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such legislation: Provided, That the authority to transfer
funds between appropriations accounts that may be nec-
essary to carry out this section is provided in addition to
authorities included under section 205 of this Act: Pro-
vided further, That use of funds to carry out this section
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec-
tion 605 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section.
SEC. 207. Notwithstanding any other provision of law
(including any regulation and including the Public Works
and Economic Development Act of 1965), the transfer of
title to the Rutland City Industrial Complex to Hilinex,
Vermont (as related to Economic Development Adminis-
tration Project Number 01–11–01742) shall not require
compensation to the Federal Government for the fair
share of the Federal Government of that real property.
SEC. 208. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Com-
merce, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Eco-
nomic Development of the Department of Commerce,
shall—
(1) not later than January 1, 1996, commence
the demolition of the structures on, and the cleanup
and environmental remediation on, the parcel of land
described in subsection (b);
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(2) not later than March 31, 1996, complete
the demolition, cleanup, and environmental remedi-
ation under paragraph (1); and
(3) not later than April 1, 1996, convey the
parcel of land described in subsection (b), in accord-
ance with the requirements of section 120(h) of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensa-
tion, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9620(h)),
to the Tuscaloosa County Industrial Development
Authority, on receipt of payment of the fair market
value for the parcel by the Authority, as agreed on
by the Secretary and the Authority.
(b) LAND PARCEL.—The parcel of land referred to
in subsection (a) is the parcel of land consisting of ap-
proximately 41 acres in Holt, Alabama (in Tuscaloosa
County), that is generally known as the ‘‘Central Foundry
Property’’, as depicted on a map, and as described in a
legal description, that the Secretary, acting through the
Assistant Secretary for Economic Development, deter-
mines to be satisfactory.
SEC. 209. Any costs incurred by a Department or
agency funded under this title resulting from personnel
actions taken in response to funding reductions included
in this title shall be absorbed within the total budgetary
resources available to such Department or agency: Pro-
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vided, That the authority to transfer funds between appro-
priations accounts as may be necessary to carry out this
provision is provided in addition to authorities included
elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use of funds
to carry out this section shall be treated as a
reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this Act and
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
SEC. 210. None of the funds appropriated under this
Act may be used to develop new fishery management plans
or amendments which create new individual transferable
quota programs, or to implement any such plans or
amendments approved by a Regional Fishery Management
Council or the Secretary of Commerce after January 4,
1995, until offsetting fees to pay for the cost of admin-
istering such plans or amendments are expressly author-
ized under the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Man-
agement Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com-
merce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996’’.
TITLE III—THE JUDICIARY
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the operation of the Su-
preme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the
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building and grounds, including purchase or hire, driving,
maintenance and operation of an automobile for the Chief
Justice, not to exceed $10,000 for the purpose of trans-
porting Associate Justices, and hire of passenger motor
vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not
to exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation
expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended
as the Chief Justice may approve, $25,834,000.
CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS
For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable
the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties im-
posed upon him by the Act approved May 7, 1934 (40
U.S.C. 13a–13b), $3,313,000, of which $500,000 shall re-
main available until expended.
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL
CIRCUIT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries of the chief judge, judges, and other offi-
cers and employees, and for necessary expenses of the
court, as authorized by law, $14,288,000.
UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries of the chief judge and eight judges, sala-
ries of the officers and employees of the court, services
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and necessary expenses
of the court, as authorized by law, $10,859,000.
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COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER
JUDICIAL SERVICES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For the salaries of circuit and district judges (includ-
ing judges of the territorial courts of the United States),
justices and judges retired from office or from regular ac-
tive service, judges of the United States Court of Federal
Claims, bankruptcy judges, magistrate judges, and all
other officers and employees of the Federal Judiciary not
otherwise specifically provided for, and necessary expenses
of the courts, as authorized by law, $2,433,141,000 (in-
cluding the purchase of firearms and ammunition); of
which not to exceed $13,454,000 shall remain available
until expended for space alteration projects; of which not
to exceed $10,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for furniture and furnishings related to new space
alteration and construction projects; and of which
$500,000 is to remain available until expended for acquisi-
tion of books, periodicals, and newspapers, and all other
legal reference materials, including subscriptions.
In addition, for expenses of the United States Court
of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under
the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, not
to exceed $2,318,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine
Injury Compensation Trust Fund.
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VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
For activities of the Federal Judiciary as authorized
by law, $30,000,000, to remain available until expended,
which shall be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction
Trust Fund, as authorized by section 190001(a) of Public
Law 103–322.
DEFENDER SERVICES
For the operation of Federal Public Defender and
Community Defender organizations, the compensation and
reimbursement of expenses of attorneys appointed to rep-
resent persons under the Criminal Justice Act of 1964,
as amended, the compensation and reimbursement of ex-
penses of persons furnishing investigative, expert and
other services under the Criminal Justice Act (18 U.S.C.
3006A(e)), the compensation (in accordance with Criminal
Justice Act maximums) and reimbursement of expenses
of attorneys appointed to assist the court in criminal cases
where the defendant has waived representation by counsel,
the compensation and reimbursement of travel expenses
of guardians ad litem acting on behalf of financially eligi-
ble minor or incompetent offenders in connection with
transfers from the United States to foreign countries with
which the United States has a treaty for the execution
of penal sentences, and the compensation of attorneys ap-
pointed to represent jurors in civil actions for the protec-
tion of their employment, as authorized by 28 U.S.C.
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1875(d), $267,217,000, to remain available until ex-
pended as authorized by 18 U.S.C. 3006A(i): Provided,
That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be avail-
able for Death Penalty Resource Centers or Post-Convic-
tion Defender Organizations after April 1, 1996.
FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS
For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28
U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commis-
sioners as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensa-
tion of commissioners appointed in condemnation cases
pursuant to rule 71A(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Pro-
cedure (28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71A(h)); $59,028,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the
compensation of land commissioners shall not exceed the
daily equivalent of the highest rate payable under section
5332 of title 5, United States Code.
COURT SECURITY
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
incident to the procurement, installation, and maintenance
of security equipment and protective services for the Unit-
ed States Courts in courtrooms and adjacent areas, in-
cluding building ingress-egress control, inspection of pack-
ages, directed security patrols, and other similar activities
as authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improvement
and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100–702);
$102,000,000, to be expended directly or transferred to
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the United States Marshals Service which shall be respon-
sible for administering elements of the Judicial Security
Program consistent with standards or guidelines agreed
to by the Director of the Administrative Office of the Unit-
ed States Courts and the Attorney General.
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
COURTS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office
of the United States Courts as authorized by law, includ-
ing travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a pas-
senger motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b),
advertising and rent in the District of Columbia and else-
where, $47,500,000, of which not to exceed $7,500 is au-
thorized for official reception and representation expenses.
FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Cen-
ter, as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $17,914,000;
of which $1,800,000 shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 1997, to provide education and training to
Federal court personnel; and of which not to exceed
$1,000 is authorized for official reception and representa-
tion expenses.
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JUDICIAL RETIREMENT FUNDS
PAYMENT TO JUDICIARY TRUST FUNDS
For payment to the Judicial Officers’ Retirement
Fund, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 377(o), $24,000,000,
to the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund, as authorized
by 28 U.S.C. 376(c), $7,000,000, and to the United
States Court of Federal Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund,
as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 178(l), $1,900,000.
UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out
the provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States
Code, $8,500,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is au-
thorized for official reception and representation expenses.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY
SEC. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in
this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall
be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
SEC. 302. Appropriations made in this title shall be
available for salaries and expenses of the Special Court
established under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of
1973, Public Law 93–236.
SEC. 303. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the Judi-
ciary in this Act may be transferred between such appro-
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priations, but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of
Appeals, District Courts, and other Judicial Services, De-
fender Services’’, shall be increased by more than 10 per-
cent by any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer
pursuant to this section shall be treated as a
reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this Act and
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
SEC. 304. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the salaries and expenses appropriation for district
courts, courts of appeals, and other judicial services shall
be available for official reception and representation ex-
penses of the Judicial Conference of the United States:
Provided, That such available funds shall not exceed
$10,000 and shall be administered by the Director of the
Administrative Office of the United States Courts in his
capacity as Secretary of the Judicial Conference.
SEC. 305. Section 333 of title 28, United States
Code, is amended—
(1) in the first paragraph by striking ‘‘shall’’ the
first, second, and fourth place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘may’’; and
(2) in the second paragraph—
(A) by striking ‘‘shall’’ the first place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘may’’; and
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(B) by striking ‘‘, and unless excused by the
chief judge, shall remain throughout the con-
ference’’.
This title may be cited as ‘‘The Judiciary Appropria-
tions Act, 1996’’.
TITLE IV—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND
RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses of the Department of State
and the Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, includ-
ing expenses authorized by the State Department Basic
Authorities Act of 1956, as amended; representation to
certain international organizations in which the United
States participates pursuant to treaties, ratified pursuant
to the advice and consent of the Senate, or specific Acts
of Congress; acquisition by exchange or purchase of pas-
senger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343,
40 U.S.C. 481(c) and 22 U.S.C. 2674; and for expenses
of general administration, $1,708,800,000: Provided, That
notwithstanding section 140(a)(5), and the second sen-
tence of section 140(a)(3) of the Foreign Relations Au-
thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law
103–236), not to exceed $125,000,000 of fees may be col-
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lected during fiscal year 1996 under the authority of sec-
tion 140(a)(1) of that Act: Provided further, That all fees
collected under the preceding proviso shall be deposited
in fiscal year 1996 as an offsetting collection to appropria-
tions made under this heading to recover the costs of pro-
viding consular services and shall remain available until
expended: Provided further, That starting in fiscal year
1997, a system shall be in place that allocates to each
department and agency the full cost of its presence outside
of the United States.
Of 
the 
funds 
provided 
under 
this 
heading,
$24,856,000 shall be available only for the Diplomatic
Telecommunications Service for operation of existing base
services and not to exceed $17,144,000 shall be available
only for the enhancement of the Diplomatic Telecommuni-
cations Service and shall remain available until expended.
Of the latter amount, $9,600,000 shall not be made avail-
able until expiration of the 15 day period beginning on
the date when the Secretary of State and the Director of
the Diplomatic Telecommunications Service submit the
pilot program report required by section 507 of Public
Law 103–317.
In addition, not to exceed $700,000 in registration
fees collected pursuant to section 38 of the Arms Export
Control Act, as amended, may be used in accordance with