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LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL PRISON
INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
Not to exceed $3,429,000 of the funds of the corporation shall
be available for its administrative expenses, and for services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to be computed on an accrual basis
to be determined in accordance with the corporation’s current pre-
scribed accounting system, and such amounts shall be exclusive
of depreciation, payment of claims, and expenditures which such
accounting system requires to be capitalized or charged to cost
of commodities acquired or produced, including selling and shipping
expenses, and expenses in connection with acquisition, construction,
operation, maintenance, improvement, 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 assist-
ance authorized by title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968, the Missing Children’s Assistance Act, including
salaries and expenses in connection therewith, the Prosecutorial
Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children
Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–21), and the Victims of Crime
Act of 1984, $190,125,000, to remain available until expended.
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assist-
ance authorized by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the
Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public
Law 106–386); and other programs; $1,297,684,000 (including
amounts for administrative costs, which shall be transferred to
and merged with the ‘‘Justice Assistance’’ account): Provided, That
all balances under this heading for programs to address violence
against women may be transferred to and merged with the appro-
priation for ‘‘Violence Against Women Prevention and Prosecution
Programs’’: Provided further, That funding provided under this
heading shall remain available until expended as follows:
(1) $225,000,000 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
and retroactive to October 1, 2000, Guam shall be considered
as one ‘‘State’’ for all purposes under H.R. 728, notwithstanding
any provision of section 108(3) thereof, the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico shall be considered a ‘‘unit of local government’’
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 prevention programs involving coopera-
tion between community residents and law enforcement per-
sonnel in order to control, detect, or investigate crime or the
prosecution of criminals: Provided, That funding shall be avail-
able for the purposes authorized by part E of title I of the
1968 Act: Provided further, That no funds provided under this
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heading may be used as matching funds for any other Federal
grant program, of which—
(A) $80,000,000 shall be for Boys and Girls Clubs in
public housing facilities and other areas in cooperation
with State and local law enforcement, as authorized by
section 401 of Public Law 104–294 (42 U.S.C. 13751 note);
(B) $10,000,000 shall be available for grants, contracts,
and other assistance to carry out section 102(c) of H.R.
728; and
(C) $2,981,000 for USA Freedom Corps activities;
(2) $300,000,000 for the State Criminal Alien Assistance
Program, as authorized by section 242(j) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act: Provided, That funds shall be disbursed
only as a direct reimbursement for each State’s documented
cost for incarcerating undocumented criminal aliens;
(3) $2,000,000 for the Cooperative Agreement Program for
the improvement of State and local correctional facilities
holding prisoners in custody of the United States Marshals
Service;
(4) $15,000,000 for assistance to Indian tribes, of which—
(A) $2,000,000 shall be available for grants under sec-
tion 20109(a)(2) of subtitle A of title II of the 1994 Act;
(B) $8,000,000 shall be available for the Tribal Courts
Initiative; and
(C) $5,000,000 shall be available for demonstration
projects on alcohol and crime in Indian Country;
(5) $659,117,000 for programs authorized by part E of
title I of the 1968 Act, notwithstanding the provisions of section
511 of said Act, of which $159,117,000 shall be for discretionary
grants under the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local
Law Enforcement Assistance Programs;
(6) $10,000,000 for victim services programs for victims
of trafficking, as authorized by section 107(b)(2) of Public Law
106–386;
(7) $892,000 for the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient
Alert Program, as authorized by section 240001(c) of the 1994
Act;
(8) $38,500,000 for Drug Courts, as authorized by part
EE of title I of the 1968 Act;
(9) $2,000,000 for public awareness programs addressing
marketing scams aimed at senior citizens, as authorized by
section 250005(3) of the 1994 Act;
(10) $7,000,000 for a prescription drug monitoring program;
(11) $37,175,000 for prison rape prevention and prosecution
programs as authorized by the Prison Rape Elimination Act
of 2003 (Public Law 108–79), of which $2,175,000 shall be
transferred to the National Prison Rape Reduction Commission
for authorized activities; and
(12) $1,000,000 for a State and local law enforcement hate
crimes training and technical assistance program: Provided,
That funds made available in fiscal year 2004 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
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the number of law enforcement officers, the unit of local govern-
ment will achieve a net gain in the number of law enforcement
officers who perform nonadministrative public safety service.
WEED AND SEED PROGRAM FUND
For necessary expenses, including salaries and related expenses
of the Executive Office for Weed and Seed, to implement ‘‘Weed
and Seed’’ program activities, $58,542,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2005, for inter-governmental agreements, including
grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts, with State and local
law enforcement agencies, non-profit organizations, and agencies
of local government 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 appro-
priation accounts of the Department 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 des-
ignated by Congress through language for other Department of
Justice appropriation accounts for ‘‘Weed and Seed’’ program activi-
ties 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 personnel in support of ‘‘Weed and Seed’’
program activities only after the Attorney General notifies the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
the Senate in accordance with section 605 of this Act.
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES
For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Control and
Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) (including
administrative costs), $756,283,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That funds that become available as a result
of deobligations from prior year balances may not be obligated
except in accordance with section 605 of this Act: Provided further,
That of the funds under this heading, not to exceed $1,972,000
shall be available for the Office of Justice Programs for reimbursable
services associated with programs administered by the Community
Oriented Policing Services Office: Provided further, That section
1703(b) and (c) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’) shall not apply to non-hiring grants
made pursuant to part Q of title I thereof (42 U.S.C. 3796dd
et seq.). Of the amounts provided—
(1) $120,000,000 for the hiring of law enforcement officers,
including $60,000,000 for school resource officers;
(2) $25,000,000 for the matching grant program for Law
Enforcement Armor Vests pursuant to section 2501 of part
Y of the 1968 Act;
(3) $25,000,000 to improve tribal law enforcement including
equipment and training;
(4) $54,050,000 for policing initiatives to combat meth-
amphetamine production and trafficking and to enhance
policing initiatives in ‘‘drug hot spots’’;
(5) $15,000,000 for Police Corps education and training:
Provided, That the out-year program costs of new recruits
shall be fully funded from funds currently available;
(6) $158,407,000 for a law enforcement technology program;
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(7) $30,000,000 for grants to upgrade criminal records,
as authorized under the Crime Identification Technology Act
of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 14601);
(8) $100,000,000 for a DNA analysis and backlog reduction
formula program, of which—
(A) $55,000,000 shall be for eliminating casework
backlogs;
(B) $5,000,000 shall be for eliminating the offender
backlog;
(C) $30,000,000 shall be for strengthening crime lab
capacity;
(D) $5,000,000 shall be for training the criminal justice
community; and
(E) $5,000,000 shall be for using DNA to identify
missing persons;
(9) $10,000,000 for Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences
Improvement Grants under part BB of title I of the 1968
Act (42 U.S.C. 3797j et seq.);
(10) $30,000,000 for the Southwest Border Prosecutor Ini-
tiative to reimburse State, county, parish, tribal, or municipal
governments only for costs associated with the prosecution of
criminal cases declined by local United States Attorneys offices;
(11) $5,000,000 for an offender re-entry program, as author-
ized by Public Law 107–273;
(12) $10,000,000 for a police integrity program;
(13) $30,000,000 for Project Safe Neighborhoods to reduce
gun violence, and gang and drug-related crime;
(14) $24,226,000 for grants, contracts and other assistance
to States under section 102(b) of the Crime Identification Tech-
nology Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 14601), of which $5,000,000
is for the National Institute of Justice for grants, contracts,
and other agreements to develop school safety technologies
and training;
(15) $85,000,000 for the COPS Interoperable Communica-
tions Technology Program;
(16) $4,600,000 for the Safe Schools Initiative; and
(17) not to exceed $30,000,000 for program management
and administration.
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND PROSECUTION
PROGRAMS
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assist-
ance for the prevention and prosecution of violence against women
as authorized by the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violent Crime Control and Law
Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) (‘‘the 1994 Act’’);
the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Prosecu-
torial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children
Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); and the Victims of Traf-
ficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386);
$387,629,000 (including amounts for administrative costs, which
shall be transferred to and merged with the ‘‘Justice Assistance’’
account), to remain available until expended.
Of the amount provided—
(1) $11,897,000 for the court appointed special advocate
program, as authorized by section 217 of the 1990 Act;
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(2) $2,281,000 for child abuse training programs for judicial
personnel and practitioners, as authorized by section 222 of
the 1990 Act;
(3) $994,000 for grants for televised testimony, as author-
ized by part N of the 1968 Act;
(4) $168,334,000 for grants to combat violence against
women, as authorized by part T of the 1968 Act, of which—
(A) $5,200,000 shall be for the National Institute of
Justice for research and evaluation of violence against
women; and
(B) $10,000,000 shall be for the Office of Juvenile Jus-
tice and Delinquency Prevention for the Safe Start Pro-
gram, as authorized by the Juvenile Justice and Delin-
quency Act of 1974;
(5) $64,503,000 for grants to encourage arrest policies as
authorized by part U of the 1968 Act;
(6) $39,685,000 for rural domestic violence and child abuse
enforcement assistance grants, as authorized by section 40295
of the 1994 Act;
(7) $4,957,000 for training programs as authorized by sec-
tion 40152 of the 1994 Act, and for related local demonstration
projects;
(8) $2,981,000 for grants to improve the stalking and
domestic violence databases, as authorized by section 40602
of the 1994 Act;
(9) $9,935,000 to reduce violent crimes against women on
campus, as authorized by section 1108(a) of Public Law 106–
386;
(10) $39,740,000 for legal assistance for victims, as author-
ized by section 1201 of Public Law 106–386;
(11) $4,968,000 for enhancing protection for older and dis-
abled women from domestic violence and sexual assault as
authorized by section 40802 of the 1994 Act;
(12) $14,903,000 for the safe havens for children pilot pro-
gram as authorized by section 1301 of Public Law 106–386;
(13) $15,000,000 shall be for transitional housing assistance
grants for victims of domestic violence, stalking or sexual
assault as authorized by Public Law 108–21; and
(14) $7,451,000 for education and training to end violence
against and abuse of women with disabilities, as authorized
by section 1402 of Public Law 106–386.
JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assist-
ance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Act of 1974 (‘‘the Act’’), and other juvenile justice programs,
including salaries and expenses in connection therewith to be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriations for Justice Assistance,
$352,700,000, to remain available until expended, as follows—
(1) $3,600,000 for concentration of Federal efforts, as
authorized by section 204 of the Act;
(2) $84,000,000 for State and local programs authorized
by section 221 of the Act, including training and technical
assistance to assist small, non-profit organizations with the
Federal grants process;
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(3) $2,500,000 for research, evaluation, training and tech-
nical assistance, as authorized by sections 251 and 252 of
the Act;
(4) $79,600,000 for demonstration projects as authorized
by sections 261 and 262 of the Act;
(5) $80,000,000 for delinquency prevention, as authorized
by section 505 of the Act, of which—
(A) $10,000,000 shall be for the Tribal Youth program;
(B) $20,000,000 shall be for a gang resistance education
and training program to be coordinated with the Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; and
(C) $25,000,000 shall be for grants of $360,000 to each
State and $6,640,000 shall be available for discretionary
grants to States, for programs and activities to enforce
State laws prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages to
minors or the purchase or consumption of alcoholic bev-
erages by minors, prevention and reduction of consumption
of alcoholic beverages by minors, and for technical assist-
ance and training;
(6) $5,000,000 for Project Childsafe;
(7) $10,000,000 for the Secure Our Schools Act as author-
ized by Public Law 106–386;
(8) $15,000,000 for Project Sentry to reduce youth gun
violence, and gang and drug-related crime;
(9) $13,000,000 for programs authorized by the Victims
of Child Abuse Act of 1990; and
(10) $60,000,000 for the Juvenile Accountability Block
Grants program as authorized by Public Law 107–273 and
Guam shall be considered a State:
Provided, That not more than 10 percent of each amount in this
section may be used for research, evaluation, and statistics activities
designed to benefit the programs or activities authorized, and not
more than 2 percent of each amount may be used for training
and technical assistance.
PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS BENEFITS
To remain available until expended, for payments authorized
by part L of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796), such sums as are necessary, as
authorized by section 6093 of Public Law 100–690 (102 Stat. 4339–
4340); and $3,000,000, to remain available until expended for pay-
ments as authorized by section 1201(b) of said Act.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
(INCLUDING RESCISSION)
SEC. 101. In addition to amounts otherwise made available
in this title for official reception and representation expenses, a
total of not to exceed $45,000 from funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Justice in this title shall be available to the Attorney
General for official reception and representation expenses.
SEC. 102. 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
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declared unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this
section shall be null and void.
SEC. 103. 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. 104. Nothing in the preceding section shall remove the
obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide escort
services necessary for a female inmate to receive such service out-
side the Federal facility: Provided, That nothing in this section
in any way diminishes the effect of section 103 intended to address
the philosophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau
of Prisons.
SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not
to exceed $10,000,000 of the funds made available in this Act
may be used to establish and publicize a program under which
publicly advertised, extraordinary rewards may be paid, which shall
not be subject to spending limitations contained in sections 3059
and 3072 of title 18, United States Code: Provided, That any reward
of $100,000 or more, up to a maximum of $2,000,000, may not
be made without the personal approval of the President or the
Attorney General and such approval may not be delegated: Provided
further, That rewards made pursuant to section 501 of Public Law
107–56 shall not be subject to this section.
SEC. 106. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made
available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice
in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but
no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided,
shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers:
Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated
as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this Act and
shall not be available for obligation except in compliance with
the procedures set forth in that section.
SEC. 107. Section 114 of Public Law 107–77 shall remain in
effect during fiscal year 2004.
SEC. 108. (a) Hereafter, the Attorney General is authorized
to transfer, under such terms and conditions as the Attorney Gen-
eral shall specify, forfeited real or personal property of limited
or marginal value, as such value is determined by guidelines estab-
lished by the Attorney 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 education,
housing, job skills, and other community-based public health and
safety programs.
(b) 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 reprogramming under
section 605 of this Act.
SEC. 109. Authorities contained in the 21st Century Department
of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (Public Law 107–273)
shall remain in effect until the effective date of a subsequent
Department of Justice appropriations authorization Act.
SEC. 110. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act or any other Act to the Department of Justice
shall be expended for the purpose of reimbursement or direct pay-
ments for the legal fees of an individual employed as an attorney
in the Department of Justice for a matter in which the individual
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is the subject of a disciplinary recommendation for ethical mis-
conduct by the Counsel for Professional Responsibility.
SEC. 111. In addition to the amounts provided under ‘‘Salaries
and Expenses, United States Attorneys’’, $15,000,000 shall be for
Project Seahawk and shall remain available until expended.
SEC. 112. (a)(1) None of the funds provided in this Act or
hereafter may be used for courts or law enforcement officers for
a tribe or village—
(A) in which fewer than 25 Native members live in the
village year round; or
(B) that is located within the boundaries of the Fairbanks
North Star Borough, the Matanuska Susitna Borough, the
Municipality of Anchorage, the Kenai Peninsula Borough, the
City and Borough of Juneau, the Sitka Borough, or the Ketch-
ikan Borough.
(2)(A) There is established an Alaska Rural Justice and Law
Enforcement Commission (hereinafter ‘‘Justice Commission’’). The
United States Attorney General shall appoint the Justice Commis-
sion which shall include a Federal Co-chairman, the Attorney Gen-
eral for the State of Alaska or his designee who shall act as
the State Co-Chairman, the Commissioner of Public Safety for
the State of Alaska, a representative from the Alaska Municipal
League, a representative from an organized borough, a representa-
tive of the Alaska Federation of Natives, a tribal representative,
a representative from a non-profit Native corporation that operates
Village Public Safety Officer programs, and a representative from
the Alaska Native Justice Center. The chief judge for the Federal
District Court for the District of Alaska may also appoint a non-
voting representative to provide technical support. The Justice
Commission may hire such staff as is necessary to assist with
its work.
(B) The Justice Commission shall review Federal, State, local,
and tribal jurisdiction over civil and criminal matters in Alaska
but outside the Municipality of Anchorage, the Fairbanks North
Star Borough, the Kenai Peninsula Borough, the Matanuska-
Susitna Borough, the City and Borough of Juneau, the Sitka Bor-
ough, and the Ketchikan Borough. It shall make recommendations
to Congress and the Alaska State Legislature no later than May
1, 2004, on options which shall include the following—
(i) create a unified law enforcement system, court system,
and system of local laws or ordinances for Alaska Native vil-
lages and communities of varying sizes including the possibility
of first, second, and third class villages with different powers;
(ii) meet the law enforcement and judicial personnel needs
in rural Alaska including the possible use of cross deputization
in a way that maximizes the existing resources of Federal,
State, local, and tribal governments;
(iii) address the needs to regulate alcoholic beverages
including the prohibition of the sale, importation, use, or posses-
sion of alcoholic beverages and to provide restorative justice
for persons who violate such laws including treatment; and
(iv) address the problem of domestic violence and child
abuse including treatment options and restorative justice.
(b)(1) The General Accounting Office shall immediately begin
a review of Federal programs benefitting rural communities in
Alaska including the name of each program and the department
or agency that administers it, the amount of funds provided to
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Alaska through each program, a list of the statutes and regulations
governing use of funds for each program, and any data dem-
onstrating the performance of each program. With respect to
housing programs, the study shall determine the number of houses
built by each Native housing authority including the cost per house.
The Office shall submit a report of its findings to the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations, and to the Alaska Federation
of Natives no later than April 30, 2004.
(2) The Alaska Federation of Natives, in consultation with
the Alaska Municipal League, may review the delivery of Federal
programs in Alaska and make recommendations to the Congress
to reduce duplication, improve and consolidate delivery of services,
streamline application and administrative procedures, improve
accountability, mandate performance measures, and other actions
to reduce costs and improve efficiency.
(c) The Federal Advisory Committee Act shall not apply to
this section.
(d) Amend the Denali Commission Act (title III of Public Law
105–277) by adding a new section as follows:
‘‘SEC. 310. (a) The Federal Co-chairman of the Denali Commis-
sion shall appoint an Economic Development Committee to be
chaired by the president of the Alaska Federation of Natives which
shall include the Commissioner of Community and Economic Affairs
for the State of Alaska, a representative from the Alaska Bankers
Association, the chairman of the Alaska Permanent Fund, a rep-
resentative from the Alaska State Chamber of Commerce, and
a representative from each region. Of the regional representatives,
at least two each shall be from Native regional corporations, Native
non-profit corporations, tribes, and borough governments.
‘‘(b) The Economic Development Committee is authorized to
consider and approve applications from Regional Advisory Commit-
tees for grants and loans to promote economic development and
promote private sector investment to reduce poverty in economically
distressed rural villages. The Economic Development Committee
may make mini-grants to individual applicants and may issue loans
under such terms and conditions as it determines.
‘‘(c) The State Co-chairman of the Denali Commission shall
appoint a Regional Advisory Committee for each region which may
include representatives from local, borough, and tribal governments,
the Alaska Native non-profit corporation operating in the region,
local Chambers of Commerce, and representatives of the private
sector. Each Regional Advisory Committee shall develop a regional
economic development plan for consideration by the Economic
Development Committee.
‘‘(d) The Economic Development Committee, in consultation
with the First Alaskans Institute, may develop rural development
performance measures linking economic growth to poverty reduction
to measure the success of its program which may include economic,
educational, social, and cultural indicators. The performance meas-
ures will be tested in one region for 2 years and evaluated by
the University of Alaska before being deployed statewide. There-
after, performance in each region shall be evaluated using the
performance measures, and the Economic Development Committee
shall not fund projects which do not demonstrate success.
‘‘(e) Within the amounts made available annually to the Denali
Commission for training, the Commission may make a grant to
the First Alaskans Foundation upon submittal of an acceptable