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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
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 the previous proviso shall be treat-
ed as a reprogramming under section 605 of this Act and
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except
in compliance 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.
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RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For necessary administrative expenses in accordance
with 
the 
Radiation 
Exposure 
Compensation 
Act,
$2,000,000.
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-
ment agencies engaged in the investigation and prosecution
of individuals involved in organized crime drug trafficking,
$294,967,000: Provided, That any amounts obligated from
appropriations under this heading may be used under au-
thorities available to the organizations reimbursed from this
appropriation: Provided further, That any unobligated bal-
ances remaining available at the end of the fiscal year shall
revert to the Attorney General for reallocation among par-
ticipating 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 Inves-
tigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of
crimes against the United States; including purchase for
police-type use of not to exceed 2,668 passenger motor vehi-
cles, of which 2,000 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,
the Attorney General, $2,522,050,000; of which not to exceed
$50,000,000 for automated data processing and tele-
communications and technical investigative equipment and
not to exceed $1,000,000 for undercover operations shall re-
main available until September 30, 2000; of which not less
than $233,473,000 shall be for counterterrorism investiga-
tions, foreign counterintelligence, and other activities relat-
ed to our national security; of which not to exceed
$61,800,000 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 reimbursable agreements with State and local law en-
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forcement agencies while engaged in cooperative activities
related to violent crime, terrorism, organized crime, and
drug investigations; and of which $1,500,000 shall be avail-
able to maintain an independent program office dedicated
solely to the relocation of the Criminal Justice Information
Services Division and the automation of fingerprint identi-
fication 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.
In addition, $433,124,000 for such purposes, to remain
available until expended, to be derived from the Violent
Crime Reduction Trust Fund, as authorized by the Violent
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 as
amended, and the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Pen-
alty Act of 1996.
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-
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nary planning and design of projects; $1,287,000, to remain
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; expenses for
conducting drug education and training programs, includ-
ing travel and related expenses for participants in such pro-
grams and the distribution of items of token value that pro-
mote the goals of such programs; purchase of not to exceed
1,428 passenger motor vehicles, of which 1,080 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, maintenance, and operation of air-
craft; $802,054,000, 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 expended, and of which not to exceed
$5,000,000 for purchase of evidence and payments for infor-
mation, not to exceed $10,000,000 for contracting for auto-
mated data processing and telecommunications equipment,
and not to exceed $2,000,000 for laboratory equipment,
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$4,000,000 for technical equipment, and $2,000,000 for air-
craft replacement retrofit and parts, shall remain available
until September 30, 2000; and of which not to exceed
$50,000 shall be available for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses.
In addition, $407,000,000, for such purposes, to re-
main available until expended, to be derived from the Vio-
lent 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; $8,000,000, to remain
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 relating to
immigration, naturalization, and alien registration, in-
cluding 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 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 operation of
aircraft; research related to immigration enforcement; and
for the care and housing of Federal detainees held in the
joint Immigration and Naturalization Service and United
States Marshals Service’s Buffalo Detention Facility;
$1,169,317,000 of which not to exceed $400,000 for research
shall remain available until expended; of which not to ex-
ceed $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 re-
patriation of smuggled illegal aliens: Provided, That none
of the funds available to the Immigration and Naturaliza-
tion Service shall be available to pay any employee over-
time pay in an amount in excess of $30,000 during the
calendar year beginning January 1, 1999: Provided fur-
ther, 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:
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Provided further, That not to exceed 20 permanent positions
and 20 full-time equivalent workyears and $1,711,000 shall
be expended for the Office 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: Provided further,
That the number of positions filled through non-career ap-
pointment at the Immigration and Naturalization Service,
for which funding is provided in this Act or is otherwise
made available to the Immigration and Naturalization
Service, shall not exceed four permanent positions and four
full-time equivalent workyears: Provided further, That the
Border Patrol is authorized to continue helicopter procure-
ment while developing a report on the cost and capabilities
of a mixed fleet of manned and unmanned aerial vehicles,
helicopters, and fixed-winged aircraft.
In addition, $1,099,667,000, for such purposes, to re-
main available until expended, to be derived from the Vio-
lent 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
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immigration, naturalization, and alien registration, not
otherwise provided for, $110,251,000, 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 763, of which
599 are for replacement only) and hire of law enforcement
and passenger motor vehicles, and for the provision of tech-
nical assistance and advice on corrections related issues to
foreign governments; $2,909,956,000: Provided, That the
Attorney General may transfer to the Health Resources and
Services Administration such amounts as may be necessary
for direct expenditures by that Administration for medical
relief for inmates of Federal penal and correctional institu-
tions: Provided further, That the Director of the Federal
Prison System (FPS), where necessary, may enter into con-
tracts with a fiscal agent/fiscal intermediary claims proc-
essor to determine the amounts payable to persons who, on
behalf of the FPS, furnish health services to individuals
committed to the custody of the FPS: Provided further, That
not to exceed $6,000 shall be available for official reception
and representation expenses: Provided further, That not to
exceed $90,000,000 for the activation of new facilities shall
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remain available until September 30, 2000: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amounts provided for Contract Confine-
ment, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain available
until expended to make payments in advance for grants,
contracts and reimbursable agreements, and other expenses
authorized by section 501(c) of the Refugee Education As-
sistance Act of 1980, as amended, for the care and security
in the United States of Cuban and Haitian entrants: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding 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 enti-
ties for periods of not to exceed 3 years and 7 additional
option years for the confinement of Federal prisoners.
In addition, $9,559,000, for such purposes, to remain
available until expended, to 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 Fa-
cility; purchase and acquisition of facilities and remodel-
ing, and equipping of such facilities for penal and correc-
tional use, including all necessary expenses incident thereto,
by contract or force account; and constructing, remodeling,
and equipping necessary buildings and facilities at existing
penal and correctional institutions, including all necessary
expenses incident thereto, by contract or force account;
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$379,197,000, to remain available until expended, of which
not to exceed $14,074,000 shall be available to construct
areas for inmate work programs: Provided, That labor of
United States prisoners may be used for work performed
under this appropriation: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed 10 percent of the funds appropriated 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.
FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
The 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 commitments,
without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by sec-
tion 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may be nec-
essary in carrying out the program set forth in the budget
for the current fiscal year for such corporation, including
purchase of (not to exceed five for replacement only) and
hire of passenger motor vehicles.
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LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL
PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
Not to exceed $3,266,000 of the funds of the corporation
shall be available for its administrative expenses, and for
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to be computed
on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance with
the corporation’s current prescribed accounting system, and
such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, payment
of claims, and expenditures which the said accounting sys-
tem requires to be capitalized or charged to cost of commod-
ities acquired or produced, including selling and shipping
expenses, and expenses in connection with acquisition, con-
struction, operation, maintenance, improvement, protec-
tion, or disposition of facilities and other property belong-
ing 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 the Vic-
tims of Crime Act of 1984, as amended, and section 822
of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of
1996, $170,151,000, to remain available until expended, as
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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).
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and
other assistance authorized by part E of title I of the Omni-
bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amend-
ed, for State and Local Narcotics Control and Justice As-
sistance Improvements, notwithstanding the provisions of
section 511 of said Act, $552,000,000, 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 $47,000,000 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 Enforcement Assist-
ance Programs, including $4,500,000 which shall be avail-
able to the Executive Office of United States Attorneys to
support the National District Attorneys Association’s par-
ticipation in legal education training at the National Advo-
cacy Center.
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 Assist-
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ance’’ account) authorized by the Violent Crime Control 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’’); $2,124,650,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, which shall be derived from the Violent Crime Re-
duction Trust Fund; of which $500,000,000 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 Common-
wealth 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 resi-
dents and law enforcement 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 matching funds for any other Federal grant pro-
gram: Provided further, That $40,000,000 of this amount
shall be for Boys and Girls Clubs in public housing facili-
ties 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
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law enforcement officers: Provided further, That, hereafter,
for the purpose of eligibility for the Local Law Enforcement
Block Grant Program in the State of Louisiana, parish
sheriffs are to be considered the unit of local government
at the parish level under section 108 of H.R. 728: Provided
further, That $20,000,000 shall be available to carry out
section 102(2) of H.R. 728; of which $45,000,000 shall be
for grants to upgrade 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 Protection Act of 1993; of which $350,000,000 shall
be for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, as au-
thorized by section 242(j) of the Immigration and National-
ity Act, as amended; of which $711,000,000 shall be for Vio-
lent Offender Incarceration and Truth in Sentencing Incen-
tive Grants pursuant to subtitle A of title II of the 1994
Act, of which $150,000,000 shall be available for payments
to States for incarceration of criminal aliens, of which
$25,000,000 shall be available for the Cooperative Agree-
ment Program, and of which $52,000,000 shall be for the
construction, renovation and repair of tribal detention fa-
cilities; of which $9,000,000 shall be for the Court Ap-
pointed 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 Personnel and Prac-
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titioners, as authorized by section 224 of the 1990 Act; of
which $210,750,000 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 $12,000,000 which
shall be used exclusively for the purpose of strengthening
civil legal assistance programs for victims of domestic vio-
lence, and $10,000,000 which shall be used exclusively for
violence on college campuses: Provided further, That, of
these funds, $5,200,000 shall be provided to the National
Institute of Justice for research and evaluation of violence
against women, $1,196,000 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, and
$10,000,000 shall be available to the Office of Juvenile Jus-
tice and Delinquency Prevention for the Safe Start Pro-
gram, to be administered as authorized by part C of the
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Act of 1974, as amended;
of which $30,000,000 shall be for Grants to Encourage Ar-
rest Policies to States, units of local government, and In-
dian tribal governments, as authorized 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 authorized by section 40295 of the
1994 Act; of which $5,000,000 shall be for training pro-
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grams to assist probation and parole officers who work with
released sex offenders, 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 au-
thorized by section 1001(a)(7) of the 1968 Act; of which
$10,000,000 shall be for the Tribal Courts Initiative, in-
cluding $400,000 for the establishment of a Sioux Nation
Tribal Supreme Court; 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 $15,000,000 shall be for grants to States and
units of local government for projects to improve DNA anal-
ysis, as authorized by section 1001(a)(22) of the 1968 Act;
of which $900,000 shall be for the Missing Alzheimer’s Dis-
ease Patient Alert Program, as authorized by section
240001(c) of the 1994 Act; of which $2,000,000 shall be for
Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention 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 $2,000,000 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 awareness programs addressing marketing scams
aimed at senior citizens, as authorized by section 250005(3)
of the 1994 Act; and of which $100,000,000 shall be for Ju-
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venile Accountability Incentive Block Grants pursuant to
Title III of H.R. 3 as passed by the House of Representa-
tives on May 8, 1997, of which $9,523,685 shall be for dis-
cretionary grants: Provided further, That notwithstanding
the requirements of H.R. 3, a State, or unit of local govern-
ment within such State, shall be eligible for a grant under
this program if the Governor of the State certifies to the
Attorney General, consistent with guidelines established by
the Attorney General in consultation with Congress, that
the State is actively considering, or will consider within
one year from the date of such certification, legislation,
policies, or practices which if enacted would qualify the
State for a grant under section 1802 of H.R. 3: Provided
further, That 3 percent shall be available to the Attorney
General for research, evaluation, and demonstration con-
sistent with this program and 2 percent shall be available
to the Attorney General for training and technical assist-
ance consistent with this program: Provided further, That
not less than 45 percent of any grant provided to a State
or unit of local government shall be spent for the purposes
set forth in paragraphs (3) through (9), and not less than
35 percent shall be spent for the purposes set forth in para-
graphs (1), (2) and (10) of section 1801(b) of H.R. 3, unless
the State or unit of local government certifies to the Attor-
ney General or the State, whichever is appropriate, that
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the interests of public safety and juvenile crime control
would be better served by expending its grant for other pur-
poses set forth under section 1801(b) of H.R. 3: Provided
further, That the Federal share limitation in section
1805(e) of H.R. 3 shall be 50 percent in relation to the costs
of constructing a permanent juvenile corrections facility:
Provided further, That prior to receiving a grant under this
program, a unit of local government must establish a co-
ordinated enforcement plan for reducing juvenile crime, de-
veloped by a juvenile crime enforcement coalition, such coa-
lition consisting of individuals representing the police, sher-
iff, prosecutor, State or local probation services, juvenile
court, schools, business, and religious affiliated, fraternal,
non-profit, or social service organizations involved in crime
prevention: Provided further, That the conditions of sections
1802(a)(3) and 1802(b)(1)(C) of H.R. 3 regarding juvenile
adjudication records require a State or unit of local govern-
ment to make available to the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion records of delinquency adjudications which are treated
in a manner equivalent to adult records: Provided further,
That no State or unit of local government may receive a
grant under this program unless such State or unit of local
government has implemented, or will implement no later
than January 1, 1999, a policy of controlled substance test-
ing for appropriate categories of juveniles within the juve-
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nile justice system and funds received under this program
may be expended for such purpose: Provided further, That
the minimum allocation for each State under section
1803(a)(1)(A) of H.R. 3 shall be 0.5 percent: Provided fur-
ther, That the terms and conditions under this heading for
juvenile accountability incentive block grants are effective
for fiscal year 1999 only and upon the enactment of author-
ization legislation for juvenile accountability incentive
block grants, funding provided in this Act shall from that
date be subject to the provisions of that legislation and any
provisions in this Act that are inconsistent with that legis-
lation shall no longer have effect: Provided further, That
funds made available in fiscal year 1999 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 num-
ber of law enforcement officers who perform nonadministra-
tive public safety service.
WEED AND SEED PROGRAM FUND
For necessary expenses, including salaries and related
expenses of the Executive Office for Weed and Seed, to im-
plement ‘‘Weed and Seed’’ program activities, $40,000,000,
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to remain available until expended, for intergovernmental
agreements, including grants, cooperative agreements, and
contracts, with State and local law enforcement agencies en-
gaged in the investigation and prosecution of violent crimes
and drug offenses in ‘‘Weed and Seed’’ designated commu-
nities, and for either reimbursements or transfers to appro-
priation 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 lan-
guage for other Department of Justice appropriation ac-
counts 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 General may direct the use of other Depart-
ment of Justice funds and personnel in support of ‘‘Weed
and Seed’’ program activities only after the Attorney Gen-
eral notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate in accordance with sec-
tion 605 of this Act.
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Control
and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, Public Law 103–322
(‘‘the 
1994 
Act’’) 
(including 
administrative 
costs),
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$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 266 permanent positions and 266 full-time equiva-
lent workyears and $34,023,000 shall be expended for pro-
gram management and administration: Provided further,
That of the unobligated balances available in this program,
$120,960,000 shall be used for innovative community polic-
ing programs, of which $66,960,000 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, $15,500,000 shall be used
for policing initiatives to combat methamphetamine pro-
duction and trafficking, $12,500,000 shall be used for the
Community Policing to Combat Domestic Violence Program
pursuant to section 1701(d) of part Q of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended,
and $25,000,000 shall be used for the Matching Grant Pro-
gram for Law Enforcement Armor Vests pursuant to section
2501 of part Y of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968, as amended: Provided further, That up
to $54,000,000 shall be available to improve tribal law en-
forcement including equipment and training.
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In addition, for activities authorized by the 1994 Act,
$40,000,000 for the Police Corps program to remain avail-
able 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 De-
linquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended, (‘‘the Act’’),
including salaries and expenses in connection therewith to
be transferred to and merged with the appropriations for
Justice Assistance, $277,597,000, to remain available until
expended, as authorized by section 299 of part I of title
II and section 506 of title V of the Act, as amended by
Public Law 102–586, of which (1) notwithstanding any
other provision of law, $6,847,000 shall be available for ex-
penses authorized by part A of title II of the Act,
$96,000,000 shall be available for expenses authorized by
part B of title II of the Act, and $45,750,000 shall be avail-
able for expenses authorized by part C of title II of the Act:
Provided, That $26,500,000 of the amounts provided for
part B of title II of the Act, as amended, is for the purpose
of providing additional formula grants under part B to
States that provide assurances to the Administrator that
the State has in effect (or will have in effect no later than
one year after date of application) policies and programs,
that ensure that juveniles are subject to accountability-based
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sanctions for every act for which they are adjudicated delin-
quent; (2) $12,000,000 shall be available for expenses au-
thorized by section 281 and 282 of part D of title II of
the Act for prevention and treatment programs relating to
juvenile gangs; (3) $10,000,000 shall be available for ex-
penses authorized by section 285 of part E of title II of
the Act; (4) $12,000,000 shall be available for expenses au-
thorized by part G of title II of the Act for juvenile mentor-
ing programs; and (5) $95,000,000 shall be available for
expenses authorized by title V of the Act for incentive grants
for local delinquency prevention programs; of which
$20,000,000 shall be for delinquency prevention, control,
and system improvement programs for tribal youth; of
which $25,000,000 shall be available for grants of $360,000
to each state and $6,640,000 shall be available for discre-
tionary grants to states, for programs and activities to en-
force state laws prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages
to minors or the purchase or consumption of alcoholic bev-
erages by minors, prevention and reduction of consumption
of alcoholic beverages by minors, and for technical assist-
ance and training: Provided further, That upon the enact-
ment of reauthorization legislation for Juvenile Justice Pro-
grams under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Preven-
tion Act of 1974, as amended, funding provisions in this
Act shall from that date be subject to the provisions of that
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legislation and any provisions in this Act that are incon-
sistent with that legislation shall no longer have effect: Pro-
vided further, That of amounts made available under the
Juvenile Justice Programs of the Office of Justice Programs
to carry out part B (relating to Federal Assistance for State
and Local Programs), subpart II of part C (relating to Spe-
cial Emphasis Prevention and Treatment Programs), part
D (relating to Gang-Free Schools and Communities and
Community-Based Gang Intervention), part E (relating to
State Challenge Activities), and part G (relating to Mentor-
ing) of title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Pre-
vention Act of 1974, and to carry out the At-Risk Children’s
Program under title V of that Act, not more than 10 percent
of each such amount may be used for research, evaluation,
and statistics activities designed to benefit the programs or
activities authorized under the appropriate part or title,
and not more than 2 percent of each such amount may be
used for training and technical assistance activities de-
signed to benefit the programs or activities authorized
under that part or title.
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 remain
available until expended, as authorized by section 214B of
the Act.
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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 amended,
such sums as are necessary, as authorized by section 6093
of Public Law 100–690 (102 Stat. 4339–4340).
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 reception
and representation expenses in accordance with distribu-
tions, procedures, and regulations established by the Attor-
ney General.
SEC. 102. 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 car-
ried 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. 103. None of the funds appropriated under this
title shall be used to require any person to perform, or fa-
cilitate in any way the performance of, any abortion.
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SEC. 104. Nothing in the preceding section shall re-
move the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons
to provide escort services necessary for a female inmate to
receive such service outside the Federal facility: Provided,
That nothing in this section in any way diminishes the
effect of section 103 intended to address the philosophical
beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of Prisons.
SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
not to exceed $10,000,000 of the funds made available 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 spending limita-
tions 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 Attor-
ney General and such approval may not be delegated.
SEC. 106. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation
made available for the current fiscal year for the Depart-
ment of Justice in this Act, including those derived from
the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, may be trans-
ferred between such appropriations, but no such appropria-
tion, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be in-
creased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Pro-
vided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be
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treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 of
this Act and shall not be available for obligation except in
compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
SEC. 107. Any amounts credited to the ‘‘Legalization
Account’’ established under section 245(c)(7)(B) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255a(c)(7)(B))
are transferred to the ‘‘Examinations Fee Account’’ estab-
lished under section 286(m) of that Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(m)).
SEC. 108. 28 U.S.C. Section 589a(b) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ in paragraph (7);
(2) by striking the period in paragraph (8) and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding a new paragraph as follows:
‘‘(9) interest earned on Fund investments.’’.
SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
during fiscal year 1999, the Assistant Attorney General for
the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Jus-
tice—
(1) may make grants, or enter into cooperative
agreements and contracts, for the Office of Justice
Programs and the component organizations of that
Office; and
(2) shall have final authority over all grants, co-
operative agreements, and contracts made, or entered
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into, for the Office of Justice Programs and the com-
ponent organizations of that Office.
SEC. 110. (a) ADJUSTMENT
OF STATUS.—Section
245(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1255(i)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by amending the first sen-
tence to read as follows: ‘‘Notwithstanding the provi-
sions of subsections (a) and (c) of this section, an
alien physically present in the United States who—
‘‘(A) entered the United States without in-
spection; or
‘‘(B) is within one of the classes enumerated
in subsection (c) of this section,
may apply to the Attorney General for the adjustment
of his or her status to that of an alien lawfully admit-
ted for permanent residence.’’; and
(2) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘Breach
Bond/Detention 
Fund 
established 
under 
section
286(r)’’ and inserting ‘‘Immigration Detention and
Naturalization Activity Account established under
section 286(s)’’.
(b) REPEAL.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 245(k) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255(k)) is re-
pealed.
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(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
245(c)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1255(c)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘subject to
subsection (k),’’.
(c) IMMIGRATION DETENTION AND NATURALIZATION
ACTIVITY ACCOUNT.—Section 286 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356) is amended by adding at
the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(s) IMMIGRATION DETENTION AND NATURALIZATION
ACTIVITY ACCOUNT.—
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in
the general fund of the Treasury a separate account
which shall be known as the ‘Immigration Detention
And Naturalization Activity Account’. Notwithstand-
ing any other section of this title, there shall be depos-
ited as offsetting receipts into the Immigration Deten-
tion And Naturalization Activity Account amounts
described in section 245(i)(3)(B) to remain available
until expended.
‘‘(2) USES OF THE ACCOUNT.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of the
Treasury shall refund out of the Immigration
Detention And Naturalization Activity Account
to any appropriation the amount paid out of
such appropriation for expenses incurred by the
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House of Representatives and the Senate in ac-
cordance with section 605 of Public Law 104–
134.
‘‘(3) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Attorney General
shall annually submit to Congress a report setting
forth—
‘‘(A) the financial condition of the Immi-
gration Detention And Naturalization Activity
Account for the current fiscal year, including be-
ginning account balance, revenues, withdrawals,
and ending account balance; and
‘‘(B) projections for revenues, withdrawals,
and the beginning and ending account balances
for the next fiscal year.’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply to applications for adjustment of sta-
tus filed on or after the end of the 90-day period beginning
on the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 111. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
with respect to any grant program for which amounts are
made available under this title, the term ‘‘tribal’’ means
of or relating to an Indian tribe (as that term is defined
in section 102(2) of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe
List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 479a(2))).
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SEC. 112. Section 286(e)(1)(C) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(e)(1)(C)) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘State’’ and a comma immediately before ‘‘terri-
tory’’.
SEC. 113. For fiscal year 1999 and thereafter, the Di-
rector of the Bureau of Prisons may make expenditures out
of the Commissary Fund of the Federal Prison System, re-
gardless of whether any such expenditure is security-related,
for programs, goods, and services for the benefit of inmates
(to the extent the provision of those programs, goods, or
services to inmates is not otherwise prohibited by law), in-
cluding—
(1) the installation, operation, and maintenance
of the Inmate Telephone System;
(2) the payment of all the equipment purchased
or leased in connection with the Inmate Telephone
System; and
(3) the salaries, benefits, and other expenses of
personnel who install, operate, and maintain the In-
mate Telephone System.
SEC. 114. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, for fiscal year 1999 and thereafter, the Attorney
General may obligate any funds appropriated for or reim-
bursed to the Counterterrorism programs, projects or activi-
ties of the Department of Justice to purchase or lease equip-
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ment or any related items, or to acquire interim services,
without regard to any otherwise applicable Federal acquisi-
tion rule, if the Attorney General determines that—
(A) there is an exigent need for the equipment,
related items, or services in order to support an ongo-
ing counterterrorism, national security, or computer-
crime investigation or prosecution;
(B) the equipment, related items, or services re-
quired are not available within the Department of
Justice; and
(C) adherence to that Federal acquisition rule
would—
(i) delay the timely acquisition of the equip-
ment, related items, or services; and
(ii) 
adversely 
affect 
an 
ongoing
counterterrorism, national security, or computer-
crime investigation or prosecution.
(2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘Federal acquisition
rule’’ means any provision of title II or IX of the Federal
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, the Of-
fice of Federal Procurement Policy Act, the Small Business
Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulation, or any other provi-
sion of law or regulation that establishes policies, proce-
dures, requirements, conditions, or restrictions for procure-
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ments by the head of a department or agency or the Federal
Government.
(b) The Attorney General shall immediately notify the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate in writing of each expenditure under
subsection (a), which notification shall include sufficient
information to explain the circumstances necessitating the
exercise of the authority under that subsection.
SEC. 115. Section 210501(b)(1)(A) of the Violent
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42
U.S.C. 14151(b)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and pro-
vide investigative assistance to tribal law enforcement agen-
cies’’ before the semicolon.
SEC. 116. (a) Section 110 of division C of Public Law
104–208 is repealed.
(b)(1) Paragraph (2) of section 104(b) of that Act is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(2) CLAUSE B.—Clause (B) of such sentence
shall apply as follows:
‘‘(A) As of October 1, 2000, to not less than
25 percent of the border crossing identification
cards in circulation as of April 1, 1998.
‘‘(B) As of October 1, 2001, to not less than
50 percent of such cards in circulation as of
April 1, 1998.
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‘‘(C) As of October 1, 2002, to not less than
75 percent of such cards in circulation as of
April 1, 1998.
‘‘(D) As of October 1, 2003, to all such
cards in circulation as of April 1, 1998.’’.
(2) Such section 104(b) is further amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(3) If the Secretary of State and the Attorney
General jointly determine that sufficient capacity ex-
ists to replace border crossing identification cards in
advance of any of the deadlines otherwise provided for
under paragraph (2), the Secretary and the Attorney
General may by regulation advance such deadlines.’’.
SEC. 117. (a) The President shall, with the submission
of the President’s fiscal year 2000 budget request, submit
a Chapter in the Analytical Perspectives Volume (referred
to in this section as the ‘‘Chapter’’) presenting the specific
dollar amounts budgeted, by appropriation account and by
line item, for counterterrorism and antiterrorism programs,
projects, or activities.
(b) The Chapter shall provide a narrative outline of
the content of, and detail the amounts budgeted for, each
program, project, or activity for fiscal years 1998, 1999,
2000, and the succeeding 5 years of the Federal
Counterterrorism Strategy.
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(c) If the President determines that certain portions
of the information contained in the Chapter are of a sen-
sitive, classified nature, then the President shall submit to
Congress a classified version of the Chapter along with the
unclassified version published in the Analytical Perspec-
tives Volume of the President’s fiscal year 2000 budget re-
quest.
SEC. 118. Section 402(a) of the Controlled Substances
Act (21 U.S.C. 842(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘knowingly’’
after ‘‘(5)’’; and
(2) in paragraph (10), by inserting ‘‘knowingly’’
after ‘‘(10)’’.
SEC. 119. Section 402(c)(1) of the Controlled Sub-
stances Act (21 U.S.C. 842(c)(1)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Except as provided in para-
graph (2), any person who violates this section shall’’
and inserting ‘‘(A) Subject to subparagraph (B) of
this paragraph and paragraph (2), any person who
violates this section may’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(B) In the case of a violation of paragraph
(5) or (10) of subsection (a) in which, a result
of the violation, no unauthorized person obtains
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unlawful control of a controlled substance, the
civil penalty shall be not more than $500.’’.
SEC. 120. The General Accounting Office shall—
(1) monitor the compliance of the Department of
Justice and all United States Attorneys with the
‘‘Guidance on the Use of the False Claims Act in
Civil Health Care Matters’’ issued by the Department
of Justice on June 3, 1998, including any revisions
to that guidance; and
(2) not later than February 1, 1999, and again
not later than August 2, 1999, submit a report on
such compliance to the Committees on the Judiciary
and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate
and the House of Representatives.
SEC. 121. FIREARMS SAFETY. (a) SECURE GUN STOR-
AGE DEVICE.—Section 921(a) of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(34) The term ‘secure gun storage or safety device’
means—
‘‘(A) a device that, when installed on a firearm,
is designed to prevent the firearm from being operated
without first deactivating the device;
‘‘(B) a device incorporated into the design of the
firearm that is designed to prevent the operation of
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the firearm by anyone not having access to the device;
or
‘‘(C) a safe, gun safe, gun case, lock box, or other
device that is designed to be or can be used to store
a firearm and that is designed to be unlocked only by
means of a key, a combination, or other similar
means.’’.
(b) CERTIFICATION REQUIRED IN APPLICATION FOR
DEALER’S LICENSE.—Section 923(d)(1) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and’’ at
the end;
(2) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(G) in the case of an application to be licensed
as a dealer, the applicant certifies that secure gun
storage or safety devices will be available at any place
in which firearms are sold under the license to per-
sons who are not licensees (subject to the exception
that in any case in which a secure gun storage or
safety device is temporarily unavailable because of
theft, casualty loss, consumer sales, backorders from a
manufacturer, or any other similar reason beyond the
control of the licensee, the dealer shall not be consid-
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ered to be in violation of the requirement under this
subparagraph to make available such a device).’’.
(c) REVOCATION OF DEALER’S LICENSE FOR FAILURE
TO HAVE SECURE GUN STORAGE OR SAFETY DEVICES
AVAILABLE.—The first sentence of section 923(e) of title 18,
United States Code, is amended by inserting before the pe-
riod at the end the following: ‘‘or fails to have secure gun
storage or safety devices available at any place in which
firearms are sold under the license to persons who are not
licensees (except that in any case in which a secure gun
storage or safety device is temporarily unavailable because
of theft, casualty loss, consumer sales, backorders from a
manufacturer, or any other similar reason beyond the con-
trol of the licensee, the dealer shall not be considered to be
in violation of the requirement to make available such a
device)’’.
(d) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION; EVIDENCE.—
(1) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in the
amendments made by this section shall be con-
strued—
(A) as creating a cause of action against
any firearms dealer or any other person for any
civil liability; or
(B) as establishing any standard of care.
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(2) EVIDENCE.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, evidence regarding compliance or non-
compliance with the amendments made by this section
shall not be admissible as evidence in any proceeding
of any court, agency, board, or other entity.
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this
section shall take effect 180 days after the date of enactment
of this Act.
SEC. 122. FIREARM SAFETY EDUCATION GRANTS. (a)
IN GENERAL.—Section 510 of the Omnibus Crime Control
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3760) is amend-
ed—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (1)
and inserting the following:
‘‘(1) undertaking educational and training pro-
grams for—
‘‘(A) criminal justice personnel; and
‘‘(B) the general public, with respect to the
lawful and safe ownership, storage, carriage, or
use of firearms, including the provision of secure
gun storage or safety devices;’’;
(2) in the first sentence of subsection (b), by in-
serting before the period the following: ‘‘and is au-
thorized to make grants to, or enter into contracts
with, those persons and entities to carry out the pur-
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poses specified in subsection (a)(1)(B) in accordance
with subsection (c)’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(c)(1) In accordance with this subsection, the Director
may make a grant to, or enter into a contract with, any
person or entity referred to in subsection (b) to provide for
a firearm safety program that, in a manner consistent with
subsection (a)(1)(B), provides for general public training
and dissemination of information concerning firearm safe-
ty, secure gun storage, and the lawful ownership, carriage,
or use of firearms, including the provision of secure gun
storage or safety devices.
‘‘(2) Funds made available under a grant under para-
graph (1) may not be used (either directly or by supplant-
ing non-Federal funds) for advocating or promoting gun
control, including making communications that are in-
tended to directly or indirectly affect the passage of Federal,
State, or local legislation intended to restrict or control the
purchase or use of firearms.
‘‘(3) Except as provided in paragraph (4), each fire-
arm safety program that receives funding under this sub-
section shall provide for evaluations that shall be developed
pursuant to guidelines that the Director of the National In-
stitute of Justice of the Department of Justice, in consulta-
tion with the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance
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and recognized private entities that have expertise in fire-
arms safety, education and training, shall establish.
‘‘(4) With respect to a firearm safety program that re-
ceives funding under this section, the Director may waive
the evaluation requirement described in paragraph (3) if
the Director determines that the program—
‘‘(A) is not of a sufficient size to justify an eval-
uation; or
‘‘(B) is designed primarily to provide material
resources and supplies, and that activity would not
justify an evaluation.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this
section shall take effect on the earlier of—
(1) October 1, 1998; or
(2) the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 123. FIREARMS. Section 922 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (d), by striking paragraph (5)
and inserting the following:
‘‘(5) who, being an alien—
‘‘(A) is illegally or unlawfully in the United
States; or
‘‘(B) except as provided in subsection
(y)(2), has been admitted to the United States
under a nonimmigrant visa (as that term is de-
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fined in section 101(a)(26) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(26)));’’;
(2) in subsection (g), by striking paragraph (5)
and inserting the following:
‘‘(5) who, being an alien—
‘‘(A) is illegally or unlawfully in the United
States; or
‘‘(B) except as provided in subsection
(y)(2), has been admitted to the United States
under a nonimmigrant visa (as that term is de-
fined in section 101(a)(26) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(26)));’’;
(3) in subsection (s)(3)(B), by striking clause (v)
and inserting the following:
‘‘(v) is not an alien who—
‘‘(I) is illegally or unlawfully in
the United States; or
‘‘(II) subject to subsection (y)(2),
has been admitted to the United States
under a nonimmigrant visa (as that
term is defined in section 101(a)(26) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(26)));’’; and
(4) by inserting after subsection (x) the follow-
ing:
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‘‘(y) PROVISIONS RELATING
TO ALIENS ADMITTED
UNDER NONIMMIGRANT VISAS.—
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection—
‘‘(A) the term ‘alien’ has the same meaning
as in section 101(a)(3) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(3)); and
‘‘(B) the term ‘nonimmigrant visa’ has the
same meaning as in section 101(a)(26) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(26)).
‘‘(2) 
EXCEPTIONS.—Subsections 
(d)(5)(B),
(g)(5)(B), and (s)(3)(B)(v)(II) do not apply to any
alien who has been lawfully admitted to the United
States under a nonimmigrant visa, if that alien is—
‘‘(A) admitted to the United States for law-
ful hunting or sporting purposes or is in posses-
sion of a hunting license or permit lawfully
issued in the United States;
‘‘(B) an official representative of a foreign
government who is—
‘‘(i) accredited to the United States
Government or the Government’s mission to
an international organization having its
headquarters in the United States; or
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‘‘(ii) en route to or from another coun-
try to which that alien is accredited;
‘‘(C) an official of a foreign government or
a distinguished foreign visitor who has been so
designated by the Department of State; or
‘‘(D) a foreign law enforcement officer of a
friendly foreign government entering the United
States on official law enforcement business.
‘‘(3) WAIVER.—
‘‘(A) CONDITIONS FOR WAIVER.—Any indi-
vidual who has been admitted to the United
States under a nonimmigrant visa may receive
a waiver from the requirements of subsection
(g)(5), if—
‘‘(i) the individual submits to the At-
torney General a petition that meets the re-
quirements of subparagraph (C); and
‘‘(ii) the Attorney General approves the
petition.
‘‘(B) PETITION.—Each petition under sub-
paragraph (B) shall—
‘‘(i) demonstrate that the petitioner has
resided in the United States for a continu-
ous period of not less than 180 days before
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the date on which the petition is submitted
under this paragraph; and
‘‘(ii) include a written statement from
the embassy or consulate of the petitioner,
authorizing the petitioner to acquire a fire-
arm or ammunition and certifying that the
alien would not, absent the application of
subsection (g)(5)(B), otherwise be prohibited
from such acquisition under subsection (g).
‘‘(C) APPROVAL OF PETITION.—The Attor-
ney General shall approve a petition submitted
in accordance with this paragraph, if the Attor-
ney General determines that waiving the require-
ments of subsection (g)(5)(B) with respect to the
petitioner—
‘‘(i) would be in the interests of justice;
and
‘‘(ii) would not jeopardize the public
safety.’’.
SEC. 124. MENTAL HEALTH SCREENING AND TREAT-
MENT FOR PRISONERS. (a) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE USE OF FUNDS UNDER THE VIOLENT OFFENDER
INCARCERATION AND TRUTH-IN-SENTENCING GRANTS PRO-
GRAM.—Section 20105(b) of the Violent Crime Control and
Law Enforcement Act of 1994 is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—
‘‘(1) ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANT.—To be eligible to
receive a grant under section 20103 or 20104, a State
shall, not later than January 1, 1999, have a pro-
gram of mental health screening and treatment for
appropriate categories of convicted juvenile and other
offenders during periods of incarceration and juvenile
and criminal justice supervision, that is consistent
with guidelines issued by the Attorney General.
‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of this subtitle, amounts made
available to a State under section 20103 or
20104 may be applied to the costs of programs
described in paragraph (1), consistent with
guidelines issued by the Attorney General.
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL
USE.—In addition to
being used as specified in subparagraph (A), the
funds referred to in that subparagraph may be
used by a State to pay the costs of providing to
the Attorney General a baseline study on the
mental health problems of juvenile offenders and
prisoners in the State, which study shall be con-
sistent with guidelines issued by the Attorney
General.’’.
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SEC. 125. Section 3486(a)(1) of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or any act or activity in-
volving a Federal offense relating to the sexual exploitation
or other abuse of children,’’ after ‘‘health care offense,’’.
SEC. 126. Section 505 of the Incentive Grants for Local
Delinquency Prevention Programs Act (42 U.S.C. 5784) is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ at
the end;
(B) in paragraph (7), by striking the period
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(8) court supervised initiatives that address the
illegal possession of firearms by juveniles.’’; and
(2) in subsection (c)—
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1),
by striking ‘‘demonstrate ability in’’;
(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘have in
effect’’ after ‘‘(1)’’;
(C) in paragraph (2)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘have developed’’ after
‘‘(2)’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;
(D) in paragraph (3)—
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(i) by inserting ‘‘are actively’’ after
‘‘(3)’’; and
(ii) by striking the period at the end
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(E) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4) have in effect a policy or practice that re-
quires State and local law enforcement agencies to de-
tain for not less than 24 hours any juvenile who un-
lawfully possesses a firearm in a school, upon a find-
ing by a judicial officer that the juvenile may be a
danger to himself or herself, or to the community.’’.
SEC. 127. INTENSIVE FIREARMS ENFORCEMENT INI-
TIATIVES. (a)(1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall en-
deavor to expand the number of cities and counties directly
participating in the Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initia-
tive, as enhanced in this section (and referred hereafter to
as ‘‘YCGII/Exile’’) to 50 cities or counties by October 1,
2000, to 75 cities or counties by October 1, 2002, and to
150 cities or counties by October 1, 2003.
(2) Cities and counties selected for participation in the
YCGII/Exile shall be selected by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury and in consultation with Federal, State and local law
enforcement officials. Not later than February 1, 1999, the
Secretary shall deliver to the Congress, through the Chair-
man of each Committee on Appropriations, a full report,
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empirically based, explaining the impact of the pre-existing
youth crime gun interdiction initiative on Federal firearms
related offenses. The report shall also state in detail the
plans by the Secretary to implement this section and the
establishment of YCGII/Exile program.
(b)(1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall, utilizing
the information provided by the YCGII/Exile, facilitate the
identification and prosecution of individuals—
(A) illegally transferring firearms to individuals,
particularly to those who have not attained 24 years
of age, or in violation of the Youth Handgun Safety
Act; and
(B) illegally possessing firearms, particularly in
violation of section 922(g) (1)–(2) of title 18, United
States Code, or in violation of any provision in sec-
tion 924 of title 18, United States Code, in connection
with a serious drug offense or violent felony, as those
terms are used in that section.
(2) Within funds appropriated in this Act for nec-
essary expenses of the Offices of United States Attorneys,
$1,500,000 shall be available for the Attorney General to
hire additional assistant United States Attorneys and in-
vestigators in the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for
a demonstration project to identify and prosecute individ-
uals in possession of firearms in violation of Federal law.
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(3) The Attorney General, and the United States Attor-
neys, shall give the highest possible prosecution priority to
the offenses stated in this subsection.
(4) The Secretary of the Treasury shall share informa-
tion derived from the YCGII/Exile with State and local law
enforcement agencies through on-line computer access, as
soon as such capability is available.
(c)(1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall award
grants (in the form of funds or equipment) to States, cities,
and counties for purposes of assisting such entities in the
tracing of firearms and participation in the YCGII/Exile.
(2) Grants made under this part shall be used—
(A) to hire additional law enforcement personnel
for the purpose of enhanced efforts in identifying and
arresting individuals for the firearms offenses stated
in subsection (b); and
(B) to purchase additional equipment, including
automatic data processing equipment and computer
software and hardware, for the timely submission and
analysis of tracing data.
SEC. 128. Section 170102 of the Violent Crime Control
and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14072) is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘or’’;
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(2) in subsection (g)(3), by striking ‘‘minimally
sufficient’’ and inserting ‘‘State sexual offender’’; and
(3) by amending subsection (i) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(i) PENALTY.—A person who is—
‘‘(1) required to register under paragraph (1),
(2), or (3) of subsection (g) of this section and know-
ingly fails to comply with this section;
‘‘(2) required to register under a sexual offender
registration program in the person’s State of resi-
dence and knowingly fails to register in any other
State in which the person is employed, carries on a
vocation, or is a student;
‘‘(3) described in section 4042(c)(4) of title 18,
United States Code, and knowingly fails to register in
any State in which the person resides, is employed,
carries on a vocation, or is a student following release
from prison or sentencing to probation; or
‘‘(4) sentenced by a court martial for conduct in
a category specified by the Secretary of Defense under
section 115(a)(8)(C) of title I of Public Law 105–119,
and knowingly fails to register in any State in which
the person resides, is employed, carries on a vocation,
or is a student following release from prison or sen-
tencing to probation, shall, in the case of a first of-
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fense under this subsection, be imprisoned for not
more than 1 year and, in the case of a second or sub-
sequent offense under this subsection, be imprisoned
for not more than 10 years.’’.
SEC. 129. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 200108 of the Po-
lice Corps Act (42 U.S.C. 14097) is amended by striking
subsection (b) and inserting the following:
‘‘(b) TRAINING SESSIONS.—A participant in a State
Police Corps program shall attend up to 24 weeks, but no
less than 16 weeks, of training at a residential training
center. The Director may approve training conducted in not
more than 3 separate sessions.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 200108 (c) of
the Police Corps Act (42 U.S.C. 14097(c)) is amended by
striking ‘‘16 weeks of’’.
(c) REAUTHORIZATION.—Section 200112 of the Police
Corps Act (42 U.S.C. 14101) is amended by striking
‘‘$20,000’’ and all that follows before the period and insert-
ing ‘‘$50,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, $70,000,000 for fiscal
year 2000, $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and
$90,000,000 for fiscal year 2002’’.
SEC. 130. INTERNET PREDATOR PREVENTION. (a)
PROHIBITION AND PENALTIES.—Chapter 110 of title 18,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
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‘‘§ 2261. Publication of identifying information relat-
ing to a minor for criminal sexual pur-
poses
‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF IDENTIFYING INFORMATION RE-
LATING TO A MINOR.—In this section, the term ‘identifying
information relating to a minor’ includes the name, ad-
dress, telephone number, social security number, or e-mail
address of a minor.
‘‘(b) 
PROHIBITION
AND
PENALTIES.—Whoever,
through the use of any facility in or affecting interstate or
foreign commerce (including any interactive computer serv-
ice) publishes, or causes to be published, any identifying
information relating to a minor who has not attained the
age of 17 years, for the purpose of soliciting any person
to engage in any sexual activity for which the person can
be charged with criminal offense under Federal or State
law, shall be imprisoned not less than 1 and not more than
5 years, fined under this title, or both.’’.
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-
ter 110 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following:
‘‘2261. Publication of identifying information relating to a minor for criminal
sexual purposes.’’.
SEC. 131. TRANSFER OF COUNTY.— (a) Section 118
of title 28, United States Code, is amended—
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‘‘(f) SPECIAL MASTERS FOR CIVIL ACTIONS CONCERN-
ING PRISON CONDITIONS.—’’; and
(2) in paragraph (4)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(4)’’;
(B) in subparagraph (A), as so designated,
by adding at the end the following: ‘‘In no event
shall a court require a party to a civil action
under this subsection to pay the compensation,
expenses, or costs of a special master. Notwith-
standing any other provision of law (including
section 306 of the Act entitled ‘An Act making
appropriations for the Departments of Com-
merce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and re-
lated agencies for the fiscal year ending Septem-
ber 30, 1997,’ contained in section 101(a) of title
I of division A of the Act entitled ‘An Act mak-
ing omnibus consolidated appropriations for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1997’ (110
Stat. 3009–201)) and except as provided in sub-
paragraph (B), the requirement under the pre-
ceding sentence shall apply to the compensation
and payment of expenses or costs of a special
master for any action that is commenced, before,
on, or after the date of enactment of the Prison
Litigation Reform Act of 1995.’’; and
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(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(B) The payment requirements under subparagraph
(A) shall not apply to the payment to a special master who
was appointed before the date of enactment of the Prison
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (110 Stat. 1321–165 et seq.)
of compensation, expenses, or costs relating to activities of
the special master under this subsection that were carried
out during the period beginning on the date of enactment
of the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and ending
on the date of enactment of this subparagraph.’’.
SEC. 133. CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR AP-
PLICANTS FOR EMPLOYMENT IN NURSING FACILITIES AND
HOME HEALTH CARE AGENCIES. (a) AUTHORITY TO CON-
DUCT BACKGROUND CHECKS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—A nursing facility or home
health care agency may submit a request to the Attor-
ney General to conduct a search and exchange of
records described in subsection (b) regarding an ap-
plicant for employment if the employment position is
involved in direct patient care.
(2) SUBMISSION OF REQUESTS.—A nursing fa-
cility or home health care agency requesting a search
and exchange of records under this section shall sub-
mit to the Attorney General a copy of an employment
applicant’s fingerprints, a statement signed by the
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applicant authorizing the nursing facility or home
health care agency to request the search and exchange
of records, and any other identification information
not more than 7 days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays,
and legal public holidays under section 6103(a) of
title 5, United States Code) after acquiring the finger-
prints, signed statement, and information.
(b) SEARCH AND EXCHANGE OF RECORDS.—Pursuant
to any submission that complies with the requirements of
subsection (a), the Attorney General shall search the records
of the Criminal Justice Information Services Division of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation for any criminal his-
tory records corresponding to the fingerprints or other iden-
tification information submitted. The Attorney General
shall provide any corresponding information resulting from
the search to the appropriate State or local governmental
agency authorized to receive such information.
(c) USE OF INFORMATION.—Information regarding an
applicant for employment in a nursing facility or home
health care agency obtained pursuant to this section may
be used only by the facility or agency requesting the infor-
mation and only for the purpose of determining the suit-
ability of the applicant for employment by the facility or
agency in a position involved in direct patient care.
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(d) FEES.—The Attorney General may charge a rea-
sonable fee, not to exceed $50 per request, to any nursing
facility or home health care agency requesting a search and
exchange of records pursuant to this section to cover the
cost of conducting the search and providing the records.
(e) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit
a report to Congress on the number of requests for searches
and exchanges of records made under this section by nurs-
ing facilities and home health care agencies and the disposi-
tion of such requests.
(f) CRIMINAL PENALTY.—Whoever knowingly uses any
information obtained pursuant to this section for a purpose
other than as authorized under subsection (c) shall be fined
in accordance with title 18, United States Code, imprisoned
for not more than 2 years, or both.
(g) IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY.—A nursing facility or
home health care agency that, in denying employment for
an applicant, reasonably relies upon information provided
by the Attorney General pursuant to this section shall not
be liable in any action brought by the applicant based on
the employment determination resulting from the incom-
pleteness or inaccuracy of the information.
(h) REGULATIONS.—The Attorney General may pro-
mulgate such regulations as are necessary to carry out this
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section, including regulations regarding the security, con-
fidentiality, accuracy, use, destruction, and dissemination
of information, audits and recordkeeping, the imposition of
fees necessary for the recovery of costs, and any necessary
modifications to the definitions contained in subsection (i).
(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) HOME
HEALTH
CARE
AGENCY.—The term
‘‘home health care agency’’ means an agency that pro-
vides home health care or personal care services on a
visiting basis in a place of residence.
(2) NURSING FACILITY.—The term ‘‘nursing fa-
cility’’ means a facility or institution (or a distinct
part of an institution) that is primarily engaged in
providing to residents of the facility or institution
nursing care, including skilled nursing care, and re-
lated services for individuals who require medical or
nursing care.
(j) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall apply without
fiscal year limitation.
SEC. 134. None of the funds made available to the De-
partment of Justice under this Act may be used for any
expense relating to, or as reimbursement for any expense
incurred in connection with, any foreign travel by an offi-
cer or employee of the Antitrust Division of the Department
of Justice, if that foreign travel is for the purpose, in whole
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or in part, of soliciting or otherwise encouraging any anti-
trust action by a foreign country against a United States
company that is a defendant in any antitrust action pend-
ing in the United States in which the United States is a
plaintiff: Provided, however, that this section shall not—
(1) limit the ability of the Department to investigate poten-
tial violations of United States antitrust laws; or (2) pro-
hibit assistance authorized pursuant to sections 6201–6212
of title 15, United States Code, or pursuant to a ratified
treaty between the United States and a foreign government,
or other international agreement to which the United States
is a party.
SEC. 135. EXCEPTION TO GROUNDS OF REMOVAL. Sec-
tion 237 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1227) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(d) This section shall not apply to any alien who was
issued a visa or otherwise acquired the status of an alien
lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent resi-
dence under section 201(b)(2)(A)(i) as an orphan described
in section 101(b)(1)(F), unless that alien has knowingly de-
clined United States citizenship.’’.
SEC. 136. PROTECTION OF PERSONAL AND FINANCIAL
INFORMATION OF CORRECTIONS OFFICERS. Notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law, in any action brought by
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a prisoner under section 1979 of the Revised Statutes (42
U.S.C. 1983) against a Federal, State, or local jail, prison,
or correctional facility, or any employee or former employee
thereof, arising out of the incarceration of that prisoner—
(1) the financial records of a person employed or
formerly employed by the Federal, State, or local jail,
prison, or correctional facility, shall not be subject to
disclosure without the written consent of that person
or pursuant to a court order, unless a verdict of li-
ability has been entered against that person; and
(2) the home address, home phone number, social
security number, identity of family members, per-
sonal tax returns, and personal banking information
of a person described in paragraph (1), and any other
records or information of a similar nature relating to
that person, shall not be subject to disclosure without
the written consent of that person, or pursuant to a
court order.
SEC. 137. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY PROTECTED
STATUS FOR CERTAIN NATIONALS OF LIBERIA. (a) CON-
TINUATION OF STATUS.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, any alien described in subsection (b) who, as
of the date of enactment of this Act, is registered for tem-
porary protected status in the United States under section
244(c)(1)(A)(iv) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
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(8 U.S.C. 1254a(c)(1)(A)(iv)), or any predecessor law,
order, or regulation, shall be entitled to maintain that sta-
tus through September 30, 1999.
(b) COVERED ALIENS.—An alien referred to in sub-
section (a) is a national of Liberia or an alien who has
no nationality and who last habitually resided in Liberia.
SEC. 138. ADJUSTMENT
OF STATUS
OF CERTAIN
ASYLEES IN GUAM. (a) ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.—
(1) EXEMPTION
FROM
NUMERICAL
LIMITA-
TIONS.—The numerical limitation set forth in section
209(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1159(b)) shall not apply to any alien de-
scribed in subsection (b).
(2) LIMITATION ON FEES.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Any alien described in
subsection (b) who applies for adjustment of sta-
tus to that of an alien lawfully admitted for per-
manent residence under section 209(b) of that
Act shall not be required to pay any fee for em-
ployment authorization or for adjustment of sta-
tus in excess of the fee imposed on a refugee ad-
mitted under section 207(a) of that Act for em-
ployment authorization or adjustment of status.
(B) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—This paragraph
shall apply to applications for employment au-
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thorization or adjustment of status filed before,
on, or after the date of enactment of this Act.
(b) COVERED ALIENS.—An alien described in sub-
section (a) is an alien who was a United States Government
employee, employee of a nongovernmental organization
based in the United States, or other Iraqi national who was
moved to Guam by the United States Government in 1996
or 1997 pursuant to an arrangement made by the United
States Government, and who was granted asylum in the
United States under section 208(a) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(a)).
SEC. 139. For fiscal year 1999 and thereafter, for any
report which is required or authorized by this Act to be
submitted or delivered to the Committee on Appropriations
of the Senate or of the House of Representatives by the De-
partment of Justice or any component, agency, or bureau
thereof, or which concerns matters within the jurisdiction
of the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate or of the
House of Representatives, a copy of such report shall be sub-
mitted to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate
and of the House of Representatives concurrently as the re-
port is submitted to the Committee on Appropriations of
the Senate or of the House of Representatives.
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SEC. 140. (a) IN GENERAL.—Part T of title I of the
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is
amended—
(1) in section 2001 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg)—
(A) in subsection (a)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘, including older
women’’ 
after 
‘‘combat 
violent 
crimes
against women’’; and
(ii) by inserting ‘‘, including older
women’’ before the period; and
(B) in subsection (b)—
(i) in the matter before subparagraph
(A), by inserting ‘‘, including older women’’
after ‘‘against women’’;
(ii) in paragraph (6), by striking
‘‘and’ after the semicolon;
(iii) in paragraph (7), by striking the
period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(iv) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(8) developing, through the oversight of the
State administrator, a curriculum to train and assist
law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and relevant of-
ficers of Federal, State, tribal, and local courts in rec-
ognizing, addressing, investigating, and prosecuting
instances involving elder domestic abuse, including
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domestic violence and sexual assault against older in-
dividuals.’’;
(2) in section 2002(c)(2) (42 U.S.C. 3796gg-1),
by inserting ‘‘and elder domestic abuse experts’’ after
‘‘victim services programs’’; and
(3) in section 2003 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg-2)—
(A) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘and’
after the semicolon;
(B) in paragraph (8), by striking the period
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(9) the term ‘elder’ has the same meaning as the
term ‘older individual’ in section 102 of the Older
Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3002); and
‘‘(10) the term ‘domestic abuse’ means an act or
threat of violence, not including an act of self-defense,
committed by—
‘‘(A) a current or former spouse of the vic-
tim;
‘‘(B) a person related by blood or marriage
to the victim;
‘‘(C) a person who is cohabitating with or
has cohabitated with the victim;
‘‘(D) a person with whom the victim shares
a child in common;
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‘‘(E) a person who is or has been in the so-
cial relationship of a romantic or intimate na-
ture with the victim; and
‘‘(F) a person similarly situated to a spouse
of the victim, or by any other person;
if the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdic-
tion of the victim provide for legal protection of the
victim from the person.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this
section shall apply to grants beginning with fiscal year
1999.
SEC. 141. CHILD EXPLOITATION SENTENCING EN-
HANCEMENT. (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) CHILD; CHILDREN.—The term ‘‘child’’ or
‘‘children’’ means a minor or minors of an age speci-
fied in the applicable provision of title 18, United
States Code, that is subject to review under this sec-
tion.
(2) MINOR.—The term ‘‘minor’’ means any indi-
vidual who has not attained the age of 18, except
that, with respect to references to section 2243 of title
18, United States Code, the term means an individual
described in subsection (a) of that section.
(b) INCREASED PENALTIES FOR USE OF A COMPUTER
IN THE SEXUAL ABUSE OR EXPLOITATION OF A CHILD.—
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(1) review the Federal sentencing guidelines on
criminal sexual abuse, the production of sexually ex-
plicit material, the possession of materials depicting
a child engaging in sexually explicit conduct, coercion
and enticement of minors, and the transportation of
minors; and
(2) upon completion of the review under para-
graph (1), promulgate amendments to the Federal
sentencing guidelines to provide an appropriate sen-
tencing enhancement applicable to the offenses re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) in any case in which the
defendant engaged in a pattern of activity involving
the sexual abuse or exploitation of a minor.
(e) REPEAT OFFENDERS; INCREASED MAXIMUM PEN-
ALTIES FOR TRANSPORTATION FOR ILLEGAL SEXUAL AC-
TIVITY AND RELATED CRIMES.—
(1) REPEAT OFFENDERS.—
(A) CHAPTER 117.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 117 of title
18, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following:
‘‘§ 2425. Repeat offenders
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Any person described in this sub-
section shall be subject to the punishment under subsection
(b). A person described in this subsection is a person who
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violates a provision of this chapter, after one or more prior
convictions—
‘‘(1) for an offense punishable under this chap-
ter, or chapter 109A or 110; or
‘‘(2) under any applicable law of a State relat-
ing to conduct punishable under this chapter, or
chapter 109A or 110.
‘‘(b) PUNISHMENT.—A violation of a provision of this
chapter by a person described in subsection (a) is punish-
able by a term of imprisonment of a period not to exceed
twice the period that would otherwise apply under this
chapter.’’.
(ii) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—The
analysis for chapter 117 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘2425. Repeat offenders.’’.
(B) CHAPTER 109A.—Section 2247 of title
18, United States Code, is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘§ 2247. Repeat offenders
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Any person described in this sub-
section shall be subject to the punishment under subsection
(b). A person described in this subsection is a person who
violates a provision of this chapter, after one or more prior
convictions—
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‘‘(1) for an offense punishable under this chap-
ter, or chapter 110 or 117; or
‘‘(2) under any applicable law of a State relat-
ing to conduct punishable under this chapter, or
chapter 110 or 117.
‘‘(b) PUNISHMENT.—A violation of a provision of this
chapter by a person described in subsection (a) is punish-
able by a term of imprisonment of a period not to exceed
twice the period that would otherwise apply under this
chapter.’’.
(2) 
INCREASED
MAXIMUM
PENALTIES
FOR
TRANSPORTATION FOR ILLEGAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY AND
RELATED CRIMES.—
(A) TRANSPORTATION GENERALLY.—Section
2421 of title 18, United States Code, is amended
by striking ‘‘five’’ and inserting ‘‘10’’.
(B) COERCION
AND
ENTICEMENT
OF
MI-
NORS.—Section 2422 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended—
(i) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘five’’
and inserting ‘‘10’’; and
(ii) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘10’’
and inserting ‘‘15’’.
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(C) TRANSPORTATION OF MINORS.—Section
2423 of title 18, United States Code, is amend-
ed—
(i) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘ten’’
and inserting ‘‘15’’; and
(ii) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘10’’
and inserting ‘‘15’’.
(3) AMENDMENT OF SENTENCING GUIDELINES.—
Pursuant to the authority granted to the United
States Sentencing Commission under section 994(p)
of title 28, United States Code, the United States Sen-
tencing Commission shall—
(A) review the Federal sentencing guidelines
relating to chapter 117 of title 18, United States
Code; and
(B) upon completion of the review under
subparagraph (A), promulgate such amendments
to the Federal sentencing guidelines as are nec-
essary to provide for the amendments made by
this subsection.
(f) CLARIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF DISTRIBUTION
OF PORNOGRAPHY.—Pursuant to the authority granted to
the United States Sentencing Commission under section
994(p) of title 28, United States Code, the United States
Sentencing Commission shall—
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(1) review the Federal sentencing guidelines re-
lating to the distribution of pornography covered
under chapter 110 of title 18, United States Code, re-
lating to the sexual exploitation and other abuse of
children; and
(2) upon completion of the review under para-
graph (1), promulgate such amendments to the Fed-
eral sentencing guidelines as are necessary to clarify
that the term ‘‘distribution of pornography’’ applies
to the distribution of pornography—
(A) for monetary remuneration; or
(B) for a nonpecuniary interest.
(g) DIRECTIVE TO THE UNITED STATES SENTENCING
COMMISSION.—In carrying out this section, the United
States Sentencing Commission shall—
(1) with respect to any action relating to the
Federal sentencing guidelines subject to this section,
ensure reasonable consistency with other guidelines of
the Federal sentencing guidelines; and
(2) with respect to an offense subject to the Fed-
eral sentencing guidelines, avoid duplicative punish-
ment under the guidelines for substantially the same
offense.
(h) AUTHORIZATION FOR GUARDIANS AD LITEM.—
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(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There are authorized to be appropriated to the De-
partment of Justice, for the purpose specified in para-
graph (2), such sums as may be necessary for each of
fiscal years 1998 through 2001.
(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose specified in this
paragraph is the procurement, in accordance with
section 3509(h) of title 18, United States Code, of the
services of individuals with sufficient professional
training, experience, and familiarity with the crimi-
nal justice system, social service programs, and child
abuse issues to serve as guardians ad litem for chil-
dren who are the victims of, or witnesses to, a crime
involving abuse or exploitation.
(i) APPLICABILITY.—This section and the amendments
made by this section shall apply to any action that com-
mences on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Justice
Appropriations Act, 1999’’.
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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 passenger
motor vehicles and the employment of experts and consult-
ants as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $24,836,000, of which
$2,500,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided,
That not to exceed $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, $45,500,000 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,
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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 between
two points abroad, without regard to 49 U.S.C. 1517; em-
ployment of Americans and aliens by contract for services;
rental of space abroad for periods not exceeding ten years,
and expenses of alteration, repair, or improvement; pur-
chase 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 countries; not to exceed
$327,000 for official representation expenses abroad; pur-
chase of passenger motor vehicles for official use abroad, not
to exceed $30,000 per vehicle; obtain insurance on official
motor vehicles; and rent tie lines and teletype equipment;
$310,167,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the $318,167,000 provided for in direct obli-
gations (of which $304,167,000 is appropriated from the
General Fund, and $8,000,000 is derived from unobligated
balances and deobligations from prior years and $6,000,000
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is from fees), $69,826,000 shall be for Trade Development,
$20,379,000 shall be for Market Access and Compliance,
$31,047,000 shall be for the Import Administration,
$177,000,000 shall be for the United States and Foreign
Commercial Service, and $11,915,000 shall be for Executive
Direction and Administration: Provided further, That the
provisions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of
section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Ex-
change Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall
apply in carrying out these activities without regard to sec-
tion 5412 of the Omnibus 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 Edu-
cational and Cultural Exchange Act shall include payment
for assessments for services provided as part of these activi-
ties.
EXPORT ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses for export administration and
national security activities of the Department of Commerce,
including costs associated with the performance of export
administration field activities both domestically and
abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of im-
mediate families of employees stationed overseas; employ-
ment of Americans and aliens by contract for services
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abroad; rental of space abroad for periods not exceeding ten
years, and expenses of alteration, repair, or improvement;
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 official rep-
resentation expenses abroad; awards of compensation to in-
formers 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 vehicles for law
enforcement use with special requirement vehicles eligible
for purchase without regard to any price limitation other-
wise established by law; $45,671,000 to remain available
until expended, of which $1,877,000 shall be for inspections
and other activities related to national security: 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: Pro-
vided 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 activities, and for providing information to the pub-
lic with respect to the export administration and national
security activities of the Department of Commerce and other
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export control programs of the United States and other gov-
ernments.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
For grants for economic development assistance as pro-
vided 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, $280,775,000: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available under this heading may be used directly or
indirectly for attorneys’ or consultants’ fees in connection
with securing grants and contracts made by the Economic
Development Administration: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding 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 for assistance
under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of
1965, as amended, without it being required that the grant-
ee have title or ability to obtain a lease for the property,
for the useful life of the project, when in the opinion of the
Secretary of Commerce, such financial assistance is nec-
essary for the economic development of the area: Provided
further, That the Secretary of Commerce may, as the Sec-
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retary considers appropriate, consult with the Secretary of
Defense regarding the title to land on military installations
closed or scheduled for closure or realignment.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of administering the economic
development assistance programs as provided for by law,
$22,465,000: Provided, That these funds may be used to
monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the Public
Works Employment Act of 1976, as amended, title II of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended, and the Community Emer-
gency Drought Relief Act of 1977.
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses of the Department of Commerce
in fostering, promoting, and developing minority business
enterprise, including expenses of grants, contracts, and
other agreements with public or private organizations,
$25,276,000.
ECONOMIC AND INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE
ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco-
nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department
of Commerce, $49,169,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 1999.
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ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS ADMINISTRATION
REVOLVING FUND
The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to dissemi-
nate economic and statistical data products as authorized
by sections 1, 2, and 4 of Public Law 91–412 (15 U.S.C.
1525–1527) and, notwithstanding section 5412 of the Om-
nibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C.
4912), charge fees necessary to recover the full costs incurred
in their production. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, re-
ceipts received from these data dissemination activities
shall be credited to this account, to be available for carrying
out these purposes without further appropriation.
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for collecting, compiling, ana-
lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for by
law, $141,801,000.
PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS
For expenses necessary to conduct the decennial census,
$848,503,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Department of Commerce shall submit a
quarterly report to the Appropriations Committees of both
Houses on the status and implementation of key decennial
census milestones during fiscal year 1999.
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In addition, for expenses to collect and publish statis-
tics for other periodic censuses and programs provided for
by law, $153,955,000, to remain available until expended.
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION
ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the
National Telecommunications and Information Adminis-
tration (NTIA), $10,940,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1535(d),
the Secretary of Commerce shall charge Federal agencies for
costs incurred in spectrum management, analysis, and op-
erations, and related services and such fees shall be retained
and used as offsetting collections for costs of such spectrum
services, to remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That hereafter, notwithstanding any other provision
of law, NTIA shall not authorize spectrum use or provide
any spectrum functions pursuant to the NTIA Organization
Act, 47 U.S.C. §§ 902–903, to any Federal entity without
reimbursement as required by NTIA for such spectrum
management costs, and Federal entities withholding pay-
ment of such cost shall not use spectrum: Provided further,
That the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to retain and
use as offsetting collections all funds transferred, or pre-
viously transferred, from other Government agencies for all
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costs incurred in telecommunications research, engineering,
and related activities by the Institute for Telecommuni-
cation Sciences of the NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned
functions under this paragraph, and such funds received
from other Government agencies shall remain available
until expended.
PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING AND
CONSTRUCTION
For grants authorized by section 392 of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934, as amended, $20,900,000, to remain
available until expended as authorized by section 391 of the
Act, as amended: Provided, That not to exceed $1,500,000
shall be available for program administration as authorized
by section 391 of the Act: Provided further, That notwith-
standing the provisions of section 391 of the Act, the prior
year unobligated balances may be made available for grants
for projects for which applications have been submitted and
approved during any fiscal year.
INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS
For grants authorized by section 392 of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934, as amended, $11,000,000, to remain
available until expended as authorized by section 391 of the
Act, as amended: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000
shall be available for program administration and other
support activities as authorized by section 391: Provided
further, That none of the funds appropriated under this
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heading shall be used to make a grant to an applicant that
is an entity that is eligible to receive preferential rates or
treatment under section 254(h) of the Communications Act
of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(h)) or assistance under the regional
information sharing systems grant program of the Depart-
ment of Justice under part M of title I of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.
3796h).
PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Patent and Trademark
Office provided for by law, including defense of suits insti-
tuted against the Commissioner of Patents and Trade-
marks, $785,526,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That of this amount, $785,526,000 shall be de-
rived from offsetting collections assessed and collected pur-
suant to 15 U.S.C. 113 and 35 U.S.C. 41 and 376 and
shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this
appropriation: Provided further, That the sum herein ap-
propriated from the General Fund shall be reduced as such
offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 1999,
so as to result in a final fiscal year 1999 appropriation
from the General Fund estimated at $0: Provided further,
That beginning on October 1, 1998, the Commissioner of
Patents and Trademarks shall establish a surcharge on all
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fees charged under 35 U.S.C. 41(a) and (b) in order to en-
sure that $132,000,000 is collected: Provided further, That
surcharges established under this authority may take effect
on October 1, 1998, and that Section 553 of title 5, United
States Code, shall not apply to the establishment of such
surcharges: Provided further, That upon enactment of a
statute reauthorizing the Patent and Trademark Office or
establishing a successor agency or agencies, and upon the
subsequent establishment of a new patent fee schedule, the
surcharge established in this Act shall expire: Provided fur-
ther, That during fiscal year 1999, should the total amount
of offsetting collections be less than $785,526,000, the total
amounts available to the Patent and Trademark Office shall
be reduced accordingly: Provided further, That the standard
build-out costs of the Patent and Trademark Office shall
not exceed $36.69 per occupiable square foot for office-type
space (which constitutes the amount specified in the Ad-
vanced Acquisition program of the General Services Admin-
istration) and shall not exceed an aggregate amount equal
to $88,000,000: Provided further, That the moving costs of
the Patent and Trademark Office (which shall include the
costs of moving, furniture, telephone, and data installation)
shall not exceed $135,000,000: Provided further, That the
portion of the moving costs referred to in the preceding pro-
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viso that may be used for alterations that are above stand-
ard costs may not exceed $29,000,000.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION
UNDER SECRETARY FOR TECHNOLOGY/OFFICE OF
TECHNOLOGY POLICY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Under Secretary for
Technology/Office of Technology Policy, $9,993,000, of
which not to exceed $1,600,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES
For necessary expenses of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology, $290,636,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall
be used to fund a cooperative agreement with Montana
State University for a research program on green buildings;
and of which not to exceed $1,625,000 may be transferred
to the ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’: Provided, That $2,300,000
shall be used to expand the Malcolm Baldrige National
Quality Award program established under section 17 of the
Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15
U.S.C. 3711a): Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act for
the ‘‘Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award’’ may be
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obligated or expended unless such obligation or expenditure
is expressly authorized by enactment of a subsequent Act.
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
For necessary expenses of the Manufacturing Exten-
sion Partnership of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology, $106,800,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which not to exceed $300,000 may be transferred
to the ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’: Provided, That notwith-
standing the time limitations imposed by 15 U.S.C. 278k(c)
(1) and (5) on the duration of Federal financial assistance
that may be awarded by the Secretary of Commerce to Re-
gional Centers for the transfer of Manufacturing Technology
(‘‘Centers’’), such Federal financial assistance for a Center
may continue beyond six years and may be renewed for
additional periods, not to exceed one year, at a rate not
to exceed one-third of the Center’s total annual costs, subject
before any such renewal to a positive evaluation of the Cen-
ter and to a finding by the Secretary of Commerce that
continuation of Federal funding to the Center is in the best
interest of the Regional Centers for the transfer of Manufac-
turing Technology Program: Provided further, That the
Center’s most recent performance evaluation is positive, and
the Center has submitted a reapplication which has success-
fully passed merit review.
In addition, for necessary expenses of the Advanced
Technology Program of the National Institute of Standards
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and Technology, $192,500,000, to remain available until
expended, of which not to exceed $38,700,000 shall be avail-
able for the award of new grants, and of which not to exceed
$500,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital
Fund’’.
CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES
For construction of new research facilities, including
architectural and engineering design, and for renovation of
existing facilities, not otherwise provided for the National
Institute of Standards and Technology, as authorized by 15
U.S.C. 278c–278e, $56,714,000, to remain available until
expended.
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law
for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft;
grants, contracts, or other payments to nonprofit organiza-
tions for the purposes of conducting activities pursuant to
cooperative agreements; and relocation of facilities as au-
thorized by 33 U.S.C. 883i; $1,608,914,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That fees and donations
received by the National Ocean Service for the management
of the national marine sanctuaries may be retained and
used for the salaries and expenses associated with those ac-
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tivities, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided further,
That in addition, $63,073,000 shall be derived by transfer
from the fund entitled ‘‘Promote and Develop Fishery Prod-
ucts and Research Pertaining to American Fisheries’’: Pro-
vided further, That grants to States pursuant to sections
306 and 306A of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972,
as amended, shall not exceed $2,000,000: Provided further,
That unexpended balances in the accounts ‘‘Construction’’
and ‘‘Fleet Modernization, Shipbuilding and Conversion’’
shall be transferred to and merged with this account, to re-
main available until expended for the purposes for which
the funds were originally appropriated: Provided further,
That of the $10,500,000 available for the estuarine research
reserve system, $2,000,000 shall be made available for the
Office of response and restoration and $1,160,000 shall be
made available for Navigation services, mapping and chart-
ing: Provided further, That of funds made available for the
National Marine Fisheries Service information collection
and analyses, $400,000 shall be made available to continue
Atlantic Herring and Mackerel studies: Provided further,
That of the $8,500,000 provided for the interstate fisheries
commissions, $7,000,000 shall be provided to the Atlantic
States Marine Fisheries Commission for the Atlantic Coast-
al Cooperative Fisheries Management Act, $750,000 shall
be provided for the Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics
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Program, and the remainder shall be provided to each of
the three interstate fisheries commissions (including the
ASMFC): Provided further, That within the Procurement,
Acquisition and Construction account that $3,000,000 shall
be made available for the National Estuarine Research Re-
serve construction, and $5,000,000 shall be made available
for Great Bay land acquisition: Provided further, That the
Secretary of Commerce shall make funds available to imple-
ment the mitigation recommendations identified subsequent
to the ‘‘1995 Secretary’s Report to Congress on Adequacy
of NEXRAD Coverage and Degradation of Weather Serv-
ices’’ for Erie, PA; Williston, ND; Caribou, ME; and Key
West, FL, and shall ensure continuation of weather service
coverage for these communities until mitigation activities
are completed: Provided further, That with respect to Erie,
PA and Williston, ND, the Secretary shall integrate local
radar data from such weather service offices into the ad-
vanced weather interactive processing system (AWIPS).
PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For procurement, acquisition and construction of cap-
ital assets, including alteration and modification costs, of
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
$587,922,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That unexpended balances of amounts previously
made available in the ‘‘Operations, Research, and Facili-
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ties’’ account and the ‘‘Construction’’ account for activities
funded under this heading may be transferred to and
merged with this account, to remain available until ex-
pended for the purposes for which the funds were originally
appropriated.
COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT FUND
Of amounts collected pursuant to section 308 of the
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1456a),
not to exceed $4,000,000, for purposes set forth in sections
308(b)(2)(A), 308(b)(2)(B)(v), and 315(e) of such Act.
FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND
For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public
Law 95–372, not to exceed $953,000, to be derived from re-
ceipts collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available
until expended.
FOREIGN FISHING OBSERVER FUND
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of
the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975, as amended
(Public Law 96–339), the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Con-
servation and Management Act of 1976, as amended (Public
Law 100–627), and the American Fisheries Promotion Act
(Public Law 96–561), to be derived from the fees imposed
under the foreign fishery observer program authorized by
these Acts, not to exceed $189,000, to remain available until
expended.
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FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans, $388,000, as authorized
by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, as amended: Provided,
That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans,
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budg-
et Act of 1974: Provided further, That none of the funds
made available under this heading may be used for direct
loans for any new fishing vessel that will increase the har-
vesting capacity in any United States fishery.
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the general administration
of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, includ-
ing not to exceed $3,000 for official entertainment,
$31,765,000.
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 (5 U.S.C. App. 1–11 as amended
by Public Law 100–504), $20,662,000.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
SEC. 201. During the current fiscal year, applicable
appropriations and funds made available to the Depart-
ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the
activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 U.S.C.
1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed by the
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Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may be used for
advanced payments not otherwise authorized only upon the
certification of officials designated by the Secretary of Com-
merce that such payments are in the public interest.
SEC. 202. During the current fiscal year, appropria-
tions made available to the Department of Commerce by
this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for hire
of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343
and 1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and uni-
forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C.
5901–5902).
SEC. 203. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used to support the hurricane reconnaissance
aircraft and activities that are under the control of the
United States Air Force or the United States Air Force Re-
serve.
SEC. 204. None of the funds provided in this or any
previous Act, or hereinafter made available to the Depart-
ment of Commerce, shall be available to reimburse the Un-
employment Trust Fund or any other fund or account of
the Treasury to pay for any expenses paid before October
1, 1992, as authorized by section 8501 of title 5, United
States Code, for services performed after April 20, 1990, by
individuals appointed to temporary positions within the
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Bureau of the Census for purposes relating to the 1990 de-
cennial census of population.
SEC. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation
made available for the current fiscal year for the Depart-
ment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred between
such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be in-
creased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Pro-
vided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be
treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 of
this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expendi-
ture except in compliance with the procedures set forth in
that section.
SEC. 206. (a) Should legislation be enacted to disman-
tle or reorganize the Department of Commerce, or any por-
tion thereof, the Secretary of Commerce, no later than 90
days thereafter, shall submit to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House and the Senate a plan for transfer-
ring funds provided in this Act to the appropriate successor
organizations: Provided, That the plan shall include a pro-
posal for transferring or rescinding funds appropriated
herein for agencies or programs terminated under such leg-
islation: Provided further, That such plan shall be trans-
mitted in accordance with section 605 of this Act.
(b) The Secretary of Commerce or the appropriate
head of any successor organization(s) may use any avail-
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able funds to carry out legislation dismantling or reor-
ganizing the Department of Commerce, or any portion
thereof, to cover the costs of actions relating to the abolish-
ment, reorganization, or transfer of functions and any re-
lated personnel action, including voluntary separation in-
centives if authorized by such legislation: Provided, That
the authority to transfer funds between appropriations ac-
counts that may be necessary to carry out this section is
provided in addition to authorities included under section
205 of this Act: Provided further, That use of funds to carry
out this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of
funds under section 605 of this Act and shall not be avail-
able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with
the procedures set forth in that section.
SEC. 207. Any costs incurred by a Department or
agency funded under this title resulting from personnel ac-
tions taken in response to funding reductions included in
this title or from actions taken for the care and protection
of loan collateral or grant property shall be absorbed within
the total budgetary resources available to such Department
or agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds
between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to
carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities
included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use
of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a re-
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programming of funds under section 605 of this Act and
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
SEC. 208. Section 401(e)(4)(B) of Public Law 105–83
is amended by striking ‘‘majority vote, with each member’’
and inserting in lieu thereof, ‘‘the majority vote of the board
members under paragraphs (3)(A), (F), and (G), the board
member representing academia under paragraph (3)(K),
and one of the board members under paragraph (3)(L) (as
identified by the Governor), with each such member’’.
SEC. 209. (a) PROHIBITION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 223 of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 223) is amended—
(A) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g),
and (h) as subsections (f), (g), (h), and (i), re-
spectively; and
(B) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing new subsection (e):
‘‘(e)(1) Whoever in interstate or foreign commerce in
or through the World Wide Web is engaged in the business
of the commercial distribution of material that is harmful
to minors shall restrict access to such material by persons
under 17 years of age.
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‘‘(2) Any person who violates paragraph (1) shall be
fined not more than $50,000, imprisoned not more than six
months, or both.
‘‘(3) In addition to the penalties under paragraph (2),
whoever intentionally violates paragraph (1) shall be sub-
ject to a fine of not more than $50,000 for each violation.
For purposes of this paragraph, each day of violation shall
constitute a separate violation.
‘‘(4) In addition to the penalties under paragraphs (2)
and (3), whoever violates paragraph (1) shall be subject to
a civil fine of not more than $50,000 for each violation.
For purposes of this paragraph, each day of violation shall
constitute a separate violation.
‘‘(5) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under
this subsection that the defendant restricted access to mate-
rial that is harmful to minors by persons under 17 years
of age by requiring use of a verified credit card, debit ac-
count, adult access code, or adult personal identification
number or in accordance with such other procedures as the
Commission may prescribe.
‘‘(6) This subsection may not be construed to authorize
the Commission to regulate in any manner the content of
any information provided on the World Wide Web.
‘‘(7) For purposes of this subsection:
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‘‘(A) The term ‘material that is harmful to mi-
nors’ means any communication, picture, image,
graphic image file, article, recording, writing, or
other matter of any kind that—
‘‘(i) taken as a whole and with respect to
minors, appeals to a prurient interest in nudity,
sex, or excretion;
‘‘(ii) depicts, describes, or represents, in a
patently offensive way with respect to what is
suitable for minors, an actual or simulated sex-
ual act or sexual contact, actual or simulated
normal or perverted sexual acts, or a lewd exhi-
bition of the genitals; and
‘‘(iii) lacks serious literary, artistic, politi-
cal, or scientific value.
‘‘(B) The terms ‘sexual act’ and ‘sexual contact’
have the meanings assigned such terms in section
2246 of title 18, United States Code.’’.
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Subsection (h)
of such section, as so redesignated, is amended by
striking ‘‘(e), or (f)’’ and inserting ‘‘(f), or (g)’’.
(b) AVAILABILITY ON INTERNET OF DEFINITION OF
MATERIAL THAT IS HARMFUL TO MINORS.—The Attorney
General, in the case of the Internet web site of the Depart-
ment of Justice, and the Federal Communications Commis-
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sion, in the case of the Internet web site of the Commission,
shall each post or otherwise make available on such web
site such information as is necessary to inform the public
of the meaning of the term ‘‘material that is harmful to
minors’’ under section 223(e) of the Communications Act
of 1934, as amended by subsection (a) of this section.
SEC. 210. NO UNIVERSAL SERVICE FOR SCHOOLS OR
LIBRARIES THAT FAIL TO IMPLEMENT A FILTERING OR
BLOCKING SYSTEM FOR COMPUTERS WITH INTERNET AC-
CESS. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 254 of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254) is amended by adding
at the end thereof the following:
‘‘(l) IMPLEMENTATION OF A FILTERING OR BLOCKING
SYSTEM.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No services may be provided
under subsection (h)(1)(B) to any elementary or sec-
ondary school, or any library, unless it provides the
certification required by paragraph (2) or (3), respec-
tively.
‘‘(2) CERTIFICATION FOR SCHOOLS.—Before re-
ceiving universal service assistance under subsection
(h)(1)(B), an elementary or secondary school (or the
school board or other authority with responsibility for
administration of that school) shall certify to the
Commission that it has—
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‘‘(A) selected a system for computers with
Internet access to filter or block matter deemed
to be inappropriate for minors; and
‘‘(B) installed, or will install as soon as it
obtains computers with Internet access, a system
to filter or block such matter.
‘‘(3) CERTIFICATION FOR LIBRARIES.—Before re-
ceiving universal service assistance under subsection
(h)(1)(B), a library that has a computer with Inter-
net access shall certify to the Commission that, on one
or more of its computers with Internet access, it em-
ploys a system to filter or block matter deemed to be
inappropriate for minors. If a library that makes a
certification under this paragraph changes the system
it employs or ceases to employ any such system, it
shall notify the Commission within 10 days after im-
plementing the change or ceasing to employ the sys-
tem.
‘‘(4) LOCAL DETERMINATION OF CONTENT.—For
purposes of paragraphs (2) and (3), the determina-
tion of what matter is inappropriate for minors shall
be made by the school, school board, library or other
authority responsible for making the required certifi-
cation. No agency or instrumentality of the United
States Government may—
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‘‘(A) establish criteria for making that de-
termination;
‘‘(B) review the determination made by the
certifying school, school board, library, or other
authority; or
‘‘(C) consider the criteria employed by the
certifying school, school board, library, or other
authority in the administration of subsection
(h)(1)(B).’’.
(b) CONFORMING CHANGE.—Section 254(h)(1)(B) of
the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(h)(1)(B))
is amended by striking ‘‘All telecommunications’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Except as provided by subsection (l), all tele-
communications’’.
SEC. 211. MULTICHANNEL VIDEO PROGRAMMING. Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the Copyright Of-
fice is prohibited from implementing, enforcing, collecting
or awarding copyright royalty fees, and no obligation or
liability for copyright royalty fees shall accrue pursuant to
the decision of the Librarian of Congress on October 27,
1997, which established a royalty fee of $0.27 per subscriber
per month for the retransmission of distant broadcast sig-
nals by satellite carriers, before March 31, 1999. This shall
have no effect on the implementing, enforcing, collecting, or
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awarding copyright royalty fees pursuant to the royalty fee
structure as it existed prior to October 27, 1997.
SEC. 212. PUBLIC AIRCRAFT. The flush sentence follow-
ing subparagraph (B)(ii) of section 40102(37) of title 49,
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘if the unit
of government on whose behalf the operation is conducted
certifies to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration that the operation was necessary to respond
to a significant and imminent threat to life or property
(including natural resources) and that no service by a pri-
vate operator was reasonably available to meet the threat’’
and inserting ‘‘if the operation is conducted for law enforce-
ment, search and rescue, or responding to an imminent
threat to property or natural resources’’.
SEC. 213. COMPENSATION OF ATTORNEYS. (a) CON-
TROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.—Section 408(q)(10) of the
Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 848(q)(10)) is amend-
ed—
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C)
as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(B)(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the amount of compensation paid to each attorney ap-
pointed under this subsection shall not exceed, for work per-
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formed by that attorney during any calendar month, an
amount determined to be the amount of compensation (ex-
cluding health and other employee benefits) that the United
States Attorney for the district in which the action is to
be prosecuted receives for the calendar month that is the
subject to a request for compensation made in accordance
with this paragraph.
‘‘(ii) The court shall grant an attorney compensation
for work performed during any calendar month at a rate
authorized under subparagraph (A), except that such com-
pensation may not be granted for any calendar month in
an amount that exceeds the maximum amount specified in
clause (i).’’.
(b) ADEQUATE REPRESENTATION OF DEFENDANTS.—
Section 3006A(d)(3) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Payment’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), payment’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(B) MAXIMUM PAYMENTS.—The payments
approved under this paragraph for work per-
formed by an attorney during any calendar
month may not exceed a maximum amount de-
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termined under section 408(q)(10)(B) of the Con-
trolled 
Substances 
Act 
(21 
U.S.C.
848(q)(10)(B)).’’.
SEC. 214. No funds may be used under this Act to
process or register any application filed or submitted with
the Patent and Trademark Office under the Act entitled
‘‘An Act to provide for the registration and protection of
trademarks used in commerce, to carry out the provisions
of certain international conventions, and for other pur-
poses’’, approved July 5, 1946, commonly referred to as the
Trademark Act of 1946, as amended, after the date of enact-
ment of this Act for a mark identical to the official tribal
insignia of any federally recognized Indian tribe for a pe-
riod of one year from the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 215. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Act, the amount appropriated by this title under
‘‘NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION AD-
MINISTRATION’’ under the heading ‘‘INFORMATION INFRA-
STRUCTURE GRANTS’’ is hereby increased by $9,000,000.
(2) The additional amount appropriated by para-
graph (1) shall remain available until expended.
(b)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
the aggregate amount appropriated by this title under ‘‘DE-
PARTMENT OF COMMERCE’’ is hereby reduced by
$9,000,000 with the amount of such reduction achieved by
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reductions of equal amounts from amounts appropriated by
each heading under ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE’’
except the headings referred to in paragraph (2).
(2) Reductions under paragraph (1) shall not apply
to the following amounts:
(A) Amounts appropriated under ‘‘NATIONAL
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ADMINIS-
TRATION’’ under the heading ‘‘PUBLIC TELECOMMUNI-
CATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION’’
and under the heading ‘‘INFORMATION INFRASTRUC-
TURE GRANTS’’.
(B) Amounts appropriated under any heading
under ‘‘NATIONAL INSTITUTE
OF STANDARDS
AND
TECHNOLOGY’’.
(C) Amounts appropriated under any heading
under ‘‘NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC AD-
MINISTRATION’’.
(c)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
the second proviso under ‘‘NATIONAL
TELECOMMUNI-
CATIONS AND INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION’’ under the
heading ‘‘INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS’’ shall
have no force or effect.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no en-
tity that receives telecommunications services at pref-
erential rates under section 254(h) of the Communications
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Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(h)) or receives assistance under
the regional information sharing systems grant program of
the Department of Justice under part M of title I of the
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42
U.S.C. 3796h) may use funds under a grant under the head-
ing referred to in paragraph (1) to cover any costs of the
entity that would otherwise be covered by such preferential
rates or such assistance, as the case may be.
Sec. 216. SEDIMENT CONTROL STUDY. Of the amounts
made available under this Act to the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration for operations, research, and
facilities that are used for ocean and Great Lakes programs,
$50,000 shall be used for a study of sediment control at
Grand Marais, Michigan.
SEC. 217. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 254(a) of the
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(a)) is amend-
ed—
(1) by striking the second sentence in paragraph
(1);
(2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (3); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP OF JOINT BOARD.—
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Joint Board re-
quired by paragraph (1) shall be composed of 9
members, as follows:
‘‘(i) 3 shall be members of the Federal
Communications Commission;
‘‘(ii) 1 shall be a State-appointed util-
ity consumer advocate nominated by a na-
tional organization of State utility con-
sumer advocates; and
‘‘(iii) 5 shall be State utility commis-
sioners nominated by the national organiza-
tion of State utility commissions, with at
least 2 such commissioners being commis-
sioners of commissions of rural States.
‘‘(B) 
CO-CHAIRMEN.—The 
Joint 
Board
shall have 2 co-chairmen of equal authority, one
of whom shall be a member of the Federal Com-
munications Commission, and the other of whom
shall be one of the 5 members described in sub-
paragraph (A)(iii). The Federal Communica-
tions Commission shall adopt rules and proce-
dures under which the co-chairmen of the Joint
Board will have equal authority and equal re-
sponsibility for the Joint Board.
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‘‘(C) RURAL
STATE
DEFINED.—In this
paragraph, the term ‘rural State’ means any
State in which the 1998 high-cost universal serv-
ice support payments to local telephone compa-
nies exceeds 90 cents on a per loop per month
basis.’’.
(b) FCC TO ADOPT PROCEDURES PROMPTLY.—The
Federal Communications Commission shall adopt rules
under section 254(a)(2)(B) of the Communications Act of
1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(a)(2)(B)), as added by subsection (a)
of this section, within 30 days after the date of enactment
of this Act.
(c) RECONSTITUTED JOINT BOARD TO CONSIDER UNI-
VERSAL SERVICE.—The Federal-State Joint Board estab-
lished under section 254(a)(1) of the Communications Act
of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(a)(1)) shall not take action on the
Commission’s Order and Order on Reconsideration adopted
July 13, 1998 (CC Docket No. 96–45; FCC 98–160), relat-
ing to universal service until—
(1) the Commission has adopted rules under sec-
tion 254(a)(2)(B) of the Communications Act of 1934
(47 U.S.C. 254(a)(2)(B)); and
(2) the co-chairmen of the Joint Board have been
chosen under that section.
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SEC. 218. NONPOINT POLLUTION CONTROL. (a) IN
GENERAL.—In addition to the amounts made available to
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
under this Act, $3,000,000 shall be made available to the
Administration for the nonpoint pollution control program
of the Coastal Zone Management program of the Adminis-
tration.
(b) PRO RATA REDUCTIONS.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, a pro rata reduction shall be made
to each program in the Department of Commerce funded
under this Act in such manner as to result in an aggregate
reduction in the amount of funds provided to those pro-
grams of $3,000,000.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com-
merce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999’’.
TITLE III—THE JUDICIARY
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the operation of the Su-
preme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the
building and grounds, including purchase or hire, driving,
maintenance, and operation of an automobile for the Chief
Justice, not to exceed $10,000 for the purpose of transport-
ing Associate Justices, and hire of passenger motor vehicles
as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not to exceed
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$10,000 for official reception and representation expenses;
and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended as the Chief
Justice may approve; $31,059,000.
CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS
For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable
the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties imposed
upon him by the Act approved May 7, 1934 (40 U.S.C.
13a–13b), $5,871,000, to remain available until expended.
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL
CIRCUIT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries of the chief judge, judges, and other officers
and employees, and for necessary expenses of the court, as
authorized by law, $15,631,000.
UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries of the chief judge and eight judges, salaries
of the officers and employees of the court, services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and necessary expenses of the court,
as authorized by law, $11,483,000.
COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER
JUDICIAL SERVICES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the salaries of circuit and district judges (includ-
ing judges of the territorial courts of the United States),
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justices and judges retired from office or from regular active
service, judges of the United States Court of Federal Claims,
bankruptcy judges, magistrate judges, and all other officers
and employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise spe-
cifically provided for, and necessary expenses of the courts,
as authorized by law, $2,808,516,000 (including the pur-
chase of firearms and ammunition); of which not to exceed
$13,454,000 shall remain available until expended for space
alteration projects; and of which not to exceed $10,000,000
shall remain available until expended for furniture and fur-
nishings related to new space alteration and construction
projects: Provided, That of the amount made available
under this heading, $7,150,000 shall be available only for
the State Justice Institute.
In addition, for expenses of the United States Court
of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under
the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, not to
exceed $2,515,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine In-
jury Compensation Trust Fund.
DEFENDER SERVICES
For the operation of Federal Public Defender and
Community Defender organizations; the compensation and
reimbursement of expenses of attorneys appointed to rep-
resent persons under the Criminal Justice Act of 1964, as
amended; the compensation and reimbursement of expenses
of persons furnishing investigative, expert and other services
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under the Criminal Justice Act (18 U.S.C. 3006A(e)); the
compensation (in accordance with Criminal Justice Act
maximums) and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys ap-
pointed to assist the court in criminal cases where the de-
fendant has waived representation by counsel; the com-
pensation and reimbursement of travel expenses of guard-
ians ad litem acting on behalf of financially eligible minor
or incompetent offenders in connection with transfers from
the United States to foreign countries with which the
United States has a treaty for the execution of penal sen-
tences; and the compensation of attorneys appointed to rep-
resent jurors in civil actions for the protection of their em-
ployment, 
as 
authorized 
by 
U.S.C. 
1875(d);
$360,952,000, to remain available until expended as au-
thorized by 18 U.S.C. 3006A(i).
FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS
For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28
U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commissioners
as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensation of com-
missioners appointed in condemnation cases pursuant to
rule 71A(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28
U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71A(h)); $68,721,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That the compensation
of land commissioners shall not exceed the daily equivalent
of the highest rate payable under section 5332 of title 5,
United States Code.
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COURT SECURITY
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in-
cident to the procurement, installation, and maintenance
of security equipment and protective services for the United
States Courts in courtrooms and adjacent areas, including
building ingress-egress control, inspection of packages, di-
rected security patrols, and other similar activities as au-
thorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improvement and
Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100–702); $176,873,000,
of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall remain available
until expended for security systems, to be expended directly
or transferred to the United States Marshals Service which
shall be responsible for administering elements of the Judi-
cial Security Program consistent with standards or guide-
lines agreed to by the Director of the Administrative Office
of the United States Courts and the Attorney General.
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
COURTS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office of
the United States Courts as authorized by law, including
travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a passenger
motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), advertis-
ing and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere,
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$54,682,000, of which not to exceed $7,500 is authorized
for official reception and representation expenses.
FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Center,
as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $17,716,000; of which
$1,800,000 shall remain available through September 30,
2000, to provide education and training to Federal court
personnel; and of which not to exceed $1,000 is authorized
for official reception and representation expenses.
JUDICIAL RETIREMENT FUNDS
PAYMENT TO JUDICIARY TRUST FUNDS
For payment to the Judicial Officers’ Retirement
Fund, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 377(o), $27,500,000; to
the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund, as authorized by
28 U.S.C. 376(c), $7,800,000; and to the United States
Court of Federal Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund, as au-
thorized by 28 U.S.C. 178(l), $2,000,000.
UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out
the provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States Code,
$9,374,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is authorized for
official reception and representation expenses.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY
SEC. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in
this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall
be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
SEC. 302. Not to exceed 10 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the Judi-
ciary in this Act may be transferred between such appro-
priations, but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of Ap-
peals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, De-
fender Services’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts,
and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commis-
sioners’’, shall be increased by more than 20 percent by any
such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this
section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under
section 605 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section.
SEC. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the salaries and expenses appropriation for district courts,
courts of appeals, and other judicial services shall be avail-
able for official reception and representation expenses of the
Judicial Conference of the United States: Provided, That
such available funds shall not exceed $10,000 and shall be
administered by the Director of the Administrative Office
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of the United States Courts in his capacity as Secretary
of the Judicial Conference.
SEC. 304. Pursuant to section 140 of Public Law 97–
92, justices and judges of the United States are authorized
during fiscal year 1999, to receive a salary adjustment in
accordance with 28 U.S.C. 461: Provided, That $6,893,000
is appropriated for salary adjustments pursuant to this sec-
tion and such funds shall be transferred to and merged with
appropriations in Title III of this Act.
This title may be cited as ‘‘The Judiciary Appropria-
tions Act, 1999’’.
TITLE IV—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND
RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses of the Department of State and
the Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, including
expenses authorized by the State Department Basic Au-
thorities Act of 1956, as amended; representation to certain
international organizations in which the United States
participates pursuant to treaties, ratified pursuant to the
advice and consent of the Senate, or specific Acts of Con-
gress; acquisition by exchange or purchase of passenger
motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343, 40 U.S.C.
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481(c), and 22 U.S.C. 2674; and for expenses of general
administration; $1,685,094,000: Provided, That of the
amount made available under this heading, not to exceed
$4,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds
in the ‘‘Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Serv-
ice’’ appropriations account, to be available only for emer-
gency evacuations and terrorism rewards: Provided further,
That of the amount made available under this heading,
$500,000 shall be available only for the National Law Cen-
ter for Inter-American Free Trade: Provided further, That
of the amount made available under this heading,
$13,000,000 shall be available only for the East-West Cen-
ter: Provided further, That, hereafter, notwithstanding sec-
tion 140(a)(5), and the second sentence of section 140(a)(3),
of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years
1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103–236), fees may be collected
under the authority of section 140(a)(1) of that Act: Pro-
vided further, That all fees collected under the preceding
proviso shall be deposited as an offsetting collection to ap-
propriations made under this heading to recover costs as
set forth under section 140(a)(2) of that Act and shall re-
main available until expended.
In addition, not to exceed $700,000 in registration fees
collected pursuant to section 38 of the Arms Export Control
Act, as amended, may be used in accordance with section
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45 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956
(22 U.S.C. 2717); in addition not to exceed $1,252,000 shall
be derived from fees collected from other executive agencies
for lease or use of facilities located at the International Cen-
ter in accordance with section 4 of the International Center
Act (Public Law 90–553), as amended, and in addition,
as authorized by section 5 of such Act $490,000, to be de-
rived from the reserve authorized by that section, to be used
for the purposes set out in that section; and in addition
not to exceed $15,000 which shall be derived from reim-
bursements, surcharges, and fees for use of Blair House fa-
cilities in accordance with section 46 of the State Depart-
ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2718(a)).
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the general administration
of the Department of State and the Foreign Service, pro-
vided for by law, including expenses authorized by section
9 of the Act of August 31, 1964, as amended (31 U.S.C.
3721), and the State Department Basic Authorities Act of
1956, as amended, $349,474,000.
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND
For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment
Fund, $118,340,000, to remain available until expended, as
authorized in Public Law 103–236: Provided, That section
135(e) of Public Law 103–236 shall not apply to funds
available under this heading.
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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 (5 U.S.C. App.), $27,495,000, not-
withstanding section 209(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act
of 1980, as amended (Public Law 96–465), as it relates to
post inspections.
REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES
For representation allowances as authorized by section
905 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended (22
U.S.C. 4085), and for necessary expenses as authorized by
section 4 of the State Department Basic Authority Act of
1956 (22 U.S.C. 2671), $6,500,000.
PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS
For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the Sec-
retary of State to provide for extraordinary protective serv-
ices in accordance with the provisions of section 214 of the
State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C.
4314) and 3 U.S.C. 208, $7,900,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2000.
SECURITY AND MAINTENANCE OF UNITED STATES MISSIONS
For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign
Service Buildings Act of 1926, as amended (22 U.S.C. 292–
300), preserving, maintaining, repairing, and planning for,
buildings that are owned or directly leased by the Depart-
ment of State, renovating, in addition to funds otherwise
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available, the Main State Building, and carrying out the
Diplomatic Security Construction Program as authorized
by title IV of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and
Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4851), $550,832,000,
to remain available until expended as authorized by section
24(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956
(22 U.S.C. 2696(c)): Provided, That none of the funds ap-
propriated in this paragraph shall be available for acquisi-
tion of furniture and furnishings and generators for other
departments and agencies.
EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR
SERVICE
For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of State
to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic
and Consular Service pursuant to the requirement of 31
U.S.C. 3526(e), $3,500,000 to remain available until ex-
pended as authorized by section 24(c) of the State Depart-
ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2696(c)),
of which not to exceed $1,000,000 may be transferred to and
merged with the Repatriation Loans Program Account, sub-
ject to the same terms and conditions.
REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans, $543,000, as authorized
by section 4 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act
of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2671): Provided, That such costs, includ-
ing the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined
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in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. In
addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out
the direct loan program, $457,000 which may be transferred
to and merged with the Salaries and Expenses account
under Administration of Foreign Affairs.
PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN
For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Rela-
tions Act, Public Law 96–8, $14,490,000.
PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND
DISABILITY FUND
For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and
Disability Fund, as authorized by law, $132,500,000.
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to
meet annual obligations of membership in international
multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified
pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate, conven-
tions or specific Acts of Congress, $1,131,718,000, of which
not to exceed $254,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for payment of arrearages: Provided, That none of
the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this
Act for payment of arrearages may be obligated or expended
unless such obligation or expenditure is expressly author-
ized by the enactment of an Act that makes payment of
arrearages contingent upon reforms that include the follow-
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ing: a reduction in the United States assessed share of the
United Nations regular budget to 20 percent and of peace-
keeping operations to 25 percent; reimbursement for goods
and services provided by the United States to the United
Nations; certification that the United Nations and its spe-
cialized or affiliated agencies have not taken any action to
infringe on the sovereignty of the United States; a ceiling
on United States contributions to international organiza-
tions after fiscal year 1999 of $900,000,000; establishment
of a merit-based personnel system at the United Nations
that includes a code of conduct and a personnel evaluation
system; United States membership on the Advisory Com-
mittee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions that
oversees the United Nations budget; access to United Na-
tions financial data by the General Accounting Office; and
achievement of a negative growth budget and the establish-
ment of independent inspectors general for affiliated orga-
nizations; and improved consultation procedures with the
Congress: Provided further, That any payment of arrear-
ages shall be directed toward special activities that are mu-
tually agreed upon by the United States and the respective
international organization: Provided further, That not to
exceed $2,400,000 shall only be available to establish an
international center for response to chemical, biological,
and nuclear weapons: Provided further, That notwithstand-
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ing section 402 of this Act, not to exceed $1,223,000 may
be transferred from the funds made available under this
heading to the ‘‘International conferences and contin-
gencies’’ account for assessed contributions to new or provi-
sional international organizations or for travel expenses of
official delegates to international conferences: Provided fur-
ther, That any transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall
be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 605
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex-
penditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth
in that section.
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING
ACTIVITIES
For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other ex-
penses of international peacekeeping activities directed to
the maintenance or restoration of international peace and
security $431,093,000, of which not to exceed $23,100,000
shall remain available until expended, and of which not to
exceed $221,000,000 shall remain available until expended
for payment of arrearages: Provided, That none of the funds
appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act for
payment of arrearages may be obligated or expended unless
such obligation or expenditure is expressly authorized by
the enactment of an Act described in the first proviso under
the heading ‘‘Contributions to International Organiza-
tions’’ in this title.
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INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to
meet obligations of the United States arising under treaties,
or specific Acts of Congress, as follows:
INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION,
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO
For necessary expenses for the United States Section
of the International Boundary and Water Commission,
United States and Mexico, and to comply with laws appli-
cable to the United States Section, including not to exceed
$6,000 for representation; as follows:
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for,
$17,490,000.
CONSTRUCTION
For detailed plan preparation and construction of au-
thorized projects, $6,463,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, as authorized by section 24(c) of the State Depart-
ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2696(c)).
AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for the
International Joint Commission and the International
Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, as au-
thorized by treaties between the United States and Canada
or Great Britain, and for the Border Environment Coopera-
tion Commission as authorized by Public Law 103–182;
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$5,490,000, of which not to exceed $9,000 shall be available
for representation expenses incurred by the International
Joint Commission.
INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS
For necessary expenses for international fisheries com-
missions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by law,
$14,549,000: Provided, That the United States’ share of
such expenses may be advanced to the respective commis-
sions, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3324.
RELATED AGENCIES
ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY
ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT ACTIVITIES
For necessary expenses not otherwise provided, for
arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament activities,
$43,400,000, of which not to exceed $50,000 shall be for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses as authorized by
the Act of September 26, 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2551
et seq.).
UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to
enable the United States Information Agency, as authorized
by the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of
1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.), the United
States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948,
as amended (22 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.), and Reorganization
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Plan No. 2 of 1977 (91 Stat. 1636), to carry out inter-
national communication, educational and cultural activi-
ties; and to carry out related activities authorized by law,
including employment, without regard to civil service and
classification laws, of persons on a temporary basis (not
to exceed $700,000 of this appropriation), as authorized by
section 801 of such Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1471), and enter-
tainment, including official receptions, within the United
States, not to exceed $25,000 as authorized by section
804(3) of such Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1474(3));
$427,097,000: Provided, That not to exceed $1,400,000 may
be used for representation abroad as authorized by section
302 of such Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1452) and section 905
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085): Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $6,000,000, to remain
available until expended, may be credited to this appropria-
tion from fees or other payments received from or in connec-
tion with English teaching, library, motion pictures, and
publication programs as authorized by section 810 of such
Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1475e) and, notwithstanding any
other law, fees from educational advising and counseling,
and exchange visitor program services: Provided further,
That not to exceed $920,000 to remain available until ex-
pended may be used to carry out projects involving security
construction and related improvements for agency facilities
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not physically located together with Department of State
facilities abroad.
TECHNOLOGY FUND
For expenses necessary to enable the United States In-
formation Agency to provide for the procurement of infor-
mation technology improvements, as authorized by the
United States Information and Educational Exchange Act
of 1948, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.), the Mutual
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, as amend-
ed (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.), and Reorganization Plan No.
2 of 1977 (91 Stat. 1636), $5,050,000, to remain available
until expended.
EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
For expenses of educational and cultural exchange pro-
grams, as authorized by the Mutual Educational and Cul-
tural Exchange Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2451
et seq.), and Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977 (91 Stat.
1636), $205,024,000, to remain available until expended as
authorized by section 105 of such Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2455): Provided, That not to exceed $800,000, to remain
available until expended, may be credited to this appropria-
tion from fees or other payments received from or in connec-
tion with English teaching and publication programs as
authorized by section 810 of the United States Information
and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1475e)
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and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, fees from
educational advising and counseling.
EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM TRUST
FUND
For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fel-
lowships, Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 5
of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20
U.S.C. 5204–5205), all interest and earnings accruing to
the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund
on or before September 30, 1999, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated
herein shall be used to pay any salary or other compensa-
tion, or to enter into any contract providing for the pay-
ment thereof, in excess of the rate authorized by 5 U.S.C.
5376; or for purposes which are not in accordance with
OMB Circulars A–110 (Uniform Administrative Require-
ments) and A–122 (Cost Principles for Non-profit Organi-
zations), including the restrictions on compensation for per-
sonal services.
ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholarship
Program as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign Rela-
tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22
U.S.C. 2452), all interest and earnings accruing to the
Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before September 30,
1999, to remain available until expended.
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INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS
For expenses necessary to enable the United States In-
formation Agency, as authorized by the United States Infor-
mation and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, as amend-
ed, the United States International Broadcasting Act of
1994, as amended, and Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977,
to carry out international communication activities,
$332,915,000, of which not to exceed $16,000 may be used
for official receptions within the United States as author-
ized by section 804(3) of such Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C.
1747(3)), not to exceed $35,000 may be used for representa-
tion abroad as authorized by section 302 of such Act of 1948
(22 U.S.C. 1452) and section 905 of the Foreign Service
Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085), and not to exceed $39,000
may be used for official reception and representation ex-
penses of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; and in addi-
tion, notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to
exceed $2,000,000 in receipts from advertising and revenue
from business ventures, not to exceed $500,000 in receipts
from cooperating international organizations, and not to
exceed $1,000,000 in receipts from privatization efforts of
the Voice of America and the International Broadcasting
Bureau, to remain available until expended for carrying
out authorized purposes.
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Provided, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall
be used to pay any salary, or enter into any contract pro-
viding for the payment thereof, in excess of the rate author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 5376.
NORTH/SOUTH CENTER
To enable the Director of the United States Informa-
tion Agency to provide for carrying out the provisions of
the North/South Center Act of 1991 (22 U.S.C. 2075), by
grant to an educational institution in Florida known as
the North/South Center, $3,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY
For grants made by the United States Information
Agency to the National Endowment for Democracy as au-
thorized by the National Endowment for Democracy Act,
$30,500,000, to remain available until expended.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND
RELATED AGENCIES
SEC. 401. Funds appropriated under this title shall
be available, except as otherwise provided, for allowances
and differentials as authorized by subchapter 59 of title 5,
United States Code; for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109; and hire of passenger transportation pursuant to 31
U.S.C. 1343(b).
SEC. 402. Not to exceed 10 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De-
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partment of State in this Act may be transferred between
such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as
otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more
than 20 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That not
to exceed 10 percent of any appropriation made available
for the current fiscal year for the United States Information
Agency in this Act may be transferred between such appro-
priations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise
specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 20
percent by any such transfers: Provided further, That any
transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a re-
programming of funds under section 605 of this Act and
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
SEC. 403. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used by the Department of State or the United
States Information Agency to provide equipment, technical
support, training, consulting services, or any other form of
assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation or
similar organization.
SEC. 404. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be obligated or expended
to pay for any cost incurred for—
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(1) opening or operating any United States dip-
lomatic or consular post in the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam that was not operating on July 11, 1995,
(2) expanding any United States diplomatic or
consular post in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
that was operating on July 11, 1995, or
(3) increasing the total number of personnel as-
signed to United States diplomatic or consular posts
in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam above the levels
existing on July 11, 1995,
unless the President certifies within 60 days the following:
(A) Based upon all information available to the
United States Government, the Government of the So-
cialist Republic of Vietnam is fully cooperating in
good faith with the United States in the following:
(i) 
Resolving 
discrepancy 
cases, 
live
sightings, and field activities.
(ii) Recovering and repatriating American
remains.
(iii) Accelerating efforts to provide docu-
ments that will help lead to fullest possible ac-
counting of prisoners of war and missing in ac-
tion.
(iv) Providing further assistance in imple-
menting trilateral investigations with Laos.
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(B) The remains, artifacts, eyewitness accounts,
archival material, and other evidence associated with
prisoners of war and missing in action recovered
from crash sites, military actions, and other locations
in Southeast Asia are being thoroughly analyzed by
the appropriate laboratories with the intent of provid-
ing surviving relatives with scientifically defensible,
legal determinations of death or other accountability
that are fully documented and available in unclassi-
fied and unredacted form to immediate family mem-
bers.
SEC. 405. During the current fiscal year and hereafter,
the Secretary of State shall have discretionary authority to
pay tort claims in the manner authorized by section 2672
of title 28, United States Code, when such claims arise in
foreign countries in connection with the overseas operations
of the Department of State.
SEC. 406. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act or any other Act for fiscal year
1999 or any fiscal year thereafter should be expended for
the operation of a United States consulate or diplomatic
facility in Jerusalem unless such consulate or diplomatic
facility is under the supervision of the United States Am-
bassador to Israel.
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SEC. 407. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act or any other Act for fiscal year
1999 or any fiscal year thereafter may be expended for the
publication of any official Government document which
lists countries and their capital cities unless the publication
identifies Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
SEC. 408. For the purposes of the registration of birth,
certification of nationality, or issuance of a passport of a
United States citizen born in the city of Jerusalem, the Sec-
retary of State shall, upon request of the citizen, record the
place of birth as Israel.
SEC. 409. (a) WAIVER
OF
FEES
FOR
CERTAIN
VISAS.—
(1) REQUIREMENT.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law and subject to subpara-
graph (B), the Secretary of State and the Attor-
ney General shall waive the fee for the processing
of any application for the issuance of a machine
readable combined border crossing card and non-
immigrant visa under section 101(a)(15)(B) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act in the case
of any alien under 15 years of age where the ap-
plication for the machine readable combined bor-
der crossing card and nonimmigrant visa is
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made in Mexico by a citizen of Mexico who has
at least one parent or guardian who has a visa
under such section or is applying for a machine
readable combined border crossing card and non-
immigrant visa under such section as well.
(B) DELAYED COMMENCEMENT.—The Sec-
retary of State and the Attorney General may
not commence implementation of the requirement
in subparagraph (A) until the later of—
(i) the date that is 6 months after the
date of enactment of this Act; or
(ii) the date on which the Secretary
sets the amount of the fee or surcharge in
accordance with paragraph (3).
(2) PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF VISAS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), if the fee for a machine read-
able combined border crossing card and non-
immigrant 
visa 
issued 
under 
section
101(a)(15)(B) of the Immigration and National-
ity Act has been waived under paragraph (1) for
a child under 15 years of age, the machine read-
able combined border crossing card and non-
immigrant visa shall be issued to expire on the
earlier of—
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(i) the date on which the child attains
the age of 15; or
(ii) ten years after its date of issue.
(B) EXCEPTION.—At the request of the par-
ent or guardian of any alien under 15 years of
age otherwise covered by subparagraph (A), the
Secretary of State and the Attorney General may
charge a fee for the processing of an application
for the issuance of a machine readable combined
border crossing card and nonimmigrant visa
under section 101(a)(15)(B) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act provided that the machine
readable combined border crossing card and non-
immigrant visa is issued to expire as of the same
date as is usually provided for visas issued
under that section.
(3) RECOUPMENT OF COSTS RESULTING FROM
WAIVER.—Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary of State shall set the amount of the
fee or surcharge authorized pursuant to section 140(a)
of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal
Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103–236; 8 U.S.C.
1351 note) for the processing of machine readable
combined border crossing cards and nonimmigrant
visas at a level that will ensure the full recovery by
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the Department of State of the costs of processing all
such combined border crossing cards and non-
immigrant visas, including the costs of processing
such combined border crossing cards and non-
immigrant visas for which the fee is waived pursuant
to this subsection.
(b) PROCESSING IN MEXICAN BORDER CITIES.—The
Secretary of State shall continue, until at least October 1,
2003, or until all border crossing identification cards in
circulation have otherwise been required to be replaced
under section 104(b)(3) of the Illegal Immigration Reform
and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (as added by
section 116(b)(2) of this Act), to process applications for
visas under section 101(a)(15)(B) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act at the following cities in Mexico located
near the international border with the United States:
Nogales, Nuevo Laredo, Ciudad Acuna, Piedras Negras,
Agua Prieta, and Reynosa.
SEC. 410. (a) The purpose of this section is to protect
the national security interests of the United States while
studying the appropriate level of resources to improve the
issuance of visas to legitimate foreign travelers.
(b) Congress recognizes the importance of maintaining
quality service by consular officers in the processing of ap-
plications for nonimmigrant visas and finds that this re-
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quirement should be reflected in any timeliness standards
or other regulations governing the issuance of visas.
(c) The Secretary of State shall conduct a study to de-
termine, with respect to the processing of nonimmigrant
visas within the Department of State—
(1) the adequacy of staffing at United States
consular posts, particularly during peak travel peri-
ods;
(2) the adequacy of service to international tour-
ism;
(3) the adequacy of computer and technical sup-
port to consular posts; and
(4) the appropriate standard to determine
whether a country qualifies as a pilot program coun-
try under the visa waiver pilot program in section
217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1187).
(d)(1) Not later than 120 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a re-
port to Congress setting forth—
(A) the results of the study conducted under sub-
section (c); and
(B) the steps the Secretary has taken to imple-
ment timeliness standards.
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(2) Beginning one year after the date of submission
of the report required by paragraph (1), and annually
thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to
Congress describing the implementation of timeliness stand-
ards during the preceding year.
(e) In this section—
(1) the term ‘‘nonimmigrant visas’’ means visas
issued to aliens described in section 101(a)(15) of the
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)); and
(2) the term ‘‘timeliness standards’’ means
standards governing the timely processing of applica-
tions for nonimmigrant visas at United States con-
sular posts.
SEC. 411. Before any additional disbursement of funds
may be made pursuant to the sixth proviso under the head-
ing ‘‘CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS’’
in title IV of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and
State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 1998 (as contained in Public Law 105–119)—
(1) the Secretary of State shall, in lieu of the
certification required under such sixth proviso, sub-
mit a certification to the committees described in
paragraph (2) that the United Nations has taken no
action during the preceding six months to increase
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funding for any United Nations program without
identifying an offsetting decrease during the 6-month
period elsewhere in the United Nations budget and
cause the United Nations to exceed the reform budget
of $2,533,000,000 for the biennium 1998–1999; and
(2) the certification under paragraph (1) is sub-
mitted to the Committees on Appropriations and For-
eign Relations of the Senate and the Committees on
Appropriations and International Relations of the
House of Representatives at least 15 days in advance
of any disbursement of funds.
SEC. 412. BAN ON EXTRADITION OR TRANSFER OF
UNITED STATES CITIZENS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMI-
NAL COURT. (a) EXTRADITION.—None of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available by this or any other
Act may be used to extradite a United States citizen to a
foreign nation that is under an obligation to surrender per-
sons to the International Criminal Court unless that foreign
nation confirms to the United States that applicable prohi-
bitions on re-extradition apply to such surrender, or gives
other satisfactory assurances to the United States that it
will not extradite or otherwise transfer that citizen to the
International Criminal Court.
(b) CONSENT.—None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this or any other Act may be used
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to provide consent to the extradition or transfer of a United
States citizen by a foreign country that is under an obliga-
tion to surrender persons to the International Criminal
Court to a third country, unless the third country confirms
to the United States that applicable prohibitions on re-ex-
tradition apply to such surrender, or gives other satisfac-
tory assurances to the United States that it will not extra-
dite or otherwise transfer that citizen to the International
Criminal Court.
(c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term
‘‘International Criminal Court’’ means the court estab-
lished by agreement concluded in Rome on July 17, 1998.
SEC. 413. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act (including
prior appropriations) may be used for—
(1) the payment of any representation in, or any
contribution to (including any assessed contribution),
or provision of funds, services, equipment, personnel,
or other support to, the International Criminal Court
established by agreement concluded in Rome on July
17, 1998, or
(2) the United States proportionate share of any
assessed contribution to the United Nations or any
other international organization that is used to pro-
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vide support to the International Criminal Court de-
scribed in paragraph (1),
unless the Senate has given its advice and consent to ratifi-
cation of the agreement as a treaty under Article II, Section
2, Clause 2 of the Constitution of the United States.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of State
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999’’.
TITLE V—RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION
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, $97,650,000, to remain available until
expended.
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $69,818,000: 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: Provided further,
That, of this amount, $1,400,000 shall be available for Stu-
dent Incentive Payments.
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MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by the
Merchant Marine Act, 1936, $10,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That such costs, including
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.
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,
$8,900,000: 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.
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COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Security
and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public Law
94–304, $1,159,000, to remain available until expended as
authorized by section 3 of Public Law 99–7.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment Op-
portunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (29 U.S.C. 206(d)
and 621–634), the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990,
and the Civil Rights Act of 1991, including services as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles
as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); non-monetary awards
to private citizens; and not to exceed $27,500,000 for pay-
ments to State and local enforcement agencies for services
to the Commission pursuant to title VII of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964, as amended, sections 6 and 14 of the Age Dis-
crimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Dis-
abilities Act of 1990, and the Civil Rights Act of 1991;
$253,580,000: Provided, That the Commission is authorized
to make available for official reception and representation
expenses not to exceed $2,500 from available funds.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Communications
Commission, as authorized by law, including uniforms and
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–02; not
to exceed $600,000 for land and structure; not to exceed
$500,000 for improvement and care of grounds and repair
to buildings; not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and
representation expenses; purchase (not to exceed 16) and
hire of motor vehicles; special counsel fees; and services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $197,921,000, of which not
to exceed $300,000 shall remain available until September
30, 1999, for research and policy studies: Provided, That
$172,523,000 of offsetting collections shall be assessed and
collected pursuant to section 9 of title I of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934, as amended, and shall be retained and
used for necessary expenses in this appropriation, and shall
remain available until expended: Provided further, That the
sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as such offsetting
collections are received during fiscal year 1999 so as to re-
sult in a final fiscal year 1999 appropriation estimated at
$25,398,000: Provided further, That any offsetting collec-
tions received in excess of $172,523,000 in fiscal year 1999
shall remain available until expended, but shall not be
available for obligation until October 1, 1999: Provided fur-
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ther, That any two stations that are primary affiliates of
the same broadcast network within any given designated
market area authorized to deliver a digital signal by No-
vember 1, 1998 must be guaranteed access on the same
terms and conditions by any multichannel video provider
(including off-air, cable and satellite distribution).
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Com-
mission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant
Marine Act of 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. App. 1111, in-
cluding services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b);
and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 5901–02; $14,300,000: Provided, That not to exceed
$2,000 shall be available for official reception and represen-
tation expenses.
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commis-
sion, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to
exceed $2,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; $93,167,000: Provided, That not to exceed $300,000
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shall be available for use to contract with a person or per-
sons for collection services in accordance with the terms of
31 U.S.C. 3718, as amended: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed
$90,000,000 of offsetting collections derived from fees col-
lected for premerger 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 1999,
so as to result in a final fiscal year 1999 appropriation
from the General Fund estimated at not more than
$3,167,000: Provided further, That the fourth proviso under
the heading ‘‘Federal Trade Commission, Salaries and Ex-
penses’’ in Public Law 105–119 is repealed: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds made available to the Federal
Trade Commission shall be available for obligation for ex-
penses authorized by section 151 of the Federal Deposit In-
surance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 (Public Law
102–242, 105 Stat. 2282–2285).
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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to
carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation
Act of 1974, as amended, $300,000,000, of which
$288,700,000 is for basic field programs and required inde-
pendent audits; $300,000 is for grants for litigation associ-
ated with Aguilar v. United States; $2,015,000 is for the
Office of Inspector General, of which such amounts as may
be necessary may be used to conduct additional audits of
recipients; and $8,985,000 is for management and adminis-
tration.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—LEGAL SERVICES
CORPORATION
SEC. 501. (a) CONTINUATION OF COMPETITIVE SELEC-
TION PROCESS.—None of the funds appropriated in this Act
to the Legal Services Corporation may be used to provide
financial assistance to any person or entity except through
a competitive selection process conducted in accordance
with regulations promulgated by the Corporation in accord-
ance with the criteria set forth in subsections (c), (d), and
(e) of section 503 of Public Law 104–134 (110 Stat. 1321–
52 et seq.).
(b) INAPPLICABILITY
OF CERTAIN PROCEDURES.—
Sections 1007(a)(9) and 1011 of the Legal Services Cor-
poration Act (42 U.S.C. 2996f(a)(9) and 2996j) shall not
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apply to the provision, denial, suspension, or termination
of any financial assistance using funds appropriated in
this Act.
(c) ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES.—If, during any term
of a grant or contract awarded to a recipient by the Legal
Services Corporation under the competitive selection process
referred to in subsection (a) and applicable Corporation
regulations, the Corporation finds, after notice and oppor-
tunity for the recipient to be heard, that the recipient has
failed to comply with any requirement of the Legal Services
Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996 et seq.), this Act, or any
other applicable law relating to funding for the Corpora-
tion, the Corporation may terminate the grant or contract
and institute a new competitive selection process for the
area served by the recipient, notwithstanding the terms of
the recipient’s grant or contract.
SEC. 502. (a) CONTINUATION OF REQUIREMENTS AND
RESTRICTIONS.—None of the funds appropriated in this
Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for
any purpose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any
of the provisions of—
(1) sections 501, 502, 505, 506, and 507 of Pub-
lic Law 104–134 (110 Stat. 1321–51 et seq.), and all
funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal Services
Corporation shall be subject to the same terms and
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conditions as set forth in such sections, except that all
references in such sections to 1995 and 1996 shall be
deemed to refer instead to 1998 and 1999, respec-
tively; and
(2) section 504 of Public Law 104–134 (110
Stat. 1321–53 et seq.), and all funds appropriated in
this Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be
subject to the same terms and conditions set forth in
such section, except that—
(A) subsection (c) of such section 504 shall
not apply;
(B) paragraph (3) of section 508(b) of Pub-
lic Law 104–134 (110 Stat. 1321–58) shall
apply with respect to the requirements of sub-
section (a)(13) of such section 504, except that
all references in such section 508(b) to the date
of enactment shall be deemed to refer to April 26,
1996; and
(C) subsection (a)(11) of such section 504
shall not be construed to prohibit a recipient
from using funds derived from a source other
than the Corporation to provide related legal as-
sistance to—
(i) an alien who has been battered or
subjected to extreme cruelty in the United
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States by a spouse or a parent, or by a
member of the spouse’s or parent’s family
residing in the same household as the alien
and the spouse or parent consented or ac-
quiesced to such battery or cruelty; or
(ii) an alien whose child has been bat-
tered or subjected to extreme cruelty in the
United States by a spouse or parent of the
alien (without the active participation of
the alien in the battery or extreme cruelty),
or by a member of the spouse’s or parent’s
family residing in the same household as
the alien and the spouse or parent consented
or acquiesced to such battery or cruelty, and
the alien did not actively participate in
such battery or cruelty.
(b) 
DEFINITIONS.—For 
purposes 
of 
subsection
(a)(2)(C):
(1) The term ‘‘battered or subjected to extreme
cruelty’’ has the meaning given such term under regu-
lations issued pursuant to subtitle G of the Violence
Against Women Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322;
108 Stat. 1953).
(2) The term ‘‘related legal assistance’’ means
legal assistance directly related to the prevention of,
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or obtaining of relief from, the battery or cruelty de-
scribed in such subsection.
SEC. 503. (a) CONTINUATION OF AUDIT REQUIRE-
MENTS.—The requirements of section 509 of Public Law
104–134 (110 Stat. 1321–58 et seq.), other than subsection
(l) of such section, shall apply during the current fiscal
year.
(b) REQUIREMENT OF ANNUAL AUDIT.—An annual
audit of each person or entity receiving financial assistance
from the Legal Services Corporation under this Act shall
be conducted during the current fiscal year in accordance
with the requirements referred to in subsection (a).
SEC. 504. (a) DEBARMENT.—The Legal Services Cor-
poration may debar a recipient, on a showing of good cause,
from receiving an additional award of financial assistance
from the Corporation. Any such action to debar a recipient
shall be instituted after the Corporation provides notice and
an opportunity for a hearing to the recipient.
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Legal Services Corporation
shall promulgate regulations to implement this section.
(c) GOOD CAUSE.—In this section, the term ‘‘good
cause’’, used with respect to debarment, includes—
(1) prior termination of the financial assistance
of the recipient, under part 1640 of title 45, Code of
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Federal Regulations (or any similar corresponding
regulation or ruling);
(2) prior termination in whole, under part 1606
of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations (or any simi-
lar corresponding regulation or ruling), of the most
recent financial assistance received by the recipient,
prior to date of the debarment decision;
(3) substantial violation by the recipient of the
statutory or regulatory restrictions that prohibit re-
cipients from using financial assistance made avail-
able by the Legal Services Corporation or other finan-
cial assistance for purposes prohibited under the
Legal Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996 et
seq.) or for involvement in any activity prohibited by,
or inconsistent with, section 504 of Public Law 104–
134 (110 Stat. 1321–53 et seq.), section 502(a)(2) of
Public Law 104–208 (110 Stat. 3009–59 et seq.), or
section 502(a)(2) of this Act;
(4) knowing entry by the recipient into a
subgrant, subcontract, or other agreement with an en-
tity that had been debarred by the Corporation; or
(5) the filing of a lawsuit by the recipient, on be-
half of the recipient, as part of any program receiving
any Federal funds, naming the Corporation, or any
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agency or employee of a Federal, State, or local gov-
ernment, as a defendant.
MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com-
mission as authorized by title II of Public Law 92–522,
as amended, $1,240,000.
COMMISSION ON OCEAN POLICY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For the necessary expenses of the Commission on
Ocean Policy, pursuant to S. 1213 as passed by the Senate
in November 1996, $3,500,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That the Commission shall present to
the Congress with 18 months its recommendations for a na-
tional ocean policy.
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, the rental of space (to include multiple year leases)
in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and not to exceed
$3,000 for official reception and representation expenses,
$341,098,000, of which not to exceed $10,000 may be used
toward funding a permanent secretariat for the Inter-
national Organization of Securities Commissions, and of
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which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for expenses
for consultations and meetings hosted by the Commission
with foreign governmental and other regulatory officials,
members of their delegations, appropriate representatives
and staff to exchange views concerning developments relat-
ing to securities matters, development and implementation
of cooperation agreements concerning securities matters and
provision of technical assistance for the development of for-
eign securities markets, such expenses to include necessary
logistic and administrative expenses and the expenses of
Commission staff and foreign invitees in attendance at such
consultations and meetings including: (1) such incidental
expenses as meals taken in the course of such attendance,
(2) any travel and transportation to or from such meetings,
and (3) any other related lodging or subsistance: Provided,
That fees and charges authorized by sections 6(b)(4) of the
Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77f(b)(4)) and 31(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee(d))
and collected in fiscal year 1999 shall be credited to this
account as offsetting collections: Provided further, That not
to exceed $341,098,000 of such offsetting collections shall be
available until expended for necessary expenses of this ac-
count: Provided further, That the total amount appro-
priated from the General Fund for fiscal year 1999 under
this heading shall be reduced as all such offsetting fees are
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deposited to this appropriation so as to result in no fiscal
year 1999 appropriation from the General Fund.
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of
the Small Business Administration as authorized by Public
Law 103–403, including hire of passenger motor vehicles
as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344, and not to ex-
ceed $3,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $265,000,000: Provided, That the Administrator is
authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of publications
developed by the Small Business Administration, and cer-
tain loan servicing activities: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues received from all
such activities shall be credited to this account, to be avail-
able for carrying out these purposes without further appro-
priations: Provided further, That $85,000,000 shall be
available to fund grants for performance in fiscal year 1999
or fiscal year 2000 as authorized by section 21 of the Small
Business Act, as amended.
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 (5 U.S.C. App. 1–11, as amended
by Public Law 100–504), $10,500,000.
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BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans, $3,816,000, and the cost
of guaranteed loans, $143,000,000, as authorized by 15
U.S.C. 631 note: Provided, That such costs, including the
cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds previously made available under
Public Law 105–135, section 507(g), for the Delta Loan
program, up to $20,000,000 may be transferred to and
merged with the appropriations for salaries and expenses:
Provided further, That during fiscal year 1999, commit-
ments to guarantee loans under section 503 of the Small
Business Investment Act of 1958, as amended, shall not ex-
ceed the amount of financings authorized under section
20(d)(1)(B)(ii) of the Small Business Act, as amended: Pro-
vided further, That during fiscal year 1999, commitments
for general business loans authorized under section 7(a) of
the Small Business Act, as amended, shall not exceed
$10,000,000,000 without prior notification of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
Senate in accordance with section 605 of this Act.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $94,000,000,
which may be transferred to and merged with the appro-
priations for Salaries and Expenses.
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DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct
loan program, $94,000,000, including not to exceed
$500,000 for the Office of Inspector General of the Small
Business Administration for audits and reviews of disaster
loans and the disaster loan program, and said sums shall
be transferred to and merged with appropriations for the
Office of Inspector General.
SURETY BOND GUARANTEES REVOLVING FUND
For additional capital for the ‘‘Surety Bond Guaran-
tees Revolving Fund’’, authorized by the Small Business In-
vestment Act, as amended, $3,300,000, to remain available
without fiscal year limitation as authorized by 15 U.S.C.
631 note.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—SMALL BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made
available for the current fiscal year for the Small Business
Administration in this Act may be transferred between such
appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be in-
creased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Pro-
vided, That any transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall
be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 605
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex-
penditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth
in that section.
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STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute,
as authorized by the State Justice Institute Authorization
Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–572 (106 Stat. 4515–4516)),
$6,850,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official re-
ception and representation expenses.
TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 601. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes
not authorized by the Congress.
SEC. 602. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation under
this Act for any consulting service through procurement
contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to
those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of pub-
lic record and available for public inspection, except where
otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing
Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 604. If any provision of this Act or the applica-
tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall
be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica-