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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2459

To authorize appropriations to carry out the activities of the Federal Bureau

of Investigation for fiscal year 1994, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 18, 1993

Mr. EDWARDS of California (for himself and Mr. HYDE) introduced the

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To authorize appropriations to carry out the activities of

the Federal Bureau of Investigation for fiscal year 1994,

and for other purposes.

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Bureau of In5 vestigation Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year

6 1994’’.

7 SEC. 2. 1994 FISCAL YEAR AUTHORIZATION.

8 There is authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal

9 year ending September 30, 1994, to carry out the activi-
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1 ties of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

2 $1,998,705,000 which shall include—

3 (1) funds for the purchase for police-type use of

4 passenger motor vehicles without regard to the gen5 eral purchase price limitation for the current fiscal

6 year, and for the hire of passenger motor vehicles,

7 which funds may be expended for the purchase or

8 lease of such motor vehicles directly from the manu9 facturer or lessor;

10 (2) funds for the acquisition, lease, mainte11 nance and operation of aircraft;

12 (3) not to exceed $70,000 to meet unforeseen

13 emergencies of a confidential character to be ex14 pended under the direction of the Attorney General

15 and to be accounted for solely on the certificate of

16 the Attorney General;

17 (4) not to exceed $10,000,000 for making pay18 ments or advances for expenses arising out of con19 tractual or reimbursable agreements with State and

20 local law enforcement agencies while engaged in co21 operative activities related to violent crime, terror22 ism, organized crime, and drug investigations;

23 (5) not to exceed $8,000,000 for research and

24 development relating to investigative activities, which

25 shall remain available until expended;
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1 (6) not to exceed $25,000,000 for automated

2 data processing and telecommunications, which shall

3 remain available until September 30, 1995;

4 (7) not to exceed $1,000,000 for undercover op5 erations, which shall remain available until Septem6 ber 30, 1995;

7 (8) $50,400,000, to remain available until ex8 pended, to defray expenses for the automation of

9 fingerprint identification services and related costs,

10 except that current fingerprint identification person11 nel who were employed in good standing at the Fed12 eral Bureau of Investigation in May 1990 shall be

13 afforded comparable scale and grade positions with

14 the Bureau in the Washington metropolitan area;

15 (9) $1,500,000 to maintain an independent pro16 gram office dedicated solely to the relocation of the

17 Identification Division and the automation of finger18 print identification services;

19 (10) not less than $399,175,000 for the Bu20 reau’s white collar crime and applicant program;

21 (11) $51,645,000 for the Bureau’s training

22 program, including $2,000,000 to develop and imple23 ment a violence reduction training program for State

24 and local police officers;
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1 (12) not less than $325,893,000 for the Bu2 reau’s violent crime program;

3 (13) not less than $270,334,000 for the Bu4 reau’s organized criminal enterprises program;

5 (14) not less than $4,500,000 for the Bureau’s

6 forensic DNA analysis program, including research,

7 training, casework, and establishing and maintaining

8 a national DNA index for law enforcement identi9 fication purposes pursuant to quality control and

10 privacy safeguards; and

11 (15) not to exceed $45,000 for official reception

12 and representation expenses.

13 The Bureau shall fully support implementation of NCIC

14 2000 by the States. None of the funds authorized by this

15 Act may be used by the Bureau to relocate management

16 and administrative operations for the National Crime

17 Information Center or the Uniform Crime Reporting

18 Program.

19 SEC. 3. GENERAL AUTHORITIES.

20 The Attorney General may use funds authorized to

21 be appropriated for the Federal Bureau of Investigation

22 to make payments for the conduct of its activities. Such

23 payments may not be used to pay the compensation of

24 any employee in the competitive service but may include

25 payments for—
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1 (1) expenses necessary for the detection and

2 prosecution of crimes against the United States;

3 (2) protection of the person of the President of

4 the United States and the person of the Attorney

5 General;

6 (3) investigations regarding official matters

7 under the control of the Department of Justice and

8 the Department of State, as may be directed by the

9 Attorney General; and

10 (4) acquisition, collection, classification and

11 preservation of identification and other records and

12 their exchange with, and for the official use of, the

13 duly authorized officials of the Federal Government,

14 of States, cities and other institutions, such ex15 change to be subject to cancellation if dissemination

16 is made outside the receiving departments or

17 agencies.

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