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the purpose of providing additional formula grants under part B
to States that provide assurances to the Administrator that the
State has in effect (or will have in effect no later than 1 year
after date of application) policies and programs, that ensure that
juveniles are subject to accountability-based sanctions for every
act for which they are adjudicated delinquent; (2) $12,000,000 shall
be available for expenses authorized by sections 281 and 282 of
part D of title II of the Act for prevention and treatment programs
relating to juvenile gangs; (3) $10,000,000 shall be available for
expenses authorized by section 285 of part E of title II of the
Act; (4) $13,500,000 shall be available for expenses authorized
by part G of title II of the Act for juvenile mentoring programs;
and (5) $95,000,000 shall be available for expenses authorized by
title V of the Act for incentive grants for local delinquency preven-
tion programs; of which $12,500,000 shall be for delinquency preven-
tion, control, and system improvement programs for tribal youth;
of which $25,000,000 shall be available for grants of $360,000
to each State and $6,640,000 shall be available for discretionary
grants to States, for programs and activities to enforce State laws
prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages to minors or the purchase
or consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors, prevention and
reduction of consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors, and
for technical assistance and training; and of which $15,000,000
shall be available for the Safe Schools Initiative: Provided further,
That upon the enactment of reauthorization legislation for Juvenile
Justice Programs under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention Act of 1974, as amended, funding provisions in this
Act shall from that date be subject to the provisions of that legisla-
tion and any provisions in this Act that are inconsistent with
that legislation shall no longer have effect: Provided further, That
of amounts made available under the Juvenile Justice Programs
of the Office of Justice Programs to carry out part B (relating
to Federal Assistance for State and Local Programs), subpart II
of part C (relating to Special Emphasis Prevention and Treatment
Programs), part D (relating to Gang-Free Schools and Communities
and Community-Based Gang Intervention), part E (relating to State
Challenge Activities), and part G (relating to Mentoring) of title
II of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974,
and to carry out the At-Risk Children’s Program under title V
of that Act, not more than 10 percent of each such amount may
be used for research, evaluation, and statistics activities designed
to benefit the programs or activities authorized under the appro-
priate part or title, and not more than 2 percent of each such
amount may be used for training and technical assistance activities
designed to benefit the programs or activities authorized under
that part or title.
In addition, for grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and
other assistance, $11,000,000 to remain available until expended,
for developing, testing, and demonstrating programs designed to
reduce drug use among juveniles.
In addition, for grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and
other assistance authorized by the Victims of Child Abuse Act
of 1990, as amended, $7,000,000, to remain available until
expended, as authorized by section 214B of the Act.
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PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS BENEFITS
To remain available until expended, for payments authorized
by part L of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796), as amended, such sums as are nec-
essary, as authorized by section 6093 of Public Law 100–690 (102
Stat. 4339–4340).
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
SEC. 101. In addition to amounts otherwise made available
in this title for official reception and representation expenses, a
total of not to exceed $45,000 from funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Justice in this title shall be available to the Attorney
General for official reception and representation expenses in accord-
ance with distributions, procedures, and regulations established
by the Attorney General.
SEC. 102. Authorities contained in the Department of Justice
Appropriation Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1980 (Public Law
96–132; 93 Stat. 1040 (1979)), as amended, shall remain in effect
until the termination date of this Act or until the effective date
of a Department of Justice Appropriation Authorization Act, which-
ever is earlier.
SEC. 103. None of the funds appropriated by this title shall
be available to pay for an abortion, except where the life of the
mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term,
or in the case of rape: Provided, That should this prohibition be
declared unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this
section shall be null and void.
SEC. 104. None of the funds appropriated under this title shall
be used to require any person to perform, or facilitate in any
way the performance of, any abortion.
SEC. 105. Nothing in the preceding section shall remove the
obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide escort
services necessary for a female inmate to receive such service out-
side the Federal facility: Provided, That nothing in this section
in any way diminishes the effect of section 104 intended to address
the philosophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau
of Prisons.
SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not
to exceed $10,000,000 of the funds made available in this Act
may be used to establish and publicize a program under which
publicly advertised, extraordinary rewards may be paid, which shall
not be subject to spending limitations contained in sections 3059
and 3072 of title 18, United States Code: Provided, That any reward
of $100,000 or more, up to a maximum of $2,000,000, may not
be made without the personal approval of the President or the
Attorney General and such approval may not be delegated.
SEC. 107. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made
available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice
in this Act, including those derived from the Violent Crime Reduc-
tion Trust Fund, may be transferred between such appropriations,
but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided,
shall be increased by more than 10 percent 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 except in compliance with
the procedures set forth in that section.
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SEC. 108. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for
fiscal year 2000, the Assistant Attorney General for the Office
of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice—
(1) may make grants, or enter into cooperative agreements
and contracts, for the Office of Justice Programs and the compo-
nent organizations of that Office; and
(2) shall have final authority over all grants, cooperative
agreements and contracts made, or entered into, for the Office
of Justice Programs and the component organizations of that
Office, except for grants made under the provisions of sections
201, 202, 301, and 302 of the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended; and sections 204(b)(3),
241(e)(1), 243(a)(1), 243(a)(14) and 287A(3) of the Juvenile Jus-
tice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all functions
of the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, other than
those enumerated in the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 3742(3) through (6), are transferred
to the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs.
SEC. 109. Sections 115 and 127 of the Departments of Com-
merce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in section 101(b) of division
A of Public Law 105–277) shall apply to fiscal year 2000 and
thereafter.
SEC. 110. Hereafter, for payments of judgments against the
United States and compromise settlements of claims in suits against
the United States arising from the Financial Institutions Reform,
Recovery and Enforcement Act and its implementation, such sums
as may be necessary, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That the foregoing authority is available solely for payment of
judgments and compromise settlements: Provided further, That pay-
ment of litigation expenses is available under existing authority
and will continue to be made available as set forth in the Memo-
randum of Understanding between the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation and the Department of Justice, dated October 2, 1998.
SEC. 111. Section 507 of title 28, United States Code, is
amended by adding a new subsection (c) as follows:
‘‘(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 901 of title 31,
United States Code, the Assistant Attorney General for Administra-
tion shall be the Chief Financial Officer of the Department of
Justice.’’.
SEC. 112. Section 3024 of the Emergency Supplemental Appro-
priations Act, 1999 (Public Law 106–31) shall apply for fiscal year
2000.
SEC. 113. Effective 30 days after the enactment of this Act,
section 1930(a)(1) of title 28, United States Code, is amended in
paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘$130’’ and inserting ‘‘$155’’; section 589a
of title 28, United States Code, is amended in subsection (b)(1)
by striking ‘‘23.08 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘27.42 percent’’; and sec-
tion 406(b) of Public Law 101–162 (103 Stat. 1016), as amended
(28 U.S.C. 1931 note), is further amended by striking ‘‘30.76 per-
cent’’ and inserting ‘‘33.87 percent’’.
SEC. 114. Section 4006 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘The Attorney General’’ and inserting the
following: ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(b) HEALTH CARE ITEMS AND SERVICES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Payment for costs incurred for the provi-
sion of health care items and services for individuals in the
custody of the United States Marshals Service and the Immigra-
tion and Naturalization Service shall not exceed the lesser
of the amount that would be paid for the provision of similar
health care items and services under—
‘‘(A) the Medicare program under title XVIII of the
Social Security Act; or
‘‘(B) the Medicaid program under title XIX of such
Act of the State in which the services were provided.
‘‘(2) FULL AND FINAL PAYMENT.—Any payment for a health
care item or service made pursuant to this subsection, shall
be deemed to be full and final payment.’’.
SEC. 115. (a) None of the funds made available by this or
any other Act may be used to pay premium pay under title 5,
United States Code, sections 5542–5549, to any individual employed
as an attorney, including an Assistant United States Attorney,
in the Department of Justice for any work performed on or after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, neither the
United States nor any individual or entity acting on its behalf
shall be liable for premium pay under title 5, United States Code,
sections 5542–5549, for any work performed on or after the date
of the enactment of this Act by any individual employed as an
attorney in the Department of Justice, including an Assistant
United States Attorney.
SEC. 116. Section 113 of the Department of Justice Appropria-
tions Act, 1999 (section 101(b) of division A of Public Law 105–
277), as amended by section 3028 of the Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 106–31), is further amended
by striking the first comma and inserting ‘‘for fiscal year 2000
and hereafter,’’.
SEC. 117. Section 203(b)(2)(B) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(2)(B)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(B)(i) Subject to clause (ii), the Attorney General may,
when the Attorney General deems it to be in the national
interest, waive the requirements of subparagraph (A) that
an alien’s services in the sciences, arts, professions, or
business be sought by an employer in the United States.
‘‘(ii)(I) The Attorney General shall grant a national
interest waiver pursuant to clause (i) on behalf of any
alien physician with respect to whom a petition for pref-
erence classification has been filed under subparagraph
(A) if—
‘‘(aa) the alien physician agrees to work full time
as a physician in an area or areas designated by the
Secretary of Health and Human Services as having
a shortage of health care professionals or at a health
care facility under the jurisdiction of the Secretary
of Veterans Affairs; and
‘‘(bb) a Federal agency or a department of public
health in any State has previously determined that
the alien physician’s work in such an area or at such
facility was in the public interest.
‘‘(II) No permanent resident visa may be
issued to an alien physician described in subclause