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Calendar No. 703
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H.R. 4690
Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State,
the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2001, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JUNE 27, 2000
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations
JULY 21, 2000
Reported by Mr. GREGG, with an amendment
[Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce,
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for
other purposes.
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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
fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, 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, $84,177,000, 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 2000: 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 may utilize non-reimbursable details of ca-
reer employees within the caps described in the aforemen-
tioned proviso: Provided further, That the Attorney Gen-
eral is authorized to transfer, under such terms and condi-
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tions as the Attorney General shall specify, forfeited real
or personal property of limited or marginal value, as such
value is determined by guidelines established by the Attor-
ney General, to a State or local government agency, or
its designated contractor or transferee, for use to support
drug abuse treatment, drug and crime prevention and edu-
cation, housing, job skills, and other community-based
public health and safety programs: Provided further, That
any transfer under the preceding proviso shall not create
or confer any private right of action in any person against
the United States, and shall be treated as a reprogram-
ming under section 605 of this Act.
JOINT AUTOMATED BOOKING SYSTEM
For expenses necessary for the nationwide deploy-
ment of a Joint Automated Booking System including
automated capability to transmit fingerprint and image
data, $1,800,000, to remain available until expended.
NARROWBAND COMMUNICATIONS
For the costs of conversion to narrowband commu-
nications as mandated by section 104 of the National
Telecommunications and Information Administration Or-
ganization Act (47 U.S.C. 903(d)(1)), including the cost
for operation and maintenance of Land Mobile Radio leg-
acy systems, $177,445,000 (reduced by $82,000,000), to
remain available until expended.
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COUNTERTERRORISM FUND
For necessary expenses, as determined by the Attor-
ney General, $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, to reimburse any Department of Justice organiza-
tion for: (1) the costs incurred in reestablishing the oper-
ational capability of an office or facility which has been
damaged or destroyed as a result of any domestic or inter-
national terrorist incident; and (2) the costs of providing
support to counter, investigate or prosecute domestic or
international terrorism, including payment of rewards in
connection with these activities: Provided, That any Fed-
eral agency may be reimbursed for the costs of detaining
in foreign countries individuals accused of acts of ter-
rorism that violate the laws of the United States: Provided
further, That funds provided under this paragraph shall
be available only after the Attorney General notifies the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate in accordance with section 605 of
this Act.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER COMPLIANCE FUND
For payments authorized by section 109 of the Com-
munications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (47
U.S.C. 1008), $282,500,000 (reduced by $4,479,000), to
remain available until expended.
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ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS
For expenses necessary for the administration of par-
don and clemency petitions and immigration related activi-
ties, $159,570,000.
DETENTION TRUSTEE
For necessary expenses to establish a Federal Deten-
tion Trustee who shall exercise all power and functions
authorized by law relating to the detention of Federal pris-
oners in non-Federal institutions or otherwise in the cus-
tody of the United States Marshals Service; and the deten-
tion of aliens in the custody of the Immigration and Natu-
ralization Service, $1,000,000: Provided, That the Trustee
shall be responsible for construction of detention facilities
or for housing related to such detention; the management
of funds appropriated to the Department for the exercise
of any detention functions; and the direction of the United
States Marshals Service and Immigration and Naturaliza-
tion Service with respect to the exercise of detention policy
setting and operations for the Department.
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, $41,825,000; including
not to exceed $10,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of
a confidential character, to be expended under the direc-
tion of, and to be accounted for solely under the certificate
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of, the Attorney General; and for the acquisition, lease,
maintenance, and operation of motor vehicles, without re-
gard to the general purchase price limitation for the cur-
rent fiscal year.
UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Parole
Commission as authorized by law, $8,855,000.
LEGAL ACTIVITIES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES
For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the
Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, includ-
ing not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evi-
dence, to be expended under the direction of, and to be
accounted for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney
General; and rent of private or Government-owned space
in the District of Columbia, $523,228,000; of which not
to exceed $10,000,000 for litigation support contracts
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of
the funds available in this appropriation, not to exceed
$18,877,000 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, the Executive Office for Immigra-
tion Review, the Community Relations Service, and offices
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funded through ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, General Admin-
istration: Provided further, That of the total amount ap-
propriated, 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,
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, $77,171,000: Provided, That, not-
withstanding section 3302(b) of title 31, United States
Code, not to exceed $77,171,000 of offsetting collections
derived from fees collected in fiscal year 2001 for
premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Ro-
dino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a)
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 general fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collec-
tions are received during fiscal year 2001, so as to result
in a final fiscal year 2001 appropriation from the general
fund estimated at not more than $0.
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS
For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United
States Attorneys, including inter-governmental and coop-
erative agreements, $1,247,416,000; of which not to ex-
ceed $2,500,000 shall be available until September 30,
2002, for: (1) training personnel in debt collection; (2) lo-
cating debtors and their property; (3) paying the net costs
of selling 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 avail-
able 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 At-
torneys, not to exceed 9,381 positions and 9,529 full-time
equivalent workyears shall be supported from the funds
appropriated in this Act for the United States Attorneys.
UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND
For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee
Program,
as
authorized
by
U.S.C.
589a(a),
$126,242,000, 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
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amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds due deposi-
tors: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, $126,242,000 of offsetting collections
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: Provided further, That
the sum herein appropriated from the Fund shall be re-
duced as such offsetting collections are received during fis-
cal year 2001, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2001
appropriation from the Fund estimated at $0.
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, $1,000,000.
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 the purchase of pas-
senger motor vehicles for police-type use, without regard
to the general purchase price limitation for the current
fiscal year, $560,438,000, 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-
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mentation, maintenance and support, and training for an
automated prisoner information system shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That, in addition to reim-
bursable full-time equivalent workyears available to the
United States Marshals Service, not to exceed 4,168 posi-
tions and 3,892 full-time equivalent workyears shall be
supported from the funds appropriated in this Act for the
United States Marshals Service.
CONSTRUCTION
For planning, constructing, renovating, equipping,
and maintaining United States Marshals Service prisoner-
holding space in United States courthouses and Federal
buildings, including the renovation and expansion of pris-
oner
movement
areas,
elevators,
and
sallyports,
$6,000,000, to remain available until expended.
JUSTICE PRISONER AND ALIEN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
FUND, UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE
Beginning in fiscal year 2000 and thereafter, pay-
ment shall be made from the Justice Prisoner and Alien
Transportation System Fund for necessary expenses re-
lated to the scheduling and transportation of United
States prisoners and illegal and criminal aliens in the cus-
tody of the United States Marshals Service, as authorized
in 18 U.S.C. 4013, including, without limitation, salaries
and expenses, operations, and the acquisition, lease, and
maintenance of aircraft and support facilities: Provided,
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That the Fund shall be reimbursed or credited with ad-
vance payments from amounts available to the Depart-
ment of Justice, other Federal agencies, and other sources
at rates that will recover the expenses of Fund operations,
including, without limitation, accrual of annual leave and
depreciation of plant and equipment of the Fund: Provided
further, That proceeds from the disposal of Fund aircraft
shall be credited to the Fund: Provided further, That
amounts in the Fund shall be available without fiscal year
limitation, and may be used for operating equipment lease
agreements that do not exceed 10 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, $597,402,000, as authorized by 28
U.S.C. 561(i), to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the United States Marshals Service may enter
into multi-year contracts with private entities for the con-
finement of Federal prisoners: Provided further, That
hereafter amounts appropriated for Federal Prisoner De-
tention shall be available to reimburse the Federal Bureau
of Prisons for salaries and expenses of transporting,
guarding and providing medical care outside of Federal
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penal and correctional institutions to prisoners awaiting
trial or sentencing.
FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES
For expenses, mileage, compensation, and per diems
of witnesses, for expenses of contracts for the procurement
and supervision of expert witnesses, for private counsel ex-
penses, and for per diems in lieu of subsistence, as author-
ized by law, including advances, $95,000,000, to remain
available
until
expended;
of
which
not
to
exceed
$6,000,000 may be made available for planning, construc-
tion, renovations, maintenance, remodeling, and repair of
buildings, and the purchase of equipment incident thereto,
for protected witness safesites; 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 $5,000,000
may be made available for the purchase, installation, and
maintenance of secure telecommunications equipment and
a secure automated information network to store and re-
trieve the identities and locations of protected witnesses.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS
SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the Community Relations
Service, established by title X of the Civil Rights Act of
1964, $7,479,000 and, in addition, up to $1,000,000 of
funds made available to the Department of Justice in this
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Act may be transferred by the Attorney General to this
account: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, upon a determination by the Attorney General
that emergent circumstances require additional funding
for conflict prevention and resolution activities of the
Community Relations Service, the Attorney General may
transfer such amounts to the Community Relations Serv-
ice, from available appropriations for the current fiscal
year for the Department of Justice, as may be necessary
to respond to such circumstances: Provided further, That
any transfer pursuant to the previous proviso shall be
treated as a reprogramming under section 605 of this Act
and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure ex-
cept in compliance with the procedures set forth in that
section.
ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND
For
expenses
authorized
by
U.S.C.
524(c)(1)(A)(ii),
(B),
(F),
and
(G),
as
amended,
$23,000,000 (reduced by $23,000,000), to be derived from
the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund.
RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For necessary administrative expenses in accordance
with
the
Radiation
Exposure
Compensation
Act,
$2,000,000.
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PAYMENT TO RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION
TRUST FUND
For payments to the Radiation Exposure Compensa-
tion Trust Fund, $3,200,000.
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 inter-governmental agreements with State and local
law enforcement agencies engaged in the investigation and
prosecution of individuals involved in organized crime drug
trafficking, $328,898,000, 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.
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of
crimes against the United States; including purchase for
police-type use of not to exceed 1,236 passenger motor ve-
hicles, of which 1,142 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, $3,229,505,000; 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, 2002;
of
which
not
less
than
$159,223,000
shall
be
for
counterterrorism
investigations,
foreign
counterintel-
ligence, and other activities related to our national secu-
rity; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 is authorized to
be made available for making advances for expenses aris-
ing out of contractual or reimbursable agreements with
State and local law enforcement agencies while engaged
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in cooperative activities related to violent crime, terrorism,
organized crime, and drug investigations: Provided, That
not to exceed $45,000 shall be available for official recep-
tion and representation expenses: Provided further, That,
in addition to reimbursable full-time equivalent workyears
available to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, not to
exceed 25,384 positions and 25,049 full-time equivalent
workyears shall be supported from the funds appropriated
in this Act for the Federal Bureau of Investigation: Pro-
vided 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 au-
thority agrees to return that equipment or to repay that
grant or subsidy to the Federal Government.
CONSTRUCTION
For necessary expenses to construct or acquire build-
ings and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by
law (including equipment for such buildings); conversion
and extension of federally-owned buildings; and prelimi-
nary planning and design of projects; $1,287,000, to re-
main available until expended.
DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Ad-
ministration, including not to exceed $70,000 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; ex-
penses for conducting drug education and training pro-
grams, including travel and related expenses for partici-
pants in such programs and the distribution of items of
token value that promote the goals of such programs; pur-
chase of not to exceed 1,358 passenger motor vehicles, of
which 1,079 will be for replacement only, for police-type
use without regard to the general purchase price limitation
for the current fiscal year; and acquisition, lease, mainte-
nance, and operation of aircraft, $1,362,309,000; of which
not to exceed $1,800,000 for research shall remain avail-
able
until
expended,
and
of
which
not
to
exceed
$4,000,000 for purchase of evidence and payments for in-
formation, not to exceed $10,000,000 for contracting for
automated data processing and telecommunications equip-
ment, and not to exceed $2,000,000 for laboratory equip-
ment,
$4,000,000
for
technical
equipment,
and
$2,000,000 for aircraft replacement retrofit and parts,
shall remain available until September 30, 2002; of which
not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for official recep-
tion and representation expenses: Provided, That, in addi-
tion to reimbursable full-time equivalent workyears avail-
able to the Drug Enforcement Administration, not to ex-
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ceed
7,484
positions
and
7,394
full-time
equivalent
workyears shall be supported from the funds appropriated
in this Act for the Drug Enforcement Administration.
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 necessary for the administration and
enforcement of the laws relating to immigration, natu-
ralization, and alien registration, as follows:
ENFORCEMENT AND BORDER AFFAIRS
For salaries and expenses for the Border Patrol pro-
gram, the detention and deportation program, the intel-
ligence program, the investigations program, and the in-
spections program, including not to exceed $50,000 to
meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character,
to be expended under the direction of, and to be accounted
for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney General;
purchase for police-type use (not to exceed 3,165 pas-
senger motor vehicles, of which 2,211 are for replacement
only), without regard to the general purchase price limita-
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tion for the current fiscal year, and hire of passenger
motor vehicles; acquisition, lease, maintenance and oper-
ation of aircraft; research related to immigration enforce-
ment; for protecting and maintaining the integrity of the
borders of the United States including, without limitation,
equipping, maintaining, and making improvements to the
infrastructure; and for the care and housing of Federal
detainees held in the joint Immigration and Naturalization
Service and United States Marshals Service’s Buffalo De-
tention Facility, $2,547,899,000; of which not to exceed
$10,000,000 shall be available for costs associated with
the training program for basic officer training, and
$5,000,000 is for payments or advances arising out of con-
tractual or reimbursable agreements with State and local
law enforcement agencies while engaged in cooperative ac-
tivities related to immigration; of which not to exceed
$5,000,000 is to fund or reimburse other Federal agencies
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, 2001: Provided
further, That uniforms may be purchased without regard
to the general purchase price limitation for the current
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fiscal year: Provided further, That, in addition to reim-
bursable full-time equivalent workyears available to the
Immigration and Naturalization Service, not to exceed
19,766
positions
and
19,183
full-time
equivalent
workyears shall be supported from the funds appropriated
under this heading in this Act for the Immigration and
Naturalization Service: 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 checkpoints 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 Naturaliza-
tion Service not included under the heading ‘‘Enforcement
and Border Affairs’’, $573,314,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $400,000 for research shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 shall be
available for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided further, That the Attorney General may
transfer any funds appropriated under this heading and
the heading ‘‘Enforcement and Border Affairs’’ between
said appropriations notwithstanding any percentage trans-
fer limitations imposed under this appropriation Act and
may direct such fees as are collected by the Immigration
and Naturalization Service to the activities funded under
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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 equiva-
lent workyears and $4,300,000 shall be expended for the
Offices of Legislative Affairs and Public Affairs: Provided
further, That the latter two aforementioned offices shall
not be augmented by personnel details, temporary trans-
fers of personnel on either a reimbursable or non-reim-
bursable basis, or any other type of formal or informal
transfer or reimbursement of personnel or funds on either
a temporary or long-term basis: Provided further, That the
number of positions filled through non-career appointment
at the Immigration and Naturalization Service, for which
funding is provided in this Act or is otherwise made avail-
able to the Immigration and Naturalization Service, shall
not exceed 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, 2001: Provided further, That
funds may be used, without limitation, for equipping,
maintaining, and making improvements to the infrastruc-
ture and the purchase of vehicles for police-type use within
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the limits of the Enforcement and Border Affairs appro-
priation: Provided further, That, in addition to reimburs-
able full-time equivalent workyears available to the Immi-
gration and Naturalization Service, not to exceed 3,182
positions and 3,279 full-time equivalent workyears shall
be supported from the funds appropriated under this
heading in this Act for the Immigration and Naturaliza-
tion Service: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, during fiscal year 2001, the Attor-
ney General is authorized and directed to impose discipli-
nary action, including termination of employment, pursu-
ant 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 will-
fully deceives the Congress or department leadership on
any matter.
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, $110,664,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That no funds shall be available
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for the site acquisition, design, or construction of any Bor-
der Patrol checkpoint in the Tucson sector.
FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the administration, oper-
ation, and maintenance of Federal penal and correctional
institutions, including purchase (not to exceed 707, of
which 600 are for replacement only) and hire of law en-
forcement and passenger motor vehicles, and for the provi-
sion of technical assistance and advice on corrections re-
lated issues to foreign governments, $3,475,769,000 (re-
duced by $45,000,000) (reduced by $173,480): Provided,
That the Attorney General may transfer to the Health Re-
sources and Services Administration such amounts as may
be necessary for direct expenditures by that Administra-
tion for medical relief for inmates of Federal penal and
correctional institutions: Provided further, That the Direc-
tor of the Federal Prison System (FPS), where necessary,
may enter into contracts with a fiscal agent/fiscal inter-
mediary claims processor to determine the amounts pay-
able to persons who, on behalf of FPS, furnish health serv-
ices to individuals committed to the custody of FPS: 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 shall re-
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main available for necessary operations until September
30, 2002: 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 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 seven additional option years for
the confinement of Federal prisoners.
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, $835,660,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which not to exceed $14,000,000 shall be avail-
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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 or any other
Act may be transferred to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, Fed-
eral 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
Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is hereby
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 (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 $3,429,000 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-
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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
(‘‘the 1968 Act’’), and the Missing Children’s Assistance
Act, as amended, including salaries and expenses in con-
nection therewith, and with the Victims of Crime Act of
1984, as amended, $155,611,000, to remain available
until expended, as authorized by section 1001 of title I
of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of
1968, as amended by Public Law 102–534 (106 Stat.
3524).
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In addition, for grants, cooperative agreements, and
other assistance authorized by sections 819, 821, and 822
of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of
1996, $152,000,000, to remain available until expended.
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’’), $2,823,950,000, to remain
available until expended; 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,
Guam shall be considered a ‘‘State’’, the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico shall be considered a ‘‘unit of local govern-
ment’’ 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 preven-
tion programs involving cooperation between community
residents and law enforcement personnel in order to con-
trol, detect, or investigate crime or the prosecution of
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criminals: Provided, That no funds provided under this
heading may be used as matching funds for any other
Federal
grant
program:
Provided
further,
That
$50,000,000 of this amount shall be for Boys and Girls
Clubs in public housing facilities and other areas in co-
operation 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 $20,000,000 shall be available to
carry
out
section
102(2)
of
H.R.
728;
of
which
$420,000,000 shall be for the State Criminal Alien Assist-
ance Program, as authorized by section 242(j) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act, as amended; of which
$686,500,000 shall be for Violent Offender Incarceration
and Truth in Sentencing Incentive Grants pursuant to
subtitle
A
of
title
II
of
the
1994
Act,
of
which
$165,000,000 shall be available for payments to States for
incarceration of criminal aliens, and of which $35,000,000
shall be available for the Cooperative Agreement Program;
of which $552,000,000 shall be for grants, contracts, co-
operative agreements, and other assistance authorized by
part E of title I of the 1968 Act, for State and Local
Narcotics Control and Justice Assistance Improvements,
notwithstanding the provisions of section 511 of said Act,
as authorized by section 1001 of title I of said Act, as
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amended by Public Law 102–534 (106 Stat. 3524), of
which $52,000,000 shall be available to carry out the pro-
visions 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 Enforcement Assistance
Programs; of which $9,000,000 shall be for the Court Ap-
pointed Special Advocate Program, as authorized by sec-
tion 218 of the 1990 Act; of which $2,000,000 shall be
for Child Abuse Training Programs for Judicial Personnel
and Practitioners, as authorized by section 224 of the
1990 Act; of which $207,750,000 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
$35,250,000 which shall be used exclusively for the pur-
pose of strengthening civil legal assistance programs for
victims of domestic violence: Provided, That, of these
funds, $5,200,000 shall be provided to the National Insti-
tute of Justice for research and evaluation of violence
against women, and $10,000,000 shall be available to the
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention for
the Safe Start Program, to be administered as authorized
by part C of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Act
of 1974, as amended; of which $34,000,000 shall be for
Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies to States, units of
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local government, and Indian tribal governments, as au-
thorized by section 1001(a)(19) of the 1968 Act; of which
$25,000,000 shall be for Rural Domestic Violence and
Child Abuse Enforcement Assistance Grants, as author-
ized by section 40295 of the 1994 Act; of which
$5,000,000 shall be for training programs to assist proba-
tion and parole officers who work with released sex offend-
ers, as authorized by section 40152(c) of the 1994 Act,
and for local demonstration projects; of which $1,000,000
shall be for grants for televised testimony, as authorized
by
section
1001(a)(7)
of
the
1968
Act;
of
which
$63,000,000 shall be for grants for residential substance
abuse treatment for State prisoners, as authorized by sec-
tion 1001(a)(17) of the 1968 Act; of which $900,000 shall
be for the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Pro-
gram, as authorized by section 240001(c) of the 1994 Act;
of which $1,300,000 shall be for Motor Vehicle Theft Pre-
vention Programs, as authorized by section 220002(h) of
the 1994 Act; of which $40,000,000 shall be for Drug
Courts, as authorized by title V of the 1994 Act; of which
$1,500,000 shall be for Law Enforcement Family Support
Programs, as authorized by section 1001(a)(21) of the
1968 Act; of which $2,000,000 shall be for public aware-
ness programs addressing marketing scams aimed at sen-
ior citizens, as authorized by section 250005(3) of the
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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 Public Law 105–119, but all references in
such provisions to 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead
to 2001 and Guam shall be considered a ‘‘State’’ for the
purposes of title III of H.R. 3, as passed by the House
of Representatives on May 8, 1977: Provided further, That
funds made available in fiscal year 2001 under subpart
1 of part E of title I of the 1968 Act may be obligated
for programs to assist States in the litigation processing
of death penalty Federal habeas corpus petitions and for
drug testing initiatives: Provided further, That, if a unit
of local government uses any of the funds made available
under this title to increase the number of law enforcement
officers, the unit of local government will achieve a net
gain in the number of law enforcement officers who per-
form nonadministrative public safety service.
WEED AND SEED PROGRAM FUND
For necessary expenses, including salaries and re-
lated expenses of the Executive Office for Weed and Seed,
to
implement
‘‘Weed
and
Seed’’
program
activities,
$33,500,000, to remain available until expended, for inter-
governmental agreements, including grants, cooperative
agreements, and contracts, with State and local law en-
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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.
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES
For activities authorized by title I of the Violent
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, Public
Law 103–322 (‘‘the 1994 Act’’) (including administrative
costs), $595,000,000, to remain available until expended,
of which $384,500,000 is for Public Safety and Commu-
nity Policing Grants pursuant to title I of the 1994 Act,
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including up to $180,000,000 to be used to combat vio-
lence in schools; and of which $210,500,000 is for innova-
tive community policing programs, of which $45,675,000
shall be used for policing initiatives to combat meth-
amphetamine production and trafficking and to enhance
policing initiatives in drug ‘‘hot spots’’, $5,000,000 shall
be used to combat violence in schools, $130,000,000 shall
be used for grants, as authorized by section 102(e) of the
Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998, and section
4(b) of the National Child Protection Act of 1993, as
amended, and $29,825,000 shall be expended for program
management and administration: Provided, That of the
unobligated
balances
available
in
this
program,
$150,000,000 shall be used for innovative policing pro-
grams, of which $25,000,000 shall be used for the Match-
ing Grant Program for Law Enforcement Armor Vests
pursuant to section 2501 of part Y of the Omnibus Crime
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’),
as amended, $100,000,000 shall be used for a law enforce-
ment technology program, $15,000,000 shall be used for
Police Corps education, training, and service as set forth
in
sections
200101–200113
of
the
1994
Act,
and
$10,000,000 shall be used to combat violence in schools.
JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and
other assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and
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Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended, includ-
ing salaries and expenses in connection therewith to be
transferred to and merged with the appropriations for
Justice Assistance, $267,597,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That these funds shall be avail-
able for obligation and expenditure upon enactment of re-
authorization legislation for the Juvenile Justice and De-
linquency Prevention Act of 1974 (title XIII of H.R. 1501
or comparable legislation).
In addition, for grants, contracts, cooperative agree-
ments, and other assistance, $11,000,000 to remain avail-
able until expended, for developing, testing, and dem-
onstrating programs designed to reduce drug use among
juveniles.
In addition, for grants, contracts, cooperative agree-
ments, and other assistance authorized by the Victims of
Child Abuse Act of 1990, as amended, $8,500,000, 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).
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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
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.
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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
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
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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 108(a) of the Departments of
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted into law
by section 1000(a)(1) of Public Law 106–113) shall apply
for fiscal year 2001 and thereafter.
SEC. 109. Section 3024 of the Emergency Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 106–31)
shall apply for fiscal year 2001.
SEC. 110. For fiscal year 2001 and thereafter, sec-
tion 109 of Public Law 103–317 (28 U.S.C. 509 note)
shall apply only to litigation in which the United States,
or an agency or officer of the United States, is a defend-
ant. The preceding sentence shall not apply to litigation
filed before January 1, 2000, that has received funding
under section 109 of Public Law 103–317 (28 U.S.C. 509
note).
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SEC. 111. Section 115 of the Departments of Com-
merce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted into law
by section 1000(a)(1) of Public Law 106–113) shall apply
for fiscal year 2001.
SEC. 112. Section 286 of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356) is amended by adding at
the end the following new subsections:
‘‘(t) GENEALOGY FEE.—(1) There is hereby estab-
lished the Genealogy Fee for providing genealogy research
and information services. This fee shall be deposited as
offsetting collections into the Examinations Fee Account.
Fees for such research and information services may be
set at a level that will ensure the recovery of the full costs
of providing all such services.
‘‘(2) The Attorney General will prepare and submit
annually to Congress statements of the financial condition
of the Genealogy Fee.
‘‘(3) Any officer or employee of the Immigration and
Naturalization Service shall collect fees prescribed under
regulation before disseminating any requested genealogical
information.
‘‘(u) PREMIUM FEE FOR EMPLOYMENT-BASED PETI-
TIONS AND APPLICATIONS.—The Attorney General is au-
thorized to establish and collect a premium fee for employ-