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Union Calendar No. 169
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2670
[Report No. 106–283]
Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State,
the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2000, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 2, 1999
Mr. ROGERS, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following
bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
A BILL
Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce,
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
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fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the administration of the
Department of Justice, $79,328,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $3,317,000 is for the Facilities Program 2000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed 43 permanent positions and 44 full-time equivalent
workyears and $8,136,000 shall be expended for the De-
partment Leadership Program exclusive of augmentation
that occurred in these offices in fiscal year 1999: Provided
further, That not to exceed 41 permanent positions and
48 full-time equivalent workyears and $4,811,000 shall be
expended for the Offices of Legislative Affairs and Public
Affairs: Provided further, That the latter two aforemen-
tioned offices shall not be augmented by personnel details,
temporary transfers of personnel on either a reimbursable
or non-reimbursable basis or any other type of formal or
informal transfer or reimbursement of personnel or funds
on either a temporary or long-term basis: Provided further,
That the Attorney General is authorized to transfer, under
such terms and conditions as the Attorney General shall
specify, forfeited real or personal property of limited or
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marginal value, as such value is determined by guidelines
established by the Attorney General, to a State or local
government agency, or its designated contractor or trans-
feree, 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:
Provided further, That any transfer under the preceding
proviso shall not create or confer any private right of ac-
tion in any person against the United States, and shall
be treated as a reprogramming under section 605 of this
Act.
COUNTERTERRORISM FUND
For necessary expenses, as determined by the Attor-
ney General, $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, to reimburse any Department of Justice organiza-
tion for (1) the costs incurred in reestablishing the oper-
ational capability of an office or facility which has been
damaged or destroyed as a result of any domestic or inter-
national terrorist incident; and (2) the costs of providing
support to counter, investigate or prosecute domestic or
international terrorism, including payment of rewards in
connection with these activities: Provided, That any Fed-
eral agency may be reimbursed for the costs of detaining
in foreign countries individuals accused of acts of ter-
rorism that violate the laws of the United States: Provided
further, That funds provided under this paragraph shall
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be available only after the Attorney General notifies the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate in accordance with section 605 of
this Act.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER COMPLIANCE FUND
For payments authorized by section 109 of the Com-
munications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (47
U.S.C. 1008), $15,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS
For expenses necessary for the administration of par-
don and clemency petitions and immigration related activi-
ties, $84,200,000.
In addition, $50,363,000, for such purposes, to re-
main available until expended, to be derived from the Vio-
lent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended, $42,475,000; including
not to exceed $10,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of
a confidential character, to be expended under the direc-
tion of, and to be accounted for solely under the certificate
of, the Attorney General; and for the acquisition, lease,
maintenance, and operation of motor vehicles, without re-
gard to the general purchase price limitation for the cur-
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rent fiscal year: Provided, That up to two-tenths of one
percent of the Department of Justice’s allocation from the
Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund grant programs may
be transferred at the discretion of the Attorney General
to this account for the audit or other review of such grant
programs, as authorized by the Violent Crime Control and
Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322).
UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Parole
Commission as authorized by law, $7,380,000.
LEGAL ACTIVITIES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES
For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the
Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, includ-
ing not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evi-
dence, to be expended under the direction of, and to be
accounted for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney
General; and rent of private or Government-owned space
in the District of Columbia, $355,691,000; of which not
to exceed $10,000,000 for litigation support contracts
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of
the funds available in this appropriation, not to exceed
$18,166,000 shall remain available until expended for of-
fice automation systems for the legal divisions covered by
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this appropriation, and for the United States Attorneys,
the Antitrust Division, and offices funded through ‘‘Sala-
ries and Expenses’’, General Administration: Provided fur-
ther, That of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed
$1,000 shall be available to the United States National
Central Bureau, INTERPOL, for official reception and
representation expenses.
In addition, $147,929,000, to be derived from the
Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, to remain available
until expended for such purposes.
In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the De-
partment of Justice associated with processing cases
under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986,
as amended, not to exceed $3,424,000, to be appropriated
from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION
For expenses necessary for the enforcement of anti-
trust and kindred laws, $57,368,000: Provided, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed
$57,368,000 of offsetting collections derived from fees col-
lected in fiscal year 2000 for premerger notification filings
under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act
of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18(a) note) shall be retained and used
for necessary expenses in this appropriation, and shall re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That the
sum herein appropriated from the General Fund shall be
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reduced as such offsetting collections are received during
fiscal year 2000, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2000
appropriation from the General Fund estimated at not
more than $0.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS
For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United
States Attorneys, including intergovernmental and cooper-
ative agreements, $1,161,957,000; of which not to exceed
$2,500,000 shall be available until September 30, 2001,
for (1) training personnel in debt collection, (2) locating
debtors and their property, (3) paying the net costs of sell-
ing property, and (4) tracking debts owed to the United
States Government: Provided, That of the total amount
appropriated, not to exceed $8,000 shall be available for
official reception and representation expenses: Provided
further, That not to exceed $10,000,000 of those funds
available for automated litigation support contracts shall
remain available until expended: Provided further, That,
in addition to reimbursable full-time equivalent workyears
available to the Offices of the United States Attorneys,
not to exceed 9,044 positions and 9,360 full-time equiva-
lent workyears shall be supported from the funds appro-
priated in this Act for the United States Attorneys.
UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND
For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee
Program, 
as 
authorized 
by 
U.S.C. 
589a(a),
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$114,248,000, to remain available until expended and to
be derived from the United States Trustee System Fund:
Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of
law, deposits to the Fund shall be available in such
amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds due deposi-
tors: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, $114,248,000 of offsetting collections de-
rived from fees collected pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 589a(b)
shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this
appropriation and remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the
Fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are
received during fiscal year 2000, so as to result in a final
fiscal year 2000 appropriation from the Fund estimated
at $0: Provided further, That 28 U.S.C. 589a is amended
by striking ‘‘and’’ in subsection (b)(7); by striking the pe-
riod in subsection (b)(8) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘;
and’’; and by adding a new paragraph as follows: ‘‘(9) in-
terest earned on Fund investment.’’.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS
SETTLEMENT COMMISSION
For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of
the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $1,175,000.
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES MARSHALS
SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the United States Mar-
shals Service; including the acquisition, lease, mainte-
nance, and operation of vehicles, and the purchase of pas-
senger motor vehicles for police-type use, without regard
to the general purchase price limitation for the current
fiscal year, $329,289,000, as authorized by 28 U.S.C.
561(i); of which not to exceed $6,000 shall be available
for official reception and representation expenses; of which
not to exceed $4,000,000 for development, implementa-
tion, maintenance and support, and training for an auto-
mated prisoner information system shall remain available
until expended; and of which not less than $2,762,000
shall be for the costs of conversion to narrowband commu-
nications and for the operations and maintenance of leg-
acy Land Mobile Radio systems: Provided, That such
amount shall be transferred to and administered by the
Department of Justice Wireless Management Office.
In addition, $209,620,000, for such purposes, to re-
main available until expended, to be derived from the Vio-
lent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.
CONSTRUCTION
For planning, constructing, renovating, equipping,
and maintaining United States Marshals Service prisoner-
holding space in United States courthouses and federal
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buildings, including the renovation and expansion of pris-
oner 
movement 
areas, 
elevators, 
and 
sallyports,
$4,600,000, to remain available until expended.
JUSTICE PRISONER AND ALIEN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
FUND, UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE
Beginning in fiscal year 2000 and thereafter, pay-
ment shall be made from the Justice Prisoner and Alien
Transportation System Fund for necessary expenses re-
lated to the scheduling and transportation of United
States prisoners and illegal and criminal aliens in the cus-
tody of the United States Marshals Service, as authorized
in 18 U.S.C. 4013, including, without limitation, salaries
and expenses, operations, and the acquisition, lease, and
maintenance of aircraft and support facilities: Provided,
That the Fund shall be reimbursed or credited with ad-
vance payments from amounts available to the Depart-
ment of Justice, other Federal agencies, and other sources
at rates that will recover the expenses of Fund operations,
including, without limitation, accrual of annual leave and
depreciation of plant and equipment of the Fund: Provided
further, That proceeds from the disposal of Fund aircraft
shall be credited to the Fund: Provided further, That
amounts in the Fund shall be available without fiscal year
limitation, and may be used for operating equipment lease
agreements that do not exceed 5 years.
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FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION
For expenses, related to United States prisoners in
the custody of the United States Marshals Service as au-
thorized in 18 U.S.C. 4013, but not including expenses
otherwise provided for in appropriations available to the
Attorney General, $525,000,000, as authorized by 28
U.S.C. 561(i), to remain available until expended.
FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES
For expenses, mileage, compensation, and per diems
of witnesses, for expenses of contracts for the procurement
and supervision of expert witnesses, for private counsel ex-
penses, and for per diems in lieu of subsistence, as author-
ized by law, including advances, $95,000,000, to remain
available until expended; of which not to exceed
$6,000,000 may be made available for planning, construc-
tion, renovations, maintenance, remodeling, and repair of
buildings, and the purchase of equipment incident thereto,
for protected witness safesites; and of which not to exceed
$1,000,000 may be made available for the purchase and
maintenance of armored vehicles for transportation of pro-
tected witnesses.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS
SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the Community Relations
Service, established by title X of the Civil Rights Act of
1964, $7,199,000 and, in addition, up to $1,000,000 of
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funds made available to the Department of Justice in this
Act may be transferred by the Attorney General to this
account: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, upon a determination by the Attorney General
that emergent circumstances require additional funding
for conflict prevention and resolution activities of the
Community Relations Service, the Attorney General may
transfer such amounts to the Community Relations Serv-
ice, from available appropriations for the current fiscal
year for the Department of Justice, as may be necessary
to respond to such circumstances: Provided further, That
any transfer pursuant to the previous proviso shall be
treated as a reprogramming under section 605 of this Act
and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure ex-
cept in compliance with the procedures set forth in that
section.
ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND
For expenses authorized by 28 U.S.C. 524(c)(1)
(A)(ii), (B), (F), and (G), as amended, $23,000,000, to
be derived from the Department of Justice Assets For-
feiture Fund.
RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For necessary administrative expenses in accordance
with 
the 
Radiation 
Exposure 
Compensation 
Act,
$2,000,000.
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INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT
INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT
For necessary expenses for the detection, investiga-
tion, and prosecution of individuals involved in organized
crime drug trafficking not otherwise provided for, to in-
clude intergovernmental agreements with State and local
law enforcement agencies engaged in the investigation and
prosecution of individuals involved in organized crime drug
trafficking, $316,792,000, of which $50,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended: Provided, That any
amounts obligated from appropriations under this heading
may be used under authorities available to the organiza-
tions reimbursed from this appropriation: Provided fur-
ther, That any unobligated balances remaining available
at the end of the fiscal year shall revert to the Attorney
General for reallocation among participating organizations
in succeeding fiscal years, subject to the reprogramming
procedures described in section 605 of this Act.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of
crimes against the United States; including purchase for
police-type use of not to exceed 1,648 passenger motor ve-
hicles, of which 1,523 will be for replacement only, without
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regard to the general purchase price limitation for the cur-
rent fiscal year, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; ac-
quisition, lease, maintenance, and operation of aircraft;
and not to exceed $70,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies
of a confidential character, to be expended under the di-
rection of, and to be accounted for solely under the certifi-
cate of, the Attorney General, $2,357,015,000; of which
not to exceed $50,000,000 for automated data processing
and telecommunications and technical investigative equip-
ment and not to exceed $1,000,000 for undercover oper-
ations shall remain available until September 30, 2001;
of which not less than $292,473,000 shall be for
counterterrorism 
investigations, 
foreign 
counterintel-
ligence, and other activities related to our national secu-
rity; of which not to exceed $14,000,000 shall remain
available until expended; of which not to exceed
$10,000,000 is authorized to be made available for making
advances for expenses arising out of contractual or reim-
bursable agreements with State and local law enforcement
agencies while engaged in cooperative activities related to
violent crime, terrorism, organized crime, and drug inves-
tigations; and of which not less than $59,429,000 shall
be for the costs of conversion to narrowband communica-
tions, and for the operations and maintenance of legacy
Land Mobile Radio systems: Provided, That such amount
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shall be transferred to and administered by the Depart-
ment of Justice Wireless Management Office: Provided
further, That not to exceed $45,000 shall be available for
official reception and representation expenses: Provided
further, That no funds in this Act may be used to provide
ballistics imaging equipment to any State or local author-
ity which has obtained similar equipment through a Fed-
eral grant or subsidy unless the State or local authority
agrees to return that equipment or to repay that grant
or subsidy to the Federal Government.
In addition, $752,853,000 for such purposes, to re-
main available until expended, to be derived from the Vio-
lent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, as authorized by the
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994,
as amended, and the Antiterrorism and Effective Death
Penalty Act of 1996.
CONSTRUCTION
For necessary expenses to construct or acquire build-
ings and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by
law (including equipment for such buildings); conversion
and extension of federally-owned buildings; and prelimi-
nary planning and design of projects; $1,287,000, to re-
main available until expended.
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DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Ad-
ministration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet un-
foreseen emergencies of a confidential character, to be ex-
pended under the direction of, and to be accounted for
solely under the certificate of, the Attorney General; ex-
penses for conducting drug education and training pro-
grams, including travel and related expenses for partici-
pants in such programs and the distribution of items of
token value that promote the goals of such programs; pur-
chase of not to exceed 1,358 passenger motor vehicles, of
which 1,079 will be for replacement only, for police-type
use without regard to the general purchase price limitation
for the current fiscal year; and acquisition, lease, mainte-
nance, and operation of aircraft; $932,000,000, of which
not to exceed $1,800,000 for research shall remain avail-
able until expended, and of which not to exceed
$4,000,000 for purchase of evidence and payments for in-
formation, not to exceed $10,000,000 for contracting for
automated data processing and telecommunications equip-
ment, and not to exceed $2,000,000 for laboratory equip-
ment, 
$4,000,000 
for 
technical 
equipment, 
and
$2,000,000 for aircraft replacement retrofit and parts,
shall remain available until September 30, 2001; of which
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not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for official recep-
tion and representation expenses; and of which not less
than $20,733,000 shall be for the costs of conversion to
narrowband communications and for the operations and
maintenance of legacy Land Mobile Radio systems: Pro-
vided, That such amount shall be transferred to and ad-
ministered by the Department of Justice Wireless Man-
agement Office.
In addition, $344,250,000, for such purposes, to re-
main available until expended, to be derived from the Vio-
lent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.
CONSTRUCTION
For necessary expenses to construct or acquire build-
ings and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by
law (including equipment for such buildings); conversion
and extension of federally-owned buildings; and prelimi-
nary planning and design of projects; $8,000,000, to re-
main available until expended.
IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the administration and
enforcement of the laws relating to immigration, natu-
ralization, and alien registration, as follows:
ENFORCEMENT AND BORDER AFFAIRS
For salaries and expenses for the Border Patrol pro-
gram, the detention and deportation program, the intel-
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ligence program, the investigations program, and the in-
spections program, including not to exceed $50,000 to
meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character,
to be expended under the direction of, and to be accounted
for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney General;
purchase for police-type use (not to exceed 3,075 pas-
senger motor vehicles, of which 2,266 are for replacement
only), without regard to the general purchase price limita-
tion for the current fiscal year, and hire of passenger
motor vehicles; acquisition, lease, maintenance and oper-
ation of aircraft; research related to immigration enforce-
ment; for protecting and maintaining the integrity of the
borders of the United States including, without limitation,
equipping, maintaining, and making improvements to the
infrastructure; and for the care and housing of Federal
detainees held in the joint Immigration and Naturalization
Service and United States Marshals Service’s Buffalo De-
tention Facility, $1,130,030,000; of which not to exceed
$10,000,000 shall be available for costs associated with
the training program for basic officer training, and
$5,000,000 is for payments or advances arising out of con-
tractual or reimbursable agreements with State and local
law enforcement agencies while engaged in cooperative ac-
tivities related to immigration; of which not to exceed
$5,000,000 is to fund or reimburse other Federal agencies
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for the costs associated with the care, maintenance, and
repatriation of smuggled illegal aliens; and of which not
less than $18,510,000 shall be for the costs of conversion
to narrowband communications and for the operations and
maintenance of legacy Land Mobile Radio systems: Pro-
vided, That such amount shall be transferred to and ad-
ministered by the Department of Justice Wireless Man-
agement Office: Provided further, That none of the funds
available to the Immigration and Naturalization Service
shall be available to pay any employee overtime pay in an
amount in excess of $30,000 during the calendar year be-
ginning January 1, 2000: Provided further, That uniforms
may be purchased without regard to the general purchase
price limitation for the current fiscal year: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds provided in this or any other
Act shall be used for the continued operation of the San
Clemente and Temecula checkpoints unless the check-
points are open and traffic is being checked on a contin-
uous 24-hour basis.
CITIZENSHIP AND BENEFITS, IMMIGRATION SUPPORT AND
PROGRAM DIRECTION
For all programs of the Immigration and Naturaliza-
tion Service not included under the heading ‘‘Enforcement
and Border Affairs’’, $535,011,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $400,000 for research shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 shall be
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available for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided further, That the Attorney General may
transfer any funds appropriated under this heading and
the heading ‘‘Enforcement and Border Affairs’’ between
said appropriations notwithstanding any percentage trans-
fer limitations imposed under this appropriation Act and
may direct such fees as are collected by the Immigration
and Naturalization Service to the activities funded under
this heading and the heading ‘‘Enforcement and Border
Affairs’’ for performance of the functions for which the
fees legally may be expended: Provided further, That not
to exceed 38 permanent positions and 38 full-time equiva-
lent workyears and $3,909,000 shall be expended for the
Offices of Legislative Affairs and Public Affairs: Provided
further, That the latter two aforementioned offices shall
not be augmented by personnel details, temporary trans-
fers of personnel on either a reimbursable or non-reim-
bursable basis, or any other type of formal or informal
transfer or reimbursement of personnel or funds on either
a temporary or long-term basis: Provided further, That the
number of positions filled through non-career appointment
at the Immigration and Naturalization Service, for which
funding is provided in this Act or is otherwise made avail-
able to the Immigration and Naturalization Service, shall
not exceed 4 permanent positions and 4 full-time equiva-
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lent workyears: Provided further, That none of the funds
available to the Immigration and Naturalization Service
shall be used to pay an employee overtime pay in an
amount in excess of $30,000 during the calendar year be-
ginning January 1, 2000: Provided further, That funds
may be used, without limitation, for equipping, maintain-
ing, and making improvements to the infrastructure and
the purchase of vehicles for police type use within the lim-
its of the Enforcement and Border Affairs appropriation:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, during fiscal year 2000, the Attorney General
is authorized and directed to impose disciplinary action,
including termination of employment, pursuant to policies
and procedures applicable to employees of the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation, for any employee of the Immigration
and Naturalization Service who violates policies and proce-
dures set forth by the Department of Justice relative to
the granting of citizenship or who willfully deceives the
Congress or department leadership on any matter.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
In addition, $1,267,225,000, for such purposes, to re-
main available until expended, to be derived from the Vio-
lent Crime Reduction Trust Fund: Provided, That the At-
torney General may use the transfer authority provided
under the heading ‘‘Citizenship and Benefits, Immigration
Support and Program Direction’’ to provide funds to any
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program of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
that heretofore has been funded by the Violent Crime Re-
duction Trust Fund.
CONSTRUCTION
For planning, construction, renovation, equipping,
and maintenance of buildings and facilities necessary for
the administration and enforcement of the laws relating
to immigration, naturalization, and alien registration, not
otherwise provided for, $90,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That no funds shall be available
for the site acquisition, design, or construction of any Bor-
der Patrol checkpoint in the Tucson sector.
FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the administration, oper-
ation, and maintenance of Federal penal and correctional
institutions, including purchase (not to exceed 708, of
which 602 are for replacement only) and hire of law en-
forcement and passenger motor vehicles, and for the provi-
sion of technical assistance and advice on corrections re-
lated issues to foreign governments, $3,082,004,000: Pro-
vided, That the Attorney General may transfer to the
Health Resources and Services Administration such
amounts as may be necessary for direct expenditures by
that Administration for medical relief for inmates of Fed-
eral penal and correctional institutions: Provided further,
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That the Director of the Federal Prison System (FPS),
where necessary, may enter into contracts with a fiscal
agent/fiscal intermediary claims processor to determine
the amounts payable to persons who, on behalf of the
FPS, furnish health services to individuals committed to
the custody of the FPS: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed $6,000 shall be available for official reception and
representation expenses: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed $90,000,000 shall remain available for necessary op-
erations until September 30, 2001: Provided further, That,
of the amounts provided for Contract Confinement, not
to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended to make payments in advance for grants, contracts
and reimbursable agreements, and other expenses author-
ized by section 501(c) of the Refugee Education Assist-
ance Act of 1980, as amended, for the care and security
in the United States of Cuban and Haitian entrants: Pro-
vided further, That, notwithstanding section 4(d) of the
Service Contract Act of 1965 (41 U.S.C. 353(d)), FPS
may enter into contracts and other agreements with pri-
vate entities for periods of not to exceed 3 years and 7
additional option years for the confinement of Federal
prisoners.
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In addition, $22,524,000, for such purposes, to re-
main available until expended, to be derived from the Vio-
lent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For planning, acquisition of sites and construction of
new facilities; leasing the Oklahoma City Airport Trust
Facility; purchase and acquisition of facilities and remod-
eling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and correc-
tional use, including all necessary expenses incident there-
to, by contract or force account; and constructing, remod-
eling, and equipping necessary buildings and facilities at
existing penal and correctional institutions, including all
necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force
account, $558,791,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which not to exceed $14,074,000 shall be avail-
able to construct areas for inmate work programs: Pro-
vided, That labor of United States prisoners may be used
for work performed under this appropriation: Provided
further, That not to exceed 10 percent of the funds appro-
priated to ‘‘Buildings and Facilities’’ in this Act or any
other Act may be transferred to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’,
Federal Prison System, upon notification by the Attorney
General to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate in compliance
with provisions set forth in section 605 of this Act.
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FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is here-
by authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits
of funds and borrowing authority available, and in accord
with the law, and to make such contracts and commit-
ments, without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro-
vided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as
may be necessary in carrying out the program set forth
in the budget for the current fiscal year for such corpora-
tion, including purchase of (not to exceed five for replace-
ment only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles.
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL
PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
Not to exceed $2,490,000 of the funds of the corpora-
tion shall be available for its administrative expenses, and
for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to be com-
puted on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance
with the corporation’s current prescribed accounting sys-
tem, and such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation,
payment of claims, and expenditures which the said ac-
counting system requires to be capitalized or charged to
cost of commodities acquired or produced, including sell-
ing and shipping expenses, and expenses in connection
with acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, im-
provement, protection, or disposition of facilities and other
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property belonging to the corporation or in which it has
an interest.
OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS
JUSTICE ASSISTANCE
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and
other assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended,
and the Missing Children’s Assistance Act, as amended,
including salaries and expenses in connection therewith,
and with the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, as amended,
$143,436,000, to remain available until expended, as au-
thorized by section 1001 of title I of the Omnibus Crime
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended.
In addition, for grants, cooperative agreements, and
other assistance authorized by sections 819, 821, and 822
of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of
1996, $74,000,000, to remain available until expended.
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE
For assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Con-
trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–
322), as amended (‘‘the 1994 Act’’), $1,629,500,000 to
remain available until expended; of which $523,000,000
shall be for Local Law Enforcement Block Grants, pursu-
ant to H.R. 728 as passed by the House of Representa-
tives on February 14, 1995, except that for purposes of
this Act, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall be con-
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sidered 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 es-
tablishing crime prevention programs involving coopera-
tion between community residents and law enforcement
personnel in order to control, detect, or investigate crime
or the prosecution of criminals: Provided, That no funds
provided under this heading may be used as matching
funds for any other Federal grant program: Provided fur-
ther, That $40,000,000 of this amount shall be for Boys
and Girls Clubs in public housing facilities and other areas
in cooperation with State and local law enforcement: Pro-
vided further, That funds may also be used to defray the
costs of indemnification insurance for law enforcement of-
ficers: Provided further, That $20,000,000 shall be avail-
able to carry out section 102(2) of H.R. 728; of which
$420,000,000 shall be for the State Criminal Alien Assist-
ance Program, as authorized by section 242(j) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act, as amended; and of which
$686,500,000 shall be for Violent Offender Incarceration
and Truth in Sentencing Incentive Grants pursuant to
subtitle A of title II of the 1994 Act, of which
$165,000,000 shall be available for payments to States for
incarceration of criminal aliens, and of which $25,000,000
shall be available for the Cooperative Agreement Program.
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VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS, STATE AND
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE
For assistance (including amounts for administrative
costs for management and administration, which amounts
shall be transferred to and merged with the ‘‘Justice As-
sistance’’ account) authorized by the Violent Crime Con-
trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–
322), as amended (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Omnibus Crime
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended (‘‘the
1968 Act’’); and the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990,
as amended (‘‘the 1990 Act’’), $1,193,450,000, to remain
available until expended, which shall be derived from the
Violent 
Crime 
Reduction 
Trust 
Fund; 
of 
which
$552,000,000 shall be for grants, contracts, cooperative
agreements, and other assistance authorized by part E of
title I of the 1968 Act, for State and Local Narcotics Con-
trol and Justice Assistance Improvements, notwith-
standing the provisions of section 511 of said Act, as au-
thorized by section 1001 of title I of said Act, as amended
by Public Law 102–534 (106 Stat. 3524), of which
$47,000,000 shall be available to carry out the provisions
of chapter A of subpart 2 of part E of title I of said Act,
for discretionary grants under the Edward Byrne Memo-
rial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Pro-
grams; of which $9,000,000 shall be for the Court Ap-
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pointed Special Advocate Program, as authorized by sec-
tion 218 of the 1990 Act; of which $2,000,000 shall be
for Child Abuse Training Programs for Judicial Personnel
and Practitioners, as authorized by section 224 of the
1990 Act; of which $206,750,000 shall be for Grants to
Combat Violence Against Women, to States, units of local
government, and Indian tribal governments, as authorized
by section 1001(a)(18) of the 1968 Act, including
$28,000,000 which shall be used exclusively for the pur-
pose of strengthening civil legal assistance programs for
victims of domestic violence: Provided, That, of these
funds, $5,200,000 shall be provided to the National Insti-
tute of Justice for research and evaluation of violence
against women, $1,196,000 shall be provided to the Office
of the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia
for domestic violence programs in D.C. Superior Court,
and $10,000,000 shall be available to the Office of Juve-
nile Justice and Delinquency Prevention for the Safe Start
Program, to be administered as authorized by part C of
the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Act of 1974, as
amended; of which $34,000,000 shall be for Grants to En-
courage Arrest Policies to States, units of local govern-
ment, and Indian tribal governments, as authorized by
section 1001(a)(19) of the 1968 Act; of which
$25,000,000 shall be for Rural Domestic Violence and
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Child Abuse Enforcement Assistance Grants, as author-
ized by section 40295 of the 1994 Act; of which
$5,000,000 shall be for training programs to assist proba-
tion and parole officers who work with released sex offend-
ers, as authorized by section 40152(c) of the 1994 Act,
and for local demonstration projects; of which $1,000,000
shall be for grants for televised testimony, as authorized
by section 1001(a)(7) of the 1968 Act; of which
$63,000,000 shall be for grants for residential substance
abuse treatment for State prisoners, as authorized by sec-
tion 1001(a)(17) of the 1968 Act; of which $900,000 shall
be for the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Pro-
gram, as authorized by section 240001(c) of the 1994 Act;
of which $1,300,000 shall be for Motor Vehicle Theft Pre-
vention Programs, as authorized by section 220002(h) of
the 1994 Act; of which $40,000,000 shall be for Drug
Courts, as authorized by title V of the 1994 Act; of which
$1,500,000 shall be for Law Enforcement Family Support
Programs, as authorized by section 1001(a)(21) of the
1968 Act; of which $2,000,000 shall be for public aware-
ness programs addressing marketing scams aimed at sen-
ior citizens, as authorized by section 250005(3) of the
1994 Act; and of which $250,000,000 shall be for Juvenile
Accountability Incentive Block Grants, except that such
funds shall be subject to the same terms and conditions
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as set forth in the provisions under this heading for this
program in Public Law 105–119, but all references in
such provisions to 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead
to 2000: Provided further, That funds made available in
fiscal year 2000 under subpart 1 of part E of title I of
the 1968 Act may be obligated for programs to assist
States in the litigation processing of death penalty Federal
habeas corpus petitions and for drug testing initiatives:
Provided further, That, if a unit of local government uses
any of the funds made available under this title to increase
the number of law enforcement officers, the unit of local
government will achieve a net gain in the number of law
enforcement officers who perform nonadministrative pub-
lic safety service.
WEED AND SEED PROGRAM FUND
For necessary expenses, including salaries and re-
lated expenses of the Executive Office for Weed and Seed,
to implement ‘‘Weed and Seed’’ program activities,
$33,500,000, to remain available until expended, for inter-
governmental agreements, including grants, cooperative
agreements, and contracts, with State and local law en-
forcement agencies engaged in the investigation and pros-
ecution of violent crimes and drug offenses in ‘‘Weed and
Seed’’ designated communities, and for either reimburse-
ments or transfers to appropriation accounts of the De-
partment of Justice and other Federal agencies which
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shall be specified by the Attorney General to execute the
‘‘Weed and Seed’’ program strategy: Provided, That funds
designated by Congress through language for other De-
partment of Justice appropriation accounts for ‘‘Weed and
Seed’’ program activities shall be managed and executed
by the Attorney General through the Executive Office for
Weed and Seed: Provided further, That the Attorney Gen-
eral may direct the use of other Department of Justice
funds and personnel in support of ‘‘Weed and Seed’’ pro-
gram activities only after the Attorney General notifies the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate in accordance with section 605 of
this Act.
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES
For activities authorized by Title I of the Violent
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, Public
Law 103–322 (‘‘the 1994 Act’’) (including administrative
costs), $268,000,000, to remain available until expended,
including $45,000,000 which shall be derived from the
Violent 
Crime 
Reduction 
Trust 
Fund, 
of 
which
$150,000,000 is for Public Safety and Community Polic-
ing Grants pursuant to title I of the 1994 Act to be used
to combat violence in schools; and of which $118,000,000
is for innovative community policing programs, of which
$25,000,000 shall be used for the Matching Grant Pro-
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gram for Law Enforcement Armor Vests pursuant to sec-
tion 2501 of part Y of the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’), as amended,
$17,500,000 shall be used to combat violence in schools,
$60,000,000 shall be used for grants, as authorized by
section 102(e) of the Crime Identification Technology Act
of 1998, and section 4(b) of the National Child Protection
Act of 1993, as amended and $15,500,000 shall be used
for a law enforcement technology program: Provided, That
of the unobligated balances available in this program,
$140,000,000 shall be used for innovative policing pro-
grams, of which $35,000,000 shall be used for policing
initiatives to combat methamphetamine production and
trafficking and to enhance policing initiatives in drug ‘‘hot
spots’’, $54,500,000 shall be used for a law enforcement
technology program, $25,000,000 shall be used for Police
Corps education, training, and service as set forth in sec-
tions 200101–200113 of the 1994 Act, and $25,500,000
shall be expended for program management and adminis-
tration.
JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and
other assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended, includ-
ing salaries and expenses in connection therewith to be
transferred and merged with the appropriations for Jus-
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tice Assistance, $267,597,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That these funds shall be available
for obligation and expenditure upon enactment of reau-
thorization legislation for the Juvenile Justice and Delin-
quency Prevention Act of 1974 (title XIII of H.R. 1501
or comparable legislation).
In addition, for grants, contracts, cooperative agree-
ments, and other assistance, $10,000,000 to remain avail-
able until expended, for developing, testing, and dem-
onstrating programs designed to reduce drug use among
juveniles.
In addition, for grants, contracts, cooperative agree-
ments, and other assistance authorized by the Victims of
Child Abuse Act of 1990, as amended, $7,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, as authorized by section
214B of the Act.
PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS BENEFITS
To remain available until expended, for payments au-
thorized by part L of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796), as amend-
ed, such sums as are necessary, as authorized by section
6093 of Public Law 100–690 (102 Stat. 4339–4340).
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
SEC. 101. In addition to amounts otherwise made
available in this title for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, a total of not to exceed $45,000 from funds
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appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title
shall be available to the Attorney General for official re-
ception and representation expenses in accordance with
distributions, procedures, and regulations established by
the Attorney General.
SEC. 102. Authorities contained in the Department
of Justice Appropriation Authorization Act, Fiscal Year
1980 (Public Law 96–132; 93 Stat. 1040 (1979)), as
amended, shall remain in effect until the termination date
of this Act or until the effective date of a Department
of Justice Appropriation Authorization Act, whichever is
earlier.
SEC. 103. None of the funds appropriated by this
title shall be available to pay for an abortion, except where
the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus
were carried to term, or in the case of rape: Provided,
That should this prohibition be declared unconstitutional
by a court of competent jurisdiction, this section shall be
null and void.
SEC. 104. None of the funds appropriated under this
title shall be used to require any person to perform, or
facilitate in any way the performance of, any abortion.
SEC. 105. Nothing in the preceding section shall re-
move the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Pris-
ons to provide escort services necessary for a female in-
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mate to receive such service outside the Federal facility:
Provided, That nothing in this section in any way dimin-
ishes the effect of section 104 intended to address the phil-
osophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of
Prisons.
SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, not to exceed $10,000,000 of the funds made avail-
able in this Act may be used to establish and publicize
a program under which publicly advertised, extraordinary
rewards may be paid, which shall not be subject to spend-
ing limitations contained in sections 3059 and 3072 of
title 18, United States Code: Provided, That any reward
of $100,000 or more, up to a maximum of $2,000,000,
may not be made without the personal approval of the
President or the Attorney General and such approval may
not be delegated.
SEC. 107. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De-
partment of Justice in this Act, including those derived
from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, may be
transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap-
propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans-
fers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec-
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tion 605 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga-
tion except in compliance with the procedures set forth
in that section.
SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, for fiscal year 2000, the Assistant Attorney General
for the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of
Justice—
(1) may make grants, or enter into cooperative
agreements and contracts, for the Office of Justice
Programs and the component organizations of that
Office; and
(2) shall have final authority over all grants, co-
operative agreements, and contracts made, or en-
tered into, for the Office of Justice Programs and
the component organizations of that Office.
SEC. 109. Sections 115 and 127 of the Departments
of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in
section 101(b) of division A of Public Law 105–277) shall
apply to fiscal year 2000 and thereafter.
SEC. 110. Hereafter, for payments of judgments
against the United States and compromise settlements of
claims in suits against the United States arising from the
Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement
Act (FIRREA) and its implementation, such sums as may
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be necessary, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That the foregoing authority is available solely for pay-
ment of judgments and compromise settlements: Provided
further, That payment of litigation expenses is available
under existing authority and will continue to be made
available as set forth in the Memorandum of Under-
standing between the Federal Deposit Insurance Corpora-
tion and the Department of Justice, dated October 2,
1998.
SEC. 111. (a) For fiscal year 2000, whenever the
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) participates in a
cooperative project with a foreign country on a cost-shar-
ing basis, any funds received by the FBI from that foreign
country to meet that country’s share of the project may
be credited to any appropriation or appropriations avail-
able to the FBI for the purposes served by the project
and shall remain available for expenditure until the close
of the fiscal year next following the date of such receipt,
as determined by the Director of the FBI.
(b) Funds credited pursuant to subsection (a) shall
be available for the following:
(1) payments to contractors and other suppliers
(including the FBI and other participants acting as
suppliers) for necessary articles and services;
(2) payments for—
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(A) one or more participants (other than
the FBI) to share with the FBI the cost of re-
search and development, testing, and evalua-
tion, or joint production (including follow-on
support) of articles or services;
(B) the FBI and another participant con-
currently to produce in the United States and
the country of such other participant an article
or service jointly developed in a cooperative
project; or
(C) the FBI to procure articles or services
from another participant in the cooperative
project.
(c) The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate of any such
amounts collected and expended pursuant to this section.
SEC. 112. Section 507 of title 28, United States
Code, is amended by adding a new subsection (c) as fol-
lows:
‘‘(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of title 31, sec-
tion 901, the Assistant Attorney General for Administra-
tion shall be the Chief Financial Officer of the Depart-
ment of Justice.’’.
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SEC. 113. Funds made available in this or any other
Act hereafter, for the United States Marshals Service may
be used to acquire subsistence and medical care for per-
sons in the custody of the United States Marshals Service
at fair and reasonable prices. Without specific authoriza-
tion from the Attorney General, the expenses incurred in
the provision of such care shall not exceed the costs and
expenses charged in the provision of similar health-care
services paid pursuant to Medicare and Medicaid.
SEC. 114. Section 3024 of the Emergency Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 106–31)
shall apply for fiscal year 2000.
SEC. 115. Effective 30 days after enactment of this
Act, section 1930(a)(1) of title 28, United States Code,
is amended in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘$130’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘$155’’; section 589a of title 28,
United States Code, is amended in subsection (b)(1) by
striking ‘‘23.08 percent’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘27.42 percent’’; and section 406(b) of Public Law 101–
162 (103 Stat. 1016), as amended (28 U.S.C. 1931 note),
is further amended by striking ‘‘30.76 percent’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘33.87 percent’’.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Justice
Appropriations Act, 2000’’.
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TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND
RELATED AGENCIES
TRADE AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
RELATED AGENCIES
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE
REPRESENTATIVE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the United
States Trade Representative, including the hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles and the employment of experts and
consultants as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $25,205,000,
of which $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended:
Provided, That not to exceed $98,000 shall be available
for official reception and representation expenses.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the International Trade
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles,
and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to
exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $44,495,000, to remain available until expended.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses for international trade activi-
ties of the Department of Commerce provided for by law,
and engaging in trade promotional activities abroad, in-
cluding expenses of grants and cooperative agreements for
the purpose of promoting exports of United States firms,
without regard to 44 U.S.C. 3702 and 3703; full medical
coverage for dependent members of immediate families of
employees stationed overseas and employees temporarily
posted overseas; travel and transportation of employees of
the United States and Foreign Commercial Service be-
tween two points abroad, without regard to 49 U.S.C.
1517; employment of Americans and aliens by contract for
services; rental of space abroad for periods not exceeding
ten years, and expenses of alteration, repair, or improve-
ment; purchase or construction of temporary demountable
exhibition structures for use abroad; payment of tort
claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph
of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when such claims arise in foreign coun-
tries; not to exceed $327,000 for official representation
expenses abroad; purchase of passenger motor vehicles for
official use abroad, not to exceed $30,000 per vehicle; ob-
tain insurance on official motor vehicles; and rent tie lines
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and teletype equipment, $298,236,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $3,000,000 is to be derived
from fees to be retained and used by the International
Trade Administration, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302:
Provided, That of the $300,236,000 provided for in direct
obligations (of which $295,236,000 is appropriated from
the General Fund, $3,000,000 is derived from fee collec-
tions, and $2,000,000 is derived from unobligated bal-
ances and deobligations from prior years), $49,609,000
shall be for Trade Development, $18,755,000 shall be for
Market Access and Compliance, $32,473,000 shall be for
the Import Administration, $186,693,000 shall be for the
United States and Foreign Commercial Service, and
$12,706,000 shall be for Executive Direction and Admin-
istration: Provided further, That the provisions of the first
sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the
Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961
(22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying
out these activities without regard to section 5412 of the
Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (15
U.S.C. 4912); and that for the purpose of this Act, con-
tributions under the provisions of the Mutual Educational
and Cultural Exchange Act shall include payment for as-
sessments for services provided as part of these activities.
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EXPORT ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses for export administration and
national security activities of the Department of Com-
merce, including costs associated with the performance of
export administration field activities both domestically and
abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of
immediate families of employees stationed overseas; em-
ployment of Americans and aliens by contract for services
abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized
in the first paragraph of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when such claims
arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $15,000 for offi-
cial representation expenses abroad; awards of compensa-
tion to informers under the Export Administration Act of
1979, and as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 401(b); purchase
of passenger motor vehicles for official use and motor vehi-
cles for law enforcement use with special requirement vehi-
cles eligible for purchase without regard to any price limi-
tation otherwise established by law, $49,527,000, to re-
main available until expended, of which $1,877,000 shall
be for inspections and other activities related to national
security: Provided, That the provisions of the first sen-
tence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the
Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961
(22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying
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out these activities: Provided further, That payments and
contributions collected and accepted for materials or serv-
ices provided as part of such activities may be retained
for use in covering the cost of such activities, and for pro-
viding information to the public with respect to the export
administration and national security activities of the De-
partment of Commerce and other export control programs
of the United States and other governments: Provided fur-
ther, That no funds may be obligated or expended for proc-
essing licenses for the export of satellites of United States
origin (including commercial satellites and satellite compo-
nents) to the People’s Republic of China, unless, at least
15 days in advance, the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Senate and other
appropriate Committees of the Congress are notified of
such proposed action.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
For grants for economic development assistance as
provided by the Public Works and Economic Development
Act of 1965, Public Law 89–136, as amended, and for
trade adjustment assistance, $364,379,000: Provided,
That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available under this heading may be used directly or indi-
rectly for attorneys’ or consultants’ fees in connection with
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securing grants and contracts made by the Economic De-
velopment Administration.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of administering the eco-
nomic development assistance programs as provided for by
law, $24,000,000: Provided, That these funds may be used
to monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the
Public Works Employment Act of 1976, as amended, title
II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, and the Commu-
nity Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977.
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses of the Department of Com-
merce in fostering, promoting, and developing minority
business enterprise, including expenses of grants, con-
tracts, and other agreements with public or private organi-
zations, $27,000,000.
ECONOMIC AND INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE
ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco-
nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department
of Commerce, $48,490,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2001.
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BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for collecting, compiling, ana-
lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for
by law, $136,147,000.
PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses to conduct the decennial cen-
sus, $4,476,253,000 to remain available until expended:
of which $20,240,000 is for Program Development and
Management; of which $194,623,000 is for Data Content
and Products; of which $3,449,952,000 is for Field Data
Collection and Support Systems; of which $43,663,000 is
for Address List Development; of which $477,379,000 is
for Automated Data Processing and Telecommunications
Support; of which $15,988,000 is for Testing and Evalua-
tion; of which $71,416,000 is for activities related to Puer-
to Rico, the Virgin Islands and Pacific Areas; of which
$199,492,000 is for Marketing, Communications and
Partnerships activities; and of which $3,500,000 is for the
Census Monitoring Board, as authorized by section 210
of Public Law 105–119: Provided, That the entire amount
shall be available only to the extent that an official budget
request, that includes designation of the entire amount of
the request as an emergency requirement as defined in
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to
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the Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount
is designated by the Congress as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended.
In addition, for expenses to collect and publish statis-
tics for other periodic censuses and programs provided for
by law, $142,320,000, to remain available until expended.
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION
ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of
the National Telecommunications and Information Ad-
ministration (NTIA), $10,940,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding 31
U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce shall charge
Federal agencies for costs incurred in spectrum manage-
ment, analysis, and operations, and related services and
such fees shall be retained and used as offsetting collec-
tions for costs of such spectrum services, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That hereafter, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, NTIA shall not
authorize spectrum use or provide any spectrum functions
pursuant to the NTIA Organization Act, 47 U.S.C. 902–
903, to any Federal entity without reimbursement as re-
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quired by NTIA for such spectrum management costs, and
Federal entities withholding payment of such cost shall
not use spectrum: Provided further, That the Secretary of
Commerce is authorized to retain and use as offsetting
collections all funds transferred, or previously transferred,
from other Government agencies for all costs incurred in
telecommunications research, engineering, and related ac-
tivities by the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences
of the NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions
under this paragraph, and such funds received from other
Government agencies shall remain available until ex-
pended.
PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING
AND CONSTRUCTION
For grants authorized by section 392 of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934, as amended, $18,000,000, to re-
main available until expended as authorized by section 391
of the Act, as amended: Provided, That not to exceed
$1,800,000 shall be available for program administration
as authorized by section 391 of the Act: Provided further,
That, notwithstanding section 391 of the Act, prior year
unobligated balances may be made available for grants for
projects for which applications have been submitted and
approved during any fiscal year.
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INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS
For grants authorized by section 392 of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934, as amended, $13,000,000, to re-
main available until expended as authorized by section 391
of the Act, as amended: Provided, That not to exceed
$3,000,000 shall be available for program administration
and other support activities as authorized by section 391:
Provided further, That, of the funds appropriated herein,
not to exceed 5 percent may be available for telecommuni-
cations research activities for projects related directly to
the development of a national information infrastructure:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding the requirements
of section 392(a) and 392(c) of the Act, these funds may
be used for the planning and construction of telecommuni-
cations networks for the provision of educational, cultural,
health care, public information, public safety, or other so-
cial services: Provided further, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, no entity that receives tele-
communications services at preferential rates under sec-
tion 254(h) of the Act (47 U.S.C. 254(h)) or receives as-
sistance under the regional information sharing systems
grant program of the Department of Justice under part
M of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796h) may use funds
under a grant under this heading to cover any costs of
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the entity that would otherwise be covered by such pref-
erential rates or such assistance, as the case may be.
PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Patent and Trademark
Office provided for by law, including defense of suits insti-
tuted against the Commissioner of Patents and Trade-
marks, $735,538,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That of this amount, $735,538,000 shall be de-
rived from offsetting collections assessed and collected
pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 1113 and 35 U.S.C. 41 and 376,
and shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in
this appropriation: Provided further, That the sum herein
appropriated from the General Fund shall be reduced as
such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year
2000, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2000 appropria-
tion from the General Fund estimated at $0: Provided fur-
ther, That, during fiscal year 2000, should the total
amount of offsetting fee collections be less than
$735,538,000, the total amounts available to the Patent
and Trademark Office shall be reduced accordingly: Pro-
vided further, That any amount received in excess of
$735,538,000 in fiscal year 2000 shall remain available
until expended, but shall not be available for obligation
until October 1, 2000: Provided further, That not to ex-
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ceed $116,000,000 from fees collected in fiscal year 1999
shall be made available for obligation in fiscal year 2000.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION
UNDER SECRETARY FOR TECHNOLOGY/OFFICE OF
TECHNOLOGY POLICY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Under Secretary for
Technology/Office of Technology Policy, $7,972,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES
For necessary expenses of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology, $280,136,000, to remain
available until expended, of which not to exceed $282,000
may be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’.
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
For necessary expenses of the Manufacturing Exten-
sion Partnership of the National Institute of Standards
and Technology, $99,836,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That none of the funds provided
under this heading may be provided for Federal financial
assistance to a Regional Center for the Transfer of Manu-
facturing Technology (‘‘Center’’), beyond six years at a
rate in excess of one-third of the Center’s total annual
costs or the level of funding in the sixth year, whichever
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is less, subject before any renewal to a positive evaluation
of the Center through an independent review.
CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES
For construction of new research facilities, including
architectural and engineering design, and for renovation
of existing facilities, not otherwise provided for the Na-
tional Institute of Standards and Technology, as author-
ized by 15 U.S.C. 278c–278e, $56,714,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That of the amounts
provided under this heading, $44,916,000 shall be avail-
able for obligation and expenditure only after submission
of a plan for the expenditure of these funds, in accordance
with section 605 of this Act.
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC
ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law
for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft; not
to exceed 250 commissioned officers on the active list as
of September 30, 2000; grants, contracts, or other pay-
ments to nonprofit organizations for the purposes of con-
ducting activities pursuant to cooperative agreements; and
relocation of facilities as authorized by 33 U.S.C. 883i;
$1,477,738,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
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vided, That fees and donations received by the National
Ocean Service for the management of the national marine
sanctuaries may be retained and used for the salaries and
expenses associated with those activities, notwithstanding
31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided further, That in addition,
$67,226,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund
entitled ‘‘Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Re-
search Pertaining to American Fisheries’’: Provided fur-
ther, That grants to States pursuant to sections 306 and
306A of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as
amended, shall not exceed $2,000,000: Provided further,
That, of the $1,621,616,000 provided for in direct obliga-
tions under this heading (of which $1,477,738,000 is ap-
propriated from the General Fund, $71,226,000 is pro-
vided by transfer, $34,000,000 is derived from fees, if en-
acted into law, and $38,652,000 is derived from unobli-
gated balances and deobligations from prior years),
$235,900,000 shall be for the National Ocean Service,
$350,545,000 shall be for the National Marine Fisheries
Service, $260,560,000 shall be for Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Research, $599,196,000 shall be for the National
Weather Service, $100,656,000 shall be for the National
Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service,
$57,594,000 shall be for Program Support, $7,000,000
shall be for Fleet Maintenance, and $10,165,000 shall be
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for Facilities Maintenance: Provided further, That not to
exceed $31,439,000 shall be expended for Executive Direc-
tion and Administration, which consists of the Offices of
the Under Secretary, the Executive Secretariat, Policy and
Strategic Planning, International Affairs, Legislative Af-
fairs, Public Affairs, Sustainable Development, the Chief
Scientist, and the General Counsel: Provided further, That
the aforementioned offices, excluding the Office of the
General Counsel, shall not be augmented by personnel de-
tails, temporary transfers of personnel on either a reim-
bursable or nonreimbursable basis or any other type of
formal or informal transfer or reimbursement of personnel
or funds on either a temporary or long-term basis above
the level of 33 personnel: Provided further, That no gen-
eral administrative charge shall be applied against any as-
signed activity included in this Act and, further, that any
direct administrative expenses applied against assigned ac-
tivities shall be limited to five percent of the funds pro-
vided for that assigned activity: Provided further, That any
use of deobligated balances of funds provided under this
heading in previous years shall be subject to the proce-
dures set forth in section 605 of this Act.
In addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under
the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor
Benefits Plan, and for payments for medical care of re-
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tired personnel and their dependents under the Depend-
ents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), such sums as
may be necessary.
PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For procurement, acquisition and construction of
capital assets, including alteration and modification costs,
of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
$480,720,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That unexpended balances of amounts previously
made available in the ‘‘Operations, Research, and Facili-
ties’’ account for activities funded under this heading may
be transferred to and merged with this account, to remain
available until expended for the purposes for which the
funds were originally appropriated.
COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT FUND
Of amounts collected pursuant to section 308 of the
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C.
1456a), not to exceed $4,000,000, for purposes set forth
in sections 308(b)(2)(A), 308(b)(2)(B)(v), and 315(e) of
such Act.
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PROMOTE AND DEVELOP FISHERY PRODUCTS AND
RESEARCH PERTAINING TO AMERICAN FISHERIES
FISHERIES PROMOTIONAL FUND
(RESCISSION)
All unobligated balances available in the Fisheries
Promotional Fund are rescinded: Provided, That all obli-
gated balances are transferred to the ‘‘Operations, Re-
search, and Facilities’’ account.
FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND
For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public
Law 95–372, not to exceed $953,000, to be derived from
receipts collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available
until expended.
FOREIGN FISHING OBSERVER FUND
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975, as amend-
ed (Public Law 96–339), and the Magnuson-Stevens Fish-
ery Conservation and Management Act of 1976, as
amended (Public Law 100–627), and the American Fish-
eries Promotion Act (Public Law 96–561), to be derived
from the fees imposed under the foreign fishery observer
program authorized by these Acts, not to exceed
$189,000, to remain available until expended.
FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans, $238,000, as authorized
by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, as amended: Pro-
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vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That
none of the funds made available under this heading may
be used for direct loans for any new fishing vessel that
will increase the harvesting capacity in any United States
fishery.
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the general administra-
tion of the Department of Commerce provided for by law,
including not to exceed $3,000 for official entertainment,
$30,000,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 1–11
as amended by Public Law 100–504), $22,000,000.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
SEC. 201. During the current fiscal year, applicable
appropriations and funds made available to the Depart-
ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the
activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15
U.S.C. 1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed
by the Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may
be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized
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only upon the certification of officials designated by the
Secretary of Commerce that such payments are in the
public interest.
SEC. 202. During the current fiscal year, appropria-
tions made available to the Department of Commerce by
this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for
hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31
U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109; and uniforms or allowances therefore, as authorized
by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902).
SEC. 203. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used to support the hurricane reconnaissance
aircraft and activities that are under the control of the
United States Air Force or the United States Air Force
Reserve.
SEC. 204. None of the funds provided in this or any
previous Act, or hereinafter made available to the Depart-
ment of Commerce, shall be available to reimburse the Un-
employment Trust Fund or any other fund or account of
the Treasury to pay for any expenses authorized by section
8501 of title 5, United States Code, for services performed
by individuals appointed to temporary positions within the
Bureau of the Census for purposes relating to the decen-
nial censuses of population.
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SEC. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De-
partment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred be-
tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans-
fers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec-
tion 605 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section.
SEC. 206. (a) Should legislation be enacted to dis-
mantle or reorganize the Department of Commerce, or any
portion thereof, the Secretary of Commerce, no later than
90 days thereafter, shall submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate a plan for transferring funds provided in this Act to
the appropriate successor organizations: Provided, That
the plan shall include a proposal for transferring or re-
scinding funds appropriated herein for agencies or pro-
grams terminated under such legislation: Provided further,
That such plan shall be transmitted in accordance with
section 605 of this Act.
(b) The Secretary of Commerce or the appropriate
head of any successor organization(s) may use any avail-
able funds to carry out legislation dismantling or reorga-
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nizing the Department of Commerce, or any portion there-
of, to cover the costs of actions relating to the abolish-
ment, reorganization, or transfer of functions and any re-
lated personnel action, including voluntary separation in-
centives if authorized by such legislation: Provided, That
the authority to transfer funds between appropriations ac-
counts that may be necessary to carry out this section is
provided in addition to authorities included under section
205 of this Act: Provided further, That use of funds to
carry out this section shall be treated as a reprogramming
of funds under section 605 of this Act and shall not be
available for obligation or expenditure except in compli-
ance with the procedures set forth in that section.
SEC. 207. Any costs incurred by a Department or
agency funded under this title resulting from personnel
actions taken in response to funding reductions included
in this title or from actions taken for the care and protec-
tion of loan collateral or grant property shall be absorbed
within the total budgetary resources available to such De-
partment or agency: Provided, That the authority to trans-
fer funds between appropriations accounts as may be nec-
essary to carry out this section is provided in addition to
authorities included elsewhere in this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That use of funds to carry out this section shall be
treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 605
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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. 208. The Secretary of Commerce may award
contracts 
for 
hydrographic, 
geodetic, 
and 
photo-
grammetric surveying and mapping services in accordance
with title IX of the Federal Property and Administrative
Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 541 et seq.).
SEC. 209. The Secretary of Commerce may use the
Commerce franchise fund for expenses and equipment nec-
essary for the maintenance and operation of such adminis-
trative services as the Secretary determines may be per-
formed more advantageously as central services, pursuant
to section 403 of Public Law 103–356: Provided, That any
inventories, equipment, and other assets pertaining to the
services to be provided by such fund, either on hand or
on order, less the related liabilities or unpaid obligations,
and any appropriations made for the purpose of providing
capital shall be used to capitalize such fund: Provided fur-
ther, That such fund shall be paid in advance from funds
available to the Department and other Federal agencies
for which such centralized services are performed, at rates
which will return in full all expenses of operation, includ-
ing accrued leave, depreciation of fund plant and equip-
ment, amortization of automated data processing (ADP)
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software and systems (either acquired or donated), and
an amount necessary to maintain a reasonable operating
reserve, as determined by the Secretary: Provided further,
That such fund shall provide services on a competitive
basis: Provided further, That an amount not to exceed 4
percent of the total annual income to such fund may be
retained in the fund for fiscal year 2000 and each fiscal
year thereafter, to remain available until expended, to be
used for the acquisition of capital equipment, and for the
improvement and implementation of Department financial
management, ADP, and other support systems: Provided
further, That such amounts retained in the fund for fiscal
year 2000 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be available
for obligation and expenditure only in accordance with sec-
tion 605 of this Act: Provided further, That no later than
30 days after the end of each fiscal year, amounts in ex-
cess of this reserve limitation shall be deposited as mis-
cellaneous receipts in the Treasury: Provided further, That
such franchise fund pilot program shall terminate pursu-
ant to section 403(f) of Public Law 103–356.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com-
merce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000’’.
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TITLE III—THE JUDICIARY
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the operation of the Su-
preme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the
building and grounds, including purchase or hire, driving,
maintenance, and operation of an automobile for the Chief
Justice, not to exceed $10,000 for the purpose of trans-
porting Associate Justices, and hire of passenger motor
vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not
to exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation
expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended
as the Chief Justice may approve, $35,041,000.
CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS
For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable
the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties im-
posed upon the Architect by the Act approved May 7,
1934 (40 U.S.C. 13a–13b), $6,872,000, of which
$3,971,000 shall remain available until expended.
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL
CIRCUIT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries of the chief judge, judges, and other offi-
cers and employees, and for necessary expenses of the
court, as authorized by law, $16,101,000.
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the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, not
to exceed $2,138,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine
Injury Compensation Trust Fund.
In addition, for activities of the Federal Judiciary as
authorized by law, $156,539,000, to remain available until
expended, which shall be derived from the Violent Crime
Reduction Trust Fund, as authorized by section
190001(a) of Public Law 103–322, and sections 818 and
823 of Public Law 104–132.
DEFENDER SERVICES
For the operation of Federal Public Defender and
Community Defender organizations; the compensation and
reimbursement of expenses of attorneys appointed to rep-
resent persons under the Criminal Justice Act of 1964,
as amended; the compensation and reimbursement of ex-
penses of persons furnishing investigative, expert and
other services under the Criminal Justice Act (18 U.S.C.
3006A(e)); the compensation (in accordance with Criminal
Justice Act maximums) and reimbursement of expenses
of attorneys appointed to assist the court in criminal cases
where the defendant has waived representation by counsel;
the compensation and reimbursement of travel expenses
of guardians ad litem acting on behalf of financially eligi-
ble minor or incompetent offenders in connection with
transfers from the United States to foreign countries with
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which the United States has a treaty for the execution
of penal sentences; and the compensation of attorneys ap-
pointed to represent jurors in civil actions for the protec-
tion of their employment, as authorized by 28 U.S.C.
1875(d), $361,548,000, to remain available until ex-
pended as authorized by 18 U.S.C. 3006A(i).
In addition, for activities of the Federal Judiciary as
authorized by law, $26,247,000, to remain available until
expended, which shall be derived from the Violent Crime
Reduction Trust Fund, as authorized by section 19001(a)
of Public Law 103–322, and sections 818 and 823 of Pub-
lic Law 104–132.
FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS
For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28
U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commis-
sioners as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensa-
tion of commissioners appointed in condemnation cases
pursuant to rule 71A(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Pro-
cedure (28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71A(h)), $63,400,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the
compensation of land commissioners shall not exceed the
daily equivalent of the highest rate payable under section
5332 of title 5, United States Code.
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COURT SECURITY
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
incident to the procurement, installation, and maintenance
of security equipment and protective services for the
United States Courts in courtrooms and adjacent areas,
including building ingress-egress control, inspection of
packages, directed security patrols, and other similar ac-
tivities as authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Im-
provement and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100–
702), $190,029,000, 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 admin-
istering elements of the Judicial Security Program con-
sistent with standards or guidelines agreed to by the Di-
rector of the Administrative Office of the United States
Courts and the Attorney General.
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
COURTS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office
of the United States Courts as authorized by law, includ-
ing travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a pas-
senger motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b),
advertising and rent in the District of Columbia and else-
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where, $54,500,000, of which not to exceed $7,500 is au-
thorized for official reception and representation expenses.
FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Cen-
ter, as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $17,716,000;
of which $1,800,000 shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2001, to provide education and training to
Federal court personnel; and of which not to exceed
$1,000 is authorized for official reception and representa-
tion expenses.
JUDICIAL RETIREMENT FUNDS
PAYMENT TO JUDICIARY TRUST FUNDS
For payment to the Judicial Officers’ Retirement
Fund, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 377(o), $29,500,000;
to the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund, as authorized
by 28 U.S.C. 376(c), $8,000,000; and to the United
States Court of Federal Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund,
as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 178(l), $2,200,000.
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, $8,500,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is au-
thorized for official reception and representation expenses.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY
SEC. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in
this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall
be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
SEC. 302. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the Judi-
ciary in this Act may be transferred between such appro-
priations, but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of
Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, De-
fender Services’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts,
and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commis-
sioners’’, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by
any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant
to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of
funds under section 605 of this Act and shall not be avail-
able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance
with the procedures set forth in that section.
SEC. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the salaries and expenses appropriation for district
courts, courts of appeals, and other judicial services shall
be available for official reception and representation ex-
penses of the Judicial Conference of the United States:
Provided, That such available funds shall not exceed
$10,000 and shall be administered by the Director of the
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Administrative Office of the United States Courts in the
capacity as Secretary of the Judicial Conference.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Judiciary Appropria-
tions Act, 2000’’.
TITLE IV—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND
RELATED AGENCY
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses of the Department of State
and the Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, includ-
ing expenses authorized by the State Department Basic
Authorities Act of 1956, as amended, the Mutual Edu-
cational Exchange Act of 1961, as amended, and the
United States Information and Educational Exchange Act
of 1948, as amended, including employment, without re-
gard to civil service and classification laws, of persons on
a temporary basis (not to exceed $700,000 of this appro-
priation), as authorized by section 801 of such Act; ex-
penses authorized by section 9 of the Act of August 31,
1964, as amended; representation to certain international
organizations in which the United States participates pur-
suant to treaties, ratified pursuant to the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, or specific Acts of Congress; arms con-
trol, nonproliferation and disarmanent activities as au-
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thorized by the Arms Control and Disarmament Act of
September 26, 1961, as amended; acquisition by exchange
or purchase of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by
law; and for expenses of general administration,
$2,482,825,000: 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 Service’’
appropriations account, to be available only for emergency
evacuations and terrorism rewards: Provided further, That
of the amount made available under this heading,
$306,057,000 shall be available only for public diplomacy
international information programs: Provided further,
That of the amount made available under this heading,
not to exceed $1,162,000 shall be available for transfer
to the Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust As-
sets in the United States: Provided further, That any
amount transferred pursuant to the previous proviso shall
not result in a total amount transferred to the Commission
from all Federal sources that exceeds the authorized
amount: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, not to exceed $267,000,000 of off-
setting collections derived from fees collected under the
authority of section 140(a)(1) of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public
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law 103–236) during fiscal year 2000 shall be retained
and used for authorized expenses in this appropriation and
shall remain available until expended: Provided further,
That any fees received in excess of $267,000,000 in fiscal
year 2000 shall remain available until expended, but shall
not be available for obligation until October 1, 2000.
In addition, not to exceed $1,252,000 shall be derived
from fees collected from other executive agencies for lease
or use of facilities located at the International Center in
accordance with section 4 of the International Center Act
(Public Law 90–553), as amended; in addition, as author-
ized by section 5 of such Act, $490,000, to be derived from
the reserve authorized by that section, to be used for the
purposes set out in that section; in addition, as authorized
by section 810 of the United States Information and Edu-
cational Exchange Act, not to exceed $6,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, may be credited to this ap-
propriation from fees or other payments received from
English teaching, library, motion pictures, and publication
programs, and from fees from educational advising and
counseling, and exchange visitor programs; and, in addi-
tion, not to exceed $15,000, which shall be derived from
reimbursements, surcharges, and fees for use of Blair
House facilities in accordance with section 46 of the State
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Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C.
2718(a)).
In addition, for the costs of worldwide security up-
grades, $254,000,000, to remain available until expended.
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND
For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment
Fund, $80,000,000, to remain available until expended,
as authorized in Public Law 103–236: Provided, That sec-
tion 135(e) of Public Law 103–236 shall not apply to
funds available under this heading.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.),
$28,495,000, notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) of the
Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended (Public Law 96–
465), as it relates to post inspections.
EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
For expenses of educational and cultural exchange
programs, as authorized by the Mutual Educational and
Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C.
2451 et seq.), and Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977,
as amended (91 Stat. 1636), $175,000,000, 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,
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may be credited to this appropriation from fees or other
payments received from or in connection with English
teaching and educational advising and counseling pro-
grams as authorized by section 810 of the United States
Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22
U.S.C. 1475e).
REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES
For representation allowances as authorized by sec-
tion 905 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended
(22 U.S.C. 4085), $4,350,000.
PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS
For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the
Secretary of State to provide for extraordinary protective
services in accordance with the provisions of section 214
of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956
(22 U.S.C. 4314) and 3 U.S.C. 208, $8,100,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2001.
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 plan-
ning for, buildings that are owned or directly leased by
the Department of State, renovating, in addition to funds
otherwise available, the Main State Building, and carrying
out the Diplomatic Security Construction Program as au-
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thorized by title IV of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security
and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4851),
$403,561,000, to remain available until expended as au-
thorized by section 24(c) of the State Department Basic
Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2696(c)): Provided,
That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph
shall be available for acquisition of furniture and fur-
nishings and generators for other departments and agen-
cies.
In addition, for the costs of worldwide security up-
grades, $313,617,000, to remain available until expended.
EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR
SERVICE
For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of
State to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplo-
matic and Consular Service pursuant to the requirement
of 31 U.S.C. 3526(e), and as authorized by section 804(3)
of the United States Information and Educational Ex-
change Act of 1948, as amended, $5,500,000, to remain
available until expended as authorized by section 24(c) of
the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22
U.S.C. 2696(c)), of which not to exceed $1,000,000 may
be transferred to and merged with the Repatriation Loans
Program Account, subject to the same terms and condi-
tions.
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REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans, $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,
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974. In addition, for administrative expenses necessary
to carry out the direct loan program, $607,000, which may
be transferred to and merged with the Diplomatic and
Consular Programs account under Administration of For-
eign Affairs.
PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN
For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Rela-
tions Act, Public Law 96–8, $14,750,000.
PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND
DISABILITY FUND
For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and
Disability Fund, as authorized by law, $128,541,000.
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, $842,937,000: Pro-
vided, That any payment of arrearages under this title
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shall be directed toward special activities that are mutually
agreed upon by the United States and the respective inter-
national organization: Provided further, That none of the
funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be available for
a United States contribution to an international organiza-
tion for the United States share of interest costs made
known to the United States Government by such organiza-
tion for loans incurred on or after October 1, 1984,
through external borrowings: Provided further, That, of
the funds appropriated in this paragraph, $100,000,000
may be made available only on a semi-annual basis pursu-
ant to a certification by the Secretary of State on a semi-
annual basis, that the United Nations has taken no action
during the preceding 6 months to increase funding for any
United Nations program without identifying an offsetting
decrease during that 6-month period elsewhere in the
United Nations budget and cause the United Nations to
exceed either the reform budget for the biennium 1998–
1999 of $2,533,000,000 or a zero nominal growth budget
for the biennium 2000–2001: Provided further, That funds
appropriated under this paragraph may be obligated and
expended to pay the full U.S. assessment to the civil budg-
et of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
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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, $200,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds
made available under this Act shall be obligated or ex-
pended for any new or expanded United Nations peace-
keeping mission unless, at least 15 days in advance of vot-
ing for the new or expanded mission in the United Nations
Security Council (or in an emergency, as far in advance
as is practicable): (1) the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and the Senate and other
appropriate committees of the Congress are notified of the
estimated cost and length of the mission, the vital national
interest that will be served, and the planned exit strategy;
and (2) a reprogramming of funds pursuant to section 605
of this Act is submitted, and the procedures therein fol-
lowed, setting forth the source of funds that will be used
to pay for the cost of the new or expanded mission: Pro-
vided further, That funds shall be available for peace-
keeping expenses only upon a certification by the Sec-
retary of State to the appropriate committees of the Con-
gress that American manufacturers and suppliers are
being given opportunities to provide equipment, services,
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and material for United Nations peacekeeping activities
equal to those being given to foreign manufacturers and
suppliers: Provided further, That none of the funds made
available under this heading are available to pay the
United States share of the cost of court monitoring that
is part of any United Nations peacekeeping mission.
ARREARAGE PAYMENTS
For an additional amount for payment of arrearages
to meet obligations of authorized membership in inter-
national multilateral organizations, and to pay assessed
expenses 
of 
international 
peacekeeping 
activities,
$244,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available under this heading for payment of arrear-
ages may be obligated or expended unless such obligation
or expenditure is expressly authorized by the enactment
of an Act that makes payment of arrearages contingent
upon United Nations reform: Provided further, That none
of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available
under this heading for payment of arrearages may be obli-
gated or expended until such time as the share of the total
of all assessed contributions for any designated specialized
agency of the United Nations does not exceed 22 percent
for any single member of the agency, and the designated
specialized agencies have achieved zero nominal growth in
their biennium budgets for 2000–2001 from the 1998–
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1999 biennium budget levels of the respective agencies:
Provided futher, That not to exceed $107,000,000, which
is owed by the United Nations to the United States as
a reimbursement, including any reimbursement under the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or the United Nations
Participation Act of 1945, that was owed to the United
States before the date of enactment of this Act shall be
applied or used, without fiscal year limitations, to reduce
any amount owed by the United States to the United Na-
tions, except that any such reduction pursuant to the au-
thority in this paragraph shall not be made unless ex-
pressly authorized by the enactment of an Act that makes
payment of arrearages contingent upon United Nations re-
form.
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
to meet obligations of the United States arising under
treaties, or specific Acts of Congress, as follows:
INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION,
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO
For necessary expenses for the United States Section
of the International Boundary and Water Commission,
United States and Mexico, and to comply with laws appli-
cable to the United States Section, including not to exceed
$6,000 for representation; as follows:
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for,
$19,551,000.
CONSTRUCTION
For detailed plan preparation and construction of au-
thorized projects, $5,750,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, as authorized by section 24(c) of the State De-
partment 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 Can-
ada or Great Britain, and for the Border Environment
Cooperation Commission as authorized by Public Law
103–182, $5,733,000, of which not to exceed $9,000 shall
be available for representation expenses incurred by the
International Joint Commission.
INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS
For necessary expenses for international fisheries
commissions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by
law, $14,549,000: Provided, That the United States’ share
of such expenses may be advanced to the respective com-
missions, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3324.
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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)).
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, 2000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
propriated herein shall be used to pay any salary or other
compensation, or to enter into any contract providing for
the payment thereof, in excess of the rate authorized by
5 U.S.C. 5376; or for purposes which are not in accord-
ance with OMB Circulars A–110 (Uniform Administrative
Requirements) and A–122 (Cost Principles for Non-profit
Organizations), including the restrictions on compensation
for personal services.
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ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholar-
ship Program as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993
(22 U.S.C. 2452), all interest and earnings accruing to
the Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before September
30, 2000, to remain available until expended.
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY
For grants made by the Department of State to the
National Endowment for Democracy as authorized by the
National Endowment for Democracy Act, $31,000,000 to
remain available until expended.
RELATED AGENCY
BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS
For expenses necessary to enable the Broadcasting
Board of Governors, as authorized by the United States
Information and Education Exchange Act of 1948, as
amended, the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, as amend-
ed, the Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act, the United
States International Broadcasting Act of 1994, as amend-
ed, Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977 as amended, and
the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of
1998, to carry out international communication activities,
including the purchase, installation, rent, construction,
and improvement of facilities for radio and television
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transmission and reception to Cuba, $410,404,000, of
which not to exceed $16,000 may be used for official re-
ceptions 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.
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, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, not to exceed
$2,000,000 in receipts from advertising and revenue from
business ventures, not to exceed $500,000 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 Bu-
reau, to remain available until expended for carrying out
authorized purposes.
BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
For the purchase, rent, construction, and improve-
ment of facilities for radio transmission and reception, and
purchase and installation of necessary equipment for radio
and television transmission and reception as authorized by
section 801 of the United States Information and Edu-
cational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1471),
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$11,258,000, to remain available until expended, as au-
thorized by section 704(a) of such Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C.
1477b(a)).
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND
RELATED AGENCY
SEC. 401. Funds appropriated under this title shall
be available, except as otherwise provided, for allowances
and differentials as authorized by subchapter 59 of title
5, United States Code; for services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109; and hire of passenger transportation pursu-
ant to 31 U.S.C. 1343(b).
SEC. 402. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De-
partment of State in this Act may be transferred between
such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as
otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more
than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That not
to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available
for the current fiscal year for the Broadcasting Board of
Governors in this Act may be transferred between such
appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as oth-
erwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more
than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided further,
That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated
as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this
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Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that
section.
SEC. 403. The Secretary of State is authorized to ad-
minister summer travel and work programs without re-
gard to preplacement requirements.
SEC. 404. Beginning in fiscal year 2000 and there-
after, section 410(a) of the Department of State and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, as included in
Public Law 105–277, shall be in effect.
SEC. 405. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used by the Department of State or the Broad-
casting Board of Governors to provide equipment, tech-
nical support, consulting services, or any other form of
assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of State
and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2000’’.
TITLE V—RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a
U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security
needs of the United States, $98,700,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
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OPERATIONS AND TRAINING
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $69,303,000.
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by
the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, $5,400,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That such costs, in-
cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
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 Govern-
ment property under control of the Maritime Administra-
tion, and payments received therefore shall be credited to
the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: Provided,
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That rental payments under any such lease, contract, or
occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, or
repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous
receipts.
No obligations shall be incurred during the current
fiscal year from the construction fund established by the
Merchant Marine Act, 1936, or otherwise, in excess of the
appropriations and limitations contained in this Act or in
any prior appropriation Act.
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, $265,000, as authorized by
section 1303 of Public Law 99–83.
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil
Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles,
$8,900,000: 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 4 full-time individuals under
Schedule C of the Excepted Service exclusive of 1 special
assistant for each Commissioner: Provided further, That
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none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be
used to reimburse Commissioners for more than 75
billable days, with the exception of the chairperson, who
is permitted 125 billable days.
COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN
EUROPE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Secu-
rity and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public
Law 94–304, $1,170,000, to remain available until ex-
pended as authorized by section 3 of Public Law 99–7.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (29 U.S.C. 206(d)
and 621–634), the Americans with Disabilities Act of
1990, and the Civil Rights Act of 1991, including services
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor
vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); non-mone-
tary awards to private citizens; not to exceed $29,000,000
for payments to State and local enforcement agencies for
services to the Commission pursuant to title VII of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, sections 6 and 14
of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Ameri-
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cans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Civil Rights
Act of 1991; $279,000,000: Provided, That the Commis-
sion 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 Communica-
tions Commission, as authorized by law, including uni-
forms 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 coun-
sel fees; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$192,000,000, of which not to exceed $300,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2001, for research and
policy studies: Provided, That $185,754,000 of offsetting
collections shall be assessed and collected pursuant to sec-
tion 9 of title I of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, and shall be retained and used for necessary ex-
penses in this appropriation, and shall remain available
until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein ap-
propriated shall be reduced as such offsetting collections
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are received during fiscal year 2000 so as to result in a
final fiscal year 2000 appropriation estimated at
$6,246,000: Provided further, That any offsetting collec-
tions received in excess of $185,754,000 in fiscal year
2000 shall remain available until expended, but shall not
be available for obligation until October 1, 2000.
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime
Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Mer-
chant Marine Act 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, $14,150,000: 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 Com-
mission, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and
not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $77,207,000: Provided, That not to exceed
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$300,000 shall be available for use to contract with a per-
son or persons for collection services in accordance with
the terms of 31 U.S.C. 3718, as amended: Provided fur-
ther, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, not
to exceed $77,207,000 of offsetting collections derived
from fees collected 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 nec-
essary expenses in this appropriation, and shall remain
available until expended: Provided further, That the sum
herein appropriated from the General Fund shall be re-
duced as such offsetting collections are received during fis-
cal year 2000, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2000
appropriation from the General Fund estimated at not
more than $0, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided 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 Fed-
eral Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of
1991 (Public Law 102–242, 105 Stat. 2282–2285).
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to
carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation
Act of 1974, as amended, $141,000,000, of which
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$134,575,000 is for basic field programs and required
independent audits; $1,125,000 is for the Office of Inspec-
tor General, of which such amounts as may be necessary
may be used to conduct additional audits of recipients; and
$5,300,000 is for management and administration.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES
CORPORATION
None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the
Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any pur-
pose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the
provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506
of Public Law 105–119, and all funds appropriated in this
Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to
the same terms and conditions set forth in such sections,
except that all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997
and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 1999 and
2000, respectively.
MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com-
mission as authorized by title II of Public Law 92–522,
as amended, $1,240,000.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Securities and Ex-
change Commission, including services as authorized by
5 U.S.C. 3109, the rental of space (to include multiple
year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and
not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $193,200,000 from fees collected in fiscal
year 2000 to remain available until expended, and from
fees collected in fiscal year 1998, $130,800,000, to remain
available until expended; of which not to exceed $10,000
may be used toward funding a permanent secretariat for
the International Organization of Securities Commissions;
and of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available
for expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the
Commission with foreign governmental and other regu-
latory officials, members of their delegations, appropriate
representatives and staff to exchange views concerning de-
velopments relating to securities matters, development and
implementation of cooperation agreements concerning se-
curities matters and provision of technical assistance for
the development of foreign securities markets, such ex-
penses to include necessary logistic and administrative ex-
penses and the expenses of Commission staff and foreign
invitees in attendance at such consultations and meetings
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including: (1) such incidental expenses as meals taken in
the course of such attendance; (2) any travel and trans-
portation to or from such meetings; and (3) any other re-
lated lodging or subsistence: Provided, That fees and
charges authorized by sections 6(b)(4) of the Securities
Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77f(b)(4)) and 31(d) of the Secu-
rities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee(d)) shall be
credited to this account as offsetting collections.
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
of the Small Business Administration as authorized by
Public Law 105–135, including hire of passenger motor
vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344, and
not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $245,500,000: Provided, That the Adminis-
trator is authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of pub-
lications developed by the Small Business Administration,
and certain loan servicing activities: Provided further,
That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues received
from all such activities shall be credited to this account,
to be available for carrying out these purposes without fur-
ther appropriations.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
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General Act of 1978, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.),
$10,800,000.
BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans, $762,000, to be available
until expended; and for the cost of guaranteed loans,
$128,030,000, as authorized by 15 U.S.C. 631 note, of
which $45,000,000 shall remain available until September
30, 2001: Provided, That such costs, including the cost
of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended:
Provided further, That during fiscal year 2000, commit-
ments 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 section
20(e)(1)(B)(ii) of the Small Business Act, as amended:
Provided further, That during fiscal year 2000, commit-
ments for general business loans authorized under section
7(a) of the Small Business Act, as amended, shall not ex-
ceed $10,000,000,000 without prior notification of the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and Senate in accordance with section 605 of this
Act: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2000, com-
mitments to guarantee loans under section 303(b) of the
Small Business Investment Act of 1958, as amended, shall
not exceed the amount of guarantees of debentures au-
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thorized under section 20(e)(1)(C)(ii) of the Small Busi-
ness Act, as amended.
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, $139,400,000 to
remain available until expended: Provided, That such
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974, as amended.
In addition, for direct administrative expenses of loan
making and servicing to carry out the direct loan program,
$116,000,000, of which $500,000 is for the Office of In-
spector General of the Small Business Administration for
audits and reviews of disaster loans and the disaster loan
program and shall be transferred to and merged with ap-
propriations for the Office of Inspector General.
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
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increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers:
Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this paragraph
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec-
tion 605 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section.
TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 601. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes
not authorized by the Congress.
SEC. 602. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter
of public record and available for public inspection, except
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 604. If any provision of this Act or the applica-
tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall
be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica-
tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other
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than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be af-
fected 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 2000, or provided from
any accounts 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
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
restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorga-
nizes offices, programs, or activities; or (6) contracts out
or privatizes any functions, or activities presently per-
formed by Federal employees; unless the Appropriations
Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified 15
days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.
(b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or
provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agen-
cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation
or expenditure in fiscal year 2000, or provided from any
accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by
the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by
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this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure
for activities, programs, or projects through a reprogram-
ming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever 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 savings from a reduction in
personnel which would result in a change in existing pro-
grams, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; un-
less the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of
Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such re-
programming 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 Ad-
ministration in shipyards located outside of the United
States.
SEC. 607. (a) PURCHASE
OF
AMERICAN-MADE
EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equip-
ment and products purchased with funds made available
in this Act should be American-made.
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(b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—In providing financial
assistance to, or entering into any contract with, any enti-
ty using funds made available in this Act, the head of each
Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable, shall
provide 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
agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear-
ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription
with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped
to the United States that is not made in the United
States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con-
tract or subcontract made with funds made available in
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli-
gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 608. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce any
guidelines of the Equal Employment Opportunity Com-
mission covering harassment based on religion, when it is
made known to the Federal entity or official to which such
funds are made available that such guidelines do not differ
in any respect from the proposed guidelines published by
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the Commission on October 1, 1993 (58 Fed. Reg.
51266).
SEC. 609. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be obligated or ex-
pended to pay for any cost incurred for: (1) opening or
operating any United States diplomatic or consular post
in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam that was not oper-
ating on July 11, 1995; (2) expanding any United States
diplomatic or consular post in the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam that was operating on July 11, 1995; or (3) in-
creasing the total number of personnel assigned to United
States diplomatic or consular posts in the Socialist Repub-
lic of Vietnam above the levels existing on July 11, 1995;
unless the President certifies within 60 days the following:
(A) Based upon all information available to the
United States Government, the Government of the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam is fully cooperating in
good faith with the United States in the following:
(i) 
Resolving 
discrepancy 
cases, 
live
sightings, and field activities.
(ii) Recovering and repatriating American
remains.
(iii) Accelerating efforts to provide docu-
ments that will help lead to fullest possible ac-
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counting of prisoners of war and missing in ac-
tion.
(iv) Providing further assistance in imple-
menting trilateral investigations with Laos.
(B) The remains, artifacts, eyewitness accounts,
archival material, and other evidence associated with
prisoners of war and missing in action recovered
from crash sites, military actions, and other loca-
tions in Southeast Asia are being thoroughly ana-
lyzed by the appropriate laboratories with the intent
of providing surviving relatives with scientifically de-
fensible, legal determinations of death or other ac-
countability that are fully documented and available
in unclassified and unredacted form to immediate
family members.
SEC. 610. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used for any United Nations undertaking
when it is made known to the Federal official having au-
thority to obligate or expend such funds: (1) that the
United Nations undertaking is a peacekeeping mission; (2)
that such undertaking will involve United States Armed
Forces under the command or operational control of a for-
eign national; and (3) that the President’s military advi-
sors have not submitted to the President a recommenda-
tion that such involvement is in the national security inter-
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ests of the United States and the President has not sub-
mitted to the Congress such a recommendation.
SEC. 611. None of the funds made available in this
Act shall be used to provide the following amenities or per-
sonal comforts in the Federal prison system—
(1) in-cell television viewing except for prisoners
who are segregated from the general prison popu-
lation for their own safety;
(2) the viewing of R, X, and NC–17 rated mov-
ies, through whatever medium presented;
(3) any instruction (live or through broadcasts)
or training equipment for boxing, wrestling, judo,
karate, or other martial art, or any bodybuilding or
weightlifting equipment of any sort;
(4) possession of in-cell coffee pots, hot plates
or heating elements; or
(5) the use or possession of any electric or elec-
tronic musical instrument.
SEC. 612. None of the funds made available in title
II for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion (NOAA) under the headings ‘‘Operations, Research,
and Facilities’’ and ‘‘Procurement, Acquisition and Con-
struction’’ may be used to implement sections 603, 604,
and 605 of Public Law 102–567: Provided, That NOAA
may develop a modernization plan for its fisheries research
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vessels that takes fully into account opportunities for con-
tracting for fisheries surveys.
SEC. 613. Any costs incurred by a Department or
agency funded under this Act resulting from personnel ac-
tions taken in response to funding reductions included in
this Act shall be absorbed within the total budgetary re-
sources available to such Department or agency: Provided,
That the authority to transfer funds between appropria-
tions accounts as may be necessary to carry out this sec-
tion is provided in addition to authorities included else-
where in this Act: Provided further, That use of funds to
carry out this section shall be treated as a reprogramming
of funds under section 605 of this Act and shall not be
available for obligation or expenditure except in compli-
ance with the procedures set forth in that section.
SEC. 614. None of the funds made available in this
Act to the Federal Bureau of Prisons may be used to dis-
tribute or make available any commercially published in-
formation or material to a prisoner when it is made known
to the Federal official having authority to obligate or ex-
pend such funds that such information or material is sexu-
ally explicit or features nudity.
SEC. 615. Of the funds appropriated in this Act
under the heading ‘‘Office of Justice Programs—State
and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’, not more than
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90 percent of the amount to be awarded to an entity under
the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant shall be made
available to such an entity when it is made known to the
Federal official having authority to obligate or expend
such funds that the entity that employs a public safety
officer (as such term is defined in section 1204 of title
I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of
1968) does not provide such a public safety officer who
retires or is separated from service due to injury suffered
as the direct and proximate result of a personal injury
sustained in the line of duty while responding to an emer-
gency situation or a hot pursuit (as such terms are defined
by State law) with the same or better level of health insur-
ance benefits at the time of retirement or separation as
they received while on duty.
SEC. 616. None of the funds provided by this Act
shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco
or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal
by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing
of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions
which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco
products of the same type.
SEC. 617. None of the funds appropriated pursuant
to this Act or any other provision of law may be used for
(1) the implementation of any tax or fee in connection
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with the implementation of 18 U.S.C. 922(t); (2) any sys-
tem to implement 18 U.S.C. 922(t) that does not require
and result in the destruction of any identifying informa-
tion submitted by or on behalf of any person who has been
determined not to be prohibited from owning a firearm.
SEC. 618. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, amounts deposited in the Fund established under 42
U.S.C. 10601 in fiscal year 1999 in excess of
$500,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until
October 1, 2000.
SEC. 619. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to publish or issue an assessment re-
quired under section 106 of the Global Change Research
Act of 1990 unless—
(1) the supporting research has been subjected
to peer review and, if not otherwise publicly avail-
able, posted electronically for public comment prior
to use in the assessment; and
(2) the draft assessment has been published in
the Federal Register for a 60 day public comment
period.
SEC. 620. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
shall be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, de-
crees, or orders for the purpose of implementation, or in
preparation for implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol
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which was adopted on December 11, 1997, in Kyoto,
Japan at the Third Conference of the Parties to the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change, which has not been submitted to the Senate for
advice and consent to ratification pursuant to article II,
section 2, clause 2, of the United States Constitution, and
which has not entered into force pursuant to article 25
of the Protocol.
TITLE VII—RESCISSIONS
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE
IMMIGRATION EMERGENCY FUND
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available under this
heading, $1,137,000 are rescinded.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED
AGENCIES
UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available under this
heading, $14,829,000 are rescinded.
Union Calendar No. 169
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2670
[Report No. 106–283]
A BILL
Making appropriations for the Departments of
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and
related agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2000, and for other purposes.
AUGUST 2, 1999
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed