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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2670
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 8, 1999
Received
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce,
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the administration of the
Department of Justice, $79,328,000, 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 $8,136,000 shall be expended for the De-
partment Leadership Program exclusive of augmentation
that occurred in these offices in fiscal year 1999: Provided
further, That not to exceed 41 permanent positions and
48 full-time equivalent workyears and $4,811,000 shall be
expended for the Offices of Legislative Affairs and Public
Affairs: Provided further, That the latter two aforemen-
tioned offices shall not be augmented by personnel details,
temporary transfers of personnel on either a reimbursable
or non-reimbursable basis or any other type of formal or
informal transfer or reimbursement of personnel or funds
on either a temporary or long-term basis: Provided further,
That the Attorney General is authorized to transfer, under
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such terms and conditions as the Attorney General shall
specify, forfeited real or personal property of limited or
marginal value, as such value is determined by guidelines
established by the Attorney General, to a State or local
government agency, or its designated contractor or trans-
feree, for use to support drug abuse treatment, drug and
crime prevention and education, housing, job skills, and
other community-based public health and safety programs:
Provided further, That any transfer under the preceding
proviso shall not create or confer any private right of ac-
tion in any person against the United States, and shall
be treated as a reprogramming under section 605 of this
Act.
COUNTERTERRORISM FUND
For necessary expenses, as determined by the Attor-
ney General, $10,000,000, 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 any domestic or inter-
national terrorist incident; and (2) the costs of providing
support to counter, investigate or prosecute domestic or
international terrorism, including payment of rewards in
connection with these activities: Provided, That any Fed-
eral agency may be reimbursed for the costs of detaining
in foreign countries individuals accused of acts of ter-
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rorism that violate the laws of the United States: Provided
further, That funds provided under this paragraph shall
be available only after the Attorney General notifies the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate in accordance with section 605 of
this Act.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER COMPLIANCE FUND
For payments authorized by section 109 of the Com-
munications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (47
U.S.C. 1008), $15,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS
For expenses necessary for the administration of par-
don and clemency petitions and immigration related activi-
ties, $84,200,000.
In addition, $50,363,000, for such purposes, to re-
main available until expended, to be derived from the Vio-
lent 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, $42,475,000; 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,
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maintenance, and operation of motor vehicles, without re-
gard to the general purchase price limitation for the cur-
rent fiscal year: Provided, That up to two-tenths of 1 per-
cent of the Department of Justice’s allocation from the
Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund grant programs may
be transferred at the discretion of the Attorney General
to this account for the audit or other review of such grant
programs, as authorized by the Violent Crime Control and
Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322).
UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Parole
Commission as authorized by law, $7,380,000.
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
in the District of Columbia, $355,691,000; 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
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$18,166,000 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.
In addition, $147,929,000, to be derived from the
Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, to remain available
until expended for such purposes.
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 $3,424,000, to be appropriated
from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION
For expenses necessary for the enforcement of anti-
trust and kindred laws, $57,368,000: Provided, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed
$57,368,000 of offsetting collections derived from fees col-
lected in fiscal year 2000 for premerger notification filings
under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act
of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18(a) note) shall be retained and used
for necessary expenses in this appropriation, and shall re-
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main available until expended: Provided further, That the
sum herein appropriated from the General Fund shall be
reduced as such offsetting collections are received during
fiscal year 2000, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2000
appropriation from the General Fund estimated at not
more than $0.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS
For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United
States Attorneys, including intergovernmental and cooper-
ative agreements, $1,161,957,000; of which not to exceed
$2,500,000 shall be available until September 30, 2001,
for (1) training personnel in debt collection, (2) locating
debtors and their property, (3) paying the net costs of sell-
ing property, and (4) 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 Offices of the United States Attorneys,
not to exceed 9,044 positions and 9,360 full-time equiva-
lent workyears shall be supported from the funds appro-
priated in this Act for the United States Attorneys.
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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, $1,175,000.
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 the purchase of pas-
senger motor vehicles for police-type use, without regard
to the general purchase price limitation for the current
fiscal year, $329,289,000, 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; of which
not to exceed $4,000,000 for development, implementa-
tion, maintenance and support, and training for an auto-
mated prisoner information system shall remain available
until expended; and of which not less than $2,762,000
shall be for the costs of conversion to narrowband commu-
nications and for the operations and maintenance of leg-
acy Land Mobile Radio systems: Provided, That such
amount shall be transferred to and administered by the
Department of Justice Wireless Management Office.
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In addition, $209,620,000, for such purposes, to re-
main available until expended, to be derived from the Vio-
lent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.
CONSTRUCTION
For planning, constructing, renovating, equipping,
and maintaining United States Marshals Service prisoner-
holding space in United States courthouses and federal
buildings, including the renovation and expansion of pris-
oner 
movement 
areas, 
elevators, 
and 
sallyports,
$4,600,000, to remain available until expended.
JUSTICE PRISONER AND ALIEN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
FUND, UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE
Beginning in fiscal year 2000 and thereafter, pay-
ment shall be made from the Justice Prisoner and Alien
Transportation System Fund for necessary expenses re-
lated to the scheduling and transportation of United
States prisoners and illegal and criminal aliens in the cus-
tody of the United States Marshals Service, as authorized
in 18 U.S.C. 4013, including, without limitation, salaries
and expenses, operations, and the acquisition, lease, and
maintenance of aircraft and support facilities: Provided,
That the Fund shall be reimbursed or credited with ad-
vance payments from amounts available to the Depart-
ment of Justice, other Federal agencies, and other sources
at rates that will recover the expenses of Fund operations,
including, without limitation, accrual of annual leave and
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depreciation of plant and equipment of the Fund: Provided
further, That proceeds from the disposal of Fund aircraft
shall be credited to the Fund: Provided further, That
amounts in the Fund shall be available without fiscal year
limitation, and may be used for operating equipment lease
agreements that do not exceed 5 years.
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
otherwise provided for in appropriations available to the
Attorney General, $525,000,000, as authorized by 28
U.S.C. 561(i), to remain available until expended.
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, $95,000,000, to remain
available until expended; of which not to exceed
$6,000,000 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; and of which not to exceed
$1,000,000 may be made available for the purchase and
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maintenance of armored vehicles for transportation of pro-
tected 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, $7,199,000 and, in addition, up to $1,000,000 of
funds made available to the Department of Justice in this
Act may be transferred by the Attorney General to this
account: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, upon a determination by the Attorney General
that emergent circumstances require additional funding
for conflict prevention and resolution activities of the
Community Relations Service, the Attorney General may
transfer such amounts to the Community Relations Serv-
ice, from available appropriations for the current fiscal
year for the Department of Justice, as may be necessary
to respond to such circumstances: Provided further, That
any transfer pursuant to the previous proviso shall be
treated as a reprogramming 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
section.
ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND
For expenses authorized by 28 U.S.C. 524(c)(1)
(A)(ii), (B), (F), and (G), as amended, $23,000,000 (re-
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duced by $23,000,000), to be derived from the Depart-
ment of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund.
RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For necessary administrative expenses in accordance
with 
the 
Radiation 
Exposure 
Compensation 
Act,
$2,000,000.
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, $316,792,000, 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
in succeeding fiscal years, subject to the reprogramming
procedures described in section 605 of this Act.
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of
crimes against the United States; including purchase for
police-type use of not to exceed 1,648 passenger motor ve-
hicles, of which 1,523 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, $2,357,015,000 (reduced
by $20,000,000); of which not to exceed $50,000,000 for
automated data processing and telecommunications and
technical investigative equipment and not to exceed
$1,000,000 for undercover operations shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2001; of which not less than
$292,473,000 shall be for counterterrorism investigations,
foreign counterintelligence, and other activities related to
our national security; of which not to exceed $14,000,000
shall remain available until expended; of which not to ex-
ceed $10,000,000 is authorized to be made available for
making advances for expenses arising out of contractual
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or reimbursable agreements with State and local law en-
forcement agencies while engaged in cooperative activities
related to violent crime, terrorism, organized crime, and
drug investigations; and of which not less than
$59,429,000 shall be for the costs of conversion to
narrowband communications, and for the operations and
maintenance of legacy Land Mobile Radio systems: Pro-
vided, That such amount shall be transferred to and ad-
ministered by the Department of Justice Wireless Man-
agement Office: Provided further, That not to exceed
$45,000 shall be available for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses: Provided further, That no funds in
this Act may be used to provide ballistics imaging equip-
ment to any State or local authority which has obtained
similar equipment through a Federal grant or subsidy un-
less the State or local authority agrees to return that
equipment or to repay that grant or subsidy to the Federal
Government.
In addition, $752,853,000 for such purposes, to re-
main available until expended, to be derived from the Vio-
lent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, as authorized by the
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994,
as amended, and the Antiterrorism and Effective Death
Penalty Act of 1996.
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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, $1,287,000, 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-
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 1,358 passenger motor vehicles, of
which 1,079 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, $932,000,000, of which
not to exceed $1,800,000 for research shall remain avail-
able until expended, and of which not to exceed
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$4,000,000 for purchase of evidence and payments for in-
formation, not to exceed $10,000,000 for contracting for
automated data processing and telecommunications equip-
ment, and not to exceed $2,000,000 for laboratory equip-
ment, 
$4,000,000 
for 
technical 
equipment, 
and
$2,000,000 for aircraft replacement retrofit and parts,
shall remain available until September 30, 2001; of which
not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for official recep-
tion and representation expenses; and of which not less
than $20,733,000 shall be for the costs of conversion to
narrowband communications and for the operations and
maintenance of legacy Land Mobile Radio systems: Pro-
vided, That such amount shall be transferred to and ad-
ministered by the Department of Justice Wireless Man-
agement Office.
In addition, $344,250,000, for such purposes, to re-
main available until expended, to be derived from the Vio-
lent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.
CONSTRUCTION
For necessary expenses to construct or acquire build-
ings and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by
law (including equipment for such buildings); conversion
and extension of federally-owned buildings; and prelimi-
nary planning and design of projects, $8,000,000, to re-
main available until expended.
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IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the administration and
enforcement of the laws relating to immigration, natu-
ralization, and alien registration, as follows:
ENFORCEMENT AND BORDER AFFAIRS
For salaries and expenses for the Border Patrol pro-
gram, the detention and deportation program, the intel-
ligence program, the investigations program, and the in-
spections program, including not to exceed $50,000 to
meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character,
to be expended under the direction of, and to be accounted
for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney General;
purchase for police-type use (not to exceed 3,075 pas-
senger motor vehicles, of which 2,266 are for replacement
only), without regard to the general purchase price limita-
tion for the current fiscal year, and hire of passenger
motor vehicles; acquisition, lease, maintenance and oper-
ation of aircraft; research related to immigration enforce-
ment; for protecting and maintaining the integrity of the
borders of the United States including, without limitation,
equipping, maintaining, and making improvements to the
infrastructure; and for the care and housing of Federal
detainees held in the joint Immigration and Naturalization
Service and United States Marshals Service’s Buffalo De-
tention 
Facility, 
$1,130,030,000 
(reduced 
by
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$44,000,000); 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; of which not to exceed $5,000,000 is to fund or reim-
burse other Federal agencies for the costs associated with
the care, maintenance, and repatriation of smuggled illegal
aliens; and of which not less than $18,510,000 shall be
for the costs of conversion to narrowband communications
and for the operations and maintenance of legacy Land
Mobile Radio systems: Provided, That such amount shall
be transferred to and administered by the Department of
Justice Wireless Management Office: Provided further,
That none of the funds available to the Immigration and
Naturalization Service shall be available to pay any em-
ployee overtime pay in an amount in excess of $30,000
during the calendar year beginning January 1, 2000: Pro-
vided further, That uniforms may be purchased without
regard to the general purchase price limitation for the cur-
rent fiscal year: 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
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checkpoints unless the checkpoints are open and traffic
is being checked on a continuous 24–hour basis.
CITIZENSHIP AND BENEFITS, IMMIGRATION SUPPORT AND
PROGRAM DIRECTION
For all programs of the Immigration and Naturaliza-
tion Service not included under the heading ‘‘Enforcement
and Border Affairs’’, $535,011,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $400,000 for research shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 shall be
available for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided further, That the Attorney General may
transfer any funds appropriated under this heading and
the heading ‘‘Enforcement and Border Affairs’’ between
said appropriations notwithstanding any percentage trans-
fer limitations imposed under this appropriation Act and
may direct such fees as are collected by the Immigration
and Naturalization Service to the activities funded under
this heading and the heading ‘‘Enforcement and Border
Affairs’’ for performance of the functions for which the
fees legally may be expended: Provided further, That not
to exceed 38 permanent positions and 38 full-time equiva-
lent workyears and $3,909,000 shall be expended for the
Offices of Legislative Affairs and Public Affairs: Provided
further, That the latter two aforementioned offices shall
not be augmented by personnel details, temporary trans-
fers of personnel on either a reimbursable or non-reim-
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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: Provided further, That the
number of positions filled through non-career appointment
at the Immigration and Naturalization Service, for which
funding is provided in this Act or is otherwise made avail-
able to the Immigration and Naturalization Service, shall
not exceed 4 permanent positions and 4 full-time equiva-
lent workyears: Provided further, That none of the funds
available to the Immigration and Naturalization Service
shall be used to pay an employee overtime pay in an
amount in excess of $30,000 during the calendar year be-
ginning January 1, 2000: Provided further, That funds
may be used, without limitation, for equipping, maintain-
ing, and making improvements to the infrastructure and
the purchase of vehicles for police type use within the lim-
its of the Enforcement and Border Affairs appropriation:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, during fiscal year 2000, the Attorney General
is authorized and directed to impose disciplinary action,
including termination of employment, pursuant to policies
and procedures applicable to employees of the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation, for any employee of the Immigration
and Naturalization Service who violates policies and proce-
dures set forth by the Department of Justice relative to
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the granting of citizenship or who willfully deceives the
Congress or department leadership on any matter.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
In 
addition, 
$1,267,225,000 
(increased 
by
$44,000,000), for such purposes, to remain available until
expended, to be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction
Trust Fund: Provided, That the Attorney General may use
the transfer authority provided under the heading ‘‘Citi-
zenship and Benefits, Immigration Support and Program
Direction’’ to provide funds to any program of the Immi-
gration and Naturalization Service that heretofore has
been funded by the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.
CONSTRUCTION
For planning, construction, renovation, equipping,
and maintenance of buildings and facilities necessary for
the administration and enforcement of the laws relating
to immigration, naturalization, and alien registration, not
otherwise provided for, $90,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That no funds shall be available
for the site acquisition, design, or construction of any Bor-
der Patrol checkpoint in the Tucson sector.
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 708, of
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which 602 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, $3,082,004,000 (re-
duced by $32,000,000): Provided, That the Attorney Gen-
eral may transfer to the Health Resources and Services
Administration such amounts as may be necessary for di-
rect expenditures by that Administration for medical relief
for inmates of Federal 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 com-
mitted to the custody of the FPS: Provided further, That
not to exceed $6,000 shall be available for official recep-
tion and representation expenses: Provided further, That
not to exceed $90,000,000 shall remain available for nec-
essary operations until September 30, 2001: 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 ex-
penses authorized by section 501(c) of the Refugee Edu-
cation Assistance Act of 1980, as amended, for the care
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and security in the United States of Cuban and Haitian
entrants: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section
4(d) of the Service Contract Act of 1965 (41 U.S.C.
353(d)), FPS may enter into contracts and other agree-
ments with private entities for periods of not to exceed
3 years and 7 additional option years for the confinement
of Federal prisoners.
In addition, $22,524,000, for such purposes, to re-
main available until expended, to be derived from the Vio-
lent 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, $558,791,000 (reduced by $2,000,000), to re-
main available until expended, of which not to exceed
$14,074,000 shall be available to construct areas for in-
mate work programs: Provided, That labor of United
States prisoners may be used for work performed under
this appropriation: Provided further, That not to exceed
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10 percent of the funds appropriated to ‘‘Buildings and
Facilities’’ in this Act or any other Act may be transferred
to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, Federal Prison System, upon
notification by the Attorney General to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate in compliance with provisions set forth in section
605 of this Act.
FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is 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 $2,490,000 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,
$143,436,000, to remain available until expended, as au-
thorized by section 1001 of title I of the Omnibus Crime
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended.
In addition, for grants, cooperative agreements, and
other assistance authorized by sections 819, 821, and 822
of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of
1996, $74,000,000, to remain available until expended.
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE
For assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Con-
trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–
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322), as amended (‘‘the 1994 Act’’), $1,629,500,000 to
remain available until expended; of which $523,000,000
shall be for Local Law Enforcement Block Grants, pursu-
ant to H.R. 728 as passed by the House of Representa-
tives on February 14, 1995, except that for purposes of
this Act, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall be con-
sidered 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 es-
tablishing crime prevention programs involving coopera-
tion between community residents and law enforcement
personnel in order to control, detect, or investigate crime
or the prosecution of criminals: Provided, That no funds
provided under this heading may be used as matching
funds for any other Federal grant program: Provided fur-
ther, That $40,000,000 of this amount shall be for Boys
and Girls Clubs in public housing facilities and other areas
in cooperation with State and local law enforcement: Pro-
vided further, That funds may also be used to defray the
costs of indemnification insurance for law enforcement of-
ficers: Provided further, That $20,000,000 shall be avail-
able to carry out section 102(2) of H.R. 728; of which
$420,000,000 shall be for the State Criminal Alien Assist-
ance Program, as authorized by section 242(j) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act, as amended; and of which
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$686,500,000 shall be for Violent Offender Incarceration
and Truth in Sentencing Incentive Grants pursuant to
subtitle A of title II of the 1994 Act, of which
$165,000,000 shall be available for payments to States for
incarceration of criminal aliens, and of which $25,000,000
shall be available for the Cooperative Agreement Program.
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’’), $1,193,450,000, to remain
available until expended, which shall be derived from the
Violent 
Crime 
Reduction 
Trust 
Fund; 
of 
which
$552,000,000 shall be for grants, contracts, cooperative
agreements, and other assistance authorized by part E of
title I of the 1968 Act, for State and Local Narcotics Con-
trol and Justice Assistance Improvements, notwith-
standing the provisions of section 511 of said Act, as au-
thorized by section 1001 of title I of said Act, as amended
by Public Law 102–534 (106 Stat. 3524), of which
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$47,000,000 shall be available to carry out the provisions
of chapter A of subpart 2 of part E of title I of said Act,
for discretionary grants under the Edward Byrne Memo-
rial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Pro-
grams; of which $9,000,000 shall be for the Court Ap-
pointed Special Advocate Program, as authorized by sec-
tion 218 of the 1990 Act; of which $2,000,000 shall be
for Child Abuse Training Programs for Judicial Personnel
and Practitioners, as authorized by section 224 of the
1990 Act; of which $206,750,000 shall be for Grants to
Combat Violence Against Women, to States, units of local
government, and Indian tribal governments, as authorized
by section 1001(a)(18) of the 1968 Act, including
$28,000,000 which shall be used exclusively for the pur-
pose of strengthening civil legal assistance programs for
victims of domestic violence: Provided, That, of these
funds, $5,200,000 shall be provided to the National Insti-
tute of Justice for research and evaluation of violence
against women, $1,196,000 shall be provided to the Office
of the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia
for domestic violence programs in D.C. Superior Court,
and $10,000,000 shall be available to the Office of Juve-
nile Justice and Delinquency Prevention for the Safe Start
Program, to be administered as authorized by part C of
the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Act of 1974, as
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amended; of which $34,000,000 shall be for Grants to En-
courage Arrest Policies to States, units of local govern-
ment, and Indian tribal governments, as authorized by
section 1001(a)(19) of the 1968 Act; of which
$25,000,000 shall be for Rural Domestic Violence and
Child Abuse Enforcement Assistance Grants, as author-
ized by section 40295 of the 1994 Act; of which
$5,000,000 shall be for training programs to assist proba-
tion and parole officers who work with released sex offend-
ers, as authorized by section 40152(c) of the 1994 Act,
and for local demonstration projects; of which $1,000,000
shall be for grants for televised testimony, as authorized
by section 1001(a)(7) of the 1968 Act; of which
$63,000,000 shall be for grants for residential substance
abuse treatment for State prisoners, as authorized by sec-
tion 1001(a)(17) of the 1968 Act; of which $900,000 shall
be for the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Pro-
gram, as authorized by section 240001(c) of the 1994 Act;
of which $1,300,000 shall be for Motor Vehicle Theft Pre-
vention Programs, as authorized by section 220002(h) of
the 1994 Act; of which $40,000,000 shall be for Drug
Courts, as authorized by title V of the 1994 Act; of which
$1,500,000 shall be for Law Enforcement Family Support
Programs, as authorized by section 1001(a)(21) of the
1968 Act; of which $2,000,000 shall be for public aware-
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ness programs addressing marketing scams aimed at sen-
ior citizens, as authorized by section 250005(3) of the
1994 Act; and of which $250,000,000 shall be for Juvenile
Accountability Incentive Block Grants, except that such
funds shall be subject to the same terms and conditions
as set forth in the provisions under this heading for this
program in Public Law 105–119, but all references in
such provisions to 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead
to 2000: Provided further, That funds made available in
fiscal year 2000 under subpart 1 of part E of title I of
the 1968 Act may be obligated for programs to assist
States in the litigation processing of death penalty Federal
habeas corpus petitions and for drug testing initiatives:
Provided further, That, if a unit of local government uses
any of the funds made available under this title to increase
the number of law enforcement officers, the unit of local
government will achieve a net gain in the number of law
enforcement officers who perform nonadministrative pub-
lic safety service.
WEED AND SEED PROGRAM FUND
For necessary expenses, including salaries and re-
lated expenses of the Executive Office for Weed and Seed,
to implement ‘‘Weed and Seed’’ program activities,
$33,500,000, to remain available until expended, for inter-
governmental agreements, including grants, cooperative
agreements, and contracts, with State and local law en-
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forcement agencies engaged in the investigation and pros-
ecution of violent crimes and drug offenses in ‘‘Weed and
Seed’’ designated communities, and for either reimburse-
ments or transfers to appropriation accounts of the De-
partment 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 De-
partment 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 Gen-
eral may direct the use of other Department of Justice
funds and personnel in support of ‘‘Weed and Seed’’ pro-
gram activities only after the Attorney General notifies the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate in accordance with section 605 of
this Act.
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES
For activities authorized by Title I of the Violent
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, Public
Law 103–322 (‘‘the 1994 Act’’) (including administrative
costs), $268,000,000, to remain available until expended,
including $45,000,000 which shall be derived from the
Violent 
Crime 
Reduction 
Trust 
Fund, 
of 
which
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$150,000,000 is for Public Safety and Community Polic-
ing Grants pursuant to title I of the 1994 Act to be used
to combat violence in schools; and of which $118,000,000
is for innovative community policing programs, of which
$25,000,000 shall be used for the Matching Grant Pro-
gram for Law Enforcement Armor Vests pursuant to sec-
tion 2501 of part Y of the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’), as amended,
$17,500,000 shall be used to combat violence in schools,
$60,000,000 shall be used for grants, as authorized by
section 102(e) of the Crime Identification Technology Act
of 1998, and section 4(b) of the National Child Protection
Act of 1993, as amended and $15,500,000 shall be used
for a law enforcement technology program: Provided, That
of the unobligated balances available in this program,
$140,000,000 (increased by $7,500,000) shall be used for
innovative policing programs, of which $35,000,000 shall
be used for policing initiatives to combat methamphet-
amine production and trafficking and to enhance policing
initiatives in drug ‘‘hot spots’’, $54,500,000 shall be used
for a law enforcement technology program, $25,000,000
shall be used for Police Corps education, training, and
service as set forth in sections 200101–200113 of the
1994 Act, and $25,500,000 shall be expended for program
management and administration.
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JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and
other assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended, includ-
ing salaries and expenses in connection therewith to be
transferred and merged with the appropriations for Jus-
tice Assistance, $267,597,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That these funds shall be available
for obligation and expenditure upon enactment of reau-
thorization legislation for the Juvenile Justice and Delin-
quency Prevention Act of 1974 (title XIII of H.R. 1501
or comparable legislation).
In addition, for grants, contracts, cooperative agree-
ments, and other assistance, $10,000,000 (increased by
$2,000,000) to remain available until expended, for devel-
oping, testing, and demonstrating programs designed to
reduce drug use among juveniles.
In addition, for grants, contracts, cooperative agree-
ments, and other assistance authorized by the Victims of
Child Abuse Act of 1990, as amended, $7,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, as authorized by section
214B of the Act.
PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS BENEFITS
To remain available until expended, for payments au-
thorized by part L of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796), as amend-
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ed, such sums as are necessary, as authorized by section
6093 of Public Law 100–690 (102 Stat. 4339–4340).
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
SEC. 101. In addition to amounts otherwise made
available in this title for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, a total of not to exceed $45,000 from funds
appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title
shall be available to the Attorney General for official re-
ception and representation expenses in accordance with
distributions, procedures, and regulations established by
the Attorney General.
SEC. 102. Authorities contained in the Department
of Justice Appropriation Authorization Act, Fiscal Year
1980 (Public Law 96–132; 93 Stat. 1040 (1979)), as
amended, shall remain 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 carried 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.
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SEC. 104. None of the funds appropriated under this
title shall be used to require any person to perform, or
facilitate 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 Pris-
ons to provide escort services necessary for a female in-
mate to receive such service outside the Federal facility:
Provided, That nothing in this section in any way dimin-
ishes the effect of section 104 intended to address the phil-
osophical 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 avail-
able 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 spend-
ing limitations contained in sections 3059 and 3072 of
title 18, United States Code: Provided, That any reward
of $100,000 or more, up to a maximum of $2,000,000,
may not be made without the personal approval of the
President or the Attorney General and such approval may
not be delegated.
SEC. 107. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De-
partment of Justice in this Act, including those derived
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from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, may be
transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap-
propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans-
fers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec-
tion 605 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga-
tion except in compliance with the procedures set forth
in that section.
SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, for fiscal year 2000, the Assistant Attorney General
for the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of
Justice—
(1) may make grants, or enter into cooperative
agreements and contracts, for the Office of Justice
Programs and the component organizations of that
Office; and
(2) shall have final authority over all grants, co-
operative agreements, and contracts made, or en-
tered into, for the Office of Justice Programs and
the component organizations of that Office.
SEC. 109. Sections 115 and 127 of the Departments
of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in