Union Calendar No. 357
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4276
[Report No. 105–636]
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, 1999, and for other purposes.
JULY 20, 1998
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on
the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
IB
Union Calendar No. 357
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4276
[Report No. 105–636]
Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State,
the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1999, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 20, 1998
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, 1999, 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, 1998, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the administration of the
Department of Justice, $79,448,000, 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 1998: 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.
COUNTERTERRORISM FUND
For necessary expenses, as determined by the Attor-
ney General, $129,200,000, to remain available until ex-
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pended, to reimburse departments and agencies of the
Federal Government for any costs incurred in connection
with—
(1) providing bomb training and response capa-
bilities to State and local law enforcement agencies;
(2) providing training and related equipment
for chemical, biological, nuclear, and cyber attack
prevention and response capabilities to State and
local agencies; and
(3) providing grants, contracts, cooperative
agreements, and other assistance authorized by sec-
tions 819, 821, and 822 of the Antiterrorism and
Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996.
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS
For expenses necessary for the administration of par-
don and clemency petitions and immigration related activi-
ties, $75,312,000.
In addition, $59,251,000, 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 (5 U.S.C. App.),
$36,610,000; including not to exceed $10,000 to meet un-
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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; and
for the acquisition, lease, maintenance, and operation of
motor vehicles, without regard to the general purchase
price limitation for the current fiscal year: Provided, That
up to one-tenth of one percent of the Department of Jus-
tice’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 sec-
tion 130005 of the Violent Crime Control and Law En-
forcement 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, $7,400,000.
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
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in the District of Columbia; $462,265,000; 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
$17,834,000 shall remain available until expended for of-
fice automation systems for the legal divisions covered by
this appropriation, and for the United States Attorneys,
the Antitrust Division, and offices funded through ‘‘Sala-
ries and Expenses’’, General Administration: Provided fur-
ther, That of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed
$1,000 shall be available to the United States National
Central Bureau, INTERPOL, for official reception and
representation expenses: Provided further, That $813,333
of funds made available to the Department of Justice in
this Act shall be transferred by the Attorney General to
the Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust As-
sets in the United States: 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 except
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
In addition, $8,160,000, to be derived from the Vio-
lent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, to remain available
until expended for such purposes.
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In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the De-
partment of Justice associated with processing cases
under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986,
as amended, not to exceed $4,028,000, to be appropriated
from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION
For expenses necessary for the enforcement of anti-
trust and kindred laws, $68,275,000: Provided, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed
$68,275,000 of offsetting collections derived from fees col-
lected for premerger notification filings under the Hart-
Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15
U.S.C. 18(a)) shall be retained and used for necessary ex-
penses in this appropriation, and shall remain available
until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein ap-
propriated from the General Fund shall be reduced as
such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year
1999, so as to result in a final fiscal year 1999 appropria-
tion from the General Fund estimated at not more than
$0: Provided further, That any fees received in excess of
$68,275,000 in fiscal year 1999 shall remain available
until expended, but shall not be available for obligation
until October 1, 1999.
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS
For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United
States Attorneys, including intergovernmental and cooper-
ative agreements, $1,037,471,000; of which not to exceed
$2,500,000 shall be available until September 30, 2000,
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 9,312 full-time equiva-
lent workyears shall be supported from the funds appro-
priated in this Act for the United States Attorneys.
In addition, $54,231,000, to be derived from the Vio-
lent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, to remain available
until expended for such purposes.
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 1999, so as to result in a final
fiscal year 1999 appropriation from the Fund estimated
at $0: Provided further, That any such fees collected in
excess of $114,248,000 in fiscal year 1999 shall remain
available until expended, but shall not be available for obli-
gation until October 1, 1999.
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, $1,335,000.
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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, $477,611,000, as authorized by 28 U.S.C.
561(i); of which not to exceed $6,000 shall be available
for official reception and representation expenses; and of
which not to exceed $4,000,000 for development, imple-
mentation, maintenance and support, and training for an
automated prisoner information system shall remain avail-
able until expended.
In addition, $25,553,000, for such purposes, to re-
main available until expended, to be derived from the Vio-
lent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.
JUSTICE PRISONER AND ALIEN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
FUND, UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE
There is hereby established a Justice Prisoner and
Alien Transportation System Fund for the payment of
necessary expenses related to the scheduling and transpor-
tation of United States prisoners and illegal and criminal
aliens in the custody of the United States Marshals Serv-
ice, as authorized in 18 U.S.C. 4013, including, without
limitation, salaries and expenses, operations, and the ac-
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quisition, lease, and maintenance of aircraft and support
facilities: Provided, That the Fund shall be reimbursed or
credited with advance payments from amounts available
to the Department 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 dis-
posal of Fund aircraft shall be credited to the Fund: Pro-
vided further, That amounts in the Fund shall be available
without fiscal year limitation, and may be used for operat-
ing equipment lease agreements that do not exceed 5
years.
FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION
For expenses, related to United States prisoners in
the custody of the United States Marshals Service as au-
thorized in 18 U.S.C. 4013, but not including expenses
otherwise provided for in appropriations available to the
Attorney General, $425,000,000, 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-
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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, $6,699,000 and, in addition, up to $1,000,000 of
funds made available to the Department of Justice in this
Act may be transferred by the Attorney General to this
account: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, upon a determination by the Attorney General
that emergent circumstances require additional funding
for conflict prevention and resolution activities of the
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
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any transfer pursuant to the previous proviso shall be
treated as a reprogramming under section 605 of this Act
and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure ex-
cept in compliance with the procedures set forth in that
section.
ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND
For 
expenses 
authorized 
by 
U.S.C.
524(c)(1)(A)(ii), (B), (F), and (G), as amended,
$23,000,000, to be derived from the Department of Jus-
tice Assets Forfeiture Fund.
RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For necessary administrative expenses in accordance
with 
the 
Radiation 
Exposure 
Compensation 
Act,
$2,000,000.
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, $304,014,000, of which $50,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended: Provided, That any
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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 2,688 passenger motor ve-
hicles, of which 2,000 will be for replacement only, without
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, $2,750,615,000; 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-
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ations shall remain available until September 30, 2000;
of which not less than $282,473,000 shall be for
counterterrorism 
investigations, 
foreign 
counterintel-
ligence, and other activities related to our national secu-
rity; of which not to exceed $69,846,000 shall remain
available until expended, of which not to exceed
$8,046,000 shall be for equipment to address chemical
and biological attacks; of which not to exceed $10,000,000
is authorized to be made available for making advances
for expenses arising out of contractual or reimbursable
agreements with State and local law enforcement agencies
while engaged in cooperative activities related to violent
crime, terrorism, organized crime, and drug investigations;
and of which $1,500,000 shall be available to maintain
an independent program office dedicated solely to the au-
tomation of fingerprint identification services: Provided,
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 authority which
has obtained similar equipment through a Federal 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.
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In addition, $215,356,000 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; $11,287,000, to re-
main available until expended.
DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Ad-
ministration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet un-
foreseen emergencies of a confidential character, to be ex-
pended under the direction of, and to be accounted for
solely under the certificate of, the Attorney General; ex-
penses for conducting drug education and training pro-
grams, including travel and related expenses for partici-
pants in such programs and the distribution of items of
token value that promote the goals of such programs; pur-
chase of not to exceed 1,428 passenger motor vehicles, of
which 1,080 will be for replacement only, for police-type
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use without regard to the general purchase price limitation
for the current fiscal year; and acquisition, lease, mainte-
nance, and operation of aircraft; $796,290,000, of which
not to exceed $1,800,000 for research and $15,000,000
for transfer to the Drug Diversion Control Fee Account
for operating expenses shall remain available until ex-
pended, and of which not to exceed $4,000,000 for pur-
chase of evidence and payments for information, not to
exceed $10,000,000 for contracting for automated data
processing and telecommunications equipment, and not to
exceed $2,000,000 for laboratory equipment, $4,000,000
for technical equipment, and $2,000,000 for aircraft re-
placement retrofit and parts, shall remain available until
September 30, 2000; and of which not to exceed $50,000
shall be available for official reception and representation
expenses.
In addition, $405,000,000, to be derived from the
Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, to remain available
until expended for such purposes.
CONSTRUCTION
For necessary expenses to construct or acquire build-
ings and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by
law (including equipment for such buildings); conversion
and extension of federally owned buildings; and prelimi-
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nary planning and design of projects; $8,000,000, to re-
main available until expended.
IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
for the administration and enforcement of the laws relat-
ing to immigration, naturalization, and alien registration,
as follows:
ENFORCEMENT AND BORDER AFFAIRS
For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for,
for the Border Patrol program, the detention and deporta-
tion program, the intelligence program, the investigations
program, and the inspections program, including not to
exceed $50,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a con-
fidential 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 ex-
ceed 3,855 passenger motor vehicles, of which 2,535 are
for replacement only), without regard to the general pur-
chase price limitation for the current fiscal year, and hire
of passenger motor vehicles; acquisition, lease, mainte-
nance and operation of aircraft; research related to immi-
gration enforcement; and for the care and housing of Fed-
eral detainees held in the joint Immigration and Natu-
ralization Service and United States Marshals Service’s
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Buffalo Detention Facility; $1,096,431,000, of which not
to exceed $400,000 for research shall remain available
until expended; 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 contractual or reimbursable
agreements with State and local law enforcement agencies
while engaged in cooperative activities related to immigra-
tion; and of which not to exceed $5,000,000 is to fund
or reimburse other Federal agencies for the costs associ-
ated with the care, maintenance, and repatriation of
smuggled illegal aliens: Provided, 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, 1999: 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 continu-
ous 24-hour basis.
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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’’, $523,083,000: Provided, That not
to exceed $5,000 shall be available for official reception
and representation expenses: Provided further, That the
Attorney General may transfer any funds appropriated
under this heading and the heading ‘‘Enforcement and
Border Affairs’’ between said appropriations notwith-
standing any percentage transfer limitations imposed
under this appropriation Act and may direct such fees as
are collected by the Immigration and Naturalization Serv-
ice to the activities funded under this heading and the
heading ‘‘Enforcement and Border Affairs’’ for perform-
ance of the functions for which the fees legally may be
expended: Provided further, That not to exceed 43 perma-
nent positions and 43 full-time equivalent workyears and
$4,284,000 shall be expended for the Offices of Legislative
Affairs and Public Affairs: Provided further, That the lat-
ter two aforementioned offices shall not be augmented by
personnel details, temporary transfers of personnel on ei-
ther a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis, or any
other type of formal or informal transfer or reimburse-
ment of personnel or funds on either a temporary or long-
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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 available to the Immigra-
tion and Naturalization Service, shall not exceed 4 perma-
nent positions and 4 full-time equivalent workyears: Pro-
vided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision
of law, during fiscal year 1999, the Attorney General is
authorized and directed to impose disciplinary action, in-
cluding 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, $866,490,000, 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
program of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
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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, $81,570,000, to remain available
until expended.
FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the administration, oper-
ation, and maintenance of Federal penal and correctional
institutions, including purchase (not to exceed 763, of
which 599 are for replacement only) and hire of law en-
forcement and passenger motor vehicles, and for the provi-
sion of technical assistance and advice on corrections re-
lated issues to foreign governments; $2,922,354,000: 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,
That the Director of the Federal Prison System (FPS),
where necessary, may enter into contracts with a fiscal
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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 uniforms
may be purchased without regard to the general purchase
price limitation for the current fiscal year: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $6,000 shall be available for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $90,000,000 for the activation
of new facilities shall remain available until September 30,
2000: Provided further, That, of the amounts provided for
Contract Confinement, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended to make payments in ad-
vance for grants, contracts and reimbursable agreements,
and other expenses authorized by section 501(c) of the
Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, as amended,
for the care and security in the United States of Cuban
and Haitian entrants: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing section 4(d) of the Service Contract Act of 1965
(41 U.S.C. 353(d)), FPS may enter into contracts and
other agreements with private entities for periods of not
to exceed 3 years and 7 additional option years for the
confinement of Federal prisoners.
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In addition, $26,499,000, 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; $413,997,000, 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 accordance
with section 605 of this Act: Provided further, That, of
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the total amount appropriated, not to exceed $3,300,000
shall be available for the renovation and construction of
United States Marshals Service prisoner-holding facilities.
FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is here-
by authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits
of funds and borrowing authority available, and in accord
with the law, and to make such contracts and commit-
ments, without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro-
vided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as
may be necessary in carrying out the program set forth
in the budget for the current fiscal year for such corpora-
tion, including purchase of (not to exceed 5 for replace-
ment only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles.
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL
PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
Not to exceed $3,266,000 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-
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ing and shipping expenses, and expenses in connection
with acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, im-
provement, protection, or disposition of facilities and other
property belonging to the corporation or in which it has
an interest.
OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS
JUSTICE ASSISTANCE
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and
other assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended,
and the Missing Children’s Assistance Act, as amended,
including salaries and expenses in connection therewith,
and with the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, as amended,
$155,000,000, 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 by Pub-
lic Law 102–534 (106 Stat. 3524).
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and
other assistance authorized by part E of title I of the Om-
nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as
amended, for State and Local Narcotics Control and Jus-
tice Assistance Improvements, notwithstanding the provi-
sions of section 511 of said Act, $552,750,000, to remain
available until expended, as authorized by section 1001 of
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title I of said Act, as amended by Public Law 102–534
(106 Stat. 3524), of which $47,750,000 shall be available
to carry out the provisions of chapter A of subpart 2 of
part E of title I of said Act, for discretionary grants under
the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law En-
forcement Assistance Programs.
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’’); $2,371,400,000, to remain
available until expended, which shall be derived from the
Violent 
Crime 
Reduction 
Trust 
Fund; 
of 
which
$523,000,000 shall be for Local Law Enforcement Block
Grants, pursuant to H.R. 728 as passed by the House of
Representatives on February 14, 1995, except that for
purposes of this Act, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
shall be considered a ‘‘unit of local government’’ as well
as a ‘‘State’’, for the purposes set forth in subparagraphs
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(A), (B), (D), (F), and (I) of section 101(a)(2) of H.R.
728 and for establishing crime prevention programs in-
volving cooperation between community residents and law
enforcement personnel in order to control, detect, or inves-
tigate crime or the prosecution of criminals: Provided,
That no funds provided under this heading may be used
as matching funds for any other Federal grant program:
Provided further, That $20,000,000 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: Provided further, That funds may also be
used to defray the costs of indemnification insurance for
law enforcement officers: Provided further, That for the
purpose of distribution of grants under the Local Law En-
forcement Block Grant Program in the State of Louisiana,
or any other State the Attorney General finds as having
provisions within its constitution similar to those of Lou-
isiana which establish the office of the sheriff in such
State as an independent elected official with its own taxing
and spending authority, parish sheriffs shall be eligible to
receive a direct grant of 50 percent of the funding other-
wise provided to the parishes; of which $45,000,000 shall
be for grants to upgrade criminal records, as authorized
by section 106(b) of the Brady Handgun Violence Preven-
tion Act of 1993, as amended, and section 4(b) of the Na-
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tional 
Child 
Protection 
Act 
of 
1993; 
of 
which
$420,000,000 shall be for the State Criminal Alien Assist-
ance Program, as authorized by section 242(j) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act, as amended; of which
$730,500,000 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, of which $25,000,000
shall be available for the Cooperative Agreement Program,
and of which $15,000,000 shall be reserved by the Attor-
ney General for fiscal year 1999 under section 20109(a)
of subtitle A of title II of the 1994 Act; of which
$7,000,000 shall be for the Court Appointed Special Advo-
cate Program, as authorized by section 218 of the 1990
Act; of which $2,000,000 shall be for Child Abuse Train-
ing Programs for Judicial Personnel and Practitioners, as
authorized by section 224 of the 1990 Act; of which
$200,750,000 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 $23,000,000
which shall be used exclusively for the purpose of strength-
ening civil legal assistance programs for victims of domes-
tic violence: Provided further, That, of these funds,
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$5,200,000 shall be provided to the National Institute of
Justice for research and evaluation of violence against
women, and $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;
of which $39,000,000 shall be for Grants to Encourage
Arrest Policies to States, units of local government, 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 Child Abuse Enforce-
ment Assistance Grants, as authorized by section 40295
of the 1994 Act; of which $5,000,000 shall be for training
programs to assist probation and parole officers who work
with released sex offenders, as authorized by section
40152(c) of the 1994 Act; 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 section 1001(a)(17) of
the 1968 Act; of which $15,000,000 shall be for grants
to States and units of local government for projects to im-
prove DNA analysis, as authorized by section 1001(a)(22)
of the 1968 Act; of which $900,000 shall be for the Miss-
ing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program, as author-
ized by section 240001(c) of the 1994 Act; of which
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$750,000 shall be for Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Pro-
grams, 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 awareness programs
addressing marketing scams aimed at senior citizens, as
authorized by section 250005(3) of the 1994 Act; and of
which $250,000,000 shall be for Juvenile Accountability
Incentive Block Grants, except that such funds shall be
subject to the same terms and conditions as set forth in
the provisions under this heading for this program in Pub-
lic Law 105–119, but all references in such provisions to
1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 1999: Provided
further, That funds made available in fiscal year 1999
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 peti-
tions 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 offi-
cers who perform nonadministrative public safety service.
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WEED AND SEED PROGRAM FUND
For necessary expenses, including salaries and relat-
ed expenses of the Executive Office for Weed and Seed,
to implement ‘‘Weed and Seed’’ program activities,
$33,500,000 to remain available until expended, for inter-
governmental agreements, including grants, cooperative
agreements, and contracts, with State and local law en-
forcement agencies engaged in the investigation and pros-
ecution of violent crimes and drug offenses in ‘‘Weed and
Seed’’ designated communities, and for either reimburse-
ments or transfers to appropriation accounts of the De-
partment of Justice and other Federal agencies which
shall be specified by the Attorney General to execute the
‘‘Weed and Seed’’ program strategy: Provided, That funds
designated by Congress through language for other De-
partment of Justice appropriation accounts for ‘‘Weed and
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.
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COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Con-
trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, Public Law 103–
322 (‘‘the 1994 Act’’) (including administrative costs),
$1,400,000,000, to remain available until expended, which
shall be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust
Fund, for Public Safety and Community Policing Grants
pursuant to title I of the 1994 Act: Provided, That not
to exceed 266 permanent positions and 266 full-time
equivalent workyears and $32,023,000 shall be expended
for program management and administration: Provided
further, That, of the unobligated balances available in this
program, $170,000,000 shall be used for innovative polic-
ing programs, of which $50,000,000 shall be used for a
law enforcement technology program, $50,000,000 shall
be used for policing initiatives to combat methamphet-
amine production and trafficking and to enhance policing
initiatives in drug ‘‘hot spots’’, $20,000,000 shall be used
for programs to combat violence in schools, $25,000,000
shall be used for bullet proof vests for law enforcement
officers, $10,000,000 shall be used for additional commu-
nity law enforcement officers and related program support
for the District of Columbia Offender Supervision, De-
fender, and Court Services Agency, and $15,000,000 shall
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be used for equipment and training for tribal law enforce-
ment officers.
In addition, for programs of Police Corps education,
training, and service as set forth in sections 200101–
200113 of the 1994 Act, $20,000,000, to remain available
until expended, which shall be derived from the Violent
Crime Reduction Trust Fund.
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-
tice Assistance, $265,950,000, 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 (H.R. 1818 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.
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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); and
$250,000 for the Federal Law Enforcement Dependents
Assistance Program, as authorized by section 1212 of said
Act.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
SEC. 101. In addition to amounts otherwise made
available in this title for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, a total of not to exceed $45,000 from funds
appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title
shall be available to the Attorney General for official re-
ception and representation expenses in accordance with
distributions, procedures, and regulations established by
the Attorney General.
SEC. 102. Authorities contained in the Department
of Justice Appropriation Authorization Act, Fiscal Year
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1980 (Public Law 96–132; 93 Stat. 1040 (1979)), as
amended, shall remain in effect until the termination date
of this Act or until the effective date of a Department
of Justice Appropriation Authorization Act, whichever is
earlier.
SEC. 103. None of the funds appropriated by this
title shall be available to pay for an abortion, except where
the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus
were carried to term, or in the case of rape: Provided,
That should this prohibition be declared unconstitutional
by a court of competent jurisdiction, this section shall be
null and void.
SEC. 104. None of the funds appropriated under this
title shall be used to require any person to perform, or
facilitate in any way the performance of, any abortion.
SEC. 105. Nothing in the preceding section shall re-
move the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Pris-
ons to provide escort services necessary for a female in-
mate to receive such service outside the Federal facility:
Provided, That nothing in this section in any way dimin-
ishes the effect of section 104 intended to address the phil-
osophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of
Prisons.
SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, not to exceed $10,000,000 of the funds made avail-
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able in this Act may be used to establish and publicize
a program under which publicly advertised, extraordinary
rewards may be paid, which shall not be subject to spend-
ing limitations contained in sections 3059 and 3072 of
title 18, United States Code: Provided, That any reward
of $100,000 or more, up to a maximum of $2,000,000,
may not be made without the personal approval of the
President or the Attorney General and such approval may
not be delegated.
SEC. 107. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De-
partment of Justice in this Act, including those derived
from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, may be
transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap-
propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans-
fers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec-
tion 605 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga-
tion except in compliance with the procedures set forth
in that section.
SEC. 108. In fiscal year 1999 and thereafter, the Di-
rector of the Bureau of Prisons is authorized to make ex-
penditures out of the Federal Prison System’s Com-
missary Fund, Federal Prisons, for the installation, oper-
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ation, and maintenance of the inmate telephone system,
including, without limitation, the payment of all the equip-
ment purchased or leased in connection with the inmate
telephone system and the salaries, benefits, and other ex-
penses of personnel who install, operate and maintain the
inmate telephone system, regardless of whether these ex-
penditures are security related.
SEC. 109. Section 524(c)(9)(B) of title 28, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘1997’’ and inserting
‘‘1999’’.
SEC. 110. (a) Section 3201 of the Crime Control Act
of 1990 (28 U.S.C. 509 note) is amended to read as fol-
lows—
‘‘Appropriations in this or any other Act hereafter for
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforce-
ment Administration, or the Immigration and Naturaliza-
tion Service are available, in an amount of not to exceed
$25,000 each per fiscal year, to pay humanitarian ex-
penses incurred by or for any employee thereof (or any
member of the employee’s immediate family) that results
from or is incident to serious illness, serious injury, or
death occurring to the employee while on official duty or
business.’’
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(b) The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant
Responsibility Act of 1996 is amended by striking section
626 (8 U.S.C. 1363b).
SEC. 111. Any amounts credited to the ‘‘Legalization
Account’’ established under section 245(c)(7)(B) of the
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C.
1255a(c)(7)(B)) are transferred to the ‘‘Examinations
Fee Account’’ established under section 286(m) of that
Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(m)).
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Justice
Appropriations Act, 1999’’.
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, $24,000,000:
Provided, That not to exceed $98,000 shall be available
for official reception and representation expenses.
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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, $44,200,000, to remain available until expended.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses for international trade activi-
ties of the Department of Commerce provided for by law,
and engaging in trade promotional activities abroad, in-
cluding expenses of grants and cooperative agreements for
the purpose of promoting exports of United States firms,
without regard to 44 U.S.C. 3702 and 3703; full medical
coverage for dependent members of immediate families of
employees stationed overseas and employees temporarily
posted overseas; travel and transportation of employees of
the United States and Foreign Commercial Service be-
tween two points abroad, without regard to 49 U.S.C.
1517; employment of Americans and aliens by contract for
services; rental of space abroad for periods not exceeding
ten years, and expenses of alteration, repair, or improve-
ment; purchase or construction of temporary demountable
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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
and teletype equipment; $284,123,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $1,600,000 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 $296,616,000 provided for in direct
obligations (of which $282,523,000 is appropriated from
the General Fund, $1,600,0000 is derived from fee collec-
tions, and $12,493,000 is derived from unobligated bal-
ances and deobligations from prior years), $49,225,000
shall be for Trade Development, $17,779,000 shall be for
Market Access and Compliance, $31,047,000 shall be for
the Import Administration, $186,650,000 shall be for the
United States and Foreign Commercial Service, and
$11,915,000 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
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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.
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; rental of space abroad for periods not exceeding
ten years, and expenses of alteration, repair, or improve-
ment; 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-
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cles eligible for purchase without regard to any price limi-
tation otherwise established by law; $47,777,000, to re-
main available until expended, of which $3,877,000 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
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 and the Senate and other appropriate Commit-
tees of the Congress are notified of such proposed action.
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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, as amended, Public Law 91–304, and such
laws that were in effect immediately before September 30,
1982, and for trade adjustment assistance, $368,379,000:
Provided, That none of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under this heading may be used di-
rectly or indirectly for attorneys’ or consultants’ fees in
connection with securing grants and contracts made by
the Economic Development Administration: Provided fur-
ther, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of Commerce may provide financial assistance
for projects to be located on military installations closed
or scheduled for closure or realignment to grantees eligible
for assistance under the Public Works and Economic De-
velopment Act of 1965, as amended, without it being re-
quired that the grantee have title or ability to obtain a
lease for the property, for the useful life of the project,
when in the opinion of the Secretary of Commerce, such
financial assistance is necessary for the economic develop-
ment of the area: Provided further, That the Secretary of
Commerce may, as the Secretary considers appropriate,
consult with the Secretary of Defense regarding the title
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to land on military installations closed or scheduled for
closure or realignment.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of administering the eco-
nomic development assistance programs as provided for by
law, $25,000,000: 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, $25,276,000.
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, $48,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2000.
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BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for collecting, compiling, ana-
lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for
by law, $140,147,000.
PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS
For expenses necessary to conduct the decennial cen-
sus, $951,936,000 to remain available until expended:
Provided, That, of this amount, $475,968,000 shall not
be available for obligation or expenditure until after March
31, 1999, and until the following shall have occurred: (1)
not later than March 15, 1999, the President has submit-
ted a request to release the funds, and such request shall
include the President’s estimate of the expenditures re-
quired for the completion of the decennial census; and (2)
the Congress has enacted legislation making available the
unobligated and unexpended funds: Provided further, That
the Congress is required to take legislative action on such
legislation not later than March 31, 1999.
In addition, for necessary expenses of the Census
Monitoring Board as authorized by section 210 of Public
Law 105–119, $4,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
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In addition, for expenses to collect and publish statis-
tics for other periodic censuses and programs provided for
by law, $155,951,000, 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-
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,
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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, $21,000,000, 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 the provisions of section 391 of the
Act, the prior year unobligated balances may be made
available for grants for projects for which applications
have been submitted and approved during any fiscal year.
INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS
For grants authorized by section 392 of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934, as amended, $16,000,000, 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:
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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.
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, $653,526,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That, of this amount, $653,526,000 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
1999, so as to result in final fiscal year 1999 appropria-
tion from the General Fund estimated at $0: Provided fur-
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ther, That, during fiscal year 1999, should the total
amount of offsetting fee collections be less than
$653,526,000, the total amounts available to the Patent
and Trademark Office shall be reduced accordingly: Pro-
vided further, That any amount received in excess of
$653,526,000 in fiscal year 1999 shall remain available
until expended, but shall not be available for obligation
until October 1, 1999.
In addition, upon enactment of legislation to increase
fees collected pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 41, such fees shall
be collected and credited to this account as offsetting col-
lections and shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $102,000,000 of such amounts
collected shall be available for obligation in fiscal year
1999 for purposes as authorized by law: Provided further,
That any amount received in excess of $102,000,000 in
fiscal year 1999 shall remain available until expended, but
shall not be available for obligation until October 1, 1999.
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, $9,000,000, of
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which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain available
until September 30, 2000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES
For necessary expenses of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology, $280,470,000, to remain
available until expended, of which not to exceed
$1,800,000 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, $106,800,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding the time limi-
tations imposed by 15 U.S.C. 278k(c) (1) and (5) on the
duration of Federal financial assistance that may be
awarded by the Secretary of Commerce to Regional Cen-
ters for the Transfer of Manufacturing Technology (‘‘Cen-
ters’’), such Federal financial assistance for a Center may
continue beyond 6 years and may be renewed for addi-
tional periods, not to exceed 1 year, at a rate not to exceed
one-third of the Center’s total annual costs or the level
of funding in the sixth year, whichever is less, subject be-
fore any such renewal to a positive evaluation of the Cen-
ter and to a finding by the Secretary of Commerce that
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continuation of Federal funding to the Center is in the
best interest of the Regional Centers for the Transfer of
Manufacturing Technology Program: Provided further,
That the Center’s most recent performance evaluation is
positive, and the Center has submitted a reapplication
which has successfully passed merit review.
In addition, for necessary expenses of the Advanced
Technology Program of the National Institute of Stand-
ards and Technology, $180,200,000, to remain available
until expended, of which not to exceed $43,000,000 shall
be available for the award of new grants, and of which
not to exceed $500,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Work-
ing Capital Fund’’.
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, $40,000,000 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.
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NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC
ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER 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 240 commissioned officers on the active list as
of September 30, 1999; 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;
$1,470,042,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That fees and donations received by the National
Ocean Service for the management of the national marine
sanctuaries may be retained and used for the salaries and
expenses associated with those activities, notwithstanding
31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided further, That, in addition,
$62,381,000 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 $1,578,933,000 provided for in direct obliga-