106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1833

AN ACT

To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2000

Commission, and for other purposes.ative, for the United States International Tradethe Office of the United States Trade Representfor drug interdiction and other operations, forand 2001 for the United States Customs Service
106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1833

AN ACT

To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2000 and 2001

for the United States Customs Service for drug interdiction and other operations, for the Office of the United

States Trade Representative, for the United States International Trade Commission, and for other purposes.
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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Trade Agency Author5 izations, Drug Free Borders, and Prevention of On-Line

6 Child Pornography Act of 1999’’.

7 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

8 The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.

Sec. 2. Table of contents.

TITLE I—UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE

Subtitle A—Drug Enforcement and Other Noncommercial and Commercial

Operations

Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations for noncommercial operations, commercial operations, and air and marine interdiction.

Sec. 102. Illicit narcotics detection equipment for the United States-Mexico border, United States-Canada border, and Florida and the Gulf

Coast seaports.

Sec. 103. Peak hours and investigative resource enhancement for the United

States-Mexico and United States-Canada borders.

Sec. 104. Compliance with performance plan requirements.

Subtitle B—Child Cyber-Smuggling Center of the Customs Service

Sec. 111. Authorization of appropriations for program to prevent child pornography/child sexual exploitation.

Subtitle C—Personnel Provisions

CHAPTER 1—OVERTIME AND PREMIUM PAY OF OFFICERS OF THE CUSTOMS

SERVICE

Sec. 121. Correction relating to fiscal year cap.

Sec. 122. Correction relating to overtime pay.

Sec. 123. Correction relating to premium pay.

Sec. 124. Use of savings from payment of overtime and premium pay for additional overtime enforcement activities of the Customs Service.

Sec. 125. Effective date.

CHAPTER 2—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Sec. 131. Study and report relating to personnel practices of the Customs Service.
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TITLE II—OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE

REPRESENTATIVE

Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.

TITLE III—UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

Sec. 301. Authorization of appropriations.

1 TITLE I—UNITED STATES

2 CUSTOMS SERVICE

3 Subtitle A—Drug Enforcement and

4 Other Noncommercial and Com5 mercial Operations

6 SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR NON7 COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS, COMMERCIAL

8 OPERATIONS, AND AIR AND MARINE INTER9 DICTION.

10 (a) NONCOMMERCIAL OPERATIONS.—Section

11 301(b)(1) of the Customs Procedural Reform and Sim12 plification Act of 1978 (19 U.S.C. 2075(b)(1)) is

13 amended—

14 (1) in subparagraph (A) to read as follows:

15 ‘‘(A) $999,563,000 for fiscal year 2000.’’;

16 and

17 (2) in subparagraph (B) to read as follows:

18 ‘‘(B) $996,464,000 for fiscal year 2001.’’.

19 (b) COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS.—

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 301(b)(2)(A) of the

21 Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act

22 of 1978 (19 U.S.C. 2075(b)(2)(A)) is amended—
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1 (A) in clause (i) to read as follows:

2 ‘‘(i) $1,154,359,000 for fiscal year 2000.’’;

3 and

4 (B) in clause (ii) to read as follows:

5 ‘‘(ii) $1,194,534,000 for fiscal year

6 2001.’’.

7 (2) REPORTS.—Not later than 90 days after

8 the date of the enactment of this Act, and not later

9 than each subsequent 90-day period, the Commis10 sioner of Customs shall prepare and submit to the

11 Committee on Ways and Means of the House of

12 Representatives and the Committee on Finance of

13 the Senate a report demonstrating that the develop14 ment and establishment of the automated commer15 cial environment computer system is being carried

16 out in a cost-effective manner and meets the mod17 ernization requirements of title VI of the North

18 American Free Trade Agreements Implementation

19 Act.

20 (c) AIR AND MARINE INTERDICTION.—Section

21 301(b)(3) of the Customs Procedural Reform and Sim22 plification Act of 1978 (19 U.S.C. 2075(b)(3)) is

23 amended—

24 (1) in subparagraph (A) to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘(A) $109,413,000 for fiscal year 2000.’’;

2 and

3 (2) in subparagraph (B) to read as follows:

4 ‘‘(B) $113,789,000 for fiscal year 2001.’’.

5 (d) SUBMISSION OF OUT-YEAR BUDGET PROJEC6 TIONS.—Section 301(a) of the Customs Procedural Re7 form and Simplification Act of 1978 (19 U.S.C. 2075(a))

8 is amended by adding at the end the following:

9 ‘‘(3) By no later than the date on which the President

10 submits to the Congress the budget of the United States

11 Government for a fiscal year, the Commissioner of Cus12 toms shall submit to the Committee on Ways and Means

13 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on

14 Finance of the Senate the projected amount of funds for

15 the succeeding fiscal year that will be necessary for the

16 operations of the Customs Service as provided for in sub17 section (b).’’.

18 SEC. 102. ILLICIT NARCOTICS DETECTION EQUIPMENT FOR

19 THE UNITED STATES-MEXICO BORDER,

20 UNITED STATES-CANADA BORDER, AND

21 FLORIDA AND THE GULF COAST SEAPORTS.

22 (a) FISCAL YEAR 2000.—Of the amounts made avail23 able for fiscal year 2000 under section 301(b)(1)(A) of

24 the Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of

25 1978 (19 U.S.C. 2075(b)(1)(A)), as amended by section
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1 101(a) of this Act, $90,244,000 shall be available until

2 expended for acquisition and other expenses associated

3 with implementation and deployment of illicit narcotics de4 tection equipment along the United States-Mexico border,

5 the United States-Canada border, and Florida and the

6 Gulf Coast seaports, as follows:

7 (1) UNITED STATES-MEXICO BORDER.—For the

8 United States-Mexico border, the following:

9 (A) $6,000,000 for 8 Vehicle and Con10 tainer Inspection Systems (VACIS).

11 (B) $11,200,000 for 5 mobile truck x-rays

12 with transmission and backscatter imaging.

13 (C) $13,000,000 for the upgrade of 8

14 fixed-site truck x-rays from the present energy

15 level of 450,000 electron volts to 1,000,000

16 electron volts (1–MeV).

17 (D) $7,200,000 for 8 1–MeV pallet x-rays.

18 (E) $1,000,000 for 200 portable contra19 band detectors (busters) to be distributed

20 among ports where the current allocations are

21 inadequate.

22 (F) $600,000 for 50 contraband detection

23 kits to be distributed among all southwest bor24 der ports based on traffic volume.
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1 (G) $500,000 for 25 ultrasonic container

2 inspection units to be distributed among all

3 ports receiving liquid-filled cargo and to ports

4 with a hazardous material inspection facility.

5 (H) $2,450,000 for 7 automated targeting

6 systems.

7 (I) $360,000 for 30 rapid tire deflator sys8 tems to be distributed to those ports where port

9 runners are a threat.

10 (J) $480,000 for 20 portable Treasury En11 forcement Communications Systems (TECS)

12 terminals to be moved among ports as needed.

13 (K) $1,000,000 for 20 remote watch sur14 veillance camera systems at ports where there

15 are suspicious activities at loading docks, vehi16 cle queues, secondary inspection lanes, or areas

17 where visual surveillance or observation is ob18 scured.

19 (L) $1,254,000 for 57 weigh-in-motion

20 sensors to be distributed among the ports with

21 the greatest volume of outbound traffic.

22 (M) $180,000 for 36 AM traffic informa23 tion radio stations, with 1 station to be located

24 at each border crossing.
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1 (N) $1,040,000 for 260 inbound vehicle

2 counters to be installed at every inbound vehicle

3 lane.

4 (O) $950,000 for 38 spotter camera sys5 tems to counter the surveillance of customs in6 spection activities by persons outside the bound7 aries of ports where such surveillance activities

8 are occurring.

9 (P) $390,000 for 60 inbound commercial

10 truck transponders to be distributed to all ports

11 of entry.

12 (Q) $1,600,000 for 40 narcotics vapor and

13 particle detectors to be distributed to each bor14 der crossing.

15 (R) $400,000 for license plate reader auto16 matic targeting software to be installed at each

17 port to target inbound vehicles.

18 (2) UNITED STATES-CANADA BORDER.—For the

19 United States-Canada border, the following:

20 (A) $3,000,000 for 4 Vehicle and Con21 tainer Inspection Systems (VACIS).

22 (B) $8,800,000 for 4 mobile truck x-rays

23 with transmission and backscatter imaging.

24 (C) $3,600,000 for 4 1–MeV pallet x-rays.
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1 (D) $250,000 for 50 portable contraband

2 detectors (busters) to be distributed among

3 ports where the current allocations are inad4 equate.

5 (E) $300,000 for 25 contraband detection

6 kits to be distributed among ports based on

7 traffic volume.

8 (F) $240,000 for 10 portable Treasury

9 Enforcement Communications Systems (TECS)

10 terminals to be moved among ports as needed.

11 (G) $400,000 for 10 narcotics vapor and

12 particle detectors to be distributed to each bor13 der crossing based on traffic volume.

14 (3) FLORIDA AND GULF COAST SEAPORTS.—

15 For Florida and the Gulf Coast seaports, the fol16 lowing:

17 (A) $4,500,000 for 6 Vehicle and Con18 tainer Inspection Systems (VACIS).

19 (B) $11,800,000 for 5 mobile truck x-rays

20 with transmission and backscatter imaging.

21 (C) $7,200,000 for 8 1–MeV pallet x-rays.

22 (D) $250,000 for 50 portable contraband

23 detectors (busters) to be distributed among

24 ports where the current allocations are inad25 equate.
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1 (E) $300,000 for 25 contraband detection

2 kits to be distributed among ports based on

3 traffic volume.

4 (b) FISCAL YEAR 2001.—Of the amounts made avail5 able for fiscal year 2001 under section 301(b)(1)(B) of

6 the Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of

7 1978 (19 U.S.C. 2075(b)(1)(B)), as amended by section

8 101(a) of this Act, $8,924,500 shall be available until ex9 pended for the maintenance and support of the equipment

10 and training of personnel to maintain and support the

11 equipment described in subsection (a).

12 (c) ACQUISITION OF TECHNOLOGICALLY SUPERIOR

13 EQUIPMENT; TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commissioner of Cus15 toms may use amounts made available for fiscal year

16 2000 under section 301(b)(1)(A) of the Customs

17 Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of 1978

18 (19 U.S.C. 2075(b)(1)(A)), as amended by section

19 101(a) of this Act, for the acquisition of equipment

20 other than the equipment described in subsection (a)

21 if such other equipment—

22 (A)(i) is technologically superior to the

23 equipment described in subsection (a); and
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1 (ii) will achieve at least the same results at

2 a cost that is the same or less than the equip3 ment described in subsection (a); or

4 (B) can be obtained at a lower cost than

5 the equipment described in subsection (a).

6 (2) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding

7 any other provision of this section, the Commissioner

8 of Customs may reallocate an amount not to exceed

9 10 percent of—

10 (A) the amount specified in any of sub11 paragraphs (A) through (R) of subsection

12 (a)(1) for equipment specified in any other of

13 such subparagraphs (A) through (R);

14 (B) the amount specified in any of sub15 paragraphs (A) through (G) of subsection

16 (a)(2) for equipment specified in any other of

17 such subparagraphs (A) through (G); and

18 (C) the amount specified in any of sub19 paragraphs (A) through (E) of subsection

20 (a)(3) for equipment specified in any other of

21 such subparagraphs (A) through (E).
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1 SEC. 103. PEAK HOURS AND INVESTIGATIVE RESOURCE EN2 HANCEMENT FOR THE UNITED STATES-MEX3 ICO AND UNITED STATES-CANADA BORDERS.

4 Of the amounts made available for fiscal years 2000

5 and 2001 under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section

6 301(b)(1) of the Customs Procedural Reform and Sim7 plification Act of 1978 (19 U.S.C. 2075(b)(1)(A) and

8 (B)), as amended by section 101(a) of this Act,

9 $127,644,584 for fiscal year 2000 and $184,110,928 for

10 fiscal year 2001 shall be available for the following:

11 (1) A net increase of 535 inspectors, 120 spe12 cial agents, and 10 intelligence analysts for the

13 United States-Mexico border and 375 inspectors for

14 the United States-Canada border, in order to open

15 all primary lanes on such borders during peak hours

16 and enhance investigative resources.

17 (2) A net increase of 285 inspectors and canine

18 enforcement officers to be distributed at large cargo

19 facilities as needed to process and screen cargo (in20 cluding rail cargo) and reduce commercial waiting

21 times on the United States-Mexico border.

22 (3) A net increase of 40 inspectors at sea ports

23 in southeast Florida to process and screen cargo.

24 (4) A net increase of 300 special agents, 30 in25 telligence analysts, and additional resources to be

26 distributed among offices that have jurisdiction over
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1 major metropolitan drug or narcotics distribution

2 and transportation centers for intensification of ef3 forts against drug smuggling and money-laundering

4 organizations.

5 (5) A net increase of 50 positions and addi6 tional resources to the Office of Internal Affairs to

7 enhance investigative resources for anticorruption ef8 forts.

9 (6) The costs incurred as a result of the in10 crease in personnel hired pursuant to this section.

11 SEC. 104. COMPLIANCE WITH PERFORMANCE PLAN RE12 QUIREMENTS.

13 As part of the annual performance plan for each of

14 the fiscal years 2000 and 2001 covering each program ac15 tivity set forth in the budget of the United States Customs

16 Service, as required under section 1115 of title 31, United

17 States Code, the Commissioner of the Customs Service

18 shall establish performance goals, performance indicators,

19 and comply with all other requirements contained in para20 graphs (1) through (6) of subsection (a) of such section

21 with respect to each of the activities to be carried out pur22 suant to sections 111 and 112 of this Act.
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1 Subtitle B—Child Cyber-Smuggling

2 Center of the Customs Service

3 SEC. 111. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR PRO4 GRAM TO PREVENT CHILD PORNOGRAPHY/

5 CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION.

6 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

7 authorized to be appropriated to the Customs Service

8 $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 to carry out the program

9 to prevent child pornography/child sexual exploitation es10 tablished by the Child Cyber-Smuggling Center of the

11 Customs Service.

12 (b) USE OF AMOUNTS FOR CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

13 CYBER TIPLINE.—Of the amount appropriated under sub14 section (a), the Customs Service shall provide 3.75 percent

15 of such amount to the National Center for Missing and

16 Exploited Children for the operation of the child pornog17 raphy cyber tipline of the Center and for increased public

18 awareness of the tipline.

19 Subtitle C—Personnel Provisions

20 CHAPTER 1—OVERTIME AND PREMIUM

21 PAY OF OFFICERS OF THE CUSTOMS

22 SERVICE

23 SEC. 121. CORRECTION RELATING TO FISCAL YEAR CAP.

24 Section 5(c)(1) of the Act of February 13, 1911 (19

25 U.S.C. 267(c)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘(1) FISCAL YEAR CAP.—The aggregate of

2 overtime pay under subsection (a) (including com3 muting compensation under subsection (a)(2)(B))

4 that a customs officer may be paid in any fiscal year

5 may not exceed $30,000, except that—

6 ‘‘(A) the Commissioner of Customs or his

7 or her designee may waive this limitation in in8 dividual cases in order to prevent excessive

9 costs or to meet emergency requirements of the

10 Customs Service; and

11 ‘‘(B) upon certification by the Commis12 sioner of Customs to the Chairmen of the Com13 mittee on Ways and Means of the House of

14 Representatives and the Committee on Finance

15 of the Senate that the Customs Service has in

16 operation a system that provides accurate and

17 reliable data on a daily basis on overtime and

18 premium pay that is being paid to customs offi19 cers, the Commissioner is authorized to pay any

20 customs officer for one work assignment that

21 would result in the overtime pay of that officer

22 exceeding the $30,000 limitation imposed by

23 this paragraph, in addition to any overtime pay

24 that may be received pursuant to a waiver

25 under subparagraph (A).’’.
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1 SEC. 122. CORRECTION RELATING TO OVERTIME PAY.

2 Section 5(a)(1) of the Act of February 13, 1911 (19

3 U.S.C. 267(a)(1)), is amended by inserting after the first

4 sentence the following new sentences: ‘‘Overtime pay pro5 vided under this subsection shall not be paid to any cus6 toms officer unless such officer actually performed work

7 during the time corresponding to such overtime pay. The

8 preceding sentence shall not apply with respect to the pay9 ment of an award or settlement to a customs officer who

10 was unable to perform overtime work as a result of a per11 sonnel action in violation of section 5596 of title 5, United

12 States Code, section 6(d) of the Fair Labor Standards Act

13 of 1938, or title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.’’.

14 SEC. 123. CORRECTION RELATING TO PREMIUM PAY.

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5(b)(4) of the Act of Feb16 ruary 13, 1911 (19 U.S.C. 267(b)(4)), is amended by add17 ing after the first sentence the following new sentences:

18 ‘‘Premium pay provided under this subsection shall not

19 be paid to any customs officer unless such officer actually

20 performed work during the time corresponding to such

21 premium pay. The preceding sentence shall not apply with

22 respect to the payment of an award or settlement to a

23 customs officer who was unable to perform work during

24 the time described in the preceding sentence as a result

25 of a personnel action in violation of section 5596 of title

26 5, United States Code, section 6(d) of the Fair Labor
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1 Standards Act of 1938, or title VII of the Civil Rights

2 Act of 1964.’’.

3 (b) CORRECTIONS RELATING TO NIGHT WORK DIF4 FERENTIAL PAY.—Section 5(b)(1) of such Act (19 U.S.C.

5 267(b)(1)) is amended to read as follows:

6 ‘‘(1) NIGHT WORK DIFFERENTIAL.—

7 ‘‘(A) 6 P.M. TO MIDNIGHT.—If any hours

8 of regularly scheduled work of a customs officer

9 occur during the hours of 6 p.m. and 12 a.m.,

10 the officer is entitled to pay for such hours of

11 work (except for work to which paragraph (2)

12 or (3) applies) at the officer’s hourly rate of

13 basic pay plus premium pay amounting to 15

14 percent of that basic rate.

15 ‘‘(B) MIDNIGHT TO 6 A.M.—If any hours

16 of regularly scheduled work of a customs officer

17 occur during the hours of 12 a.m. and 6 a.m.,

18 the officer is entitled to pay for such hours of

19 work (except for work to which paragraph (2)

20 or (3) applies) at the officer’s hourly rate of

21 basic pay plus premium pay amounting to 20

22 percent of that basic rate.

23 ‘‘(C) MIDNIGHT TO 8 A.M.—If the regu24 larly scheduled work of a customs officer is 12

25 a.m. to 8:00 a.m., the officer is entitled to pay
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1 for work during such period (except for work to

2 which paragraph (2) or (3) applies) at the offi3 cer’s hourly rate of basic pay plus premium pay

4 amounting to 20 percent of that basic rate.’’.

5 SEC. 124. USE OF SAVINGS FROM PAYMENT OF OVERTIME

6 AND PREMIUM PAY FOR ADDITIONAL OVER7 TIME ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES OF THE

8 CUSTOMS SERVICE.

9 Section 5 of the Act of February 13, 1911 (19 U.S.C.

10 267), is amended—

11 (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub12 section (f); and

13 (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol14 lowing:

15 ‘‘(e) USE OF SAVINGS FROM PAYMENT OF OVERTIME

16 AND PREMIUM PAY FOR ADDITIONAL OVERTIME EN17 FORCEMENT ACTIVITIES.—

18 ‘‘(1) USE OF AMOUNTS.—For fiscal year 1999

19 and each subsequent fiscal year, the Secretary of the

20 Treasury—

21 ‘‘(A) shall determine under paragraph (2)

22 the amount of savings from the payment of

23 overtime and premium pay to customs officers;

24 and
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1 ‘‘(B) shall use an amount from the Cus2 toms User Fee Account equal to such amount

3 determined under paragraph (2) for additional

4 overtime enforcement activities of the Customs

5 Service.

6 ‘‘(2) DETERMINATION OF SAVINGS AMOUNT.—

7 For each fiscal year, the Secretary shall calculate an

8 amount equal to the difference between—

9 ‘‘(A) the estimated cost for overtime and

10 premium pay that would have been incurred

11 during that fiscal year if this section, as in ef12 fect on the day before the date of the enact13 ment of sections 122 and 123 of the Trade

14 Agency Authorization, Drug Free Borders, and

15 Prevention of On-Line Child Pornography Act

16 of 1999, had governed such costs; and

17 ‘‘(B) the actual cost for overtime and pre18 mium pay that is incurred during that fiscal

19 year under this section, as amended by sections

20 122 and 123 of the Trade Agency Authoriza21 tion, Drug Free Borders, and Prevention of On22 Line Child Pornography Act of 1999.’’.

23 SEC. 125. EFFECTIVE DATE.

24 This chapter, and the amendments made by this

25 chapter, shall apply with respect to pay periods beginning
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1 on or after 15 days after the date of the enactment of

2 this Act.

3 CHAPTER 2—MISCELLANEOUS

4 PROVISIONS

5 SEC. 131. STUDY AND REPORT RELATING TO PERSONNEL

6 PRACTICES OF THE CUSTOMS SERVICE.

7 (a) STUDY.—The Commissioner of Customs shall

8 conduct a study of current personnel practices of the Cus9 toms Service, including an overview of performance stand10 ards and the effect and impact of the collective bargaining

11 process on drug interdiction efforts of the Customs Service

12 and a comparison of duty rotation policies of the Customs

13 Service and other Federal agencies that employ similarly14 situated personnel.

15 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date

16 of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of Cus17 toms shall submit to the Committee on Ways and Means

18 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on

19 Finance of the Senate a report containing the results of

20 the study conducted under subsection (a).
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1 TITLE II—OFFICE OF THE

2 UNITED STATES TRADE REP3 RESENTATIVE

4 SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 141(g)(1) of the Trade

6 Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2171(g)(1)) is amended—

7 (1) in subparagraph (A)—

8 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by

9 striking ‘‘not to exceed the following’’ and in10 serting ‘‘as follows’’;

11 (B) in clause (i) to read as follows:

12 ‘‘(i) $26,501,000 for fiscal year 2000.’’; and

13 (C) in clause (ii) to read as follows:

14 ‘‘(ii) $26,501,000 for fiscal year 2001.’’; and

15 (2) in subparagraph (B)—

16 (A) in clause (i), by adding ‘‘and’’ at the

17 end;

18 (B) by striking clause (ii); and

19 (C) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause

20 (ii).

21 (b) SUBMISSION OF OUT-YEAR BUDGET PROJEC22 TIONS.—Section 141(g) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19

23 U.S.C. 2171(g)) is amended by adding at the end the fol24 lowing:
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1 ‘‘(3) By no later than the date on which the President

2 submits to the Congress the budget of the United States

3 Government for a fiscal year, the United States Trade

4 Representative shall submit to the Committee on Ways

5 and Means of the House of Representatives and the Com6 mittee on Finance of the Senate the projected amount of

7 funds for the succeeding fiscal year that will be necessary

8 for the Office to carry out its functions.’’.

9 TITLE III—UNITED STATES

10 INTERNATIONAL TRADE COM11 MISSION

12 SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 330(e)(2)(A) of the Tariff

14 Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1330(e)(2)) is amended—

15 (1) in clause (i) to read as follows:

16 ‘‘(i) $47,200,000 for fiscal year 2000.’’; and

17 (2) in clause (ii) to read as follows:

18 ‘‘(ii) $49,750,000 for fiscal year 2001.’’.

19 (b) SUBMISSION OF OUT-YEAR BUDGET PROJEC20 TIONS.—Section 330(e) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19

21 U.S.C. 1330(e)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the

22 following:

23 ‘‘(4) By no later than the date on which the President

24 submits to the Congress the budget of the United States

25 Government for a fiscal year, the Commission shall submit
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1 to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of

2 Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the

3 Senate the projected amount of funds for the succeeding

4 fiscal year that will be necessary for the Commission to

5 carry out its functions.’’.

Passed the House of Representatives May 25, 1999.

Attest:

Clerk.