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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3421
Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State,
the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2000, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 17, 1999
Mr. YOUNG of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Appropriations
A BILL
Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce,
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
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TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the administration of the
Department of Justice, $79,328,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $3,317,000 is for the Facilities Program 2000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed 43 permanent positions and 44 full-time equivalent
workyears and $8,136,000 shall be expended for the De-
partment Leadership Program exclusive of augmentation
that occurred in these offices in fiscal year 1999: Provided
further, That not to exceed 41 permanent positions and
48 full-time equivalent workyears and $4,811,000 shall be
expended for the Offices of Legislative Affairs and Public
Affairs: Provided further, That the latter two aforemen-
tioned offices may utilize non-reimbursable details of ca-
reer employees within the caps described in the aforemen-
tioned proviso: Provided further, That the Attorney Gen-
eral is authorized to transfer, under such terms and condi-
tions as the Attorney General shall specify, forfeited real
or personal property of limited or marginal value, as such
value is determined by guidelines established by the Attor-
ney General, to a State or local government agency, or
its designated contractor or transferee, for use to support
drug abuse treatment, drug and crime prevention and edu-
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cation, housing, job skills, and other community-based
public health and safety programs: Provided further, That
any transfer under the preceding proviso shall not create
or confer any private right of action in any person against
the United States, and shall be treated as a reprogram-
ming under section 605 of this Act.
JOINT AUTOMATED BOOKING SYSTEM
For expenses necessary for the nationwide deploy-
ment of a Joint Automated Booking System, $1,800,000,
to remain available until expended.
NARROWBAND COMMUNICATIONS
For the costs of conversion to narrowband commu-
nications as mandated by section 104 of the National
Telecommunications and Information Administration Or-
ganization Act (47 U.S.C. 903(d)(1)), $10,625,000, to re-
main available until expended.
COUNTERTERRORISM FUND
For necessary expenses, as determined by the Attor-
ney General, $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, to reimburse any Department of Justice organiza-
tion for: (1) the costs incurred in reestablishing the oper-
ational capability of an office or facility which has been
damaged or destroyed as a result of any domestic or inter-
national terrorist incident; and (2) the costs of providing
support to counter, investigate or prosecute domestic or
international terrorism, including payment of rewards in
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connection with these activities: Provided, That any Fed-
eral agency may be reimbursed for the costs of detaining
in foreign countries individuals accused of acts of ter-
rorism 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 Represent-
atives and the Senate in accordance with section 605 of
this Act.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER COMPLIANCE FUND
For payments authorized by section 109 of the Com-
munications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (47
U.S.C. 1008), $15,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS
For expenses necessary for the administration of par-
don and clemency petitions and immigration related activi-
ties, $98,136,000.
In addition, $50,363,000, for such purposes, to re-
main available until expended, to be derived from the Vio-
lent 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, $40,275,000; including
not to exceed $10,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of
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a confidential character, to be expended under the direc-
tion of, and to be accounted for solely under the certificate
of, the Attorney General; and for the acquisition, lease,
maintenance, and operation of motor vehicles, without re-
gard to the general purchase price limitation for the cur-
rent fiscal year: Provided, That not less than $40,000
shall be transferred to and administered by the Depart-
ment of Justice Wireless Management Office for the costs
of conversion to narrowband communications and for the
operations and maintenance of legacy Land Mobile Radio
systems.
UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Parole
Commission as authorized by law, $8,527,000.
LEGAL ACTIVITIES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES
For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the
Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, includ-
ing not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evi-
dence, 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, $357,016,000; of which not
to exceed $10,000,000 for litigation support contracts
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shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of
the funds available in this appropriation, not to exceed
$36,666,000 shall remain available until expended for of-
fice automation systems for the legal divisions covered by
this appropriation, and for the United States Attorneys,
the Antitrust Division, and offices funded through ‘‘Sala-
ries and Expenses’’, General Administration: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amount appropriated under this heading
$582,000 shall be transferred to, and merged with, funds
available to the Presidential Advisory Commission on Hol-
ocaust Assets in the United States and shall be made
available for the same purposes for which such funds are
available: Provided further, That of the total amount ap-
propriated, not to exceed $1,000 shall be available to the
United States National Central Bureau, INTERPOL, for
official reception and representation expenses.
In addition, $147,929,000, to be derived from the
Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, to remain available
until expended for such purposes.
In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the De-
partment 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 appropriated
from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund.
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION
For expenses necessary for the enforcement of anti-
trust and kindred laws, $81,850,000: Provided, That, not-
withstanding section 3302(b) of title 31, United States
Code, not to exceed $81,850,000 of offsetting collections
derived from fees collected in fiscal year 2000 for
premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Ro-
dino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a)
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 collec-
tions are received during fiscal year 2000, so as to result
in a final fiscal year 2000 appropriation from the general
fund estimated at not more than $0.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS
For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United
States Attorneys, including inter-governmental and coop-
erative agreements, $1,161,957,000; of which not to ex-
ceed $2,500,000 shall be available until September 30,
2001, for: (1) training personnel in debt collection; (2) lo-
cating 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 avail-
able for official reception and representation expenses:
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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 not to exceed $2,500,000 for the operation of the
National Advocacy Center shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000,000
shall remain available until expended for the expansion of
existing Violent Crime Task Forces in United States At-
torneys Offices into demonstration projects, including
inter-governmental, inter-local, cooperative, and task-force
agreements, however denominated, and contracts with
State and local prosecutorial and law enforcement agen-
cies engaged in the investigation and prosecution of violent
crimes: Provided further, That, in addition to reimbursable
full-time equivalent workyears available to the Offices of
the United States Attorneys, not to exceed 9,120 positions
and 9,398 full-time equivalent workyears shall be sup-
ported from the funds appropriated in this Act for the
United States Attorneys.
UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND
For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee
Program, 
as 
authorized 
by 
U.S.C. 
589a(a),
$112,775,000, 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
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amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds due deposi-
tors: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, $112,775,000 of offsetting collections de-
rived from fees collected pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 589a(b)
shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this
appropriation and remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the
Fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are
received during fiscal year 2000, so as to result in a final
fiscal year 2000 appropriation from the Fund estimated
at $0: Provided further, That 28 U.S.C. 589a is amended
by striking ‘‘and’’ in subsection (b)(7); by striking the pe-
riod in subsection (b)(8) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and by
adding a new paragraph as follows: ‘‘(9) interest earned
on Fund investment.’’.
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, $1,175,000.
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 the purchase of pas-
senger motor vehicles for police-type use, without regard
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to the general purchase price limitation for the current
fiscal year, $333,745,000, as authorized by 28 U.S.C.
561(i); of which not to exceed $6,000 shall be available
for official reception and representation expenses; of which
not to exceed $4,000,000 for development, implementa-
tion, maintenance and support, and training for an auto-
mated prisoner information system shall remain available
until expended; and of which not less than $2,762,000
shall be for the costs of conversion to narrowband commu-
nications and for the operations and maintenance of leg-
acy Land Mobile Radio systems: Provided, That such
amount shall be transferred to and administered by the
Department of Justice Wireless Management Office.
In addition, $209,620,000, for such purposes, to re-
main available until expended, to be derived from the Vio-
lent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.
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 pris-
oner 
movement 
areas, 
elevators, 
and 
sallyports,
$6,000,000, to remain available until expended.
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JUSTICE PRISONER AND ALIEN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
FUND, UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE
Beginning in fiscal year 2000 and thereafter, pay-
ment shall be made from the Justice Prisoner and Alien
Transportation System Fund for necessary expenses re-
lated to the scheduling and transportation of United
States prisoners and illegal and criminal aliens in the cus-
tody of the United States Marshals Service, as authorized
in 18 U.S.C. 4013, including, without limitation, salaries
and expenses, operations, and the acquisition, lease, and
maintenance of aircraft and support facilities: Provided,
That the Fund shall be reimbursed or credited with ad-
vance payments from amounts available to the Depart-
ment of Justice, other Federal agencies, and other sources
at rates that will recover the expenses of Fund operations,
including, without limitation, accrual of annual leave and
depreciation of plant and equipment of the Fund: Provided
further, That proceeds from the disposal of Fund aircraft
shall be credited to the Fund: Provided further, That
amounts in the Fund shall be available without fiscal year
limitation, and may be used for operating equipment lease
agreements that do not exceed 5 years.
FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION
For expenses, related to United States prisoners in
the custody of the United States Marshals Service as au-
thorized in 18 U.S.C. 4013, but not including expenses
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otherwise provided for in appropriations available to the
Attorney General, $525,000,000, as authorized by 28
U.S.C. 561(i), to remain available until expended.
FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES
For expenses, mileage, compensation, and per diems
of witnesses, for expenses of contracts for the procurement
and supervision of expert witnesses, for private counsel ex-
penses, and for per diems in lieu of subsistence, as author-
ized by law, including advances, $95,000,000, to remain
available until expended; of which not to exceed
$6,000,000 may be made available for planning, construc-
tion, renovations, maintenance, remodeling, and repair of
buildings, and the purchase of equipment incident thereto,
for protected witness safesites; and of which not to exceed
$1,000,000 may be made available for the purchase and
maintenance of armored vehicles for transportation of pro-
tected witnesses.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS
SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the Community Relations
Service, established by title X of the Civil Rights Act of
1964, $7,199,000 and, in addition, up to $1,000,000 of
funds made available to the Department of Justice in this
Act may be transferred by the Attorney General to this
account: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, upon a determination by the Attorney General
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that emergent circumstances require additional funding
for conflict prevention and resolution activities of the
Community Relations Service, the Attorney General may
transfer such amounts to the Community Relations Serv-
ice, 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 ex-
cept 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), (F), and (G), as amended,
$23,000,000, to be derived from the Department of Jus-
tice Assets Forfeiture Fund.
RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For necessary administrative expenses in accordance
with 
the 
Radiation 
Exposure 
Compensation 
Act,
$2,000,000.
PAYMENT TO RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION
TRUST FUND
For payments to the Radiation Exposure Compensa-
tion Trust Fund, $3,200,000.
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INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT
INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT
For necessary expenses for the detection, investiga-
tion, and prosecution of individuals involved in organized
crime drug trafficking not otherwise provided for, to in-
clude inter-governmental agreements with State and local
law enforcement agencies engaged in the investigation and
prosecution of individuals involved in organized crime drug
trafficking, $316,792,000, of which $50,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended: Provided, That any
amounts obligated from appropriations under this heading
may be used under authorities available to the organiza-
tions reimbursed from this appropriation: Provided fur-
ther, That any unobligated balances remaining available
at the end of the fiscal year shall revert to the Attorney
General for reallocation among participating 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 In-
vestigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of
crimes against the United States; including purchase for
police-type use of not to exceed 1,236 passenger motor ve-
hicles, of which 1,142 will be for replacement only, without
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regard to the general purchase price limitation for the cur-
rent fiscal year, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; ac-
quisition, lease, maintenance, and operation of aircraft;
and not to exceed $70,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies
of a confidential character, to be expended under the di-
rection of, and to be accounted for solely under the certifi-
cate of, the Attorney General, $2,337,015,000; of which
not to exceed $50,000,000 for automated data processing
and telecommunications and technical investigative equip-
ment and not to exceed $1,000,000 for undercover oper-
ations shall remain available until September 30, 2001;
of which not less than $292,473,000 shall be for
counterterrorism 
investigations, 
foreign 
counterintel-
ligence, and other activities related to our national secu-
rity; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 is authorized to
be made available for making advances for expenses aris-
ing out of contractual 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 not
less than $50,000,000 shall be for the costs of conversion
to narrowband communications, and for the operations
and maintenance of legacy Land Mobile Radio systems:
Provided, That such amount shall be transferred to and
administered by the Department of Justice Wireless Man-
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agement Office: Provided further, That not to exceed
$45,000 shall be available for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses: Provided further, That no funds in
this Act may be used to provide ballistics imaging equip-
ment to any State or local authority which has obtained
similar equipment through a Federal grant or subsidy un-
less the State or local authority agrees to return that
equipment or to repay that grant or subsidy to the Federal
Government.
In addition, $752,853,000 for such purposes, to re-
main available until expended, to be derived from the Vio-
lent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, as authorized by the
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994,
as amended, and the Antiterrorism and Effective Death
Penalty Act of 1996.
CONSTRUCTION
For necessary expenses to construct or acquire build-
ings and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by
law (including equipment for such buildings); conversion
and extension of federally-owned buildings; and prelimi-
nary planning and design of projects, $1,287,000, to re-
main available until expended.
DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Ad-
ministration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet un-
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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; 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; pur-
chase of not to exceed 1,358 passenger motor vehicles, of
which 1,079 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, mainte-
nance, and operation of aircraft, $933,000,000, of which
not to exceed $1,800,000 for research shall remain avail-
able until expended, and of which not to exceed
$4,000,000 for purchase of evidence and payments for in-
formation, not to exceed $10,000,000 for contracting for
automated data processing and telecommunications equip-
ment, and not to exceed $2,000,000 for laboratory equip-
ment, 
$4,000,000 
for 
technical 
equipment, 
and
$2,000,000 for aircraft replacement retrofit and parts,
shall remain available until September 30, 2001; of which
not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for official recep-
tion and representation expenses; and of which not less
than $20,733,000 shall be for the costs of conversion to
narrowband communications and for the operations and
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maintenance of legacy Land Mobile Radio systems: Pro-
vided, That such amount shall be transferred to and ad-
ministered by the Department of Justice Wireless Man-
agement Office.
In addition, $343,250,000, for such purposes, to re-
main available until expended, to be derived from the Vio-
lent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.
CONSTRUCTION
For necessary expenses to construct or acquire build-
ings and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by
law (including equipment for such buildings); conversion
and extension of federally-owned buildings; and prelimi-
nary planning and design of projects, $5,500,000, to re-
main available until expended.
IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the administration and
enforcement of the laws relating to immigration, natu-
ralization, and alien registration, as follows:
ENFORCEMENT AND BORDER AFFAIRS
For salaries and expenses for the Border Patrol pro-
gram, the detention and deportation program, the intel-
ligence program, the investigations program, and the in-
spections program, including not to exceed $50,000 to
meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character,
to be expended under the direction of, and to be accounted
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for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney General;
purchase for police-type use (not to exceed 3,075 pas-
senger motor vehicles, of which 2,266 are 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; research related to immigration enforce-
ment; for protecting and maintaining the integrity of the
borders of the United States including, without limitation,
equipping, maintaining, and making improvements to the
infrastructure; and for the care and housing of Federal
detainees held in the joint Immigration and Naturalization
Service and United States Marshals Service’s Buffalo De-
tention Facility, $1,107,429,000; of which not to exceed
$10,000,000 shall be available for costs associated with
the training program for basic officer training, and
$5,000,000 is for payments or advances arising out of con-
tractual or reimbursable agreements with State and local
law enforcement agencies while engaged in cooperative ac-
tivities related to immigration; of which not to exceed
$5,000,000 is to fund or reimburse other Federal agencies
for the costs associated with the care, maintenance, and
repatriation of smuggled illegal aliens; and of which not
less than $18,510,000 shall be for the costs of conversion
to narrowband communications and for the operations and
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maintenance of legacy Land Mobile Radio systems: Pro-
vided, That such amount shall be transferred to and ad-
ministered by the Department of Justice Wireless Man-
agement Office: Provided further, That none of the funds
available to the Immigration and Naturalization Service
shall be available to pay any employee overtime pay in an
amount in excess of $30,000 during the calendar year be-
ginning January 1, 2000: Provided further, That uniforms
may be purchased without regard to the general purchase
price limitation for the current fiscal year: Provided fur-
ther, 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 check-
points are open and traffic is being checked on a contin-
uous 24-hour basis.
CITIZENSHIP AND BENEFITS, IMMIGRATION SUPPORT AND
PROGRAM DIRECTION
For all programs of the Immigration and Naturaliza-
tion Service not included under the heading ‘‘Enforcement
and Border Affairs’’, $535,011,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $400,000 for research shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 shall be
available for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided further, That the Attorney General may
transfer any funds appropriated under this heading and
the heading ‘‘Enforcement and Border Affairs’’ between
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said appropriations notwithstanding any percentage trans-
fer limitations imposed under this appropriation Act and
may direct such fees as are collected by the Immigration
and Naturalization Service to the activities funded under
this heading and the heading ‘‘Enforcement and Border
Affairs’’ for performance of the functions for which the
fees legally may be expended: Provided further, That not
to exceed 40 permanent positions and 40 full-time equiva-
lent workyears and $4,150,000 shall be expended for the
Offices 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-reim-
bursable basis, or any other type of formal or informal
transfer or reimbursement of personnel or funds on either
a temporary or long-term basis: Provided further, That the
number of positions filled through non-career appointment
at the Immigration and Naturalization Service, for which
funding is provided in this Act or is otherwise made avail-
able to the Immigration and Naturalization Service, shall
not exceed four permanent positions and four full-time
equivalent workyears: Provided further, That none of the
funds available to the Immigration and Naturalization
Service shall be used to pay any employee overtime pay
in an amount in excess of $30,000 during the calendar
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year beginning January 1, 2000: Provided further, That
funds may be used, without limitation, for equipping,
maintaining, and making improvements to the infrastruc-
ture and the purchase of vehicles for police-type use within
the limits of the Enforcement and Border Affairs appro-
priation: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, during fiscal year 2000, the Attor-
ney General is authorized and directed to impose discipli-
nary action, including termination of employment, pursu-
ant to policies and procedures applicable to employees of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, for any employee of
the Immigration and Naturalization Service who violates
policies and procedures set forth by the Department of
Justice relative to the granting of citizenship or who will-
fully deceives the Congress or department leadership on
any matter.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
In addition, $1,267,225,000, for such purposes, to re-
main available until expended, to be derived from the Vio-
lent Crime Reduction Trust Fund: Provided, That the At-
torney General may use the transfer authority provided
under the heading ‘‘Citizenship and Benefits, Immigration
Support and Program Direction’’ to provide funds to any
program of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
that heretofore has been funded by the Violent Crime Re-
duction Trust Fund.
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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, $99,664,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That no funds shall be available
for the site acquisition, design, or construction of any Bor-
der Patrol checkpoint in the Tucson sector.
FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the administration, oper-
ation, and maintenance of Federal penal and correctional
institutions, including purchase (not to exceed 708, of
which 602 are for replacement only) and hire of law en-
forcement and passenger motor vehicles, and for the provi-
sion of technical assistance and advice on corrections re-
lated issues to foreign governments, $3,089,110,000; of
which not less than $500,000 shall be transferred to and
administered by the Department of Justice Wireless Man-
agement Office for the costs of conversion to narrowband
communications and for the operations and maintenance
of legacy Land Mobile Radio systems: Provided, That the
Attorney General may transfer to the Health Resources
and Services Administration such amounts as may be nec-
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essary for direct expenditures by that Administration for
medical relief for inmates of Federal penal and correc-
tional 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 the amounts payable to per-
sons who, on behalf of FPS, furnish health services to in-
dividuals committed to the custody of FPS: 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 shall remain avail-
able for necessary operations until September 30, 2001:
Provided further, That, of the amounts provided for Con-
tract Confinement, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended to make payments in ad-
vance for grants, contracts and reimbursable agreements,
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, notwith-
standing section 4(d) of the Service Contract Act of 1965
(41 U.S.C. 353(d)), FPS may enter into contracts and
other agreements with private entities for periods of not
to exceed 3 years and seven additional option years for
the confinement of Federal prisoners.
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In addition, $22,524,000, for such purposes, to re-
main available until expended, to be derived from the Vio-
lent 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 correc-
tional use, including all necessary expenses incident there-
to, by contract or force account; and constructing, remod-
eling, and equipping necessary buildings and facilities at
existing penal and correctional institutions, including all
necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force
account, $556,791,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which not to exceed $14,074,000 shall be avail-
able to construct areas for inmate work programs: Pro-
vided, That labor of United States prisoners may be used
for work performed under this appropriation: Provided
further, That not to exceed 10 percent of the funds appro-
priated to ‘‘Buildings and Facilities’’ in this or any other
Act may be transferred to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, Fed-
eral Prison System, upon notification by the Attorney
General to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate in compliance
with provisions set forth in section 605 of this Act.
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FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is here-
by 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 commit-
ments, without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro-
vided 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 corpora-
tion, including purchase of (not to exceed five for replace-
ment only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles.
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL
PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
Not to exceed $3,429,000 of the funds of the corpora-
tion shall be available for its administrative expenses, and
for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to be com-
puted on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance
with the corporation’s current prescribed accounting sys-
tem, and such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation,
payment of claims, and expenditures which the said ac-
counting system requires to be capitalized or charged to
cost of commodities acquired or produced, including sell-
ing and shipping expenses, and expenses in connection
with acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, im-
provement, protection, or disposition of facilities and other
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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 amended
(‘‘the 1968 Act’’), and the Missing Children’s Assistance
Act, as amended, including salaries and expenses in con-
nection therewith, and with the Victims of Crime Act of
1984, as amended, $155,611,000, to remain available
until expended, as authorized by section 1001 of title I
of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of
1968, as amended by Public Law 102–534 (106 Stat.
3524).
In addition, for grants, cooperative agreements, and
other assistance authorized by sections 819, 821, and 822
of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of
1996, $152,000,000, to remain available until expended.
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE
For assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Con-
trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–
322), as amended (‘‘the 1994 Act’’), $1,634,500,000 to
remain available until expended; of which $523,000,000
shall be for Local Law Enforcement Block Grants, pursu-
ant to H.R. 728 as passed by the House of Representa-
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tives on February 14, 1995, except that for purposes of
this Act, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall be con-
sidered a ‘‘unit of local government’’ as well as a ‘‘State’’,
for the purposes set forth in paragraphs (A), (B), (D),
(F), and (I) of section 101(a)(2) of H.R. 728 and for es-
tablishing crime prevention programs involving coopera-
tion between community residents and law enforcement
personnel in order to control, detect, or investigate crime
or the prosecution of criminals: Provided, That no funds
provided under this heading may be used as matching
funds for any other Federal grant program: Provided fur-
ther, That $50,000,000 of this amount shall be for Boys
and Girls Clubs in public housing facilities and other areas
in cooperation with State and local law enforcement: Pro-
vided further, That funds may also be used to defray the
costs of indemnification insurance for law enforcement of-
ficers: Provided further, That $20,000,000 shall be avail-
able to carry out section 102(2) of H.R. 728; of which
$420,000,000 shall be for the State Criminal Alien Assist-
ance Program, as authorized by section 242( j) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act, as amended; of which
$686,500,000 shall be for Violent Offender Incarceration
and Truth in Sentencing Incentive Grants pursuant to
subtitle A of title II of the 1994 Act, of which
$165,000,000 shall be available for payments to States for
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incarceration of criminal aliens, of which $25,000,000
shall be available for the Cooperative Agreement Program,
and of which $34,000,000 shall be reserved by the Attor-
ney General for fiscal year 2000 under section 20109(a)
of subtitle A of title II of the 1994 Act; and of which
$5,000,000 shall be for the Tribal Courts Initiative.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS, STATE AND
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE
For assistance (including amounts for administrative
costs for management and administration, which amounts
shall be transferred to and merged with the ‘‘Justice As-
sistance’’ account) authorized by the Violent Crime Con-
trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–
322), as amended (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Omnibus Crime
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended (‘‘the
1968 Act’’); and the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990,
as amended (‘‘the 1990 Act’’), $1,194,450,000, to remain
available until expended, which shall be derived from the
Violent 
Crime 
Reduction 
Trust 
Fund; 
of 
which
$552,000,000 shall be for grants, contracts, cooperative
agreements, and other assistance authorized by part E of
title I of the 1968 Act, for State and Local Narcotics Con-
trol and Justice Assistance Improvements, notwith-
standing the provisions of section 511 of said Act, as au-
thorized by section 1001 of title I of said Act, as amended
by Public Law 102–534 (106 Stat. 3524), of which
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$52,000,000 shall be available to carry out the provisions
of chapter A of subpart 2 of part E of title I of said Act,
for discretionary grants under the Edward Byrne Memo-
rial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Pro-
grams; of which $10,000,000 shall be for the Court Ap-
pointed Special Advocate Program, as authorized by sec-
tion 218 of the 1990 Act; of which $2,000,000 shall be
for Child Abuse Training Programs for Judicial Personnel
and Practitioners, as authorized by section 224 of the
1990 Act; of which $206,750,000 shall be for Grants to
Combat Violence Against Women, to States, units of local
government, and Indian tribal governments, as authorized
by section 1001(a)(18) of the 1968 Act, including
$28,000,000 which shall be used exclusively for the pur-
pose of strengthening civil legal assistance programs for
victims of domestic violence: Provided, That, of these
funds, $5,200,000 shall be provided to the National Insti-
tute of Justice for research and evaluation of violence
against women, $1,196,000 shall be provided to the Office
of the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia
for domestic violence programs in D.C. Superior Court,
$10,000,000 which shall be used exclusively for violence
on college campuses, and $10,000,000 shall be available
to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Preven-
tion for the Safe Start Program, to be administered as
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authorized by part C of the Juvenile Justice and Delin-
quency Act of 1974, as amended; of which $34,000,000
shall be for Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies to States,
units of local government, and Indian tribal governments,
as authorized by section 1001(a)(19) of the 1968 Act; of
which $25,000,000 shall be for Rural Domestic Violence
and Child Abuse Enforcement Assistance Grants, as au-
thorized by section 40295 of the 1994 Act; of which
$5,000,000 shall be for training programs to assist proba-
tion and parole officers who work with released sex offend-
ers, as authorized by section 40152(c) of the 1994 Act,
and for local demonstration projects; of which $1,000,000
shall be for grants for televised testimony, as authorized
by section 1001(a)(7) of the 1968 Act; of which
$63,000,000 shall be for grants for residential substance
abuse treatment for State prisoners, as authorized by sec-
tion 1001(a)(17) of the 1968 Act; of which $900,000 shall
be for the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Pro-
gram, as authorized by section 240001(c) of the 1994 Act;
of which $1,300,000 shall be for Motor Vehicle Theft Pre-
vention Programs, as authorized by section 220002(h) of
the 1994 Act; of which $40,000,000 shall be for Drug
Courts, as authorized by title V of the 1994 Act; of which
$1,500,000 shall be for Law Enforcement Family Support
Programs, as authorized by section 1001(a)(21) of the
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1968 Act; of which $2,000,000 shall be for public aware-
ness programs addressing marketing scams aimed at sen-
ior citizens, as authorized by section 250005(3) of the
1994 Act; and of which $250,000,000 shall be for Juvenile
Accountability Incentive Block Grants, except that such
funds shall be subject to the same terms and conditions
as set forth in the provisions under this heading for this
program in Public Law 105–119, but all references in
such provisions to 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead
to 2000: Provided further, That funds made available in
fiscal year 2000 under subpart 1 of part E of title I of
the 1968 Act may be obligated for programs to assist
States in the litigation processing of death penalty Federal
habeas corpus petitions and for drug testing initiatives:
Provided further, That, if a unit of local government uses
any of the funds made available under this title to increase
the number of law enforcement officers, the unit of local
government will achieve a net gain in the number of law
enforcement officers who perform nonadministrative pub-
lic safety service.
WEED AND SEED PROGRAM FUND
For necessary expenses, including salaries and re-
lated expenses of the Executive Office for Weed and Seed,
to implement ‘‘Weed and Seed’’ program activities,
$33,500,000, to remain available until expended, for inter-
governmental agreements, including grants, cooperative