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2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these activities: Pro-
vided further, That payments and contributions collected 
and accepted for materials or services provided as part of 
such activities may be retained for use in covering the cost 
of such activities, and for providing information to the 
public with respect to the export administration and na-
tional security activities of the Department of Commerce 
and other export control programs of the United States 
and other governments. 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
For grants for economic development assistance as 
provided by the Public Works and Economic Development 
Act of 1965, and for trade adjustment assistance, 
$288,115,000, to remain available until expended. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administering the eco-
nomic development assistance programs as provided for by 
law, $30,565,000: Provided, That these funds may be used 
to monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the 
Public Works Employment Act of 1976, title II of the 
Trade Act of 1974, and the Community Emergency 
Drought Relief Act of 1977.
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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, $29,000,000.
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, $75,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2005. 
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for collecting, compiling, ana-
lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for 
by law, $220,908,000. 
PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses related to the 2010 decennial 
census, $260,200,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2005: Provided, That, of the total amount available 
related to the 2010 decennial census, $112,090,000 is for 
the Re-engineered Design Process for the Short-Form 
Only Census, $64,800,000 is for the American Community
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Survey, and $83,310,000 is for the Master Address File/
Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Ref-
erencing (MAF/TIGER) system. 
In addition, for expenses to collect and publish statis-
tics for other periodic censuses and programs provided for 
by law, $180,853,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2005, of which $80,082,000 is for economic statistics 
programs and $100,771,000 is for demographic statistics 
programs: Provided, That regarding engineering and de-
sign of a facility at the Suitland Federal Center, quarterly 
reports regarding the expenditure of funds and project 
planning, design and cost decisions shall be provided by 
the Bureau, in cooperation with the General Services Ad-
ministration, to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds provided in this or any other 
Act under the heading ‘‘Bureau of the Census, Periodic 
Censuses and Programs’’ shall be used to fund the con-
struction and tenant build-out costs of a facility at the 
Suitland Federal Center. 
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of 
the National Telecommunications and Information Ad-
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ministration (NTIA), $14,604,000: Provided, That, not-
withstanding 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Com-
merce shall charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in 
spectrum management, analysis, and operations, and re-
lated services and such fees shall be retained and used 
as offsetting collections for costs of such spectrum serv-
ices, to remain available until expended: 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, en-
gineering, and related activities by the Institute for Tele-
communication Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its as-
signed functions under this paragraph, and such funds re-
ceived from other Government agencies shall remain avail-
able until expended. 
PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING 
AND CONSTRUCTION 
For the administration of grants authorized by sec-
tion 392 of the Communications Act of 1934, $2,538,000, 
as authorized by section 391 of the Act: Provided, That, 
notwithstanding section 391 of the Act, the prior year un-
obligated balances may be made available for grants for 
projects for which applications have been submitted and 
approved during any fiscal year.
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INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS 
For grants authorized by section 392 of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934, $15,402,000, to remain available 
until expended as authorized by section 391 of the Act: 
Provided, That not to exceed $3,097,000 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 telecommunications research activi-
ties for projects related directly to the development of a 
national information infrastructure: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding the requirements of sections 392(a) 
and 392(c) of the Act, these funds may be used for the 
planning and construction of telecommunications networks 
for the provision of educational, cultural, health care, pub-
lic information, public safety, or other social services: Pro-
vided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, no entity that receives telecommunications services 
at preferential rates under section 254(h) of the Act (47 
U.S.C. 254(h)) or receives assistance under the regional 
information sharing systems grant program of the Depart-
ment of Justice under part M of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3796h) may use funds under a grant under this heading 
to cover any costs of the entity that would otherwise be
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covered by such preferential rates or such assistance, as 
the case may be. 
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Patent 
and Trademark Office provided for by law, including de-
fense of suits instituted against the Under Secretary of 
Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the 
United 
States 
Patent 
and 
Trademark 
Office, 
$1,138,700,000, to remain available until expended, which 
amount shall be derived from offsetting collections as-
sessed and collected pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 1113 and 35 
U.S.C. 41 and 376, and shall be retained and used for 
necessary expenses in this appropriation: Provided, That 
the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall 
be reduced as such offsetting collections are received dur-
ing fiscal year 2004, so as to result in a fiscal year 2004 
appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0: Pro-
vided further, That during fiscal year 2004, should the 
total amount of offsetting fee collections be less than 
$1,138,700,000, the total amounts available to the United 
States Patent and Trademark Office shall be reduced ac-
cordingly: Provided further, That an additional amount not 
to exceed $100,000,000 from fees collected in prior fiscal 
years shall be available for obligation in fiscal year 2004,
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nology, 
as 
authorized 
by 
U.S.C. 
278c–278e, 
$62,590,000, to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law 
for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft; 
grants, contracts, or other payments to nonprofit organi-
zations for the purposes of conducting activities pursuant 
to cooperative agreements; and relocation of facilities as 
authorized, $2,180,454,000: Provided, That fees and do-
nations received by the National Ocean Service for the 
management of the national 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, $79,251,000 shall be 
derived by transfer from the fund entitled ‘‘Promote and 
Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining to 
American Fisheries’’: Provided further, That, of the 
$2,276,705,000 provided for in direct obligations under 
this heading (of which $2,180,454,000 is appropriated 
from the General Fund, $79,251,000 is provided by trans-
fer, and $17,000,000 is derived from deobligations from 
prior years), $363,239,000 shall be for the National
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Ocean Service, $545,072,000 shall be for the National 
Marine Fisheries Service, $306,443,000 shall be for Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Research, $713,773,000 shall be for 
the National Weather Service, $146,334,000 shall be for 
the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Informa-
tion Service, and $201,844,000 shall be for Program Sup-
port: Provided further, That no general administrative 
charge shall be applied against an assigned activity in-
cluded in this Act and, further, that any direct administra-
tive expenses applied against an assigned activity shall be 
limited to 5 percent of the funds provided for that as-
signed activity so that total National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration administrative expenses shall not 
exceed $243,000,000: Provided further, That any use of 
deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading 
in previous years shall be subject to the procedures set 
forth in section 605 of this Act: Provided further, That 
none of the funds under this heading are available to alter 
the existing structure, organization, function, and funding 
of the National Marine Fisheries Service Southwest Re-
gion and Fisheries Science Center and Northwest Region 
and Fisheries Science Center: Provided further, That fund-
ing provided under this heading for ocean and coastal ob-
serving system grants shall require an equal match from 
other non-Federal sources: Provided further, That, here-
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after, the Secretary of Commerce may enter into coopera-
tive agreements with the Joint and Cooperative Institutes 
as designated by the Secretary to use the personnel, serv-
ices, or facilities of such organizations for research, edu-
cation, training, and outreach. 
In addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under 
the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor 
Benefits Plan, and for payments for medical care of re-
tired personnel and their dependents under the Depend-
ents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), such sums as 
may be necessary. 
PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION 
For procurement, acquisition and construction of 
capital assets, including alteration and modification costs, 
of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
$794,059,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2006, except for funds appropriated for the National Ma-
rine Fisheries Service Honolulu Laboratory and for the 
National Environmental Satellites, Data, and Information 
Service, which shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the amounts provided for the National 
Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite Sys-
tem, funds shall only be made available on a dollar for 
dollar matching basis with funds provided for the same 
purpose by the Department of Defense: Provided further, 
That none of the funds provided in this Act or any other
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Act under the heading ‘‘National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration, Procurement, Acquisition and Con-
struction’’ shall be used to fund the General Services Ad-
ministration’s standard construction and tenant build-out 
costs of a facility at the Suitland Federal Center. 
PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY 
For necessary expenses associated with the restora-
tion of Pacific salmon populations, $90,000,000. 
FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
Funds provided under this heading for the costs of 
direct loans authorized by the Merchant Marine Act of 
1936, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974: Provided, That these funds are available to sub-
sidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
loans not to exceed $59,000,000 only to finance fishing 
capacity reduction programs, individual fishing quotas, re-
conditioning of fishing vessels for the purpose of reducing 
bycatch or reducing capacity in an overfished or over-cap-
italized fishery, and the purchase of assets sold at fore-
closure instituted by the Secretary of Commerce: 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.
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DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the departmental manage-
ment of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, 
including not to exceed $5,000 for official entertainment, 
$44,662,000: Provided, That not to exceed 11 full-time 
equivalents and $1,621,000 shall be expended for the leg-
islative affairs function of the Department.
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 (5 U.S.C. App.), $22,000,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
SEC. 201. During the current fiscal year, applicable 
appropriations and funds made available to the Depart-
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
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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 therefore, as authorized 
by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 
SEC. 203. Hereafter, none of the funds made avail-
able by this or any other Act for the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration 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. 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: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committees on Ap-
propriations at least 15 days in advance of the acquisition 
or disposal of any capital asset (including land, structures, 
and equipment) not specifically provided for in this or any
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other Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the 
Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. 
SEC. 205. 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 or from actions taken for the care and protec-
tion of loan collateral or grant property shall be absorbed 
within the total budgetary resources available to such de-
partment or agency: Provided, That the authority to trans-
fer funds between appropriations accounts as may be nec-
essary to carry out this section is provided in addition to 
authorities included elsewhere in this Act: Provided fur-
ther, 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 ex-
penditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section. 
SEC. 206. The Secretary of Commerce may use the 
Commerce franchise fund for expenses and equipment nec-
essary for the maintenance and operation of such adminis-
trative services as the Secretary determines may be per-
formed more advantageously as central services, pursuant 
to section 403 of Public Law 103–356: Provided, That any 
inventories, equipment, and other assets pertaining to the 
services to be provided by such fund, either on hand or
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on order, less the related liabilities or unpaid obligations, 
and any appropriations made for the purpose of providing 
capital shall be used to capitalize such fund: Provided fur-
ther, That such fund shall be paid in advance from funds 
available to the Department of Commerce and other Fed-
eral agencies for which such centralized services are per-
formed, at rates which will return in full all expenses of 
operation, including accrued leave, depreciation of fund 
plant and equipment, amortization of automated data 
processing (ADP) software and systems (either acquired 
or donated), and an amount necessary to maintain a rea-
sonable operating reserve, as determined by the Secretary: 
Provided further, That such fund shall provide services on 
a competitive basis: Provided further, That an amount not 
to exceed 4 percent of the total annual income to such 
fund may be retained in the fund for fiscal year 2004 and 
each fiscal year thereafter, to remain available until ex-
pended, to be used for the acquisition of capital equip-
ment, and for the improvement and implementation of de-
partment financial management, ADP, and other support 
systems: Provided further, That such amounts retained in 
the fund for fiscal year 2004 and each fiscal year there-
after shall be available for obligation and expenditure only 
in accordance with section 605 of this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That no later than 30 days after the end of each
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fiscal year, amounts in excess of this reserve limitation 
shall be deposited as miscellaneous receipts in the Treas-
ury: Provided further, That such franchise fund pilot pro-
gram shall terminate pursuant to section 403(f) of Public 
Law 103–356. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com-
merce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004’’. 
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 
expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended 
as the Chief Justice may approve, $55,360,000. 
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 the Architect as authorized by law, 
$10,591,000, which shall remain available until expended.
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL 
CIRCUIT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries of the chief judge, judges, and other offi-
cers and employees, and for necessary expenses of the 
court, as authorized by law, $20,665,000. 
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, 
and necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, 
$14,068,000. 
COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER 
JUDICIAL SERVICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the salaries of circuit and district judges (includ-
ing judges of the territorial courts of the United States), 
justices and judges retired from office or from regular ac-
tive service, judges of the United States Court of Federal 
Claims, bankruptcy judges, magistrate judges, and all 
other officers and employees of the Federal Judiciary not 
otherwise specifically provided for, and necessary expenses 
of the courts, as authorized by law, $4,004,176,000 (in-
cluding the purchase of firearms and ammunition); of 
which not to exceed $27,817,000 shall remain available
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until expended for space alteration projects and 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 $3,293,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine 
Injury Compensation Trust Fund. 
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; 
the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of per-
sons furnishing investigative, expert and other services 
under the Criminal Justice Act of 1964 (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; the compensation of attorneys ap-
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pointed to represent jurors in civil actions for the protec-
tion of their employment, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 
1875(d); and for necessary training and general adminis-
trative expenses, $613,948,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
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-
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)), $53,181,000, 
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 providing protective guard services for United 
States courthouses and the procurement, installation, and 
maintenance of security equipment for United States 
courthouses and other facilities housing Federal court op-
erations, including building ingress-egress control, inspec-
tion of mail and packages, directed security patrols, and 
other similar activities as authorized by section 1010 of 
the Judicial Improvement and Access to Justice Act (Pub-
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lic Law 100–702), $288,941,000, of which not to exceed 
$10,000,000 shall remain available until expended, to be 
expended directly or transferred to the United States Mar-
shals Service, which shall be responsible for administering 
the Judicial Facility Security Program consistent with 
standards or guidelines agreed to by the Director of the 
Administrative Office of the United States Courts and the 
Attorney General. 
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, $66,968,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 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, $21,440,000; 
of which $1,800,000 shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2005, to provide education and training to 
Federal court personnel; and of which not to exceed
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$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), $25,700,000; 
to the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund, as authorized 
by 28 U.S.C. 376(c), $700,000; and to the United States 
Court of Federal Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund, as au-
thorized by 28 U.S.C. 178(l), $2,600,000. 
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, $12,746,000, 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-
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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. 
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 
$11,000 and shall be administered by the Director of the 
Administrative Office of the United States Courts in the 
capacity as Secretary of the Judicial Conference. 
SEC. 304. (a) The Supreme Court shall establish a 
pilot program under which the Court may repay (by direct 
payment on behalf of the employee) any student loan (up 
to $6,000 per year) previously taken out by an employee 
serving as a full-time judicial law clerk for the Court. 
(b) The Court shall promulgate such regulations as 
may be necessary to carry out such a program and notify
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the Committees on Appropriations of the regulations prior 
to implementing the pilot program. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Judiciary Appropria-
tions Act, 2004’’. 
TITLE IV—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND 
RELATED AGENCY 
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 employment, without regard to civil service and classi-
fication laws, of persons on a temporary basis (not to ex-
ceed $700,000 of this appropriation), as authorized by 
section 801 of the United States Information and Edu-
cational Exchange Act of 1948; 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 Con-
gress; arms control, nonproliferation and disarmament ac-
tivities as authorized; acquisition by exchange or purchase 
of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by law; and for 
expenses of general administration, $3,453,260,000: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed 69 permanent positions and 
$7,311,000 shall be expended for the Bureau of Legisla-
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tive Affairs: Provided further, That, of the amount made 
available under this heading, not to exceed $4,000,000 
may be transferred to, and merged with, funds in the 
‘‘Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service’’ 
appropriations account, to be available only for emergency 
evacuations and terrorism rewards: Provided further, 
That, of the amount made available under this heading, 
$301,563,000 shall be available only for public diplomacy 
international information programs: Provided further, 
That, of the amount made available under this heading, 
not to exceed $48,000,000 shall be available for the Bu-
reau of International Organization Affairs: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amount made available under this head-
ing, $3,000,000 shall be available only for the establish-
ment and operations of an Office on Right-Sizing the 
United States Government Overseas Presence: Provided 
further, That funds available under this heading may be 
available for a United States Government interagency task 
force to examine, coordinate and oversee United States 
participation in the United Nations headquarters renova-
tion project: Provided further, That no funds may be obli-
gated or expended for processing licenses for the export 
of satellites of United States origin (including commercial 
satellites and satellite components) to the People’s Repub-
lic of China unless, at least 15 days in advance, the Com-
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mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate are notified of such proposed action. 
In addition, not to exceed $1,371,000 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; 
in addition, as authorized by section 5 of such Act, 
$490,000, to be derived from the reserve authorized by 
that section, to be used for the purposes set out in that 
section; in addition, as authorized by section 810 of the 
United States Information and Educational Exchange 
Act, not to exceed $6,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, may be credited to this appropriation from fees 
or other payments received from English teaching, library, 
motion pictures, and publication programs and from fees 
from educational advising and counseling and exchange 
visitor programs; and, in addition, not to exceed $15,000, 
which shall be derived from reimbursements, surcharges, 
and fees for use of Blair House facilities. 
In addition, for the costs of worldwide security up-
grades, $646,701,000, to remain available until expended. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment 
Fund, $142,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
as authorized: Provided, That section 135(e) of Public 
Law 103–236 shall not apply to funds available under this