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further, That no funds appropriated herein shall be used to pay 
administrative expenses or the compensation of any officer or 
employee of the United States to implement an amendment or 
amendments to 27 CFR 478.118 or to change the definition of 
‘‘Curios or relics’’ in 27 CFR 478.11 or remove any item from 
ATF Publication 5300.11 as it existed on January 1, 1994: Provided 
further, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be avail-
able to investigate or act upon applications for relief from Federal 
firearms disabilities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c): Provided further, That 
such funds shall be available to investigate and act upon applica-
tions filed by corporations for relief from Federal firearms disabil-
ities under section 925(c) of title 18, United States Code: Provided 
further, That no funds made available by this or any other Act 
may be used to transfer the functions, missions, or activities of 
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to other 
agencies or Departments in fiscal year 2009: Provided further, That, 
beginning in fiscal year 2009 and thereafter, no funds appropriated 
under this or any other Act may be used to disclose part or all 
of the contents of the Firearms Trace System database maintained 
by the National Trace Center of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 
Firearms and Explosives or any information required to be kept 
by licensees pursuant to section 923(g) of title 18, United States 
Code, or required to be reported pursuant to paragraphs (3) and 
(7) of such section 923(g), except to: (1) a Federal, State, local, 
tribal, or foreign law enforcement agency, or a Federal, State, 
or local prosecutor, solely in connection with and for use in a 
criminal investigation or prosecution; or (2) a Federal agency for 
a national security or intelligence purpose; and all such data shall 
be immune from legal process, shall not be subject to subpoena 
or other discovery, shall be inadmissible in evidence, and shall 
not be used, relied on, or disclosed in any manner, nor shall testi-
mony or other evidence be permitted based on the data, in a 
civil action in any State (including the District of Columbia) or 
Federal court or in an administrative proceeding other than a 
proceeding commenced by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms 
and Explosives to enforce the provisions of chapter 44 of such 
title, or a review of such an action or proceeding; except that 
this proviso shall not be construed to prevent: (A) the disclosure 
of statistical information concerning total production, importation, 
and exportation by each licensed importer (as defined in section 
921(a)(9) of such title) and licensed manufacturer (as defined in 
section 921(a)(10) of such title); (B) the sharing or exchange of 
such information among and between Federal, State, local, or for-
eign law enforcement agencies, Federal, State, or local prosecutors, 
and Federal national security, intelligence, or counterterrorism offi-
cials; or (C) the publication of annual statistical reports on products 
regulated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explo-
sives, including total production, importation, and exportation by 
each licensed importer (as so defined) and licensed manufacturer 
(as so defined), or statistical aggregate data regarding firearms 
traffickers and trafficking channels, or firearms misuse, felons, 
and trafficking investigations: Provided further, That no funds made 
available by this or any other Act shall be expended to promulgate 
or implement any rule requiring a physical inventory of any busi-
ness licensed under section 923 of title 18, United States Code: 
Provided further, That no funds under this Act may be used to 
electronically retrieve information gathered pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
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923(g)(4) by name or any personal identification code: Provided 
further, That no funds authorized or made available under this 
or any other Act may be used to deny any application for a license 
under section 923 of title 18, United States Code, or renewal of 
such a license due to a lack of business activity, provided that 
the applicant is otherwise eligible to receive such a license, and 
is eligible to report business income or to claim an income tax 
deduction for business expenses under the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986. 
FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System for the 
administration, operation, and maintenance of Federal penal and 
correctional institutions, including purchase (not to exceed 810, 
of which 766 are for replacement only) and hire of law enforcement 
and passenger motor vehicles, and for the provision of technical 
assistance and advice on corrections related issues to foreign govern-
ments, $5,595,754,000: Provided, That the Attorney General may 
transfer to the Health Resources and Services Administration such 
amounts as may be necessary for direct expenditures by that 
Administration for medical relief for inmates of Federal penal and 
correctional institutions: Provided further, That the Director of the 
Federal Prison System, where necessary, may enter into contracts 
with a fiscal agent or fiscal intermediary claims processor to deter-
mine the amounts payable to persons who, on behalf of the Federal 
Prison System, furnish health services to individuals committed 
to the custody of the Federal Prison System: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $6,000 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$50,000,000 shall remain available for necessary operations until 
September 30, 2010: Provided further, That, of the amounts pro-
vided for contract confinement, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended to make payments in advance 
for grants, contracts and reimbursable agreements, and other 
expenses authorized by section 501(c) of the Refugee Education 
Assistance Act of 1980 (8 U.S.C. 1522 note), for the care and 
security in the United States of Cuban and Haitian entrants: Pro-
vided further, That the Director of the Federal Prison System 
may accept donated property and services relating to the operation 
of the prison card program from a not-for-profit entity which has 
operated such program in the past notwithstanding the fact that 
such not-for-profit entity furnishes services under contracts to the 
Federal Prison System relating to the operation of pre-release serv-
ices, halfway houses, or other custodial facilities. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For planning, acquisition of sites and construction of new facili-
ties; purchase and acquisition of facilities and remodeling, and 
equipping of such facilities for penal and correctional use, including 
all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force account; 
and constructing, remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings 
and facilities at existing penal and correctional institutions, 
including all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or 
force account, $575,807,000, to remain available until expended,