GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS CHAPTER 

17 SEC. 3001. USE OF THE FUND BALANCE. (a) The Dis18 trict of Columbia is hereby authorized to transfer an 

19 amount not to exceed $32,900,000, to remain available until 

20 expended, from funds identified in the fiscal year 2002 com21 prehensive annual financial report as the District of Co22 lumbia’s fund balance to the local general fund to cover the 

23 impact of revenue shortfalls associated with the war econ24 omy: Provided, That nothing in this provision shall be 

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1 pend funds from the emergency or contingency reserves es2 tablished under section 450A of the District of Columbia 

3 Home Rule Act (Public Law 93–198; D.C. Official Code, 

4 sec. 1–204.50a(b)). 

5 SEC. 3002. EXTENSION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFI6 CER’S AUTHORITY. The authority which the Chief Financial 

7 Officer of the District of Columbia exercised with respect 

8 to personnel, procurement, and the preparation of fiscal im9 pact statements during a control period (as defined in Pub10 lic Law 104–8) shall remain in effect through September 

11 30, 2004. 

12 CHAPTER 4

13 SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES

14 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

15 UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

16 STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS

17 Division F of Public Law 108–7 is hereby amended 

18 under the heading ‘‘United States Fish and Wildlife Serv19 ice, State and Tribal Wildlife Grants’’ by striking 

20 ‘‘$3,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$5,000,000’’. 

21 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

22 OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

23 Division F of Public Law 108–7 is hereby amended 

24 under the heading ‘‘National Park Service, Operation of the 
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1 National Park System’’ by striking ‘‘$1,565,565,000’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘$1,574,565,000’’. 

3 BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

4 CONSTRUCTION

5 Within thirty days of enactment of this Act, the Sec6 retary of the Interior shall make available for obligation 

7 funds previously appropriated in Public Law 107–63 for 

8 construction of the Ojibwa Indian School. 

9 RELATED AGENCY 

10 GENERAL PROVISION

11 Section 328 of Division F, Public Law 108–7 is 

12 amended by striking the phrase ‘‘under the authority of Sec13 tion 504 of the Rescissions Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–

14 19)’’ in the proviso. 

15 Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment 

16 of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall provide a 

17 report to the Committees on Energy and Natural Resources 

18 and Appropriations of the Senate and the Committees on 

19 Resources and Appropriations of the House of Representa20 tives detailing the Secretary’s intent regarding the direct 

21 sale of 983 acres in Clark County, Nevada, known as Lake 

22 Las Vegas Phase II. 
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1 CHAPTER 5

2 SUBCOMMITTEE ON LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN

3 SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES

4 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

5 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION

6 TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

7 For an additional amount for the Employment and 

8 Training Administration, ‘‘Training and Employment 

9 Services’’ to carry out activities authorized under section 

10 171(b) of the Workforce Investment Act, $1,000,000: Pro11 vided, That such sum shall be for the Jobs for America’s 

12 Graduates (JAG) school-to-work program for at-risk young 

13 people. 

14 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

15 SERVICES 

16 HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

17 HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES

18 The matter under the heading ‘‘Department of Health 

19 and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Ad20 ministration, Health Resources and Services’’, in Public 

21 Law 108–7 is amended—

22 (1) by striking ‘‘Heart Beat, New Bloomfield, 

23 PA,’’ and inserting ‘‘Heart Beat, Millerstown, PA,’’ 

24 in lieu thereof; 
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1 (2) by striking ‘‘Tressler Lutheran Services, 

2 Harrisburg, PA, for abstinence education and related 

3 services’’ and inserting ‘‘DIAKON Lutheran Social 

4 Ministries, Allentown, PA, for abstinence education 

5 and related services in Cumberland and Dauphin 

6 counties’’ in lieu thereof; 

7 (3) by striking ‘‘Community Ministries of the 

8 Lutheran Home at Topton, Reading, PA, for absti9 nence education and related services’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘DIAKON Lutheran Social Ministries of Allentown, 

11 PA, for abstinence education and related services in 

12 Berks county’’ in lieu thereof; 

13 (4) by striking ‘‘$298,153,000’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘$296,638,000’’ in the first proviso; and 

15 (5) by inserting after ‘‘a study regarding deliv16 ery of pediatric health care in northeastern Okla17 homa,’’ ‘‘$225,000 is available for the Mental Health 

18 Association of Tarrant County, Ft. Worth, Texas to 

19 provide school-based mental health education to 

20 schools in Tarrant County, $200,000 is available for 

21 the AIDS Research Institute at the University of 

22 California, San Francisco for a Developing Country 

23 Medical Program to facilitate clinician exchange be24 tween the United States and developing countries, 

25 $1,000,000 is available for the Geisinger Health Sys-
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1 tem, Harrisburg, PA to establish centers of excellence 

2 for the treatment of autism’’. 

3 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

4 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY FUND

5 The matter under the heading ‘‘Office of the Secretary, 

6 Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund’’, in 

7 Public Law 108–7 is amended by striking ‘‘, to remain 

8 available until expended’’ after the ‘‘$5,000,000’’. 

9 GENERAL PROVISION 

10 INTERNATIONAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES

11 (a) In addition to the authority provided in section 

12 215 of the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Serv13 ices, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations 

14 Act, 2003 (Public Law 108–7, Division G), in order for 

15 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to carry out 

16 international health activities, including HIV/AIDS and 

17 other infectious disease, chronic and environmental disease, 

18 and other health activities abroad during fiscal year 2003, 

19 the Secretary of Health and Human Services may exercise 

20 authority equivalent to that available to the Secretary of 

21 State in section 2(c) of the State Department Basic Au22 thorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2669(c)). 

23 (b) The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 

24 consult with the Secretary of State and relevant Chief of 

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1 is exercised in a manner consistent with section 207 of the 

2 Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3927) and other 

3 applicable statutes administered by the Department of 

4 State. 

5 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

6 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS

7 The matter under the heading ‘‘Department of Edu8 cation, School Improvement Programs’’, in Public Law 

9 108–7 is amended—

10 (1) by striking ‘‘$8,052,957,000’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘$8,053,507,000’’; 

12 (2) by striking ‘‘$508,100,000’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘$537,100,000’’; 

14 (3) by striking ‘‘$4,132,167,000’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘$4,233,167,000’’; 

16 (4) by striking ‘‘$814,660,000’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘$815,210,000’’; and, 

18 (5) by striking ‘‘$212,160,000’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘$212,710,000’’. 

20 In the statement of the managers of the committee of 

21 conference accompanying H.J. Res. 2 (Public Law 108–7; 

22 House Report 108–10), in the matter in title III of Division 

23 G, relating to the Fund for the Improvement of Education 

24 under the heading ‘‘School Improvement Programs’’—
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1 (1) the provision specifying $150,000 for Illinois 

2 State Board of Education, Springfield, Illinois, for 

3 computers, hardware and software for the implemen4 tation of Fast ForWord reading program to the Pleas5 ant Plains Community Unit District #8 and Pleas6 ant Plain Illinois District #18 shall be deemed to 

7 read as follows: ‘‘Illinois State Board of Education, 

8 Springfield, Illinois, for implementation of Fast 

9 ForWord reading program to the Pleasant Plains 

10 Community Unit District #8 and for improving 

11 mathematics achievement in Peoria School District 

12 #150 and Jacksonville School District #117, 

13 $150,000’’; 

14 (2) the provision specifying $2,000,000 for 

15 Pinellas County Florida School District, St. Peters16 burg, Florida, for technology for Title I schools shall 

17 be deemed to read as follows: ‘‘St. Petersburg College, 

18 St. Petersburg, Florida, for the Pinellas County Epi19 Center, $2,000,000’’; 

20 (3) the provision specifying $500,000 for the St. 

21 Louis Children’s Museum, MO, for a collaborative 

22 project with the St. Louis Public Library to create 

23 interactive exhibits and educational programs shall be 

24 deleted; 
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1 (4) the provision specifying $200,000 for the 

2 Harford County Board of Education in Aberdeen, 

3 MD, for a collaboration between a science and tech4 nology high school and the Aberdeen Proving Ground 

5 shall be deemed to read as follows: ‘‘Harford County 

6 Board of Education in Aberdeen, MD, for a collabora7 tion between a science and technology high school and 

8 the Aberdeen Proving Ground, $700,000’’; 

9 (5) the provision specifying $25,000 for the Boys 

10 and Girls Club of El Dorado, Arkansas, for drug pre11 vention and after school programs shall be deemed to 

12 read as follows: ‘‘Boys and Girls Club, Southeast 

13 Unit, El Dorado, Arkansas, for drug prevention and 

14 after school programs, $25,000’’; 

15 (6) the provision specifying $100,000 for the 

16 American Academy of Liberal Education, Wash17 ington, D.C., to develop projects and survey best prac18 tices in the study of American democracy and prin19 ciples of free government at colleges and universities 

20 shall be deleted; 

21 (7) the provision specifying $400,000 for the Mil22 waukee Public Schools, Wisconsin, to expand before23 and after-school programs shall be deemed to read: 

24 ‘‘Milwaukee Public Schools, WI, for before- and after25 school programs, $400,000’’; 
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1 (8) the provision specifying $200,000 for Tensas 

2 Reunion, Inc., Newellton, LA, for instructional tech3 nology training, and after school programs at the 

4 Tensas Charter School shall be deemed to read: 

5 ‘‘Tensas Reunion, Inc., Newellton, LA, for the 

6 TREES Project in Tensas Parish, including activities 

7 such as the purchase of computers and educational 

8 software, tutoring, and workshops to promote paren9 tal involvement, $200,000’’; 

10 (9) the provision specifying $250,000 for Com11 munity School District 8, Flushing, NY, for after12 school programs shall be deemed to read: ‘‘Community 

13 School District 8, Bronx, NY, for after-school pro14 grams, $250,000’’; 

15 (10) the provision specifying $20,000 for 

16 Westside High School, Bakersfield, California, for 

17 equipment shall be deemed to read: ‘‘West High 

18 School, Bakersfield, California, for equipment, 

19 $20,000’’; 

20 (11) the provision specifying $1,000,000 for the 

21 National Science Center Foundation, Atlanta, Geor22 gia, for educational technology and other purposes 

23 shall be deemed to read: ‘‘National Science Center 

24 Foundation, Augusta, Georgia, for educational tech25 nology and other purposes, $1,000,000’’; 
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1 (12) the provision specifying $200,000 for the 

2 Golden Gate National Parks Association, San Fran3 cisco, CA, for environmental education programs at 

4 the Crissy Field Center shall be deemed to read: 

5 ‘‘Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, San 

6 Francisco, CA, for environmental education programs 

7 at the Crissy Field Center, $200,000’’ and a provision 

8 shall be added that reads: ‘‘Beresford Community 

9 Education in Beresford, SD to expand community 

10 education programs, $150,000’’; 

11 (13) the provision specifying $100,000 for the 

12 University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, for the 

13 Tampa Bay Consortium for the Development of Edu14 cational Leaders and the Preparation and Recruit15 ment of Teachers shall be deemed to read: ‘‘University 

16 of South Florida, Tampa, FL, for the Tampa Bay 

17 Consortium for the Development of Educational Lead18 ers, $100,000’’; 

19 (14) the provision specifying $25,000 for the 

20 Meredith-Dunn Learning Disabilities Center, Inc., 

21 Louisville, Kentucky for technology shall be deemed to 

22 read as follows: ‘‘Meredith-Dunn Learning Disabil23 ities Center, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky for school 

24 counseling services, $25,000’’; 
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1 (15) the provision specifying $40,000 for the Fa2 ther Maloney’s Boys Haven, Louisville, Kentucky for 

3 technology shall be deemed to read as follows: ‘‘Father 

4 Maloney’s Boys Haven, Louisville, Kentucky for an 

5 educational program, $40,000’’; 

6 (16) the provision specifying $50,000 for the Joel 

7 II Restoration Ministries for education programs 

8 shall be deemed to read as follows: ‘‘Joel II Restora9 tion Outreach, Inc. for education programs, $50,000’’; 

10 and 

11 (17) the provision specifying $1,500,000 for the 

12 City of Upland, California, for after school programs 

13 shall be deemed to read as follows: ‘‘YMCA of the City 

14 of Upland, California, for after-school activities, 

15 $1,500,000’’. 

16 HIGHER EDUCATION

17 The matter under the heading ‘‘Higher Education’’, in 

18 Public Law 108–7 is amended—

19 (1) by striking ‘‘$2,100,701,000’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘$2,100,151,000’’; and, 

21 (2) by striking ‘‘$140,599,000’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘$140,049,000’’. 

23 In the statement of the managers of the committee of con24 ference accompanying H.J. Res. 2 (Public Law 108–7; 

25 House Report 108–10), in the matter in title III of Division 

26 G, relating to the Fund for the Improvement of Postsec-
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1 ondary Education under the heading ‘‘Higher Edu2 cation’’—

3 (1) the second reference to the provision speci4 fying $1,000,000 for the University of Massachusetts5 Boston to purchase research equipment and tech6 nology infrastructure shall be deleted; 

7 (2) the provision specifying $500,000 for Har8 ford County Public Schools, Bel Air, MD, for support 

9 of a math and science magnet school program at Ab10 erdeen High School shall be deleted and a provision 

11 shall be added that reads: ‘‘American Academy of 

12 Liberal Education, Washington, D.C., to develop 

13 projects and survey best practices in the study of 

14 American democracy and principles of free govern15 ment at colleges and universities, $100,000’’; 

16 (3) the provision specifying $100,000 for Slip17 pery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA, for Knowl18 edge Pointe at Cranberry Woods, as part of an initia19 tive to provide life-long educational services to Pitts20 burgh’s regional industry and community residents 

21 shall be deemed to read as follows: ‘‘Regional Learn22 ing Alliance, Marshall Township in Allegheny Coun23 ty, PA, as part of an initiative to provide life-long 

24 educational services to Pittsburgh’s regional industry 

25 and community residents, $200,000’’; 
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1 (4) the provision specifying $150,000 for 

2 Beresford Community Education in Beresford, SD to 

3 expand community education programs shall be de4 leted; 

5 (5) the provision specifying $100,000 for Slip6 pery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, 

7 for the North Hill Educational Alliance shall be de8 leted; and 

9 (6) the provision specifying $250,000 to the Na10 tional Aviary Conservation Education Technology In11 tegration in Pittsburgh shall be deemed to read as fol12 lows: ‘‘National Aviary Conservation Education Tech13 nology Integration in Pittsburgh, for the Remote 

14 Audio-Visual Engagement Network (RAVEN) project, 

15 $250,000’’. 

16 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

17 GENERAL PROVISION

18 Section 1707(3) of the Elementary and Secondary 

19 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6537(3)) is amended by 

20 striking ‘‘17’’ and inserting ‘‘19’’. 
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1 RELATED AGENCIES 

2 CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

3 DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROGRAMS, OPERATING

4 EXPENSES

5 The matter under the heading ‘‘Corporation for Na6 tional and Community Service, Domestic Volunteer Service 

7 Programs, Operating Expenses’’, in Public Law 108–7 is 

8 amended by inserting ‘‘for activities authorized by section 

9 122 of Part C of Title I and Part E of Title II of the Domes10 tic Volunteer Service Act of 1973’’ after ‘‘in this Act’’. 

11 CHAPTER 6

12 SUBCOMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

13 CAPITOL POLICE 

14 TRANSFER OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS POLICE. Section 

15 1015(a)(3) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

16 2003, is amended by inserting ‘‘, or, if earlier, on February 

17 20, 2005’’ before the period. 

18 CHAPTER 7

19 SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, TREASURY AND

20 GENERAL GOVERNMENT

21 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

22 (a) Section 336 of Division I of Public Law 108–7 

23 is amended by striking ‘‘transportation management’’ and 

24 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘urbanized’’. 
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1 (b) Section 321 of Division I of Public Law 108–7 is 

2 amended by—

3 (1) inserting ‘‘or underneath’’ in subsection 

4 (q)(2) before ‘‘the Class B airspace’’; 

5 (2) deleting ‘‘has sufficient capacity and’’ in 

6 subsection (q)(3) after ‘‘Title 49’’; and 

7 (3) inserting ‘‘passenger’’ in subsection (q)(3) be8 fore ‘‘delays’’. 

9 GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS CHAPTER 

10 SEC. 701. It is the sense of the Senate that—

11 (1) the asset acquisition of Trans World Airlines 

12 by American Airlines was a positive action that 

13 should be commended; 

14 (2) although the acquisition was a positive ac15 tion, the combination of the 2 airlines has resulted in 

16 a difficult seniority integration for the majority of the 

17 employee groups involved; 

18 (3) airline layoffs from American Airlines should 

19 be conducted in a manner that maintains the max20 imum level of fairness and equitable treatment for all 

21 parties involved; and 

22 (4) American Airlines should encourage its em23 ployee groups to integrate all employees in a manner 

24 that is fair and equitable for all parties involved. 
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1 SEC. 702. No provision of this Act may be construed 

2 as altering or amending the force or effect of any of the 

3 following provisions of law as currently applied:

4 (1) Sections 2631 and 2631a of title 10, United 

5 States Code. 

6 (2) Sections 901(b) and 901b of the Merchant 

7 Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. App. 1241(b), 1241f). 

8 (3) Public Resolution Numbered 17, Seventy9 third Congress (48 Stat. 500). 

10 (4) Any other similar provision of law requiring 

11 the use of privately owned United States flag commer12 cial vessels for certain transportation purposes of the 

13 United States. 

14 CHAPTER 8

15 SUBCOMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING

16 AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

17 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 

18 DEVELOPMENT 

19 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

20 The referenced statements of managers under the head21 ing ‘‘Community development fund’’ in title II of Public 

22 Law 108–7 under grant No. 26 under the Neighborhoods 

23 Initiative program is amended by striking ‘‘Glendale, Mon24 tana’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Gendive, Montana’’. 
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1 The referenced statements of managers under the head2 ing ‘‘Community development fund’’ in title II of Public 

3 Law 106–377 is amended by striking ‘‘$200,000 for Light 

4 of Life Ministries in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania for 

5 infrastructure improvements at the Serenity Village home6 less programs’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$200,000 for 

7 Light of Life Ministries in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania 

8 for renovation and infrastructure improvements for a home9 less service center on Penn Avenue in Pittsburgh’’. 

10 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 Under the heading ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’ in title II 

13 of Public Law 108–7, strike out in the eighth proviso ‘‘and 

14 all other statutes and regulations related to the obligation 

15 and expenditure of funds made available in this, or any 

16 other Act’’ and strike out in the eleventh proviso ‘‘and all 

17 other statutes and regulations governing the obligation and 

18 expenditure of funds made available in this or any other 

19 Act’’. 

20 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

21 CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

22 NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS

23 OPERATING EXPENSES

24 To liquidate obligations previously incurred by the 

25 Corporation for National and Community Service (‘‘Cor-
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1 poration’’), up to $64,000,000 is provided to the National 

2 Service Trust: Provided, That the Corporation may use 

3 these funds only to liquidate the deficiency that it has al4 ready incurred and that these funds are not available for 

5 obligation, or to liquidate obligations, for any other purpose 

6 whatsoever: Provided further, That the Corporation may 

7 not use these funds unless and until it reports these over8 obligations to the Congress and the President in accordance 

9 with the requirements of the Antideficiency Act and the 

10 guidance of the Office of Management and Budget in OMB 

11 Circular A–11 (2002): Provided further, That the second 

12 proviso under the heading ‘‘Corporation for National and 

13 Community Service’’ in Public Law 108–7 is deemed to be 

14 amended by inserting after ‘‘section 501(a)(4)’’ the fol15 lowing: ‘‘with not less than $2,500,000 for the Office of the 

16 Chief Financial Officer to enact financial reform in the 

17 Corporation, without regard to the provisions of section 

18 501(a)(4)(B) of the Act’’. 

19 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

20 RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

21 The first sentence under this heading in Public Law 

22 108–7 is amended by striking ‘‘$320,000,000’’ and inserting 

23 in lieu thereof: ‘‘$330,000,000’’. 
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1 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

2 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

3 Within 30 days of enactment of this Act, the Adminis4 trator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall adjust 

5 each ‘‘maximum annual fee payable’’ pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 

6 136a–1(i)(5) (D) and (E) in a manner such that Mainte7 nance Fee collections made to reach the level authorized in 

8 division K of Public Law 108–7 shall be established in the 

9 same proportion as those Maintenance Fee collections au10 thorized in Public Law 107–73. 

11 GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS TITLE 

12 SEC. 201. The Secretary of the Army, acting through 

13 the Chief of Engineers, shall use $3,300,000 of funds avail14 able under the Construction, General appropriation, Corps 

15 of Engineers, Civil, to continue dam safety and seepage sta16 bility correction measures for the Waterbury Dam, Vermont 

17 project. 

18 TITLE III—COLUMBIA ORBITER MEMORIAL ACT 

19 SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. 

20 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Columbia Orbiter Me21 morial Act’’. 
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1 SEC. 302. CONSTRUCTION OF MEMORIAL TO CREW OF CO2 LUMBIA ORBITER AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL 

3 CEMETERY. 

4 (a) CONSTRUCTION REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the 

5 Army shall, in consultation with the Administrator of the 

6 National Aeronautics and Space Administration, construct 

7 at an appropriate place in Arlington National Cemetery, 

8 Virginia, a memorial marker honoring the seven members 

9 of the crew of the Columbia Orbiter who died on February 

10 1, 2003, over the State of Texas during the landing of space 

11 shuttle mission STS–107. 

12 (b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Of the amount appro13 priated or otherwise made available by title II of the De14 partment of Defense Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 

15 107–248) under the heading ‘‘OPERATION AND MAINTE16 NANCE, ARMY’’, $500,000 shall be available for the construc17 tion of the memorial marker required by subsection (a). 

18 SEC. 303. DONATIONS FOR MEMORIAL FOR CREW OF CO19 LUMBIA ORBITER. 

20 (a) AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT DONATIONS.—The Admin21 istrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administra22 tion may accept gifts and donations of services, money, and 

23 property (including personal, tangible, or intangible prop24 erty) for the purpose of an appropriate memorial or monu25 ment to the seven members of the crew of the Columbia Or26 biter who died on February 1, 2003, over the State of Texas 
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1 during the landing of space shuttle mission STS–107, 

2 whether such memorial or monument is constructed by the 

3 Administrator or is the memorial marker required by sec4 tion 302. 

5 (b) TRANSFER.—(1) The Administrator may transfer 

6 to the Secretary of the Army any services, money, or prop7 erty accepted by the Administrator under subsection (a) for 

8 the purpose of the construction of the memorial marker re9 quired by section 302. 

10 (2) Any moneys transferred to the Secretary under 

11 paragraph (1) shall be merged with amounts in the account 

12 referred to in subsection (b) of section 302, and shall be 

13 available for the purpose referred to in that subsection. 

14 (c) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority of the 

15 Administrator to accept gifts and donations under sub16 section (a) shall expire five years after the date of the enact17 ment of this Act. 

18 TITLE IV—AVIATION INDUSTRY 

19 RELIEF PROVISIONS 

20 SEC. 401. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF SECURITY SERVICE 

21 FEES. 

22 The Undersecretary of Homeland Security for Border 

23 and Transportation Security shall not impose the fees au24 thorized by section 44940(a) of title 49, United States Code, 
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1 during the period beginning on April 1, 2003, and ending 

2 on September 30, 2003. 

3 SEC. 402. REIMBURSEMENT OF AIRLINES FOR CERTAIN IN4 CREASED SECURITY COSTS. 

5 There are appropriated to the Secretary of Transpor6 tation for fiscal year 2003 $1,000,000,000, such sums to re7 main available until expended, $600,000,000 of which shall 

8 be used to reimburse each air carrier engaged in air trans9 portation and intrastate air transportation of passengers 

10 for compensation (as such terms are used in subtitle VII 

11 of title 49, United States Code) for the amount by which 

12 the costs incurred by such air carrier during calendar year 

13 2002 in complying with aviation security requirements im14 posed by Federal law, including requirements imposed by 

15 the Transportation Security Administration, exceeded the 

16 aviation security costs the carrier would have incurred dur17 ing that year in the absence of those requirements, and 

18 $400,000,000 of which shall be used to reimburse each such 

19 air carrier for the amount by which the costs incurred by 

20 the air carrier during calendar year 2003 exceeded the avia21 tion security costs the carrier would have incurred during 

22 that year in the absence of those requirements, such costs 

23 to be determined by studies conducted by the air carriers 

24 in accordance with guidelines to be developed, within 30 

25 days after the date of enactment of this Act, by the Under-
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1 secretary of Homeland Security for Border and Transpor2 tation Security in consultation with the Secretary of Trans3 portation, describing in detail, by function, amount, and 

4 class (including operating expenses, capital expenditures, 

5 and one time and recurring costs), the costs for which reim6 bursement is sought: Provided, That the Inspector General 

7 of the Department of Transportation certifies the guidelines 

8 as being appropriate to determine such costs: Provided fur9 ther, That the Inspector General certifies as complete and 

10 accurate all claims submitted by an air carrier for reim11 bursement under this section, and: Provided further, That 

12 if the sum of the costs to be reimbursed to all such air car13 riers for 2002 exceeds $600,000,000, the amount of the reim14 bursement to each such carrier shall be an amount that 

15 bears the same ratio to $600,000,000 as the reimbursable 

16 cost of that carrier bears to the sum of the reimbursable 

17 costs of all such carriers for that year, and if the sum of 

18 the costs to be reimbursed to all such air carriers for 2003 

19 exceeds $400,000,000, the amount of the reimbursement to 

20 each such carrier shall be an amount that bears the same 

21 ratio to $400,000,000 as the reimbursable cost of that car22 rier bears to the sum of the reimbursable costs of all such 

23 carriers for that year. 
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1 SEC. 403. ADDITIONAL AMOUNT FOR COCKPIT DOOR REIM2 BURSEMENT. 

3 In addition to amounts appropriated under the pre4 ceding section, there are appropriated to the Secretary of 

5 Transportation $100,000,000, to remain available until ex6 pended, to compensate air carriers for the direct costs asso7 ciated with the strengthening of flight deck doors and locks 

8 on aircraft required by section 104(a)(1)(B) of the Aviation 

9 and Transportation Security Act. 

10 SEC. 404. AIRPORT SECURITY EXPENSES AND INVESTMENT. 

11 There are appropriated to the Secretary of Transpor12 tation $375,000,000, to remain available until expended, to 

13 be made available, after consultation with the Secretary of 

14 Homeland Security, to airports for operating expenses and 

15 capital investment related to improvements in aviation se16 curity: Provided, That the amounts made available for cap17 ital expenses shall be made available to airport sponsors, 

18 as such term is used in chapter 471 of title 49, United 

19 States Code, on such terms and conditions, and pursuant 

20 to such applications, similar to the terms, conditions, and 

21 applications applicable to amounts made available under 

22 that chapter. 
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1 SEC. 405. EXTENSION OF WAR RISK INSURANCE AUTHOR2 ITY. 

3 (a) EXTENSION OF POLICIES.—Section 44302(f)(1) of 

4 title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking 

5 ‘‘2003,’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2004,’’. 

6 (b) EXTENSION OF LIABILITY LIMITATION.—Section 

7 44303(b) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘2003,’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘2004,’’. 

9 (c) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 44310 of 

10 such title is amended by striking ‘‘2003.’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘2004.’’. 

12 SEC. 406. LIMIT ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION REQUIRED 

13 FOR EXTENDED WAR RISK INSURANCE COV14 ERAGE. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any provision of 

16 law to the contrary, the Secretary of Transportation may 

17 not provide insurance or reinsurance under chapter 443 of 

18 title 49, United States Code, after August 31, 2003, and 

19 before January 1, 2005, to an air carrier operating aircraft 

20 for the transportation of passengers for compensation unless 

21 that air carrier executes a contract with the Secretary 

22 under which the air carrier agrees that—

23 (1) it will not provide total compensation during 

24 the 12-month period beginning on April 1, 2003, or 

25 the subsequent 12-month period, to an executive offi26 cer in an amount equal to more than the annual sal-
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1 ary paid to that officer during the air carrier’s fiscal 

2 year 2002; and 

3 (2) if the air carrier violates its agreement under 

4 paragraph (1), it will pay to the Secretary of the 

5 Treasury, within 60 days after the date on which the 

6 violation occurs, an amount, determined by the Sec7 retary of Transportation, equal to the difference be8 tween—

9 (A) the amount it paid for insurance pro10 vided or reinsured under chapter 443 of such 

11 title for the 12-month period in which the viola12 tion occurred; and 

13 (B) the amount it would have paid for the 

14 same or similar insurance coverage for that pe15 riod if the insurance had not been provided or 

16 reinsured under that chapter. 

17 (b) EXECUTIVE OFFICERS EMPLOYED FOR LESS THAN

18 12 MONTHS IN FISCAL YEAR 2002 OR WHOSE EMPLOY19 MENT COMMENCED AFTER FISCAL YEAR 2002.—For the 

20 purpose of applying subsection (a)(1) to an executive offi21 cer—

22 (1) who was employed by an air carrier for less 

23 than 12 months during the air carrier’s fiscal year 

24 2002, or whose employment began after the last day 
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1 of the last fiscal year of such air carrier ending before 

2 the date of enactment of this Act—

3 (A) the salary paid to that executive officer 

4 in that air carrier’s fiscal year 2002, or in the 

5 next fiscal year of that air carrier (if such next 

6 fiscal year began before the date of enactment of 

7 this Act), respectively, shall be determined as an 

8 annual rate of pay; 

9 (B) that annual rate of pay shall be treated 

10 as if it were the annual salary paid to that exec11 utive officer during that air carrier’s fiscal year 

12 2002; and 

13 (C) that executive officer shall be deemed to 

14 have been employed during that fiscal year; and 

15 (2) whose employment begins after the date of 

16 enactment of this Act—

17 (A) the annual salary at which that execu18 tive officer is first employed by an air carrier 

19 may not exceed the maximum salary paid to 

20 any executive officer by that air carrier during 

21 that air carrier’s fiscal year 2002 with the same 

22 or similar responsibilities; 

23 (B) that salary shall be treated as if it were 

24 the annual salary paid to the executive officer 

25 during that air carrier’s fiscal year 2002; and 
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1 (C) the executive officer shall be deemed to 

2 have been employed by that air carrier during 

3 that air carrier’s fiscal year 2002. 

4 (c) AUDIT AUTHORITY.—The Comptroller General, or 

5 any of the Comptroller General’s duly authorized represent6 atives, shall have access for the purpose of audit and exam7 ination to any books, accounts, documents, papers, and 

8 records of such air carriers that relate to the information 

9 required to implement subsection (a). The Comptroller Gen10 eral shall transmit a report of any investigation conducted 

11 under this subsection to the Senate Committee on Appro12 priations, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

13 Transportation, the House of Representatives Committee on 

14 Appropriations, and the House of Representatives Com15 mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, together with 

16 a certification as to whether the Comptroller General has 

17 had access to sufficient information to make informed judg18 ments on the matters covered by the report. 

19 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

20 (1) EXECUTIVE OFFICER.—The term ‘‘executive 

21 officer’’ means a named executive officer (as that term 

22 is used in section 402(a)(3) of Regulation S-K pro23 mulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission 

24 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 C.F.R. 

25 229.402(a)(3))). 
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1 (2) TOTAL COMPENSATION.—The term ‘‘total 

2 compensation’’ has the meaning given that term by 

3 section 104(b) of the Air Transportation Safety and 

4 System Stabilization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note), but 

5 does not include amounts paid, under a contract, re6 tirement plan, or other legally binding arrangement 

7 in effect on March 26, 2003, to an executive officer on 

8 account of that executive’s retirement or termination 

9 of employment. 

10 SEC. 407. GAO REPORT ON AIRLINES ACTIONS TO IMPROVE 

11 FINANCES AND ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSA12 TION. 

13 (a) FINDING.—The Congress finds that the United 

14 States government has by law provided substantial finan15 cial assistance to United States commercial airlines in the 

16 form of war risk insurance and reinsurance and other eco17 nomic benefits and has imposed substantial economic and 

18 regulatory burdens on those airlines. In order to determine 

19 the economic viability of the domestic commercial airline 

20 industry and to evaluate the need for additional measures 

21 or the modification of existing laws, the Congress needs 

22 more frequent information and independently verified in23 formation about the financial condition of these airlines. 

24 (b) SEMIANNUAL REPORTS.—The Comptroller General 

25 shall prepare a semiannual report to the Congress—
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1 (1) analyzing measures being taken by air car2 riers engaged in air transportation and intrastate air 

3 transportation (as such terms are used in subtitle VII 

4 of title 49, United States Code) to reduce costs and 

5 to improve their earnings and profits and balance 

6 sheets; and 

7 (2) stating—

8 (A) the total compensation (as defined in 

9 section 104(b) of the Air Transportation Safety 

10 and System Stabilization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 

11 note)) paid by the air carrier to each officer or 

12 employee of that air carrier to whom that section 

13 applies for the period to which the report relates; 

14 and 

15 (B) the terms and value (determined on the 

16 basis of the closing price of the stock on the last 

17 business day of the period to which the report re18 lates) of any stock options awarded to such offi19 cer during that period. 

20 (c) GAO AUTHORITY.—In order to compile the reports 

21 required by subsection (b), the Comptroller General, or any 

22 of the Comptroller General’s duly authorized representa23 tives, shall have access for the purpose of audit and exam24 ination to any books, accounts, documents, papers, and 

25 records of such air carriers that relate to the information 
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1 required to compile the reports. The Comptroller General 

2 shall submit with each such report a certification as to 

3 whether the Comptroller General has had access to sufficient 

4 information to make informed judgments on the matters 

5 covered by the report. 

6 (d) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Comptroller Gen7 eral shall transmit the compilation of reports required by 

8 subsection (c) to Senate Committee on Appropriations, the 

9 Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor10 tation, the House of Representatives Committee on Appro11 priations, and the House of Representatives Committee on 

12 Transportation and Infrastructure. 

13 SEC. 408. AIR CARRIERS TO SUBMIT OPERATIONAL EX14 PENSE REDUCTION PLANS. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Each air carrier that receives fi16 nancial assistance under this Act shall transmit a plan to 

17 the Comptroller General within 90 days after the date of 

18 enactment of this Act that, if implemented, will reduce that 

19 air carrier’s annual operating expenses by an amount equal 

20 to the greater of—

21 (1) 10 percent of that carrier’s annual operating 

22 expenses determined as of June 15, 2002; or 

23 (2) the amount of financial assistance that air 

24 carrier has received or will receive under this Act. 
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1 (b) OPERATING EXPENSES.—In determining annual 

2 operating expenses for purposes of this section, an air car3 rier shall compute operating expenses attributable to fuel 

4 on the basis of the average price of such fuel for June 15, 

5 2002. 

6 SEC. 409. ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY EXTENDED UNEMPLOY7 MENT COMPENSATION FOR DISPLACED AIR8 LINE RELATED WORKERS. 

9 (a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—

10 (1) the term ‘‘eligible individual’’ means an in11 dividual whose eligibility for temporary extended un12 employment compensation under the Temporary Ex13 tended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 

14 (Public Law 107–147; 116 Stat. 21), as amended by 

15 Public Law 108–1 (117 Stat. 3), is or would be based 

16 on the exhaustion of regular compensation, entitle17 ment to which was based in whole or in part on 

18 qualifying employment performed during such indi19 vidual’s base period; 

20 (2) the term ‘‘qualifying employment’’, with re21 spect to an eligible individual, means employment—

22 (A) with an air carrier, employment at a 

23 facility at an airport, that involves the provision 

24 of transportation to or from an airport, or with 
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1 an upstream producer or supplier for an air car2 rier; and 

3 (B) as determined by the Secretary, separa4 tion from which was due, in whole or in part, 

5 to—

6 (i) reductions in service by an air car7 rier as a result of a terrorist action or secu8 rity measure; 

9 (ii) a closure of an airport in the 

10 United States as a result of a terrorist ac11 tion or security measure; or 

12 (iii) a military conflict with Iraq that 

13 has been authorized by Congress; 

14 (3) the term ‘‘air carrier’’ means an air carrier 

15 that holds a certificate issued under chapter 411 of 

16 title 49, United States Code; 

17 (4) the term ‘‘upstream producer’’ means a firm 

18 that performs additional, value-added, production 

19 processes, including firms that perform final assem20 bly, finishing, or packaging of articles, for another 

21 firm; 

22 (5) the term ‘‘supplier’’ means a firm that pro23 duces component parts for, or articles and contract 

24 services considered to be a part of the production 

25 process or services for, another firm; 
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1 (6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of 

2 Labor; and 

3 (7) the term ‘‘terrorist action or security meas4 ure’’ means a terrorist attack on the United States on 

5 September 11, 2001, or a security measure taken in 

6 response to such attack. 

7 (b) ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY EXTENDED UNEMPLOY8 MENT COMPENSATION FOR ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES.—In the 

9 case of an eligible employee, the Temporary Extended Un10 employment Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–

11 147; 116 Stat. 21), as amended by Public Law 108–1 (117 

12 Stat. 3), shall be applied as if it had been amended in ac13 cordance with subsection (c). 

14 (c) MODIFICATIONS.—

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection 

16 (b), the Temporary Extended Unemployment Com17 pensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–147; 116 

18 Stat. 21), as amended by Public Law 108–1 (117 

19 Stat. 3), shall be treated as if it had been amended 

20 as provided in this subsection. 

21 (2) PROGRAM EXTENSION.—Deem section 208 of 

22 the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensa23 tion Act of 2002, as amended by Public Law 108–1 

24 (117 Stat. 3), to be amended to read as follows: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 208. APPLICABILITY. 

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), an 

3 agreement entered into under this title shall apply to weeks 

4 of unemployment—

5 ‘‘(1) beginning after the date on which such 

6 agreement is entered into; and 

7 ‘‘(2) ending before December 29, 2003. 

8 ‘‘(b) TRANSITION FOR AMOUNT REMAINING IN AC9 COUNT.—

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), in 

11 the case of an individual who has amounts remaining 

12 in an account established under section 203 as of De13 cember 28, 2003, temporary extended unemployment 

14 compensation shall continue to be payable to such in15 dividual from such amounts for any week beginning 

16 after such date for which the individual meets the eli17 gibility requirements of this title, including such com18 pensation payable by reason of amounts deposited in 

19 such account after such date pursuant to the applica20 tion of subsection (c) of such section. 

21 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—No compensation shall be 

22 payable by reason of paragraph (1) for any week be23 ginning after December 26, 2004.’’. 

24 (3) ADDITIONAL WEEKS OF BENEFITS.—Deem 

25 section 203 of the Temporary Extended Unemploy-
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1 ment Compensation Act of 2002, as amended by Pub2 lic Law 108–1 (117 Stat. 3), to be amended—

3 (A) in subsection (b)(1)—

4 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

5 ‘‘50’’ and inserting ‘‘150’’; and 

6 (ii) by striking ‘‘13’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘39’’; and 

(B) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ‘‘1 8 ⁄3

9 of’’ after ‘‘equal to’’. 

10 (4) EFFECTIVE DATE OF MODIFICATIONS DE11 SCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (3).—

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—The amendments de13 scribed in paragraph (3)—

14 (i) shall be deemed to have taken effect 

15 as if included in the enactment of the Tem16 porary Extended Unemployment Compensa17 tion Act of 2002; but 

18 (ii) shall be treated as applying only 

19 with respect to weeks of unemployment be20 ginning on or after the date of enactment 

21 this Act, subject to subparagraph (B). 

22 (B) SPECIAL RULES.—In the case of an eli23 gible individual for whom a temporary extended 

24 unemployment account was established before the 

25 date of enactment of this Act, the Temporary Ex-
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1 tended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 

2 (as amended by this section) shall be applied 

3 subject to the following: 

4 (i) Any amounts deposited in the indi5 vidual’s temporary extended unemployment 

6 compensation account by reason of section 

7 203(c) of such Act (commonly known as 

8 ‘‘TEUC–X amounts’’) before the date of en9 actment of this Act shall be treated as 

10 amounts deposited by reason of section 

11 203(b) of such Act (commonly known as 

12 ‘‘TEUC amounts’’), as deemed to have been 

13 amended by paragraph (3)(A). 

14 (ii) For purposes of determining 

15 whether the individual is eligible for any 

16 TEUC–X amounts under such Act, as 

17 deemed to be amended by this subsection—

18 (I) any determination made 

19 under section 203(c) of such Act before 

20 the application of the amendment de21 scribed in paragraph (3)(B) shall be 

22 disregarded; and 

23 (II) any such determination shall 

24 instead be made by applying section 
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1 203(c) of such Act, as deemed to be 

2 amended by paragraph (3)(B)—

3 (aa) as of the time that all 

4 amounts established in such ac5 count in accordance with section 

6 203(b) of such Act (as deemed to 

7 be amended under this subsection, 

8 and including any amounts de9 scribed in clause (i)) are in fact 

10 exhausted, except that 

11 (bb) if such individual’s ac12 count was both augmented by and 

13 exhausted of all TEUC–X 

14 amounts before the date of enact15 ment of this Act, such determina16 tion shall be made as if exhaus17 tion (as described in section 

18 203(c)(1) of such Act) had not oc19 curred until such date of enact20 ment. 
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1 TITLE V—PANEL TO REVIEW SEX2 UAL MISCONDUCT ALLEGA3 TIONS AT UNITED STATES AIR 

4 FORCE ACADEMY 

5 SEC. 501. ESTABLISHMENT OF PANEL. 

6 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a panel to 

7 review allegations of sexual misconduct allegations at the 

8 United States Air Force Academy. 

9 (b) COMPOSITION.—The panel shall be composed of 

10 seven members, appointed by the Secretary of Defense from 

11 among private United States citizens who have knowledge 

12 or expertise in matters relating to sexual assault, rape, and 

13 the United States military academies. 

14 (c) CHAIRMAN.—The Secretary of Defense shall, in 

15 consultation with the Chairmen of the Committees on 

16 Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives, 

17 select the Chairman of the panel from among its members 

18 under subsection (b). 

19 (d) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT; VACANCIES.—Members 

20 shall be appointed for the life of the panel. Any vacancy 

21 in the panel shall be filled in the same manner as the origi22 nal appointment. 

23 (e) MEETINGS.—The panel shall meet at the call of the 

24 Chairman. 
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1 (f) INITIAL ORGANIZATION REQUIREMENTS.—(1) All 

2 original appointments to the panel shall be made not later 

3 than May 1, 2003. 

4 (2) The Chairman shall convene the first meeting of 

5 the panel not later than May 2, 2003. 

6 SEC. 502. DUTIES OF PANEL. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The panel established under section 

8 501(a) shall carry out a study in order to determine respon9 sibility and accountability for the establishment or mainte10 nance of an atmosphere at the United States Air Force 

11 Academy that was conducive to sexual misconduct (includ12 ing sexual assaults and rape) at the United States Air 

13 Force Academy. 

14 (b) REVIEW.—In carrying out the study required by 

15 subsection (a), the panel shall—

16 (1) the actions taken by United States Air Force 

17 academy personnel and other Department of the Air 

18 Force officials in response to allegations of sexual as19 saults at the United States Air Force Academy; 

20 (2) review directives issued by the United States 

21 Air Force pertaining to sexual misconduct at the 

22 United States Air Force Academy; 

23 (3) review the effectiveness of the process, proce24 dures, and policies used at the United States Air 
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1 Force Academy to respond to allegations of sexual 

2 misconduct; 

3 (4) review the relationship between—

4 (A) the command climate for women at the 

5 United States Air Force Academy, including fac6 tors that may have produced a fear of retribu7 tion for reporting sexual misconduct; and 

8 (B) the circumstances that resulted in sex9 ual misconduct at the Academy; and 

10 (5) review, evaluate, and assess such other mat11 ters and materials as the panel considers appropriate 

12 for the study. 

13 (c) REPORT.—(1) Not later than 90 days after its first 

14 meeting under section 501(f)(2), the panel shall submit a 

15 report on the study required by subsection (a) to the Sec16 retary of Defense and the Committees on Armed Services 

17 of the Senate and the House of Representatives. 

18 (2) The report shall include—

19 (A) the findings and conclusions of the panel as 

20 a result of the study; and 

21 (B) any recommendations for legislative or ad22 ministrative action that the panel considers appro23 priate in light of the study. 
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1 SEC. 503. PERSONNEL MATTERS. 

2 (a) PAY OF MEMBERS.—(1) Members of the panel es3 tablished under section 501(a) shall serve without pay by 

4 reason of their work on the panel. 

5 (2) Section 1342 of title 31, United States Code, shall 

6 not apply to the acceptance of services of a member of the 

7 panel under this title. 

8 (b) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—The members of the panel 

9 shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu 

10 of subsistence, at rates authorized for employees of agencies 

11 under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States 

12 Code, while away from their homes or regular places of 

13 business in the performance of services for the panel. 

14 TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

15 SEC. 601. Section 624 of division B of the Consolidated 

16 Appropriations Resolution, 2003 (Public Law 108–7), is 

17 amended by inserting before the period at the end: ‘‘and, 

18 effective as of October 1, 2002, by inserting ‘and subject to 

19 the provisions of Public Law 108–8,’ after ‘until ex20 pended,’ ’’. 

21 SEC. 602. EXTENSION OF ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORM22 ANCE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY. Section 801(c) of the Na23 tional Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8287(c)) 

24 is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2003’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘December 31, 2004’’. 
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1 SEC. 603. None of the funds in this Act may be obli2 gated or expended to pay for transportation described in 

3 section 41106 of title 49, United States Code, to be per4 formed by any air carrier that is not effectively controlled 

5 by citizens of the United States. 

6 SEC. 604. Section 626 of title VI of division B of Pub7 lic Law 108–7 is amended by striking ‘‘previously’’. 

8 SEC. 605. Section 7304 of Public Law 107–110 is 

9 amended by striking ‘‘such as’’ and inserting in lieu thereof 

10 ‘‘operated by’’. 

11 SEC. 606. Section 1605 of title 28, United States Code, 

12 is amended by adding at the end the following new sub13 section: 

14 ‘‘(h) CLAIMS FOR MONEY DAMAGES FOR DEATH OR

15 PERSONAL INJURY.—(1) Any United States citizen who 

16 dies or suffers injury caused by a foreign state’s act of tor17 ture, extrajudicial killing, aircraft sabotage, or hostage tak18 ing committed on or after November 1, 1979, and any mem19 ber of the immediate family of such citizen, shall have a 

20 claim for money damages against such foreign state, as au21 thorized by subsection (a)(7), for death or personal injury 

22 (including economic damages, solatium, pain and suf23 fering). 

24 ‘‘(2) A claim under paragraph (1) shall not be barred 

25 or precluded by the Algiers Accords.’’. 
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1 SEC. 607. Section 127b(b) of title 10, United States 

2 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘$200,000’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘$5,000,000’’. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Supplemental Appro5 priations Act to Support Department of Defense Operations 

6 in Iraq for Fiscal Year 2003’’.

Passed the House of Representatives April 3, 2003. 

Attest: JEFF TRANDAHL, 

Clerk. 

Passed the Senate April 7, 2003. 

Attest: EMILY J. REYNOLDS, 

Secretary.