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242, 105 Stat. 2282–2285): Provided further, That, for a
period of one year, none of the funds made available to the
Federal Trade Commission shall be spent on an adminis-
trative proceeding concerning the merger of two hospitals
where the Commission has already sought injunctive relief
under 15 U.S.C. 53(b), and prior to July 9, 1997, a Court
of Appeals has affirmed the denial of the injunctive relief
requested by the Commission unless further review over-
turns the decision by the court of appeals.
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
$273,070,000 is for basic field programs and required inde-
pendent audits; $2,019,000 is for the Office of Inspector
General, of which such amounts as may be necessary may
be used to conduct additional audits of recipients;
$7,911,000 is for management and administration; and
$17,000,000, to remain available until expended, is for pro
se legal education demonstration projects.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—LEGAL SERVICES
CORPORATION
SEC. 501. (a) CONTINUATION OF COMPETITIVE SELEC-
TION PROCESS.—None of the funds appropriated in this Act
to the Legal Services Corporation may be used to provide
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financial assistance to any person or entity except through
a competitive selection process conducted in accordance
with regulations promulgated by the Corporation in accord-
ance with the criteria set forth in subsections (c), (d), and
(e) of section 503 of Public Law 104–134 (110 Stat. 1321–
52 et seq.).
(b) INAPPLICABILITY
OF NONCOMPETITIVE PROCE-
DURES.—For 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.
(c) ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES.—If, during any term
of a grant or contract awarded to a recipient by the Legal
Services Corporation under the competitive selection process
referred to in subsection (a) and applicable Legal Services
Corporation regulations, the Legal Services Corporation
finds, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing to the
recipient, that the recipient has failed to comply with any
requirement of the Legal Services Corporation Act (42
U.S.C. 2996 et seq.), this Act, or any other applicable law
relating to funding for the Legal Services Corporation, the
Legal Services Corporation may terminate the grant or con-
tract and institute a new competitive selection process for
the area served by the recipient, notwithstanding the terms
of the grant or contract of the recipient.
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SEC. 502. (a) CONTINUATION OF REQUIREMENTS AND
RESTRICTIONS.—None of the funds appropriated in this
Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for
any purpose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any
of the provisions of—
(1) sections 501, 502, 505, 506, and 507 of Pub-
lic Law 104–134 (110 Stat. 1321–51 et seq.), and all
funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal Services
Corporation shall be subject to the same terms and
conditions as set forth in such sections, except that all
references in such sections to 1995 and 1996 shall be
deemed to refer instead to 1997 and 1998, respec-
tively; and
(2) section 504 of Public Law 104–134 (110
Stat. 1321–53 et seq.), and all funds appropriated in
this Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be
subject to the same terms and conditions set forth in
such section, except that—
(A) subsection (c) of such section 504 shall
not apply;
(B) paragraph (3) of section 508(b) of Pub-
lic Law 104–134 (110 Stat. 1321–58) shall
apply with respect to the requirements of sub-
section (a)(13) of such section 504, except that
all references in such section 508(b) to the date
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of enactment shall be deemed to refer to April 26,
1996; and
(C) subsection (a)(11) of such section 504
shall not be construed to prohibit a recipient
from using funds derived from a source other
than the Corporation to provide related legal as-
sistance to—
(i) an alien who has been battered or
subjected to extreme cruelty in the United
States by a spouse or a parent, or by a
member of the spouse’s or parent’s family
residing in the same household as the alien
and the spouse or parent consented or ac-
quiesced to such battery or cruelty; or
(ii) an alien whose child has been bat-
tered or subjected to extreme cruelty in the
United States by a spouse or parent of the
alien (without the active participation of
the alien in the battery or extreme cruelty),
or by a member of the spouse’s or parent’s
family residing in the same household as
the alien and the spouse or parent consented
or acquiesced to such battery or cruelty, and
the alien did not actively participate in
such battery or cruelty.
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(b) 
DEFINITIONS.—For 
purposes 
of 
subsection
(a)(2)(C):
(1) The term ‘‘battered or subjected to extreme
cruelty’’ has the meaning given such term under regu-
lations issued pursuant to subtitle G of the Violence
Against Women Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322;
108 Stat. 1953).
(2) The term ‘‘related legal assistance’’ means
legal assistance directly related to the prevention of,
or obtaining of relief from, the battery or cruelty de-
scribed in such subsection.
SEC. 503. (a) CONTINUATION OF AUDIT REQUIRE-
MENTS.—The requirements of section 509 of Public Law
104–134 (110 Stat. 1321–58 et seq.), other than subsection
(l) of such section, shall apply during fiscal year 1998.
(b) REQUIREMENT OF ANNUAL AUDIT.—An annual
audit of each person or entity receiving financial assistance
from the Legal Services Corporation under this Act shall
be conducted during fiscal year 1998 in accordance with
the requirements referred to in subsection (a).
SEC. 504. (a) DEBARMENT.—The Legal Services Cor-
poration may debar a recipient, on a showing of good cause,
from receiving an additional award of financial assistance
from the Legal Services Corporation. Any such action to
debar a recipient shall be instituted after the Legal Services
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Corporation provides notice and an opportunity for a hear-
ing to the recipient. The decision regarding the debarment
shall not be subject to Section 1011 of the Legal Services
Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996j).
(b) The Legal Services Corporation shall promulgate
regulations to implement this section.
(c) In this section, the term ‘‘good cause’’, used with
respect to debarment, includes—
(1) prior termination of the financial assistance
of the recipient, under part 1640 of title 45, Code of
Federal Regulations (or any similar corresponding
regulation or ruling);
(2) prior termination in whole, under part 1606
of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations (or any simi-
lar corresponding regulation or ruling), of the most
recent financial assistance received by the recipient,
prior to the date of the debarment decision;
(3) substantial violation by the recipient of the
statutory or regulatory restrictions that prohibit re-
cipients from using financial assistance made avail-
able by the Legal Services Corporation or other finan-
cial assistance for purposes prohibited under the
Legal Services Corporation Act (42 U. S.C. 2996
et seq.) or for involvement in any activity prohibited
by, or inconsistent with, section 504 of the Depart-
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ments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary,
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996, sec-
tion 502(a)(2) of the Departments of Commerce, Jus-
tice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1997, or section 502(a)(2) of this
title;
(4) knowing entry by the recipient into a
subgrant, subcontract, or other agreement with an en-
tity that had been debarred by the Corporation; or
(5) the filing of a lawsuit by the recipient, on be-
half of the recipient, as part of any program receiving
any federal funds, naming the Legal Services Cor-
poration, or any agency or employee of a federal,
state, or local government, as a defendant.
MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com-
mission as authorized by title II of Public Law 92–522,
as amended, $1,240,000.
GAMBLING IMPACT STUDY COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the National Gambling Im-
pact Study Commission, $1,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That funds made available for
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this purpose shall be taken from funds made available on
page 22, line 16.
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,
$285,412,000, of which not to exceed $10,000 may be used
toward funding a permanent secretariat for the Inter-
national Organization of Securities Commissions, and of
which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for expenses
for consultations and meetings hosted by the Commission
with foreign governmental and other regulatory officials,
members of their delegations, appropriate representatives
and staff to exchange views concerning developments relat-
ing to securities matters, development and implementation
of cooperation agreements concerning securities matters and
provision of technical assistance for the development of for-
eign securities markets, such expenses to include necessary
logistic and administrative expenses and the expenses of
Commission staff and foreign invitees in attendance at such
consultations and meetings including: (1) such incidental
expenses as meals taken in the course of such attendance,
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(2) any travel and transportation to or from such meetings,
and (3) any other related lodging or subsistance: Provided,
That fees and charges authorized by section 6(b)(4) of the
Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77f(b)(4)) and 31(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee(d))
shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections:
Provided further, That not to exceed $249,523,000 of such
offsetting collections shall be available until expended for
necessary expenses of this account: Provided further, That
the total amount appropriated from the General Fund for
fiscal year 1998 under this heading shall be reduced as all
such offsetting collections are deposited to this appropria-
tion so as to result in a final total fiscal year 1998 appro-
priation from the General Fund estimated at no more than
$35,889,000.
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of
the Small Business Administration as authorized by Public
Law 103–403, including hire of passenger motor vehicles
as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344, and not to ex-
ceed $3,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $246,100,000, of which $16,500,000 shall be avail-
able to fund technical assistance grants in fiscal year 1998
as authorized by section 7(m) of the Small Business Act,
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as amended: Provided, That the Administrator is author-
ized to charge fees to cover the cost of publications developed
by the Small Business Administration, and certain loan
servicing activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding
31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues received from all such activities
shall be credited to this account, to be available for carrying
out these purposes without further appropriations: Provided
further, That $75,800,000 shall be available to fund grants
for performance in fiscal year 1997 or fiscal year 1998 as
authorized by section 21 of the Small Business Act, as
amended.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General
Act of 1978, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 1–11, as amended
by Public Law 100–504), $10,600,000.
BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $181,232,000, as au-
thorized by 15 U.S.C. 631 note: Provided, That such costs,
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974: Provided further, That during fiscal year 1998, com-
mitments to guarantee loans under section 503 of the Small
Business Investment Act of 1958, as amended, shall not ex-
ceed the amount of financings authorized under section
20(n)(2)(B) of the Small Business Act, as amended.
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In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $94,000,000,
which may be transferred to and merged with the appro-
priations for Salaries and Expenses.
DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct
loan program, as authorized by section 7(b) of the Small
Business Act, as amended, $173,200,000, including not to
exceed $500,000 for the Office of Inspector General of the
Small Business Administration for audits and reviews of
disaster loans and the disaster loan program, and said
sums may be transferred to and merged with appropria-
tions for Salaries and Expenses and Office of Inspector
General.
SURETY BOND GUARANTEES REVOLVING FUND
For additional capital for the ‘‘Surety Bond Guaran-
tees Revolving Fund’’, authorized by the Small Business In-
vestment Act, as amended, $3,500,000, to remain available
without fiscal year limitation as authorized by 15 U.S.C.
631 note.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—SMALL BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 505. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation
made available for the current fiscal year for the Small
Business Administration in this Act may be transferred be-
tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall
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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 obligation or ex-
penditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth
in that section.
STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute,
as authorized by the State Justice Institute Authorization
Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–572 (106 Stat. 4515–4516)),
$13,550,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official re-
ception and representation expenses.
TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 601. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes
not authorized by the Congress.
SEC. 602. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation under
this Act for any consulting service through procurement
contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to
those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of pub-