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That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
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, $76,199,000, 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 $7,860,000 shall be expended for the De-
partment Leadership Program exclusive of augmentation
that occurred in these offices in fiscal year 1997: Provided
further, That not to exceed 41 permanent positions and
48 full-time equivalent workyears and $4,660,000 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.
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COUNTERTERRORISM FUND
For necessary expenses, as determined by the Attor-
ney General, $20,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, to reimburse any Department of Justice organiza-
tion for: (1) the costs incurred in reestablishing the oper-
ational capability of an office or facility which has been
damaged or destroyed as a result of any domestic or inter-
national terrorist incident; (2) the costs of providing sup-
port to counter, investigate or prosecute domestic or inter-
national terrorism, including payment of rewards in con-
nection with these activities; and (3) the costs of conduct-
ing a terrorism threat assessment of Federal agencies and
their facilities: Provided, That funds provided under this
heading shall be available only after the Attorney General
notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate in accordance with sec-
tion 605 of this Act.
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS
For expenses necessary for the administration of par-
don and clemency petitions and immigration related activi-
ties, $66,700,000.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS, ADMINISTRATIVE
REVIEW AND APPEALS
For activities authorized by section 130005 of the
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
(Public Law 103–322), as amended, $59,000,000, to re-
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main available until expended, which shall be derived from
the Violent 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, $33,211,000 (increased
by $2,000,000); including not to exceed $10,000 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; 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, $4,799,000.
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LEGAL ACTIVITIES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES
For expenses, necessary for the legal activities of the
Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, includ-
ing not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evi-
dence, to be expended under the direction of, and to be
accounted for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney
General; and rent of private or Government-owned space
in the District of Columbia; $445,000,000 (increased by
$300,000), of which not to exceed $10,000,000 for litiga-
tion support contracts shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That of the funds available in this ap-
propriation, not to exceed $17,525,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended for office automation systems for the
legal divisions covered by this appropriation, and for the
United States Attorneys, the Antitrust Division, and of-
fices funded through ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, General
Administration: Provided further, That of the total amount
appropriated, not to exceed $1,000 shall be available to
the United States National Central Bureau, INTERPOL,
for official reception and representation expenses.
In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the De-
partment of Justice associated with processing cases
under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986,
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as amended, not to exceed $4,028,000, to be appropriated
from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS, GENERAL LEGAL
ACTIVITIES
For the expeditious deportation of denied asylum ap-
plicants, as authorized by section 130005 of the Violent
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public
Law 103–322), as amended, $7,969,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, which shall be derived from the Vio-
lent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION
For expenses necessary for the enforcement of anti-
trust and kindred laws, $84,542,000 (reduced by
$6,000,000): Provided, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, not to exceed $70,000,000 of offsetting
collections derived from fees collected for premerger notifi-
cation filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Im-
provements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18(a)) shall be re-
tained and used for necessary expenses in this appropria-
tion, and shall remain available until expended: Provided
further, That the sum herein appropriated from the Gen-
eral Fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections
are received during fiscal year 1998, so as to result in
a final fiscal year 1998 appropriation from the General
Fund estimated at not more than $14,542,000 (reduced
by $6,000,000): Provided further, That any fees received
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in excess of $70,000,000 in fiscal year 1998 shall remain
available until expended, but shall not be available for obli-
gation until October 1, 1998.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS
For necessary expenses of the Office of the United
States Attorneys, including intergovernmental and cooper-
ative agreements, $973,000,000; of which not to exceed
$2,500,000 shall be available until September 30, 1999,
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 Office of the United States Attorneys, not
to exceed 9,010 positions and 9,116 full-time equivalent
workyears shall be supported from the funds appropriated
in this Act for the United States Attorneys: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $6,000,000 for office moves, ex-
pansions and renovations shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 1999: Provided further, That not to exceed
$1,200,000 for the design, development and implementa-
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tion of an information systems strategy for D.C. Superior
Court shall remain available until expended.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS, UNITED STATES
ATTORNEYS
For activities authorized by sections 40114, 130005,
190001(b), 190001(d), and 250005 of the Violent Crime
Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law
103–322), as amended, and section 815 of the
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996
(Public Law 104–132), $62,828,000, to remain available
until expended, which shall be derived from the Violent
Crime Reduction Trust Fund.
UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND
For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee
Program, 
as 
authorized 
by 
U.S.C. 
589a(a),
$107,950,000, 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, $107,950,000 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
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Fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are
received during fiscal year 1998, so as to result in a final
fiscal year 1998 appropriation from the Fund estimated
at $0: Provided further, That any such fees collected in
excess of $107,950,000 in fiscal year 1998 shall remain
available until expended but shall not be available for obli-
gation until October 1, 1998.
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, $1,226,000.
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 aircraft, and the pur-
chase of passenger motor vehicles for police-type use, with-
out regard to the general purchase price limitation for the
current fiscal year, $462,944,000, as authorized by 28
U.S.C. 561(i); of which not to exceed $6,000 shall be
available for official reception and representation ex-
penses; and of which not to exceed $4,000,000 for develop-
ment, implementation, maintenance and support, and
training for an automated prisoner information system,
and not to exceed $2,200,000 to support the Justice Pris-
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oner and Alien Transportation System shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That, for fiscal year 1998
and thereafter, the service of maintaining and transport-
ing State, local, or territorial prisoners shall be considered
a specialized or technical service for purposes of 31 U.S.C.
6505, and any prisoners so transported shall be considered
persons (transported for other than commercial purposes)
whose presence is associated with the performance of a
governmental function for purposes of 49 U.S.C. 40102.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS, UNITED STATES
MARSHALS SERVICE
For activities authorized by section 190001(b) of the
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
(Public Law 103–322), as amended, $25,553,000, to re-
main available until expended, which shall be derived from
the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.
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, $405,262,000, 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
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and supervision of expert witnesses, for private counsel ex-
penses, and for per diems in lieu of subsistence, as author-
ized by law, including advances, $75,000,000, to remain
available until expended; of which not to exceed
$4,750,000 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; 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; and of which not to exceed $4,000,000
may be made available for the purchase, installation and
maintenance of a secure, automated information network
to store and retrieve the identities and locations 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, $5,319,000 and, in addition, up to $2,000,000 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
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Community Relations Service, the Attorney General may
transfer such amounts to the Community Relations Serv-
ice, from available appropriations for the current fiscal
year for the Department of Justice, as may be necessary
to respond to such circumstances: Provided further, That
any transfer pursuant to the previous proviso shall be
treated as a reprogramming under section 605 of this Act
and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure ex-
cept in compliance with the procedures set forth in that
section.
ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND
For 
expenses 
authorized 
by 
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. Further, for the foregoing purposes during
fiscal year 1999, $2,000,000.
PAYMENT TO RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION
TRUST FUND
For payments to the Radiation Exposure Compensa-
tion Trust Fund, $4,381,000. Further, for the foregoing
purposes during fiscal year 1999, $29,000,000.
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INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT
INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT
For necessary expenses for the detection, investiga-
tion, and prosecution of individuals involved in organized
crime drug trafficking not otherwise provided for, to in-
clude intergovernmental agreements with State and local
law enforcement agencies engaged in the investigation and
prosecution of individuals involved in organized crime drug
trafficking, $294,967,000, of which $50,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended: Provided, That any
amounts obligated from appropriations under this heading
may be used under authorities available to the organiza-
tions reimbursed from this appropriation: Provided fur-
ther, That any unobligated balances remaining available
at the end of the fiscal year shall revert to the Attorney
General for reallocation among participating organizations
in succeeding fiscal years, subject to the reprogramming
procedures described in section 605 of this Act.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of
crimes against the United States; including purchase for
police-type use of not to exceed 3,094 passenger motor ve-
hicles, of which 2,270 will be for replacement only, without
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regard to the general purchase price limitation for the cur-
rent fiscal year, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; ac-
quisition, lease, maintenance, and operation of aircraft;
and not to exceed $70,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies
of a confidential character, to be expended under the di-
rection of, and to be accounted for solely under the certifi-
cate of, the Attorney General, $2,706,944,000; of which
not to exceed $50,000,000 for automated data processing
and telecommunications and technical investigative equip-
ment and not to exceed $1,000,000 for undercover oper-
ations shall remain available until September 30, 1999;
of which not less than $147,081,000 shall be for
counterterrorism 
investigations, 
foreign 
counterintel-
ligence, and other activities related to our national secu-
rity; of which not to exceed $98,400,000 shall remain
available until expended; of which not to exceed
$10,000,000 is authorized to be made available for making
advances for expenses arising out of contractual or reim-
bursable agreements with State and local law enforcement
agencies while engaged in cooperative activities related to
violent crime, terrorism, organized crime, and drug inves-
tigations; and of which $1,500,000 shall be available to
maintain an independent program office dedicated solely
to the relocation of the Criminal Justice Information Serv-
ices Division and the automation of fingerprint identifica-
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tion services: Provided, That not to exceed $45,000 shall
be available for official reception and representation ex-
penses: 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 equip-
ment 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.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Con-
trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–
322), 
as 
amended 
(‘‘the 
1994 
Act’’), 
and 
the
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996
(‘‘the Antiterrorism Act’’), $179,121,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, which shall be derived from the Vio-
lent Crime Reduction Trust Fund; of which $102,127,000
shall be for activities authorized by section 190001(c) of
the 1994 Act and section 811 of the Antiterrorism Act;
$57,994,000 shall be for activities authorized by section
190001(b) of the 1994 Act; $4,000,000 shall be for train-
ing and investigative assistance authorized by section
210501 of the 1994 Act; $9,500,000 shall be for grants
to States, as authorized by section 811(b) of the
Antiterrorism Act; and $5,500,000 shall be for establish-
ing DNA quality-assurance and proficiency-testing stand-
ards, establishing an index to facilitate law enforcement
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exchange of DNA identification information, and related
activities authorized by section 210501 of the 1994 Act.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER COMPLIANCE FUND
As authorized by section 110 of the Communications
Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (47 U.S.C. 1009),
$50,000,000 is appropriated for purposes of national secu-
rity, without fiscal year limitation, to the Department of
Justice Telecommunications Carrier Compliance Fund, for
payments pursuant to section 401 of such Act (47 U.S.C.
1021).
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; $38,506,000, 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-
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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 1,602 passenger motor vehicles, of
which 1,410 will be for replacement only, for police-type
use without regard to the general purchase price limitation
for the current fiscal year; and acquisition, lease, mainte-
nance, and operation of aircraft; $814,463,000, 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, 1999; and of which not to exceed $50,000
shall be available for official reception and representation
expenses.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
For activities authorized by sections 180104 and
190001(b) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforce-
ment Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322), as amended,
and section 814 of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death
Penalty 
Act 
of 
1996 
(Public 
Law 
104–132),
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$310,037,000, to remain available until expended, which
shall be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust
Fund.
CONSTRUCTION
For necessary expenses to construct or acquire build-
ings and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by
law (including equipment for such buildings); conversion
and extension of federally-owned buildings; and prelimi-
nary planning and design of projects; $5,500,000, 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,
including not to exceed $50,000 to meet unforeseen emer-
gencies of a confidential character, to be expended under
the direction of, and to be accounted for solely under the
certificate of, the Attorney General; purchase for police
type use (not to exceed 2,904, of which 1,711 are for re-
placement only), without regard to the general purchase
price limitation for the current fiscal year, and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; acquisition, lease, maintenance and
operation of aircraft; research related to immigration en-
forcement; and for the care and housing of Federal detain-
ees held in the joint Immigration and Naturalization Serv-
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ice and United States Marshals Service’s Buffalo Deten-
tion Facility; $1,609,441,000 (reduced by $3,000,000); 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 con-
tractual or reimbursable agreements with State and local
law enforcement agencies while engaged in cooperative ac-
tivities related to immigration; and 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: Provided, That
none of the funds available to the Immigration and Natu-
ralization 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, 1998: Provided
further, That uniforms may be purchased without regard
to the general purchase price limitation for the current
fiscal year: Provided further, That not to exceed $5,000
shall be available for official reception and representation
expenses: Provided further, That none of the funds pro-
vided in this or any other Act shall be used for the contin-
ued operation of the San Clemente and Temecula check-
points unless the checkpoints are open and traffic is being
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checked on a continuous 24-hour basis: Provided further,
That not to exceed 32 permanent positions and 32 full-
time equivalent workyears and $3,101,000 shall be ex-
pended for the Office of Legislative Affairs and Public Af-
fairs: Provided further, That the latter two aforementioned
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 in-
formal transfer or reimbursement of personnel or funds
on either a temporary or long-term basis: Provided further,
That, during fiscal year 1998 and each fiscal year there-
after, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available to the Immigration and Naturalization Service
may be used to accept, process, or forward to the Federal
Bureau of Investigation any FD–258 fingerprint card, for
the purpose of conducting criminal background checks for
any benefit under the Immigration and Nationality Act,
which has been prepared by, or received from, any individ-
ual or entity other than an office of the Immigration and
Naturalization Service or State or local law enforcement
agency and beginning on June 1, 1998 and each fiscal
year thereafter only an office of the Immigration and Nat-
uralization Service may accept, process or forward FD–
258 fingerprint cards to the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion for any of these applications which require an inter-
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view: Provided further, That, during fiscal year 1998 and
each fiscal year thereafter, none of the funds appropriated
or otherwise made available to the Immigration and Natu-
ralization Service shall be used to complete adjudication
of an application for naturalization unless the Immigra-
tion and Naturalization Service has received confirmation
from the Federal Bureau of Investigation that a full crimi-
nal background check has been completed, except for those
exempted by regulation as of January 1, 1997: Provided
further, That the number of positions filled through non-
career appointment at the Immigration and Naturaliza-
tion Service, for which funding is provided in this Act or
is otherwise made available to the Immigration and Natu-
ralization Service, shall not exceed four permanent posi-
tions and four full-time equivalent workyears: Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
during fiscal year 1998, the Attorney General is author-
ized and directed to impose disciplinary action, including
termination of employment, pursuant to policies and pro-
cedures applicable to employees of the Federal Bureau 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.
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VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
For activities authorized by sections 130002,
130005, 130006, 130007, and 190001(b) of the Violent
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public
Law 103–322), as amended, and section 813 of the
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996
(Public Law 104–132), $690,957,000, to remain available
until expended, which will be derived from the Violent
Crime Reduction 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, $70,959,000, 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 834, 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, $2,869,642,000 (re-
duced by $42,000,000): Provided, That the Attorney Gen-
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eral may transfer to the Health Resources and Services
Administration such amounts as may be necessary for di-
rect 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 the FPS, furnish health services to individuals commit-
ted to the custody of the FPS: Provided further, That uni-
forms may be purchased without regard to the general
purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $6,000 shall be available
for official reception and representation expenses: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $90,000,000 for the acti-
vation of new facilities shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 1999: Provided further, That of the amounts
provided for Contract Confinement, not to exceed
$20,000,000 shall remain available until expended to
make payments in advance for grants, contracts and reim-
bursable 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 notwithstanding section 4(d) of the Service
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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.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
For substance abuse treatment in Federal prisons as
authorized by section 32001(e) of the Violent Crime Con-
trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–
322), as amended, $26,135,000, to remain available until
expended, which shall be derived from the Violent 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; $255,133,000, 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
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further, That not to exceed 10 percent of the funds appro-
priated to ‘‘Buildings and Facilities’’ in this Act or any
other Act may be transferred to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’,
Federal Prison System, upon notification by the Attorney
General to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate in compliance
with provisions set forth in section 605 of this Act: Pro-
vided further, That, of the total amount appropriated, not
to exceed $2,300,000 shall be available for the renovation
and construction of United States Marshals Service pris-
oner-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 five for replace-
ment only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles.
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL
PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
Not to exceed $3,490,000 of the funds of the corpora-
tion shall be available for its administrative expenses, and
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for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to be com-
puted on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance
with the corporation’s current prescribed accounting sys-
tem, and such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation,
payment of claims, and expenditures which the said ac-
counting system requires to be capitalized or charged to
cost of commodities acquired or produced, including sell-
ing and shipping expenses, and expenses in connection
with acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, im-
provement, protection, or disposition of facilities and other
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,
and sections 819 and 821 of the Antiterrorism and Effec-
tive Death Penalty Act of 1996, $162,500,000, to remain
available until expended, as authorized by section 1001 of
title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act,
as amended by Public Law 102–534 (106 Stat. 3524); of
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which $25,000,000 is for the National Sexual Offender
Registry.
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, $538,000,000, to remain
available until expended, as authorized by section 1001 of
title I of said Act, as amended by Public Law 102–534
(106 Stat. 3524), of which $46,500,000 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,
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as amended (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); $2,437,150,000, 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 paragraphs (A),
(B), (D), (F), and (I) of section 101(a)(2) of H.R. 728
and for establishing crime prevention programs involving
cooperation between community residents and law enforce-
ment personnel in order to control, detect, or investigate
crime or the prosecution of criminals: Provided, That no
funds provided under this heading may be used as match-
ing 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; of which $45,000,000 shall be for grants to up-
grade criminal records, as authorized by section 106(b)
of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993,
as amended, and section 4(b) of the National Child Pro-
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tection Act of 1993; of which $13,500,000 shall be avail-
able as authorized by section 1001 of title I of the 1968
Act, to carry out the provisions of subpart 1, part E of
title I of the 1968 Act notwithstanding section 511 of said
Act, for the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law
Enforcement 
Assistance 
Programs; 
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
$722,500,000 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
$180,000,000 shall be available for payments to States for
incarceration of criminal aliens, and of which $25,000,000
shall be available for the Cooperative Agreement Program:
Provided further, That funds made available for Violent
Offender Incarceration and Truth in Sentencing Incentive
Grants to the State of California may, at the discretion
of the recipient, be used for payments for the incarceration
of criminal aliens; of which $7,000,000 shall be for the
Court Appointed Special Advocate Program, as authorized
by section 218 of the 1990 Act; of which $2,000,000 shall
be for Child Abuse Training Programs for Judicial Per-
sonnel and Practitioners, as authorized by section 224 of
the 1990 Act; of which $160,000,000 shall be for Grants
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to Combat Violence Against Women, to States, units of
local government, and Indian tribal governments, as au-
thorized by section 1001(a)(18) of the 1968 Act: Provided
further, That, of these funds, $7,000,000 shall be provided
to the National Institute of Justice for research and eval-
uation of violence against women and $853,000 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 $115,750,000 shall be
for Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies to States, units
of local government, and Indian tribal governments, as au-
thorized by section 1001(a)(19) of the 1968 Act, including
$56,750,000 which shall be used exclusively for the pur-
pose of strengthening civil and criminal legal assistance
programs for victims of domestic violence; of which
$15,000,000 shall be for Rural Domestic Violence and
Child Abuse Enforcement Assistance Grants, as author-
ized by section 40295 of the 1994 Act; of which
$2,000,000 shall be for training programs to assist proba-
tion and parole officers who work with released sex offend-
ers, as authorized by section 40152(c) of the 1994 Act;
of which $1,000,000 shall be for grants for televised testi-
mony, as authorized by section 1001(a)(7) of the 1968
Act; of which $2,750,000 shall be for national stalker and
domestic violence reduction, as authorized by section
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40603 of the 1994 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 $10,000,000 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
$750,000 shall be for Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Pro-
grams, as authorized by section 220002(h) of the 1994
Act; of which $30,000,000 shall be for Drug Courts, as
authorized by title V of the 1994 Act; of which $1,000,000
shall be for Law Enforcement Family Support Programs,
as authorized by section 1001(a)(21) of the 1968 Act; of
which $300,000,000 shall be for Juvenile Accountability
Block Grants to become available only upon enactment of
an authorization for this program; and of which
$2,000,000 shall be for public awareness programs ad-
dressing marketing scams aimed at senior citizens, as au-
thorized by section 250005(3) of the 1994 Act: Provided
further, That funds made available in fiscal year 1998
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-
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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.
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,
$40,000,000, which shall be obligated by July 1, 1998,
for intergovernmental agreements, including grants, coop-
erative agreements, and contracts, with State and local
law enforcement agencies engaged in the investigation and
prosecution of violent crimes and drug offenses in ‘‘Weed
and Seed’’ designated communities, and for either reim-
bursements or transfers to appropriation accounts of the
Department 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
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funds and personnel in support of ‘‘Weed and Seed’’ pro-
gram activities only after the Attorney General notifies the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate in accordance with section 605 of
this Act.
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES
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 186 permanent positions and 186 full-time
equivalent workyears and $20,553,000 shall be expended
for program management and administration: Provided
further, That of the unobligated balances available in this
program, $100,000,000 shall be used for innovative com-
munity policing programs, of which $34,000,000 shall be
used for a law enforcement technology program,
$1,000,000 shall be used for police recruitment programs
authorized under subtitle H of title III of the 1994 Act,
$35,000,000 shall be used for policing initiatives in drug
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‘‘hot spots’’, and $30,000,000 shall be used for policing
initiatives to combat methamphetamine trafficking.
In addition, for programs of Police Corps education,
training and service as set forth in sections 200101–
200113 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforce-
ment Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322), $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, $225,922,000 (increased by $750,000), to
remain available until expended: Provided, That these
funds shall be available for obligation and expenditure
upon enactment of reauthorization legislation for the Ju-
venile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974
(H.R. 1818 or comparable legislation).
In addition, for grants, contracts, cooperative agree-
ments, and other assistance, $5,000,000 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 such 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
$2,000,000 for the Federal Law Enforcement Education
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
1980 (Public Law 96–132, 93 Stat. 1040 (1979)), as
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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-
able in this Act may be used to establish and publicize
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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. Section 524(c)(8)(E) of title 28, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘1996’’ and inserting
‘‘1997 and thereafter’’.
SEC. 109. (a) Section 1402(d)(2) of the Victims of
Crime Act of 1984, (42 U.S.C. 10601(d)), is amended—
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(1) by striking paragraph (1); and
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the next’’
and inserting ‘‘The first’’.
(b) Any unobligated sums hitherto available to the
judicial branch pursuant to the paragraph repealed by sec-
tion (a) shall be deemed to be deposits into the Crime Vic-
tims Fund as of the effective date hereof and may be used
by the Director of the Office for Victims of Crime to im-
prove services for the benefit of crime victims, including
the processing and tracking of criminal monetary penalties
and related litigation activities, in the federal criminal jus-
tice system.
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, $21,700,000
(increased by $1,000,000), of which $2,500,000 shall re-
main available until expended: Provided, That not to ex-
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ceed $98,000 shall be available for official reception and
representation expenses.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the International Trade
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles
and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to
exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $41,400,000, 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
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ten years, and expenses of alteration, repair, or improve-
ment; purchase or construction of temporary demountable
exhibition structures for use abroad; payment of tort
claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph
of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when such claims arise in foreign coun-
tries; not to exceed $327,000 for official representation
expenses abroad; purchase of passenger motor vehicles for
official use abroad, not to exceed $30,000 per vehicle; ob-
tain insurance on official motor vehicles; and rent tie lines
and teletype equipment; $279,500,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which not less than $172,608,000
shall be for the United States and Foreign Commercial
Service: Provided, That the provisions of the first sentence
of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out
these activities without regard to section 5412 of the Om-
nibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C.
4912); and that for the purpose of this Act, contributions
under the provisions of the Mutual Educational and Cul-
tural Exchange Act shall include payment for assessments
for services provided as part of these activities.
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EXPORT ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses for export administration and
national security activities of the Department of Com-
merce, including costs associated with the performance of
export administration field activities both domestically and
abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of
immediate families of employees stationed overseas; em-
ployment of Americans and aliens by contract for services
abroad; 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-
cles eligible for purchase without regard to any price limi-
tation otherwise established by law; $41,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That the provi-
sions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of sec-
tion 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Ex-
change Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall
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apply in carrying out these activities: Provided further,
That payments and contributions collected and accepted
for materials or services provided as part of such activities
may be retained for use in covering the cost of such activi-
ties, and for providing information to the public with re-
spect to the export administration and national security
activities of the Department of Commerce and other ex-
port control programs of the United States and other gov-
ernments.
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, $340,000,000:
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