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‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’ together may not be available for the
full-time equivalent employment of more than 3,219 workyears
(or such other number of workyears as the Public Printer may
request, subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and Senate): Provided further,
That activities financed through the revolving fund may provide
information in any format.
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office,
including not more than $12,500 to be expended on the certification
of the Comptroller General of the United States in connection
with official representation and reception expenses; temporary or
intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States
Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent
of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule
under section 5315 of such title; hire of one passenger motor vehicle;
advance payments in foreign countries in accordance with section
3324 of title 31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those
payable under section 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign Service
Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); and under regulations
prescribed by the Comptroller General of the United States, rental
of living quarters in foreign countries, $451,134,000: Provided, That
not more than $2,210,000 of payments received under section 782
of title 31, United States Code, shall be available for use in fiscal
year 2003: Provided further, That not more than $790,000 of
reimbursements received under section 9105 of title 31, United
States Code, shall be available for use in fiscal year 2003: Provided
further, That this appropriation and appropriations for administra-
tive expenses of any other department or agency which is a member
of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Inter-
governmental Audit Forum shall be available to finance an appro-
priate share of either Forum’s costs as determined by the respective
Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non-Federal partici-
pants: Provided further, That payments hereunder to the Forum
may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation from which
costs involved are initially financed: Provided further, That this
appropriation and appropriations for administrative expenses of
any other department or agency which is a member of the American
Consortium on International Public Administration (ACIPA) shall
be available to finance an appropriate share of ACIPA costs as
determined by the ACIPA, including any expenses attributable to
membership of ACIPA in the International Institute of Administra-
tive Sciences.
PAYMENT TO THE OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER
TRUST FUND
For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center Trust
Fund for financing activities of the Open World Leadership Center,
$13,000,000.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
SEC. 1401. OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER. (a) IN GEN-
ERAL.—Section 313 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,
2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151) is amended—
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘CENTER FOR RUSSIAN
LEADERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT’’ and inserting ‘‘OPEN
WORLD
LEADERSHIP CENTER’’;
(2) in subsection (a)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking all after ‘‘Government’’
and inserting ‘‘a center to be known as the ‘Open World
Leadership Center (the ‘Center’).’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘(the ‘Board’)’’ after ‘‘Board of
Trustees’’; and
(ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘United States
and 
Russian 
relations’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘relations
between the United States and eligible foreign states’’;
(3) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) by striking ‘‘Russia’’ and inserting ‘‘eligible for-
eign states’’; and
(ii) by striking the period at the end and inserting
the following: ‘‘and to establish and administer a pro-
gram to enable cultural leaders of Russia to gain
significant, firsthand exposure to the operation of
American cultural institutions.’’;
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Russian nationals’’
and inserting ‘‘nationals of eligible foreign states’’; and
(C) in paragraph (3)—
(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘3,000’’ and
inserting ‘‘3,500’’; and
(ii) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking ‘‘Russia’’
and inserting ‘‘an eligible foreign state’’;
(4) in subsection (c)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Russian Leadership
Development Center Trust Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘Open
World Leadership Center Trust Fund’’; and
(B) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘of Trustees of
the Center’’;
(5) in subsection (h)(2), by striking ‘‘of Trustees of the
Center’’; and
(6) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(j) ELIGIBLE FOREIGN STATE DEFINED.—In this section, the
term ‘eligible foreign state’ means—
‘‘(1) any country specified in section 3 of the FREEDOM
Support Act (22 U.S.C. 5801); and
‘‘(2) Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section
shall take effect 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall
be used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles, except
for emergency assistance and cleaning as may be provided under
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regulations relating to parking facilities for the House of Represent-
atives issued by the Committee on House Administration and for
the Senate issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration.
SEC. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall
remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 2003 unless
expressly so provided in this Act.
SEC. 203. Whenever in this Act any office or position not specifi-
cally established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is appropriated
for or the rate of compensation or designation of any office or
position appropriated for is different from that specifically estab-
lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the designation
in this Act shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Pro-
vided, That the provisions in this Act for the various items of
official expenses of Members, officers, and committees of the Senate
and House of Representatives, and clerk hire for Senators and
Members of the House of Representatives shall be the permanent
law with respect thereto.
SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation under this
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, under
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 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 under existing law.
SEC. 205. Such sums as may be necessary are appropriated
to the account described in subsection (a) of section 415 of the
Congressional Accountability Act to pay awards and settlements
as authorized under such subsection.
SEC. 206. Amounts available for administrative expenses of
any legislative branch entity which participates in the Legislative
Branch Financial Managers Council (LBFMC) established by
charter on March 26, 1996, shall be available to finance an appro-
priate share of LBFMC costs as determined by the LBFMC, except
that the total LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating
legislative branch entities (in such allocations among the entities
as the entities may determine) may not exceed $2,000.
SEC. 207. Section 316 of Public Law 101–302 is amended in
the first sentence of subsection (a) by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting
‘‘2003’’.
SEC. 208. The Architect of the Capitol, in consultation with
the District of Columbia, is authorized to maintain and improve
the landscape features, excluding streets and sidewalks, in the
irregular shaped grassy areas bounded by Washington Avenue,
SW on the northeast, Second Street SW on the west, Square 582
on the south, and the beginning of the I–395 tunnel on the south-
east.
SEC. 209. JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER
FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT. There are appropriated, out of any
funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $300,000, to
remain available until expended, to the John C. Stennis Center
for Public Service Training and Development.
SEC. 210. TITLE II OF THE CONGRESSIONAL AWARD ACT. There
are appropriated, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, $250,000, to remain available until expended, to carry
out title II of the Congressional Award Act (2 U.S.C. 811 et seq.):
Provided, That funds appropriated for this purpose do not exceed
100 percent of funds donated to the Board in cash or in kind
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under section 208(c) of the Congressional Award Act: Provided
further, That such funds are used for staff salaries and overhead,
postage, travel, equipment, and accounting costs.
SEC. 211. (a) Each office in the legislative branch, except the
House and the Senate, which is responsible for preparing any
written statement furnished under part 3 of subchapter A of chapter
61 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 on behalf of a person
shall make the statement available to the person in an electronic
format (at the direction of the person) which will enable the person
to provide the statement electronically to a tax preparer or other
provider of financial services.
(b) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to statements pre-
pared for taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2004.
SEC. 212. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of
the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made
by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appro-
priation Act.
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Appro-
priations Act, 2003’’.
DIVISION I—TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES
APPROPRIATIONS, 2003
JOINT RESOLUTION
Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2003, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary,
$89,447,000, of which not to exceed $2,211,000 shall be available
for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to exceed $809,000
shall be available for the immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary;
not to exceed $15,657,000 shall be available for the Office of the
General Counsel; not to exceed $12,452,000 shall be available for
the Office of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy;
not to exceed $8,375,000 shall be available for the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to exceed
$2,453,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Sec-
retary for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed $29,071,000 shall
be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administra-
tion; not to exceed $1,926,000 shall be available for the Office
of Public Affairs; not to exceed $1,391,000 shall be available for
the Office of the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed $611,000
shall be available for the Board of Contract Appeals; not to exceed
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$1,304,000 shall be available for the Office of Small and Disadvan-
taged Business Utilization; not to exceed $13,187,000 shall be avail-
able for the Office of the Chief Information Officer: Provided, That
the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to transfer funds
appropriated for any office of the Office of the Secretary to any
other office of the Office of the Secretary: Provided further, That
no appropriation for any office shall be increased or decreased
by more than 5 percent by all such transfers: Provided further,
That any change in funding greater than 5 percent shall be sub-
mitted for approval to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That not to exceed $60,000 shall be
for allocation within the Department for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses as the Secretary may determine: Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, excluding
fees authorized in Public Law 107–71, there may be credited to
this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds received in user fees:
Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this Act
shall be available for the position of Assistant Secretary for Public
Affairs.
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $8,700,000.
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation planning,
research, systems development, development activities, and making
grants, to remain available until expended, $21,000,000.
WORKING CAPITAL FUND
Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays of
the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed $131,766,000, shall be
paid from appropriations made available to the Department of
Transportation: Provided, That such services shall be provided on
a competitive basis to entities within the Department of Transpor-
tation: Provided further, That the above limitation on operating
expenses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided further,
That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency of the Depart-
ment shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without
the approval of the agency modal administrator: Provided further,
That no assessments may be levied against any program, budget
activity, subactivity or project funded by this Act unless notice
of such assessments and the basis therefor are presented to the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are approved
by such Committees.
MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $500,000, as authorized by
49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these
funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of
which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $18,367,000. In addition,
for administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan pro-
gram, $400,000.
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MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH
For necessary expenses of Minority Business Resource Center
outreach activities, $3,000,000, to remain available until September
30, 2004: Provided, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these
funds may be used for business opportunities related to any mode
of transportation.
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
In addition to funds made available from any other source
to carry out the essential air service program under 49 U.S.C.
41731 through 41742, $52,100,000, to be derived from the Airport
and Airway Trust Fund, to remain available until expended.
TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
AVIATION SECURITY
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration related to providing civil aviation security services pursuant
to Public Law 107–71, $4,516,300,000, to remain available until
expended, of which $3,037,900,000 shall be available for screening
activities and of which $1,478,400,000 shall be available for airport
support and enforcement presence: Provided, That $144,000,000
shall be derived by reimbursement from ‘‘Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration, Facilities and equipment’’, for explosives detection systems:
Provided further, That security service fees authorized under 49
U.S.C. 44940 shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting
collections and used for providing civil aviation security services
authorized by that section: Provided further, That the sum herein
appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar-
for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections are received during
fiscal year 2003, so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation
from the general fund estimated at not more than $1,866,300,000:
Provided further, That any security service fees collected in excess
of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be treated
as offsetting collections in fiscal year 2004: Provided further, That
none of the funds in this Act shall be used to recruit or hire
personnel into the Transportation Security Administration which
would cause the agency to exceed a staffing level of 45,000 full-
time permanent positions: Provided further, That of the total
amount provided herein, $265,000,000 shall be available only for
physical modification of commercial service airports for the purpose
of installing checked baggage explosive detection systems and
$174,500,000 shall be available only for procurement of checked
baggage explosive detection systems, including explosive trace detec-
tion systems.
MARITIME AND LAND SECURITY
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration related to maritime and land transportation security grants
and services pursuant to Public Law 107–71, $244,800,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That of the total amount
provided herein, $150,000,000 shall be available only to make port
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security grants, which shall be distributed under the same terms
and conditions as provided for under Public Law 107–117;
$4,000,000 shall be available only for radiation detection and moni-
toring system evaluation and procurement; and $30,000,000 shall
be available only to execute grants, contracts, and interagency
agreements for the purpose of deploying Operation Safe Commerce.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration for research and development related to transportation secu-
rity, $110,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That of the total amount provided herein, $10,000,000 shall be
available only to make research and development grants for port
security pursuant to the terms and conditions of section 70107(i)
of Public Law 107–295.
ADMINISTRATION
For necessary administrative expenses of the Transportation
Security Administration, including intelligence activities, pursuant
to Public Law 107–71, $308,700,000, to remain available until
expended.
COAST GUARD
OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the operation and maintenance of
the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; purchase of not to
exceed five passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; payments
pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amended (42
U.S.C. 402 note), and section 229(b) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 429(b)); and recreation and welfare, $4,322,122,000, of
which $340,000,000 shall be available for defense-related activities;
and of which $25,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill
Liability Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated
in this or any other Act shall be available for pay of administrative
expenses in connection with shipping commissioners in the United
States: Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this
Act shall be available to compensate in excess of 37 active duty
flag officer billets: Provided further, That none of the funds provided
in this Act shall be available for expenses incurred for yacht docu-
mentation under 46 U.S.C. 12109, except to the extent fees are
collected from yacht owners and credited to this appropriation:
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 1116(c) of title 10,
United States Code, amounts made available under this heading
may be used to make payments into the Department of Defense
Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care Fund for fiscal year 2003
under section 1116(a) of title 10, United States Code: Provided
further, That of the amounts made available under this heading,
not less than $15,686,000 shall be used solely to increase staffing
at search and rescue stations, surf stations and command centers;
increase the training and experience level of individuals serving
in said stations through targeted retention efforts; revise personnel
policies and expand training programs; and to modernize and
improve the quantity and quality of personal safety equipment,
including survival suits, for personnel assigned to said stations:
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Provided further, That the Comptroller General of the United States
shall audit and certify to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations that the funding described in the preceding proviso
is being used solely to supplement and not supplant the Coast
Guard’s level of effort in this area in fiscal year 2002.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS
For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction, renovation,
and improvement of aids to navigation, shore facilities, vessels,
and aircraft, including equipment related thereto, $742,100,000,
of which $20,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability
Trust Fund; of which $25,600,000 shall be available to acquire,
repair, renovate or improve vessels, small boats and related equip-
ment, to remain available until September 30, 2007; $4,000,000
shall be available to acquire new aircraft and increase aviation
capability, to remain available until September 30, 2005;
$121,300,000 shall be available for other equipment, to remain
available until September 30, 2005; $50,200,000 shall be available
for shore facilities and aids to navigation facilities, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2005; $63,000,000 shall be available for
personnel compensation and benefits and related costs, to remain
available until September 30, 2004; and $478,000,000 shall be avail-
able for the Integrated Deepwater Systems program, to remain
available until September 30, 2006: Provided, That the Com-
mandant of the Coast Guard is authorized to dispose of surplus
real property, by sale or lease, and the proceeds shall be credited
to this appropriation as offsetting collections and made available
only for the National Distress and Response System Modernization
program, to remain available for obligation until September 30,
2004: Provided further, That none of the funds provided under
this heading may be obligated or expended for the Integrated Deep-
water Systems (IDS) system integration contract in fiscal year
2003 until the Secretary or Deputy Secretary of Transportation
and the Director, Office of Management and Budget jointly certify
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that
funding for the IDS program for fiscal years 2004 through 2008,
funding for the National Distress and Response System Moderniza-
tion program to allow for full deployment of said system by 2006,
and funding for other essential search and rescue procurements,
are fully funded in the Coast Guard Capital Investment Plan and
within the Office of Management and Budget’s budgetary projec-
tions for the Coast Guard for those years: Provided further, That
the Director, Office of Management and Budget shall submit the
budget request for the IDS integration contract delineating sub-
headings which include the following: systems integrator, ship
construction, aircraft, equipment, and communication, providing
specific assets and costs under each subheading: Provided further,
That upon initial submission to the Congress of the fiscal year
2004 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall
transmit to the Congress a comprehensive capital investment plan
for the United States Coast Guard which includes funding for
each budget line item for fiscal years 2004 through 2008, with
total funding for each year of the plan constrained to the funding
targets for those years as estimated and approved by the Office
of Management and Budget: Provided further, That the amount
herein appropriated shall be reduced by $150,000 per day for each
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day after initial submission of the President’s budget that the
plan has not been submitted to the Congress.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS
(RESCISSION)
Of the available balances under this heading, $17,000,000 are
rescinded.
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION
For necessary expenses to carry out the Coast Guard’s environ-
mental compliance and restoration functions under chapter 19 of
title 14, United States Code, $17,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
ALTERATION OF BRIDGES
For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of obstructive
bridges, $17,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That funds for bridge alteration projects conducted pursuant to
33 U.S.C. 511 are available only to the extent that the steel,
iron, and manufactured products used in such projects are produced
in the United States, unless contrary to law or international agree-
ment, or unless the Commandant of the Coast Guard determines
such action to be inconsistent with the public interest or the cost
unreasonable.
RETIRED PAY
For retired pay, including the payment of obligations therefor
otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this purpose,
payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and
Survivor Benefits Plans, payments for career status bonuses under
the National Defense Authorization Act, and for payments for med-
ical care of retired personnel and their dependents under the
Dependents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), $889,000,000.
RESERVE TRAINING
For all necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Reserve, as
authorized by law; maintenance and operation of facilities; and
supplies, equipment, and services, $86,495,000.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for applied
scientific research, development, test, and evaluation; maintenance,
rehabilitation, lease and operation of facilities and equipment, as
authorized by law, $22,000,000, to remain available until expended,
of which $3,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability
Trust Fund: Provided, That there may be credited to and used
for the purposes of this appropriation funds received from State
and local governments, other public authorities, private sources,
and foreign countries, for expenses incurred for research, develop-
ment, testing, and evaluation.