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of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall remain available
until expended for security systems, to be expended directly
or transferred to the United States Marshals Service which
shall be responsible for administering elements of the Judi-
cial Security Program consistent with standards or guide-
lines agreed 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, including
travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a passenger
motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), advertis-
ing and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere,
$52,000,000, of which not to exceed $7,500 is authorized
for official reception and representation expenses.
FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Center,
as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $17,495,000; of which
$1,800,000 shall remain available through September 30,
1999, to provide education and training to Federal court
personnel; and of which not to exceed $1,000 is authorized
for official reception and representation expenses.
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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), $25,000,000; to
the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund, as authorized by
28 U.S.C. 376(c), $7,400,000; and to the United States
Court of Federal Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund, as au-
thorized by 28 U.S.C. 178(l), $1,800,000.
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,
$9,240,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is authorized 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 appropriation
made available for the current fiscal year for the Judiciary
in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations,
but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of Appeals, Dis-
trict Courts, and Other Judicial Services, Defender Serv-
ices’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other
Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commissioners’’, shall
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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 or ex-
penditure 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 avail-
able for official reception and representation expenses of the
Judicial Conference of the United States: Provided, That
such available funds shall not exceed $10,000 and shall be
administered by the Director of the Administrative Office
of the United States Courts in his capacity as Secretary
of the Judicial Conference.
SEC. 304. Section 612 of title 28, United States Code,
shall be amended by striking out subsection (l).
SEC. 305. (a) COMMISSION ON STRUCTURAL ALTER-
NATIVES FOR THE FEDERAL COURTS OF APPEALS.—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT AND FUNCTIONS OF COM-
MISSION.—
(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established
a Commission on Structural Alternatives for the
Federal Courts of Appeals (hereinafter referred to
as the ‘‘Commission’’).
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(B) FUNCTIONS.—The functions of the Com-
mission shall be to—
(i) study the present division of the
United States into the several judicial cir-
cuits;
(ii) study the structure and alignment
of the Federal Court of Appeals system,
with particular reference to the Ninth Cir-
cuit; and
(iii) report to the President and the
Congress its recommendations for such
changes in circuit boundaries or structure
as may be appropriate for the expeditious
and effective disposition of the caseload of
the Federal Courts of Appeals, consistent
with fundamental concepts of fairness and
due process.
(2) MEMBERSHIP.—
(A) COMPOSITION.—The Commission shall
be composed of 5 members who shall be ap-
pointed by the Chief Justice of the United States.
(B) APPOINTMENT.—The members of the
Commission shall be appointed within 30 days
after the date of enactment of this Act.
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(C) VACANCY.—Any vacancy in the Com-
mission shall be filled in the same manner as the
original appointment.
(D) CHAIR.—The Commission shall elect a
Chair and Vice Chair from among its members.
(E) QUORUM.—Three members of the Com-
mission shall constitute a quorum, but two may
conduct hearings.
(3) COMPENSATION.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Members of the Commis-
sion who are officers, or full-time employees, of
the United States shall receive no additional
compensation for their services, but shall be re-
imbursed for travel, subsistence, and other nec-
essary expenses incurred in the performance of
duties vested in the Commission, but not in ex-
cess of the maximum amounts authorized under
section 456 of title 28, United States Code.
(B) PRIVATE
MEMBERS.—Members of the
Commission from private life shall receive $200
for each day (including travel time) during
which the member is engaged in the actual per-
formance of duties, but not in excess of the maxi-
mum amounts authorized under section 456 of
title 28, United States Code.
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(4) PERSONNEL.—
(A) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.—The Commis-
sion may appoint an Executive Director who
shall receive compensation at a rate not exceed-
ing the rate prescribed for level V of the Execu-
tive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, Unit-
ed States Code.
(B) STAFF.—The Executive Director, with
the approval of the Commission, may appoint
and fix the compensation of such additional per-
sonnel as the Executive Director determines nec-
essary, without regard to the provisions of title
5, United States Code, governing appointments
in the competitive service or the provisions of
chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of
such title relating to classification and General
Schedule pay rates. Compensation under this
paragraph shall not exceed the annual maximum
rate of basic pay for a position above GS–15 of
the General Schedule under section 5108 of title
5, United States Code.
(C) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The Ex-
ecutive Director may procure personal services of
experts and consultants as authorized by section
3109 of title 5, United States Code, at rates not
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to exceed the highest level payable under the Gen-
eral Schedule pay rates under section 5332 of
title 5, United States Code.
(D) SERVICES.—The Administrative Office
of the United States Courts shall provide admin-
istrative services, including financial and budg-
eting services, to the Commission on a reimburs-
able basis. The Federal Judicial Center shall
provide necessary research services to the Com-
mission on a reimbursable basis.
(5) INFORMATION.—The Commission is author-
ized to request from any department, agency, or inde-
pendent instrumentality of the Government any infor-
mation and assistance the Commission determines
necessary to carry out its functions under this section.
Each such department, agency, and independent in-
strumentality is authorized to provide such informa-
tion and assistance to the extent permitted by law
when requested by the Chair of the Commission.
(6) REPORT.—The Commission shall conduct the
studies required in this section during the 10-month
period beginning on the date on which a quorum of
the Commission has been appointed. Not later than 2
months following the completion of such 10-month pe-
riod, the Commission shall submit its report to the
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President and the Congress. The Commission shall
terminate 90 days after the date of the submission of
its report.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated to the Commission such sums,
not to exceed $900,000, as may be necessary to carry out
the purposes of this section. Such sums as are appropriated
shall remain available until expended.
SEC. 306. Pursuant to section 140 of Public Law 97–
92, justices and judges of the United States are authorized
during fiscal year 1998, to receive a salary adjustment in
accordance with 28 U.S.C. 461: Provided, That $5,000,000
is available for salary adjustments pursuant to this section
and such funds shall be transferred to and merged with ap-
propriations in Title III of this Act.
SEC. 307. Section 44(c) of title 28, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sen-
tence: ‘‘In each circuit (other than the Federal judicial cir-
cuit) there shall be at least one circuit judge in regular ac-
tive service appointed from the residents of each state in
that circuit.’’.
SEC. 308. Section 3006A(d) of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by striking paragraph (4) and inserting
the following:
‘‘(4) DISCLOSURE OF FEES.—
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graphs (B) through (E), the amounts paid under
this subsection for services in any case shall be
made available to the public by the court upon
the court’s approval of the payment.
‘‘(B) PRE-TRIAL OR TRIAL IN PROGRESS.—
If a trial is in pre-trial status or still in
progress and after considering the defendant’s
interests as set forth in subparagraph (D), the
court shall—
‘‘(i) redact any detailed information
on the payment voucher provided by defense
counsel to justify the expenses to the court;
and
‘‘(ii) make public only the amounts ap-
proved for payment to defense counsel by di-
viding those amounts into the following cat-
egories:
‘‘(I) Arraignment and or plea.
‘‘(II) Bail and detention hearings.
‘‘(III) Motions.
‘‘(IV) Hearings.
‘‘(V) Interviews and conferences.
‘‘(VI) Obtaining and reviewing
records.
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‘‘(VII) Legal research and brief
writing.
‘‘(VIII) Travel time.
‘‘(IX) Investigative work.
‘‘(X) Experts.
‘‘(XI) Trial and appeals.
‘‘(XII) Other.
‘‘(C) TRIAL COMPLETED.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—If a request for
payment is not submitted until after the
completion of the trial and subject to con-
sideration of the defendant’s interests as set
forth in subparagraph (D), the court shall
make available to the public an unredacted
copy of the expense voucher.
‘‘(ii) PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF
THE DEFENDANT.—lf the court determines
that defendant’s interests as set forth in sub-
paragraph (D) require a limited disclosure,
the court shall disclose amounts as provided
in subparagraph (B).
‘‘(D) CONSIDERATIONS.—The interests re-
ferred to in subparagraphs (B) and (C) are—
‘‘(i) to protect any person’s 5th amend-
ment right against self-incrimination;
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‘‘(ii) to protect the defendant’s 6th
amendment rights to effective assistance of
counsel;
‘‘(iii) the defendant’s attorney-client
privilege;
‘‘(iv) the work product privilege of the
defendant’s counsel;
‘‘(v) the safety of any person; and
‘‘(vi) any other interest that justice
may require.
‘‘(E) NOTICE.—The court shall provide rea-
sonable notice of disclosure to the counsel of the
defendant prior to the approval of the payments
in order to allow the counsel to request redaction
based on the considerations set forth in subpara-
graph (D). Upon completion of the trial, the
court shall release unredacted copies of the
vouchers provided by defense counsel to justify
the expenses to the court. If there is an appeal,
the court shall not release unredacted copies of
the vouchers provided by defense counsel to jus-
tify the expenses to the court until such time as
the appeals process is completed, unless the court
determines that none of the defendant’s interests
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set forth in subparagraph (D) will be com-
promised.
‘‘(F) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The amendment
made by paragraph (4) shall become effective 60
days after enactment of this Act, will apply only
to cases filed on or after the effective date, and
shall be in effect for no longer than twenty-four
months after the effective date.’’.
This title may be cited as ‘‘The Judiciary Appropria-
tions Act, 1998’’.
TITLE IV—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND
RELATED AGENCIES
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, including
expenses authorized by the State Department Basic Au-
thorities Act of 1956, as amended; representation to certain
international organizations in which the United States
participates pursuant to treaties, ratified pursuant to the
advice and consent of the Senate, or specific Acts of Con-
gress; acquisition by exchange or purchase of passenger
motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343, 40 U.S.C.
481(c), and 22 U.S.C. 2674; and for expenses of general
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administration; $1,705,600,000: 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 ‘‘Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Serv-
ice’’ appropriations account, to be available only for emer-
gency evacuations and terrorism rewards: Provided further,
That notwithstanding section 140(a)(5), and the second sen-
tence of section 140(a)(3), of the Foreign Relations Author-
ization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103–
236), fees may be collected during fiscal years 1998 and
1999 under the authority of section 140(a)(1) of that Act:
Provided further, That all fees collected under the preceding
proviso shall be deposited in fiscal years 1998 and 1999
as an offsetting collection to appropriations made under
this heading to recover the costs as set forth under section
140(a)(2) of that Act and shall remain available until ex-
pended.
In addition to funds otherwise available, of the funds
provided under this heading, $24,856,000 shall be available
only for the Diplomatic Telecommunications Service for op-
eration of existing base services and $17,312,000 shall be
available only for the enhancement of the Diplomatic Tele-
communications Service and shall remain available until
expended.
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In addition, not to exceed $700,000 in registration fees
collected pursuant to section 38 of the Arms Export Control
Act, as amended, may be used in accordance with section
45 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956
(22 U.S.C. 2717); 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 Cen-
ter in accordance with section 4 of the International Center
Act (Public Law 90–553), as amended, and in addition,
as authorized by section 5 of such Act $490,000, to be de-
rived from the reserve authorized by that section, to be used
for the purposes set out in that section; and in addition
not to exceed $15,000 which shall be derived from reim-
bursements, surcharges, and fees for use of Blair House fa-
cilities in accordance with section 46 of the State Depart-
ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2718(a)).
Notwithstanding section 402 of this Act, not to exceed
20 percent of the amounts made available in this Act in
the appropriation accounts ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Pro-
grams’’ and ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ under the heading
‘‘Administration of Foreign Affairs’’ may be transferred be-
tween such appropriation accounts: Provided, That any
transfer pursuant to this sentence shall be treated as a re-
programming of funds under section 605 of this Act and
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shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
In addition, for counterterrorism requirements over-
seas, 
including 
security 
guards 
and 
equipment,
$23,700,000, to remain available until expended.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the general administration
of the Department of State and the Foreign Service, pro-
vided for by law, including expenses authorized by section
9 of the Act of August 31, 1964, as amended (31 U.S.C.
3721), and the State Department Basic Authorities Act of
1956, as amended, $363,513,000.
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND
For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment
Fund, $86,000,000, to remain available until expended, as
authorized in Public Law 103–236: Provided, 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 Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General
Act of 1978, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), $27,495,000, not-
withstanding section 209(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act
of 1980, as amended (Public Law 96–465), as it relates to
post inspections.
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REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES
For representation allowances as authorized by section
905 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended (22
U.S.C. 4085), $4,200,000.
PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS
For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the Sec-
retary of State to provide for extraordinary protective serv-
ices 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, $7,900,000, to remain available
until September 30, 1999.
SECURITY AND MAINTENANCE OF UNITED STATES MISSIONS
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 planning for,
buildings that are owned or directly leased by the Depart-
ment of State, and the Diplomatic Security Construction
Program as authorized by title IV of the Omnibus Diplo-
matic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C.
4851), $404,000,000, 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)): Provided, That
none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be
available for acquisition of furniture and furnishings and
generators for other departments and agencies.
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EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR
SERVICE
For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of State
to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic
and Consular Service pursuant to the requirement of 31
U.S.C. 3526(e), $5,500,000 to remain available until ex-
pended as authorized by section 24(c) of the State Depart-
ment 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, sub-
ject to the same terms and conditions.
REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans, $593,000, as authorized
by section 4 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act
of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2671): Provided, That such costs, includ-
ing the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. In
addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out
the direct loan program, $607,000 which may be transferred
to and merged with the Salaries and Expenses account
under Administration of Foreign Affairs.
PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN
For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Rela-
tions Act, Public Law 96–8, $14,000,000.
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PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND
DISABILITY FUND
For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and
Disability Fund, as authorized by law, $129,935,000.
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, $955,515,000, of which
not to exceed $54,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for payment of arrearages: Provided, That none of
the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this
Act for payment of arrearages may be obligated or expended
unless such obligation or expenditure is expressly author-
ized by the enactment of a subsequent Act that makes pay-
ment of arrearages contingent upon reforms that should in-
clude the following: a reduction in the United States as-
sessed share of the United Nations regular budget to 20 per-
cent and of peacekeeping operations to 25 percent; reim-
bursement for goods and services provided by the United
States to the United Nations; certification that the United
Nations and its specialized or affiliated agencies have not
taken any action to infringe on the sovereignty of the Unit-
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ed States; a ceiling on United States contributions to inter-
national 
organizations 
after 
fiscal 
year 
1998 
of
$900,000,000; establishment of a merit-based personnel sys-
tem at the United Nations that includes a code of conduct
and a personnel evaluation system; United States member-
ship on the Advisory Committee on Administrative and
Budgetary Questions that oversees the United Nations budg-
et; access to United Nations financial data by the General
Accounting Office; and achievement of a negative growth
budget and the establishment of independent inspectors gen-
eral for affiliated organizations; and improved consultation
procedures with the Congress: Provided further, That any
payment of arrearages shall be directed toward special ac-
tivities that are mutually agreed upon by the United States
and the respective international organization: Provided fur-
ther, That 20 percent of the funds appropriated in this
paragraph for the assessed contribution of the United States
to the United Nations shall be withheld from obligation and
expenditure until a certification is made under section
401(b) of Public Law 103–236 and under such other re-
quirements related to the Office of Internal Oversight Serv-
ices of the United Nations as may be enacted into law for
fiscal year 1998: Provided further, That certification under
section 401(b) of Public Law 103–236 for fiscal year 1998
may only be made if the Committees on Appropriations and
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Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committees on Ap-
propriations and International Relations of the House of
Representatives are notified of the steps taken, and antici-
pated, to meet the requirements of section 401(b) of Public
Law 103–236 at least 15 days in advance of the proposed
certification: Provided further, That none of the funds ap-
propriated in this paragraph shall be available for a United
States contribution to an international organization for the
United States share of interest costs made known to the
United States Government by such organization for loans
incurred on or after October 1, 1984, through external bor-
rowings: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated
in this paragraph, $100,000,000 may be made available
only on a semi-annual basis pursuant to a certification by
the Secretary of State on a semi-annual basis, that the
United Nations has taken no action during the preceding
six months to increase funding for any United Nations pro-
gram without identifying an offsetting decrease during that
six-month period elsewhere in the United Nations budget
and cause the United Nations to exceed the expected reform
budget for the biennium 1998–1999 of $2,533,000,000: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $12,000,000 shall be trans-
ferred from funds made available under this heading to the
‘‘International Conferences and Contingencies’’ account for
U.S. contributions to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban
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Treaty Preparatory Commission, provided that such trans-
ferred funds are obligated or expended only for Commission
meetings and sessions, provisional technical secretariat sal-
aries and expenses, other Commission administrative and
training activities, including purchase of training equip-
ment, and upgrades to existing internationally-based mon-
itoring systems involved in cooperative data sharing agree-
ments with the United States as of date of enactment of
this Act, until the U.S. Senate ratifies the Comprehensive
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING
ACTIVITIES
For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other ex-
penses of international peacekeeping activities directed to
the maintenance or restoration of international peace and
security $256,000,000, of which not to exceed $46,000,000
shall remain available until expended for payment of ar-
rearages: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated or
otherwise made available by this Act for payment of arrear-
ages may be obligated or expended unless such obligation
or expenditure is expressly authorized by the enactment of
a subsequent Act described in the first proviso under the
heading ‘‘Contributions to International Organizations’’ in
this title: Provided further, That none of the funds made
available under this Act shall be obligated or expended for
any new or expanded United Nations peacekeeping mission
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unless, at least fifteen days in advance of voting for the
new or expanded mission in the United Nations Security
Council (or in an emergency, as far in advance as is prac-
ticable), (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 re-
programming of funds pursuant to section 605 of this Act
is submitted, and the procedures therein followed, setting
forth the source of funds that will be used to pay for the
cost of the new or expanded mission: Provided further, That
funds shall be available for peacekeeping expenses only upon
a certification by the Secretary of State to the appropriate
committees of the Congress that American manufacturers
and suppliers are being given opportunities to provide
equipment, services, and material for United Nations peace-
keeping activities equal to those being given to foreign man-
ufacturers and suppliers.
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:
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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,
$17,490,000.
CONSTRUCTION
For detailed plan preparation and construction of au-
thorized projects, $6,463,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, as authorized by section 24(c) of the State Depart-
ment 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-
thorized by treaties between the United States and Canada
or Great Britain, and for the Border Environment Coopera-
tion Commission as authorized by Public Law 103–182;
$5,490,000, of which not to exceed $9,000 shall be available
for representation expenses incurred by the International
Joint Commission.
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INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS
For necessary expenses for international fisheries com-
missions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by law,
$14,549,000: Provided, That the United States’ share of
such expenses may be advanced to the respective commis-
sions, 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, $8,000,000, 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)).
RELATED AGENCIES
ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY
ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT ACTIVITIES
For necessary expenses not otherwise provided, for
arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament activities,
$41,500,000, of which not to exceed $50,000 shall be for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses as authorized by
the Act of September 26, 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2551
et seq.).
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ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY
ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT ACTIVITIES
(RESCISSION)
Of the unexpended balances previously appropriated
under this heading, $700,000 are rescinded.
UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to
enable the United States Information Agency, as authorized
by the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of
1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.), the United
States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948,
as amended (22 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.), and Reorganization
Plan No. 2 of 1977 (91 Stat. 1636), to carry out inter-
national communication, educational and cultural activi-
ties; and to carry out related activities authorized by law,
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 of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1471), and enter-
tainment, including official receptions, within the United
States, not to exceed $25,000 as authorized by section
804(3) of such Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1474(3));
$427,097,000: Provided, That not to exceed $1,400,000 may
be used for representation abroad as authorized by section
302 of such Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1452) and section 905
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of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085): Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $6,000,000, to remain
available until expended, may be credited to this appropria-
tion from fees or other payments received from or in connec-
tion with English teaching, library, motion pictures, and
publication programs as authorized by section 810 of such
Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1475e) and, notwithstanding any
other law, fees from educational advising and counseling,
and exchange visitor program services: Provided further,
That not to exceed $920,000 to remain available until ex-
pended may be used to carry out projects involving security
construction and related improvements for agency facilities
not physically located together with Department of State
facilities abroad.
TECHNOLOGY FUND
For expenses necessary to enable the United States In-
formation Agency to provide for the procurement of infor-
mation technology improvements, as authorized by the
United States Information and Educational Exchange Act
of 1948, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.), the Mutual
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, as amend-
ed (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.), and Reorganization Plan No.
2 of 1977 (91 Stat. 1636), $5,050,000, to remain available
until expended.
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EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
For expenses of educational and cultural exchange pro-
grams, as authorized by the Mutual Educational and Cul-
tural Exchange Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2451
et seq.), and Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977 (91 Stat.
1636), $197,731,000, 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 appropria-
tion from fees or other payments received from or in connec-
tion with English teaching and publication programs as
authorized by section 810 of the United States Information
and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1475e)
and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, fees from
educational advising and counseling.
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 Fund
on or before September 30, 1998, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated
herein shall be used to pay any salary or other compensa-
tion, or to enter into any contract providing for the pay-
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ment thereof, in excess of the rate authorized by 5 U.S.C.
5376; or for purposes which are not in accordance with
OMB Circulars A–110 (Uniform Administrative Require-
ments) and A–122 (Cost Principles for Non-profit Organi-
zations), including the restrictions on compensation for per-
sonal services.
ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholarship
Program as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign Rela-
tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22
U.S.C. 2452), all interest and earnings accruing to the Is-
raeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before September 30,
1998, to remain available until expended.
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS
For expenses necessary to enable the United States In-
formation Agency, as authorized by the United States Infor-
mation and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, as amend-
ed, the United States International Broadcasting Act of
1994, as amended, and Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977,
to carry out international communication activities,
$364,415,000, of which $12,100,000 shall remain available
until expended, not to exceed $16,000 may be used for offi-
cial receptions within the United States as authorized by
section 804(3) of such Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1747(3)), not
to exceed $35,000 may be used for representation abroad
as authorized by section 302 of such Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C.
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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 representation expenses of Radio
Free Europe/Radio Liberty; and in addition, notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law, not to exceed $2,000,000
in receipts from advertising and revenue from business ven-
tures, not to exceed $500,000 in receipts from cooperating
international organizations, and not to exceed $1,000,000
in receipts from privatization efforts of the Voice of America
and the International Broadcasting Bureau, as authorized
by section 810 of such Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1475e), to
remain available until expended for carrying out author-
ized purposes.
BROADCASTING TO CUBA
For expenses necessary to enable the United States In-
formation Agency to carry out the Radio Broadcasting to
Cuba Act, as amended, the Television Broadcasting to Cuba
Act, and the International Broadcasting Act of 1994, in-
cluding the purchase, rent, construction, and improvement
of facilities for radio and television transmission and recep-
tion, and purchase and installation of necessary equipment
for radio and television transmission and reception,
$22,095,000, to remain available until expended.
RADIO CONSTRUCTION
For the purchase, rent, construction, and improvement
of facilities for radio transmission and reception, and pur-
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chase and installation of necessary equipment for radio and
television transmission and reception as authorized by sec-
tion 801 of the United States Information and Educational
Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1471), $40,000,000, to
remain available until expended, as authorized by section
704(a) of such Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1477b(a)).
EAST-WEST CENTER
To enable the Director of the United States Informa-
tion Agency to provide for carrying out the provisions of
the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between
East and West Act of 1960 (22 U.S.C. 2054–2057), by grant
to the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Be-
tween East and West in the State of Hawaii, $12,000,000:
Provided, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall
be used to pay any salary, or enter into any contract pro-
viding for the payment thereof, in excess of the rate author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 5376.
NORTH/SOUTH CENTER
To enable the Director of the United States Informa-
tion Agency to provide for carrying out the provisions of
the North/South Center Act of 1991 (22 U.S.C. 2075), by
grant to an educational institution in Florida known as
the North/South Center, $1,500,000, to remain available
until expended.
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NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY
For grants made by the United States Information
Agency to the National Endowment for Democracy as au-
thorized by the National Endowment for Democacy Act,
$30,000,000, to remain available until expended.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND
RELATED AGENCIES
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 pursuant to 31
U.S.C. 1343(b).
SEC. 402. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation
made available for the current fiscal year for the Depart-
ment of State in this Act may be transferred between such
appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as other-
wise specifically provided, shall be increased by more than
10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the
current fiscal year for the United States Information Agen-
cy in this Act may be transferred between such appropria-
tions, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise spe-
cifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 per-
cent by any such transfers: Provided further, That any
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transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a re-
programming 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. Funds appropriated by this Act for the
United States Information Agency, the Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency, and the Department of State may
be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 701 of
the United States Information and Educational Exchange
Act of 1948 and section 313 of the Foreign Relations Au-
thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995, section 53 of
the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, and section 15
of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956.
SEC. 404. (a)(1) For purposes of implementing the
International Cooperative Administrative Support Services
program in fiscal year 1998, the amounts referred to in
paragraph (2) shall be transferred in accordance with the
provisions of subsection (b).
(2) Paragraph (1) applies to amounts made available
by title IV of this Act under the heading ‘‘ADMINISTRATION
OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS’’ as follows:
(A) $108,932,000 of the amount made available
under the paragraph ‘‘DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR
PROGRAMS’’.
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(B) $3,530,000 of the amount made available
under the paragraph ‘‘SECURITY AND MAINTENANCE
OF UNITED STATES MISSIONS’’.
(b) Funds transferred pursuant to subsection (a) shall
be transferred to the specified appropriation, allocated to
the specified account or accounts in the specified amount,
be merged with funds in such account or accounts that are
available for administrative support expenses of overseas
activities, and be available for the same purposes, and sub-
ject to the same terms and conditions, as the funds with
which merged, as follows:
(1) Appropriations for the Legislative Branch—
(A) for the Library of Congress, for salaries
and expenses, $500,000; and
(B) for the General Accounting Office, for
salaries and expenses, $12,000.
(2) Appropriations for the Office of the United
States Trade Representative, for salaries and ex-
penses, $302,000.
(3) Appropriations for the Department of Com-
merce, for the International Trade Administration,
for operations and administration, $7,055,000.
(4) Appropriations for the Department of Jus-
tice—
(A) for legal activities—
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(i) for general legal activities, for sala-
ries and expenses, $194,000; and
(ii) for the United States Marshals
Service, for salaries and expenses, $2,000;
(B) for the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
for salaries and expenses, $2,477,000;
(C) for the Drug Enforcement Administra-
tion, for salaries and expenses, $6,356,000; and
(D) for the Immigration and Naturaliza-
tion 
Service, 
for 
salaries 
and 
expenses,
$1,313,000.
(5) Appropriations for the United States Infor-
mation Agency, for international information pro-
grams, $25,047,000.
(6) Appropriations for the Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency, for arms control and disar-
mament activities, $1,247,000.
(7) Appropriations to the President—
(A) for the Foreign Military Financing
Program, for administrative costs, $6,660,000;
(B) for the Economic Support Fund,
$336,000;
(C) for the Agency for International Devel-
opment—
(i) for operating expenses, $6,008,000;
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(ii) for the Urban and Environmental
Credit Program, $54,000;
(iii) for the Development Assistance
Fund, $124,000;
(iv) for the Development Fund for Af-
rica, $526,000;
(v) for assistance for the new independ-
ent states of the former Soviet Union,
$818,000;
(vi) for assistance for Eastern Europe
and the Baltic States, $283,000; and
(vii) for international disaster assist-
ance, $306,000;
(D) for the Peace Corps, $3,672,000; and
(E) for the Department of State—
(i) for international narcotics control,
$1,117,000; and,
(ii) for migration and refugee assist-
ance, $394,000.
(8) Appropriations for the Department of De-
fense—
(A) for operation and maintenance—
(i) for operation and maintenance,
Army, $4,394,000;
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(ii) for operation and maintenance,
Navy, $1,824,000;
(iii) for operation and maintenance,
Air Force, $1,603,000; and
(iv) for operation and maintenance,
Defense-Wide, $21,993,000; and
(B) for procurement, for other procurement,
Air Force, $4,211,000.
(9) Appropriations for the American Battle
Monuments Commission, for salaries and expenses,
$210,000.
(10) Appropriations for the Department of Agri-
culture—
(A) for the Animal and Plant Health In-
spection Service, for salaries and expenses,
$932,000;
(B) for the Foreign Agricultural Service
and General Sales Manager, $4,521,000; and
(C) for the Agricultural Research Service,
$16,000.
(11) Appropriations for the Department of
Treasury—
(A) for the United States Customs Service,
for salaries and expenses, $2,002,000;
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(B) for departmental offices, for salaries
and expenses, $804,000;
(C) for the Internal Revenue Service, for tax
law enforcement, $662,000;
(D) for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and
Firearms, for salaries and expenses, $17,000;
(E) for the United States Secret Service, for
salaries and expenses, $617,000; and
(F) for the Comptroller of the Currency, for
assessment funds, $29,000.
(12) Appropriations for the Department of
Transportation—
(A) for the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion, for operations, $1,594,000; and
(B) for the Coast Guard, for operating ex-
penses, $65,000.
(13) Appropriations for the Department of
Labor, for departmental management, for salaries
and expenses, $58,000.
(14) Appropriations for the Department of
Health and Human Services—
(A) for the National Institutes of Health, for
the National Cancer Institute, $42,000;
(B) for the Office of the Secretary, for gen-
eral departmental management, $71,000; and
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(C) for the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, for disease control, research, and
training, $522,000.
(15) Appropriations for the Social Security Ad-
ministration, for administrative expenses, $370,000.
(16) Appropriations for the Department of the
Interior—
(A) for the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service, for resource management, $12,000;
(B) for the United States Geological Survey,
for 
surveys, 
investigations, 
and 
research,
$80,000; and
(C) for the Bureau of Reclamation, for
water and related resources, $101,000.
(17) Appropriations for the Department of Veter-
ans Affairs, for departmental administration, for gen-
eral operating expenses, $453,000.
(18) Appropriations for the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration, for mission sup-
port, $183,000.
(19) Appropriations for the National Science
Foundation, for research and related activities,
$39,000.
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(20) Appropriations for the Federal Emergency
Management Agency, for salaries and expenses,
$4,000.
(21) Appropriations for the Department of En-
ergy—
(A) 
for 
departmental 
administration,
$150,000; and
(B) for atomic energy defense activities, for
other defense activities, $54,000.
(22) Appropriations for the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, for salaries and expenses, $26,000.
(c)(1) The amount in subsection (a)(2)(A) is reduced
by $2,800,000.
(2) Each amount in subsection (b) is reduced on a pro
rata basis in the same proportion as $2,800,000 bears to
$112,462,000, rounded to the nearest thousand.
SEC. 405. (a) An employee who regularly commutes
from his or her place of residence in the continental United
States to an official duty station in Canada or Mexico shall
receive a border equalization adjustment equal to the
amount of comparability payments under section 5304 of
title V, United States Code, that he or she would receive
if assigned to an official duty station within the United
States locality pay area closest to the employee’s official
duty station.
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(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘employee’’
shall mean a person who—
(1) is an ‘‘employee’’ as defined under section
2105 of title V, United States Code, and
(2) is employed by the United States Department
of State, the United States Information Agency, the
United States Agency for International Development,
or the International Joint Commission, except that
the term shall not include members of the Foreign
Service as defined by section 103 of the Foreign Serv-
ice Act of 1980 (P.L. 96–465), section 3903 of title 22
of the United States Code.
(c) An equalization adjustment payable under this sec-
tion shall be considered basic pay for the same purposes
as are comparability payments under section 5304 of title
V, United States Code, and its implementing regulations.
(d) The agencies referenced in subsection (c)(2) are au-
thorized to promulgate regulations to carry out the purposes
of this section.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of State
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998’’.
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TITLE V—RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION
OPERATING-DIFFERENTIAL SUBSIDIES
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY)
For the payment of obligations incurred for operating-
differential subsidies, as authorized by the Merchant Marine
Act, 1936, as amended, $51,030,000, to remain available
until expended.
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, $35,500,000, to remain available until
expended.
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $67,600,000: Provided, That re-
imbursements may be made to this appropriation from re-
ceipts to the ‘‘Federal Ship Financing Fund’’ for adminis-
trative expenses in support of that program in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated.
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by the
Merchant Marine Act, 1936, $32,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That such costs, including
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the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec-
tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 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 $3,725,000,
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 Government
property under control of the Maritime Administration,
and payments received therefor shall be credited to the ap-
propriation charged with the cost thereof: Provided, That
rental payments under any such lease, contract, or occu-
pancy 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 fis-
cal year from the construction fund established by the Mer-
chant Marine Act, 1936, or otherwise, in excess of the ap-
propriations and limitations contained in this Act or in
any prior appropriation Act, and all receipts which other-
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wise would be deposited to the credit of said fund shall be
covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
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, $250,000, as authorized by
Public Law 99–83, section 1303.
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil
Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles,
$8,740,000: 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 Sched-
ule C of the Excepted Service exclusive of one special assist-
ant 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.
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COMMISSION ON IMMIGRATION REFORM
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Immi-
gration Reform pursuant to section 141(f) of the Immigra-
tion Act of 1990, $459,000 to remain available until ex-
pended.
COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Security
and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public Law
94–304, $1,090,000, to remain available until expended as
authorized by section 3 of Public Law 99–7.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment Op-
portunity 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 au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles
as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); non-monetary awards
to private citizens; and not to exceed $27,500,000 for pay-
ments 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 Dis-
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crimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Dis-
abilities Act of 1990, and the Civil Rights Act of 1991;
$242,000,000: Provided, That the Commission is authorized
to make available for official reception and representation
expenses not to exceed $2,500 from available funds.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Communications
Commission, as authorized by law, including uniforms and
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–02; not
to exceed $600,000 for land and structure; 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; purchase (not to exceed 16) and
hire of motor vehicles; special counsel fees; and services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $186,514,000, of which not
to exceed $300,000 shall remain available until September
30, 1999, for research and policy studies: Provided, That
$162,523,000 of offsetting collections shall be assessed and
collected pursuant to section 9 of title I of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934, as amended, and shall be retained and
used for necessary expenses in this appropriation, and shall
remain available until expended: Provided further, That the
sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as such offsetting
collections are received during fiscal year 1998 so as to re-
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sult in a final fiscal year 1998 appropriation estimated at
$23,991,000: Provided further, That any offsetting collec-
tions received in excess of $162,523,000 in fiscal year 1998
shall remain available until expended, but shall not be
available for obligation until October 1, 1998.
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Com-
mission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant
Marine Act of 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. 5901–02; $14,000,000: Provided, That not to
exceed $2,000 shall be available for official reception and
representation expenses.
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commis-
sion, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to
exceed $2,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; $88,500,000: Provided, That not to exceed $300,000
shall be available for use to contract with a person or per-
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sons for collection services in accordance with the terms of
31 U.S.C. 3718, as amended: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed
$70,000,000 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 1998,
so as to result in a final fiscal year 1998 appropriation
from the General Fund estimated at not more than
$18,500,000, to remain available until expended: Provided
further, That any fees received in excess of $70,000,000 in
fiscal year 1998 shall remain available until expended, but
shall not be available for obligation until October 1, 1998:
Provided further, That none of the funds made available
to the Federal Trade Commission shall be available for obli-
gation for expenses authorized by section 151 of the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991
(Public Law 102–242, 105 Stat. 2282–2285).
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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, $283,000,000, of which
$274,400,000 is for basic field programs and required inde-
pendent audits; $1,500,000 is for the Office of Inspector
General, of which such amounts as may be necessary may
be used to conduct additional audits of recipients; and
$7,100,000 is for management and administration.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—LEGAL SERVICES
CORPORATION
SEC. 501. (a) CONTINUATION OF COMPETITIVE SELEC-
TION PROCESS.—None of the funds appropriated in this Act
to the Legal Services Corporation may be used to provide
financial assistance to any person or entity except through
a competitive selection process conducted in accordance
with regulations promulgated by the Corporation in accord-
ance with the criteria set forth in subsections (c), (d), and
(e) of section 503 of Public Law 104–134 (110 Stat. 1321–
52 et seq.).
(b) INAPPLICABILITY
OF CERTAIN PROCEDURES.—
Sections 1007(a)(9) and 1011 of the Legal Services Cor-
poration Act (42 U.S.C. 2996f(a)(9) and 2996j) shall not
apply to the provision, denial, suspension, or termination
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of any financial assistance using funds appropriated in
this Act.
(c) ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES.—If, during any term
of a grant or contract awarded to a recipient by the Legal
Services Corporation under the competitive selection process
referred to in subsection (a) and applicable Corporation
regulations, the Corporation finds, after notice and oppor-
tunity for the recipient to be heard, that the recipient has
failed to comply with any requirement of the Legal Services
Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996 et seq.), this Act, or any
other applicable law relating to funding for the Corpora-
tion, the Corporation may terminate the grant or contract
and institute a new competitive selection process for the
area served by the recipient, notwithstanding the terms of
the recipient’s grant or contract.
SEC. 502. (a) CONTINUATION OF REQUIREMENTS AND
RESTRICTIONS.—None of the funds appropriated in this
Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for
any purpose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any
of the provisions of—
(1) sections 501, 502, 505, 506, and 507 of Pub-
lic Law 104–134 (110 Stat. 1321–51 et seq.), and all
funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal Services
Corporation shall be subject to the same terms and
conditions as set forth in such sections, except that all
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references in such sections to 1995 and 1996 shall be
deemed to refer instead to 1997 and 1998, respec-
tively; and
(2) section 504 of Public Law 104–134 (110
Stat. 1321–53 et seq.), 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 section, except that—
(A) subsection (c) of such section 504 shall
not apply;
(B) paragraph (3) of section 508(b) of Pub-
lic Law 104–134 (110 Stat. 1321–58) shall
apply with respect to the requirements of sub-
section (a)(13) of such section 504, except that
all references in such section 508(b) to the date
of enactment shall be deemed to refer to April 26,
1996; and
(C) subsection (a)(11) of such section 504
shall not be construed to prohibit a recipient
from using funds derived from a source other
than the Corporation to provide related legal as-
sistance to—
(i) an alien who has been battered or
subjected to extreme cruelty in the United
States by a spouse or a parent, or by a
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member of the spouse’s or parent’s family
residing in the same household as the alien
and the spouse or parent consented or ac-
quiesced to such battery or cruelty; or
(ii) an alien whose child has been bat-
tered or subjected to extreme cruelty in the
United States by a spouse or parent of the
alien (without the active participation of
the alien in the battery or extreme cruelty),
or by a member of the spouse’s or parent’s
family residing in the same household as
the alien and the spouse or parent consented
or acquiesced to such battery or cruelty, and
the alien did not actively participate in
such battery or cruelty.
(b) 
DEFINITIONS.—For 
purposes 
of 
subsection
(a)(2)(C):
(1) The term ‘‘battered or subjected to extreme
cruelty’’ has the meaning given such term under regu-
lations issued pursuant to subtitle G of the Violence
Against Women Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322;
108 Stat. 1953).
(2) The term ‘‘related legal assistance’’ means
legal assistance directly related to the prevention of,
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or obtaining of relief from, the battery or cruelty de-
scribed in such subsection.
SEC. 503. (a) CONTINUATION OF AUDIT REQUIRE-
MENTS.—The requirements of section 509 of Public Law
104–134 (110 Stat. 1321–58 et seq.), other than subsection
(l) of such section, shall apply during fiscal year 1998.
(b) REQUIREMENT OF ANNUAL AUDIT.—An annual
audit of each person or entity receiving financial assistance
from the Legal Services Corporation under this Act shall
be conducted during fiscal year 1998 in accordance with
the requirements referred to in subsection (a).
SEC. 504. (a) DEBARMENT.—The Legal Services Cor-
poration may debar a recipient, on a showing of good cause,
from receiving an additional award of financial assistance
from the Corporation. Any such action to debar a recipient
shall be instituted after the Corporation provides notice and
an opportunity for a hearing to the recipient.
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Legal Services Corporation
shall promulgate regulations to implement this section.
(c) GOOD CAUSE.—In this section, the term ‘‘good
cause’’, used with respect to debarment, includes—
(1) prior termination of the financial assistance
of the recipient, under part 1640 of title 45, Code of
Federal Regulations (or any similar corresponding
regulation or ruling);
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(2) prior termination in whole, under part 1606
of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations (or any simi-
lar corresponding regulation or ruling), of the most
recent financial assistance received by the recipient,
prior to date of the debarment decision;
(3) substantial violation by the recipient of the
statutory or regulatory restrictions that prohibit re-
cipients from using financial assistance made avail-
able by the Legal Services Corporation or other finan-
cial assistance for purposes prohibited under the
Legal Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996 et
seq.) or for involvement in any activity prohibited by,
or inconsistent with, section 504 of Public Law 104–
134 (110 Stat. 1321–53 et seq.), section 502(a)(2) of
Public Law 104–208 (110 Stat. 3009–59 et seq.), or
section 502(a)(2) of this Act;
(4) knowing entry by the recipient into a
subgrant, subcontract, or other agreement with an en-
tity that had been debarred by the Corporation; or
(5) the filing of a lawsuit by the recipient, on be-
half of the recipient, as part of any program receiving
any Federal funds, naming the Corporation, or any
agency or employee of a Federal, State, or local gov-
ernment, as a defendant.
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SEC. 505. (a) Not later than January 1, 1998, the
Legal Services Corporation shall implement a system of
case information disclosure which shall apply to all basic
field programs which receive funds from the Legal Services
Corporation from funds appropriated in this Act.
(b) Any basic field program which receives Federal
funds from the Legal Services Corporation from funds ap-
propriated in this Act must disclose to the public in written
form, upon request, and to the Legal Services Corporation
in semiannual reports, the following information about
each case filed by its attorneys in any court:
(1) The name and full address of each party to
the legal action unless such information is protected
by an order or rule of a court or by State or Federal
law or revealing such information would put the cli-
ent of the recipient of such Federal funds at risk of
physical harm.
(2) The cause of action in the case.
(3) The name and address of the court in which
the case was filed and the case number assigned to the
legal action.
(c) The case information disclosed in semi-annual re-
ports to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to
disclosure under section 552 of title 5, United States Code.
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SEC. 506. In establishing the income or assets of an
individual who is a victim of domestic violence, under sec-
tion 1007(a)(2) of the Legal Services Corporation Act (42
U.S.C. 2996f(a)(2)), to determine if the individual is eligi-
ble for legal assistance, a recipient described in such section
shall consider only the assets and income of the individual,
and shall not include any jointly held assets.
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, $1,185,000.
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Securities and Exchange
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 representation expenses,
$283,000,000, of which not to exceed $10,000 may be used
toward funding a permanent secretariat for the Inter-
national 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 regulatory officials,
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members of their delegations, appropriate representatives
and staff to exchange views concerning developments relat-
ing to securities matters, development and implementation
of cooperation agreements concerning securities matters and
provision of technical assistance for the development of for-
eign securities markets, such expenses to include necessary
logistic and administrative expenses 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 transportation to or from such meetings,
and (3) any other related lodging or subsistance: 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee(d))
shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections:
Provided further, That not to exceed $249,523,000 of such
offsetting collections shall be available until expended for
necessary expenses of this account: Provided further, That
the total amount appropriated from the General Fund for
fiscal year 1998 under this heading shall be reduced as all
such offsetting fees are deposited to this appropriation so
as to result in a final total fiscal year 1998 appropriation
from the General Fund estimated at not more than
$33,477,000.
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of
the Small Business Administration as authorized by Public
Law 103–403, including hire of passenger motor vehicles
as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344, and not to ex-
ceed $3,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $254,200,000, of which: $3,000,000 shall be avail-
able for a grant to Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania for
infrastructure development to assist in small business devel-
opment; $3,000,000 shall be available for a grant to the
NTTC at Wheeling Jesuit University to continue the out-
reach program to assist small business development;
$2,000,000 shall be for a grant to Western Carolina Univer-
sity to develop a facility to assist in small business and
rural economic development; $1,500,000 shall be available
for a grant to the State University of New York to develop
a facility and operate the Institute of Entrepreneurship for
small business and workforce development; $1,000,000 shall
be for a grant for the Genesis Small Business Incubator
Facility, Fayetteville, Arkansas; and $500,000 shall be
available for a continuation grant to the Center for Entre-
preneurial Opportunity in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, to
provide for small business consulting and assistance: Pro-
vided, That the Administrator is authorized to charge fees
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to cover the cost of publications developed by the Small
Business Administration, and certain loan servicing activi-
ties: 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 carrying out
these purposes without further appropriations: Provided
further, That $75,800,000 shall be available to fund grants
for performance in fiscal year 1998 or fiscal year 1999 as
authorized by section 21 of the Small Business Act, as
amended.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral 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), $10,000,000.
BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $181,232,000, as au-
thorized by 15 U.S.C. 631 note, of which $45,000,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 1999: 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: Provided further, That during fiscal year 1998,
commitments to guarantee loans under section 503 of the
Small Business Investment Act of 1958, as amended, shall
not exceed the amount of financings authorized under sec-
tion 20(n)(2)(B) of the Small Business Act, as amended:
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Provided further, That during fiscal year 1998, commit-
ments for general business loans authorized under section
7(a) of the Small Business Act, as amended, shall not exceed
$10,000,000,000 without prior notification of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
Senate in accordance with section 605 of this Act.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $94,000,000,
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, $23,200,000, to re-
main available until expended: 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 to carry out
the direct loan program, $150,000,000, including not to ex-
ceed $500,000 for the Office of Inspector General of the
Small Business Administration for audits and reviews of
disaster loans and the disaster loan program, and said
sums shall be transferred to and merged with appropria-
tions for the Office of the Inspector General.
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SURETY BOND GUARANTEES REVOLVING FUND
For additional capital for the ‘‘Surety Bond Guaran-
tees Revolving Fund’’, authorized by the Small Business In-
vestment Act, as amended, $3,500,000, to remain available
without fiscal year limitation as authorized by 15 U.S.C.
631 note.
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 in-
creased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Pro-
vided, That any transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall
be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 605
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex-
penditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth
in that section.
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)),
$6,850,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official re-
ception and representation expenses.
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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 procurement
contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to
those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of pub-
lic record and available for public inspection, except where
otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing
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-
tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other
than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be affected
thereby.
SEC. 605. (a) None of the funds provided under this
Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the
agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli-
gation or expenditure in fiscal year 1998, or provided from
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived
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by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by
this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure
through a reprogramming of funds which: (1) creates new
programs; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any
project or activity for which funds have been denied or re-
stricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorganizes
offices, programs, or activities; or (6) contracts out or
privatizes any functions, or activities presently performed
by Federal employees; unless the Appropriations Commit-
tees of both Houses of Congress are notified fifteen days in
advance of such reprogramming of funds.
(b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or pro-
vided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or
expenditure in fiscal year 1998, or provided from any ac-
counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the
collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this
Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure for ac-
tivities, programs, or projects through a reprogramming of
funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less,
that: (1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities;
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program,
project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent
as approved by Congress; or (3) results from any general
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savings from a reduction in personnel which would result
in a change in existing programs, activities, or projects as
approved by Congress; unless the Appropriations Commit-
tees of both Houses of Congress are notified fifteen days in
advance of such reprogramming of funds.
SEC. 606. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used for the construction, repair (other than
emergency repair), overhaul, conversion, or modernization
of vessels for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin-
istration in shipyards located outside of the United States.
SEC. 607. (a) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIP-
MENT AND PRODUCTS.—It is the sense of the Congress that,
to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and prod-
ucts purchased with funds made available in this Act should
be American-made.
(b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—In providing financial
assistance to, or entering into any contract with, any entity
using funds made available in this Act, the head of each
Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable, shall pro-
vide to such entity a notice describing the statement made
in subsection (a) by the Congress.
(c) PROHIBITION
OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS
FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—
If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal agen-
cy that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a
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any exemption of providers or exclusion of any service
that includes telecommunications from such require-
ment or support mechanisms;
(4) who is eligible under sections 254(e),
254(h)(1), and 254(h)(2) of the Communications Act
of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(e), 254(h)(1), and 254(h)(2))
to receive specific federal universal service support for
the provision of universal service, and the consistency
with which the Commission has interpreted each of
those provisions of section 254; and
(5) the Commission’s decisions regarding the
percentage of universal service support provided by
federal mechanisms and the revenue base from which
such support is derived.
SEC. 624. Section 6(d)(1) of the National Foundation
on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
955(d)(1)) is amended by striking the word ‘‘fourteen’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘eight’’.
SEC. 625. (a) Section 814(g)(1) of the Foreign Rela-
tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 (22
U.S.C. 2291 note) is amended by striking ‘‘$325,000’’ and
inserting ‘‘$370,000’’.
(b) Section 814(i) of such section is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘September 30, 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30,
1999’’.