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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3019
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 20, 1996
Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered
AN ACT
Making appropriations for fiscal year 1996 to make a further
downpayment toward a balanced budget, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Ω1æThat the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and
out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and
funds, for the several departments, agencies, corpora-
tions,and other organizational units of Government for the
fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I
CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS
SEC. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary for
programs, projects or activities provided for in the Depart-
ments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996, at a rate of
operations and to the extent and in the manner provided
for, the provisions of such Act to be effective as if it had
been enacted into law as the regular appropriations Act,
as follows:
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Departments of Com-
merce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agen-
cies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and
for other purposes.
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the administration of the
Department of Justice, $74,282,000; including not to ex-
ceed $3,317,000 for the Facilities Program 2000, and in-
cluding $5,000,000 for management and oversight of Im-
migration and Naturalization Service activities, both sums
to remain available until expended: Provided, That not to
exceed 45 permanent positions and 51 full-time equivalent
workyears and $7,477,000 shall be expended for the De-
partment Leadership Program only for the Offices of the
Attorney General and the Deputy Attorney General, exclu-
sive of augmentation that occurred in these offices in fiscal
year 1995: Provided further, That not to exceed 76 perma-
nent positions and 90 full-time equivalent workyears and
$9,487,000 shall be expended for the Offices of Legislative
Affairs, Public Affairs and Policy Development: Provided
further, That the latter three aforementioned offices shall
not be augmented by personnel details, temporary trans-
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.
COUNTERTERRORISM FUND
For necessary expenses, as determined by the Attor-
ney General, $16,898,000, to remain available until ex-
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 the bombing of the
Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City or
any domestic or international terrorist incident, (2) the
costs of providing support to counter, investigate or pros-
ecute domestic or international terrorism, including pay-
ment of rewards in connection with these activities, and
(3) the costs of conducting a terrorism threat assessment
of Federal agencies and their facilities: Provided, That
funds provided under this section shall be available only
after the Attorney General notifies the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate in accordance with section 605 of this Act.
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS
For expenses necessary for the administration of par-
don and clemency petitions and immigration related activi-
ties, $38,886,000: Provided, That the obligated and unob-
ligated balances of funds previously appropriated to the
General Administration, Salaries and Expenses appropria-
tion for the Executive Office for Immigration Review and
the Office of the Pardon Attorney shall be merged with
this appropriation.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS, ADMINISTRATIVE
REVIEW AND APPEALS
For activities authorized by sections 130005 and
130007 of Public Law 103–322, $47,780,000, to remain
available until expended, which shall be derived from the
Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund: Provided, That the
obligated and unobligated balances of funds previously ap-
propriated to the General Administration, Salaries and
Expenses appropriation under title VIII of Public Law
103–317 for the Executive Office for Immigration Review
shall be merged with this appropriation.
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, $28,960,000; 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.
UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Parole
Commission as authorized by law, $5,446,000.
LEGAL ACTIVITIES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
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; $401,929,000; 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
$22,618,000 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, and offices funded through ‘‘Sala-
ries and Expenses’’, General Administration: Provided fur-
ther, That of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed
$1,000 shall be available to the United States National
Central Bureau, INTERPOL, for official reception and
representation expenses: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 1342, the Attorney General may ac-
cept on behalf of the United States and credit to this ap-
propriation, gifts of money, personal property and serv-
ices, for the purpose of hosting the International Criminal
Police Organization’s (INTERPOL) American Regional
Conference in the United States during fiscal year 1996.
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,
not to exceed $4,028,000, to be appropriated from the
Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund, as authorized
by section 6601 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation
Act, 1989, as amended by Public Law 101–512 (104 Stat.
1289).
In addition, for Salaries and Expenses, General Legal
Activities, $12,000,000 shall be made available to be de-
rived by transfer from unobligated balances of the Work-
ing Capital Fund in the Department of Justice.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS, GENERAL LEGAL
ACTIVITIES
For the expeditious deportation of denied asylum ap-
plicants, as authorized by section 130005 of Public Law
103–322, $7,591,000, to remain available until expended,
which shall be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction
Trust Fund.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION
For expenses necessary for the enforcement of anti-
trust and kindered laws, $65,783,000: Provided, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed
$48,262,000 of offsetting collections derived from fees col-
lected for premerger notification filings under the Hart-
Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15
U.S.C. 18(a)) 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 from the General Fund shall be reduced as
such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year
1996, so as to result in a final fiscal year 1996 appropria-
tion from the General Fund estimated at not more than
$17,521,000: Provided further, That any fees received in
excess of $48,262,000 in fiscal year 1996, shall remain
available until expended, but shall not be available for obli-
gation until October 1, 1996.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS
For necessary expenses of the Office of the United
States
Attorneys,
including
intergovernmental
agree-
ments, $895,509,000, of which not to exceed $2,500,000
shall be available until September 30, 1997 for the pur-
poses of (1) providing training of personnel of the Depart-
ment of Justice in debt collection, (2) providing services
to the Department of Justice related to locating debtors
and
their
property,
such
as
title
searches,
debtor
skiptracing, asset searches, credit reports and other inves-
tigations, (3) paying the costs of the Department of Jus-
tice for the sale of property not covered by the sale pro-
ceeds, such as auctioneers’ fees and expenses, maintenance
and protection of property and businesses, advertising and
title search and surveying costs, and (4) paying the costs
of processing and tracking debts owed to the United
States Government: Provided, That of the total amount
appropriated, not to exceed $8,000 shall be available for
official reception and representation expenses: Provided
further, That not to exceed $10,000,000 of those funds
available for automated litigation support contracts and
$4,000,000 for security equipment shall remain available
until expended: Provided further, That in addition to reim-
bursable full-time equivalent workyears available to the
Office of the United States Attorneys, not to exceed 8,595
positions and 8,862 full-time equivalent workyears shall
be supported from the funds appropriated in this Act for
the United States Attorneys.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS, UNITED STATES
ATTORNEYS
For activities authorized by sections 190001(d),
40114 and 130005 of Public Law 103–322, $30,000,000,
to remain available until expended, which shall be derived
from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, of which
$20,269,000 shall be available to help meet increased de-
mands for litigation and related activities, $500,000 to im-
plement a program to appoint additional Federal Victim’s
Counselors, and $9,231,000 for expeditious deportation of
denied asylum applicants.
UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND
For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee
Program, $102,390,000, as authorized by 28 U.S.C.
589a(a), to remain available until expended, for activities
authorized by section 115 of the Bankruptcy Judges,
United States Trustees, and Family Farmer Bankruptcy
Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–554), which shall be derived
from the United States Trustee System Fund: Provided,
That deposits to the Fund are available in such amounts
as may be necessary to pay refunds due depositors: Pro-
vided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision
of law, not to exceed $44,191,000 of offsetting collections
derived from fees collected pursuant to section 589a(f) of
title 28, United States Code, as amended, shall be retained
and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation:
Provided further, That the $102,390,000 herein appro-
priated from the United States Trustee System Fund shall
be reduced as such offsetting collections are received dur-
ing fiscal year 1996, so as to result in a final fiscal year
1996 appropriation from such Fund estimated at not more
than $58,199,000: Provided further, That any of the afore-
mentioned fees collected in excess of $44,191,000 in fiscal
year 1996 shall remain available until expended, but shall
not be available for obligation until October 1, 1996.
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, $830,000.
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 aircraft, and the pur-
chase of passenger motor vehicles for police-type use with-
out regard to the general purchase price limitation for the
current fiscal year; $423,248,000, as authorized by 28
U.S.C. 561(i), of which not to exceed $6,000 shall be
available for official reception and representation ex-
penses.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS, UNITED STATES
MARSHALS SERVICE
For activities authorized by section 190001(b) of
Public Law 103–322, $25,000,000, to remain available
until expended, which shall be derived from the Violent
Crime Reduction Trust Fund.
FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
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; $252,820,000, as authorized by 28
U.S.C. 561(i), to remain available until expended.
In
addition,
for
Federal
Prisoner
Detention,
$9,000,000 shall be made available until expended to be
derived by transfer from unobligated balances of the
Working Capital Fund in the Department of Justice.
FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES
For expenses, mileage, compensation, and per diems
of witnesses, for expenses of contracts for the procurement
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, $85,000,000, to remain
available
until
expended;
of
which
not
to
exceed
$4,750,000 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 $4,000,000
may be made available for the purchase, installation and
maintenance of a secure automated information network
to store and retrieve the identities and locations of pro-
tected 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, $5,319,000.
ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND
For
expenses
authorized
by
U.S.C.
524(c)(1)(A)(ii), (B), (C), (F), and (G), as amended,
$30,000,000 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,
$2,655,000.
PAYMENT TO RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION
TRUST FUND
For payments to the Radiation Exposure Compensa-
tion Trust Fund, $16,264,000, to become available on Oc-
tober 1, 1996.
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 intergovernmental agreements with State and local
law enforcement agencies engaged in the investigation and
prosecution of individuals involved in organized crime drug
trafficking, $359,843,000, 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
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses necessary for detection, investigation,
and prosecution of crimes against the United States; in-
cluding purchase for police-type use of not to exceed 1,815
passenger motor vehicles of which 1,300 will be for re-
placement only, without regard to the general purchase
price limitation for the current fiscal year, and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; acquisition, lease, maintenance and
operation of aircraft; and not to exceed $70,000 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;
$2,189,183,000, of which not to exceed $50,000,000 for
automated data processing and telecommunications and
technical investigative equipment and $1,000,000 for un-
dercover operations shall remain available until September
30, 1997; of which not less than $102,345,000 shall be
for counterterrorism investigations, foreign counterintel-
ligence, and other activities related to our national secu-
rity; of which not to exceed $98,400,000 shall remain
available
until
expended;
of
which
not
to
exceed
$10,000,000 is authorized to be made available for making
payments or advances for expenses arising out of contrac-
tual or reimbursable agreements with State and local law
enforcement agencies while engaged in cooperative activi-
ties related to violent crime, terrorism, organized crime,
and drug investigations; and of which $1,500,000 shall be
available to maintain an independent program office dedi-
cated solely to the relocation of the Criminal Justice Infor-
mation Services Division and the automation of finger-
print identification services: Provided, That not to exceed
$45,000 shall be available for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses: Provided further, That $58,000,000
shall be made available for NCIC 2000, of which not less
than $35,000,000 shall be derived from ADP and Tele-
communications
unobligated
balances,
and
of
which
$22,000,000 shall be derived by transfer and available
until expended from unobligated balances in the Working
Capital Fund of the Department of Justice.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
For activities authorized by Public Law 103–322,
$218,300,000, to remain available until expended, which
shall be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust
Fund, of which $208,800,000 shall be for activities au-
thorized by section 190001(c); $4,000,000 for Training
and
Investigative
Assistance
authorized
by
section
210501(c)(2); and $5,500,000 for establishing DNA qual-
ity assurance and proficiency testing standards, establish-
ing an index to facilitate law enforcement exchange of
DNA identification information, and related activities au-
thorized by section 210306.
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; $97,589,000, 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-
chase of not to exceed 1,208 passenger motor vehicles, of
which 1,178 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; $745,668,000, of which
not to exceed $1,800,000 for research and $15,000,000
for transfer to the Drug Diversion Control Fee Account
for operating expenses shall remain available until ex-
pended, and of which not to exceed $4,000,000 for pur-
chase of evidence and payments for information, not to
exceed $4,000,000 for contracting for ADP and tele-
communications equipment, and not to exceed $2,000,000
for technical and laboratory equipment shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 1997, and of which not to exceed
$50,000 shall be available for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
For activities authorized by sections 180104 and
190001(b) of Public Law 103–322, $60,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, which shall be derived from
the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.
IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
for the administration and enforcement of the laws relat-
ing to immigration, naturalization, and alien registration,
including not to exceed $50,000 to meet unforeseen emer-
gencies 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 813 of which 177 are for replace-
ment only) without regard to the general purchase price
limitation for the current fiscal year, and hire of passenger
motor vehicles; acquisition, lease, maintenance and oper-
ation of aircraft; and research related to immigration en-
forcement; $1,394,825,000, of which $36,300,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 1997; of which
$506,800,000 is available for the Border Patrol; of which
not to exceed $400,000 for research shall remain available
until expended; and of which not to exceed $10,000,000
shall be available for costs associated with the training
program for basic officer training: Provided, That none
of the funds available to the Immigration and Naturaliza-
tion Service shall be available for administrative expenses
to pay any employee overtime pay in an amount in excess
of $25,000 during the calendar year beginning January
1, 1996: Provided further, That uniforms may be pur-
chased without regard to the general purchase price limi-
tation for the current fiscal year: Provided further, That
not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for official recep-
tion and representation expenses: Provided further, That
the Attorney General may transfer to the Department of
Labor and the Social Security Administration not to ex-
ceed $10,000,000 for programs to verify the immigration
status of persons seeking employment in the United
States: Provided further, That none of the funds provided
in this or any other Act shall be used for the continued
operation of the San Clemente and Temecula checkpoints
unless: (1) the checkpoints are open and traffic is being
checked on a continuous 24-hour basis and (2) the Immi-
gration and Naturalization Service undertakes a com-
muter lane facilitation pilot program at the San Clemente
checkpoint within 90 days of enactment of this Act: Pro-
vided further, That the Immigration and Naturalization
Service shall undertake the renovation and improvement
of the San Clemente checkpoint, to include the addition
of two to four lanes, and which shall be exempt from Fed-
eral procurement regulations for contract formation, from
within existing balances in the Immigration and Natu-
ralization Service Construction account: Provided further,
That if renovation of the San Clemente checkpoint is not
completed by July 1, 1996, the San Clemente checkpoint
will close until such time as the renovations and improve-
ments are completed unless funds for the continued oper-
ation of the checkpoint are provided and made available
for obligation and expenditure in accordance with proce-
dures set forth in section 605 of this Act, as the result
of certification by the Attorney General that exigent cir-
cumstances require the checkpoint to be open and delays
in completion of the renovations are not the result of any
actions that are or have been in the control of the Depart-
ment of Justice: Provided further, That the Office of Pub-
lic Affairs at the Immigration and Naturalization Service
shall conduct its business in areas only relating to its
central mission, including: research, analysis, and dissemi-
nation of information, through the media and other com-
munications outlets, relating to the activities of the Immi-
gration and Naturalization Service: Provided further, That
the Office of Congressional Relations at the Immigration
and Naturalization Service shall conduct business in areas
only relating to its central mission, including: providing
services to Members of Congress relating to constituent
inquiries and requests for information; and working with
the relevant congressional committees on proposed legisla-
tion affecting immigration matters: Provided further, That
in addition to amounts otherwise made available in this
title to the Attorney General, the Attorney General is au-
thorized to accept and utilize, on behalf of the United
States, the $100,000 Innovation in American Government
Award for 1995 from the Ford Foundation for the Immi-
gration and Naturalization Service’s Operation Jobs pro-
gram.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
For
activities
authorized
by
sections
130005,
130006,
and
130007
of
Public
Law
103–322,
$316,198,000, to remain available until expended, which
will be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust
Fund, of which $38,704,000 shall be for expeditious de-
portation of denied asylum applicants, $231,570,000 for
improving border controls, and $45,924,000 for expanded
special deportation proceedings: Provided, That of the
amounts made available, $75,765,000 shall be for the Bor-
der Patrol.
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, $25,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
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 853, of
which 559 are for replacement only) and hire of law en-
forcement and passenger motor vehicles; and for the provi-
sion of technical assistance and advice on corrections re-
lated issues to foreign governments; $2,567,578,000: Pro-
vided, That there may be transferred to the Health Re-
sources and Services Administration such amounts as may
be necessary, in the discretion of the Attorney General,
for direct expenditures by that Administration for medical
relief for inmates of Federal penal and correctional insti-
tutions: Provided further, That the Director of the Federal
Prison System (FPS), where necessary, may enter into
contracts with a fiscal agent/fiscal intermediary claims
processor to determine the amounts payable to persons
who, on behalf of the FPS, furnish health services to indi-
viduals committed to the custody of the FPS: Provided
further, That uniforms may be purchased without regard
to the general purchase price limitation for the current
fiscal year: Provided further, That not to exceed $6,000
shall be available for official reception and representation
expenses:
Provided
further,
That
not
to
exceed
$50,000,000 for the activation of new facilities shall re-
main available until September 30, 1997: Provided further,
That of the amounts provided for Contract Confinement,
not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended to make payments in advance for grants, contracts
and reimbursable agreements and other expenses author-
ized by section 501(c) of the Refugee Education Assist-
ance Act of 1980 for the care and security in the United
States of Cuban and Haitian entrants: Provided further,
That no funds appropriated in this Act shall be used to
privatize any Federal prison facilities located in Forrest
City, Arkansas, and Yazoo City, Mississippi: Provided fur-
ther, That obligations incurred for the National Institute
of Corrections through March 15, 1996 shall be charged
to the amount made available under this heading.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
For substance abuse treatment in Federal prisons as
authorized by section 32001(e) of Public Law 103–322,
$13,500,000, to remain available until expended, which
shall be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust
Fund.
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; $334,728,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which not to exceed $14,074,000 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 Act or any
other Act may be transferred to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’,
Federal Prison System upon notification by the Attorney
General to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate in compliance
with provisions set forth in section 605 of this Act: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount appropriated, not
to exceed $22,351,000 shall be available for the renovation
and construction of United States Marshals Service pris-
oner holding facilities.
FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is here-
by 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 of (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 $3,559,000 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-
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,
and the Missing Children’s Assistance Act, as amended,
including salaries and expenses in connection therewith,
and with the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, as amended,
$99,977,000, to remain available until expended, as au-
thorized by section 1001 of title I of the Omnibus Crime
Control and Safe Streets Act, as amended by Public Law
102–534 (106 Stat. 3524).
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS, JUSTICE
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–
322 (‘‘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’’); $202,400,000, to remain available until
expended, which shall be derived from the Violent Crime
Reduction Trust Fund; of which $6,000,000 shall be for
the Court Appointed Special Advocate Program, as au-
thorized by section 218 of the 1990 Act; $750,000 for
Child Abuse Training Programs for Judicial Personnel
and Practitioners, as authorized by section 224 of the
1990 Act; $130,000,000 for Grants to Combat Violence
Against Women to States, units of local governments and
Indian tribal governments, as authorized by section
1001(a)(18) of the 1968 Act; $28,000,000 for Grants to
Encourage Arrest Policies to States, units of local govern-
ments and Indian tribal governments, as authorized by
section 1001(a)(19) of the 1968 Act; $7,000,000 for
Rural Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Enforcement
Assistance Grants, as authorized by section 40295 of the
1994 Act; $1,000,000 for training programs to assist pro-
bation and parole officers who work with released sex of-
fenders, as authorized by section 40152(c) of the Violent
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994;
$50,000 for grants for televised testimony, as authorized
by section 1001(a)(7) of the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968; $200,000 for the study of State
databases on the incidence of sexual and domestic vio-
lence, as authorized by section 40292 of the Violent Crime
Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994; $1,500,000
for national stalker and domestic violence reduction, as
authorized by section 40603 of the 1994 Act; $27,000,000
for grants for residential substance abuse treatment for
State prisoners authorized by section 1001(a)(17) of the
1968 Act; and $900,000 for the Missing Alzheimer’s Dis-
ease Patient Alert Program, as authorized by section
240001(d) of the 1994 Act: Provided, That any balances
for these programs shall be transferred to and merged
with this appropriation.
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and
other assistance authorized by part E of title I of the Om-
nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as
amended, for State and Local Narcotics Control and Jus-
tice Assistance Improvements, notwithstanding the provi-
sions of section 511 of said Act, $388,000,000, to remain
available until expended, as authorized by section 1001 of
title I of said Act, as amended by Public Law 102–534
(106 Stat. 3524), of which $60,000,000 shall be available
to carry out the provisions 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 En-
forcement Assistance Programs: Provided, That balances
of amounts appropriated prior to fiscal year 1995 under
the authorities of this account shall be transferred to and
merged with this account.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS, 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–
322 (‘‘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’’); $3,005,200,000, to remain available
until expended, which shall be derived from the Violent
Crime Reduction Trust Fund; of which $1,903,000,000
shall be for Local Law Enforcement Block Grants, pursu-
ant to H.R. 728 as passed by the House of Representa-
tives on February 14, 1995 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 prevention pro-
grams involving cooperation between community residents
and law enforcement personnel in order to control, detect,
nal aliens, and of which $12,500,000 shall be available for
the Cooperative Agreement Program; $1,000,000 for
grants to States and units of local government for projects
to improve DNA analysis, as authorized by section
1001(a)(22) of the 1968 Act; $9,000,000 for Improved
Training and Technical Automation Grants, as authorized
by section 210501(c)(1) of the 1994 Act; $1,000,000 for
Law Enforcement Family Support Programs, as author-
ized by section 1001(a)(21) of the 1968 Act; $500,000
for Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Programs, as author-
ized by section 220002(h) of the 1994 Act; $1,000,000
for Gang Investigation Coordination and Information Col-
lection, as authorized by section 150006 of the 1994 Act;
$200,000 for grants as authorized by section 32201(c)(3)
of the 1994 Act: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able in fiscal year 1996 under subpart 1 of part E of title
I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of
1968, as amended, may be obligated for programs to as-
sist States in the litigation processing of death penalty
Federal habeas corpus petitions: Provided further, That
any 1995 balances for these programs shall be transferred
to and merged with this appropriation: 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 offi-
cers who perform nonadministrative public safety service:
Provided further, That obligations incurred for Drug
Courts through March 15, 1996 shall be charged to the
amount made available under this heading for Local Law
Enforcement Block Grants.
WEED AND SEED PROGRAM FUND
For necessary expenses, including salaries and relat-
ed expenses of the Executive Office for Weed and Seed,
to
implement
‘‘Weed
and
Seed’’
program
activities,
$28,500,000, which shall be derived from discretionary
grants provided under the Edward Byrne Memorial State
and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Programs, to re-
main
available
until
expended
for
intergovernmental
agreements, including grants, cooperative agreements, and
contracts, with State and local law enforcement agencies
engaged in the investigation and prosecution of violent
crimes and drug offenses in ‘‘Weed and Seed’’ designated
communities, and for either reimbursements or transfers
to appropriation accounts of the Department of Justice
and other Federal agencies which shall be specified by the
Attorney General to execute the ‘‘Weed and Seed’’ pro-
gram strategy: Provided, That funds designated by Con-
gress through language for other Department of Justice
appropriation accounts for ‘‘Weed and Seed’’ program ac-
tivities shall be managed and executed by the Attorney
General through the Executive Office for Weed and Seed:
Provided further, That the Attorney General may direct
the use of other Department of Justice funds and person-
nel in support of ‘‘Weed and Seed’’ program activities only
after the Attorney General notifies the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate in accordance with section 605 of this Act.
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, $144,000,000, to remain available
until expended, as authorized by section 299 of part I of
title II and section 506 of title V of the Act, as amended
by Public Law 102–586, of which: (1) $100,000,000 shall
be available for expenses authorized by parts A, B, and
C of title II of the Act; (2) $10,000,000 shall be available
for expenses authorized by sections 281 and 282 of part
D of title II of the Act for prevention and treatment pro-
grams relating to juvenile gangs; (3) $10,000,000 shall
be available for expenses authorized by section 285 of part
E of title II of the Act; (4) $4,000,000 shall be available
for expenses authorized by part G of title II of the Act
for juvenile mentoring programs; and (5) $20,000,000
shall be available for expenses authorized by title V of the
Act for incentive grants for local delinquency prevention
programs.
In addition, for grants, contracts, cooperative agree-
ments, and other assistance authorized by the Victims of
Child Abuse Act of 1990, as amended, $4,500,000, to re-
main available until expended, as authorized by section
214B, of the Act: Provided, That balances of amounts ap-
propriated prior to fiscal year 1995 under the authorities
of this account shall be transferred to and merged with
this account.
PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS BENEFITS
For payments authorized by part L of title I of the
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42
U.S.C. 3796), as amended, such sums as are necessary,
to remain available until expended, as authorized by sec-
tion 6093 of Public Law 100–690 (102 Stat. 4339–4340),
and, in addition, $2,134,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for payments as authorized by section 1201(b) of
said Act.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
SEC. 114. (a) GRANT PROGRAM.—Subtitle A of title
II of the Violent Crime and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘Subtitle
A—Violent
Offender
In-
carceration
and
Truth-in-Sen-
tencing Incentive Grants
‘‘SEC. 20101. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘As used in this subtitle—
‘‘(1) the term ‘‘indeterminate sentencing’ means
a system by which—
‘‘(A) the court may impose a sentence of
a range defined by statute; and
‘‘(B) an administrative agency, generally
the parole board, or the court, controls release
within the statutory range;
‘‘(2) the term ‘part 1 violent crime’ means mur-
der and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape,
robbery, and aggravated assault as reported to the
Federal Bureau of Investigation for purposes of the
Uniform Crime Reports; and
‘‘(3) the term ‘State’ means a State of the
United States, the District of Columbia, or any com-
monwealth, territory, or possession of the United
States.
‘‘SEC. 20102. AUTHORIZATION OF GRANTS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall pro-
vide grants to eligible States—
‘‘(1) to build or expand correctional facilities to
increase the prison bed capacity for the confinement
of persons convicted of a part 1 violent crime or ad-
judicated delinquent for an act which if committed
by an adult, would a part 1 violent crime;
‘‘(2) to build or expand temporary or perma-
nent correctional facilities, including facilities on
military bases, prison barges, and boot camps, for
the confinement of convicted nonviolent offenders
and criminal aliens, for the purpose of freeing suit-
able existing prison space for the confinement of
persons convicted of a part 1 violent crime; and
‘‘(3) to build or expand jails.
‘‘(b) REGIONAL COMPACTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),
States may enter into regional compacts to carry out
this subtitle. Such compacts shall be treated as
States under this subtitle.
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT.—To be recognized as a re-
gional compact for eligibility for a grant under sec-
tion 20103 or 20104, each member State must be
eligible individually.
‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON RECEIPT OF FUNDS.—No
State may receive a grant under this subtitle both
individually and as part of a compact.
‘‘(c) LIMITATIONS.—
‘‘(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), an
eligible State may receive either a general grant
under section 20103 or a truth-in-sentencing incen-
tive grant under section 20104.
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—An eligible State may re-
ceive a grant under both sections 20103 and 20104
if the amount that such State is eligible to receive
under section 20103 in a year equals or exceeds the
amount that such State is eligible to receive under
section 20104 for that year.
‘‘(d)
APPLICABILITY.—Notwithstanding
the
eligi-
bility requirements of sections 20103 and 20104, a State
that certifies to the Attorney General that, as of the date
of enactment of the Department of Justice Appropriations
Act, 1996, such State has enacted legislation in reliance
on subtitle A of title II of the Violent Crime Control and
Law Enforcement Act, as enacted on September 13, 1994,
and would in fact qualify under those provisions, shall be
eligible to receive a grant for fiscal year 1996 as though
such State qualifies under sections 20103 or 20104 of this
subtitle.
‘‘SEC. 20103. GENERAL GRANTS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a grant
under this section, a State shall submit an application to
the Attorney General that provides assurances that such
State has, since 1993—
‘‘(1) increased the percentage of persons con-
victed of a part 1 violent crime sentenced to prison;
‘‘(2) increased the average prison time actually
to be served in prison by persons convicted of a part
1 violent crime sentenced to prison; and
‘‘(3) increased the average percentage of time
of the sentence to be actually served in prison by
persons convicted of a part 1 violent crime and sen-
tenced to prison.
‘‘(b) INDETERMINATE SENTENCING EXCEPTION.—
Notwithstanding subsection (a), a State shall be eligible
for a grant under this section if such State submits an
application to the Attorney General that provides assur-
ances that the State on the date of the enactment of the
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judici-
ary and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996—
‘‘(1) practices indeterminate sentencing with re-
gard to any part 1 violent crime; and
‘‘(2) since 1993 the State has increased—
‘‘(A) the percentage of persons convicted of
a part 1 violent crime sentenced to prison; and
‘‘(B) the average time served in the State
for the offenses of murder, rape, and robbery
110
of title 13, United States Code (or, in the case
of the Republic of Palau, the Federated States
of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Is-
lands, Alaska, Hawaii, and the United States
Virgin Islands, on the basis of the adjusted
population counts historically used as the basis
for such determinations); and
(B) an additional amount for Native Amer-
ican communities that received assistance under
the Legal Services Corporation Act for fiscal
year 1995, so that the proportion of the funds
appropriated to the Legal Services Corporation
for basic field programs for fiscal year 1996
that is received by the Native American commu-
nities shall be not less than the proportion of
such funds appropriated for fiscal year 1995
that was received by the Native American com-
munities.
(b) As used in this section:
(1) The term ‘‘individual in poverty’’ means an
individual who is a member of a family (of 1 or
more members) with an income at or below the pov-
erty line.
(2) The term ‘‘poverty line’’ means the poverty
line (as defined by the Office of Management and