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for assistance under the Public Works and Economic De-
velopment Act of 1965, as amended, without it being re-
quired that the grantee have title or ability to obtain a
lease for the property, for the useful life of the project,
when in the opinion of the Secretary of Commerce, such
financial assistance is necessary for the economic develop-
ment of the area: Provided further, That the Secretary of
Commerce may, as the Secretary considers appropriate,
consult with the Secretary of Defense regarding the title
to land on military installations closed or scheduled for
closure or realignment.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of administering the eco-
nomic development assistance programs as provided for by
law, $21,000,000: Provided, That these funds may be used
to monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the
Public Works Employment Act of 1976, as amended, title
II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, and the Commu-
nity Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977.
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses of the Department of Com-
merce in fostering, promoting, and developing minority
business enterprise, including expenses of grants, con-
tracts, and other agreements with public or private organi-
zations, $25,000,000.
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ECONOMIC AND INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE
ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco-
nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department
of Commerce, $47,000,000 (reduced by $1,000,000), to
remain available until September 30, 1999.
ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS ADMINISTRATION
REVOLVING FUND
The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to dissemi-
nate economic and statistical data products as authorized
by sections 1, 2, and 4 of Public Law 91–412 (15 U.S.C.
1525–1527) and, notwithstanding section 5412 of the
Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (15
U.S.C. 4912), charge fees necessary to recover the full
costs incurred in their production. Notwithstanding 31
U.S.C. 3302, receipts received from these data dissemina-
tion activities shall be credited to this account, to be avail-
able for carrying out these purposes without further ap-
propriation.
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for collecting, compiling, ana-
lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for
by law, $136,499,000.
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PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS
Subject to the limitations provided in section 209, for
expenses necessary to conduct the decennial census,
$381,800,000, to remain available until expended.
In addition, for expenses to collect and publish statis-
tics for other periodic censuses and programs provided for
by law, $168,326,000, to remain available until expended.
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION
ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of
the National Telecommunications and Information Ad-
ministration (NTIA), $17,100,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C.
1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce shall charge Federal
agencies for costs incurred in spectrum management,
analysis, and operations, and related services and such
fees shall be retained and used as offsetting collections for
costs of such spectrum services, to remain available until
expended: Provided further, That hereafter, notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law, NTIA shall not authorize
spectrum use or provide any spectrum functions pursuant
to the NTIA Organization Act, 47 U.S.C. 902 and 903,
to any Federal entity without reimbursement as required
by NTIA for such spectrum management costs, and Fed-
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eral entities withholding payment of such cost shall not
use spectrum: Provided further, That the Secretary of
Commerce is authorized to retain and use as offsetting
collections all funds transferred, or previously transferred,
from other Government agencies for all costs incurred in
telecommunications research, engineering, and related ac-
tivities by the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences
of the NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions
under this paragraph, and such funds received from other
Government agencies shall remain available until ex-
pended.
PUBLIC BROADCASTING FACILITIES, PLANNING AND
CONSTRUCTION
For grants authorized by section 392 of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934, as amended, $16,750,000, to re-
main available until expended as authorized by section 391
of the Act, as amended: Provided, That not to exceed
$1,500,000 shall be available for program administration
as authorized by section 391 of the Act: Provided further,
That, notwithstanding the provisions of section 391 of the
Act, the prior year unobligated balances may be made
available for grants for projects for which applications
have been submitted and approved during any fiscal year.
INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS
For grants authorized by section 392 of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934, as amended, $21,490,000, to re-
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main available until expended as authorized by section 391
of the Act, as amended: Provided, That not to exceed
$3,000,000 shall be available for program administration
and other support activities as authorized by section 391:
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated herein,
not to exceed 5 percent may be available for telecommuni-
cations research activities for projects related directly to
the development of a national information infrastructure:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding the requirements
of section 392(a) and 392(c) of the Act, these funds may
be used for the planning and construction of telecommuni-
cations networks for the provision of educational, cultural,
health care, public information, public safety, or other so-
cial services.
PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Patent and Trademark
Office provided for by law, including defense of suits insti-
tuted against the Commissioner of Patents and Trade-
marks, $27,000,000 (reduced by $5,000,000), to remain
available until expended: Provided, That the funds made
available under this heading are to be derived from depos-
its in the Patent and Trademark Office Fee Surcharge
Fund as authorized by law: Provided further, That the
amounts made available under the Fund shall not exceed
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amounts deposited; and such fees as shall be collected pur-
suant to 15 U.S.C. 1113 and 35 U.S.C. 41 and 376, shall
remain available until expended.
TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION
UNDER SECRETARY FOR TECHNOLOGY/OFFICE OF
TECHNOLOGY POLICY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Under Secretary for
Technology/Office of Technology Policy, $8,500,000, of
which not to exceed $1,600,000 shall remain available
until September 30, 1999.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES
For necessary expenses of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology, $282,852,000 (reduced by
$6,000,000), to remain available until expended, of which
not to exceed $1,625,000 may be transferred to the
‘‘Working Capital Fund’’.
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
For necessary expenses of the Manufacturing Exten-
sion Partnership of the National Institute of Standards
and Technology, $113,500,000, to remain available until
expended, of which not to exceed $300,000 may be trans-
ferred to the ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’.
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In addition, for necessary expenses of the Advanced
Technology Program of the National Institute of Stand-
ards and Technology, $185,100,000, to remain available
until expended, of which not to exceed $74,100,000 shall
be available for the award of new grants, and of which
not to exceed $500,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Work-
ing Capital Fund’’.
CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES
For construction of new research facilities, including
architectural and engineering design, and for renovation
of existing facilities, not otherwise provided for the Na-
tional Institute of Standards and Technology, as author-
ized by 15 U.S.C. 278c–278e, $111,092,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That of the amounts
provided under this heading, $94,400,000 shall be avail-
able for obligation and expenditure only after submission
of a plan for the expenditure of these funds, in accordance
with section 605 of this Act.
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC
ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law
for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft; not
to exceed 270 commissioned officers on the active list as
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of September 30, 1998; grants, contracts, or other pay-
ments to nonprofit organizations for the purposes of con-
ducting activities pursuant to cooperative agreements; and
relocation of facilities as authorized by 33 U.S.C. 883i;
$1,406,400,000 (reduced by $15,000,000), to remain
available until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding
31 U.S.C. 3302 but consistent with other existing law,
fees shall be assessed, collected, and credited to this appro-
priation as offsetting collections to be available until ex-
pended, to recover the costs of administering aeronautical
charting programs: Provided further, That the sum herein
appropriated from the General Fund shall be reduced as
such additional fees are received during fiscal year 1998,
so as to result in a final General Fund appropriation esti-
mated at not more than $1,403,400,000 (reduced by
$15,000,000): Provided further, That any such additional
fees received in excess of $3,000,000 in fiscal year 1998
shall not be available for obligation until October 1, 1998:
Provided further, That fees and donations received by the
National Ocean Service for the management of the na-
tional marine sanctuaries may be retained and used for
the salaries and expenses associated with those activities,
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided further, That
in addition, $62,381,000 (increased by $1,500,000) shall
be derived by transfer from the fund entitled ‘‘Promote
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and Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining
to American Fisheries’’: Provided further, That grants to
States pursuant to sections 306 and 306A of the Coastal
Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended, shall not ex-
ceed 
$2,000,000: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
of 
the
$1,498,681,000 (reduced by $15,000,000) (increased by
$1,500,000) provided for in direct obligations under this
heading 
(of 
which 
$1,403,400,000 
(reduced 
by
$15,000,000) is appropriated from the General Fund,
$67,581,000 (increased by $1,500,000) is provided by
transfer, and $27,700,000 is derived from unobligated bal-
ances and deobligations from prior years), $219,624,000
(increased by $4,000,000) shall be for the National Ocean
Service, $326,943,000 shall be for the National Marine
Fisheries Service, $237,463,000 shall be for Oceanic and
Atmospheric Research, $511,154,000 shall be for the Na-
tional Weather Service, $119,835,000 (reduced by
$10,000,000) shall be for the National Environmental
Satellite, Data, and Information Service, $66,712,000 (re-
duced by $5,000,000) shall be for Program Support,
$5,000,000 (reduced by $2,500,000) shall be for Fleet
Maintenance, and $11,950,000 shall be for Facilities
Maintenance: Provided further, That unexpended balances
in the accounts ‘‘Construction’’ and ‘‘Fleet Modernization,
Shipbuilding and Conversion’’ shall be transferred to and
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merged with this account, to remain available until ex-
pended for the purposes for which the funds were origi-
nally appropriated.
CAPITAL ASSETS ACQUISITION
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of capital assets acquisition
or construction, including alteration and modification
costs, of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis-
tration, $460,600,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That not to exceed $116,910,000 is available for
the advanced weather interactive processing system, and
may be available for obligation and expenditure only pur-
suant to a certification by the Secretary of Commerce that
the total cost to complete the acquisition and deployment
of the advanced weather interactive processing system and
NOAA Port system, including program management, op-
erations and maintenance costs through deployment will
not exceed $186,300,000: Provided further, That unex-
pended balances of amounts previously made available in
the ‘‘Operations, Research, and Facilities’’ account and
the ‘‘Construction’’ account for activities funded under
this heading may be transferred to and merged with this
account, to remain available until expended for the pur-
poses for which the funds were originally appropriated.
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COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT FUND
Of amounts collected pursuant to section 308 of the
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C.
1456a), not to exceed $7,800,000, for purposes set forth
in sections 308(b)(2)(A), 308(b)(2)(B)(v), and 315(e) of
such Act.
FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND
For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public
Law 95–372, not to exceed $953,000, to be derived from
receipts collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available
until expended.
FOREIGN FISHING OBSERVER FUND
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975, as amend-
ed (Public Law 96–339), the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act of 1976, as amended
(Public Law 100–627), and the American Fisheries Pro-
motion Act (Public Law 96–561), to be derived from the
fees imposed under the foreign fishery observer program
authorized by these Acts, not to exceed $189,000, to re-
main available until expended.
FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans, $250,000, as authorized
by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, as amended: Pro-
vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-
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gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That
none of the funds made available under this heading may
be used for direct loans for any new fishing vessel that
will increase the harvesting capacity in any United States
fishery.
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the general administra-
tion of the Department of Commerce provided for by law,
including not to exceed $3,000 for official entertainment,
$28,490,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (reduced by
$1,000,000).
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 (5 U.S.C. App. 1–11
as amended by Public Law 100–504), $20,140,000.
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC
ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available under this
heading, $5,000,000 are rescinded.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
SEC. 201. During the current fiscal year, applicable
appropriations and funds made available to the Depart-
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ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the
activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15
U.S.C. 1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed
by the Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may
be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized
only upon the certification of officials designated by the
Secretary of Commerce that such payments are in the
public interest.
SEC. 202. During the current fiscal year, appropria-
tions made available to the Department of Commerce by
this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for
hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31
U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized
by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902).
SEC. 203. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used to support the hurricane reconnaissance
aircraft and activities that are under the control of the
United States Air Force or the United States Air Force
Reserve.
SEC. 204. None of the funds provided in this or any
previous Act, or hereinafter made available to the Depart-
ment of Commerce, shall be available to reimburse the Un-
employment Trust Fund or any other fund or account of
the Treasury to pay for any expenses paid before October
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1, 1992, as authorized by section 8501 of title 5, United
States Code, for services performed after April 20, 1990,
by individuals appointed to temporary positions within the
Bureau of the Census for purposes relating to the 1990
decennial census of population.
SEC. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De-
partment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred be-
tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation 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 or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section.
SEC. 206. (a) Should legislation be enacted to dis-
mantle or reorganize the Department of Commerce, the
Secretary of Commerce, no later than 90 days thereafter,
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House and the Senate a plan for transferring funds pro-
vided in this Act to the appropriate successor organiza-
tions: Provided, That the plan shall include a proposal for
transferring or rescinding funds appropriated herein for
agencies or programs terminated under such legislation:
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Provided further, That such plan shall be transmitted in
accordance with section 605 of this Act.
(b) The Secretary of Commerce or the appropriate
head of any successor organization(s) may use any avail-
able funds to carry out legislation dismantling or reor-
ganizing the Department of Commerce to cover the costs
of actions relating to the abolishment, reorganization, or
transfer of functions and any related personnel action, in-
cluding voluntary separation incentives if authorized by
such legislation: Provided, That the authority to transfer
funds between appropriations accounts that may be nec-
essary to carry out this section is provided in addition to
authorities included under section 205 of this Act: Pro-
vided further, That use of funds to carry out 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 or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section.
SEC. 207. Any costs incurred by a Department or
agency funded under this title resulting from personnel
actions taken in response to funding reductions included
in this title shall be absorbed within the total budgetary
resources available to such Department or agency: Pro-
vided, That the authority to transfer funds between appro-
priations accounts as may be necessary to carry out this
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section is provided in addition to authorities included else-
where in this Act: Provided further, That use of funds to
carry out this section shall be treated as a reprogramming
of funds under section 605 of this Act and shall not be
available for obligation or expenditure except in compli-
ance with the procedures set forth in that section.
SEC. 208. The Secretary of Commerce may award
contracts for hydrographic, geodetic, and photogrammet-
ric surveying and mapping services in accordance with title
IX of the Federal Property and Administrative Services
Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 541 et seq.).
SEC. 209. (a) Any person aggrieved by the use of any
statistical method in violation of the Constitution or any
provision of law (other than this Act), in connection with
the 2000 or any later decennial census, to determine the
population for purposes of the apportionment or redistrict-
ing of Members in Congress, may in a civil action obtain
declaratory, injunctive, and any other appropriate relief
against the use of such method.
(b) For purposes of this section, the use of any statis-
tical method in a dress rehearsal or similar test or simula-
tion of a census in preparation for the use of such method,
in a decennial census, to determine the population for pur-
poses of the apportionment or redistricting of Members
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in Congress shall be considered the use of such method
in connection with that census.
(c) For purposes of this section, an ‘‘aggrieved per-
son’’ includes—
(1) any resident of a State whose congressional
representation or district could be changed as a re-
sult of the use of a statistical method challenged in
the civil action;
(2) any Representative or Senator in Congress;
and
(3) either House of Congress.
(d)(1) Any action brought under this section shall be
heard and determined by a district court of 3 judges in
accordance with section 2284 of title 28, United States
Code. Any order of a United States district court which
is issued pursuant to an action brought under this section
shall be reviewable by appeal directly to the Supreme
Court of the United States. Any such appeal shall be taken
by a notice of appeal filed within 10 days after such order
is entered; and the jurisdictional statement shall be filed
within 30 days after such order is entered. No stay of an
order issued pursuant to an action brought under this sec-
tion shall be issued by a single Justice of the Supreme
Court.
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(2) No sums appropriated under this or any other
Act may be used for any statistical method, in connection
with any decennial census, to determine the population for
purposes of the apportionment or redistricting of Members
in Congress after a civil action is commenced challenging
or seeking to uphold the use of such method, until that
method has been judicially finally determined to be au-
thorized by the Constitution and by Act of Congress.
(3) It shall be the duty of a United States district
court and the Supreme Court of the United States to ad-
vance on the docket and to expedite to the greatest pos-
sible extent the disposition of any matter brought under
this section.
(e) Any agency or entity within the executive branch,
having authority with respect to the carrying out of a de-
cennial census, may in a civil action obtain a declaratory
judgment respecting whether or not the use of a statistical
method, in connection with such census, to determine the
population for the purposes of the apportionment or redis-
tricting of Members in Congress is forbidden by the Con-
stitution and laws of the United States.
(f) For purposes of this section—
(1) the term ‘‘statistical method’’ means an ac-
tivity related to the design, planning, testing, or im-
plementation of the use of sampling, or any other
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statistical procedure, including statistical adjust-
ment, to add or subtract counts to the enumeration
of the population; and
(2) a matter shall not be considered to have
been judicially finally determined until it has been fi-
nally determined on the merits in appellate proceed-
ings before the Supreme Court of the United States.
(g) This section shall apply in fiscal year 1998 and
succeeding fiscal years.
(h) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to author-
ize the use of any statistical method, in connection with
a decennial census, for the apportionment or redistricting
of Members in Congress.
TITLE III—THE JUDICIARY
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the operation of the Su-
preme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the
building and grounds, including purchase or hire, driving,
maintenance, and operation of an automobile for the Chief
Justice, not to exceed $10,000 for the purpose of trans-
porting Associate Justices, and hire of passenger motor
vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not
to exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation
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expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended
as the Chief Justice may approve; $29,278,000.
CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS
For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable
the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties im-
posed upon him by the Act approved May 7, 1934 (40
U.S.C. 13a and 13b), $3,400,000, of which $410,000 shall
remain available until expended.
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, $15,507,000.
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, $11,478,000.
COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER
JUDICIAL SERVICES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the salaries of circuit and district judges (includ-
ing judges of the territorial courts of the United States),
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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, $2,700,069,000 (re-
duced by $13,000,000) (including the purchase of fire-
arms and ammunition); of which not to exceed
$13,454,000 shall remain available until expended for
space alteration projects; and of which not to exceed
$10,000,000 shall remain available until expended for fur-
niture and furnishings related to new space alteration and
construction projects.
In addition, for expenses of the United States Court
of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under
the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, not
to exceed $2,450,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine
Injury Compensation Trust Fund.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
For activities of the Federal Judiciary as authorized
by law, $40,000,000, to remain available until expended,
which shall be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction
Trust Fund, as authorized by section 190001(a) of Public
Law 103–322, and sections 818 and 823 of Public Law
104–132.
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DEFENDER SERVICES
For the operation of Federal Public Defender and
Community Defender organizations; the compensation and
reimbursement of expenses of attorneys appointed to rep-
resent persons under the Criminal Justice Act of 1964,
as amended; the compensation and reimbursement of ex-
penses of persons furnishing investigative, expert and
other services under the Criminal Justice Act (18 U.S.C.
3006A(e)); the compensation (in accordance with Criminal
Justice Act maximums) and reimbursement of expenses
of attorneys appointed to assist the court in criminal cases
where the defendant has waived representation by counsel;
the compensation and reimbursement of travel expenses
of guardians ad litem acting on behalf of financially eligi-
ble minor or incompetent offenders in connection with
transfers from the United States to foreign countries with
which the United States has a treaty for the execution
of penal sentences; and the compensation of attorneys ap-
pointed to represent jurors in civil actions for the protec-
tion of their employment, as authorized by 28 U.S.C.
1875(d); $329,529,000, to remain available until ex-
pended as authorized by 18 U.S.C. 3006A(i).
FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS
For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28
U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commis-
sioners as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensa-
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tion of commissioners appointed in condemnation cases
pursuant to rule 71A(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Pro-
cedure (28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71A(h)); $66,196,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the
compensation of land commissioners shall not exceed the
daily equivalent of the highest rate payable under section
5332 of title 5, United States Code.
COURT SECURITY
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
incident to the procurement, installation, and maintenance
of security equipment and protective services for the Unit-
ed States Courts in courtrooms and adjacent areas, in-
cluding building ingress-egress control, inspection of pack-
ages, directed security patrols, and other similar activities
as authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improvement
and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100–702);
$167,214,000, to be expended directly or transferred to
the United States Marshals Service which shall be respon-
sible for administering elements of the Judicial Security
Program consistent with standards or guidelines agreed
to by the Director of the Administrative Office of the Unit-
ed States Courts and the Attorney General.
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ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
COURTS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office
of the United States Courts as authorized by law, includ-
ing travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a pas-
senger motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b),
advertising and rent in the District of Columbia and else-
where, $52,000,000, of which not to exceed $7,500 is au-
thorized for official reception and representation expenses.
FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Cen-
ter, as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $17,495,000;
of which $1,800,000 shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 1999, to provide education and training to
Federal court personnel; and of which not to exceed
$1,000 is authorized for official reception and representa-
tion expenses.
JUDICIAL RETIREMENT FUNDS
PAYMENT TO JUDICIARY TRUST FUNDS
For payment to the Judicial Officers’ Retirement
Fund, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 377(o), $25,000,000;
to the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund, as authorized
by 28 U.S.C. 376(c), $7,400,000; and to the United
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States Court of Federal Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund,
as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 178(l), $1,800,000.
UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out
the provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States
Code, $9,000,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is au-
thorized for official reception and representation expenses.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY
SEC. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in
this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall
be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
SEC. 302. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the Judi-
ciary in this Act may be transferred between such appro-
priations, but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of
Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, De-
fender Services’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts,
and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commis-
sioners’’, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by
any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant
to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of
funds under section 605 of this Act and shall not be avail-
able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance
with the procedures set forth in that section.
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SEC. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the salaries and expenses appropriation for district
courts, courts of appeals, and other judicial services shall
be available for official reception and representation ex-
penses of the Judicial Conference of the United States:
Provided, That such available funds shall not exceed
$10,000 and shall be administered by the Director of the
Administrative Office of the United States Courts in his
capacity as Secretary of the Judicial Conference.
TITLE IV—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND
RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses of the Department of State
and the Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, includ-
ing expenses authorized by the State Department Basic
Authorities Act of 1956, as amended; representation to
certain international organizations in which the United
States participates pursuant to treaties, ratified pursuant
to the advice and consent of the Senate, or specific Acts
of Congress; acquisition by exchange or purchase of pas-
senger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343,
40 U.S.C. 481(c), and 22 U.S.C. 2674; and for expenses
of general administration; $1,715,087,000 (reduced by
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$9,000,000): Provided, That all fees collected under the
authority of section 140(a)(1) of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public
Law 103–236) shall be deposited in fiscal year 1998 as
an offsetting collection to appropriations made under this
heading to recover the costs of providing border security
and shall remain available until expended.
Of 
the 
funds 
provided 
under 
this 
heading,
$24,856,000 shall be available only for the Diplomatic
Telecommunications Service for operation of existing base
services and not to exceed $17,312,000 shall be available
only for the enhancement of the Diplomatic Telecommuni-
cations Service and shall remain available until expended.
In addition, not to exceed $700,000 in registration
fees collected pursuant to section 38 of the Arms Export
Control Act, as amended, may be used in accordance with
section 45 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act
of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2717); in addition not to exceed
$1,252,000 shall be derived from fees collected from other
executive agencies for lease or use of facilities located at
the International Center in accordance with section 4 of
the International Center Act (Public Law 90–553), as
amended, and in addition, as authorized by section 5 of
such Act $490,000, to be derived from the reserve author-
ized by that section, to be used for the purposes set out
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in that section; and in addition not to exceed $15,000
which shall be derived from reimbursements, surcharges,
and fees for use of Blair House facilities in accordance
with section 46 of the State Department Basic Authorities
Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2718(a)).
Notwithstanding section 402 of this Act, not to ex-
ceed 20 percent of the amounts made available in this Act
in the appropriation accounts ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular
Programs’’ and ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ under the head-
ing ‘‘Administration of Foreign Affairs’’ may be trans-
ferred between such appropriation accounts: Provided,
That any transfer pursuant to this sentence shall be treat-
ed as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this
Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that
section.
In addition, for counterterrorism requirements over-
seas, 
including 
security 
guards 
and 
equipment,
$23,700,000, to remain available until expended.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the general administra-
tion of the Department of State and the Foreign Service,
provided for by law, including expenses authorized by sec-
tion 9 of the Act of August 31, 1964, as amended (31
U.S.C. 3721), and the State Department Basic Authori-
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ties Act of 1956, as amended, $363,513,000: Provided,
That, of such amount, not more than $356,242,740 shall
be available for obligation until the Secretary of State has
made one or more designations of organizations as foreign
terrorist organizations pursuant to section 219(a) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)), as
added by section 302 of Public Law 104–132 (110 Stat.
1214, 1248).
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND
For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment
Fund, $50,600,000, to remain available until expended,
as authorized in Public Law 103–236: Provided, That sec-
tion 135(e) of Public Law 103–236 shall not apply to
funds appropriated under this heading.
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 (5 U.S.C. App.),
$28,300,000, notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) of the
Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended (Public Law 96–
465), as it relates to post inspections.
REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES
For representation allowances as authorized by sec-
tion 905 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended
(22 U.S.C. 4085), $4,300,000.
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PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS
For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the
Secretary of State to provide for extraordinary protective
services in accordance with the provisions of section 214
of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956
(22 U.S.C. 4314) and 3 U.S.C. 208, $7,900,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 1999.
SECURITY AND MAINTENANCE OF UNITED STATES
MISSIONS
For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign
Service Buildings Act of 1926, as amended (22 U.S.C.
292–300), and the Diplomatic Security Construction Pro-
gram as authorized by title IV of the Omnibus Diplomatic
Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4851),
$373,081,000, to remain available until expended as au-
thorized by section 24(c) of the State Department Basic
Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2696(c)): Provided,
That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph
shall be available for acquisition of furniture and furnish-
ings and generators for other departments and agencies.
EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR
SERVICE
For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of
State to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplo-
matic and Consular Service pursuant to the requirement
of 31 U.S.C. 3526(e), $5,500,000 to remain available until
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expended as authorized by section 24(c) of the State De-
partment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C.
2696(c)), of which not to exceed $1,000,000 may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the Repatriation Loans Pro-
gram Account, subject to the same terms and conditions.
REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans, $593,000, as authorized
by section 4 of the State Department Basic Authorities
Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2671): 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. In addition, for administrative expenses necessary
to carry out the direct loan program, $607,000 which may
be transferred to and merged with the Salaries and Ex-
penses account under Administration of Foreign Affairs.
PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN
For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Rela-
tions Act, Public Law 96–8, $14,000,000.
PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND
DISABILITY FUND
For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and
Disability Fund, as authorized by law, $129,935,000.
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
to meet annual obligations of membership in international
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multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified
pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate, conven-
tions or specific Acts of Congress, $978,952,000, of
whichnot to exceed $54,000,000 shall remain available
until expended for payment of arrearages: Provided, That
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able by this Act for payment of arrearages may be obli-
gated or expended unless such obligation or expenditure
is expressly authorized by the enactment of a subsequent
Act that makes payment of arrearages contingent upon
reforms that should include the following: a reduction in
the United States assessed share of the United Nations
regular budget to 20 percent and of peacekeeping oper-
ations to 25 percent; reimbursement for goods and serv-
ices provided by the United States to the United Nations;
certification that the United Nations and its specialized
or affiliated agencies have not taken any action to infringe
on the sovereignty of the United States; a ceiling on Unit-
ed States contributions to international organizations
after fiscal year 1998 of $900,000,000; establishment of
a merit-based personnel system at the United Nations that
includes a code of conduct and a personnel evaluation sys-
tem; United States membership on the Advisory Commit-
tee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions that over-
sees the United Nations budget; access to United Nations
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financial data by the General Accounting Office; and
achievement of a negative growth budget and the estab-
lishment of independent inspectors general for affiliated
organizations; and improved consultation procedures with
the Congress: Provided further, That any payment of ar-
rearages shall be directed toward special activities that are
mutually agreed upon by the United States and the re-
spective international organization: Provided further, That
20 percent of the funds appropriated in this paragraph
for the assessed contribution of the United States to the
United Nations shall be withheld from obligation and ex-
penditure until a certification is made under section
401(b) of Public Law 103–236 and under such other re-
quirements related to the Office of Internal Oversight
Services of the United Nations as may be enacted into
law for fiscal year 1998: Provided further, That certifi-
cation under section 401(b) of Public Law 103–236 for
fiscal year 1998 may only be made if the Committees on
Appropriations and Foreign Relations of the Senate and
the Committees on Appropriations and International Rela-
tions of the House of Representatives are notified of the
steps taken, and anticipated, to meet the requirements of
section 401(b) of Public Law 103–236 at least 15 days
in advance of the proposed certification: Provided further,
That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph
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shall be available for a United States contribution to an
international organization for the United States share of
interest costs made known to the United States Govern-
ment by such organization for loans incurred on or after
October 1, 1984, through external borrowings: Provided
further, That of the funds appropriated in this paragraph,
$100,000,000 may be made available only on a semi-an-
nual basis pursuant to a certification by the Secretary of
State on a semi-annual basis, that the United Nations has
taken no action during the preceding six months to in-
crease funding for any United Nations program without
identifying an offsetting decrease during that six-month
period elsewhere in the United Nations budget and cause
the United Nations to exceed the expected reform budget
for the biennium 1998–1999 of $2,533,000,000: Provided
further, That notwithstanding section 402 of this Act, not
to exceed $4,000,000 may be transferred from the funds
made available under this heading to the ‘‘International
Conferences and Contingencies’’ account for assessed con-
tributions to new or provisional international organiza-
tions: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to this
paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds
under section 605 of this Act and shall not be available
for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the
procedures set forth in that section.
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CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING
ACTIVITIES
For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other ex-
penses of international peacekeeping activities directed to
the maintenance or restoration of international peace and
security 
$261,000,000, 
of 
which 
not 
to 
exceed
$46,000,000 shall remain available until expended for pay-
ment of arrearages: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available by this Act for pay-
ment of arrearages may be obligated or expended unless
such obligation or expenditure is expressly authorized by
the enactment of a subsequent Act described in the first
proviso under the heading ‘‘Contributions to International
Organizations’’ in this title: Provided further, That none
of the funds made available under this Act shall be obli-
gated or expended for any new or expanded United Na-
tions peacekeeping mission unless, at least fifteen days in
advance of voting for the new or expanded mission in the
United Nations Security Council (or in an emergency, as
far in advance as is practicable), (1) the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate and other appropriate Committees of the Congress
are notified of the estimated cost and length of the mis-
sion, the vital national interest that will be served, and
the planned exit strategy; and (2) a reprogramming of
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funds pursuant to section 605 of this Act is submitted,
and the procedures therein followed, setting forth the
source of funds that will be used to pay for the cost of
the new or expanded mission: Provided further, That funds
shall be available for peacekeeping expenses only upon a
certification by the Secretary of State to the appropriate
committees of the Congress that American manufacturers
and suppliers are being given opportunities to provide
equipment, services, and material for United Nations
peacekeeping activities equal to those being given to for-
eign manufacturers and suppliers.
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AND CONTINGENCIES
For necessary expenses authorized by section 5 of the
State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, in addi-
tion to funds otherwise available for these purposes, con-
tributions for the United States share of general expenses
of international organizations and conferences and rep-
resentation to such organizations and conferences, as pro-
vided for by 22 U.S.C. 2656 and 2672, and personal serv-
ices notwithstanding 5 U.S.C. 5102, $1,500,000, to re-
main available until expended as authorized by 22 U.S.C.
2696(c), of which not to exceed $200,000 may be ex-
pended for representation as authorized by 22 U.S.C.
4085: Provided, That these funds shall be available for
obligation or expenditure only after submission of a plan
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for the expenditure of these funds in accordance with the
procedures set forth in section 605 of this Act.
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
to meet obligations of the United States arising under
treaties, or specific Acts of Congress, as follows:
INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION,
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO
For necessary expenses for the United States Section
of the International Boundary and Water Commission,
United States and Mexico, and to comply with laws appli-
cable to the United States Section, including not to exceed
$6,000 for representation; as follows:
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for,
$17,490,000.
CONSTRUCTION
For detailed plan preparation and construction of au-
thorized projects, $6,463,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, as authorized by section 24(c) of the State De-
partment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C.
2696(c)).
AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for
the International Joint Commission and the International
Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, as au-
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thorized by treaties between the United States and Can-
ada or Great Britain, and for the Border Environment
Cooperation Commission as authorized by Public Law
103–182; $5,490,000, of which not to exceed $9,000 shall
be available for representation expenses incurred by the
International Joint Commission.
INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS
For necessary expenses for international fisheries
commissions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by
law, $14,490,000: Provided, That the United States’ share
of such expenses may be advanced to the respective com-
missions, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3324.
OTHER
PAYMENT TO THE ASIA FOUNDATION
For a grant to the Asia Foundation, as authorized
by section 501 of Public Law 101–246, $8,000,000, to
remain available until expended, as authorized by section
24(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of
1956 (22 U.S.C. 2696(c)).
RELATED AGENCIES
ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY
ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT ACTIVITIES
For necessary expenses not otherwise provided, for
arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament activi-
ties, $41,500,000, of which not to exceed $50,000 shall
be for official reception and representation expenses as au-
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thorized by the Act of September 26, 1961, as amended
(22 U.S.C. 2551 et seq.).
UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
to enable the United States Information Agency, as au-
thorized by the Mutual Educational and Cultural Ex-
change Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.),
the United States Information and Educational Exchange
Act of 1948, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.), and
Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977 (91 Stat. 1636), to
carry out international communication, educational and
cultural activities; and to carry out related activities au-
thorized by law, including employment, without regard to
civil service and classification laws, of persons on a tem-
porary basis (not to exceed $700,000 of this appropria-
tion), as authorized by section 801 of such Act of 1948
(22 U.S.C. 1471), and entertainment, including official re-
ceptions, within the United States, not to exceed $25,000
as authorized by section 804(3) of such Act of 1948 (22
U.S.C. 1474(3)); $430,597,000: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed $1,400,000 may be used for representation abroad
as authorized by section 302 of such Act of 1948 (22
U.S.C. 1452) and section 905 of the Foreign Service Act
of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085): Provided further, That not to
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exceed $6,000,000, to remain available until expended,
may be credited to this appropriation from fees or other
payments received from or in connection with English
teaching, library, motion pictures, educational advising
and counseling, exchange visitor program services, and
publication programs as authorized by section 810 of such
Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1475e): Provided further, That
not to exceed $920,000 to remain available until expended
may be used to carry out projects involving security con-
struction and related improvements for agency facilities
not physically located together with Department of State
facilities abroad.
TECHNOLOGY FUND
For expenses necessary to enable the United States
Information Agency to provide for the procurement of in-
formation technology improvements, as authorized by the
United States Information and Educational Exchange Act
of 1948, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.), the Mutual
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, as
amended (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.), and Reorganization
Plan No. 2 of 1977 (91 Stat. 1636), $5,050,000, to re-
main available until expended.
EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
For expenses of educational and cultural exchange
programs, as authorized by the Mutual Educational and
Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C.
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2451 et seq.), and Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977 (91
Stat. 1636), $193,731,000, to remain available until ex-
pended as authorized by section 105 of such Act of 1961
(22 U.S.C. 2455): Provided, That not to exceed $800,000,
to remain available until expended, may be credited to this
appropriation from fees or other payments received from
or in connection with English teaching and publication
programs and educational advising and counseling as au-
thorized by section 810 of the United States Information
and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C.
1475e).
EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM TRUST
FUND
For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fel-
lowships, Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and
5 of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20
U.S.C. 5204 and 5205), all interest and earnings accruing
to the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust
Fund on or before September 30, 1998, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
propriated herein shall be used to pay any salary or other
compensation, or to enter into any contract providing for
the payment thereof, in excess of the rate authorized by
5 U.S.C. 5376; or for purposes which are not in accord-
ance with OMB Circulars A–110 (Uniform Administrative
Requirements) and A–122 (Cost Principles for Non-profit
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Organizations), including the restrictions on compensation
for personal services.
ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholar-
ship Program as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993
(22 U.S.C. 2452), all interest and earnings accruing to
the Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before September
30, 1998, to remain available until expended.
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS
For expenses necessary to enable the United States
Information Agency, as authorized by the United States
Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, as
amended, the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, as amend-
ed, the Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act, the United
States International Broadcasting Act of 1994, as amend-
ed, and Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977, to carry out
international communication activities, including the pur-
chase, installation, rent, construction, and improvement of
facilities and equipment for radio and television trans-
mission and reception to Cuba, $391,550,000, of which
$30,000,000 shall remain available until expended, not to
exceed $16,000 may be used for official receptions within
the United States as authorized by section 804(3) of such
Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1747(3)), not to exceed $35,000
may be used for representation abroad as authorized by
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section 302 of such Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1452) and
section 905 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C.
4085), and not to exceed $39,000 may be used for official
reception and representation expenses of Radio Free Eu-
rope/Radio Liberty; and in addition, not to exceed
$2,000,000 in receipts from advertising and revenue from
business ventures, not to exceed $500,000 in receipts from
cooperating international organizations, and not to exceed
$1,000,000 in receipts from privatization efforts of the
Voice of America and the International Broadcasting Bu-
reau, as authorized by section 810 of such Act of 1948
(22 U.S.C. 1475e), to remain available until expended for
carrying out authorized purposes: Provided, That no funds
shall be used for television broadcasting to Cuba after Oc-
tober 1, 1997, if the President certifies that continued
funding is not in the national interest of the United
States.
RADIO CONSTRUCTION
For the purchase, rent, construction, and improve-
ment of facilities for radio transmission and reception, and
purchase and installation of necessary equipment for radio
and television transmission and reception as authorized by
section 801 of the United States Information and Edu-
cational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1471),
$40,000,000, to remain available until expended, as au-
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thorized by section 704(a) of such Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C.
1477b(a)).
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY
For grants made by the United States Information
Agency to the National Endowment for Democracy as au-
thorized by the National Endowment for Democacy Act,
$30,000,000, to remain available until expended.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND
RELATED AGENCIES
SEC. 401. Funds appropriated under this title shall
be available, except as otherwise provided, for allowances
and differentials as authorized by subchapter 59 of title
5, United States Code; for services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109; and hire of passenger transportation pursu-
ant to 31 U.S.C. 1343(b).
SEC. 402. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De-
partment of State in this Act may be transferred between
such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as
otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more
than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That not
to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available
for the current fiscal year for the United States Informa-
tion Agency in this Act may be transferred between such
appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as oth-
erwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more
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than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided further,
That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated
as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this
Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that
section.
SEC. 403. (1) For purposes of implementing the
International Cooperative Administrative Support Services
program in fiscal year 1998, the amounts referred to in
paragraph (2) shall be transferred in accordance with the
provisions of section 404.
(2) Paragraph (1) applies to amounts made available
by title IV of this Act under the heading ‘‘ADMINISTRA-
TION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS’’ as follows:
(A) $108,932,000 of the amount made available
under the paragraph ‘‘DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR
PROGRAMS’’.
(B) $3,530,000 of the amount made available
under the paragraph ‘‘SECURITY AND MAINTENANCE
OF U.S. MISSIONS’’.
SEC. 404. Funds transferred pursuant to section 403
shall be transferred to the specified appropriation, allo-
cated to the specified account or accounts in the specified
amount, be merged with funds in such account or accounts
that are available for administrative support expenses of
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overseas activities, and be available for the same purposes,
and subject to the same terms and conditions, as the funds
with which merged, as follows:
(1) Appropriations for the Legislative Branch—
(A) for the Library of Congress, for sala-
ries and expenses, $500,000; and
(B) for the General Accounting Office, for
salaries and expenses, $12,000.
(2) Appropriations for the Office of the United
States Trade Representative, for salaries and ex-
penses, $302,000.
(3) Appropriations for the Department of Com-
merce, for the International Trade Administration,
for operations and administration, $7,055,000;
(4) Appropriations for the Department of Jus-
tice—
(A) for legal activities—
(i) for general legal activities, for sala-
ries and expenses, $194,000; and
(ii) for the United States Marshals
Service, for salaries and expenses, $2,000;
(B) for the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion, for salaries and expenses, $2,477,000;
(C) for the Drug Enforcement Administra-
tion, for salaries and expenses, $6,356,000; and
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(D) for the Immigration and Naturaliza-
tion 
Service, 
for 
salaries 
and 
expenses,
$1,313,000.
(5) Appropriations for the United States Infor-
mation Agency, for international information pro-
grams, $25,047,000.
(6) Appropriations for the Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency, for arms control and disar-
mament activities, $1,247,000.
(7) Appropriations to the President—
(A) for the Foreign Military Financing
Program, for administrative costs, $6,660,000;
(B) for the Economic Support Fund,
$336,000;
(C) for the Agency for International Devel-
opment—
(i) 
for 
operating 
expenses,
$6,008,000;
(ii) for the Urban and Environmental
Credit Program, $54,000;
(iii) for the Development Assistance
Fund, $124,000;
(iv) for the Development Fund for Af-
rica, $526,000;
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(v) for assistance for the new inde-
pendent states of the former Soviet Union,
$818,000;
(vi) for assistance for Eastern Europe
and the Baltic States, $283,000; and
(vii) for international disaster assist-
ance, $306,000;
(D) for the Peace Corps, $3,672,000; and
(E) for the Department of State—
(i) for international narcotics control
$1,117,000; and
(ii) for migration and refugee assist-
ance, $394,000.
(8) Appropriations for the Department of De-
fense—
(A) for operation and maintenance—
(i) for operation and maintenance,
Army, $4,394,000;
(ii) for operation and maintenance,
Navy, $1,824,000;
(iii) for operation and maintenance,
Air Force, $1,603,000; and
(iv) for operation and maintenance,
Defense-Wide, $21,993,000; and
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(B) for procurement, for other procure-
ment, Air Force, $4,211,000.
(9) Appropriations for the American Battle
Monuments Commission, for salaries and expenses,
$210,000.
(10) Appropriations for the Department of Ag-
riculture—
(A) for the Animal and Plant Health In-
spection Service, for salaries and expenses,
$932,000;
(B) for the Foreign Agricultural Service
and General Sales Manager, $4,521,000; and
(C) for the Agricultural Research Service,
$16,000.
(11) Appropriations for the Department of
Treasury—
(A) for the United States Customs Service,
for salaries and expenses, $2,002,000;
(B) for departmental offices, for salaries
and expenses, $804,000;
(C) for the Internal Revenue Service, for
tax law enforcement, $662,000;
(D) for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
and Firearms, for salaries and expenses,
$17,000;
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none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be
used to reimburse Commissioners for more than 75
billable days, with the exception of the Chairperson who
is permitted 125 billable days.
COMMISSION ON IMMIGRATION REFORM
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Immi-
gration Reform pursuant to section 141(f) of the Immi-
gration Act of 1990, $496,000, to remain available until
expended.
COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN
EUROPE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Secu-
rity and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public
Law 94–304, $1,090,000, to remain available until ex-
pended as authorized by section 3 of Public Law 99–7.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (29 U.S.C. 206(d)
and 621–634), the Americans with Disabilities Act of
1990, and the Civil Rights Act of 1991, including services
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor