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(b) CREDIT TO ACCOUNT.—Any payment accepted under the
authority of subsection (a) shall be credited to the account estab-
lished for salaries and expenses of the General Accounting Office,
and shall be available for obligation and expenditure upon receipt.
PAYMENT TO THE OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER
TRUST FUND
For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center Trust
Fund for financing activities of the Open World Leadership Center,
$13,500,000.
TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES. No
part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used for the
maintenance or care of private vehicles, except for emergency assist-
ance and cleaning as may be provided under regulations relating
to parking facilities for the House of Representatives issued by
the Committee on House Administration and for the Senate issued
by the Committee on Rules and Administration.
SEC. 202. FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION. No part of the funds appro-
priated in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond
fiscal year 2004 unless expressly so provided in this Act.
SEC. 203. RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION. When-
ever in this Act any office or position not specifically established
by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appro-
priated for or the rate of compensation or designation of any office
or position appropriated for is different from that specifically estab-
lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the designation
in this Act shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Pro-
vided, That the provisions in this Act for the various items of
official expenses of Members, officers, and committees of the Senate
and House of Representatives, and clerk hire for Senators and
Members of the House of Representatives shall be the permanent
law with respect thereto.
SEC. 204. CONSULTING SERVICES. The expenditure of any appro-
priation under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code,
shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are
a matter of public record and available for public inspection, except
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing
Executive order issued under existing law.
SEC. 205. AWARDS AND SETTLEMENTS. Such sums as may be
necessary are appropriated to the account described in subsection
(a) of section 415 of the Congressional Accountability Act (2 U.S.C.
1415(a)) to pay awards and settlements as authorized under such
subsection.
SEC. 206. COSTS OF LBFMC. Amounts available for administra-
tive expenses of any legislative branch entity which participates
in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council (LBFMC)
established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall be available to
finance an appropriate share of LBFMC costs as determined by
the LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to be shared among
all participating legislative branch entities (in such allocations
among the entities as the entities may determine) may not exceed
$2,000.
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SEC. 207. The Architect of the Capitol, in consultation with
the District of Columbia, is authorized to maintain and improve
the landscape features, excluding streets and sidewalks, in the
irregular shaped grassy areas bounded by Washington Avenue,
SW on the northeast, Second Street SW on the west, Square 582
on the south, and the beginning of the I–395 tunnel on the south-
east.
SEC. 208. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of
the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made
by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appro-
priation Act.
SEC. 209. FEDERAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS ADVISORY BOARD.
During fiscal year 2004 and any succeeding fiscal year, any entity
in the legislative branch which is a member of the Federal
Accounting Standards Advisory Board may use funds made avail-
able to the entity for the fiscal year to finance an appropriate
share of the costs of the Board for the year.
TITLE III—FISCAL YEAR 2003 EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL
CHAPTER 1
THE JUDICIARY
COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER JUDICIAL
SERVICES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’,
$12,187,000, to remain available until expended, for costs associated
with judgeships authorized by section 312 of Public Law 107–
273.
DEFENDER SERVICES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Defender Services’’, $17,228,000,
to remain available until expended.
FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Fees of Jurors and Commis-
sioners’’, $2,778,000, to remain available until expended.
CHAPTER 2
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Flood Control and Coastal Emer-
gencies’’, for emergency expenses due to flood control, hurricane,
and shore protection activities, as authorized by section 5 of the
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Flood Control Act of August 16, 1941, as amended (33 U.S.C.
701n), $60,000,000, to remain available until expended.
CHAPTER 3
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE
DISASTER RELIEF
For an additional amount for ‘‘Disaster Relief’’ for necessary
expenses in carrying out the functions of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121
et seq.), $441,700,000, to remain available until expended.
CHAPTER 4
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For an additional amount to repay advances from other appro-
priations transferred for wildfire suppression and emergency
rehabilitation activities of the Department of the Interior,
$36,000,000, to remain available until expended.
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
For an additional amount for ‘‘Resource Management’’ for Mid-
way Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, $5,000,000, to remain available
until expended, of which $4,500,000 is for oil spill cleanup activities,
and of which $500,000 is for airfield operations.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOREST SERVICE
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For an additional amount to repay advances from other appro-
priations from which funds were transferred for wildfire suppres-
sion, and for mitigation and emergency rehabilitation activities
of the Forest Service, $283,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That of the funds provided, $10,000,000 is
for hazardous fuels reduction and hazard mitigation in southern
California and $20,000,000 is for State and volunteer fire assistance
in southern California: Provided further, That $20,000,000 of funds
made available in the previous proviso shall be transferred to
the ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’ account to fund hazard mitigation,
fuels reduction and forest health protection and mitigation activities
on State and private lands in southern California.
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CHAPTER 5
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT
For an additional amount for ‘‘Human Space Flight’’ to cover
necessary expenses for responding to the Space Shuttle Columbia
accident, $50,000,000, to remain available until expended.
CHAPTER 6
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 3601. No part of any appropriation contained in this
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal
year unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 3602. The Secretary of Agriculture shall use $9,700,000
of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, to remain avail-
able until expended, to provide assistance under the tree assistance
program, subtitle C of title X of the Farm Security and Rural
Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8201 et seq.), to compensate
eligible orchardists (as defined in section 10201 of such Act) for
tree losses incurred since January 1, 2000, due to fire blight in
the State of Michigan.
SEC. 3603. The Secretary of Agriculture shall use $20,000,000
of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, to remain avail-
able until expended, for the suppression and control of the Mormon
cricket infestation on public and private land in Nevada, Utah,
and Idaho, that amount to be expended in equal amounts among
the 3 States.
SEC. 3604. The statement of the managers of the committee
of conference accompanying H.R. 4577 (Public Law 106–554; House
Report 106–1033), in chapter 13 of division A of the explanatory
language on H.R. 5666 (Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2001),
in the matter under the heading ‘‘Community Development Fund’’,
is deemed to be amended with respect to the amount made available
to the City of Paso Robles, California by striking ‘‘for the Oak
Parks Housing Project for modernization and rehabilitation
projects’’ and inserting ‘‘for construction of a senior citizen project’’.
SEC. 3605. The referenced statement of the managers under
the heading ‘‘Community development fund’’ in title II of Division
K of the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003 (Public Law
108–7; House Report 108–10) is deemed to be amended with respect
to item number 526 by striking ‘‘for an economic development
study for the revitalization of Westchester’’ and inserting ‘‘for the
reconstruction of renaissance plaza at Maine and Mamaroneck in
downtown White Plains’’.
SEC. 3606. Notwithstanding the first paragraph of the item
in title II of Division K of the Consolidated Appropriations Resolu-
tion, 2003 (Public Law 108–7) relating to ‘‘Federal Housing Adminis-
tration, General and special risk program account’’, during fiscal
year 2003, commitments to guarantee loans to carry out the pur-
poses of sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act shall
not exceed a loan principal of $25,000,000,000.
SEC. 3607. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds
awarded under a grant to the San Diego Workforce Partnership
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on June 30, 2001, pursuant to section 173 of the Workforce Invest-
ment Act (29 U.S.C. 2918), may be used to provide services to
spouses of members of the Armed Forces.
SEC. 3608. The matter under the heading ‘‘Department of
Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services
Administration, Health Resources and Services’’ in division G of
Public Law 108–7, as amended by chapter 5 of title II of Public
Law 108–11, is further amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘$296,638,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$296,238,000’’
preceding the first proviso; and
(2) by inserting after ‘‘$1,000,000 is available for the
Geisinger Health System, Harrisburg, PA, to establish centers
of excellence for the treatment of autism’’ the following: ‘‘,
$400,000 is available for the Muskegon Community Health
Project, Muskegon, Michigan for the Access Health insurance
program,’’.
SEC. 3609. The matter under the heading ‘‘Department of
Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services
Administration, Health Resources and Services’’, in Division G of
Public Law 108–7, as amended by chapter 5 of title II of Public
Law 108–11, is further amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Venago County Area Vo-tech, Oil City,
PA’’ and inserting ‘‘Victim Resource Center, Inc., of Pennsyl-
vania’’ in lieu thereof;
(2) by striking ‘‘$115,900,000 is available’’ and inserting
‘‘$116,650,000 is available’’; and
(3) by inserting after ‘‘health services to at-risk children
in day care’’ the following: ‘‘, $350,000 is available for the
Phoenix Children’s Health Project in Arizona to address the
health needs of extremely vulnerable homeless and runaway
youth in underserved rural and urban areas, $200,000 is avail-
able for the Pittsburgh Mercy Health System, Pittsburgh, PA,
for health outreach and education, $200,000 is available for
the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine,
Philadelphia, PA, for its minority outreach oral health initia-
tive,’’.
SEC. 3610. (a) The matter under the heading ‘‘Department
of Education, Special Education’’, in Public Law 108–7 is amended—
(1) 
by 
striking 
‘‘$10,095,639,000’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘$10,095,139,000’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘$7,715,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$7,215,000’’.
(b) In the statement of the managers of the committee of
conference accompanying H.J. Res. 2 (Public Law 108–7; House
Report 108–10), in the matter in title III of Division G, relating
to research and innovation under the heading ‘‘Special Education’’,
the provision specifying $500,000 for the Ohio Alliance of Commu-
nity Center for the Deaf, Worthington, Ohio, for Ohio Deaf Assistive
Services Model project shall be deleted.
SEC. 3611. (a) The matter under the heading ‘‘Department
of Education, Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research’’, in
Public Law 108–7 is amended—
(1) 
by 
striking 
‘‘$2,956,382,000’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘$2,956,882,000’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘$3,540,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$4,040,000’’.
(b) In the statement of the managers of the committee of
conference accompanying H.J. Res. 2 (Public Law 108–7; House
Report 108–10), in the matter in title III of Division G, relating
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to vocational rehabilitation demonstration and training under the
heading ‘‘Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research’’, a provi-
sion shall be added that reads: ‘‘Ohio Alliance of Community Center
for the Deaf, Worthington, Ohio, for Ohio Deaf Assistive Services
Model project, $500,000’’.
SEC. 3612. In the statement of the managers of the committee
of conference accompanying H.J. Res. 2 (Public Law 108–7; House
Report 108–10), in the matter in title III of Division G, relating
to the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education under
the heading ‘‘Higher Education’’, the provision specifying $1,000,000
for the Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, for the Paul
Simon Public Policy Institute shall be deemed to read: ‘‘Southern
Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, for the Paul Simon Public Policy
Institute, including an endowment, $1,000,000’’.
SEC. 3613. In the statement of the managers of the committee
of conference accompanying H.J. Res. 2 (Public Law 108–7; House
Report 108–10), in the matter in title III of Division G, relating
to the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education under
the heading ‘‘Higher Education’’, the provision specifying $275,000
for the Spoon River College, Canton, IL, for equipment for commu-
nity technology centers in Canton and Macomb, Illinois shall be
deemed to read: ‘‘Spoon River College, Canton, IL, for community
technology centers in Canton and Macomb, Illinois, $275,000’’.
SEC. 3614. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during
the period from September 1 through September 30, 2003, the
Secretary of Education shall transfer to the Education for the
Disadvantaged account an amount not to exceed $4,353,368 from
amounts that would otherwise lapse at the end of fiscal year 2003
and that were originally made available under the Department
of Education Appropriations Act, 2003 or any Department of Edu-
cation Appropriations Act for a previous fiscal year: Provided, That
the funds transferred to the Education for the Disadvantaged
account shall be obligated by September 30, 2003: Provided further,
That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations
of both Houses of Congress of any such transfer: Provided further,
That any amounts transferred to the Education for the Disadvan-
taged account pursuant to this paragraph shall be for carrying
out subpart 2 of part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965, and shall be allocated, notwithstanding
any other provision of law, only to those States that received funds
under that subpart for fiscal year 2003 that were less than those
States received under that subpart for fiscal year 2002: Provided
further, That the Secretary of Education shall use these additional
funds to increase those States’ allocations under that subpart up
to the amount they received under that subpart for fiscal year
2002: Provided further, That each such State shall use the funds
appropriated under this paragraph to ratably increase the amount
of funds for each eligible local educational agency in the State
that received less under that subpart in fiscal year 2003 than
it received under that subpart in fiscal year 2002: Provided further,
That the Secretary shall not take into account the funds made
available under this paragraph in determining State allocations
under any other program administered by the Secretary in any
fiscal year.
SEC. 3615. Funds made available under the heading, ‘‘Special
Benefits for Disabled Coal Miners’’ in Division G of Public Law
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108–7, shall be subject to the provisions of Public Law 107–275,
notwithstanding section 514 of such Division G.
SEC. 3616. The amounts provided or made available by this
title are designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 502 of H. Con. Res. 95 (108th Congress), the
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2004.
SEC. 3617. This title shall be effective immediately upon the
enactment of this Act.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Supplemental Appro-
priations Act, 2003’’.
TITLE IV—REFERENCES
SEC. 4001. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any ref-
erence to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in titles I and II of this Act shall
be treated as referring only to the provisions of such titles, and
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in title III of this Act shall
be treated as referring only to the provisions of such title.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 2004’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.