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tions peacekeeping mission unless, at least fifteen days in
advance of voting for the new or expanded mission in the
United Nations Security Council (or in an emergency, as
far in advance as is practicable), (1) the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate and other appropriate Committees of the Congress
are notified of the estimated cost and length of the mis-
sion, the vital national interest that will be served, and
the planned exit strategy; and (2) a reprogramming of
funds pursuant to section 605 of this Act is submitted,
and the procedures therein followed, setting forth the
source of funds that will be used to pay for the cost of
the new or expanded mission: Provided further, That funds
shall be available for peacekeeping expenses only upon a
certification by the Secretary of State to the appropriate
committees of the Congress that American manufacturers
and suppliers are being given opportunities to provide
equipment, services, and material for United Nations
peacekeeping activities equal to those being given to for-
eign manufacturers and suppliers.
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AND CONTINGENCIES
For necessary expenses authorized by section 5 of the
State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, in addi-
tion to funds otherwise available for these purposes, con-
tributions for the United States share of general expenses
of international organizations and conferences and rep-
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resentation to such organizations and conferences, as pro-
vided for by 22 U.S.C. 2656 and 2672, and personal serv-
ices notwithstanding 5 U.S.C. 5102, $1,500,000, to re-
main available until expended as authorized by 22 U.S.C.
2696(c), of which not to exceed $200,000 may be ex-
pended for representation as authorized by 22 U.S.C.
4085: Provided, That these funds shall be available for
obligation or expenditure only after submission of a plan
for the expenditure of these funds in accordance with the
procedures set forth in section 605 of this Act.
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.
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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 De-
partment 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 Can-
ada or Great Britain, and for the Border Environment
Cooperation Commission as authorized by Public Law
103–182; $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
commissions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by
law, $14,490,000: Provided, That the United States’ share
of such expenses may be advanced to the respective com-
missions, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3324.
OTHER
PAYMENT TO THE ASIA FOUNDATION
For a grant to the Asia Foundation, as authorized
by section 501 of Public Law 101–246, $8,000,000, to
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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)).
RELATED AGENCIES
ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY
ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT ACTIVITIES
For necessary expenses not otherwise provided, for
arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament activi-
ties, $41,500,000, of which not to exceed $50,000 shall
be for official reception and representation expenses as au-
thorized 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 au-
thorized by the Mutual Educational and Cultural Ex-
change 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 Plan No. 2 of 1977 (91 Stat. 1636), to
carry out international communication, educational and
cultural activities; and to carry out related activities au-
thorized by law, including employment, without regard to
civil service and classification laws, of persons on a tem-
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porary basis (not to exceed $700,000 of this appropria-
tion), as authorized by section 801 of such Act of 1948
(22 U.S.C. 1471), and entertainment, including official re-
ceptions, 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)); $430,597,000: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed $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): Provided further, That not to
exceed $6,000,000, to remain available until expended,
may be credited to this appropriation from fees or other
payments received from or in connection with English
teaching, library, motion pictures, educational advising
and counseling, exchange visitor program services, and
publication programs as authorized by section 810 of such
Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1475e): Provided further, That
not to exceed $920,000 to remain available until expended
may be used to carry out projects involving security con-
struction and related improvements for agency facilities
not physically located together with Department of State
facilities abroad.
TECHNOLOGY FUND
For expenses necessary to enable the United States
Information Agency to provide for the procurement of in-
formation technology improvements, as authorized by the
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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
amended (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.), and Reorganization
Plan No. 2 of 1977 (91 Stat. 1636), $5,050,000, to re-
main available until expended.
EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
For expenses of educational and cultural exchange
programs, as authorized by the Mutual Educational and
Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C.
2451 et seq.), and Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977 (91
Stat. 1636), $193,731,000, to remain available until ex-
pended 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
appropriation from fees or other payments received from
or in connection with English teaching and publication
programs and educational advising and counseling as au-
thorized by section 810 of the United States Information
and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C.
1475e).
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
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U.S.C. 5204–5205), all interest and earnings accruing to
the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust
Fund on or before September 30, 1998, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
propriated herein shall be used to pay any salary or other
compensation, or to enter into any contract providing for
the payment thereof, in excess of the rate authorized by
5 U.S.C. 5376; or for purposes which are not in accord-
ance with OMB Circulars A–110 (Uniform Administrative
Requirements) and A–122 (Cost Principles for Non-profit
Organizations), including the restrictions on compensation
for personal services.
ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholar-
ship Program as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign
Relations 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, 1998, to remain available until expended.
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS
For expenses necessary to enable the United States
Information Agency, as authorized by the United States
Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, as
amended, the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, as amend-
ed, the Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act, the United
States International Broadcasting Act of 1994, as amend-
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ed, and Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977, to carry out
international communication activities, including the pur-
chase, installation, rent, construction, and improvement of
facilities and equipment for radio and television trans-
mission and reception to Cuba, $391,550,000, of which
$30,000,000 shall remain available until expended, not to
exceed $16,000 may be used for official receptions within
the United States as authorized by section 804(3) of such
Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1747(3)), not to exceed $35,000
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), and not to exceed $39,000 may be used for official
reception and representation expenses of Radio Free Eu-
rope/Radio Liberty; and in addition, 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 Bu-
reau, as authorized by section 810 of such Act of 1948
(22 U.S.C. 1475e), to remain available until expended for
carrying out authorized purposes: Provided, That no funds
shall be used for television broadcasting to Cuba after Oc-
tober 1, 1997, if the President certifies that continued
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funding is not in the national interest of the United
States.
RADIO CONSTRUCTION
For the purchase, rent, construction, and improve-
ment of facilities for radio transmission and reception, and
purchase and installation of necessary equipment for radio
and television transmission and reception as authorized by
section 801 of the United States Information and Edu-
cational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1471),
$40,000,000, to remain available until expended, as au-
thorized by section 704(a) of such Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C.
1477b(a)).
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 Democacy Act,
$30,000,000, 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 5
U.S.C.; for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and
hire of passenger transportation pursuant to 31 U.S.C.
1343(b).
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SEC. 402. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De-
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 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That not
to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available
for the current fiscal year for the United States Informa-
tion Agency in this Act may be transferred between such
appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as oth-
erwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more
than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided further,
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 expenditure
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that
section.
SEC. 403. (1) For purposes of implementing the
International Cooperative Administrative Support Services
program in fiscal year 1998, the amounts referred to in
paragraph (2) shall be transferred in accordance with the
provisions of section 404.
(2) Paragraph (1) applies to amounts made available
by title IV of this Act under the heading ‘‘ADMINISTRA-
TION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS’’ as follows:
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(A) $108,932,000 of the amount made available
under the paragraph ‘‘DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR
PROGRAMS’’.
(B) $3,530,000 of the amount made available
under the paragraph ‘‘SECURITY AND MAINTENANCE
OF U.S. MISSIONS’’.
SEC. 404. Funds transferred pursuant to section 403
shall be transferred to the specified appropriation, allo-
cated to the specified account or accounts in the specified
amount, be merged with funds in such account or accounts
that are available for administrative support expenses of
overseas activities, and be available for the same purposes,
and subject to the same terms and conditions, as the funds
with which merged, as follows:
(1) Appropriations for the Legislative Branch—
(A) for the Library of Congress, for sala-
ries and expenses, $500,000; and
(B) for the General Accounting Office, for
salaries and expenses, $12,000.
(2) Appropriations for the Office of the United
States Trade Representative, for salaries and ex-
penses, $302,000.
(3) Appropriations for the Department of Com-
merce, for the International Trade Administration,
for operations and administration, $7,055,000;
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(4) Appropriations for the Department of Jus-
tice—
(A) for legal activities—
(i) for general legal activities, for sala-
ries and expenses, $194,000; and
(ii) for the United States Marshals
Service, for salaries and expenses, $2,000;
(B) for the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion, for salaries and expenses, $2,477,000;
(C) for the Drug Enforcement Administra-
tion, for salaries and expenses, $6,356,000; and
(D) for the Immigration and Naturaliza-
tion 
Service, 
for 
salaries 
and 
expenses,
$1,313,000.
(5) Appropriations for the United States Infor-
mation Agency, for international information pro-
grams, $25,047,000.
(6) Appropriations for the Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency, for arms control and disar-
mament activities, $1,247,000.
(7) Appropriations to the President—
(A) for the Foreign Military Financing
Program, for administrative costs, $6,660,000;
(B) for the Economic Support Fund,
$336,000;
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(C) for the Agency for International Devel-
opment—
(i) 
for 
operating 
expenses,
$6,008,000;
(ii) for the Urban and Environmental
Credit Program, $54,000;
(iii) for the Development Assistance
Fund, $124,000;
(iv) for the Development Fund for Af-
rica, $526,000;
(v) for assistance for the new inde-
pendent states of the former Soviet Union,
$818,000;
(vi) for assistance for Eastern Europe
and the Baltic States, $283,000; and
(vii) for international disaster assist-
ance, $306,000;
(D) for the Peace Corps, $3,672,000; and
(E) for the Department of State—
(i) for international narcotics control
$1,117,000; and
(ii) for migration and refugee assist-
ance, $394,000.
(8) Appropriations for the Department of De-
fense—
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(A) for operation and maintenance—
(i) for operation and maintenance,
Army, $4,394,000;
(ii) for operation and maintenance,
Navy, $1,824,000;
(iii) for operation and maintenance,
Air Force, $1,603,000; and
(iv) for operation and maintenance,
Defense-Wide, $21,993,000; and
(B) for procurement, for other procure-
ment, Air Force, $4,211,000.
(9) Appropriations for the American Battle
Monuments Commission, for salaries and expenses,
$210,000.
(10) Appropriations for the Department of Ag-
riculture—
(A) for the Animal and Plant Health In-
spection Service, for salaries and expenses,
$932,000;
(B) for the Foreign Agricultural Service
and General Sales Manager, $4,521,000; and
(C) for the Agricultural Research Service,
$16,000.
(11) Appropriations for the Department of
Treasury—
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(A) for the United States Customs Service,
for salaries and expenses, $2,002,000;
(B) for departmental offices, for salaries
and expenses, $804,000;
(C) for the Internal Revenue Service, for
tax law enforcement, $662,000;
(D) for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
and Firearms, for salaries and expenses,
$17,000;
(E) for the United States Secret Service,
for salaries and expenses, $617,000; and
(F) for the Comptroller of the Currency,
for assessment funds, $29,000.
(12) Appropriations for the Department of
Transportation—
(A) for the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion, for operations, $1,594,000; and
(B) for the Coast Guard, for operating ex-
penses, $65,000.
(13) Appropriations for the Department of
Labor, for departmental management, for salaries
and expenses, $58,000.
(14) Appropriations for the Department of
Health and Human Services—
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(A) for the National Institutes of Health,
for the National Cancer Institute, $42,000;
(B) for the Office of the Secretary, for
general departmental management, $71,000;
(C) for the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, for disease control, research,
and training, $522,000; and
(15) Appropriations for the Social Security Ad-
ministration, for administrative expenses, $370,000.
(16) Appropriations for the Department of the
Interior—
(A) for the United States Fish and Wild-
life Service, for resource management, $12,000;
(B) for the United States Geological Sur-
vey, for surveys, investigations, and research,
$80,000; and
(C) for the Bureau of Reclamation, for
water and related resources, $101,000.
(17) Appropriations for the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs, for departmental administration, for
general operating expenses, $453,000.
(18) Appropriations for the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration, for mission sup-
port, $183,000.
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needs of the United States, $35,500,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $65,000,000: Provided, That re-
imbursements may be made to this appropriation from re-
ceipts to the ‘‘Federal Ship Financing Fund’’ for adminis-
trative expenses in support of that program in addition
to any amount heretofore appropriated.
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by
the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, $35,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That such costs, in-
cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are
available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of
which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $1,000,000,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the guaranteed loan program, not to exceed $3,450,000,
which shall be transferred to and merged with the appro-
priation for Operations and Training.
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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 Govern-
ment property under control of the Maritime Administra-
tion, and payments received therefor shall be credited to
the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: Provided,
That rental payments under any such lease, contract, or
occupancy 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
fiscal year from the construction fund established by the
Merchant Marine Act, 1936, or otherwise, in excess of the
appropriations and limitations contained in this Act or in
any prior appropriation Act, and all receipts which other-
wise would be deposited to the credit of said fund shall
be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
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COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S
HERITAGE ABROAD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses for the Commission for the Preservation
of America’s Heritage Abroad, $250,000, as authorized by
Public Law 99–83, section 1303.
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil
Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles,
$8,740,000: Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 may
be used to employ consultants: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be
used to employ in excess of four full-time individuals under
Schedule C of the Excepted Service exclusive of one special
assistant 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.
COMMISSION ON IMMIGRATION REFORM
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Immi-
gration Reform pursuant to section 141(f) of the Immi-
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gration Act of 1990, $496,000, to remain available until
expended.
COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN
EUROPE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Secu-
rity and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public
Law 94–304, $1,090,000, to remain available until ex-
pended as authorized by section 3 of Public Law 99–7.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment
Opportunity 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 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor
vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); non-mone-
tary awards to private citizens; and not to exceed
$27,500,000 for payments 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 Discrimination in Employment Act,
the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Civil
Rights Act of 1991; $239,740,000: Provided, That the
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Commission is authorized to make available for official re-
ception and representation expenses not to exceed $2,500
from available funds.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Communica-
tions Commission, as authorized by law, including uni-
forms 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 coun-
sel fees; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109;
$187,079,000, of which not to exceed $300,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 1999, for research and
policy studies: Provided, That $152,523,000 of offsetting
collections shall be assessed and collected pursuant to sec-
tion 9 of title I of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, and 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 shall be reduced as such offsetting collections
are received during fiscal year 1998 so as to result in a
final fiscal year 1998 appropriation estimated at
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$34,556,000: Provided further, That any offsetting collec-
tions received in excess of $152,523,000 in fiscal year
1998 shall remain available until expended, but shall not
be available for obligation until October 1, 1998.
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime
Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Mer-
chant Marine Act of 1936, as amended (46 App. U.S.C.
1111), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109;
hire of passenger 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; $13,500,000: Provided,
That not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for official
reception and representation expenses.
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Com-
mission, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as au-
thorized 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 representa-
tion expenses; $95,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed
$300,000 shall be available for use to contract with a per-
son or persons for collection services in accordance with
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the terms of 31 U.S.C. 3718, as amended: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not
to exceed $70,000,000 of offsetting collections derived
from fees collected 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 nec-
essary expenses in this appropriation, and shall remain
available until expended: Provided further, That the sum
herein appropriated from the General Fund shall be re-
duced as such offsetting collections are received during fis-
cal year 1998, so as to result in a final fiscal year 1998
appropriation from the General Fund estimated at not
more than $25,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That any fees received in excess
of $70,000,000 in fiscal year 1998 shall remain available
until expended, but shall not be available for obligation
until October 1, 1998: Provided further, That none of the
funds made available to the Federal Trade Commission
shall be available for obligation for expenses authorized
by section 151 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corpora-
tion 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, $141,000,000, of which
$134,575,000 is for basic field programs and required
independent audits; $1,125,000 is for the Office of Inspec-
tor General, of which such amounts as may be necessary
may be used to conduct additional audits of recipients; and
$5,300,000 is for management and administration.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES
CORPORATION
SEC. 501. (a) CONTINUATION OF COMPETITIVE SE-
LECTION 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 ex-
cept through a competitive selection process conducted in
accordance with regulations promulgated by the Corpora-
tion in accordance 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
apply to the provision, denial, suspension, or termination
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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 proc-
ess referred to in subsection (a) and applicable Corpora-
tion regulations, the Corporation finds, after notice and
opportunity for the recipient to be heard, that the recipi-
ent 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 Corporation, the Corporation may terminate the grant
or contract and institute a new competitive selection proc-
ess 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 ex-
pended for any purpose prohibited or limited by, or con-
trary to any of the provisions of—
(1) sections 501, 502, 505, 506, and 507 of
Public 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 conditions as set forth in such sections,
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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 sub-
section (l) of such section, shall apply during fiscal year
1998.
(b) REQUIREMENT OF ANNUAL AUDIT.—An annual
audit of each person or entity receiving financial assist-
ance from the Legal Services Corporation under this Act
shall be conducted during fiscal year 1998 in accordance
with the requirements referred to in subsection (a).
SEC. 504. (a) DEBARMENT.—The Legal Services
Corporation may debar a recipient, on a showing of good
cause, from receiving an additional award of financial as-
sistance from the Corporation. Any such action to debar
a recipient shall be instituted after the Corporation pro-
vides notice and an opportunity for a hearing to the recipi-
ent.
(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
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of 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
similar corresponding regulation or ruling), of the
most recent financial assistance received by the re-
cipient, 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 fi-
nancial 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
entity that had been debarred by the Corporation; or
(5) the filing of a lawsuit by the recipient, on
behalf of the recipient, as part of any program re-
ceiving any Federal funds, naming the Corporation,
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or any agency or employee of a Federal, State, or
local government, 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, $1,000,000.
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Securities and Ex-
change 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 representa-
tion expenses, $283,000,000, of which not to exceed
$10,000 may be used toward funding a permanent sec-
retariat for the International Organization of Securities
Commissions, and of 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 relating to securities matters, de-
velopment and implementation of cooperation agreements
concerning securities matters and provision of technical
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assistance for the development of foreign securities mar-
kets, such expenses to include necessary logistic and ad-
ministrative expenses and the expenses of Commission
staff and foreign invitees in attendance at such consulta-
tions 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)) shall be credited to this account as offsetting col-
lections: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
not 
to 
exceed
$249,523,000 of such offsetting collections shall be avail-
able until expended for necessary expenses of this account:
Provided further, That the total amount appropriated for
fiscal year 1998 under this heading shall be reduced as
all such offsetting fees are deposited to this appropriation
so as to result in a final total fiscal year 1998 appropria-
tion from the General Fund estimated at not more than
$33,477,000: Provided further, That any such fees col-
lected in excess of $249,523,000 shall remain available
until expended but shall not be available for obligation
until October 1, 1998.
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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 exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $235,047,000: Provided, That the Adminis-
trator is authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of pub-
lications developed by the Administration, and certain loan
servicing activities: Provided further, That, notwithstand-
ing 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues received from all such activi-
ties shall be credited to this account, to be available for
carrying out these purposes without further appropria-
tions: Provided further, That $75,500,000 shall be avail-
able to fund grants for performance in fiscal year 1998
or fiscal year 1999 as authorized by section 21 of the
Small Business Act, as amended.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 1–11,
as amended by Public Law 100–504), $9,490,000.
BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $187,100,000, as
authorized by 15 U.S.C. 631 note, of which $45,000,000
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shall remain available until September 30, 1999: Provided,
That such costs, including the cost of modifying such
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That during
fiscal year 1998, commitments to guarantee loans under
section 503 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958,
as amended, shall not exceed the amount of financings au-
thorized under section 20(n)(2)(B) of the Small Business
Act, as amended.
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.
DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of disaster loans and associated adminis-
trative expenses, $199,100,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That such costs for direct loans, in-
cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974: Provided further, That of the amounts available
under this heading, $500,000 shall be transferred to and
merged with appropriations for the Office of Inspector
General of the Small Business Administration for audits
and reviews of disaster loans and the disaster loan pro-
gram.
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SURETY BOND GUARANTEES REVOLVING FUND
For additional capital for the ‘‘Surety Bond Guaran-
tees Revolving Fund’’, authorized by the Small Business
Investment Act, as amended, $3,500,000, to remain avail-
able 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
increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers:
Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this paragraph
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec-
tion 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.
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)), $3,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for
official reception and representation expenses.
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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 procure-
ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter
of public record and available for public inspection, except
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting 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-
tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other
than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be af-
fected thereby.
SEC. 605. (a) None of the funds provided under this
Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the
agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli-
gation or expenditure in fiscal year 1998, or provided from
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived
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by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded
by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure
through a reprogramming of funds which (1) creates new
programs; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any
project or activity for which funds have been denied or
restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorga-
nizes offices, programs, or activities; or (6) contracts out
or privatizes any functions, or activities presently per-
formed by Federal employees; unless the Appropriations
Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified fif-
teen days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.
(b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or
provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agen-
cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation
or expenditure in fiscal year 1998, or provided from any
accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by
the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by
this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure
for activities, programs, or projects through a reprogram-
ming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less, that (1) augments existing programs, projects,
or activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any
existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-
sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or (3) re-
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sults from any general savings from a reduction in person-
nel which would result in a change in existing programs,
activities, or projects as approved by Congress; unless the
Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress
are notified fifteen days in advance of such reprogram-
ming of funds.
SEC. 606. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used for the construction, repair (other than
emergency repair), overhaul, conversion, or modernization
of vessels for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration in shipyards located outside of the United
States.
SEC. 607. (a) PURCHASE
OF
AMERICAN-MADE
EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equip-
ment and products purchased with funds made available
in this Act should be American-made.
(b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—In providing financial
assistance to, or entering into any contract with, any en-
tity using funds made available in this Act, the head of
each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable,
shall provide to such entity a notice describing the state-
ment made in subsection (a) by the Congress.
(c) PROHIBITION
OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS
FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—
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If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal
agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear-
ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription
with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped
to the United States that is not made in the United
States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con-
tract or subcontract made with funds made available in
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli-
gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 608. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce any
guidelines of the Equal Employment Opportunity Com-
mission covering harassment based on religion, when it is
made known to the Federal entity or official to which such
funds are made available that such guidelines do not differ
in any respect from the proposed guidelines published by
the Commission on October 1, 1993 (58 Fed. Reg.
51266).
SEC. 609. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be obligated or ex-
pended to pay for any cost incurred for (1) opening or
operating any United States diplomatic or consular post
in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam that was not operat-
ing on July 11, 1995; (2) expanding any United States
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diplomatic or consular post in the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam that was operating on July 11, 1995; or (3) in-
creasing the total number of personnel assigned to United
States diplomatic or consular posts in the Socialist Repub-
lic of Vietnam above the levels existing on July 11, 1995,
unless the President certifies within 60 days, based upon
all information available to the United States Government
that the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
is cooperating in full faith with the United States in the
following four areas:
(1) Resolving discrepancy cases, live sightings
and field activities.
(2) Recovering and repatriating American re-
mains.
(3) Accelerating efforts to provide documents
that will help lead to fullest possible accounting of
POW/MIA’s.
(4) Providing further assistance in implement-
ing trilateral investigations with Laos.
SEC. 610. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used for any United Nations undertaking
when it is made known to the Federal official having au-
thority to obligate or expend such funds (1) that the Unit-
ed Nations undertaking is a peacekeeping mission, (2)
that such undertaking will involve United States Armed
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Forces under the command or operational control of a for-
eign national, and (3) that the President’s military advi-
sors have not submitted to the President a recommenda-
tion that such involvement is in the national security inter-
ests of the United States and the President has not sub-
mitted to the Congress such a recommendation.
SEC. 611. None of the funds made available in this
Act shall be used to provide the following amenities or per-
sonal comforts in the Federal prison system—
(1) in-cell television viewing except for prisoners
who are segregated from the general prison popu-
lation for their own safety;
(2) the viewing of R, X, and NC–17 rated mov-
ies, through whatever medium presented;
(3) any instruction (live or through broadcasts)
or training equipment for boxing, wrestling, judo,
karate, or other martial art, or any bodybuilding or
weightlifting equipment of any sort;
(4) possession of in-cell coffee pots, hot plates
or heating elements; or
(5) the use or possession of any electric or elec-
tronic musical instrument.
SEC. 612. None of the funds made available in title
II for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion (NOAA) under the heading ‘‘Fleet Modernization,
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Shipbuilding and Conversion’’ may be used to implement
sections 603, 604, and 605 of Public Law 102–567.
SEC. 613. Any costs incurred by a Department or
agency funded under this Act resulting from personnel ac-
tions taken in response to funding reductions included in
this Act shall be absorbed within the total budgetary re-
sources available to such Department or agency: Provided,
That the authority to transfer funds between appropria-
tions accounts as may be necessary to carry out this sec-
tion is provided in addition to authorities included else-
where in 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
available for obligation or expenditure except in compli-
ance with the procedures set forth in that section.
SEC. 614. None of the funds made available in this
Act to the Federal Bureau of Prisons may be used to dis-
tribute or make available any commercially published in-
formation or material to a prisoner when it is made known
to the Federal official having authority to obligate or ex-
pend such funds that such information or material is sexu-
ally explicit or features nudity.
SEC. 615. Of the funds appropriated in this Act
under the heading ‘‘OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS—
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE’’, not
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more than ninety percent of the amount to be awarded
to an entity under the Local Law Enforcement Block
Grant shall be made available to such an entity when it
is made known to the Federal official having authority to
obligate or expend such funds that the entity that employs
a public safety officer (as such term is defined in section
1204 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968) does not provide such a public safety
officer who retires or is separated from service due to in-
jury suffered as the direct and proximate result of a per-
sonal injury sustained in the line of duty while responding
to an emergency situation or a hot pursuit (as such terms
are defined by State law) with the same or better level
of health insurance benefits that are paid by the entity
at the time of retirement or separation.
SEC. 616. EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT.—Any Mem-
ber of Congress and any individual who is paid by the
Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary
of the Senate shall be entitled to receive a reimbursement
for any legal expenses and other legitimate expenses in-
curred by such Member or individual in connection with
a Department of Justice prosecution arising from or in
connection with the performance of official duties and
brought against such Member or individual if such Mem-
ber or individual is acquitted of the charges brought, the
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charges are dismissed by a court, or the conviction is re-
versed on appeal.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Com-
merce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998’’.
Union Calendar No. 128
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2267
[Report No. 105–207]
A BILL
Making appropriations for the Departments of
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and
related agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 1998, and for other purposes.
JULY 25, 1997
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on
the State of the Union and ordered to be printed