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(C) for the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, for disease control, research, and
training, $522,000.
(15) Appropriations for the Social Security Ad-
ministration, for administrative expenses, $370,000.
(16) Appropriations for the Department of the
Interior—
(A) for the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service, for resource management, $12,000;
(B) for the United States Geological Survey,
for 
surveys, 
investigations, 
and 
research,
$80,000; and
(C) for the Bureau of Reclamation, for
water and related resources, $101,000.
(17) Appropriations for the Department of Veter-
ans Affairs, for departmental administration, for gen-
eral operating expenses, $453,000.
(18) Appropriations for the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration, for mission sup-
port, $183,000.
(19) Appropriations for the National Science
Foundation, for research and related activities,
$39,000.
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(20) Appropriations for the Federal Emergency
Management Agency, for salaries and expenses,
$4,000.
(21) Appropriations for the Department of En-
ergy—
(A) 
for 
departmental 
administration,
$150,000; and
(B) for atomic energy defense activities, for
other defense activities, $54,000.
(22) Appropriations for the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, for salaries and expenses, $26,000.
(c)(1) The amount in subsection (a)(2)(A) is reduced
by $2,800,000.
(2) Each amount in subsection (b) is reduced on a pro
rata basis in the same proportion as $2,800,000 bears to
$112,462,000, rounded to the nearest thousand.
SEC. 405. (a) An employee who regularly commutes
from his or her place of residence in the continental United
States to an official duty station in Canada or Mexico shall
receive a border equalization adjustment equal to the
amount of comparability payments under section 5304 of
title V, United States Code, that he or she would receive
if assigned to an official duty station within the United
States locality pay area closest to the employee’s official
duty station.
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(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘employee’’
shall mean a person who—
(1) is an ‘‘employee’’ as defined under section
2105 of title V, United States Code, and
(2) is employed by the United States Department
of State, the United States Information Agency, the
United States Agency for International Development,
or the International Joint Commission, except that
the term shall not include members of the Foreign
Service as defined by section 103 of the Foreign Serv-
ice Act of 1980 (P.L. 96–465), section 3903 of title 22
of the United States Code.
(c) An equalization adjustment payable under this sec-
tion shall be considered basic pay for the same purposes
as are comparability payments under section 5304 of title
V, United States Code, and its implementing regulations.
(d) The agencies referenced in subsection (c)(2) are au-
thorized to promulgate regulations to carry out the purposes
of this section.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of State
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998’’.
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TITLE V—RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION
OPERATING-DIFFERENTIAL SUBSIDIES
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY)
For the payment of obligations incurred for operating-
differential subsidies, as authorized by the Merchant Marine
Act, 1936, as amended, $51,030,000, to remain available
until expended.
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a
U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security needs
of the United States, $35,500,000, to remain available until
expended.
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $67,600,000: Provided, That re-
imbursements may be made to this appropriation from re-
ceipts to the ‘‘Federal Ship Financing Fund’’ for adminis-
trative expenses in support of that program in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated.
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by the
Merchant Marine Act, 1936, $32,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That such costs, including
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the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec-
tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as
amended: Provided further, That these funds are available
to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to
be guaranteed, not to exceed $1,000,000,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the guaranteed loan program, not to exceed $3,725,000,
which shall be transferred to and merged with the appro-
priation for Operations and Training.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the
Maritime Administration is authorized to furnish utilities
and services and make necessary repairs in connection with
any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government
property under control of the Maritime Administration,
and payments received therefor shall be credited to the ap-
propriation charged with the cost thereof: Provided, That
rental payments under any such lease, contract, or occu-
pancy for items other than such utilities, services, or repairs
shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
No obligations shall be incurred during the current fis-
cal year from the construction fund established by the Mer-
chant Marine Act, 1936, or otherwise, in excess of the ap-
propriations and limitations contained in this Act or in
any prior appropriation Act, and all receipts which other-
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wise would be deposited to the credit of said fund shall be
covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S
HERITAGE ABROAD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses for the Commission for the Preservation
of America’s Heritage Abroad, $250,000, as authorized by
Public Law 99–83, section 1303.
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil
Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles,
$8,740,000: Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 may be
used to employ consultants: Provided further, That none of
the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to
employ in excess of four full-time individuals under Sched-
ule C of the Excepted Service exclusive of one special assist-
ant for each Commissioner: Provided further, That none of
the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to
reimburse Commissioners for more than 75 billable days,
with the exception of the Chairperson who is permitted 125
billable days.