In the Senate of the United States,
March 19, 1996.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 3019) entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for
fiscal year 1996 to make a further downpayment toward a
balanced budget, and for other purposes.’’, do pass with the
following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out
of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and
funds, for the several departments, agencies, corporations,
and other organizational units of the Government for the
fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I—OMNIBUS APPROPRIATIONS
SEC. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary for
programs, projects or activities provided for in the Depart-
ments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and
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Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 at a rate of op-
erations and to the extent and in the manner provided as
follows, to be effective as if it had been enacted into law
as the regular appropriations Act:
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Departments of Com-
merce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agen-
cies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for
other purposes.
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the administration of the
Department of Justice, $74,282,000; including not to exceed
$3,317,000 for the Facilities Program 2000, and including
$5,000,000 for management and oversight of Immigration
and Naturalization Service activities, both sums to remain
available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 76
permanent positions and 90 full-time equivalent workyears
and $9,487,000 shall be expended for the Offices of Legisla-
tive Affairs, Public Affairs and Policy Development: Pro-
vided further, That the latter three aforementioned offices
shall not be augmented by personnel details, temporary
transfers of personnel on either a reimbursable or non-reim-
bursable basis or any other type of formal or informal
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transfer or reimbursement of personnel or funds on either
a temporary or long-term basis.
COUNTERTERRORISM FUND
For necessary expenses, as determined by the Attorney
General, $16,898,000, to remain available until expended,
to reimburse any Department of Justice organization for
(1) the costs incurred in reestablishing the operational ca-
pability of an office or facility which has been damaged
or destroyed as a result of the bombing of the Alfred P.
Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City or any domes-
tic or international terrorist incident, (2) the costs of pro-
viding support to counter, investigate or prosecute domestic
or international terrorism, including payment of rewards
in connection with these activities, and (3) the costs of con-
ducting a terrorism threat assessment of Federal agencies
and their facilities: Provided, That funds provided under
this section shall be available 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.
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS
For expenses necessary for the administration of par-
don and clemency petitions and immigration related activi-
ties, $38,886,000: Provided, That the obligated and unobli-
gated balances of funds previously appropriated to the Gen-
eral Administration, Salaries and Expenses appropriation
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for the Executive Office for Immigration Review and the
Office of the Pardon Attorney shall be merged with this ap-
propriation.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS, ADMINISTRATIVE
REVIEW AND APPEALS
For activities authorized by sections 130005 and
130007 of Public Law 103–322, $47,780,000, to remain
available until expended, which shall be derived from the
Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund: Provided, That the
obligated and unobligated balances of funds previously ap-
propriated to the General Administration, Salaries and Ex-
penses appropriation under title VIII of Public Law 103–
317 for the Executive Office for Immigration Review shall
be merged with this appropriation.
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, $28,960,000; including not to ex-
ceed $10,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confiden-
tial character, to be expended under the direction of, and
to be accounted for solely under the certificate of, the Attor-
ney General; and for the acquisition, lease, maintenance
and operation of motor vehicles without regard to the gen-
eral purchase price limitation.
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UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Parole
Commission as authorized by law, $5,446,000.
LEGAL ACTIVITIES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the
Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, includ-
ing not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evidence,
to be expended under the direction of, and to be accounted
for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney General; and
rent of private or Government-owned space in the District
of Columbia; $401,929,000; of which not to exceed
$10,000,000 for litigation support contracts shall remain
available until expended: Provided, That of the funds avail-
able in this appropriation, not to exceed $22,618,000 shall
remain available until expended for office automation sys-
tems for the legal divisions covered by this appropriation,
and for the United States Attorneys, the Antitrust Division,
and offices funded through ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, Gen-
eral Administration: Provided further, That of the total
amount appropriated, not to exceed $1,000 shall be avail-
able to the United States National Central Bureau,
INTERPOL, for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C.
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1342, the Attorney General may accept on behalf of the
United States and credit to this appropriation, gifts of
money, personal property and services, for the purpose of
hosting the International Criminal Police Organization’s
(INTERPOL) American Regional Conference in the United
States during fiscal year 1996.
In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the De-
partment of Justice associated with processing cases under
the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, not to
exceed $4,028,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine In-
jury Compensation Trust Fund, as authorized by section
6601 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, 1989, as
amended by Public Law 101–512 (104 Stat. 1289).
In addition, for Salaries and Expenses, General Legal
Activities, $12,000,000 shall be made available to be derived
by transfer from unobligated balances of the Working Cap-
ital Fund in the Department of Justice.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS, GENERAL LEGAL
ACTIVITIES
For the expeditious deportation of denied asylum ap-
plicants, as authorized by section 130005 of Public Law
103–322, $7,591,000, to remain available until expended,
which shall be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction
Trust Fund.
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION
For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust
and kindered laws, $65,783,000: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, not to exceed
$48,262,000 of offsetting collections derived from fees col-
lected for premeger 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 1996,
so as to result in a final fiscal year 1996 appropriation
from the General Fund estimated at not more than
$17,521,000: Provided further, That any fees received in ex-
cess of $48,262,000 in fiscal year 1996, shall remain avail-
able until expended, but shall not be available for obligation
until October 1, 1996.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS
For necessary expenses of the Office of the United
States Attorneys, including intergovernmental agreements,
$895,509,000, of which not to exceed $2,500,000 shall be
available until September 30, 1997 for the purposes of (1)
providing training of personnel of the Department of Jus-
tice in debt collection, (2) providing services to the Depart-
ment of Justice related to locating debtors and their prop-
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tion and related activities, $500,000 to implement a pro-
gram to appoint additional Federal Victim’s Counselors,
and $9,231,000 for expeditious deportation of denied asy-
lum applicants.
UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND
For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee
Program, $102,390,000, as authorized by 28 U.S.C.
589a(a), to remain available until expended, for activities
authorized by section 115 of the Bankruptcy Judges, United
States Trustees, and Family Farmer Bankruptcy Act of
1986 (Public Law 99–554), which shall be derived from the
United States Trustee System Fund: Provided, That depos-
its to the Fund are available in such amounts as may be
necessary to pay refunds due depositors: Provided further,
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to
exceed $44,191,000 of offsetting collections derived from fees
collected pursuant to section 589a(f) of title 28, United
States Code, as amended, shall be retained and used for nec-
essary expenses in this appropriation: Provided further,
That the $102,390,000 herein appropriated from the United
States Trustee System Fund shall be reduced as such offset-
ting collections are received during fiscal year 1996, so as
to result in a final fiscal year 1996 appropriation from
such Fund estimated at not more than $58,199,000: Pro-
vided further, That any of the aforementioned fees collected
in excess of $44,191,000 in fiscal year 1996 shall remain
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available until expended, but shall not be available for obli-
gation until October 1, 1996.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT
COMMISSION
For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of
the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $830,000.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES MARSHALS
SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the United States Marshals
Service; including the acquisition, lease, maintenance, and
operation of vehicles and aircraft, and the purchase of pas-
senger motor vehicles for police-type use without regard to
the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal
year; $423,248,000, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 561(i), of
which not to exceed $6,000 shall be available for official
reception and representation expenses.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS, UNITED STATES
MARSHALS SERVICE
For activities authorized by section 190001(b) of Pub-
lic Law 103–322, $25,000,000, to remain available until
expended, which shall be derived from the Violent Crime
Reduction Trust Fund.
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FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses related to United States prisoners in the
custody of the United States Marshals Service as authorized
in 18 U.S.C. 4013, but not including expenses otherwise
provided for in appropriations available to the Attorney
General; $252,820,000, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 561(i),
to remain available until expended.
In 
addition, 
for 
Federal 
Prisoner 
Detention,
$9,000,000 shall be made available until expended to be de-
rived by transfer from unobligated balances of the Working
Capital Fund in the Department of Justice.
FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES
For expenses, mileage, compensation, and per diems
of witnesses, for expenses of contracts for the procurement
and supervision of expert witnesses, for private counsel ex-
penses, and for per diems in lieu of subsistence, as author-
ized by law, including advances, $85,000,000, to remain
available until expended; of which not to exceed $4,750,000
may be made available for planning, construction, renova-
tions, maintenance, remodeling, and repair of buildings
and the purchase of equipment incident thereto for protected
witness safesites; of which not to exceed $1,000,000 may be
made available for the purchase and maintenance of ar-
mored vehicles for transportation of protected witnesses;
and of which not to exceed $4,000,000 may be made avail-
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able for the purchase, installation and maintenance of a
secure automated information network to store and retrieve
the identities and locations of protected witnesses.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the Community Relations
Service, established by title X of the Civil Rights Act of
1964, $5,319,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of this title, upon a determination by the
Attorney General that emergent circumstances require addi-
tional funding for conflict prevention and resolution activi-
ties of the Community Relations Service, the Attorney Gen-
eral may transfer such amounts to the Community Rela-
tions Service, from available appropriations for the current
fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be nec-
essary to respond to such circumstances: Provided further,
That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated
as a reprogramming under section 605 of this Act and shall
not be available for obligation or expenditure except in com-
pliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND
For expenses authorized by 28 U.S.C. 524(c)(1)(A)(ii),
(B), (C), (F), and (G), as amended, $30,000,000 to be de-
rived 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,
$2,655,000.
PAYMENT TO RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION TRUST
FUND
For payments to the Radiation Exposure Compensa-
tion Trust Fund, $16,264,000, to become available on Octo-
ber 1, 1996.
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,
$359,843,000, of which $50,000,000 shall remain available
until expended: 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
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to the reprogramming procedures described in section 605
of this Act.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses necessary for detection, investigation, and
prosecution of crimes against the United States; including
purchase for police-type use of not to exceed 1,815 passenger
motor vehicles of which 1,300 will be for replacement only,
without regard to the general purchase price limitation for
the current fiscal year, and hire of passenger motor vehicles;
acquisition, 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 direc-
tion of, and to be accounted for solely under the certificate
of, the Attorney General; $2,189,183,000, of which not to
exceed $50,000,000 for automated data processing and tele-
communications and technical investigative equipment and
$1,000,000 for undercover operations shall remain available
until September 30, 1997; of which not less than
$102,345,000 shall be for counterterrorism investigations,
foreign counterintelligence, and other activities related to
our national security; of which not to exceed $98,400,000
shall remain available until expended; of which not to ex-
ceed $10,000,000 is authorized to be made available for
making payments or advances for expenses arising out of
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contractual or reimbursable agreements with State and
local law enforcement agencies while engaged in cooperative
activities related to violent crime, terrorism, organized
crime, and drug investigations; and of which $1,500,000
shall be available to maintain an independent program of-
fice dedicated solely to the relocation of the Criminal Justice
Information Services Division and the automation of fin-
gerprint identification services: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed $45,000 shall be available for official reception and
representation expenses: Provided further, That $58,000,000
shall be made available for NCIC 2000, of which not less
than $35,000,000 shall be derived from ADP and Tele-
communications unobligated balances, and of which
$22,000,000 shall be derived by transfer and available until
expended from unobligated balances in the Working Capital
Fund of the Department of Justice.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
For activities authorized by Public Law 103–322,
$218,300,000, to remain available until expended, which
shall be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust
Fund, of which $208,800,000 shall be for activities author-
ized by section 190001(c); $4,000,000 for Training and In-
vestigative Assistance authorized by section 210501(c)(2);
and $5,500,000 for establishing DNA quality assurance and
proficiency testing standards, establishing an index to fa-
cilitate law enforcement exchange of DNA identification in-
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formation, and related activities authorized by section
210306.
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; $97,589,000, to re-
main 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
1,208 passenger motor vehicles, of which 1,178 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; $750,168,000, of which not to exceed $1,800,000 for
research and $15,000,000 for transfer to the Drug Diversion
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Control Fee Account for operating expenses shall remain
available until expended, and of which not to exceed
$4,000,000 for purchase of evidence and payments for infor-
mation, not to exceed $4,000,000 for contracting for ADP
and telecommunications equipment, and not to exceed
$2,000,000 for technical and laboratory equipment shall re-
main available until September 30, 1997, and of which not
to exceed $50,000 shall be available for official reception
and representation expenses.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
For activities authorized by sections 180104 and
190001(b) of Public Law 103–322, $60,000,000, to remain
available until expended, which shall be derived from the
Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.
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 813 of which 177 are for replacement
only) without regard to the general purchase price limita-
tion for the current fiscal year, and hire of passenger motor
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vehicles; acquisition, lease, maintenance and operation of
aircraft; and research related to immigration enforcement;
$1,394,825,000, of which $36,300,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 1997; of which $506,800,000 is
available for the Border Patrol; of which not to exceed
$400,000 for research shall remain available until ex-
pended; and of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be
available for costs associated with the training program for
basic officer training: Provided, That none of the funds
available to the Immigration and Naturalization Service
shall be available for administrative expenses to pay any
employee overtime pay in an amount in excess of $25,000
during the calendar year beginning January 1, 1996: Pro-
vided further, That uniforms may be purchased without re-
gard 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: Provided further, That the Attorney General may
transfer to the Department of Labor and the Social Security
Administration not to exceed $10,000,000 for programs to
verify the immigration status of persons seeking employ-
ment in the United States: Provided further, That none of
the funds provided in this or any other Act shall be used
for the continued operation of the San Clemente and
Temecula checkpoints unless: (1) the checkpoints are open
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and traffic is being checked on a continuous 24-hour basis
and (2) the Immigration and Naturalization Service under-
takes a commuter lane facilitation pilot program at the San
Clemente checkpoint within 90 days of enactment of this
Act: Provided further, That the Immigration and Natu-
ralization Service shall undertake the renovation and im-
provement of the San Clemente checkpoint, to include the
addition of two to four lanes, and which shall be exempt
from Federal procurement regulations for contract forma-
tion, from within existing balances in the Immigration and
Naturalization Service Construction account: Provided fur-
ther, That if renovation of the San Clemente checkpoint is
not completed by July 1, 1996, the San Clemente checkpoint
will close until such time as the renovations and improve-
ments are completed unless funds for the continued oper-
ation of the checkpoint are provided and made available
for obligation and expenditure in accordance with proce-
dures set forth in section 605 of this Act, as the result of
certification by the Attorney General that exigent cir-
cumstances require the checkpoint to be open and delays
in completion of the renovations are not the result of any
actions that are or have been in the control of the Depart-
ment of Justice: Provided further, That the Office of Public
Affairs at the Immigration and Naturalization Service
shall conduct its business in areas only relating to its
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central mission, including: research, analysis, and dissemi-
nation of information, through the media and other commu-
nications outlets, relating to the activities of the Immigra-
tion and Naturalization Service: Provided further, That the
Office of Congressional Relations at the Immigration and
Naturalization Service shall conduct business in areas only
relating to its central mission, including: providing services
to Members of Congress relating to constituent inquiries
and requests for information; and working with the relevant
congressional committees on proposed legislation affecting
immigration matters: Provided further, That in addition
to amounts otherwise made available in this title to the At-
torney General, the Attorney General is authorized to accept
and utilize, on behalf of the United States, the $100,000
Innovation in American Government Award for 1995 from
the Ford Foundation for the Immigration and Naturaliza-
tion Service’s Operation Jobs program.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
For activities authorized by sections 130005, 130006,
and 130007 of Public Law 103–322, $316,198,000, to re-
main available until expended, which will be derived from
the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, of which
$38,704,000 shall be for expeditious deportation of denied
asylum applicants, $231,570,000 for improving border con-
trols, and $45,924,000 for expanded special deportation
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proceedings: Provided, That of the amounts made available,
$75,765,000 shall be for the Border Patrol.
CONSTRUCTION
For planning, construction, renovation, equipping and
maintenance of buildings and facilities necessary for the ad-
ministration and enforcement of the laws relating to immi-
gration, naturalization, and alien registration, not other-
wise provided for, $25,000,000, 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 853, of which
559 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; $2,567,578,000: Provided, That there
may be transferred to the Health Resources and Services
Administration such amounts as may be necessary, in the
discretion of the Attorney General, for direct expenditures
by that Administration for medical relief for inmates of
Federal penal and correctional institutions: Provided fur-
ther, That the Director of the Federal Prison System (FPS),
where necessary, may enter into contracts with a fiscal
agent/fiscal intermediary claims processor to determine the
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amounts payable to persons who, on behalf of the FPS, fur-
nish health services to individuals committed to the custody
of the FPS: Provided further, That uniforms may be pur-
chased without regard to the general purchase price limita-
tion for the current fiscal year: Provided further, That not
to exceed $6,000 shall be available for official reception and
representation expenses: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed $50,000,000 for the activation of new facilities shall
remain available until September 30, 1997: 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 for the care and security in the United
States of Cuban and Haitian entrants: Provided further,
That no funds appropriated in this Act shall be used to
privatize any Federal prison facilities located in Forrest
City, Arkansas, and Yazoo City, Mississippi.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
For substance abuse treatment in Federal prisons as
authorized by section 32001(e) of Public Law 103–322,
$13,500,000, to remain available until expended, which
shall be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust
Fund.
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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 remodeling
and equipping of such facilities for penal and correctional
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;
$334,728,000, 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: Provided further, That of the total amount
appropriated, not to exceed $22,351,000 shall be available
for the renovation and construction of United States Mar-
shals Service prisoner holding facilities.
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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.
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL
PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
Not to exceed $3,559,000 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.
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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 with the
Victims of Crime Act of 1984, as amended, $99,977,000,
to remain available until expended, as 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).
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS, JUSTICE
ASSISTANCE
For assistance (including amounts for administrative
costs for management and administration, which amounts
shall be transferred to and merged with the ‘‘Justice Assist-
ance’’ account) authorized by the Violent Crime Control and
Law Enforcement Act of 1994, Public Law 103–322 (‘‘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’’);
$202,400,000, to remain available until expended, which
shall be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust
Fund; of which $6,000,000 shall be for the Court Appointed
Special Advocate Program, as authorized by section 218 of
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the 1990 Act; $750,000 for Child Abuse Training Programs
for Judicial Personnel and Practitioners, as authorized by
section 224 of the 1990 Act; $130,000,000 for Grants to
Combat Violence Against Women to States, units of local
governments and Indian tribal governments, as authorized
by section 1001(a)(18) of the 1968 Act; $28,000,000 for
Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies to States, units of local
governments and Indian tribal governments, as authorized
by section 1001(a)(19) of the 1968 Act; $7,000,000 for
Rural Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Enforcement As-
sistance Grants, as authorized by section 40295 of the 1994
Act; $1,000,000 for training programs to assist probation
and parole officers who work with released sex offenders,
as authorized by section 40152(c) of the Violent Crime Con-
trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994; $50,000 for grants
for televised testimony, as authorized by section 1001(a)(7)
of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968;
$200,000 for the study of State databases on the incidence
of sexual and domestic violence, as authorized by section
40292 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Act of 1994; $1,500,000 for national stalker and domestic
violence reduction, as authorized by section 40603 of the
1994 Act; $27,000,000 for grants for residential substance
abuse treatment for State prisoners authorized by section
1001(a)(17) of the 1968 Act; and $900,000 for the Missing
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ance’’ account) authorized by the Violent Crime Control and
Law Enforcement Act of 1994, Public Law 103–322 (‘‘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’’);
$3,005,200,000, to remain available until expended, which
shall be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust
Fund; of which $1,903,000,000 shall be for Local Law En-
forcement Block Grants, pursuant to H.R. 728 as passed
by the House of Representatives on February 14, 1995 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 residents and law enforcement personnel in
order to control, detect, or investigate crime or the prosecu-
tion of criminals: Provided, That recipients are encouraged
to use these funds to hire additional law enforcement offi-
cers: Provided further, That no less than $975,000,000 of
this amount shall be available for Public Safety and Com-
munity Policing grants pursuant to title I of the 1994 Act:
Provided further, That no less than $20,000,000 shall be
for the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Depart-
ment to be used at the discretion of the police chief for law
enforcement purposes, conditioned upon prior written con-
sultation and notification being given to the chairman and
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ranking members of the House and Senate Committees on
the Judiciary and Appropriations: Provided further, That
no less than $25,000,000 of this amount shall be for drug
courts pursuant to title V of the 1994 Act: Provided further,
That not less than $20,000,000 of this amount shall be for
Boys & Girls Clubs of America for the establishment of Boys
& Girls Clubs in public housing facilities and other areas
in cooperation with State and local law enforcement: Pro-
vided further, That not less than $80,000,000 of such
amount shall be for crime prevention block grants pursuant
to subtitle B of title III of the 1994 Act: Provided further,
That funds may also be used to defray the costs of indem-
nification insurance for law enforcement officers: Provided
further, That $10,000,000 of this amount shall be available
for programs of Police Corps education, training and serv-
ice as set forth in sections 200101–200113 of the 1994 Act;
$25,000,000 for grants to upgrade criminal records, as au-
thorized 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; $147,000,000 as
authorized by section 1001 of title I of the 1968 Act, which
shall be available to carry out the provisions of subpart 1,
part E of title I of the 1968 Act, notwithstanding section
511 of said Act, for the Edward Byrne Memorial State and
Local Law Enforcement Assistance Programs; $300,000,000
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for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, as au-
thorized by section 242(j) of the Immigration and National-
ity Act, as amended; $617,500,000 for Violent Offender In-
carceration and Truth in Sentencing Incentive Grants pur-
suant to subtitle A of title II of the Violent Crime Control
and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (as amended by section
114 of this Act), of which $200,000,000 shall be available
for payments to States for incarceration of criminal aliens,
and of which $12,500,000 shall be available for the Coopera-
tive Agreement Program; $1,000,000 for grants to States
and units of local government for projects to improve DNA
analysis, as authorized by section 1001(a)(22) of the 1968
Act; $9,000,000 for Improved Training and Technical Auto-
mation Grants, as authorized by section 210501(c)(1) of the
1994 Act; $1,000,000 for Law Enforcement Family Support
Programs, as authorized by section 1001(a)(21) of the 1968
Act; $500,000 for Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Programs,
as authorized by section 220002(h) of the 1994 Act;
$1,000,000 for Gang Investigation Coordination and Infor-
mation Collection, as authorized by section 150006 of the
1994 Act; $200,000 for grants as authorized by section
32201(c)(3) of the 1994 Act: Provided further, That funds
made available in fiscal year 1996 under subpart 1 of part
E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
Act of 1968, as amended, may be obligated for programs
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to assist States in the litigation processing of death penalty
Federal habeas corpus petitions: Provided further, That any
1995 balances for these programs shall be transferred to and
merged with this appropriation: Provided further, That if
a unit of local government uses any of the funds made avail-
able under this title to increase the number of law enforce-
ment officers, the unit of local government will achieve a
net gain in the number of law enforcement officers who per-
form nonadministrative 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, $28,500,000,
which shall be derived from discretionary grants provided
under the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law
Enforcement Assistance Programs, to remain available
until expended for intergovernmental agreements, including
grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts, with State
and local law enforcement agencies engaged in the inves-
tigation and prosecution of violent crimes and drug offenses
in ‘‘Weed and Seed’’ designated communities, and for either
reimbursements or transfers to appropriation 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 language for other Depart-
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ment of Justice appropriation accounts 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 Department of Justice funds and per-
sonnel in support of ‘‘Weed and Seed’’ program activities
only after the Attorney General notifies the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate in accordance with section 605 of this Act.
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, including
salaries and expenses in connection therewith to be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriations for Justice
Assistance, $144,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, 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) $100,000,000 shall be available
for expenses authorized by parts A, B, and C of title II
of the Act; (2) $10,000,000 shall be available for expenses
authorized by sections 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) $4,000,000 shall be available for expenses au-
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thorized by part G of title II of the Act for juvenile
mentoring programs; and (5) $20,000,000 shall be available
for expenses authorized by title V of the Act for incentive
grants for local delinquency prevention programs.
In addition, for grants, contracts, cooperative agree-
ments, and other assistance authorized by the Victims of
Child Abuse Act of 1990, as amended, $4,500,000, to remain
available until expended, as authorized by section 214B, of
the Act: Provided, That balances of amounts appropriated
prior to fiscal year 1995 under the authorities of this ac-
count shall be transferred to and merged with this account.
PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS BENEFITS
For payments authorized 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, to
remain available until expended, as authorized by section
6093 of Public Law 100–690 (102 Stat. 4339–4340), and,
in addition, $2,134,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for payments as authorized by section 1201(b) of
said Act.
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
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and representation expenses in accordance with distribu-
tions, procedures, and regulations established by the Attor-
ney General.
SEC. 102. Subject to section 102(b) of the Department
of Justice and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993,
as amended by section 112 of this Act, authorities contained
in Public Law 96–132, ‘‘The Department of Justice Appro-
priation Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1980’’, shall re-
main in effect until the termination date of this Act or until
the effective date of a Department of Justice Appropriation
Authorization Act, whichever is earlier.
SEC. 103. 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. 104. 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.
SEC. 105. 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
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effect of section 104 intended to address the philosophical
beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of Prisons.
SEC. 106. 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, Unit-
ed 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. 107. 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 ‘‘salaries and expenses, Community Relations
Service’’ or 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
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.
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SEC. 108. For fiscal year 1996 and each fiscal year
thereafter, amounts in the Federal Prison System’s Com-
missary Fund, Federal Prisons, which are not currently
needed for operations, shall be kept on deposit or invested
in obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States and
all earnings on such investment shall be deposited in the
Commissary Fund.
SEC. 109. (a) Section 524(c)(8)(E) of title 28, United
States Code, is amended by deleting ‘‘1994’’ and inserting
‘‘1995’’ in place thereof.
(b) Section 524(c)(9) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(9) Following the completion of procedures for the forfeit-
ure of property pursuant to any law enforced or adminis-
tered by the Department, the Attorney General is author-
ized, at his discretion, to warrant clear title to any subse-
quent purchaser or transferee of such property.’’.
SEC. 110. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law—
(1) No transfers may be made from Department
of Justice accounts other than those authorized in this
Act, or in previous or subsequent appropriations Acts
for the Department of Justice, or in part II of title
28 of the United States Code, or in section 10601 of
title 42 of the United States Code; and
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(2) No appropriation account within the Depart-
ment of Justice shall have its allocation of funds con-
trolled by other than an apportionment issued by the
Office of Management and Budget or an allotment
advice issued by the Department of Justice.
SEC. 111. (a) Section 1930(a)(6) of title 28, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘a plan is confirmed
or’’.
(b) Section 589a(b)(5) of such title is amended by
striking ‘‘;’’ and inserting, ‘‘until a reorganization plan is
confirmed;’’.
(c) Section 589a(f) of such title is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘.’’ and insert-
ing, ‘‘until a reorganization plan is confirmed;’’, and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the follow-
ing new paragraph:
‘‘(3) 100 percent of the fees collected under sec-
tion 1930(a)(6) of this title after a reorganization
plan is confirmed.’’.
SEC. 112. Public Law 102–395, section 102 is amend-
ed as follows: (1) in subsection (b)(1) strike ‘‘years 1993,
1994, and 1995’’ and insert ‘‘year 1996’’; (2) in subsection
(b)(1)(C) strike ‘‘years 1993, 1994, and 1995’’ and insert
‘‘year 1996’’; and (3) in subsection (b)(5)(A) strike ‘‘years
1993, 1994, and 1995’’ and insert ‘‘year 1996’’.
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SEC. 113. Public Law 101–515 (104 Stat. 2112; 28
U.S.C. 534 note) is amended by inserting ‘‘and criminal
justice information’’ after ‘‘for the automation of finger-
print identification’’.
SEC. 114. (a) GRANT PROGRAM.—Subtitle A of title
II of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act
of 1994 is amended to read as follows:
‘‘Subtitle A—Violent Offender In-
carceration and Truth-in-Sen-
tencing Incentive Grants
‘‘SEC. 20101. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘As used in this subtitle—
‘‘(1) the term ‘indeterminate sentencing’ means a
system by which—
‘‘(A) the court may impose a sentence of a
range defined by statute; and
‘‘(B) an administrative agency, generally
the parole board, or the court, controls release
within the statutory range;
‘‘(2) the term ‘sentencing guidelines’ means
a system of sentences which—
‘‘(A) is established for use by a sentenc-
ing court in determining the sentence to be
imposed in a criminal case; and
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‘‘(B) increases certainty in sentencing,
thereby providing assurances to victims of
the sentence to be served;
‘‘(3) the term ‘part 1 violent crime’ means mur-
der and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape,
robbery, and aggravated assault as reported to the
Federal Bureau of Investigation for purposes of the
Uniform Crime Reports; and
‘‘(4) the term ‘State’ means a State of the United
States, the District of Columbia, or any common-
wealth, territory, or possession of the United States.
‘‘SEC. 20102. AUTHORIZATION OF GRANTS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall pro-
vide Violent Offender Incarceration grants under section
20103(a) and Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive grants under
section 20103(b) to eligible States—
‘‘(1) to build or expand correctional facilities to
increase the bed capacity for the confinement of per-
sons convicted of a part 1 violent crime or adju-
dicated delinquent for an act which if committed by
an adult, would be a part 1 violent crime;
‘‘(2) to build or expand temporary or permanent
correctional facilities, including facilities on military
bases, prison barges, and boot camps, for the confine-
ment of convicted nonviolent offenders and criminal
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aliens, for the purpose of freeing suitable existing
prison space for the confinement of persons convicted
of a part 1 violent crime; and
‘‘(3) to build or expand jails.
‘‘(b) REGIONAL COMPACTS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),
States may enter into regional compacts to carry out
this subtitle. Such compacts shall be treated as States
under this subtitle.
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT.—To be recognized as a re-
gional compact for eligibility for a grant under sec-
tion 20103 (a) or (b), each member State must be eli-
gible individually.
‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON RECEIPT OF FUNDS.—No
State may receive a grant under this subtitle both in-
dividually and as part of a compact.
‘‘(c) APPLICABILITY.—Notwithstanding the eligibility
requirements of section 20103, a State that certifies to the
Attorney General that, as of the date of enactment of the
Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 1996, such State
has enacted legislation in reliance on subtitle A of title II
of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act,
as enacted on September 13, 1994, and would in fact qual-
ify under those provisions, shall be eligible to receive a grant
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for fiscal year 1996 as though such State qualifies under
section 20103 of this subtitle.
‘‘SEC. 20103. GRANT ELIGIBILITY.
‘‘(a) VIOLENT OFFENDER INCARCERATION GRANTS.—
To be eligible to receive a grant under this subtitle, a State
shall submit an application to the Attorney General that
provides assurances that the State has implemented, or will
implement, correctional policies and programs, including
truth-in-sentencing laws that ensure that violent offenders
serve a substantial portion of the sentences imposed, that
are designed to provide sufficiently severe punishment for
violent offenders, including violent juvenile offenders, and
that the prison time served is appropriately related to the
determination that the inmate is a violent offender and for
a period of time deemed necessary to protect the public.
‘‘(b) TRUTH-IN-SENTENCING INCENTIVES.—
‘‘(1) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive an
additional grant award under this subsection, a State
shall submit an application to the Attorney General
that demonstrates that—
‘‘(A) such State has implemented truth-in-
sentencing laws that—
‘‘(i) require persons convicted of a part
1 violent crime to serve not less than 85
percent of the sentence imposed (not count-
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ing time not actually served, such as ad-
ministrative or statutory incentives for good
behavior); or
‘‘(ii) result in persons convicted of a
part 1 violent crime serving on average not
less than 85 percent of the sentence imposed
(not counting time not actually served, such
as administrative or statutory incentives for
good behavior);
‘‘(B) such State has truth-in-sentencing
laws that have been enacted, but not yet imple-
mented, that require such State, not later than
3 years after such State submits an application
to the Attorney General, to provide that persons
convicted of a part 1 violent crime serve not less
than 85 percent of the sentence imposed (not
counting time not actually served, such as ad-
ministrative or statutory incentives for good be-
havior);
‘‘(C) in the case of a State that on the date
of enactment of the Departments of Commerce,
Justice, and State, the Judiciary and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996, practices in-
determinate sentencing with regard to any part
1 violent crime, persons convicted of a part 1
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violent crime in such State on average serve not
less than 85 percent of the sentence established
under the State’s sentencing guidelines (not
counting time not actually served, such as ad-
ministrative or statutory incentives for good be-
havior); or
‘‘(D) the number of new court commitments
to prison for part 1 violent crimes has increased
by 10 percent or more over the most recent 3-
year period.
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding paragraph
(1), a State may provide that the Governor of the
State may allow for the earlier release of—
‘‘(A) a geriatric prisoner; or
‘‘(B) a prisoner whose medical condition
precludes the prisoner from posing a threat to
the public, but only after a public hearing in
which representatives of the public and the pris-
oner’s victims have had an opportunity to be
heard regarding a proposed release.
‘‘SEC. 20104. SPECIAL RULES.
‘‘(a) SHARING OF FUNDS WITH COUNTIES AND OTHER
UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—
‘‘(1) RESERVATION.—Each State shall reserve
not more than 15 percent of the amount of funds allo-
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cated in a fiscal year pursuant to section 20105 for
counties and units of local government to construct,
develop, expand, modify, or improve jails and other
correctional facilities.
‘‘(2) 
FACTORS
FOR
DETERMINATION
OF
AMOUNT.—To determine the amount of funds to be re-
served under this subsection, a State shall consider
the burden placed on a county or unit of local govern-
ment that results from the implementation of policies
adopted by the State to carry out section 20103.
‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT.—To be eligible to re-
ceive a grant under section 20103, a State shall provide
assurances to the Attorney General that the State has imple-
mented or will implement not later than 18 months after
the date of the enactment of this subtitle policies that pro-
vide for the recognition of the rights and needs of crime
victims.
‘‘(c) FUNDS FOR JUVENILE OFFENDERS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this subtitle, if a State, or
unit of local government located in a State that otherwise
meets the requirements of section 20103, certifies to the At-
torney General that exigent circumstances exist that require
the State to expend funds to build or expand facilities to
confine juvenile offenders other than juvenile offenders adju-
dicated delinquent for an act which, if committed by an
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adult, would be a part 1 violent crime, the State may use
funds received under this subtitle to build or expand juve-
nile correctional facilities or pretrial detention facilities for
juvenile offenders.
‘‘(d) PRIVATE FACILITIES.—A State may use funds re-
ceived under this subtitle for the privatization of facilities
to carry out the purposes of section 20102.
‘‘(e) DEFINITION.—In a case in which a State defines
a part 1 violent crime differently than the definition pro-
vided in the Uniform Crime Reports, the Attorney General
shall determine and designate whether the definition by
such State is substantially similar to the definition pro-
vided in the Uniform Crime Reports.
‘‘SEC. 20105. FORMULA FOR GRANTS.
‘‘In determining the amount of funds that may be
granted to each State eligible to receive a grant under sec-
tion 20103, the Attorney General shall apply the following
formula:
‘‘(1) MINIMUM AMOUNT FOR GRANTS UNDER SEC-
TION 20103(a).—Of the amount set aside for grants
for section 20103(a), 0.75 percent shall be allocated to
each eligible State, except that the United States Vir-
gin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall
each be allocated 0.05 percent.
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‘‘(2) MINIMUM AMOUNT FOR GRANTS UNDER SEC-
TION 20103(b).—Of the amount set aside for addi-
tional grant awards under section 20103(b)—
‘‘(A) if fewer than 20 States are awarded
grants under section 20103(b), 2.5 percent of the
amounts paid shall be allocated to each eligible
State, except that the United States Virgin Is-
lands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
shall each be allocated 0.05 percent; and
‘‘(B) if 20 or more States are awarded
grants under section 20103(b), 2.0 percent of the
amounts awarded shall be allocated to each eligi-
ble State, except that the United States Virgin
Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
shall each be allocated 0.04 percent.
‘‘(3) ALLOCATION OF ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.—
‘‘(A) ALLOCATION OF REMAINING AMOUNTS
UNDER
SECTION 20103(a).—The amounts re-
maining after the application of paragraph (1)
shall be allocated to each eligible State in the
ratio that the population of such State bears to
the population of all States.
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‘‘(B) 
DISTRIBUTION
OF
REMAINING
AMOUNTS
UNDER
SECTION
20103(b).—The
amounts remaining after the application of
paragraph (2) shall be allocated to each eligible
State in the ratio that the average annual num-
ber of part 1 violent crimes reported by such
State to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for
the 3 years preceding the year in which the de-
termination is made bears to the average annual
number of part 1 violent crimes reported by all
such States to the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion for the 3 years preceding the year in which
the determination is made.
‘‘(C) UNAVAILABLE DATA.—If data regard-
ing part 1 violent crimes in any State is un-
available for the 3 years preceding the year in
which the determination is made or substantially
inaccurate, the Attorney General shall utilize the
best available comparable data regarding the
number of violent crimes for the previous year
for the State for the purposes of allocation of
funds under this subtitle.
‘‘(4) REGIONAL COMPACTS.—In determining the
funds that States organized as a regional compact
may receive, the Attorney General shall first apply
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the formula in either paragraph (1) or (2) and (3)
of this section to each member State of the compact.
The States organized as a regional compact may re-
ceive the sum of the amounts so determined.
‘‘SEC. 20106. ACCOUNTABILITY.
‘‘(a) FISCAL REQUIREMENTS.—A State that receives
funds under this subtitle shall use accounting, audit, and
fiscal procedures that conform to guidelines prescribed by
the Attorney General, and shall ensure that any funds used
to carry out the programs under section 20102(a) shall rep-
resent the best value for the State governments at the lowest
possible cost and employ the best available technology.
‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.—The administra-
tive provisions of sections 801 and 802 of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 shall apply to
the Attorney General under this subtitle in the same man-
ner that such provisions apply to the officials listed in such
sections.
‘‘SEC. 20107. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATIONS.—There are authorized to
be appropriated to carry out this subtitle—
‘‘(A) $997,500,000 for fiscal year 1996;
‘‘(B) $1,330,000,000 for fiscal year 1997;
‘‘(C) $2,527,000,000 for fiscal year 1998;
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‘‘(D) $2,660,000,000 for fiscal year 1999;
and
‘‘(E) $2,753,100,000 for fiscal year 2000.
‘‘(2) DISTRIBUTION.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to section
20108, of the amount appropriated pursuant to
paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall re-
serve—
‘‘(i) in fiscal year 1996, 50 percent for
grants under section 20103(a), and 50 per-
cent for additional incentive awards under
section 20103(b);
‘‘(ii) in fiscal year 1997, 30 percent for
grants under section 20103(a), and 70 per-
cent for additional incentive awards under
section 20103(b);
‘‘(iii) in fiscal year 1998, 20 percent
for grants under section 20103(a), and 80
percent for additional incentive awards
under section 20103(b);
‘‘(iv) in fiscal year 1999, 15 percent
for grants under section 20103(a), and 85
percent for additional incentive awards
under section 20103(b); and
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‘‘(v) in fiscal year 2000, 10 percent for
grants under section 20103(a), and 90 per-
cent for additional incentive awards under
section 20103(b);
‘‘(B) 
DISTRIBUTION
OF
MINIMUM
AMOUNTS.—The Attorney General shall distrib-
ute minimum amounts allocated under section
20105 (1) and (2) to an eligible State not later
than 30 days after receiving an application that
demonstrates that such State qualifies for a Vio-
lent Offender Incarceration grant under section
20103(a) or a Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive
grant under section 20103(b).
‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS ON FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) USES OF FUNDS.—Except as provided in
section 20110, funds made available pursuant to this
section shall be used only to carry out the purposes
described in section 20102(a).
‘‘(2) NONSUPPLANTING
REQUIREMENT.—Funds
made available pursuant to this section shall not be
used to supplant State funds, but shall be used to in-
crease the amount of funds that would, in the absence
of Federal funds, be made available from State
sources.
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‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more than 3
percent of the funds made available pursuant to this
section shall be used for administrative costs.
‘‘(4) CARRYOVER
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds
appropriated pursuant to this section during any fis-
cal year shall remain available until expended.
‘‘(5) MATCHING FUNDS.—The Federal share of a
grant received under this subtitle may not exceed 90
percent of the costs of a proposal as described in an
application approved under this subtitle.
‘‘SEC. 20108. PAYMENTS FOR INCARCERATION ON TRIBAL
LANDS.
‘‘(a) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of this subtitle, from amounts appropriated
under section 20107 to carry out section 20103, the Attor-
ney General shall reserve, to carry out this section—
‘‘(1) 0.3 percent in each of fiscal years 1996 and
1997; and
‘‘(2) 0.2 percent in each of fiscal years 1998,
1999, and 2000.
‘‘(b) GRANTS TO INDIAN TRIBES.—From the amounts
reserved under subsection (a), the Attorney General may
make grants to Indian tribes for the purposes of construct-
ing jails on tribal lands for the incarceration of offenders
subject to tribal jurisdiction.
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‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a grant
under this section, an Indian tribe shall submit to the At-
torney General an application in such form and containing
such information as the Attorney General may by regula-
tion require.
‘‘SEC. 20109. PAYMENTS TO ELIGIBLE STATES FOR INCAR-
CERATION OF CRIMINAL ALIENS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall make
a payment to each State which is eligible under section
242(j) of the Immigration and Nationality Act and which
meets the eligibility requirements of section 20103, in such
amount as is determined under section 242(j) and for which
payment is not made to such State for such fiscal year
under such section.
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this subtitle, there are au-
thorized to be appropriated to carry out this section from
amounts authorized under section 20107, an amount which
when added to amounts appropriated to carry out section
242(j) of the Immigration and Nationality Act for fiscal
year 1996 equals $500,000,000 and for each of the fiscal
years 1997 through 2000 does not exceed $650,000,000.
‘‘(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than May 15,
1999, the Attorney General shall submit a report to the Con-
gress which contains the recommendation of the Attorney
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General concerning the extension of the program under this
section.
‘‘SEC. 20110. SUPPORT OF FEDERAL PRISONERS IN NON-
FEDERAL INSTITUTIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may make
payments to States and units of local government for the
purposes authorized in section 4013 of title 18, United
States Code.
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this subtitle, there are au-
thorized to be appropriated from amounts authorized under
section 20107 for each of fiscal years 1996 through 2000
such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.
‘‘SEC. 20111. REPORT BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
‘‘Beginning on July 1, 1996, and each July 1 there-
after, the Attorney General shall report to the Congress on
the implementation of this subtitle, including a report on
the eligibility of the States under section 20103, and the
distribution and use of funds under this subtitle.’’.
(b) PREFERENCE IN PAYMENTS.—Section 242(j)(4) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1252(j)(4))
is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(C) In carrying out paragraph (1)(A), the
Attorney General shall give preference in making
payments to States and political subdivisions of
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States which are ineligible for payments under
section 20109 of the Violent Crime Control and
Law Enforcement Act of 1994.’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) OMNIBUS
CRIME
CONTROL
AND
SAFE
STREETS ACT OF 1968.—
(A) PART V.—Part V of title I of the Omni-
bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
is repealed.
(B) FUNDING.—
(i) Section 1001(a) of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
is amended by striking paragraph (20).
(ii) Notwithstanding the provisions of
subparagraph (A), any funds that remain
available to an applicant under paragraph
(20) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 shall be used
in accordance with part V of such Act as if
such Act was in effect on the day preceding
the date of enactment of this Act.
(2) VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL
AND LAW EN-
FORCEMENT ACT OF 1994.—
(A) TABLE
OF
CONTENTS.—The table of
contents of the Violent Crime Control and Law
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Enforcement Act of 1994 is amended by striking
the matter relating to title V.
(B) 
COMPLIANCE.—Notwithstanding 
the
provisions of paragraph (1), any funds that re-
main available to an applicant under title V of
the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Act of 1994 shall be used in accordance with
such subtitle as if such subtitle was in effect on
the day preceding the date of enactment of this
Act.
(C) TRUTH-IN-SENTENCING.—The table of
contents of the Violent Crime Control and Law
Enforcement Act of 1994 is amended by striking
the matter relating to subtitle A of title II and
inserting the following:
‘‘SUBTITLE A—VIOLENT OFFENDER INCARCERATION AND TRUTH-IN-
SENTENCING INCENTIVE GRANTS
‘‘Sec. 20101. Definitions.
‘‘Sec. 20102. Authorization of Grants.
‘‘Sec. 20103. Grant eligibility.
‘‘Sec. 20104. Special rules.
‘‘Sec. 20105. Formula for grants.
‘‘Sec. 20106. Accountability.
‘‘Sec. 20107. Authorization of appropriations.
‘‘Sec. 20108. Payments for Incarceration on Tribal Lands.
‘‘Sec. 20109. Payments to eligible States for incarceration of criminal aliens.
‘‘Sec. 20110. Support of Federal prisoners in non-Federal institutions.
‘‘Sec. 20111. Report by the Attorney General.’’.
SEC. 115. Notwithstanding provisions of 41 U.S.C.
353 or any other provision of law, the Federal Prison Sys-
tem may enter into contracts and other agreements with
private entities for a period not to exceed 3 years and 7
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additional option years for the confinement of Federal pris-
oners.
SEC. 116. The pilot debt collection project authorized
by Public Law 99–578, as amended, is extended through
September 30, 1997.
SEC. 117. The definition of ‘‘educational expenses’’ in
Section 200103 of the Violent Crime Control and Law En-
forcement Act of 1994, Public Law 103–322 is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘educational expenses’’ means expenses that are
directly attributable to—
(A) a course of education leading to the
award of the baccalaureate degree; or
(B) a course of graduate study following
award of a baccalaureate degree,
including the cost of tuition, fees, books, supplies,
transportation, room and board and miscellaneous ex-
penses.
SEC. 118. (a) STATE COMPATIBILITY WITH FEDERAL
BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION SYSTEMS.—(1) The Attorney
General shall make funds available to the chief executive
officer of each State to carry out the activities described
in paragraph (2).
(2) USES.—The executive officer of each State shall use
the funds made available under this subsection in conjunc-
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tion with units of local government, other States, or com-
binations thereof, to carry out all or part of a program to
establish, develop, update, or upgrade—
(A) computerized identification systems that are
compatible and integrated with the databases of the
National Crime Information Center of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation;
(B) ballistics identification programs that are
compatible and integrated with the Drugfire Program
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
(C) the capability to analyze deoxyribonucleic
acid (DNA) in a forensic laboratory in ways that are
compatible and integrated with the combined DNA
Identification System (CODIS) of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation; and
(D) automated fingerprint identification systems
that are compatible and integrated with the Inte-
grated Automated Fingerprint Identification System
(IAFIS) of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant
under this section, a State shall require that each person
convicted of a felony of a sexual nature shall provide a sam-
ple of blood, saliva, or other specimen necessary to conduct
a DNA analysis consistent with the standards established
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for DNA testing by the Director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.
(c) INTERSTATE COMPACTS.—A State may enter into
a compact or compacts with another State or States to
carry out this section.
(d) ALLOCATION.—The Attorney General shall allocate
the funds appropriated under subsection (e) to each State
based on the following formula:
(1) .25 percent shall be allocated to each of the
participating States.
(2) Of the total funds remaining after the alloca-
tion under paragraph (1), each State shall be allo-
cated an amount that bears the same ratio to the
amount of such funds as the population of such State
bears to the population of all States.
(e) APPROPRIATION.—$11,800,000 is appropriated to
carry out the provisions in this section and shall remain
available until expended.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Justice
Appropriations Act, 1996’’.
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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, $20,889,000, 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 expenses,
$40,000,000, 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;
$264,885,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, 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 without
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regard to 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
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-
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wise established by law; $38,604,000, to remain available
until expended: 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: Provided further, That payments and
contributions collected and accepted for materials or serv-
ices provided as part of such activities may be retained for
use in covering the cost of such activities, and for providing
information to the public with respect to the export admin-
istration and national security activities of the Department
of Commerce and other export control programs of the Unit-
ed States and other governments.
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, $328,500,000: 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-
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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-
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,
$20,000,000: 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
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enterprise, including expenses of grants, contracts, and
other agreements with public or private organizations,
$32,000,000.
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, $45,900,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 1997.
ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS ADMINISTRATION REVOLVING
FUND
The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to dissemi-
nate economic and statistical data products as authorized
by 15 U.S.C. 1525–1527 and, notwithstanding 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, $133,812,000.
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PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS
For expenses necessary to collect and publish statistics
for periodic censuses and programs provided for by law,
$150,300,000, 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, $17,000,000 to remain available until expended:
Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Sec-
retary of Commerce is authorized to charge Federal agencies
for spectrum management, analysis, and operations, and
related services: Provided further, That the Secretary of
Commerce is authorized to retain and use as offsetting col-
lections all funds transferred, or previously transferred,
from other Government agencies for spectrum management,
analysis, and operations, and related services and for all
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.
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PUBLIC BROADCASTING FACILITIES, PLANNING AND
CONSTRUCTION
For grants authorized by section 392 of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934, as amended, $15,500,000, to remain
available until expended as authorized by section 391 of the
Act, as amended: Provided, That not to exceed $2,200,000
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, $21,500,000, 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 of the Act
including support of the Advisory Council on National In-
formation Infrastructure: Provided further, That of the
funds appropriated herein, not to exceed 5 percent may be
available for telecommunications research activities for
projects related directly to the development of a national
information infrastructure: Provided further, That notwith-
standing the requirements of section 392(a) and 392(c) of
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the Act, these funds may be used for the planning and con-
struction of telecommunications networks for the provision
of educational, cultural, health care, public information,
public safety or other social services.
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; $82,324,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the funds made available under this heading
are to be derived from deposits in the Patent and Trade-
mark Office Fee Surcharge Fund as authorized by law: Pro-
vided further, That the amounts made available under the
Fund shall not exceed amounts deposited; and such fees as
shall be collected pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 1113 and 35 U.S.C.
41 and 376, shall remain available until expended.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES
For necessary expenses of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology, $259,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which not to exceed $8,500,000 may
be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’.
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INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
For necessary expenses of the Manufacturing Exten-
sion Partnership of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology, $80,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which not to exceed $500,000 may be transferred
to the ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’: Provided, That none of the
funds made available under this heading in this or any
other Act may be used for the purposes of carrying out addi-
tional program competitions under the Advanced Tech-
nology Program: Provided further, That any unobligated
balances available from carryover of prior year appropria-
tions under the Advanced Technology Program may be used
only for the purposes of providing continuation grants.
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, $60,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law
for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
including acquisition, maintenance, operation, and hire of
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aircraft; not to exceed 358 commissioned officers on the ac-
tive list; grants, contracts, or other payments to nonprofit
organizations for the purposes of conducting activities pur-
suant to cooperative agreements; and alteration, moderniza-
tion, and relocation of facilities as authorized by 33 U.S.C.
883i; $1,802,677,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 but con-
sistent with other existing law, fees shall be assessed, col-
lected, and credited to this appropriation as offsetting col-
lections to be available until expended, to recover the costs
of administering aeronautical charting programs: Provided
further, That the sum herein appropriated from the general
fund shall be reduced as such additional fees are received
during fiscal year 1996, so as to result in a final general
fund 
appropriation 
estimated 
at 
not 
more 
than
$1,799,677,000: Provided further, That any such additional
fees received in excess of $3,000,000 in fiscal year 1996 shall
not be available for obligation until October 1, 1996: Pro-
vided further, That fees and donations received by the Na-
tional Ocean Service for the management of the national
marine sanctuaries may be retained and used for the sala-
ries and expenses associated with those activities, notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided further, That in addi-
tion, $63,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund
entitled ‘‘Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Re-
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search Pertaining to American Fisheries’’: Provided fur-
ther, That grants to States pursuant to sections 306 and
306(a) of the Coastal Zone Management Act, as amended,
shall not exceed $2,000,000.
COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT FUND
Of amounts collected pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 1456a, not
to exceed $7,800,000, for purposes set forth in 16 U.S.C.
1456a(b)(2)(A), 16 U.S.C. 1456a(b)(2)(B)(v), and 16
U.S.C. 1461(e).
CONSTRUCTION
For repair and modification of, and additions to, ex-
isting facilities and construction of new facilities, and for
facility planning and design and land acquisition not oth-
erwise provided for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, $50,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
FLEET MODERNIZATION, SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION
For expenses necessary for the repair, acquisition, leas-
ing, or conversion of vessels, including related equipment
to maintain and modernize the existing fleet and to con-
tinue planning the modernization of the fleet, for the Na-
tional 
Oceanic 
and 
Atmospheric 
Administration,
$8,000,000, to remain available until expended.
FISHING VESSEL AND GEAR DAMAGE COMPENSATION FUND
For carrying out the provisions of section 3 of Public
Law 95–376, not to exceed $1,032,000, to be derived from
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receipts collected pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 1980 (b) and (f),
to remain available until expended.
FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND
For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public
Law 95–372, not to exceed $999,000, 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 Fishery Conservation
and Management Act of 1976, as amended (Public Law
100–627) and the American Fisheries Promotion Act (Pub-
lic Law 96–561), there are appropriated from the fees im-
posed under the foreign fishery observer program authorized
by these Acts, not to exceed $196,000, to remain available
until expended.
FISHING VESSEL OBLIGATIONS GUARANTEES
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Federal
Credit Reform Act of 1990, of guaranteed loans authorized
by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, as amended, $250,000:
Provided, That none of the funds made available under this
heading may be used to guarantee loans for any new fishing
vessel that will increase the harvesting capacity in any
United States fishery.
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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, $5,000,000.
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,
$29,100,000.
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), $19,849,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available under this head-
ing, $75,000,000 are rescinded.
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
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activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 U.S.C.
1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed by the
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 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
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individuals appointed to temporary positions within the
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, the Sec-
retary of Commerce, no later than 90 days thereafter, shall
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
and the Senate a plan for transferring funds provided in
this Act to the appropriate successor organizations: Pro-
vided, That the plan shall include a proposal for transfer-
ring or rescinding funds appropriated herein for agencies
or programs terminated under such legislation: Provided
further, That such plan shall be transmitted in accordance
with section 605 of this Act.
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(b) The Secretary of Commerce or the appropriate
head of any successor organization(s) may use any avail-
able funds to carry out legislation dismantling or reor-
ganizing the Department of Commerce to cover the costs of
actions relating to the abolishment, reorganization or trans-
fer of functions and any related personnel action, including
voluntary separation incentives if authorized by such legis-
lation: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds be-
tween appropriations accounts 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 available for obligation or expenditure ex-
cept in compliance with the procedures set forth in that sec-
tion: Provided further, That no monies appropriated under
this Act or any other law shall be used by the Secretary
of Commerce to issue final determinations under subsections
(a), (b), (c), (e), (g) or (i) of section 4 of the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533), until such time as
legislation reauthorizing the Act is enacted or until the end
of fiscal year 1996, whichever is earlier, except that monies
appropriated under this Act may be used to delist or reclas-
sify 
species 
pursuant 
to 
subsections 
4(a)(2)(B),
4(c)(2)(B)(i), and 4(c)(2)(B)(ii) of the Endangered Species
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Act, and may be used to issue emergency listings under sec-
tion 4(b)(7) of the Endangered Species Act.
SEC. 207. Notwithstanding any other provision of law
(including any regulation and including the Public Works
and Economic Development Act of 1965), the transfer of
title to the Rutland City Industrial Complex to Hilinex,
Vermont (as related to Economic Development Administra-
tion Project Number 01–11–01742) shall not require com-
pensation to the Federal Government for the fair share of
the Federal Government of that real property.
SEC. 208. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Com-
merce, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Economic
Development of the Department of Commerce, shall—
(1) not later than January 1, 1996, commence
the demolition of the structures on, and the cleanup
and environmental remediation on, the parcel of land
described in subsection (b);
(2) not later than March 31, 1996, complete the
demolition, cleanup, and environmental remediation
under paragraph (1); and
(3) not later than April 1, 1996, convey the par-
cel of land described in subsection (b), in accordance
with the requirements of section 120(h) of the Com-
prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9620(h)), to the
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Tuscaloosa County Industrial Development Authority,
on receipt of payment of the fair market value for the
parcel by the Authority, as agreed on by the Secretary
and the Authority.
(b) LAND PARCEL.—The parcel of land referred to in
subsection (a) is the parcel of land consisting of approxi-
mately 41 acres in Holt, Alabama (in Tuscaloosa County),
that is generally known as the ‘‘Central Foundry Property’’,
as depicted on a map, and as described in a legal descrip-
tion, that the Secretary, acting through the Assistant Sec-
retary for Economic Development, determines to be satisfac-
tory.
SEC. 209. 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 shall be absorbed within the total budgetary re-
sources available to such Department or agency: Provided,
That the authority to transfer funds between appropriations
accounts as may be necessary to carry out this provision
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 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.
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This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com-
merce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996’’.
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
$10,000 for official reception and representation expenses;
and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended as the Chief
Justice may approve, $25,834,000.
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), $3,313,000, of which $500,000 shall remain
available until expended.
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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, $14,288,000.
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, $10,859,000.
COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER
JUDICIAL SERVICES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For the salaries of circuit and district judges (includ-
ing judges of the territorial courts of the United States),
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, $2,433,141,000 (including the pur-
chase of firearms and ammunition); of which not to exceed
$13,454,000 shall remain available until expended for space
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alteration projects; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall
remain available until expended for furniture and furnish-
ings related to new space alteration and construction
projects; and of which $500,000 is to remain available until
expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, and news-
papers, and all other legal reference materials, including
subscriptions.
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 $2,318,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine In-
jury Compensation Trust Fund.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
For activities of the Federal Judiciary as authorized
by law, $30,000,000, to remain available until expended,
which shall be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction
Trust Fund, as authorized by section 190001(a) of Public
Law 103–322.
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
under the Criminal Justice Act (18 U.S.C. 3006A(e)), the
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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 Unit-
ed States has a treaty for the execution of penal sentences,
and the compensation of attorneys appointed to represent
jurors in civil actions for the protection of their employ-
ment, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d), $267,217,000,
to remain available until expended as authorized by 18
U.S.C. 3006A(i): Provided, That none of the funds provided
in this Act shall be available for Death Penalty Resource
Centers or Post-Conviction Defender Organizations after
April 1, 1996.
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)); $59,028,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That the compensation
of land commissioners shall not exceed the daily equivalent
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of the highest rate payable under section 5332 of title 5,
United States Code.
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); $102,000,000,
to be expended directly or transferred to the United States
Marshals Service which shall be responsible for administer-
ing elements of the Judicial Security Program consistent
with standards or guidelines 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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$47,500,000, 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, $17,914,000; of which
$1,800,000 shall remain available through September 30,
1997, 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), $24,000,000, to
the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund, as authorized by
28 U.S.C. 376(c), $7,000,000, and to the United States
Court of Federal Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund, as au-
thorized by 28 U.S.C. 178(l), $1,900,000.
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,
$8,500,000, 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. Appropriations made in this title shall be
available for salaries and expenses of the Special Court es-
tablished under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of
1973, Public Law 93–236.
SEC. 303. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation
made available for the current fiscal year for the Judiciary
in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations,
but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of Appeals, Dis-
trict Courts, and other Judicial Services, Defender Serv-
ices’’, shall be increased by more than 10 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. 304. 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
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administered by the Director of the Administrative Office
of the United States Courts in his capacity as Secretary
of the Judicial Conference.
SEC. 305. Section 333 of title 28, United States Code,
is amended—
(1) in the first paragraph by striking ‘‘shall’’ the
first, second, and fourth place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘may’’; and
(2) in the second paragraph—
(A) by striking ‘‘shall’’ the first place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘may’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘, and unless excused by the
chief judge, shall remain throughout the con-
ference’’.
This title may be cited as ‘‘The Judiciary Appropria-
tions Act, 1996’’.
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
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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.
481(c) and 22 U.S.C. 2674; and for expenses of general ad-
ministration, $1,708,800,000: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 140(a)(5), and the second sentence of sec-
tion 140(a)(3) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act,
Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103–236), not to
exceed $125,000,000 of fees may be collected during fiscal
year 1996 under the authority of section 140(a)(1) of that
Act: Provided further, That all fees collected under the pre-
ceding proviso shall be deposited in fiscal year 1996 as an
offsetting collection to appropriations made under this
heading to recover the costs of providing consular services
and shall remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That starting in fiscal year 1997, a system shall be
in place that allocates to each department and agency the
full cost of its presence outside of the United States.
Of the funds provided under this heading, $24,856,000
shall be available only for the Diplomatic Telecommuni-
cations Service for operation of existing base services and
not to exceed $17,144,000 shall be available only for the en-
hancement of the Diplomatic Telecommunications Service
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and shall remain available until expended. Of the latter
amount, $9,600,000 shall not be made available until expi-
ration of the 15 day period beginning on the date when
the Secretary of State and the Director of the Diplomatic
Telecommunications Service submit the pilot program re-
port required by section 507 of Public Law 103–317.
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
45 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956,
22 U.S.C. 2717; and in addition not to exceed $1,223,000
shall be derived from fees from other executive agencies for
lease or use of facilities located at the International Center
in accordance with section 4 of the International Center
Act (Public Law 90–553, as amended by section 120 of Pub-
lic Law 101–246); and in addition not to exceed $15,000
which shall be derived from reimbursements, surcharges,
and fees for use of Blair House facilities in accordance with
section 46 of the State of Department Basic Authorities Act
of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2718(a)).
Notwithstanding section 402 of this Act, not to exceed
20 percent of the amounts made available in this Act in
the appropriation accounts, ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular
Programs’’ and ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ under the heading
‘‘Administration of Foreign Affairs’’ may be transferred be-
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tween such appropriation accounts: 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 obligation or expenditure except
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
For an additional amount for security enhancements
to counter the threat of terrorism, $9,720,000, to remain
available until expended.
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, $363,276,000.
For an additional amount for security enhancements
to counter the threat of terrorism, $1,870,000, to remain
available until expended.
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND
For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment
Fund, $16,400,000, 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 ap-
propriated 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.), $27,369,000, not-
withstanding section 209(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act
of 1980 (Public Law 96–465), as it relates to post inspec-
tions: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision
of law, (1) the Office of the Inspector General of the United
States Information Agency is hereby merged with the Office
of the Inspector General of the Department of State; (2) the
functions exercised and assigned to the Office of the Inspec-
tor General of the United States Information Agency before
the effective date of this Act (including all related functions)
are transferred to the Office of the Inspector General of the
Department of State; and (3) the Inspector General of the
Department of State shall also serve as the Inspector Gen-
eral of the United States Information Agency.
REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES
For representation allowances as authorized by section
905 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended (22
U.S.C. 4085), $4,500,000.
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
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State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C.
4314) and 3 U.S.C. 208, $8,579,000.
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), and the Diplomatic Security Construction Program
as authorized by title IV of the Omnibus Diplomatic Secu-
rity and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4851),
$385,760,000, to remain available until expended as au-
thorized by 22 U.S.C. 2696(c): Provided, That none of the
funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be available for
acquisition 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), $6,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended as authorized by 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, subject to the
same terms and conditions.
REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans, $593,000, as authorized
by 22 U.S.C. 2671: Provided, That such costs, including
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the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec-
tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. In addi-
tion, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the
direct loan program, $183,000 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 (93 Stat. 14), $15,165,000.
PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND
DISABILITY FUND
For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and
Disability Fund, as authorized by law, $125,402,000.
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, $700,000,000: Provided,
That any payment of arrearages shall be directed toward
special activities that are mutually agreed upon by the
United States and the respective international organiza-
tion: Provided further, That 20 percent of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph for the assessed contribution of
the United States to the United Nations shall be withheld
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from obligation and expenditure until a certification is
made under section 401(b) of Public Law 103–236 for fiscal
year 1996: Provided further, That certification under sec-
tion 401(b) of Public Law 103–236 for fiscal year 1996 may
only be made if the Committees on Appropriations and For-
eign Relations of the Senate and the Committees on Appro-
priations and International Relations of the House of Rep-
resentatives are notified of the steps taken, and anticipated,
to meet the requirements of section 401(b) of Public Law
103–236 at least 15 days in advance of the proposed certifi-
cation: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph shall be available for a United
States contribution to an international organization for the
United States share of interest costs made known to the
United States Government by such organization for loans
incurred on or after October 1, 1984, through external bor-
rowings.
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, $225,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds
made available under this Act shall be obligated or expended
for any new or expanded United Nations peacekeeping mis-
sion unless, at least fifteen days in advance of voting for
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the new or expanded mission in the United Nations Secu-
rity 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 appro-
priate Committees of the Congress are notified of the esti-
mated cost and length of the mission, the vital national in-
terest 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 fur-
ther, 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 Na-
tions peacekeeping activities equal to those being given to
foreign 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-
resentation to such organizations and conferences as pro-
vided for by 22 U.S.C. 2656 and 2672 and personal services
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without regard to civil service and classification laws as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5102, $3,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 2696(c), of
which not to exceed $200,000 may be expended for represen-
tation as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 4085.
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,
$12,058,000.
CONSTRUCTION
For detailed plan preparation and construction of au-
thorized projects, $6,644,000, to remain available until ex-
pended as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 2696(c).
AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for the
International Joint Commission and the International
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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;
$5,800,000, 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,
$14,669,000: Provided, That the United States share of such
expenses may be advanced to the respective commissions,
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, $5,000,000, to remain
available until expended as authorized by 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 activities,
$35,700,000, of which not to exceed $50,000 shall be for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses as authorized by
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the Act of September 26, 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2551
et seq.).
UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
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
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
22 U.S.C. 1471, and entertainment, including official re-
ceptions, within the United States, not to exceed $25,000
as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 1474(3); $445,645,000: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $1,400,000 may be used for rep-
resentation abroad as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 1452 and
4085: Provided further, That not to exceed $7,615,000 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 pic-
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tures, and publication programs as authorized by section
810 of the United States Information and Educational Ex-
change Act of 1948, as amended: Provided further, That not
to exceed $1,700,000 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 facili-
ties 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), $200,000,000, to remain available until expended as
authorized by 22 U.S.C. 2455: Provided, That $1,800,000
of this amount shall be available for the Mike Mansfield
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Fellowship Program as authorized by section 252 of Public
Law 103–236.
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. 5204–05), all interest and earnings accruing to the
Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund on
or before September 30, 1996, to remain available until ex-
pended: 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 Is-
raeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before September 30,
1996, to remain available until expended.
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AMERICAN STUDIES COLLECTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND
For necessary expenses of American Studies Collections
as authorized by section 235 of the Foreign Relations Au-
thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995, all interest
and earnings accruing to the American Studies Collections
Endowment Fund on or before September 30, 1996, to re-
main available until expended.
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;
$325,191,000, of which $5,000,000 shall remain available
until expended, not to exceed $16,000 may be used for offi-
cial receptions within the United States as authorized by
22 U.S.C. 1474(3), not to exceed $35,000 may be used for
representation abroad as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 1452 and
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 $250,000
from fees as authorized by section 810 of the United States
Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, as
amended, to remain available until expended for carrying
out authorized purposes; and in addition, notwithstanding
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any other provision of law, not to exceed $1,000,000 in
monies received (including receipts from advertising, if
any) by or for the use of the United States Information
Agency from or in connection with broadcasting resources
owned by or on behalf of the Agency, to be available until
expended for carrying out authorized purposes.
BROADCASTING TO CUBA
For expenses necessary to enable the United States In-
formation Agency to carry out the Radio Broadcasting to
Cuba Act, as amended, the Television Broadcasting to Cuba
Act, and the International Broadcasting Act of 1994, in-
cluding the purchase, rent, construction, and improvement
of facilities for radio and television transmission and recep-
tion, and purchase and installation of necessary equipment
for radio and television transmission and reception,
$24,809,000 to remain available until expended: Provided,
That not later than April 1, 1996, the headquarters of the
Office of Cuba Broadcasting shall be relocated from Wash-
ington, D.C. to south Florida, and that any funds available
under the headings ‘‘International Broadcasting Oper-
ations’’, ‘‘Broadcasting to Cuba’’, and ‘‘Radio Construc-
tion’’ may be available to carry out this relocation.
RADIO CONSTRUCTION
For an additional amount for the purchase, rent, con-
struction, and improvement of facilities for radio trans-
mission and reception and purchase and installation of nec-
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essary equipment for radio and television transmission and
reception as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 1471, $40,000,000, to
remain available until expended as authorized by 22 U.S.C.
1477b(a).
EAST-WEST CENTER
To enable the Director of the United States Informa-
tion Agency to provide for carrying out the provisions of
the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between
East and West Act of 1960 (22 U.S.C. 2054–2057), by grant
to the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Be-
tween East and West in the State of Hawaii, $11,750,000:
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, $2,000,000, 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-
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thorized by the National Endowment for Democracy 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).
SEC. 402. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation
made available for the current fiscal year for the Depart-
ment of State in this Act may be transferred between such
appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as other-
wise specifically provided, shall be increased by more than
10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the
current fiscal year for the United States Information Agen-
cy in this Act may be transferred between such appropria-
tions, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise spe-
cifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 per-
cent 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
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date, reorganize or downsize the functions under their au-
thority required by such legislation, and of any related per-
sonnel action, including voluntary separation incentives if
authorized by such legislation: Provided, That the authority
to transfer funds between appropriations accounts that may
be necessary to carry out this section is provided in addi-
tion to authorities included under section 402 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 available for obligation
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set
forth in that section.
SEC. 405. Funds appropriated by this Act for the
United States Information Agency, the Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency, and the Department of State may
be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 701 of
the United States Information and Educational Exchange
Act of 1948 and section 313 of the Foreign Relations Au-
thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995, section 53 of
the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, and section 15
of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956.
SEC. 406. Section 36(a)(1) of the State Department
Authorities Act of 1956, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2708), is
amended to delete ‘‘may pay a reward’’ and insert in lieu
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thereof ‘‘shall establish and publicize a program under
which rewards may be paid’’.
SEC. 407. Section 8 of the Eisenhower Exchange Fel-
lowship Act of 1990 is amended in the last sentence by strik-
ing ‘‘fiscal year 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 1999’’.
SEC. 408. Sections 6(a) and 6(b) of Public Law 101–
454 are repealed. In addition, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, Incor-
porated, may use one-third of any earned but unused trust
income from the period 1992 through 1995 for Fellowship
purposes in each of fiscal years 1996–1998.
SEC. 409. It is the sense of the Senate that none of
the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursu-
ant to this Act should be used for the deployment of combat-
equipped forces of the Armed Forces of the United States
for any ground operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina un-
less—
(1) Congress approves in advance the deployment
of such forces of the Armed Forces; or
(2) the temporary deployment of such forces of
the Armed Forces of the United States into Bosnia
and Herzegovina is necessary to evacuate United Na-
tions peacekeeping forces from a situation of immi-
nent danger, to undertake emergency air rescue oper-
ations, or to provide for the airborne delivery of hu-
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manitarian supplies, and the President reports as
soon as practicable to Congress after the initiation of
the temporary deployment, but in no case later than
48 hours after the initiation of the deployment.
SEC. 410. 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 shall be absorbed within the total budgetary re-
sources available to such Department or agency: Provided,
That the authority to transfer funds between appropriations
accounts as may be necessary to carry out this provision
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 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. 411. Section 235 of the Foreign Relations Author-
ization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (Public Law 101–
246) is amended by inserting ‘‘Tinian,’’ after ‘‘Sao Tome,’’.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of State
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996’’.
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TITLE V—RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION
OPERATING-DIFFERENTIAL SUBSIDIES
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY)
For the payment of obligations incurred for operating-
differential subsidies as authorized by the Merchant Marine
Act, 1936, as amended, $162,610,000, to remain available
until expended.
MARITIME NATIONAL 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 as determined by the Secretary of De-
fense in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation,
$46,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That these funds will be available only upon enactment of
an authorization for this program.
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $66,600,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Secretary of Transportation may use
proceeds derived from the sale or disposal of National De-
fense Reserve Fleet vessels that are currently collected and
retained by the Maritime Administration, to be used for
facility and ship maintenance, modernization and repair,
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conversion, acquisition of equipment, and fuel costs nec-
essary to maintain training at the United States Merchant
Marine Academy and State maritime academies and may
be transferred to the Secretary of the Interior for use as
provided in the National Maritime Heritage Act (Public
Law 103–451): Provided further, That reimbursements may
be made to this appropriation from receipts to the ‘‘Federal
Ship Financing Fund’’ for administrative expenses in sup-
port 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 of 1936, $40,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That such costs, includ-
ing the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined
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 $3,500,000,
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 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-
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, $206,000, as authorized by
Public Law 99–83, section 1303.
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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil
Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles,
$8,750,000: 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.
COMMISSION ON IMMIGRATION REFORM
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Immi-
gration Reform pursuant to section 141(f) of the Immigra-
tion Act of 1990, $1,894,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
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
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94–304, $1,090,000, to remain available until expended as
authorized by section 3 of Public Law 99–7.
COMPETITIVENESS POLICY COUNCIL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Competitiveness Policy
Council, $100,000.
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); nonmonetary awards
to private citizens; not to exceed $26,500,000, 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 Discrimi-
nation in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities
Act of 1990, and the Civil Rights Act of 1991; $233,000,000:
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 sixteen)
and hire of motor vehicles; special counsel fees; and services
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $195,709,000, of which not
to exceed $300,000 shall remain available until September
30, 1997, for research and policy studies: Provided, That
$136,400,000 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 1996 so as to re-
sult in a final fiscal year 1996 appropriation estimated at
$59,309,000: Provided further, That any offsetting collec-
tions received in excess of $136,400,000 in fiscal year 1996
shall remain available until expended, but shall not be
available for obligation until October 1, 1996: Provided fur-
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ther, That the Commission shall amend its schedule of regu-
latory fees set forth in section 1.1153 of title 47, CFR, au-
thorized by section 9 of title I of the Communications Act
of 1934, as amended by: (1) striking ‘‘$22,420’’ in the An-
nual Regulatory Fee column for VHF Commercial Markets
1 through 10 and inserting ‘‘$32,000’’; (2) striking
‘‘$19,925’’ in the Annual Regulatory Fee column for VHF
Commercial Markets 11 through 25 and inserting
‘‘$26,000’’; (3) striking ‘‘$14,950’’ in the Annual Regu-
latory Fee column for VHF Commercial Markets 26 through
50 and inserting ‘‘$17,000’’; (4) striking ‘‘$9,975’’ in the
Annual Regulatory Fee column for VHF Commercial Mar-
kets 51 through 100 and inserting ‘‘$9,000’’; (5) striking
‘‘$6,225’’ in the Annual Regulatory Fee column for VHF
Commercial Remaining Markets and inserting ‘‘$2,500’’;
and (6) striking ‘‘$17,925’’ in the Annual Regulatory Fee
column for UHF Commercial Markets 1 through 10 and
inserting ‘‘$25,000’’; (7) striking ‘‘$15,950’’ in the Annual
Regulatory Fee column for UHF Commercial Markets 11
through 25 and inserting ‘‘$20,000’’; (8) striking ‘‘$11,950’’
in the Annual Regulatory Fee column for UHF Commercial
Markets 26 through 50 and inserting ‘‘$13,000’’; (9) strik-
ing ‘‘$7,975’’ in the Annual Regulatory Fee column for
UHF Commercial Markets 51 through 100 and inserting
‘‘$7,000’’; and (10) striking ‘‘$4,975’’ in the Annual Regu-
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latory Fee column for UHF Commercial Remaining Mar-
kets and inserting ‘‘$2,000’’: Provided further, That the
FCC shall pay the travel-related expenses of the Federal-
State Joint Board on Universal Service for those activities
described in the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (47 U.S.C.
254(a)(1)).
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 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; $14,855,000: 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 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; $79,568,000: 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
$48,262,000 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 1996,
so as to result in a final fiscal year 1996 appropriation
from the General Fund estimated at not more than
$31,306,000, to remain available until expended: Provided
further, That any fees received in excess of $48,262,000 in
fiscal year 1996 shall remain available until expended, but
shall not be available for obligation until October 1, 1996:
Provided further, That none of the funds made available
to the Federal Trade Commission shall be available for obli-
gation for expenses authorized by section 151 of the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991
(Public Law 102–242, 105 Stat. 2282–2285).
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JAPAN-UNITED STATES FRIENDSHIP COMMISSION
JAPAN-UNITED STATES FRIENDSHIP TRUST FUND
For expenses of the Japan-United States Friendship
Commission, as authorized by Public Law 94–118, as
amended, from the interest earned on the Japan-United
States Friendship Trust Fund, $1,247,000; and an amount
of Japanese currency not to exceed the equivalent of
$1,420,000 based on exchange rates at the time of payment
of such amounts as authorized by Public Law 94–118.
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
$290,750,000 is for basic field programs and required inde-
pendent audits carried out in accordance with section 509;
$250,000 is for a payment to an opposing party for attor-
ney’s fees and expenses relating to civil actions named In
the Matter of Baby Boy Doe, and Doe v. Roe and Indian
tribe, with docket numbers 19512 and 21723 (Idaho Feb-
ruary 23, 1996); $1,500,000 is for the Office of the Inspector
General, of which such amounts as may be necessary may
be used to conduct additional audits of recipients in accord-
ance with section 509 of this Act; and $7,500,000 is for
management 
and 
administration: 
Provided, 
That
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$198,750,000 of the total amount provided under this head-
ing for basic field programs shall not be available except
for the competitive award of grants and contracts under
section 503 of this Act.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—LEGAL SERVICES
CORPORATION
SEC. 501. (a) Funds appropriated under this Act to
the Legal Services Corporation for basic field programs
shall be distributed as follows:
(1) The Corporation shall define geographic
areas and make the funds available for each geo-
graphic area on a per capita basis relative to the
number of individuals in poverty determined by the
Bureau of the Census to be within the geographic
area, except as provided in paragraph (2)(B). Funds
for such a geographic area may be distributed by the
Corporation to 1 or more persons or entities eligible
for funding under section 1006(a)(1)(A) of the Legal
Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996e(a)(1)(A)),
subject to sections 502 and 504.
(2) Funds for grants from the Corporation, and
contracts entered into by the Corporation for basic
field programs, shall be allocated so as to provide—
(A) except as provided in subparagraph
(B), an equal figure per individual in poverty
for all geographic areas, as determined on the
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basis of the most recent decennial census of popu-
lation conducted pursuant to section 141 of title
13, United States Code (or, in the case of the Re-
public of Palau, the Federated States of Microne-
sia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Alaska,
Hawaii, and the United States Virgin Islands,
on the basis of the adjusted population counts
historically used as the basis for such determina-
tions); and
(B) an additional amount for Native Amer-
ican communities that received assistance under
the Legal Services Corporation Act for fiscal
year 1995, so that the proportion of the funds
appropriated to the Legal Services Corporation
for basic field programs for fiscal year 1996 that
is received by the Native American communities
shall be not less than the proportion of such
funds appropriated for fiscal year 1995 that was
received by the Native American communities.
(b) As used in this section:
(1) The term ‘‘individual in poverty’’ means an
individual who is a member of a family (of 1 or more
members) with an income at or below the poverty
line.
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(2) The term ‘‘poverty line’’ means the poverty
line (as defined by the Office of Management and
Budget, and revised annually in accordance with sec-
tion 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant
Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) applicable to a family of the
size involved.
SEC. 502. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
to the Legal Services Corporation shall be used by the Cor-
poration to make a grant, or enter into a contract, for the
provision of legal assistance unless the Corporation ensures
that the person or entity receiving funding to provide such
legal assistance is—
(1) a private attorney admitted to practice in a
State or the District of Columbia;
(2) a qualified nonprofit organization, chartered
under the laws of a State or the District of Columbia,
that—
(A) furnishes legal assistance to eligible cli-
ents; and
(B) is governed by a board of directors or
other governing body, the majority of which is
comprised of attorneys who—
(i) are admitted to practice in a State
or the District of Columbia; and
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(ii) are appointed to terms of office on
such board or body by the governing body of
a State, county, or municipal bar associa-
tion, the membership of which represents a
majority of the attorneys practicing law in
the locality in which the organization is to
provide legal assistance;
(3) a State or local government (without regard
to section 1006(a)(1)(A)(ii) of the Legal Services Cor-
poration Act (42 U.S.C. 2996e(a)(1)(A)(ii)); or
(4) a substate regional planning or coordination
agency that serves a substate area and whose govern-
ing board is controlled by locally elected officials.
SEC. 503. (a)(1) Not later than April 1, 1996, the
Legal Services Corporation shall implement a system of
competitive awards of grants and contracts for all basic
field programs, which shall apply to all such grants and
contracts awarded by the Corporation after March 31, 1996,
from funds appropriated in this Act.
(2) Any grant or contract awarded before April 1,
1996, by the Legal Services Corporation to a basic field pro-
gram for 1996—
(A) shall not be for an amount greater than the
amount required for the period ending March 31,
1996;
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(B) shall terminate at the end of such period;
and
(C) shall not be renewable except in accordance
with the system implemented under paragraph (1).
(3) The amount of grants and contracts awarded before
April 1, 1996, by the Legal Services Corporation for basic
field programs for 1996 in any geographic area described
in section 501 shall not exceed an amount equal to 3⁄12 of
the total amount to be distributed for such programs for
1996 in such area.
(b) Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Legal Services Corporation shall promulgate
regulations to implement a competitive selection process for
the recipients of such grants and contracts.
(c) Such regulations shall specify selection criteria for
the recipients, which shall include—
(1) a demonstration of a full understanding of
the basic legal needs of the eligible clients to be served
and a demonstration of the capability of serving the
needs;
(2) the quality, feasibility, and cost effectiveness
of a plan submitted by an applicant for the delivery
of legal assistance to the eligible clients to be served;
and
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(3) the experience of the Legal Services Corpora-
tion with the applicant, if the applicant has pre-
viously received financial assistance from the Cor-
poration, including the record of the applicant of past
compliance with Corporation policies, practices, and
restrictions.
(d) Such regulations shall ensure that timely notice
regarding an opportunity to submit an application for such
an award is published in periodicals of local and State bar
associations and in at least 1 daily newspaper of general
circulation in the area to be served by the person or entity
receiving the award.
(e) No person or entity that was previously awarded
a grant or contract by the Legal Services Corporation for
the provision of legal assistance may be given any pref-
erence in the competitive selection process.
(f) For the purposes of the funding provided in this
Act, rights under sections 1007(a)(9) and 1011 of the Legal
Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996f(a)(9) and 42
U.S.C. 2996j) shall not apply.
SEC. 504. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this
Act to the Legal Services Corporation may be used to pro-
vide financial assistance to any person or entity (which
may be referred to in this section as a ‘‘recipient’’)—
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(1) that makes available any funds, personnel, or
equipment for use in advocating or opposing any
plan or proposal, or represents any party or partici-
pates in any other way in litigation, that is intended
to or has the effect of altering, revising, or reappor-
tioning a legislative, judicial, or elective district at
any level of government, including influencing the
timing or manner of the taking of a census;
(2) that attempts to influence the issuance,
amendment, or revocation of any executive order, reg-
ulation, or other statement of general applicability
and future effect by any Federal, State, or local agen-
cy;
(3) that attempts to influence any part of any
adjudicatory proceeding of any Federal, State, or
local agency if such part of the proceeding is designed
for the formulation or modification of any agency
policy of general applicability and future effect;
(4) that attempts to influence the passage or de-
feat of any legislation, constitutional amendment, ref-
erendum, initiative, or any similar procedure of the
Congress or a State or local legislative body;
(5) that attempts to influence the conduct of
oversight proceedings of the Corporation or any per-
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son or entity receiving financial assistance provided
by the Corporation;
(6) that pays for any personal service, advertise-
ment, telegram, telephone communication, letter,
printed or written matter, administrative expense, or
related expense, associated with an activity prohibited
in this section;
(7) that initiates or participates in a class ac-
tion suit;
(8) that files a complaint or otherwise initiates
or participates in litigation against a defendant, or
engages in a precomplaint settlement negotiation with
a prospective defendant, unless—
(A) each plaintiff has been specifically iden-
tified, by name, in any complaint filed for pur-
poses of such litigation or prior to the
precomplaint settlement negotiation; and
(B) a statement or statements of facts writ-
ten in English and, if necessary, in a language
that the plaintiffs understand, that enumerate
the particular facts known to the plaintiffs on
which the complaint is based, have been signed
by the plaintiffs, are kept on file by the recipi-
ent, and are made available to any Federal de-
partment or agency that is auditing or monitor-
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ing the activities of the Corporation or of the re-
cipient, and to any auditor or monitor receiving
Federal funds to conduct such auditing or mon-
itoring, including any auditor or monitor of the
Corporation:
Provided, That upon establishment of reasonable
cause that an injunction is necessary to prevent prob-
able, serious harm to such potential plaintiff, a court
of competent jurisdiction may enjoin the disclosure of
the identity of any potential plaintiff pending the
outcome of such litigation or negotiations after notice
and an opportunity for a hearing is provided to po-
tential parties to the litigation or the negotiations:
Provided further, That other parties to the litigation
or negotiation shall have access to the statement of
facts referred to in subparagraph (B) only through
the discovery process after litigation has begun;
(9) unless—
(A) prior to the provision of financial as-
sistance—
(i) if the person or entity is a non-
profit organization, the governing board of
the person or entity has set specific prior-
ities in writing, pursuant to section
1007(a)(2)(C)(i) of the Legal Services Cor-
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poration Act (42 U.S.C. 2996f(a)(2)(C)(i)),
of the types of matters and cases to which
the staff of the nonprofit organization shall
devote time and resources; and
(ii) the staff of such person or entity
has signed a written agreement not to un-
dertake cases or matters other than in ac-
cordance with the specific priorities set by
such governing board, except in emergency
situations defined by such board and in ac-
cordance with the written procedures of
such board for such situations; and
(B) the staff of such person or entity pro-
vides to the governing board on a quarterly
basis, and to the Corporation on an annual
basis, information on all cases or matters under-
taken other than cases or matters undertaken in
accordance with such priorities;
(10) unless—
(A) prior to receiving the financial assist-
ance, such person or entity agrees to maintain
records of time spent on each case or matter with
respect to which the person or entity is engaged;
(B) any funds, including Interest on Law-
yers Trust Account funds, received from a source
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other than the Corporation by the person or en-
tity, and disbursements of such funds, are ac-
counted for and reported as receipts and dis-
bursements, respectively, separate and distinct
from Corporation funds; and
(C) the person or entity agrees (notwith-
standing section 1006(b)(3) of the Legal Services
Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996e(b)(3)) to make
the records described in this paragraph available
to any Federal department or agency that is au-
diting or monitoring the activities of the Cor-
poration or of the recipient, and to any inde-
pendent auditor or monitor receiving Federal
funds to conduct such auditing or monitoring,
including any auditor or monitor of the Cor-
poration;
(11) that provides legal assistance for or on be-
half of any alien, unless the alien is present in the
United States and is—
(A) an alien lawfully admitted for perma-
nent residence as defined in section 101(a)(20) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(20));
(B) an alien who—
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(i) is married to a United States citi-
zen or is a parent or an unmarried child
under the age of 21 years of such a citizen;
and
(ii) has filed an application to adjust
the status of the alien to the status of a law-
ful permanent resident under the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et
seq.), which application has not been re-
jected;
(C) an alien who is lawfully present in the
United States pursuant to an admission under
section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1157) (relating to refugee admis-
sion) or who has been granted asylum by the At-
torney General under such Act;
(D) an alien who is lawfully present in the
United States as a result of withholding of de-
portation by the Attorney General pursuant to
section 243(h) of the Immigration and National-
ity Act (8 U.S.C. 1253(h));
(E) an alien to whom section 305 of the Im-
migration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (8
U.S.C. 1101 note) applies, but only to the extent
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that the legal assistance provided is the legal as-
sistance described in such section; or
(F) an alien who is lawfully present in the
United States as a result of being granted condi-
tional entry to the United States before April 1,
1980, pursuant to section 203(a)(7) of the Immi-
gration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C.
1153(a)(7)), as in effect on March 31, 1980, be-
cause of persecution or fear of persecution on ac-
count of race, religion, or political calamity;
(12) that supports or conducts a training pro-
gram for the purpose of advocating a particular pub-
lic policy or encouraging a political activity, a labor
or antilabor activity, a boycott, picketing, a strike, or
a demonstration, including the dissemination of in-
formation about such a policy or activity, except that
this paragraph shall not be construed to prohibit the
provision of training to an attorney or a paralegal to
prepare the attorney or paralegal to provide—
(A) adequate legal assistance to eligible cli-
ents; or
(B) advice to any eligible client as to the
legal rights of the client;
(13) that claims (or whose employee claims), or
collects and retains, attorneys’ fees pursuant to any
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Federal or State law permitting or requiring the
awarding of such fees;
(14) that participates in any litigation with re-
spect to abortion;
(15) that participates in any litigation on behalf
of a person incarcerated in a Federal, State, or local
prison;
(16) that initiates legal representation or par-
ticipates in any other way, in litigation, lobbying, or
rulemaking, involving an effort to reform a Federal or
State welfare system, except that this paragraph shall
not be construed to preclude a recipient from rep-
resenting an individual eligible client who is seeking
specific relief from a welfare agency if such relief does
not involve an effort to amend or otherwise challenge
existing law in effect on the date of the initiation of
the representation;
(17) that defends a person in a proceeding to
evict the person from a public housing project if—
(A) the person has been charged with the il-
legal sale or distribution of a controlled sub-
stance; and
(B) the eviction proceeding is brought by a
public housing agency because the illegal drug
activity of the person threatens the health or
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safety of another tenant residing in the public
housing project or employee of the public housing
agency;
(18) unless such person or entity agrees that the
person or entity, and the employees of the person or
entity, will not accept employment resulting from in-
person unsolicited advice to a nonattorney that such
nonattorney should obtain counsel or take legal ac-
tion, and will not refer such nonattorney to another
person or entity or an employee of the person or en-
tity, that is receiving financial assistance provided by
the Corporation; or
(19) unless such person or entity enters into a
contractual agreement to be subject to all provisions
of Federal law relating to the proper use of Federal
funds, the violation of which shall render any grant
or contractual agreement to provide funding null and
void, and, for such purposes, the Corporation shall be
considered to be a Federal agency and all funds pro-
vided by the Corporation shall be considered to be
Federal funds provided by grant or contract.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to pro-
hibit a recipient from using funds from a source other than
the Legal Services Corporation for the purpose of contact-
ing, communicating with, or responding to a request from,
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a State or local government agency, a State or local legisla-
tive body or committee, or a member thereof, regarding
funding for the recipient, including a pending or proposed
legislative or agency proposal to fund such recipient.
(c) Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Legal Services Corporation shall promulgate
a suggested list of priorities that boards of directors may
use in setting priorities under subsection (a)(9).
(d)(1) The Legal Services Corporation shall not accept
any non-Federal funds, and no recipient shall accept funds
from any source other than the Corporation, unless the Cor-
poration or the recipient, as the case may be, notifies in
writing the source of the funds that the funds may not be
expended for any purpose prohibited by the Legal Services
Corporation Act or this title.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not prevent a recipient from—
(A) receiving Indian tribal funds (including
funds from private nonprofit organizations for the
benefit of Indians or Indian tribes) and expending the
tribal funds in accordance with the specific purposes
for which the tribal funds are provided; or
(B) using funds received from a source other
than the Legal Services Corporation to provide legal
assistance to a covered individual if such funds are
used for the specific purposes for which such funds
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were received, except that such funds may not be ex-
pended by recipients for any purpose prohibited by
this Act or by the Legal Services Corporation Act.
(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to pro-
hibit a recipient from using funds derived from a source
other than the Legal Services Corporation to comment on
public rulemaking or to respond to a written request for
information or testimony from a Federal, State or local
agency, legislative body or committee, or a member of such
an agency, body, or committee, so long as the response is
made only to the parties that make the request and the re-
cipient does not arrange for the request to be made.
(f) As used in this section:
(1) The term ‘‘controlled substance’’ has the
meaning given the term in section 102 of the Con-
trolled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802).
(2) The term ‘‘covered individual’’ means any
person who—
(A) except as provided in subparagraph
(B), meets the requirements of this Act and the
Legal Services Corporation Act relating to eligi-
bility for legal assistance; and
(B) may or may not be financially unable
to afford legal assistance.
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(3) The term ‘‘public housing project’’ has the
meaning as used within, and the term ‘‘public hous-
ing agency’’ has the meaning given the term, in sec-
tion 3 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42
U.S.C. 1437a).
SEC. 505. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
to the Legal Services Corporation or provided by the Cor-
poration to any entity or person may be used to pay mem-
bership dues to any private or nonprofit organization.
SEC. 506. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
to the Legal Services Corporation may be used by any per-
son or entity receiving financial assistance from the Cor-
poration to file or pursue a lawsuit against the Corpora-
tion.
SEC. 507. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
to the Legal Services Corporation may be used for any pur-
pose prohibited or contrary to any of the provisions of au-
thorization legislation for fiscal year 1996 for the Legal
Services Corporation that is enacted into law. Upon the en-
actment of such Legal Services Corporation reauthorization
legislation, 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.
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SEC. 508. (a) The requirements of section 504 shall
apply to the activities of a recipient described in section
504, or an employee of such a recipient, during the provi-
sion of legal assistance for a case or matter, if the recipient
or employee begins to provide the legal assistance on or after
the date of enactment of this Act.
(b) If the recipient or employee began to provide legal
assistance for the case or matter prior to the date of enact-
ment of this Act—
(1) each of the requirements of section 504 (other
than paragraphs (7), (11), and (15) of subsection (a)
of such section) shall, beginning on the date of enact-
ment of this Act, apply to the activities of the recipi-
ent or employee during the provision of legal assist-
ance for the case or matter; and
(2) the requirements of paragraphs (7), (11), and
(15) of section 504(a) shall apply—
(A) beginning on the date of enactment of
this Act, to the activities of the recipient or em-
ployee during the provision of legal assistance
for any additional related claim for which the
recipient or employee begins to provide legal as-
sistance on or after such date; and
(B) beginning July 1, 1996, to all other ac-
tivities of the recipient or employee during the
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provision of legal assistance for the case or mat-
ter.
(c) The Legal Services Corporation shall, every 60
days, submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the
Senate and House of Representatives a report setting forth
the status of cases and matters referred to in subsection
(b)(2).
SEC. 509. (a) An audit of each person or entity receiv-
ing financial assistance from the Legal Services Corpora-
tion under this Act (referred to in this section as a ‘‘recipi-
ent’’) shall be conducted in accordance with generally ac-
cepted government auditing standards and guidance estab-
lished by the Office of the Inspector General and shall report
whether—
(1) the financial statements of the recipient
present fairly its financial position and the results of
its financial operations in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles;
(2) the recipient has internal control systems to
provide reasonable assurance that it is managing
funds, regardless of source, in compliance with Fed-
eral laws and regulations; and
(3) the recipient has complied with Federal laws
and regulations applicable to funds received, regard-
less of source.
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(b) In carrying out the requirements of subsection
(a)(3), the auditor shall select and test a representative
number of transactions and report all instances of non-
compliance to the recipient. The recipient shall report any
noncompliance found by the auditor during the audit under
this section within 5 calendar days to the Office of the In-
spector General. If the recipient fails to report the non-
compliance, the auditor shall report the noncompliance di-
rectly to the Office of the Inspector General within 5 cal-
endar days of the recipient’s failure to report.
(c) The audits required under this section shall be pro-
vided for by the recipients and performed by independent
public accountants. The cost of such audits shall be shared
on a pro rata basis among all of the recipient’s funding
providers and the appropriate share shall be an allowable
charge to the Federal funds provided by the Legal Services
Corporation. No audit costs may be charged to the Federal
funds when the audit required by this section has not been
made in accordance with the guidance promulgated by the
Office of the Inspector General.
If the recipient fails to have an acceptable audit in
accordance with the guidance promulgated by the Office of
the Inspector General, the following sanctions shall be avail-
able to the Corporation as recommended by the Office of
the Inspector General:
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(1) the withholding of a percentage of the recipi-
ent’s funding until the audit is completed satisfac-
torily.
(2) the suspension of recipient’s funding until an
acceptable audit is completed.
(d) The Office of the Inspector General may remove,
suspend, or bar an independent public accountant, upon
a showing of good cause, from performing audit services re-
quired by this section. The Office of the Inspector General
shall develop and issue rules of practice to implement this
paragraph.
(e) Any independent public accountant performing an
audit under this section who subsequently ceases to be the
accountant for the recipient shall promptly notify the Office
of the Inspector General pursuant to such rules as the Office
of the Inspector General shall prescribe.
(f) Audits conducted in accordance with this section
shall be in lieu of the financial audits otherwise required
by section 1009(c) of the Legal Services Corporation Act
(42 U.S.C. 2996h(c)).
(g) The Office of the Inspector General is authorized
to conduct on-site monitoring, audits, and inspections in
accordance with Federal standards.
(h) Notwithstanding section 1006(b)(3) of the Legal
Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996e(b)(3)), financial
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records, time records, retainer agreements, client trust fund
and eligibility records, and client names, for each recipient
shall be made available to any auditor or monitor of the
recipient, including any Federal department or agency that
is auditing or monitoring the activities of the Corporation
or of the recipient, and any independent auditor or monitor
receiving Federal funds to conduct such auditing or mon-
itoring, including any auditor or monitor of the Corpora-
tion, except for reports or records subject to the attorney-
client privilege.
(i) The Legal Services Corporation shall not disclose
any name or document referred to in subsection (h), except
to—
(1) a Federal, State, or local law enforcement of-
ficial; or
(2) an official of an appropriate bar association
for the purpose of enabling the official to conduct an
investigation of a rule of professional conduct.
(j) The recipient management shall be responsible for
expeditiously resolving all reported audit reportable condi-
tions, findings, and recommendations, including those of
sub-recipients.
(k) The Legal Services Corporation shall—
(1) Follow up on significant reportable condi-
tions, findings, and recommendations found by the
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independent public accountants and reported to Cor-
poration management by the Office of the Inspector
General to ensure that instances of deficiencies and
noncompliance are resolved in a timely manner, and
(2) Develop procedures to ensure effective follow-
up that meet at a minimum the requirements of Of-
fice of Management and Budget Circular Number A–
50.
(l) The requirements of this section shall apply to a
recipient for its first fiscal year beginning on or after Janu-
ary 1, 1996.
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, $1,190,000.
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. FEDERAL HOLIDAY
COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Martin Luther King, Jr.
Federal Holiday Commission, as authorized by Public Law
98–399, as amended, $350,000: Provided, That this shall
be the final Federal payment to the Martin Luther King,
Jr. Federal Holiday Commission for operations and nec-
essary closing costs.
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OUNCE OF PREVENTION COUNCIL
For activities authorized by sections 30101 and 30102
of Public Law 103–322 (including administrative costs),
$1,500,000, to remain available until expended, for the
Ounce of Prevention Grant Program: Provided, That the
Council may accept and use gifts and donations, both real
and personal, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the
authorized activities of the Council, of which not to exceed
$5,000 may be used for official reception and representation
expenses.
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,
$287,738,000, of which $3,000,000 is for the Office of Eco-
nomic Analysis, to be headed by the Chief Economist of the
Commission, and 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
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,