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Calendar No. 698 

108TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! SENATE 2d Session 108–344 

DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE 

JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATION 

BILL, 2005 

SEPTEMBER 15, 2004.—Ordered to be printed 

Mr. GREGG, from the Committee on Appropriations, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany S. 2809] 

The Committee on Appropriations reports the bill (S. 2809) making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and 

State, the judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2005, and for other purposes, reports favorably 

thereon and recommends that the bill do pass. 

Amount in new budget (obligational) authority 

Total bill as reported to Senate ............................... $43,467,214,000 

Amount of appropriations, 2004 .............................. 41,423,940,000 

Amount of budget estimates, 2005, as amended ... 43,194,495,000 

The bill as reported to the Senate: 

Above the appropriations for 2004 ................... 2,043,274,000 

Above the estimates for 2005 ........................... 272,719,000 
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C O N T E N T S 

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Background: 

Purpose of the Bill ............................................................................................ 3 

Summary of the Bill ......................................................................................... 3 

Budgetary Impact of the Bill .................................................................................. 13 

Title I—Department of Justice and Related Agency ............................................ 14 

Title II—Department of Commerce and Related Agencies .................................. 69 

Title III—The Judiciary .......................................................................................... 121 

Title IV—Department of State and Related Agency ............................................. 129 

Title V—Related Agencies: 

Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad ................. 170 

Commission on Civil Rights ............................................................................. 170 

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe .................................... 170 

Congressional-Executive Commission on the People’s Republic of China ... 171 

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ................................................ 171 

Federal Communications Commission ............................................................ 171 

Federal Trade Commission .............................................................................. 172 

Legal Services Corporation .............................................................................. 174 

Marine Mammal Commission .......................................................................... 174 

National Veterans’ Business Development Corporation ............................... 174 

Securities and Exchange Commission ............................................................ 175 

Small Business Administration ....................................................................... 176 

State Justice Institute ...................................................................................... 179 

United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission .............. 179 

United States Senate-China Interparliamentary Group ............................... 180 

Title VI—General Provisions .................................................................................. 181 

Title VII—Patent and Trademark Fees ................................................................. 184 

Title VIII—Koby Mandell Act of 2003 ................................................................... 184 

Title IX—Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2004 .................................................... 184 

Compliance With Paragraph 7, Rule XVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate .......................................................................................................................... 185 

Compliance With Paragraph 7(c) Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the 

Senate ................................................................................................................... 185 

Compliance With Paragraph 12, Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the 

Senate ................................................................................................................... 186 
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PURPOSE OF THE BILL

This bill makes appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies for 

the fiscal year 2005. 

The Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary and Related 

Agencies appropriations bill is the principal source of financial resources to support three Cabinet Departments, the Federal Judiciary including the Supreme Court, and a number of independent 

agencies and commissions including the Office of the U.S. Trade 

Representative, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the 

Small Business Administration and the Federal Communications 

Commission. 

This bill is a principal source of support for Federal programs to 

combat terrorism, including the intelligence, counterterrorism, and 

national security programs of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

The bill is the principal source of support for Federal law enforcement, the judicial system, and grant assistance to State and local 

law enforcement agencies throughout the United States. The Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies appropriations bill supports the Department of Commerce and the 

Nation’s lead civilian ocean and atmosphere research, science, and 

service agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The bill is the principal source of resources for international 

operations such as the staffing, operations, and maintenance and 

construction of U.S. diplomatic missions overseas, as well as assessed contributions for the United Nations and international organizations, and international peacekeeping. The bill supports a number of independent agencies and commissions, and has a key leadership role in supporting technology, innovation, and the stability 

of United States financial markets. 

The Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary and Related 

Agencies bill is one of the most diverse of the 13 appropriations 

bills that provide for the discretionary funding of the Federal Government. It is a bill that provides for pay of personnel, operation 

and maintenance, grants and contracts, research and development, 

procurement, and construction. The bill provides almost all aspects 

of support for the organizations and programs under its jurisdiction. 

SUMMARY OF THE BILL

The total amount of new budget authority recommended by the Committee for this bill in fiscal year 2005 is $40,494,815,000. The 

amount of discretionary budget authority as defined by the Budget 

Act is $39,792,000,000. 

The total amount of new budget authority represents an increase 

of $2,295,236,000 compared with fiscal year 2004 and an increase 

of $239,066,000 compared with the Budget Request. 
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The Committee recommended bill is within the Committee’s section 302(b) allocation for the Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies bill. The Committee has made difficult but necessary tradeoffs to fashion a bill that is within these 

limits. 

The following paragraphs highlight major themes in this bill: 

COMBATING TERRORISM

Combating terrorism has long been a centerpiece of the Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies bill, 

although the Committee’s focus intensified in the wake of the Oklahoma City bombings in 1995. The Committee has established and/ 

or supported a number of new initiatives within the Department of 

Justice [DOJ] and other agencies in this bill, many of which are 

commensurate with and preceded the recent recommendations included in the 9/11 Commission Report. 

Within DOJ, the Committee in 1998 directed the Department to 

establish an interagency plan for combating terrorism. The ‘‘Five 

Year Plan’’, as it was referred to, served as a cornerstone of the Nation’s strategy for combating terrorism. The Committee also established the Office for Domestic Preparedness [ODP], a ‘‘one-stopshop’’ for first responders to obtain information and Federal assistance on preparing for and responding to terrorism. Within ODP, 

the Committee created two specific programs: (1) the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium, which featured 5 first responder 

training centers, each specializing in a different type of threat scenario, and (2) a permanent national terrorism exercise program 

(called TOPOFF to signify the participation of top officials). The 

TOPOFF exercise series has been an overwhelming success, and 

TOPOFF III is scheduled to take place in April 2005. From the 

time it was established until 2001, ODP grew from a $5,000,000 

grant program to a $250,000,000 grant program for first responders. 

Also in 1998, the Committee attempted to strengthen the Federal 

Bureau of Investigation [FBI] by improving aspects of the FBI’s 

hiring system to attract experienced professionals for certain highly-competitive specialty positions. Specifically, the Committee provided the FBI Director with the authority to design and implement 

over a 3-year period a new system of pay, classification, and personnel management for non-Special Agent intelligence, scientific, 

technical, engineering and medical positions. At that time, however, the FBI did not act on the new authority and it lapsed at the 

end of the 3-year period. The 9/11 Commission Report recommends 

similar enhancements to the FBI’s recruiting, hiring, and selection 

of agents and analysts with skills in intelligence, international relations, language, and technology and highlights the need to improve the training and career opportunities for intelligence analysts and officers. 

In May 2001, the Committee organized a series of hearings on 

the Federal Government’s ability to prevent, prepare for, and respond to terrorism. The goal of the hearings was to establish a 

baseline of information about the role each Federal agency played 

in combating terrorism. The most important finding of the hearings 

was that the United States did not have a single national leader 
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charged with coordinating the efforts of all of the relevant Federal 

agencies. The second most important finding was that the United 

States did not have one comprehensive, dynamic national strategy 

outlining these agencies’ responsibilities. 

The Committee’s July 2001, report concluded that an effective, 

comprehensive national strategy required, first and foremost, a 

person with the knowledge and breadth of experience to develop 

the strategy and the authority and resources to implement it. To 

this end, the report recommended a new position within the highest levels of the Justice Department, a Deputy Attorney General 

for Combating Terrorism [DAG–CT]. This person would have been 

responsible for establishing the policies, objectives and priorities of 

the Federal Government with respect to combating terrorism. One 

advantage of creating a DAG–CT position was that it would not require any new infrastructure, but would instead draw upon the existing resources of an established agency. Startup time and cost, as 

compared to other proposals being discussed at the time, would 

have been greatly minimized. 

The concept of a DAG–CT was quickly overtaken by the events 

of September 11, the creation of the Office of Homeland Security 

at the White House, followed by the creation of the Department of 

Homeland Security. The Committee notes with interest that the 9/ 

11 Commission Report recommends the creation of a similar position, the National Intelligence Director [NID], to oversee and coordinate intelligence and counterterrorism operational planning 

throughout the intelligence and law enforcement communities. 

Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the Committee 

has aggressively worked to provide all of the agencies funded in 

this bill with the necessary resources to meet their intelligence, 

counterterrorism, and related missions. For fiscal year 2005, the 

Committee has taken the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission 

under advisement in supporting existing and new intelligence and 

counterterrorism initiatives, providing significant funding increases 

for such efforts. 

The Committee’s efforts to protect the United States from terrorism begin, necessarily, overseas. The recommendation therefore 

provides increases for all terrorism and security functions under 

the Department of State account. The recommendation includes 

significant increases for the Department of State’s public diplomacy 

programs. These programs fight terrorism at its roots by explaining 

United States policy decisions to foreign publics and by informing 

foreign publics about American culture and values. For the second 

year in a row, the recommendation has included appropriated 

funds for the hiring of consular officers above attrition. Consular 

officers face the monumental task of preventing terrorists from entering the United States, while at the same time permitting those 

who seek to come to the United States for business, study, tourism, 

or cultural exchange to enter with a minimum amount of hassle. 

Finally, the recommendation includes funds for the Department of 

State to continue its participation in the international component 

of the TOPOFF III terrorism exercise. 

Those efforts continue, both overseas and domestically, within 

DOJ. The Committee provides funding increases for all intelligence 

and counterterrorism-related efforts within DOJ, which focus on 
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the prevention, investigation, and prosecution of acts of terrorism. 

Additional funding includes $503,468,000 for the FBI’s intelligence, 

counterterrorism, and supporting programs; $100,000,000 for State 

and local interoperable communications systems; $11,000,000 for 

State and local anti-terrorism training; $6,594,000 to process Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act applications; and $7,200,000 for 

counterterrorism prosecutions. 

The Committee has increased overall funding for the FBI by 52 

percent since fiscal year 2000. These funding increases have enabled the FBI’s Counterterrorism Program to grow by 99 percent 

in total personnel, with a 101 percent increase in total funding 

since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Even with these 

funding increases and the transfer of 480 Special Agents to the 

Counterterrorism Division [CTD], the counterterrorism workload 

continues to exceed the CTD permanent workforce. Last year, the 

Committee directed the FBI to permanently transfer additional 

personnel to CTD to address this workload and eliminate the FBI’s 

practice of temporarily assigning personnel to handle the FBI’s top 

priority mission. This direction, however, was challenged and ultimately not successful. 

The Committee remains concerned that CTD does not have the 

permanent workforce necessary to ensure all terrorism leads are 

thoroughly investigated. The resistance to shift resources to 

counterterrorism is not new. The 9/11 Commission Report found 

that even though the FBI recognized terrorism as a major threat, 

and designated ‘‘national and economic security’’ as the FBI’s top 

priority in 1998, the FBI did not shift resources accordingly. The 

Committee does not want the FBI to make the same mistake again. 

Accordingly, the Committee again directs the FBI to permanently 

transfer the necessary personnel to CTD to meet its 

counterterrorism workload. 

The Committee has supported the significant and fundamental 

changes made within the FBI since September 11, 2001, but remains concerned over the FBI’s ability to institutionally shift its 

focus to counterterrorism. The 9/11 Commission Report similarly 

states, ‘‘[d]espite having found acceptance of the Director’s clear 

message that counterterrorism is now the FBI’s top priority, 2 

years after 9/11 we also found gaps between some of the announced 

reforms and the reality in the field. We are concerned that management in the field offices still can allocate people and resources to 

local concerns that diverge from the national security mission. This 

system could revert to a focus on lower-priority criminal justice 

cases over national security requirements.’’. The Committee directs 

the FBI to submit a plan to the Committees on Appropriations, not 

later than March 20, 2005, that ensures the FBI’s national priorities match the priorities and operations in all of the FBI’s field offices and resident agencies. 

The Committee has also supported the creation and funding of 

fusion centers to ensure the coordinated collection and dissemination of information, which is consistent with the recommendations 

proposed in the 9/11 Report. In particular, the Committee has supported the creation of the Terrorist Threat Integration Center 

[TTIC], which serves as the central hub for terrorist threat-related 

information, providing TTIC with over $171,000,000; the Terrorist 
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Screening Center [TSC], which coordinates and consolidates terrorist watchlists from all Federal agencies, providing $20,600,000 

since its creation; and the Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force 

[FTTTF], which denies terrorists entry into the United States, as 

well as locates, detains, prosecutes, or deports terrorists that have 

already entered the country, providing $60,300,000 since its creation. 

Last year, and again this year, the Committee breaks out funding from the FBI’s salaries and expenses account for these fusion 

centers. The Committee’s vision to fund and establish a separate 

account for TTIC, FTTTF, and TSC supports the 9/11 Commission 

recommendations to centralize the collection, analysis, and dissemination of information. 

PROTECTING AMERICA’S CHILDREN

The Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary and Related 

Agencies appropriations bill is a natural home to programs that enable the Nation to build a safety net for our children. Programs 

that address problems such as Internet safety, child abduction, and 

child pornography have been critical in protecting children from 

some of the most malevolent predators. Training and education of 

law enforcement officers in child safety issues has led to better coordination of services to the most vulnerable children. Ensuring the 

future of our children begins with creating an environment in 

which children can thrive in educational and social settings. The 

Safe School Initiative and School Resource Officers have enhanced 

the physical security of schools through the promotion of positive 

relationships between law enforcement and youths. This, coupled 

with anti-drug initiatives, gang reduction programs, and after 

school programs, has cast the safety net even wider, resulting in 

greater opportunities for America’s at-risk youth. The threat to 

American children does not end at U.S. borders, however, and the 

Committee has taken steps during the past 3 years to provide for 

safety enhancements of international schools attended by American 

children. In addition, the Committee has supported efforts by Federal agencies to prevent international child abductions. In one instance, the Committee mandated a change in Department of State 

passport issuance policies which has already proven an effective 

tool in preventing international child abductions. 

INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE

The Committee recommended bill provides over $7,000,000,000 

for infrastructure investments. Included are investments in construction of embassies and laboratories, the acquisition of ships, 

aircraft, and satellites for environmental monitoring, the development and procurement of equipment and technology (including 

computers and information technologies) for use by the agencies 

under the jurisdiction of the Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies Subcommittee. In a number of cases, 

the bill provides funding for partnerships with universities, cooperative agreement partners, and States to provide infrastructure support. For example, State law enforcement agencies across the Nation receive support for forensic laboratory and communications 
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technology through the recommended appropriations in Title I of 

this bill. 

Far too often infrastructure requirements are not given sufficient 

priority in the budgets submitted by agencies to Congress. Often, 

agencies’ plant and equipment needs are requested at levels far 

lower than what is required to ensure their upkeep through a reasonable replacement schedule. The Committee has in a number of 

areas increased funding for maintenance and repair. The Committee has necessarily added construction of facilities in a number 

of mission agencies, such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, since the current primary method of Federal building investment through the General Services Administration appears to largely ignore the needs of fisheries and research laboratories across the Nation. 

Infrastructure appropriations are long-term investments in the 

agencies funded within this bill. Unfortunately, budgetary constraints often require these investments to be made on an incremental basis rather than adhering to full funding, thus requiring 

several years to ‘‘bank’’ funds to proceed with a construction project 

or to construct a research vessel. This procedure often leads to the 

accumulation of unobligated balances until a project’s full cost is financed. 

Infrastructure investments are intrinsically linked to productivity and marshalling talent of the Federal workforce. The programs provided for in the Committee recommendation are intended 

to improve the ability of Federal employees—from researchers to 

law enforcement agents—to do their jobs more effectively. The investment in supercomputing for weather services, for example, has 

significantly improved the accuracy of forecasts. Supercomputers, 

new modeling techniques, and better data assimilation techniques 

to take advantage of these models, are making exponential gains 

not only in weather applications, but also in climate and ocean 

forecasting. It is also leveraging the investment made in observational systems whether satellites, radars, or ocean sensors. 

Investing in infrastructure is investing in the future. The significant investments made by the Committee ensure that agencies and 

programs in this bill are able to perform their service to the American people for years to come. For example, investments in earth 

remote sensing satellites mean that these satellites will be available to provide atmospheric and oceanic data, climatic data, and 

search and rescue services for the American people and international community at least 5 years into the future. 

The Committee’s infrastructure investments provide for improving the safety of State Department and other United States employees overseas. The recommendation includes $816,000,000 for 

new construction of 14 diplomatic posts overseas. The bill also supports the administration’s effort to eliminate the backlog of security 

improvements and new construction requirements for the 187 most 

vulnerable overseas posts within the next 14 years instead of 26 

years. The Committee strongly endorses the administration’s capital cost sharing policy that promotes ‘‘right-sizing’’ of agency presence overseas and provides that agencies, including the State Department, contribute their fair share toward the cost of occupying 

United States diplomatic facilities overseas. Cost sharing will put 
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an end to the practice of treating overseas secure buildings as a 

‘‘free good.’’ The Committee notes that, domestically, Federal agencies are expected to pay rent for square footage occupied. 

The Committee notes that improvements can be made not only 

in the budgeting for Federal infrastructure, but also in program 

management and oversight to ensure that these investments are 

developed and delivered at cost, on budget, and on schedule. Basic 

systems acquisition management can be improved. This is especially true with respect to information technology systems. Improvements have been made government-wide through the creation 

of Department and Agency Chief Information Officer [CIO] organizations pursuant to the Klinger-Cohen Act. Nevertheless, there are 

far too many examples of agencies that do not set requirements 

and lock in specifications before contracting to build a system, and 

find themselves having spent significant financial resources in return for information systems that simply do not meet functional 

needs. The Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] has had a particularly poor track record of developing information technology 

that meets cost, schedule, and performance. The Triology/Virtual 

Case File system, under a cost-plus contract, continues to be 

plagued by cost overruns and an inability to meet the Bureau’s requirements. The Committee is pleased that the Director of the FBI 

and FBI’s CIO have made fixing this system and its program management a priority. To assist the FBI in the furtherance of its goals 

and ensure that the taxpayers are not asked to provide unlimited 

resources, the Committee bill includes a multi-year cost cap of 

$600,000,000 for the Triology system. The Department of State, 

conversely, has achieved a particularly impressive track record, 

having built state of the art, global sensitive but unclassified [SBU] 

and classified networks from the ground up. The National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA], which 8 years ago encountered great difficulty developing new weather information 

technology systems, turned the corner and has done an outstanding 

job developing and acquiring these forecasting tools and advanced 

supercomputers on cost and schedule. 

PROTECTING AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

The protection of American intellectual property is essential to 

United States economic growth. It is estimated that 50 percent of 

United States exports now depend on some form of intellectual 

property protection, compared to less then 10 percent 50 years ago. 

United States companies lose an estimated $200,000,000,000 to 

$250,000,000,000 to counterfeiting and piracy each year. Companies’ ability to profit from their intellectual property is critical to 

their growth and, in turn, the health of the United States economy. 

There is widespread concern—and the Committee agrees—that not 

enough is being done to combat the counterfeiting and piracy of 

American intellectual property. 

This bill takes steps to significantly augment two agencies’ capabilities for addressing the challenges associated with protecting 

American intellectual property overseas. First, it provides a separate appropriation—for the first time ever—for the National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council 

[NIPLECC]. The NIPLECC is an interagency body created in 1999 
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that is tasked with coordinating domestic and international intellectual property law enforcement. Funding for NIPLECC, as well 

as legislation clarifying its mission and authorities, is included 

under Title II of this Act. The Committee also recommends language tasking NIPLECC with developing a strategy for protecting 

United States intellectual property overseas, and coordinating the 

implementation of this strategy by other Federal agencies. The establishment of NIPLECC as a force for intellectual property protection is an unprecedented and necessary step towards better coordination of this Nation’s efforts to protect its intellectual property. 

In addition to this new initiative, the bill provides funding for 

the United States Patent and Trademark Office to increase efforts 

to protect American intellectual property overseas. It also creates 

and funds the position of Chief Negotiator for Intellectual Property 

Enforcement within the Office of the United States Trade Representative and the Office of International Intellectual Property 

Enforcement within the Department of State. The creation of these 

two new offices will raise the stature of this problem within these 

two Federal agencies and will lay the foundation for these agencies 

to augment their monitoring and enforcement efforts in the coming 

years. 

All of the intellectual property initiatives discussed above are described in greater detail in the relevant headings of this statement. 

OCEAN COMMISSION INITIATIVE

The Committee has consistently supported oceanic and atmospheric programs each year. The oceans and atmosphere affect almost all aspects of life on earth. The oceans retain and transport 

heat and they drive climate and weather. The oceans provide the 

United States with transportation corridors upon which most trade 

occurs. The oceans provide us with food, pharmaceuticals, minerals 

and food. The oceans are a major resource for recreation and tourism, and improve quality of life. 

Yet, our Nation maintains only a sparse observational network 

to measure changes in the ocean vis-a`-vis that which it maintains 

in the atmosphere. Our coastal observational network remains inadequate. We are only beginning to fully model and understand the 

impact of the oceans on driving seasonal and long-term climate 

changes. Fisherman and other ocean industries often complain 

about the inaccuracy of marine weather and wave forecasts. While 

our Nation plans for interplanetary missions of discovery in space, 

much remains to be discovered here on our own planet. As much 

as 95 percent of the ocean floor remains unexplored, and with each 

ocean exploration mission, new geographic features and life forms 

are being discovered for the first time. United States’ laws require 

the prudent management and conservation of fishery stocks and 

protection of special animals, like marine mammals and sea turtles; yet much needs to be learned about these animals and their 

population stocks. 

It is imperative, even in a time of tight budgets, to invest in programs that research, monitor, and preserve our oceans and their 

resources. Investments in the oceans expand our knowledge and 

help improve environmental education for our Nation’s youth. They 

are investments in our Nation’s future. 
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The Committee commends the work of the recent U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy and notes that the Commission reinforced the 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s [NOAA] role 

as the lead Federal civilian agency for the oceans. 

The Committee recommendation includes a new initiative within 

NOAA that addresses a number of policy and program changes recommended by the United States Commission on Ocean Policy, 

which released its draft report in April 2004. In total the Committee has provided over $454,000,000 for this initiative, an increase of $205,874,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and 

$239,075,000 above the budget request. Included are increased resources to support the following programs that were highlighted by 

the Commission: (1) an integrated coastal and ocean observing system; (2) the Ocean Health Initiative; (3) the National Sea Grant 

program; (4) a NOAA K–12 education initiative and the Minority 

Serving Institution program; (5) ocean exploration and undersea research; (6) marine debris; (7) international fisheries treaty negotiation and compliance; (8) a marine mammal initiative; (9) satellite 

oceanography and transition of NASA remote sensing research and 

development into NOAA operational satellites; (10) shiptime (days 

at sea) and vessel maintenance/safety improvements; and (11) construction of new NOAA vessels, equipment and technology to support research, hydrography and fisheries surveys. 

REPROGRAMMINGS, REORGANIZATIONS, AND RELOCATIONS

Section 605 of this Act provides procedures for the reprogramming of funds. To reprogram is to change the use of funds from the 

specific purposes provided for in the Act and the accompanying 

statement. Each title of the bill also has traditionally included separate provisions that define permissible transfers of resources between appropriation accounts. These transfer authority provisions 

are also pursuant to section 605, and were initiated in the early 

1990’s to provide additional flexibility to the agencies supported by 

the Commerce, Justice and State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies bill. 

Section 605 provides that the chairmen of the Committees on Appropriations be notified by letter at least 15 days prior to the reprogramming of funds in excess of a dollar threshold or 10 percent 

of the overall funding level for a program, whichever is less, between programs and activities. This provision also restates a number of other instances where proposed agency actions require the 

submission of a reprogramming, including providing funds or personnel for any project that has been denied or restricted, reorganizations, contracting, etc. To account for inflation over a number 

of years, for fiscal year 2005 the Committee recommends increasing 

this threshold from $500,000 to $1,000,000. 

The reprogramming process is based on comity between the Appropriations Committee, the executive branch, as well as with the 

judicial branch. The Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary 

and Related Agencies appropriations bill provides specific program 

guidance through the explanatory statement and tables accompanying the bill. The process is intended to provide some flexibility 

to meet changing circumstances and emergency requirements, if 

there is agreement between the executive or judicial branch and 
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the legislative branch that such a change is warranted. Reprogramming procedures provide a means for the affected branches to agree 

on adjustments, if necessary, during a fiscal year, or to ensure that 

the Committees are kept apprised in instances where non-appropriated resources are used to meet program requirements, such as 

fee collections and unobligated balances that were not considered 

in the development of the appropriations legislation. 

In the absence of comity and respect for the prerogatives of the 

Appropriations Committees and Congress in general, the Committee has no choice but to put specific program limitations and detail in legislation. Under these circumstances, programs, projects, 

and activities become absolutes and the executive and judicial 

branches lose the ability to propose changes in the use of appropriations through the reprogramming process between programs, 

projects, and activities without seeking legislative action. 

The reprogramming process, in general, works well and ensures 

that the public’s interests are protected. The Committee is concerned, however, the executive branch often establishes a cumbersome, bureaucratic process resulting in significant delays before 

reprogramming proposals are transmitted to Congress. The executive branch should set cycle times for ensuring the rapid consideration and transmittal of reprogramming proposals. For example, 

with Department of Commerce bureaus, it can take over 6 months 

from when a bureau proposes a reprogramming action and when 

approval is received from the Office of Management and Budget 

[OMB] and notification is transmitted to Congress. This bureaucratic delay has led to unacceptable situations where agencies already have obligated funds before Congress has been consulted. 

Such ‘‘after the fact’’ reprogrammings will not be tolerated: they 

undercut the basic premise upon which appropriations law is 

founded. 

Unfortunately, the Committee is aware that the Department of 

State and the Bureau of Prisons within the Department of Justice 

have not complied with reprogramming procedures and have proceeded with reprogrammings without securing the Committee’s 

agreement. Therefore, the Committee recommended bill eliminates 

a number of flexibilities and authorities afforded those agencies in 

past years, including transfer authority. The Committee regrets the 

necessity of this action. However, in the absence of comity, the 

Committee is required to take additional actions to ensure that 

funds are only spent for the purposes appropriated. 

NON-CAREER PERSONNEL REDUCTIONS-IN-FORCE

The Committee directs each department, commission, or agency 

to provide their current number of political appointees and the 

number as of October 1, 2004. These amounts should be broken out 

by pay level. This report should be provided to the Committees on 

Appropriations no later than December 1, 2004. Also, the Committee shall be notified when the number of political appointees 

rises above 10 percent from either of the previous 2 years or when 

five or more political appointees are added in a given year. The 

Committee should be notified 30 days before either of these situations occurs. Similar notification should be provided when the same 
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number of personnel positions is converted from political appointments to civil service positions. 

In addition, the Committee directs departments or agencies funded in the accompanying bill that are planning to conduct a reduction in force [RIF] to notify the Committee by letter 30 days in advance of the date of the proposed personnel action. Also, the Committee directs that any items which are subject to interpretation 

will be reported. 

Appropriations Liaison.—The Committee again prefers to channel most of its inquiries and requests for information and assistance through the budget offices or comptroller organizations, but 

reserves the right to call upon any individual or organization in 

any agency under its jurisdiction. The Committee continues to 

stress the natural affinity between agency financial management 

organizations and the Appropriations Committee, which makes a 

close working relationship imperative. 

BUDGETARY IMPACT OF BILL 

PREPARED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE PURSUANT TO SEC. 

308(a), PUBLIC LAW 93–344, AS AMENDED 

[In millions of dollars] 

Budget authority Outlays 

Committee 

allocation Amount of bill Committee allocation Amount of bill 

Comparison of amounts in the bill with Committee allocations 

to its subcommittees of amounts in the Budget Resolution 

for 2005: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and State, 

the Judiciary, and Related Agencies: 

Discretionary ........................................................................ 39,792 39,792 40,440 1 40,119 

Mandatory ............................................................................ 704 704 705 1 705 

Projection of outlays associated with the recommendation: 

2005 ..................................................................................... .................... .................... .................... 2 28,940 

2006 ..................................................................................... .................... .................... .................... 7,326 

2007 ..................................................................................... .................... .................... .................... 2,534 

2008 ..................................................................................... .................... .................... .................... 1,537 

2009 and future years ........................................................ .................... .................... .................... 917 

Financial assistance to State and local governments for 

2005 ......................................................................................... NA 3,430 NA 3,127 

1 Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority. 

2 Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority. 

NA: Not applicable. 
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TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

The Committee recommends a total of $20,389,055,000 for the 

Department of Justice [DOJ]. The recommendation is $618,465,000 

above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and $444,316,000 above 

the budget request. The Committee has made funding for combating and prosecuting terrorism, as well as critical information 

technology and infrastructure investments, the centerpiece of the 

fiscal year 2005 appropriations bill. 

Throughout this title, the Committee recommends funding for 

mandatory personnel expenses, including the 1.5 percent pay raise, 

annualization of the fiscal year 2004 pay raises and increases, 

annualization of the fiscal year 2003 increases and positions, including the fiscal year 2003 wartime supplemental, Federal Health 

Insurance Premiums, as well as the proposed decreases to the adjustments to base, funding for the Capital Security Cost Sharing 

Program, and proposed offsets, unless otherwise provided below. 

Budget Restructuring Proposals.—The Committee remains concerned with the Department’s repeated proposal to consolidate existing decision units. All accounts within the DOJ, therefore, shall 

continue to use their fiscal year 2004 decision units and account 

structures, unless otherwise specified in the following recommendation. 

Department Coordination.—The Committee continues to believe 

the DOJ must clearly define the roles of its law enforcement agencies to ensure they are not duplicating efforts, particularly in the 

areas of drugs, explosives, guns, gangs, and fugitive apprehension. 

Last year, the conferees expressed particular concern over the 

duplication of fugitive apprehension efforts and directed the DOJ 

to submit a comprehensive report to the Committees on Appropriations describing all fugitive apprehension activities and identifying 

opportunities to consolidate those activities under the one agency 

that is best trained and equipped for fugitive apprehension. The 

Committee has yet to receive this report. As a result of Public Law 

106–544, the Committee is aware that DOJ has directed the 

United States Marshals Service [USMS] to serve as the lead agency for the establishment and operation of all task forces focused on 

the apprehension of Federal, State, and local fugitives. Because of 

the USMS’ statutory authority to apprehend Federal, State, and 

local violent fugitives, the process for the Unlawful Flight statutes 

is generally unnecessary in accomplishing this mission. The Committee therefore directs the Attorney General to transfer jurisdiction of fugitive cases that fall under Unlawful Flight statutes to the 

USMS during this fiscal year, and directs that the USMS be the 

only Federal law enforcement agency within DOJ to establish or 

operate task forces whose purpose includes fugitive apprehension, 

although other Federal law enforcement agencies are encouraged to 

participate where their staffing resources are adequate to do so. 
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Allocation of Attorneys.—The Committee is concerned about a 

Department proposal to transfer attorney positions from the litigating divisions to the U.S. Attorneys offices. The Committee notes 

that the number of Assistant U.S. Attorneys has significantly increased over the last decade and it is unclear to the Committee 

that there is an immediate need for additional attorneys within 

those offices. In addition, to address the wide disparity in caseload 

between those offices, the Committee has already given the Executive Office of the U.S. Attorneys [EOUSA] significant flexibility to 

address its resource allocation process. In fiscal year 2002, the 

Committee waived all previous congressional guidance to the U.S. 

Attorneys, giving EOUSA the authority to distribute manpower 

and funding among the district offices for the purposes, and to the 

places, it felt best served the interests of the American people. 

The Committee is also concerned that the Department did not 

make this request in the context of the President’s fiscal year 2005 

budget submission, and that this proposal is inconsistent with that 

submission. In particular, the Committee is disappointed that the 

Department did not earlier notify the Committee of excess or unnecessary attorney positions that the Department is now identifying within the litigation divisions. 

Accordingly, the Committee directs the Attorney General to submit to the Committees on Appropriations a detailed study that includes: the current workload, as shown by case hours and number 

of cases per attorney in each district office and in the legal divisions; the number of attorney full time equivalents allocated to 

each district office and the litigating divisions each year from fiscal 

year 2001 through fiscal year 2005; the criteria the Department 

would employ to allocate additional attorney slots; the criteria used 

by the Department to determine which attorney positions are excess or unnecessary to the mission of the litigating divisions; the 

specific role each additional attorney slot would play in the district; 

and a crosswalk showing the proposed allocation of the attorney 

slots from each legal division to each district. 

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $105,564,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 186,551,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 141,466,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $141,466,000. 

The recommendation is $35,902,000 above the fiscal year 2004 

funding level and $45,085,000 below the budget request. 

This account funds the development of policy objectives and the 

overall management of the Department of Justice. 

Office of Intelligence Policy and Review.—The workload of the Office of Intelligence Policy and Review [OIPR] has increased significantly since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, particularly in terms of the number of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 

Act [FISA] applications the office processes. To ensure OIPR has 

the necessary resources to meet its growing FISA caseload and, at 

the same time, continue its vigorous oversight and compliance reviews of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s [FBI] foreign intel-
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ligence and counterintelligence investigations, the Committee recommendation includes an additional $6,594,000 for OIPR. 

Financial Management System.—The Committee is aware of the 

importance of developing a Department-wide financial system to 

make financial reporting and program performance more timely, 

accurate, and accessible. The Committee provides an additional 

$11,000,000 for a Unified Financial Management System, and will 

consider the use of additional existing resources for this project, 

subject to section 605 of this Act. 

Corporate Fraud.—The fiscal year 2004 Appropriations Act directed the Department of Justice to submit to the Committees on 

Appropriations a report providing the status of joint efforts to combat corporate corruption. Additionally, the FBI was directed to report to the Committees on Appropriations with information about 

the resources it would take to produce a corporate crime report 

similar to the FBI’s Crime in the United States report. It has been 

brought to the Committee’s attention that DOJ plans to consolidate 

these reports. However, no report has yet been transmitted to the 

Committees on Appropriations. The Department is directed to submit the consolidated report within 30 days of the enactment of this 

Act. 

Information Technology Enhancements.—The Committee has 

long supported information technology investments at the Department of Justice and was encouraged by the significant funding increases requested for the Office of the Chief Information Officer 

[CIO] this year. The Committee recommendation provides an additional $14,132,000 for the highest priority projects of the CIO, and 

will consider a reprogramming for additional funding for the CIO, 

subject to section 605 of this Act. The Committee directs the CIO 

to evaluate commercially-proven enterprise data warehousing and 

analytic systems and to provide a report to the Committee summarizing the findings on this technology’s applicability to the counterterrorism mission not later than March 31, 2005. 

Public Affairs.—Since September 11, 2001, there has been an increased level of public concern and attention to the issues handled 

by the Department of Justice. The Committee therefore provides an 

additional $100,000 for the Office of Public Affairs to enhance the 

Department’s ability to respond to the public. 

JOINT AUTOMATED BOOKING SYSTEM

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $18,974,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 20,309,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 20,185,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $20,185,000. 

The recommendation is $1,211,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and $124,000 below the budget request. 

This account centrally funds development, acquisition, and deployment of the Joint Automated Booking System [JABS]. 

JABS incentive funds are to be distributed to the component or 

components making the best progress in installing and operating 

the system. 

JABS automates the collection of fingerprint, photographic, and 

biographical data during the booking process and provides a mechanism to rapidly and positively identify an individual based on a 
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fingerprint submission to the FBI’s Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System. The JABS booking submissions also 

provide ‘‘real-time’’ updating of the FBI’s criminal master files that 

are available to all Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies. 

JABS has proven to be one of the most successful programs at the Department. The Committee provides an additional $1,200,000 

for a core JABS upgrade to accommodate projected transaction volume increases related to the continued deployment of JABS. 

AUTOMATED BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM/INTEGRATED

AUTOMATED FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $5,046,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 5,054,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 5,054,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,054,000 for 

the Automated Biometric Identification System/Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System [IDENT/IAFIS]. The recommendation is $8,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level 

and identical to the budget request. 

A Department of Justice Inspector General report entitled 

‘‘IDENT/IAFIS: The Batres Case and the Status of the Integration 

Project’’ issued in March, 2004, provides extensive and compelling 

details on the critical need to integrate existing biometric databases. The 9/11 Commission also recognized that protecting against 

and preparing for terrorist attacks required screening people with 

biometric identifiers across agencies and governments. The Department of Homeland Security [DHS] and the Department of State 

[DOS] are in the process of developing US VISIT, a new visa tracking system, and enrolling thousands of visitors to the United States 

into a new biometric database. 

Before DOS or DHS allow any foreign national entry into the 

country, or when DHS encounters an alien that has attempted an 

illegal entry, U.S. officials need to know for certain the individual’s 

background and status, including whether there are outstanding 

warrants, convictions, or other evidence that would permit denying 

them entry. At the same time, in order for Federal, State and local 

law enforcement agencies to effectively fight crime, they need to be 

able to access fingerprint records of visitors and immigration law 

violators. That crucial information will be contained in 2 separate 

databases: DHS’s IDENT, which contains 6 million fingerprint 

records of repeat immigration offenders and deported aliens and 

also includes DHS’s US VISIT, which contains 2 million fingerprint 

records of visitors and will grow dramatically in the coming years; 

and FBI’s IAFIS, which contains 46,500,000 fingerprint records of 

terrorists, wanted individuals, and persons arrested/convicted of serious crimes. 

The Committee first directed DOJ to develop a plan to integrate 

IDENT and IAFIS so the systems could access each other’s information 5 years ago. Since then, DOJ has developed stop-gap measures to provide DHS and DOS access to IAFIS’s fingerprint records. 

Those measures, however, do not provide full interoperability of the 

systems, or real time information, and have yet to be fully deployed. Further, no measures have been taken to enable Federal, 
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State and local law enforcement agencies to retrieve the proper 

level of information out of the IDENT/US VISIT database. 

The Committee directs DOJ and DOS, in coordination with DHS, 

to jointly submit to the Committees on Appropriations, not later 

than February 8, 2005, a plan that details the specific steps the 

Departments will take to achieve full interoperability between 

IDENT, US VISIT, and IAFIS. The plan should also identify the 

funding sources and amounts needed for interoperability, a timetable for its accomplishment, as well as the impact complete interoperability will have on the existing IAFIS system. The Committee 

also expects DOJ to implement the recommendations of Office of 

Inspector General’s March report on IDENT/IAFIS, and continues 

to encourage the Department to work closely with DOS and DHS. 

LEGAL ACTIVITIES OFFICE AUTOMATION

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $26,749,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 80,510,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 70,502,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $70,502,000. 

The recommendation is $43,753,000 above the fiscal year 2004 

funding level, $10,008,000 below the budget request. 

This account centrally funds acquisition, deployment, and maintenance of Legal Activities Office Automation [LAOA] systems, the 

largest components of which are the Justice Consolidated Network 

[JCN] and the Justice Consolidated Office Network [JCON]. 

LAOA is the computer modernization program for many of the 

Department’s management, litigating, and law enforcement components, including the Antitrust Division, the U.S. Attorneys, the 

U.S. Marshals Service, the U.S. Trustees, the Executive Office for 

Immigration Review, the Community Relations Service, the offices 

funded through the ‘‘General Administration’’ and ‘‘General Legal 

Activities’’ accounts, the Bureau of Prisons, the Office of Justice 

Programs, and most recently, the U.S. Parole Commission. These 

components make up approximately 71,000 Department employees, 

all of whom will be end users of LAOA. 

The Committee has pushed hard in previous years to increase 

the funds for, and widen the scope of, JCN and JCON to maximize 

the benefits of a common computer system across components. This 

year, the Committee recommendation includes an additional 

$43,760,000 to build a funding base that is not dependent on outside or one-time funding sources. The Committee supports the use 

of existing resources should additional funding be necessary, subject to Section 605 of this Act. 

NARROWBAND COMMUNICATIONS

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $102,085,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 101,971,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 68,021,000. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $68,021,000. 

The recommendation is $34,064,000 below the fiscal year 2004 

funding level and $33,950,000 below the budget request. The Committee is satisfied that there is sufficient carryover balances available in fiscal year 2005 for this account. 
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This account centrally funds development, acquisition, deployment, and operation and maintenance of the Justice Department’s 

narrowband wireless communications network. By law, all Justice 

components operating Land Mobile Radio systems in the VHF band 

must convert by January 1, 2005. Should additional funding be 

necessary to meet this deadline, the Committee will consider the 

use of existing resources, subject to section 605 of this Act. 

ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $191,494,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 202,518,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 205,411,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $205,411,000. The recommendation is $13,917,000 above the fiscal year 2004 

funding level, $2,893,000 above the budget request, and includes 

funding for the annualization costs associated with filling immigration judge vacancies. 

The Executive Office for Immigration Review [EOIR] includes the 

Board of Immigration Appeals [BIA], immigration judges, and administrative law judges who decide through administrative hearings whether to admit or exclude aliens seeking to enter the country, and whether to deport or adjust the status of aliens whose status has been challenged. This account also funds the Office of the 

Pardon Attorney which receives, investigates, and considers petitions for all forms of executive clemency. 

Immigration enforcement initiatives within the Department of 

Homeland Security have significantly increased EOIR’s caseload. 

In fiscal year 2005, EOIR is expecting an estimated 30,000 additional new cases brought before the immigration courts, and an estimated 4,000 additional appeals filed before BIA. The Committee 

therefore includes an additional $1,690,000 for EOIR to address 

this growing caseload. 

DETENTION TRUSTEE

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $805,530,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 938,810,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 885,994,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $885,994,000. The recommendation is $80,464,000 above the fiscal year 2004 

funding level, $52,816,000 below the budget request, and includes 

the jail day rate increase. 

The Detention Trustee oversees Federal detainees. 

The Committee is concerned about the Department of Justice’s 

ability to anticipate the true funding needs for this account and directs the Detention Trustee to continue efforts to improve its current formulas. The Committee provides an additional $67,456,000 

to address detention needs and will consider the use of existing resources should additional funding be required, subject to Section 

605 of this Act. 

Efficiency.—The Committee reiterates its position that any construction, planning, supporting, or contracting of new detention facilities is not an allowable use of funds provided under this account 

and directs the Detention Trustee to withdraw any solicitations for 

such activities. 
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OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $383,551,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 362,477,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 410,000,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $410,000,000. 

The recommendation is $26,449,000 above the fiscal year 2004 

funding level and $47,523,000 above the budget request. 

The Committee commends the Director of the Office of Violence 

Against Women for leveraging resources to assess and address the 

critical needs of domestic violence victims. 

Funding for these programs were previously appropriated under 

the Office of Justice Programs, State and Local Law Enforcement 

assistance account. Grants provided under this recommendation 

are for the following programs: 

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT PROGRAMS 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee recommendation 

General formula grants ...................................................................................................................................... 175,705 

National Institute of Justice .............................................................................................................................. [5,000 ] 

OJJDP–Safe Start Program ................................................................................................................................. [10,000 ] 

Transitional Housing Assistance ........................................................................................................................ [10,000 ] 

Grants to encourage arrest policies .................................................................................................................. 64,503 

Rural domestic violence ..................................................................................................................................... 39,685 

Legal Assistance Program ................................................................................................................................. 39,740 

Campus Violence Program ................................................................................................................................. 9,935 

Elder Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation ............................................................................................................. 4,968 

Safe Haven Program .......................................................................................................................................... 14,903 

Education and Training to Assist Disabled Female Victims ............................................................................. 7,451 

Stalker Database Expansion .............................................................................................................................. 2,981 

Training programs .............................................................................................................................................. 4,957 

Court appointed special advocates [CASA] ....................................................................................................... 11,897 

Training for judicial personnel .......................................................................................................................... 2,281 

Grants for televised testimony ........................................................................................................................... 994 

Management and Administration ...................................................................................................................... 30,000 

Total, VAWA programs .......................................................................................................................... 410,000 

Within the funds appropriated, no less than $175,705,000 shall 

be used for general formula grants to the States. The fiscal year 

2005 funding will be used to develop and implement effective arrest 

and prosecution policies to prevent, identify, and respond to violent 

crimes against women, strengthen programs addressing stalking, 

and provide much needed victim’s services. This includes specialized domestic violence court advocates who obtain protection orders. In addition, programs should be strengthened to encourage 

reporting of domestic violence by providing assurances that law enforcement and attorney support systems would be available. This 

funding is to be distributed to States to significantly enhance the 

availability of services, prosecutors, and law-enforcement officials 

to women and children who are subjected to domestic violence. 

Within the amount provided, $950,000 shall be for a domestic violence protection unit in Alaska to enforce a zero tolerance policy for 

domestic violence. Within the amounts provided, $750,000 shall be 

directed for the Sexual Assault Response Team for the Municipality 

of Anchorage, Alaska. Within the amounts provided, $750,000 shall 
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be provided for the Victims of Justice in Alaska. Within the 

amounts provided, $2,400,000 shall be directed for the Anchorage 

Domestic Violence Prevention Project and $2,700,000 shall be for 

the Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Prosecution Unit for the 

State of Alaska. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $60,200,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 63,813,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 63,187,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $63,187,000. 

The recommendation is $2,987,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and $626,000 below the budget request. 

The Committee is aware of the critical role the Office of Inspector 

General [OIG] plays with oversight at the Department. The OIG 

has completed a number of major reviews, including the FBI’s management of its information technology investments, the FBI’s 

counterterrorism program, the status of IDENT/IAFIS, the FBI’s 

efforts to improve the sharing of intelligence and other information, 

the Hanssen espionage case, and the DEA’s control of the diversion 

of controlled pharmaceuticals. Currently, the OIG has a number of 

ongoing reviews, including an examination of the FBI’s Legal Attache program, the FBI’s DNA Laboratory, the FBI’s reprioritization 

efforts since September 11, 2001, terrorism task forces, and the recent espionage case in Los Angeles involving FBI agents and an alleged Chinese double agent. 

The Committee supports the significant role the OIG plays at the 

Department and will entertain requests for additional resources for 

OIG should they become necessary during the fiscal year. 

UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $10,498,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 10,650,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 10,638,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $10,638,000. 

The recommendation is $140,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and $12,000 below the budget request. 

The Commission is an independent body within the Department 

of Justice which makes decisions regarding requests for parole and 

supervision of Federal prisoners. 

LEGAL ACTIVITIES

GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $629,004,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 657,135,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 623,364,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $623,364,000. 

The recommendation is $5,640,000 below the fiscal year 2004 funding level and $33,771,000 below the budget request. 
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This appropriation funds the establishment of litigation policy, 

conduct of litigation, and various other legal responsibilities, 

through the Office of the Solicitor General, the Tax Division, the 

Criminal Division, the Civil Division, the Environmental and Natural Resources Division, the Civil Rights Division, the Office of 

Legal Counsel, and Interpol. 

The Committee recommendations, by Division, are displayed in 

the following table: 

LEGAL DIVISIONS 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Office of the Solicitor General ............................................................................................................................. 8,538 

Tax Division .......................................................................................................................................................... 77,444 

Criminal Division .................................................................................................................................................. 133,334 

Civil Division ........................................................................................................................................................ 192,218 

Environment and Natural Resources Division ..................................................................................................... 85,570 

Office of Legal Counsel ....................................................................................................................................... 6,023 

Civil Rights Division ............................................................................................................................................ 107,994 

INTERPOL USNCB ................................................................................................................................................. 11,906 

Office of Dispute Resolution ................................................................................................................................ 337 

Total ........................................................................................................................................................ 623,364 

Office of the Solicitor General.—The Committee recommendation 

provides the budget request for the Office of the Solicitor General 

[OSG], including an additional $293,000 to address the OSG’s increasing workloads and accomplish its critical mission of representing the interests of the United States in the Supreme Court. 

National Security Initiatives.—The Committee recommendation 

includes additional funding for all requested national security initiatives within the divisions, including $1,167,000 for the Criminal 

Division for litigation related to counterterrorism, terrorist financing, and alien smuggling; $856,000 for the Civil Division for 

counterterrorism litigation; and $594,000 for the Environment and 

Natural Resources Division’s Hazardous Material Initiative. 

Immigration Litigation.—Enhanced enforcement for existing and 

new laws affecting aliens, as well as the streamlining of Board of 

Immigration Appeal cases, have resulted in an unprecedented 

workload for the Office of Immigration Litigation. Therefore, the 

Committee recommendation includes an additional $3,500,000 to 

address this increasing caseload. 

Tribal Trust Fund Litigation.—The Committee includes an additional $7,004,000 for the tribal trust fund litigation. 

Interpol.—The Committee is impressed by the significant network the United States National Central Bureau [USNCB] has developed within the United States. To support that network, the 

Committee recommendation includes an additional $98,000 to automate domestic law enforcement’s connection to USNCB’s databases. The Committee also directs the Department of Justice to 

submit a report to the Committee on Appropriations not later than 

April 10, 2005, on proposals to leverage USNCB’s network as a 

means to effectively share national security related information 

with State and local law enforcement agencies. 

Office of Legal Counsel.—The Committee recommendation provides the budget request for the Office of Legal Counsel, including 
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an additional $165,000 to conduct legal reviews and update a series 

of national emergency materials that are critically important in the 

event of a nationwide catastrophe or national security emergency. 

The Committee recommendation includes bill language to transfer $106,000 to the Department of State for the Capital Security 

Cost Sharing Initiative to provide for safe and secure facilities for 

overseas. 

THE NATIONAL CHILDHOOD VACCINE INJURY ACT

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $3,985,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 6,333,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 6,333,000 

The Committee recommends a reimbursement of $6,333,000 for 

legal costs. The recommendation is $2,348,000 above the fiscal year 

2004 funding level and identical to the budget request. 

This account covers Justice Department expenses associated with 

litigating cases under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 

1986. 

ANTITRUST DIVISION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $132,911,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 136,463,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 138,763,000 

The Committee recommendation assumes a total of $138,763,000 

in budget (obligational) authority. The recommendation is 

$5,852,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and $2,300,000 

above the budget request. 

The Antitrust Division investigates potential violations of Federal antitrust laws, represents the interests of the United States in 

cases brought under these laws, acts on antitrust cases before the 

Supreme Court, and reviews decisions of regulatory commissions 

relating to antitrust law. 

The Committee recommendation includes an additional 

$2,300,000 to ensure the Division has the necessary resources to 

meet its mission of vigorously enforcing our Nation’s antitrust 

laws. 

UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS

To ensure that limited Federal drug law enforcement resources 

are applied effectively, the Committee recommendation transfers 

the funding and management of the Interagency Drug Enforcement 

[IDE] program to the U.S. Attorneys [USA]. The IDE Executive Assistant Director shall report to the Director of the Executive Office 

of U.S. Attorneys [EOUSA], and shall be at the same level in the 

organizational structure as the Deputy Directors of EOUSA. 

Total funding for U.S. Attorneys is $1,827,563,000, including 

$1,532,154,000 for Salaries and Expenses and $295,409,000 for 

IDE. 
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $1,510,193,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 1,547,519,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,532,154,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,532,154,000. 

The recommendation is $21,961,000 above the fiscal year 2004 

funding level, $15,365,000 below the budget request, and includes 

the proposed administration salary increases. 

This account supports the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys 

and the 94 U.S. Attorneys offices throughout the United States and 

its territories. The U.S. Attorneys serve as the principal litigators 

for the U.S. Government for criminal and civil matters. As in the 

past, Committee recommendation focuses the efforts of the U.S. Attorneys on those crimes where the unique resources, expertise, or 

jurisdiction of the Federal Government can, or must, be most effective. 

Terrorism Prevention and Criminal Prosecutions.—To balance 

the influx of counterterrorism cases and referrals from law enforcement agencies, the Committee recommendation includes an additional $5,762,000 for terrorism prevention and criminal prosecutions. 

Project Seahawk.—The Committee recommendation includes 

$5,000,000 for the continuation of Project Seahawk, a pilot project 

to enhance intermodal security and law enforcement within our 

Nation’s coastal cities. The pilot will provide a national model for 

cities that experience heavy volumes of intermodal traffic by establishing a streamlined process to address criminal activity that may 

compromise or impede the movement of intermodal traffic within 

the U.S. Project Seahawk shall continue to be coordinated under 

the U.S. Attorneys and include Federal, State, and local law enforcement. 

Legal Education.—The Committee recommendation provides 

$18,266,000 for legal education and distance learning at the National Advocacy Center [NAC] as requested by the Administration. 

NAC State and local training funds are provided under the Office 

of Justice Programs. 

Violent Crime Task Forces.—The Committee recommendation includes $1,500,000 to continue and expand task force activities associated with Operation Streetsweeper. 

Cybercrime and Intellectual Property Enforcement.—The Committee recommendation includes $10,000,000 within available resources for the continued pursuit of Federal copyright law violations and software counterfeiting crimes, subject to Section 605 of 

this Act. EOUSA shall report to the Committee on Appropriations 

not later than April 30, 2005, on the number, type, and location of 

copyright prosecutions undertaken in the preceding year. 

Visa and Passport Fraud.—The Committee is concerned that 

USA offices are failing to prosecute, or are slow to prosecute, cases 

of passport and visa fraud referred by the Department of State. It 

is critical that USA offices make visa and passport fraud cases a 

high priority because these particular types of fraud are usually 

part of a larger crime, such as terrorism; trafficking in women, 

children, and narcotics; and child molestation and abductions. 
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EOUSA is therefore directed to report to the Committee, no later 

than May 1, 2005, on the number of visa and passport fraud cases 

that are referred to and prosecuted by USA offices. For each referral, the report shall include the date on which the case was referred, the status of the case, and a justification for any referrals 

not pursued for prosecution. 

INTERAGENCY DRUG ENFORCEMENT

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $550,609,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 580,632,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 295,409,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $295,409,000. 

The recommendation is $255,200,000 below the fiscal year 2004 

funding level and $285,223,000 below the budget request. 

The Interagency Drug Enforcement Program, through its 9 regional task forces, utilizes the combined resources and expertise of 

its 11 member Federal agencies, in cooperation with State and local 

investigators and prosecutors, to target and disband major narcotics trafficking and money laundering organizations. 

Last year, the Committee expressly stated that funding would 

not be provided for non-Justice agencies in subsequent years under 

this account. Even so, the budget submission for fiscal year 2005 

again requested funding for non-Justice agencies. While the Committee is aware of the significant role these agencies play with this 

effort, the Committee does not have the resources necessary to support other agencies. Accordingly, the recommendation provides 

funding, equal to that provided last year, for Justice agencies for 

their participation with the Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Forces [OCDETF]. However, funding previously provided under this account for FBI’s participation in OCDETF has 

been transferred to the FBI to expand and enhance the FBI’s Joint 

Terrorism Task Forces, which are a critical component of the bureau’s counterterrorism mission and the Nation’s ability to detect 

and prevent terrorist acts. 

The Committee recommendations, by agency, are displayed in 

the following table: 

INTERAGENCY DRUG ENFORCEMENT 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee 

recommendation 

Investigations: 

Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ................................................................................................ 11,363 

Drug Enforcement Administration ............................................................................................................... 172,971 

United States Marshals Service .................................................................................................................. 2,125 

Subtotal, investigations .......................................................................................................................... 186,459 

Prosecutions: 

Criminal Division ......................................................................................................................................... 2,688 

Tax Division ................................................................................................................................................. 984 

United States Attorneys .............................................................................................................................. 99,557 

Subtotal, prosecutions ............................................................................................................................ 103,229 
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INTERAGENCY DRUG ENFORCEMENT—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee recommendation 

Administrative Support: 

Executive Office ........................................................................................................................................... 5,721 

Total, Interagency Drug Enforcement ..................................................................................................... 295,409 

The Committee expects to be consulted prior to any deviation 

from the above plan. 

UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $166,157,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 174,355,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 174,355,000 

The Committee recommends a total of $174,355,000 in budget authority. The recommendation is $8,198,000 above the fiscal year 

2004 funding level and identical to the budget request. 

The U.S. Trustee system provides administrative support to expeditiously move bankruptcy cases through the bankruptcy process 

and ensures accountability of private trustees appointed to administer bankruptcy estates. The Committee recommendation includes not less than $750,000 

for the Bankruptcy Training Center at the National Advocacy Center, in support of the Trustees’ continuing education program. The Committee recommendation also includes $2,000,000 for information technology [IT] infrastructure improvements, such as enhancements to IT security, bandwidth, and the Automated Case 

Management System. To ensure these improvements are consistent 

with the Department’s overall IT approach and architecture, the 

Committee directs the U.S. Trustee to consult with the Office of the 

Chief Information Officer prior to the obligation of any of these 

funds. 

FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $1,193,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 1,220,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,220,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,220,000. The 

recommendation is $27,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding 

level, identical to the budget request, and fully provides for the adjudication of claims against: Germany relating to World War II; 

Cuba relating to the Castro regime; and Iraq relating to the U.S.S. 

Stark incident and Desert Shield/Storm. 

The Foreign Claims Settlement Commission settles claims of 

American citizens arising from nationalization, expropriation, or 

other takings of their properties and interests by foreign governments. 

FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $156,145,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 177,585,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 177,585,000 
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The Committee recommends an appropriation of $177,585,000. 

The recommendation is $21,440,000 above the fiscal year 2004 

funding level and identical to the budget request. 

This account provides for fees and expenses of witnesses who appear on behalf of the Government in cases in which the United 

States is a party, including fact and expert witnesses. These funds 

are also used for mental competency examinations as well as witness and informant protection. 

COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $9,426,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 9,833,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 9,494,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $9,494,000. The 

recommendation is $68,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level 

and $339,000 below the budget request. 

The Community Relations Service provides assistance to communities and persons in the prevention and resolution of disagreements relating to perceived discriminatory practices. 

ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $21,530,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 21,759,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 21,759,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $21,759,000. 

The recommendation is $229,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and identical to the budget request. 

This account provides funds to supplement existing resources to 

cover additional investigative expenses of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Drug Enforcement Administration, and U.S. Marshals 

Service, such as awards for information, purchase of evidence, 

equipping of conveyances, and investigative expenses leading to 

seizure. Funds for these activities are provided from receipts deposited in the assets forfeiture fund resulting from the forfeiture of assets. Expenses related to the management and disposal of assets 

are also provided from the assets forfeiture fund by a permanent 

indefinite appropriation. 

UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES/CONSTRUCTION

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $726,121,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 743,441,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 744,725,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $744,725,000. 

The recommendation is $18,604,000 above the fiscal year 2004 

funding level and $1,284,000 above the budget request. 

The core missions of the U.S. Marshals Service [USMS] include 

the apprehension of fugitives, protection of the Federal judiciary, 

protection of witnesses, execution of warrants and court orders, and 

the custody and transportation of accused and unsentenced prisoners. 
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The Committee recommendation does not support the Marshal’s 

proposal to collapse its current decision units. Based on the details 

provided herein, the Committee directs the USMS to provide a 

spend plan by prior year decision units to the Committees on Appropriations not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act. 

The Committee notes that in previous years, funding allocated 

for specific activities has not been released in a timely fashion preventing operational units from initiating action before the end of 

the fiscal year. The USMS is strongly encouraged to expedite the 

release of these appropriated funds to ensure that the funds can be 

used for their intended purposes. 

Courthouse Security Equipment.—This subaccount funds security 

equipment, telephone systems, and cabling. The Committee recommendation provides $13,130,000 for courthouse security equipment and $4,189,000 for 36 existing and 2 new positions for the 

Central Courthouse Management Group [CCMG]. Each year hereafter, not less than this level of funding shall recur for USMS 

courthouse security equipment and CCMG positions. The USMS 

shall submit a list of projects for such funding to the Committees 

on Appropriations not later than 30 days after the enactment of 

this Act. 

The funding provided will outfit courthouses in the following locations: 

USMS COURTHOUSE SECURITY EQUIPMENT 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee recommendation 

Detainee Facilities: 

Grand Junction, CO ..................................................................................................................................... 20 

Springfield, IL .............................................................................................................................................. 320 

Fort Worth, TX ............................................................................................................................................. 185 

Fort Wayne, IN ............................................................................................................................................. 75 

Raleigh, NC ................................................................................................................................................. 125 

Victoria, TX .................................................................................................................................................. 260 

Fort Smith, AR ............................................................................................................................................. 350 

Bangor, ME .................................................................................................................................................. 450 

Kalamazoo, MI ............................................................................................................................................. 300 

Newport News, VA ....................................................................................................................................... 25 

Montgomery, AL ........................................................................................................................................... 200 

Newark, NJ ................................................................................................................................................... 250 

Roswell, NM ................................................................................................................................................. 25 

Prescott, AZ ................................................................................................................................................. 100 

Greensboro, NC ............................................................................................................................................ 35 

Davenport, IA ............................................................................................................................................... 75 

Evansville, IN .............................................................................................................................................. 75 

Subtotal, detainee facilities ................................................................................................................... 2,870 

Minor Repairs ....................................................................................................................................................... 687 

Security Equipment Maintenance ........................................................................................................................ 4,800 

Security Engineering Services .............................................................................................................................. 700 

Safety Program ..................................................................................................................................................... 3,100 

Information Security, Personnel, Equipment, and Related Costs (Physical) ...................................................... 806 

2006 National Security Survey ............................................................................................................................. 167 

Total, USMS Security Equipment ............................................................................................................ 13,130 

The Committee expects to be consulted prior to any deviation 

from the above plan. 
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Fugitive Apprehensions.—The Committee has long supported the 

exceptional fugitive apprehension efforts of the USMS. For years, 

the Committee has provided increases in non-personnel expenses 

for those efforts, with the expectation that the USMS would match 

those increases with the necessary personnel to meet this mission. 

USMS, however, has repeatedly fought providing full base resources, the appropriated increases, and the necessary personnel 

for these programs. To prevent USMS from ignoring congressional 

intent again, this year the Committee recommendation provides 

full funding, including base resources and personnel expenses, for 

the fugitive apprehension programs as discussed in detail below. 

Regional Fugitive Task Forces.—Over the past few years, the 

Committee has established and funded regional task forces in New 

York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Atlanta. Last year, the Committee established a fifth regional task force in the Washington, 

DC metropolitan area. These task forces shall be dedicated fulltime to the pursuit of the most dangerous fugitives and operated 

as regional task forces administered by headquarters. The Committee recommendation includes $22,918,000 for the following: (1) 

$8,300,000 for base funding for the five existing task forces; (2) 

$4,674,000 for base funding to fully annualize the 36 existing task 

force personnel; (3) $5,664,000 and 41 positions for criminal investigators and support personnel to fully staff the five existing task 

forces; and (4) $4,280,000 and 16 positions for salary, vehicles and 

equipment costs to create an additional task force. A total of 

$2,000,000 of this increase shall be available for equipment, supplies and contracts for the new task force and in support of district 

task forces. 

Of this amount, $4,320,000 was requested under the Interagency 

Crime and Drug Enforcement account to increase the USMS participation in the Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task 

Forces [OCDETF]. The Committee, however, believes this funding 

would be better spent on a new regional task force which can work 

OCDETF as well as other fugitive apprehension cases, and therefore provides that increase herein. 

Technical Operations Group.—The Technical Operations Group 

[TOG] provides surveillance, tracking and communications support 

necessary for the regional and district fugitive task forces to meet 

their missions. The Committee recommendation includes 

$19,210,000 for TOG, including base resources for 53 positions, six 

new positions to support the new task forces, and training and 

equipment, including funding for surveillance vans and light aircraft, bucket trucks, a central signal collection system, secure communications equipment, various tracking systems, and night vision 

equipment. The Committee notes that two additional ESU positions are funded through the regional fugitive task forces. 

International Fugitives.—The Committee recommendation includes $7,762,000 for the international fugitive program, which includes base resources for six positions as well as non-personnel expenses to support the three existing offices in the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and Mexico, funding for two new positions and 

non-personnel expenses to address the growing caseload in Mexico, 

and four new positions and non-personnel costs associated with 
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opening one new foreign office in the country with the greatest 

need. 

Analytical Support Unit.—The Committee recommendation includes $4,000,000 (excluding a $500,000 transfer from the Justice 

Detainee Information System) to improve and maintain the Warrant Information Network and to continue subscriptions to various 

government and private networks and on-line services. The Committee recommendation also includes an additional $449,000 for six 

positions for the analytical support unit to focus on analysis related 

to fugitive apprehensions. 

Special Operations Group.—The Committee recommendation includes $3,756,000 for the Special Operations Group, including 

$2,835,000 in base resources, and an additional $1,000,000 for position upgrades, equipment, and training. 

Base Resources.—To ensure that critical accounts are not diverted, the Committee recommendation directs the USMS to provide the following base resources: $150,000 for travel, supplies, contract services, and equipment for domestic investigations; $150,000 

for contract services for special deputations; $50,000 for travel, supplies, contract support, training, and equipment for international 

investigations; $159,000 for travel, supplies, and equipment for 

Interpol in Lyon, France, and Washington, DC; $2,600,000 for support of the extradition program; $500,000 for general support, the 

15 Most Wanted, and major cases programs; and $550,000 to establish a sufficient base for non-drug confidential source payments. 

Vehicles.—To ensure the USMS properly manages its fleet, the Committee recommendation includes $15,379,000 in base resources 

for vehicle purchases. This shall be treated as a permanent increase to the base. None of these vehicles are to be assigned to 

headquarters. 

Witness Security Program.—The Committee recommendation includes $1,922,000 to provide additional investigators to handle the 

increasing complexity and volume of protection services for witness 

and their families. 

Information Technology.—The Committee recommendation includes $1,478,000 for information technology [IT] upgrades, including $478,000 for information technology security, and $1,000,000 

for the highest priority technology needs. The Committee directs 

USMS to submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations not 

later than March 1, 2005, on IT needs throughout USMS and a 

plan to address those needs, including funding requirements. 

Hazardous Response Unit.—The Committee is aware that after 

September 11, 2001, the USMS determined a need for and activated, staffed, equipped, and trained a new unit, the Hazardous 

Response Unit [HRU]. However, the Committee has not received 

any requests for increases in funding to sustain this unit. Rather, 

the Committee believes resources have been diverted from core 

missions of the USMS to initiate a patch work approach to this 

new program activity. Under this model, HRU will not have sufficient resources to be fully operational and USMS programs will 

suffer. Until the USMS submits a plan to authorize and appropriate significant new funding for this activity, the Committee recommends the USMS establish a single, national Hazardous Response Coordinator to serve as a liaison to the many other Federal, 
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State, and local HRU units already performing these functions 

throughout the country. This will allow for all other personnel currently dedicated to this activity to return to the critical core missions of the USMS. 

High Threat Events.—The Committee supports the use of existing resources to meet the needs of high threat events, subject to 

Section 605 of this Act. 

Construction.—This subaccount includes $10,096,000 for construction, relocations, and furniture at existing courthouses. Each 

year hereafter, not less than this level of funding shall recur for 

USMS construction and the USMS shall submit a list of projects 

for such funding to the Committees on Appropriations not later 

than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 

The Committee is aware that a national survey of Federal courthouses revealed that 95 percent of prisoner holding and transit facilities have serious security deficiencies. Of 392 courthouses surveyed: 84 percent lack enough courtroom holding cells; 78 percent 

do not have secure prison elevators; 74 percent do not have enclosed sallyports; 72 percent lack enough interview rooms; 57 percent do not have adequate cellblock space; and 38 percent lack 

cameras, monitors, and alarms. 

The Committee is intent on remedying courthouse deficiencies 

overlooked by USMS for years before a tragedy occurs. The Committee recommendations, by project, are displayed in the following 

table: 

USMS CONSTRUCTION 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee 

recommendation 

Construction: 

Grand Junction, CO ..................................................................................................................................... 420 

Springfield, IL .............................................................................................................................................. 630 

Fort Worth, TX ............................................................................................................................................. 1,200 

Fort Wayne, IN ............................................................................................................................................. 150 

Raleigh, NC ................................................................................................................................................. 505 

Sioux Falls, SD ............................................................................................................................................ 400 

Victoria, TX .................................................................................................................................................. 10 

Bangor, ME .................................................................................................................................................. 880 

Kalamazoo, MI ............................................................................................................................................. 300 

Newport News, VA ....................................................................................................................................... 10 

Montgomery, AL ........................................................................................................................................... 30 

Newark, NJ ................................................................................................................................................... 400 

Roswell, NM ................................................................................................................................................. 400 

Santa Fe, NM .............................................................................................................................................. 600 

Greensboro, NC ............................................................................................................................................ 535 

Evansville, IN .............................................................................................................................................. 500 

Lynchburg, VA ............................................................................................................................................. 10 

Eugene, OR .................................................................................................................................................. 25 

Springfield, MA ............................................................................................................................................ 410 

Los Angeles, CA [ESU] ................................................................................................................................ 392 

Miami, FL .................................................................................................................................................... 50 

Washington, DC ........................................................................................................................................... 50 

Manhattan, NY ............................................................................................................................................ 250 

Chicago, IL [ESU] ........................................................................................................................................ 452 

Subtotal, construction ............................................................................................................................ 8,609 

Minor repairs ........................................................................................................................................................ 531 
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USMS CONSTRUCTION—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee 

recommendation 

Security specialist consultants/construction engineers ...................................................................................... 956 

Total, USMS Construction ....................................................................................................................... 10,096 

The Committee considers this an important step in reducing the 

backlog of critical security-related projects. As with courthouse security equipment, the Committee expects to be consulted prior to 

any deviation from the above plan. 

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES/CONSTRUCTION

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $4,518,743,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 5,058,921,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 4,990,728,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,990,728,000. 

Combined with funding provided under the ‘‘Foreign Terrorist 

Tracking Task Force/Terrorist Threat Integration Center/Terrorist 

Screening Center’’ account, the recommendation is $520,799,000 

above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and $3,723,000 below the 

budget request. 

The 9/11 Commission Report provides a comprehensive review of 

the Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] along with a number of 

recommendations to improve the FBI’s intelligence and 

counterterrorism operations. The Committee has long been aware 

of and attempted to address many of the issues raised in the 9/11 

Report. 

This year, the Committee recommendation includes significant 

funding increases for the FBI’s intelligence and counterterrorism 

programs; breaks out funding from FBI’s salaries and expenses account for separate fusion centers, including the Terrorist Threat Integration Center [TTIC], the Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force 

[FTTTF], and the Terrorist Screening Center [TSC], which the 9/ 

11 Commission Report recommends become part of the National 

Counterterrorism Center [NCTC]; and grows the Joint Terrorism 

Task Forces [JTTF] which take the lead in coordinating intelligence and counterterrorism information with headquarters and 

other Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies. Also consistent with the 9/11 Commission Report, the Committee has repeatedly supported efforts by the FBI to centralize its intelligence, 

counterterrorism and counterintelligence programs at headquarters. 

In addition, the Committee is aware that the 9/11 Commission 

recommends the FBI align its budget structure with its four main 

programs—intelligence, counterterrorism and counterintelligence, 

criminal, and criminal justice services—to improve transparency on 

program costs, management of resources, and protection of the intelligence program. As the Committee is not yet aware of the full 
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impact this change could have on the FBI, the Committee wants 

to review the proposal further. Therefore, based on the details provided herein, the Committee directs the FBI to provide a spend 

plan by prior year and proposed decision units to the Committees 

on Appropriations not later than 30 days after enactment of this 

Act. 

Workforce Allocation.—Last year, the Committee recommendation directed the FBI to realign its resources to properly reflect the 

FBI’s priority mission of counterterrorism. The Director’s priorities 

clearly state that protecting America from terrorist attacks is the 

Bureau’s highest priority. However, FBI’s permanent assignment of 

agents does not seem to reflect this agency priority. For example, 

the Counterterrorism Division’s [CTD] caseload exceeds CTD’s 

workforce. Rather than transferring the permanent personnel and 

resources to CTD, the FBI has temporarily assigned personnel from 

other divisions, with the apparent expectation that those personnel 

would return to their originating divisions when the CTD work 

subsided or when the FBI received enough increases in funding to 

support its counterterrorism workload as well as that of its secondary missions. For 2 years following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the FBI temporarily assigned between 433 and 5,362 

agents to CTD. Even with the significant enhancements provided 

to the FBI, the FBI still projects the need to temporarily assign 522 

agents from other divisions to CTD in fiscal year 2004. The Committee has long believed that, first and foremost, the FBI should 

provide all necessary resources to its number one priority mission—counterterrorism—and should permanently assign the necessary personnel to CTD to meet that mission. The Committee 

again directs the FBI to permanently transfer the necessary personnel to CTD to meet its counterterrorism workload. 

The Committee supports, however, the FBI’s proposal this year 

to eliminate 2 lower-priority missions that fall within the jurisdiction of other agencies, enabling the Bureau to request additional 

enhancements for counterterrorism. While the Committee believes 

redirecting resources would be more effective than eliminating existing positions to create new ones (similar to the FBI’s practice of 

cutting base programs only to request those cuts again as program 

increases), the Committee adopts the proposal. In addition, the 

Committee directs the FBI to submit a report to the Committees 

on Appropriations not later than March 30, 2005, listing missions 

of the FBI that fall within the jurisdiction of other Federal, State, 

and local law enforcement agencies, particularly those within DOJ, 

such as drugs, guns, explosives, gangs, and fugitives. 

While supporting the significant and fundamental changes made 

within the FBI since September 11, 2001, the 9/11 Commission Report also raises concern about the FBI’s ability to institutionally 

shift its focus to counterterrorism. The 9/11 Commission Report 

states, ‘‘[d]espite having found acceptance of the Director’s clear 

message that counterterrorism is now the FBI’s top priority, 2 

years after 9/11 we also found gaps between some of the announced 

reforms and the reality in the field. We are concerned that management in the field offices still can allocate people and resources to 

local concerns that diverge from the national security mission. This 

system could revert to a focus on lower-priority criminal justice 
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cases over national security requirements.’’. The Committee shares 

this concern and directs the FBI to submit a plan to the Committees on Appropriations, not later than March 20, 2005, that ensures FBI’s national priorities match the priorities and operations 

in all of the FBI’s field offices and resident agencies. 

Intelligence, Counterterrorism and Supporting Program Increases.—The Committee recommendation includes $1,756,109,000 

for the FBI’s intelligence, counterterrorism and supporting programs, which is $503,468,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding 

level and $134,788,000 above the budget request. Funding supports 

$125,336,000 for all requested mandatory increases as adjusted by 

the FBI, and $378,132,000 for program increases, including 

$64,470,000 under a separate heading for the relocation of a portion of the Counterterrorism Division to the Terrorist Threat Integration Center and for the Terrorist Screening Center. Program increases include the following: 

INTELLIGENCE, COUNTERTERRORISM AND SUPPORTING PROGRAM INCREASES 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Joint Terrorism Task Forces ................................................................................................................................. 134,788 

Office of Intelligence ............................................................................................................................................ 13,400 

CT Headquarters Program Support ...................................................................................................................... 13,023 

Computer Intrusion Program & Cyber Intelligence .............................................................................................. 24,683 

Special Technologies & Application Section ........................................................................................................ 27,249 

Security Improvements ......................................................................................................................................... 18,822 

CT Field Investigations ........................................................................................................................................ 38,131 

Language Services ............................................................................................................................................... 12,838 

TS/SCI LAN Field .................................................................................................................................................. 12,000 

Electronic Surveillance Data Management System ............................................................................................. 3,500 

Tactical Operations Support Center ..................................................................................................................... 2,000 

Telecommunications Interception Collection Technology Unit ............................................................................. 1,500 

CT Construction .................................................................................................................................................... 5,893 

Replacement Vehicles .......................................................................................................................................... 5,835 

Subtotal .................................................................................................................................................. 313,662 

The Committee understands these program increases will not 

only support counterterrorism but also counterintelligence and 

other priority missions at the FBI. 

Office of Intelligence.—The Committee commends the FBI for its 

efforts to enhance its intelligence processes, including creating the 

Office of Intelligence, separating that office from the 

Counterterrorism Division, and providing an Executive Assistant 

Director for Intelligence to oversee the office and institutionalize 

intelligence processes throughout the FBI. The Committee provides 

$13,400,000 for the Office of Intelligence and directs the FBI to 

transfer existing resources to the office should additional resources 

be necessary, subject to section 605 of this Act. 

Joint Terrorism Task Forces.—The Committee recommendation 

includes $159,988,000 for the Joint Terrorism Task Forces [JTTF], 

including $25,200,000 in base resources and an increase of 

$134,788,000 to establish 12 new JTTFs, as well as expand and 

provide the necessary training, equipment, and infrastructure to 

meet the day-to-day needs of the existing task forces. This funding 

previously supported FBI’s participation in the Organized Crime 
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and Drug Enforcement Task Force [OCDETF] and has been redirected to support FBI’s top priority mission of counterterrorism. 

Cyber Investigations.—Of the increases provided for the counterterrorism program, $51,932,000 supports cyber investigations. Of that amount, $27,249,000 is for the Strategic Technologies 

& Application Section [STAS] to reduce the current backlog for 

technical analysis, sustain the expected level of effort required to 

handle the growing workload, respond to major cases and tasks, 

and stand up research and development capabilities to ensure the 

section can sustain its technical analysis capabilities in light of the 

rapidly evolving IT environment; and $24,683,000 is for the Computer Intrusion Program and Cyber Intelligence to aggressively 

pursue computer intrusion matters and enable the FBI to develop 

a Cyber Intelligence and Action Program, including an Analysis 

Group to conduct a broad analysis of intelligence and investigative 

data. 

In addition, the recommendation provides an increase of $3,000,000 for the Innocent Images National Initiative [IINI] to expand field training programs, strengthen interagency partnerships 

with law enforcement partners, and provide increased operational 

support to the field. IINI is an intelligence-driven, proactive, multiagency investigative initiative to combat the proliferation of child 

pornography/child sexual exploitation facilitated by an online computer. The IINI provides centralized coordination and analysis of 

case information that by its very nature is national and international in scope, requiring unprecedented coordination throughout 

the FBI, as well as with State, local, and international governments. 

To enhance IINI’s efforts, the Committee directs the FBI to consider emerging technologies that may help prevent and prosecute 

crimes against children and child exploitation through the internet, 

such as software to troll online venues and record evidentiary materials. 

Terrorist Financing.—The 9/11 Commission Report indicated the 

funding sources for the 9/11 terrorist attacks remains largely unknown. The Committee recognizes that the Terrorism Financing 

Operations Section [TFOS] is a critical component of the FBI’s 

counterterrorism program. TFOS tracks financial transactions and 

exploits financial information to identify terrorist cells, predict terrorist planning, and prevent potential terrorist acts. The Committee is aware of available software that seeks to track financial 

data streams and, in real time, may automatically notify analysts 

when designated transactions occur in the financial accounts of 

suspected terrorists. The FBI is directed to evaluate such software 

and report back to the Committee on its findings. 

Language Services.—Language translation is a critical component for the FBI’s intelligence counterterrorism and counterintelligence programs. As such, the Committee has provided an additional $12,838,000 for the language translation program. 

The Committee is aware of recent allegations of substandard 

wiretap translations as well as compromised information in the 

FBI’s language translation program, either of which would have a 

detrimental impact on the FBI’s counterterrorism and counterintelligence programs as well as national security in general. Therefore, 
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the Committee directs the FBI to submit a report, no later than 

April 15, 2005, outlining policies within the program that ensure 

such translations are of the highest quality and that classified information remains secure. 

Legal Attache Offices.—The Committee is aware of the important 

role of the FBI’s Legal Attache [Legat] offices, particularly with receiving and pursuing investigative leads in support of the war on 

terrorism. The Committee supports redirecting existing resources 

within the Legat program to create new offices that better meet the 

FBI’s priority missions, subject to Section 605 of this Act. 

Counterintelligence Program.—The United States is facing more 

complex threats to its people, information, and technology than 

ever before. Traditional notions of counterintelligence that focus on 

hostile intelligence services and theft of highly classified national 

defense information do not begin to cover the full range of threats 

that confront our most critical national interests. The United 

States is facing a growing challenge from non-traditional threats, 

including non-state actors, and there is a host of new sophisticated 

technologies and tools being deployed against the United States. In 

reponse, the FBI has centralized and strengthened its counterintelligence program. Centralization will ensure that the FBI has clear 

strategic objectives and is engaged in a cooperative and collaborative effort with other members of the Intelligence Community. 

The Committee has provided a number of increases that support 

the Counterintelligence Program, including funding for the Office 

of Intelligence, language services, TS/SCI LAN, and replacement 

vehicles. The Committee supports additional funding for this critical program and recommends the redirection of available resources 

from lower priority missions for that purpose, subject to Section 

605 of this Act. 

Technology Investments.—The Committee is aware that the FBI 

is in the process of creating an Office of the Chief Information Officer [CIO] to restructure, expand, and ultimately improve the information technology [IT] organization within the FBI. The recommendation includes $30,000,000 within available resources to 

establish four new offices: (1) Office of Policy and Planning; (2) Office of Program Management; (3) Office of Systems development; 

and (4) Office of IT Operations, including funding for space, equipment, personnel, and related requirements, subject to Section 605 

of this Act. 

Within the resources provided, the Committee expects the Office 

of the CIO to support the Aurora effort, including the development 

of an enterprise architecture and a system integration and testing 

process that insures individual projects blend into a unified and 

functioning whole. While the Committee recognizes the CIO has already made improvements to FBI’s IT management and programs, 

the Committee does not want to repeat past mistakes. Therefore, 

the Committee directs the Government Accountability Office [GAO] 

to review the bureau’s management of its enterprise architecture 

effort, including its use of effective contractual controls and its approach to contractor tracking and oversight. In addition, the Committee directs GAO to review whether FBI’s approach to developing 

its enterprise architecture is consistent with established best practices. 
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Trilogy.—The FBI’s technology modernization program, Trilogy, 

including the Virtual Case File [VCF], has suffered a series of set 

backs since its inception. Trilogy has been plagued by cost growth, 

scheduling delays, management turnover and changes, and slow 

technical progress. Program costs are currently $224,100,000 or 59 

percent over the original cost estimate of $379,800,000 and are expected to rise. Full Site Capability, completion of the hardware side 

of Trilogy, was delayed 6 months (21 months from the accelerated 

schedule) at a cost of $22,900,000. Requirements and a schedule for 

VCF, the software side of Trilogy, are still being defined even 

though the original completion date was June 2004 and the accelerated completion date was January 2004. 

The Committee recognizes that the FBI Director and the FBI’s 

recently appointed CIO have made significant improvements since 

December 2003. FBI now has a clear line of command and accountability within program management. That management has frozen 

program requirements and, perhaps most significantly, has finally 

agreed to move from a ‘‘flash cutover’’ conversion, in which VCF 

would be rolled out to all users simultaneously, to an incremental 

deployment, which allows for a gradual and therefore smarter transition from the FBI’s existing Automated Case Support [ACS] system. 

Understanding the critical role Trilogy has and will play within FBI’s operations, the Committee has provided over $581,000,000 

for the program over the past several years. To ensure discipline 

in the program, the Committee has recommended bill language establishing a total program cost cap at $600,000,000, which should 

be more than sufficient to complete deployment of the system. The 

Committee directs the FBI to continue providing quarterly briefings and reports on Trilogy to the Committees on Appropriations. 

FBI DNA Laboratory.—A May 2004, Department of Justice Inspector General [IG] Report entitled ‘‘The FBI DNA Laboratory: A 

Review of Protocol and Practice Vulnerabilities,’’ found deficiencies 

in procedures at the FBI’s DNA laboratory that could result in intentional or inadvertently compromised test results. The review followed the FBI’s discovery 2 years ago that a lab biologist failed to 

create control samples, invalidating her DNA casework. The Report 

concluded that the work of lab staff members is not subjected to 

sufficient scrutiny by superiors and recommended training and 

management changes. The Committee directs the FBI to submit a 

follow-up report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing 

steps taken to meet the IG recommendations, including changes to 

training, management, and policies within the lab. 

Criminal Justice Information Services Division.—The Committee 

recommendation includes $379,952,000, including fee collections, 

for the Criminal Justice Information Services Division [CJIS]. The 

Committee does not adopt the FBI’s proposal to reduce CJIS IT 

system maintenance budgets by $3,000,000. 

In December 2001, the FBI developed a technology refreshment 

plan for all CJIS systems to upgrade system architecture to ensure 

that the system does not become antiquated. The improvements include updating hardware and software systems that are approaching obsolescence. As in previous years, under no circumstances is 

the FBI to divert funding collected through the CJIS user fee for 
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any purpose other than CJIS, its refreshment plan, or a subsequent modernization plan for the current facility. 

Automated Biometric Identification System/Integrated Automated 

Fingerprint Identification System.—The Committee recommendation includes an additional $16,000,000 to support the integration 

of the Department of Homeland Security’s [DHS] Automated Biometric Identification System [IDENT] and the FBI’s Integrated 

Automated Fingerprint Identification System [IAFIS]. DHS is 

scheduled to deploy versions of IDENT/IAFIS at 477 Border Patrol 

Station and Inspection Port of Entry sites. Funding would upgrade, 

expand, and integrate IDENT/IAFIS system requirements and provide additional staffing to process the more than 20,000 transactions-per-day anticipated from the additional workload. The Committee believes IDENT/IAFIS should be a top priority for the Department of Justice, as discussed in a separate part of this recommendation, and directs the Department to submit a report to 

the Committees on Appropriations not later than April 5, 2005, on 

the existing capacity of IAFIS, the expected impact US VISIT may 

have on the system, and any additional costs necessary to increase 

IAFIS’s capacity to meet that impact. 

User Fee.—The Committee does not adopt the administration 

budget proposal to charge State and local law enforcement a fee for 

forensic analysis, training, and crime scene support, and is disappointed that the administration proposed to offset funding increases by increasing the funding burden on State and local law 

enforcement. 

Intellectual Property Rights.—Industrial espionage, by both erstwhile friends and obvious foes, has become the growth industry in 

the counterintelligence world. The struggle for domination among 

major powers is now played out in largely economic terms. Ideas 

and innovation are the sinews of national strength. Within available resources, $5,000,000 shall be available to combat industrial 

espionage and other threats to the intellectual property rights of 

manufacturers and researchers in the United States, subject to 

Section 605 of this Act. 

Records Management.—The Committee is aware of the October 

2002 site assessment that has been conducted for a proposed FBI 

Central Records Complex [CRC]. However, the Committee notes 

that the site-assessment report does not make a formal recommendation on the most appropriate location for the CRC, nor 

does it provide adequate information to determine the most suitable site for such a facility, particularly with regard to cost. Therefore, the Committee directs the FBI to undertake a comprehensive 

site-selection process to evaluate locations for a central records facility in low-cost regions within the Mid-Atlantic area. In conducting its assessment, the Department is instructed to take into 

special account existing FBI facilities on government-owned property for additional cost savings and economies of scale. In addition, 

the Committee directs that the study include the steps, procedures, 

and findings for the site selection; the cost estimate for building a 

new facility; a plan for funding the facility; and an expenditure 

plan for the $10,000,000 that was included in the fiscal year 2004 

Omnibus Appropriations bill for records management activities. 

Further, the Committee directs the FBI to evaluate locations for a 
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separate backup facility for the Criminal Justice Information Services Division [CJIS]. The Committee directs the FBI to provide the 

Appropriations Committee with a site-selection report for the Central Records Complex and separate CJIS backup facility no later 

than March 1, 2005. 

Construction.—The recommendation includes a total of 

$16,376,000 for construction, including $1,242,000 in base resources for general operations and maintenance of FBI facilities, as 

well as an additional $15,134,000, including $5,893,000 credited to 

CT construction, for necessary renovations and operations and 

maintenance costs of the FBI Academy complex. 

Aviation Support.—The Committee recommendation includes, 

within available resources, $10,000,000 for the use of helicopters 

and other aviation needs, subject to Section 605 of this Act. 

The Committee recommendation includes bill language changes to transfer $2,863,000 to the Department of State for the Capital 

Security Cost Sharing Initiative to provide for safe and secure facilities for overseas, to cap the cost of FBI’s technology modernization program to ensure there is sufficient funding to research and 

develop emerging technologies, and to release funding provided in 

fiscal year 2004 for the aviation program. 

FOREIGN TERRORIST TRACKING TASK FORCE/TERRORIST THREAT

INTEGRATION CENTER/TERRORIST SCREENING CENTER

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $60,949,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 56,349,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 120,819,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $120,819,000. The recommendation is $64,470,000 above the budget request. 

This account funds the Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force 

[FTTTF], the Terrorist Threat Integration Center [TTIC], and the 

Terrorist Screening Center [TSC]. 

FTTTF.—The FTTTF is an independent, inter-agency data fusion 

operation working in cooperation with the FBI, but is not and shall 

not be a part of the FBI. The FTTTF stood up on an ad hoc basis 

after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, and is charged 

with denying terrorists entry into the United States and locating, 

detaining, prosecuting, and deporting terrorists that have already 

entered the country. The FTTTF’s advanced networking capabilities are intended to eliminate the barriers that had led to past 

communications and information-sharing failures. Besides heavy 

Justice Department participation, Treasury, State, DOD, CIA, 

NSA, HHS, SSA, and OPM all have staff onboard. 

The Committee recommendation includes $56,349,000 for 

FTTTF. The Committee directs FTTTF to submit a report to the 

Committees on Appropriations not later than March 2, 2005, on 

FTTTF’s current roles and responsibilities, particularly in relation 

to the Terrorist Screening Center and TTIC. 

TTIC.—TTIC is an independent agency that coordinates strategic 

analysis of threats based on intelligence from the FBI, CIA, DHS, 

DOD, and a number of other agencies. Analysts from each agency 

work side-by-side in one location to piece together the big picture 

of threats to the United States and our interests. TTIC analysts 

synthesize government-wide information regarding current ter-
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rorist threats and produce the Presidential Terrorism Threat Report for the President. The FBI personnel at TTIC are part of the 

Office of Intelligence and work closely with analysts at Headquarters, who in turn develop appropriate collection tasking and 

pass them to appropriation Field Intelligence Groups [FIG] at each 

of the 56 field offices. 

The Committee recommendation includes $35,470,000 for the 

costs of co-locating a portion of the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division 

at a facility with the CIA’s Counterterrorist Center [CTC] and 

TTIC. The FBI shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations not later than February 15, 2004, on the number and nature of the personnel moving to this facility, a status report of the 

co-location, plans for any future moves to this facility, as well as 

plans for the vacated space in headquarters and the impact that 

vacated space will have on the FBI’s ‘‘space crisis.’’ 

TSC.—The recommendation includes $29,000,000 for nonpersonnel expenses related to TSC. TSC is a multi-agency effort with 

the primary purpose of coordinating and consolidating information 

on known or suspected terrorists from TTIC, the FBI, and other 

Federal agencies into a single database. The database will be used 

to screen for terrorists as part of certain activities, such as the review of visa applications. TSC is staffed by members from FBI, 

CIA, the Department of State, the Department of Homeland Security, and other Government agencies. 

DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $1,584,477,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 1,661,503,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,645,027,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,645,027,000. 

The recommendation is $60,550,000 above the fiscal year 2004 

funding level and $16,476,000 below the budget request. 

The Committee has expressed concern over the proposal to collapse decision units throughout the Department because of the significant latitude DOJ would gain in moving funding from one program to another. The Department claims, however, the proposed 

consolidation would significantly improve their business operations 

without hampering Congressional reporting and accountability. The 

Committee is willing to consider the proposal. Accordingly, the 

Committee adopts the Drug Enforcement Administration’s [DEA] 

proposal to consolidate its decision units from ten to three as a 

pilot for the rest of the Department. Based on the details provided 

herein, the Committee directs DEA to provide a spend plan by the 

proposed 3 decision units to the Committees on Appropriations not 

less than 30 days after enactment of this Act. To measure the impact of this change, DEA is directed to provide quarterly reports to 

the Committees on Appropriations of its obligations by prior year 

as well as proposed decision units. 

Priority Targeting.—The Committee commends DEA’s efforts to 

focus on disrupting and dismantling priority targets that represent 
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the ‘‘Most Wanted’’ drug supply and money laundering organizations believed to be primarily responsible for the Nation’s illicit 

drug supply. To further such efforts, the Committee recommendation includes an additional $18,108,000 for 97 additional positions 

for key investigative and infrastructure enhancements, including: 

$3,000,000 for the Special Operations Division; $4,047,000 and 3 

positions for Investigative Technology Support; $1,173,000 and 9 

positions for Computer Forensics Support; $1,000,000 for Aviation 

Support; and $8,888,000 for 85 positions for investigative and administration support. 

Concord.—Like other Federal law enforcement agencies, DEA 

has 60 separate information technology [IT] systems that must be 

mined separately for information, which is time intensive and inefficient. DEA, however, has found a reasonable solution. Since 1997, 

DEA has used base funding to determine the IT needs of field 

agents and support staff and to develop a prototype solution, which 

has since been named ‘‘Concord’’. Concord will upgrade DEA’s applications and create one web browser to access all data. DEA has 

followed standard business practices by piloting the program and 

incrementally delivering solutions. The Committee commends 

DEA’s efforts and includes an additional $8,530,000 for Concord to 

develop and deploy software programs and enhance the infrastructure to support a number of business functions, including case investigation, investigation support, evidence management, and information technology support. 

El Paso Intelligence Center.—The El Paso Intelligence Center 

[EPIC] Information System [EIS] is a database system comprised 

of tactical intelligence information from 25 distinct Federal, State, 

and commercial databases. Law enforcement officers, however, 

must go through a call center rather than access that information 

directly. Through EPIC’s Open Connectivity Project, Federal, State, 

and local law enforcement officers will be able to send queries to 

EPIC via a secure internet connection and receive responses almost 

instantly. The Committee recommendation includes an additional 

$4,837,000 to standardize and upgrade EIS technology infrastructure to convert EIS to a web-based infrastructure to allow direct, 

timely, and secure Internet access to this information. 

Proposed Offsets.—The Committee recommendation includes the 

administration’s proposed offsets for the Riverine Program, the 

transfer of the Drug and Chemical Diversion Control Decision Unit, 

and the annualization of the pay raise. The Committee recommendation does not adopt the proposal to charge the District of 

Columbia Metropolitan Police Department [MPD] for forensic services, and is disappointed that the administration proposed to offset 

funding increases by increasing the funding burden on State and 

local law enforcement. 

International Training.—In the past, DEA’s international 

counter-narcotics training for foreign narcotics law enforcement officers has been funded through a Memorandum of Understanding 

with the Department of State. The Committee encourages DEA to 

work with the Department of State to resolve any concerns regarding reimbursements for this program. 

The Committee supports DEA’s request for an additional mobile 

training team in support of the Sensitive Investigative Unit pro-
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gram and directs DEA to provide existing overseas resources for 

that purpose, subject to Section 605 of this Act. 

Demand Reduction Program/Integrated Drug Enforcement Assistance.—Through the Demand Reduction Program and Integrated 

Drug Enforcement Assistance [IDEA], the DEA provides outreach 

to local communities to ensure effective programs are in place to 

enhance enforcement and prevention. The agency’s Demand Reduction Program is unique in that it does not conduct research or disburse grants. Rather, the program provides a Demand Reduction 

Coordinator to work directly with local communities, offering support in the development of drug prevention and education programs. Similarly, IDEA is a coordinated anti-drug initiative that 

combines law enforcement with long-term community follow-up to 

reduce drug demand. The plan involves assisting local communities 

with the formation of a coalition designed to reduce demand 

through prevention, education and treatment. The Committee acknowledges the success of the Demand Reduction Program and the 

IDEA initiative and recommends $8,891,000 for these two programs. 

Drug Diversion Control Fee Account.—The Committee has pro- vided $154,216,000 for DEA’s Drug Diversion Control Fee Account 

[DCFA]. The recommendation is $35,655,000 over the fiscal year 

2004 funding level and equal to the request. Of that amount, 

$11,711,000 is to improve and modernize customer service and ecommerce; $3,482,000 is for the Internet Online Investigations 

Project; $659,000 is to enhance DEA’s ability to respond to the regulated community and improve the management and financial accountability of resources; and $15,773,000 supports the Drug and 

Chemical Diversion Control Decision Unit, previously funded under 

salaries and expenses, to simplify financial management issues and 

ensure a stable source of funding for the Program. 

The Committee recommendation includes bill language changes to transfer $10,153,000 to the Department of State for the Capital 

Security Cost Sharing Initiative to provide for safe and secure facilities for overseas, increase representational funds to properly 

support DEA’s international and domestic cooperative activities, 

provide greater flexibility for programs that are multi-year in nature, and enable DEA to use unobligated balances for a Clandestine Laboratory Training Facility. 

BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVES

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $827,289,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 868,857,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 890,357,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $890,357,000. 

The recommendation is $63,068,000 above the fiscal year 2004 

funding level and $21,500,000 above the budget request. The recommendation does not include the proposed rescission of 

$1,500,000. 

The ATF is responsible for enforcing Federal laws relating to alcohol, tobacco, firearms, explosives, and arson and regulations relating to firearms, explosives and arson. 
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Safe Explosives Act.—The Homeland Security Act of 2002 includes a provision, known as the Safe Explosives Act, that amends 

Title XI of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970. The Safe Explosives Act requires that all persons who wish to obtain explosives, even for limited use, must obtain a Federal license or permit 

and restricts the ability of felons and other prohibited persons from 

receiving or possessing explosive materials. The Act also increases 

qualifications for licensing and permits to include fingerprints, photographs, and identifying information to conduct criminal history 

background checks on all applicants. As the law enforcement agency with the most training and experience with explosives, ATF is 

charged with implementing and enforcing this Act. 

There has been a large increase in the criminal misuse of explosives, much of which has led to or resulted in acts of terrorism. 

Therefore, the Committee recommendation includes $17,113,000 for 

the creation and operation of four specialized explosives groups. 

These groups shall be strategically located throughout the United 

States based on a thorough threat and workload assessment conducted by the Bureau. These groups will be responsible for investigating the misuse and trafficking of explosives, increasing inspection efforts for high-risk explosives licensees, and increasing forensic support to explosives investigations with the goal of proactively 

preventing explosives crimes and acts of terrorism. 

Project Safe Neighborhood/Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative.—The Committee recommendation includes $16,182,000 to enhance the Project Safe Neighborhood/Youth Gun Crime Interdiction 

Initiative [YCGII]. This additional funding will allow the program 

to expand to 20 additional cities. 

Access 2000 Program.—The Committee is aware that the Access 

2000 program was initiated by ATF to improve the efficiency of and 

reduce the costs associated with firearms tracing incurred by Federal Firearms Licensees [FFLs]. ATF and FFL importers, manufacturers, and wholesalers form a partnership in this effort. FFLs take 

their data from their mainframe computer and import the data into 

a stand-alone server provided by the ATF. The National Tracing 

Center [NTC] is connected to this server remotely by secure dialup and obtains information on a firearm that is subject to a firearms trace. The Committee supports this program, which reduces 

administrative burdens from the FFL and allows the ATF around 

the clock access to the records. The ATF currently has 36 Access 

2000 partners. This Committee encourages the ATF to place more 

emphasis on this program and expand the number of partners to 

the greatest extent possible. 

Special Response Teams.—The Committee is aware of the extremely important role Special Response Teams [SRT] play in the 

enforcement of our Nation’s laws. The Bureau has four teams organized throughout the United States. Due to the personnel limitations within the Bureau, the four SRTs are predominately made up 

of special agents that maintain a full case load on the street and 

train to maintain the highly specialized skills required to qualify 

for an SRT position. The Committee lauds these special agents and 

the extraordinary dedication to the mission of the ATF they display 

in order to ensure these teams are effective, safe, and successful. 

The Committee also acknowledges the outstanding service the 
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unique human scent/tactical K–9 program has provided in support 

of the Special Response Teams. The Committee urges the ATF to 

train at least two additional K–9s so as to equip each SRT with full 

time support. 

The Committee recommendation includes new bill language transferring $106,000 to the Department of State for the Capital 

Security Cost Sharing Initiative to provide for safe and secure 

United States diplomatic facilities overseas. 

Conversion of Records.—The Committee recognizes the need for 

the ATF to begin converting tens of thousands of existing Federal 

firearms dealer out-of-business records from film to digital images 

at the ATF National Tracing Center [NTC]. Once the out-of-business records are fully converted, the search time for these records 

will be reduced to an average of 5 minutes per search from the current average of 45 minutes per search. This significant time savings will ultimately reduce overall costs and increase efficiency at 

the NTC. Therefore, the Committee recommendation includes 

$4,200,000 for the ATF to hire additional contract personnel to 

begin this conversion. 

FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM

The Committee recommends a total of $4,820,089,000 for the 

Federal Prison System [BOP]. The recommendation is $8,868,000 

above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and $110,428,000 above 

the budget request. 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $4,414,313,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 4,706,232,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 4,627,696,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,627,696,000. 

The recommendation is $213,383,000 above the fiscal year 2004 

funding level and $78,536,000 below the budget request. This recommendation shall be expended in the following manner: 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Inmate Care and Programs ............................................................................................................................. 1,703,235 

Institution Security and Administration ........................................................................................................... 2,168,212 

Contract Confinement ...................................................................................................................................... 586,948 

Management and Administration .................................................................................................................... 169,301 

Total, Salaries and Expenses ............................................................................................................. 4,627,696 

Activation of New Prison Facilities.—The Committee recommendation includes funding for the activation of 12 new facilities, which will add 13,952 beds. This Committee defines ‘‘activation’’ as open and receiving prisoners. 

ACTIVATION OF NEW PRISON FACILITIES 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Victorville, CA FCI (1,152 beds) .......................................................................................................................... 35,055 

Williamsburg, SC FCI (1,280 beds) ..................................................................................................................... 34,456 

Forrest City, AR FCI (1,152 beds) ........................................................................................................................ 32,892 
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ACTIVATION OF NEW PRISON FACILITIES—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Canaan, PA USP (1,088 beds) ............................................................................................................................. 35,299 

Hazelton, WV USP (1,088 beds) ........................................................................................................................... 41,000 

Herlong/Sierra, CA FCI (1,280 beds) ................................................................................................................... 34,833 

Yazoo City, MS FCI (1,152 beds) ......................................................................................................................... 51,297 

Bennettsville, SC FCI (1,280 beds) ..................................................................................................................... 43,158 

Terre Haute, IN USP (960 beds) .......................................................................................................................... 35,043 

Coleman, FL USP (960 beds) ............................................................................................................................... 23,509 

Beckley, WV FCI (1,280 beds) .............................................................................................................................. 41,000 

Gilmer, WV FCI (1,280 beds) ............................................................................................................................... 41,000 

Total, Activations (13,952 beds) ............................................................................................................ 448,542 

The Committee directs the Bureau of Prisons to move forward 

with the Mid-Atlantic prison at Hazelton, West Virginia, for which 

$5,000,000 was made available in the fiscal year 2001 Omnibus Act 

for site investigation and planning activities. 

Female Inmates.—The Committee understands the BOP is working on a long-term plan for housing female inmates which has been 

requested previously. The BOP shall report the details of this plan 

to the Committees on Appropriations within 30 days of enactment 

of this Act. 

The Committee commends the BOP on its work to address and 

prevent sexual misconduct. With funds provided in earlier appropriations Acts, the National Institute of Corrections has made useful progress in providing training and technical support to correctional systems throughout the country to eliminate staff sexual 

misconduct with inmates, training in investigating cases, and 

training ‘‘trainers’’ in order that employees at every level will be 

more aware of, and better prepared to deal with, these cases. The 

Committee directs the BOP to continue these efforts and to report 

to the Committee by March 31, 2005 on progress made in this area. 

Bed Space Requirements.—The Committee has provided an increase of $8,000,000 for meeting bed space demands through the 

use of private sector contract confinement. 

Joint Bureau of Prison/Judiciary Pilot Program.—To promote 

fiscal best practices through cost efficient rededication of government resources, the Bureau of Prisons shall implement a pilot program in the Southern District of Florida which would allow the 

Federal Public Defender to transfer government computers to the 

local detention facility for use by indigent defendants to review 

electronic discovery. These computers will be dedicated to indigent 

defense matters according to schedules and protocols developed by 

the staff of the local facility in consultation with the Federal Defender and the District Court’s Criminal Justice Act Selection Committee. 

Medical Records System.—The Committee is aware that the Bureau of Prisons uses an antiquated non-digitized medical records 

system that suffers from a lack of continuity of information as prisoners are transferred among various facilities. The Committee requests the Department to examine the costs, benefits, risks, and 

potential savings from improving their medical record system, including an analysis of using commercially available software. The 
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Committee directs the Department to issue a report on their findings no later than 90 days after the enactment of this bill. 

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $393,515,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... ........................... 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 189,000,000 

The Committee recommends a total of $189,000,000 for the construction, modernization, maintenance, and repair of prison and detention facilities housing Federal prisoners. The recommendation is 

$204,515,000 below the fiscal year 2004 funding level and 

$189,000,000 above the budget request. 

The Committee continues to strongly support the BOP’s construction program, which is designed to provide sufficient inmate beds 

to manage overcrowding in facilities and maintain them in a safe 

and secure manner for staff, inmates and surrounding communities. 

The Committee recommendation includes funding for facilities 

with prior year funding as follows: 

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Mendota, CA ......................................................................................................................................................... 52 

The Committee denies the decreases to activations and new construction as proposed in the fiscal year 2005 budget request. The 

Committee reiterates the direction in the conference report to the 

fiscal year 2004 Appropriations Act that, ‘‘No funds appropriated 

for the Federal Prison System in this or prior Appropriations Acts 

for the construction of new facilities may be rescinded or cancelled.’’ The BOP shall move forward with all current projects as 

planned. The BOP shall comply with this direction in all future 

budget submissions. Bill language is included clarifying that the 

BOP may not transfer Building and Facilities appropriations to 

cover Salaries and Expenses costs. 

FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

(LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES)

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $3,393,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 3,429,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 3,393,000 

This Committee recommends a limitation on administrative expenses of $3,393,000 for the Federal Prison Industries, Inc. The 

recommendation is identical to the fiscal year 2004 funding level 

and $36,000 below the budget request. 

The Committee continues to strongly support Federal Prison Industries [UNICOR] and recognizes its importance in the efficient 

and safe management of Federal prisons. UNICOR provides prison 

inmates with the opportunity to learn important work habits, participate in meaningful employment which keeps them productively 

occupied during work hours, and develop improved job skills which 
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reduces recidivism. The Committee also recognizes the necessity for 

UNICOR to grow as the inmate population increases. 

OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $3,114,907,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 1,763,865,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 2,575,332,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,575,332,000 

for the Office of Justice Programs [OJP]. The recommendation is 

$811,467,000 above the budget request. 

The Committee continues to be concerned with the merger of the 

Byrne Grant program and Local Law Enforcement Block Grant 

program at a significantly reduced funding level. 

JUSTICE ASSISTANCE

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $188,124,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 1,710,664,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 210,875,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $210,875,000. 

The recommendation is $22,751,000 above the fiscal year 2004 

funding level and $1,499,789,000 below the budget request. 

The Committee recommendations are displayed in the following 

table: 

JUSTICE ASSISTANCE 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee recommendation 

National Institute of Justice .......................................................................................................................... 63,350 

Office of Science and Technology ......................................................................................................... [20,000 ] 

The National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Centers .................................................. [21,000 ] 

Social Science Research and Evaluation ............................................................................................. [10,000 ] 

Counterterrorism Research and Development ...................................................................................... [7,000 ] 

Bureau of Justice Statistics ........................................................................................................................... 40,125 

Missing Children ............................................................................................................................................ 42,400 

Regional Information Sharing System ........................................................................................................... 40,000 

Management and Administration .................................................................................................................. 25,000 

Total, Justice Assistance .................................................................................................................. 210,875 

National Institute of Justice.—The Committee is concerned with 

National Institute of Justice’s [NIJ] current staffing levels. The 

Committee understands the current staffing level is 75 of the 84 

authorized. The Committee directs NIJ to submit monthly staffing 

reports, as well as a management plan for the hiring and retention 

of staff, within 90 days of the enactment of this Act. 

Office of Science and Technology.—The Committee continues to 

support the efforts of the leadership of the NIJ’s Office of Science 

and Technology [OS&T] and the continuing partnership that OS&T 

has developed with the National Institute of Standards and Technology [NIST]. To implement the mission of OS&T, the Committee 

recommends $20,000,000 for OS&T, of which $3,000,000 is provided for the Advanced Generation of Interoperability for Law Enforcement [AGILE]. 
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Counterterrorism Research and Development.—The Committee 

recommends $7,000,000 for counterterrorism research and development. The Committee understands that NIJ is collaborating with 

many partners, including technical working groups and other Federal agencies. The Committee directs NIJ to submit a spending 

plan to the Committees on Appropriations, within 90 days of the 

enactment of this Act. 

National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Centers.—The National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology 

Centers [NLECTC] have served a vital role for State, and local law 

enforcement and corrections communities by responding to the 

needs of the justice community through transferring, introducing, 

and implementing technologies; assisting in the development and 

dissemination of guidelines and technological standards; and providing technology assistance, information, and support for law enforcement, corrections, and criminal justice purposes. The Committee continues to strongly support the NLECTC system run by 

the NIJ and therefore recommends $21,000,000 to continue its efforts. Of the amount provided, the Committee directs that funds be 

distributed to the Centers in the following manner: 

THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CORRECTIONS TECHNOLOGY CENTERS 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Amount 

Northeast Regional Center ....................................................................................................................................... 3,000 

Southeast Regional Center ...................................................................................................................................... 3,000 

Rocky Mountain Regional Center ............................................................................................................................. 3,000 

Western Regional Center .......................................................................................................................................... 3,000 

National Center ........................................................................................................................................................ 3,000 

Northwest Center ...................................................................................................................................................... 3,000 

Technology Specialty Centers ................................................................................................................................... 3,000 

Total, Regional and Specialty Centers ....................................................................................................... 21,000 

The Committee understands NIJ has proposed a management 

plan which realigns NLECTC activities to reflect the research and 

development cycle used throughout the Federal Government and 

NIJ. The proposed goal of this management plan is to provide a 

greater role in: (1) developing operational requirements for technology development programs; (2) testing and evaluating technology solutions against operational requirements and for effectiveness in practice; and (3) supporting the adoption of emerging technologies by law enforcement, corrections, and forensic science practitioners. NIJ is directed to submit to the Committees on Appropriations this new management plan within 60 days of the enactment of this Act. Further, NIJ is not to implement any changes 

outlined in the plan until the plan has been submitted to and reviewed by the Committees on Appropriations. 

In addition to the above activities, within the amounts provided, 

NIJ is to provide grants for the following projects: —$4,500,000 for the National Crime Prevention Council 

(McGruff Program); and —$850,000 for the Mistral Security Non-Toxic Drug Detention 

and Identification Aerosol Technology. 
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Bureau of Justice Statistics.—The Committee recommends an ap- propriation of $32,125,000 for the Bureau of Justice Statistics 

[BJS] which is identical to the fiscal year 2004 appropriation. Of 

the funds provided for BJS, $2,000,000 shall be utilized for the National Crime Victimization Survey [NCVS] conversion. This funding 

supports the continuation of converting the NCVS from primarily 

a paper and pencil [PAPI] operation to a fully automated data collection operation. 

Victim Notification System.—The Committee understands that 

the Crime Victims Fund provides $5,000,000 for the Executive Office of the United States Attorneys to operate a Victim Notification 

System for crimes being prosecuted by the Federal Government. 

The Committee recommends $8,000,000 for the Bureau of Justice 

Assistance to launch a new grant program for States automated 

victim notification programs. No funding can be utilized from the 

Victims Assistance Program for this initiative and funds provided 

under this heading require a 50 percent match from State, local, 

or private sources. 

Missing Children Program.—The issue of child exploitation has 

been raised to the forefront of the national conscience due to the 

strings of child pornography and missing children cases that have 

been highlighted in the media over the last few months. The Committee continues to strongly support the Missing and Exploited 

Children Program run by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The 

Committee recommends $42,400,000 to continue and expand efforts 

to protect the Nation’s children, especially in the areas of locating 

missing children, and to address the growing wave of child sexual 

exploitation found on the Internet. 

Within the amounts provided, the Committee recommends the 

following: (1) $12,500,000 for the Internet Crimes Against Children [ICAC] 

Task Forces. Policing of cyberspace presents new and unique challenges for American law enforcement. Cyberspace is an arena 

where traditional boundaries are ignored and the usual constraints 

of time, place, and distance lose their controlling influence. The 

Committee strongly supports the efforts of the ICAC Task Forces 

in encouraging communities to adopt multidisciplinary, multi-jurisdictional responses to Internet crimes against children. Further, 

the Committee commends the level of commitment to these task 

forces by the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and 

Delinquency Prevention; 

(2) $26,900,000 for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children [NCMEC]. The NCMEC is the clearinghouse and 

national resource center regarding the issue of missing and exploited children. Of the funds appropriated for the NCMEC, 

$1,000,000 is for NCMEC’s Lost Child Alert Technology Resource 

[LOCATER] program; $2,250,000 is for NCMEC’s NETSMARTZ 

program; $1,650,000 is for the expansion and enhancement of the 

Child Recognition and Identification System [CRIS]; and 

$2,000,000 is for NECMEC’s Team Adam initiative; and 

(3) $3,000,000 for the Jimmy Ryce Law Enforcement Training 

Center. 

Regional Information Sharing System.—The Committee recommends an appropriation of $40,000,000. The Committee strongly 
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supports the Regional Information Sharing System’s [RISS] leadership role in implementing the National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan. In particular, the Committee is pleased with RISS’s efforts in promoting collaboration between Federal, State, and local 

agencies through information sharing, especially in the exchange of 

antiterrorism information. Furthermore, the Committee commends 

support provided by BJA for RISS. 

Management and Administration.—The Committee recommends 

an appropriation of $25,000,000 for the management and administration of OJP’s programs. This appropriation reflects a 

$10,000,000 reduction due to the transfer of the Office of Violence 

Against Women [OVW] out of OJP. 

The Committee directs OJP to submit a financial plan to the 

Committees on Appropriations outlining their reimbursable agreement with OVW within 60 days of the enactment of this Act. 

The Committee understands that OJP processes Office of Domestic Preparedness [ODP] grants. The Committee directs OJP to submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations regarding the 

administrative charges it collects from ODP as well as those collected from the processing of grants for any other agency outside 

of the Department of Justice, no later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act. Also, the Committee directs OJP to submit a financial plan to the Committees on Appropriations, within 60 days 

of the enactment of this Act, outlining the level of funding individual programs will be contributing for management and administration. 

STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $1,335,971,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... ....................... 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,117,919,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,117,919,000. 

The recommendation is $1,117,919,000 above the budget request. 

The Committee recommendations are displayed in the following 

table: 

STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee recommendation 

Local Law Enforcement Block Grant .............................................................................................................. 150,000 

Boys and Girls Clubs ............................................................................................................................ [85,000 ] 

Law Enforcement Technology ................................................................................................................ [10,000 ] 

State Criminal Alien Assistance Program ..................................................................................................... 250,000 

Southwest Border Prosecutor Initiative ................................................................................................. [30,000 ] 

Indian Assistance ........................................................................................................................................... 18,000 

Byrne Grants: 

Formula ................................................................................................................................................. 500,000 

Discretionary .......................................................................................................................................... 117,969 

Drug Courts .................................................................................................................................................... 40,000 

Residential Substance Abuse Treatment ....................................................................................................... 25,000 

Safe Return Program ..................................................................................................................................... 850 

Law Enforcement Family Support Programs .................................................................................................. 2,000 

Senior Citizens Against Marketing Scams ..................................................................................................... 2,000 

Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention ...................................................................................................................... 100 

State and Local Training ............................................................................................................................... 1,000 
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STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee 

recommendation 

State and Local Anti-Terrorism Training [SLATT] .......................................................................................... 11,000 

Total, State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance ...................................................................... 1,117,919 

Indian Country Grants.—The recommendation provides 

$18,000,000 for Indian Country grants. As in past years, the Committee acknowledges the success that the Comprehensive Indian 

Resources for Community Law Enforcement [CIRCLE] initiative is 

having and urges the Department to continue to work on ways to 

expand CIRCLE. 

Within the amount provided, the Committee directs that a grant 

be provided for the following prison construction project: 

—$400,000 to the Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux Tribe, Agency Village, South Dakota for the planning and design of a new detention facility. 

Edward Byrne Grants to States.—Within the amount provided 

for Byrne discretionary grants, the Committee expects the Bureau 

of Justice Assistance to review the following proposals and provide 

grants if warranted: 

—$700,000 for the Alabama Bureau of Investigation’s Missing 

Children’s Program; 

—$1,000,000 for the Alaska Native Justice Center restorative 

justice programs; 

—$2,000,000 for the Alaskan Rural Prosecution Unit; 

—$1,100,000 for the Alcohol Interdiction in Alaska for bootlegging crimes; 

—$500,000 for the Arkansas Wireless Information Network; 

—$400,000 for the Arlington, VA, County Sheriff’s Office for a 

pilot program to test a geo-location network; 

—$1,500,000 for the Baltimore City Operation Safe Streets; 

—$350,000 for the Biloxi, MS, Police Department Technical 

Bomb Squad; 

—$300,000 for the Oglala Sioux Tribe judicial system in Pine 

Ridge, SD; 

—$250,000 for the Carbon County Drug Enforcement, UT; 

—$950,000 for the Chicago Project for Violence Prevention to expand Ceasefire; 

—$500,000 for the Center for Behavioral Health Research 

[CABHR] Jail Initiative, WI; 

—$750,000 for the Center on Domestic Violence at CU–Denver, 

CO; 

—$700,000 for the Charleston, SC, County Visual Technologies; 

—$150,000 for the technology and equipment for the Cheyenne 

River Sioux Tribe Police Department in Eagle Butte, SD; 

—$2,000,000 for the Child Safe Personalized Weapon, New Jersey’s Institute of Technology; 

—$2,800,000 for the City of North Charleston, SC, Law Enforcement Training Center; 

—$230,000 for the City of Philadelphia’s Operation Safe Streets; 
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—$100,000 for the City of Xenia, OH, Police Division Internet 

Child Protection Unit; 

—$3,900,000 for the Consolidated Advanced Technology Laboratory at UNH; 

—$1,000,000 for the Dispute Resolution program at Faulkner 

University, AL; 

—$300,000 for the Family Re-Entry, Inc., prisoner reentry pilot 

program in Bridgeport, CT; 

—$750,000 for the Fort Bend and Harris County, TX, Anti-Drug 

Initiative; 

—$500,000 for the further testing and evaluation of TACSCAN 

system; 

—$150,000 for the Hampshire County, MA, Triad; 

—$550,000 for the Henderson Emergency Operations Center, 

NV; 

—$765,000 for the Highway Interdiction Team, IA; 

—$890,000 for the Holyoke Community College, information security system; 

—$650,000 for the National Center for Victims of Crime and 

INFOLINK; 

—$250,000 for the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation 

[PIRE]; 

—$10,000,000 for the Institute for Security Technology Studies, 

NH; 

—$1,500,000 for the Center for Task Force Training; 

—$2,250,000 for the Jackson, MS, Public Safety Automated 

Technologies—Equipment; 

—$500,000 for the Kansas City Swope Parkway, MO; 

—$500,000 for the University of Nebraska at Kearney Polygraph 

Credibility Project; 

—$400,000 for the Leadership Institute in Judicial Education, 

University of Memphis; 

—$1,250,000 for the Clearwater Economic Development Association, ID, for the Idaho-Montana Lewis and Clark Bicentennial 

Bi-State Safety Project; 

—$1,000,000 for the Mental Health Courts; 

—$1,200,000 for the Methamphetamine Jail Treatment, IA; 

—$100,000 for the Millerstown Borough Police Department, 

Perry County, PA; 

—$950,000 for the Milwaukee Co., WI Judicial Oversight Demonstration Initiative; 

—$500,000 for the Milwaukee, WI, Community Partners; 

—$700,000 for the Alabama Bureau of Investigation’s Missing 

Children Program; 

—$1,000,000 for the Mississippi State University—Computer 

Crime Prosecution Initiative; 

—$200,000 for the Montana Family Drug Court and Juvenile 

Drug Courts; 

—$4,750,000 for the National Advocacy Center/National District 

Attorneys Association; 

—$150,000 for the National Association of Promoting Success; 

—$2,000,000 for the Southeast National Law Enforcement and 

Technology Center for incident mapping and analysis program; 
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—$3,300,000 for the Monterey County, California, Street Violence and Anti-gang Project; —$3,000,000 for the National Fatherhood Initiative; 

—$180,000 for the National Megan’s Law Helpline; 

—$150,000 for the Native Americans Into Law Program; 

—$650,000 for the New Hampshire Cyber Crime Initiative; 

—$500,000 for the New School University’s Institute for Legislative Drafting; —$1,000,000 for the National Child Protection Training; 

—$51,000 for the NH Dept of Safety evidence storage expansion; 

—$250,000 for the NH Police Standards and Training distance 

learning expansion; —$425,000 for the Oglala Sioux Tribe Judicial System operations; 

—$1,500,000 for Operation Streetsweeper; 

—$500,000 for the New Orleans District Attorney’s Office for system upgrades; —$250,000 for the Partners for Downtown Progress, AK; 

—$150,000 for the Phoenix House Treatment Center, MA; 

—$350,000 for the Turtle Mountain Community College, ND, 

Project Peacemaker; —$3,000,000 for the Public Private Ventures, of which 

$1,000,000 is for the National Center on Neighborhood Enterprise, of which up to 5 percent may be used by Public Private 

for the purpose of enhanced Accountability and rigorous evaluation of the Violence Free Zone project; —$500,000 for the Reducing Family Violence through Workplace 

Interventions, University of Arkansas; —$500,000 for the Rhode Island Family Treatment Drug Court 

program; —$1,000,000 for the Ridgelend Police Department radios and 

equipment; —$750,000 for the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, SD, Judicial System operations; 

—$850,000 for the San Diego, CA, Crisis Intervention Response 

Teams; 

—$2,000,000 for SEARCH Technical Assistance; 

—$14,593,000 for the South Carolina Judicial Department case 

docket system; 

—$200,000 for the South Central Alaska Search and Rescue 

Training Project for the Alaska Police Department; 

—$200,000 for the South Dakota Network Against Family Violence & Sexual Assault; 

—$210,000 for the Alaska Statewide DARE coordinator and implementation of new DARE curriculum; 

—$150,000 for equipment for the Tchula, MS, Police Department; 

—$640,400 for technology improvements at NH Department of 

Motor Vehicles; 

—$4,000,000 for the continuation of the J–ONE information 

sharing system in NH; 

—$900,000 for the Texas Medical Center in Houston, TX, Emergency Operations Center; 

—$400,000 for the Bodega Association of NYC; 

—$2,000,000 for the Tools for Tolerance Program, NY; 
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—$750,000 for the University of Connecticut Breaking the Cycle 

of Behavioral Health Problems and Crime study; 

—$65,000 for the University of Delaware Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies to conduct a statewide survey of delinquent and 

high risk behaviors; 

—$1,500,000 for the University of Kentucky Rural Drug Prosecution Assistance Project; 

—$700,000 for the University of Louisville Effects of Collaboration Team Intervention on Child Well Being; 

—$3,300,000 for the University of Mississippi National Center 

for Justice and the Rule of Law; 

—$500,000 for the University of Mississippi TechLaw to offer police online training; 

—$1,000,000 for the Gulf Coast, LA, Computer Forensic Laboratory; 

—$50,000 for the UNLV Boyd School of Law Immigration Clinic; 

—$50,000 for the UNR Grant Sawyer Center for Justice Studies; 

—$500,000 for the USC Center for Prosecutorial Ethics; 

—$400,000 for the Institutional Security Program and the University of Southern Mississippi; 

—$275,000 for the University of Southern Mississippi’s Rural 

Law Enforcement Training Initiative; 

—$200,000 for the Violent Crimes Fugitive Task Force, MT; 

—$2,750,000 for the Washington Public Building Mapping System; 

—$1,000,000 for the Washington State Department of Corrections Electronic Fingerprint Criminal Background Check; 

—$1,500,000 for the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA, for the 

development of law enforcement technologies; 

—$2,000,000 for the Richland County Sheriff’s Office Carolina 

Regional Fugitive Task Force; 

—$28,900 for the Mineral County, Nevada, Sheriffs Office; 

—$400,000 for the City of Pascagula, MS for law enforcement 

technology; and 

—$250,000 for the City of Richton for the police department. 

Drug Courts.—The Committee recommends an appropriation of 

$40,000,000. The Committee notes that localities can also access 

funding for drug courts from the Local Law Enforcement Block 

Grants. 

WEED AND SEED PROGRAM

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $57,926,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 53,265,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 62,000,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $62,000,000. 

The recommendation is $4,074,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and $8,735,000 above the budget request. Of the funds appropriated for Weed and Seed, $2,000,000 shall be directed for comprehensive community development training and technical assistance. 
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COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $748,324,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 43,618,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 755,969,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $755,969,000. The recommendation is $7,645,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and $712,351,000 above the budget request. 

The Committee is concerned by the Department of Justice’s continued attempts to diminish the ability of the Community Oriented 

Policing Services [COPS] office to accomplish its mission. The mission of the COPS office is to advance community policing practices 

within law enforcement agencies and to significantly improve public safety in neighborhoods throughout the country through partnerships with communities, policing agencies, and other public and 

private organizations. Additionally, local law enforcement plays a 

critical role in preventing and responding to terrorist threats. Since 

its creation, the COPS office has assisted local law enforcement 

agencies by providing grants, training and technical assistance that 

not only ensure public safety from traditional crime but also better 

enables law enforcement officers to address the growing threat 

from terrorist organizations. 

Of particular concern to the Committee is the Department’s continued insistence on understaffing the COPS office and the significant negative impact this inadequate staffing level can have on 

services as a result. The Committee understands that the current 

staffing level is only 152 of the 235 authorized (65 percent manning). The Committee also understands that the office needs a minimum of 200 personnel to maintain the current quality services the 

States have come to expect from this office. Therefore, the Committee directs the COPS office to develop a plan to relieve this personnel shortage and report back to the Committees on Appropriations no later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act. 

The Committee recommendations are displayed in the following 

table: 

COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee 

recommendation 

Public Safety and Community Policing Programs ............................................................................................. 315,000 

Hiring ......................................................................................................................................................... [180,000 ] 

Training and Technical Assistance .................................................................................................. [20,000 ] 

Bullet Proof Vest Grant Program .............................................................................................................. [25,000 ] 

Indian Country ........................................................................................................................................... [20,000 ] 

Meth Hot Spots ......................................................................................................................................... [55,000 ] 

Police Corps .............................................................................................................................................. [15,000 ] 

Crime Fighting Technology Programs ................................................................................................................ 365,969 

Law Enforcement Technology Program ..................................................................................................... [110,969 ] 

Interoperable Communications Technology Program ................................................................................ [100,000 ] 

Crime Identification Technology Act ......................................................................................................... [35,000 ] 

DNA Backlog Elimination/Crime Lab Improvement Program .................................................................... [120,000 ] 

Prosecution Assistance ...................................................................................................................................... 15,000 

Gun Violence Reduction ............................................................................................................................ [15,000 ] 

Community Crime Prevention ............................................................................................................................. 25,000 

Offender Re-entry Program ....................................................................................................................... [5,000 ] 

Safe Schools Initiative .............................................................................................................................. [5,000 ] 

Police Integrity Program ............................................................................................................................ [15,000 ] 
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COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee recommendation 

Management and Administration ...................................................................................................................... 35,000 

Total, Community Oriented Policing Services ...................................................................................... 755,969 

The Committee expects to be consulted prior to any deviation 

from the above plan. 

PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY POLICING PROGRAMS

Hiring Program.—The recommendation includes $180,000,000, of 

which $90,000,000 is for the hiring of school resource officers. 

Bullet-proof Vests Grant Program.—Of the $25,000,000 provided, 

such sums as may be necessary are for NIST’s Office of Law Enforcement Standards [OLES] to continue supporting the ballistic 

resistant and stab resistant material compliance testing programs, 

as well as for other technical support related to public safety weapons and protective systems. 

Indian Country.—The Committee recommends that 5 percent of 

the COPS funds be provided directly to tribal judicial systems to 

assist Tribal Courts with the caseload associated with increased arrests as a result of more stringent tribal law enforcement. 

Methamphetamine Enforcement and Clean-Up.—The Committee 

recommends $55,000,000 for State and local law enforcement programs to combat methamphetamine production and distribution, to 

target drug ‘‘hot spots’’, and to remove and dispose of hazardous 

materials at clandestine methamphetamine labs. The Committee 

recommendation includes $10,000,000 to reimburse the Drug Enforcement Administration for assistance to State and local law enforcement for proper removal and disposal of hazardous materials 

at clandestine methamphetamine labs. Within the amounts provided, the Department is expected to review, in consultation with 

DEA, the following proposals, provide grants if warranted, and report to the Committees on its intentions: —$300,000 for the Anhydrous Ammonia Nurse Tank Locks in IA; 

—$3,000,000 for the California Methamphetamine Strategy 

[CALMS]; 

—$400,000 for the Clackamas Meth Initiative: Community Prosecution in OR; 

—$200,000 for the Combined Ozarks Multi-Jurisdictional Enforcement Team [COMET] in MO; 

—$6,000,000 for the Comprehensive Methamphetamine Response 

in HI; 

—$60,000 for the Coos and Curry Co. METH Reduction, OR; 

—$300,000 for the COPS Methamphetamine Drug Hot Spots 

Program in AR; —$1,500,000 for the Five County Northern UT Methamphetamine Project; —$1,000,000 for the Wisconsin I Methamphetamine Law Enforcement Initiative; 

—$125,000 for the Jackson County Methamphetamine Clean-Up 

in MS; 
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—$400,000 for the Jackson County Mississippi Sheriff’s Department—Narcotics Task Force/Technology; —$375,000 for the Jefferson County, Colorado, Methamphetamine Interdiction & Response; —$350,000 for the Kansas Methamphetamine Prevention Project; 

—$500,000 for the Louisiana Methamphetamine Task Force; 

—$500,000 for the Louisiana, New Orleans Methamphetamine 

Task Force; —$1,500,000 for the Maricopa County Arizona Meth Funding; 

—$375,000 for the Methamphetamine Addiction in MT; 

—$1,500,000 for the Methamphetamine Clandestine Lab Task 

Force in IA; —$100,000 for Methamphetamine Education and Training for 

the Arkansas Law Enforcement Community; —$500,000 for Methamphetamine Enforcement, Indiana State 

Police; —$1,500,000 for the Methamphetamine Montana Initiative; 

—$2,000,000 for the Methamphetamine Task Force in East TN; 

—$600,000 for the Minnehaha County Sheriff for the South Dakota Sheriffs Meth Relief Task Force; —$1,000,000 for the Minot State University Rural Methamphetamine Education Demonstration Project in North Dakota; 

—$1,250,000 for the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics—Methamphetamine Enforcement; 

—$1,875,000 for the MoSmart Board, MO; 

—$250,000 for the North Carolina Attorney General Office Meth 

Program; 

—$500,000 for the North Carolina U.S. District Attorneys Meth; 

—$2,390,000 for the State of Minnesota’s Methamphetamine Hot 

Spots Initiative; 

—$1,100,000 for the Statewide Drug Enforcement and Lab 

Equipment in NE; —$2,500,000 for the Vermont Drug Task Force; 

—$2,000,000 for the Washington State Methamphetamine Initiative; and 

—$26,000 for the Wright County Drug Mobile Command. 

CRIME-FIGHTING TECHNOLOGIES PROGRAMS

Law Enforcement Technology Program.—Within the amount provided, the COPS office should examine each of the following proposals, provide grants if warranted, and submit a report to the 

Committees on its intentions for each proposal: 

—$500,000 for the Alachua County/City of Gainesville, FL, Enforcement Communications Upgrade; 

—$500,000 for the Andover, KS, police technology equipment; 

—$200,000 for the Arkansas Crime Information Center, Project 

Safe-Source; 

—$2,000,000 for the Arkansas State Police Automated Fingerprint Identification System; 

—$100,000 for the Bellows Falls, VT, Police Technology Grant; 

—$500,000 for the Bismarck ND, Memorial Training Complex; 

—$100,000 for the Borough of Waynesboro, Franklin County, PA; 

—$200,000 for the Boulder City, NV, Wireless Communications 

Canopy; 
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—$500,000 for the Burlington, VT, Police Technology Grant; 

—$1,750,000 for the Camden County, NJ, Law Enforcement 

Technology; —$600,000 for the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, SD, technology 

and equipment upgrade of tribal justice system; —$500,000 for the town of Babylon, NY, Law Enforcement Wide 

area network and Geographic Information Systems; —$100,000 for the City of Elizabeth, NJ, Law Enforcement Communication Interoperability Enhancement; —$880,000 for the City of Radcliff Law Enforcement Equipment, 

KY; 

—$1,000,000 for the City of Reading, PA, Integrated Geographic 

Information System; —$900,000 for the City of Rockville, MD, COPS Technology 

Grant; 

—$250,000 for the City of St. Joseph and Heartland Health Law 

Enforcement Communication System, MO; —$150,000 for the Clarion County, PA, Geographic Information 

System; —$300,000 for the Communications Upgrades, City of Indianapolis; 

—$1,000,000 for the continuation of digital radio conversion, NH; 

—$300,000 for the Boone County, IL Sheriff’s Department for 

law enforcement technology; —$960,000 for the Corpus Christi Radio Communications and 

Security Equipment, TX; —$750,000 for the Criminal Information Sharing Alliance Network/Idaho State Police; 

—$1,000,000 for the Delaware State Police, Automatic Fingerprint Identification System; —$150,000 for the Derry Township, PA, Police Department; 

—$200,000 for the Don ̃ a Ana County, NM, Command Post Vehicle; 

—$250,000 for the Otsego County, NY, 911 Digital Upgrade; 

—$500,000 for the Downriver Mutual Aid communications equipment, MI; 

—$1,000,000 for the ECU Center for Excellence—Criminal Justice, OK; 

—$1,000,000 for the El Paso, TX, Interoperability; 

—$1,000,000 for the emergency communications capability upgrades in Stamford, CT; 

—$100,000 for the enforcement of crime identification assistance 

for the City of Kodiak, AK; 

—$1,000,000 for the Extend Radio System, WY; 

—$1,000,000 for the Fargo, ND, Interoperable Communications 

System; 

—$200,000 for the Greenville County, SC, Communications 

Interoperability System; 

—$250,000 for the Hopkinsville-Christian County—Pennyrile 

Narcotics Task Force Partnership Equipment, KY; 

—$1,172,000 for the Hudson County, NJ, Law Enforcement 

Technology; 

—$225,000 for the Huntington Beach, CA, Emergency Operations Equipment; 
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—$350,000 for the Huntsville, AL, Police Department Equipment 

Upgrades; 

—$100,000 for the In-Car Video Deployment, City of Martin, TN; 

—$400,000 for the Interagency Communications in GA; 

—$4,000,000 for the Interagency Communications Interoperability System [ICIS] in CA; 

—$500,000 for the Internet Scale Event and Attack Generation 

Environment at ISU; 

—$1,000,000 for the Iowa State Patrol TraCS software; 

—$205,000 for the Jasper County, SC, Technology Upgrades; 

—$475,000 for the Jefferson County Commission, AL for video 

conferencing equipment for the Jefferson County Criminal Justice Center; 

—$240,000 for the Jefferson County, CO, COPLINK; 

—$1,600,000 for the Johnson County, KS, Sheriff’s Office; 

—$176,000 for the Kansas Attorney General, Equipment; 

—$148,000 for the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Mobile Data 

Terminals; 

—$600,000 for the Keene State College/UNH public safety management system; 

—$2,500,000 for the Land Mobile Radio migration for a multiagency communications network in AK; 

—$1,750,000 for the Land Mobile Radio site infrastructure equipment and portable radios for the Kenai Peninsula Borough, 

AK; 

—$1,750,000 for the Land Mobile Radio/Public Safety Communications for Anchorage Infrastructure, AK; 

—$480,000 for the Las Cruces, NM, Communications Infrastructure; 

—$1,500,000 for the Las Vegas, NV, Metropolitan Police Department Communications System; 

—$3,000,000 for the Southeast National Law Enforcement Technology Center for the Low Country Information Technology Improvement Project Phase III; 

—$500,000 for the Las Vegas, NV, Metro Police Department— 

Identity Theft Center; 

—$2,500,000 for the Louisville Kentucky Metrosafe Program; 

—$1,000,000 for the Lubbock Police Technology Upgrades, TX; 

—$1,000,000 for the Macomb County, MI, Wireless voice communications system; 

—$1,000,000 for the Massachusetts Law Enforcement Technology 

and Training Support Center; 

—$1,750,000 for the Matanuska Susitna Borough Emergency Response Radio Network, AK; 

—$160,000 for the Mayfield Police Department Equipment, KY; 

—$1,000,000 for the Mecklenburg County, NC, Criminal Justice 

Information System; 

—$750,000 for the Miami-Dade County, FL, Law Enforcement 

Technology Enhancements; 

—$100,000 for the Middlebury, VT, Police Technology Grant; 

—$1,500,000 for the Midwest Forensics Resource Center, IA; 

—$500,000 for the Milwaukee Police Department Mobile TwoFinger ID System, WI; 
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—$1,450,000 for the Mobile computers for Wasilla Police squad 

cars, AK; 

—$386,250 for the Montana Supreme Court Video Conferencing; 

—$1,400,000 for the Montgomery County, MD, Police Department for National Capital Region Criminal Identification System Update; 

—$500,000 for the New Castle County, DE, Police Department, 

for an upgraded records management system; 

—$375,000 for the Newport, RI, Area Interoperable Surveillance 

Network; 

—$900,000 for the North East Minnesota Enforcement and Safety Information System [NEMESIS]; 

—$425,000 for the Oglala Sioux Tribe, South Dakota—technology 

& equipment; 

—$750,000 for the Orleans Parish Information Sharing and Integrated System Project, New Orleans; 

—$200,000 for the Osceola County, FL, Unified Public Safety 

Communications Center; 

—$500,000 for the Pasco County, FL, Sheriffs Office Communications Technology Upgrade; 

—$2,000,000 for the Pierce County, WA, Police Rapid Mobile Response Network; 

—$200,000 for the Providence, RI, Police Department Technology; 

—$300,000 for drug impairment pupillometer technology in IL; 

—$1,250,000 for the Records Interoperability through CATlab in 

NH; 

—$2,250,000 for the Regional Law Enforcement Communications 

System, City of Memphis and Shelby County; 

—$900,000 for the Rural Utah Law Enforcement Tech Program; 

—$1,000,000 for the San Joaquin County, CA, Emergency Operations Communications Center; 

—$100,000 for the Simpson County 911 Center, KY; 

—$200,000 for the Smithfield, RI, Police Department Emergency 

Management Operation Center; 

—$350,000 for the Snohomish County, WA, Sheriff Palm AFIS 

System; 

—$1,000,000 for the Solano County, CA, Radio Interoperability 

Project; 

—$3,760,000 for the South Carolina Judicial Department Case 

Docket System; 

—$500,000 for the South Dakota Sheriffs’ Association and South 

Dakota Police Chiefs’ Association; 

—$1,500,000 for the Southaven Police Department—radios/equipment in MS; 

—$1,000,000 for the Southeast National Law Enforcement and 

Technology Center for the deployment of shot spotter technology; 

—$1,000,000 for the St. Clair County, Michigan, Sheriff’s Department Communications towers and equipment upgrades; 

—$2,000,000 for the State of New Mexico State Police; 

—$3,000,000 for the State of South Dakota/Division of Criminal 

Investigation; 
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—$1,000,000 for the Statewide Computer Aided Dispatch [CAD] 

System, NE, State Patrol; 

—$3,000,000 for the statewide implementation of public safety 

technology through University of New Hampshire; 

—$250,000 for the Technology Upgrades for the Williamson 

County, IL, Sheriff’s Department; 

—$90,000 for the Town of Brookfield Police Department Technology Upgrades, WI; 

—$400,000 for the Town of North Hempstead, NY, Police Department 311 Communication Management System; 

—$265,000 for the Training Academy Driver Simulator for the 

State of Alaska; 

—$2,000,000 for the Training Village Public Safety Officer in the 

State of Alaska; 

—$1,000,000 for the VeriTracks Georgia; 

—$500,000 for Voice Viewer Technologies and Law Enforcement 

in WY; 

—$60,000 for the Westchester County, NY, Police Department 

Interagency Radio Interconnect; 

—$2,000,000 for the Western Forensic Science and Law Enforcement Training Center in CO; 

—$500,000 for the Wilmington, Delaware Police Department for 

radio and dispatch system upgrades; 

—$400,000 for the Wireless High Speed Network for Prince 

George’s County, MD; 

—$750,000 for the Yazoo City, MS, Police Department; 

—$2,500,000 for the State of Colorado digital trunkid radio system; 

—$4,000,000 for the Southeast National Law Enforcement Technology Center for the Backscatter and high-energy technology 

transmission x-ray technology; and 

—$155,000 for the Churchill County, Nevada Sheriff’s Office 

Interoperability Communication Project. 

COPS Interoperable Communications Technology Program.—The 

Committee recommends $100,000,000 to continue COPS Interoperable Communications Technology Program, being designed and implemented by the COPS office, in consultation with NIJ’s OS&T, as 

well as BJA. The Committee commends the COPS office for its coordination with other Federal agencies dealing with public safety 

interoperability. The Committee believes coordination of Federal efforts is critical to ensure our Nation’s safety and a necessity to not 

fall victim to the pitfalls of the past. 

The Committee strongly supports the need for minimum standards for law enforcement communications technology. Therefore, 

OS&T should continue to assist COPS in incorporating existing 

minimum standards into the formulation of this grant program. 

The Committee also provides, within available amounts, $5,000,000 

to be transferred to NIST to continue the efforts of OLES regarding 

the development of a comprehensive suite of minimum standards 

for law enforcement communications. 

The Committee commends the Institute for Telecommunication 

Sciences [ITS] in Boulder, Colorado, for all their efforts and contributions to the public safety communications statement of re-
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quirements. Their contributions were critical in addressing the 

many issues plaguing public safety organizations for decades. 

Interoperable Standards.—Over a decade ago, APCO Project 25 

was established through a joint effort of Public Safety First Responders, U.S. Industry, and elements of the Federal Government 

to provide the public safety community with interoperable, spectrally-efficient, economically-priced, digital radios capable of providing a variety of operationally required functions and features, 

including backward compatibility with existing analog land mobile 

radios. 

The Project 25 suite of Standards, being developed with the technical assistance of the Telecommunications Industry Association 

[TIA] Standards Committee TR–8, is intended to satisfy defined 

user needs, allow multiple vendors to manufacturer some or all 

components of the Project 25 system at their discretion, and to ensure that components produced by many sources will interoperate. 

The timely completion of the Project 25 standards for all of the 

relevant communications systems equipment is essential to the 

public safety community. The Committee is concerned that the 

functional standards that specify key Project 25 system interfaces 

(such as the Inter-RF Subsystem Interface [ISSI], Console Interface, and the Fixed Station Interface) have not been developed or 

approved, as well as the standards that define how the interfaces 

should be tested and evaluated. 

The Committee encourages the Office of Law Enforcement Standards [OLES] of the National Institute of Standards and Technology 

to work with the Advanced Generation of Interoperability for Law 

Enforcement [AGILE] within the National Institute of Justice and 

the Wireless Public SAFEty Interoperability COMmunications 

[SAFECOM] Program, SAFECOM Program within the Department 

of Homeland Security to consider the issuance of interim standards 

that can be used to specify the required functionality and testing 

validation characteristics. 

Crime Identification Technology Act.—The Committee recommends $35,000,000 to be used and distributed pursuant to the 

Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998, Public Law 105–251, 

of which $5,000,000 is to be transferred to the NIJ to develop technologies to improve school safety. 

Within the overall amounts recommended, the OJP should examine each of the following proposals, provide grants if warranted, 

and submit a report to the Committees on its intentions for each 

proposal: 

—$2,750,000 for the Harrison County Public Safety Automated 

Systems in MS; 

—$950,000 for the City of St. Paul/Ramsey County co-location of 

public safety equipment in MN; 

—$1,483,500 for the North Carolina Supreme Court Security; 

—$1,000,000 for the MAGIC Pegasus Project for the Jefferson 

County Sheriff in AL; 

—$616,500 for the Case and Document Management in MT; 

—$225,000 for the Marion County, MS, Sheriff’s Department— 

Equipment; 

—$300,000 for the Pascagoula, MS, Police Department—Equipment; 
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—$2,500,000 for the Alaska Court System Information Network; 

—$525,000 for the Marshall University Computer Forensics in 

WV; 

—$4,000,000 for the Marshall University Forensic Science DNA 

Lab in WV; 

—$4,000,000 for the West Virginia University Forensic Science 

Initiative; 

—$600,000 for the Vermont Incident Based Reporting System; 

and 

—$11,050,000 for the South Carolina Judicial Department case 

document system. 

DNA Backlog Elimination.—Within the amount provided, $20,000,000 is available for Paul Coverdell Forensics Sciences Improvement grants. 

Within the overall amounts recommended for the DNA Backlog 

Elimination Programs, OJP should examine each of the following 

proposals, provide grants if warranted, and submit a report to the 

Committees on its intentions for each proposal: —$1,000,000 for the Brown University Nanotechnology DNA Sequencing in RI; —$56,250 for the Crime Scene Analysis, Delaware County, IN; 

—$225,000 for the Crime scene examination enhancement for the 

State of Alaska; 

—$200,000 for the DNA Education and Training for Arkansas 

Law Enforcement Community; —$750,000 for the El Paso Regional Lab in TX; 

—$1,000,000 for the Equipment and Planning for the Vermont 

Forensics Laboratory; —$1,000,000 for the Forensic DNA Analysis Lab at North Dakota University; —$500,000 for the Forensic Science Lab at the University of Baltimore, MD; 

—$355,000 for the Fulton County District Attorney’s Cold Case 

Unit in IL; 

—$819,000 for the Greater Columbus Area Crime Fighting AFIS 

Project in OH; 

—$475,000 for the Greenville Tech Forensic/DNS Laboratory in 

SC; 

—$1,000,000 for the Honolulu PD Crime Lab in HI; 

—$400,000 for the Marion County Meth Forensic Lab Enhancement in OR; 

—$1,000,000 for the Mississippi Crime Lab to Address Forensic 

Backlog; 

—$454,554 for the Northwest Ohio Regional Information System 

AFIS; 

—$500,000 for the Ohio BCI Laboratory System Improvement 

Project; 

—$1,250,000 for the Ohio BCI Palmprint AFIS Program; 

—$625,000 for the Pikes Peak Metro Crime Lab DNA Laboratory 

in CO; 

—$1,000,000 for the Southeast Missouri State University; 

—$750,000 for the Texas Tech Forensic Science Institute; 

—$1,000,000 for the Fox Valley Technical College [FVTC] DNA 

Training Initiative in WI; 
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—$500,000 for the University of Alabama at Birmingham Forensic Science Education and Training program; —$852,500 for the Utah Valley State College Forensic Science 

Program; —$650,000 for the Weber State University’s Criminal Justice 

Program in UT; and —$250,000 for the Sam Houston State University, Texas, Center 

for Forensic Sciences. 

COMMUNITY CRIME PREVENTION

Safe Schools Initiative.—The Committee recommends $5,000,000 

for programs aimed at preventing violence in public schools, and to 

support the assignment of officers to work in collaboration with 

schools and community-based organizations to address the threat 

of terrorism, crime, disorder, gangs, and drug activities. 

Within the amount provided, the COPS office should examine 

each of the following proposals, provide grants if warranted, and 

submit a report to the Committees on its intentions for each proposal: 

—$750,000 for the Alaska Community in Schools Mentoring Program; 

—$370,000 for the Granite School District Anti-Violence Project 

in UT; 

—$126,000 for the HOPE for Henderson Juvenile Justice in KY; 

—$200,000 for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Non-Violence in PA; 

—$500,000 for the School-Based Violence Prevention and Mentoring in IL; and 

—$1,250,000 for the Schools and Communities Coming Together 

in MT. 

Management and Administration.—Within the recommended appropriation, the Committee recommends $35,000,000 for Management and Administration [M&A] of all COPS programs. 

JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $348,989,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 362,477,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 360,000,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $360,000,000. 

The recommendation is $11,011,000 above the fiscal year 2004 

funding level and $2,477,000 below the budget request. 

The Committee recommendations are displayed in the following 

table: 

JUVENILE JUSTICE 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee recommendation 

Concentration of Federal efforts ........................................................................................................................ 3,000 

Formula Grants (Part B) .................................................................................................................................... 85,000 

Discretionary Grants (Part C) ............................................................................................................................ 5,000 

Research, Evaluation, TA and Training (Part D) ............................................................................................... 10,000 

Developing New Initiatives (Part E) ................................................................................................................... 80,000 

Juvenile Mentoring Program (JUMP) (Part G) .................................................................................................... 15,000 
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JUVENILE JUSTICE—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee recommendation 

At Risk Children Program (Title V) .................................................................................................................... 87,000 

Tribal Youth ............................................................................................................................................... [10,000 ] 

Big Brother/Big Sister ............................................................................................................................... [7,000 ] 

Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Program ............................................................................................ [25,000 ] 

Gang Prevention ........................................................................................................................................ [25,000 ] 

Project Sentry ............................................................................................................................................ 15,000 

Secure Our Schools Act ............................................................................................................................. 10,000 

Project Childsafe ....................................................................................................................................... 5,000 

Victims of Child Abuse Act ................................................................................................................................ 15,000 

Juvenile Accountability Block Grants ................................................................................................................. 30,000 

Total, Juvenile Justice ........................................................................................................................... 360,000 

The Committee expects to be consulted prior to any deviation 

from the above plan. 

Within the amounts provided for Part E discretionary grants and 

all of the other funds provided under Juvenile Justice programs, 

the Committee directs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

Prevention [OJJDP] to provide the following grants: 

—$900,000 for the Aces for Kids program in SC; 

—$750,000 for the Alabama Council on Substance Abuse-NCADD; 

—$2,000,000 for the Alaska Child Advocacy Center for a child 

abuse investigation program; 

—$600,000 for the Alaska Children’s Trust child abuse prevention 

program; 

—$750,000 for the Alaska Mentoring Demonstration Project for a 

statewide at-risk youth mentoring program; 

—$1,000,000 for the Alaska Youth Courts; 

—$500,000 for the Amistad America youth development programs 

aboard Freedom Schooner Amistad in CT; 

—$1,000,000 for the An Achievable Dream in VA; 

—$2,000,000 for the Anaheim Learning Center in CA; 

—$55,000 for the Bonnie Brae—National Conference on Residential 

Outcomes in NJ; 

—$600,000 for the Brookdale Community College for Project OPTIMIST in NJ; 

—$3,000,000 for the Cal Ripken, Sr., Foundation; 

—$100,000 for the Child Protection Program/Nez Perce Tribe, 

Lapwai, ID; 

—$602,000 for the Child Support Enforcement Incentives in AK; 

—$700,000 for the Children & Families First of DE; 

—$150,000 for the Children in Crisis in SC; 

—$750,000 for the City of Charlotte Gang of One Pilot Program in 

NC; 

—$100,000 for the Clinton County, Pennsylvania Action Team 

Against Drugs; —$200,000 for the Colton Police Activities League [PAL] Program 

in CA; 

—$200,000 for the Computer Corp Skills and Knowledge Acquired 

Toward Enhancing Success in NV; —$325,000 for the Court Teams for Maltreated Infants and Toddlers; 
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—$1,500,000 for the Crimes Against Children Research Center at 

the University of New Hampshire; —$500,000 for the Dakota Boys Ranch Mentoring Program in ND; 

—$500,000 for the Daniel Webster Boy Scout Council, outdoor education; 

—$500,000 for the Drug Endangered Children program in IA; 

—$60,000 for the Eau Claire County Restorative Justice Program 

in WI; 

—$4,000,000 for the Eisenhower Foundation youth safe havens; 

—$750,000 for the Families and Schools Together [FAST] in Wisconsin; 

—$3,000,000 for the Life Skills Training Program in Saint Augustine, FL; 

—$400,000 for the Generations of Hope program in IL; 

—$2,000,000 for the Girl Scouts Beyond Bars and PAVE programs; 

—$1,500,000 for the Girls and Boys Town USA; 

—$3,000,000 for the Hawaii Rural Youth Outreach Program; 

—$100,000 for the Horizons for Youth program in IL; 

—$1,240,000 for the Iowa Mentor Center for a rural mentoring program in partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters; —$550,000 for the Jackson, MS, Juvenile Justice & Delinquency 

Prevention Program; —$5,000,000 for the Junior Achievement; 

—$400,000 for the Juvenile Fire Setters Prevention Program; 

—$1,135,000 for the Juvenile Justice Information System in HI; 

—$100,000 for the Juvenile Justice Program Enhancement in UT; 

—$150,000 for the Juvenile Justice Work Program in UT; 

—$1,900,000 for the Law-related education; 

—$300,000 for the Lea County Juvenile Correction Facility in NM; 

—$128,000 for the Lonesome Pine Office on Youth in VA; 

—$3,000,000 for the Los Angeles Community Law Enforcement 

and Recovery Program [CLEAR]; —$600,000 for the Louisiana Children’s Advocacy Centers; 

—$100,000 to the Louisiana Center Against Poverty for the Save 

Our Sons and Daughters Program; 

—$2,000,000 for the Low Country Children’s Center in SC; 

—$350,000 for the Marion Co. Children of Incarcerated Parents 

Initiative in OR; 

—$300,000 for the Milwaukee Summer Stars program in WI; 

—$500,000 for the MO Juvenile Justice Labs; 

—$225,000 for the Morning Star Ranch, Florence, KS; 

—$2,000,000 for the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court 

Judges; 

—$125,000 for the Native American Liaison at the Child and Family Intervention Center in Billings, MT; 

—$250,000 for the Nevada Child Seekers; 

—$100,000 for the New Hampshire Expansion of the Go Girl Go 

program; 

—$425,000 for the New Mexico Police Athletic League; 

—$250,000 for the Omaha Out-of-School/After School Program In 

NE; 

—$300,000 for the Our Club Program in AR; 

—$750,000 for the Outdoor Education Center project, Harpers 

Ferry, WV; 
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—$300,000 for the Washington County Youth Service Bureau, VT; 

—$950,000 for the Rhode Island Court Truancy Court Program; 

—$100,000 for the S.A.F.E. House Domestic Violence Counseling 

Center in NV; 

—$500,000 for the San Jose, B.E.S.T At-Risk Youth and Anti-Gang 

Program in CA; 

—$200,000 for the South Dakota Community Foundation; 

—$350,000 for the State of New Mexico—Juvenile Offenders; 

—$1,250,000 for the Teens, Crime and the Community; 

—$250,000 for St. John’s University School of Law Child Advocacy 

Clinic, NY; 

—$250,000 for the University of Southern Mississippi—Citizenship 

and Justice Academy; 

—$350,000 for the USM Family Network Partnership Program; 

—$1,000,000 for the Western Kentucky University Spotlight Youth 

Program; 

—$750,000 for the Winona State University Child Protection/Training Center in Minnesota; 

—$750,000 for the Women In Support of the Million Man March 

in Newark, NJ; 

—$1,500,000 for the Youth Advocates Programs in SC; 

—$1,000,000 for the Youth Violence Prevention Research in AL; 

—$325,000 for the Zero to Three—Court Teams for Maltreated Infants and Toddlers in NJ; 

—$1,500,000 for the ‘‘I Have a Dream’’ Foundation; and 

—$200,000 for the Fort Worth Comin’ Up Gang Violence Prevention, TX. 

Enforcing the Underage Drinking Laws Program.—Within the 

funds provided in the At Risk Children Program (Title V), the Committee provides $25,000,000 for grants to assist States in enforcing 

underage drinking laws. 

Victims of Child Abuse Act.—The Committee recommends 

$15,000,000 for the various programs authorized under the Victims 

of Child Abuse Act [VOCA]. Within the funds provided, $9,000,000 

shall be for Regional Child Advocacy Centers Programs. 

PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS BENEFITS

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $52,022,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 55,464,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 68,615,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $68,615,000. 

The recommendation is $16,593,000 above the fiscal year 2004 

funding level and $13,151,000 above the budget request. The recommendation provides $63,000,000 for all mandatory funding for 

death benefits under the Public Safety Officers Benefits Program. 

This program provides a lump-sum death benefit payment to eligible survivors of Federal, State, and local public safety officers 

whose death was the direct and proximate result of a traumatic injury sustained in the line of duty. In addition, $3,615,000 is provided to pay for disability benefits to public safety officers who are 

permanently disabled in the line of duty. Further, $2,795,000 is 

available for the program which provides payments for education 

purposes to the dependents of Federal, State, and local public safe-
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ty officers who are killed or permanently disabled in the line of 

duty. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

The Committee recommends the following general provisions: 

Section 101 makes up to $60,000 of the funds appropriated to the 

Department of Justice available for reception and representation 

expenses. 

Section 102 prohibits the use of funds in this title to pay for an 

abortion except where the life of the mother would be in danger. 

Section 103 prohibits the use of funds in this title to require a 

person to perform or facilitate an abortion. 

Section 104 requires female prisoners to be escorted when off 

prison grounds. 

Section 105 allows the Department of Justice, subject to the 

Committee’s reprogramming procedures, to transfer up to 5 percent 

between appropriations, but limits to 10 percent the amount that 

can be transferred into any one appropriation. 

Section 106 includes language regarding additional funding for 

Project Seahawk. 

Section 107 includes language regarding additional funding for 

San Juan, Puerto Rico. 

Section 108 makes permanent a Personnel Management Demonstration Project. 

Section 109 provides authority for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to use confiscated funds during undercover operations. 

Section 110 amends Title 31 of the United States Code to provide 

protection for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Director. 

Section 111 requires the Bureau of Prisons to execute their financial plan as reflected in this report. 

Section 112 directs the Bureau of Prisons to work with the Federal Public Defender on a pilot program. 

Section 113 limits the placement of maximum or high security 

prisoners to appropriately secure facilities. 

Section 114 restricts Federal prisoner access to certain amenities. 

Section 115 restricts funding for the construction or leasing of a 

building for an interim Federal Bureau of Investigation Central 

Records Complex until the approval of a permanent site-selection 

report. 
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TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND RELATED 

AGENCIES 

The Committee recommends a total of $6,919,139,000 for the Office of the United States Trade Representative, the International 

Trade Commission, the National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council, and the Department of Commerce. 

The recommendation is $976,360,000 above the fiscal year 2004 

funding level and $861,150,000 above the budget request. 

TRADE AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT 

RELATED AGENCIES 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $41,552,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 39,552,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 41,552,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $41,552,000 for 

the Office of the United States Trade Representative [USTR]. The 

recommendation is identical to the fiscal year 2004 funding level 

and $2,000,000 above the budget request. In addition, the Committee transfers $5,000,000 from a separate heading in this bill for 

activities relating to intellectual property protection and enforcement, bringing the total amount available to USTR to $46,552,000. 

The USTR is responsible for developing and coordinating United 

States international trade, commodity, and direct investment policy, and leading negotiations with other countries on such matters. 

Its areas of responsibility include all matters relating to the World 

Trade Organization, including implementation of the Uruguay 

Round of multilateral trade agreements; trade, commodity, and direct investment matters dealt with by certain international institutions; industrial, agricultural and services trade policy; and traderelated intellectual property protection and environmental issues. 

The foreign policy agenda of the United States is increasingly influenced by economic and trade issues. This is due largely to the 

growth of the global market economy and the pursuit of open markets and free trade. Regardless of the cause, trade negotiations and 

market access for American goods and services now represent an 

integral component of United States’ relations with other countries. 

The Office of the USTR has become, and will remain for the foreseeable future, an integral component and essential interagency coordinator in the development of trade policy and American diplomacy abroad. The Committee recommended funding level acknowledges this important role. 
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Chief Negotiator for Intellectual Property Enforcement.—The bill 

includes language establishing a new position of Chief Negotiator 

for Intellectual Property Enforcement. This position shall be responsible for Intellectual Property issues in all trade agreements. 

In addition, this position will be the USTR representative on the 

National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination 

Council [NIPLECC]. Within the funds made available for the 

USTR, $5,000,000 is for the creation, operations, and activities of 

the Office of the Chief Negotiator for Intellectual Property Enforcement. 

World Trade Organization.—The Committee is aware of the 

World Trade Organization [WTO] Appellate Body’s January 16, 

2003, ruling regarding the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset 

Act. The Committee directs USTR, in consultation with the Department of Commerce, to continue to negotiate within the WTO to 

seek express recognition of the existing right of WTO Members to 

distribute monies collected from antidumping and countervailing 

duties. The agency shall consult with and provide regular reports, 

every 60 days, to the Committees on Appropriations. 

NATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ENFORCMENT

COORDINATION COUNCIL

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. ........................... 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... ........................... 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. $20,000,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $20,000,000. 

The recommendation is $20,000,000 above the fiscal year 2004 

funding level and $20,000,000 above the budget request. 

The mission of the National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council [NIPLECC] is to coordinate domestic 

and international intellectual property law enforcement among 

Federal and foreign entities. NIPLECC is comprised of representatives of all Federal agencies with responsibility for protecting intellectual property and enforcing intellectual property law. NIPLECC 

submits an annual report on its activities, has developed a database of intellectual property training programs available to developing nations, and runs a public awareness campaign on piracy 

and counterfeiting. It also develops legislative suggestions to improve intellectual property laws relating to enforcement. 

The recommendation includes language providing that the 

NIPLECC shall establish policies, objectives, and priorities concerning international intellectual property enforcement and shall 

promulgate a strategy for protecting American intellectual property 

overseas and shall update such strategy annually. It shall coordinate and oversee implementation of these policies, objectives, and 

priorities by agencies with responsibility for protecting intellectual 

property and enforcing intellectual property law. Within the 

amounts provided under this heading, $5,000,000 is for the salaries 

and expenses and other support costs of the NIPLECC. 

The recommendation also includes language providing for the 

creation of a Coordinator for International Intellectual Property 

Enforcement (‘‘the Coordinator’’) to head NIPLECC. The Coordinator shall be appointed by the President. 
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Within the amounts provided under this heading, $9,000,000 is 

for NIPLECC to conduct programs that enhance the enforcement 

of international intellectual property law and of requirements 

under international agreements relating to intellectual property. 

Within 90 days of enactment of this Act, the Coordinator shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a spending plan for this 

amount. If within 90 days of enactment the President has not appointed a Coordinator, then the co-chairs of the NIPLECC shall 

submit such a spending plan. 

The recommendation includes language providing for a transfer of $5,000,000 to the Office of the United States Trade Representative to establish a position of Chief Negotiator for Intellectual Property Enforcement and $1,000,000 to the Department of State to establish the Office of International Intellectual Property Protection 

and Enforcement. 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $57,682,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 61,700,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 61,700,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $61,700,000. The recommendation is $4,018,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and identical to the budget request. 

The International Trade Commission [ITC] is an independent, 

quasi-judicial agency responsible for conducting trade-related investigations, providing Congress and the President with independent technical advice relating to United States international 

trade policy, and performing other statutory responsibilities such 

as quasi-judicial determinations on trade matters filed with the 

Commission. 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION

OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $378,102,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 393,513,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 393,513,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $393,513,000. 

The recommendation is $15,411,000 above the fiscal year 2004 

funding level and identical to the budget request. 

The Committee recommendations, by function, are displayed in 

the following table: 

ITA FUNDING 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Amount 

Trade development ............................................................................................................................................. 49,509 

Market access and compliance ......................................................................................................................... 41,087 

Import Administration ........................................................................................................................................ 71,044 

U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service ............................................................................................................... 213,865 
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ITA FUNDING—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Amount 

Administration/Executive Direction .................................................................................................................... 26,008 

Offsetting Fee Collections .................................................................................................................................. (8,000 ) 

Total ITA ................................................................................................................................................ 393,513 

Trade Development.—The Committee recommends an appropria- tion of $49,509,000 for Trade Development. The recommendation 

includes $10,000,000 for the National Textile Center, $3,000,000 

for the Textile/Clothing Technology Corporation, and $500,000 for 

the Kansas City Smart Port. 

Market Access and Compliance.—The Committee recommends an 

appropriation of $41,087,000 for Market Access and Compliance. The Committee recommends $2,000,000 within available funds 

for ITA to continue to place and maintain support for compliance 

officers in China, Japan, and the European Union, and other key 

markets so that they can detect and swiftly address compliance 

problems United States companies face in these markets. 

Full funding is recommended for the BISNIS program. 

Import Administration.—The Committee recommends an appro- priation of $71,044,000. The recommendation includes $2,000,000 

for the Import Administration to continue to place and maintain 

overseas enforcement officers, and to monitor compliance with the 

World Trade Organization and other international commitments on 

antidumping and subsidies. The Committee recommendation includes $4,500,000 for the Import Administration to monitor import data and customs flows for 

surges in key markets and sectors, such as steel and lumber, and 

take immediate action when such surges are detected. Such action 

should include using resources to expedite unfair trade cases so 

United States-based companies can receive relief at the earliest 

possible date. In addition, the Import Administration must vigorously monitor foreign subsidies so that action can be taken if the 

subsidies violate trade agreements. 

United States and Foreign Commercial Service [US&FCS].—The 

Committee recommends an appropriation of $213,865,000. 

The Committee supports the Commercial Service’s work on the 

Appalachian-Turkish Trade Project, a project to promote opportunities to expand trade, encourage business interests, stimulate foreign studies, and build a lasting and mutually meaningful relationship between the Appalachian States and the Republic of Turkey, 

as well as the neighboring regions, such as Greece. The Committee 

expects US&FCS to support the project. 

The Committee recommendation includes new bill language 

transferring $4,539,000 to the Department of State for the Capital 

Security Cost Sharing Initiative to provide for safe and secure 

United States diplomatic facilities overseas. This is identical to the 

budget request. 

Clean Energy Technology Exports.—The Committee expects the 

Department of Commerce to continue to fully participate in and 

contribute to the Clean Energy Technology Exports [CETE] Initiative, a nine-agency approach to help open international energy 
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markets and aid with the export of a range of United States clean 

energy technologies. 

Administration and Executive Direction.—The Committee recommends an appropriation of $26,008,000. 

Any changes to the funding levels provided for in this bill and 

report, including carryover balances, are subject to the standard reprogramming procedures set forth in section 605 of this Act. 

World Trade Organization.—The Committee is aware of the 

World Trade Organization [WTO] Appellate Body’s January 16, 

2003, ruling regarding the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset 

Act. The Committee directs the Department of Commerce, in consultation with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, to continue to negotiate within the WTO to seek express recognition of 

the existing right of WTO Members to distribute monies collected 

from antidumping and countervailing duties. The agency shall consult with and provide regular reports, every 60 days, to the Committees on Appropriations. 

BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY

OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $67,486,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 76,516,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 70,872,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $70,872,000. 

The recommendation is $3,386,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and $5,644,000 below the budget request. 

The Bureau of Industry and Security [BIS] is the principal agency involved in the development, implementation, and enforcement 

of export controls for dual-use technologies. The Export Enforcement Division detects, prevents, investigates, and assists in the 

sanctioning of illegal dual-use exports. 

Within the amount provided under this heading, $32,877,000 is 

for export administration, $33,995,000 is for export enforcement, 

and $4,000,000 is for management and policy coordination. 

The Committees on Appropriations recently approved a Department of Commerce reprogramming request from BIS allowing them 

to broaden the scope of activities for inspections and other activities related to national security. This reprogramming was approved 

with the assurance that these new activities were not previously 

funded by other agencies. The Committee directs that the Director 

of BIS ensure that no funds provided in the accompanying Act will 

be used for activities funded by other agencies in previous budgets 

and report this to the Committees on Appropriations no later than 

45 days after enactment of the accompanying Act. 

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $315,327,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 320,327,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 315,483,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $315,483,000. 

The recommendation is $156,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and $4,844,000 below the budget request. 
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The Economic Development Administration [EDA] provides 

grants to local governments and nonprofit agencies for public 

works, planning, and other projects designed to facilitate economic 

development. Funding amounts for the two appropriations accounts 

under this heading are displayed below. 

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $285,083,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 289,762,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 285,083,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $285,083,000. 

The recommendation is identical to the fiscal year 2004 funding 

level and $4,679,000 below the budget request. 

The Committee recommendation provides funding of $199,100,000 for public works grants (Title I), $22,667,000 for planning assistance, $8,300,000 for trade adjustment assistance, 

$45,731,000 for economic adjustment grants (Title IX), $8,790,000 

for technical assistance, and $495,000 for research. 

The Committee is aware of several proposals for economic development or adjustment assistance and strongly urges EDA to consider applications for the following proposals within applicable procedures and guidelines and provide a grant, if warranted: Colorado 

Hispanic Business Information Clearing House and Entrepreneurial Development; Textile Clothing Technology [TC2] Size USA; 

OK Development Center for Rural Manufacturers; Utah State University Innovation Campus Infrastructure Expansion; MO Women’s 

Employment Network Dimensions Program; University of Kentucky Product Development; Montana State University Big Sky Initiative; Montana Tech Economic Development Center; MT Kootenai 

River Broadband Cooperative; University of Montana Tech Enterprise Center; Boulder Conference Center Feasibility Study; 

Wrangell, AK, Marine Manufacturing Center; WA Sastop Development Park; WA Squalicum Waterway; Atlanta, GA, Civic Center; 

Arcadia, ME, Ice Arena Construction Project; Northern Maine 

Tourism and Recreation Resource Center; Idaho Business Clusters 

and Rural Economic Development Project analysis; Idaho Comprehensive Economic Planning, Nez Perce Tribe; Idaho Food Processing Assistance for Rural Economic Development; Eastern Idaho 

Fairgrounds Multi-Purpose Events Center; North American Free 

Trade Youth Summit; Dayton, Ohio Development Coalition Revolving Mezzanine Fund; Columbus, Ohio College of Art & Design—Design, Technology, Art and Research Labs; Ohio MEMS Association 

Microsystems Application Technology Center; Ohio Instruments, 

Control, and Electronics, Cleveland State University; OH Radio 

Frequency Identification Technology—Development Research Corporation; Jackson County, NC, Economic Development; NC Piedmont Triad Research Park; UT Indigenous Community Enterprise 

Youth Development Account Program; University of Texas Arlington Texas Manufacturing Center; University of Nebraska—Kearney 

McCook Work Ethic Camp Assessment; Oklahoma International 

Trade Association Center; Ole Miss Innovation and Outreach Center; World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia; Huntingdon College, AL, Adult Degree Completion Initiative; Troy State, AL University Center for International Trade and Business; Tilamook 
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County, OR, Digester Rail Transportation; Mill Creek, OR, Industrial and Employment Center; Benton County, OR, North Riverfront River Access; Jackson County, OR, SOU Center for Excellence 

for Regional Development; Lawrence County, PA, Millennium Park; 

City College of San Francisco Welcome Back Project; Digester Rail 

Transportation, OR; Electronic Permitting [E-Permits], OR; 

Honomalino Irrigation Cooperative Project, HI; Ascension Parish 

Infrastructure Funding, LA; InterTech Science Park Infrastructure 

and Land Acquisition Initiative; Mobile Workforce Development 

Laboratory, OR; Mott Community College Workforce Development 

Institute for Simulation Technology; North Dakota State University Research and Technology Park; Newport Childcare Center, OR; 

Riveria Activity Center, OR; Sawyer International Airport Building 

Improvements; Southern Oregon University Center of Excellence 

for Regional Development; and York College Campus Technology 

Enhancement Project. 

The Committee expects EDA to continue its efforts to assist communities impacted by economic dislocations relating to industry 

downswings as well as to assist communities impacted by downturns due to environmental concerns. This includes the timber, 

steel, and coal industries; communities impacted by United StatesCanadian trade-related issues; communities in New England, the 

mid-Atlantic, Hawaii, and Alaska impacted by fisheries regulations; and communities in the Southeast impacted by downturns 

due to the North American Free Trade Agreement [NAFTA]. 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $30,244,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 30,565,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 30,400,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $30,400,000. 

The recommendation is $156,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and $165,000 below the budget request. 

MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $28,556,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 34,461,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 31,555,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $31,555,000. 

The recommendation is $2,999,000 above the fiscal year 2004 appropriation and $2,906,000 below the budget request. 

Within amounts made available under this heading, $1,000,000 

is for the Minority Business Development Agency to establish a national database of minority-owned businesses and to gather data on 

Federal procurement opportunities for minority-owned businesses. 

Also, within amounts made available under this heading, $500,000 

is for the Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. 
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ECONOMIC AND INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE 

ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $74,211,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 88,400,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 81,764,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $81,764,000. 

The recommendation is $7,553,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and $6,636,000 below the budget request. 

Economic and Statistical Analysis [ESA] encompasses the collection, tabulation, and publication of a wide variety of economic, demographic, and social statistics and provides support to the Secretary of Commerce and other Government officials in interpreting 

the state of the economy and developing economic policy. The Bureau of Economic Analysis [BEA] and the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs are funded within this account. 

The Committee recommends $75,362,000 for BEA and $6,402,000 

for program support, as requested. The recommendation will allow 

the BEA to improve the accuracy of its reports by replacing extrapolated data with real-time monthly data from retail outlets. This 

will provide data users more current economic measures to make 

better informed business, monetary, and fiscal decisions. In addition, the recommendation will allow the BEA to conduct quarterly 

surveys to gather more frequent and comprehensive data for the 

Nation’s largest and most volatile industries. The Committee acknowledges that the BEA needs to accomplish these new initiatives 

in order to remain adaptive to the dynamic United States economy. 

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $624,225,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 828,596,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 605,768,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $605,768,000. 

The recommendation is $18,457,000 below the fiscal year 2004 

funding level and $222,828,000 below the budget request. The 

Committee’s recommendations for the Census Bureau accounts are 

described in more detail in the following paragraphs. 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $192,761,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 220,425,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 174,304,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $174,304,000. 

The recommendation is $18,457,000 below the fiscal year 2004 

funding level and $46,121,000 below the budget request. This account provides for the salaries and expenses associated with the 

statistical programs of the Bureau of the Census, including measurement of the Nation’s economy and the demographic characteristics of the population. These programs are intended to provide a 

broad base of economic, demographic, and social information used 
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for decision-making by governments, private organizations, and individuals. 

The Committee has provided funding for the key programs of the 

Census Bureau. The Committee is particularly concerned that reports on manufacturing and general economic and foreign trade 

statistics are maintained and issued on a timely basis. 

PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $431,464,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 608,171,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 431,464,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $431,464,000. 

The recommendation is identical to the fiscal year 2004 funding 

level and $176,707,000 below the budget request. 

This account provides for the constitutionally-mandated decennial census, quinquennial censuses, and other programs which are 

cyclical in nature. Additionally, individual surveys are conducted 

for other Federal agencies on a reimbursable basis. 

The Committee recommends $250,611,000 for the 2010 Decennial 

Census under the Demographic Statistics Program, of which not 

less than $82,310,000 shall be for the Master Address File/Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing [MAF/ 

TIGER] System. 

For other programs under this account, the Committee recommends $180,853,000. 

NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION

ADMINISTRATION

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $51,061,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 21,407,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 58,194,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $58,194,000. 

The Committee recommendation is $7,133,000 above the fiscal year 

2004 funding level and $33,555,000 above the budget request. 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $14,450,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 22,101,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 21,583,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $21,583,000. 

The recommendation is $7,133,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and $518,000 below the budget request. 

The Committee retains language from previous years allowing 

the Secretary of Commerce to collect reimbursements from other 

Federal agencies for a portion of the cost of coordination of spectrum management, analysis, and operations. The Committee directs the NTIA to leverage these funds to establish a paperless system for spectrum issue resolution, certification, satellite coordination, and frequency authorization. 
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PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING, AND

CONSTRUCTION

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $21,769,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 2,538,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 21,769,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $21,769,000. 

The recommendation is identical to the fiscal year 2004 funding 

level and $19,231,000 above the budget request. The Public Telecommunications Facilities Planning and Construction [PTFPC] program awards competitive grants that help public broadcasting stations, State and local governments, Indian tribes, and nonprofit organizations construct facilities to bring educational and cultural 

programming to the American public using broadcasting and nonbroadcasting telecommunications technologies. The primary focus 

of the PTFPC program has been assisting public broadcasters in 

making the transition from analog to digital broadcasting. 

INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $14,842,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... ........................... 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 14,842,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $14,842,000. 

The recommendation is identical to the fiscal year 2004 funding 

level and $14,842,000 above the budget request. The Committee directs the NTIA to limit eligibility for this program. 

For the last 2 fiscal years, the Administration has slated the 

Technology Opportunities Program [TOP] for elimination. The reason for the elimination, according to the Department, is that the 

program has fulfilled its mission. However, there are great numbers of Americans that could benefit from the TOP program. The 

Committee therefore recommends continued funding for this program. 

The Regional Information Sharing System [RISS] program under 

the Department of Justice provides technology support funding for 

law enforcement entities. The Committee recommendation therefore prohibits law enforcement entities eligible to receive funding 

under the RISS program from applying for TOP funds. The Committee expects NTIA to give preference to applications from consortia for which no other funding source exists. 

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $1,222,460,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 1,523,407,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,544,754,000 

The Committee recommends total budgetary resources of 

$1,544,754,000. The recommendation is $322,294,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and $21,347,000 above the budget request. 

The recommendation includes language that raises the amount of 

fees the United States Patent and Trademark Office [USPTO] may 

collect by $208,754,000. These additional funds are necessary for 
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USPTO to fully implement the Twenty-First Century Strategic 

Plan and to put an end to the pendency problems that have 

plagued the agency for so long, as discussed later in this section. 

The USPTO is charged with administering the patent and trademark laws of the United States. USPTO examines patent applications, grants patent protection for qualified inventions, and disseminates technological information disclosed in patents. USPTO 

also examines trademark applications and provides Federal registration to owners of qualified trademarks. The USPTO is subject 

to the policy direction of the Secretary of Commerce, but the agency has independent control of its budget, expenditures, personnel, 

procurement and other administrative and management functions. 

Patent laws administered by the USPTO encourage invention, innovation, and investment. The USPTO plays a critical role in promoting the continued development of intellectual property in this 

country. For established companies, new patents improve competitiveness, increase productivity, help bring new products and services to market, and create jobs. 

In fiscal year 2002, the Committee directed the USPTO to develop a 5-year strategic plan. The USPTO answered this directive 

with the Twenty-First Century Strategic Plan, which was submitted to Congress in June, 2002. With the submission of the 

Twenty-First Century Strategic Plan, the USPTO requested to increase fees by more than $200,000,000 and to increase its operating 

budget by 28 percent. The request for such budget increases rests 

on the assumption that substantial additional funding is necessary 

to enhance the quality of patent and trademark examining and reduce pendency. The Committee has questioned—and continues to 

question—the assumption that the USPTO’s past failure to attain 

these objectives was the result of inadequate funding and that future ability to attain these objectives is dependent upon the hiring 

of hundreds, if not thousands, of additional personnel. Time will 

tell. 

Intellectual Property.—In addition to the examination and 

issuance of patents and trademarks, USPTO works to protect and 

promote the protection of American intellectual property domestically and overseas. Under the American Inventors Protection Act of 

1999 [AIPA], the USPTO is directed to advise the President and all 

Federal agencies on National and international intellectual property policy issues. The agency is authorized by AIPA to provide 

guidance, conduct programs and studies, and otherwise interact 

with foreign intellectual property offices and international intergovernmental organizations on matters involving the protection of intellectual property. The Committee conducted hearings on the 

United States’ Federal efforts to combat privacy and counterfeiting 

of American intellectual property in April 2004. As discussed in the 

opening section of this statement, the Committee has found our 

Federal efforts to be inadequate. The recommendation therefore includes $20,000,000 for USPTO to increase its efforts to ensure that 

governments in developing and least developed countries are establishing regulatory and enforcement mechanisms in order to meet 

their international obligations relating to the protection of intellectual property, and to assist them in these efforts. This funding 
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shall also be for USPTO to augment its compliance monitoring activities and capabilities overseas. 

Within the amount made available for USPTO, $990,000 is for a 

grant to the Whittemore School of Business for an intellectual 

property rights pilot project. 

Any deviations from the funding distribution provided for in this 

Act and in its accompanying statement, including carryover, are 

subject to the standard reprogramming procedures set forth in section 605 of this Act. In addition, 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the USPTO shall submit to the Committee a 

spending plan for fiscal year 2005. This spending plan should incorporate all carryover balances from previous fiscal years, describe 

any changes to the patent or trademark fee structure, and demonstrate how funding available to the USPTO in fiscal year 2005 

will allow the agency to achieve the objectives laid out in the Twenty-First Century Strategic Plan. 

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 

TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $6,343,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 8,294,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 6,407,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,407,000. The 

recommendation is $64,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level 

and $1,887,000 below the budget request. The recommendation 

does not provide funding for the Interagency Global Positioning 

System Executive Board Secretariat or the Office of Space Commercialization because the Committee recommendation includes 

funding for these offices under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration where similar activities relating to their mission are funded. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $621,494,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 521,469,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 784,963,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $784,963,000. 

The recommendation is $163,469,000 above the fiscal year 2004 

funding level and $263,494,000 above the budget request. The recommendation provides that up to $14,800,000 may be transferred 

from the Scientific and Technical Research and Services account to 

the Working Capital Fund, which the National Institute of Standards and Technology [NIST] uses to purchase equipment for its laboratories. 

In light of budgetary issues and recent reductions-in-force, NIST 

is directed to consult the Committees on Appropriations before proceeding with further implementation of competitive outsourcing. 

A description of each NIST account and the corresponding Committee recommendation follows: 
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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $340,743,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 422,868,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 383,892,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $383,892,000. 

The recommendation is $43,149,000 above the fiscal year 2004 

funding level and $38,976,000 below the budget request. The recommendation provides the maximum funding deemed prudent for 

this account to insure that NIST meets its mission. 

The Committee’s recommendations are displayed in the following 

table with specific increases described: 

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee recommendation 

Electronics and Electrical Engineering ................................................................................................................ 49,191 

Manufacturing Engineering .................................................................................................................................. 23,584 

Chemical Science and Technology ....................................................................................................................... 43,542 

Physics ................................................................................................................................................................. 41,515 

Materials Science and Engineering ..................................................................................................................... 60,424 

Building and Fire Research ................................................................................................................................. 21,594 

Computer Science and Applied Mathematics ...................................................................................................... 65,660 

Technology Assistance ......................................................................................................................................... 15,445 

National Quality Program ..................................................................................................................................... 5,400 

Research Support Activities ................................................................................................................................. 57,537 

Total, STRS ............................................................................................................................................. 383,892 

Within the funds made available for Electronics and Electrical 

Engineering, $7,000,000 is for the Office of Law Enforcement 

Standards [OLES], of which $4,000,000 is to fund the highest priority homeland security research projects. Projects managed by 

OLES are to be coordinated with the Department of Justice and 

the Department of Homeland Security. In addition, $1,000,000 is 

for the nanoelectronics initiative which supports the development 

of semiconductor technologies. 

Within the funds made available for Manufacturing Engineering, 

$2,000,000 is for the nanomanufacturing initiative enabling critical 

infrastructural measurements and standards for the developing 

nanotechnology industry. 

Within the funds made available for Physics, $3,000,000 is for 

quantum computing. The Committee strongly supports NIST’s 

Nobel Laureates’ efforts in this area. The Committee believes their 

leadership could provide a revolutionary breakthrough in computing technology just as the transistor did over 50 years ago. 

Within the funds made available for Materials Science and Engineering, $6,000,000 is provided for upgrades to the National Center 

for Neutron Research in order to meet the increasing demands for 

this national scientific resource. 

Within the funds made available for Building and Fire Research, 

$2,000,000 is for measurements and standards for advanced fire 

fighting technologies. Numerous innovative technologies are becoming available for the Nation’s fire departments. Unfortunately, 

there are few standard test methods able to assess the performance 
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of these instruments. These devices represent a significant investment for the limited budgets of most fire departments. The current 

lack of test methodology forces fire departments to evaluate the 

performance based on ‘‘word of mouth’’ and manufacturer literature. 

Within the funds made available for Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, $2,800,000 is for NIST’s efforts in support of 

the Technical Guidelines Development Committee, as established 

under the Help America Vote Act, Public Law 107–252. Additionally, the Committee acknowledges NIST’s support of the US VISIT 

program and other biometric programs at the State and Justice Departments. As such, $2,000,000 is provided to allow NIST to begin 

testing the accuracy of multimodal systems, develop guidelines for 

testing single finger and slap fingerprint segmentation methods, 

and determining the influence of multiple images on the accuracy 

of facial biometrics. The Nation’s critical infrastructure is at constant risk due to inadequate security which is subject to exploitation, including the critical systems of the Federal Government. 

As such, NIST’s Computer Security Division has been given important authorities and responsibilities by the Congress to conduct its 

mission of developing Federal standards, security guidelines, security checklists and associated methods and techniques for securing 

information systems, specifically Federal non-classified systems. 

These responsibilities are derived from the Federal Information Security Management Act and the Cyber Security Research and Development Act. Unfortunately, this important mission has not received the funding it requires. To begin to address this deficiency, 

the Committee recommendation includes $10,000,000 to develop 

the standards, guidelines, security specifications, testing methods, 

checklists, and testing and scanning tools necessary to protect the 

Nation’s cyberspace. 

Within the funding for Research Support, an increase of 

$1,533,000 is provided to the Competence program, $11,000,000 is 

provided to transfer to the NIST Working Capital Fund to purchase equipment for the Advanced Measurement Laboratory, and 

$10,000,000 is provided for Business Systems. 

Chemical Science and Technology Study.—The Committee understands that the current methods of bulk asbestos analysis were designed to segregate commercial asbestos products containing more 

than 1 percent asbestos and may be inadequate for determining 

low concentrations of asbestos that occur in the natural environment. The Committee is aware of private-sector interest in developing a mass-based method that is accurate to the 0.1-1 WT percent levels and which will segregate asbestos from non-asbestos 

particles on mine-grade samples of amphiboles and a method for 

distinguishing asbestos and non-asbestos particles in airborne filter 

samples. The Committee directs NIST to provide to the Committee 

not later than January 31, 2005, a determination on whether developing such a methodology is necessary, and if so, the process, cost, 

and timetable for developing this methodology. 
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INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $216,480,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 39,190,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 315,000,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $315,000,000. 

The recommendation is $98,520,000 above the fiscal year 2004 

funding level and $275,810,000 above the budget request. 

Manufacturing Extension Programs [MEP].—The Committee recommends an appropriation of $112,000,000 to fully fund all MEP 

centers. The recommendation is $72,393,000 above the fiscal year 

2004 funding level and $72,900,000 above the budget request. The 

Committee also recommends bill language prohibiting the Secretary of Commerce from recompeting any existing Manufacturing 

Extension Center prior to 2007. 

The Committee is aware of recent data indicating that in 2003 

alone, MEP clients who had completed projects within the prior 12 

months reported increased sales of $953,000,000; retained sales of 

$1,840,000,000; benefited from $681,000,000 in cost savings; and 

created or retained 35,028 jobs. Meanwhile, as a result of the growing loss of American manufacturing jobs in the last year, the Commerce Department has proposed, over the past several months, a 

hodge-podge of small new programs to assist manufacturers, yet 

has provided very little support to the MEP center system which 

has a proven record. The Committee believes that fully funding the 

MEP centers is the most economical and prudent means of assisting small manufacturers that want to remain in the United States 

hiring American workers, and also want to stay competitive in the 

global market place. 

Of the funds recommended, $6,000,000 is provided to ensure 

small and rural States receive necessary manufacturing assistance 

and services. The Committee has reviewed the Department of Commerce’s report ‘‘Manufacturing in America’’ recommendations and 

is concerned that it is reorganizing the MEP program around a regional approach. The Committee recognizes that the original concept of 12 regional centers for MEP is not the best model to address the needs of small and medium-sized manufacturers. The 

Committee supported MEP’s expansion in order to equalize services to all types of manufactures across the country. The Committee directs the Undersecretary of Technology Administration 

and NIST to provide the necessary coverage for small and mediumsized manufacturers. In addition, the Committee is concerned 

about the ability of small and rural States to provide adequate 

‘‘matching’’ funds. The Committee directs MEP to develop a program which will provide additional assistance to small and rural 

States and report back to the Committees on Appropriations by December 31, 2004, with an implementation plan. 

Advanced Technology Program [ATP].—The Committee recommends an appropriation of $203,000,000. This recommendation 

is $23,825,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and 

$203,000,000 above the budget request. The amount, when combined with $8,500,000 in prior year deobligations and carryover, 

will fully fund ATP awards. Within the amounts made available 

$60,700,000 is to be used to fund new awards. 
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CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $64,271,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 59,411,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 86,071,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $86,071,000. 

The recommendation is $21,800,000 above the fiscal year 2004 

funding level and $26,660,000 above the budget request. The recommendation funds the highest priority safety, capacity, maintenance, and repair projects at NIST. Of the amounts provided, 

$12,000,000 is for the next phase of the Central Utility Plant, 

$3,800,000 is for the first phase of renovation of Building 1, and 

$3,600,000 is to fully fund the renovation of Building 4 at the Boulder, CO, Laboratory, thus enabling the machine shop to be relocated from valuable scientific space. The Committee does not recommend funding for the NIST North relocation. The Committee 

has yet to receive the updated facilities report required by last 

year’s appropriation, which would have provided detailed justification for the need of this relocation. The Committee has, however, 

received adequate and detailed information on the current state of 

disrepair of the Boulder Laboratory and renovation plans for that 

facility. The Committee understands the renovations in Boulder to 

be NIST’s highest priority projects and recommends that NIST address these facilities. Additionally, within the amounts provided, 

$19,171,000 is for safety, capacity, maintenance, and major repairs. 

This funding is to be used to address the high priority ‘‘backlog’’ 

maintenance projects, such as asbestos abatement, site alarm system installation, environmental compliance, and necessary repairs 

needed in the Congressional Affairs Office. 

Language is provided which will allow NIST to utilize the depreciation and use surcharge it collects from outside sources toward 

the repair and maintenance of its facilities. This surcharge is collected pursuant to OMB Circular A–25 and is currently returned 

to the Treasury’s General Fund. OMB allows agencies to propose 

other uses of the funding collected, as such, NIST has proposed and 

had this language approved as part of its legislative proposal. Since 

this proposal is directly related to the appropriations of this account the Committee has included the proposed language in the 

bill. 

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $3,701,011,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 3,373,498,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 4,141,793,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,141,793,000 

for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA]. 

Of this amount, transfers total $60,000,000. The recommendation 

is $440,782,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and 

$768,295,000 above the budget request. The Committee recommendation disapproves the budget request which proposes to 

terminate or significantly reduce almost $700,000,000 from pro-
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grams ranging from climate change to marine mammal management to infrastructure support. 

OCEAN COMMISSION INITIATIVE

NOAA is the Nation’s lead civilian agency in science, service and 

stewardship for the Earth’s oceans and atmosphere. The agency’s 

importance was recently highlighted by the United States Commission on Ocean Policy, the most comprehensive review of ocean policy and programs in over 35 years. The Committee’s recommendations clearly highlight NOAA’s diverse and important programs, 

and call for the agency and its programs to be strengthened and 

significantly expanded. 

The Committee’s recommended funding levels enhance and improve a number of programs endorsed by the Commission. In total, 

the Committee has recommended $454,297,000, an increase above 

fiscal year 2004 funding level of $205,874,000 and $239,075,000 

above the budget request to support a number of the NOAA programs highlighted by the Commission’s report. The Committee recommendations are provided in the following table: 

COMMITTEE NOAA OCEAN COMMISSION INITIATIVE 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee recommendation 

Integrated Coastal & Ocean Observation System ............................................................................................... 74,650 

Ocean Health Initiative ........................................................................................................................................ 20,000 

National Sea Grant Program ................................................................................................................................ 73,906 

NOAA Education Initiative .................................................................................................................................... 21,907 

Ocean Exploration/Undersea Research ................................................................................................................ 49,983 

Marine Debris ....................................................................................................................................................... 7,500 

International Fisheries Treaties/Negotiations and Compliance ........................................................................... 5,000 

Marine Mammal Initiative .................................................................................................................................... 12,000 

Satellite Oceanography/Transition NASA Research Into Operations .................................................................... 10,000 

Vessel Days at Sea/Ship Maintenance ................................................................................................................ 115,351 

Shipbuilding/Equipment and Technology ............................................................................................................. 64,000 

Total Ocean Commission Initiative ........................................................................................................ 454,297 

Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observations.—The United States 

Commission on Ocean Policy’s report documents the enormous national benefits from deploying an operational ocean measurement 

and forecasting capability. The United States maintains a robust 

and effective meteorological observing and modeling capability for 

the atmosphere, but it largely lacks the same capability for the marine environment. Ocean and coastal observations and forecasting 

has not been a priority for the United States in the past, for example a current network of data buoys maintained by NOAA anchored 

offshore America’s coasts primarily measure the atmosphere and 

are commonly referred to as marine ‘‘weather’’ buoys. 

A true integrated system must coordinate and consolidate data 

from stationary and drifting buoys, ships, satellites, tide gauges, 

and other platforms, develop computer models, and provide quality 

controlled data products on a real-time basis. The Commission’s report notes the many physical, chemical, and biological variables 

that an integrated system needs to measure on an operational 

basis. In short, the United States needs to significantly improve its 
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ability to measure and forecast the oceans and especially the coastal oceans and environment. NOAA needs to provide an oceans service for the Nation in the same way it has for years provided a 

weather service. 

The Committee commends the efforts that NOAA has made to integrate various observational systems, and bring together various 

Federal agencies and diverse regional systems that often were deployed for research rather than operations. In recognition that it is 

the only civilian Federal agency with the technical expertise, background, and mission, the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy tasked 

NOAA as the lead agency for development and deployment of a 

true National Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observing System. The Committee recommendation provides $74,650,000 for development, management, deployment, and operation of a true national 

Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observing System, an increase of 

$47,649,000 above fiscal year 2004 appropriated levels. The Committee notes that NOAA Oceans and Coasts/National Ocean Service has the lead for creating this capability, but this challenge will 

involve the combined capabilities of all NOAA components. The 

Committee recommendation includes procurement and operating 

funds, and support for regional partners. The Committee recommendation includes $13,000,000 for conversion of NOAA marine 

‘‘weather buoys’’ to carry and operate oceanographic sensors, and 

directs that this be a joint effort between the NOAA Oceans and 

Coasts and the National Data Buoy Center. Of the $32,000,000 provided under the ‘‘ICOOS’’ line items in NOAA Oceans and Coasts, 

not less than $2,000,000 is for coastal and ocean supercomputer 

models developed jointly with the National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Environmental Modeling Center. 

The NOAA ICOOS amounts in the accompanying NOAA table 

are for development of Federal capacity and are for deployment of 

an operational system. This $32,000,000 is exclusive of support the 

Committee has provided for specific regional and university based 

systems, which also are depicted in the accompanying detail table. 

Oceans and Human Health.—The Ocean Commission report acknowledges that the need to better understand the relationship between oceans and human health is growing in scientific and societal importance. Oceans and human health research spans topics 

ranging from development of marine pharmaceuticals, understanding causes and effects of harmful algal blooms [HABs] and 

seafood contamination, to the relationship of climate change on 

coastal and human health. While the Committee has provided 

funding during the past 2 years for an ocean and human health 

initiative, recent Senate-passed legislation (S. 1218, the Oceans 

and Human Health Act) and the draft report of the United States 

Commission on Ocean Policy have both validated the Committee’s 

efforts and recognized the need for additional Federal investment 

and focus in this area. Specifically, the Commission recommended 

that Congress establish and fund a national, multi-agency Oceans 

and Human Health Initiative that would include support at NOAA 

and other research agencies for expanded multidisciplinary research on oceans and human health, such as development of new 

compounds, expanded research in marine microbiology and virology, and methods for monitoring and identifying pathogens and 
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chemical toxins in ocean water and seafood. The Commission recommended a doubling of Federal ocean and human health program 

funding to $28,000,000. The Committee has adopted this recommendation with respect to NOAA, doubling the investment in 

the NOAA Oceans and Human Health Initiative from $10,000,000 

in fiscal year 2004 to $20,000,000 in fiscal year 2005. 

Ocean Exploration.—The United States Commission on Ocean 

Policy calls for a significant expansion of NOAA’s Ocean Exploration [OE] Program. The Commission’s position on Ocean Exploration is quite similar to that put forward by the President’s Panel 

on Ocean Exploration issued in the fall of 2000. 

On virtually every OE mission, scientists are discovering new geographic features, resources and lifeforms. While the United States 

space program ponders whether water exists on other planets, it is 

clear that this planet is over 70 percent ocean, and much of it remains to be explored. The Ocean Commission and others estimate 

that 95 percent of the world’s ocean floor remains unexplored. As 

the Commission’s report noted: 

‘‘Given the importance of the ocean in human history and in regulating climate change, guaranteeing food security, providing energy resources, and enabling worldwide commerce, it is astounding 

that we still know so little about it. This is due primarily to the 

lack of a long-term, large-scale commitment to ocean exploration. 

The ocean and its depths need to be systematically explored to 

serve the interests of the Nation and humankind.’’ 

NOAA has operated an undersea research program focused on 

several university centers since the early 1980’s. Beginning in 

2000, NOAA undertook a new Ocean Exploration initiative that 

was intended to make competitive grant awards and to join with 

new external partners in the exploration of the seas. The OE initiative specifically focused on discovery-based submersible missions, 

and from the beginning it made educational outreach a central 

focus of the program. The Committee recommendation supports the 

Commission’s report and provides $49,983,000 for NOAA Ocean 

Exploration, an increase of $18,800,000 above current fiscal year 

2004 levels, and $27,845,000 above the fiscal year 2005 budget request. Of the total recommendation, $30,983,000 is provided for the 

NOAA Ocean Exploration initiative and $19,000,000 is provided for 

the National Undersea Research Program (including the National 

Institute for Undersea Science and Technology). In addition to the 

preceding amounts, $2,000,000 is recommended for days at sea as 

well as initial staffing of the new dedicated NOAA Ocean Exploration Vessel. 

Marine Debris.—The Committee has long been aware of the need 

to address the pervasive problem of marine debris, which includes 

a wide variety of objects generated by human activities—from plastics and cigarette butts to vessel cargo and derelict fishing gear. 

The dire threats posed by marine debris to marine life, the marine 

environment and navigation safety are compounded by the persistent nature of these objects. While the long-term solution is prevention, the near term approach must focus on identification, removal, and reduction of these materials, and develop effective prevention strategies. In recent years, the Committee has provided 

funds targeted to a unique and remote ecosystem where debris 
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from distant shores and vessels have had deadly effects on endangered marine mammal and bird species, as well as corals: the 

Northwestern Hawaiian Islands [NWHI]. The NOAA-led program 

for the NWHI cleanup was comprised of Federal, State, local, and 

nongovernmental entities and has been hailed as a national model 

for marine debris removal and recycling (fishing nets provided cogenerated energy to local households). With concern over the 

oceans increasing, the problem of marine debris is now at the forefront of national concern, occupying an entire chapter of the Preliminary report of the United States Commission on Ocean Policy, 

and the sole focus of legislation recently introduced in the Senate. 

The Committee recommendation includes $7,500,000 for NOAA to 

undertake a national effort focused on identifying, removing, reducing and preventing the occurrence of marine debris, as recommended by the United States Commission on Ocean Policy, with 

priority given to identifying and reducing impacts on endangered, 

threatened or protected species and sensitive habitats in United 

States waters. The Committee directs the NOAA Administrator to 

work with Federal, State, and local partners, including nongovernmental entities in developing such a program, and seek to increase 

the ranged and effectiveness of the program through public/private 

matching. 

NOAA Education Initiative.—The United States Commission on 

Ocean Policy report and the recent National Science and Technology Council report ‘‘Science for the 21st Century’’ highlight and 

endorse the important role that Federal mission agencies have in 

education, especially in promoting science, math, and environmental education for K–12 students. The Commission noted: ‘‘Although not all ocean-related Federal agencies have a specific education mission, most have made efforts to reach out to students, 

teachers, and the public to inform them about ocean issues, sometimes by adding ocean-related components to larger science and environmental education efforts.’’ 

NOAA along with National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA] and the National Science Foundation [NSF] plays a 

critically important role in promoting education and environmental 

literacy. NOAA operates the respected Sea Grant University program, and has developed outstanding outreach and education programs in the Ocean Exploration, Marine Sanctuaries, National Estuarine Research Reserve, and Minority Serving Institution programs. Probably most impressive has been grass roots efforts by 

NOAA employees/offices around the Nation. For example, the 

NOAA National Weather Service forecast office in Cheyenne, WY, 

developed the successful Women in Science program that gained 

statewide recognition. The NOAA Fisheries Southeast Regional Office and NOMAO Aviation Operations Center have created environmental excellence education programs in Pinellas County, FL. 

NOAA offices and employees around the Nation have made similar 

efforts, and have made a tremendous impact. NOAA also has effectively involved external partners, such as the National Aquarium 

in Baltimore and the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, in 

outreach and education programs for America’s youth, including 

economically disadvantaged students. In 2003, with congressional 
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approval, NOAA created an Office of Education in recognition that 

more can and should be done. 

The Committee recommendation includes increased funding to 

further NOAA’s educational outreach and results-oriented approach. Funding for the Sea Grant program is recommended at 

$73,906,000, an increase of $11,278,000 above fiscal year 2004 and 

$16,448,000 above the budget request. Funding for the Minority 

Serving Institution [MSI] program is recommended at $17,407,000, 

an increase of $2,407,000 above fiscal year 2004 and the budget request. The Committee commends the MSI program and directs that 

it have not less than six FTE allocated and filled. The Committee 

recommends that NOAA create an additional center of excellence 

and seek to improve geographic and ethnic diversity in its MSI program (no centers are currently located west of the Mississippi 

River). 

The Committee recommends an increase of $10,000,000 for the 

NOAA Office of Education to provide innovative K–12 environmental education outreach programs that involve local NOAA offices and partnerships. The Committee expects that NOAA will inform the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations not 

later than February 1, 2005, on how it allocated these program 

funds and the specific initiatives undertaken. As part of its overall 

NOAA education initiative, the Committee also has included 

$1,000,000 to support the Ocean Science Bowl, $2,500,000 for the 

JASON program, $3,500,000 for BWET programs, and $500,000 for 

the Save Narragansett Bay education program. Finally, the Committee has included bill language clarifying NOAA’s important role 

in elementary and secondary education. 

Satellite Oceanography/Transitioning Research to Operations.— The United States Commission on Ocean Policy, National Academy 

of Sciences, and others have pointed to the United States’ poor 

record on transitioning remote sensing research and development 

into operational Earth-observing satellites. NASA is charged with 

Research and Development while NOAA is charged with flying 

operational satellites to acquire data on the Earth, the Earth’s atmosphere, and oceans. Little of the sensor technology developed by 

NASA has been picked up by NOAA, and NOAA’s budget requests 

to Congress have been conspicuously absent requests to even acquire and process data from NASA satellites, such as ocean winds 

from scatterometers, exact sea level and wave height from altimeters, as well as other oceanic measurements such as coastal ocean 

color. As noted by the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy, it is 

NOAA’s mission to fly operational satellites, including ocean remote sensing technology, and to provide data continuity. 

As a solution, the United States Commission on Ocean Policy 

recommended transferring NASA’s Earth environmental observing 

satellites and budget to NOAA. The Committee has not taken action on this recommendation which will be referred to and reviewed 

by the Executive Branch. However, the Committee believes that 

the underlying inability of the NOAA budget request to address 

technology transition is indeed an issue that must be addressed. 

OMB needs to fairly and consistently review earth remote sensing 

programs across all Federal agencies. The Committee recommendation includes $10,000,000 to provide NOAA the capability to transi-
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tion NASA remote sensed ocean measurements into operational 

products for the user community and support for NOAA/NASA 

ocean remote sensing partnerships. 

Marine Mammal Initiative.—The Committee notes that there 

have been over 25 significant and unexpected die-offs of marine 

mammal populations in the last 15 months, including over 700 

dead bottlenose dolphins washing up on the mid-Atlantic coastline, 

over 600 dead gray whales along their migratory route between 

Mexico and Alaska, and dozens of California sea lions suffering 

from seizures and ultimately dying on a public beach. In over 40 

percent of the cases, the NOAA Fisheries’ Office of Protected Resources could not make a determination of the cause of the mortality. In many instances, a determination could not be made simply because of the lack of funding necessary to reach the scene in 

time to do the necessary investigations and research. The need for 

better response by the agency, and the necessary funding for that 

response has not gone unnoticed. A number of reports from expert 

bodies, beginning with the ‘‘1999 Kammer Report’’, and as recently 

as the draft report of the United States Commission on Ocean Policy, have pointed to the urgent need to address a variety of immediate threats to marine mammals. The Committee has thus provided $12,000,000 for a marine mammal initiative. Of the funding 

provided for this initiative, the Committee recommendation includes $4,000,000 as emergency funding to be used by the NOAA 

Fisheries’ Office of Protected Resources to address new or emerging 

needs associated with marine mammal injury or mortality, including unusual mortality events. Of the funding provided, the Committee recommendation also includes $7,000,000 to address the 

most critical marine mammal information and protection needs, including stock assessments, recovery plans, and bycatch reduction 

efforts. Finally, the Committee recognizes that the Office of Protected Resources is already short handed, and for the new initiative 

to take effect, additional personnel are needed. So of the funding 

provided for the Marine Mammal initiative, the Committee recommendation includes $1,000,000 for permitting functions of the 

Office of Protected Resources for hiring of additional full time 

equivalents. The Committee expects NOAA to continue to request 

funding for these additional FTEs in their fiscal year 2006 budget 

submission. 

NOAA MANAGEMENT AND FINANCIAL ISSUES

The Committee takes note of the many management and budgetary reforms that NOAA has undertaken. The agency has successfully developed and deployed a modern financial accounting system, ‘‘CAMS,’’ and has received clean financial audits for the past 

7 years. The Committee recommendation includes funding for continued CAMS software builds/functionality and system improvements. 

The Committee strongly supports the priority the NOAA Administrator has assigned to grant administration and believes that 

grant processing cycle times can be and must be reduced. A prompt 

and transparent grant review and award system is essential to an 

agency that prides itself on considering external partners part of 

the NOAA team. Bill language is included so that the only area for 
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which additional corporate costs may be assessed (above the fiscal 

year 2004 baseline) is improvements in grant processing cycle 

times—reducing the time required from application to award. 

The Committee notes that a new NOAA strategic plan was created in 2002/2003 with significant input from diverse NOAA constituent groups around the Nation. NOAA’s current leadership has 

sought to create a unified NOAA through cross-cutting strategic 

goals and matrix management techniques similar to that used in 

the private sector. To that end, the Committee endorses the use of 

NOAA names for traditional line offices, such as ‘‘NOAA Research’’ 

and ‘‘NOAA Fisheries,’’ along with more traditional organizational 

titles. The Committee’s recommendation endorses many crosscutting reforms as reflected in the allocations for such organizations as the Planning, and Programming Integration [PPI] line office and NOAA Chief Financial Officer’s organization. Bill language 

is recommended for the first time to move toward a programmatic 

allocation of NOAA’s budget through the five NOAA strategic goals: 

Ecosystem Forecasting and Management; Climate; Weather and 

Water; Commerce and Transportation; and NOAA-Wide programs. 

For the first time, the accompanying tables display program, 

project and activities by both line office and strategic goal. 

The United States Commission on Ocean Policy strongly supported NOAA’s role as the lead civilian agency for the oceans, but 

also clearly noted that NOAA’s organization needs significant reform and greater integration. NOAA’s Oceans, Fisheries, Weather, 

Research, and Satellite ‘‘line offices’’ must be transformed into an 

integrated, effective whole working on behalf of the American people. The Committee would entertain a NOAA budget submission 

for fiscal year 2006 that is more programmatic and aligned with 

NOAA’s strategic plan and strategic goals. The Agency should be 

reorganized to reflect environmental science and services as they 

are understood in 2004, not 1970. 

The Committee also recommends that the administration provide 

a realistic budget submission for NOAA that is in line with annual 

appropriated levels and baselines, rather than fictitious OMB planning ceilings that have no relation to reality and, if enacted, would 

devastate the agency’s service to the American people. The Committee recommends that the Director of OMB positively respond to 

the recommendations of the United States Commission on Ocean 

Policy, especially the Commission’s criticisms of OMB’s inconsistent 

policy and organizational approach to evaluating the Nation’s natural resource, science, and space programs. 

The Committee has continued to provide direct appropriations for 

NOAA and Commerce Department corporate costs under ‘‘NOAAwide Program Support’’ as was included for the first time in the fiscal year 2004 Omnibus Appropriations Act. The Committee has disapproved again the practice of allocating or tithing corporate costs 

across programs, projects, and activities. The appropriations in the 

various organizational accounts are accordingly adjusted to reflect 

the direct appropriation in lieu of the budget which included 

amounts in various programs across the agency. 

The recommended appropriations and accompanying tables restore the convention of including salaries and expenses (Object 

Classes 11–13) as an integral component of program costs. The 
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Committee’s recommendation has provided for the cost of living adjustment and adjustments to base as proposed in the budget request in order to support NOAA’s outstanding workforce, its greatest asset. The recommendation includes an increase of $470,000 for 

information technology systems used by the CFO and CAO organizations. The hardware and software used by these NOAA support, 

or ‘‘enabling functions’’ lags behind the rest of NOAA. Finally, the 

Committee recommendation allows for five appropriation line items 

at NOAA headquarters, instead of separate small appropriations 

for each staff office as was allocated in fiscal year 2004. The Committee appreciates that as leader of an agency of 12,500 employees 

and $4,000,000,000, the NOAA Administrator should be accorded 

greater flexibility in determining how NOAA headquarters should 

be structured and resourced. Similarly, the Committee recommends 

that NOAA, the Office of the Secretary of Commerce, and OMB review carefully the discussion in this report’s introduction titled 

‘‘Reprogrammings, Reorganizations, and Relocations.’’ The Committee notes that the long standing flexibilities provided in the reprogramming process cannot function when it requires 5 or 6 

months for a NOAA reprogramming to clear Commerce and OMB 

and finally be transmitted to Congress. 

The Committee rejects with prejudice the budget proposal to cut $15,000,000 across NOAA programs for ‘‘deobligations.’’ The Committee notes just 4 years ago NOAA leadership implored the Committee to eliminate these unwarranted and unrealized 

deobligations because they amounted to nothing more than general 

reductions across all NOAA programs and had a significant negative impact on program areas such as the weather service. The 

Committee notes that these savings, should any materialize, should 

be applied to meet unfunded pay raise requirements. 

The Committee has included bill language allowing NOAA to expand and make permanent the personnel management demonstration project pursuant to the Civil Service Reform Act. The Committee action provides NOAA with the same authorities as those 

already extended to the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Some parts of NOAA, such as NOAA Fisheries, have not 

been able to extend the current program, while other parts of 

NOAA have not been able to use this merit based system that promotes productivity and performance; the ‘‘NOAA Pay Demo’’ has 

been popular with both managers and employees. The Committee’s 

recommended language would enable the National Ocean Service, 

NOAA headquarters, NOAA Finance and Administration and the 

CIO office to be under the demonstration program in their entirety. 

It allows organizations such as NOAA Fisheries to have more of 

their organizations under a single personnel system. The Committee expects that NOAA would not propose to extend the demonstration program to any organization covered by a collective bargaining agreement, including the Weather Service. 

The Committee has included bill language allowing the same 

flexibilities accorded to NASA in the promotion of its space programs to be extended to NOAA in the promotion of its oceanic, atmospheric, and space programs. The Commerce Department’s Office of General Counsel regularly contests NOAA’s ability to partner with industry and educational groups in the same manner as 
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NASA does as a standard means of doing business. The Committee 

recommendation should allow NOAA programs to be treated in a 

similar and fair manner. 

The Committee recommendation has combined NOAA’s two 

major appropriations accounts ‘‘Operations, Research and Facilities’’ and ‘‘Procurement, Acquisition and Construction’’ as was the 

case before the late 1990s. The new consolidated account ‘‘Operations, Research, Facilities and Systems Acquisition’’ more clearly 

reflects the cost of NOAA environmental programs and it should 

provide greater flexibility to the Administrator in meeting requirements. 

The Committee supports NOAA’s efforts to align financial and 

administrative activities along functional services. For example, all 

NOAA workforce/human resource personnel and activities should 

be under the direction of the Director of Workforce Management/ 

Human Resources. Such fundamental management improvements 

should proceed and should not require reprogramming approval. 

The Committee also understands that NOAA is examining its regional administrative structure and may propose future consolidations and realignment. The Committee notes that any such restructuring or significant downsizing would be subject to section 605 

procedures. 

Infrastructure and Efficient Operations.—The fiscal year 2005 

budget request regrettably represents a retrenchment in the effort 

to rebuild and invest in NOAA’s science and service infrastructure. 

Unlike past years, funds are not requested to continue the construction of facilities like the NOAA Pacific Regional Facility. 

Newly constructed or refurbished vessels like the OSCAR DYSON 

and the HI’ALALAKAI are budgeted to operate for only 80 to 100 

days at sea. This procedure leaves the taxpayers with most of the 

fixed costs, but without the benefit of the new platforms. Fishery 

and bathymetric surveys, coral reef monitoring, and marine debris 

removal requirements go unmet under the administration’s budget 

while NOAA ships and their crews would remain in port. 

The Committee recommendation significantly amends the budget 

proposal with respect to NOAA’s infrastructure and fleet assets; 

the Committee continues to take the lead in providing for efficient 

use of the fleet and for providing safety improvements and mission 

equipment for NOAA ships and aircraft. The Committee recommendation funds ships to operate at customary OPTEMPO levels and fully supports the NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations and the NOAA Corps, the United State’s Seventh Uniformed Service. Maintenance and safety equipment for both aircraft and ships has been increased above the budget request. The 

recommendation includes $4,000,000 in instrument upgrades for 

the G–IV high altitude hurricane reconnaissance aircraft have been 

provided so doppler radar and related meteorological instruments 

can be procured and installed. In addition, $18,000,000 in facility 

maintenance funds have been consolidated and increased so that 

these resources benefit all NOAA activities and facilities across the 

Nation, not only weather offices. The Committee recommendation 

restores $10,000,000 for the Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull 

Vessel [SWATH] which will conduct hydrographic operations in the 

Northeast and the Committee has programmed funding to provide 
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the vessel with capability to perform essential fish habitat [EFH] 

mapping. Similarly, $3,000,000 is included to provide the 

FAIRWEATHER in the North Pacific with additional hydrographic 

launches, technology and EFH capability, thus greatly improving 

the efficiency and capability of this restored fleet asset. The recommendation includes $34,000,000 to complete construction of the 

third NOAA Fisheries Research Vessel. The Committee recommendation includes $5,000,000 for long lead procurement of the 

fourth NOAA Fisheries Research Vessel. In fiscal year 2006, the 

Committee expects the Commerce Department/NOAA to submit a 

budget that fully funds the balance for construction of the fourth 

Vessel. 

Acquisition Program Out-Year Budget Estimates.—For over 30 

years the President’s budget for NOAA included out-year estimates 

for each NOAA major acquisition program. Since NOAA satellites 

and other procurements, shipbuilding and construction are requested and appropriated on an ‘‘incremental’’ or annual basis, it 

is essential that Congress and the taxpayers understand the total 

costs of program proposals and decisions. Three years ago, the Office of Management and Budget unilaterally decided to change this 

long-standing practice. For example, the fiscal year 2005 budget requests the Committee to make a significant commitment to the 

GOES R program, yet only fiscal year 2005 financial requirements 

are displayed for this multi-year program. 

It would be impossible for the Senate or House Defense Appropriations Subcommittees to make informed decisions on acquisition 

programs without knowing out-year costs for RDT&E, Procurement 

and Military Construction programs. (OMB still allows such information to be submitted for Defense Department acquisition programs.) This requirement is just as true with respect to the Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies Subcommittee evaluating NOAA Programs. Accordingly, the Committee has included bill language requiring that out-year budget 

estimates be submitted by the Secretary of Commerce for fiscal 

year 2006 and each year thereafter as part of the annual budget 

justification materials each major procurement, acquisition and 

construction program supported by NOAA appropriations. 

Satellite Acquisition Progress Reports.—The Committee recommendation fully funds NOAA geostationary or ‘‘GOES’’ and 

polar-orbiting or ‘‘POES’’ satellite programs. The difference between the recommendation and the budget request merely reflects 

the consolidation of NOAA corporate costs as a direct appropriation 

instead of allocating program wide costs across various programs, 

projects and activities. The recommendation also, for the first time, 

allocates satellite system costs across NOAA strategic goals. With 

the GOES R program moving into development and the NPOESS 

program now in procurement, the Committee expects Commerce/ 

NOAA to provide quarterly progress reports on these programs to 

the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. The Committee expects NOAA to provide standard program management 

tracking data and financial data. With respect to the NPOESS program, this analysis should be provided by major payload sensors so 

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Fleet Modernization.—In 1991 NOAA drafted and submitted a 

fleet modernization program to Congress. In the 13 years since that 

plan, NOAA has been able to construct (or begin construction) 

three new state of the art Fishery Research Vessels [FRV]. The 

Committee recommendation provides long lead procurement for the 

fourth ship and the Committee expects that this fourth FRV will 

be requested and fully funded in fiscal year 2006. NOAA has also 

been able to acquire a number of former Navy vessels, seven of 

which were 224 foot CLASS III T–AGOS ships. (The Fiscal Year 

2005 Senate Department of Defense Appropriations Act includes 

$18,000,000 to convert an additional T–AGOS to be a dedicated 

NOAA Ocean Exploration Vessel). Through creativity and tenacity, 

NOAA and, in particular, the Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, have been able to kluge together a modernization program, 

meet research and operational needs, and maintain safety at sea 

and in the air. 

The Committee understands that during the past 11⁄2 years 

NOAA has undertaken examination of its vessel and aircraft fleets 

to determine future missions, requirements and capabilities. The 

Committee is concerned that hydrography, coastal research, fisheries, marine mammal, essential fish habitat, oceanic and atmospheric research and other requirements may continue to go unmet 

given NOAA’s current procurement and contracting plans. Until 

now, the ocean exploration program requirements for shiptime appear to have been ignored by NOAA. NOAA’s P–3 hurricane research/reconnaissance aircraft are approaching 30 years of age and 

it is not clear how that mission will continue to be met in future 

years. 

The Committee requests that NOAA provide a ship and aircraft 

fleet modernization plan to the Committees on Appropriations, as 

well as relevant authorization committees. The report should document requirements in terms of days at sea and flying hours by 

functional mission area, and it should consider both Government 

and private sector assets (including the UNOLS academic fleet). It 

should also provide notional service life estimates for NOAA’s current fleet of ships and aircraft. The report should cover the use of 

new technologies and platforms such as AUV’s and UAV’s. This report should be submitted to the Congress immediately upon enactment of this Act. To reduce OMB interference in NOAA’s ability to 

meet this congressional requirement and to minimize bureaucratic 

delays, the report need not include exact financial or fiscal year 

cost estimates. 

OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, FACILITIES AND SYSTEMS ACQUISITION

Appropriations, 2004 1 ........................................................................... $3,622,959,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 1 ......................................................................... 3,279,351,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 4,052,646,000 

1For fiscal year 2004 and the fiscal year 2005 budget estimate, these amounts are the total 

of NOAA ORF and PAC accounts, which are merged under the Committee recommendation. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,052,646,000. The recommendation is $1,409,395,000 above the fiscal year 2004 

funding level and $1,671,805,000 above the budget request. Committee recommendation’s by strategic goal and by specific line offices are displayed in the following table: 
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NOAA OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, FACILITIES AND SYSTEMS ACQUISITION 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee recommendation 

By Line Office Organization: 

NOAA Ocean and Coasts/National Ocean Service .................................................................................... 737,559 

NOAA Fisheries/National Marine Fisheries Service ................................................................................... 733,544 

NOAA Research/Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research ................................................................ 479,385

NOAA’s National Weather Service ............................................................................................................. 807,336 

NOAA Satellites/National Environmental Satellite and Data Information Services ................................. 912,865 

NOAA Planning, Programming and Integration ........................................................................................ 4,000 

NOAA-Wide Program Support .................................................................................................................... 437,957 

Total Operations, Research, and Facilities (less transfers) ................................................................ 4,052,646 

By Strategic Goals: 

NOAA Ecosystems Forecasting and Management ..................................................................................... 1,548,498 

NOAA Ocean Exploration ........................................................................................................................... 56,983 

NOAA Climate Programs ........................................................................................................................... 408,181 

NOAA Weather and Water Programs ......................................................................................................... 1,362,704 

NOAA Commerce and Transportation Programs ....................................................................................... 287,402 

NOAA-Wide Programs ................................................................................................................................ 448,878 

Total Operations, Research, and Facilities (less transfers) ................................................................ 4,052,646 

NOAA OCEANS AND COASTS/NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $738,559,000 for 

NOAA Oceans and Coasts/National Ocean Service [NOS]. Committee recommendations are displayed in the following table: 

NOAA OCEANS AND COASTS/NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE 

[In thousands of dollars] 

NOAA 

Strategic 

Goal 

Fiscal year 2005 operations, research, facilities, and systems acquisition 

Fiscal year 2005 

Committee recommendation 

Navigation Services: 

Mapping & Charting: 

CT Mapping & Charting Base (incl $2,000 fiscal year 2002 Supp) ................................ 40,488 

CT Coastal Mapping ........................................................................................................... 535 

CT Joint Hydrographic Center (JHC) ................................................................................... 4,300 

CT JHC—Bathymetric Study ..................................................................................... 2,000 

CT JHC—Development of EFH Technologies ............................................................. 1,500 

CT Marine Modeling & Geospatial Technology .................................................................. 1,146 

CT Hydrographic Surveys .................................................................................................... 1,339 

CT Electronic Navigation Charts ........................................................................................ 4,300 

CT Nautical Charting ......................................................................................................... 6,500 

CT Navigational Services ................................................................................................... 1,885 

CT Shoreline Mapping ........................................................................................................ 2,448 

CT Chesapeake Bay ................................................................................................... 1,000 

CT Aerial .................................................................................................................... 1,000 

CT Address Survey Backlog/Contracts ............................................................................... 19,935 

CT EEZ Outer Continental Shelf Ocean Bottom Claims ........................................... 2,226 

CT Gulf of Alaska ...................................................................................................... 2,500 

CT North Pacific ........................................................................................................ 1,000 

CT North Pacific Maritime Boundary Line ................................................................ 2,000 

CT MS/LA Digital Coast ...................................................................................................... 1,000 

CT Vessel Time Charter ...................................................................................................... 2,202 

Subtotal, Mapping and Charting ............................................................................. 99,304 

Geodesy: 

CT Geodesy Base ................................................................................................................ 22,480 
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NOAA OCEANS AND COASTS/NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

NOAA 

Strategic 

Goal 

Fiscal year 2005 operations, research, facilities, and systems acquisition 

Fiscal year 2005 

Committee recommendation 

CT National Spatial Reference System .............................................................................. 2,000 

CT Height Modernization Study—NGS Implementation ..................................................... 250 

CT Height Modernization Study NC .................................................................................... 993 

CT Height Modernization TX ............................................................................................... 1,000 

CT Height Modernization Study—MS ................................................................................. 600 

CT Geodetic Survey—CA .................................................................................................... 1,000 

CT Geodetic Survey- LA ...................................................................................................... 497

CT Geodetic Survey—So. Carolina ..................................................................................... 500 

Subtotal, Geodesy ..................................................................................................... 29,320 

Tide & Current Data: 

CT Tide & Current Data Base ............................................................................................ 20,965 

CT National Water Level Observation Network .................................................................. 3,000 

CT PORTS ............................................................................................................................ 2,981 

CT Alaska Current & Tide Data ......................................................................................... 1,500 

Subtotal, Tide & Current Data ................................................................................. 28,446 

Total, Navigation Services ........................................................................................ 157,070 

Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment: 

Ocean Assessment Program (OAP): 

ECO Ocean Assessment Program Base ................................................................................ 46,159 

ECO Coastal Observation Technology System ...................................................................... 2,177 

ECO Coastal Ocean Research & Monitoring Program .......................................................... 2,473 

ECO NOAA ICOOS .................................................................................................................. 17,000 

ECO NOAA/UNH Joint Ocean Observing Technology Center .................................................. 5,000 

ECO Alaska Ocean Observing System .................................................................................. 2,500 

ECO Gulf of Maine Observing System .................................................................................. 2,000 

ECO Long Island Sound Observing System .......................................................................... 1,000 

ECO Central Gulf of Mexico Observing System (USM) ......................................................... 2,000 

ECO So Cal Coastal Ocean Observing System (Scripps) ..................................................... 2,000 

ECO Alliance for Coastal Technologies ................................................................................ 3,000 

ECO Center for Coastal Ocean Observation and Analysis ................................................... 2,500 

ECO Carolina Coastal Ocean Observing and Prediction System ......................................... 2,500 

ECO Wallops Ocean Observation Project .............................................................................. 2,000 

WW Coastal Storms ............................................................................................................. 2,653 

ECO Cook Inlet Coastal Monitoring and Habitat ................................................................. 1,000 

ECO Coastal Services Center ................................................................................................ 23,000 

ECO Pacific Coastal Services Center ................................................................................... 2,250 

ECO Seacoast Science Center .............................................................................................. 1,000 

ECO E.E. Just Environmental Inst ........................................................................................ 750 

ECO Coastal Change Analysis .............................................................................................. 500 

ECO CREST ............................................................................................................................ 500 

ECO CI-CORE ........................................................................................................................ 2,500 

ECO Aquatic Research Consortium MS ................................................................................ 2,500 

ECO Coop Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Enviro Tech ................................................ 6,800 

ECO Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative ......................................................................................... 1,500 

ECO Nat’l Coral Reef Initiative—Florida ............................................................................. 1,000 

ECO Coral Reef Programs ..................................................................................................... 25,462 

ECO National Fish and Wildlife Foundation—NFWF ............................................................ 1,490 

ECO South Florida Ecosystem ............................................................................................... 900 

Subtotal, Ocean Assessment Program (OAP) ........................................................... 166,114 

Response and Restoration: 

ECO Response and Restoration Base ................................................................................... 15,843 

ECO Estuary Restoration Program ........................................................................................ 1,200 

ECO Damage Assessment Program ...................................................................................... 2,282 

ECO Coastal Protection and Restoration Project ................................................................. 1,500 
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NOAA OCEANS AND COASTS/NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

NOAA 

Strategic 

Goal 

Fiscal year 2005 operations, research, facilities, and systems acquisition 

Fiscal year 2005 

Committee recommendation 

ECO Marine Debris ................................................................................................................ 7,500 

ECO AK Coastline Marine Debris--Marine Conservation Alliance ........................................ 1,500 

ECO Marine Debris Removal—SC ........................................................................................ 200 

ECO Hazardous Materials Response Program ...................................................................... 1,619 

CT Center for Marine Spill Response Project .................................................................... 2,000 

ECO Pribilof Islands Cleanup and Economic Development ................................................. 10,000 

Subtotal, Response and Restoration ........................................................................ 43,644 

Subtotal, Estuarine and Coastal Assessment ......................................................... 209,758 

National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS): 

ECO Center for Coastal Environmental Health & Bimolecular Rsch ................................... 15,000 

ECO Extramural Research ..................................................................................................... 4,000 

ECO High salinity estuaries (Baruch Inst) ........................................................................... 1,000 

ECO Oxford, MD .................................................................................................................... 4,500 

ECO Extramural Research ..................................................................................................... 2,000 

ECO Ctr for Coastal Fisheries Habitat Research ................................................................. 5,750 

ECO Extramural Research ..................................................................................................... 2,000 

ECO Center for Coastal Monitoring & Assessment .............................................................. 6,000 

ECO Extramural Research ..................................................................................................... 2,000 

ECO Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research ........................................................... 3,700 

ECO Coastal Ocean Research Grants (HAB/Pfisteria/GLOBEC) ............................................ 5,500 

ECO NCCOS Headquarters .................................................................................................... 5,000

ECO Marine Env Health Research Lab—MEHRL ................................................................. 4,000 

Subtotal, NCCOS ....................................................................................................... 60,450 

Total, Ocean Resources Conserv. & Assess ............................................................. 270,208 

Ocean and Coastal Management: 

Coastal Management: 

ECO CZM Grants ................................................................................................................... 70,500 

ECO CZM Program Administration ....................................................................................... 6,912 

ECO National Estuarine Research Reserve System .............................................................. 16,400 

ECO Marine Protected Areas ................................................................................................. 3,776 

Subtotal, Coastal Management ................................................................................ 97,588 

Ocean Management: 

Marine Sanctuary Program: 

ECO Marine Sanctuary Program Operations ................................................................ 51,000 

ECO Marine Sanctuary Foundation/Ocean Activity Fund ............................................. 5,000 

ECO Northwest Hawaiian Islands Research/HI Institute of Marine Biology ............... 1,500 

ECO Northwest Straits Citizens Advisory Commission ................................................ 750 

Subtotal, Ocean Management ......................................................................... 58,250 

Total, Ocean and Coastal Management ......................................................... 155,838 

CT Payment to NOMAO ......................................................................................................................... 2,793 

Land Acquisition, Systems and Construction: 

Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program: 

ECO Seacoast, NH ................................................................................................................. 2,500 

ECO Maury Island, WA .......................................................................................................... 2,000 

ECO Orange Beach (Robinson Island) AL ............................................................................ 1,000 

ECO Wolf River Corridor, MS ................................................................................................ 2,000 

ECO Flats East Riverfront Park, Ohio ................................................................................... 2,000 

ECO Mentor Marsh Lake County, Ohio ................................................................................. 1,500 

ECO East Sandusky Bay Preserve, Ohio ............................................................................... 1,500 
99 

NOAA OCEANS AND COASTS/NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

NOAA 

Strategic 

Goal 

Fiscal year 2005 operations, research, facilities, and systems acquisition 

Fiscal year 2005 

Committee recommendation 

ECO Bayou Liberty Watershed Wetlands Conservation, LA .................................................. 950 

ECO Louisiana Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries, LA .............................................................. 3,000 

ECO Armand Bayou and Genoa-Red Bluff, TX ..................................................................... 600 

ECO Port Aransas Nature Preserve Wetlands Protections Proj, TX ...................................... 3,000 

ECO Hawaii CELP .................................................................................................................. 3,000 

ECO West River, MD ............................................................................................................. 1,000 

ECO Other MD Chesapeake Bay CELP Projects .................................................................... 7,000 

ECO Dos Peublos, CA ............................................................................................................ 3,000 

ECO Tonner Canyon, CA ........................................................................................................ 500 

ECO Southwest Alaska Conservation .................................................................................... 1,000 

ECO Cypress Island, WA ....................................................................................................... 1,750 

ECO National CELP Program ................................................................................................ 15,950

Subtotal, Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program ................................ 53,250 

NERRS Acquisition/Construction: 

ECO National Estuarine Rsrch Reserve Construction & Land Acq (NERRS) ....................... 10,000 

ECO Elkhorn Slough, CA ....................................................................................................... 4,000 

Subtotal NERRS Acquisition/Construction ................................................................ 14,000 

Section 2 (FWCA) Coastal/Estuarine Land Acquisition: 

ECO Bonneau Ferry, SC ........................................................................................................ 20,000 

ECO Great Bay Partnership .................................................................................................. 8,000 

Subtotal Section 2 (FWCA) Coastal/Estuarine Land Acquisition ............................. 28,000 

Subtotal NERRS & Section 2 Acquisitions ............................................................... 42,000 

Marine Sanctuaries Construction/Acquisition: 

ECO Marine Sanctuaries Construction Base ........................................................................ 6,000 

ECO Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary ................................................................ 5,000 

ECO Thunder Bay NMS Exhibit ............................................................................................. 1,000 

Subtotal, Marine Sanctuary Construction/Acquisition ............................................. 12,000 

Other NOS Construction/Acquisition: 

ECO Bigelow Lab for Ocean Science (ME) ........................................................................... 1,500 

ECO NOAA ICOOS Observing System (Procurement) ............................................................ 15,000 

ECO Convert NOAA Weather Buouys with NDBC .................................................................. 10,000 

ECO Coastal Services Center Facility Expansion ................................................................. 4,000 

ECO Gulf Coast Lab at Cedar Point (USM) .......................................................................... 1,500 

ECO DownEast Institute For Marine Research (ME) ............................................................ 1,000 

ALL Pier Romeo Hardening (Charleston) ............................................................................. 2,400 

ECO Marine Environmental Health Research Laboratory Enhancement & Equip ................ 8,000 

ECO National Aquarium Partnership (Facilities & Equipment) ........................................... 1,000 

Subtotal, Other NOS Construction/Acquisition ......................................................... 44,400 

Total, Land Acquisition, Systems and Construction ................................................ 151,650 

Total, NOAA Oceans and Coasts .............................................................................. 737,559 

NOAA Strategic Goals: 

ECO—Ecosystem Forecasting and Management. 

OE—Ocean Exploration. 

WW—Weather and Water Programs. 

CT—Commerce and Transportation. 

C—Climate Programs. 

ALL—NOAA-wide Programs. 

The Committee recommendation includes $1,000,000 for the 

Texas A&M University Corpus Christi Height Modernization initia-
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tive. The project utilizes geographic information systems and global 

positioning to update topographic elevation models in Texas. 

The Committee notes the outstanding service of the Office of Response and Restoration which regularly provides technical expertise for oil spills and hazardous materials in the marine environment. Office of Response and Restoration employees have been consistently singled out for recognition by the United States Coast 

Guard, by States, and foreign governments around the world. 

The Committee recognizes that Pier Romeo is vacant for much of 

the year while NOAA ships are out at sea. In an effort to maximize 

the use of Pier Romeo and to provide a full service to the Federal 

Government, the Committee directs the NOS Administrator to 

enter in an Memorandum of Understanding with other Federal 

agencies in the vicinity of the Coastal Services Center who have expressed an interest in using the pier for other marine and homeland security activities. Of the funds provided for Marine Sanctuaries, $1,000,000 is for 

NOAA to conduct research and provide technical assistance to the 

Galapagos Islands Marine Reserve in Ecuador. The Galapagos Marine Reserve is one of the world’s great areas of biodiversity. However, this unique protected area is threatened by overfishing, including shark fining, and lack of enforcement. NOAA’s Marine 

Sanctuary Program, and the Galapagos Park and Marine Reserve 

could both benefit by greater collaboration and partnership. In implementing this initiative, NOAA should ensure that its efforts are 

coordinated with USAID’s environmental grant program in Ecuador. The Marine Sanctuary program should report to the Committee on its plan and accomplishments no later than June 2005. 

The Committee is aware that there currently exists within the 

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve [NERR] a unique, 

pre-existing commercial operation that raises monkeys solely for 

medical research at the United States Food and Drug Administration [FDA] and the National Institute of Health [NIH]. This limited 

purpose operation was in existence prior to the property being 

added to the ACE NERR, and is dependent upon the continued isolation and natural condition of the site. The Committee is aware 

of concerns by NOAA about the existence of such an operation 

within the NERR boundary. However, given the unique nature of 

this operation, and the important role it plays in both medical research and National security, the Committee directs the Secretary 

to work with the FDA, NIH, and the South Carolina Department 

of Natural Resources to ensure that the operation is compatible 

with the ACE NERR and the mission of the NERR system, and 

that the arrangement between FDA, NIH, and the South Carolina 

Department of Natural Resources to raise monkeys for medical research purposes is continued. 

Land Acquisition and Construction.—The funds included in the 

Committee recommendation for this account will be used expressly 

to acquire lands or interests in lands that include significant conservation, recreation, ecological, historical or aesthetic values or to 

construct interpretive, scientific, or stewardship facilities at the 

sites. In keeping with the statute, Section 2 (Fish & Wildlife Coordination Act) acquisition projects are not dependent upon receipt 

of local, State, or private matching funds. 
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Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program.—In addition 

to NOAA Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program 

[CELP] acquisitions included in the NOAA ORFSA table accompanying this report, the Committee requests that NOAA evaluate 

the following CELP projects within resources provided for the national program and provide grants for acquisition if warranted: 

Coastal Prarie Ranch, CA; San Pablo Watershed, CA; Mill River, 

CT; Fish Island, MA; Grand Traverse, MI; Town of Webster, NY; 

White Oak, NC; Manahawkin Marsh, NJ; the Savannah River 

project; Dresher parcel, RI; and Winnapaug Pond, RI. 

NOAA FISHERIES/NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $733,544,000 for 

NOAA Fisheries/National Marine Fisheries Service [NMFS]. Committee recommendations are displayed in the following table: 

NOAA FISHERIES/NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE 

[In thousands of dollars] 

NOAA 

Strategic 

Goal 

NOAA fisheries/NMFS operations, research, facilities and systems analysis 

Fiscal year 2005 

Committee recommendation 

Marine Mammals & Sea Turtles: 

ECO California Sea Lions/Protected Species Management (PSM) .............................................. 750 

ECO Cook Inlet Beluga and Bio Research .................................................................................. 200 

Dolphins: 

ECO Bottlenose Dolphins .................................................................................................... 4,000 

ECO MS Inst. For Marine Mammal Studies ............................................................... 2,500 

ECO Dolphin Encirclement .................................................................................................. 2,253

ECO Dolphins/Yellowfin Tuna Research ...................................................................................... 233 

ECO Marine Mammal Protection (MMP)/NMFS Activities ............................................................ 7,976 

Marine Mammal Strandings: 

ECO Alaska Sea Life Center ............................................................................................... 1,000 

ECO MS Center for Marine Education and Research ......................................................... 2,000 

ECO Charleston Health and Risk Assessment ................................................................... 800 

ECO Marin Headlands Marine Mammal Center ................................................................. 2,000 

ECO Shedd Marine Mammals ............................................................................................. 250 

ECO Marine Mammal Initiative ................................................................................................... 12,000 

ECO Prescott Grant Program .............................................................................................. 4,000 

ECO Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles & Other Species/Endangered Species Act (ESA) ............... 23,604 

ECO Marine Mammal Commissions Studies (protection/predation) ........................................... 1,207 

Native Marine Mammals: 

ECO Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission .......................................................................... 900 

ECO Participation of AEWC in International Whaling Commission Meetings .................... 100 

ECO Alaska Harbour Seals ................................................................................................. 150 

ECO Aleut Pacific Marine Resources Observers ................................................................. 125 

ECO Beluga Whale Committee ........................................................................................... 225 

ECO Bowhead Whale Spatial Studies ................................................................................. 600 

ECO Bristol Bay Native Association ................................................................................... 50 

ECO National Fish & Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) Species Mgmt (PSM) .................................... 1,000 

ECO North Pacific Southern Resident Orca Population (PSM) .................................................... 1,500 

ECO Aleut Marine Mammal Commission ..................................................................................... 150 

ECO Right Whale Activities (ESA) ............................................................................................... 10,109 

ECO Cooperative State Plans ............................................................................................. 2,000 

Sea Turtles: 

ECO ESA .............................................................................................................................. 5,176 

ECO Hawaiian Sea Turtles .................................................................................................. 7,800

ECO Southeastern Sea Turtles ............................................................................................ 300 

Seals: 

ECO Harbor Seals ............................................................................................................... 600 

ECO Alaska Native Harbor Seal Commission ............................................................ [600 ] 

ECO Hawaiian Monk Seals ................................................................................................. 825 

ECO Steller Sea Lions: 
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NOAA FISHERIES/NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

NOAA 

Strategic 

Goal 

NOAA fisheries/NMFS operations, research, facilities and systems analysis 

Fiscal year 2005 

Committee recommendation 

ECO Endangered Species Act ............................................................................................. 850 

ECO Alaska Seals and Steller Sea Lions .................................................................................... 8,500

ECO State of Alaska Seals and Steller Sea Lion Programs ....................................................... 3,200 

ECO Alaska SeaLife Center Seals and Steller Sea Lion Programs ............................................. 7,000 

ECO N. Pacific Universities MM Consortium (and Harbor Seal Research) ........................ 2,500 

ECO Recovery Plan: 

ECO Fisheries Management (North Pacific Council) ................................................. 2,000 

ECO Univ of AK Gulf Apex Predator .......................................................................... 1,500 

ECO Winter Food Limitation (Pr William Sound Sci Ctr) .......................................... 1,000 

ECO Subtotal, Marine Mammals & Sea Turtles ................................................... 122,933 

Fisheries: 

ECO Alaska Fisheries Information Network (AKFIN) .................................................................... 3,200 

Alaska Groundfish Monitoring: 

ECO Bering Sea Fishermen’s Association Community Development Quota (CDQ) ............ 175 

ECO Crab Research NMFS .................................................................................................. 473 

ECO NMFS Activities ........................................................................................................... 2,017 

ECO NMFS Field Fishery Monitoring ................................................................................... 300 

ECO NMFS Rockfish Research ............................................................................................ 334 

ECO Winter Pollock Survey .................................................................................................. 800 

ECO State of AK Rockfish Research ................................................................................... 1,000 

ECO Alaska Near Shore Fisheries State of Alaska ...................................................................... 1,000 

Alaskan Groundfish Surveys: 

ECO Calibration Studies ..................................................................................................... 240

ECO NMFS Activities ........................................................................................................... 400 

American Fisheries Act: 

ECO Implementation ........................................................................................................... 3,525 

ECO National Standards 4 and 8 State of Alaska ............................................................ 500 

ECO NMFS Activities ........................................................................................................... 2,100 

ECO Anadromous Fish Commission—North Pacific ................................................................... 750 

ECO Anadromous Grants ............................................................................................................. 2,100 

ECO Atlantic Herring and Mackerel ............................................................................................. 198 

ECO Bering Sea Pollock Research ............................................................................................... 936 

ECO Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands non-pollock groundfish fisheries buyback program ...... 500 

ECO Bluefish/Striped Bass .......................................................................................................... 700 

ECO Rutgers ........................................................................................................................ 500 

ECO Charleston Bump ................................................................................................................. 650 

ECO Billfish Tagging .......................................................................................................... 500 

ECO Chesapeake Bay Multi-Species Management ...................................................................... 500 

ECO Expand Annual Stock Assessments—Improve Data Collection .......................................... 18,900 

ECO California Oceanic Cooperative Fisheries Investigation (CalCOFI) ............................ 900 

ECO Narragansett Bay (Phase IV) ...................................................................................... 1,000 

Fisheries Statistics .............................................................................................................. 12,771 

ECO Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission ............................................................ 2,000 

ECO Economics & Social Sciences Research ..................................................................... 4,100 

ECO National Fisheries Information System ....................................................................... 2,575 

ECO National Standard 8 ................................................................................................... 998 

ECO Fisheries Development Program: 

ECO Hawaii Fisheries Development (Oceanic Institute) ..................................................... 750 

ECO Product Quality and Marketing: 

ECO Gulf Shrimp ........................................................................................................ 2,000 

ECO South Atlantic Shrimp ....................................................................................... 2,000 

ECO Product Quality and Safety/Seafood Inspection ......................................................... 6,724 

ECO Fisheries Research and Management Programs ................................................................. 124,846 

ECO Gulf Fisheries Information Network (GULF FIN) Data Collection Effort .............................. 4,500 

ECO Gulf of Maine Groundfish Survey ........................................................................................ 519 

ECO Halibut Data Collection ....................................................................................................... 500 

ECO Halibut/Sablefish ................................................................................................................. 1,143 

ECO Hawaii Seafood Safety Progran ........................................................................................... 1,500 

ECO Hawaii Stock Management Plan (Oceanic Institute) .......................................................... 500 
103 

NOAA FISHERIES/NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

NOAA 

Strategic 

Goal 

NOAA fisheries/NMFS operations, research, facilities and systems analysis 

Fiscal year 2005 

Committee recommendation 

ECO Highly Migratory Shark Fishery Research Program (Mote) .................................................. 2,000 

ECO Interjurisdictional Fisheries Grants ..................................................................................... 2,590 

Interstate Fish Commissions: 

ECO 3 Commissions ........................................................................................................... 750

ECO Atlantic Cooperative Management .............................................................................. 9,250 

ECO Large Pelagics Research Program (UNH) ............................................................................ 3,000 

Marine Fisheries Initiative (MARFIN): 

ECO NMFS Activities ........................................................................................................... 2,433 

ECO NE Activities ................................................................................................................ 250 

ECO Red Snapper ............................................................................................................... 750 

ECO New England Stock Depletion .............................................................................................. 1,000 

ECO Management of George’s Bank ........................................................................................... 441 

ECO Pacific Coastal Fisheries Information Network (PACFIN) Catch Effort Data ...................... 2,994 

ECO Recreational Fishery Harvest Monitoring/Rec. Fisheries Info Ntwk (RECFIN) ..................... 3,445 

ECO RECFIN—SC (inshore recreation species assessment/ tagging) .............................. 500 

ECO Red Snapper Monitoring and Research ............................................................................... 5,000 

ECO Reduce Fishing Impacts on Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) .................................................. 500 

ECO Reducing Bycatch ................................................................................................................ 3,800 

ECO Regional Councils ................................................................................................................ 15,547 

Salmon: 

ECO Atlantic Salmon: 

ECO ESA Recovery and Research .............................................................................. 2,915 

ECO Recovery Plan ..................................................................................................... 450 

ECO Research ............................................................................................................ 694 

ECO Penobscot River Habitat Restoration ................................................................. 2,000 

ECO State of Maine Salmon Recovery (PSM) ............................................................ 1,645 

ECO Chinook Salmon: 

ECO Management ...................................................................................................... 150 

ECO Pacific Salmon Treaty—Chinook Salmon Agreement ....................................... 1,844 

ECO Research at Auke Bay ....................................................................................... 300 

Yukon River Chinook Salmon: 

ECO State of Alaska ......................................................................................... 1,000 

ECO Yukon River Drainage Fisheries Assoc ..................................................... 500 

Pacific Salmon: 

Columbia River: 

ECO ESA—Columbia River Biological Opinion (BIOP) Implementation ........... 5,000 

ECO Endangered Species Studies .................................................................... 299 

ECO Facilities (Columbia River Hatcheries) ..................................................... 3,365 

ECO Hatcheries and Facilities .......................................................................... 11,457 

ECO Hatcheries—Monitor, Evaluation and Reform ......................................... 1,700 

ECO Pacific Salmon Treaty ........................................................................................ 8,100 

ECO ESA Recovery and Research .............................................................................. 51,777 

ECO West Coast Groundfish ........................................................................................................ 4,861 

ECO Subtotal, Fish .................................................................................................................. 363,931 

ECO Crustaceans & Mollusks: 

ECO Bering Sea Crab (State of Alaska) ...................................................................................... 1,200 

ECO Blue Crab Research Consortium ......................................................................................... 2,500

ECO Crab Rationalization NOAA Fisheries ................................................................................... 1,000

ECO Chesapeake Bay Oyster Restoration .................................................................................... 2,000 

ECO Horseshoe Crab Research (HCRC) ....................................................................................... 650 

ECO Lobster Sampling ................................................................................................................. 150 

ECO Mobile Bay Oyster Recovery ................................................................................................. 1,000 

ECO Oyster Restoration (Chesapeake—VIMS) ............................................................................ 2,000 

ECO Seafood Safety Initiative ...................................................................................................... 2,000 

ECO Scallop Fishery Assessment (MFI) ....................................................................................... 2,000 

ECO Shrimp Pathogens: South Carolina ..................................................................................... 650 

ECO South Carolina Oyster Recovery ........................................................................................... 1,000 

ECO South Carolina Shrimper Assistance ................................................................................... 1,000 
104 

NOAA FISHERIES/NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

NOAA 

Strategic 

Goal 

NOAA fisheries/NMFS operations, research, facilities and systems analysis 

Fiscal year 2005 

Committee recommendation 

ECO Subtotal, Crustaceans & Mollusks .................................................................................. 17,150 

Enforcement & Observers: 

Enforcement & Surveillance: 

ECO Driftnet Act Implementation ....................................................................................... 1,199 

ECO Ghostnet—High Seas Driftnet Detection .......................................................... 250 

ECO NMFS Activities .................................................................................................. 1,692 

ECO Pacific Rim Fisheries ......................................................................................... 150 

ECO State Participation AK/WA ................................................................................. 200 

ECO Enforcement & Surveillance ....................................................................................... 23,343 

ECO Cooperative Agreements w/ States .................................................................... 17,383 

ECO Vessel Monitoring System .................................................................................. 4,000 

ECO Subtotal, Enforcement ................................................................................... 48,217 

ECO Observers/Training: 

ECO Atlantic Coast Observers ............................................................................................ 3,345 

ECO East Coast Observers ................................................................................................. 350 

ECO Hawaii Longline Observer Program ............................................................................ 4,000 

ECO N. Pacific Marine Resources Observers ...................................................................... 1,834 

ECO N. Pacific Observer Program ...................................................................................... 800 

ECO NE Groundfish Court-Ordered Observers .................................................................... 9,500 

ECO National Observers Program ....................................................................................... 3,000 

ECO S. Atlantic/Gulf Shrimp Observers .............................................................................. 800 

ECO West Coast Groundfish Observers .............................................................................. 5,000 

ECO Subtotal, Observers/Training .................................................................................. 28,629 

ECO Subtotal, Enforcement and Observers/Training ..................................................... 76,846 

ECO Habitat Conservation & Restoration: 

ECO Connecticut River Partnership ............................................................................................. 400 

Fisheries Habitat Restoration: 

ECO Bronx River Restoration .............................................................................................. 1,000 

ECO Community-Based Restoration Grants ....................................................................... 18,619 

ECO Habitat Conservation ........................................................................................................... 17,377 

ECO Merrimack River fish habitat/land conservation ................................................................. 500 

ECO Refine EFH Designations ..................................................................................................... 1,000 

ECO Subtotal, Habitat Conservation & Restoration ............................................................... 38,896 

ECO Other Activities Supporting Fisheries: 

ECO Antarctic Research ............................................................................................................... 1,468 

ECO Center for Marine Education and Research MS .................................................................. 3,000 

ECO Chesapeake Bay Studies ..................................................................................................... 2,000 

ECO Climate Regimes & Ecosystem Productivity ........................................................................ 1,500 

ECO Computer Hardware and Software—FY 2004 Omnibus Funded in PAC ............................ 3,383 

ECO Conservation and Recovery with States .............................................................................. 990 

ECO Consortium for Fisheries & Wildlife Conflict Resolution (UNH/NEA/VIMS) ......................... 500 

Cooperative Research: 

ECO Cooperative Marine Education & Research ................................................................ 200 

ECO Cooperative Research—North Pacific Research Board ............................................. 3,000 

ECO National Cooperative Research ................................................................................... 2,750 

ECO NE Cooperative Research ............................................................................................ 3,750 

ECO Northeast Consortium ................................................................................................. 5,000 

ECO SC Cooperative Research ............................................................................................ 2,000 

ECO SE Cooperative Research ............................................................................................ 3,250 

ECO West Coast Groundfish Cooperative Research ........................................................... 500 

Ecosystem Management: 

ECO Gulf of Mexico ............................................................................................................. 500 

ECO Middle Atlantic ............................................................................................................ 500 
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NOAA FISHERIES/NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

NOAA 

Strategic 

Goal 

NOAA fisheries/NMFS operations, research, facilities and systems analysis 

Fiscal year 2005 

Committee recommendation 

ECO New England ............................................................................................................... 500 

ECO South Atlantic ............................................................................................................. 500 

ECO Endangered Species Act—Fish, Crustaceans, Mollusks ..................................................... 5,109 

ECO FMP Extended Jurisdiction, State of Alaska ........................................................................ 1,200 

ECO Gulf of Alaska Coastal Communities Coalition ................................................................... 425 

ECO Hawaiian Community Development ..................................................................................... 500 

ECO Information Analyses & Dissemination ............................................................................... 17,943 

ECO International Fisheries Treaty Negotiation & Compliance ................................................... 5,000 

ECO Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (JIMAR), HI ..................................... 2,500 

ECO Magnuson-Stevens (MSA) Implementation off Alaska ........................................................ 7,120 

ECO Marine Environmental Research Institute ........................................................................... 300 

ECO Marine Resources Monitoring, Assessment & Prediction Prgm (MarMap) ......................... 1,250 

ECO National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) .......................................................................... 3,000 

ECO New England Multispecies Survey (SMAST) ........................................................................ 3,000 

ECO PAYMENT TO NOMAO ............................................................................................................ 700 

ECO SCORE Science Consortium—NH/WA/Mote Marine ............................................................. 1,000 

ECO Southeast Area Monitoring & Assessment Program (SEAMAP) ........................................... 1,750 

ECO Pacific Island Region/Center ............................................................................................... 5,000 

ECO NW Fisheries Science Center (Groundfish Team) ................................................................ 1,700 

ECO South Carolina Taxonomic Center ....................................................................................... 500 

Subtotal, Other Activities Supporting Fisheries .............................................................. 93,288 

Systems Acquisition/Construction: 

ALL Systems Acq. Computer Hardware & Software ................................................................... 3,500 

ALL NOAA Pacific Regional Facility ............................................................................................ 15,000 

ALL Phase III—Galveston Laboratory Renovation ...................................................................... 2,000 

Subtotal, Construction ..................................................................................................... 20,500 

Total, Systems Acquisition and Construction ................................................................. 20,500 

Total, NOAA Fisheries ...................................................................................................... 733,544 

NOAA Strategic Goals: 

ECO—Ecosystem Forecasting and Management. 

OE—Ocean Exploration. 

WW—Weather and Water Programs. 

CT—Commerce and Transportation. 

C—Climate Programs. 

ALL—NOAA-wide Programs. 

The Committee believes it is important that sufficient resources 

are available to NOAA Fisheries, the State of Alaska, and the Alaska research entities to address research demands for species of concern which are either listed or candidate species under the Endangered Species Act, or which are determined to be depleted under 

the Marine Mammal Protection Act. The Committee has consolidated all Alaska seal and sea lion research programs under a single category, with base funding allocations to each of the research 

entities currently involved in the North Pacific. The Committee is 

providing the flexibility for funds to be allocated to the research of 

any pinniped population as the research demands need. The Committee strongly encourages NOAA Fisheries to take the lead in developing a coordinated Alaska pinniped research program with 

other grant recipients to avoid duplication and ensure adequate 

funding for the most pressing research needs. 

The Committee recommends $1,500,000 to address the proliferation of exotic species such as Atlantic salmon in the marine envi-
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ronment of the North Pacific. Of this amount, $750,000 is for the 

Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission to prevent the 

escapement of Atlantic salmon into Alaskan streams and to address other invasive species issues including mitten crab and green 

crab. 

The Committee is pleased with the Fisheries’ Service commitment to the Native Hawaiian Observer Program because it is an 

excellent example of Government and community partnering that 

leads to community participation in the management of fishery resources. The Committee wants to ensure the continued success of 

the program, and directs NOAA Fisheries to continue to accept certification from the program as sufficient academic credentials to 

serve as a biological observer in the Hawaii, Guam, or American 

Samoan longline fishing industry. 

The Committee continues to support sustainable expansion of the 

Pacific tropical ornamental aquaculture industry and provides 

$500,000 for the Economic Development Alliance of Hawaii for this 

purpose. The $250,000 for the Hawaii Marine Invasives Program is exempted from any non-Federal matching requirement. 

The Committee is concerned with the National Marine Fisheries 

Service/NOAA Fisheries disregard for Senate and Conference Committee guidance relating to the expenditure of funds designated for 

dolphin encirclement research. Consequently, the Committee directs NMFS/NOAA Fisheries to submit to the Committees on Appropriations a spending plan for all funding made available for dolphin encirclement activities. This plan shall be subject to the requirements of section 605 of this Act. 

NOAA RESEARCH/OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $479,385,000 for 

NOAA Research/Oceanic and Atmospheric Research [OAR]. 

Committee recommendations are displayed in the following table: 

NOAA RESEARCH/OFFICE OF OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH 

[In thousands of dollars] 

NOAA 

Strategic 

Goal 

Fiscal year 2005 operations, research, facilities, and systems acquisition 

Fiscal year 2005 

Committee recommendation 

Climate Research: 

Laboratories & Joint Institutes: 

C Laboratories & Joint Institutes ..................................................................................... 48,233 

Subtotal, Laboratories & Joint Institutions .............................................................. 48,233 

Climate & Global Change Program: 

C Climate and Global Change .................................................................................................. 65,630 

C Accelerating Climate Models—IRI ........................................................................................ 1,441 

Subtotal, Climate & Global Change Program ................................................................... 67,071 

Climate Observations & Services: 

C Climate Reference Network .................................................................................................... 2,907 

C Climate Data & Info and CLASS in PAC ............................................................................... 960 

C Baseline Observatories .......................................................................................................... 2,422 

C Regional Assessments, Education and Outreach .................................................................. 1,681 

C Climate Change Assessments ............................................................................................... 620 
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NOAA RESEARCH/OFFICE OF OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

NOAA 

Strategic 

Goal 

Fiscal year 2005 operations, research, facilities, and systems acquisition 

Fiscal year 2005 

Committee recommendation 

C Weather-Climate Connection ................................................................................................. 890 

C Carbon Cycle .......................................................................................................................... 2,908 

C Ocean Observations/Ocean Systems ...................................................................................... 4,865 

C ARGO ...................................................................................................................................... 7,014 

C Climate Change Research Initiative ...................................................................................... 40,000 

Subtotal, Climate Observations & Services ...................................................................... 64,267 

Other Partnership Programs: 

WW East Tennessee Ozone Study ................................................................................................. 300 

C International Pacific Research Center (U of HI) ................................................................... 2,000 

C Intl Council for Local Environmental Intiatives .................................................................... 500 

C Climate and Environmental Change ..................................................................................... 2,473 

C Abrupt Climate Change Research ......................................................................................... 1,000 

C Artic Research (Search)/Icebreaker Shiptime ........................................................................ 4,000 

Subtotal, Other Partnership Programs .............................................................................. 10,273 

Total, Climate Research .................................................................................................... 189,844 

Weather & Air Quality Research: 

Laboratories & Joint Institutes: 

WW Laboratories & Joint Institutes ..................................................................................... 36,230 

Subtotal, Laboratories & Joint Institutes ................................................................. 36,230 

U.S. Weather Research Program: 

WW U.S. Weather Research Program (USWRP) (THORPEX) .......................................................... 1,000 

WW Targeted Wind Sensing .......................................................................................................... 2,000 

Subtotal, U.S. Weather Research Program ....................................................................... 3,000 

Other Partnership Programs: 

WW Tornado Severe Storm Research/Phased Array Radar ........................................................... 2,824 

WW New England Air Quality Study ............................................................................................. 2,000 

WW NE Center for Atmospheric Science and Policy ..................................................................... 1,500 

C Inst. for Study of Earth, Oceans & Space (Air-Map—CCRC) .............................................. 5,000 

C Risk Reduction in Wather Forecasts (MSU) .......................................................................... 2,500 

C Remote Sensing Research (ISU/BCAL) .................................................................................. 495 

WW STORM (U. of N. Iowa) ........................................................................................................... 650 

Subtotal, Other Partnership Programs .............................................................................. 14,969 

Total, Weather & Air Quality Research ............................................................................. 54,199 

Ocean, Coastal, and Great Lakes Research: 

Laboratories & Joint Institutes: 

ECO Laboratories & Joint Institutes ..................................................................................... 19,510 

Subtotal, Laboratories & Joint Institutes ................................................................. 19,510 

National Sea Grant College Program: 

ECO National Sea Grant College Program Base (Base) ............................................................... 66,675 

ECO Fish Extension ........................................................................................................................ 2,000 

ECO Aquatic Nuisance Species/Zebra Mussel Research ............................................................... 2,981 

ECO Gulf of Mexico Oyster Initiative ............................................................................................. 1,000 

ECO Marine Invasive Species Program ......................................................................................... 250

ECO Oyster Disease Research ....................................................................................................... 1,000 
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NOAA RESEARCH/OFFICE OF OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

NOAA 

Strategic 

Goal 

Fiscal year 2005 operations, research, facilities, and systems acquisition 

Fiscal year 2005 

Committee recommendation 

Subtotal, National Sea Grant College Program ................................................................ 73,906 

National Undersea Research Program (NURP): 

OE National Undersea Research Program (NURP) ...................................................................... 14,000 

OE National Institute for Undersea Science and Technology ..................................................... 5,000 

Subtotal, National Undersea Research Program (NURP) .................................................. 19,000 

OE NMNH East Wing (Oceans) ............................................................................................................. 5,000 

OE Ocean Exploration ........................................................................................................................... 30,000 

OE Submersible Micro-technology Research ........................................................................................ 983 

Subtotal, Ocean Exploration .................................................................................................. 35,983 

Other Partnership Programs: 

ECO Arctic Research ...................................................................................................................... 2,000 

ECO Aquaculture Education Program—Cedar Point MS .............................................................. 2,000 

ECO Gulf of Maine Council ............................................................................................................ 1,000 

ECO Institute for Science Technology and Public Policy .............................................................. 750 

ECO Atmospheric Dispersion Forecasting/Jackson State Univ ...................................................... 1,500 

ECO Lake Champlain Research Consortium ................................................................................. 550 

ECO NISA/Ballast Water Demonstrations ...................................................................................... 3,431 

ECO NISA/Prevent & Control Invasive Species .............................................................................. 479 

ECO NISA/Alaska ............................................................................................................................ 1,500 

ECO NOAA Marine Aquaculture Program ....................................................................................... 1,000

ECO Ocean Health Initiative .......................................................................................................... 20,000 

ECO Cooperative Institute for New England Mari-culture and Fisheries ..................................... 3,000 

ECO NH Center for the Study of Lakes and Ecosystems .............................................................. 500 

ECO Pacific Tropical Ornamental Fish .......................................................................................... 500 

Subtotal, Other Partnership Programs .............................................................................. 38,210 

Total, Ocean, Coastal, and Great Lakes Research ........................................................... 186,609 

Information Technology, R&D, and Science Education: 

Information Technology, R&D, and Science Education (Base): 

ALL High Performance Computing ....................................................................................... 636 

C High Performance Computing ....................................................................................... 3,054 

ECO High Performance Computing ....................................................................................... 636 

WW High Performance Computing ....................................................................................... 8,399 

ALL Educational Partnership Program/Minority Serving Institutions (EPPMSI) .................. 17,407 

Total, Info Tech, R&D, & Science Education ........................................................... 30,133 

ECO Payment to NOMAO ......................................................................................................................... 100 

Systems Acquisition: 

C Research Supercomputing/ CCRI ........................................................................................... 10,000 

Subtotal, OAR Systems Acquisition ................................................................................... 10,000 
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NOAA RESEARCH/OFFICE OF OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

NOAA 

Strategic 

Goal 

Fiscal year 2005 operations, research, facilities, and systems acquisition 

Fiscal year 2005 

Committee recommendation 

Construction: 

C Barrow Artic Research Ctr (Phase I) ..................................................................................... 8,500

Subtotal, NOAA Research Construction ............................................................................. 8,500 

Total, Systems Acquisition and Construction ................................................................... 18,500 

Total, NOAA Research ........................................................................................................ 479,385 

NOAA Strategic Goals: 

ECO—Ecosystem Forecasting and Management. 

OE—Ocean Exploration. 

WW—Weather and Water Programs. 

CT—Commerce and Transportation. 

C—Climate Programs. 

ALL—NOAA-wide Programs. 

Ocean, Coastal, and Great Lakes Research.—Of the amount provided for the National Undersea Research Program [NURP], half of 

these funds are for East Coast NURP centers and half are for West 

Coast centers, including the Hawaiian and Pacific Center and the 

West Coast and Polar Regions Center. The Committee strongly recommends that NURP centers also take part in full and open competitions for the award of Ocean Exploration program funds. 

Climate and Global Change.—The Committee recommendation 

assumes that paleoclimatology and abrupt climate change research 

are funded at not less than the fiscal year 2004 level. 

NOAA’S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $806,336,000 for 

NOAA’s National Weather Service [NWS]. Committee recommendations are displayed in the following table: 

NOAA’S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

[In thousands of dollars] 

NOAA 

Strategic 

Goal 

Fiscal year 2005 operations, research, facilities, and systems acquisition 

Fiscal year 2005 

Committee recommendation 

Local Warnings and Forecasts: 

C Local Warnings and Forecasts Base ..................................................................................... 8,634 

CT Local Warnings and Forecasts Base ..................................................................................... 21,135

WW Local Warnings and Forecasts Base ..................................................................................... 504,521 

WW Tsunami Hazard Mitigation (transferred from OAR) ............................................................. 4,300 

WW Pacific Ocean Monitoring Buoy Augmentation ...................................................................... 593 

WW Tsunami Warning & Environmental Obs for AK (TWEAK) ..................................................... 2,000 

WW Air Quality Forecasting Pilot Program ................................................................................... 5,500 

CT Alaska Data Buoys ................................................................................................................. 1,500 

CT HI Data Buoys ........................................................................................................................ 250 

C Sustain Cooperative Observer Network .................................................................................. 1,870 

WW High Resolution Temperature Forecasting ............................................................................. 2,000 

WW Red River Basin Institute/Decision Info Network .................................................................. 270 

WW New England Weather Technology Initiative ......................................................................... 600 

WW NOAA Profiler Network ............................................................................................................ 4,000 

WW NC Flood Plain Mapping Pilot ............................................................................................... 1,200 

WW Pacific Island Compact ......................................................................................................... 3,512 

ALL Facilities Physical Security .................................................................................................... 2,000 

C Space Environment Center .................................................................................................... 201 

WW Space Environment Center .................................................................................................... 4,828 
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NOAA’S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

NOAA 

Strategic 

Goal 

Fiscal year 2005 operations, research, facilities, and systems acquisition 

Fiscal year 2005 

Committee recommendation 

WW USWRP—US Weather Research Program/THORPEX .............................................................. 5,562 

WW Vermont Northeast Weather & Wind Data Integration .......................................................... 250 

Subtotal, Local Warnings and Forecasts .......................................................................... 574,726 

WW Advanced Hydrological Prediction Services ........................................................................... 6,098 

CT Aviation Weather .................................................................................................................... 2,500 

Weather Radio Transmitters: 

WW Weather Radio Transmitters Base ................................................................................ 2,320 

WW HI Weather Radio Transmitters .................................................................................... 200 

Subtotal, Weather Radio Transmitters ..................................................................... 2,520 

Subtotal, Local Warnings and Forecasts ................................................................. 585,844 

C Central Forecast Guidance ............................................................................................................. 6,669 

CT Central Forecast Guidance ............................................................................................................. 6,513 

ECO Central Forecast Guidance ............................................................................................................. 33,818 

Subtotal, Central Forecast Guidance ................................................................................ 47,000 

Total, Operations and Research ........................................................................................ 632,844 

Systems Operation & Maintenance (O&M): 

WW All Systems Operation and Maintenance .............................................................................. 90,630 

Total, Systems Operation & Maintenance ......................................................................... 90,630 

ALL Payment to NOMAO ................................................................................................................ 475 

Systems Acquisition: 

WW ASOS ....................................................................................................................................... 4,675 

WW AWIPS ..................................................................................................................................... 12,894 

WW NEXRAD .................................................................................................................................. 10,820 

WW NWSTG Legacy Replacement .................................................................................................. 2,512 

WW Radiosonde Network Replacement6 ....................................................................................... 6,376 

C Weather and Climate Supercomputing .................................................................................. 19,285 

WW Weather and Climate Supercomputing Back-up ................................................................... 7,148 

WW Cooperative Observer Network Modernization ........................................................................ 877 

WW Coastal Global Ocean Observing System .............................................................................. 3,000 

Subtotal, Systems Acquisition ........................................................................................... 67,587 

Construction: 

ALL WFO Construction ................................................................................................................... 13,500 

ALL NOAA Center for Weather & Climate Prediction .................................................................... 2,300 

Subtotal, Construction ....................................................................................................... 15,800 

Total, Systems Acquisition and Construction ................................................................... 82,387 

Total, NOAA National Weather Service .............................................................................. 807,336 

GRAND TOTAL NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE/NWS .................................................. 807,336 

NOAA Strategic Goals: 

ECO—Ecosystem Forecasting and Management. 

OE—Ocean Exploration. 

WW—Weather and Water Programs. 

CT—Commerce and Transportation. 

C—Climate Programs. 

ALL—NOAA-wide Programs. 
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The Committee notes that Weather Service employees and their 

families are living in their offices in St. Paul, AK, because no housing is available for rental in that remote community in the Pribilof 

Islands. The Committee directs NOAA to use funds from the 

$13,500,000 recommended for weather forecast office construction 

or $13,487,000 provided for fiscal year 2004 to address this problem expeditiously. 

The Committee directs that NOAA’s National Weather Service 

continue to operate the weather radar and office in Williston, ND. 

The Committee notes that there are concerns regarding severe winter weather forecasts for northwestern North Dakota and northeastern Montana and that a study was performed (and independent 

analysis is ongoing) regarding the radar and forecast coverage. 

Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System.—As noted 

earlier in the report, while most of the ICOOS initiative is funded 

under the NOAA Oceans and Coasts line office, NOAA’s Weather 

Service will play a major role in the development and deployment 

of this initiative. The Committee has provided that not less than 

$2,000,000 of the total for ICOOS will be for joint development 

with the National Centers for Environmental Prediction Environmental Modeling Center to create operational coastal and ocean 

forecast models. NOAA Oceans and Coasts will work with the 

NOAA National Data Buoy Center in upgrading existing ‘‘marine 

weather buoys’’ to be full environmental observation systems that 

observe marine conditions both above and below the surface of the 

ocean. 

The Committee has on two occasions held hearings in Alaska at 

which NOAA representatives have testified. These hearings have 

focused on climate change in the Arctic and impacts, such as the 

influence of declining sea ice on coastal storms and coastal erosion. 

In both hearings NOAA witnesses have admitted that the agency’s 

observational network in Alaska is sparse compared with any other 

State. Accordingly, the Committee has included an increase of 

$1,000,000 under the line item ‘‘Coastal Global Ocean Observing 

System’’ in the attached table. These funds are for procurement of 

not less than four new coastal marine automated observing systems [C–MAN] to be installed and operated along Alaska’s west 

coast along the Bering and Chukchi Seas. The Committee hopes 

that these observational improvements will lead to improved forecasts for rural Alaskan communities in these coastal areas. 

NOAA SATELLITES & DATA/NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE, 

DATA, AND INFORMATION SERVICE

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $912,865,000 for 

NOAA Satellites/National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service [NESDIS]. Committee recommendations are displayed in the following table: 
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NOAA SATELLITES AND DATA/NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE, DATA AND INFORMATION 

SERVICE 

[In thousands of dollars] 

NOAA 

Strategic 

Goal 

Fiscal year 2005 operations, research, facilities, and systems acquisition 

Fiscal year 2005 

Committee recommendation 

Environmental Satellite Observing Systems: 

C Satellite Command and Control ............................................................................................ 3,586 

CT Satellite Command and Control ............................................................................................ 1,076 

ECO Satellite Command and Control ............................................................................................ 3,945 

WW Satellite Command and Control ............................................................................................ 27,253 

ALL NSOF Operations .................................................................................................................... 5,898 

Subtotal, Satellite Command and Control ........................................................................ 41,757 

C Product Processing and Distribution ..................................................................................... 2,751

CT Product Processing and Distribution ..................................................................................... 826 

ECO Product Processing and Distribution ..................................................................................... 3,027 

WW Product Processing and Distribution ..................................................................................... 20,914 

Subtotal, Product Processing and Distribution ................................................................. 27,518 

Product Development, Readiness & Application: 

C Product Development, Readiness & Application .......................................................... 1,653 

CT Product Development, Readiness & Application .......................................................... 827 

ECO Product Development, Readiness & Application .......................................................... 5,826 

WW Product Development, Readiness & Application .......................................................... 12,232 

WW Joint Center/Accelerate Use of Satellites ..................................................................... 3,441 

WW Research to Ops/Satellite Oceanography ..................................................................... 10,000 

WW Global Wind Demo ........................................................................................................ 4,000 

Subtotal, Product Development, Readiness & Application ...................................... 37,979 

CT Commercial Remote Sensing Licensing & Enforcement ....................................................... 1,978 

Total, Environmental Satellite Observing Systems ........................................................... 109,232 

NOAA’s Data Centers & Information Services: 

Archive, Access & Assessment: 

C Archive, Access & Assessment ..................................................................................... 31,445 

Archive, Access & Assessment/Climate Database Modernization: 

C MD ........................................................................................................................ 5,000 

C Quality Assurance/Quality Control (NC) ............................................................... 1,500 

C Office of Space Commercialization ..................................................................... 600 

C GPS Interagency Board ........................................................................................ 500 

C GOES Data Archive Project .................................................................................. 2,473 

Subtotal, Archive, Access & Assessment ........................................................ 41,518 

ECO Coastal Data Development Center ........................................................................................ 5,513 

C Regional Climate Centers ...................................................................................................... 3,000 

C International Pacific Research Ctr (U of H) .......................................................................... 1,000 

C Environmental Data Systems Modernization ......................................................................... 10,838 

Total, NOAA’s Data Centers & Information Services ........................................................ 61,869 

C Payment to NOMAO ......................................................................................................................... 333 

Systems Acquisition and Construction: 

Systems Acquisition: 

C Geostationary Systems .................................................................................................. 6,111 

ECO Geostationary Systems .................................................................................................. 6,111 

CT Geostationary Systems .................................................................................................. 42,775 

WW Geostationary Systems .................................................................................................. 250,541 
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NOAA SATELLITES AND DATA/NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE, DATA AND INFORMATION 

SERVICE—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

NOAA 

Strategic 

Goal 

Fiscal year 2005 operations, research, facilities, and systems acquisition 

Fiscal year 2005 

Committee recommendation 

Subtotal, GOES ......................................................................................................... 305,537 

C Polar Orbiting Systems—POES .................................................................................... 19,034 

ECO Polar Orbiting Systems—POES .................................................................................... 4,230 

CT Polar Orbiting Systems—POES .................................................................................... 8,460 

WW Polar Orbiting Systems—POES .................................................................................... 74,022 

Subtotal, POES ......................................................................................................... 105,746 

C Polar Orbiting Systems—NPOESS ................................................................................ 54,882 

ECO Polar Orbiting Systems—NPOESS ................................................................................ 12,196 

CT Polar Orbiting Systems—NPOESS ................................................................................ 24,392 

WW Polar Orbiting Systems—NPOESS ................................................................................ 213,431 

Subtotal, NPOESS ..................................................................................................... 304,901 

C EOS & Advanced Polar Data Processing, Distribution& A Archiving Systems ............ 1,500 

WW EOS & Advanced Polar Data Processing, Distribution& A Archiving Systems ............ 1,500 

Subtotal, EOS ........................................................................................................... 3,000 

C CIP—single point of failure ......................................................................................... 280 

ECO CIP—single point of failure ......................................................................................... 84 

CT CIP—single point of failure ......................................................................................... 308 

WW CIP—single point of failure ......................................................................................... 2,128 

Subtotal, CIP ............................................................................................................ 2,800 

C Comprehensive Large Array Data Stewardship Sys (CLASS) ....................................... 5,942 

Subtotal, NESDIS Systems Acquisition ..................................................................... 727,926 

Construction: 

ALL Satellite CDA Facility .................................................................................................... 2,250 

ALL Suitland Facility/NSOF .................................................................................................. 11,255 

Subtotal, NESDIS Construction ................................................................................. 13,505 

Total, Systems Acquisition and Construction .......................................................... 741,431 

Total, NOAA Satellites & Data ................................................................................. 912,865 

NOAA Strategic Goals: 

ECO—Ecosystem Forecasting and Management. 

OE—Ocean Exploration. 

WW—Weather and Water Programs. 

CT—Commerce and Transportation. 

C—Climate Programs. 

ALL—NOAA-wide Programs. 

Climate Data.—The Committee urges NOAA to coordinate its climate data management and archival activities for the Western Pacific Region with the ongoing efforts of the University of Hawaii’s 

Asia-Pacific Data-Research Center [APDRC]. The Committee is 

also concerned with the significant increase in environmental data 

collection in Hawaii and the western Pacific, and directs NOAA 

through the National Oceanographic Data Center [NODC], the National Climatic Data Center [NCDC], and the Pacific Services Center [PSC] to submit a report to Congress detailing the region’s envi-
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ronmental data and information requirements for the establishment of a Pacific Data Center that would address such needs. 

NOAA PLANNING, AND PROGRAM INTEGRATION

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,000,000 for 

Planning, and Program Integration [PPI], the newest NOAA ‘‘line 

office.’’ The recommendation is $2,000,000 above the fiscal year 

2004 funding level and $2,000,000 above the budget request. 

The PPI organization is responsible for program integration, 

overseeing cross-cutting, matrix managed programs, and agency 

strategic planning. The Assistant Administrator and PPI Office 

were created pursuant to the 2002 NOAA Program Review, a bottom up fundamental review of NOAA’s organization which was 

based on employee recommendations from NOAA activities around 

the Nation. The PPI plays a central role in soliciting input from 

NOAA constituents, and in guiding the future directions of the 

agency to ensure that NOAA programs are responsive, efficient and 

modernizing so as to continue to provide the environmental information and products needed by U.S. policymakers and the American public. The PPI line office is the only NOAA line office that 

has as its mission the program and resource integration of the various NOAA line and program offices around the country. The Assistant Administrator PPI position is held by a career senior executive possessing experience in several NOAA line offices; the office 

ensures that NOAA leaders and programs focus on overall strategic 

goals and output measures. 

NOAA-WIDE PROGRAM SUPPORT

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $436,957,000 for 

NOAA-wide program support. Committee recommendations are displayed in the following table: 

NOAA WIDE PROGRAM SUPPORT 

[In thousands of dollars] 

NOAA 

Strategic 

Goal 

Fiscal year 2005 operations, research, facilities, and systems acquisition 

Fiscal year 2005 

Committee recommendation 

Corporate Services: 

Under Secretary and Associate Offices: 

ALL Under Secretary and Associate Offices Base ............................................................. 25,159 

Subtotal, Under Secretary and Assoc. Ofc ............................................................. 25,159 

Policy Formulation and Direction: 

ALL NOAA Wide Corporate Services and Agency Management ......................................... 41,500 

ALL CAMS—Financial Management System ..................................................................... 15,000 

ALL Payment to the DOC Working Capital Fund ............................................................... 39,000 

ALL Payment to the NOAA Business Management Fund .................................................. 58,000 

Subtotal, Policy Formulation and Direction ........................................................... 153,500 

Total, Corporate Services ....................................................................................... 178,659 

NOAA Education Programs: 

ALL NOAA Education Office and Program/Education Initiative .................................................. 11,500 

ALL Ocean Science Bowl ............................................................................................................. 1,000 

ALL JASON Education and Outreach ........................................................................................... 2,500 

ALL Bay Watersheds Education & Training Program ................................................................. 2,500 
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NOAA WIDE PROGRAM SUPPORT—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

NOAA 

Strategic 

Goal 

Fiscal year 2005 operations, research, facilities, and systems acquisition 

Fiscal year 2005 

Committee recommendation 

ALL BWET Hawaii ........................................................................................................................ 1,500 

ALL Narragansett Bay Marine Education (Save the Bay) .......................................................... 500 

Total, NOAA Education Programs .................................................................................... 19,500 

Facilities: 

ALL NOAA Fac Mgmt & Construction/Backlog Of Maintenance & Repair ................................. 9,895 

ALL NOAA-wide Facility Maintenance (consolidated) ................................................................. 18,000 

ALL Boulder Facilities Operations ............................................................................................... 4,564 

ALL Western Regional Center Operations & Maintenance ......................................................... 702 

Subtotal, NOAA Fac Mgmt, Const& Maint ...................................................................... 33,161 

ALL Environmental Compliance& Safety .................................................................................... 4,000 

Total, Facilities ................................................................................................................ 37,161 

Marine Operations & Maintenance: 

Marine Services: 

ALL Marine Services (Data Acquisition) ............................................................................ 74,774 

ALL NOAA Corp Pay Differential ........................................................................................ 1,000 

ALL NANCY FOSTER Operations Differential ...................................................................... 550 

ALL FAIRWEATHER Operations ........................................................................................... 5,700 

ECO OSCAR DYSON Operations .......................................................................................... 4,500 

OE Ocean Exploration DAS ............................................................................................... 2,000 

ALL UNOLS (Days at Sea—West Coast) ........................................................................... 2,500 

ALL HI’IALAKAI Operations ................................................................................................. 4,600

Subtotal, Marine Services (including base) ........................................................... 95,624 

Fleet Planning and Maintenance: 

ALL Fleet Planning and Maintenance ................................................................................ 12,485 

ALL NANCY FOSTER Maintenance ...................................................................................... 450 

ALL FAIRWEATHER Maintenance ........................................................................................ 791 

ECO OSCAR DYSON Maintenance ....................................................................................... 400 

ALL HI’IALAKAI Maintenance .............................................................................................. 400 

Subtotal, Fleet Planning and Maintenance ........................................................... 14,526 

Total, Marine Operations and Maintenance ........................................................... 110,150 

Office of Marine & Aviation Operations: 

Aviation Operations: 

ALL NOAA Aircraft Flying Hours and Maintenance ............................................................ 18,746 

Total, Aviation Operations ...................................................................................... 18,746 

ALL Future Healthcare Benefits for Current Officers ................................................................. 1,941 

Total, Office of Marine & Aviation Operations ............................................................... 1 130,837 

NOMAO: 

Fleet Replacement: 

CT FAIRWEATHER Hydrographic Launches and EFH Equipment ...................................... 3,000 

CT Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull Vessel (SWATH) & EFH Equipment ...................... 10,000 

ECO NANCY FOSTER equipment ......................................................................................... 1,800 

ECO Fisheries Research Vessel Replacement #1 ............................................................... 5,000 

ECO Fisheries Research Vessel Replacement #3 ............................................................... 34,000 

ECO Fisheries Research Vessel #4 Long Lead Procurement .............................................. 5,000 

ECO Sonar for Long Range Fisheries Research ................................................................. 6,000 
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NOAA WIDE PROGRAM SUPPORT—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

NOAA 

Strategic 

Goal 

Fiscal year 2005 operations, research, facilities, and systems acquisition 

Fiscal year 2005 

Committee recommendation 

Subtotal, OMAO Fleet Replacement ....................................................................... 64,800 

Aircraft Replacement: 

ALL G–IV Hurricane Aircraft Instrument Upgrade ............................................................. 4,000 

ALL Aircraft Safety and Equipment ................................................................................... 3,000 

Subtotal, OMAO Aircraft Replacement ................................................................... 7,000 

Total, Ship Building, Sys. Acq. & Construction ..................................................... 71,800 

Total, NOAA Wide Program Support ....................................................................... 437,957 

Transfers: 

Promote & Develop American Fisheries ............................................................................... (57,000 ) 

Coastal Zone Management Fund ................................................................................ (3,000 ) 

Subtotal ORFSA Transfers ...................................................................................... (60,000 ) 

NOAA Strategic Goals: 

ECO—Ecosystem Forecasting and Management. 

OE—Ocean Exploration. 

WW—Weather and Water Programs. 

CT—Commerce and Transportation. 

C—Climate Programs. 

ALL—NOAA-wide Programs. 1 In addition, line office allocations include payments of $4,401,000 for NOMAO services. 

Three years ago, the Committee provided NOAA with a 10 year 

old Navy vessel to be used for oceanographic research in the Southeast Atlantic region. That vessel, the NANCY FOSTER, has replaced the FERREL, which served NOAA well for 36 years in the 

same capacity before being decommissioned in November, 2002. 

The Committee is aware that the South Carolina Department of 

Natural Resources [SCDNR] has expressed interest in assuming 

ownership of the FERREL and using the vessel to continue State 

sponsored research that has been complimentary to NOAA’s mission for many years. The Committee directs the NOAA Administrator to transfer the FERREL to the SCDNR or its designee within 90 days of enactment. 

The Committee recognizes the outstanding educational outreach 

for K–12 youth conducted by the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration. Of the total provided for Ocean Exploration, the Committee 

recommends that up to $1,500,000 be used for the Sea Research 

Foundation’s Immersion Project. This prevention initiative uses 

science-based technologies, working with youth service organizations like the Boys & Girls Clubs, to teach young people, primarily 

from disadvantaged communities. NOAA Ocean Exploration missions and the telepresence capabilities of the new exploration vessel will be used to promote science education and leadership skills 

for disadvantaged youth and will build upon the overall programs 

excellent record of the OE program to date by bringing in new external partners. 
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PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY FUND

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $89,052,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 100,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 99,000,000 

The Committee recommends $99,000,000 for Pacific Coastal 

Salmon Recovery Fund. The recommendation is $9,948,000 above 

the fiscal year 2004 funding level and $1,000,000 below the budget 

request. 

Within the funding for this appropriation, the Committee allocates funds as follows: 

Amount 

State of Alaska .................................................................................................................................................. $26,000,000 

State of California ............................................................................................................................................. 14,000,000 

State of Idaho .................................................................................................................................................... 6,000,000 

State of Oregon .................................................................................................................................................. 14,000,000 

State of Washington .......................................................................................................................................... 27,000,000 

Columbia River Tribes ........................................................................................................................................ 3,000,000 

Pacific Coast Tribes ........................................................................................................................................... 9,000,000 

Of the funds provided for the State of Alaska: $3,500,000 is for 

the Arctic Yukon-Kuskokwim Sustainable Salmon initiative; 

$1,000,000 is for the Cook Inlet Fishing Community Assistance 

Program; $500,000 is for the Yukon River Drainage Association; 

$3,368,000 is for Fairbanks hatchery facilities; $250,000 is for an 

initiative to redefine optimum goals for sockeye, Chinook, and coho 

stocks; $2,500,000 is for the NSRAA Hatchery; $500,000 is for The 

Natural Tag—TNT project; $500,000 is for Coffman Cove king 

salmon; $1,000,000 is for Cook Inlet fishing assistance Kenai peninsula; $250,000 is for the State of Alaska to participate in discussions regarding the Columbia River hydro-system and for fisheries 

revitalization; $100,000 is for the United Fishermen of Alaska’s 

subsistence program; $3,500,000 is to restore salmon fisheries in 

Anchorage at Ship Creek, Chester Creek, and Campbell Creek, including habitat restoration and facilities; $500,000 is to restore 

salmon runs in Resurrection Bay at the Alaska SeaLife Center; 

$200,000 to the Southeast Revitalization Association for its fleet 

stabilization program; $1,000,000 for the Kenai River; and 

$200,000 to restore the Craig watershed. 

Of the funds provided for the State of Washington Salmon Recov- ery Funding Board, $4,000,000 shall be allocated directly to the 

Washington State Department of Natural Resources and other 

State and Federal Agencies for purposes of implementing the State 

of Washington’s Forest and Fish Report. The funding shall be spent 

in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Forest and Fish 

Report and consistent with the requirements of the Endangered 

Species and Clean Water Acts. Further, $1,590,000 is for the purchase of mass marking trailers. 

FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. ............................ 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... $956,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 956,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $956,000 for the fishermen’s contingency fund. The recommendation is $956,000 
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above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and identical to the budget 

request. 

The fishermen’s contingency fund provides compensation to U.S. 

fishermen for damage or loss of fishing gear and any resulting loss 

because of natural or man-made obstructions related to oil and gas 

exploration, development, and production on the Outer Continental 

Shelf. 

FOREIGN FISHING OBSERVER FUND

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. ........................... 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... $191,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 191,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $191,000 for the foreign fishing observer fund. The recommendation is $191,000 

above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and identical to the budget 

request. 

Fees paid into the fund are collected from owners and operators 

of certain foreign fishing vessels that fish within the U.S. fishery 

conservation zone. The fund supports salaries of United States observers and program support personnel, other administrative costs, 

and the cost of data management and analysis. 

FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $287,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... ........................... 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 287,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $287,000 in subsidy appropriations for the NOAA Fisheries Finance Program Account. The recommendation is identical to the fiscal year 2004 

funding level and $287,000 below the budget request. The recommendation provides support for the following: $5,000,000 for Individual Fishing Quota loans; and $59,000,000 for traditional fisheries finance direct loans, of which $40,000,000 may be used for direct loans to the United States distant water tuna fleet and 

$19,000,000 is for the menhaden fishery. 

OTHER 

DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $46,791,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 56,021,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 55,550,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $55,550,000 for 

Departmental Management Salaries and Expenses. The recommendation is $8,759,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level 

and $471,000 below the budget request. 

Within Departmental Management, the Salaries and Expenses 

account provides funding for the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, and 

support staff. Responsibilities involve policy development and implementation affecting United States and international activities as 

well as establishing internal goals and operations of the Department. 
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Security Enhancements.—The Committee is aware that the Department of Commerce is planning security improvements at the 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and National 

Institute of Science and Technology laboratories in Boulder, CO. 

The Department may proceed with these security improvements 

provided that no funds may be used to design, build, or renovate 

any security improvements in violation of interests granted to the 

City of Boulder, or without making adequate provisions to preserve 

sacred and tribal lands and interests of local tribal entities, or 

without prior written agreement between the Department and the 

City of Boulder and other parties; as described in the Department’s 

Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Boulder and other 

parties, entitled First Amended Memorandum of Agreement (May 

8, 1998). 

UNITED STATES TRAVEL AND TOURISM PROMOTION ADVISORY BOARD

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. ........................... 

Budget Estimate, 2005 .......................................................................... ........................... 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. $20,000,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $20,000,000 for 

the United States Travel and Tourism Promotion Advisory Board. 

The recommendation is $20,000,000 above the fiscal year 2004 

funding level and $20,000,000 above the budget request. 

The purpose of the United States Travel and Tourism Promotion 

Advisory Board is to advise the Secretary of Commerce on how best 

to increase the number of international visitors to the United 

States and ensure that the share of the United States’ international receipts continues to grow. 

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $20,894,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 22,249,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 21,071,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $21,071,000. 

The recommendation is $177,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and $1,178,000 below the budget request. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Section 201 makes Commerce Department funds available for advanced payments only upon certification of officials designated by 

the Secretary that such payments are considered to be in the public 

interest. 

Section 202 makes appropriations for salaries and expenses 

available for the hire of passenger motor vehicles, and for services, 

uniforms, and allowances as authorized by law. 

Section 203 provides the authority to transfer funds between Department of Commerce accounts and within NOAA appropriations. 

The provision makes transfers subject to the Committee’s standard 

reprogramming procedures. 

Section 204 provides that any cost resulting from personnel actions shall be absorbed by the affected Department or Agency. 

Section 205 promotes fish products and research. 

Section 206 allows the Secretary to operate a marine laboratory. 
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Section 207 clarifies section 211(b) of Public Law 108–199. 

Section 208 amends 16 U.S.C. 1881 concerning counting of harvested fish. 

Section 209 provides for a fishing capacity reduction program for 

the Alaska Purse Seine Fishery. 

Section 210 establishes the position of Coordinator for International Intellectual Property Enforcement. 

Section 211 provides for funding within NIST. 

Section 212 provides continued authorization for the environmental cleanup of the Pribilof Islands. 

Section 213 addresses recent confusion regarding the relationship 

of a State law addressing the operation of thrillcraft with certain 

Federal laws. This language does not affect 16 U.S.C. 1535(f), 

which allows States to enforce laws and regulations more restrictive than Federal laws for endangered or threatened species, including humpback whales. 

Section 214 establishes the Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship program. The purposes of this undergraduate scholarship program are: 

(1) to increase undergraduate training in oceanic and atmospheric 

science, research, technology, and education and foster multidisciplinary training opportunities; (2) to increase public understanding 

and support for stewardship of the ocean and atmosphere and improve environmental literacy; (3) to recruit and prepare students 

for public service careers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA] and other natural resource and 

science agencies at the Federal, State, and local levels of government; and (4) to recruit and prepare students for careers as teachers and educators in oceanic and atmospheric science and to improve scientific and environmental education in the United States. 

Scholarships shall be awarded competitively in accordance with 

guidelines issued by the NOAA Administrator and published in the 

Federal Register. This program will be funded in fiscal year 2005 

and annually hereafter by setting aside one-tenth of 1 percent of 

total amounts made available for NOAA Operations, Research, Facilities and Systems Acquisition. 

Establishment and annual operation of this scholarship program 

honors the legacy of environmental commitment and excellence 

consistently demonstrated during Senator Ernest F. Hollings almost 60 year career in public service. As a State Legislator, Governor and U.S. Senator, and member and leader of the Senate 

Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies 

Appropriations Subcommittee as well as the Commerce, Science 

and Transportation Committee—Ernest F. Hollings has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to the Nation’s oceans, atmosphere, and environmental programs, including improving environmental literacy and education for all Americans. 
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TITLE III—THE JUDICIARY 

The Committee recommends a total of $5,361,623,000 for the judiciary. The recommendation is $230,187,000 above the fiscal year 

2004 funding level and $343,003,000 below the budget request. 

The funds provided in title III of the accompanying bill are for 

the operation and maintenance of the U.S. Courts and include the 

salaries of judges, magistrates, supporting personnel, and other expenses of the Federal Judiciary. 

The Committee recommendation supports the Federal Judiciary 

and recognizes the critical role it plays in our government. An effective and efficient judicial system is a critical component of the 

overall justice system. The Committee commends the dedication of 

the judges, judicial officers, court employees, and support staff. 

The Committee emphasizes that all judicial operations and requirements operate within the Federal budgetary system and, with 

the exception of the mandatory judicial accounts, are considered 

within the definition of domestic discretionary spending. As such, 

tight budget levels will continue to affect the judiciary in the same 

manner as they impact all executive branch agencies and programs. 

In addition, the judiciary is reminded that Section 605 of the accompanying Act applies to the Third Branch as well as the executive branch. 

Steady growth in costs associated with defender services and pay 

and benefits at a time of limited resources continues to put serious 

pressure on the judiciary budget. The Committee urges the judiciary to make every effort to contain ‘‘mandatory’’ costs, particularly 

staff salaries. 

The Committee does not support the judiciary’s request for program increases for personnel at a time when the judiciary is planning significant furloughs, layoffs, and early out programs. The 

Committee recommendation funds programs necessary to maintain 

current services and retain current employees. As such, the Committee does not support the request for ‘‘cafeteria benefits’’ of 

$37,138,000. The Committee urges the Judicial Conference to consider directing all available funds to the local courts to prevent adverse personnel separations instead of attracting new employees. 

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $54,797,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 58,122,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 58,122,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $58,122,000 for 

the Justices, their supporting personnel, and the costs of operating 

the Supreme Court, excluding the care of the building and grounds. 
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The recommendation is $3,325,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and identical to the budget request. 

Personnel Increases.—The Committee understands the Supreme 

Court’s long-term requirements for personnel are a top priority. 

Therefore, within the funds provided, the Court shall make the personnel adjustments as outlined in the budget request. 

CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $26,386,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 10,579,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 10,579,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $10,579,000 for 

personnel and other services related to the Supreme Court building 

and grounds, which is supervised by the Architect of the Capitol. 

The recommendation is $15,807,000 below the fiscal year 2004 

funding level and identical to the budget request. 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $20,468,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 25,007,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 20,624,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $20,624,000. 

The recommendation is $156,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and $4,383,000 below the budget request. 

The Committee does not support funding a Deputy Circuit Executive ($135,000), as the budget justification has not shown a workload need, in relation to the other circuits, for such a position. 

In addition, the Committee does not support the requests for 

$246,000 to develop and maintain a disaster recovery plan and 

$160,000 for an independent security assessment. By fiscal year 

2005, the court should have already prepared such a plan and 

should consider maintaining it within available resources. Also, the 

Committee does not support the request for $845,000 for perimeter 

barriers since such barriers should be provided by the General 

Services Administration. 

U.S. COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $13,938,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 15,073,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 14,060,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $14,060,000. 

The recommendation is $122,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and $1,013,000 below the budget request. 
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COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER JUDICIAL

SERVICES

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $3,955,036,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 4,320,244,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 4,131,487,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,131,487,000. The recommendation is $176,451,000 above the fiscal year 2004 

funding level and $188,757,000 below the budget request. 

The Committee is not supportive of the request for program increases as stated in the beginning of this title. The Committee is 

extremely concerned about not furloughing or laying off personnel. 

The Judicial Conference is urged to reconsider this course of action 

by making the retention of current personnel a top priority and directing funds to the courts to the greatest extent possible to assist 

them in this perilous situation. 

Judiciary Information Technology Fund.—The Committee does 

not support the full request for the Judiciary Information Technology Funds [JITF] account. The Committee does not support the 

addition of $1,699,000 in the JITF request for ‘‘new project startup 

costs’’ without any explanation or justification or the $1,663,000 

listed as ‘‘other projects’’. In addition, the Committee does not support the judiciary’s plan to divert any portion of the $5,300,000 to 

provide broadband access for court employees who want access to 

files from locations other than court facilities. This ‘‘New Information Technology Upgrades’’ provides remote capability and should 

be a lower priority to the courts than retaining personnel. 

In addition, the Committee continues to be concerned about the 

high percentage of operations and maintenance [O&M] costs versus 

new information technology projects. The Committee is aware that 

several projects are continuing to add new and/or remaining 

functionality to products after deployment and treating this cost as 

O&M in an attempt to keep the reported cost of the project down. 

Therefore, when submitting the fiscal year 2005 financial plan to 

the Committees on Appropriations, and each year thereafter, the 

Administrative Office of the United States Courts [AO] shall include a separate and detailed JITF financial plan that includes all 

on-going projects and an accounting of O&M costs. 

The Committee is aware that the Financial Accounting System 

for Tomorrow [FAS4T] has successfully completed its deployment 

throughout the judiciary. This project has had a long history and 

the Committee is pleased it is now complete. The entire project 

team should be commended for this valuable addition to the judiciary. 

Edwin L. Nelson Local Initiative Program.—The conference report accompanying Public Law 108–199, enacted on January 23, 

2004, specified $1,800,000 for the Edwin L. Nelson Local Initiatives 

Program. This money was intended to be used to: (1) establish and 

operate a national clearing house; (2) facilitate local court collaboration; (3) expand training at the circuit level; and (4) provide information technology grants to local courts. This program was designed to assist local courts with developing solutions for the 

unique problems they experience. The grants portion of this pro-
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gram is instrumental to efforts to develop these solutions and share 

them with other courts throughout the country. 

Contrary to the intent of the conference report, the AO did not 

develop a process for local courts to apply for these grants for over 

5 months. It was not until this Committee notified the AO on May 

17 of its non-compliance that it agreed to notify the courts that 

they could apply for grants this year. Even with this direction, the 

courts were not notified until mid-June of this option. However, absent a national process, the Office of Information Technology did 

identify eight courts to receive grants. The rest of the judiciary will 

now compete for the remaining funds. By delaying and abbreviating the grants portion of this program, the Office of Information Technology denied local courts the opportunity to properly 

evaluate their needs and apply for fiscal year 2004 grants. 

As specified in the bill language, $1,300,000 of the amount appropriated for the Judiciary Information Technology Fund shall be set 

aside for the Edwin L. Nelson Local Initiatives Program, of which 

not less than $1,000,000 shall be reserved for local court grants. 

Within 30 days of enactment of this Act, the AO will report to 

the Committee on Appropriations the financial status of this program. This report, at a minimum, will include a list of all courts 

that have received grants to date, the reason for the grant, and the 

amount provided. Hereafter, the AO shall submit this information 

on a quarterly basis. 

Office of Probation and Pretrial Services.—The Office of Probation and Pretrial Services [OPPS] in the District of Florida Southern has developed an automated ‘‘Pre-Sentence Investigative Form’’ 

that has saved considerable time and money in their office. The 

Committee lauds this office for their success in this project. The 

Committee urges the AO to consider this product as an enhancement to the existing PACTS/ECM project. 

In addition, the OPPS in Florida Southern has developed a PreSentence Database that has saved 2–3 clerk positions. This database, in combination with the Automated Pre-Sentence Report will 

save this office a minimum of $250,000 per year. The Florida 

Southern Office of Probation and Pretrial Services is commended 

for their initiative. This is a great example of how local initiatives 

can be leveraged either at the national level or shared among other 

courts to save a considerable amount of money. The Edwin L. Nelson Local Initiative Program was designed for exactly this purpose. 

VACCINE INJURY TRUST FUND

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $3,159,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 3,471,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 3,159,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,159,000. The 

recommendation is identical to the fiscal year 2004 funding level 

and $312,000 below the budget request. 

DEFENDER SERVICES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $598,116,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 681,612,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 648,116,000 
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The Committee recommends an appropriation of $648,116,000. The recommendation is $50,000,000 above the fiscal year 2004 

funding level and $33,496,000 below the budget request. 

This account funds the operations of the Federal public defender 

and community defender organizations and the compensation, reimbursement, and expenses of attorneys appointed to represent 

persons under the Criminal Justice Act [CJA], as amended. 

Office of Court Administration and Defender Services.—The Federal Defender’s Office [FDO] in the Southern District of Florida has 

developed a highly successful program to train, supervise, provide 

continuing education and mentor public defenders. This has resulted in a high degree of expertise in the Defender’s Office and in 

the CJA panel attorneys in this district. The Federal Public Defender, the staff attorneys and the administrative staff are to be 

commended for their professionalism, dedication, and successes 

while building a program that is a model for the rest of the judiciary. This Committee enthusiastically supports the program this office has built and highly encourages the judiciary to use their complete program as a guide for other FDO’s to follow. 

Criminal Justice Act Panel Attorney Rates.—CJA panel attorney 

representations and pay rates have been thoroughly examined by 

this Committee. As a result, the Committee believes in order to 

maintain a high quality of panel representations, both the hourly 

rates and case compensation maximums must be addressed. Within 

the amounts provided herein, and effective January 1, 2005, this 

Committee recommends the hourly rates payable to capital case attorneys be increased to $160 per hour. 

In addition, the case compensation maximum amounts presently 

in effect are creating an unnecessary hardship on panel attorneys, 

court staff, and judges. Many judges administratively reduce the 

requested compensation on panel attorney vouchers in order to not 

exceed the statutory maximum and thereby reduce the administrative burden on chief judges. As a result, many panel attorneys in 

non-capital cases receive less compensation than they deserve. To 

make the representation compensation more accurately reflect actual expenses, this Committee increases the maximum compensation limits as outlined in section 304 of the accompanying Act. 

FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $57,213,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 62,800,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 62,800,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $62,800,000. 

The recommendation is $5,587,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and reflects the judiciary’s reestimate of fiscal year 2005 

requirements. 

This account provides for the fees and allowances of grand and 

petit jurors and for the compensation of land commissioners and 

jury commissioners. 

COURT SECURITY

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $274,580,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 383,282,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 274,653,000 
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The Committee recommends an appropriation of $274,653,000. 

The recommendation is $73,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding 

level and $108,629,000 below the budget request. 

The Committee is concerned about the security of the United 

States Courthouses and the safety of all judicial employees and 

urges the Administrative Office to work closely with the United 

States Marshals Service to forge an effective and lasting accommodation to achieve this common goal. 

The Committee notes the budget request for the judiciary assumes the transfer of security costs of the Federal Protective Service [FPS], previously paid for under the Salaries and Expenses and 

Defender Services accounts, to the Court Security account. The 

Committee recommendation does not include this transfer. The 

Committee is concerned over the size of the increase in FPS costs 

in fiscal year 2005 and prohibits the expenditure of any additional 

funds until sufficient justification for the 34 percent increase to the 

judiciary is provided to the Administrative Office of the United 

States Courts by the Department of Homeland Security. Once a 

breakout of the full FPS security costs by Federal agency is provided, the Committee will reconsider both the prohibition on the 

expenditure of the additional funds and the transfer of these funds 

to this account. 

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $65,305,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 72,154,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 67,249,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $67,249,000. 

The recommendation is $1,944,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and $4,905,000 below the budget request. 

The Committee is aware of the cost saving measures the Executive Committee and the Director of the AO have instituted and 

lauds them for their leadership in this difficult time of reduced and 

critical resources. The Committee urges them to continue these cost 

saving procedures and to assist the local courts to the maximum 

amount possible so as to minimize additional furloughs and reductions of court staff. 

The Committee cannot support a request for 6 full time equivalents and $617,000 for program oversight while the courts are experiencing large scale staff reductions. The Committee urges the 

AO to consider additional ways to handle the workload with the existing staff. 

The AO shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations on the Edwin L. Nelson Local Initiatives Program within 30 

days of enactment of this Act as outlined above under ‘‘Salaries and 

Expenses, Courts of Appeals, District Courts and Other Judicial 

Services’’ and section 306 of the accompanying Act. 

This Committee does not support the request for ‘‘cafeteria-style’’ 

benefits ($432,000) for reasons stated in the beginning of this title. 

The Committee recommends that the AO reconsider this proposal 

and defer to the Judicial Conference for policy guidance. 
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The AO is reminded that Section 605 of the accompanying Act 

applies to the judiciary, and as such, expects the AO to notify the 

Committees on Appropriations before taking any actions covered by 

this section. 

FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $21,214,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 22,126,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 21,670,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $21,670,000. 

The recommendation is $456,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and $456,000 below the budget request. 

The Federal Judicial Center [FJC] improves the management of 

Federal judicial dockets and court administration through education for judges and staff and research, evaluation, and planning 

assistance for the courts and the judicial conference. 

JUDICIAL RETIREMENT FUNDS

PAYMENT TO JUDICIARY TRUST FUNDS

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $29,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 36,700,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 36,700,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $36,700,000 for 

payments to the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund and the Claims 

Court Judges Retirement Fund. The recommendation is $7,700,000 

above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and identical to the budget 

request. 

These funds cover the estimated annuity payments to be made 

to retired bankruptcy judges and magistrate judges, claims court 

judges, and spouses and dependent children of deceased judicial officers. 

UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $12,224,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 13,456,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 12,404,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $12,404,000. 

The recommendation is $180,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and $1,052,000 below the budget request. 

The purpose of the Commission is to establish, review, and revise 

sentencing guidelines, policies, and practices for the Federal criminal justice system. The Commission is also required to monitor the 

operation of the guidelines and to identify and report necessary 

changes to the Congress. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY

The Committee recommends the following general provisions for 

the judiciary. 
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Section 301 allows the judiciary to expend funds for the employment of experts and consultant services. 

Section 302 allows the judiciary, subject to the Committee’s reprogramming procedures, to transfer up to 5 percent between appropriations, but limits to 10 percent the amount that can be transferred into any one appropriation. 

Section 303 limits official reception and representation expenses 

incurred by the Judicial Conference of the United States to no 

more than $11,000. 

Section 304 raises the compensation maximums for CJA panel 

attorneys. 

Section 305 requires the Administrative Office to submit an annual financial plan for the judiciary. 

Section 306 requires the AO to submit a report within 30 days 

on the Edwin L. Nelson Local Initiative Program. 

Section 307 allows for a salary adjustment for Justices and 

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TITLE IV—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

The Committee recommends a total of $8,542,108,000 for the Department of State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors. The 

recommendation is $201,321,000 below the fiscal year 2004 funding 

level and $578,733,000 below the budget request. Security, technology, and infrastructure accounts have received the maximum 

funding deemed prudent. 

ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $4,063,488,000 

Supplemental appropriations, 2004 ..................................................... 120,500,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 4,285,044,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 4,151,755,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,151,755,000. 

The recommendation is $32,233,000 below the fiscal year 2004 

funding level and $133,289,000 below the budget request. 

Within the amount provided, $658,701,000, the full amount requested, is for Worldwide Security Upgrades, as described in greater detail later in this section. 

This appropriation account provides for the formulation and execution of U.S. foreign policy, including the conduct of diplomatic 

and consular relations with foreign countries, diplomatic relations 

with international organizations, and related activities. This account primarily funds the overseas programs and operations of the 

Department of State. 

Within the amount provided, $175,000 is to support the United 

States’ membership in the Arctic Council and $40,000 is to support 

the United States’ membership in the Bering Straits Commission. 

The former includes funds for representation expenses and travel 

for United States delegates. 

The recommendation includes language directing that funding 

provided under this heading be obligated in accordance with the 

following table: 

DIPLOMATIC & CONSULAR PROGRAMS 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee 

recommendation 

Regional Bureaus: 

Bureau of African Affairs ...................................................................................................................... 246,526 

Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs ............................................................................................ 250,618 

Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs ........................................................................................... 536,326 

Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs ............................................................................................................ 185,128 

Bureau of South Asian Affairs .............................................................................................................. 80,234 
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DIPLOMATIC & CONSULAR PROGRAMS—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee 

recommendation 

Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs ................................................................................................ 259,462 

Bureau of International Organization Affairs ....................................................................................... 56,680 

Office of International Conferences ...................................................................................................... 3,122 

FSN Separation Liability Trust Fund ..................................................................................................... 8,361 

Subtotal, Regional Bureaus .............................................................................................................. 1,626,457 

Functional Bureaus: 

Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation ...................................................................................... 4,000 

Bureau of Arms Control ........................................................................................................................ 22,990 

Bureau of Consular Affairs ................................................................................................................... 3,164 

Additional Consular Officers ................................................................................................................. 114,712 

Counterterrorism Research and Development/Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism ........... 1,800 

Cultural Antiquities Task Force ............................................................................................................ 1,000 

Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor .................................................................................. 12,601 

Bureau of Diplomatic Security .............................................................................................................. 221,108 

Diplomatic Telecommunications Service Program Office ..................................................................... 7,814 

Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs ........................................................................................... 29,044 

Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (also funded under a separate heading) ...................... 1,000 

Bureau of Information Resource Management ..................................................................................... 148,000 

Bureau of Intelligence and Research ................................................................................................... 45,788 

Bureau of Non-Proliferation .................................................................................................................. 25,178 

Bureau of Oceans and Int’l Environmental and Scientific Affairs ...................................................... 23,548 

Bureau of Political Military Affairs ....................................................................................................... 28,955 

Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration .................................................................................. 493 

Bureau of Public Affairs ....................................................................................................................... 32,367 

Bureau of Verification and Compliance ............................................................................................... 15,329 

Subtotal, Functional Bureaus ........................................................................................................... 738,891 

Management: 

Office of the Secretary .......................................................................................................................... 62,230 

Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources ............................................................................... 7,698 

Office on Right-Sizing the United States Overseas Presence .............................................................. 3,000 

Bureau of Resource Management ......................................................................................................... 97,532 

Office of Protocol .................................................................................................................................. 6,279 

Subtotal, Management ..................................................................................................................... 176,739 

Administration: 

Bureau of Administration ...................................................................................................................... 370,755 

Bureau of Human Resources ................................................................................................................ 112,265 

Bureau of Human Resources—Special Complement ........................................................................... 65,311 

Diplomatic Readiness Initiative—Annualized Costs ............................................................................ 45,000 

Foreign Service Institute ....................................................................................................................... 106,734 

Continuing Overseas Language Training .............................................................................................. 10,000 

Bureau of Legislative Affairs ................................................................................................................ 7,311 

Post Assignment Travel ........................................................................................................................ 109,000 

Subtotal, Administration ................................................................................................................... 826,376 

Offices: 

Office of Foreign Missions .................................................................................................................... 4,222 

Office of International Criminal Justice ............................................................................................... 1,152 

Office of International Information Programs ...................................................................................... 48,763 

Office of Strategic Planning for Public Diplomacy .............................................................................. [2,000 ] 

Micro-grants .......................................................................................................................................... [3,000 ] 

Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization ........................................................... 1,000 

Office of the Legal Advisor ................................................................................................................... 37,916 

Office of the Medical Director .............................................................................................................. 29,822 
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DIPLOMATIC & CONSULAR PROGRAMS—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee 

recommendation 

Subtotal, Offices ............................................................................................................................... 122,875 

Other: 

U.S. Membership in Arctic Council ....................................................................................................... 175 

U.S. Membership in Bering Staits Commission ................................................................................... 40 

Transfer to DEA for Training Provided .................................................................................................. 1,500 

Subtotal, Other ................................................................................................................................. 1,715 

Subtotal, Diplomatic and Consular Programs, Non-Security ........................................................... 3,493,053 

Some of the Committee recommendations displayed in the table 

are described in more detail in the following paragraphs. 

9/11 COMMISSION REPORT

The 9/11 Commission Report focused overwhelmingly on the efforts of other U.S. foreign affairs and intelligence agencies to combat international terrorism, and specifically efforts to combat the 

Al Qaeda terrorist network. The 9/11 Commission Report’s lack of 

attention to the role of the Department of State, whether intentional or not, implied that the Department’s role was merely to 

issue travel warnings, grant (or not grant) visas, and make futile 

attempts to convince the Taliban to hand over Osama bin Laden 

to the United States or its allies. While these were certainly among 

the Department’s missions prior to September 11, 2001, the 9/11 

Commission Report underrepresented the role of the Department of 

State in the fight against international terrorism. The 9/11 Commission Report missed an opportunity to highlight the United 

States’ failure to fight terror at its roots, a mission that falls 

squarely under the purview of the Department of State. Through 

its public diplomacy efforts, the Department of State seeks to preempt and prevent terrorism by countering false or inaccurate information about the United States, our values, and intentions. Such 

mis- and disinformation is central to the creation and recruitment 

of terrorists, as highlighted in the 9/11 Commission Report. Moreover, the State Department is the only U.S. agency authorized and 

equipped to conduct the type of outreach to foreign publics and governments that is crucial to changing these uninformed and, unfortunately, widely-held views. 

Despite a lack of attention to Department of State activities, the 

9/11 Commission Report’s recommendations include activities in 

which the Department of State will and must take the lead. Such 

recommendations include: identifying terrorist sanctuaries; securing the help of foreign countries in the war on terror; making a 

long-term commitment to the security and stability of Afghanistan; 

building a better relationship with Saudi Arabia; defining the U.S. 

‘‘message’’; defending American ideals abroad vigorously; providing 

assistance to schools in Muslim countries; developing a coalition 

strategy against Islamist terrorism; developing, with the Department of Homeland Security, a biometric entry-exit screening sys-
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tem for visitors to the United States; and creating better mechanisms for sharing information about terrorists with our allies. 

The Department of State is directed to provide to the Committee, 

within 30 days of enactment of this Act, a detailed response to the 

conclusions and recommendations of the report issued by the National Commission on the Terrorist Attacks Upon the United 

States. This report shall include the Department’s preliminary 

plans for implementing some or all of the 9/11 Commission Report’s 

recommendations. This report should also answer the question, 

raised by the 9/11 Commission Report, of whether the dominance 

of the regional bureaus within the Department may hinder its combating terrorism mission. This report shall also be made available, 

in unclassified form, to the public on the Department’s website. 

DEPARTMENT MANAGEMENT

Reprogrammings.—In fiscal year 2003, the Department of State 

undertook two separate reorganizations without submitting reprogramming requests. One such reorganization involved the Bureau of Political Military Affairs and the other involved changing 

the Office of International Information Programs [IIP] from officelevel status to bureau-level status. Consequently, the Committee 

still does not recognize IIP as a Bureau. In fiscal year 2004, the 

Department of State submitted a reprogramming request to relocate several full time equivalents [FTEs] from the Bureau of Legislative Affairs to the Bureau of Administration. However, the Department moved ahead with this reorganization without the Committee’s approval and without giving the Committee sufficient time 

to review the request. While the Department’s violations of Section 

605 were not as flagrant in fiscal year 2004 as they were in fiscal 

year 2003, some additional guidance is clearly needed. The Committee has included bill language that will mitigate this problem 

in the future. 

Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs.—The Committee is aware that the Bureau of International 

Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs [INL] remains delinquent 

on its reimbursement payments to the Drug Enforcement Administration [DEA] for the international counter-narcotics training DEA 

provides to foreign narcotics law enforcement officers under an 

agreement with the State Department. The recommendation includes bill language to address this delinquency. 

Financial Operations.—The Committee commends the Department of State for the significant improvements it has made in its 

financial operations. In 1994, the Department began the process of 

streamlining and centralizing its overseas and domestic financial 

operations in Charleston, South Carolina. From Charleston, the 

Department pays over 25,000 Americans both domestically and 

overseas and over 35,000 local national employees in 180 different 

countries, bi-weekly, in local currencies. The Committee is aware 

that the Office of Management and Budget is in the process of consolidating payroll operations among the Federal agencies. The Department is directed to report to the Committee on the potential 

impact of consolidation on the operations of the Charleston Financial Services Center prior to making a commitment to any government-wide payroll consolidation effort. Above all, the Department 
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must demonstrate to the Committee that consolidation would result in cost-savings to the American taxpayers. 

International Trade.—Every year, the State Department attempts to pursue international trade activities that fall under the 

jurisdiction of the Department of Commerce’s International Trade 

Administration, and in particular under the jurisdiction of the 

United States and Foreign Commercial Service. The State Department’s efforts to expand its jurisdiction in this area runs counter 

to the intent of the Committee, which notes the expansive and intractable foreign policy issues already confronting the Department. 

As in prior years, no funding is recommended for these activities. 

Clean Energy Technology Exports.—The Committee expects the 

Department of State to fully participate in and contribute to the 

Clean Energy Technology Exports [CETE] Initiative, a nine-agency 

approach to help open international energy markets and aid with 

the export of a range of United States clean energy technologies. 

Bureau of African Affairs.—The recommendation includes 

$246,526,000 for the Bureau of African Affairs. Within this 

amount, $2,500,000 is for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of 

African Affairs and $13,500,000 is for the Office of the Executive 

Director. The Committee is dissatisfied with the level of support 

that the Bureau has given to the Special Court for Sierra Leone. 

The Committee would consider a reprogramming of funds to these 

offices if the Bureau demonstrates a greater degree of support for, 

and cooperation with, the Special Court. 

International Conference on North Korean Human Rights.—The 

Committee is concerned about human rights violations occurring in 

North Korea. The recommendation therefore includes, within funds 

available for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, 

$2,000,000 for the costs of an international conference to examine 

the human rights situation in North Korea. This conference will 

bring together non-governmental, religious, and student leaders; 

organizations; and experts on the issue. This conference will provide for an opportunity for networking and information sharing, 

thereby focusing international attention on North Korea’s dismal 

human rights record. 

GLOBAL PRESENCE

Right-Sizing.—The report accompanying Public Law 108–401 established the Office on Right-Sizing the U.S. Government Overseas 

Presence (‘‘the Office’’). The Office will be responsible for the enterprise architecture for the United States’ overseas presence. The Office will lead the effort to develop internal and interagency mechanisms to better coordinate, rationalize, and manage the overall deployment of U.S. Government overseas staff; enforce a uniform 

rightsizing framework, as defined by the General Accounting Office; link overseas staffing levels to firmly established foreign policy 

priorities; move forward on regionalization initiatives; and ensure 

that rightsizing standards are applied systematically to final planning estimates for the staffing and design of all new mission facilities. In carrying out its responsibilities, the office should take into 

account the equities and missions of other Federal agencies represented overseas. The Office shall report to the Committee each 

year on June 1 on trends in overseas staffing. 
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The Department is directed to seek the participation of other relevant Federal agencies in staffing the Office. Within funds made 

available for Diplomatic and Consular Programs, $3,000,000 is only 

for the operations of the Office. 

As part of its efforts, the Office will undertake an initiative to 

review and recommend for right-sizing a representative number of 

posts, including category 5∂posts, in fiscal year 2005. For the purposes of this review, staffing is defined as all American and foreign 

national personnel, in all employment categories, whether direct 

hire or contract, full-or part-time, permanent or temporary. 

Chiefs of Mission [COMs] play a central role in right-sizing the 

U.S. Government overseas presence. The Office shall, in its first 

June 1 report to the Committee, include recommendations on new 

ways the Department can support COMs in their right-sizing efforts. The report should include recommendations for any legislative action that the Secretary determines would be helpful in this 

regard. 

The Committee recognizes that the Department’s Capital Security Cost Sharing [CSCS] program is an important element in overall government-wide right-sizing efforts and is likewise an Administration policy and priority, and that the Office on Right-Sizing the 

U.S. Government Overseas Presence and the Bureau of Overseas 

Buildings Operations [OBO] will have responsibility for planning 

the staffing of embassies to be constructed in this program, in coordination with all other overseas agencies. 

U.S. Presence in Brazil.—The Department currently maintains 

45 properties and 60 authorized full time permanent U.S. directhire positions in Rio de Janeiro. Only 200 miles down the road in 

Sa ̃o Paolo, the Department maintains 62 properties and another 60 

authorized full time permanent U.S. direct-hire positions. The Department recently renovated U.S. Consulate General Sa ̃o Paolo’s 

compound, at a total cost of $85,700,000. The Committee fully supported this project. It is not fiscally prudent for the U.S. Government to continue to operate these two separate missions. The recommendation therefore includes language directing the Department to close the U.S. Consulate General Rio de Janeiro, and consolidate its operations into the newly refurbished U.S. Consulate 

General Sa ̃o Paolo. Many new demands are being placed on the Department (in Iraq and Afghanistan, to name only the two most obvious), and the Department must be willing to make tough decisions. While it is a convenience to both Brazilians and Americans 

for the United States to have a presence in both Rio de Janeiro and 

Sa ̃o Paolo, it is not a necessity. 

HUMAN RESOURCES

No funding is recommended for a fourth year of the Department’s 

Diplomatic Readiness Initiative [DRI]. The DRI was supposed to be 

a 3-year initiative, begun in fiscal year 2002, in which the Department planned to hire a total of 1,158 new Foreign Service Officers 

[FSOs]. The Committee has provided $250,000,000 over the last 3 

years, which has allowed State to hire 1,069 new Foreign Service 

Officers [FSOs] above attrition. In addition to the new positions 

provided under DRI, since fiscal year 2001 the Committee has provided $55,212,000 for 486 new Diplomatic Security agents above at-
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trition and $59,384,000 for 340 new consular positions above attrition. The recommendation for fiscal year 2005 includes full funding 

for the 63 Consular Associates Replacements requested under Secure Operations, the 71 additional Diplomatic Security positions requested under Worldwide Security Upgrades, and the 60 Border 

Security Staff positions requested under the Border Security Program, as discussed in greater detail later in this section. This will 

result in a total of 194 new State Department personnel above attrition in fiscal year 2005. The Committee reminds the Department 

that the Committee recommendation for fiscal year 2005 represents 

the third straight year that the Department has received substantial increases for hiring, while other Federal agencies have faced 

reductions in force [RIFs]. 

Foreign Language Proficiency.—There is a continued shortage of 

personnel at the State Department who possess the language skills 

required for their positions. If our diplomats truly are our ‘‘first 

line of defense’’ against threats from abroad, then their ability to 

converse fluently in the languages of the countries to which they 

are posted is critical to national security. The Committee is 

pleased, however, with recent policy changes made by the Department to give more weight to foreign language proficiency in decisions concerning the hiring and promotion of Foreign Service Officers. For example, the Department has been targeting recruitment 

to attract candidates to the Foreign Service who have preexisting 

language skills, including those with native or ‘‘heritage’’ langauge 

skills. Applicants who have additional language skills are given 

extra points in the hiring process. The Committee directs the Department to report on further changes to its hiring and promotion 

practices that may be necessary no later than April 14, 2005. The 

Committee directs the Department to act expeditiously to alter its 

policies in order to give additional credit for critical languages, 

such as Arabic. 

Continuing Overseas Language Training.—Language skills ensure that dependents of Department of State personnel are not 

overwhelmed by isolation and alienation, resulting in lowered post 

morale. Within available funds, the Committee recommendation directs that $10,000,000 shall be available only for continuing language education programs for both employees and dependents at 

posts worldwide. Language classes should also be open to non-State 

Department (Federal) employees on a space-available, reimbursable 

basis. 

SECURITY

Worldwide Security Upgrades.—The Committee recommends an 

appropriation of $658,701,000 for Worldwide Security Upgrades. 

The recommendation is $18,805,000 above the fiscal year 2004 

funding level and identical to the budget request. The recommendation includes inflationary increases for equipment (including technical equipment), information security, and armored vehicle replacement. The recommendation includes the requested funding 

level for personnel and training, the Department’s chemical/biological program, and maintenance of the Department’s emergency 

radio networks. The recommendation for perimeter security enhancements is $1,262,000 above the request. 
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The Committee recommendations are displayed in the following 

table: 

WORLDWIDE SECURITY UPGRADES 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee recommendation 

Ongoing Security Activities: 

Center for Anti-Terrorism and Security Tranining ...................................................................................... 23,046 

Guards/Worldwide Protection ...................................................................................................................... 239,125 

Physical Security Equipment ....................................................................................................................... 19,791 

Technical Support/Infrastructure ................................................................................................................ 63,021 

Information/Systems Security ...................................................................................................................... 53,288 

Armored Vehicles Replacement ................................................................................................................... 11,026 

Personnel/Training ....................................................................................................................................... 158,996 

Chemical/Biological Program ...................................................................................................................... 17,422 

Radio Program ............................................................................................................................................ 7,626 

Perimeter Security Enhancements .............................................................................................................. 44,662 

TOPOFF III .................................................................................................................................................... 3,000 

Subtotal, Ongoing Security Activities ..................................................................................................... 641,003 

New Initiatives: 

Additional 71 Security Professionals .......................................................................................................... 14,698 

Security Management Systems Initiative .................................................................................................... 3,000 

Subtotal, New Initiatives ........................................................................................................................ 17,698 

Subtotal, Worldwide Security Upgrades ................................................................................................. 658,701 

Some of the Committee recommendations displayed in the table 

are described in more detail in the following paragraphs. 

TOPOFF III.—The Committee commends the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism for its continued involvement in the 

Top Officials [TOPOFF] national domestic counterterrorism exercise series. The Department of State, working in partnership with 

the Department of Homeland Security, contributes to the design, 

development, conduct, and evaluation of this exercise. The Committee originally directed the Department of Justice to undertake 

TOPOFF I in the fiscal year 1999 appropriations bill. In 2003, 

under the direction of the Committee, TOPOFF expanded to include the participation of Canada, making TOPOFF II the first terrorism exercise of its size to be conducted by the United States in 

cooperation with another country. Within the amount made available for Worldwide Security Upgrades, $3,000,000 is for the State 

Department’s participation in TOPOFF III. The Department is directed to report to the Committee on the status of TOPOFF III 

within 30 days of enactment of this Act. 

Border Security Program.—The recommendation includes 

$836,480,000, the full amount requested, for the Department’s border security program. The border security program, funded from 

Machine Readable Visa [MRV] fees paid by persons seeking nonimmigrant visas to the United States, and in part through transfers from the Diplomatic and Consular Programs account, is a critical component of the Department’s efforts to assist and protect 

United States citizens overseas and safeguard the Nation’s borders. 

Disruption of the border security program due to an MRV fee 

shortfall must be avoided at all costs. The recommendation there-
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fore again includes language providing for the automatic transfer 

of funding from the Diplomatic and Consular Programs account to 

the account that funds the Department’s Border Security Program 

in the event of continued MRV fee shortfalls in fiscal year 2005. 

Consular Services Fees.—The recommendation includes language 

raising the fees the Department of State may collect for passports 

and immigrant visas. 

Interagency Study on the Visa Clearance Process.—The Committee agrees with the President that the U.S. Government has no 

more important mission than protecting the homeland from future 

terrorist attacks. We must use all legal means at our disposal to 

identify and halt terrorists who attempt to enter the United States. 

However, 3 years after September 11, our visa clearance processes 

remain plagued by gaps and overlap. Gaps give rise to dangerous 

scenarios where people who wish to do harm to the United States 

and its citizens may enter this country legally. Overlap leads to the 

unnecessary expenditure of American tax dollars and unacceptable 

delays in the adjudication of visas. There has to be a middle 

ground. 

The Committee is concerned in particular about the overlap that 

exists between the State Department-led clearance processes, such 

as Visas Condor, which require name checks to be performed by 

other Federal agencies that are redundant with screening and 

analysis already performed by such entities as the Terrorist 

Screening Center [TSC] and the Terrorist Threat Integration Center [TTIC]. These entities were created in the aftermath of September 11 to serve as a centralized repository for all information 

related to the identity of known or suspected terrorists. The primary mission of these entities is to maintain databases against 

which applications for nonimmigrant visas are checked. The information contained in these databases serves as the basis for screening performed by the Department of Homeland Security [DHS] and 

the Department of State to prevent the entry of known or suspected terrorists into the United States. For example, the Federal 

Bureau of Investigation’s [FBI] ‘‘hit lists’’ are fed to the TSC. It is 

reasonable to question, then, why the Department of State continues to refer visas to the FBI (as part of the Security Advisory 

Opinion [SAO] process) when the same information is used by TSC 

to screen the application. The various screening entities (TSC, 

TTIC, etc.) have been adequately staffed and equipped to produce 

quick turn around times for visa processing. But these additional 

and unnecessary steps in the visa clearance process have lead to 

tremendous visa backlogs. In extreme cases, it takes an agency several months to act on a visa application. This delay is unacceptable, 

and it is taking a toll on Federal programs such as educational and 

cultural exchanges and on the United States economy. 

Enrollment of foreign students in U.S. universities has dropped 

dramatically since September 11, partly because of the administrative burdens and delays associated with obtaining a student visa. 

Many students are turning to countries like Canada and the 

United Kingdom to pursue college and advanced degrees. This 

trend is disadvantageous for the U.S. economy, to which foreign 

visitors contribute billions of dollars annually. More worrisome, 

this trend works directly against the United States’ public diplo-
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macy goals. One of the most effective ways for the United States 

to win the ‘‘hearts and minds’’ of foreign publics and governments 

is for them to travel to the United States. There is no better way 

for foreigners to gain understanding of American culture and values than to experience the United States for themselves. Our own 

visa clearance process is working against us in this regard. 

A second and related problem with the U.S. visa clearance process is that some agencies appear to be unwilling to give up control 

of their own independent databases and, in some cases, are even 

unwilling to provide all of the relevant information to the screening 

entities. Some agencies have preferred to continue to do ‘‘business 

as usual’’ even when the old way of doing business no longer makes 

sense. 

The recommendation therefore includes language directing the 

FBI, DHS, and the Department of State to conduct a thorough 

study of all matters relating to the efficiency and effectiveness of 

the interagency process used to review applications for nonimmigrant visas. In this study, the FBI, DHS, and the Department 

of State shall develop recommendations on which visa clearance 

procedures should be eliminated, which visa clearance procedures 

should be retained, which Federal agencies or entities should participate in each such procedure, and the specific role these agencies 

should play in the various visa clearance processes. The purpose of 

this study shall be to determine which clearances should be eliminated as redundant, which should be eliminated as irrelevant, and 

which continue to have relevance. The study shall also determine 

which agencies and/or other Federal entities (such as the screening 

entities) should be involved in the visa clearance process and which 

should not. Finally, the study shall determine what information 

should be provided to the various screening entities by other U.S. 

agencies. The FBI, DHS, and the Department of State are directed, 

after the release of the study, to report regularly to the Committee 

on whether such information is being provided to the various 

screening entities by the relevant U.S. agencies. The Committee eagerly awaits the FBI’s, DHS’, and Department of State’s report and 

intends to immediately evaluate and, if warranted, implement its 

recommendations. 

Agencies must commit to a reasonable period of time for providing responses to visa clearance requests. If agencies cannot commit to a reasonable time period, then the Committee will set down 

time limitations for responses to clearance requests in statute. 

Whether a visa is ultimately approved or denied, it is in the United 

States interest to provide visa applicants with a definitive answer 

in a predictable time frame. 

PUBLIC DIPLOMACY

Public diplomacy plays a critical role both in addressing the root 

causes of terrorism and in U.S. foreign relations generally. Despite 

progress in many other areas, the Department has suffered setbacks with respect to its public diplomacy program, most notably 

in the high turnover rate it has seen in Undersecretaries for Public 

Diplomacy and Public Affairs. The Committee urges the administration to consider nominating a career person to the position of 

Undersecretary of Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs who can 
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commit to remaining in this position for a period of at least 3 

years. 

Public Diplomacy Strategy.—In 2002, the Committee directed the 

Department to promulgate a comprehensive, sustained, and dynamic public diplomacy strategy. The first draft strategy, transmitted in September 2002, contained a mere checklist of actions 

taken by the Department in the area of public diplomacy in response to the September 11 attacks. The second draft strategy, 

transmitted in February 2003, articulated the goals of the Department’s public diplomacy program and organized its public diplomacy initiatives into themes. This document was the most useful 

public diplomacy planning tool produced by the Department to 

date, to the credit of the Special Coordinator for Public Diplomacy 

and Public Affairs. The document, however, was not forward-looking. It did not contain a plan for how the Department’s public diplomacy function should evolve to meet emerging priorities and 

needs. The third draft strategy, transmitted in June 2003, was the 

first document to provide a solid foundation from which the Department could begin to build the comprehensive, dynamic, and 

sustained public diplomacy strategy envisioned by the Committee. 

The Committee identified 5 ways in which the Strategy submitted in June 2003, should be refined by the Department: (1) the 

Strategy’s proposals needed to be tied to budgetary resources; (2) 

mechanisms needed to be built into the Strategy that would allow 

the Department flexibility to shift programs and resources in response to changing world events and U.S. interests; (3) the Strategy needed to provide more guidance on how to coordinate the Department’s public diplomacy components; (4) the Strategy needed to 

contain more ‘‘thinking outside the box’’; and (5) the Strategy needed to provide for better coordination with the Broadcasting Board 

of Governors [BBG]. 

The Department was directed to submit the revised Public Diplomacy Strategy to the Committees on Appropriations by March 1, 

2004. The Department submitted an addendum to the June 2003, 

Strategy on March 2, 2004. This document, while not a resubmission of the Public Diplomacy Strategy as the Committee had directed, addressed several of the Committee’s core concerns about 

the direction of the Department’s public diplomacy policy, particularly as it concerns reaching non-elite and non-traditional foreign 

audiences; ‘‘thinking outside the box’’; and strategic direction and 

performance measurement. The Committee is also pleased by the 

Department’s recognition that the Department of Defense and the 

United States Agency for International Development [USAID] engage in activities with a significant public diplomacy dimension. 

The Committee applauds the establishment of the State-USAID 

Joint Policy Council. The document did not address the problem of 

coordination with BBG and, in fact, perpetuates the problem by 

noting repeatedly that BBG ‘‘is an independent agency’’ and that 

BBG should produce an independent report. This is precisely the 

Committee’s point. 

Despite these weaknesses—which the Department is directed to 

rectify—the Committee considers the document submitted on 

March 2, 2004, together with the document submitted on June 6, 

2003, the Department’s Public Diplomacy Strategy. The Committee 
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notes that the Department articulated its public diplomacy goals 

for the Arab and Muslim world in its October 2003, response to the 

report by the Diplomacy Advisory Group for the Arab and Muslim 

World (the ‘‘Djerejian Report’’). The Committee approves the Department’s Strategy and directs the Department to make this 

Strategy available to the public. The Committee further directs the 

Department to update this Strategy annually. Updates should 

henceforward be provided to the Committee on or before June 1 of 

each year subsequent to enactment of this Act. 

PD Global Forum.—The Committee supports the initiative PD 

Global Forum, which is a web-based discussion site intended to 

allow horizontal communication between PD professionals. PD 

Global Forum is intended to foster creativity in public diplomacy. 

This concept should be taken a step further. Ideas generated in 

this forum should be organized into a database which PD officers 

may refer to for ideas for events and activities that would be wellsuited for their particular post or budget. The Bureau of Information Resource Management is directed to provide support to the 

Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs in executing this directive. The Department is directed to report periodically to the Committee on its progress. 

Micro-grants.—The Undersecretary [U/S] for Public Diplomacy 

and Public Affairs is directed to establish a modest grant program 

under which PD officers, with the approval of their Chiefs of Mission, may apply for funding with which to execute PD projects that 

represent ‘‘outside the box’’ thinking. Grants may be as small as 

$100 or as large as $100,000. The U/S shall establish a system for 

disbursing these funds that allows PD officers to apply for and access these funds quickly and with a minimum amount of paperwork. Within amounts made available for public diplomacy activities under Diplomatic and Consular Programs, $3,000,000 shall be 

available for this purpose. Projects that receive funding should be 

logged into the PD Global Forum database described above so that 

other PD officers can learn of the methodology and outcomes of 

projects funded with micro-grants for possible application at their 

own posts. The U/S shall consult with the Committee as the microgrant program is being developed and shall report to the Committee on a quarterly basis on the Department’s progress towards 

implementing this program. 

Strategic Planning.—The fiscal year 2004 Omnibus Appropriations Act recommended the creation of the Office of Strategic Planning for Public Diplomacy [OSP/PD] within the Office of the Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. The Department 

established the Office of Policy, Plans, and Resources [OPPR] within the Office of the Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy and Public 

Affairs. The establishment of OPPR satisfies the Committee’s requirement. OPPR will provide long-term strategic planning and 

performance measurement capability for the Department’s public 

diplomacy programs and will give the U/S the capability to better 

oversee the allocation of public diplomacy resources and to focus resources on the most urgent needs. The OPPR shall update the Department’s Public Diplomacy Strategy (the Strategy), as described 

above, overseeing the implementation of the Strategy; and monitor 

the effectiveness of the Strategy. The OPPR shall also continue to 
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coordinate and evaluate the Department’s public diplomacy efforts 

as they relate to Arab/Muslim countries. The Arab/Muslim Relations Coordinating Committee [ARCC], a subdivision of OPPR, will 

continue to ensure that the Strategy effectively confronts the 

unique challenges faced by the United States in its relations with 

Arab/Muslim countries. The Committee directs ARCC to participate 

in the quarterly reports of the OPPR. 

Respecting Other Cultures.—The recommendation includes 

$4,000,000 for the Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation, a 

significant increase over last year. Nowhere is there a greater need 

to achieve understanding than in the Middle East. Therefore, within amounts available for the Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation, $1,000,000 is for projects in the Middle East. 

The Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation was initiated 

by the Committee in 2001. The purpose of this program is to provide direct grant support, through U.S. Ambassadors, to less developed countries to assist them in the preservation of forms of cultural expression. Forms of cultural expression may include historic 

sites and manuscripts, museum collections, and traditional forms of 

music, dance, and language. Under the program, U.S. Ambassadors 

serving in less developed countries submit competitive proposals for 

awards for one-time or recurring projects. Awards are based on the 

importance of the site, object, or form of expression, the country’s 

need, and the potential of the award to make a meaningful contribution to the society of the country. By taking a leading role in 

efforts to preserve cultural heritage, the United States shows its 

respect for other cultures. As one Assistant Secretary of State said, 

‘‘The Ambassador’s Fund demonstrates in measurable ways the 

U.S.’ commitment to understanding and preserving the heritage of 

others’’. The Committee considers the Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation a vital component of U.S. public diplomacy. 

Cultural Antiquities Task Force.—The recommendation includes 

$1,000,000 for the continued operations of the Cultural Antiquities 

Task Force (Task Force). The Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2004 directed the Task 

Force to coordinate Federal and international law enforcement efforts to prevent and track further looting of Iraqi national antiquities and to create a database to assist in recovery and otherwise 

account for such works. The Committee expects that the Department is currently creating an integrated database which will meet 

the directive of the conference report, no later than September 30, 

2004. 

The Committee directs the Department to aggressively develop a 

process to exclude any applicant from receiving a non-immigrant 

visa for entry into the United States if such applicant is listed in 

the database of persons known to have contributed to the looting, 

damaging, or trafficking of any foreign country’s historically or culturally significant works. Further, the Committee directs that all 

names appearing in the database also appear in the Department’s 

Consular Lookout and Support System [CLASS] database and be 

made ineligible to receive a United States non-immigrant visa. 

In addition to requirements of the Appropriations Act for fiscal 

year 2004, the Task Force shall coordinate law enforcement efforts 

both within the United States and internationally to combat the 
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trade in illegal antiquities, to propose modifications in United 

States legal provisions to strengthen their effectiveness in controlling and reducing the trade in illegal antiquities, and to initiate an 

international database of the laws of other nations that deal with 

cultural antiquities. The Task Force should coordinate closely with 

the Department’s Cultural Property Office and expand the Task 

Force’s mission to preserve and track historically or culturally significant works stolen from other countries, particularly Afghanistan. 

Finally, the Committee directs the Department to continue to 

work to keep cultural heritage issues prominent in postwar reconstruction plans for Iraq and Afghanistan and to assist in recovering 

historically and culturally significant objects from Iraq and from 

Afghanistan. 

The Committee is aware that the ancient temple area of Babylon 

in Iraq has been damaged as a result of the operation of a U.S. 

military base, Camp Alpha, located directly on top of this significant site. The Department of State and Department of Defense had 

committed to protect archaeological sites and cultural antiquities in 

Iraq after widespread looting last year. The Committee directs the 

Department’s Cultural Antiquities Task Force to investigate this 

incident and provide the necessary funding to restore the historic 

site. 

The Secretary shall report to the Committees on Appropriations 

no later than April 15, 2005, on the Department’s progress in protecting historically or culturally significant works, as well as the 

outcome of recovery of Iraqi national antiquities. This report shall 

outline the specific steps undertaken by the Task Force and the 

ways in which the funds are expended. The report shall include the 

status of recommendations made by the Department in the April 

22, 2004 report on the creation of the Cultural Antiquities Task 

Force. In particular, the Committee is interested in the outcome of 

planned meetings in the Middle East region of an Interpol Tracking Task Force to discuss the interdiction and recovery of Iraqi cultural property. 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

The Department of State performs many functions relating to the 

protection of American intellectual property. It provides training 

and technical assistance programs to foreign countries to augment 

their abilities to combat piracy and counterfeiting. It helps verify 

industry reports, gathers information, assesses foreign governments’ abilities and willingness to make progress in the area of 

protecting intellectual property, and delivers key United States 

Government communications concerning intellectual property. It 

uses bilateral diplomacy to urge foreign governments to ratify 

international intellectual property agreements, to pass intellectual 

property legislation, to increase domestic and border enforcement of 

intellectual property, and to extradite pirates and counterfeiters. 

Finally, the State Department coordinates with other Federal agencies such as the Office of the United States Trade Representative, 

the Department of Commerce, and the United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, and the affected industries to develop U.S. policies concerning intellectual property. 
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The Committee is concerned, however, about the adequacy of the 

Department’s infrastructure for fulfilling its responsibilities for protecting American intellectual property. The recommendation therefore includes bill language establishing the Office of International 

Intellectual Property Enforcement. The recommendation includes 

$1,000,000 for the salaries and expenses and other costs of this office, which is provided through a transfer of funds from the National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council. The Department is directed to submit a comprehensive report 

on its intellectual property efforts to the Committee concurrent to 

the Department’s annual budget submission to Congress. In addition to describing and evaluating all of the functions performed by 

the State Department that relate to the protection of intellectual 

property, the report shall: put forward a plan for the establishment 

of the Office of International Intellectual Property Enforcement, 

which shall include the estimated number of full time equivalents 

to be assigned to the office; describe the office’s proposed responsibilities and authorities, including any legislation that may be recommended; and propose a spending plan for the $1,000,000 and 

any additional funds that might be necessary for the office to be 

established and to fulfill its responsibilities. 

POST-CONFLICT RESPONSE

The Committee is concerned about the lack of capacity within 

U.S. civilian agencies to effectively prepare for and respond to postconflict stabilization and reconstruction crises. The recommendation therefore inlcudes $1,000,000 for the establishment and operations of the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (‘‘the Office’’) within the Department of State to develop 

and implement recommendations on how to enhance U.S. capabilities to respond to post-conflict and other complex emergencies. The 

Office will also provide civilian management of stabilization and reconstruction efforts. The recommendation includes language providing that the Office shall monitor, develop, and coordinate U.S. 

capabilities to rapidly engage in stabilization and reconstruction 

activities in response to conflict or civil strife overseas and, if engagement is determined to be in the U.S. interest, identify, mobilize, and manage non-military resources in response to such circumstances. The Office shall be headed by a Coordinator, who shall 

report to the Secretary of State. The Committee directs the Office 

to coordinate with relevant bureaus within the State Department, 

other relevant U.S. agencies, and relevant non-governmental organizations. The Office should be staffed by officials from the State 

Department and detailees from other civilian agencies. 

The Committee directs that not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, the Department shall submit to the Committee 

a detailed description of the Office’s functions and a description of 

how the Office will coordinate with other bureaus in the Department and other relevant agencies. 

The Committee directs that not later than 1 year after the date 

of enactment of this Act, the Office shall provide a report to the 

Committee on the desirability and feasibility of establishing a response entity that can provide assistance in support of stabilization 

and reconstruction activities overseas in the event of conflict or 
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civil strife. The report should make recommendations on whether 

and why such an entity is needed. If the Office determines that 

such a response entity is necessary, the report should include recommendations on which agency the entity should be established 

under, or whether the entity should be independent; what the mission and authorities of this entity should be; what the operating 

budget of this entity should be; how many personnel should participate in this entity and what functions they should perform; what 

expertise these personnel should have; and the circumstances in 

which this entity should be deployed. The Office shall submit, for 

the consideration the relevant authorizing Committees, any legislation that may be necessary to implement the proposed recommendations. 

GLOBAL ISSUES

International Child Abductions.—The Committee in 2004 directed the Department to require children over the age of 1 year 

old be present for the adjudication of a United States passport. The 

Committee believed that this small change in policy would help 

prevent many cases of international child abductions. The Committee understands that this change in policy went into effect in 

February, 2004, and is already proving successful. An individual 

was recently arrested in the Chicago area for attempting to obtain 

passports for his legitimate U.S.-citizen children using the photos 

of non-citizen children whom he intended to smuggle into the 

United States from Latin America. The new policy prevented this 

individual from succeeding in his scheme. The Committee notes 

with disappointment that the Department of State, in a letter 

dated October 16, 2003, objected to the Committee’s directive to the 

Department requiring it to close this loophole. 

The Committee directs the Department to continue to identify 

ways it can prevent international child abductions from taking 

place and in particular commends the work of U.S. Embassy Belize 

for its excellent work in this important area. U.S. Embassy Belize 

has solved 3 abduction cases in the past 18 months. 

Marine Environmental Issues.—The Galapagos Islands National 

Park and Marine Reserve is one of the world’s great natural resources and an area of unequaled biodiversity. The Galapagos marine environment, however, is under threat from overfishing and illegal shark fining and long lining. The Committee recognizes and 

appreciates the efforts of the U.S. Ambassador in Quito to call this 

issue to the attention of the Government of Ecuador as well as the 

USAID mission’s support for conservation efforts. More can and 

should be done by the Department of State at headquarters 

through bilateral, regional and international forums to preserve 

this unique international treasure. 

CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $79,158,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 155,100,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 52,149,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $52,149,000. 

The recommendation is $27,009,000 below the fiscal year 2004 

funding level and $102,951,000 below the budget request. The re-
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duction in the fiscal year 2005 appropriation is explained by the 

creation of a new appropriations account that shall be exclusively 

for maintaining the Department’s worldwide IT infrastructure. The 

total combined appropriations for the CIF and the new account is 

equal to the budget request. 

The Capital Investment Fund [CIF], plus amounts available from 

expedited passport fees, comprise the Information Resource Management [IRM] Central Fund. The IRM Central fund allows the 

Department to develop effective, secure, and integrated Information Technology [IT] and communications systems in support of the 

Department’s mission. The CIF is reserved for new IT investments. 

The Committee recommendations, by program area, are displayed in the following table: 

IRM CENTRAL FUND 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee 

recommendation 

State Messaging and Archive Retrieval Toolset [SMART] ............................................................................... 32,500 

Bandwidth ........................................................................................................................................................ 40,000 

Infrastructure Initiatives: 

Secure Voice Program ............................................................................................................................. 600 

Public Key Infrastructure ........................................................................................................................ 7,563 

Other IT Infrastructure (anti-virus and other technical security measures, remote dial-in equipment, telephone system upgrades, and communications collaboration tools) ................................. 10,320 

Wide Area Network [WAN]/Thin Client Prototype .................................................................................... 4,200 

Foreign Affairs Information Access: 

Joint Financial Integration State/USAID .................................................................................................. 8,200 

Integrated Logistics Management System [ILMS] .................................................................................. 18,040 

Global Financial Management System [GFMS] ....................................................................................... 4,466 

Integrated Personnel Management System [IPMS] ................................................................................. 11,759 

Other Applications ................................................................................................................................... 21,788 

Investment Planning/Architecture and Training .............................................................................................. 6,713 

Total, IRM Central Fund ..................................................................................................................... 166,149 

Of the funds made available for the IRM Central Fund in fiscal 

year 2005, $52,149,000 is from direct appropriations and 

$114,000,000 is from expedited passport fees. If fee collections for 

fiscal year 2005 do not meet projected totals, the Committee directs 

the Department to transfer the balance of funds from the Diplomatic and Consular Programs account to ensure that all of the Department’s IT needs are met, subject to the requirements of Section 

605 of this Act. 

Providing the Department with state of the art communications, 

data management, and knowledge management systems has been 

one of the Committee’s top priorities. As a result, the Department’s 

global IT assets are in the best shape they have ever been in. More 

than 43,000 desktops have been connected to the Internet through 

OpenNet Plus and 224 posts have been connected through the 

Classified Connectivity Program system. Work on these two global 

networks began in 2001 and 2002, respectively, and ended in 2003, 

on-time and on-budget. In fiscal year 2004, confusion over the purpose of the funds appropriated in the CIF led to the reduction of 

funding levels for worldwide IT infrastructure. The recommendation therefore splits IT funding into two accounts. The CIF shall 

continue to provide funding only for new investments in IT and the 
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new account shall provide funding for the maintenance of the Department’s IT infrastructure, including hardware and software refresh and upgrades. This new account, called the ‘‘Centralized Information Technology Modernization Program’’ is funded through 

direct appropriations in a separate heading under this title. 

No funding is recommended for the cost of payroll consolidation 

until the Department has complied with the Committee’s directive 

on this matter, articulated in the statements accompanying the 

prior two State Department Appropriations Acts as well as the 

statement accompanying this Act. 

Public Diplomacy Support.—The Committee directs the Bureau 

of Information Resource Management [IRM] to lend its support to 

the Undersecretary of Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs in developing the information and communication technologies that are 

necessary for the Department to conduct a global, state of the art 

public diplomacy program. The IRM Bureau should assist the Undersecretary of Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs in the development of a forward-looking action plan to enhance capabilities such 

as digital audio and video, overhaul the management of existing 

public diplomacy knowledge, and develop ever more efficient ways 

of accessing this knowledge from public diplomacy desktops. 

Centralization.—The Committee supports the Department’s efforts to centralize the management and funding of its IT activities. 

Centralization ensures that IT solutions are aligned with the Department’s mission and business priorities and requirements. The 

Committee continues to support the Capital Planning and Investment Control Process, the purpose of which is to determine how the 

Department can best utilize available resources to achieve its IT 

goals. 

Messaging.—Within the amounts made available for the Capital 

Investment Fund, $32,500,000 is for the State Messaging and Archive Retrieval Toolset [SMART]. SMART will provide Department 

personnel sophisticated, integrated desktop tools like modern messaging (including cabling), archiving, and information-sharing. It 

will replace the Department’s World War-II vintage cabling system 

and integrate both the OpenNet e-mail system and the Classified 

Connectivity Program system. The Committee expects SMART to 

be fully operational by the end of fiscal year 2006. 

Centralized Management of Information.—In a time of increased 

threat to our overseas posts, the ability to store and manage information (particularly classified information) domestically can greatly enhance the security of that information. For the past 2 fiscal 

years, the Committee provided funding for a pilot program for a 

technology that will allow the Department to minimize the amount 

of electronic classified information stored at post and permit computer terminals to be ‘‘sanitized’’ of such information when not in 

use. The recommendation for fiscal year 2005 includes at least 

$4,200,000 for the Department to further develop the virtual Wide 

Area Network [WAN] (also referred to as the ‘‘Thin Client’’) architecture and prototype. It goes without saying that any technologies 

deployed by the Department must meet all of the security requirements set forth by DS and by other relevant agencies. 
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CENTRALIZED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MODERNIZATION PROGRAM

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. ........................... 

Budget Estimate, 2005 .......................................................................... ........................... 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. $102,951,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $102,951,000. 

The recommendation is $102,951,000 above the fiscal year 2004 

funding level and $102,951,000 above the budget request. 

The purpose of the Centralized Information Technology Modernization Program [CIMP] is to provide a discrete funding source 

for life cycle hardware and software refresh and upgrades. This account shall henceforward house the Department’s Global Information Technology Modernization [GIT–M] program. 

Within the amounts made available under this heading, 

$77,671,000 is for global IT modernization and $25,280,000 is for 

centrally managed infrastructure. 

In times of budget shortfalls, agencies often look first to their information technology [IT] budgets for savings. The result, seen 

again and again by the Committee, has been that new investments 

quickly degraded, leading to a costly and inefficient ‘‘collapse-crisisrebuild’’ cycle for computer and communications networks. The 

Committee has provided $681,835,000 during the past 5 years for 

the development, testing, deployment, operation and maintenance, 

security, and refreshment of the State Department’s IT systems. It 

is critical that the Department’s IT infrastructure be kept current 

and fully available to support the Department’s needs and that it 

not be allowed to fall back into disrepair. 

In the past, the regional bureaus and embassy management 

teams have been responsible for refreshing and upgrading their 

own hardware and software. This was one of the main reasons why 

the Department’s IT infrastructure deteriorated so badly, as regional bureaus and embassies intrinsically place a higher priority 

on programs than on infrastructure. The Committee is aware that, 

due to the decentralized budgeting of IT infrastructure maintenance costs in the past, considerable funding is built into the fiscal 

year 2005 Diplomatic and Consular Programs request for this same 

purpose (primarily in the function 3100 ‘‘Personal Property’’ category). The Committee directs the Department to submit a full accounting of all IT infrastructure maintenance funding available 

under Diplomatic and Consular Programs (including funding for 

equipment) and to reprogram these funds to priority missions, such 

as Public Diplomacy or the reestablishment of a U.S. diplomatic 

presence in Iraq. The Department is directed to submit this report 

in conjunction with the baseline Diplomatic and Consular Programs spending plan for fiscal year 2005. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $31,370,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 30,435,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 31,435,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $31,435,000. 

The recommendation is $65,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding 

level and $1,000,000 above the budget request. This additional 

funding is provided for the cost of conducting normal audits and in-
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vestigations of U.S. diplomatic activities in Iraq not relating to the 

Iraq Reconstruction Management Office [IRMA] and the Project 

and Contracting Office [PCO], which shall be under the oversight 

of the successor organization to the Coalition Provisional 

Authority’s Office of Inspector General. 

The recommendation includes language limiting the sources of 

funding for this office and limiting the number of full time equivalents this office may employ. 

EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $316,633,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 345,346,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 360,750,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $360,750,000. 

The recommendation is $44,117,000 above the fiscal year 2004 

funding level and $15,404,000 above the budget request. 

This account allows the Department of State to support the travel of approximately 8,000 Americans abroad and 17,000 foreign 

visitors to the United States each year for the purposes of studying, 

teaching, conducting research, and professional development. The 

exchange of persons promotes friendly, sympathetic, and peaceful 

relations between the United States and other countries by fostering mutual understanding and countering anti-American sentiment. Educational and cultural exchanges are a core component of 

the State Department’s public diplomacy program. 

The Committee recommendations are displayed, by program, in 

the following table: 

EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGES 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee 

recommendation 

Academic Exchanges: 

Fulbright Program ................................................................................................................................. 155,000 

Global Academic Exchanges ................................................................................................................. 10,300 

Educational Advising and Student Services ................................................................................ [3,500 ] 

English Language Programs ........................................................................................................ [6,800 ] 

Special Academic Exchanges ................................................................................................................ 32,650 

Regional Graduate Fellowships and Junior Faculty Development ............................................... [25,000 ] 

American Overseas Research Centers ......................................................................................... [3,500 ] 

South Pacific Exchanges .............................................................................................................. [500 ] 

East Timor Exchanges .................................................................................................................. [500 ] 

Disability Exchange Clearinghouse .............................................................................................. [500 ] 

George Mitchell Scholarships Program ........................................................................................ [500 ] 

Dante B. Fascell North-South Center .......................................................................................... [1,000 ] 

United States-Poland-Israel Exchange ........................................................................................ [500 ] 

Abraham Lincoln Study Abroad Fellowship Program ................................................................... [500 ] 

Montana Tech Foreign Exchange Program .................................................................................. [150 ] 

Subtotal, Academic Exchanges ............................................................................................... 197,950 

Professional and Cultural Exchanges: 

International Visitor Program ................................................................................................................ 66,714 

LEADers in Education ................................................................................................................... [2,000 ] 

Citizen Exchange Program .................................................................................................................... 45,536 

Partnerships for Learning/Youth Exchange and Study [YES] Program ....................................... [10,000 ] 

Special Professional and Cultural Exchanges ...................................................................................... 11,550 

Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program ............................................................................................ [1,800 ] 

Irish Institute ............................................................................................................................... [1,000 ] 
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EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGES—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee recommendation 

Atlantic Corridor ........................................................................................................................... [250 ] 

Youth Science Leadership Institute of the Americas .................................................................. [100 ] 

Africa Workforce Development ..................................................................................................... [400 ] 

Ngwang Choephel Fellows (Tibet) ................................................................................................ [500 ] 

Institute for Representative Government ..................................................................................... [500 ] 

Plymouth State College U.S.-Pakistan Educator Development Program ..................................... [250 ] 

Rule of Law Forum at Southern Methodist University ................................................................ [900 ] 

Special Olympics .......................................................................................................................... [1,500 ] 

Northern Forum ............................................................................................................................ [500 ] 

Seed Programs ............................................................................................................................. [600 ] 

Arctic Winter Games .................................................................................................................... [350 ] 

World Congress on Information Technology ................................................................................. [400 ]

Global Perspectives Project and International Public Television Conference ............................. [1,500 ] 

Council of Women World Leaders ................................................................................................ [500 ] 

Interparliamentary Conference on Human Rights and Religious Freedom ................................. [500 ] 

Subtotal, Professional and Cultural Exchanges ...................................................................... 123,800 

Exchanges Support ......................................................................................................................................... 39,000 

Total, Educational and Cultural Exchanges ..................................................................................... 360,750 

Some of the Committee recommendations displayed in the table 

above are described in more detail in the following paragraphs. 

Exchange Visitor Program.—Within 60 days of enactment of this 

Act, the Department of State shall issue a report containing information about the number of participants in the Exchange Visitor 

Program. This report shall include specific information about the 

number of visitors from each country per program and per identified sponsor. The Committee further expects the Department to develop, in consultation with the sponsor community, a comprehensive 3-year plan that lays out the program’s priorities and countryby-country plans for growth and development. This plan should include the Department’s strategy for pursuing additional opportunities with underserved countries, whether through bilateral agreements with new countries or otherwise. This plan should also include new programming initiatives designed to reach greater numbers of students. 

Program Regulations.—The Committee expects the Department 

of State to update the regulations for the Exchange Visitor Program. Program regulations should provide clear guidance for sponsors about their precise obligations. 

Fulbright Program.—The Committee recommends an appropriation of $155,000,000 for the Fulbright Program. The recommendation is $5,000,000 above the budget request. 

The Committee commends the Department for its swift re-establishment of the Fulbright Foreign Student Program with Iraq. The 

program was reestablished in October 2003, following a 14-year 

suspension. The Committee understands that planning for the next 

national recruitment and competition for Fulbright Iraq is complete 

and that nomination and selection will be complete by the fall of 

2004. 

The Committee further commends the Department for its re-establishment last year of the Fulbright Program with Afghanistan, 
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after a 24-year suspension. The Afghan Fulbright Program successfully recruited 18 grantees to participate in the 1 year non-degree 

program, of which 6 were women. The Committee understands that 

the number of women applying for the program was not especially 

high, and notes that one obstacle to women’s participation in the 

program relates to family concerns about travel without escorts. 

The Department should continue its efforts to recruit as many 

women as possible, particularly women who were deprived of opportunities to study under the Taliban era. The Department should 

work with applicants, their families, and Afghani university officials to develop ways to address family concerns about travel without escorts. 

Seed Programs.—The Committee continues a program begun in 

fiscal year 2000 to provide one-time funding to international exchange start-ups. The recommendation includes $100,000 for each 

of the following programs: the Middle East Information Portal; the 

International Writing Program; the Afghanistan Young Leaders 

Program at the University of Nebraska-Omaha; the Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts’ Partnership Between Queens and Taipei; and the Auschwitz Jewish Center’s Student Scholarship Program. Any remaining funds under the ‘‘Seed Programs’’ category 

may be designated by the Department of State for promising international exchange start-ups. 

Partnerships for Learning.—The Committee supports the Partnerships for Learning [P4L] program, which is an overarching 

theme for exchanges in which resources are shifted from lower priority regions to higher priority ones. Presently, the focus of the P4L 

program is engagement with the Arab/Muslim world. The Committee understands that, within the funding made available for 

Educational and Cultural Exchanges, the Department intends to 

designate $64,216,000 for the P4L program. 

Working Exchanges.—The Committee directs the Department of 

State to work with the Governments of Australia, Canada, and 

New Zealand to establish bilateral exchange programs that will 

allow young people from these countries to visit the United States 

for a period of up to 1 year for purposes of work and travel and 

vice versa. The United States has long enjoyed close and valuable 

exchange relationships with Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. 

The bilateral relationships between the United States and these 

countries would be further strengthened by expanding opportunities for young people to visit each other’s countries for an extended 

period. The Committee directs the Department to work within current regulatory frameworks governing exchange visitor programs, 

and specifically the summer work travel program, administered by 

the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The Committee 

recognizes the work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of New Zealand in raising the visibility of this promising 

program, called ‘‘Working Holiday Schemes,’’ within the United 

States Government. 

REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $8,905,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 8,640,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 8,640,000 
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The Committee recommends an appropriation of $8,640,000. The recommendation is $265,000 below the fiscal year 2004 funding 

level and identical to the budget request. 

Representation allowances provide reimbursement to Foreign 

Service officers for expenditures incurred in their official capacities 

abroad in establishing and maintaining relations with officials of 

foreign governments and appropriate members of local communities. 

PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $9,894,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 9,600,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 5,000,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,000,000. The recommendation is $4,894,000 below the fiscal year 2004 funding 

level and $4,600,000 below the budget request. The recommendation assumes $441,000 in carryover, bringing the total amount 

available for this account to $5,441,000. The Committee provided 

$65,500,000 for this account, via transfer from the Emergencies in 

the Diplomatic and Consular Service account, in Public Law 108– 

106, the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for fiscal 

year 2004. 

This account reimburses local governments and communities for 

the extraordinary costs incurred in providing protection for international organizations, foreign missions and officials, and foreign 

dignitaries under certain circumstances. 

The Committee directs that local jurisdictions incurring such 

costs submit a certified billing for such costs in accordance with 

program regulations. The Committee also recommends that in 

those instances where a local jurisdiction will realize a financial 

benefit from a visit from a foreign dignitary that such circumstances should be taken into account by the Department in assessing the need for reimbursement under this program. The Committee expects the Department to treat such submissions diligently 

and provide reimbursement to local jurisdictions on a timely basis 

if claims are fully justified. 

EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $1,376,758,000 

Supplemental appropriations, 2004 ..................................................... 43,900,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 1,539,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,376,758,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,376,758,000. 

The recommendation is identical to the fiscal year 2004 funding 

level and $162,242,000 below the budget request. The Committee 

is aware that $100,049,000 in prior year balances, recoveries, and 

reimbursements will be available in fiscal year 2005, bringing the 

total amount available for this account to $1,476,807,000. 

This account allows the Department of State to manage the 

United States Government’s real property assets overseas in order 

to provide United States diplomatic and consular missions with secure, safe, and functional facilities. These facilities house all United 

States Government employees overseas, not just State Department 

personnel. The Department manages over 15,000 residential, office, 
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and functional properties at 260 diplomatic posts, which are worth 

an estimated $12,500,000,000. 

The Committee recommendations, by project or program, are displayed in the following table: 

EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee 

recommendation 

Worldwide Security Upgrades: 

Security Capital Projects ....................................................................................................................... 763,702 

Beirut, Lebanon ............................................................................................................................ [111,700 ] 

Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro ............................................................................................... [102,000 ] 

Bogota, Colombia, Annex ............................................................................................................. [28,000 ] 

Karachi, Pakistan (design, site acquisition, and preparation) ................................................... [38,702 ] 

Khartoum, Sudan ......................................................................................................................... [58,000 ] 

Moscow, Russia, Annex ................................................................................................................ [80,100 ] 

Mumbai, India .............................................................................................................................. [84,900 ] 

Quito, Ecuador .............................................................................................................................. [90,000 ] 

Skopje, Macedonia ....................................................................................................................... [60,000 ] 

Suva, Fiji ...................................................................................................................................... [35,000 ] 

Bamako, Mali/Kathmandu, Nepal/Kingston, Jamaica/and Yerevan, Armenia Annexes ............... [75,300 ] 

Other Site Acquisitions and Planning .................................................................................................. 52,000 

Compound Security ............................................................................................................................... 100,000 

Security of U.S.-Affiliated Facilities ...................................................................................................... 27,000 

Consular Workspace Improvement Initiative ........................................................................................ 8,000 

Subtotal, Worldwide Security Upgrades ........................................................................................... 950,702 

Less Reimbursement from Capital Security Cost Sharing .............................................................. (83,672) 

Revised Subtotal, Worldwide Security Upgrades .............................................................................. 867,030 

Non-Security Capital: 

Non-Security Capital ............................................................................................................................. 8,398 

Subtotal, Non-Security Capital ......................................................................................................... 8,398 

Operations: 

Planning and Development ................................................................................................................... 9,000 

Real Estate and Property Management ................................................................................................ 6,150 

Project Execution ................................................................................................................................... 87,500 

Construction and Commissioning ................................................................................................ [27,000 ] 

Design and Engineering ............................................................................................................... [22,500 ] 

Security Management ................................................................................................................... [26,000 ] 

Interiors and Furnishings ............................................................................................................. [12,000 ] 

Operations and Maintenance ................................................................................................................ 342,880 

Leaseholds .................................................................................................................................... [100,000 ] 

Buyout of Uneconomic Leases/Opportunity Purchases ................................................................ [35,000 ] 

Maintenance and Repair of Buildings ......................................................................................... [68,500 ] 

Art in Embassies Program ........................................................................................................... [1,500 ] 

Facilities Rehabilitation and Support System Replacement ....................................................... [57,380 ] 

Facility Management .................................................................................................................... [60,000 ] 

Fire Protection .............................................................................................................................. [8,700 ] 

Safety, Health, and Environmental Management ........................................................................ [3,700 ] 

Post Communications .................................................................................................................. [8,100 ] 

Information Management and Support ................................................................................................. 26,000 

Main State/Domestic Renovations ........................................................................................................ 23,000 

Subtotal, Operations ......................................................................................................................... 494,530 

Headquarters: 

Salaries, Training, and Other Support Costs ....................................................................................... 6,800 

Subtotal, Headquarters ..................................................................................................................... 6,800 
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EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee recommendation 

Total, Embassy Security Construction and Maintenance ................................................................. 1,376,758 

Some of the Committee recommendations displayed in the table 

above are described in more detail in the following paragraphs. 

Baghdad, Iraq.—The Committee is acutely aware of the significant capital needs facing the Department in Iraq. In addition to the 

size and cost of this project, the construction of U.S. Embassy 

Baghdad and its constituent posts will pose security challenges of 

a magnitude never before faced by the Department of State. 

The Committee is concerned that the Department lacks a plan 

for justifying and securing the necessary funds for this construction 

project, which will be the largest embassy construction project ever 

undertaken by the Department. The Committee eagerly anticipates 

receiving the Department’s plan for financing this project. The 

Committee will review this plan carefully, paying particular attention to the number of personnel the Department intends U.S. Embassy Baghdad to house and the justification for these personnel 

being stationed in Iraq. The Embassy building should be built to 

house the number of personnel that will be needed in Baghdad in 

10 years, not the number of personnel needed there at present. 

The Committee directs that all existing prior year unobligated 

balances, including any fiscal year 2005 funds that may become 

available, be dedicated to the construction of U.S. Embassy Baghdad and its constituent posts. 

Capital Security Cost Sharing.—The recommendation includes 

language necessary for the Department of State to implement the 

capital security cost-sharing program, the goal of which is to provide all U.S. Government employees posted overseas secure, modern workspace in as short a period of time as possible. 

Beirut, Lebanon.—Since it was bombed over 20 years ago, United 

States Embassy Beirut has had to operate under extremely difficult 

conditions. The buildings on the compound are unsafe, rusting, and 

badly deteriorated. The embassy is overcrowded, with people even 

working in a windowless basement next to old mechanical equipment. Embassy operations are also scattered among several trailers, themselves badly deteriorated, that were set up on the compound 17 years ago. Since Lebanon’s civil war ended in 1976, an 

improved security environment has led to a dramatic expansion of 

embassy operations and staffing to meet U.S. policy objectives. 

Conditions conducive to full operations will likely prevail over the 

next decade and beyond. The Committee recognizes an urgent need 

to replace the current ad hoc embassy buildings with a modern 

chancery building. The Committee commends the Department for 

requesting funding in fiscal year 2005 for this important project 

and approves the Department’s proposal to relocate the embassy to 

a site that meets security requirements. Within the amount made 

available for the security capital program, $111,700,000 is for Beirut. 

Karachi, Pakistan.—The building presently occupied by the 

United States Consulate General in Karachi, Pakistan, was built in 
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1960. Employees of the Consulate General have come under attack 

on five separate occasions during the last decade. On two such occasions, the Consulate building itself was attacked. The most recent attack occurred in May 2004, when two car bombs exploded 

near a residence. The Committee deems the Consulate to be in urgent need of reconstruction. 

The Committee is aware that this project has been held up due 

to difficulties in acquiring a suitable site. The Committee urges the 

Department to take action to overcome such obstacles and to move 

forward expeditiously with this project. Should prior year or fiscal 

year 2005 funding become available during the course of the year, 

the Committee directs the Department to give priority to Karachi. 

Building Size.—The Committee has recommended, and provided 

sufficient funding for, a medium-sized embassy building in Khartoum, Sudan, a small-sized embassy building in Skopje, Macedonia, 

and a super-small-sized embassy building in Suva, Fiji. The Committee approves the building sizes, as proposed, for the 13 other security capital projects for which funding is recommended in the 

preceding table. 

Brussels, Belgium.—The Committee urges the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations to dedicate the necessary funds for an 

office space consolidation project at U.S. Embassy Brussels, Belgium. 

Rome, Italy.—The Committee directs that the United States Mission to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture move 

from its current leased facilities in Rome to the newly purchased 

and renovated ‘‘INA Building’’. The Committee understands that 

the Department’s acquisition of the INA building provides an additional 66,000 square feet of space to U.S. Embassy Italy. This is 

more space than the Embassy can currently use. Because U.S. Embassy Italy now finds itself in the enviable position of having more 

space than necessary, it only makes sense for the the U.S. Mission 

to the U.N. Agencies for Food and Agriculture to collocate on the 

Embassy compound, and specifically in the new INA Building. 

Soft Targets.—Recent attacks against American housing compounds overseas and places of worship frequented by Americans 

demonstrate that an inverse relationship exists between the security of our embassies and the security of non-official facilities: as 

our embassies become more heavily fortified, non-official U.S.-affiliated facilities overseas become more attractive targets to terrorists. 

In response to the clear need to enhance the Department’s ability 

to protect these so-called ‘‘soft targets’’, the Committee in fiscal 

year 2002 provided $15,000,000 for this purpose. The recommendation for this initiative for fiscal year 2005 is not less than 

$27,000,000. The Committee commends the Department for recognizing and requesting funding for this critical need. While the Department, specifically the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations, has been extremely responsive to the Committee’s directives 

concerning the security of housing and American schools, the 

Deparment has yet to submit an overarching strategy for addressing the problem of soft targets. The Committee directs the Bureau 

of Diplomatic Security to take the lead on developing a comprehensive, sustained strategy for addressing this problem. The strategy 
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shall be submitted to the Committee for approval no later than 

June 1, 2005. 

The Committee continues to be extremely concerned about the 

safety of American schools and international schools attended by 

American children overseas. Accordingly, within the funding provided to address the security vulnerabilities of soft targets, not less 

than $10,000,000 is for security enhancements at overseas schools. 

These funds shall be made available, on the basis of need, to overseas schools that do not receive financial assistance from the Department of State, as well as those that do receive such financial 

assistance. The Committee understands that the Department is in 

the process of surveying the security needs of non-grantee schools. 

The Department is directed to report to the Committee on the results of this survey. It is the goal of the Committee that all international schools attended by American children shall have certain 

‘‘baseline’’ security measures in place as soon as practicable. 

Istanbul, Turkey.—The recommendation includes $8,000,000, 

within the funding provided for facilities rehabilitation, for the renovation of and seismic upgrades to the historic Palazzo Corpi building in Istanbul, Turkey, The Committee intends for the building to 

be used to further United States public diplomacy goals. 

Consular Workspace Improvement Initiative.—The Department’s 

consular mission is critical to U.S. national security. The quality of 

consular workspace and the efficiency and accuracy of consular 

work are directly linked. Consular workspace must be adequately 

sized and outfitted in order to ensure that the processing of visas 

and visa applicants takes place in an organized and efficient manner. There is a continuing need for additional consular windows 

and interview space, enlarged reception and waiting areas, office 

space, and document storage space, particularly in light of the numerous additional requirements imposed on Consular Affairs in the 

wake of September 11, 2001. To provide for these critical enhancements, and to improve the overall working environment for Consular Affairs Officers, the Committee in fiscal year 2003 created 

the Consular Workspace Improvement Initiative. The Committee 

recommends $8,000,000 for this initiative in fiscal year 2005, within funding made available for Worldwide Security Upgrades. The 

Department should once again identify posts for consular workspace rehabilitation where errors in visa issuance present the 

greatest threat to our national security, as determined by the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations [OBO] in consultation with 

the Bureau of Consular Affairs. 

Asset Management Funds.—The asset management account was 

established to segregate the proceeds of sale of real property from 

direct appropriations and reimbursements to the Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance account. Asset management 

funds are used exclusively for the purchase of properties or the construction of facilities overseas. The Committee directs the Department to provide the same level of detail in its budget request for 

projects requested under the assets management account as those 

under the capital projects account. As in past years, no new funding is recommended for this account. 

Buyout of Uneconomic Leases.—High lease costs deplete Department resources. By selectively acquiring properties in cities with 
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volatile rental markets, the Department can generate significant 

out-year savings. The Committee recommendation therefore provides $35,000,000 for opportunity purchases and directs OBO to aggressively pursue opportunities to purchase properties rather than 

lease, whenever practicable. 

Reprogrammings.—The Department is directed, under the terms 

and conditions that follow, to submit for the Committee’s review 

and approval within 60 days of enactment of this Act only those 

projects or subaccounts funded under this account, whether from 

direct appropriations or proceeds of sales, that deviate from the 

above chart and accompanying direction. Any deviation shall include project-level detail and shall be treated as a reprogramming 

under section 605 of this Act in the case of any addition greater 

than $1,000,000, a deletion, a project cost overrun exceeding 25 

percent, or a project schedule delay exceeding 6 months. Reprogramming requirements also extend to the ‘‘rebaselining’’ of a 

given project’s cost estimate, schedule, or scope of work. By focusing the financial plan only on deviations, the Committee expects 

the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations to move projects toward contract obligation promptly after funds are appropriated. 

Immediate access to funds for projects or activities that are unchanged from the above chart will allow the Department to negotiate contracts and obligate funds more efficiently over the course 

of the fiscal year. 

EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $989,000 

Supplemental appropriations, 2004 ..................................................... 115,500,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 7,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,000. The rec- ommendation is $988,000 below the fiscal year 2004 funding level 

and $6,999,000 below the budget request. A total of $50,000,000 

was appropriated for this account in the fiscal year 2003 emergency 

supplemental (Public Law 108–11) and $115,000,000 was appropriated for this account in the fiscal year 2004 emergency supplemental (Public Law 108–106). The Committee notes that at least 

$25,000,000 in prior year unobligated balances will be available for 

this account in fiscal year 2005 due to the capture of Saddam Hussein by the U.S. Military and not as the result of information provided to the United States by any source that would require a payment under the rewards program. 

This account provides resources for the Department of State to 

meet emergency requirements while conducting foreign affairs. The 

Committee recommendation provides funds for: (1) travel and subsistence expenses for relocation of Americans, U.S. Government 

employees, and their families from troubled areas to the United 

States and/or safe-haven posts; (2) allowances granted to State Department employees and their dependents evacuated to the United 

States for the convenience of the Government; (3) payment of rewards for information concerning terrorists and war criminals; and 

(4) representation expenses for senior Administration officials. 

The recommendation includes language providing that funds that 

were previously appropriated for a reward for an indicted war 
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criminal shall be transferred to the U.S.-backed court responsible 

for trying this individual. 

REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $1,205,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 1,219,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,219,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,219,000. The 

recommendation is $14,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level 

and identical to the budget request. 

This account provides emergency loans to assist destitute Americans abroad who have no other source of funds to return to the 

United States. In the past, less than 20 percent of repatriation 

loans have ever been repaid. The Committee strongly endorses efforts by the Bureau of Consular Affairs to limit assistance only to 

victims of unforeseen circumstances or travelers whose mental instability presents a risk to themselves or others. 

PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $18,585,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 19,482,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 19,482,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $19,482,000. 

The recommendation is $897,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and identical to the budget request. 

The Taiwan Relations Act requires that programs concerning 

Taiwan be carried out by the American Institute in Taiwan [AIT]. 

The Institute administers programs in the areas of economic and 

commercial services, cultural affairs, travel services, and logistics. 

The Department of State contracts with the AIT to carry out these 

activities. 

PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY

FUND

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $134,979,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 132,600,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 132,600,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $132,600,000. 

The recommendation is $2,379,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and identical to the budget request. 

This appropriation is authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 

1980 which provides for an appropriation to the fund in 30 equal 

annual installments of the amount required for the unfunded liability created by new benefits, new groups of beneficiaries, or increased salaries on which benefits are computed. 

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES

CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $999,830,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 1,914,210,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,020,830,000 
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The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,020,830,000. The recommendation is $21,000,000 above the fiscal year 2004 

funding level and $173,380,000 below the budget request. 

This account funds payment of the obligations of United States 

membership in international organizations as authorized by treaties or specific acts of Congress. Within the amounts provided under this heading, $70,000,000 is for the International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA], $12,700,000 is 

for the International Civil Aviation Organization [ICAO], 

$1,350,000 is for the International Maritime Organization [IMO], 

$1,100,000 is for the World Intellectual Property Organization 

[WIPO], $60,000,000 is for the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development [OECD], $1,700,000 is for the International 

Agency for Research on Cancer [IARC], $500,000 is for the International Coffee Organization [ICO], $73,000 is for the International 

Copper Study Group [ICSG], and $132,000 is for the International 

Rubber Study Group [IRSG]. The recommendation also includes $6,000,000 for the subsidy cost of a $1,200,000,000 loan to the United Nations [U.N.] to finance the renovation of its headquarters complex. None of these 

funds may be obligated until the Department of State’s Bureau of 

Overseas Buildings Operations [OBO] has provided written assurance to the Committee that the design for the U.N. headquarters 

renovations (including the new building the United Nations intends 

to use for swing space, and will eventually own) meet all of the 

State Department’s own security requirements, including those 

codified in section 606 of Public Law 106–113. Should the United 

Nations decide not to accept the United States’ offer of this low interest loan, the Committee directs that these funds be transferred 

to the United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organization [UNESCO] for educational, scientific, and cultural projects in 

the Middle East. 

None of the funds provided under this heading may be obligated 

until the Department has submitted, and the Committee has approved, a reprogramming in accordance with section 605 of this 

Act. 

Oil-For-Food Program.—The Department of State shall urge the 

United Nations to make available to Congressional Committees investigating the Oil-for-Food Program all relevant documents, including Office of Internal Oversight Services [OIOS] reports and 

relevant bank statements. The Department shall also use the voice 

and vote of the United States to ensure that the Volcker Inquiry 

be conducted in as rigorous a manner as possible, and to urge that 

the Volcker Inquiry issue preliminary findings no later than 6 

months after the Volcker panel begins its work and a final report 

not later than 12 months after the Volcker panel begins its work. 

Such preliminary findings shall include an inventory of documents 

reviewed, and to be reviewed, and a list of persons and entities 

under investigation. 

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.—The 

Committee is aware that the OECD has promoted, and continues 

to promote, the concept of global tax harmonization. Tax harmonization refers to countries’ efforts to tax their citizens’ foreign investments in order to discourage investment overseas. Tax harmo-
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nization would significantly harm the U.S. economy and undermine 

U.S. competitiveness. In addition, tax harmonization initiatives 

over time will erode the United States’ fiscal sovereignty. The Committee is opposed to such schemes, whether undertaken by the 

OECD or the United Nations and does not support the OECD’s efforts to blacklist countries for espousing low tax systems and competitive investment climates. 

The recommendation includes language stipulating that no payment shall be made to the OECD unless the Secretary of State certifies to the Committee that the OECD is not engaging in activities 

to promote tax harmonization. The Committee is aware that the 

OECD is urging low-tax countries (through so-called ‘‘commitment 

letters’’) to provide information to foreign tax authorities about the 

investment activity of foreigners in their countries. The recommendation also includes language barring agencies funded 

under this Act from participating in or cooperating with such efforts, including information exchange agreements that are outside 

of existing law or bilateral tax treaties to which the United States 

is a signatory. Officials representing the United States at the 

OECD, and who serve on various OECD committees and panels, 

are directed to advocate positions that are consistent with congressional intent, reaffirmed in this Act: the desire to attract capital to 

the United States outweighs the need to collect information on nonresident alien deposits. 

CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $450,056,000 

Supplemental appropriations, 2004 ..................................................... 245,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 650,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 574,000,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $574,000,000. The recommendation is $123,944,000 above the fiscal year 2004 

funding level and $76,000,000 below the budget request. The Committee provided $245,000,000 in the fiscal year 2004 emergency 

supplemental for the anticipated costs of a United Nations [U.N.] 

peacekeeping mission to Liberia. 

This account provides funds for the United States’ share of the 

expenses of U.N. peacekeeping operations. The United States currently pays approximately 27 percent of the assessed costs of U.N. 

peacekeeping operations. 

The recommendation includes language adjusting the rate at 

which the United States pays for the cost of United Nations peacekeeping missions. This adjustment is necessary to allow the United 

States to fully pay United Nations assessments for peacekeeping. 

The United Nations Security Council has approved three new 

peacekeeping missions during the past year: the U.N. Mission in 

Liberia, the U.N. Operation in Ivory Coast, and the U.N. Operation 

in Burundi. The Security Council is expected to approve a mission 

to Sudan imminently. These new missions will cost the United 

States more than $600,000,000 in fiscal year 2005. This is in addition to the approximately $750,000,000 the United States will be 

billed for existing missions in fiscal year 2005, some of which have 

gone on for decades. One such mission, for which U.S. taxpayers 

have provided a total of $65,900,000 in assessed contributions dur-
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ing its incredible 40 year life span, exists to prevent renewed violence between two European countries. 

In light of the explosive growth in the number of peacekeeping 

missions and the skyrocketing costs of providing troops and 

logistical support to those missions, the United Nations must identify ways to do more with less funding. The Committee is aware 

that, in some cases, private companies can carry out effective 

peacekeeping missions for a fraction of the funding the United Nations requires to carry out the same missions. At a minimum, such 

companies should be utilized to supplement the number of blue berets and blue helmets which, in these turbulent times, the United 

Nations is having a difficult time recruiting. The United Nations 

can no longer afford to ignore the potential cost-savings that private companies with proven records of good service and good behavior offer. The Committee has a responsibility to U.S. taxpayers 

to ensure that U.N. peacekeeping missions are being carried out in 

a responsible and cost effective manner. 

Sierra Leone.—The Committee reiterates its support for the work 

of the Special Court for Sierra Leone. The purpose of the Special 

Court for Sierra Leone is to prosecute those who bear the greatest 

responsibility for the appalling violations of international and Sierra Leonean law and crimes against humanity perpetrated during 

the conflict in Sierra Leone. The court aims not to punish every 

crime committed during the war, but rather to prosecute those people who organized and oversaw the atrocities. The war in Sierra 

Leone featured the mass use of rape as a weapon of terror, the abduction and forced conscription of thousands of children, and the 

dismemberment and torture of civilians, including children as 

young as 2 years old. The Committee praises the Special Court for 

its resolve in indicting and prosecuting the leaders of neighboring 

countries who actively encouraged the conflict in order to control 

the output of Sierra Leone’s diamond mines. The foreign leaders 

who fueled the Sierra Leone conflict from afar by supplying weapons, supplies, and safe havens are just as responsible for the atrocities as those who ordered them carried out. The Committee commends the Special Court’s indictment of one such leader who, more 

than any other single individual, was responsible for inciting and 

fueling the Sierra Leone conflict. The Committee is pleased by the 

Court’s recent determination that this person shall not be afforded 

head of State immunity. 

INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, UNITED STATES

AND MEXICO

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $25,726,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 30,300,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 27,689,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $27,689,000. 

The recommendation is $1,963,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and $2,611,000 below the budget request. 
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The Committee directs IBWC to contract out administrative, 

human resources management, procurement, finance and accounting, payroll, and property functions so that it can meet the increasing demand for IBWC services without having to rely on budget increases. The recommendation includes an increase of $682,000, the 

full amount requested for wage and price increases, an increase of 

$200,000 for utility costs, and an increase of $250,000 for United 

States environmental regulatory compliance and safety activities. 

The recommendation also includes an increase of $500,000 for the 

Lower Rio Grande Flood Control Environmental Commitments, as 

requested. 

The Committee recommendations are displayed in the following 

table: 

INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Amount 

Administration ...................................................................................................................................................... 6,050 

Engineering .......................................................................................................................................................... 3,450 

Operations and maintenance ............................................................................................................................... 18,189 

Total, International Boundary and Water Commission .......................................................................... 27,689 

None of the funds provided under this heading shall be obligated 

until the Department has submitted a reprogramming, pursuant to 

section 605 of this Act, and the Committee has acted upon such reprogramming. 

CONSTRUCTION

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $3,513,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 8,545,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 6,146,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,146,000. The recommendation is $2,633,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding 

level and $2,399,000 below the budget request. Within the amount provided, $1,601,000 is for the Boundary- Wide Program, $4,050,000 is for the Water Quantity Program, and 

$495 is for compliance with the Surfriders Consent Decree. Within 

the amounts provided for the Water Quantity Program, $1,750,000 

is for the Rio Grande Canalization Project and $1,000,000 is for the 

Lower Rio Grande Flood Control Project/Levee Rehabilitation. 

None of the funds provided under this heading may be obligated 

until the Department has submitted, and the Committee has approved, a spending plan in accordance with section 605 of this Act. 

AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $8,849,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 10,756,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 10,546,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $10,546,000. 

The recommendation is $1,697,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and $210,000 below the budget request. 
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This account funds the United States’ share of expenses of the 

International Boundary Commission [IBC], the International Joint 

Commission [IJC], and the Border Environment Cooperation Commission [BECC]. 

Within the amount provided, $800,000 is for the International Boundary Commission, $7,698,000 is for the International Joint 

Commission, and $2,048,000 is for the Border Environment Cooperation Commission. Within the amount provided for the International Joint Commission, $200,000 is for the Red River Basin 

Commission. 

INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $19,097,000 

Budget estimate, 2004 ........................................................................... 20,800,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 21,982,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $21,982,000. The recommendation is $2,885,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and $1,182,000 above the budget request. 

This account funds the U.S. share of the expenses of international fisheries commissions; participation in the International 

Council for the Exploration of the Sea; participation in the North 

Pacific Marine Sciences Organization; travel expenses of the U.S. 

commissioners and their advisors; and salaries of non-Government 

employees of the Pacific Salmon Commission for days actually 

worked as commissioners and panel members and alternates. Within the amount provided under this heading, $2,100,000 is for the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, $12,964,000 is 

for the Great Lakes Fishery Commission [GLFC], $3,000,000 is for 

the Pacific Salmon Commission, $1,800,000 is for the International 

Pacific Halibut Commission, $213,000 is for the International 

Whaling Commission, $158,000 is for the North Pacific 

Anadramous Fish Commission, $165,000 is for the International 

Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, $177,000 is for 

the North Pacific Marine Science Organization; $150,000 is for the 

Inter-American Sea Turtle Convention Commission, and $100,000 

is for the Expenses of the U.S. Commissioners. Within the amount provided for the GLFC, $845,000 is for the 

eradication of lampreys in Lake Champlain. The GLFC is directed 

to give priority to States that have provided matching grants when 

distributing lampricide funds. 

None of the funds provided under this heading may be obligated 

until the Department has submitted, and the Committee has approved, a spending plan in accordance with section 605 of this Act. 

OTHER

CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN-WESTERN DIALOGUE

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $6,926,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... ........................... 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 7,000,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $7,000,000. The 

recommendation is $74,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level 

and $7,000,000 above the budget request. Funds provided to the 

Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund, when 
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added to previous years’ appropriations, will provide for the operational costs of the Center. The Center is dedicated to facilitating 

dialogue and peaceful conflict resolution between cultures. Currently a steering committee, led by the Council of American Overseas Research Centers [CAORC], is developing plans for the structures and programs of the Center. The Committee looks forward to 

the steering committee’s report to Congress on the proposed operations of the Center. 

The Center shall be overseen by a board which shall include representation by the Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy 

and Public Affairs, as part of a diverse group of members. 

EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM TRUST FUND

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $497,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 500,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 500,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $500,000 from 

interest and earnings in the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund, authorized by the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–454). The recommendation is 

$3,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and identical to the 

request. 

The Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program was created in 

1953 to honor President Eisenhower. The Eisenhower Exchange 

Fellowship Act of 1990 authorized a permanent endowment for the 

Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program and established a trust 

fund in the United States Treasury for this purpose. A total of 

$7,500,000 has been provided to establish a permanent endowment 

for the program, from which the interest and earnings are appropriated to Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, Inc. 

ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $371,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 375,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 375,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $375,000 from 

interest and earnings in the Israeli Arab Scholarship Endowment 

Fund, authorized by Section 214 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (Public Law 102–138). The 

recommendation is $4,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level 

and identical to the budget request. 

The Israeli Arab Scholarship Program funds scholarships for 

Israeli Arabs to attend institutions of higher education in the 

United States. A permanent endowment of $4,978,500 was established in 1992 with funds made available under section 556(b) of 

the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act of 1990, as amended. The interest from the endowment is credited to the Fund and made available subject to annual appropriations to carry out the scholarship program. 
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EAST-WEST CENTER

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $17,692,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 13,709,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 19,500,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $19,500,000. 

The recommendation is $1,808,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and $5,791,000 above the request. 

The East-West Center is an educational and research organization established by Congress in 1960 to strengthen understanding 

and relations between the United States and the countries of the 

Asia-Pacific region. The Center helps promote the establishment of 

a stable, peaceful and prosperous Asia-Pacific community in which 

the United States is a natural and leading partner. The Center carries out its mission through programs of cooperative study, training, and research. Professionals and students from the United 

States, Asia, and the Pacific study and work together at the EastWest Center to better understand issues of common and critical 

concern and explore mutually beneficial ways of addressing them. 

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $39,579,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 80,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 50,000,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $50,000,000. 

The recommendation is $10,421,000 above the fiscal year 2004 

funding level and $30,000,000 below the budget request. 

The National Endowment for Democracy [NED] is a private, nonprofit organization created in 1983 to strengthen democratic institutions around the world. NED’s mission is to support peaceful and 

stable transitions to more open political and economic systems 

characterized by effective governance and legal systems, engaged 

and responsible civil societies, and open markets. Although NED 

was first created to help the United States win the cold war, its 

mission of promoting democracy is still relevant today, particularly 

in the war against terrorism. 

The Committee recommendation includes language which would 

direct $10,000,000 of the significant increase in appropriated 

amounts to NED to the four core institutes to expand programs in 

the greater Middle East. The Committee has found that the institutes’ work to develop democracy through political party training 

and electoral work in the region has made considerable progress to 

transition states to a democratic process, particularly in Iraq and 

in Afghanistan. In addition, the Committee recommendation includes language to establish an annual report to Congress on the 

use of federally appropriated funds to the NED to ensure the maximum benefit of these resources. 
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RELATED AGENCY 

BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS

INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $540,292,000 

Supplemental appropriations, 2004 ..................................................... 40,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 533,111,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 552,240,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $552,240,000. 

The recommendation is $11,948,000 above the fiscal year 2004 

funding level and $19,129,000 above the request. 

This appropriation account funds the operating and engineering 

costs of Voice of America [VOA], Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 

[RFE/RL], Radio Free Asia [RFA], the Middle East Television Network [MTN], Worldnet Television, and the Broadcasting Board of 

Governors. As directed in last year’s bill, this account will continue 

to fund the Office of Cuba Broadcasting. 

The Committee recommendation includes new bill language 

transferring $302,000 to the Department of State for the Capital 

Security Cost Sharing Initiative to provide for safe and secure facilities overseas. 

The Committee recommendations, by function, are displayed in 

the following table: 

INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS [IBO] 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee 

recommendation 

International Broadcasting Bureau [IBB]: 

Voice of America [VOA] ........................................................................................................................... 155,308 

Engineering and Technical Services ....................................................................................................... 126,145 

Agency Direction ...................................................................................................................................... 23,400 

Management ............................................................................................................................................ 49,521 

Program Support ..................................................................................................................................... 24,994 

Subtotal, IBB ...................................................................................................................................... 379,368 

Independent Grantee Organizations: 

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty ............................................................................................................. 71,746 

Radio Free Asia ....................................................................................................................................... 28,728 

Middle East Television Network/Radio Sawa .......................................................................................... 44,769 

Subtotal, Grantees .............................................................................................................................. 145,243 

Cuba Broadcasting .......................................................................................................................................... 27,629 

Total, IBO ............................................................................................................................................ 552,240 

Some of the Committee recommendations displayed in the table 

are described in more detail in the following paragraphs. 

INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING BUREAU

Voice of America.—The Committee recommends an appropriation 

of $155,308,000 for Voice of America [VOA]. The Committee recognizes that broadcasting to the Middle East and South and Central 

Asia is critical to the United States-led war on terror. The rec-
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ommendation therefore includes $5,600,000 for VOA’s Middle East 

and Central Asia Division. 

Africa Broadcasting.—The Committee commends VOA for its 

progress in developing daily radio and television programming on 

HIV/AIDS prevention to countries throughout Africa. VOA is directed to continue to report to the Committee on its HIV/AIDS prevention and education related broadcasting activities no later than 

90 days after the enactment of this Act. 

Engineering and Technical Services.—The Committee recommends an appropriation of $126,145,000 for engineering and 

technical services. Within this amount, $3,400,000 is for the Engineering Director. 

Agency Direction.—The Committee recommends an appropriation 

of $23,400,000 for Agency Direction. 

Management.—The Committee recommends an appropriation of 

$49,521,000 for the management of the BBG. The recommendation 

includes $3,111,000, the full amount requested, for security. 

Program Support.—The recommendation includes $4,140,000 for 

the BBG’s marketing and program placement initiative. 

GRANTEES

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.—The Committee recommends 

an appropriation of $71,746,000 for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty [RFE/RL]. The recommendation includes $5,150,000 for Radio 

Free Afghanistan, $3,894,000 for Radio Farda, and $1,194,000 for 

Radio Free Iraq. Each of these levels is identical to the budget request. The recommendation also includes $250,000, the full request, for RFE/RL relocation planning. 

Security of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Headquarters.— 

Last year, the Committee directed RFE/RL to work with the Department of State’s Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations 

[OBO] to develop a comprehensive site and cost assessment for relocation of the RFE/RL headquarters, now located in the former 

Czechoslovak Federal parliament building on Wenceslas Square in 

Prague, the Czech Republic. The report submitted to the Committee by RFE/RL and OBO outlines several viable future relocation options and concludes that the best overall choice for constructing a new secure facility still would be in Prague. 

BBG has recently informed the Committee that RFE/RL would 

like to begin negotiations in order to sign a pre-lease agreement 

with one of the Czech site developers identified in the report. The 

Committee notes that RFE/RL has requested some funding to continue the planning process through fiscal year 2005. 

It would be short-sighted, however, for BBG and RFE/RL not to 

anticipate the substantial future cost of relocation from the current 

site. The report estimates the costs to be approximately 

$19,000,000 a year over a 4-year period. An increase of $19,000,000 

is 25 percent of RFE/RL’s total fiscal year 2005 request. A thorough 

explanation as to how specific relocation costs, as outlined in the 

report, will be absorbed in future years has yet to be provided. The 

Committee therefore directs BBG and RFE/RL to compile and submit a strategic funding plan for the intended relocation process no 

later than February 1, 2005. Until a long-term maintenance cost of 
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a new building has been contemplated and endorsed by the BBG, 

no additional funds shall be provided to secure a site for relocation. 

Radio Free Asia.—The Committee recommends an appropriation 

of $28,728,000 for Radio Free Asia [RFA]. Within the funding provided for Broadcasting, $2,955,000 is for RFA’s Tibetan Service and 

$1,289,000 for its Uyghur Service. 

Jamming.—The Committee has provided funds in prior years to 

address increased jamming of Radio Free Asia broadcasts. Jamming is intended to stem the flow of truthful and free media to 

closed societies. The Committee had directed the broadcast services 

to expand their efforts to counteract the practice of jamming and 

is pleased to see that services like RFA have successfully begun to 

create and mass distribute electronic newsletters. 

Middle East Television Network/Radio Sawa.—The Committee 

recommends an appropriation of $44,769,000 for the operations of 

the Middle East Television Network [MTN] and Radio Sawa. The 

recommendation is identical to the request. The Committee commends BBG’s expeditious work in integrating and streamlining 

Radio Sawa and MTN into a single broadcasting entity. 

MTN’s Arabic-language satellite television channel, Al Hurra, 

was launched in February 2004 and is the first U.S. television entity that targets a broad Arabic-speaking audience. The sharp criticism that Al Hurra already has induced suggests that it has, at the 

very least, captured the attention of its competitors in the saturated Arabic-speaking satellite television market. To separate itself 

from other news outlets, Al Hurra must clearly demonstrate to its 

audience that it can provide credible and objective news coverage 

and analysis. The Committee directs MTN to report on Al Hurra’s 

coverage, audience, reception and public response in the Arabicspeaking world. The report shall include the findings of an independent and validated public opinion poll. 

BROADCASTING TO CUBA

Radio and Television Marti.—These programs are dedicated to 

providing a reliable source of news and information that is accurate 

and objective, and to the promotion of freedom and democracy in 

Cuba. The Committee recommends an appropriation of 

$27,629,000. The recommendation is identical to the budget request. 

BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $11,275,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 8,560,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 8,560,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $8,560,000. The 

recommendation is $2,715,000 below the fiscal year 2004 funding 

level and identical to the budget request. The Committee notes that 

no funding was requested for new construction projects in fiscal 

year 2005. 

This account funds necessary maintenance, improvements, replacements, and repairs of broadcasting sites; satellite and terrestrial program feeds; and engineering support activities, broadcast 

facility leases, and land rentals. 
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The Committee recommendations, by function, are displayed in 

the following table: 

BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS [BCI] 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee 

recommendation 

Maintenance, Improvements, Replace and Repair [MIRR]: 

Continuing Maintenance and Repair ...................................................................................................... 4,379 

VOA TV ..................................................................................................................................................... 773 

Security .................................................................................................................................................... 1,608 

Subtotal, MIRR .................................................................................................................................... 6,760 

Upgrade of Existing Facilities: 

Greek Agreement ..................................................................................................................................... 1,000 

Subtotal, Upgrades ............................................................................................................................. 1,000 

Satellite and Terrestrial Program Feeds .......................................................................................................... 800 

Total, BCI ............................................................................................................................................ 8,560 

GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED

AGENCY

The Committee recommends the following general provisions: 

Section 401 permits funds appropriated to the Department of 

State in this Act to be available for allowances and differentials, 

services, and hire of passenger transportation. 

Section 402 prohibits fund appropriated to the Department of 

State in this Act from being used to support the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation. 

Section 403 requires that a consulate or diplomatic facility in Jerusalem be under the supervision of the U.S. Ambassador to Israel. 

Section 404 requires government publications to list Jerusalem 

as the capital of Israel. 

Section 405 provides that Israel shall be recorded as the place of 

birth on registrations of birth, certifications of nationality, and 

passport applications for U.S. citizens born in Jerusalem. 

Section 406 pertains to the State Department’s provision of certain information to the Committees on Appropriations. 

Section 407 establishes the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization. 

Section 408 describes the functions of the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization. 

Section 409 clarifies section 626 of Public Law 107–77, that the 

Algiers Accord is abrogated for the purposes of providing a cause 

of action for the Iranian hostages. 

Section 410 implements Capital Security Cost Sharing. 

Section 411 promotes right-sizing. 

Section 412 prohibits U.S. tax dollars from being used to support 

an international organization’s effort to blacklist and penalize 

countries that encourage foreign investment by adopting low tax 

systems and competitive investment climates. 
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It also prohibits funds from being used for international efforts 

to track or report on the investment income of foreigners in the 

United States. 

Section 413 allows the Department of State and Broadcasting 

Board of Governors to obligate and expend funds notwithstanding 

the absence of an authorization for fiscal years 2004–2005. 

Section 414 adjusts the peacekeeping cap. 

Section 415 updates and conforms the Senior Foreign Service pay 

system. 

Section 416 extends the termination dates for the Advisory Committee on Cultural Diplomacy and the U.S. Advisory Commission 

on Public Diplomacy. 

Section 417 increases the limits applicable to post differentials 

and danger pay allowances. 

Section 418 modifies existing personnel review procedures which 

require Foreign Service promotion panels to ‘‘low rank’’ 5 percent 

of every Foreign Service class. 

Section 419 clarifies the Department’s authority to enter into settlements of claims of back pay or other grievances brought by personnel in cases where it is appropriate. 

Section 420 requires that a provision of law be implemented 

within 60 days of enactment of this Act. 
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TITLE V—RELATED AGENCIES 

COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S HERITAGE

ABROAD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $491,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 499,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 491,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $491,000. The 

recommendation is identical to the fiscal year 2004 funding level 

and is $8,000 below the budget request. The purpose of the Commission is to encourage the preservation of cemeteries, monuments, 

and historic buildings associated with the foreign heritage of the 

American people. 

The recommendation will allow the Commission to fund its administrative expenses through appropriated funds while relying on 

privately donated funds for the actual purchase and restoration of 

property. 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $9,001,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 9,096,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 9,096,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $9,096,000 for 

the salaries and expenses of the Commission on Civil Rights. The 

recommendation is $95,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level 

and identical to the budget request. 

COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $1,598,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 1,831,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,598,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,598,000. The 

recommendation is identical to the fiscal year 2004 funding level 

and $233,000 below the budget request. 

The Commission was established in 1976 to ensure compliance 

with the final act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation 

in Europe with particular regard to provisions dealing with humanitarian affairs. 
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CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE PEOPLE’S

REPUBLIC OF CHINA

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $1,781,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 1,900,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,781,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,781,000. The 

recommendation is identical to the fiscal year 2004 funding level 

and $119,000 below the budget request. 

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $324,944,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 350,754,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 327,511,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $327,511,000. The recommendation is $2,567,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and $23,243,000 below the budget request. 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $273,947,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 292,958,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 282,346,000 

The Committee recommends a total of $282,346,000 for the salaries and expenses of the Federal Communications Commission 

[FCC], of which $281,346,000 is to be derived from the collection 

of fees. The recommendation is $8,399,000 above the fiscal year 

2004 funding level and $10,612,000 below the budget request. The 

recommendation does not transfer more of the cost of supporting 

the FCC to the General Fund as proposed by the budget request. 

The FCC is an independent regulatory agency exercising authority delegated to it by Congress under the Communications Act of 

1934 as amended by the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The primary mission of the FCC is to promote competition, innovation, 

and deregulation in the communications industry. The FCC is 

charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable. The mandate of 

the FCC under the Communications Act is to make available to all 

people of the United States a rapid, efficient, nationwide, and 

worldwide wire and radio communication service. The FCC performs four major functions to fulfill this charge: spectrum allocation, creating rules to promote fair competition and protect consumers where required by market conditions, authorization of service, and enforcement. 

The recommendation includes funding increases that will greatly 

enhance the FCC’s ability to achieve its core objectives. The recommendation includes increases for enforcement bureau monitoring equipment, test equipment, training and uncontrollable cost 

increases such as the requested cost of living adjustment. The 

Committee freezes at $85,000,000 auction proceeds that can be 
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used for competitive bidding programs. The Committee notes that 

no auctions are planned in fiscal year 2005. 

Broadcast Television Standards.—The Committee continues to be 

concerned about the declining standards of broadcast television and 

the impact this decline is having on America’s children. Overall 

sexual content, foul language, and violence have tripled over the 

past decade. The Committee directs the FCC to continue to report 

to Congress on the issues associated with resurrecting a broadcast 

industry code of conduct for content of programming that, if adhered to by the broadcast industry, would protect against the further erosion of broadcasting standards. 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $185,505,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 205,430,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 207,730,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $207,730,000. The recommendation is $22,225,000 above the fiscal year 2004 

funding level and $2,300,000 above the budget request. 

The Federal Trade Commission [FTC] administers a variety of 

Federal antitrust and consumer protection laws. Activities in the 

antitrust area include detection and elimination of illegal collusion, 

anticompetitive mergers, unlawful single-firm conduct, and injurious vertical agreements. The FTC regulates advertising practices, 

service industry practices, marketing practices, and credit practices 

as it addresses fraud and other consumer concerns. 

The recommendation includes $10,889,000 for mandatory costs and to continue congressional mandates, including $2,000,000 for 

Do-Not-Call enforcement costs and $1,319,000 for the Consumer 

Response Center and technology infrastructure. The recommendation also provides an additional $10,800,000 and 40 additional full 

time employees to annualize the fiscal year 2004 costs and provide 

the necessary fiscal year 2005 costs to carry out legislative directives in the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography 

and Marketing [CAN–SPAM] Act of 2003, the Fair and Accurate 

Credit Transactions [FACT] Act of 2003, and section 151 of the 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 

[FDICIA]. Of the amounts provided, $101,000,000 is from HartScott-Rodino pre-merger filing fees and $20,000,000 is from DoNot-Call fees. The total amount of direct appropriations for this account is therefore $86,730,000. This represents an increase of 

$36,325,000 over the fiscal year 2004 direct appropriation. The 

Committee notes that this increase is necessary due to a significant 

drop-off in offsetting fee collection receipts beginning in 2001. 

Child Protection.—The Federal Trade Commission [FTC] in September 2000, released a report entitled: ‘‘Marketing Violent Entertainment to Children: A Review of Self-Regulation and Industry 

Practices in the Motion Picture, Music Recording & Electronic 

Game Industries’’. The report was very critical of the entertainment industry and its persistent and calculated marketing of violent games, movies, and music to children. In response to this report, the entertainment industry has promised to impose tougher 
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regulations on itself and to voluntarily comply with the report’s 

recommendations. The FTC should continue with and expand upon 

its efforts in this area. The Committee directs the Commission to 

continue to engage in consumer research and workshops, underage 

shopper-retail compliance surveys, and marketing data collection. 

Internet.—The Federal Trade Commission [FTC] is charged with 

monitoring compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. The recommendation provides the Commission the funding resources it needs to meet the challenges of increased fraud on 

the Internet. The Committee commends the FTC for recognizing 

the unique and difficult challenge posed by the Internet, an international phenomenon that lacks borders, to the safety of our children. 

Do-Not-Call Initiative.—The recommendation includes 

$20,000,000 for the Federal Trade Commission’s [FTC] Do-Not-Call 

initiative, of which the entire amount is to be derived from the collection of fees. The Do-Not-Call initiative was launched pursuant to 

the FTC’s amended Telemarketing Sales Rule. The Do-Not-Call initiative will establish a national database of telephone numbers of 

consumers who choose not to receive telephone solicitations from 

telemarketers. The Do-Not-Call initiative has received broad support from, and will provide significant benefits to, consumers from 

all corners of the United States. The recommendation represents 

an increase of $1,900,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level. 

This increase will support a range of infrastructure technology improvements that are needed to support the Do-Not-Call initiative. 

These improvements will allow the FTC to manage the expected 

large volume of consumer complaints within the Sentinel system 

and will allow the FTC to share information with its law enforcement partners. Sentinel is a secure website through which the 

FTC’s law enforcement partners access consumer complaint information. Currently, over 700 Federal, State, and local law enforcement partners access Sentinel. With the addition of Do-Not-Call 

complaint data, the FTC anticipates that a significant number of 

‘‘new’’ partners and users, such as public utility companies, will 

need to use Sentinel to access those data. 

The Committee is aware of support for legislation to repeal or 

suspend implementation of mandatory country of origin labeling for 

seafood by major industry advocates. The Committee is concerned; 

however, that illegal pressure tactics are being applied against 

American fishermen who strongly oppose the repeal effort. The 

Committee directs the Federal Trade Commission to conduct a 

prompt investigation into these allegations, and to provide a report 

to the Committee by no later than January 1, 2005. 

Last year, the Committee directed the FTC to conduct a study 

to determine if uncompetitive or unfair practices, or practices 

which tend to restrain trade, are being used by companies that provide commercial trucking fleet card programs, and the effects of 

these practices on the truck stop industry. The FTC was directed 

to submit this report by July 2004, and the Committee on Appropriations looks forward to reviewing its analysis. 
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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $335,282,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 329,300,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 335,000,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $335,000,000. 

The recommendation is $282,000 below the fiscal year 2004 funding level and $5,700,000 above the budget request. The Committee 

recommendation includes $312,251,000 for basic field programs, to 

be used for competitively awarded grants and contracts, 

$13,900,000 for management and administration, $3,400,000 for 

client self-help and information technology, $2,600,000 for the Office of the Inspector General, and $2,849,000 for grants to offset 

losses due to census adjustments. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

The Committee recommendation continues the administrative 

provisions contained in the fiscal year 1998 appropriations act 

(Public Law 105–119) regarding operation of this program to provide basic legal services to poor individuals and the restrictions on 

the use of Legal Services Corporation [LSC] funds. 

Grantees must agree not to engage in litigation and related activities with respect to a variety of matters including: (1) redistricting; (2) class action suits; (3) representation of illegal aliens; (4) 

political activities; (5) collection of attorney fees; (6) abortion; (7) 

prisoner litigation; (8) welfare reform; (9) representation of charged 

drug dealers during eviction proceedings; and (10) solicitation of clients. The exception to the restrictions in a case where there is imminent threat of physical harm to the client or prospective client 

remains in place. 

The manner in which the LSC grantees are audited through contracts with certified public accountants for financial and compliance audits are continued along with the provisions on recompetition and debarment. 

MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $1,836,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 1,890,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,890,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,890,000. The 

recommendation is $54,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level 

and identical to the budget request. 

NATIONAL VETERANS’ BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $1,979,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 2,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 2,000,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,000,000. The 

recommendation is $21,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level 

and identical to the budget request. 
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $811,500,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 913,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 913,000,000 

The Committee recommends a total budget (obligational) author- ity of $913,000,000 for the salaries and expenses of the United 

States Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC], of which the 

entire amount is to be derived from the collection of fees. The recommendation is $101,500,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding 

level and identical to the budget request. 

The mission of the SEC is to administer and enforce the Federal 

securities laws in order to protect investors and to maintain fair, 

honest, and efficient markets. This includes ensuring full disclosure 

of financial information, regulating the Nation’s securities markets, 

and preventing and policing fraud and malpractice in the securities 

and financial markets. The strength of the American economy and 

our Nation’s financial markets is dependent upon investors’ confidence in the financial disclosures and statements released by publicly-traded companies. The Committee directs the SEC to continue 

to provide quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropriations 

on the measures it is taking to restore the public’s confidence in 

the financial markets. 

Staffing and Infrastructure.—The recommendation supports the 

continued hiring of the more than 840 new staff recommended by 

the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and approved by the Committee in 

fiscal 2003, and continues major, multi-year information technology 

projects. The Committee recognizes the significant challenges the 

SEC continues to face in filling critical vacancies, such as accountants, and notes the continued competition from the private sector 

faced by the SEC. The Committee is aware that the SEC is in the 

process of developing a new strategic plan regarding the addition 

of new positions. The Committee looks forward to receiving this 

strategic plan and directs the SEC to submit, in conjunction with 

this strategic plan, no later than April 15, 2004, a report containing any recommended legislative changes that may be necessary to allow the SEC to hire authorized levels. 

Pay Parity.—Pay parity is intended to bring the salaries of Securities and Exchange Commission employees in line with those of 

other Federal financial regulatory agencies. Pay parity will help 

the SEC recruit and retain highly qualified staff. The Commission’s 

ability to hire retain the necessary number of qualified staff persons is critical to its success in restoring confidence in U.S. financial markets. The recommendation includes sufficient funding for 

the Commission to continue implementation of the pay parity program authorized in the Investor and Capital Markets Fee Relief 

Act of 2002. 

Enforcement.—The Committee directs the Commission to continue to espouse, as its top priority, the investigation and prosecution of financial fraud and reporting cases. The Committee commends the SEC for its heightened enforcement efforts and recent 

initiatives to protect investors through strengthened corporate disclosure, accounting, and reporting requirements. 
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Information Technology [IT].—Now that the SEC’s basic IT infrastructure needs have been addressed, the SEC must consider what 

new IT initiatives could significantly enhance its ability to accomplish its mission. Examples of such IT initiatives would be on-line 

filing of ownership reports or software that would allow securities 

transactions to be routed directly from clearing brokers to the SEC. 

The SEC is directed to keep the Committee apprised of new IT initiatives for which it might be considering requesting funding in fiscal year 2006. 

Exercising of Options.—The Committee remains concerned by instances in which corporate insiders enrich themselves at the expense of stockholders by exercising stock options immediately prior 

to companies’ financial collapse. The exercising of stock options 

may even contribute, in some cases, to the bankruptcy of teetering 

corporations. The SEC is directed to continue to provide to the 

Committee a monthly report listing the exercising of stock options 

by corporate officers and directors under section 12 of the Securities and Exchange Act. 

Investor Protection.—The recommendation includes language requiring the SEC to submit a report containing a justification for 

the SEC rule adopted in June 2004, requiring the chairman of a 

mutual fund board to be an independent director. The report 

should provide a comparison of the amount and types of malfeasance that have occurred in recent years at mutual funds with 

independent chairman versus those without independent chairmen. 

The report should also analyze whether mutual funds chaired by 

disinterested directors perform better, have lower expenses, or 

have better compliance records than funds chaired by interested directors. 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $711,281,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 678,400,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 761,917,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $761,917,000, 

for the Small Business Administration [SBA]. The recommendation 

is $50,636,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and 

$83,517,000 above the budget request. Funding is distributed 

among the SBA appropriation accounts as described below. 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $322,322,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 326,259,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 357,684,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $357,684,000. 

The recommendation is $35,362,000 above the fiscal year 2004 

funding level and $31,425,000 above the budget request. Within 

the amount provided, $2,750,000 is for the 1.5 percent pay raise for 

Federal employees. Also within the amount provided, $37,636,000 

is for the 8(a) program and $3,158,000 is for the 7(j) program. 
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NON-CREDIT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $138,709,000 for 

the SBA non-credit business assistance programs. The recommendation is $28,109,000 above the budget request. 

The Small Business Administration shall require all of its core 

technical assistance programs (including the Small Business Development Centers, SCORE, and Womens’ Business Centers) to provide training to SBA personnel in implementating and evaluating 

pilot technical assistance programs, and doing business, in Native 

American communities. 

The Committee recommendations, by program are displayed in 

the following table: 

NON-CREDIT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Amount 

Small Business Development Centers ............................................................................................................... 88,000 

U.S. Export Assistance Centers .......................................................................................................................... 1,484 

Drug-free Workplace Grants ............................................................................................................................... 1,000 

National Ombudsman ........................................................................................................................................ 500 

SCORE ................................................................................................................................................................ 5,000 

Business Information Centers ............................................................................................................................ 396 

Women’s Business Centers ................................................................................................................................ 12,000 

Small Disadvantaged Business ......................................................................................................................... [1,500 ] 

Women’s Council ................................................................................................................................................ 750 

7(j) Technical Assistance ................................................................................................................................... 1,500 

Microloan Technical Assistance ......................................................................................................................... 15,000 

Advocacy Research/Database ............................................................................................................................ 1,100 

Veteran’s Business Development Assistance .................................................................................................... 750 

SBIR Technical Assistance ................................................................................................................................. 250 

SBIR—FAST ........................................................................................................................................................ 2,000 

Native American Outreach ................................................................................................................................. 2,000 

PRIME Technical Assistance .............................................................................................................................. 5,000 

HUBZones ........................................................................................................................................................... 1,979 

Total, Non-credit Business Assistance Program .................................................................................. 138,709 

The recommendation includes $1,500,000 for the Small Disadvantaged Business Program, which is funded through reimbursements from interagency collections. 

The Committee continues to support the Small Business Development Center Program. 

The Committee is concerned that HUBZone requirements based 

solely on census tracts may inadvertently disqualify needy communities in small, rural areas. The Committee urges that the SBA 

look at alternative ways to evaluate eligibility for HUBZones in 

rural areas and implement a pilot program for small, rural communities. 

The recommendation includes language providing that Women’s 

Business Centers in sustainability status shall receive 48 percent 

of the total funding provided for Women’s Business Centers. Within 

the amount provided for Women’s Business Centers, $500,000 is 

provided for the South Carolina Women’s Business Center and 

$100,000 is provided for the New Hampshire Women’s Business 

Center. 
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $12,864,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 14,500,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 13,014,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $13,014,000 for 

the Office of Inspector General. The recommendation is $150,000 

above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and $1,486,000 below the 

budget request. The recommendation includes the 1.5 percent pay 

raise for Federal employees. The recommendation continues language making $500,000 available to the Office of Inspector General 

from funding for the Disaster Loans Program Account. 

Reorganization.—The Committee recently approved a reorganization requested by the Office of Inspector General [OIG] relating to 

inspections and evaluations. While the Committee is supportive of 

the OIG’s efforts to consolidate, the Committee is also supportive 

of the inspection and evaluation functions and recognizes that 

these functions have proven to be a valuable tool in correcting 

problems at the onset rather than after the fact. Therefore, the 

Committee directs the OIG to continue conducting inspections and 

evaluations and to report to the Committee monthly on the status 

of these reports. 

SURETY BOND GUARANTEES REVOLVING FUND

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. ........................... 

Budget Estimate, 2005 .......................................................................... $11,400,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 11,400,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $11,400,000. 

The recommendation is $11,400,000 above the fiscal year 2004 

funding level and identical to the budget request. 

BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $206,842,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 129,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 200,910,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $200,910,000. 

The recommendation is $5,932,000 below the fiscal year 2004 funding level and $71,910,000 above the budget request. Of the amount 

provided, $129,000,000 is for administrative expenses, which may 

be transferred to, and merged with, SBA salaries and expenses to 

cover the common overhead expenses associated with the business 

loans programs. 

The recommendation includes $70,000,000 for the 7(a) Loan 

Guaranty Program. At the prior year subsidy rate, this amount will 

support a program level for 7(a) of $14,500,000,000. The recommendation also includes $1,910,000 for the Microloan Direct program. 

DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $168,756,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 197,241,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 178,909,000 
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The Committee recommends an appropriation of $178,909,000. The recommendation is $10,153,000 above the fiscal year 2004 

funding level and $18,332,000 below the budget request. Within the amount provided, $65,000,000 is for direct loan subsidies. The SBA has requested a significant increase for direct loan 

subsidies in fiscal year 2005. This increase is due to the fact that 

SBA has adopted a new disaster loan model which more accurately 

captures the actual program cost. As a result, the baseline subsidy 

rate for the disaster program has increased. The SBA is urged to 

seek out emergency funding in the event of a disaster requiring 

loan assistance. 

Also within the amount provided, $113,909,000 is for administra- tive expenses. Of this amount, $750,000 is for the 1.5 percent pay 

raise for Federal employees. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

The recommendation continues language providing that disaster 

loans in Alaska shall continue to be managed by the SBA and shall 

not be sold for processing. 

STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $2,227,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... ........................... 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 3,000,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,000,000. The recommendation is $773,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding 

level and $3,000,000 above the budget request. 

The Institute was created in 1984 to further the development 

and adoption of improved judicial administration in State courts. 

UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW

COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. $1,979,000 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... 2,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 2,300,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,300,000. 

The recommendation is $321,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding level and $300,000 above the budget request. 

The Commission was established in 2000 to monitor, investigate, 

and report to Congress on the national security implications of the 

bilateral trade and economic relationship between the United 

States and the People’s Republic of China. In 2002, Congress significantly expanded the Commission’s charter to focus on nine specific, yet diverse areas, including China’s proliferation practices, 

United States investments into China, and United States-China bilateral agreements on intellectual property rights. 

The Committee directs the Commission to consult with the Secretary of Commerce, as appropriate, to research and report back to 

the Committees on Appropriations regarding the following: (1) China’s industrial policies, including ‘‘pillar’’ sectors, technology acqui-
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sitions through joint ventures, various forms of subsidization, and 

the short- and long-term implications of the modernization of those 

industries for the United States economy, industry, and employees; 

(2) Exports from China’s state enterprises, the types and amounts 

of subsidies provided, and the longer-term effects of such exports/ 

subsidies on specific United States industries; (3) Various means to 

compensate losses of United States intellectual property holders 

created by China’s inability to meet its WTO intellectual property 

commitments; (4) Shifts of research and development from the 

United States to China, the nature of the 134 major foreign research and development corporate complexes now identified by the 

People’s Republic of China, the prospects for future European 

Union, Japanese, and United States research and development 

shifts to China, and the resulting implications to United States capacities; (5) Items on the United States-China Advanced Technology Trade list cross-referenced to the items on the Department 

of Defense’s Critical Technology List, and what part of total United 

States purchases of these items are imported from China; (6) An 

analysis of the extent of professional service outsourcing that now 

exists and is projected from the United States, and the ultimate location of that outsourcing, and quantifications of the longer-term 

consequences to affected United States professions, such as software engineering; and (7) A survey of business groups on the extent to which United States manufacturers and their supply chains 

are relocating to China. 

The Committee expects this report to be provided to the Committees on Appropriations no later than May 1, 2005. 

UNITED STATES SENATE-CHINA INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2004 ............................................................................. ........................... 

Budget estimate, 2005 ........................................................................... ........................... 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. $100,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $100,000. The 

recommendation is $100,000 above the fiscal year 2004 funding 

level and $100,000 above the budget request. 
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TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

The Committee recommends the following general provisions for 

the departments and agencies funded in the accompanying bill. 

Section 601 requires agencies to provide quarterly reports regarding unobligated balances. 

Section 602 prohibits any appropriation contained in the Act 

from remaining available for obligation beyond the current year unless expressly provided. 

Section 603 provides that the expenditure of any appropriation 

contained in the Act for any consulting service through procurement contracts shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection except where otherwise provided under existing law or 

under existing executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 

Section 604 provides for severability should a provision of this 

Act be found to be unconstitutional. 

Section 605(a) stipulates Committee policy concerning the reprogramming of funds. Section 605(a) prohibits the reprogramming 

of funds which: (1) creates new programs; (2) eliminates a program, 

project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

for any project or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates offices or employees; (5) reorganizes offices, 

programs, or activities; (6) contracts out or privatizes any function 

or activity presently performed by Federal employees—unless the 

Appropriations Committees of the House and Senate are notified 

15 days in advance. 

Section 605(b) prohibits a reprogramming of funds in excess of 

$1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that (1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent 

funding for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers 

of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or (3) results 

from any general savings due to a reduction in personnel which 

would result in a change in existing programs, activities, or 

projects as approved by Congress unless the Appropriations Committees of the House and Senate are notified 15 days in advance. 

The recommendation increases the reprogramming threshold to 

$1,000,000 as proposed by the budget request, in recognition of inflation. 

Section 606 prohibits construction, repair, overhaul, conversion, 

or modernization of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ships outside of the United States. 

Section 607 provides for a penalty for persons found to have 

falsely mislabeled products. 

Section 608 prohibits the use of funds to implement a certain 

Memorandum of Agreement between the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice. 
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Section 609 prohibits the use of funds for any United Nations 

peacekeeping mission that involves United States Armed Forces 

under the command or operational control of a foreign national unless the President certifies that the involvement is in the national 

security interest. 

Section 610 prohibits use of funds to expand the United States 

diplomatic presence in Vietnam beyond the level in effect July 11, 

1995, unless the President makes a certification that several conditions have been met regarding Vietnam’s cooperation with the 

United States on POW/MIA issues. 

Section 611 requires agencies and departments funded in this 

Act to absorb any necessary costs related to downsizing or consolidation within the amounts provided to the agency or department. 

Section 612 provides funding for Public Safety Officers under the 

Local Law Enforcement Block Grant program. 

Section 613 limits the availability of funds for tobacco promotion. 

Section 614 prohibits funds from being used to issue a visa to 

any alien involved in extrajudicial and political killings in Haiti 

and establishes working conditions for plaintiffs in a recently settled Federal lawsuit. 

Section 615 delays obligation of some receipts deposited into the 

Crime Victim Fund. 

Section 616 prohibits the use of funds appropriated or otherwise 

made available to the Departments of State and Justice to process 

visas for citizens of countries that the Attorney General has determined deny or delay accepting the return of deported citizens. 

Section 617 provides certain grants. 

Section 618 prohibits a user fee from being charged for background checks conducted pursuant to the Brady Handgun Control 

Act of 1993 and prohibits implementation of a background check 

system that does not require and result in the immediate destruction of certain information. 

Section 619 prohibits the Small Business Administration from 

selling certain disaster loans. 

Section 620 limits transfers of funds between agencies. 

Section 621 directs the Secretary of Commerce to have lead responsibility for negotiating treaties concerning fisheries, marine 

mammals, or sea turtles. 

Section 622 prohibits funds from being used in violation of the 

Immigration and Nationality Act. 

Section 623 ensures adherence to burden-sharing initiatives codified in this Act. 

Section 624 requires the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of State to 

jointly submit a report. 

Section 625 prohibits use of funds for United States contributions 

to any United Nations body that is chaired by a country that is determined by the Secretary of State to have supported acts of terrorism. 

Section 626 prohibits the use of funds to support or justify the 

use of torture. 

Section 627 addresses Department of Justice Working Capital 

Fund balances. 

Section 628 addresses the Asset Forfeiture Fund. 
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Section 629 addresses Department of Justice unobligated balances. 

Section 630 addresses the Drug Enforcement Administration’s diversion control program. 

Section 631 prohibits the Federal Communications Commission 

from changing rules governing the Universal Service Fund. 

Section 632 concerns unobligated balances. 
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TITLE VII—PATENT AND TRADEMARK FEES 

This title further addresses issues relevant to the Committee recommendation. 

TITLE VIII—KOBY MANDELL ACT OF 2003 

This title authorizes the Department of Justice to establish an office and program relating to American citizens harmed by terrorism overseas. 

TITLE IX—ANABOLIC STEROID CONTROL ACT OF 2004 

This title addresses issues relating to the use of anabolic 

steroids. 
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COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7, RULE XVI OF THE 

STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE 

Rule XVI, paragraph 7 requires that every report on a general 

appropriation bill filed by the Committee must identify items of appropriation not made to carry out the provisions of an existing law, 

a treaty stipulation, or an act or resolution previously passed by 

the Senate during that session. 

The following appropriations have not been authorized either in 

whole or in part and fall under this rule: 

Title II—Department of Commerce and related agencies: Office of 

the U.S. Trade Representative, salaries and expenses; International Trade Commission, salaries and expenses; Export Administration, operations and administration; International Trade Administration, operations and administration; economic development 

assistance programs; Patent and Trademark Office; National Institute of Standards and Technology [NIST], scientific and technical 

research and services; NIST industrial technology services; NIST 

construction of research facilities; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA] operations, research, and facilities; 

NOAA construction; and Minority Business Development Agency. 

Title V—Related agencies: Department of Transportation; Maritime Administration, operations and training; Commission on Civil 

Rights; Federal Communications Commission (except offsetting fee 

collections); Legal Services Corporation; and Securities and Exchange Commission. 

COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7(C), RULE XXVI OF THE 

STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE 

Pursuant to paragraph 7(c) of rule XXVI, on September 15, 2004, 

the Committee ordered reported en bloc S. 2809, an original bill 

making appropriations for Departments of Commerce, Justice, and 

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

September 30, 2005, an original bill making appropriations for the 

Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and related programs for 

the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005; and S. 2810, an original 

bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health 

and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, each subject to amendment 

and each subject to the budget allocations, by a recorded vote of 

29–0, a quorum being present. The vote was as follows: 

Yeas Nays 

Chairman Stevens 

Mr. Cochran 

Mr. Specter 

Mr. Domenici 

Mr. Bond 
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Mr. McConnell 

Mr. Burns 

Mr. Shelby 

Mr. Gregg 

Mr. Bennett 

Mr. Campbell 

Mr. Craig 

Mrs. Hutchison 

Mr. DeWine 

Mr. Brownback 

Mr. Byrd 

Mr. Inouye 

Mr. Hollings 

Mr. Leahy 

Mr. Harkin 

Ms. Mikulski 

Mr. Reid 

Mr. Kohl 

Mrs. Murray 

Mr. Dorgan 

Mrs. Feinstein 

Mr. Durbin 

Mr. Johnson 

Ms. Landrieu 

COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 12, RULE XXVI OF THE 

STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE 

Paragraph 12 of the rule XXVI requires that Committee reports 

on a bill or joint resolution repealing or amending any statute or 

part of any statute include ‘‘(a) the text of the statute or part thereof which is proposed to be repealed; and (b) a comparative print of 

that part of the bill or joint resolution making the amendment and 

of the statute or part thereof proposed to be amended, showing by 

stricken-through type and italics, parallel columns, or other appropriate typographical devices the omissions and insertions which 

would be made by the bill or joint resolution if enacted in the form 

recommended by the committee.’’ 

In compliance with this rule, the following changes in existing 

law proposed to be made by this bill are shown as follows: existing 

law to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets; new matter is 

printed in italic; and existing law in which no change is proposed 

is shown in roman. 

With respect to this bill, it is the opinion of the Committee that 

it is necessary to dispense with these requirements in order to expedite the business of the Senate. 
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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2004 appropria- tion Budget estimate Committee rec- ommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation 

compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2004 appropriation Budget estimate 

TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

General Administration 

Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................................................................... 105,564 186,551 141,466 ∂35,902 ¥45,085 

Intelligence policy and review ..................................................................................................................................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... ..........................

Joint automated booking system ......................................................................................................................................... 18,974 20,309 20,185 ∂1,211 ¥124 Automated Biometric Identification System-Integrated Identification system integration ................................................. 5,046 5,054 5,054 ∂8 ..........................Legal activities office automation ....................................................................................................................................... 26,749 80,510 70,502 ∂43,753 ¥10,008 Narrowband communications ............................................................................................................................................... 102,085 101,971 68,021 ¥34,064 ¥33,950 Counterterrorism fund .......................................................................................................................................................... 989 .......................... .......................... ¥989 ..........................Administrative review and appeals ..................................................................................................................................... 191,494 202,518 205,411 ∂13,917 ∂2,893 Detention trustee .................................................................................................................................................................. 805,530 938,810 885,994 ∂80,464 ¥52,816 Violence against women office ............................................................................................................................................ 383,551 362,477 410,000 ∂26,449 ∂47,523 Office of Inspector General .................................................................................................................................................. 60,200 63,813 63,187 ∂2,987 ¥626 

Total, General administration ................................................................................................................................. 1,700,182 1,962,013 1,869,820 ∂169,638 ¥92,193 

United States Parole Commission 

Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................................................................... 10,498 10,650 10,638 ∂140 ¥12 

Legal Activities 

General legal activities: 

Direct appropriation .................................................................................................................................................... 612,029 657,135 623,364 ∂11,335 ¥33,771 

(Transfer out) ..................................................................................................................................................... .......................... .......................... (¥106 ) (¥106 ) (¥106 ) 

Radiation exposure compensation act ........................................................................................................................ 1,975 .......................... .......................... ¥1,975 ..........................Emergency appropriations (Public Law 108–106) ...................................................................................................... 15,000 .......................... .......................... ¥15,000 ..........................

Subtotal .......................................................................................................................................................... 629,004 657,135 623,364 ¥5,640 ¥33,771 

Vaccine injury compensation trust fund (permanent) ......................................................................................................... 3,985 6,333 6,333 ∂2,348 ..........................
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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2004 appropria- tion Budget estimate Committee rec- ommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation 

compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2004 appropriation Budget estimate 

Antitrust Division .................................................................................................................................................................. 132,911 136,463 138,763 ∂5,852 ∂2,300 

Offsetting fee collections—current year .................................................................................................................... ¥112,000 ¥101,000 ¥101,000 ∂11,000 ..........................

Direct appropriation ........................................................................................................................................... 20,911 35,463 37,763 ∂16,852 ∂2,300 

United States Attorneys 

Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................................................................... 1,510,193 1,547,519 1,532,154 ∂21,961 ¥15,365 Interagency drug enforcement ............................................................................................................................................. 550,609 .......................... 295,409 ¥255,200 ∂295,409 

Subtotal, United States Attorneys .......................................................................................................................... 2,060,802 1,547,519 1,827,563 ¥233,239 ∂280,044 

United States Trustee System Fund ..................................................................................................................................... 166,157 174,355 174,355 ∂8,198 ..........................

Offsetting fee collections ............................................................................................................................................ ¥158,157 ¥169,355 ¥169,355 ¥11,198 ..........................Interest on U.S. securities ........................................................................................................................................... ¥8,000 ¥5,000 ¥5,000 ∂3,000 ..........................

Direct appropriation ................................................................................................................................................ .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... ..........................

Foreign Claims Settlement Commission .............................................................................................................................. 1,193 1,220 1,220 ∂27 ..........................Fees and expenses of witnesses .......................................................................................................................................... 156,145 177,585 177,585 ∂21,440 ..........................Community Relations Service ............................................................................................................................................... 9,426 9,833 9,494 ∂68 ¥339 Assets forfeiture fund .......................................................................................................................................................... 21,530 21,759 21,759 ∂229 ..........................Payment to radiation exposure compensation trust fund ................................................................................................... .......................... 72,000 .......................... .......................... ¥72,000 

Total, Legal activities ............................................................................................................................................. 2,902,996 2,528,847 2,705,081 ¥197,915 ∂176,234 

United States Marshals Service 

Salaries and expenses (non-CSE) ........................................................................................................................................ 712,203 742,070 744,725 ∂32,522 ∂2,655 Construction ......................................................................................................................................................................... 13,918 1,371 .......................... ¥13,918 ¥1,371 

Total, United States Marshals Service ................................................................................................................... 726,121 743,441 744,725 ∂18,604 ∂1,284 
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Interagency Law Enforcement 

Interagency crime and drug enforcement ............................................................................................................................ .......................... 580,632 .......................... .......................... ¥580,632 

Federal Bureau of Investigation 

Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................................................................... 4,033,796 4,563,921 3,973,728 ¥60,068 ¥590,193 

(Transfer out) .............................................................................................................................................................. .......................... .......................... (¥2,863 ) (¥2,863 ) (¥2,863 ) 

Counterintelligence and national security ........................................................................................................................... 484,947 495,000 1,017,000 ∂532,053 ∂522,000 

Direct appropriation ................................................................................................................................................ 4,518,743 5,058,921 4,990,728 ∂471,985 ¥68,193 

Foreign terrorist tracking task force .................................................................................................................................... 60,949 56,349 120,819 ∂59,870 ∂64,470 Construction ......................................................................................................................................................................... 11,056 .......................... .......................... ¥11,056 ..........................

Total, Federal Bureau of Investigation ................................................................................................................... 4,590,748 5,115,270 5,111,547 ∂520,799 ¥3,723 

Drug Enforcement Administration 

Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................................................................... 1,703,038 1,815,719 1,799,243 ∂96,205 ¥16,476 

(Transfer out) .............................................................................................................................................................. .......................... .......................... (¥10,153 ) (¥10,153 ) (¥10,153 ) (By transfer) ................................................................................................................................................................ .......................... .......................... (1,500 ) (∂1,500 ) (∂1,500 ) Diversion control fund ................................................................................................................................................. ¥118,561 ¥154,216 ¥154,216 ¥35,655 ..........................

Subtotal ................................................................................................................................................................... 1,584,477 1,661,503 1,645,027 ∂60,550 ¥16,476 Total, Drug Enforcement Administration ................................................................................................................ 1,584,477 1,661,503 1,645,027 ∂60,550 ¥16,476 

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms ........................................................................................................................... 827,289 870,357 890,357 ∂63,068 ∂20,000 

(Transfer out) .............................................................................................................................................................. .......................... .......................... (¥106 ) (¥106 ) (¥106 ) Rescission .................................................................................................................................................................... .......................... ¥1,500 .......................... .......................... ∂1,500 

Total, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms ................................................................................................... 827,289 868,857 890,357 ∂63,068 ∂21,500 

Federal Prison System 

Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................................................................... 4,414,313 4,706,232 4,627,696 ∂213,383 ¥78,536 Buildings and facilities ........................................................................................................................................................ 393,515 .......................... 189,000 ¥204,515 ∂189,000 Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated (limitation on administrative expenses) .............................................................. 3,393 3,429 3,393 .......................... ¥36 

Total, Federal Prison System .................................................................................................................................. 4,811,221 4,709,661 4,820,089 ∂8,868 ∂110,428 
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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2004 appropria- tion Budget estimate Committee rec- ommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation 

compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2004 appropriation Budget estimate 

Office of Justice Programs 

Justice assistance ................................................................................................................................................................ 188,124 1,710,664 210,875 ∂22,751 ¥1,499,789 

(By transfer) ................................................................................................................................................................ (6,632 ) .......................... (6,632 ) .......................... (∂6,632 ) Rescission .................................................................................................................................................................... .......................... ¥53,471 .......................... .......................... ∂53,471 

Total, Office of Justice Programs ........................................................................................................................... 188,124 1,657,193 210,875 ∂22,751 ¥1,446,318 

State and local law enforcement assistance: 

Local law enforcement block grant ............................................................................................................................ 222,633 .......................... 150,000 ¥72,633 ∂150,000 

Boys and Girls clubs (earmark) ......................................................................................................................... (79,628 ) .......................... (85,000 ) (∂5,372 ) (∂85,000 ) National Institute of Justice (earmark) .............................................................................................................. (9,953 ) .......................... (10,000 ) (∂47 ) (∂10,000 ) USA FREEDOM corps (earmark) ......................................................................................................................... (2,967 ) .......................... .......................... (¥2,967 ) ..........................

Justice assistance grants ........................................................................................................................................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... ..........................

USA FREEDOM corps (earmark) ......................................................................................................................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... ..........................

Indian assistance ........................................................................................................................................................ 14,842 .......................... 18,000 ∂3,158 ∂18,000 

Tribal prison construction .................................................................................................................................. (1,991 ) .......................... (1,991 ) .......................... (∂1,991 ) Indian tribal courts program ............................................................................................................................. (7,963 ) .......................... (7,963 ) .......................... (∂7,963 ) Indian grants ...................................................................................................................................................... (4,977 ) .......................... (4,977 ) .......................... (∂4,977 ) 

State criminal alien assistance program ................................................................................................................... 296,843 .......................... 250,000 ¥46,843 ∂250,000 Southwest border prosecutors ..................................................................................................................................... (29,684 ) .......................... (30,000 ) (∂316 ) (∂30,000 ) Cooperative agreement program ................................................................................................................................. 1,979 .......................... .......................... ¥1,979 ..........................Byrne grants (formula) ................................................................................................................................................ 494,739 .......................... 500,000 ∂5,261 ∂500,000 Byrne grants (discretionary) ........................................................................................................................................ 157,443 .......................... 117,969 ¥39,474 ∂117,969 

Miscellaneous appropriations (Public Law 108–199) ....................................................................................... 49,705 .......................... .......................... ¥49,705 ..........................

Drug courts .................................................................................................................................................................. 38,095 .......................... 40,000 ∂1,905 ∂40,000 Other crime control programs ..................................................................................................................................... 3,851 .......................... 5,950 ∂2,099 ∂5,950 Assistance for victims of trafficking .......................................................................................................................... 9,894 .......................... .......................... ¥9,894 ..........................Prescription drug monitoring ...................................................................................................................................... 6,926 .......................... .......................... ¥6,926 ..........................Prison rape prevention ................................................................................................................................................ 36,784 .......................... .......................... ¥36,784 ..........................State and local anti terrorism training ...................................................................................................................... .......................... .......................... 11,000 ∂11,000 ∂11,000 
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State prison drug treatment ....................................................................................................................................... .......................... .......................... 25,000 ∂25,000 ∂25,000 Miscellaneous appropriations (Public Law 108–199) ................................................................................................ 2,237 .......................... .......................... ¥2,237 ..........................

Total, State and local law enforcement ........................................................................................................ 1,335,971 .......................... 1,117,919 ¥218,052 ∂1,117,919 

Weed and seed program fund ............................................................................................................................................. 57,926 .......................... 62,000 ∂4,074 ∂62,000 Community oriented policing services: 

COPS enhancement grants ......................................................................................................................................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... ..........................Hiring ........................................................................................................................................................................... 118,737 .......................... 200,000 ∂81,263 ∂200,000 Training and technical assistance ............................................................................................................................. .......................... 17,625 .......................... .......................... ¥17,625 Bullet proof vests ........................................................................................................................................................ 24,737 .......................... 25,000 ∂263 ∂25,000 Tribal law enforcement ............................................................................................................................................... 24,737 20,000 20,000 ¥4,737 ..........................Meth hot spots ............................................................................................................................................................ 53,482 20,000 55,000 ∂1,518 ∂35,000 Police corps ................................................................................................................................................................. 14,842 .......................... 15,000 ∂158 ∂15,000 COPS technology .......................................................................................................................................................... 156,740 .......................... 110,969 ¥45,771 ∂110,969 Interoperable communications .................................................................................................................................... 84,106 1,550 100,000 ∂15,894 ∂98,450 Criminal records upgrade ........................................................................................................................................... 29,684 .......................... .......................... ¥29,684 ..........................DNA backlog/crime lab ................................................................................................................................................ 98,948 .......................... 100,000 ∂1,052 ∂100,000 Paul Coverdell forensics science ................................................................................................................................ 9,894 .......................... 20,000 ∂10,106 ∂20,000 Crime identification technology .................................................................................................................................. 23,971 .......................... 35,000 ∂11,029 ∂35,000 Gun violence reduction ................................................................................................................................................ 29,684 .......................... 15,000 ¥14,684 ∂15,000 Southwest border prosecuters ..................................................................................................................................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... ..........................Offender reentry ........................................................................................................................................................... 4,948 .......................... 5,000 ∂52 ∂5,000 Safe schools initiative ................................................................................................................................................. 4,552 .......................... 5,000 ∂448 ∂5,000 Police integrity grants ................................................................................................................................................. 9,894 10,000 15,000 ∂5,106 ∂5,000 Management and administration ................................................................................................................................ 29,684 27,914 35,000 ∂5,316 ∂7,086 Rescission .................................................................................................................................................................... .......................... ¥53,471 .......................... .......................... ∂53,471 

Total, Community oriented policing services ..................................................................................................... 718,640 43,618 755,969 ∂37,329 ∂712,351 

Juvenile justice programs .................................................................................................................................................... 348,989 .......................... 360,000 ∂11,011 ∂360,000 

(Transfer out) .............................................................................................................................................................. (¥6,632 ) .......................... (¥6,632 ) .......................... (¥6,632 ) 

Public safety officers benefits: 

Death benefits ............................................................................................................................................................. 49,054 63,054 63,054 ∂14,000 ..........................Disability and education benefits ............................................................................................................................... 2,968 .......................... 6,410 ∂3,442 ∂6,410 

Total, Public safety officers benefits program ....................................................................................................... 52,022 63,054 69,464 ∂17,442 ∂6,410 Total, Office of Justice Programs ........................................................................................................................... 2,701,672 1,763,865 2,576,227 ¥125,445 ∂812,362 
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FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2004 appropria- tion Budget estimate Committee rec- ommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation 

compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2004 appropriation Budget estimate 

United States Attorneys (sec. 111) ...................................................................................................................................... 14,842 .......................... .......................... ¥14,842 ..........................United States Attorneys (Sec. 107) ...................................................................................................................................... .......................... .......................... 15,000 ∂15,000 ∂15,000 Local law enforcement block grant (sec. 113) .................................................................................................................... 544 .......................... 544 .......................... ∂544 Rescission (sec. 114) ........................................................................................................................................................... ¥100,000 .......................... .......................... ∂100,000 ..........................

Total, title I, Department of Justice ....................................................................................................................... 19,770,590 19,944,739 20,389,055 ∂618,465 ∂444,316 

Appropriations ................................................................................................................................................ (19,855,590 ) (20,053,181 ) (20,389,055 ) (∂533,465 ) (∂335,874 ) Emergency appropriations ............................................................................................................................. (15,000 ) .......................... .......................... (¥15,000 ) ..........................Rescission ...................................................................................................................................................... (¥100,000 ) (¥108,442 ) .......................... (∂100,000 ) (∂108,442 ) (Transfer out) ................................................................................................................................................. (¥6,632 ) .......................... (¥19,860 ) (¥13,228 ) (¥19,860 ) (By transfer) ................................................................................................................................................... (6,632 ) .......................... (8,132 ) (∂1,500 ) (∂8,132 ) 

TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND RELATED AGENCIES 

TRADE AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT 

RELATED AGENCIES 

Office of the United States Trade Representative 

Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................................................................... 41,552 39,552 41,552 .......................... ∂2,000 

(By transfer) ................................................................................................................................................................ .......................... .......................... (5,000 ) (∂5,000 ) (∂5,000 ) 

National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordinating Council 

Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................................................................... .......................... .......................... 20,000 ∂20,000 ∂20,000 

(Transfer out) .............................................................................................................................................................. .......................... .......................... (¥5,000 ) (¥5,000 ) (¥5,000 ) (Transfer out) .............................................................................................................................................................. .......................... .......................... (¥1,000 ) (¥1,000 ) (¥1,000 ) 

International Trade Commission 

Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................................................................... 57,682 61,700 61,700 ∂4,018 ..........................
193 

Total, Related agencies .......................................................................................................................................... 99,234 101,252 123,252 ∂24,018 ∂22,000 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Operations and administration ............................................................................................................................................ 391,102 401,513 401,513 ∂10,411 ..........................

(Transfer out) .............................................................................................................................................................. .......................... .......................... (¥4,539 ) (¥4,539 ) (¥4,539 ) Offsetting fee collections ............................................................................................................................................ ¥13,000 ¥8,000 ¥8,000 ∂5,000 ..........................

Direct appropriation ................................................................................................................................................ 378,102 393,513 393,513 ∂15,411 ..........................

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Operations and administration ............................................................................................................................................ 60,358 76,516 70,872 ∂10,514 ¥5,644 

CWC enforcement ........................................................................................................................................................ 7,128 .......................... .......................... ¥7,128 ..........................

Total, Bureau of Industry and Security .................................................................................................................. 67,486 76,516 70,872 ∂3,386 ¥5,644 

Economic Development Administration 

Economic development assistance programs ...................................................................................................................... 285,083 289,762 285,083 .......................... ¥4,679 Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................................................................... 30,244 30,565 30,400 ∂156 ¥165 

Total, Economic Development Administration ........................................................................................................ 315,327 320,327 315,483 ∂156 ¥4,844 

Minority Business Development Agency 

Minority business development ............................................................................................................................................ 28,556 34,461 31,555 ∂2,999 ¥2,906 

Total, Trade and Infrastructure Development ........................................................................................................ 888,705 926,069 934,675 ∂45,970 ∂8,606 

ECONOMIC AND INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE 

Economic and Statistical Analysis 

Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................................................................... 74,211 88,400 81,764 ∂7,553 ¥6,636 

Bureau of the Census 

Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................................................................... 192,761 220,425 174,304 ¥18,457 ¥46,121 Periodic censuses and programs ......................................................................................................................................... 431,464 608,171 431,464 .......................... ¥176,707 

Total, Bureau of the Census .................................................................................................................................. 624,225 828,596 605,768 ¥18,457 ¥222,828 
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FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2004 appropria- tion Budget estimate Committee rec- ommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation 

compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2004 appropriation Budget estimate 

National Telecommunications and Information Administration 

Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................................................................... 14,450 22,101 21,583 ∂7,133 ¥518 Public telecommunications facilities, planning and construction ...................................................................................... 21,769 2,538 21,769 .......................... ∂19,231 Information infrastructure grants ........................................................................................................................................ 14,842 .......................... 14,842 .......................... ∂14,842 

Total, National Telecommunications and Information Administration ................................................................... 51,061 24,639 58,194 ∂7,133 ∂33,555 

United States Patent and Trademark Office 

Current year fee funding ...................................................................................................................................................... 1,222,460 1,314,653 1,336,000 ∂113,540 ∂21,347 Spending from new fees (proposed legislation) .................................................................................................................. .......................... 208,754 208,754 ∂208,754 ..........................

Total, Patent and Trademark Office ....................................................................................................................... 1,222,460 1,523,407 1,544,754 ∂322,294 ∂21,347 Offsetting fee collections ........................................................................................................................................ ¥1,222,460 ¥1,314,653 ¥1,336,000 ¥113,540 ¥21,347 Total, Economic and Information Infrastructure .................................................................................................... 749,497 1,150,389 954,480 ∂204,983 ¥195,909 

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 

Technology Administration 

Office of Technology Policy 

Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................................................................... 6,343 8,294 6,407 ∂64 ¥1,887 

National Institute of Standards and Technology 

Scientific and technical research and services .................................................................................................................. 340,743 413,886 383,892 ∂43,149 ¥29,994 

(Transfer out) .............................................................................................................................................................. .......................... .......................... (¥14,800 ) (¥14,800 ) (¥14,800 ) 

Industrial technology services .............................................................................................................................................. 216,480 39,190 315,000 ∂98,520 ∂275,810 Construction of research facilities ....................................................................................................................................... 64,271 59,411 86,071 ∂21,800 ∂26,660 Working capital fund ............................................................................................................................................................ .......................... 8,982 .......................... .......................... ¥8,982 
195 

(By transfer) ................................................................................................................................................................ .......................... .......................... (14,800 ) (∂14,800 ) (∂14,800 ) 

Total, National Institute of Standards and Technology ......................................................................................... 621,494 521,469 784,963 ∂163,469 ∂263,494 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

Operations, research, facilities, and systems acquisition .................................................................................................. 2,658,251 2,377,841 4,049,646 ∂1,391,395 ∂1,671,805 

(By transfer from Promote and Develop Fund) ........................................................................................................... (62,000 ) (79,000 ) (57,000 ) (¥5,000 ) (¥22,000 ) By transfer from Coastal zone management .............................................................................................................. .......................... 3,000 3,000 ∂3,000 ..........................Deobligations returned ................................................................................................................................................ ¥15,000 .......................... .......................... ∂15,000 ..........................

Total, Operations, research, facilities and systems acquisition ............................................................................ 2,643,251 2,380,841 4,052,646 ∂1,409,395 ∂1,671,805 

Procurement, acquisition and construction ......................................................................................................................... 979,708 898,510 .......................... ¥979,708 ¥898,510 Pacific coastal salmon recovery .......................................................................................................................................... 89,052 100,000 99,000 ∂9,948 ¥1,000 Coastal zone management fund .......................................................................................................................................... ¥3,000 ¥3,000 ¥3,000 .......................... ..........................Fishermen’s contingency fund ............................................................................................................................................. .......................... 956 956 ∂956 ..........................Foreign fishing observer fund .............................................................................................................................................. .......................... 191 191 ∂191 ..........................Fisheries finance program account ..................................................................................................................................... ¥8,000 ¥4,000 ¥8,000 .......................... ¥4,000 

Total, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ..................................................................................... 3,701,011 3,373,498 4,141,793 ∂440,782 ∂768,295 Total, Science and Technology ............................................................................................................................... 4,328,848 3,903,261 4,933,163 ∂604,315 ∂1,029,902 

Departmental Management 

Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................................................................... 46,791 56,021 55,550 ∂8,759 ¥471 Travel and tourism ............................................................................................................................................................... .......................... .......................... 20,000 ∂20,000 ∂20,000 Office of Inspector General .................................................................................................................................................. 20,894 22,249 21,071 ∂177 ¥1,178 

Total, Departmental management .......................................................................................................................... 67,685 78,270 96,621 ∂28,936 ∂18,351 

EDA conveyance (sec. 209) .................................................................................................................................................. 989 .......................... .......................... ¥989 ..........................Extension of steel loan guarantees (Sec. 211) ................................................................................................................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... ..........................Procurement, acquisition and construction (sec. 212) ....................................................................................................... 6,065 .......................... .......................... ¥6,065 ..........................Lobster (sec. 213) ................................................................................................................................................................ 495 .......................... .......................... ¥495 ..........................Non-pollock west coast groundfish (sec. 214) .................................................................................................................... 495 .......................... .......................... ¥495 ..........................Alaska Purse Seine (Sec. 209) ............................................................................................................................................. .......................... .......................... 200 ∂200 ∂200 

Total, Department of Commerce ............................................................................................................................. 5,943,545 5,956,737 6,795,887 ∂852,342 ∂839,150 
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FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2004 appropria- tion Budget estimate Committee rec- ommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation 

compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2004 appropriation Budget estimate 

Rescission (sec. 215) ........................................................................................................................................................... ¥100,000 .......................... .......................... ∂100,000 ..........................

Total, title II, Department of Commerce and related agencies ............................................................................. 5,942,779 6,057,989 6,919,139 ∂976,360 ∂861,150 

Appropriations ................................................................................................................................................ (6,042,779 ) (6,057,989 ) (6,919,139 ) (∂876,360 ) (∂861,150 ) Rescission ...................................................................................................................................................... (¥100,000 ) .......................... .......................... (∂100,000 ) ..........................(By transfer) ................................................................................................................................................... (62,000 ) (79,000 ) (76,800 ) (∂14,800 ) (¥2,200 ) (Transfer out) ................................................................................................................................................. .......................... .......................... (¥25,339 ) (¥25,339 ) (¥25,339 ) 

TITLE III—THE JUDICIARY 

Supreme Court of the United States 

Salaries and expenses: 

Salaries of justices ..................................................................................................................................................... 1,896 1,985 1,985 ∂89 ..........................Other salaries and expenses ....................................................................................................................................... 52,901 56,137 56,137 ∂3,236 ..........................

Total, Salaries and expenses .................................................................................................................................. 54,797 58,122 58,122 ∂3,325 ..........................

Care of the building and grounds ....................................................................................................................................... 10,480 10,579 10,579 ∂99 ..........................

Miscellaneous appropriations (Public Law 108–199) ................................................................................................ 15,906 .......................... .......................... ¥15,906 ..........................

Total, Supreme Court of the United States ............................................................................................................ 81,183 68,701 68,701 ¥12,482 ..........................

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 

Salaries and expenses: 

Salaries of judges ....................................................................................................................................................... 2,237 2,257 2,257 ∂20 ..........................Other salaries and expenses ....................................................................................................................................... 18,231 22,750 18,367 ∂136 ¥4,383 

Total, Salaries and expenses .................................................................................................................................. 20,468 25,007 20,624 ∂156 ¥4,383 
197 

United States Court of International Trade 

Salaries and expenses: 

Salaries of judges ....................................................................................................................................................... 1,721 1,757 1,757 ∂36 ..........................Other salaries and expenses ....................................................................................................................................... 12,217 13,316 12,303 ∂86 ¥1,013 

Total, Salaries and expenses .................................................................................................................................. 13,938 15,073 14,060 ∂122 ¥1,013 

Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services 

Salaries and expenses: 

Salaries of judges and bankruptcy judges ................................................................................................................. 274,504 289,877 289,877 ∂15,373 ..........................Other salaries and expenses ....................................................................................................................................... 3,680,532 4,030,367 3,841,610 ∂161,078 ¥188,757 

Direct appropriation ................................................................................................................................................ 3,955,036 4,320,244 4,131,487 ∂176,451 ¥188,757 

Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund ............................................................................................................................ 3,159 3,471 3,159 .......................... ¥312 Defender services ................................................................................................................................................................. 598,116 681,612 648,116 ∂50,000 ¥33,496 Fees of jurors and commissioners ....................................................................................................................................... 57,213 62,800 62,800 ∂5,587 ..........................Court security ....................................................................................................................................................................... 274,580 383,282 274,653 ∂73 ¥108,629 

Total, Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services ................................................................. 4,888,104 5,451,409 5,120,215 ∂232,111 ¥331,194 

Administrative Office of the United States Courts 

Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................................................................... 65,305 72,154 67,249 ∂1,944 ¥4,905 

Federal Judicial Center 

Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................................................................... 21,214 22,126 21,670 ∂456 ¥456 

Judicial Retirement Funds 

Payment to Judiciary Trust Funds ........................................................................................................................................ 29,000 36,700 36,700 ∂7,700 ..........................

United States Sentencing Commission 

Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................................................................... 12,224 13,456 12,404 ∂180 ¥1,052 

Total, title III, the Judiciary .................................................................................................................................... 5,131,436 5,704,626 5,361,623 ∂230,187 ¥343,003 

Appropriations ................................................................................................................................................ 5,131,436 5,704,626 5,361,623 ∂230,187 ¥343,003 Contingent emergency appropriations ........................................................................................................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... ..........................
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FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2004 appropria- tion Budget estimate Committee rec- ommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation 

compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2004 appropriation Budget estimate 

TITLE IV—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

Administration of Foreign Affairs 

Diplomatic and consular programs ..................................................................................................................................... 3,384,013 3,626,343 3,493,053 ∂109,040 ¥133,290 

(Transfer out) .............................................................................................................................................................. (¥4,000 ) (¥4,000 ) (¥5,500 ) (¥1,500 ) (¥1,500 ) (By transfer) ................................................................................................................................................................ .......................... .......................... (1,000 ) (∂1,000 ) (∂1,000 ) Worldwide security upgrades ...................................................................................................................................... 639,896 658,701 658,702 ∂18,806 ∂1 Worldwide IT infrastructure ......................................................................................................................................... 39,579 .......................... .......................... ¥39,579 ..........................Emergency appropriations (Public Law 108–106) ...................................................................................................... 120,500 .......................... .......................... ¥120,500 ..........................

Total, Diplomatic and consular programs .............................................................................................................. 4,183,988 4,285,044 4,151,755 ¥32,233 ¥133,289 

Capital investment fund ...................................................................................................................................................... 79,158 155,100 52,149 ¥27,009 ¥102,951 Centralized IT modernization program ................................................................................................................................. .......................... .......................... 102,951 ∂102,951 ∂102,951 Office of Inspector General .................................................................................................................................................. 31,370 30,435 31,435 ∂65 ∂1,000 Educational and cultural exchange programs ..................................................................................................................... 316,633 345,346 360,750 ∂44,117 ∂15,404 Representation allowances ................................................................................................................................................... 8,905 8,640 8,640 ¥265 ..........................Protection of foreign missions and officials ....................................................................................................................... 9,894 9,600 5,000 ¥4,894 ¥4,600 Embassy security, construction, and maintenance ............................................................................................................. 524,423 626,680 509,728 ¥14,695 ¥116,952 

Worldwide security upgrades ...................................................................................................................................... 852,335 912,320 867,030 ∂14,695 ¥45,290 (By transfer) ................................................................................................................................................................ .......................... .......................... (17,767 ) (∂17,767 ) (∂17,767 ) Emergency appropriations (Public Law 108–106) ...................................................................................................... 43,900 .......................... .......................... ¥43,900 ..........................

Emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service ......................................................................................................... 989 7,000 1 ¥988 ¥6,999 

(By transfer) ................................................................................................................................................................ (4,000 ) (4,000 ) (4,000 ) .......................... ..........................(Transfer out) .............................................................................................................................................................. (¥1,000 ) (¥1,000 ) (¥1,000 ) .......................... ..........................Emergency appropriations (Public Law 108–106) ...................................................................................................... 115,500 .......................... .......................... ¥115,500 ..........................

Repatriation Loans Program Account: 

Direct loans subsidy .................................................................................................................................................... 605 612 612 ∂7 ..........................Administrative expenses .............................................................................................................................................. 600 607 607 ∂7 ..........................
199 

(By transfer) ................................................................................................................................................................ (1,000 ) (1,000 ) (1,000 ) .......................... ..........................

Total, Repatriation loans program account ........................................................................................................... 1,205 1,219 1,219 ∂14 ..........................

Payment to the American Institute in Taiwan ..................................................................................................................... 18,585 19,482 19,482 ∂897 ..........................Payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund ....................................................................................... 134,979 132,600 132,600 ¥2,379 ..........................

Total, Administration of Foreign Affairs ................................................................................................................. 6,321,864 6,533,466 6,242,740 ¥79,124 ¥290,726 

International Organizations 

Contributions to international organizations, current year assessment ............................................................................. 999,830 1,194,210 1,020,830 ∂21,000 ¥173,380 Contributions for international peacekeeping activities, current year ................................................................................ 450,056 650,000 574,000 ∂123,944 ¥76,000 

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 108–106) ...................................................................................................... 245,000 .......................... .......................... ¥245,000 ..........................

Total, International Organizations and Conferences .............................................................................................. 1,694,886 1,844,210 1,594,830 ¥100,056 ¥249,380 

International Commissions 

International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico: 

Salaries and expenses ................................................................................................................................................ 25,726 30,300 27,689 ∂1,963 ¥2,611 Construction ................................................................................................................................................................ 3,513 8,545 6,146 ∂2,633 ¥2,399 

American sections, international commissions ................................................................................................................... 8,849 10,756 10,546 ∂1,697 ¥210 International fisheries commissions .................................................................................................................................... 19,097 20,800 21,982 ∂2,885 ∂1,182 

Total, International commissions ........................................................................................................................... 57,185 70,401 66,363 ∂9,178 ¥4,038 

Other 

Payment to the Asia Foundation .......................................................................................................................................... 12,864 8,880 .......................... ¥12,864 ¥8,880 International Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue ................................................................................................. 6,926 .......................... 7,000 ∂74 ∂7,000 Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship program .......................................................................................................................... 495 500 500 ∂5 ..........................Israeli Arab scholarship program ........................................................................................................................................ 371 375 375 ∂4 ..........................East-West Center .................................................................................................................................................................. 17,692 13,709 19,500 ∂1,808 ∂5,791 National Endowment for Democracy .................................................................................................................................... 39,579 80,000 50,000 ∂10,421 ¥30,000 

Total, Department of State ..................................................................................................................................... 8,151,862 8,551,541 7,981,308 ¥170,554 ¥570,233 

RELATED AGENCY 

Broadcasting Board of Governors 

International Broadcasting Operations ................................................................................................................................ 540,292 533,111 552,240 ∂11,948 ∂19,129 

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 108–106) ...................................................................................................... 40,000 .......................... .......................... ¥40,000 ..........................

Broadcasting to Cuba .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................... 27,629 .......................... .......................... ¥27,629 
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FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2004 appropria- tion Budget estimate Committee rec- ommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation 

compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2004 appropriation Budget estimate 

Broadcasting capital improvements .................................................................................................................................... 11,275 8,560 8,560 ¥2,715 ..........................

Total, Broadcasting Board of Governors ................................................................................................................ 591,567 569,300 560,800 ¥30,767 ¥8,500 Total, title IV, Department of State and Related Agency ...................................................................................... 8,743,429 9,120,841 8,542,108 ¥201,321 ¥578,733 

Appropriations ................................................................................................................................................ (8,178,529 ) (9,120,841 ) (8,542,108 ) (∂363,579 ) (¥578,733 ) Emergency appropriations ............................................................................................................................. (564,900 ) .......................... .......................... (¥564,900 ) ..........................(Transfer out) ................................................................................................................................................. (¥5,000 ) (¥5,000 ) (¥6,500 ) (¥1,500 ) (¥1,500 ) (By transfer) ................................................................................................................................................... (5,000 ) (5,000 ) (23,767 ) (∂18,767 ) (∂18,767 ) 

TITLE V—RELATED AGENCIES 

Antitrust Modernization Commission 

Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................................................................... 1,187 1,200 .......................... ¥1,187 ¥1,200 

Commission on the Abraham Lincoln Study Abroad Fellowship Program 

Salaries and expenses (Public Law 108–199) .................................................................................................................... 497 .......................... .......................... ¥497 ..........................

Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad 

Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................................................................... 491 499 491 .......................... ¥8 

Commission on Civil Rights 

Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................................................................... 9,001 9,096 9,096 ∂95 ..........................

Commission on International Religious Freedom 

Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................................................................... 2,968 3,000 .......................... ¥2,968 ¥3,000 

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe 

Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................................................................... 1,598 1,831 1,598 .......................... ¥233 
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Congressional-Executive Commission on the People’s Republic of China 

Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................................................................... 1,781 1,900 1,781 .......................... ¥119 

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 

Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................................................................... 324,944 350,754 327,511 ∂2,567 ¥23,243 

Federal Communications Commission 

Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................................................................... 273,947 292,958 282,346 ∂8,399 ¥10,612 

Offsetting fee collections—current year .................................................................................................................... ¥272,958 ¥272,958 ¥281,346 ¥8,388 ¥8,388 

Direct appropriation ................................................................................................................................................ 989 20,000 1,000 ∂11 ¥19,000 

Federal Trade Commission 

Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................................................................... 185,505 205,430 207,730 ∂22,225 ∂2,300 

Offsetting fee collections—current year .................................................................................................................... ¥112,000 ¥101,000 ¥101,000 ∂11,000 ..........................Offsetting fee collections, telephone database .......................................................................................................... ¥23,100 ¥20,000 ¥20,000 ∂3,100 ..........................

Direct appropriation ................................................................................................................................................ 50,405 84,430 86,730 ∂36,325 ∂2,300 

HELP Commission 

Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................................................................... 2,968 .......................... .......................... ¥2,968 ..........................

Legal Services Corporation 

Payment to the Legal Services Corporation ......................................................................................................................... 335,282 329,300 335,000 ¥282 ∂5,700 

Marine Mammal Commission 

Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................................................................... 1,836 1,890 1,890 ∂54 ..........................

National Veterans Business Development Corporation 

National Veterans Business Development Corporation ........................................................................................................ 1,979 2,000 2,000 ∂21 ..........................

Securities and Exchange Commission 

Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................................................................... 811,500 913,000 913,000 ∂101,500 ..........................Prior year unobligated balances .......................................................................................................................................... ¥120,000 ¥20,000 ¥20,000 ∂100,000 ..........................

Direct appropriation ................................................................................................................................................ 691,500 893,000 893,000 ∂201,500 ..........................

Small Business Administration 

Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................................................................... 322,322 326,259 357,684 ∂35,362 ∂31,425 

Miscellaneous appropriations (Public Law 108–199) ................................................................................................ 497 .......................... .......................... ¥497 ..........................
202 

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2004 appropria- tion Budget estimate Committee rec- ommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation 

compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2004 appropriation Budget estimate 

Office of Inspector General .................................................................................................................................................. 12,864 14,500 13,014 ∂150 ¥1,486 Surety bond guarantees revolving fund ............................................................................................................................... .......................... 11,400 11,400 ∂11,400 ..........................Business Loans Program Account: 

Direct loans subsidy .................................................................................................................................................... 1,890 .......................... .......................... ¥1,890 ..........................Guaranteed loans subsidy ........................................................................................................................................... 78,299 .......................... 71,910 ¥6,389 ∂71,910 Administrative expenses .............................................................................................................................................. 126,653 129,000 129,000 ∂2,347 ..........................

Total, Business loans program account ................................................................................................................. 206,842 129,000 200,910 ¥5,932 ∂71,910 

Disaster Loans Program Account: 

Direct loans subsidy .................................................................................................................................................... 55,597 78,887 65,000 ∂9,403 ¥13,887 Administrative expenses .............................................................................................................................................. 113,159 118,354 113,909 ∂750 ¥4,445 Gainsharing ................................................................................................................................................................. .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... ..........................

Total, Disaster loans program account .................................................................................................................. 168,756 197,241 178,909 ∂10,153 ¥18,332 Total, Small Business Administration .................................................................................................................... 711,281 678,400 761,917 ∂50,636 ∂83,517 

State Justice Institute 

Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................................................................... 2,227 .......................... 3,000 ∂773 ∂3,000 

United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission 

Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................................................................... 1,979 2,000 2,300 ∂321 ∂300 

United States Senate-China Interparliamentary Group 

Salaries and expenses ......................................................................................................................................................... .......................... .......................... 100 ∂100 ∂100 

United States Institute of Peace 

Operating expenses .............................................................................................................................................................. 17,099 22,099 .......................... ¥17,099 ¥22,099 

Emergency supplemental appropriations (Public Law 108–106) ............................................................................... 10,000 .......................... .......................... ¥10,000 ..........................
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Total, United States Institute of Peace .................................................................................................................. 27,099 22,099 .......................... ¥27,099 ¥22,099 Total, title V, Related agencies .............................................................................................................................. 2,170,012 2,401,399 2,427,414 ∂257,402 ∂26,015 

TITLE VII—RESCISSIONS 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

General Administration 

Working Capital fund (rescission) ....................................................................................................................................... ¥67,326 .......................... .......................... ∂67,326 ..........................Counterterrorism fund (rescission) ...................................................................................................................................... ¥40,000 .......................... .......................... ∂40,000 ..........................

Legal Activities 

Assets forfeiture fund (rescission) ....................................................................................................................................... ¥61,608 .......................... .......................... ∂61,608 ..........................

Federal Prison System 

Buildings and facilities (rescission) .................................................................................................................................... ¥51,895 .......................... .......................... ∂51,895 ..........................

Office of Justice Programs 

State & local law enforcement assistance (rescission) ...................................................................................................... ¥21,600 .......................... .......................... ∂21,600 ..........................Community oriented policing services (rescission) ............................................................................................................. ¥6,378 .......................... .......................... ∂6,378 ..........................Juvenile justice programs (rescission) ................................................................................................................................. ¥15,900 .......................... .......................... ∂15,900 ..........................

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmostpheric Administration 

NERRS construction (rescission) .......................................................................................................................................... ¥2,500 .......................... .......................... ∂2,500 ..........................

Departmental Management 

Emergency steel guaranteed loan program account (rescission) ....................................................................................... .......................... ¥13,000 .......................... .......................... ∂13,000 Travel and tourism (rescission) ........................................................................................................................................... ¥40,000 .......................... .......................... ∂40,000 ..........................Department of Justice: 

Working capital fund (rescission) (Sec. 627) ............................................................................................................. .......................... .......................... ¥44,000 ¥44,000 ¥44,000 Asset forfeiture fund (rescission) (Sec. 628) ............................................................................................................. .......................... .......................... ¥30,000 ¥30,000 ¥30,000 Unobligated balances (rescission) (Sec. 629) ............................................................................................................ .......................... .......................... ¥98,125 ¥98,125 ¥98,125 

Total, title VII, Rescissions ..................................................................................................................................... ¥307,207 ¥13,000 ¥172,125 ∂135,082 ¥159,125 Grand total: 

New budget (obligational) authority .............................................................................................................. 41,451,039 43,216,594 43,467,214 ∂2,016,175 ∂250,620 

Appropriations ....................................................................................................................................... (41,368,346 ) (43,338,036 ) (43,639,339 ) (∂2,270,993 ) (∂301,303 ) 
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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2004 appropria- tion Budget estimate Committee rec- ommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation 

compared with (∂ or ¥) 

2004 appropriation Budget estimate 

Emergency appropriations .................................................................................................................... (589,900 ) .......................... .......................... (¥589,900 ) ..........................Contingent emergency appropriations .................................................................................................. .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... ..........................Rescissions ........................................................................................................................................... (¥507,207 ) (¥121,442 ) (¥172,125 ) (∂335,082 ) (¥50,683 ) (Transfer out) ........................................................................................................................................ (¥11,632 ) (¥5,000 ) (¥51,699 ) (¥40,067 ) (¥46,699 ) (By transfer) .......................................................................................................................................... (73,632 ) (84,000 ) (108,699 ) (∂35,067 ) (∂24,699 ) 

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