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officers and support personnel, that are incurred in joint operations
with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; of which
$13,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be available
for disbursements through grants, cooperative agreements or con-
tracts to local governments for Gang Resistance Education and
Training; and of which $3,200,000 for a new headquarters shall
remain available until September 30, 2004: Provided, That no funds
appropriated herein shall be available for salaries or administrative
expenses in connection with consolidating or centralizing, within
the Department of the Treasury, the records, or any portion thereof,
of acquisition and disposition of firearms maintained by Federal
firearms licensees: Provided further, That no funds appropriated
herein shall be used to pay administrative expenses or the com-
pensation of any officer or employee of the United States to imple-
ment an amendment or amendments to 27 CFR 178.118 or to
change the definition of ‘‘Curios or relics’’ in 27 CFR 178.11 or
remove any item from ATF Publication 5300.11 as it existed on
January 1, 1994: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated herein shall be available to investigate or act upon applica-
tions for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under 18 U.S.C.
925(c): Provided further, That such funds shall be available to
investigate and act upon applications filed by corporations for relief
from Federal firearms disabilities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c): Provided
further, That no funds under this Act may be used to electronically
retrieve information gathered pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 923(g)(4) by
name or any personal identification code.
UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Customs Service,
including purchase and lease of up to 1,535 motor vehicles of
which 550 are for replacement only and of which 1,500 are for
police-type use and commercial operations; hire of motor vehicles;
contracting with individuals for personal services abroad; not to
exceed $40,000 for official reception and representation expenses;
and awards of compensation to informers, as authorized by any
Act enforced by the United States Customs Service, $2,527,155,000,
of which such sums as become available in the Customs User
Fee Account, except sums subject to section 13031(f)(3) of the
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as
amended (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from that Account;
of the total, not to exceed $150,000 shall be available for payment
for rental space in connection with preclearance operations; not
to exceed $4,000,000 shall be available until expended for research;
not less than $100,000 shall be available to promote public aware-
ness of the child pornography tipline; not less than $200,000 shall
be available for Project Alert; not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be
available until expended for conducting special operations pursuant
to 19 U.S.C. 2081; not to exceed $8,000,000 shall be available
until expended for the procurement of automation infrastructure
items, including hardware, software, and installation; not to exceed
$1,250,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2004 for
strengthened enforcement of United States trade laws pertaining
to steel; and not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available until
expended for repairs to Customs facilities: Provided, That of the
total amount of funds made available for forced child labor activities
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in fiscal year 2003, not to exceed $5,000,000 shall remain available
until expended for operations and support of such activities: Pro-
vided further, That uniforms may be purchased without regard
to the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year:
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the fiscal year aggregate overtime limitation prescribed in sub-
section 5(c)(1) of the Act of February 13, 1911 (19 U.S.C. 261
and 267) shall be $30,000.
HARBOR MAINTENANCE FEE COLLECTION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For administrative expenses related to the collection of the
Harbor Maintenance Fee, pursuant to Public Law 103–182,
$3,000,000, to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund
and to be transferred to and merged with the Customs ‘‘Salaries
and Expenses’’ account for such purposes.
OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND PROCUREMENT, AIR AND MARINE
INTERDICTION PROGRAMS
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
operation and maintenance of marine vessels, aircraft, and other
related equipment of the Air and Marine Programs, including oper-
ational training and mission-related travel, and rental payments
for facilities occupied by the air or marine interdiction and demand
reduction programs, the operations of which include the following:
the interdiction of narcotics and other goods; the provision of sup-
port to Customs and other Federal, State, and local agencies in
the enforcement or administration of laws enforced by the Customs
Service; and, at the discretion of the Commissioner of Customs,
the provision of assistance to Federal, State, and local agencies
in other law enforcement and emergency humanitarian efforts,
$181,829,000, which shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That no aircraft or other related equipment, with the excep-
tion of aircraft which is one of a kind and has been identified
as excess to Customs requirements and aircraft which has been
damaged beyond repair, shall be transferred to any other Federal
agency, department, or office outside of the Department of Home-
land Security, during fiscal year 2003 without the prior approval
of the Committees on Appropriations.
AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION
For expenses not otherwise provided for Customs automated
systems, $435,332,000, to remain available until expended, of which
not less than $312,900,000 shall be for the development of the
Automated Commercial Environment: Provided, That none of the
funds appropriated under this heading may be obligated for the
Automated Commercial Environment until the United States Cus-
toms Service prepares and submits to the Committees on Appropria-
tions a plan for expenditure that: (1) meets the capital planning
and investment control review requirements established by the
Office of Management and Budget, including OMB Circular A–
11, part 3; (2) complies with the United States Customs Service’s
Enterprise Information Systems Architecture; (3) complies with the
acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, and systems acquisition
management practices of the Federal Government; (4) is reviewed
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and approved by the Customs Investment Review Board, the
Department of the Treasury, and the Office of Management and
Budget; and (5) is reviewed by the General Accounting Office:
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this
heading may be obligated for the Automated Commercial Environ-
ment until such expenditure plan has been approved by the Commit-
tees on Appropriations.
UNITED STATES MINT
UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND
Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States Code, the
United States Mint is provided funding through the United States
Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs associated with the produc-
tion of circulating coins, numismatic coins, and protective services,
including both operating expenses and capital investments. The
aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations incurred during
fiscal year 2003 under such section 5136 for circulating coinage
and protective service capital investments of the United States
Mint shall not exceed $34,900,000.
BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT
ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT
For necessary expenses connected with any public-debt issues
of the United States, $194,468,000, of which not to exceed $2,500
shall be available for official reception and representation expenses,
and of which not to exceed $2,000,000 shall remain available until
expended for systems modernization; and of which not to exceed
$4,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2004 for
the purpose of completing the shut-down of the savings bond mar-
keting activity: Provided, That the sum appropriated herein from
the general fund for fiscal year 2003 shall be reduced by not
more than $4,400,000 as definitive security issue fees and Treasury
Direct Investor Account Maintenance fees are collected, so as to
result in a final fiscal year 2003 appropriation from the general
fund estimated at $190,068,000. In addition, $40,000 to be derived
from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse the Bureau
for administrative and personnel expenses for financial manage-
ment of the Fund, as authorized by section 1012 of Public Law
101–380.
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service for
pre-filing taxpayer assistance and education, filing and account
services, shared services support, general management and
administration; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at
such rates as may be determined by the Commissioner,
$3,955,777,000, of which up to $3,950,000 shall be for the Tax
Counseling for the Elderly Program, of which $7,000,000 shall
be available for low-income taxpayer clinic grants, and of which
not to exceed $25,000 shall be for official reception and representa-
tion expenses.
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TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service for
determining and establishing tax liabilities; providing litigation sup-
port; conducting criminal investigation and enforcement activities;
securing unfiled tax returns; collecting unpaid accounts; conducting
a document matching program; resolving taxpayer problems
through prompt identification, referral and settlement; compiling
statistics of income and conducting compliance research; purchase
(for police-type use, not to exceed 850) and hire of passenger motor
vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Commissioner,
$3,729,072,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2005, for research, and of which
not less than $60,000,000 shall be used to combat abusive tax
shelters.
EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT COMPLIANCE INITIATIVE
For funding essential earned income tax credit compliance and
error reduction initiatives, $146,000,000, of which not to exceed
$10,000,000 may be used to reimburse the Social Security Adminis-
tration for the costs of implementing section 1090 of the Taxpayer
Relief Act of 1997.
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service for
information systems and telecommunications support, including
developmental information systems and operational information
systems; the hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b));
and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as
may be determined by the Commissioner, $1,632,444,000, which
shall remain available until September 30, 2004.
BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service,
$366,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2005, for
the capital asset acquisition of information technology systems,
including management and related contractual costs of said acquisi-
tions, including contractual costs associated with operations author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That none of these funds may
be obligated until the Internal Revenue Service submits to the
Committees on Appropriations, and such Committees approve, a
plan for expenditure that: (1) meets the capital planning and invest-
ment control review requirements established by the Office of
Management and Budget, including Circular A–11 part 3; (2) com-
plies with the Internal Revenue Service’s enterprise architecture,
including the modernization blueprint; (3) conforms with the
Internal Revenue Service’s enterprise life cycle methodology; (4)
is approved by the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of
the Treasury, and the Office of Management and Budget; (5) has
been reviewed by the General Accounting Office; and (6) complies
with the acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, and systems
acquisition management practices of the Federal Government.