Union Calendar No. 348
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3814
[Report No. 104–676]
A BILL
Making appropriations for the Departments of
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and
related agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 1997, and for other purposes.
JULY 16, 1996
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
IB
Union Calendar No. 348
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3814
[Report No. 104–676]
Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State,
the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1997, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 16, 1996
Mr. ROGERS, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following
bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
A BILL
Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce,
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
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fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the administration of the
Department of Justice, $71,493,000; of which not to ex-
ceed $3,317,000 is for the Facilities Program 2000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed 43 permanent positions and 44 full-time equivalent
workyears and $7,477,000 shall be expended for the De-
partment Leadership Program only for the Offices of the
Attorney General and the Deputy Attorney General, exclu-
sive of augmentation that occurred in these offices in fiscal
year 1996: Provided further, That not to exceed 71 perma-
nent positions and 85 full-time equivalent workyears and
$8,987,000 shall be expended for the Offices of Legislative
Affairs, Public Affairs and Policy Development: Provided
further, That the latter three aforementioned offices shall
not be augmented by personnel details, temporary trans-
fers of personnel on either a reimbursable or non-reim-
bursable basis or any other type of formal or informal
transfer or reimbursement of personnel or funds on either
a temporary or long-term basis.
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COUNTERTERRORISM FUND
For necessary expenses, as determined by the Attor-
ney General, $9,450,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, to reimburse any Department of Justice organiza-
tion for (1) the costs incurred in reestablishing the oper-
ational capability 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 domestic or international terrorist incident, (2) the
costs of providing support to counter, investigate or pros-
ecute domestic or international terrorism, including pay-
ment of rewards in connection with these activities, and
(3) the costs of conducting a terrorism threat assessment
of Federal agencies and their facilities: Provided, That
funds provided under this heading shall be available only
after the Attorney General notifies the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate in accordance with section 605 of this Act.
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS
For expenses necessary for the administration of par-
don and clemency petitions and immigration related activi-
ties, $64,000,000.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS, ADMINISTRATIVE
REVIEW AND APPEALS
For activities authorized by section 130005 of the
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
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(Public Law 103–322), as amended, $48,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, which shall be derived from
the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended, $31,960,000; including
not to exceed $10,000 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; and for the acquisition, lease,
maintenance, and operation of motor vehicles, without re-
gard to the general purchase price limitation for the cur-
rent fiscal year.
UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Parole
Commission as authorized by law, $4,490,000.
LEGAL ACTIVITIES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES
For expenses, necessary for the legal activities of the
Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, includ-
ing not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evi-
dence, 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
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in the District of Columbia; $420,793,000; of which not
to exceed $10,000,000 for litigation support contracts
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of
the funds available in this appropriation, not to exceed
$17,525,000 shall remain available until expended for of-
fice automation systems for the legal divisions covered by
this appropriation, and for the United States Attorneys,
the Antitrust Division, and offices funded through ‘‘Sala-
ries and Expenses’’, General Administration: Provided fur-
ther, That of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed
$1,000 shall be available to the United States National
Central Bureau, INTERPOL, for official reception and
representation expenses: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 1342, the Attorney General may ac-
cept on behalf of the United States, and credit to this ap-
propriation, gifts of money, personal property and serv-
ices, for the purposes of hosting the International Criminal
Police Organization’s (INTERPOL) American Regional
Conference in the United States during fiscal year 1997.
In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the De-
partment of Justice associated with processing cases
under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986
as amended, not to exceed $4,028,000, to be appropriated
from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund.
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VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS,
GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES
For the expeditious deportation of denied asylum ap-
plicants, as authorized by section 130005 of the Violent
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public
Law 103–322), as amended, $7,750,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, which shall be derived from the Vio-
lent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION
For expenses necessary for the enforcement of anti-
trust and kindred laws, $76,447,000: Provided, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed
$58,905,000 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
1997, so as to result in a final fiscal year 1997 appropria-
tion from the General Fund estimated at not more than
$17,542,000: Provided further, That any fees received in
excess of $58,905,000 in fiscal year 1997, shall remain
available until expended, but shall not be available for obli-
gation until October 1, 1997.
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS
For necessary expenses of the Office of the United
States Attorneys, including intergovernmental agree-
ments, $931,029,000; of which not to exceed $2,500,000
shall be available until September 30, 1998, for the pur-
poses of (1) providing training of personnel of the Depart-
ment of Justice in debt collection, (2) providing services
to the Department of Justice related to locating debtors
and their property, such as title searches, debtor
skiptracing, asset searches, credit reports and other inves-
tigations, (3) paying the costs of the Department of Jus-
tice for the sale of property not covered by the sale pro-
ceeds, such as auctioneers’ fees and expenses, maintenance
and protection of property and businesses, advertising and
title search and surveying costs, and (4) paying the costs
of processing and tracking debts owed to the United
States Government: Provided, That of the total amount
appropriated, not to exceed $8,000 shall be available for
official reception and representation expenses: Provided
further, That not to exceed $10,000,000 of those funds
available for automated litigation support contracts shall
remain available until expended: Provided further, That in
addition to reimbursable full-time equivalent workyears
available to the Office of the United States Attorneys, not
to exceed 8,758 positions and 8,989 full-time equivalent
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workyears shall be supported from the funds appropriated
in this Act for the United States Attorneys.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS, UNITED STATES
ATTORNEYS
For activities authorized by sections 40114, 130005,
190001(b), 190001(d) and 250005 of the Violent Crime
Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law
103–322), as amended, and section 815 of the
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996
(Public Law 104–132), $43,876,000, to remain available
until expended, which shall be derived from the Violent
Crime Reduction Trust Fund, of which $22,166,000 shall
be available to help meet the increased demands for litiga-
tion and related activities, $500,000 for telemarketing
fraud, $10,577,000 for Southwest Border Control,
$1,000,000 for Federal victim counselors, and $9,633,000
for expeditious deportation of denied asylum applicants.
UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND
For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee
Program, 
as 
authorized 
by 
U.S.C. 
589a(a),
$107,950,000, to remain available until expended and to
be derived from the United States Trustee System Fund:
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of
law, deposits to the Fund shall be available in such
amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds due deposi-
tors: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other
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provision of law, $107,950,000 of offsetting collections de-
rived from fees collected pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 589a(b)
shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this
appropriation and remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the
Fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are
received during fiscal year 1997, so as to result in a final
fiscal year 1997 appropriation from the Fund estimated
at $0: Provided further, That any such fees collected in
excess of $107,950,000 in fiscal year 1997 shall remain
available until expended but shall not be available for obli-
gation until October 1, 1997.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS
SETTLEMENT COMMISSION
For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of
the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $878,000.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES MARSHALS
SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the United States Mar-
shals Service; including the acquisition, lease, mainte-
nance, and operation of vehicles and aircraft, and the pur-
chase of passenger motor vehicles for police-type use, with-
out regard to the general purchase price limitation for the
current fiscal year, $460,214,000, as authorized by 28
U.S.C. 561(i); of which not to exceed $6,000 shall be
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available for official reception and representation ex-
penses; and of which not to exceed $4,000,000 for develop-
ment, implementation, maintenance and support, and
training for an automated prisoner information system,
and $2,200,000 to support the Justice Prisoner and Alien
Transportation System, shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That, with respect to the amounts ap-
propriated above, the service of maintaining and trans-
porting State, local, or territorial prisoners shall be consid-
ered a specialized or technical service for purposes of 31
U.S.C. 6505, and any prisoners so transported shall be
considered persons (transported for other than commercial
purposes) whose presence is associated with the perform-
ance of a governmental function for purposes of 49 U.S.C.
40102.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS, UNITED STATES
MARSHALS SERVICE
For activities authorized by section 190001(b) of the
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
(Public Law 103–322), as amended, $25,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, which shall be derived from
the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.
FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION
For expenses, related to United States prisoners in
the custody of the United States Marshals Service as au-
thorized in 18 U.S.C. 4013, but not including expenses
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otherwise provided for in appropriations available to the
Attorney General, $405,262,000, as authorized by 28
U.S.C. 561(i), to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That this appropriation hereafter shall not be avail-
able for expenses authorized under 18 U.S.C. 4013(a)(4).
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, $100,702,000, to remain
available until expended; of which not to exceed
$4,750,000 may be made available for planning, construc-
tion, renovations, 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 armored vehicles for transportation of pro-
tected witnesses; and of which not to exceed $4,000,000
may be made available for the purchase, installation and
maintenance of a secure, automated information network
to store and retrieve the identities and locations of pro-
tected witnesses.
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS
SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the Community Relations
Service, established by title X of the Civil Rights Act of
1964, $5,319,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, upon a determination by the Attor-
ney General that emergent circumstances require addi-
tional funding for conflict prevention and resolution activi-
ties of the Community Relations Service, the Attorney
General may transfer such amounts to the Community Re-
lations Service, from available appropriations for the cur-
rent fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be
necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided fur-
ther, That any transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall
be treated as a reprogramming under section 605 of this
Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that
section.
ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND
For expenses authorized by 28 U.S.C. 524(c)(1)
(A)(ii), (B), (C), (F), and (G), as amended, $30,000,000,
to be derived from the Department of Justice Assets For-
feiture Fund.
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RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For necessary administrative expenses in accordance
with 
the 
Radiation 
Exposure 
Compensation 
Act,
$2,000,000.
PAYMENT TO RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION
TRUST FUND
For payments to the Radiation Exposure Compensa-
tion Trust Fund, $13,736,000, not to be available for ob-
ligation until September 30, 1997.
INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT
INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT
For necessary expenses for the detection, investiga-
tion, and prosecution of individuals involved in organized
crime drug trafficking not otherwise provided for, to in-
clude intergovernmental agreements with State and local
law enforcement agencies engaged in the investigation and
prosecution of individuals involved in organized crime drug
trafficking, $372,017,000, of which $50,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended: Provided, That any
amounts obligated from appropriations under this heading
may be used under authorities available to the organiza-
tions reimbursed from this appropriation: Provided fur-
ther, That any unobligated balances remaining available
at the end of the fiscal year shall revert to the Attorney
General for reallocation among participating organizations
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in succeeding fiscal years, subject to the reprogramming
procedures described in section 605 of this Act.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of
crimes against the United States; including purchase for
police-type use of not to exceed 2,706 passenger motor ve-
hicles, of which 1,945 will be for replacement only, without
regard to the general purchase price limitation for the cur-
rent fiscal year, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; ac-
quisition, 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 di-
rection of, and to be accounted for solely under the certifi-
cate of, the Attorney General; $2,528,706,000, of which
not to exceed $50,000,000 for automated data processing
and telecommunications and technical investigative equip-
ment and $1,000,000 for undercover operations shall re-
main available until September 30, 1998; of which not less
than $117,081,000 shall be for counterterrorism inves-
tigations, 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 exceed $10,000,000 is authorized to be made
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available for making payments or advances for expenses
arising out of contractual or reimbursable agreements
with State and local law enforcement agencies while en-
gaged in cooperative activities related to violent crime, ter-
rorism, organized crime, and drug investigations; and of
which $1,500,000 shall be available to maintain an inde-
pendent program office dedicated solely to the relocation
of the Criminal Justice Information Services Division and
the automation of fingerprint identification services: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $45,000 shall be available for
official reception and representation expenses.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Con-
trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–
322) as amended (‘‘the 1994 Act’’), and the Antiterrorism
and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (‘‘the
Antiterrorism Act’’), $153,000,000, to remain available
until expended, which shall be derived from the Violent
Crime Reduction Trust Fund; of which $56,077,000 shall
be for activities authorized by section 190001(c) of the
1994 Act and section 811 of the Antiterrorism Act;
$76,423,000 shall be for activities authorized by section
190001(b) of the 1994 Act, of which $20,240,000 shall
be for activities authorized by section 103 of the Brady
Handgun Violence Prevention Act (Public Law 103–159),
as amended; $4,000,000 shall be for training and inves-
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tigative assistance authorized by section 210501 of the
1994 Act; $9,500,000 shall be for grants to States, as au-
thorized by section 811(b) of the Antiterrorism Act;
$5,500,000 shall be for establishing DNA quality-assur-
ance and proficiency-testing standards, establishing an
index to facilitate law enforcement exchange of DNA iden-
tification information, and related activities authorized by
section 210501 of the 1994 Act; and $1,500,000 shall be
for investigative support for Senior Citizens Against Mar-
keting Scams, as authorized by section 250005 of the
1994 Act.
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; $55,676,000, 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; ex-
penses for conducting drug education and training pro-
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grams, including travel and related expenses for partici-
pants in such programs and the distribution of items of
token value that promote the goals of such programs; pur-
chase of not to exceed 1,158 passenger motor vehicles, of
which 1,032 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, mainte-
nance, and operation of aircraft; $733,038,000, of which
not to exceed $1,800,000 for research and $15,000,000
for transfer to the Drug Diversion Control Fee Account
for operating expenses shall remain available until ex-
pended, and of which not to exceed $4,000,000 for pur-
chase of evidence and payments for information, not to
exceed $4,000,000 for contracting for automated data
processing and telecommunications equipment, and not to
exceed $2,000,000 for laboratory equipment, $4,000,000
for technical equipment, and $2,000,000 for aircraft re-
placement retrofit and parts, shall remain available until
September 30, 1998; and of which not to exceed $50,000
shall be available for official reception and representation
expenses.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For activities authorized by sections 180104 and
190001(b) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforce-
ment Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322), as amended,
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and section 814 of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death
Penalty Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–132), and for the
purchase of passenger motor vehicles for police-type use,
as otherwise authorized in this title, $243,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, which shall be derived from
the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund: Provided, That
$71,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from Community
Oriented Policing Services, Violent Crime Reduction Pro-
grams, for the purpose of providing State and local police
officers with equipment, conveyances, overtime and other
expenses associated with their participation on drug task
forces.
IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
for the administration and enforcement of the laws relat-
ing to immigration, naturalization, and alien registration,
including not to exceed $50,000 to meet unforeseen emer-
gencies of a confidential character, to be expended under
the direction of, and to be accounted for solely under the
certificate of, the Attorney General; purchase for police-
type use (not to exceed 2,691, of which 1,711 are for re-
placement only), without regard to the general purchase
price limitation for the current fiscal year, and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; acquisition, lease, maintenance and
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operation of aircraft; and research related to immigration
enforcement; $1,667,614,000, 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, and $5,000,000 is for payments
or advances arising out of contractual or reimbursable
agreements with State and local law enforcement agencies
while engaged in cooperative activities related to immigra-
tion: Provided, That none of the funds available to the Im-
migration and Naturalization Service shall be available to
pay any employee overtime pay in an amount in excess
of $30,000 during the calendar year beginning January
1, 1997: Provided further, That uniforms may be pur-
chased without regard to the general purchase price limi-
tation for the current fiscal year: Provided further, That
not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for official recep-
tion and representation expenses: 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 the checkpoints are open
and traffic is being checked on a continuous 24-hour basis:
Provided further, That the Land Border Fee Pilot Project
scheduled to end September 30, 1996, is extended to Sep-
tember 30, 1999 for projects on both the northern and
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southern borders of the United States, except that no pilot
program may implement a universal land border crossing
toll.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
For activities authorized by sections 130002,
130005, 130006, 130007, and 190001(b) of the Violent
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public
Law 103–322), as amended, and section 813 of the
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996
(Public Law 104–132), $500,168,000, to remain available
until expended, which will be derived from the Violent
Crime Reduction Trust Fund, of which $95,784,000 shall
be for expeditious deportation of denied asylum applicants,
$287,857,000 shall be for improving border controls, and
$116,527,000 shall be for detention and deportation pro-
ceedings: Provided, That amounts not required for asylum
processing provided under the expeditious deportation of
denied asylum applicants shall also be available for other
deportation program activities.
CONSTRUCTION
For planning, construction, renovation, equipping,
and maintenance of buildings and facilities necessary for
the administration and enforcement of the laws relating
to immigration, naturalization, and alien registration, not
otherwise provided for, $9,841,000, to remain available
until expended.
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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 836, of
which 572 are for replacement only), and hire of law en-
forcement and passenger motor vehicles; and for the provi-
sion of technical assistance and advice on corrections re-
lated issues to foreign governments; $2,817,816,000: Pro-
vided, That the Attorney General may transfer to the
Health Resources and Services Administration such
amounts as may be necessary for direct expenditures by
that Administration for medical relief for inmates of Fed-
eral penal and correctional institutions: Provided further,
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 amounts payable to persons who, on behalf of the
FPS, furnish health services to individuals committed to
the custody of the FPS: Provided further, That uniforms
may be purchased without regard to the general purchase
price limitation for the current fiscal year: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $6,000 shall be available for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $50,000,000 for the activation
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of new facilities shall remain available until September 30,
1998: Provided further, That of the amounts provided for
Contract Confinement, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended to make payments in ad-
vance for grants, contracts and reimbursable agreements,
and other expenses authorized by section 501(c) of the
Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, as amended,
for the care and security in the United States of Cuban
and Haitian entrants: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 4(d) of the Service Contract Act of 1965
(41 U.S.C. 353(d)), FPS may enter into contracts and
other agreements with private entities for periods of not
to exceed 3 years and 7 additional option years for the
confinement of Federal prisoners: Provided further, That
the National Institute of Corrections hereafter shall be in-
cluded in the FPS Salaries and Expenses budget, in the
Contract Confinement program and shall continue to per-
form its current functions under 18 U.S.C. 4351, et seq.,
with the exception of its grant program and shall collect
reimbursement for services whenever possible: Provided
further, That any unexpended balances available to the
‘‘National Institute of Corrections’’ account shall be cred-
ited to and merged with this appropriation, to remain
available until expended.
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VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
For substance abuse treatment in Federal prisons as
authorized by section 32001(e) of the Violent Crime Con-
trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–
322), as amended, $25,224,000, to remain available until
expended, which shall be derived from the Violent Crime
Reduction Trust Fund.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For planning, acquisition of sites and construction of
new facilities; leasing the Oklahoma City Airport Trust
Facility; purchase and acquisition of facilities and remod-
eling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and correc-
tional use, including all necessary expenses incident there-
to, by contract or force account; and constructing, remod-
eling, and equipping necessary buildings and facilities at
existing penal and correctional institutions, including all
necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force
account; $395,700,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which not to exceed $14,074,000 shall be avail-
able to construct areas for inmate work programs: Pro-
vided, That labor of United States prisoners may be used
for work performed under this appropriation: Provided
further, That not to exceed 10 percent of the funds appro-
priated 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
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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: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount appropriated, not
to exceed $36,570,000 shall be available for the renovation
and construction of United States Marshals Service pris-
oner-holding facilities.
FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is here-
by 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 commit-
ments, without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro-
vided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as
may be necessary in carrying out the program set forth
in the budget for the current fiscal year for such corpora-
tion, including purchase of (not to exceed five for replace-
ment only), and hire of passenger motor vehicles.
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL
PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
Not to exceed $3,042,000 of the funds of the corpora-
tion shall be available for its administrative expenses, and
for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to be com-
puted on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance
with the corporation’s current prescribed accounting sys-
tem, and such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation,
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payment of claims, and expenditures which the said ac-
counting system requires to be capitalized or charged to
cost of commodities acquired or produced, including sell-
ing and shipping expenses, and expenses in connection
with acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, im-
provement, protection, or disposition of facilities and other
property belonging to the corporation or in which it has
an interest.
OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS
JUSTICE ASSISTANCE
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and
other assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended,
and the Missing Children’s Assistance Act, as amended,
including salaries and expenses in connection therewith,
and with the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, as amended,
$100,000,000, to remain available until expended, as au-
thorized by section 1001 of title I of the Omnibus Crime
Control and Safe Streets Act, as amended by Public Law
102–534 (106 Stat. 3524).
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and
other assistance authorized by part E of title I of the Om-
nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as
amended, for State and Local Narcotics Control and Jus-
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tice Assistance Improvements, notwithstanding the provi-
sions of section 511 of said Act, $315,000,000, to remain
available until expended, as authorized by section 1001 of
title I of said Act, as amended by Public Law 102–534
(106 Stat. 3524), of which $60,000,000 shall be available
to carry out the provisions of chapter A of subpart 2 of
part E of title I of said Act, for discretionary grants under
the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law En-
forcement Assistance Programs.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS, STATE AND
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE
For assistance (including amounts for administrative
costs for management and administration, which amounts
shall be transferred to and merged with the ‘‘Justice As-
sistance’’ account) authorized by the Violent Crime Con-
trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–
322), as amended (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Omnibus Crime
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended (‘‘the
1968 Act’’); and the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990,
as amended (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); $2,119,900,000, to remain
available until expended, which shall be derived from the
Violent 
Crime 
Reduction 
Trust 
Fund; 
of 
which
$571,000,000 shall be for Local Law Enforcement Block
Grants, pursuant to H.R. 728 as passed by the House of
Representatives on February 14, 1995, except that for
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purposes of this Act, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
shall be considered a ‘‘unit of local government’’ as well
as a ‘‘State’’, for the purposes set forth in paragraphs (A),
(B), (D), (F), and (I) of section 101(a)(2) of H.R. 728
and for establishing crime prevention programs involving
cooperation between community residents and law enforce-
ment personnel in order to control, detect, or investigate
crime or the prosecution of criminals: Provided, That no
funds provided under this heading may be used as match-
ing funds for any other Federal grant program: Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of this
title, the Attorney General may transfer up to
$18,000,000 of this amount for drug courts pursuant to
title V of the 1994 Act, consistent with the reprogram-
ming procedures outlined in section 605 of this Act: Pro-
vided further, That funds may also be used to defray the
costs of indemnification insurance for law enforcement of-
ficers; of which $50,000,000 shall be for grants to upgrade
criminal records, as authorized by section 106(b) of the
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993, as
amended, and section 4(b) of the National Child Protec-
tion Act of 1993; of which $245,000,000 shall be available
as authorized by section 1001 of title I of the 1968 Act,
to carry out the provisions of subpart 1, part E of title
I of the 1968 Act, notwithstanding section 511 of said
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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 offi-
cers and employees, and for necessary expenses of the
court, as authorized by law, $15,013,000.
UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries of the chief judge and eight judges, sala-
ries of the officers and employees of the court, services
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and necessary expenses
of the court, as authorized by law, $11,114,000.
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 ac-
tive 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 specifically provided for, and necessary expenses
of the courts, as authorized by law, $2,550,956,000 (in-
cluding the purchase of firearms and ammunition); of
which not to exceed $13,454,000 shall remain available
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available for obligation or expenditure except in compli-
ance with the procedures set forth in that section.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Com-
merce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997.’’.