In the Senate of the United States,
October 1, 1997.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 2267) entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for
the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judi-
ciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending Septem-
ber 30, 1998, and for other purposes.’’, do pass with the fol-
lowing
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judici-
ary, and related agencies programs for the fiscal year end-
ing September 30, 1998, and for other purposes, namely:
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TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the administration of the
Department of Justice, $79,373,000; of which not to exceed
$3,317,000 is for the Facilities Program 2000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 43
permanent positions and 44 full-time equivalent workyears
and $7,860,000 shall be expended for the Department Lead-
ership 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 equiva-
lent workyears and $4,660,000 shall be expended for the Of-
fices of Legislative Affairs and Public Affairs.
COUNTERTERRORISM FUND
For necessary expenses, as determined by the Attorney
General, $29,450,000 to remain available until expended,
to reimburse any Department of Justice organization for
(1) the costs incurred in reestablishing the operational ca-
pability of an office or facility which has been damaged
or destroyed as a result of any domestic or international
terrorist incident, (2) the costs of providing support to
counter, investigate or prosecute domestic or international
terrorism, including payment of rewards in connection
with these activities, and (3) the costs of conducting a ter-
rorism threat assessment of Federal agencies and their fa-
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cilities: Provided, That funds provided under this section
shall be available only after the Attorney General notifies
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate in accordance with section 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, $20,007,000.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS, ADMINISTRATIVE
REVIEW AND APPEALS
For activities authorized by section 130005 of the Vio-
lent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Pub-
lic Law 103–322), as amended, $59,251,000, to remain
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 Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General
Act of 1978, as amended, $33,211,000; including not to ex-
ceed $10,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confiden-
tial character, to be expended under the direction of, and
to be accounted for solely under the certificate of, the Attor-
ney General; and for the acquisition, lease, maintenance,
and operation of motor vehicles, without regard to the gen-
eral purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year.
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UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Parole
Commission as authorized by law, $5,009,000.
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 evidence,
to be expended under the direction of, and to be accounted
for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney General; and
rent of private or Government-owned space in the District
of Columbia; $437,178,000; of which not to exceed
$10,000,000 for litigation support contracts shall remain
available until expended: Provided, That of the funds avail-
able in this appropriation, not to exceed $24,555,000 shall
remain available until expended for office automation sys-
tems for the legal divisions covered by this appropriation,
and for the United States Attorneys, the Antitrust Division,
and offices funded through ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, Gen-
eral Administration: Provided further, That of the total
amount appropriated, not to exceed $1,000 shall be avail-
able to the United States National Central Bureau,
INTERPOL, for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided further, That not to exceed 4 permanent
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positions and 5 full-time equivalent workyears and
$470,000 shall be expended for the Office of Legislative Af-
fairs and Public Affairs: Provided further, That the latter
two aforementioned offices shall not be augmented by per-
sonnel details, temporary transfers of personnel on either
a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis or any other type
of formal or informal transfer or reimbursement of person-
nel or funds on either a temporary or long-term basis.
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.
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 Violent
Crime Reduction Trust Fund.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION
For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust
and kindred laws, $82,447,000: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, not to exceed
$70,000,000 of offsetting collections derived from fees col-
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lected for pre-merger notification filings under the Hart-
Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15
U.S.C. 18(a)) 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 1998,
so as to result in a final fiscal year 1998 appropriation
from the General Fund estimated at not more than
$12,447,000: Provided further, That any fees received in ex-
cess of $70,000,000 in fiscal year 1998, shall remain avail-
able until expended, but shall not be available for obligation
until October 1, 1998.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS
For necessary expenses of the Office of the United
States Attorneys, including intergovernmental and coopera-
tive agreements, $986,404,000; of which not to exceed
$2,500,000 shall be available until September 30, 1999, for
(1) training personnel in debt collection, (2) locating debt-
ors 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 appro-
priated, 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 avail-
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able until expended: Provided further, That not to exceed
$8,000,000 for the design, development, and implementation
of an information systems strategy for D.C. Superior Court
shall remain available until expended: Provided further,
That not to exceed $2,500,000 for the operation of the Na-
tional Advocacy Center shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That not to exceed $10,000,000
shall remain available until expended to support Violent
Crime Task Forces in United States Attorneys Offices, of
which $5,000,000 shall be available for the expansion of sev-
eral existing Task Forces into regionally-diverse demonstra-
tion projects, including inter-governmental, inter-local, co-
operative, and task-force agreements, however denominated,
and contracts with State and local prosecutorial and law
enforcement agencies engaged in the investigation and pros-
ecution of violent crimes, including bank robbery and
carjacking, and drug trafficking: Provided further, That, in
addition to reimbursable full-time equivalent workyears
available to the Office of the United States Attorneys, not
to exceed 8,652 positions and 8,936 full-time equivalent
workyears shall be supported from the funds appropriated
in this Act for the United States Attorneys.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS, UNITED STATES
ATTORNEYS
For activities authorized by sections 40114, 130005,
190001(b), 190001(d) and 250005 of the Violent Crime Con-
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trol 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),
$46,128,000, to remain available until expended, which
shall be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust
Fund, of which $11,408,000 shall be available for Southwest
Border Control and $9,747,000 for expeditious deportation
of denied asylum applicants.
UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND
For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee
Program, 
as 
authorized 
by 
U.S.C. 
589a(a),
$116,721,000, 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 depositors: Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
$116,721,000 of offsetting collections derived from fees col-
lected pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 589a(b) shall be retained and
used for necessary expenses in this appropriation and re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That the
sum herein appropriated from the Fund shall be reduced
as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year
1998, so as to result in a final fiscal year 1998 appropria-
tion from the Fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That
any such fees collected in excess of $116,721,000 in fiscal
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year 1998 shall remain available until expended, but shall
not be available for obligation 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 serv-
ices 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 Marshals
Service; including the acquisition, lease, maintenance, and
operation of vehicles and aircraft, 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, $471,786,000, 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, implementation, main-
tenance and support, and training for an automated pris-
oner information system, and not to exceed $2,200,000 to
support the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation Sys-
tem, shall remain available until expended: Provided, That,
for fiscal year 1998 and thereafter, the service of maintain-
ing and transporting State, local, or territorial prisoners
shall be considered a specialized or technical service for pur-
poses of 31 U.S.C. 6505, and any prisoners so transported
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shall be considered persons (transported for other than com-
mercial purposes) whose presence is associated with the per-
formance of a governmental function for purposes of 49
U.S.C. 40102: Provided further, That not to exceed 6 per-
manent positions and 6 full-time equivalent workyears and
$350,000 shall be expended for the Offices of Legislative Af-
fairs and Public Affairs: Provided further, That the latter
two aforementioned offices shall not be augmented by per-
sonnel details, temporary transfers of personnel on either
a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis or any other type
of formal or informal transfer or reimbursement of person-
nel or funds on either a temporary or long-term basis.
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 remain
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 authorized
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.
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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, $75,000,000, to remain
available until expended; of which not to exceed $4,750,000
may be made available for planning, construction, renova-
tions, maintenance, remodeling, and repair of buildings,
and the purchase of equipment incident thereto, for pro-
tected 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 protected wit-
nesses; 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 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, $5,319,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, upon a determination by the Attor-
ney 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
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Service, 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 this paragraph shall be treated
as a reprogramming under section 605 of this Act and shall
not be available for obligation or expenditure except in com-
pliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND
For expenses authorized by 28 U.S.C. 524(c)(1)(A)(ii),
(B), (F), and (G), as amended, $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.
PAYMENT TO RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION TRUST
FUND
For payments to the Radiation Exposure Compensa-
tion Trust Fund, $4,381,000.
INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT
INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT
For necessary expenses for the detection, investigation,
and prosecution of individuals involved in organized crime
drug trafficking not otherwise provided for, to include inter-
governmental agreements with State and local law enforce-
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ment agencies engaged in the investigation and prosecution
of individuals involved in organized crime drug trafficking,
$294,967,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That any amounts obligated from appropriations
under this heading may be used under authorities available
to the organizations reimbursed from this appropriation:
Provided further, That any unobligated balances remaining
available at the end of the fiscal year shall revert to the
Attorney General for reallocation among participating or-
ganizations in succeeding fiscal years, subject to the re-
programming procedures described in section 605 of this
Act.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of
crimes against the United States; including purchase for
police-type use of not to exceed 3,094 passenger motor vehi-
cles, of which 2,270 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; acqui-
sition, 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 direction
of, and to be accounted for solely under the certificate of,