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(1) develop, maintain, and make public a list of
vessels and vessel owners engaged in illegal, unre-
ported, or unregulated fishing, including vessels or
vessel owners identified by an international fishery
management organization, whether or not the United
States is a party to the agreement establishing such
organization; and
(2) take appropriate action against listed vessels
and vessel owners, including action against fish, fish
parts, or fish products from such vessels, in accord-
ance with applicable United States law and con-
sistent with applicable international law, including
principles, rights, and obligations established in ap-
plicable international fishery management and trade
agreements.
(b) RESTRICTIONS ON PORT ACCESS OR USE.—Action
taken by the Secretary under subsection (a)(2) that include
measures to restrict use of or access to ports or port services
shall apply to all ports of the United States and its terri-
tories.
(c) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary may promulgate
regulations to implement this section.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com-
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TITLE II
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the administration of the
Department of Justice, $104,777,000, of which not to exceed
$3,317,000 is for security and construction of Department
of Justice facilities, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the Attorney General is authorized to trans-
fer funds appropriated within General Administration to
any office in this account: Provided further, That no appro-
priations for any office within General Administration
shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent by
all such transfers: Provided further, That $12,684,000 is for
Department Leadership; $7,664,000 is for Intergovern-
mental Relations/External Affairs; $11,832,000 is for Exec-
utive Support/Professional Responsibility; and $72,597,000
is for the Justice Management Division: Provided further,
That any change in funding greater than 5 percent shall
be submitted for approval to the Senate Committee on Ap-
propriations consistent with the terms of section 505 of this
Act: Provided further, That this transfer authority is in ad-
dition to transfers authorized under section 505 of this Act:
Provided further, That not to exceed $30,000 shall be avail-
able for official reception and representation expenses: Pro-
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vided further, That $10,000,000 shall only be used to ad-
dress the health safety and security issues identified in the
United States Department of Justice, Office of Inspector
General Report I–2007–008.
JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY
For necessary expenses for information sharing tech-
nology, including planning, development, deployment and
Departmental direction, $95,795,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That, of the funds available, up
to $21,000,000 is for the unified financial management sys-
tem to be administered by the Unified Financial Manage-
ment System Executive Council.
TACTICAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
For the costs of conversion to narrowband communica-
tions, including the cost for operation and maintenance of
Land Mobile Radio legacy systems, $76,353,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That the At-
torney General shall transfer to this account all funds made
available to the Department of Justice for the purchase of
portable and mobile radios: Provided further, That any
transfer made under the preceding proviso shall be subject
to section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That the Attor-
ney General shall transfer to the ‘‘Narrowband Communica-
tions/Integrated Wireless Network’’ account all funds made
available in this Act to the Department of Justice for the
purchase of portable and mobile radios and related infra-
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structure and any transfer made under this section shall
be subject to section 505 of this Act.
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS
For expenses necessary for the administration of par-
don and clemency petitions and immigration-related activi-
ties, $251,499,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be derived by
transfer from the Executive Office for Immigration Review
fees deposited in the ‘‘Immigration Examinations Fee’’ ac-
count: Provided, That $4,000,000 shall be expended on the
Executive Office for Immigration Review’s Legal Orienta-
tion Programs.
DETENTION TRUSTEE
For necessary expenses of the Federal Detention Trust-
ee, $1,265,872,000: Provided, That the Trustee shall be re-
sponsible for managing the Justice Prisoner and Alien
Transportation System and for overseeing housing related
to such detention: Provided further, That any unobligated
balances available in prior years from the funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Federal Prisoner Detention’’
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation
under the heading ‘‘Detention Trustee’’ and shall be avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That funds not to
exceed $5,000,000 shall be considered ‘‘funds appropriated
for State and local law enforcement assistance’’ pursuant
to 18 U.S.C. 4013(b).
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, $73,700,000, including not to exceed $10,000 to meet
unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character: Pro-
vided, That within 200 days of enactment of this Act, the
Inspector General shall conduct an audit and issue a report
to the Committees on Appropriations of all expenses of the
legislative and public affairs offices at each location of the
Justice Department, its bureaus and agencies, including
but not limited to every field office and headquarters com-
ponent; the audit shall include any and all expenses related
to these activities.
UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Parole
Commission as authorized, $12,194,000.
LEGAL ACTIVITIES
GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
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 evidence,
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
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of Columbia, $753,000,000, of which not to exceed
$10,000,000 is for litigation support contracts and shall re-
main available until expended: Provided, That of the total
amount appropriated, not to exceed $1,000 shall be avail-
able to the United States National Central Bureau,
INTERPOL, for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 105
of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General
that emergent circumstances require additional funding for
litigation activities of the Civil Division, the Attorney Gen-
eral may transfer such amounts to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses,
General Legal Activities’’ from available appropriations for
the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as
may be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Pro-
vided further, That any transfer pursuant to the previous
proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section
505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set
forth in that section: Provided further, That in addition
there is hereby appropriated $6,833,000 for reimbursement
of expenses of the Department of Justice associated with
processing cases under the National Childhood Vaccine In-
jury Act of 1986, to be appropriated from the Vaccine In-
jury Compensation Trust Fund.
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ANTITRUST DIVISION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust
and kindred laws, $155,097,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, not to exceed $139,000,000 of offsetting collec-
tions derived from fees collected for premerger notification
filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improve-
ments Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year
of collection, 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 2008,
so as to result in a final fiscal year 2008 appropriation
from the general fund estimated at not more than
$16,097,000.
UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United
States Attorneys, including inter-governmental and cooper-
ative agreements, $1,747,822,000: Provided, That of the
total amount appropriated, not to exceed $8,000,000 shall
be available for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided further, That not to exceed $20,000,000
shall remain available until expended.
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UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND
For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee
Program, as authorized, $231,899,000, 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 avail-
able in such amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds
due depositors: Provided further, That, notwithstanding
any other provision of law, $184,000,000 of offsetting collec-
tions pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 589a(b) shall be retained and
used for necessary expenses in this appropriation and shall
remain available until expended: Provided further, That the
sum herein appropriated from the Fund shall be reduced
as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year
2008, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2008 appropria-
tion from the Fund estimated at $0.
FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of
the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including serv-
ices as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States
Code, $1,709,000.
UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Marshals
Service, $896,860,000; of which not to exceed $20,000 shall
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be available for official reception and representation ex-
penses; of which not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be for infor-
mation technology systems and shall remain available until
expended: Provided, That not less than $12,397,000 shall
be available for the costs of courthouse security equipment,
including furnishings, relocations, and telephone systems
and cabling, and shall remain available until expended:
Provided further, That an additional $7,845,000 shall be
available to carry out the Adam Walsh Child Protection
and Safety Act of 2006 offset by a reduction in the amount
available for the Advanced Technology Program under the
heading ‘‘INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES’’ in title I
of $7,845,000.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction in space controlled, occupied, or uti-
lized by the United States Marshals Service, $8,015,000, to
remain available until expended.
FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES
For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of con-
tracts for the procurement and supervision of expert wit-
nesses, for private counsel expenses, including advances,
and for expenses of foreign counsel, $168,300,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That, not to exceed
$10,000,000 may be made available for construction of
buildings for protected witness safesites: Provided further,
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That not to exceed $3,000,000 may be made available for
the purchase and maintenance of armored and other vehi-
cles for witness security caravans: Provided further, That
not to exceed $9,000,000 may be made available for the pur-
chase, installation, maintenance, and upgrade of secure
telecommunications equipment and a secure automated in-
formation network to store and retrieve the identities and
locations of protected witnesses.
COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Community Relations
Service, $10,230,000: Provided, That notwithstanding sec-
tion 105 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney
General that emergent circumstances require additional
funding for conflict resolution and violence prevention ac-
tivities of the Community Relations Service, the Attorney
General may transfer such amounts to the Community Re-
lations Service, from available appropriations for the cur-
rent fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be
necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided fur-
ther, That any transfer pursuant to the previous proviso
shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of
this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expendi-
ture except in compliance with the procedures set forth in
that section: Provided further, That of the amount appro-
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priated under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be used for sal-
aries and expenses for hiring additional conciliators for the
regional offices of the Community Relations Service of the
Department of Justice: Provided further, That not less than
3 of the conciliators hired under the preceding proviso shall
be employed in region 6.
ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND
For expenses authorized by subparagraphs (B), (F),
and (G) of section 524(c)(1) of title 28, United States Code,
$20,990,000, to be derived from the Department of Justice
Assets Forfeiture Fund.
NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of
the National Security Division, $78,056,000; of which not
to exceed $5,000,000 for information technology systems
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not-
withstanding section 204 of this Act, upon a determination
by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances re-
quire additional funding for the activities of the National
Security Division, the Attorney General may transfer such
amounts to this heading from available appropriations for
the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as
may be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Pro-
vided further, That any transfer pursuant to the previous
proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section
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505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set
forth in that section.
INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT
INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT
For necessary expenses for the identification, inves-
tigation, and prosecution of individuals associated with the
most significant drug trafficking and affiliated money
laundering organizations not otherwise provided for, to in-
clude inter-governmental agreements with State and local
law enforcement agencies engaged in the investigation and
prosecution of individuals involved in organized crime drug
trafficking, $509,154,000, 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.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of
crimes against the United States, $6,372,250,000; of which
not to exceed $150,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended; and of which $2,308,580,000 shall be for
counterterrorism investigations, foreign counterintelligence,