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DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Administra-
tion, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet unforeseen emer-
gencies 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; expenses for conducting drug education and
training programs, 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; purchase 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, 
maintenance, 
and 
operation 
of 
aircraft,
$933,000,000, of which not to exceed $1,800,000 for research shall
remain available until expended, and of which not to exceed
$4,000,000 for purchase of evidence and payments for information,
not to exceed $10,000,000 for contracting for automated data proc-
essing and telecommunications equipment, and not to exceed
$2,000,000 for laboratory equipment, $4,000,000 for technical equip-
ment, and $2,000,000 for aircraft replacement retrofit and parts,
shall remain available until September 30, 2001; of which not
to exceed $50,000 shall be available for official reception and rep-
resentation 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: Provided, That such amount shall be transferred to and
administered by the Department of Justice Wireless Management
Office.
In addition, $343,250,000, for such purposes, to remain avail-
able until expended, to be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction
Trust Fund.
CONSTRUCTION
For necessary expenses to construct or acquire buildings and
sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by law (including
equipment for such buildings); conversion and extension of federally-
owned buildings; and preliminary planning and design of projects,
$5,500,000, to remain available until expended.
IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the administration and enforcement
of the laws relating to immigration, naturalization, and alien reg-
istration, as follows:
ENFORCEMENT AND BORDER AFFAIRS
For salaries and expenses for the Border Patrol program, the
detention and deportation program, the intelligence program, the
investigations program, and the inspections 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
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for police-type use (not to exceed 3,075 passenger motor vehicles,
of which 2,266 are for replacement only), without regard to the
general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year, and
hire of passenger motor vehicles; acquisition, lease, maintenance
and operation 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 Mar-
shals Service’s Buffalo Detention Facility, $1,107,429,000; 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 contractual or reimburs-
able agreements with State and local law enforcement agencies
while engaged in cooperative activities related to immigration; of
which not to exceed $5,000,000 is to fund or reimburse other Federal
agencies 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: Provided, That such amount shall
be transferred to and administered by the Department of Justice
Wireless Management 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 beginning January
1, 2000: Provided further, That uniforms may be purchased without
regard to the general purchase price limitation for the current
fiscal year: Provided further, That none of the funds provided in
this or any other Act shall be used for the continued operation
of the San Clemente and Temecula checkpoints unless the check-
points are open and traffic is being checked on a continuous 24-
hour basis.
CITIZENSHIP AND BENEFITS, IMMIGRATION SUPPORT AND PROGRAM
DIRECTION
For all programs of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
not included under the heading ‘‘Enforcement and Border Affairs’’,
$535,011,000, of which not to exceed $400,000 for research shall
remain available until expended: 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 not-
withstanding any percentage transfer 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
40 permanent positions and 40 full-time equivalent workyears and
$4,150,000 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, tem-
porary transfers of personnel on either a reimbursable or non-
reimbursable basis, or any other type of formal or informal transfer
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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 available to the Immigration and Naturaliza-
tion Service, shall not exceed four permanent positions and four
full-time equivalent workyears: Provided further, That none of the
funds available to the Immigration and Naturalization Service shall
be used to pay any employee overtime pay in an amount in excess
of $30,000 during the calendar year beginning January 1, 2000:
Provided further, That funds may be used, without limitation, for
equipping, maintaining, and making improvements to the infra-
structure and the purchase of vehicles for police-type use within
the limits of the Enforcement and Border Affairs appropriation:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 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 Bureau of Investigation, for any employee
of the Immigration and Naturalization Service who violates policies
and procedures 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 remain avail-
able until expended, to be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction
Trust Fund: Provided, That the Attorney 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
that heretofore has been funded by the Violent Crime Reduction
Trust Fund.
CONSTRUCTION
For planning, construction, renovation, equipping, and mainte-
nance of buildings and facilities necessary for the administration
and enforcement of the laws relating to immigration, naturalization,
and alien registration, not otherwise provided for, $99,664,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That no funds shall
be available for the site acquisition, design, or construction of any
Border Patrol checkpoint in the Tucson sector.
FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the administration, operation, and
maintenance of Federal penal and correctional institutions,
including purchase (not to exceed 708, of which 602 are for replace-
ment only) and hire of law enforcement and passenger motor
vehicles, and for the provision of technical assistance and advice
on corrections related issues to foreign governments, $3,089,110,000;
of which not less than $500,000 shall be transferred to and adminis-
tered by the Department of Justice Wireless Management Office
for the costs of conversion to narrowband communications and
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for the operations and maintenance of legacy Land Mobile Radio
systems: Provided, 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 Federal penal and correctional
institutions: Provided further, That the Director of the Federal
Prison System (FPS), where necessary, may enter into contracts
with a fiscal agent/fiscal intermediary claims processor to determine
the amounts payable to persons who, on behalf of FPS, furnish
health services to individuals committed to the custody of FPS:
Provided further, That not to exceed $6,000 shall be available
for official reception and representation expenses: Provided further,
That not to exceed $90,000,000 shall remain available for necessary
operations until September 30, 2001: Provided further, That, of
the amounts provided for Contract Confinement, not to exceed
$20,000,000 shall remain available until expended to make pay-
ments in advance for grants, contracts and reimbursable agree-
ments, 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, 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 private entities
for periods of not to exceed 3 years and seven additional option
years for the confinement of Federal prisoners.
In addition, $22,524,000, for such purposes, to remain available
until expended, to be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction
Trust Fund.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For planning, acquisition of sites and construction of new facili-
ties; leasing the Oklahoma City Airport Trust Facility; purchase
and acquisition of facilities and remodeling, and equipping of such
facilities for penal and correctional use, including all necessary
expenses incident thereto, by contract or force account; and con-
structing, remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings and facili-
ties at existing penal and correctional institutions, including all
necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force account,
$556,791,000, to remain available until expended, of which not
to exceed $14,074,000 shall be available to construct areas for
inmate work programs: Provided, That labor of United States pris-
oners 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 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.
FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is hereby author-
ized 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 commitments, without regard to fiscal
year limitations as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United
States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the program