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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 247

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

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

30, 2003, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 8, 2003

Mr. WOLF introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Appropriations 

A BILL

Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, 

Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies 

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—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

2 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For expenses necessary for the administration of the 

5 Department of Justice, $103,579,000, of which not to ex6 ceed $3,317,000 is for the Facilities Program 2000 and 

7 not to exceed $10,000,000 is for development and imple8 mentation of a consolidated financial management system, 

9 to remain available until expended: Provided, That not to 

10 exceed 43 permanent positions and 44 full-time equivalent 

11 workyears and $11,557,000 shall be expended for the De12 partment Leadership Program exclusive of augmentation 

13 that occurred in these offices in fiscal year 2002: Provided 

14 further, That not to exceed 31 permanent positions and 

15 33 full-time equivalent workyears and $3,290,000 shall be 

16 expended for the Office of Legislative Affairs: Provided 

17 further, That not to exceed 15 permanent positions, 20 

18 full-time equivalent workyears, and $1,788,000 shall be 

19 expended for the Office of Public Affairs: Provided further, 

20 That the latter two aforementioned offices may utilize 

21 non-reimbursable details of career employees within the 

22 caps described in the preceding proviso: Provided further, 

23 That the Attorney General is authorized to transfer, under 

24 such terms and conditions as the Attorney General shall 

25 specify, forfeited real or personal property of limited or 
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1 marginal value, as such value is determined by guidelines 

2 established by the Attorney General, to a State or local 

3 government agency, or its designated contractor or trans4 feree, for use to support drug abuse treatment, drug and 

5 crime prevention and education, housing, job skills, and 

6 other community-based public health and safety programs: 

7 Provided further, That any transfer under the preceding 

8 proviso shall not create or confer any private right of ac9 tion in any person against the United States, and shall 

10 be treated as a reprogramming under section 605 of this 

11 Act.

12 IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS INTEGRATION

13 For expenses necessary for the nationwide deploy14 ment of a Joint Automated Booking System and for the 

15 planning, development, and deployment of an integrated 

16 fingerprint identification system, including automated ca17 pability to transmit fingerprint and image data, 

18 $24,478,000, to remain available until expended.

19 NARROWBAND COMMUNICATIONS

20 For the costs of conversion to narrowband commu21 nications, including the cost for operation and mainte22 nance of Land Mobile Radio legacy systems, $81,354,000, 

23 to remain available until expended; Provided, That, in fis24 cal year 2003, the Attorney General shall transfer to the 

25 ‘‘Narrowband Communications’’ account all funds made 

26 available to the Department of Justice for the purchase 
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1 of portable and mobile radios: Provided further, That any 

2 transfers made under this proviso shall be subject to sec3 tion 605 of this Act.

4 COUNTERTERRORISM FUND

5 For necessary expenses, as determined by the Attor6 ney General, $4,100,000, to remain available until ex7 pended, to reimburse any Department of Justice organiza8 tion for: (1) the costs incurred in reestablishing the oper9 ational capability of an office or facility which has been 

10 damaged or destroyed as a result of any domestic or inter11 national terrorist incident; and (2) the costs of providing 

12 support to counter, investigate or prosecute domestic or 

13 international terrorism, including payment of rewards in 

14 connection with these activities: Provided, That any Fed15 eral agency may be reimbursed for the costs of detaining 

16 in foreign countries individuals accused of acts of ter17 rorism that violate the laws of the United States: Provided 

18 further, That funds provided under this paragraph shall 

19 be available only after the Attorney General notifies the 

20 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent21 atives and the Senate in accordance with section 605 of 

22 this Act.

23 ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS

24 For expenses necessary for the administration of par25 don and clemency petitions and immigration-related activi26 ties, $193,535,000.
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1 DETENTION TRUSTEE

2 For necessary expenses of the Federal Detention 

3 Trustee who shall exercise all power and functions author4 ized by law relating to the detention of Federal prisoners 

5 in non-Federal institutions or otherwise in the custody of 

6 the United States Marshals Service; and the detention of 

7 aliens in the custody of the Immigration and Naturaliza8 tion Service, $1,347,216,000, to remain available until ex9 pended, of which not to exceed $1,342,570,000 for deten10 tion activities may be transferred to ‘‘Salaries and Ex11 penses,’’ United States Marshals Service or to ‘‘Immigra12 tion Enforcement and Border Affairs,’’ Immigration and 

13 Naturalization Service: Provided, That the Trustee shall 

14 be responsible for overseeing housing related to such de15 tention; the management of funds appropriated to the De16 partment for the exercise of any detention functions; and 

17 the direction of the United States Marshals Service and 

18 Immigration and Naturalization Service with respect to 

19 the exercise of detention policy setting and operations for 

20 the Department: Provided further, That any unobligated 

21 balances available in prior years from the funds appro22 priated under the heading ‘‘Federal Prisoner Detention’’ 

23 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 

24 under the heading ‘‘Detention Trustee’’ and shall be avail25 able until expended: Provided further, That the Trustee, 
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1 working in consultation with the Bureau of Prisons, shall 

2 submit a plan for collecting information related to evalu3 ating the health and safety of Federal prisoners in non4 Federal institutions no later than 180 days following the 

5 enactment of this Act.

6 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

8 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

9 General Act of 1978, as amended, $59,937,000; including 

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

11 a confidential character, to be expended under the direc12 tion of, and to be accounted for solely under the certificate 

13 of, the Attorney General; and for the acquisition, lease, 

14 maintenance, and operation of motor vehicles, without re15 gard to the general purchase price limitation for the cur16 rent fiscal year.

17 UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the United States Parole 

20 Commission as authorized by law, $10,862,000.

21 LEGAL ACTIVITIES

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL

23 ACTIVITIES

24 For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the 

25 Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, includ26 ing not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evi-
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1 dence, to be expended under the direction of, and to be 

2 accounted for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney 

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

4 in the District of Columbia, $614,845,000; of which not 

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

6 shall remain available until expended, and of which not 

7 less than $1,996,000 shall be available for necessary ad8 ministrative expenses in accordance with the Radiation 

9 Exposure Compensation Act: Provided, That of the total 

10 amount appropriated, not to exceed $1,000 shall be avail11 able to the United States National Central Bureau, 

12 INTERPOL, for official reception and representation ex13 penses: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 

14 provision of law, upon a determination by the Attorney 

15 General that emergent circumstances require additional 

16 funding for litigation activities of the Civil Division, the 

17 Attorney General may transfer such amounts to ‘‘Salaries 

18 and Expenses, General Legal Activities’’ from available 

19 appropriations for the current fiscal year for the Depart20 ment of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such 

21 circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursu22 ant to the previous proviso shall be treated as a re23 programming under section 605 of this Act and shall not 

24 be available for obligation or expenditure except in compli25 ance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
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1 In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the De2 partment of Justice associated with processing cases 

3 under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, 

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

5 from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund.

6 LEGAL ACTIVITIES OFFICE AUTOMATION

7 For necessary expenses related to the design, devel8 opment, engineering, acquisition, and implementation of 

9 office automation systems for the organizations funded 

10 under the headings ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, General 

11 Legal Activities, and ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, General 

12 Administration, and of the United States Attorneys, the 

13 Antitrust Division, the United States Marshals Service, 

14 the United States Trustee Program, the Executive Office 

15 for Immigration Review, and the Community Relations 

16 Service, $15,942,000, to remain available until expended.

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION

18 For expenses necessary for the enforcement of anti19 trust and kindred laws, $134,295,000: Provided, That, 

20 notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed 

21 $134,295,000 of offsetting collections derived from fees 

22 collected for premerger notification filings under the Hart23 Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 

24 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year of collection, shall be 

25 retained and used for necessary expenses in this appro26 priation, and shall remain available until expended: Pro-
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1 vided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the 

2 general fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections 

3 are received during fiscal year 2003, so as to result in 

4 a final fiscal year 2003 appropriation from the general 

5 fund estimated at not more than $0.

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES

7 ATTORNEYS

8 For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United 

9 States Attorneys, including inter-governmental and coop10 erative agreements, $1,502,767,000; of which not to ex11 ceed $2,500,000 shall be available until September 30, 

12 2004, for: (1) training personnel in debt collection; (2) lo13 cating debtors and their property; (3) paying the net costs 

14 of selling property; and (4) tracking debts owed to the 

15 United States Government: Provided, That of the total 

16 amount appropriated, not to exceed $8,000 shall be avail17 able for official reception and representation expenses: 

18 Provided further, That not to exceed $10,000,000 of those 

19 funds available for automated litigation support contracts 

20 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

21 That not to exceed $2,500,000 for the operation of the 

22 National Advocacy Center shall remain available until ex23 pended: Provided further, That, in addition to reimburs24 able full-time equivalent workyears available to the Offices 

25 of the United States Attorneys, not to exceed 10,113 posi26 tions and 10,316 full-time equivalent workyears shall be 
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1 supported from the funds appropriated in this Act for the 

2 United States Attorneys.

3 UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND

4 For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee 

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

6 $159,161,000, to remain available until expended and to 

7 be derived from the United States Trustee System Fund: 

8 Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

10 amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds due deposi11 tors: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 

12 provision of law, $159,161,000 of offsetting collections 

13 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 589a(b) shall be retained and used 

14 for necessary expenses in this appropriation and remain 

15 available until expended: Provided further, That the sum 

16 herein appropriated from the Fund shall be reduced as 

17 such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 

18 2003, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2003 appropria19 tion from the Fund estimated at $0.

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS

21 SETTLEMENT COMMISSION

22 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 

23 the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including 

24 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $1,136,000.
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1 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES MARSHALS

2 SERVICE

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

7 to the general purchase price limitation for the current 

8 fiscal year, $684,174,000; of which not to exceed $6,000 

9 shall be available for official reception and representation 

10 expenses; of which not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be avail11 able for development, implementation, maintenance and 

12 support, and training for an automated prisoner informa13 tion system and shall remain available until expended; and 

14 of which not to exceed $11,058,000 shall be available for 

15 the costs of courthouse security equipment, including fur16 nishings, relocations, and telephone systems and cabling, 

17 and shall remain available until expended: Provided, That, 

18 in addition to reimbursable full-time equivalent workyears 

19 available to the United States Marshals Service, not to ex20 ceed 4,330 positions and 4,160 full-time equivalent 

21 workyears shall be supported from the funds appropriated 

22 in this Act for the United States Marshals Service.

23 CONSTRUCTION

24 For planning, constructing, renovating, equipping, 

25 and maintaining United States Marshals Service prisoner26 holding space in United States courthouses and Federal 
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1 buildings, including the renovation and expansion of pris2 oner movement areas, elevators, and sallyports, 

3 $15,126,000, to remain available until expended.

4 FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES

5 For expenses, mileage, compensation, and per diems 

6 of witnesses, for expenses of contracts for the procurement 

7 and supervision of expert witnesses, for private counsel ex8 penses, and for per diems in lieu of subsistence, as author9 ized by law, including advances, $156,145,000, to remain 

10 available until expended; of which not to exceed 

11 $6,000,000 may be made available for planning, construc12 tion, renovations, maintenance, remodeling, and repair of 

13 buildings, and the purchase of equipment incident thereto, 

14 for protected witness safesites; of which not to exceed 

15 $1,000,000 may be made available for the purchase and 

16 maintenance of armored vehicles for transportation of pro17 tected witnesses; and of which not to exceed $5,000,000 

18 may be made available for the purchase, installation, and 

19 maintenance of secure telecommunications equipment and 

20 a secure automated information network to store and re21 trieve the identities and locations of protected witnesses.

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS

23 SERVICE

24 For necessary expenses of the Community Relations 

25 Service, $9,364,000 and, in addition, up to $1,000,000 of 

26 funds made available to the Department of Justice in this 
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1 Act may be transferred by the Attorney General to this 

2 account: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi3 sion of law, upon a determination by the Attorney General 

4 that emergent circumstances require additional funding 

5 for conflict resolution and violence prevention activities of 

6 the Community Relations Service, the Attorney General 

7 may transfer such amounts to the Community Relations 

8 Service, from available appropriations for the current fis9 cal year for the Department of Justice, as may be nec10 essary to respond to such circumstances: Provided further, 

11 That any transfer pursuant to the previous proviso shall 

12 be treated as a reprogramming under section 605 of this 

13 Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 

14 except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 

15 section.

16 ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND

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

18 524(c)(1)(A)(ii), (B), (F), and (G), as amended, 

19 $22,949,000, to be derived from the Department of Jus20 tice Assets Forfeiture Fund.

21 INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT

22 INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT

23 For necessary expenses for the detection, investiga24 tion, and prosecution of individuals involved in organized 

25 crime drug trafficking not otherwise provided for, to in26 clude inter-governmental agreements with State and local 
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1 law enforcement agencies engaged in the investigation and 

2 prosecution of individuals involved in organized crime drug 

3 trafficking, $365,131,000, of which $50,000,000 shall re4 main available until expended: Provided, That any 

5 amounts obligated from appropriations under this heading 

6 may be used under authorities available to the organiza7 tions reimbursed from this appropriation: Provided fur8 ther, That any unobligated balances remaining available 

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

10 General for reallocation among participating organizations 

11 in succeeding fiscal years, subject to the reprogramming 

12 procedures set forth in section 605 of this Act.

13 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of In16 vestigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of 

17 crimes against the United States; including purchase for 

18 police-type use of not to exceed 1,576 passenger motor ve19 hicles, of which 1,085 will be for replacement only, without 

20 regard to the general purchase price limitation for the cur21 rent fiscal year, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; ac22 quisition, lease, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; 

23 and not to exceed $70,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies 

24 of a confidential character, to be expended under the di25 rection of, and to be accounted for solely under the certifi-
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1 cate of, the Attorney General, $4,296,587,000; of which 

2 not to exceed $50,000,000 for automated data processing 

3 and telecommunications and technical investigative equip4 ment and not to exceed $1,000,000 for undercover oper5 ations shall remain available until September 30, 2004; 

6 of which not less than $472,749,000 shall be for 

7 counterterrorism investigations, foreign counterintel8 ligence, and other activities related to our national secu9 rity; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 is authorized to 

10 be made available for making advances for expenses aris11 ing out of contractual or reimbursable agreements with 

12 State and local law enforcement agencies while engaged 

13 in cooperative activities related to violent crime, terrorism, 

14 organized crime, and drug investigations: Provided, That 

15 not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for official recep16 tion and representation expenses: Provided further, That, 

17 in addition to reimbursable full-time equivalent workyears 

18 available to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, not to 

19 exceed 26,447 positions and 25,579 full-time equivalent 

20 workyears shall be supported from the funds appropriated 

21 in this Act for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

22 CONSTRUCTION

23 For necessary expenses to construct or acquire build24 ings and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by 

25 law (including equipment for such buildings); conversion 

26 and extension of federally-owned buildings; and prelimi-
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1 nary planning and design of projects; $1,250,000, to re2 main available until expended.

3 DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Ad6 ministration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet un7 foreseen emergencies of a confidential character, to be ex8 pended under the direction of, and to be accounted for 

9 solely under the certificate of, the Attorney General; ex10 penses for conducting drug education and training pro11 grams, including travel and related expenses for partici12 pants in such programs and the distribution of items of 

13 token value that promote the goals of such programs; pur14 chase of not to exceed 1,374 passenger motor vehicles, of 

15 which 1,354 will be for replacement only, for police-type 

16 use without regard to the general purchase price limitation 

17 for the current fiscal year; and acquisition, lease, mainte18 nance, and operation of aircraft, $1,590,919,000; of which 

19 not to exceed $33,000,000 for permanent change of sta20 tion shall remain available until September 30, 2004; of 

21 which not to exceed $1,800,000 for research shall remain 

22 available until expended, and of which not to exceed 

23 $4,000,000 for purchase of evidence and payments for in24 formation, not to exceed $10,000,000 for contracting for 

25 automated data processing and telecommunications equip-
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1 ment, and not to exceed $2,000,000 for laboratory equip2 ment, $4,000,000 for technical equipment, and 

3 $2,000,000 for aircraft replacement retrofit and parts, 

4 shall remain available until September 30, 2004; of which 

5 not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for official recep6 tion and representation expenses: Provided, That, in addi7 tion to reimbursable full-time equivalent workyears avail8 able to the Drug Enforcement Administration, not to ex9 ceed 8,095 positions and 7,803 full-time equivalent 

10 workyears shall be supported from the funds appropriated 

11 in this Act for the Drug Enforcement Administration.

12 IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For expenses necessary for the administration and 

15 enforcement of the laws relating to immigration, natu16 ralization, and alien registration, as follows:

17 IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AND BORDER AFFAIRS

18 For salaries and expenses for the Border Patrol, de19 tention and removals, intelligence, investigations, and in20 spections, including not to exceed $50,000 to meet unfore21 seen emergencies of a confidential character, to be ex22 pended under the direction of, and to be accounted for 

23 solely under the certificate of, the Attorney General; pur24 chase for police-type use (not to exceed 4,565 passenger 

25 motor vehicles, of which 3,450 are for replacement only), 

26 without regard to the general purchase price limitation for 
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1 the current fiscal year, and hire of passenger motor vehi2 cles; acquisition, lease, maintenance and operation of air3 craft; research related to immigration enforcement; for 

4 protecting and maintaining the integrity of the borders of 

5 the United States including, without limitation, equipping, 

6 maintaining, and making improvements to the infrastruc7 ture; and for the care and housing of Federal detainees 

8 held in the joint Immigration and Naturalization Service 

9 and United States Marshals Service Buffalo Detention 

10 Facility, $2,961,325,000; of which not to exceed 

11 $5,000,000 is for payments or advances arising out of con12 tractual or reimbursable agreements with State and local 

13 law enforcement agencies while engaged in cooperative ac14 tivities related to immigration; of which not to exceed 

15 $5,000,000 is to fund or reimburse other Federal agencies 

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

17 repatriation of smuggled illegal aliens; of which not to ex18 ceed $245,236,000 is for information technology infra19 structure: Provided, That none of the funds available to 

20 the Immigration and Naturalization Service shall be avail21 able to pay any employee overtime pay in an amount in 

22 excess of $30,000 during the calendar year beginning Jan23 uary 1, 2003, except that the INS Commissioner may ex24 ceed this cap as necessary for national security purposes 

25 and in cases of immigration emergencies: Provided further, 
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1 That uniforms may be purchased without regard to the 

2 general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal 

3 year: Provided further, That, in addition to reimbursable 

4 full-time equivalent workyears available to the Immigra5 tion and Naturalization Service, not to exceed 21,831 posi6 tions and 21,057 full-time equivalent workyears shall be 

7 supported from the funds appropriated under this heading 

8 in this Act for the Immigration and Naturalization Serv9 ice.

10 IMMIGRATION SERVICES

11 For salaries and expenses for immigration services, 

12 $88,604,000: Provided further, That not to exceed 40 per13 manent positions and 40 full-time equivalent workyears 

14 and $4,300,000 shall be expended for the Offices of Legis15 lative Affairs and Public Affairs: Provided further, That 

16 unencumbered positions in the aforementioned offices 

17 after the date of enactment of this Act shall be filled only 

18 by personnel details, temporary transfers of personnel on 

19 either a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis, or any 

20 other formal or informal transfer or reimbursement of per21 sonnel or funds on either a temporary or long-term basis 

22 up to 10 full-time equivalent workyears: Provided further, 

23 That the number of positions filled through non-career ap24 pointment at the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 

25 for which funding is provided in this Act or is otherwise 

26 made available to the Immigration and Naturalization 
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1 Service, shall not exceed six permanent positions and six 

2 full-time equivalent workyears: Provided further, That 

3 none of the funds available to the Immigration and Natu4 ralization Service shall be used to pay any employee over5 time pay in an amount in excess of $30,000 during the 

6 calendar year beginning January 1, 2003, except that the 

7 INS Commissioner may exceed this cap as necessary for 

8 national security purposes and in cases of immigration 

9 emergencies: Provided further, That funds may be used, 

10 without limitation, for equipping, maintaining, and mak11 ing improvements to the infrastructure and the purchase 

12 of vehicles for police-type use within the limits of the Im13 migration Enforcement and Border Affairs appropriation: 

14 Provided further, That, in addition to reimbursable full15 time equivalent workyears available to the Immigration 

16 and Naturalization Service, not to exceed 676 positions 

17 and 450 full-time equivalent workyears shall be supported 

18 from the funds appropriated under this heading in this 

19 Act for the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

20 CONSTRUCTION

21 For planning, construction, renovation, equipping, 

22 and maintenance of buildings and facilities necessary for 

23 the administration and enforcement of the laws relating 

24 to immigration, naturalization, and alien registration, not 

25 otherwise provided for, $267,137,000, to remain available 

26 until expended: Provided, That no funds shall be available 
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1 for the site acquisition, design, or construction of any Bor2 der Patrol checkpoint in the Tucson sector: Provided fur3 ther, That the Border Patrol shall relocate its checkpoints 

4 in the Tucson sector at least once every seven days in a 

5 manner designed to prevent persons subject to inspection 

6 from predicting the location of any such checkpoint.

7 SUPPORT AND ADMINISTRATION

8 For salaries and expenses for data and communica9 tions, information and records management, legal pro10 ceedings, management and administration, hire of pas11 senger motor vehicles, and the purchase of vehicles within 

12 the limits and subject to the terms under ‘‘Immigration 

13 Enforcement and Border Affairs’’, $681,072,000, of 

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

15 available until expended, of which not to exceed 

16 $122,500,000 shall be for information technology infra17 structure: Provided further, That not to exceed $5,000 

18 shall be available for official reception and representation 

19 expenses: Provided further, That none of the funds avail20 able to the Immigration and Naturalization Service shall 

21 be used to pay any employee overtime pay in an amount 

22 in excess of $30,000 during the calendar year beginning 

23 January 1, 2003, except that the INS Commissioner may 

24 exceed this cap as necessary for national security purposes 

25 and in cases of immigration emergencies: Provided further, 

26 That in addition to the reimbursable full-time equivalent 
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1 workyears available to the Immigration and Naturaliza2 tion Service, not to exceed 3,287 positions and 3,258 full3 time workyears shall be supported from the funds appro4 priated under this heading in this Act for the Immigration 

5 and Naturalization Service: Provided further, That, not6 withstanding any other provision of law, during fiscal year 

7 2003, the Attorney General is authorized and directed to 

8 impose disciplinary action, including termination of em9 ployment, pursuant to policies and procedures applicable 

10 to employees of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, for 

11 any employee of the Immigration and Naturalization Serv12 ice who violates policies and procedures set forth by the 

13 Department of Justice relative to the granting of citizen14 ship or who willfully deceives the Congress or Department 

15 leadership on any matter.

16 FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For expenses necessary for the administration, oper19 ation, and maintenance of Federal penal and correctional 

20 institutions, including purchase (not to exceed 713, of 

21 which 504 are for replacement only) and hire of law en22 forcement and passenger motor vehicles, and for the provi23 sion of technical assistance and advice on corrections re24 lated issues to foreign governments, $4,074,265,000: Pro25 vided, That the Attorney General may transfer to the 
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1 Health Resources and Services Administration such 

2 amounts as may be necessary for direct expenditures by 

3 that Administration for medical relief for inmates of Fed4 eral penal and correctional institutions: Provided further, 

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

6 where necessary, may enter into contracts with a fiscal 

7 agent/fiscal intermediary claims processor to determine 

8 the amounts payable to persons who, on behalf of FPS, 

9 furnish health services to individuals committed to the 

10 custody of FPS: Provided further, That not to exceed 

11 $6,000 shall be available for official reception and rep12 resentation expenses: Provided further, That not to exceed 

13 $50,000,000 shall remain available for necessary oper14 ations until September 30, 2004: Provided further, That, 

15 of the amounts provided for Contract Confinement, not 

16 to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain available until ex17 pended to make payments in advance for grants, contracts 

18 and reimbursable agreements, and other expenses author19 ized by section 501(c) of the Refugee Education Assist20 ance Act of 1980, as amended, for the care and security 

21 in the United States of Cuban and Haitian entrants: Pro22 vided further, That the Director of the Federal Prison Sys23 tem may accept donated property and services relating to 

24 the operation of the prison card program from a not-for25 profit entity which has operated such program in the past 
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1 notwithstanding the fact that such not-for-profit entity 

2 furnishes services under contracts to the Federal Prison 

3 System relating to the operation of pre-release services, 

4 halfway houses or other custodial facilities.

5 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

6 For planning, acquisition of sites and construction of 

7 new facilities; purchase and acquisition of facilities and re8 modeling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and 

9 correctional use, including all necessary expenses incident 

10 thereto, by contract or force account; and constructing, 

11 remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings and facili12 ties at existing penal and correctional institutions, includ13 ing all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or 

14 force account, $395,243,000, to remain available until ex15 pended, of which not to exceed $14,000,000 shall be avail16 able to construct areas for inmate work programs: Pro17 vided, That labor of United States prisoners may be used 

18 for work performed under this appropriation: Provided 

19 further, That not to exceed 10 percent of the funds appro20 priated to ‘‘Buildings and Facilities’’ in this or any other 

21 Act may be transferred to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, Fed22 eral Prison System, upon notification by the Attorney 

23 General to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

24 House of Representatives and the Senate in compliance 

25 with provisions set forth in section 605 of this Act.
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1 FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

2 The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is here3 by authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits 

4 of funds and borrowing authority available, and in accord 

5 with the law, and to make such contracts and commit6 ments, without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro7 vided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as 

8 may be necessary in carrying out the program set forth 

9 in the budget for the current fiscal year for such corpora10 tion, including purchase (not to exceed five for replace11 ment only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles.

12 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL

13 PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

14 Not to exceed $3,429,000 of the funds of the corpora15 tion shall be available for its administrative expenses, and 

16 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to be com17 puted on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance 

18 with the corporation’s current prescribed accounting sys19 tem, and such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, 

20 payment of claims, and expenditures which the said ac21 counting system requires to be capitalized or charged to 

22 cost of commodities acquired or produced, including sell23 ing and shipping expenses, and expenses in connection 

24 with acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, im25 provement, protection, or disposition of facilities and other 
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1 property belonging to the corporation or in which it has 

2 an interest.

3 OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS

4 JUSTICE ASSISTANCE

5 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

6 other assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus 

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

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

9 including salaries and expenses in connection therewith, 

10 and with the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, as amended, 

11 $210,049,000, to remain available until expended: Pro12 vided, That all balances under this heading for 

13 counterterrorism programs may be transferred to and 

14 merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Domestic Prepared15 ness’’. 

16 DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS

17 For grants, cooperative agreements, and other assist18 ance authorized by sections 819 and 821 of the 

19 Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 

20 and for other counterterrorism programs, including train21 ing, exercises and equipment for fire, emergency medical, 

22 hazmat, law enforcement, and other first responders to 

23 prevent and respond to acts of terrorism, including inci24 dents involving weapons of mass destruction or chemical 

25 or biological weapons, $307,610,000, to remain available 

26 until expended, of which $50,000,000 shall be for a high-
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1 threat urban area domestic preparedness program and 

2 $20,000,000 shall be for the electronic dissemination of 

3 terrorist threat information. 

4 COMMUNICATIONS AND INTEROPERABILITY PROGRAM

5 For grants, cooperative agreements, and other assist6 ance for emergency communications equipment and plan7 ning to assist fire, emergency medical, hazmat, law en8 forcement, and other first responders in preventing and 

9 responding to emergencies including acts of terrorism, 

10 $200,000,000, to remain available until expended.

11 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE

12 For assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Con13 trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–

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

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

16 1968 Act’’); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990, as 

17 amended (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); and the Victims of Trafficking 

18 and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–

19 386); $2,281,025,000 (including amounts for administra20 tive costs, which shall be transferred to and merged with 

21 the ‘‘Justice Assistance’’ account), to remain available 

22 until expended as follows: 

23 (1) $400,000,000 for Local Law Enforcement 

24 Block Grants, pursuant to H.R. 728 as passed by 

25 the House of Representatives on February 14, 1995, 

26 except that for purposes of this Act and retroactive 
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1 to October 1, 2000, Guam shall be considered as one 

2 ‘‘State’’ for all purposes under H.R. 728, notwith3 standing any provision of section 108(3) thereof, the 

4 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall be considered a 

5 ‘‘unit of local government’’ as well as a ‘‘State’’, for 

6 the purposes set forth in paragraphs (A), (B), (D), 

7 (F), and (I) of section 101(a)(2) of H.R. 728, and 

8 for establishing crime prevention programs involving 

9 cooperation between community residents and law 

10 enforcement personnel in order to control, detect, or 

11 investigate crime or the prosecution of criminals: 

12 Provided, That no funds provided under this heading 

13 may be used as matching funds for any other Fed14 eral grant program, of which—

15 (A) $70,000,000 shall be for Boys and 

16 Girls Clubs in public housing facilities and 

17 other areas in cooperation with State and local 

18 law enforcement: Provided, That funds may 

19 also be used to defray the costs of indemnifica20 tion insurance for law enforcement officers; 

21 (B) $19,956,000 shall be available for 

22 grants, contracts, and other assistance to carry 

23 out section 102(c) of H.R. 728; and 

24 (C) $7,500,000 for Citizen Corps programs 

25 administered by the Department of Justice, of 
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1 which $4,500,000 shall be for expanding Neigh2 borhood Watch programs and $3,000,000 shall 

3 be for volunteers in policing services programs;

4 (2) $610,000 for Hate Crimes Training and 

5 Technical Assistance;

6 (3) $500,000,000 for the State Criminal Alien 

7 Assistance Program, as authorized by section 242(j) 

8 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amend9 ed; 

10 (4) $5,000,000 for the Cooperative Agreement 

11 Program; 

12 (5) $12,971,000 for assistance to Indian tribes, 

13 of which—

14 (A) $7,982,000 shall be available for the 

15 Tribal Courts Initiative; and 

16 (B) $4,989,000 shall be available for dem17 onstration grants on alcohol and crime in In18 dian Country; 

19 (6) $594,489,000 for programs authorized by 

20 part E of title I of the 1968 Act, notwithstanding 

21 the provisions of section 511 of said Act, of which 

22 $94,489,000 shall be for discretionary grants under 

23 the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law 

24 Enforcement Assistance Programs; 
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1 (7) $390,565,000 for programs to address vio2 lence against women, of which—

3 (A) $11,975,000 shall be for the Court Ap4 pointed Special Advocate Program, as author5 ized by section 218 of the 1990 Act; 

6 (B) $2,296,000 shall be for Child Abuse 

7 Training Programs for Judicial Personnel and 

8 Practitioners, as authorized by section 224 of 

9 the 1990 Act; 

10 (C) $998,000 shall be for grants for tele11 vised testimony, as authorized by section 

12 1001(a)(7) of the 1968 Act; 

13 (D) $184,937,000 shall be for Grants to 

14 Combat Violence Against Women, to States, 

15 units of local government, and Indian tribal 

16 governments, as authorized by section 

17 1001(a)(18) of the 1968 Act, of which—

18 (i) $1,000,000 shall be for the Bureau 

19 of Justice Statistics for grants, contracts, 

20 and other assistance for a domestic vio21 lence Federal case processing study; 

22 (ii) $5,200,000 shall be for the Na23 tional Institute of Justice for grants, con24 tracts, and other assistance for research 
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1 and evaluation of violence against women; 

2 and 

3 (iii) $10,000,000 shall be for the Of4 fice of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

5 Prevention for the Safe Start Program, to 

6 be administered as authorized by part C of 

7 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Act 

8 of 1974, as amended; 

9 (E) $64,925,000 shall be for Grants to 

10 Encourage Arrest Policies to States, units of 

11 local government, and Indian tribal govern12 ments, as authorized by section 1001(a)(19) of 

13 the 1968 Act; 

14 (F) $39,945,000 shall be for Rural Domes15 tic Violence and Child Abuse Enforcement As16 sistance Grants, as authorized by section 40295 

17 of the 1994 Act; 

18 (G) $4,989,000 shall be for training pro19 grams to assist probation and parole officers 

20 who work with released sex offenders, as au21 thorized by section 40152(c) of the 1994 Act, 

22 and for local demonstration projects; 

23 (H) $3,000,000 shall be for grants to 

24 States and units of local government to improve 

25 the process for entering data regarding stalking 
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1 and domestic violence into local, State, and na2 tional crime information databases, as author3 ized by section 40602 of the 1994 Act; 

4 (I) $10,000,000 shall be for grants to re5 duce Violent Crimes Against Women on Cam6 pus, as authorized by section 1108(a) of Public 

7 Law 106–386; 

8 (J) $40,000,000 shall be for Legal Assist9 ance for Victims, as authorized by section 1201 

10 of Public Law 106–386; 

11 (K) $5,000,000 shall be for enhancing pro12 tection for older and disabled women from do13 mestic violence and sexual assault as authorized 

14 by section 40801 of the 1994 Act; 

15 (L) $15,000,000 shall be for the Safe Ha16 vens for Children Pilot Program as authorized 

17 by section 1301 of Public Law 106–386; and 

18 (M) $7,500,000 shall be for Education and 

19 Training to end violence against and abuse of 

20 women with disabilities, as authorized by sec21 tion 1402 of Public Law 106–386; 

22 (8) $10,000,000 for victim services programs 

23 for victims of trafficking, as authorized by section 

24 107(b)(2) of Public Law 106–386; 
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1 (9) $70,000,000 for grants for residential sub2 stance abuse treatment for State prisoners, as au3 thorized by section 1001(a)(17) of the 1968 Act: 

4 Provided, That States that have in-prison drug 

5 treatment programs, in compliance with Federal re6 quirements, may use their residential substance 

7 abuse grant funds for treatment, both during incar8 ceration and after release; 

9 (10) $898,000 for the Missing Alzheimer’s Dis10 ease Patient Alert Program, as authorized by section 

11 240001(c) of the 1994 Act; 

12 (11) $50,000,000 for Drug Courts, as author13 ized by Part EE of Title I of the 1968 Act; 

14 (12) $1,497,000 for Law Enforcement Family 

15 Support Programs, as authorized by section 

16 1001(a)(21) of the 1968 Act; 

17 (13) $1,995,000 for public awareness programs 

18 addressing marketing scams aimed at senior citi19 zens, as authorized by section 250005(3) of the 

20 1994 Act; 

21 (14) $215,000,000 for Juvenile Accountability 

22 Incentive Block Grants, of which $75,000,000 shall 

23 be available for grants, contracts, and other assist24 ance under the Project ChildSafe Initiative, except 

25 that such funds shall be subject to the same terms 
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1 and conditions as set forth in the provisions under 

2 this heading for this program in Public Law 105–

3 119, but all references in such provisions to 1998 

4 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2003, and Guam 

5 shall be considered a ‘‘State’’ for the purposes of 

6 title III of H.R. 3, as passed by the House of Rep7 resentatives on May 8, 1997; 

8 (15) $10,000,000 for a prescription drug moni9 toring program; and 

10 (16) $18,000,000 for implementation of prison 

11 rape prevention and prosecution programs: 

12 Provided, That funds made available in fiscal year 2003 

13 under subpart 1 of part E of title I of the 1968 Act may 

14 be obligated for programs to assist States in the litigation 

15 processing of death penalty Federal habeas corpus peti16 tions and for drug testing initiatives: Provided further, 

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

18 made available under this title to increase the number of 

19 law enforcement officers, the unit of local government will 

20 achieve a net gain in the number of law enforcement offi21 cers who perform nonadministrative public safety service.

22 WEED AND SEED PROGRAM FUND

23 For necessary expenses, including salaries and re24 lated expenses of the Executive Office for Weed and Seed, 

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

26 $58,925,000, to remain available until expended, for inter-
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1 governmental agreements, including grants, cooperative 

2 agreements, and contracts, with State and local law en3 forcement agencies, non-profit organizations, and agencies 

4 of local government engaged in the investigation and pros5 ecution of violent crimes and drug offenses in ‘‘Weed and 

6 Seed’’ designated communities, and for either reimburse7 ments or transfers to appropriation accounts of the De8 partment of Justice and other Federal agencies which 

9 shall be specified by the Attorney General to execute the 

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

11 designated by Congress through language for other De12 partment of Justice appropriation accounts for ‘‘Weed and 

13 Seed’’ program activities shall be managed and executed 

14 by the Attorney General through the Executive Office for 

15 Weed and Seed: Provided further, That the Attorney Gen16 eral may direct the use of other Department of Justice 

17 funds and personnel in support of ‘‘Weed and Seed’’ pro18 gram activities only after the Attorney General notifies the 

19 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent20 atives and the Senate in accordance with section 605 of 

21 this Act.

22 COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES

23 For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Con24 trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, Public Law 103–

25 322 (‘‘the 1994 Act’’) (including administrative costs), 

26 $896,220,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
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1 vided, That no funds that become available as a result of 

2 deobligations from prior year balances may be obligated 

3 except in accordance with section 605 of this Act: Provided 

4 further, That section 1703 (b) and (c) of the 1968 Act 

5 shall not apply to non-hiring grants made pursuant to part 

6 Q of title I thereof (42 U.S.C. 3796dd et seq.). 

7 Of the amounts provided—

8 (1) for Public Safety and Community Policing 

9 Grants pursuant to title I of the 1994 Act, 

10 $376,106,000 as follows: $200,000,000 for the hir11 ing of law enforcement officers including school re12 source officers to prevent acts of terrorism and other 

13 violent and drug-related crimes; $20,662,000 for 

14 training and technical assistance; $25,444,000 for 

15 the matching grant program for Law Enforcement 

16 Armor Vests pursuant to section 2501 of part Y of 

17 the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 

18 1968, as amended (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); $30,000,000 to 

19 improve tribal law enforcement including equipment 

20 and training; $75,000,000 for policing initiatives to 

21 combat methamphetamine production and traf22 ficking and to enhance policing initiatives in ‘‘drug 

23 hot spots’’; and $25,000,000 for Police Corps edu24 cation, training, and service under sections 200101–

25 200113 of the 1994 Act: Provided, That funding 
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1 agreements shall include the funding for the outyear 

2 program costs of new recruits; 

3 (2) for crime technology, $357,287,000 as fol4 lows: $130,000,000 for a law enforcement tech5 nology program; $60,000,000 for grants to upgrade 

6 criminal records, as authorized under the Crime 

7 Identification Technology Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 

8 14601); $45,000,000 for DNA analysis and backlog 

9 reduction to be used as authorized by the DNA 

10 Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (Public 

11 Law 106–546); $35,000,000 for State and local 

12 DNA laboratories as authorized by section 

13 1001(a)(22) of the 1968 Act, and for improvements 

14 to State and local forensic laboratory general foren15 sic science capacity and capabilities; and 

16 $87,287,000 for grants, contracts and other assist17 ance to States under section 102(b) of the Crime 

18 Identification Technology Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 

19 14601), of which $17,000,000 is for the National 

20 Institute of Justice for grants, contracts, and other 

21 agreements to develop school safety technologies and 

22 training; 

23 (3) for prosecution assistance, $59,780,000 as 

24 follows: $49,780,000 for a national program to re25 duce gun violence, and $10,000,000 for the South-
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1 west Border Prosecutor Initiative to reimburse 

2 State, county, parish, tribal, or municipal govern3 ments only for Federal costs associated with the 

4 prosecution of criminal cases declined by local U.S. 

5 Attorneys offices; 

6 (4) for grants, training, technical assistance, 

7 and other expenses to support community crime pre8 vention efforts, $70,235,000 as follows: $15,000,000 

9 for Project Sentry; $14,934,000 for an offender re10 entry program; $23,338,000 for the Safe Schools 

11 Initiative; and $16,963,000 for a police integrity 

12 program; and

13 (5) not to exceed $32,812,000 for program 

14 management and administration.

15 JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS

16 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

17 other assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and 

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

19 Act’’), and other juvenile justice programs, including sala20 ries and expenses in connection therewith to be trans21 ferred to and merged with the appropriations for Justice 

22 Assistance, $248,320,000, to remain available until ex23 pended, as authorized by section 299 of part I of title II 

24 and section 506 of title V of the Act, as amended by Public 

25 Law 102–586, of which: (1) notwithstanding any other 

26 provision of law, $6,832,000 shall be available for ex-
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1 penses authorized by part A of title II of the Act, 

2 $85,058,000 shall be available for expenses authorized by 

3 part B of title II of the Act, including training and tech4 nical assistance to help small, non-profit organizations 

5 with the Federal grants process, and $58,513,000 shall 

6 be available for expenses authorized by part C of title II 

7 of the Act and other juvenile justice programs: Provided, 

8 That $26,442,000 of the amounts provided for part B of 

9 title II of the Act, as amended, is for the purpose of pro10 viding additional formula grants under part B to States 

11 that provide assurances to the Administrator that the 

12 State has in effect (or will have in effect no later than 

13 1 year after date of application) policies and programs 

14 that ensure that juveniles are subject to accountability15 based sanctions for every act for which they are adju16 dicated delinquent; (2) $11,974,000 shall be available for 

17 expenses for prevention and treatment programs relating 

18 to juvenile gangs; (3) $9,978,000 shall be available for ex19 penses authorized by section 285 of part E of title II of 

20 the Act; (4) $15,965,000 shall be available for expenses 

21 for juvenile mentoring programs; and (5) $60,000,000 

22 shall be available for incentive grants for local delinquency 

23 prevention programs; of which $12,472,000 shall be for 

24 delinquency prevention, control, and system improvement 

25 programs for tribal youth; of which $14,967,000 shall be 
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1 available for the School Safety Initiative including 

2 $5,033,000 for grants, contracts, and other assistance 

3 under the Project Sentry Initiative; and of which 

4 $30,000,000 shall be available for grants of $400,000 to 

5 each State and $9,600,000 shall be available for discre6 tionary grants to States, for programs and activities to 

7 enforce State laws prohibiting the sale of alcoholic bev8 erages to minors or the purchase or consumption of alco9 holic beverages by minors, prevention and reduction of 

10 consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors, and for 

11 technical assistance and training: Provided further, That 

12 of amounts made available under the Juvenile Justice Pro13 grams of the Office of Justice Programs to carry out part 

14 B (relating to Federal Assistance for State and Local Pro15 grams), subpart II of part C (relating to Special Emphasis 

16 Prevention and Treatment Programs), part D (relating to 

17 Gang-Free Schools and Communities and Community18 Based Gang Intervention), part E (relating to State Chal19 lenge Activities), and part G (relating to Mentoring) of 

20 title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 

21 Act of 1974, and to carry out the At-Risk Children’s Pro22 gram under title V of that Act, not more than 10 percent 

23 of each such amount may be used for research, evaluation, 

24 and statistics activities designed to benefit the programs 

25 or activities authorized under the appropriate part or title, 
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1 and not more than 2 percent of each such amount may 

2 be used for training and technical assistance activities de3 signed to benefit the programs or activities authorized 

4 under that part or title. 

5 In addition, for grants, contracts, cooperative agree6 ments, and other assistance authorized by the Victims of 

7 Child Abuse Act of 1990, as amended, $9,481,000, to re8 main available until expended, as authorized by section 

9 214B of the Act.

10 PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS BENEFITS

11 To remain available until expended, for payments au12 thorized by part L of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 

13 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796), as amend14 ed, such sums as are necessary, as authorized by section 

15 6093 of Public Law 100–690 (102 Stat. 4339–4340); and 

16 $2,500,000, to remain available until expended for pay17 ments as authorized by section 1212 of said Act.

18 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

19 SEC. 101. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

20 available in this title for official reception and representa21 tion expenses, a total of not to exceed $45,000 from funds 

22 appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title 

23 shall be available to the Attorney General for official re24 ception and representation expenses in accordance with 

25 distributions, procedures, and regulations established by 

26 the Attorney General. 
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1 SEC. 102. None of the funds appropriated by this 

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

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

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

5 That should this prohibition be declared unconstitutional 

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

7 null and void. 

8 SEC. 103. None of the funds appropriated under this 

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

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

11 SEC. 104. Nothing in the preceding section shall re12 move the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Pris13 ons to provide escort services necessary for a female in14 mate to receive such service outside the Federal facility: 

15 Provided, That nothing in this section in any way dimin16 ishes the effect of section 104 intended to address the phil17 osophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of 

18 Prisons. 

19 SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

20 law, not to exceed $10,000,000 of the funds made avail21 able in this Act may be used to establish and publicize 

22 a program under which publicly advertised, extraordinary 

23 rewards may be paid, which shall not be subject to spend24 ing limitations contained in sections 3059 and 3072 of 

25 title 18, United States Code: Provided, That any reward 
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1 of $100,000 or more, up to a maximum of $2,000,000, 

2 may not be made without the personal approval of the 

3 President or the Attorney General and such approval may 

4 not be delegated: Provided further, That rewards made 

5 pursuant to section 501 of Public Law 107–56 shall not 

6 be subject to this section. 

7 SEC. 106. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria8 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De9 partment of Justice in this Act may be transferred be10 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation, ex11 cept as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased 

12 by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, 

13 That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 

14 as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this 

15 Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com16 pliance with the procedures set forth in that section.

17 SEC. 107. Section 114 of Public Law 107–77 shall 

18 remain in effect during fiscal year 2003. 

19 SEC. 108. Section 286(e) of the Immigration and Na20 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(e)) is amended by striking 

21 paragraph (3) and replacing it with the following: 

22 ‘‘(3) The Attorney General shall charge and col23 lect $3 per individual for the immigration inspection 

24 or pre-inspection of each commercial vessel pas25 senger whose journey originated in the United 
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1 States or in any place set forth in paragraph (1): 

2 Provided, That this requirement shall not apply to 

3 immigration inspection at designated ports of entry 

4 of passengers arriving by ferry, or by Great Lakes 

5 vessels on the Great Lakes and connecting water6 ways when operating on a regular schedule. For the 

7 purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘ferry’ means 

8 a vessel, in other than ocean or coastwise service, 

9 having provisions only for deck passengers and/or 

10 vehicles, operating on a short run on a frequent 

11 schedule between two points over the most direct 

12 water route, and offering a public service of a type 

13 normally attributed to a bridge or tunnel.’’. 

14 SEC. 109. The Director of the Federal Bureau of In15 vestigation shall appoint a standing advisory panel, report16 ing directly to the Director, to study, assess, and advise 

17 periodically on the research, development, and application 

18 of existing and emerging science and technology advances 

19 and other topics: Provided, That the panel shall not be 

20 considered to be a Federal advisory committee for pur21 poses of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 

22 App).

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

24 Appropriations Act, 2003’’.
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1 TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND 

2 RELATED AGENCIES 

3 TRADE AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

4 RELATED AGENCIES

5 OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE

6 REPRESENTATIVE

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the United 

9 States Trade Representative, including the hire of pas10 senger motor vehicles and the employment of experts and 

11 consultants as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $32,000,000, 

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

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

14 for official reception and representation expenses.

15 INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of the International Trade 

18 Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

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

20 exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation ex21 penses, $53,000,000, to remain available until expended.
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1 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

2 INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION

3 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

4 For necessary expenses for international trade activi5 ties of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, 

6 and for engaging in trade promotional activities abroad, 

7 including expenses of grants and cooperative agreements 

8 for the purpose of promoting exports of United States 

9 firms, without regard to 44 U.S.C. 3702 and 3703; full 

10 medical coverage for dependent members of immediate 

11 families of employees stationed overseas and employees 

12 temporarily posted overseas; travel and transportation of 

13 employees of the United States and Foreign Commercial 

14 Service between two points abroad, without regard to 49 

15 U.S.C. 1517; employment of Americans and aliens by con16 tract for services; rental of space abroad for periods not 

17 exceeding 10 years, and expenses of alteration, repair, or 

18 improvement; purchase or construction of temporary de19 mountable exhibition structures for use abroad; payment 

20 of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first para21 graph of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when such claims arise in foreign 

22 countries; not to exceed $327,000 for official representa23 tion expenses abroad; purchase of passenger motor vehi24 cles for official use abroad, not to exceed $30,000 per vehi25 cle; obtaining insurance on official motor vehicles; and 
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1 rental of tie lines, $373,807,000, to remain available until 

2 expended, of which $13,000,000 is to be derived from fees 

3 to be retained and used by the International Trade Admin4 istration, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided, That 

5 $67,690,000 shall be for Trade Development, 

6 $32,729,000 shall be for Market Access and Compliance, 

7 $48,516,000 shall be for the Import Administration, 

8 $199,640,000 shall be for the United States and Foreign 

9 Commercial Service, and $25,232,000 shall be for Execu10 tive Direction and Administration: Provided further, That 

11 the provisions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and 

12 all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cul13 tural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 

14 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these activities with15 out regard to section 5412 of the Omnibus Trade and 

16 Competitiveness Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4912); and that 

17 for the purpose of this Act, contributions under the provi18 sions of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange 

19 Act shall include payment for assessments for services pro20 vided as part of these activities.

21 BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY

22 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

23 For necessary expenses for export administration and 

24 national security activities of the Department of Com25 merce, including costs associated with the performance of 
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1 export administration field activities both domestically and 

2 abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of 

3 immediate families of employees stationed overseas; em4 ployment of Americans and aliens by contract for services 

5 abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized 

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

7 arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $15,000 for offi8 cial representation expenses abroad; awards of compensa9 tion to informers under the Export Administration Act of 

10 1979, and as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 401(b); purchase 

11 of passenger motor vehicles for official use and motor vehi12 cles for law enforcement use with special requirement vehi13 cles eligible for purchase without regard to any price limi14 tation otherwise established by law, $69,893,000, of which 

15 $7,250,000 including $1,600,000 in prior year unobli16 gated balances shall be for inspections and other activities 

17 related to national security: Provided, That the provisions 

18 of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 

19 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange 

20 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply 

21 in carrying out these activities: Provided further, That 

22 payments and contributions collected and accepted for ma23 terials or services provided as part of such activities may 

24 be retained for use in covering the cost of such activities, 

25 and for providing information to the public with respect 
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1 to the export administration and national security activi2 ties of the Department of Commerce and other export con3 trol programs of the United States and other govern4 ments.

5 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

6 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

7 For grants for economic development assistance as 

8 provided by the Public Works and Economic Development 

9 Act of 1965, as amended, and for trade adjustment assist10 ance, $317,235,000, to remain available until expended.

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of administering the eco13 nomic development assistance programs as provided for by 

14 law, $30,765,000: Provided, That these funds may be used 

15 to monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the 

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

17 II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, and the Commu18 nity Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977.

19 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

20 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

21 For necessary expenses of the Department of Com22 merce in fostering, promoting, and developing minority 

23 business enterprise, including expenses of grants, con24 tracts, and other agreements with public or private organi25 zations, $28,906,000.
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1 ECONOMIC AND INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE

2 ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

6 of Commerce, $73,220,000, to remain available until Sep7 tember 30, 2004. 

8 BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

12 by law, $189,181,000.

13 PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS

14 For necessary expenses related to the 2000 decennial 

15 census, $83,710,000, to remain available until expended: 

16 Provided, That, of the total amount available related to 

17 the 2000 decennial census ($41,893,000 in new appropria18 tions and $41,817,000 in deobligated balances from prior 

19 years), $3,461,000 is for Program Development and Man20 agement; $42,651,000 is for Data Content and Products; 

21 $4,630,000 is for Field Data Collection and Support Sys22 tems; $12,826,000 is for Automated Data Processing and 

23 Telecommunications Support; $16,333,000 is for Testing 

24 and Evaluation; $2,472,000 is for activities related to 

25 Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Pacific Areas; and 
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1 $1,337,000 is for Marketing, Communications and Part2 nership activities. 

3 In addition, for expenses related to planning, testing, 

4 and implementing the 2010 decennial census, 

5 $143,306,000. 

6 In addition, for expenses to collect and publish statis7 tics for other periodic censuses and programs provided for 

8 by law, $183,283,000, to remain available until expended: 

9 Provided, That regarding engineering and design of a fa10 cility at the Suitland Federal Center, quarterly reports re11 garding the expenditure of funds and project planning, de12 sign and cost decisions shall be provided by the Bureau, 

13 in cooperation with the General Services Administration, 

14 to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

15 the House of Representatives: Provided further, That none 

16 of the funds provided in this Act or any other Act under 

17 the heading ‘‘Bureau of the Census, Periodic Censuses 

18 and Programs’’ shall be used to fund the construction and 

19 tenant build-out costs of a facility at the Suitland Federal 

20 Center.

21 NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION

22 ADMINISTRATION

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

25 the National Telecommunications and Information Ad-
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1 ministration (NTIA), $16,153,000, to remain available 

2 until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding 31 

3 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce shall charge 

4 Federal agencies for costs incurred in spectrum manage5 ment, analysis, and operations, and related services and 

6 such fees shall be retained and used as offsetting collec7 tions for costs of such spectrum services, to remain avail8 able until expended: Provided further, That hereafter, not9 withstanding any other provision of law, NTIA shall not 

10 authorize spectrum use or provide any spectrum functions 

11 pursuant to the National Telecommunications and Infor12 mation Administration Organization Act, 47 U.S.C. 902–

13 903, to any Federal entity without reimbursement as re14 quired by NTIA for such spectrum management costs, and 

15 Federal entities withholding payment of such cost shall 

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

17 Commerce is authorized to retain and use as offsetting 

18 collections all funds transferred, or previously transferred, 

19 from other Government agencies for all costs incurred in 

20 telecommunications research, engineering, and related ac21 tivities by the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences 

22 of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions under 

23 this paragraph, and such funds received from other Gov24 ernment agencies shall remain available until expended.
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1 PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING

2 AND CONSTRUCTION

3 For grants authorized by section 392 of the Commu4 nications Act of 1934, as amended, $43,556,000, to re5 main available until expended as authorized by section 391 

6 of the Act, as amended: Provided, That not to exceed 

7 $2,478,000 shall be available for program administration 

8 as authorized by section 391 of the Act: Provided further, 

9 That, notwithstanding the provisions of section 391 of the 

10 Act, the prior year unobligated balances may be made 

11 available for grants for projects for which applications 

12 have been submitted and approved during any fiscal year.

13 INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS

14 For grants authorized by section 392 of the Commu15 nications Act of 1934, as amended, $15,503,000, to re16 main available until expended as authorized by section 391 

17 of the Act, as amended: Provided, That not to exceed 

18 $3,097,000 shall be available for program administration 

19 and other support activities as authorized by section 391: 

20 Provided further, That, of the funds appropriated herein, 

21 not to exceed 5 percent may be available for telecommuni22 cations research activities for projects related directly to 

23 the development of a national information infrastructure: 

24 Provided further, That, notwithstanding the requirements 

25 of sections 392(a) and 392(c) of the Act, these funds may 

26 be used for the planning and construction of telecommuni-
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1 cations networks for the provision of educational, cultural, 

2 health care, public information, public safety, or other so3 cial services: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 

4 other provision of law, no entity that receives tele5 communications services at preferential rates under sec6 tion 254(h) of the Act (47 U.S.C. 254(h)) or receives as7 sistance under the regional information sharing systems 

8 grant program of the Department of Justice under part 

9 M of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

10 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796h) may use funds 

11 under a grant under this heading to cover any costs of 

12 the entity that would otherwise be covered by such pref13 erential rates or such assistance, as the case may be.

14 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the United States Patent 

17 and Trademark Office provided for by law, including de18 fense of suits instituted against the Under Secretary of 

19 Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the 

20 United States Patent and Trademark Office, 

21 $1,156,000,000, to remain available until expended, which 

22 amount shall be derived from offsetting collections as23 sessed and collected pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 1113 and 35 

24 U.S.C. 41 and 376, and shall be retained and used for 

25 necessary expenses in this appropriation: Provided, That 
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1 the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall 

2 be reduced as such offsetting collections are received dur3 ing fiscal year 2003, so as to result in a fiscal year 2003 

4 appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0: Pro5 vided further, That during fiscal year 2003, should the 

6 total amount of offsetting fee collections be less than 

7 $1,156,000,000, the total amounts available to the United 

8 States Patent and Trademark Office shall be reduced ac9 cordingly: Provided further, That an additional amount 

10 not to exceed $100,000,000 from fees collected in prior 

11 fiscal years shall be available for obligation in fiscal year 

12 2003, to remain available until expended: Provided further, 

13 That from amounts provided herein, not to exceed $1,000 

14 shall be made available in fiscal year 2003 for official re15 ception and representation expenses.

16 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 

17 TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses for the Under Secretary for 

20 Technology/Office of Technology Policy, $7,886,000. 

21 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY

22 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES

23 For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 

24 Standards and Technology, $351,296,000, to remain 
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1 available until expended, of which not to exceed $282,000 

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

3 INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

4 For necessary expenses of the Manufacturing Exten5 sion Partnership of the National Institute of Standards 

6 and Technology, $110,000,000, to remain available until 

7 expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce is 

8 authorized to enter into agreements with one or more non9 profit organizations for the purpose of carrying out collec10 tive research and development initiatives pertaining to 15 

11 U.S.C. 278k paragraph (a), and is authorized to seek and 

12 accept contributions from public and private sources to 

13 support these efforts as necessary.

14 CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES

15 For construction of new research facilities, including 

16 architectural and engineering design, and for renovation 

17 and maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise pro18 vided for the National Institute of Standards and Tech19 nology, as authorized by 15 U.S.C. 278c–278e, 

20 $54,212,000, to remain available until expended.

21 NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC

22 ADMINISTRATION

23 OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES

24 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

25 For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law 

26 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
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1 including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft; 

2 grants, contracts, or other payments to nonprofit organi3 zations for the purposes of conducting activities pursuant 

4 to cooperative agreements; and relocation of facilities as 

5 authorized by 33 U.S.C. 883i, $2,137,614,000, to remain 

6 available until expended: Provided, That fees and dona7 tions received by the National Ocean Service for the man8 agement of the national marine sanctuaries may be re9 tained and used for the salaries and expenses associated 

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

11 Provided further, That, in addition, $75,000,000 shall be 

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

13 Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining to 

14 American Fisheries’’: Provided further, That grants to 

15 States pursuant to sections 306 and 306A of the Coastal 

16 Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended, shall not ex17 ceed $2,500,000: Provided further, That, of the 

18 $2,232,614,000 provided for in direct obligations under 

19 this heading (of which $2,137,614,000 is appropriated 

20 from the General Fund, $78,000,000 is provided by trans21 fer, and $17,000,000 is derived from deobligations from 

22 prior years), $358,425,000 shall be for the National 

23 Ocean Service, $526,066,000 shall be for the National 

24 Marine Fisheries Service, $337,020,000 shall be for Oce25 anic and Atmospheric Research, $694,863,000 shall be for 
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1 the National Weather Service, $154,802,000 shall be for 

2 the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Informa3 tion Service, and $161,438,000 shall be for Program Sup4 port: Provided further, That, hereafter, habitat conserva5 tion activities under this heading shall be considered to 

6 be within the ‘‘Coastal Assistance sub-category’’ in section 

7 250(c)(4)(K) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

8 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, 

9 That, of the amount provided under this heading, 

10 $305,016,000 shall be for the conservation activities de11 fined in section 250(c)(4)(K) of the Balanced Budget and 

12 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Pro13 vided further, That no general administrative charge shall 

14 be applied against an assigned activity included in this Act 

15 and, further, that any direct administrative expenses ap16 plied against an assigned activity shall be limited to 5 per17 cent of the funds provided for that assigned activity so 

18 that total National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra19 tion administrative expenses shall not exceed 

20 $265,025,000: Provided further, That any use of 

21 deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading 

22 in previous years shall be subject to the procedures set 

23 forth in section 605 of this Act: Provided further, That 

24 in addition $3,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from 

25 the fund entitled ‘‘Coastal Zone Management’’: Provided 
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1 further, That the Secretary of Commerce may enter into 

2 cooperative agreements with the Joint and Cooperative In3 stitutes as designated by the Secretary to use the per4 sonnel, services, or facilities of such organizations for re5 search, education, training, and outreach. 

6 In addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under 

7 the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor 

8 Benefits Plan, and for payments for medical care of re9 tired personnel and their dependents under the Depend10 ents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), such sums as 

11 may be necessary.

12 PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 For procurement, acquisition and construction of 

15 capital assets, including alteration and modification costs, 

16 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

17 $701,282,000, to remain available until expended: Pro18 vided, That unexpended balances of amounts previously 

19 made available in the ‘‘Operations, Research, and Facili20 ties’’ account for activities funded under this heading may 

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

22 available until expended for the purposes for which the 

23 funds were originally appropriated: Provided further, That 

24 of the amounts provided for the National Polar-orbiting 

25 Operational Environmental Satellite System, funds shall 

26 only be made available on a dollar for dollar matching 
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1 basis with funds provided for the same purpose by the De2 partment of Defense: Provided further, That of the 

3 amount provided under this heading for expenses nec4 essary to carry out conservation activities defined in sec5 tion 250(c)(4)(E) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

6 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, including funds 

7 for the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Pro8 gram, $44,984,000, to remain available until expended: 

9 Provided further, That the Secretary shall establish a 

10 Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, for 

11 the purpose of protecting important coastal and estuarine 

12 areas that have significant conservation, recreation, eco13 logical, historical, or aesthetic values, or that are threat14 ened by conversion from their natural or recreational state 

15 to other uses: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

16 distribute these funds in consultation with the States’ 

17 Coastal Zone Managers’ or Governors’ designated rep18 resentatives based on demonstrated need and ability to 

19 successfully leverage funds, and shall give priority to lands 

20 which can be effectively managed and protected and which 

21 have significant ecological value: Provided further, That 

22 grants funded under this program shall require a 100 per23 cent match from other sources: Provided further, That 

24 none of the funds provided in this Act or any other Act 

25 under the heading ‘‘National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
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1 Administration, Procurement, Acquisition and Construc2 tion’’ shall be used to fund the General Services Adminis3 tration’s standard construction and tenant build-out costs 

4 of a facility at the Suitland Federal Center.

5 PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY

6 For necessary expenses associated with the restora7 tion of Pacific salmon populations and the implementation 

8 of the 1999 Pacific Salmon Treaty Agreement between the 

9 United States and Canada, $90,000,000: Provided, That 

10 this amount shall be for the conservation activities defined 

11 in section 250(c)(4)(E) of the Balanced Budget and 

12 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 

13 In addition, for a final payment pursuant to the 1999 

14 Pacific Salmon Treaty Agreement, $40,000,000, of which 

15 $25,000,000 shall be deposited in the Northern Boundary 

16 and Transboundary Rivers Restoration and Enhancement 

17 Fund, and of which $15,000,000 shall be deposited in the 

18 Southern Boundary Restoration and Enhancement Fund: 

19 Provided, That this amount shall be for the conservation 

20 activities defined in section 250(c)(4)(E) of the Balanced 

21 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 

22 amended.

23 COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT FUND

24 Of amounts collected pursuant to section 308 of the 

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

26 1456a), not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be transferred to 
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1 the ‘‘Operations, Research, and Facilities’’ account to off2 set the costs of implementing such Act.

3 FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

4 For the cost of direct loans, $287,000, as authorized 

5 by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, as amended: Pro6 vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 

7 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con8 gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 

9 these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for 

10 the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 

11 $5,000,000 for Individual Fishing Quota loans, and not 

12 to exceed $19,000,000 for Traditional direct loans: Pro13 vided further, That none of the funds made available under 

14 this heading may be used for direct loans for any new fish15 ing vessel that will increase the harvesting capacity in any 

16 United States fishery: Provided further, That, from unobli17 gated balances of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Island 

18 Crab Buyback Program, $343,900 is rescinded.

19 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For expenses necessary for the departmental manage22 ment of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, 

23 including not to exceed $5,000 for official entertainment, 

24 $46,254,000.
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

3 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

4 General Act of 1978, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 1–11, 

5 as amended by Public Law 100–504), $22,670,000.

6 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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

8 appropriations and funds made available to the Depart9 ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the 

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

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

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

13 be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized 

14 only upon the certification of officials designated by the 

15 Secretary of Commerce that such payments are in the 

16 public interest. 

17 SEC. 202. During the current fiscal year, appropria18 tions made available to the Department of Commerce by 

19 this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for 

20 hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 

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

22 3109; and uniforms or allowances therefore, as authorized 

23 by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 

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

25 Act may be used to support the hurricane reconnaissance 
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1 aircraft and activities that are under the control of the 

2 United States Air Force or the United States Air Force 

3 Reserve. 

4 SEC. 204. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria5 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De6 partment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred be7 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 

8 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans9 fers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section 

10 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec11 tion 605 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga12 tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce13 dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That the 

14 Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 

15 at least 15 days in advance of the acquisition or disposal 

16 of any capital asset (including land, structures, and equip17 ment) not provided for in this Act. 

18 SEC. 205. Any costs incurred by a department or 

19 agency funded under this title resulting from personnel 

20 actions taken in response to funding reductions included 

21 in this title or from actions taken for the care and protec22 tion of loan collateral or grant property shall be absorbed 

23 within the total budgetary resources available to such de24 partment or agency: Provided, That the authority to trans25 fer funds between appropriations accounts as may be nec-
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1 essary to carry out this section is provided in addition to 

2 authorities included elsewhere in this Act: Provided fur3 ther, That use of funds to carry out this section shall be 

4 treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 

5 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex6 penditure except in compliance with the procedures set 

7 forth in that section. 

8 SEC. 206. The Secretary of Commerce may award 

9 contracts for hydrographic, geodetic, and photo10 grammetric surveying and mapping services in accordance 

11 with title IX of the Federal Property and Administrative 

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

13 SEC. 207. The Secretary of Commerce may use the 

14 Commerce franchise fund for expenses and equipment nec15 essary for the maintenance and operation of such adminis16 trative services as the Secretary determines may be per17 formed more advantageously as central services, pursuant 

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

19 inventories, equipment, and other assets pertaining to the 

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

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

22 and any appropriations made for the purpose of providing 

23 capital shall be used to capitalize such fund: Provided fur24 ther, That such fund shall be paid in advance from funds 

25 available to the Department and other Federal agencies 
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1 for which such centralized services are performed, at rates 

2 which will return in full all expenses of operation, includ3 ing accrued leave, depreciation of fund plant and equip4 ment, amortization of automated data processing (ADP) 

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

6 an amount necessary to maintain a reasonable operating 

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

8 That such fund shall provide services on a competitive 

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

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

11 retained in the fund for fiscal year 2003 and each fiscal 

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

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

14 improvement and implementation of department financial 

15 management, ADP, and other support systems: Provided 

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

17 year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be available 

18 for obligation and expenditure only in accordance with sec19 tion 605 of this Act: Provided further, That no later than 

20 30 days after the end of each fiscal year, amounts in ex21 cess of this reserve limitation shall be deposited as mis22 cellaneous receipts in the Treasury: Provided further, That 

23 such franchise fund pilot program shall terminate pursu24 ant to section 403(f) of Public Law 103–356.
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1 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com2 merce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003’’.

3 TITLE III—THE JUDICIARY 

4 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

9 maintenance, and operation of an automobile for the Chief 

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

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

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

14 expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended 

15 as the Chief Justice may approve, $45,743,000. 

16 CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS

17 For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable 

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

20 1934 (40 U.S.C. 13a–13b), $41,626,000, which shall re21 main available until expended.
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1 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL

2 CIRCUIT

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

6 court, as authorized by law, $20,490,000. 

7 UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For salaries of the chief judge and eight judges, sala10 ries of the officers and employees of the court, services 

11 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and necessary expenses 

12 of the court, as authorized by law, $13,687,000.

13 COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER

14 JUDICIAL SERVICES

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

20 Claims, bankruptcy judges, magistrate judges, and all 

21 other officers and employees of the Federal Judiciary not 

22 otherwise specifically provided for, and necessary expenses 

23 of the courts, as authorized by law, $3,819,119,000 (in24 cluding the purchase of firearms and ammunition); of 

25 which not to exceed $27,817,000 shall remain available 
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1 until expended for space alteration projects and for fur2 niture and furnishings related to new space alteration and 

3 construction projects. 

4 In addition, for expenses of the United States Court 

5 of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under 

6 the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, not 

7 to exceed $2,784,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine 

8 Injury Compensation Trust Fund. 

9 DEFENDER SERVICES

10 For the operation of Federal Public Defender and 

11 Community Defender organizations; the compensation and 

12 reimbursement of expenses of attorneys appointed to rep13 resent persons under the Criminal Justice Act of 1964, 

14 as amended; the compensation and reimbursement of ex15 penses of persons furnishing investigative, expert and 

16 other services under the Criminal Justice Act of 1964 (18 

17 U.S.C. 3006A(e)); the compensation (in accordance with 

18 Criminal Justice Act maximums) and reimbursement of 

19 expenses of attorneys appointed to assist the court in 

20 criminal cases where the defendant has waived representa21 tion by counsel; the compensation and reimbursement of 

22 travel expenses of guardians ad litem acting on behalf of 

23 financially eligible minor or incompetent offenders in con24 nection with transfers from the United States to foreign 

25 countries with which the United States has a treaty for 

26 the execution of penal sentences; the compensation of at-
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1 torneys appointed to represent jurors in civil actions for 

2 the protection of their employment, as authorized by 28 

3 U.S.C. 1875(d); and for necessary training and general 

4 administrative expenses, $545,129,000, to remain avail5 able until expended as authorized by 18 U.S.C. 3006A(i).

6 FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS

7 For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 

8 U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commis9 sioners as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensa10 tion of commissioners appointed in condemnation cases 

11 pursuant to rule 71A(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Pro12 cedure (28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71A(h)), $54,636,000, 

13 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 

14 compensation of land commissioners shall not exceed the 

15 daily equivalent of the highest rate payable under section 

16 5332 of title 5, United States Code.

17 COURT SECURITY

18 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

19 incident to providing protective guard services for United 

20 States courthouses and the procurement, installation, and 

21 maintenance of security equipment for United States 

22 courthouses and other facilities housing Federal court op23 erations, including building ingress-egress control, inspec24 tion of mail and packages, directed security patrols, super25 visory-level deputy marshals responsible for coordinating 

26 security (to include the purchase of passenger motor vehi-
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1 cles for police-type use, without regard to the general pur2 chase price limitation for the current fiscal year), and 

3 other similar activities as authorized by section 1010 of 

4 the Judicial Improvement and Access to Justice Act (Pub5 lic Law 100–702), $286,200,000, of which not to exceed 

6 $10,000,000 shall remain available until expended, to be 

7 expended directly or transferred to the United States Mar8 shals Service, which shall be responsible for administering 

9 the Judicial Facility Security Program consistent with 

10 standards or guidelines agreed to by the Director of the 

11 Administrative Office of the United States Courts and the 

12 Attorney General.

13 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

14 COURTS

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office 

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

20 advertising and rent in the District of Columbia and else21 where, $64,913,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is au22 thorized for official reception and representation expenses.
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1 FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Cen4 ter, as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $20,856,000; 

5 of which $1,800,000 shall remain available through Sep6 tember 30, 2004, to provide education and training to 

7 Federal court personnel; and of which not to exceed 

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

10 JUDICIAL RETIREMENT FUNDS

11 PAYMENT TO JUDICIARY TRUST FUNDS

12 For payment to the Judicial Officers’ Retirement 

13 Fund, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 377(o), $27,700,000; 

14 to the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund, as authorized 

15 by 28 U.S.C. 376(c), $5,200,000; and to the United 

16 States Court of Federal Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund, 

17 as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 178(l), $2,400,000.

18 UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out 

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

22 Code, $12,344,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is au23 thorized for official reception and representation expenses.
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1 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY

2 SEC. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in 

3 this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall 

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

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

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

11 and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commis12 sioners’’, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 

13 any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 

14 to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of 

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

17 with the procedures set forth in that section. 

18 SEC. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

19 law, the salaries and expenses appropriation for district 

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

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

23 Provided, That such available funds shall not exceed 

24 $11,000 and shall be administered by the Director of the 
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1 Administrative Office of the United States Courts in the 

2 capacity as Secretary of the Judicial Conference. 

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

4 92, justices and judges of the United States are authorized 

5 during fiscal year 2003 to receive a salary adjustment in 

6 accordance with 28 U.S.C. 461: Provided, That 

7 $7,878,000 is appropriated for salary adjustments pursu8 ant to this section and such funds shall be transferred to 

9 and merged with appropriations in title III of this Act.

10 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Judiciary Appropria11 tions Act, 2003’’.

12 TITLE IV—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND 

13 RELATED AGENCY 

14 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

15 ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

16 DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS

17 For necessary expenses of the Department of State 

18 and the Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, includ19 ing employment, without regard to civil service and classi20 fication laws, of persons on a temporary basis (not to ex21 ceed $700,000 of this appropriation), as authorized by 

22 section 801 of the United States Information and Edu23 cational Exchange Act of 1948, as amended; representa24 tion to certain international organizations in which the 

25 United States participates pursuant to treaties ratified 
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1 pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate or spe2 cific Acts of Congress; arms control, nonproliferation and 

3 disarmament activities as authorized; acquisition by ex4 change or purchase of passenger motor vehicles as author5 ized by law; and for expenses of general administration, 

6 $3,269,258,000: Provided, That, of the amount made 

7 available under this heading, not to exceed $4,000,000 

8 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds in the 

9 ‘‘Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service’’ 

10 appropriations account, to be available only for emergency 

11 evacuations and terrorism rewards: Provided further, 

12 That, of the amount made available under this heading, 

13 $292,693,000 shall be available only for public diplomacy 

14 international information programs: Provided further,

15 That, of the amount made available under this heading, 

16 $500,000 shall be available only for grants to the partici17 pating organizations in the War Against Trafficking Alli18 ance for activities and services related to preparation, exe19 cution and follow-up for an international conference on sex 

20 trafficking: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 

21 140(a)(5), and the second sentence of section 140(a)(3), 

22 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 

23 1994 and 1995, fees may be collected during fiscal years 

24 2003 and 2004, under the authority of section 140(a)(1) 

25 of that Act: Provided further, That all fees collected under 
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1 the preceding proviso shall be deposited in fiscal years 

2 2003 and 2004 as an offsetting collection to appropria3 tions made under this heading to recover costs as set forth 

4 under section 140(a)(2) of that Act and shall remain avail5 able until expended: Provided further, That the Secretary 

6 shall appoint an advisory panel, reporting directly to the 

7 Secretary, to assess policy goals and program priorities 

8 with regard to United States relations with the countries 

9 of Sub-Saharan Africa and to advise the Secretary of any 

10 related findings and recommendations: Provided further, 

11 That this panel shall not be considered to be a Federal 

12 advisory committee for purposes of the Federal Advisory 

13 Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App): Provided further, That 

14 funds available under this heading may be available for 

15 a United States Government interagency task force to ex16 amine, coordinate and oversee U.S. participation in the 

17 United Nations headquarters renovation project: Provided 

18 further, That no funds may be obligated or expended for 

19 processing licenses for the export of satellites of United 

20 States origin (including commercial satellites and satellite 

21 components) to the People’s Republic of China unless, at 

22 least 15 days in advance, the Committees on Appropria23 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate are 

24 notified of such proposed action. 
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1 In addition, not to exceed $1,343,000 shall be derived 

2 from fees collected from other executive agencies for lease 

3 or use of facilities located at the International Center in 

4 accordance with section 4 of the International Center Act, 

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

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

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

8 that section; in addition, as authorized by section 810 of 

9 the United States Information and Educational Exchange 

10 Act, not to exceed $6,000,000, to remain available until 

11 expended, may be credited to this appropriation from fees 

12 or other payments received from English teaching, library, 

13 motion pictures, and publication programs and from fees 

14 from educational advising and counseling and exchange 

15 visitor programs; and, in addition, not to exceed $15,000, 

16 which shall be derived from reimbursements, surcharges, 

17 and fees for use of Blair House facilities. 

18 In addition, for the costs of worldwide security up19 grades, $553,000,000, to remain available until expended.

20 CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

21 For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment 

22 Fund, $177,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

23 as authorized: Provided, That section 135(e) of Public 

24 Law 103–236 shall not apply to funds available under this 

25 heading.
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

3 General, $29,264,000, notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) 

4 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended (Public 

5 Law 96–465), as it relates to post inspections.

6 EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

7 For expenses of educational and cultural exchange 

8 programs, as authorized, $250,306,000, to remain avail9 able until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 

10 $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, may be 

11 credited to this appropriation from fees or other payments 

12 received from or in connection with English teaching, edu13 cational advising and counseling programs, and exchange 

14 visitor programs as authorized.

15 REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES

16 For representation allowances as authorized, 

17 $6,485,000.

18 PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS

19 For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the 

20 Secretary of State to provide for extraordinary protective 

21 services, as authorized, $11,000,000, to remain available 

22 until September 30, 2004.

23 EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE

24 For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign 

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

26 292–300), preserving, maintaining, repairing, and plan-
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1 ning for buildings that are owned or directly leased by the 

2 Department of State, renovating, in addition to funds oth3 erwise available, the Harry S Truman Building, and car4 rying out the Diplomatic Security Construction Program 

5 as authorized, $500,000,000, to remain available until ex6 pended as authorized, of which not to exceed $25,000 may 

7 be used for domestic and overseas representation as au8 thorized: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 

9 in this paragraph shall be available for acquisition of fur10 niture, furnishings, or generators for other departments 

11 and agencies. 

12 In addition, for the costs of worldwide security up13 grades, acquisition, and construction as authorized, 

14 $755,000,000, to remain available until expended.

15 EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR

16 SERVICE

17 For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of 

18 State to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplo19 matic and Consular Service, $10,500,000, to remain avail20 able until expended as authorized, of which not to exceed 

21 $1,000,000 may be transferred to and merged with the 

22 Repatriation Loans Program Account, subject to the same 

23 terms and conditions.

24 REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

25 For the cost of direct loans, $612,000, as authorized: 

26 Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
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1 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con2 gressional Budget Act of 1974. In addition, for adminis3 trative expenses necessary to carry out the direct loan pro4 gram, $607,000, which may be transferred to and merged 

5 with the Diplomatic and Consular Programs account 

6 under Administration of Foreign Affairs.

7 PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN

8 For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Rela9 tions Act, Public Law 96–8, $18,450,000.

10 PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND

11 DISABILITY FUND

12 For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and 

13 Disability Fund, as authorized by law, $138,200,000.

14 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES

15 CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

16 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

17 to meet annual obligations of membership in international 

18 multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified 

19 pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate, conven20 tions or specific Acts of Congress, $858,000,000: Pro21 vided, That any payment of arrearages under this title 

22 shall be directed toward special activities that are mutually 

23 agreed upon by the United States and the respective inter24 national organization: Provided further, That none of the 

25 funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be available for 

26 a United States contribution to an international organiza-
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1 tion for the United States share of interest costs made 

2 known to the United States Government by such organiza3 tion for loans incurred on or after October 1, 1984, 

4 through external borrowings: Provided further, That funds 

5 appropriated under this paragraph may be obligated and 

6 expended to pay the full United States assessment to the 

7 civil budget of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

8 CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING

9 ACTIVITIES

10 For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other ex11 penses of international peacekeeping activities directed to 

12 the maintenance or restoration of international peace and 

13 security, $725,981,000: Provided, That none of the funds 

14 made available under this Act shall be obligated or ex15 pended for any new or expanded United Nations peace16 keeping mission unless, at least 15 days in advance of vot17 ing for the new or expanded mission in the United Nations 

18 Security Council (or in an emergency as far in advance 

19 as is practicable): (1) the Committees on Appropriations 

20 of the House of Representatives and the Senate and other 

21 appropriate committees of the Congress are notified of the 

22 estimated cost and length of the mission, the vital national 

23 interest that will be served, and the planned exit strategy; 

24 and (2) a reprogramming of funds pursuant to section 605 

25 of this Act is submitted, and the procedures therein fol26 lowed, setting forth the source of funds that will be used 
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1 to pay for the cost of the new or expanded mission: Pro2 vided further, That funds shall be available for peace3 keeping expenses only upon a certification by the Sec4 retary of State to the appropriate committees of the Con5 gress that American manufacturers and suppliers are 

6 being given opportunities to provide equipment, services, 

7 and material for United Nations peacekeeping activities 

8 equal to those being given to foreign manufacturers and 

9 suppliers: Provided further, That none of the funds made 

10 available under this heading are available to pay the 

11 United States share of the cost of court monitoring that 

12 is part of any United Nations peacekeeping mission.

13 INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

14 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

15 to meet obligations of the United States arising under 

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

17 INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, 

18 UNITED STATES AND MEXICO

19 For necessary expenses for the United States Section 

20 of the International Boundary and Water Commission, 

21 United States and Mexico, and to comply with laws appli22 cable to the United States Section, including not to exceed 

23 $6,000 for representation; as follows: 
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1 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

2 For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

3 $25,808,000.

4 CONSTRUCTION

5 For detailed plan preparation and construction of au6 thorized projects, $5,450,000, to remain available until ex7 pended, as authorized.

8 AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

9 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for 

10 the International Joint Commission and the International 

11 Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, as au12 thorized by treaties between the United States and Can13 ada or Great Britain, and for the Border Environment 

14 Cooperation Commission as authorized by Public Law 

15 103–182, $9,472,000, of which not to exceed $9,000 shall 

16 be available for representation expenses incurred by the 

17 International Joint Commission.

18 INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS

19 For necessary expenses for international fisheries 

20 commissions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by 

21 law, $16,348,000: Provided, That the United States’ share 

22 of such expenses may be advanced to the respective com23 missions pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3324.
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1 OTHER

2 PAYMENT TO THE ASIA FOUNDATION

3 For a grant to the Asia Foundation, as authorized 

4 by the Asia Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4402), as amend5 ed, $10,444,000, to remain available until expended, as 

6 authorized.

7 EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

8 For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fel9 lowships, Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 

10 5 of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20 

11 U.S.C. 5204–5205), all interest and earnings accruing to 

12 the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust 

13 Fund on or before September 30, 2003, to remain avail14 able until expended: Provided, That none of the funds ap15 propriated herein shall be used to pay any salary or other 

16 compensation, or to enter into any contract providing for 

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

18 5 U.S.C. 5376; or for purposes which are not in accord19 ance with OMB Circulars A–110 (Uniform Administrative 

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

21 Organizations), including the restrictions on compensation 

22 for personal services.

23 ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

24 For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholar25 ship Program as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign 

26 Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 
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1 (22 U.S.C. 2452), all interest and earnings accruing to 

2 the Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before September 

3 30, 2003, to remain available until expended.

4 EAST-WEST CENTER

5 To enable the Secretary of State to provide for car6 rying out the provisions of the Center for Cultural and 

7 Technical Interchange Between East and West Act of 

8 1960, by grant to the Center for Cultural and Technical 

9 Interchange Between East and West in the State of Ha10 waii, $6,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro11 priated herein shall be used to pay any salary, or enter 

12 into any contract providing for the payment thereof, in 

13 excess of the rate authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5376.

14 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY

15 For grants made by the Department of State to the 

16 National Endowment for Democracy as authorized by the 

17 National Endowment for Democracy Act, $36,000,000, to 

18 remain available until expended.

19 RELATED AGENCY 

20 BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS

21 INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS

22 For expenses necessary to enable the Broadcasting 

23 Board of Governors, as authorized, to carry out inter24 national communication activities, including the purchase, 

25 installation, rent, construction, and improvement of facili26 ties for radio and television transmission and reception to 
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1 Cuba, $495,760,000, of which not to exceed $16,000 may 

2 be used for official receptions within the United States as 

3 authorized, not to exceed $35,000 may be used for rep4 resentation abroad as authorized, and not to exceed 

5 $39,000 may be used for official reception and representa6 tion expenses of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; and 

7 in addition, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

8 not to exceed $2,000,000 in receipts from advertising and 

9 revenue from business ventures, not to exceed $500,000 

10 in receipts from cooperating international organizations, 

11 and not to exceed $1,000,000 in receipts from privatiza12 tion efforts of the Voice of America and the International 

13 Broadcasting Bureau, to remain available until expended 

14 for carrying out authorized purposes.

15 BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

16 For the purchase, rent, construction, and improve17 ment of facilities for radio transmission and reception, and 

18 purchase and installation of necessary equipment for radio 

19 and television transmission and reception as authorized, 

20 $13,740,000, to remain available until expended, as au21 thorized.

22 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND

23 RELATED AGENCY

24 SEC. 401. Funds appropriated under this title shall 

25 be available, except as otherwise provided, for allowances 

26 and differentials as authorized by subchapter 59 of title 
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1 5, United States Code; for services as authorized by 5 

2 U.S.C. 3109; and for hire of passenger transportation pur3 suant to 31 U.S.C. 1343(b). 

4 SEC. 402. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria5 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De6 partment of State in this Act may be transferred between 

7 such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as 

8 otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more 

9 than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That not 

10 to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available 

11 for the current fiscal year for the Broadcasting Board of 

12 Governors in this Act may be transferred between such 

13 appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as oth14 erwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more 

15 than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided further, 

16 That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 

17 as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this 

18 Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 

19 except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 

20 section. 

21 SEC. 403. None of the funds made available in this 

22 Act may be used by the Department of State or the Broad23 casting Board of Governors to provide equipment, tech24 nical support, consulting services, or any other form of 

25 assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation. 
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1 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of State 

2 and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2003’’.

3 TITLE V—RELATED AGENCIES 

4 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

5 MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

6 MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM

7 For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 

8 U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security 

9 needs of the United States, $98,700,000, to remain avail10 able until expended.

11 OPERATIONS AND TRAINING

12 For necessary expenses of operations and training ac13 tivities authorized by law, $92,696,000, of which 

14 $13,000,000 shall remain available until expended for cap15 ital improvements at the United States Merchant Marine 

16 Academy.

17 SHIP DISPOSAL

18 For necessary expenses related to the disposal of ob19 solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the 

20 Maritime Administration, $11,161,000, to remain avail21 able until expended.

22 MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM

23 ACCOUNT

24 For administrative expenses to carry out the guaran25 teed loan program, not to exceed $4,126,000, which shall 
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1 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 

2 Operations and Training.

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME

4 ADMINISTRATION

5 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 

6 Maritime Administration is authorized to furnish utilities 

7 and services and make necessary repairs in connection 

8 with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Govern9 ment property under control of the Maritime Administra10 tion, and payments received therefore shall be credited to 

11 the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: Provided, 

12 That rental payments under any such lease, contract, or 

13 occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, or 

14 repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous 

15 receipts. 

16 No obligations shall be incurred during the current 

17 fiscal year from the construction fund established by the 

18 Merchant Marine Act, 1936, or otherwise, in excess of the 

19 appropriations and limitations contained in this Act or in 

20 any prior appropriation Act.

21 COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S

22 HERITAGE ABROAD

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For expenses for the Commission for the Preservation 

25 of America’s Heritage Abroad, $499,000, as authorized by 

26 section 1303 of Public Law 99–83.
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1 COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil 

4 Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

5 $9,096,000: Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 may 

6 be used to employ consultants: Provided further, That 

7 none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be 

8 used to employ in excess of four full-time individuals under 

9 Schedule C of the Excepted Service exclusive of one special 

10 assistant for each Commissioner: Provided further, That 

11 none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be 

12 used to reimburse Commissioners for more than 75 

13 billable days, with the exception of the chairperson, who 

14 is permitted 125 billable days.

15 COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses for the United States Com18 mission on International Religious Freedom, as authorized 

19 by title II of the International Religious Freedom Act of 

20 1998 (Public Law 105–292), $3,000,000, to remain avail21 able until expended.
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1 COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN

2 EUROPE

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the Commission on Secu5 rity and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public 

6 Law 94–304, $1,582,000, to remain available until ex7 pended as authorized by section 3 of Public Law 99–7.

8 CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE

9 PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Execu12 tive Commission on the People’s Republic of China, as au13 thorized, $1,380,000, including not more than $3,000 for 

14 the purpose of official representation, to remain available 

15 until expended.

16 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment 

19 Opportunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the 

20 Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (29 U.S.C. 206(d) 

21 and 621–634), the Americans with Disabilities Act of 

22 1990, and the Civil Rights Act of 1991, including services 

23 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor 

24 vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); non-mone25 tary awards to private citizens; and not to exceed 
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1 $30,000,000 for payments to State and local enforcement 

2 agencies for services to the Commission pursuant to title 

3 VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, sections 

4 6 and 14 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 

5 the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Civil 

6 Rights Act of 1991, $308,822,000: Provided, That the 

7 Commission is authorized to make available for official re8 ception and representation expenses not to exceed $2,500 

9 from available funds.

10 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Federal Communica13 tions Commission, as authorized by law, including uni14 forms and allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

15 5901–5902; not to exceed $600,000 for land and struc16 ture; not to exceed $500,000 for improvement and care 

17 of grounds and repair to buildings; not to exceed $4,000 

18 for official reception and representation expenses; pur19 chase (not to exceed 16) and hire of motor vehicles; special 

20 counsel fees; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

21 $256,376,000, of which not to exceed $300,000 shall re22 main available until September 30, 2004, for research and 

23 policy studies: Provided, That $248,194,000 of offsetting 

24 collections shall be assessed and collected pursuant to sec25 tion 9 of title I of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
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1 amended, and shall be retained and used for necessary ex2 penses in this appropriation, and shall remain available 

3 until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein ap4 propriated shall be reduced as such offsetting collections 

5 are received during fiscal year 2003 so as to result in a 

6 final fiscal year 2003 appropriation estimated at 

7 $8,182,000: Provided further, That any offsetting collec8 tions received in excess of $248,194,000 in fiscal year 

9 2003 shall remain available until expended, but shall not 

10 be available for obligation until October 1, 2003.

11 FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime 

14 Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Mer15 chant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. App. 

16 1111), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; 

17 hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 

18 U.S.C. 1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefor, as 

19 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, $16,458,000: Pro20 vided, That not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for offi21 cial reception and representation expenses.

22 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Com25 mission, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as au-
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1 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized 

2 by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not 

3 to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representation 

4 expenses, $174,508,000, to remain available until ex5 pended: Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be 

6 available for use to contract with a person or persons for 

7 collection services in accordance with the terms of 31 

8 U.S.C. 3718, as amended: Provided further, That, not9 withstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed 

10 $158,508,000 of offsetting collections derived from fees 

11 collected for premerger notification filings under the Hart12 Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 

13 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year of collection, shall be 

14 retained and used for necessary expenses in this appro15 priation; and $16,000,000 of offsetting collections derived 

16 from fees sufficient to implement and enforce the do-not17 call provisions of the Telemarketing Sales Rule, 16 CFR 

18 part 310, promulgated under the Telephone Consumer 

19 Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.) 

20 regardless of the year of collection, shall be retained and 

21 used for necessary expenses in this appropriation: Pro22 vided further, That all fees collected pursuant to the pre23 vious proviso shall be credited to this appropriation and 

24 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

25 That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund 
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1 shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received 

2 during fiscal year 2003, so as to result in a final fiscal 

3 year 2003 appropriation from the general fund estimated 

4 at not more than $0: Provided further, That none of the 

5 funds made available to the Federal Trade Commission 

6 shall be available for obligation for expenses authorized 

7 by section 151 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corpora8 tion Improvement Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–242; 105 

9 Stat. 2282–2285).

10 LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

11 PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

12 For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to 

13 carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation 

14 Act of 1974, as amended, $329,300,000, of which 

15 $310,000,000 is for basic field programs and required 

16 independent audits; $2,600,000 is for the Office of Inspec17 tor General, of which such amounts as may be necessary 

18 may be used to conduct additional audits of recipients; 

19 $13,300,000 is for management and administration; and 

20 $3,400,000 is for client self-help and information tech21 nology.

22 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES

23 CORPORATION

24 None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the 

25 Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any pur26 pose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the 
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1 provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 

2 of Public Law 105–119, and all funds appropriated in this 

3 Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to 

4 the same terms and conditions set forth in such sections, 

5 except that all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 

6 and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2002 and 

7 2003, respectively.

8 MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com11 mission as authorized by title II of Public Law 92–522, 

12 as amended, $1,856,000.

13 NATIONAL VETERANS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

14 CORPORATION

15 For necessary expenses of the National Veterans 

16 Business Development Corporation as authorized under 

17 section 33(a) of the Small Business Act, as amended, 

18 $2,000,000, to remain available until expended.

19 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses for the Securities and Ex22 change Commission, including services as authorized by 

23 5 U.S.C. 3109 and pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 4801–02, the 

24 rental of space (to include multiple year leases) in the Dis25 trict of Columbia and elsewhere, and not to exceed $3,000 
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1 for official reception and representation expenses, 

2 $776,000,000; of which not to exceed $10,000 may be 

3 used toward funding a permanent secretariat for the 

4 International Organization of Securities Commissions; and 

5 of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for ex6 penses for consultations and meetings hosted by the Com7 mission with foreign governmental and other regulatory 

8 officials, members of their delegations, appropriate rep9 resentatives and staff to exchange views concerning devel10 opments relating to securities matters, development and 

11 implementation of cooperation agreements concerning se12 curities matters and provision of technical assistance for 

13 the development of foreign securities markets, such ex14 penses to include necessary logistic and administrative ex15 penses and the expenses of Commission staff and foreign 

16 invitees in attendance at such consultations and meetings 

17 including: (1) such incidental expenses as meals taken in 

18 the course of such attendance; (2) any travel and trans19 portation to or from such meetings; and (3) any other re20 lated lodging or subsistence: Provided, That fees and 

21 charges authorized by sections 6(b) of the Securities Act 

22 of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77f(b)), and 13(e), 14(g), and 31 of 

23 the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m(e), 

24 78n(g), and 78ee) shall be credited to this account as off25 setting collections: Provided further, That not to exceed 
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1 $776,000,000 of such offsetting collections shall be avail2 able until expended for necessary expenses of this account: 

3 Provided further, That the total amount appropriated 

4 under this heading from the general fund for fiscal year 

5 2003 shall be reduced as such offsetting fees are received 

6 so as to result in a final total fiscal year 2003 appropria7 tion from the general fund estimated at not more than 

8 $0.

9 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

12 of the Small Business Administration as authorized by 

13 Public Law 105–135, including hire of passenger motor 

14 vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344, and 

15 not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa16 tion expenses, $317,357,000: Provided, That the Adminis17 trator is authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of pub18 lications developed by the Small Business Administration, 

19 and certain loan servicing activities: Provided further, 

20 That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues received 

21 from all such activities shall be credited to this account, 

22 to be available for carrying out these purposes without fur23 ther appropriations.

24 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

25 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

26 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
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1 General Act of 1978, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), 

2 $12,626,000.

3 BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

4 For the cost of direct loans, $3,726,000, to be avail5 able until expended; and for the cost of guaranteed loans, 

6 $85,360,000, as authorized by 15 U.S.C. 631 note, of 

7 which $45,000,000 shall remain available until September 

8 30, 2004: Provided, That such costs, including the cost 

9 of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 

10 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: 

11 Provided further, That during fiscal year 2003 commit12 ments to guarantee loans under section 503 of the Small 

13 Business Investment Act of 1958, as amended, shall not 

14 exceed $4,500,000,000, as provided under section 

15 20(h)(1)(B)(ii) of the Small Business Act: Provided fur16 ther, That during fiscal year 2003 commitments for gen17 eral business loans authorized under section 7(a) of the 

18 Small Business Act, as amended, shall not exceed 

19 $10,000,000,000 without prior notification of the Com20 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

21 and Senate in accordance with section 605 of this Act: 

22 Provided further, That during fiscal year 2003 commit23 ments to guarantee loans for debentures and participating 

24 securities under section 303(b) of the Small Business In25 vestment Act of 1958, as amended, shall not exceed the 
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1 levels established by section 20(i)(1)(C) of the Small Busi2 ness Act. 

3 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

4 the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $129,000,000, 

5 which may be transferred to and merged with the appro6 priations for Salaries and Expenses.

7 DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

8 For the cost of direct loans authorized by section 7(b) 

9 of the Small Business Act, as amended, $76,140,000, to 

10 remain available until expended: Provided, That such 

11 costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 

12 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

13 of 1974, as amended. 

14 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

15 the direct loan program, $118,354,000, which may be 

16 transferred to and merged with appropriations for Salaries 

17 and Expenses, of which $500,000 is for the Office of In18 spector General of the Small Business Administration for 

19 audits and reviews of disaster loans and the disaster loan 

20 program and shall be transferred to and merged with ap21 propriations for the Office of Inspector General; of which 

22 $108,000,000 is for direct administrative expenses of loan 

23 making and servicing to carry out the direct loan program; 

24 and of which $9,854,000 is for indirect administrative ex25 penses: Provided, That any amount in excess of 

26 $9,854,000 to be transferred to and merged with appro-
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1 priations for Salaries and Expenses for indirect adminis2 trative expenses shall be treated as a reprogramming of 

3 funds under section 605 of this Act and shall not be avail4 able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 

5 with the procedures set forth in that section.

6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—SMALL BUSINESS

7 ADMINISTRATION

8 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 

9 available for the current fiscal year for the Small Business 

10 Administration in this Act may be transferred between 

11 such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be 

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

13 Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this paragraph 

14 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec15 tion 605 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga16 tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce17 dures set forth in that section.

18 STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, 

21 as authorized by the State Justice Institute Authorization 

22 Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–572; 106 Stat. 4515–4516), 

23 $3,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be 

24 available for official reception and representation ex25 penses.
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1 TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

2 SEC. 601. No part of any appropriation contained in 

3 this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 

4 not authorized by the Congress. 

5 SEC. 602. No part of any appropriation contained in 

6 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

7 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

8 SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation 

9 under this Act for any consulting service through procure10 ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited 

11 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter 

12 of public record and available for public inspection, except 

13 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex14 isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 

15 SEC. 604. If any provision of this Act or the applica16 tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall 

17 be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica18 tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other 

19 than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be af20 fected thereby. 

21 SEC. 605. (a) None of the funds provided under this 

22 Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 

23 agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli24 gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2003, or provided from 

25 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
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1 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

2 by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

3 through a reprogramming of funds which: (1) creates new 

4 programs; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 

5 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 

6 project or activity for which funds have been denied or 

7 restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorga8 nizes offices, programs, or activities; or (6) contracts out 

9 or privatizes any functions or activities presently per10 formed by Federal employees; unless the Appropriations 

11 Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified 15 

12 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds. 

13 (b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or 

14 provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agen15 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 

16 or expenditure in fiscal year 2003, or provided from any 

17 accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 

18 the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by 

19 this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

20 for activities, programs, or projects through a reprogram21 ming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, which22 ever is less, that: (1) augments existing programs, 

23 projects, or activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding 

24 for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers 

25 of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
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1 (3) results from any general savings from a reduction in 

2 personnel which would result in a change in existing pro3 grams, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; un4 less the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of 

5 Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such re6 programming of funds. 

7 SEC. 606. None of the funds made available in this 

8 Act may be used for the construction, repair (other than 

9 emergency repair), overhaul, conversion, or modernization 

10 of vessels for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad11 ministration in shipyards located outside of the United 

12 States. 

13 SEC. 607. (a) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE

14 EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—It is the sense of the Con15 gress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equip16 ment and products purchased with funds made available 

17 in this Act should be American-made. 

18 (b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—In providing financial 

19 assistance to, or entering into any contract with, any enti20 ty using funds made available in this Act, the head of each 

21 Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable, shall 

22 provide to such entity a notice describing the statement 

23 made in subsection (a) by the Congress. 

24 (c) PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS

25 FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—
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1 If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal 

2 agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear3 ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription 

4 with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped 

5 to the United States that is not made in the United 

6 States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con7 tract or subcontract made with funds made available in 

8 this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli9 gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through 

10 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations. 

11 SEC. 608. None of the funds made available in this 

12 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce any 

13 guidelines of the Equal Employment Opportunity Com14 mission covering harassment based on religion, when it is 

15 made known to the Federal entity or official to which such 

16 funds are made available that such guidelines do not differ 

17 in any respect from the proposed guidelines published by 

18 the Commission on October 1, 1993 (58 Fed. Reg. 

19 51266). 

20 SEC. 609. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used for any United Nations undertaking 

22 when it is made known to the Federal official having au23 thority to obligate or expend such funds: (1) that the 

24 United Nations undertaking is a peacekeeping mission; (2) 

25 that such undertaking will involve United States Armed 
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1 Forces under the command or operational control of a for2 eign national; and (3) that the President’s military advi3 sors have not submitted to the President a recommenda4 tion that such involvement is in the national security inter5 ests of the United States and the President has not sub6 mitted to the Congress such a recommendation. 

7 SEC. 610. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth8 erwise made available by this Act shall be expended for 

9 any purpose for which appropriations are prohibited by 

10 section 609 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and 

11 State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations 

12 Act, 1999.

13 (b) The requirements in subparagraphs (A) and (B) 

14 of section 609 of that Act shall continue to apply during 

15 fiscal year 2003. 

16 SEC. 611. Hereafter, none of the funds appropriated 

17 or otherwise made available to the Bureau of Prisons shall 

18 be used to provide the following amenities or personal 

19 comforts in the Federal prison system—

20 (1) in-cell television viewing except for prisoners 

21 who are segregated from the general prison popu22 lation for their own safety;

23 (2) the viewing of R, X, and NC–17 rated mov24 ies, through whatever medium presented;

25 (3) any instruction (live or through broadcasts) 

26 or training equipment for boxing, wrestling, judo, 
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1 karate, or other martial art, or any bodybuilding or 

2 weightlifting equipment of any sort;

3 (4) possession of in-cell coffee pots, hot plates 

4 or heating elements; or

5 (5) the use or possession of any electric or elec6 tronic musical instrument. 

7 SEC. 612. Any costs incurred by a department or 

8 agency funded under this Act resulting from personnel ac9 tions taken in response to funding reductions included in 

10 this Act shall be absorbed within the total budgetary re11 sources available to such department or agency: Provided, 

12 That the authority to transfer funds between appropria13 tions accounts as may be necessary to carry out this sec14 tion is provided in addition to authorities included else15 where in this Act: Provided further, That use of funds to 

16 carry out this section shall be treated as a reprogramming 

17 of funds under section 605 of this Act and shall not be 

18 available for obligation or expenditure except in compli19 ance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

20 SEC. 613. Hereafter, none of the funds appropriated 

21 or otherwise made available to the Federal Bureau of Pris22 ons may be used to distribute or make available any com23 mercially published information or material to a prisoner 

24 when it is made known to the Federal official having au25 thority to obligate or expend such funds that such infor26 mation or material is sexually explicit or features nudity. 
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1 SEC. 614. Of the funds appropriated in this Act 

2 under the heading ‘‘Office of Justice Programs—State 

3 and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’, not more than 

4 90 percent of the amount to be awarded to an entity under 

5 the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant shall be made 

6 available to such an entity when it is made known to the 

7 Federal official having authority to obligate or expend 

8 such funds that the entity that employs a public safety 

9 officer (as such term is defined in section 1204 of title 

10 I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 

11 1968) does not provide such a public safety officer who 

12 retires or is separated from service due to injury suffered 

13 as the direct and proximate result of a personal injury 

14 sustained in the line of duty while responding to an emer15 gency situation or a hot pursuit (as such terms are defined 

16 by State law) with the same or better level of health insur17 ance benefits at the time of retirement or separation as 

18 they received while on duty. 

19 SEC. 615. None of the funds provided by this Act 

20 shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco 

21 or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal 

22 by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing 

23 of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions 

24 which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco 

25 products of the same type. 
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1 SEC. 616. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth2 erwise made available by this Act shall be expended for 

3 any purpose for which appropriations are prohibited by 

4 section 616 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and 

5 State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations 

6 Act, 1999, as amended. 

7 (b) The requirements in subsections (b) and (c) of 

8 section 616 of that Act shall continue to apply during fis9 cal year 2003. 

10 SEC. 617. None of the funds appropriated pursuant 

11 to this Act or any other provision of law may be used for: 

12 (1) the implementation of any tax or fee in connection 

13 with the implementation of 18 U.S.C. 922(t); and (2) any 

14 system to implement 18 U.S.C. 922(t) that does not re15 quire and result in the destruction of any identifying infor16 mation submitted by or on behalf of any person who has 

17 been determined not to be prohibited from owning a fire18 arm. 

19 SEC. 618. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

20 law, amounts deposited or available in the Fund estab21 lished under 42 U.S.C. 10601 in any fiscal year in excess 

22 of $625,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until 

23 the following fiscal year, with the exception of emergency 

24 appropriations made available by Public Law 107–38 and 

25 transferred to the Fund: Provided, That up to 
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1 $50,000,000 of this amount may be for the Antiterrorism 

2 Emergency Reserve authorized by Public Law 107–56. 

3 SEC. 619. None of the funds made available to the 

4 Department of Justice in this Act may be used to discrimi5 nate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of 

6 students who participate in programs for which financial 

7 assistance is provided from those funds, or of the parents 

8 or legal guardians of such students. 

9 SEC. 620. None of the funds appropriated or other10 wise made available to the Department of State and the 

11 Department of Justice shall be available for the purpose 

12 of granting either immigrant or nonimmigrant visas, or 

13 both, consistent with the Secretary’s determination under 

14 section 243(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 

15 to citizens, subjects, nationals, or residents of countries 

16 that the Attorney General has determined deny or unrea17 sonably delay accepting the return of citizens, subjects, 

18 nationals, or residents under that section: Provided, That 

19 the Attorney General shall notify the Secretary of State 

20 in every instance when a foreign country denies or unrea21 sonably delays accepting an alien who is a citizen, subject, 

22 national, or resident of that country after the Attorney 

23 General asks whether the Government will accept the alien 

24 under section 243 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. 
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1 SEC. 621. None of the funds made available to the 

2 Department of Justice in this Act may be used for the 

3 purpose of transporting an individual who is a prisoner 

4 pursuant to conviction for crime under State or Federal 

5 law and is classified as a maximum or high security pris6 oner, other than to a prison or other facility certified by 

7 the Federal Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for 

8 housing such a prisoner. 

9 SEC. 622. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 

10 used by Federal prisons to purchase cable television serv11 ices, to rent or purchase videocassettes, videocassette re12 corders, or other audiovisual or electronic equipment used 

13 primarily for recreational purposes. The preceding sen14 tence does not preclude the renting, maintenance, or pur15 chase of audiovisual or electronic equipment for inmate 

16 training, religious, or educational programs. 

17 SEC. 623. None of the funds made available in this 

18 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in19 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

20 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro21 vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

22 SEC. 624. Upon the collection of fees authorized in 

23 section 109(d) of Public Law 107–204, the Securities and 

24 Exchange Commission shall be reimbursed for any Securi25 ties and Exchange Commission appropriations advanced 
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1 to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board for 

2 start-up expenses, as authorized by section 109(j) of Pub3 lic Law 107–204, resulting in no net impact on appropria4 tions available to the Securities and Exchange Commission 

5 in fiscal year 2003. 

6 SEC. 625. Of the funds appropriated in this Act for 

7 the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Ju8 diciary, and the Small Business Administration, $100,000 

9 shall be available to each Department or agency only to 

10 implement telecommuting programs: Provided, That, six 

11 months after the date of enactment of this Act and every 

12 six months thereafter, each Department or agency shall 

13 provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations on 

14 the status of telecommuting programs, including the num15 ber of Federal employees eligible for, and participating in, 

16 such programs: Provided further, That each Department 

17 or agency shall designate a ‘‘Telework Coordinator’’ to be 

18 responsible for overseeing the implementation of telecom19 muting programs and serve as a point of contact on such 

20 programs for the Committees on Appropriations. 

21 SEC. 626. The paragraph under the heading ‘‘Small 

22 Business Administration—Business Loans Program Ac23 count’’ in chapter 2 of division B of Public Law 107–117 

24 (115 Stat. 2297) is amended by inserting ‘‘or section 7(a) 
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1 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a))’’ after ‘‘this 

2 Act’’.

3 TITLE VII—RESCISSIONS 

4 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

5 NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC

6 ADMINISTRATION

7 COASTAL IMPACT ASSISTANCE

8 (RESCISSION)

9 Of the unobligated balances available under this 

10 heading, $7,000,000 are rescinded. 

11 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

12 EMERGENCY OIL AND GAS GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM

13 ACCOUNT

14 (RESCISSION)

15 Of the unobligated balances available under this 

16 heading from prior year appropriations, $920,000 are re17 scinded. 

18 EMERGENCY STEEL GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM

19 ACCOUNT

20 (RESCISSION)

21 Of the unobligated balances available under this 

22 heading from prior year appropriations, $49,000,000 are 

23 rescinded.

24 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Com25 merce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related 

26 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003’’.