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be available for obligation or expenditure except in compli-
ance with the procedures set forth in that section: Pro-
vided further, That of the amount appropriated, such sums 
as may be necessary shall be available to reimburse the 
Office of Personnel Management for salaries and expenses 
associated with the Federal observer program under sec-
tion 8 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
1973f): Provided further, That of the amounts provided 
under this heading for the Federal observer program 
$3,390,000 shall remain available until expended, of which 
$1,090,000, previously transferred to the Department of 
Justice by the Office of Personnel Management under sec-
tion 126 of division A of Public Law 110–329, shall be 
transferred back to the Office of Personnel Management 
by the Department of Justice. 
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, 
not to exceed $7,833,000, 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, $157,788,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, fees collected for premerger notification 
filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improve-
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ments Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year 
of collection (and estimated to be $157,788,000 in fiscal 
year 2009), shall be retained and used for necessary ex-
penses in this appropriation, and shall remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein ap-
propriated from the general fund shall be reduced as such 
offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2009, 
so as to result in a final fiscal year 2009 appropriation 
from the general fund estimated at $0. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS 
For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United 
States Attorneys, including inter-governmental and coop-
erative agreements, $1,836,336,000: Provided, That of the 
total amount appropriated, not to exceed $8,000 shall be 
available for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000,000 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That of the amount provided under this heading, not less 
than $33,600,000 shall be used for salaries and expenses 
for assistant U.S. Attorneys to carry out section 704 of 
the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 
(Public Law 109–248) concerning the prosecution of of-
fenses relating to the sexual exploitation of children. 
UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND 
For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee 
Program, as authorized, $217,416,000, to remain avail-
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able until expended and to be derived from the United 
States Trustee System Fund: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, deposits to the Fund 
shall be available in such amounts as may be necessary 
to pay refunds due depositors: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, $160,000,000 of 
offsetting collections pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 589a(b) shall 
be retained and used for necessary expenses in this appro-
priation and shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the 
Fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are 
received during fiscal year 2009, so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2009 appropriation from the Fund estimated 
at $52,416,000. 
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 section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code, $1,823,000. 
FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES 
For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of 
contracts for the procurement and supervision of expert 
witnesses, for private counsel expenses, including ad-
vances, and for expenses of foreign counsel, $168,300,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That not to 
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exceed $10,000,000 may be made available for construc-
tion of buildings for protected witness safesites: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $3,000,000 may be made avail-
able for the purchase and maintenance of armored and 
other vehicles for witness security caravans: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $9,000,000 may be made avail-
able for the purchase, installation, maintenance, and up-
grade of secure telecommunications equipment and a se-
cure automated information network to store and retrieve 
the identities and locations of protected witnesses. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS 
SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Community Relations 
Service, $9,873,000: Provided, That notwithstanding sec-
tion 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney 
General that emergent circumstances require additional 
funding for conflict resolution and violence prevention ac-
tivities of the Community Relations Service, the Attorney 
General may transfer such amounts to the Community Re-
lations Service, from available appropriations for the cur-
rent fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be 
necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided fur-
ther, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso 
shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex-
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