IIB
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4690
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JUNE 27, 2000
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce,
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the administration of the
Department of Justice, $84,177,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $3,317,000 is for the Facilities Program 2000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed 43 permanent positions and 44 full-time equivalent
workyears and $8,136,000 shall be expended for the De-
partment Leadership Program exclusive of augmentation
that occurred in these offices in fiscal year 2000: Provided
further, That not to exceed 41 permanent positions and
48 full-time equivalent workyears and $4,811,000 shall be
expended for the Offices of Legislative Affairs and Public
Affairs: Provided further, That the latter two aforemen-
tioned offices may utilize non-reimbursable details of ca-
reer employees within the caps described in the aforemen-
tioned proviso: Provided further, That the Attorney Gen-
eral is authorized to transfer, under such terms and condi-
tions as the Attorney General shall specify, forfeited real
or personal property of limited or marginal value, as such
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value is determined by guidelines established by the Attor-
ney General, to a State or local government agency, or
its designated contractor or transferee, for use to support
drug abuse treatment, drug and crime prevention and edu-
cation, housing, job skills, and other community-based
public health and safety programs: Provided further, That
any transfer under the preceding proviso shall not create
or confer any private right of action in any person against
the United States, and shall be treated as a reprogram-
ming under section 605 of this Act.
JOINT AUTOMATED BOOKING SYSTEM
For expenses necessary for the nationwide deploy-
ment of a Joint Automated Booking System including
automated capability to transmit fingerprint and image
data, $1,800,000, to remain available until expended.
NARROWBAND COMMUNICATIONS
For the costs of conversion to narrowband commu-
nications as mandated by section 104 of the National
Telecommunications and Information Administration Or-
ganization Act (47 U.S.C. 903(d)(1)), including the cost
for operation and maintenance of Land Mobile Radio leg-
acy systems, $177,445,000 (reduced by $82,000,000), to
remain available until expended.
COUNTERTERRORISM FUND
For necessary expenses, as determined by the Attor-
ney General, $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-
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pended, to reimburse any Department of Justice organiza-
tion for: (1) the costs incurred in reestablishing the oper-
ational capability of an office or facility which has been
damaged or destroyed as a result of any domestic or inter-
national terrorist incident; and (2) the costs of providing
support to counter, investigate or prosecute domestic or
international terrorism, including payment of rewards in
connection with these activities: Provided, That any Fed-
eral agency may be reimbursed for the costs of detaining
in foreign countries individuals accused of acts of ter-
rorism that violate the laws of the United States: Provided
further, That funds provided under this paragraph shall
be available only after the Attorney General notifies the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate in accordance with section 605 of
this Act.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER COMPLIANCE FUND
For payments authorized by section 109 of the Com-
munications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (47
U.S.C. 1008), $282,500,000 (reduced by $4,479,000), to
remain available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS
For expenses necessary for the administration of par-
don and clemency petitions and immigration related activi-
ties, $159,570,000.
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DETENTION TRUSTEE
For necessary expenses to establish a Federal Deten-
tion Trustee who shall exercise all power and functions
authorized by law relating to the detention of Federal pris-
oners in non-Federal institutions or otherwise in the cus-
tody of the United States Marshals Service; and the deten-
tion of aliens in the custody of the Immigration and Natu-
ralization Service, $1,000,000: Provided, That the Trustee
shall be responsible for construction of detention facilities
or for housing related to such detention; the management
of funds appropriated to the Department for the exercise
of any detention functions; and the direction of the United
States Marshals Service and Immigration and Naturaliza-
tion Service with respect to the exercise of detention policy
setting and operations for the Department.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended, $41,825,000; including
not to exceed $10,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of
a confidential character, to be expended under the direc-
tion of, and to be accounted for solely under the certificate
of, the Attorney General; and for the acquisition, lease,
maintenance, and operation of motor vehicles, without re-
gard to the general purchase price limitation for the cur-
rent fiscal year.
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UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Parole
Commission as authorized by law, $8,855,000.
LEGAL ACTIVITIES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES
For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the
Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, includ-
ing not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evi-
dence, to be expended under the direction of, and to be
accounted for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney
General; and rent of private or Government-owned space
in the District of Columbia, $523,228,000; of which not
to exceed $10,000,000 for litigation support contracts
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of
the funds available in this appropriation, not to exceed
$18,877,000 shall remain available until expended for of-
fice automation systems for the legal divisions covered by
this appropriation, and for the United States Attorneys,
the Antitrust Division, the Executive Office for Immigra-
tion Review, the Community Relations Service, and offices
funded through ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, General Admin-
istration: Provided further, That of the total amount ap-
propriated, not to exceed $1,000 shall be available to the
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United States National Central Bureau, INTERPOL, for
official reception and representation expenses.
In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the De-
partment of Justice associated with processing cases
under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986,
as amended, not to exceed $4,028,000, to be appropriated
from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION
For expenses necessary for the enforcement of anti-
trust and kindred laws, $77,171,000: Provided, That, not-
withstanding section 3302(b) of title 31, United States
Code, not to exceed $77,171,000 of offsetting collections
derived from fees collected in fiscal year 2001 for
premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Ro-
dino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a)
shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this
appropriation, and shall remain available until expended:
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from
the general fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collec-
tions are received during fiscal year 2001, so as to result
in a final fiscal year 2001 appropriation from the general
fund estimated at not more than $0.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS
For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United
States Attorneys, including inter-governmental and coop-
erative agreements, $1,247,416,000; of which not to ex-
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ceed $2,500,000 shall be available until September 30,
2002, for: (1) training personnel in debt collection; (2) lo-
cating debtors and their property; (3) paying the net costs
of selling property; and (4) tracking debts owed to the
United States Government: Provided, That of the total
amount appropriated, not to exceed $8,000 shall be avail-
able for official reception and representation expenses:
Provided further, That not to exceed $10,000,000 of those
funds available for automated litigation support contracts
shall remain available until expended: Provided further,
That, in addition to reimbursable full-time equivalent
workyears available to the Offices of the United States At-
torneys, not to exceed 9,381 positions and 9,529 full-time
equivalent workyears shall be supported from the funds
appropriated in this Act for the United States Attorneys.
UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND
For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee
Program, 
as 
authorized 
by 
U.S.C. 
589a(a),
$126,242,000, to remain available until expended and to
be derived from the United States Trustee System Fund:
Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of
law, deposits to the Fund shall be available in such
amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds due deposi-
tors: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, $126,242,000 of offsetting collections
collected pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 589a(b) shall be retained
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and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation and
remain available until expended: Provided further, That
the sum herein appropriated from the Fund shall be re-
duced as such offsetting collections are received during fis-
cal year 2001, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2001
appropriation from the Fund estimated at $0.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS
SETTLEMENT COMMISSION
For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of
the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $1,000,000.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES MARSHALS
SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the United States Mar-
shals Service; including the acquisition, lease, mainte-
nance, and operation of vehicles, and the purchase of pas-
senger motor vehicles for police-type use, without regard
to the general purchase price limitation for the current
fiscal year, $560,438,000, as authorized by 28 U.S.C.
561(i); of which not to exceed $6,000 shall be available
for official reception and representation expenses; and of
which not to exceed $4,000,000 for development, imple-
mentation, maintenance and support, and training for an
automated prisoner information system shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That, in addition to reim-
bursable full-time equivalent workyears available to the
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United States Marshals Service, not to exceed 4,168 posi-
tions and 3,892 full-time equivalent workyears shall be
supported from the funds appropriated in this Act for the
United States Marshals Service.
CONSTRUCTION
For planning, constructing, renovating, equipping,
and maintaining United States Marshals Service prisoner-
holding space in United States courthouses and Federal
buildings, including the renovation and expansion of pris-
oner 
movement 
areas, 
elevators, 
and 
sallyports,
$6,000,000, to remain available until expended.
JUSTICE PRISONER AND ALIEN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
FUND, UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE
Beginning in fiscal year 2000 and thereafter, pay-
ment shall be made from the Justice Prisoner and Alien
Transportation System Fund for necessary expenses re-
lated to the scheduling and transportation of United
States prisoners and illegal and criminal aliens in the cus-
tody of the United States Marshals Service, as authorized
in 18 U.S.C. 4013, including, without limitation, salaries
and expenses, operations, and the acquisition, lease, and
maintenance of aircraft and support facilities: Provided,
That the Fund shall be reimbursed or credited with ad-
vance payments from amounts available to the Depart-
ment of Justice, other Federal agencies, and other sources
at rates that will recover the expenses of Fund operations,
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including, without limitation, accrual of annual leave and
depreciation of plant and equipment of the Fund: Provided
further, That proceeds from the disposal of Fund aircraft
shall be credited to the Fund: Provided further, That
amounts in the Fund shall be available without fiscal year
limitation, and may be used for operating equipment lease
agreements that do not exceed 10 years.
FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION
For expenses, related to United States prisoners in
the custody of the United States Marshals Service as au-
thorized in 18 U.S.C. 4013, but not including expenses
otherwise provided for in appropriations available to the
Attorney General, $597,402,000, as authorized by 28
U.S.C. 561(i), to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the United States Marshals Service may enter
into multi-year contracts with private entities for the con-
finement of Federal prisoners: Provided further, That
hereafter amounts appropriated for Federal Prisoner De-
tention shall be available to reimburse the Federal Bureau
of Prisons for salaries and expenses of transporting,
guarding and providing medical care outside of Federal
penal and correctional institutions to prisoners awaiting
trial or sentencing.
FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES
For expenses, mileage, compensation, and per diems
of witnesses, for expenses of contracts for the procurement
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and supervision of expert witnesses, for private counsel ex-
penses, and for per diems in lieu of subsistence, as author-
ized by law, including advances, $95,000,000, to remain
available until expended; of which not to exceed
$6,000,000 may be made available for planning, construc-
tion, renovations, maintenance, remodeling, and repair of
buildings, and the purchase of equipment incident thereto,
for protected witness safesites; of which not to exceed
$1,000,000 may be made available for the purchase and
maintenance of armored vehicles for transportation of pro-
tected witnesses; and of which not to exceed $5,000,000
may be made available for the purchase, installation, and
maintenance of secure telecommunications equipment and
a secure automated information network to store and re-
trieve the identities and locations of protected witnesses.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS
SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the Community Relations
Service, established by title X of the Civil Rights Act of
1964, $7,479,000 and, in addition, up to $1,000,000 of
funds made available to the Department of Justice in this
Act may be transferred by the Attorney General to this
account: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, upon a determination by the Attorney General
that emergent circumstances require additional funding
for conflict prevention and resolution activities of the
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Community Relations Service, the Attorney General may
transfer such amounts to the Community Relations Serv-
ice, from available appropriations for the current fiscal
year for the Department of Justice, as may be necessary
to respond to such circumstances: Provided further, That
any transfer pursuant to the previous proviso shall be
treated as a reprogramming under section 605 of this Act
and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure ex-
cept in compliance with the procedures set forth in that
section.
ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND
For 
expenses 
authorized 
by 
U.S.C.
524(c)(1)(A)(ii), (B), (F), and (G), as amended,
$23,000,000 (reduced by $23,000,000), to be derived from
the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund.
RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For necessary administrative expenses in accordance
with 
the 
Radiation 
Exposure 
Compensation 
Act,
$2,000,000.
PAYMENT TO RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION
TRUST FUND
For payments to the Radiation Exposure Compensa-
tion Trust Fund, $3,200,000.
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INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT
INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT
For necessary expenses for the detection, investiga-
tion, and prosecution of individuals involved in organized
crime drug trafficking not otherwise provided for, to in-
clude inter-governmental agreements with State and local
law enforcement agencies engaged in the investigation and
prosecution of individuals involved in organized crime drug
trafficking, $328,898,000, of which $50,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended: Provided, That any
amounts obligated from appropriations under this heading
may be used under authorities available to the organiza-
tions reimbursed from this appropriation: Provided fur-
ther, That any unobligated balances remaining available
at the end of the fiscal year shall revert to the Attorney
General for reallocation among participating organizations
in succeeding fiscal years, subject to the reprogramming
procedures described in section 605 of this Act.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of
crimes against the United States; including purchase for
police-type use of not to exceed 1,236 passenger motor ve-
hicles, of which 1,142 will be for replacement only, without
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workyears shall be supported from the funds appropriated
in this Act for the Federal Bureau of Investigation: Pro-
vided further, That no funds in this Act may be used to
provide ballistics imaging equipment to any State or local
authority which has obtained similar equipment through
a Federal grant or subsidy unless the State or local au-
thority agrees to return that equipment or to repay that
grant or subsidy to the Federal Government.
CONSTRUCTION
For necessary expenses to construct or acquire build-
ings and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by
law (including equipment for such buildings); conversion
and extension of federally-owned buildings; and prelimi-
nary planning and design of projects; $1,287,000, to re-
main available until expended.
DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Ad-
ministration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet un-
foreseen emergencies of a confidential character, to be ex-
pended under the direction of, and to be accounted for
solely under the certificate of, the Attorney General; ex-
penses for conducting drug education and training pro-
grams, including travel and related expenses for partici-
pants in such programs and the distribution of items of
token value that promote the goals of such programs; pur-
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chase of not to exceed 1,358 passenger motor vehicles, of
which 1,079 will be for replacement only, for police-type
use without regard to the general purchase price limitation
for the current fiscal year; and acquisition, lease, mainte-
nance, and operation of aircraft, $1,362,309,000; of which
not to exceed $1,800,000 for research shall remain avail-
able until expended, and of which not to exceed
$4,000,000 for purchase of evidence and payments for in-
formation, not to exceed $10,000,000 for contracting for
automated data processing and telecommunications equip-
ment, and not to exceed $2,000,000 for laboratory equip-
ment, 
$4,000,000 
for 
technical 
equipment, 
and
$2,000,000 for aircraft replacement retrofit and parts,
shall remain available until September 30, 2002; of which
not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for official recep-
tion and representation expenses: Provided, That, in addi-
tion to reimbursable full-time equivalent workyears avail-
able to the Drug Enforcement Administration, not to ex-
ceed 7,484 positions and 7,394 full-time equivalent
workyears shall be supported from the funds appropriated
in this Act for the Drug Enforcement Administration.
CONSTRUCTION
For necessary expenses to construct or acquire build-
ings and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by
law (including equipment for such buildings); conversion
and extension of federally-owned buildings; and prelimi-
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nary planning and design of projects, $5,500,000, to re-
main available until expended.
IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the administration and
enforcement of the laws relating to immigration, natu-
ralization, and alien registration, as follows:
ENFORCEMENT AND BORDER AFFAIRS
For salaries and expenses for the Border Patrol pro-
gram, the detention and deportation program, the intel-
ligence program, the investigations program, and the in-
spections program, including not to exceed $50,000 to
meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character,
to be expended under the direction of, and to be accounted
for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney General;
purchase for police-type use (not to exceed 3,165 pas-
senger motor vehicles, of which 2,211 are for replacement
only), without regard to the general purchase price limita-
tion for the current fiscal year, and hire of passenger
motor vehicles; acquisition, lease, maintenance and oper-
ation of aircraft; research related to immigration enforce-
ment; for protecting and maintaining the integrity of the
borders of the United States including, without limitation,
equipping, maintaining, and making improvements to the
infrastructure; and for the care and housing of Federal
detainees held in the joint Immigration and Naturalization
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Service and United States Marshals Service’s Buffalo De-
tention Facility, $2,547,899,000; of which not to exceed
$10,000,000 shall be available for costs associated with
the training program for basic officer training, and
$5,000,000 is for payments or advances arising out of con-
tractual or reimbursable agreements with State and local
law enforcement agencies while engaged in cooperative ac-
tivities related to immigration; of which not to exceed
$5,000,000 is to fund or reimburse other Federal agencies
for the costs associated with the care, maintenance, and
repatriation of smuggled illegal aliens: Provided, That
none of the funds available to the Immigration and Natu-
ralization Service shall be available to pay any employee
overtime pay in an amount in excess of $30,000 during
the calendar year beginning January 1, 2001: Provided
further, That uniforms may be purchased without regard
to the general purchase price limitation for the current
fiscal year: Provided further, That, in addition to reim-
bursable full-time equivalent workyears available to the
Immigration and Naturalization Service, not to exceed
19,766 
positions 
and 
19,183 
full-time 
equivalent
workyears shall be supported from the funds appropriated
under this heading in this Act for the Immigration and
Naturalization Service: Provided further, That none of the
funds provided in this or any other Act shall be used for
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the continued operation of the San Clemente and
Temecula checkpoints unless the checkpoints are open and
traffic is being checked on a continuous 24-hour basis.
CITIZENSHIP AND BENEFITS, IMMIGRATION SUPPORT AND
PROGRAM DIRECTION
For all programs of the Immigration and Naturaliza-
tion Service not included under the heading ‘‘Enforcement
and Border Affairs’’, $573,314,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $400,000 for research shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 shall be
available for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided further, That the Attorney General may
transfer any funds appropriated under this heading and
the heading ‘‘Enforcement and Border Affairs’’ between
said appropriations notwithstanding any percentage trans-
fer limitations imposed under this appropriation Act and
may direct such fees as are collected by the Immigration
and Naturalization Service to the activities funded under
this heading and the heading ‘‘Enforcement and Border
Affairs’’ for performance of the functions for which the
fees legally may be expended: Provided further, That not
to exceed 40 permanent positions and 40 full-time equiva-
lent workyears and $4,300,000 shall be expended for the
Offices of Legislative Affairs and Public Affairs: Provided
further, That the latter two aforementioned offices shall
not be augmented by personnel details, temporary trans-
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fers of personnel on either a reimbursable or non-reim-
bursable basis, or any other type of formal or informal
transfer or reimbursement of personnel or funds on either
a temporary or long-term basis: Provided further, That the
number of positions filled through non-career appointment
at the Immigration and Naturalization Service, for which
funding is provided in this Act or is otherwise made avail-
able to the Immigration and Naturalization Service, shall
not exceed four permanent positions and four full-time
equivalent workyears: Provided further, That none of the
funds available to the Immigration and Naturalization
Service shall be used to pay any employee overtime pay
in an amount in excess of $30,000 during the calendar
year beginning January 1, 2001: Provided further, That
funds may be used, without limitation, for equipping,
maintaining, and making improvements to the infrastruc-
ture and the purchase of vehicles for police-type use within
the limits of the Enforcement and Border Affairs appro-
priation: Provided further, That, in addition to reimburs-
able full-time equivalent workyears available to the Immi-
gration and Naturalization Service, not to exceed 3,182
positions and 3,279 full-time equivalent workyears shall
be supported from the funds appropriated under this
heading in this Act for the Immigration and Naturaliza-
tion Service: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any
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other provision of law, during fiscal year 2001, the Attor-
ney General is authorized and directed to impose discipli-
nary action, including termination of employment, pursu-
ant to policies and procedures applicable to employees of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, for any employee of
the Immigration and Naturalization Service who violates
policies and procedures set forth by the Department of
Justice relative to the granting of citizenship or who will-
fully deceives the Congress or department leadership on
any matter.
CONSTRUCTION
For planning, construction, renovation, equipping,
and maintenance of buildings and facilities necessary for
the administration and enforcement of the laws relating
to immigration, naturalization, and alien registration, not
otherwise provided for, $110,664,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That no funds shall be available
for the site acquisition, design, or construction of any Bor-
der Patrol checkpoint in the Tucson sector.
FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the administration, oper-
ation, and maintenance of Federal penal and correctional
institutions, including purchase (not to exceed 707, of
which 600 are for replacement only) and hire of law en-
forcement and passenger motor vehicles, and for the provi-
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sion of technical assistance and advice on corrections re-
lated issues to foreign governments, $3,475,769,000 (re-
duced by $45,000,000) (reduced by $173,480): Provided,
That the Attorney General may transfer to the Health Re-
sources and Services Administration such amounts as may
be necessary for direct expenditures by that Administra-
tion for medical relief for inmates of Federal penal and
correctional institutions: Provided further, That the Direc-
tor of the Federal Prison System (FPS), where necessary,
may enter into contracts with a fiscal agent/fiscal inter-
mediary claims processor to determine the amounts pay-
able to persons who, on behalf of FPS, furnish health serv-
ices to individuals committed to the custody of FPS: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $6,000 shall be available
for official reception and representation expenses: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $90,000,000 shall re-
main available for necessary operations until September
30, 2002: Provided further, That, of the amounts provided
for Contract Confinement, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall
remain available until expended to make payments in ad-
vance for grants, contracts and reimbursable agreements,
and other expenses authorized by section 501(c) of the
Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, as amended,
for the care and security in the United States of Cuban
and Haitian entrants: Provided further, That, notwith-
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standing section 4(d) of the Service Contract Act of 1965
(41 U.S.C. 353(d)), FPS may enter into contracts and
other agreements with private entities for periods of not
to exceed 3 years and seven additional option years for
the confinement of Federal prisoners.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For planning, acquisition of sites and construction of
new facilities; leasing the Oklahoma City Airport Trust
Facility; purchase and acquisition of facilities and remod-
eling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and correc-
tional use, including all necessary expenses incident there-
to, by contract or force account; and constructing, remod-
eling, and equipping necessary buildings and facilities at
existing penal and correctional institutions, including all
necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force
account, $835,660,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which not to exceed $14,000,000 shall be avail-
able to construct areas for inmate work programs: Pro-
vided, That labor of United States prisoners may be used
for work performed under this appropriation: Provided
further, That not to exceed 10 percent of the funds appro-
priated to ‘‘Buildings and Facilities’’ in this or any other
Act may be transferred to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, Fed-
eral Prison System, upon notification by the Attorney
General to the Committees on Appropriations of the
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House of Representatives and the Senate in compliance
with provisions set forth in section 605 of this Act.
FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is hereby
authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits
of funds and borrowing authority available, and in accord
with the law, and to make such contracts and commit-
ments, without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro-
vided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as
may be necessary in carrying out the program set forth
in the budget for the current fiscal year for such corpora-
tion, including purchase (not to exceed five for replace-
ment only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles.
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL
PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
Not to exceed $3,429,000 of the funds of the corpora-
tion shall be available for its administrative expenses, and
for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to be com-
puted on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance
with the corporation’s current prescribed accounting sys-
tem, and such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation,
payment of claims, and expenditures which the said ac-
counting system requires to be capitalized or charged to
cost of commodities acquired or produced, including sell-
ing and shipping expenses, and expenses in connection
with acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, im-
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provement, protection, or disposition of facilities and other
property belonging to the corporation or in which it has
an interest.
OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS
JUSTICE ASSISTANCE
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and
other assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended
(‘‘the 1968 Act’’), and the Missing Children’s Assistance
Act, as amended, including salaries and expenses in con-
nection therewith, and with the Victims of Crime Act of
1984, as amended, $155,611,000, to remain available
until expended, as authorized by section 1001 of title I
of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of
1968, as amended by Public Law 102–534 (106 Stat.
3524).
In addition, for grants, cooperative agreements, and
other assistance authorized by sections 819, 821, and 822
of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of
1996, $152,000,000, to remain available until expended.
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE
For assistance (including amounts for administrative
costs for management and administration, which amounts
shall be transferred to and merged with the ‘‘Justice As-
sistance’’ account) authorized by the Violent Crime Con-
trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–
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322), as amended (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Omnibus Crime
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended (‘‘the
1968 Act’’); and the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990,
as amended (‘‘the 1990 Act’’), $2,823,950,000, to remain
available until expended; of which $523,000,000 shall be
for Local Law Enforcement Block Grants, pursuant to
H.R. 728 as passed by the House of Representatives on
February 14, 1995, except that for purposes of this Act,
Guam shall be considered a ‘‘State’’, the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico shall be considered a ‘‘unit of local govern-
ment’’ as well as a ‘‘State’’, for the purposes set forth
in paragraphs (A), (B), (D), (F), and (I) of section
101(a)(2) of H.R. 728 and for establishing crime preven-
tion programs involving cooperation between community
residents and law enforcement personnel in order to con-
trol, detect, or investigate crime or the prosecution of
criminals: Provided, That no funds provided under this
heading may be used as matching funds for any other
Federal 
grant 
program: 
Provided 
further, 
That
$50,000,000 of this amount shall be for Boys and Girls
Clubs in public housing facilities and other areas in co-
operation with State and local law enforcement: Provided
further, That funds may also be used to defray the costs
of indemnification insurance for law enforcement officers:
Provided further, That $20,000,000 shall be available to
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carry out section 102(2) of H.R. 728; of which
$420,000,000 shall be for the State Criminal Alien Assist-
ance Program, as authorized by section 242(j) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act, as amended; of which
$686,500,000 shall be for Violent Offender Incarceration
and Truth in Sentencing Incentive Grants pursuant to
subtitle A of title II of the 1994 Act, of which
$165,000,000 shall be available for payments to States for
incarceration of criminal aliens, and of which $35,000,000
shall be available for the Cooperative Agreement Program;
of which $552,000,000 shall be for grants, contracts, co-
operative agreements, and other assistance authorized by
part E of title I of the 1968 Act, for State and Local
Narcotics Control and Justice Assistance Improvements,
notwithstanding the provisions of section 511 of said Act,
as authorized by section 1001 of title I of said Act, as
amended by Public Law 102–534 (106 Stat. 3524), of
which $52,000,000 shall be available to carry out the pro-
visions of chapter A of subpart 2 of part E of title I of
said Act, for discretionary grants under the Edward Byrne
Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance
Programs; of which $9,000,000 shall be for the Court Ap-
pointed Special Advocate Program, as authorized by sec-
tion 218 of the 1990 Act; of which $2,000,000 shall be
for Child Abuse Training Programs for Judicial Personnel
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and Practitioners, as authorized by section 224 of the
1990 Act; of which $207,750,000 shall be for Grants to
Combat Violence Against Women, to States, units of local
government, and Indian tribal governments, as authorized
by section 1001(a)(18) of the 1968 Act, including
$35,250,000 which shall be used exclusively for the pur-
pose of strengthening civil legal assistance programs for
victims of domestic violence: Provided, That, of these
funds, $5,200,000 shall be provided to the National Insti-
tute of Justice for research and evaluation of violence
against women, and $10,000,000 shall be available to the
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention for
the Safe Start Program, to be administered as authorized
by part C of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Act
of 1974, as amended; of which $34,000,000 shall be for
Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies to States, units of
local government, and Indian tribal governments, as au-
thorized by section 1001(a)(19) of the 1968 Act; of which
$25,000,000 shall be for Rural Domestic Violence and
Child Abuse Enforcement Assistance Grants, as author-
ized by section 40295 of the 1994 Act; of which
$5,000,000 shall be for training programs to assist proba-
tion and parole officers who work with released sex offend-
ers, as authorized by section 40152(c) of the 1994 Act,
and for local demonstration projects; of which $1,000,000
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shall be for grants for televised testimony, as authorized
by section 1001(a)(7) of the 1968 Act; of which
$63,000,000 shall be for grants for residential substance
abuse treatment for State prisoners, as authorized by sec-
tion 1001(a)(17) of the 1968 Act; of which $900,000 shall
be for the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Pro-
gram, as authorized by section 240001(c) of the 1994 Act;
of which $1,300,000 shall be for Motor Vehicle Theft Pre-
vention Programs, as authorized by section 220002(h) of
the 1994 Act; of which $40,000,000 shall be for Drug
Courts, as authorized by title V of the 1994 Act; of which
$1,500,000 shall be for Law Enforcement Family Support
Programs, as authorized by section 1001(a)(21) of the
1968 Act; of which $2,000,000 shall be for public aware-
ness programs addressing marketing scams aimed at sen-
ior citizens, as authorized by section 250005(3) of the
1994 Act; and of which $250,000,000 shall be for Juvenile
Accountability Incentive Block Grants, except that such
funds shall be subject to the same terms and conditions
as set forth in the provisions under this heading for this
program in Public Law 105–119, but all references in
such provisions to 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead
to 2001 and Guam shall be considered a ‘‘State’’ for the
purposes of title III of H.R. 3, as passed by the House
of Representatives on May 8, 1977: Provided further, That
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funds made available in fiscal year 2001 under subpart
1 of part E of title I of the 1968 Act may be obligated
for programs to assist States in the litigation processing
of death penalty Federal habeas corpus petitions and for
drug testing initiatives: Provided further, That, if a unit
of local government uses any of the funds made available
under this title to increase the number of law enforcement
officers, the unit of local government will achieve a net
gain in the number of law enforcement officers who per-
form nonadministrative public safety service.
WEED AND SEED PROGRAM FUND
For necessary expenses, including salaries and re-
lated expenses of the Executive Office for Weed and Seed,
to implement ‘‘Weed and Seed’’ program activities,
$33,500,000, to remain available until expended, for inter-
governmental agreements, including grants, cooperative
agreements, and contracts, with State and local law en-
forcement agencies engaged in the investigation and pros-
ecution of violent crimes and drug offenses in ‘‘Weed and
Seed’’ designated communities, and for either reimburse-
ments or transfers to appropriation accounts of the De-
partment of Justice and other Federal agencies which
shall be specified by the Attorney General to execute the
‘‘Weed and Seed’’ program strategy: Provided, That funds
designated by Congress through language for other De-
partment of Justice appropriation accounts for ‘‘Weed and
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Seed’’ program activities shall be managed and executed
by the Attorney General through the Executive Office for
Weed and Seed: Provided further, That the Attorney Gen-
eral may direct the use of other Department of Justice
funds and personnel in support of ‘‘Weed and Seed’’ pro-
gram activities only after the Attorney General notifies the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate in accordance with section 605 of
this Act.
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES
For activities authorized by title I of the Violent
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, Public
Law 103–322 (‘‘the 1994 Act’’) (including administrative
costs), $595,000,000, to remain available until expended,
of which $384,500,000 is for Public Safety and Commu-
nity Policing Grants pursuant to title I of the 1994 Act,
including up to $180,000,000 to be used to combat vio-
lence in schools; and of which $210,500,000 is for innova-
tive community policing programs, of which $45,675,000
shall be used for policing initiatives to combat meth-
amphetamine production and trafficking and to enhance
policing initiatives in drug ‘‘hot spots’’, $5,000,000 shall
be used to combat violence in schools, $130,000,000 shall
be used for grants, as authorized by section 102(e) of the
Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998, and section
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4(b) of the National Child Protection Act of 1993, as
amended, and $29,825,000 shall be expended for program
management and administration: Provided, That of the
unobligated 
balances 
available 
in 
this 
program,
$150,000,000 shall be used for innovative policing pro-
grams, of which $25,000,000 shall be used for the Match-
ing Grant Program for Law Enforcement Armor Vests
pursuant to section 2501 of part Y of the Omnibus Crime
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’),
as amended, $100,000,000 shall be used for a law enforce-
ment technology program, $15,000,000 shall be used for
Police Corps education, training, and service as set forth
in sections 200101–200113 of the 1994 Act, and
$10,000,000 shall be used to combat violence in schools.
JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and
other assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended, includ-
ing salaries and expenses in connection therewith to be
transferred to and merged with the appropriations for
Justice Assistance, $267,597,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That these funds shall be avail-
able for obligation and expenditure upon enactment of re-
authorization legislation for the Juvenile Justice and De-
linquency Prevention Act of 1974 (title XIII of H.R. 1501
or comparable legislation).
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In addition, for grants, contracts, cooperative agree-
ments, and other assistance, $11,000,000 to remain avail-
able until expended, for developing, testing, and dem-
onstrating programs designed to reduce drug use among
juveniles.
In addition, for grants, contracts, cooperative agree-
ments, and other assistance authorized by the Victims of
Child Abuse Act of 1990, as amended, $8,500,000, to re-
main available until expended, as authorized by section
214B of the Act.
PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS BENEFITS
To remain available until expended, for payments au-
thorized by part L of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796), as amend-
ed, such sums as are necessary, 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 representa-
tion expenses, a total of not to exceed $45,000 from funds
appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title
shall be available to the Attorney General for official re-
ception and representation expenses in accordance with
distributions, procedures, and regulations established by
the Attorney General.
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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, whichever 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 re-
move the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Pris-
ons to provide escort services necessary for a female in-
mate to receive such service outside the Federal facility:
Provided, That nothing in this section in any way dimin-
ishes the effect of section 104 intended to address the phil-
osophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of
Prisons.
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SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, not to exceed $10,000,000 of the funds made avail-
able 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 spend-
ing 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 appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De-
partment of Justice in this Act, including those derived
from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, may be
transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap-
propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans-
fers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to 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 except in compliance with the procedures set forth
in that section.
SEC. 108. Section 108(a) of the Departments of
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related
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Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted into law
by section 1000(a)(1) of Public Law 106–113) shall apply
for fiscal year 2001 and thereafter.
SEC. 109. Section 3024 of the Emergency Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 106–31)
shall apply for fiscal year 2001.
SEC. 110. For fiscal year 2001 and thereafter, sec-
tion 109 of Public Law 103–317 (28 U.S.C. 509 note)
shall apply only to litigation in which the United States,
or an agency or officer of the United States, is a defend-
ant. The preceding sentence shall not apply to litigation
filed before January 1, 2000, that has received funding
under section 109 of Public Law 103–317 (28 U.S.C. 509
note).
SEC. 111. Section 115 of the Departments of Com-
merce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted into law
by section 1000(a)(1) of Public Law 106–113) shall apply
for fiscal year 2001.
SEC. 112. Section 286 of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356) is amended by adding at
the end the following new subsections:
‘‘(t) GENEALOGY FEE.—(1) There is hereby estab-
lished the Genealogy Fee for providing genealogy research
and information services. This fee shall be deposited as
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offsetting collections into the Examinations Fee Account.
Fees for such research and information services may be
set at a level that will ensure the recovery of the full costs
of providing all such services.
‘‘(2) The Attorney General will prepare and submit
annually to Congress statements of the financial condition
of the Genealogy Fee.
‘‘(3) Any officer or employee of the Immigration and
Naturalization Service shall collect fees prescribed under
regulation before disseminating any requested genealogical
information.
‘‘(u) PREMIUM FEE FOR EMPLOYMENT-BASED PETI-
TIONS AND APPLICATIONS.—The Attorney General is au-
thorized to establish and collect a premium fee for employ-
ment-based petitions and applications. This fee shall be
used to provide certain premium-processing services to
business customers, and to make infrastructure improve-
ments in the adjudications and customer-service processes.
For approval of the benefit applied for, the petitioner/ap-
plicant must meet the legal criteria for such benefit. This
fee shall be set at $1,000, shall be paid in addition to any
normal petition/application fee that may be applicable, and
shall be deposited as offsetting collections in the Immigra-
tion Examinations Fee Account. The Attorney General
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may adjust this fee according to the Consumer Price
Index.’’.
SEC. 113. During the current fiscal year, the Attor-
ney General may not certify any amount for appropriation
under section 1817(k)(3)(A)(i) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1395i(k)(3)(A)(i)) to the Health Care Fraud
and Abuse Control Account for any purpose of the Depart-
ment of Justice, unless the Attorney General has notified
the Committees on Appropriations, at least 15 days in ad-
vance, of the amount and purpose involved.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Justice
Appropriations Act, 2001’’.
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND
RELATED AGENCIES
TRADE AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
RELATED AGENCIES
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE
REPRESENTATIVE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the United
States Trade Representative, including the hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles and the employment of experts and
consultants as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $26,433,000
(increased by $3,000,000), of which $1,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended: Provided, That not to ex-
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ceed $98,000 shall be available for official reception and
representation expenses.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the International Trade
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles,
and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to
exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $46,995,000, to remain available until expended.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses for international trade activi-
ties of the Department of Commerce provided for by law,
and engaging in trade promotional activities abroad, in-
cluding expenses of grants and cooperative agreements for
the purpose of promoting exports of United States firms,
without regard to 44 U.S.C. 3702 and 3703; full medical
coverage for dependent members of immediate families of
employees stationed overseas and employees temporarily
posted overseas; travel and transportation of employees of
the United States and Foreign Commercial Service be-
tween two points abroad, without regard to 49 U.S.C.
1517; employment of Americans and aliens by contract for
services; rental of space abroad for periods not exceeding
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10 years, and expenses of alteration, repair, or improve-
ment; purchase or construction of temporary demountable
exhibition structures for use abroad; payment of tort
claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph
of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when such claims arise in foreign coun-
tries; not to exceed $327,000 for official representation
expenses abroad; purchase of passenger motor vehicles for
official use abroad, not to exceed $30,000 per vehicle; ob-
taining insurance on official motor vehicles; and rental of
tie lines and teletype equipment, $321,448,000, to remain
available until expended, of which $3,000,000 is to be de-
rived from fees to be retained and used by the Inter-
national Trade Administration, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C.
3302: Provided, That $62,376,000 shall be for Trade De-
velopment, $19,755,000 shall be for Market Access and
Compliance, $32,473,000 shall be for the Import Adminis-
tration, $194,638,000 shall be for the United States and
Foreign Commercial Service, and $12,206,000 shall be for
Executive Direction and Administration: Provided further,
That the provisions of the first sentence of section 105(f)
and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and
Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and
2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these activities with-
out regard to section 5412 of the Omnibus Trade and
Competitiveness Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4912); and that
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for the purpose of this Act, contributions under the provi-
sions of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange
Act shall include payment for assessments for services pro-
vided as part of these activities.
EXPORT ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses for export administration and
national security activities of the Department of Com-
merce, including costs associated with the performance of
export administration field activities both domestically and
abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of
immediate families of employees stationed overseas; em-
ployment of Americans and aliens by contract for services
abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized
in the first paragraph of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when such claims
arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $15,000 for offi-
cial representation expenses abroad; awards of compensa-
tion to informers under the Export Administration Act of
1979, and as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 401(b); purchase
of passenger motor vehicles for official use and motor vehi-
cles for law enforcement use with special requirement vehi-
cles eligible for purchase without regard to any price limi-
tation otherwise established by law, $53,833,000, to re-
main available until expended, of which $1,870,000 shall
be for inspections and other activities related to national
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security: Provided, That the provisions of the first sen-
tence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the
Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961
(22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying
out these activities: Provided further, That payments and
contributions collected and accepted for materials or serv-
ices provided as part of such activities may be retained
for use in covering the cost of such activities, and for pro-
viding information to the public with respect to the export
administration and national security activities of the De-
partment of Commerce and other export control programs
of the United States and other governments: Provided fur-
ther, That no funds may be obligated or expended for proc-
essing licenses for the export of satellites of United States
origin (including commercial satellites and satellite compo-
nents) to the People’s Republic of China, unless, at least
15 days in advance, the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Senate and other
appropriate committees of the Congress are notified of
such proposed action.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
For grants for economic development assistance as
provided by the Public Works and Economic Development
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Act of 1965, as amended, and for trade adjustment assist-
ance, $361,879,000, to remain available until expended.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of administering the eco-
nomic development assistance programs as provided for by
law, $26,499,000: Provided, That these funds may be used
to monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the
Public Works Employment Act of 1976, as amended, title
II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, and the Commu-
nity Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977.
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses of the Department of Com-
merce in fostering, promoting, and developing minority
business enterprise, including expenses of grants, con-
tracts, and other agreements with public or private organi-
zations, $27,314,000.
ECONOMIC AND INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE
ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco-
nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department
of Commerce, $49,499,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2002.
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BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for collecting, compiling, ana-
lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for
by law, $140,000,000.
PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses to conduct the decennial cen-
sus, $392,898,000 to remain available until expended: of
which $24,055,000 is for Program Development and Man-
agement; of which $57,096,000 is for Data Content and
Products; of which $122,000,000 is for Field Data Collec-
tion and Support Systems; of which $1,500,000 is for Ad-
dress List Development; of which $115,038,000 is for
Automated Data Processing and Telecommunications
Support; of which $55,000,000 is for Testing and Evalua-
tion; of which $5,512,000 is for activities related to Puerto
Rico, the Virgin Islands and Pacific Areas; of which
$9,197,000 is for Marketing, Communications and Part-
nerships activities; and of which $3,500,000 is for the
Census Monitoring Board, as authorized by section 210
of Public Law 105–119.
In addition, for expenses to collect and publish statis-
tics for other periodic censuses and programs provided for
by law, $137,969,000, to remain available until expended.
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NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION
ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of
the National Telecommunications and Information Ad-
ministration (NTIA), $10,975,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding 31
U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce shall charge
Federal agencies for costs incurred in spectrum manage-
ment, analysis, and operations, and related services and
such fees shall be retained and used as offsetting collec-
tions for costs of such spectrum services, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That hereafter, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, NTIA shall not
authorize spectrum use or provide any spectrum functions
pursuant to the National Telecommunications and Infor-
mation Administration Organization Act, 47 U.S.C. 902–
903, to any Federal entity without reimbursement as re-
quired by NTIA for such spectrum management costs, and
Federal entities withholding payment of such cost shall
not use spectrum: Provided further, That the Secretary of
Commerce is authorized to retain and use as offsetting
collections all funds transferred, or previously transferred,
from other Government agencies for all costs incurred in
telecommunications research, engineering, and related ac-
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the development of a national information infrastructure:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding the requirements
of sections 392(a) and 392(c) of the Act, these funds may
be used for the planning and construction of telecommuni-
cations networks for the provision of educational, cultural,
health care, public information, public safety, or other so-
cial services: Provided further, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, no entity that receives tele-
communications services at preferential rates under sec-
tion 254(h) of the Act (47 U.S.C. 254(h)) or receives as-
sistance under the regional information sharing systems
grant program of the Department of Justice under part
M of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796h) may use funds
under a grant under this heading to cover any costs of
the entity that would otherwise be covered by such pref-
erential rates or such assistance, as the case may be.
PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Patent and Trademark
Office provided for by law, including defense of suits insti-
tuted against the Director of Patents and Trademarks,
$650,035,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of this amount, $650,035,000 shall be derived
from offsetting collections assessed and collected pursuant
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to 15 U.S.C. 1113 and 35 U.S.C. 41 and 376, and shall
be retained and used for necessary expenses in this appro-
priation: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
priated from the general fund shall be reduced as such
offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2001,
so as to result in a final fiscal year 2001 appropriation
from the general fund estimated at $0: Provided further,
That, during fiscal year 2001, should the total amount
of offsetting fee collections be less than $650,035,000, the
total amounts available to the Patent and Trademark Of-
fice shall be reduced accordingly: Provided further, That
any amount received in excess of $650,035,000 in fiscal
year 2001 shall not be available for obligation: Provided
further, That not to exceed $254,889,000 from fees col-
lected in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 shall be made avail-
able for obligation in fiscal year 2001.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION
UNDER SECRETARY FOR TECHNOLOGY/OFFICE OF
TECHNOLOGY POLICY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Under Secretary for
Technology/Office of Technology Policy, $7,945,000.
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES
For necessary expenses of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology, $292,056,000, to remain
available until expended, of which not to exceed $282,000
may be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’.
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
For necessary expenses of the Manufacturing Exten-
sion Partnership of the National Institute of Standards
and Technology, $104,836,000, to remain available until
expended.
CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES
For construction of new research facilities, including
architectural and engineering design, and for renovation
of existing facilities, not otherwise provided for the Na-
tional Institute of Standards and Technology, as author-
ized by 15 U.S.C. 278c–278e, $26,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC
ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law
for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft;
grants, contracts, or other payments to nonprofit organi-
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zations for the purposes of conducting activities pursuant
to cooperative agreements; and relocation of facilities as
authorized by 33 U.S.C. 883i, $1,606,925,000 (increased
by $1,200,000), to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That fees and donations received by the National
Ocean Service for the management of the national marine
sanctuaries may be retained and used for the salaries and
expenses associated with those activities, notwithstanding
31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided further, That in addition,
$68,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund
entitled ‘‘Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Re-
search Pertaining to American Fisheries’’: Provided fur-
ther, That grants to States pursuant to sections 306 and
306A of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as
amended, shall not exceed $2,000,000: Provided further,
That, of the $1,734,925,000 (increased by $1,200,000)
provided for in direct obligations under this heading (of
which $1,606,925,000 (increased by $1,200,000) is appro-
priated from the General Fund, $92,000,000 is provided
by transfer, and $36,000,000 is derived from deobligations
from prior years), $260,561,000 shall be for the National
Ocean Service, $405,383,000 (increased by $1,200,000)
shall be for the National Marine Fisheries Service,
$264,561,000 shall be for Oceanic and Atmospheric Re-
search, $621,726,000 shall be for the National Weather
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Service, $106,585,000 shall be for the National Environ-
mental 
Satellite, 
Data, 
and 
Information 
Service,
$58,094,000 shall be for Program Support, $7,000,000
shall be for Fleet Maintenance, and $11,015,000 shall be
for Facilities Maintenance: Provided further, That not to
exceed $31,439,000 shall be expended for Executive Direc-
tion and Administration, which consists of the Offices of
the Undersecretary, the Executive Secretariat, Policy and
Strategic Planning, International Affairs, Legislative Af-
fairs, Public Affairs, Sustainable Development, the Chief
Scientist, and the General Counsel: Provided further, That
the aforementioned offices, excluding the Office of the
General Counsel, shall not be augmented by personnel de-
tails, temporary transfers of personnel on either a reim-
bursable or nonreimbursable basis or any other type of
formal or informal transfer or reimbursement of personnel
or funds on either a temporary or long-term basis above
the level of 33 personnel: Provided further, That no gen-
eral administrative charge shall be applied against an as-
signed activity included in this Act and, further, that any
direct administrative expenses applied against an assigned
activity shall be limited to 5 percent of the funds provided
for that assigned activity: Provided further, That any use
of deobligated balances of funds provided under this head-
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ing in previous years shall be subject to the procedures
set forth in section 605 of this Act.
In addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under
the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor
Benefits Plan, and for payments for medical care of re-
tired personnel and their dependents under the Depend-
ents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), such sums as
may be necessary.
PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For procurement, acquisition and construction of
capital assets, including alteration and modification costs,
of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
$564,656,000 (reduced by $1,200,000), to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That unexpended balances
of amounts previously made available in the ‘‘Operations,
Research, and Facilities’’ account for activities funded
under this heading may be transferred to and merged with
this account, to remain available until expended for the
purposes for which the funds were originally appropriated.
PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY
For necessary expenses associated with the restora-
tion of Pacific salmon populations and the implementation
of the 1999 Pacific Salmon Treaty Agreement between the
United States and Canada, $58,000,000, subject to ex-
press authorization.
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COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT FUND
Of amounts collected pursuant to section 308 of the
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C.
1456a), not to exceed $4,000,000, for purposes set forth
in sections 308(b)(2)(A), 308(b)(2)(B)(v), and 315(e) of
such Act.
FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND
For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public
Law 95–372, not to exceed $951,000, to be derived from
receipts collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available
until expended.
FOREIGN FISHING OBSERVER FUND
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975, as amend-
ed (Public Law 96–339), and the Magnuson-Stevens Fish-
ery Conservation and Management Act of 1976, as
amended (Public Law 100–627), and the American Fish-
eries Promotion Act (Public Law 96–561), to be derived
from the fees imposed under the foreign fishery observer
program authorized by these Acts, not to exceed
$189,000, to remain available until expended.
FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans, $238,000, as authorized
by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, as amended: Pro-
vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-
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gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That
none of the funds made available under this heading may
be used for direct loans for any new fishing vessel that
will increase the harvesting capacity in any United States
fishery.
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the general administra-
tion of the Department of Commerce provided for by law,
including not to exceed $3,000 for official entertainment,
$31,392,000 (reduced by $3,000,000).
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 1–11,
as amended by Public Law 100–504), $21,000,000.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
SEC. 201. During the current fiscal year, applicable
appropriations and funds made available to the Depart-
ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the
activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15
U.S.C. 1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed
by the Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may
be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized
only upon the certification of officials designated by the
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Secretary of Commerce that such payments are in the
public interest.
SEC. 202. During the current fiscal year, appropria-
tions made available to the Department of Commerce by
this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for
hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31
U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109; and uniforms or allowances therefore, as authorized
by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902).
SEC. 203. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used to support the hurricane reconnaissance
aircraft and activities that are under the control of the
United States Air Force or the United States Air Force
Reserve.
SEC. 204. None of the funds provided in this or any
previous Act, or hereinafter made available to the Depart-
ment of Commerce, shall be available to reimburse the Un-
employment Trust Fund or any other fund or account of
the Treasury to pay for any expenses authorized by section
8501 of title 5, United States Code, for services performed
by individuals appointed to temporary positions within the
Bureau of the Census for purposes relating to the decen-
nial censuses of population.
SEC. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De-
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partment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred be-
tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans-
fers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to 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. 206. (a) Should legislation be enacted to dis-
mantle or reorganize the Department of Commerce, or any
portion thereof, the Secretary of Commerce, no later than
90 days thereafter, shall submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate a plan for transferring funds provided in this Act to
the appropriate successor organizations: Provided, That
the plan shall include a proposal for transferring or re-
scinding funds appropriated herein for agencies or pro-
grams terminated under such legislation: Provided further,
That such plan shall be transmitted in accordance with
section 605 of this Act.
(b) The Secretary of Commerce or the appropriate
head of any successor organization(s) may use any avail-
able funds to carry out legislation dismantling or reorga-
nizing the Department of Commerce, or any portion there-
of, to cover the costs of actions relating to the abolish-
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ment, reorganization, or transfer of functions and any re-
lated personnel action, including voluntary separation in-
centives if authorized by such legislation: Provided, That
the authority to transfer funds between appropriations ac-
counts that may be necessary to carry out this section is
provided in addition to authorities included under section
205 of 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 compli-
ance with the procedures set forth in that section.
SEC. 207. 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 or from actions taken for the care and protec-
tion of loan collateral or grant property shall be absorbed
within the total budgetary resources available to such De-
partment or agency: Provided, That the authority to trans-
fer funds between appropriations accounts as may be nec-
essary to carry out this section is provided in addition to
authorities included elsewhere in this Act: Provided fur-
ther, 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 ex-
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penditure except in compliance with the procedures set
forth in that section.
SEC. 208. The Secretary of Commerce may award
contracts 
for 
hydrographic, 
geodetic, 
and 
photo-
grammetric surveying and mapping services in accordance
with title IX of the Federal Property and Administrative
Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 541 et seq.).
SEC. 209. The Secretary of Commerce may use the
Commerce franchise fund for expenses and equipment nec-
essary for the maintenance and operation of such adminis-
trative services as the Secretary determines may be per-
formed more advantageously as central services, pursuant
to section 403 of Public Law 103–356: Provided, That any
inventories, equipment, and other assets pertaining to the
services to be provided by such fund, either on hand or
on order, less the related liabilities or unpaid obligations,
and any appropriations made for the purpose of providing
capital shall be used to capitalize such fund: Provided fur-
ther, That such fund shall be paid in advance from funds
available to the Department and other Federal agencies
for which such centralized services are performed, at rates
which will return in full all expenses of operation, includ-
ing accrued leave, depreciation of fund plant and equip-
ment, amortization of automated data processing (ADP)
software and systems (either acquired or donated), and
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an amount necessary to maintain a reasonable operating
reserve, as determined by the Secretary: Provided further,
That such fund shall provide services on a competitive
basis: Provided further, That an amount not to exceed 4
percent of the total annual income to such fund may be
retained in the fund for fiscal year 2001 and each fiscal
year thereafter, to remain available until expended, to be
used for the acquisition of capital equipment, and for the
improvement and implementation of department financial
management, ADP, and other support systems: Provided
further, That such amounts retained in the fund for fiscal
year 2001 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be available
for obligation and expenditure only in accordance with sec-
tion 605 of this Act: Provided further, That no later than
30 days after the end of each fiscal year, amounts in ex-
cess of this reserve limitation shall be deposited as mis-
cellaneous receipts in the Treasury: Provided further, That
such franchise fund pilot program shall terminate pursu-
ant to section 403(f) of Public Law 103–356.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com-
merce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001’’.
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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
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; $36,782,000.
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 the Architect by the Act approved May 7,
1934 (40 U.S.C. 13a–13b), $7,530,000, of which
$4,460,000 shall remain 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, $17,846,000.
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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, $12,299,000.
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, $3,328,778,000 (in-
cluding the purchase of firearms and ammunition); of
which not to exceed $17,817,000 shall remain available
until expended for space alteration projects; and 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.
In addition, for expenses of the United States Court
of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under
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the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, not
to exceed $2,600,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine
Injury Compensation Trust Fund.
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 of 1964 (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 representa-
tion by counsel; the compensation and reimbursement of
travel expenses of guardians ad litem acting on behalf of
financially eligible minor or incompetent offenders in con-
nection 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 appointed to represent jurors in civil actions for
the protection of their employment, as authorized by 28
U.S.C. 1875(d), $420,338,000, to remain available until
expended as authorized by 18 U.S.C. 3006A(i).
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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)), $60,821,000,
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 providing protective guard services and the
procurement, installation, and maintenance of security
equipment for the United States Courts in courtrooms and
adjacent areas, including building ingress-egress control,
inspection of packages, directed security patrols, and other
similar activities as authorized by section 1010 of the Ju-
dicial Improvement and Access to Justice Act (Public Law
100–702), $198,265,000, of which not to exceed
$10,000,000 shall remain available until expended for se-
curity systems, to be expended directly or transferred to
the United States Marshals Service, which shall be respon-
sible for administering elements of the Judicial Security
Program consistent with standards or guidelines agreed
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to by the Director of the Administrative Office of the
United 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, $58,340,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 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, $18,777,000;
of which $1,800,000 shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2002, 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.
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), $25,700,000;
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to the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund, as authorized
by 28 U.S.C. 376(c), $8,100,000; 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, $9,615,000, 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. 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-
priations, but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of
Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, De-
fender Services’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts,
and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commis-
sioners’’, 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 avail-
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able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance
with the procedures set forth in that section.
SEC. 303. 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
$11,000 and shall be administered by the Director of the
Administrative Office of the United States Courts in the
capacity as Secretary of the Judicial Conference.
SEC. 304. (a) The Director of the Administrative Of-
fice of the United States Courts (the Director) may des-
ignate in writing officers and employees of the judicial
branch of the United States Government, including the
courts as defined in section 610 of title 28, United States
Code, but excluding the Supreme Court, to be disbursing
officers in such numbers and locations as the Director con-
siders necessary. These disbursing officers will: (1) dis-
burse moneys appropriated to the judicial branch and
other funds only in strict accordance with payment re-
quests certified by the Director or in accordance with sub-
section (b) of this section; (2) examine payment requests
as necessary to ascertain whether they are in proper form,
certified, and approved; and (3) be held accountable as
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provided by law. However, a disbursing officer will not be
held accountable or responsible for any illegal, improper,
or incorrect payment resulting from any false, inaccurate,
or misleading certificate for which a certifying officer is
responsible under subsection (b) of this section.
(b)(1) The Director may designate in writing officers
and employees of the judicial branch of the United States
Government, including the courts as defined in section 610
of title 28, United States Code, but excluding the Supreme
Court, to certify payment requests payable from appro-
priations and funds. These certifying officers will be re-
sponsible and accountable for: (A) the existence and cor-
rectness of the facts recited in the certificate or other re-
quest for payment or its supporting papers; (B) the legal-
ity of the proposed payment under the appropriation or
fund involved; and (C) the correctness of the computations
of certified payment requests.
(2) The liability of a certifying officer will be enforced
in the same manner and to the same extent as provided
by law with respect to the enforcement of the liability of
disbursing and other accountable officers. A certifying of-
ficer shall be required to make restitution to the United
States for the amount of any illegal, improper, or incorrect
payment resulting from any false, inaccurate, or mis-
leading certificates made by the certifying officer, as well
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as for any payment prohibited by law or which did not
represent a legal obligation under the appropriation or
fund involved.
(c) A certifying or disbursing officer: (1) has the right
to apply for and obtain a decision by the Comptroller Gen-
eral on any question of law involved in a payment request
presented for certification; and (2) is entitled to relief
from liability arising under this section as provided by law.
(d) The Director shall disburse, directly or through
officials designated pursuant to this section, appropria-
tions and other funds for the maintenance and operation
of the courts.
(e) Nothing in this section affects the authority of
the courts to receive or disburse moneys in accordance
with chapter 129 of title 28, United States Code.
(f) This section shall be effective for fiscal year 2001
and hereafter.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Judiciary Appropria-
tions Act, 2001’’.
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TITLE IV—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND
RELATED AGENCY
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, the Mutual Edu-
cational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, as amended,
and the United States Information and Educational Ex-
change Act of 1948, as amended, including employment,
without regard to civil service and classification laws, of
persons on a temporary basis (not to exceed $700,000 of
this appropriation), as authorized by section 801 of such
Act; expenses authorized by section 9 of the Act of August
31, 1964, as amended; representation to certain inter-
national organizations in which the United States partici-
pates pursuant to treaties, ratified pursuant to the advice
and consent of the Senate, or specific Acts of Congress;
arms control, nonproliferation and disarmament activities
as authorized by the Arms Control and Disarmament Act
of September 26, 1961, as amended; acquisition by ex-
change or purchase of passenger motor vehicles as author-
ized by law; and for expenses of general administration,
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$2,689,825,000 (reduced by $10,000,000)(reduced by
$500,000): Provided, That, of the amount made available
under this heading, not to exceed $4,000,000 may be
transferred to, and merged with, funds in the ‘‘Emer-
gencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service’’ appro-
priations account, to be available only for emergency evac-
uations and terrorism rewards: Provided further, That, in
fiscal year 2001, all receipts collected from individuals for
assistance in the preparation and filing of an affidavit of
support pursuant to section 213A of the Immigration and
Nationality Act shall be deposited into this account as an
offsetting collection and shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That, of the amount made avail-
able under this heading, $246,644,000 shall be available
only for public diplomacy international information pro-
grams: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, not to exceed $342,667,000 of offsetting
collections derived from fees collected under the authority
of section 140(a)(1) of the Foreign Relations Authoriza-
tion Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103–
236) during fiscal year 2001 shall be retained and used
for authorized expenses in this appropriation and shall re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That any
fees received in excess of $342,667,000 in fiscal year 2001
shall remain available until expended, but shall not be
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available for obligation until October 1, 2001: Provided
further, That advances for services authorized by 22
U.S.C. 3620(c) may be credited to this account, to remain
available until expended for such services.
In addition, not to exceed $1,252,000 shall be derived
from fees collected from other executive agencies for lease
or use of facilities located at the International Center in
accordance with section 4 of the International Center Act,
as amended; in addition, as authorized by section 5 of such
Act, $490,000, to be derived from the reserve authorized
by that section, to be used for the purposes set out in
that section; in addition, as authorized by section 810 of
the United States Information and Educational Exchange
Act, not to exceed $6,000,000, to remain available until
expended, may be credited to this appropriation from fees
or other payments received from English teaching, library,
motion pictures, and publication programs, and from fees
from educational advising and counseling, and exchange
visitor programs; and, in addition, not to exceed $15,000,
which shall be derived from reimbursements, surcharges,
and fees for use of Blair House facilities in accordance
with section 46 of the State Department Basic Authorities
Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2718(a)).
In addition, for the costs of worldwide security up-
grades, $410,000,000, to remain available until expended.
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CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND
For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment
Fund, $79,670,000, to remain available until expended,
as authorized in Public Law 103–236, as amended: Pro-
vided, That section 135(e) of Public Law 103–236 shall
not apply to funds available under this heading.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.),
$28,490,000, notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) of the
Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended (Public Law 96–
465), as it relates to post inspections.
EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
For expenses of educational and cultural exchange
programs, as authorized by the Mutual Educational and
Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C.
2451 et seq.), and Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977,
as amended (91 Stat. 1636), $213,771,000, to remain
available until expended as authorized by section 105 of
such Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455): Provided, That not
to exceed $800,000, to remain available until expended,
may be credited to this appropriation from fees or other
payments received from or in connection with English
teaching and educational advising and counseling pro-
grams as authorized by section 810 of the United States
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Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22
U.S.C. 1475e).
REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES
For representation allowances as authorized by sec-
tion 905 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended
(22 U.S.C. 4085), $5,826,000.
PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS
For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the
Secretary of State to provide for extraordinary protective
services in accordance with the provisions of section 214
of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956
(22 U.S.C. 4314) and 3 U.S.C. 208, $8,067,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2002.
EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE
For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign
Service Buildings Act of 1926, as amended (22 U.S.C.
292–300), preserving, maintaining, repairing, and plan-
ning for, buildings that are owned or directly leased by
the Department of State, renovating, in addition to funds
otherwise available, the Main State Building, and carrying
out the Diplomatic Security Construction Program as au-
thorized by title IV of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security
and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4851),
$416,976,000, to remain available until expended as au-
thorized by section 24(c) of the State Department Basic
Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2696(c)), of which not
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to exceed $25,000 may be used for domestic and overseas
representation as authorized by section 905 of the Foreign
Service Act of 1980, as amended (22 U.S.C. 4085): Pro-
vided, That none of the funds appropriated in this para-
graph shall be available for acquisition of furniture and
furnishings and generators for other departments and
agencies.
In addition, for the costs of worldwide security up-
grades, acquisition, and construction as authorized by the
Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act
of 1999, $648,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR
SERVICE
For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of
State to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplo-
matic and Consular Service pursuant to the requirement
of 31 U.S.C. 3526(e), and as authorized by section 804(3)
of the United States Information and Educational Ex-
change Act of 1948, as amended, $5,477,000, to remain
available until expended as authorized by section 24(c) of
the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22
U.S.C. 2696(c)), of which not to exceed $1,000,000 may
be transferred to and merged with the Repatriation Loans
Program Account, subject to the same terms and condi-
tions.
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REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans, $591,000, as authorized
by section 4 of the State Department Basic Authorities
Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2671): Provided, That such costs,
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974. In addition, for administrative expenses necessary
to carry out the direct loan program, $604,000, which may
be transferred to and merged with the Diplomatic and
Consular Programs account under Administration of For-
eign Affairs.
PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN
For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Rela-
tions Act, Public Law 96–8, $16,345,000.
PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND
DISABILITY FUND
For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and
Disability Fund, as authorized by law, $131,224,000.
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
to meet annual obligations of membership in international
multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified
pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate, conven-
tions or specific Acts of Congress, $880,505,000: Pro-
vided, That any payment of arrearages under this title
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shall be directed toward special activities that are mutually
agreed upon by the United States and the respective inter-
national organization: Provided further, That none of the
funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be available for
a United States contribution to an international organiza-
tion for the United States share of interest costs made
known to the United States Government by such organiza-
tion for loans incurred on or after October 1, 1984,
through external borrowings: Provided further, That, of
the funds appropriated in this paragraph, $100,000,000
may be made available only on a semi-annual basis pursu-
ant to a certification by the Secretary of State on a semi-
annual basis, that the United Nations has taken no action
during the preceding 6 months to increase funding for any
United Nations program without identifying an offsetting
decrease during that 6-month period elsewhere in the
United Nations budget and cause the United Nations to
exceed the budget for the biennium 2000–2001 of
$2,535,700,000: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated under this paragraph may be obligated and ex-
pended to pay the full United States assessment to the
civil budget of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING
ACTIVITIES
For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other ex-
penses of international peacekeeping activities directed to
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the maintenance or restoration of international peace and
security, $498,100,000: Provided, That none of the funds
made available under this Act shall be obligated or ex-
pended for any new or expanded United Nations peace-
keeping mission unless, at least 15 days in advance of vot-
ing for the new or expanded mission in the United Nations
Security Council (or in an emergency, as far in advance
as is practicable): (1) the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and the Senate and other
appropriate committees of the Congress are notified of the
estimated cost and length of the mission, the vital national
interest that will be served, and the planned exit strategy;
and (2) a reprogramming of funds pursuant to section 605
of this Act is submitted, and the procedures therein fol-
lowed, setting forth the source of funds that will be used
to pay for the cost of the new or expanded mission: Pro-
vided further, That funds shall be available for peace-
keeping expenses only upon a certification by the Sec-
retary of State to the appropriate committees of the Con-
gress that American manufacturers and suppliers are
being given opportunities to provide equipment, services,
and material for United Nations peacekeeping activities
equal to those being given to foreign manufacturers and
suppliers: Provided further, That none of the funds made
available under this heading are available to pay the
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United States share of the cost of court monitoring that
is part of any United Nations peacekeeping mission.
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
to meet obligations of the United States arising under
treaties, or specific Acts of Congress, as follows:
INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION,
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO
For necessary expenses for the United States Section
of the International Boundary and Water Commission,
United States and Mexico, and to comply with laws appli-
cable to the United States Section, including not to exceed
$6,000 for representation; as follows:
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for,
$19,470,000.
CONSTRUCTION
For detailed plan preparation and construction of au-
thorized projects, $5,915,000 (increased by $500,000), to
remain available until expended, as authorized by section
24(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of
1956 (22 U.S.C. 2696(c)).
AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for
the International Joint Commission and the International
Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, as au-
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thorized by treaties between the United States and Can-
ada or Great Britain, and for the Border Environment
Cooperation Commission as authorized by Public Law
103–182, $5,710,000, of which not to exceed $9,000 shall
be available for representation expenses incurred by the
International Joint Commission.
INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS
For necessary expenses for international fisheries
commissions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by
law, $15,485,000: Provided, That the United States’ share
of such expenses may be advanced to the respective com-
missions, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3324.
OTHER
PAYMENT TO THE ASIA FOUNDATION
For a grant to the Asia Foundation, as authorized
by section 501 of Public Law 101–246, $8,216,000, to
remain available until expended, as authorized by section
24(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of
1956 (22 U.S.C. 2696(c)).
EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM TRUST
FUND
For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fel-
lowships, Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and
5 of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20
U.S.C. 5204–5205), all interest and earnings accruing to
the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust
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Fund on or before September 30, 2001, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
propriated herein shall be used to pay any salary or other
compensation, or to enter into any contract providing for
the payment thereof, in excess of the rate authorized by
5 U.S.C. 5376; or for purposes which are not in accord-
ance with OMB Circulars A–110 (Uniform Administrative
Requirements) and A–122 (Cost Principles for Non-profit
Organizations), including the restrictions on compensation
for personal services.
ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholar-
ship Program as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993
(22 U.S.C. 2452), all interest and earnings accruing to
the Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before September
30, 2001, to remain available until expended.
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY
For grants made by the Department of State to the
National Endowment for Democracy as authorized by the
National Endowment for Democracy Act, $30,872,000 to
remain available until expended.
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RELATED AGENCY
BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS
For expenses necessary to enable the Broadcasting
Board of Governors, as authorized by the United States
Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, as
amended, the United States International Broadcasting
Act of 1994, as amended, Reorganization Plan No. 2 of
1977, as amended, and the Foreign Affairs Reform and
Restructuring Act of 1998, to carry out international com-
munication activities, including the purchase, installation,
rent, construction, and improvement of facilities for radio
and television transmission and reception to Cuba,
$419,777,000, of which not to exceed $16,000 may be
used for official receptions within the United States as au-
thorized by section 804(3) of such Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C.
1747(3)), not to exceed $35,000 may be used for represen-
tation abroad as authorized by section 302 of such Act
of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1452) and section 905 of the Foreign
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085), and not to exceed
$39,000 may be used for official reception and representa-
tion expenses of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; and
in addition, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
not to exceed $2,000,000 in receipts from advertising and
revenue from business ventures, not to exceed $500,000
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in receipts from cooperating international organizations,
and not to exceed $1,000,000 in receipts from privatiza-
tion efforts of the Voice of America and the International
Broadcasting Bureau, to remain available until expended
for carrying out authorized purposes.
BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
For the purchase, rent, construction, and improve-
ment of facilities for radio transmission and reception, and
purchase and installation of necessary equipment for radio
and television transmission and reception as authorized by
section 801 of the United States Information and Edu-
cational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1471),
$18,358,000, to remain available until expended, as au-
thorized by section 704(a) of such Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C.
1477b(a)).
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND
RELATED AGENCY
SEC. 401. Funds appropriated under this title shall
be available, except as otherwise provided, for allowances
and differentials as authorized by subchapter 59 of title
5, United States Code; for services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109; and hire of passenger transportation pursu-
ant to 31 U.S.C. 1343(b).
SEC. 402. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De-
partment of State in this Act may be transferred between
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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 not
to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available
for the current fiscal year for the Broadcasting Board of
Governors in this Act may be transferred between such
appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as oth-
erwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more
than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided further,
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. 403. There shall be in the Department of State
not more than 71 Deputy Assistant Secretaries of State.
SEC. 404. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used by the Department of State or the Broad-
casting Board of Governors to provide equipment, tech-
nical support, consulting services, or any other form of
assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation.
SEC. 405. (a) Section 1(a)(2) of the State Depart-
ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C.
2651a(a)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘and the Deputy Sec-
retary of State’’ and inserting ‘‘, the Deputy Secretary of
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State, and the Deputy Secretary of State for Management
and Resources’’.
(b) Section 5313 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by inserting ‘‘Deputy Secretary of State for
Management and Resources.’’ after the item relating to
the ‘‘Deputy Secretary of State’’.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of State
and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2001’’.
TITLE V—RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a
U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security
needs of the United States, $98,700,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $84,799,000.
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by
the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, $10,621,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That such costs, in-
cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
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1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are
available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of
which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $1,000,000,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the guaranteed loan program, not to exceed $3,795,000,
which shall be transferred to and merged with the appro-
priation for Operations and Training.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME
ADMINISTRATION
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the
Maritime Administration is authorized to furnish utilities
and services and make necessary repairs in connection
with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Govern-
ment property under control of the Maritime Administra-
tion, and payments received therefore shall be credited to
the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: Provided,
That rental payments under any such lease, contract, or
occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, or
repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous
receipts.
No obligations shall be incurred during the current
fiscal year from the construction fund established by the
Merchant Marine Act, 1936, or otherwise, in excess of the
appropriations and limitations contained in this Act or in
any prior appropriation Act.
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COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S
HERITAGE ABROAD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses for the Commission for the Preservation
of America’s Heritage Abroad, $390,000, as authorized by
section 1303 of Public Law 99–83.
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil
Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles,
$8,866,000: Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 may
be used to employ consultants: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be
used to employ in excess of four full-time individuals under
Schedule C of the Excepted Service exclusive of one special
assistant for each Commissioner: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be
used to reimburse Commissioners for more than 75
billable days, with the exception of the chairperson, who
is permitted 125 billable days.
COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN
EUROPE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Secu-
rity and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public
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Law 94–304, $1,182,000, to remain available until ex-
pended as authorized by section 3 of Public Law 99–7.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (29 U.S.C. 206(d)
and 621–634), the Americans with Disabilities Act of
1990, and the Civil Rights Act of 1991, including services
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor
vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); non-mone-
tary awards to private citizens; and not to exceed
$29,000,000 for payments to State and local enforcement
agencies for services to the Commission pursuant to title
VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, sections
6 and 14 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act,
the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Civil
Rights Act of 1991, $290,928,000: Provided, That the
Commission is authorized to make available for official re-
ception and representation expenses not to exceed $2,500
from available funds.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Communica-
tions Commission, as authorized by law, including uni-
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forms and allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
5901–5902; not to exceed $600,000 for land and struc-
ture; not to exceed $500,000 for improvement and care
of grounds and repair to buildings; not to exceed $4,000
for official reception and representation expenses; pur-
chase (not to exceed 16) and hire of motor vehicles; special
counsel fees; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$207,909,000, of which not to exceed $300,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2002, for research and
policy studies: Provided, That $200,146,000 of offsetting
collections shall be assessed and collected pursuant to sec-
tion 9 of title I of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, and shall be retained and used for necessary ex-
penses in this appropriation, and shall remain available
until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein ap-
propriated shall be reduced as such offsetting collections
are received during fiscal year 2001 so as to result in a
final fiscal year 2001 appropriation estimated at
$7,763,000: Provided further, That any offsetting collec-
tions received in excess of $200,146,000 in fiscal year
2001 shall remain available until expended, but shall not
be available for obligation until October 1, 2001.
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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime
Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Mer-
chant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. App.
1111), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109;
hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31
U.S.C. 1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefor, as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, $14,097,000: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses.
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Com-
mission, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not
to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representation
expenses, $121,098,000: Provided, That not to exceed
$300,000 shall be available for use to contract with a per-
son or persons for collection services in accordance with
the terms of 31 U.S.C. 3718, as amended: Provided fur-
ther, That, notwithstanding section 3302(b) of title 31,
United States Code, not to exceed $121,098,000 of offset-
ting collections derived from fees collected for premerger
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notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust
Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18(a)) shall be re-
tained and used for necessary expenses in this appropria-
tion, and shall remain available until expended: Provided
further, That the sum herein appropriated from the gen-
eral fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections
are received during fiscal year 2001, so as to result in
a final fiscal year 2001 appropriation from the general
fund estimated at not more than $0, to remain available
until expended: Provided further, That section 605 of Pub-
lic Law 101–162 (15 U.S.C. 18a note), as amended, is
further amended by striking ‘‘$45,000 which’’ and insert-
ing: ‘‘(1) $45,000, if as a result of the acquisition, the
acquiring person would hold an aggregate total amount
of the voting securities and assets of the acquired person
in excess of $35,000,000 but not exceeding $99,999,999;
(2) $100,000, if as a result of the acquisition, the acquir-
ing person would hold an aggregate total amount of the
voting securities and assets of the acquired person equal
to or in excess of $100,000,000 but not exceeding
$199,999,999; or (3) $200,000, if as a result of the acqui-
sition, the acquiring person would hold an aggregate total
amount of the voting securities and assets of the acquired
person equal to or in excess of $200,000,000. Such fees’’:
Provided further, That none of the funds made available
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to the Federal Trade Commission shall be available for
obligation for expenses authorized by section 151 of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act
of 1991 (Public Law 102–242; 105 Stat. 2282–2285).
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to
carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation
Act of 1974, as amended, $141,000,000 (increased by
$134,000,000), of which $134,575,000 (increased by
$130,425,000) is for basic field programs and required
independent audits; $1,125,000 (increased by $975,000)
is for the Office of Inspector General, of which such
amounts as may be necessary may be used to conduct ad-
ditional audits of recipients; and $5,300,000 (increased by
$2,600,000) is for management and administration.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES
CORPORATION
None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the
Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any pur-
pose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the
provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506
of Public Law 105–119, and all funds appropriated in this
Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to
the same terms and conditions set forth in such sections,
except that all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997
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and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2000 and
2001, respectively.
MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com-
mission as authorized by title II of Public Law 92–522,
as amended, $1,700,000.
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Securities and Ex-
change Commission, including services as authorized by
5 U.S.C. 3109, the rental of space (to include multiple
year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and
not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $252,624,000 from fees collected in fiscal
year 2001 to remain available until expended, and from
fees collected in fiscal year 1999, $140,000,000, to remain
available until expended; of which not to exceed $10,000
may be used toward funding a permanent secretariat for
the International Organization of Securities Commissions;
and of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available
for expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the
Commission with foreign governmental and other regu-
latory officials, members of their delegations, appropriate
representatives and staff to exchange views concerning de-
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velopments relating to securities matters, development and
implementation of cooperation agreements concerning se-
curities matters and provision of technical assistance for
the development of foreign securities markets, such ex-
penses to include necessary logistic and administrative ex-
penses and the expenses of Commission staff and foreign
invitees in attendance at such consultations and meetings
including: (1) such incidental expenses as meals taken in
the course of such attendance; (2) any travel and trans-
portation to or from such meetings; and (3) any other re-
lated lodging or subsistence: Provided, That fees and
charges authorized by sections 6(b)(4) of the Securities
Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77f(b)(4)) and 31(d) of the Secu-
rities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee(d)) shall be
credited to this account as offsetting collections.
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
of the Small Business Administration as authorized by
Public Law 105–135, including hire of passenger motor
vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344, and
not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $299,615,000 (increased by $4,479,000):
Provided, That the Administrator is authorized to charge
fees to cover the cost of publications developed by the
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Small Business Administration, and certain loan servicing
activities: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 31
U.S.C. 3302, revenues received from all such activities
shall be credited to this account, to be available for car-
rying out these purposes without further appropriations:
Provided further, That, of the funds made available under
this heading, $4,000,000 shall be for the National Vet-
erans Business Development Corporation established
under section 33(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
657c).
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.),
$10,905,000.
BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans, $2,500,000, to be avail-
able until expended; and for the cost of guaranteed loans,
$137,800,000, as authorized by 15 U.S.C. 631 note, of
which $45,000,000 shall remain available until September
30, 2002: 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, as amended:
Provided further, That during fiscal year 2001, commit-
ments to guarantee loans under section 503 of the Small
Business Investment Act of 1958, as amended, shall not
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exceed $3,750,000,000: Provided further, That during fis-
cal year 2001, commitments for general business loans au-
thorized under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act, as
amended, shall not exceed $10,000,000,000 without prior
notification of the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and Senate in accordance with
section 605 of this Act: Provided further, That during fis-
cal year 2001, commitments to guarantee loans under sec-
tion 303(b) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958,
as amended, shall not exceed $500,000,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $129,000,000,
which may be transferred to and merged with the appro-
priations for Salaries and Expenses.
DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans authorized by section 7(b)
of the Small Business Act, as amended, $140,400,000, to
remain available until expended: 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, as amended.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the direct loan program, $136,000,000, which may be
transferred to and merged with appropriations for Salaries
and Expenses, of which $500,000 is for the Office of In-
spector General of the Small Business Administration for
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audits and reviews of disaster loans and the disaster loan
program and shall be transferred to and merged with ap-
propriations for the Office of Inspector General; of which
$125,646,000 is for direct administrative expenses of loan
making and servicing to carry out the direct loan program;
and of which $9,854,000 is for indirect administrative ex-
penses: Provided, That any amount in excess of
$9,854,000 to be transferred to and merged with appro-
priations for Salaries and Expenses for indirect adminis-
trative expenses shall be treated as a reprogramming of
funds under section 605 of this Act and shall not be avail-
able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance
with the procedures set forth in that section.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—SMALL BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made
available for the current fiscal year for the Small Business
Administration in this Act may be transferred between
such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be
increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers:
Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this paragraph
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.
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STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute,
as authorized by the State Justice Institute Authorization
Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–572 (106 Stat. 4515–
4516)), $4,500,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for
official reception and representation expenses.
TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 601. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes
not authorized by the Congress.
SEC. 602. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, 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 ex-
isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 604. If any provision of this Act or the applica-
tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall
be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica-