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‘‘(A) 1862 Institutions (as defined in section 2 of the
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform
Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7601));
‘‘(B) 1890 Institutions (as defined in section 2 of that
Act) and West Virginia State College; and
‘‘(C) 1994 Institutions (as defined in section 2 of that
Act).
‘‘(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary
of Agriculture.
‘‘(c) ESTABLISHMENT.—To carry out the purposes described in
subsection (a), the Secretary shall establish programs under
which—
‘‘(1) the Secretary shall provide grants to sun grant centers
specified in subsection (d); and
‘‘(2) the sun grant centers shall use the grants in accordance
with this section.
‘‘(d) GRANTS TO CENTERS.—The Secretary shall use amounts
made available for a fiscal year under subsection (j) to provide
a grants in equal amounts to each of the following sun grant
centers:
‘‘(1) NORTH-CENTRAL CENTER.—A north-central sun grant
center at South Dakota State University for the region com-
posed of the States of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Mon-
tana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and
Wyoming.
‘‘(2) SOUTHEASTERN
CENTER.—A southeastern sun grant
center at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville for the
region composed of—
‘‘(A) the States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee,
and Virginia;
‘‘(B) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and
‘‘(C) the United States Virgin Islands.
‘‘(3) SOUTH-CENTRAL CENTER.—A south-central sun grant
center at Oklahoma State University for the region composed
of the States of Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Mis-
souri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.
‘‘(4) WESTERN
CENTER.—A western sun grant center at
Oregon State University for the region composed of—
‘‘(A) the States of Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii,
Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington; and
‘‘(B) territories and possessions of the United States
(other than the territories referred to in subparagraphs
(B) and (C) of paragraph (2)).
‘‘(5) NORTHEASTERN
CENTER.—A northeastern sun grant
center at Cornell University for the region composed of the
States of Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland,
Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and West Virginia.
‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE.—Of the amount of funds
that are made available for a fiscal year to a sun grant center
under subsection (d), the center shall use not more than 25
percent of the amount for administration to support excellence
in science, engineering, and economics at the center to promote
the purposes described in subsection (a) through the State
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agricultural experiment station, cooperative extension services,
and relevant educational programs of the university.
‘‘(2) GRANTS TO LAND-GRANT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The sun grant center established
for a region shall use the funds that remain available
for a fiscal year after expenditures made under paragraph
(1) to provide competitive grants to land-grant colleges
and universities in the region of the sun grant center
to conduct, consistent with the purposes described in sub-
section (a), multiinstitutional and multistate—
‘‘(i) research, extension, and educational programs
on technology development; and
‘‘(ii) integrated research, extension, and edu-
cational programs on technology implementation.
‘‘(B) PROGRAMS.—Of the amount of funds that are used
to provide grants for a fiscal year under subparagraph
(A), the center shall use—
‘‘(i) not less than 30 percent of the funds to carry
out programs described in subparagraph (A)(i); and
‘‘(ii) not less than 30 percent of the funds to carry
out programs described in subparagraph (A)(ii).
‘‘(3) INDIRECT COSTS.—A sun grant center may not recover
the indirect costs of making grants under paragraph (2) to
other land-grant colleges and universities.
‘‘(f) PLAN.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of funds under
subsection (j), in cooperation with other land-grant colleges
and universities and private industry in accordance with para-
graph (2), the sun grant centers shall jointly develop and submit
to the Secretary, for approval, a plan for addressing at the
State and regional levels the bioenergy, biomass, and gasifi-
cation research priorities of the Department of Agriculture and
the Department of Energy for the making of grants under
paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (e).
‘‘(2) GASIFICATION COORDINATION.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In developing the plan under para-
graph (1) with respect to gasification research, the sun
grant centers identified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub-
section (d) shall coordinate with land grant colleges and
universities in their respective regions that have ongoing
research activities with respect to the research.
‘‘(B) FUNDING.—Funds made available under sub-
section (d) to the sun grant center identified in subsection
(e)(2) shall be available to carry out planning coordination
under paragraph (1) of this subsection.
‘‘(g) GRANTS TO OTHER LAND-GRANT COLLEGES AND UNIVER-
SITIES.—
‘‘(1) PRIORITY FOR GRANTS.—In making grants under sub-
section (e)(2), a sun grant center shall give a higher priority
to programs that are consistent with the plan approved by
the Secretary under subsection (f).
‘‘(2) TERM OF GRANTS.—The term of a grant provided by
a sun grant center under subsection (e)(2) shall not exceed
5 years.
‘‘(h) GRANT INFORMATION ANALYSIS CENTER.—The sun grant
centers shall maintain a Sun Grant Information Analysis Center
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at the sun grant center specified in subsection (d)(1) to provide
sun grant centers analysis and data management support.
‘‘(i) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than 90 days after the end
of a year for which a sun grant center receives a grant under
subsection (d), the sun grant center shall submit to the Secretary
a report that describes the policies, priorities, and operations of
the program carried out by the center during the year, including
a description of progress made in facilitating the priorities described
in subsection (f).
‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appropriated
to carry out this section—
‘‘(A) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
‘‘(B) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and
‘‘(C) $75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through
2010.
‘‘(2) GRANT INFORMATION ANALYSIS CENTER.—Of amounts
made available under paragraph (1), not more than $4,000,000
for each fiscal year shall be made available to carry out sub-
section (h).’’.
SEC. 779. RURAL ELECTRIFICATION. For fiscal year 2004, the
Secretary of Agriculture may use any unobligated carryover funds
made available for any program administered by the Rural Utilities
Service (not including funds made available under the heading
‘‘RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM’’ in any Act of appro-
priation) to carry out section 315 of the Rural Electrification Act
of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 940e).
SEC. 780. LIMITATION ON ALLOCATION OF PURCHASE PRICES
FOR BUTTER
AND NONFAT DRY MILK. None of the funds made
available by this Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses
of employees of the Department of Agriculture to allocate the rate
of price support between the purchase prices for nonfat dry milk
and butter in a manner that does not support the price of milk
in accordance with section 1501(b) of the Farm Security and Rural
Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7981(b)).
SEC. 781. EMERGENCY WATERSHED PROTECTION PROGRAM. Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Agri-
culture is authorized to make funding and other assistance available
through the emergency watershed protection program under section
403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203) to
repair and prevent damage to non-Federal land in watersheds that
have been impaired by fires initiated by the Federal Government
and to waive cost sharing requirements for the funding and assist-
ance.
SEC. 782. The Secretary may waive the requirements regarding
small and emerging rural business as authorized under the Rural
Business Enterprise Grant program for the purpose of a lease
for the Oakridge Oregon Industrial Park.
SEC. 783. WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL GRANT TO THE ALASKA
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Not-
withstanding any other provision of law—
(1) the Alaska Department of Community and Economic
Development shall be eligible to receive a water and waste
disposal grant under section 306(a) of the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)) in an amount
that is equal to not more than 75 percent of the total cost
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of providing water and sewer service to the proposed hospital
in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska; and
(2) the Alaska Department of Community and Economic
Development shall be allowed to pass the grant funds through
to the local government entity that will provide water and
sewer service to the hospital.
SEC. 784. None of the funds provided in this Act may be
used for salaries and expenses to carry out any regulation or rule
insofar as it would make ineligible for enrollment in the conserva-
tion reserve program established under subchapter B of chapter
1 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16
U.S.C. 3831 et seq.) land that is planted to hardwood trees as
of the date of enactment of this Act and was enrolled in the
conservation reserve program under a contract that expired prior
to calendar year 2002.
SEC. 785. WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL GRANT TO THE CITY
OF POSTVILLE, IOWA. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the City of Postville, Iowa, shall be eligible to receive a water
and waste disposal grant under section 306(a) of the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)) in an amount
that is equal to not more than 75 percent of the total cost of
providing water and sewer service in the city.
SEC. 786. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses
of personnel to implement a reorganization of regional conservation-
ists and/or regional offices of the Natural Resources Conservation
Service without the prior approval of the Committees on Appropria-
tions.
SEC. 787. Of the unobligated balance available to the Food
Safety and Inspection Service for the field automation and informa-
tion management project at the beginning of fiscal year 2004,
$5,000,000 is hereby rescinded.
SEC. 788. The matter under the heading ‘‘Integrated Activities’’
in division A—Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations,
2003, title I—Agricultural Programs, in Public Law 108–7 is
amended by striking ‘‘7 U.S.C. 3291’’ and inserting ‘‘7 U.S.C. 3292b’’.
SEC. 789. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
City of Great Falls, Montana, shall be considered a rural area
for purposes of eligibility for business and industry guaranteed
loans under section 310B(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(a)(1)).
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural Develop-
ment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2004’’.
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DIVISION B—DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE,
AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGEN-
CIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2004
An Act
Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the
Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004,
and for other purposes.
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2004, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the administration of the Depart-
ment of Justice, $106,687,000, of which not to exceed $3,317,000
is for the Facilities Program 2000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That not to exceed 43 permanent positions
and 44 full-time equivalent workyears and $10,172,000 shall be
expended for the Department Leadership Program exclusive of aug-
mentation that occurred in these offices in fiscal year 2003: Provided
further, That not to exceed 26 permanent positions, 21 full-time
equivalent workyears and $3,114,000 shall be expended for the
Office of Legislative Affairs: Provided further, That not to exceed
15 permanent positions, 20 full-time equivalent workyears and
$1,875,000 shall be expended for the Office of Public Affairs: Pro-
vided further, That the latter two aforementioned offices may utilize
non-reimbursable details of career employees within the caps
described in the preceding two provisos.
JOINT AUTOMATED BOOKING SYSTEM
For expenses necessary for the nationwide deployment of a
Joint Automated Booking System including automated capability
to transmit fingerprint and image data, $19,176,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2005.
INTEGRATED AUTOMATED FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM
For necessary expenses for the planning, development, and
deployment of an integrated fingerprint identification system,
including automated capability to transmit fingerprint and image
data, $5,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 2005.
LEGAL ACTIVITIES OFFICE AUTOMATION
For necessary expenses related to the design, development,
engineering, acquisition, and implementation of office automation
systems for the organizations funded under the headings ‘‘Salaries
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and Expenses, General Legal Activities’’, and ‘‘General Administra-
tion, Salaries and Expenses’’, and the United States Attorneys,
the United States Marshals Service, the Antitrust Division, the
United States Trustee Program, the Executive Office for Immigra-
tion Review, the Community Relations Service, the Bureau of
Prisons, the Office of Justice Programs and the United States
Parole Commission, $27,034,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2005.
NARROWBAND COMMUNICATIONS
For the costs of conversion to narrowband communications,
including the cost for operation and maintenance of Land Mobile
Radio legacy systems, $103,171,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2005: Provided, That the Attorney General shall transfer
to the ‘‘Narrowband Communications’’ account all funds made avail-
able to the Department of Justice for the purchase of portable
and mobile radios: Provided further, That any transfer made under
the preceding proviso shall be subject to section 605 of this Act.
COUNTERTERRORISM FUND
For necessary expenses, as determined by the Attorney General,
$1,000,000, to remain available until expended, to reimburse any
Department of Justice organization for: (1) the costs incurred in
reestablishing the operational capability of an office or facility which
has been damaged or destroyed as a result of any domestic or
international terrorist incident; and (2) the costs of providing sup-
port to counter, investigate or prosecute domestic or international
terrorism, including payment of rewards in connection with these
activities: Provided, That any Federal agency may be reimbursed
for the costs of detaining in foreign countries individuals accused
of acts of terrorism that violate the laws of the United States:
Provided further, That funds provided under this paragraph shall
be available only after the Attorney General notifies the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
in accordance with section 605 of this Act.
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS
For expenses necessary for the administration of pardon and
clemency petitions and immigration-related activities, $193,530,000.
DETENTION TRUSTEE
For necessary expenses of the Federal Detention Trustee who
shall exercise all power and functions authorized by law relating
to the detention of Federal prisoners in non-Federal institutions
or otherwise in the custody of the United States Marshals Service,
$814,097,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
the Trustee shall be responsible for managing the Justice Prisoner
and Alien Transportation System and for overseeing housing related
to such detention; the management of funds appropriated to the
Department of Justice for the exercise of any detention functions;
and the direction of the United States Marshals Service with respect
to the exercise of detention policy setting and operations for the
Department: Provided further, That any unobligated balances avail-
able in prior years from the funds appropriated under the heading
‘‘Federal Prisoner Detention’’ shall be transferred to and merged
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with the appropriation under the heading ‘‘Detention Trustee’’ and
shall be available until expended: Provided further, That the
Trustee, working in consultation with the Bureau of Prisons, shall
submit a plan for collecting information related to evaluating the
health and safety of Federal prisoners in non-Federal institutions
no later than 180 days following the enactment of this Act.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General,
$60,840,000, including not to exceed $10,000 to meet unforeseen
emergencies of a confidential character.
UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Parole Commission
as authorized, $10,609,000.
LEGAL ACTIVITIES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES
For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the Depart-
ment of Justice, not otherwise provided for, including not to exceed
$20,000 for expenses of collecting evidence, to be expended under
the direction of, and to be accounted for solely under the certificate
of, the Attorney General; and rent of private or Government-owned
space in the District of Columbia, $620,533,000, of which not to
exceed $10,000,000 for litigation support contracts shall remain
available until expended, and of which not less than $1,996,000
shall be available for necessary administrative expenses in accord-
ance with the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: Provided,
That of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed $1,000 shall
be available to the United States National Central Bureau,
INTERPOL, for official reception and representation expenses: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
upon a determination by the Attorney General that emergent cir-
cumstances require additional funding for litigation activities of
the Civil Division, the Attorney General may transfer such amounts
to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses, General Legal Activities’’ from available
appropriations for the current fiscal year for the Department of
Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such circumstances:
Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the previous proviso
shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 605 of this
Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the Department
of Justice associated with processing cases under the National
Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, not to exceed $4,028,000,
to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust
Fund.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION
For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust and
kindred laws, $133,133,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, not
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to exceed $112,000,000 of offsetting collections derived from fees
collected for premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-
Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regard-
less of the year of collection, shall be retained and used for necessary
expenses in this appropriation, and shall remain available until
expended: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from
the general fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections
are received during fiscal year 2004, so as to result in a final
fiscal year 2004 appropriation from the general fund estimated
at not more than $21,133,000.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS
For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United States
Attorneys, including inter-governmental and cooperative agree-
ments, $1,526,253,000; of which not to exceed $2,500,000 shall
be available until September 30, 2005, for: (1) training personnel
in debt collection; (2) locating debtors and their property; (3) paying
the net costs of selling property; and (4) tracking debts owed to
the United States Government: Provided, That of the total amount
appropriated, not to exceed $8,000 shall be available for official
reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That not
to exceed $10,000,000 of those funds available for automated litiga-
tion support contracts shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $2,500,000 for the operation
of the National Advocacy Center shall remain available until
expended: Provided further, That, in addition to reimbursable full-
time equivalent workyears available to the Offices of the United
States Attorneys, not to exceed 10,113 positions and 10,298 full-
time equivalent workyears shall be supported from the funds appro-
priated in this Act for the United States Attorneys: Provided further,
That of the funds made available under this heading, $1,500,000
shall only be available to continue ‘‘Operation Streetsweeper’’: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount appropriated, $6,898,000
shall be for Project Seahawk and shall remain available until
expended.
UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND
For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee Program,
as authorized, $166,157,000, to remain available until expended
and to be derived from the United States Trustee System Fund:
Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, deposits
to the Fund shall be available in such amounts as may be necessary
to pay refunds due depositors: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, $166,157,000 of offsetting
collections pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 589a(b) shall be retained and
used for necessary expenses in this appropriation and remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
priated from the Fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections
are received during fiscal year 2004, so as to result in a final
fiscal year 2004 appropriation from the Fund estimated at $0.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION
For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the Foreign
Claims Settlement Commission, including services as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $1,206,000.
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the United States Marshals Service,
$719,777,000; of which not less than $11,476,000 shall only be
available for fugitive apprehension task forces; of which $17,403,000
shall be available for 106 supervisory deputy marshal positions
for courthouse security; of which not to exceed $6,000 shall be
available for official reception and representation expenses; of which
$4,000,000 shall remain available until expended; of which not
less than $13,394,000 shall be available for the costs of courthouse
security equipment, including furnishings, relocations, and tele-
phone systems and cabling, and shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2005: Provided, That, in addition to reimbursable full-
time equivalent workyears available to the United States Marshals
Service, not to exceed 4,400 positions and 4,259 full-time equivalent
workyears shall be supported from the funds appropriated in this
Act for the United States Marshals Service.
CONSTRUCTION
For 
planning, 
constructing, 
renovating, 
equipping, 
and
maintaining United States Marshals Service prisoner-holding space
in United States courthouses and Federal buildings, including the
renovation and expansion of prisoner movement areas, elevators,
and sallyports, $14,066,000, to remain available until September
30, 2006.
FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES
For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of contracts
for the procurement and supervision of expert witnesses, for private
counsel expenses, including advances, $156,145,000, to remain
available until expended; of which not to exceed $8,000,000 may
be made available for planning, construction, renovations, mainte-
nance, remodeling, and repair of buildings, and the purchase of
equipment incident thereto, for protected witness safesites; of which
not to exceed $1,000,000 may be made available for the purchase
and maintenance of armored vehicles for transportation of protected
witnesses; and of which not to exceed $5,000,000 may be made
available for the purchase, installation, and maintenance of secure
telecommunications equipment and a secure automated information
network to store and retrieve the identities and locations of pro-
tected witnesses.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the Community Relations Service,
$9,526,000 and, in addition, up to $1,000,000 of funds made avail-
able to the Department of Justice in this Act may be transferred
by the Attorney General to this account: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, upon a determination by the
Attorney General that emergent circumstances require additional
funding for conflict resolution and violence prevention activities
of the Community Relations Service, the Attorney General may
transfer such amounts to the Community Relations Service, from
available appropriations for the current fiscal year for the Depart-
ment of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such cir-
cumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the
previous proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section