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DIVISION A
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
several departments, agencies, corporations and other or-
ganizational units of the Government for the fiscal year
1997, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I—OMNIBUS APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 101(a) For programs, projects or activities in
the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the
Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
1997, provided as follows, to be effective as if it had been
enacted into law as the regular appropriations Act:
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Departments of
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997,
and for other purposes.
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the administration of
the Department of Justice, $75,773,000; 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 equiva-
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lent workyears and $7,477,000 shall be expended for the
Department Leadership Program exclusive of augmenta-
tion that occurred in these offices in fiscal year 1996:
Provided further, That not to exceed 41 permanent posi-
tions and 48 full-time equivalent workyears and
$4,660,000 shall be expended for the Offices of Legisla-
tive Affairs and Public Affairs: Provided further, That the
latter two aforementioned offices shall not be augmented
by personnel details, temporary transfers of personnel on
either a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis or any
other type of formal or informal transfer or reimburse-
ment of personnel or funds on either a temporary or
long-term basis.
For an additional amount, for enhancements for
the Office of Intelligence Policy and Review and security
measures, $3,600,000; of which $2,170,000 is for secu-
rity enhancements: Provided, That the entire amount is
designated by Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended.
COUNTERTERRORISM FUND
For necessary expenses, as determined by the At-
torney General, $9,450,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, to reimburse any Department of Justice organi-
zation for (1) the costs incurred in reestablishing the
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operational capability of an office or facility which has
been damaged or destroyed as a result of the bombing of
the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City
or any domestic or international terrorist incident, (2)
the costs of providing support to counter, investigate or
prosecute domestic or international terrorism, including
payment of rewards in connection with these activities,
and (3) the costs of conducting a terrorism threat assess-
ment of Federal agencies and their facilities: Provided,
That funds provided under this heading 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.
For an additional amount for necessary expenses,
as determined by the Attorney General, $20,000,000, to
remain available until expended, to reimburse any De-
partment of Justice organization for (1) the costs in-
curred 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 inci-
dent, or (2) the costs of providing support to counter, in-
vestigate or prosecute domestic or international terror-
ism, including payment of rewards in connection with
these activities: Provided, That the entire amount is des-
ignated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursu-
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ant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS
For expenses necessary for the administration of
pardon and clemency petitions and immigration related
activities, $62,000,000.
For an additional amount for security measures
for the Executive Office of Immigration Review,
$1,000,000: Provided, That the entire amount is des-
ignated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget,
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS, ADMINISTRATIVE
REVIEW AND APPEALS
For activities authorized by section 130005 of the
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
(Public Law 103–322), as amended, $48,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, which shall be derived
from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.
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, $31,960,000; including
not to exceed $10,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of
a confidential character, to be expended under the direc-
tion of, and to be accounted for solely under the certifi-
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cate of, the Attorney General; and for the acquisition,
lease, maintenance, and operation of motor vehicles, with-
out regard to the general purchase price limitation for
the current fiscal year.
UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Pa-
role Commission as authorized by law, $4,845,000.
LEGAL ACTIVITIES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES
For expenses, necessary for the legal activities of
the Department 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 Attor-
ney General; and rent of private or Government-owned
space in the District of Columbia; $420,793,000; of
which not to exceed $10,000,000 for litigation support
contracts shall remain available until expended: Provided,
That of the funds available in this appropriation, not to
exceed $17,525,000 shall remain available until expended
for office automation systems for the legal divisions cov-
ered by this appropriation, and for the United States At-
torneys, the Antitrust Division, and offices funded
through ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, General Administra-
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tion: Provided further, That of the total amount appro-
priated, not to exceed $1,000 shall be available to the
United States National Central Bureau, INTERPOL, for
official reception and representation expenses: Provided
further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1342, the Attor-
ney General may accept on behalf of the United States,
and credit to this appropriation, gifts of money, personal
property and services, for the purposes of hosting the
International 
Criminal 
Police 
Organization’s
(INTERPOL) American Regional Conference in the
United States during fiscal year 1997: Provided further,
That not to exceed 8 permanent positions and 10 full-
time equivalent workyears and $987,000 shall be ex-
pended for the Office of Legislative Affairs and Public
Affairs: Provided further, That the latter two aforemen-
tioned offices shall not be augmented by personnel de-
tails, temporary transfers of personnel on either a reim-
bursable or nonreimbursable basis or any other type of
formal or informal transfer or reimbursement of person-
nel or funds on either a temporary or long-term basis.
In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the
Department of Justice associated with processing cases
under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986
as amended, not to exceed $4,028,000, to be appro-
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priated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust
Fund.
For an additional amount for expenses of the
Criminal Division relating to terrorism, $1,719,000: Pro-
vided, That the entire amount is designated by Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS, GENERAL LEGAL
ACTIVITIES
For the expeditious deportation of denied asylum
applicants, as authorized by section 130005 of the Vio-
lent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
(Public Law 103–322), as amended, $7,750,000, to re-
main available until expended, which shall be derived
from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION
For expenses necessary for the enforcement of
antitrust and kindred laws, $76,447,000: Provided, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed
$58,905,000 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. 18(a)) shall be retained and used for nec-
essary expenses in this appropriation, and shall remain
available until expended: Provided further, That the sum
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herein appropriated from the General Fund shall be re-
duced as such offsetting collections are received during
fiscal year 1997, so as to result in a final fiscal year
1997 appropriation from the General Fund estimated at
not more than $17,542,000: Provided further, That any
fees received in excess of $58,905,000 in fiscal year
1997, shall remain available until expended, but shall not
be available for obligation until October 1, 1997.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS
For necessary expenses of the Office of the United
States Attorneys, including intergovernmental agree-
ments, $923,340,000; of which not to exceed $2,500,000
shall be available until September 30, 1998, for the pur-
poses of (1) providing training of personnel of the De-
partment of Justice in debt collection, (2) providing serv-
ices to the Department of Justice related to locating
debtors and their property, such as title searches, debtor
skiptracing, asset searches, credit reports and other in-
vestigations, (3) paying the costs of the Department of
Justice for the sale of property not covered by the sale
proceeds, such as auctioneers’ fees and expenses, mainte-
nance and protection of property and businesses, adver-
tising and title search and surveying costs, and (4) pay-
ing the costs of processing and tracking debts owed to
the United States Government: Provided, That of the
total amount appropriated, not to exceed $8,000 shall be
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available for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided further, That not to exceed $10,000,000
of those funds available for automated litigation support
contracts shall remain available until expended: Provided
further, That $1,900,000 for supervision of the Inter-
national Brotherhood of Teamsters national election,
shall remain available until expended: Provided further,
That in addition to reimbursable full-time equivalent
workyears available to the Office of the United States At-
torneys, not to exceed 8,652 positions and 8,936 full-time
equivalent workyears shall be supported from the funds
appropriated in this Act for the United States Attorneys.
For an additional amount for expenses relating to
terrorism and security needs, $10,900,000: Provided,
That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS, UNITED STATES
ATTORNEYS
For activities authorized by sections 40114,
130005, 190001(b), 190001(d) and 250005 of the Vio-
lent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
(Public Law 103–322), as amended, and section 815 of
the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of
1996 (Public Law 104–132), $43,876,000, to remain
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available until expended, which shall be derived from the
Violent 
Crime 
Reduction 
Trust 
Fund, 
of 
which
$28,602,000 shall be available to help meet the increased
demands for litigation and related activities, $4,641,000
for Southwest Border Control, $1,000,000 for Federal
victim counselors, and $9,633,000 for expeditious depor-
tation of denied asylum applicants.
UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND
For necessary expenses of the United States
Trustee Program, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 589a(a),
$107,950,000, 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 deposi-
tors: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, $107,950,000 of offsetting collections
derived from fees collected pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
589a(b) shall be retained and used for necessary ex-
penses in this appropriation and remain available 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 1997, so as to
result in a final fiscal year 1997 appropriation from the
Fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That any such
fees collected in excess of $107,950,000 in fiscal year
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1997 shall remain available until expended but shall not
be available for obligation until October 1, 1997.
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, $953,000.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES MARSHALS
SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the United States Mar-
shals Service; including the acquisition, lease, mainte-
nance, and operation of vehicles and aircraft, and the
purchase of passenger motor vehicles for police-type use,
without regard to the general purchase price limitation
for the current fiscal year, $457,495,000, as authorized
by 28 U.S.C. 561(i); of which not to exceed $6,000 shall
be available for official reception and representation ex-
penses; and of which not to exceed $4,000,000 for devel-
opment, implementation, maintenance and support, and
training for an automated prisoner information system,
and $2,200,000 to support the Justice Prisoner and
Alien Transportation System, shall remain available until
expended: Provided, That, with respect to the amounts
appropriated above, the service of maintaining and trans-
porting State, local, or territorial prisoners shall be con-
sidered a specialized or technical service for purposes of
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31 U.S.C. 6505, and any prisoners so transported shall
be considered persons (transported for other than com-
mercial purposes) whose presence is associated with the
performance of a governmental function for purposes of
49 U.S.C. 40102: Provided further, That not to exceed 12
permanent 
positions 
and 
full-time 
equivalent
workyears and $700,000 shall be expended for the Of-
fices of Legislative Affairs and Public Affairs: Provided
further, That the latter two aforementioned offices shall
not be augmented by personnel details, temporary trans-
fers of personnel on either a reimbursable or non-
reimbursable basis or any other type of formal or infor-
mal transfer or reimbursement of personnel or funds on
either a temporary or long-term basis.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS, UNITED STATES
MARSHALS SERVICE
For activities authorized by section 190001(b) of
the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of
1994 (Public Law 103–322), as amended, $25,000,000,
to remain available until expended, which shall be derived
from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.
FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION
For expenses, related to United States prisoners
in the custody of the United States Marshals Service as
authorized in 18 U.S.C. 4013, but not including expenses
otherwise provided for in appropriations available to the
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS
SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the Community Rela-
tions Service, established by title X of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964, $5,319,000: Provided, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, upon a determination by the
Attorney General that emergent circumstances require
additional funding for conflict prevention and resolution
activities of the Community Relations Service, the Attor-
ney General may transfer such amounts to the Commu-
nity Relations Service, from available appropriations for
the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as
may be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Pro-
vided further, That any transfer pursuant to this para-
graph 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.
ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND
For 
expenses 
authorized 
by 
U.S.C.
524(c)(1)(A)(ii), (B), (C), (F), and (G), as amended,
$23,000,000, to be derived from the Department of Jus-
tice Assets Forfeiture Fund.
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RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For necessary administrative expenses in accord-
ance with the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act,
$2,000,000.
PAYMENT TO RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION
TRUST FUND
For payments to the Radiation Exposure Com-
pensation Trust Fund, $13,736,000, not to be available
for obligation until September 30, 1997.
INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT
INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT
For necessary expenses for the detection, inves-
tigation, and prosecution of individuals involved in orga-
nized crime drug trafficking not otherwise provided for,
to include intergovernmental agreements with State and
local law enforcement agencies engaged in the investiga-
tion and prosecution of individuals involved in organized
crime 
drug 
trafficking, 
$359,430,000, 
of 
which
$50,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That any amounts obligated from appropriations
under this heading may be used under authorities avail-
able to the organizations reimbursed from this appropria-
tion: Provided further, That any unobligated balances re-
maining available at the end of the fiscal year shall revert
to the Attorney General for reallocation among partici-
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pating organizations in succeeding fiscal years, subject to
the reprogramming procedures described in section 605
of this Act.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution
of crimes against the United States; including purchase
for police-type use of not to exceed 2,706 passenger
motor vehicles, of which 1,945 will be for replacement
only, without regard to the general purchase price limita-
tion for the current fiscal year, and hire of passenger
motor vehicles; acquisition, lease, maintenance, and oper-
ation of aircraft; and not to exceed $70,000 to meet un-
foreseen emergencies of a confidential character, to be ex-
pended under the direction of, and to be accounted for
solely under the certificate of, the Attorney General;
$2,451,361,000, of which not to exceed $50,000,000 for
automated data processing and telecommunications and
technical investigative equipment and $1,000,000 for un-
dercover operations shall remain available until Septem-
ber 30, 1998; of which not less than $147,081,000 shall
be for counterterrorism investigations, foreign counter-
intelligence, and other activities related to our national
security; of which not to exceed $98,400,000 shall remain
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available until expended; and of which not to exceed
$10,000,000 is authorized to be made available for mak-
ing payments or advances for expenses arising out of con-
tractual or reimbursable agreements with State and local
law enforcement agencies while engaged in cooperative
activities related to violent crime, terrorism, organized
crime, and drug investigations; and of which $1,500,000
shall be available to maintain an independent program of-
fice dedicated solely to the relocation of the Criminal Jus-
tice Information Services Division and the automation of
fingerprint identification services: Provided, That not to
exceed $45,000 shall be available for official reception
and representation expenses: Provided further, That not
to exceed 81 permanent positions and 85 full-time equiv-
alent workyears and $5,959,000 shall be expended for the
Office of Legislative Affairs and Public Affairs: Provided
further, That the latter two aforementioned offices shall
not be augmented by personnel details, temporary trans-
fers of personnel on either a reimbursable or non-
reimbursable basis or any other type of formal or infor-
mal transfer or reimbursement of personnel or funds on
either a temporary or long-term basis.
For an additional amount for necessary expenses
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to prevent and in-
vestigate terrorism activities and incidents; provide for
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additional agents and support staff; protect key physical
assets; establish a capability for chemical, biological and
nuclear research; improve domestic intelligence; and im-
prove security at Federal Bureau of Investigation offices,
$115,610,000, as authorized by the Antiterrorism and
Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (P.L. 104–132):
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
For activities authorized by the Violent Crime
Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law
103–322) as amended (‘‘the 1994 Act’’), and the
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996
(‘‘the Antiterrorism Act’’), $169,000,000, to remain
available until expended, which shall be derived from the
Violent 
Crime 
Reduction 
Trust 
Fund; 
of 
which
$76,356,000 shall be for activities authorized by section
190001(c) of the 1994 Act and section 811 of the
Antiterrorism Act; $53,404,000 shall be for activities au-
thorized by section 190001(b) of the 1994 Act, of which
$20,240,000 shall be for activities authorized by section
103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act
(Public Law 103–159), as amended; $4,000,000 shall be
for training and investigative assistance authorized by
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section 210501 of the 1994 Act; $9,500,000 shall be for
grants to States, as authorized by section 811(b) of the
Antiterrorism Act; and $5,500,000 shall be for establish-
ing DNA quality-assurance and proficiency-testing stand-
ards, establishing an index to facilitate law enforcement
exchange of DNA identification information, and related
activities authorized by section 210501 of the 1994 Act.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER COMPLIANCE FUND
For necessary expenses, as determined by the At-
torney General, $60,000,000, to remain available until
expended, to be deposited in the Telecommunications
Carrier Compliance Fund for making payments to tele-
communications carriers, equipment manufacturers, and
providers of telecommunications support services pursu-
ant to section 110 of this Act: Provided, That the entire
amount is designated by Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended: Provided further, That the entire
amount not previously designated by the President as an
emergency requirement shall be available only to the ex-
tent an official budget request, for a specific dollar
amount that includes designation of the entire amount of
the request as an emergency requirement, as defined in
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985, as amended, is transmitted to Congress.
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CONSTRUCTION
For necessary expenses to construct or acquire
buildings and sites by purchase, or as otherwise author-
ized by law (including equipment for such buildings); con-
version and extension of federally-owned buildings; and
preliminary 
planning 
and 
design 
of 
projects;
$41,639,000, to remain available until expended.
DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement
Administration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet
unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character, to be
expended under the direction of, and to be accounted for
solely under the certificate of, the Attorney General; ex-
penses for conducting drug education and training pro-
grams, including travel and related expenses for partici-
pants in such programs and the distribution of items of
token value that promote the goals of such programs;
purchase of not to exceed 1,158 passenger motor vehicles,
of which 1,032 will be for replacement only, for police-
type use without regard to the general purchase price
limitation for the current fiscal year; and acquisition,
lease, 
maintenance, 
and 
operation 
of 
aircraft;
$745,388,000, of which not to exceed $1,800,000 for re-
search and $15,000,000 for transfer to the Drug Diver-
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sion Control Fee Account for operating expenses shall re-
main available until expended, and of which not to exceed
$4,000,000 for purchase of evidence and payments for in-
formation, not to exceed $4,000,000 for contracting for
automated data processing and telecommunications
equipment, and not to exceed $2,000,000 for laboratory
equipment, $4,000,000 for technical equipment, and
$2,000,000 for aircraft replacement retrofit and parts,
shall remain available until September 30, 1998; and of
which not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for official
reception and representation expenses: Provided, That
not to exceed 25 permanent positions and 25 full-time
equivalent workyears and $1,828,000 shall be expended
for the Office of Legislative Affairs and Public Affairs:
Provided further, That the latter two aforementioned of-
fices shall not be augmented by personnel details, tem-
porary transfers of personnel on either a reimbursable or
nonreimbursable basis or any other type of formal or in-
formal transfer or reimbursement of personnel or funds
on either a temporary or long-term basis.
For an additional amount for security measures
for domestic and foreign Drug Enforcement Administra-
tion offices, $5,000,000: Provided, That the entire
amount is designated by Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the
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Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
For activities authorized by sections 180104 and
190001(b) of the Violent Crime Control and Law En-
forcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322), as amend-
ed, and section 814 of the Antiterrorism and Effective
Death Penalty Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–132), and
for the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for police-
type 
use, 
as 
otherwise 
authorized 
in 
this 
title,
$220,000,000, to remain available until expended, which
shall be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust
Fund.
CONSTRUCTION
For necessary expenses to construct or acquire
buildings and sites by purchase, or as otherwise author-
ized by law (including equipment for such buildings); con-
version and extension of federally-owned buildings; and
preliminary 
planning 
and 
design 
of 
projects;
$30,806,000, to remain available until expended.
IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, nec-
essary for the administration and enforcement of the laws
relating to immigration, naturalization, and alien reg-
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istration, including not to exceed $50,000 to meet unfore-
seen emergencies of a confidential character, to be ex-
pended under the direction of, and to be accounted for
solely under the certificate of, the Attorney General; pur-
chase for police type use (not to exceed 2,691, of which
1,711 are for replacement only), without regard to the
general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal
year, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; acquisition,
lease, maintenance and operation of aircraft; and re-
search 
related 
to 
immigration 
enforcement;
$1,590,159,000 of which not to exceed $400,000 for re-
search shall remain available until expended; and of
which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be available for
costs associated with the training program for basic offi-
cer training, and $5,000,000 is for payments or advances
arising out of contractual or reimbursable agreements
with State and local law enforcement agencies while en-
gaged in cooperative activities related to immigration:
Provided, That none of the funds available to the Immi-
gration and Naturalization Service shall be available to
pay any employee overtime pay in an amount in excess
of $30,000 during the calendar year beginning January
1, 1997: Provided further, That uniforms may be pur-
chased without regard to the general purchase price limi-
tation for the current fiscal year: Provided further, That
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not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for official recep-
tion and representation expenses: Provided further, That
none of the funds provided in this or any other Act shall
be used for the continued operation of the San Clemente
and Temecula checkpoints unless the checkpoints are
open and traffic is being checked on a continuous 24-
hour basis: Provided further, That the Land Border Fee
Pilot Project scheduled to end September 30, 1996, is ex-
tended to September 30, 1999, for projects on both the
northern and southern borders of the United States, ex-
cept that no pilot program may implement a universal
land border crossing toll: Provided further, That obligated
and unobligated balances available to ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses, Community Relations Service’’ under section
501(c) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980
are transferred to this account and shall remain available
until expended: Provided further, That not to exceed 48
permanent 
positions 
and 
full-time 
equivalent
workyears and $4,628,000 shall be expended for the Of-
fice of Legislative Affairs and Public Affairs: Provided
further, That the latter two aforementioned offices shall
not be augmented by personnel details, temporary trans-
fers of personnel on either a reimbursable or non-
reimbursable basis or any other type of formal or infor-
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mal transfer or reimbursement of personnel or funds on
either a temporary or long-term basis.
For an additional amount to support the deten-
tion and removal of aliens with ties to terrorist organiza-
tions and expand the detention and removal of illegal
aliens and enhance the intelligence of the Immigration
and Naturalization Service, $15,000,000, of which
$10,000,000 shall be for detention and removal of aliens:
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
For activities authorized by sections 130002,
130005, 130006, 130007, and 190001(b) of the Violent
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public
Law 103–322), as amended, and section 813 of the
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996
(Public Law 104–132), $500,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, which will be derived from the Vio-
lent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, of which $66,217,000
shall be for expeditious deportation of denied asylum ap-
plicants, $317,256,000 shall be for improving border con-
trols, and $116,527,000 shall be for detention and depor-
tation proceedings: Provided, That amounts not required
for asylum processing provided under the expeditious de-
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portation of denied asylum applicants shall also be avail-
able for other deportation program activities.
CONSTRUCTION
For planning, construction, renovation, equipping,
and maintenance of buildings and facilities necessary for
the administration and enforcement of the laws relating
to immigration, naturalization, and alien registration, not
otherwise provided for, $9,841,000, to remain available
until expended.
FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the administration, op-
eration, and maintenance of Federal penal and correc-
tional institutions, including purchase (not to exceed 836,
of which 572 are for replacement only) and hire of law
enforcement and passenger motor vehicles, and for the
provision of technical assistance and advice on corrections
related issues to foreign governments; $2,768,316,000:
Provided, That the Attorney General may transfer to the
Health Resources and Services Administration such
amounts as may be necessary for direct expenditures by
that Administration for medical relief for inmates of Fed-
eral penal and correctional institutions: Provided further,
That the Director of the Federal Prison System (FPS),
where necessary, may enter into contracts with a fiscal
agent/fiscal intermediary claims processor to determine
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the amounts payable to persons who, on behalf of the
FPS, furnish health services to individuals committed to
the custody of the FPS: Provided further, That uniforms
may be purchased without regard to the general purchase
price limitation for the current fiscal year: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $6,000 shall be available for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $90,000,000 for the activation
of new facilities shall remain available until September
30, 1998: Provided further, That of the amounts provided
for Contract Confinement, not to exceed $20,000,000
shall remain available until expended to make payments
in advance for grants, contracts and reimbursable agree-
ments, and other expenses authorized by section 501(c)
of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, as
amended, for the care and security in the United States
of Cuban and Haitian entrants: Provided further, That
notwithstanding section 4(d) of the Service Contract Act
of 1965 (41 U.S.C. 353(d)), FPS may enter into con-
tracts and other agreements with private entities for peri-
ods of not to exceed 3 years and 7 additional option years
for the confinement of Federal prisoners: Provided fur-
ther, That the National Institute of Corrections hereafter
shall be included in the FPS Salaries and Expenses
budget, in the Contract Confinement program and shall
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continue to perform its current functions under 18
U.S.C. 4351, et seq., with the exception of its grant pro-
gram and shall collect reimbursement for services when-
ever possible: Provided further, That any unexpended bal-
ances available to the ‘‘National Institute of Corrections’’
account shall be credited to and merged with this appro-
priation, to remain available until expended.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
For substance abuse treatment in Federal prisons
as authorized by section 32001(e) of the Violent Crime
Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law
103–322), as amended, $25,224,000, to remain available
until expended, which shall be derived from the Violent
Crime Reduction Trust Fund.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For planning, acquisition of sites and construction
of new facilities; leasing the Oklahoma City Airport Trust
Facility; purchase and acquisition of facilities and remod-
eling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and cor-
rectional use, including all necessary expenses incident
thereto, by contract or force account; and constructing,
remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings and facili-
ties at existing penal and correctional institutions, includ-
ing all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or
force account; $395,700,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which not to exceed $14,074,000 shall be
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available to construct areas for inmate work programs:
Provided, That labor of United States prisoners may be
used for work performed under this appropriation: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed 10 percent of the funds
appropriated to ‘‘Buildings and Facilities’’ in this Act or
any other Act may be transferred to ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, Federal Prison System, upon notification by the
Attorney General to the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Senate in compli-
ance with provisions set forth in section 605 of this Act:
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated,
not to exceed $36,570,000 shall be available for the ren-
ovation and construction of United States Marshals Serv-
ice prisoner-holding facilities.
FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is
hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the
limits of funds and borrowing authority available, and in
accord with the law, and to make such contracts and
commitments, without regard to fiscal year limitations as
provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code,
as may be necessary in carrying out the program set
forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for such
corporation, including purchase of (not to exceed five for
replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles.
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LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL
PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
Not to exceed $3,042,000 of the funds of the cor-
poration shall be available for its administrative expenses,
and for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to be
computed on an accrual basis to be determined in accord-
ance with the corporation’s current prescribed accounting
system, and such amounts shall be exclusive of deprecia-
tion, payment of claims, and expenditures which the said
accounting system requires to be capitalized or charged
to cost of commodities acquired or produced, including
selling and shipping expenses, and expenses in connection
with acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance,
improvement, protection, or disposition of facilities and
other property belonging to the corporation or in which
it has an interest.
OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS
JUSTICE ASSISTANCE
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements,
and other assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amend-
ed, and the Missing Children’s Assistance Act, as amend-
ed, including salaries and expenses in connection there-
with, and with the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, as
amended, $101,429,000, to remain available until ex-
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no part of any of the funds appropriated for the fiscal
year ending on September 30, 1997, by this or any other
Act, may be used to pay any prevailing rate employee de-
scribed in section 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States
Code—
(1) during the period from the date of expira-
tion of the limitation imposed by section 616 of the
Treasury, Postal Service and General Government
Appropriations Act, 1996, until the normal effective
date of the applicable wage survey adjustment that
is to take effect in fiscal year 1997, in an amount
that exceeds the rate payable for the applicable
grade and step of the applicable wage schedule in
accordance with such section 616; and
(2) during the period consisting of the remain-
der of fiscal year 1997, in an amount that exceeds,
as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate
payable under paragraph (1) by more than the sum
of—
(A) the percentage adjustment taking ef-
fect in fiscal year 1997 under section 5303 of
title 5, United States Code, in the rates of pay
under the General Schedule; and
(B) the difference between the overall aver-
age percentage of the locality-based comparabil-