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ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS ADMINISTRATION REVOLVING
FUND
The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to dissemi-
nate economic and statistical data products as authorized
by 15 U.S.C. 1525–1527 and, notwithstanding 15 U.S.C.
4912, charge fees necessary to recover the full costs incurred
in their production. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, re-
ceipts received from these data dissemination activities
shall be credited to this account, to be available for carrying
out these purposes without further appropriation.
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for collecting, compiling, ana-
lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for by
law, $133,812,000.
PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS
For expenses necessary to collect and publish statistics
for periodic censuses and programs provided for by law,
$193,450,000, to remain available until expended.
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION
ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the
National Telecommunications and Information Adminis-
tration, $8,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Sec-
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retary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use as offset-
ting collections all funds transferred, or previously trans-
ferred, from other Government agencies for spectrum man-
agement, analysis, and operations and for all costs incurred
in telecommunications research, engineering, and related
activities by the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences
of the NTIA in furtherance of its assigned functions under
this paragraph and such funds received from other Govern-
ment agencies shall remain available until expended.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For spectrum management, $9,000,000 shall be made
available until expended to be derived by transfer from un-
obligated balances of the Working Capital Fund in the De-
partment of Justice.
PUBLIC BROADCASTING FACILITIES, PLANNING AND
CONSTRUCTION
For grants authorized by section 392 of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934, as amended, $10,000,000, to remain
available until expended as authorized by section 391 of the
Act, as amended: Provided, That not to exceed $2,200,000
shall be available for program administration as authorized
by section 391 of the Act: Provided further, That notwith-
standing the provisions of section 391 of the Act, the prior
year unobligated balances may be made available for grants
for projects for which applications have been submitted and
approved during any fiscal year.
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INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS
For grants authorized by section 392 of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934, as amended, $18,900,000, to remain
available until expended as authorized by section 391 of the
Act, as amended: Provided, That not to exceed $900,000
shall be available for program administration and other
support activities as authorized by section 391 of the Act
including support of the Advisory Council on National In-
formation Infrastructure: Provided further, That of the
funds appropriated herein, not to exceed 5 percent may be
available for telecommunications research activities for
projects related directly to the development of a national
information infrastructure: Provided further, That notwith-
standing the requirements of section 392(a) and 392(c) of
the Act, these funds may be used for the planning and con-
struction of telecommunications networks for the provision
of educational, cultural, health care, public information,
public safety, or other social services: Provided further, That
in reviewing proposals for funding, the Telecommunications
and Information and Infrastructure Assistance Program
(also known as the National Information Infrastructure
program) shall add to the factors taken into consideration
the following: (1) the extent to which the proposed project
is consistent with State plans and priorities for the deploy-
ment of the telecommunications and information infra-
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structure and services; and (2) the extent to which the appli-
cant has planned and coordinated the proposed project with
other telecommunications and information entities in the
State.
PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Patent and Trademark
Office provided for by law, including defense of suits insti-
tuted against the Commissioner of Patents and Trade-
marks; $82,324,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the funds made available under this heading
are to be derived from deposits in the Patent and Trade-
mark Office Fee Surcharge Fund as authorized by law: Pro-
vided further, That the amounts made available under the
Fund shall not exceed amounts deposited; and such fees as
shall be collected pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 1113 and 35 U.S.C.
41 and 376, shall remain available until expended.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES
For necessary expenses of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology, $222,737,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which not to exceed $8,500,000 may
be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’, and of which
$1,200,000 shall be available for continuation of the pro-
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gram to integrate energy efficient building technology with
the use of structural materials made from underutilized or
waste products.
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
For necessary expenses of the Manufacturing Exten-
sion Partnership of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology and the Advanced Technology Program,
$101,600,000, to remain available until expended, of which
not to exceed $500,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Working
Capital Fund’’: Provided, That none of the funds made
available under this heading in this or any other Act may
be used for the purposes of carrying out additional program
competitions under the Advanced Technology Program:
Provided further, That any unobligated balances available
from carryover of prior year appropriations under the Ad-
vanced Technology Program may be used only for the pur-
poses of providing continuation grants: Provided further,
That of the amounts provided in this paragraph
$76,300,000 is for the Manufacturing Extension Partner-
ship program.
CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES
For renovation of existing facilities, not otherwise pro-
vided for the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology, as authorized by 15 U.S.C. 278c–278e, $27,000,000,
to remain available until expended.
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NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law
for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
including acquisition, maintenance, operation, and hire of
aircraft; not to exceed 358 commissioned officers on the ac-
tive list; grants, contracts, or other payments to nonprofit
organizations for the purposes of conducting activities pur-
suant to cooperative agreements; and alteration, moderniza-
tion, and relocation of facilities as authorized by 33 U.S.C.
883i; $1,809,092,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 but con-
sistent with other existing law, fees shall be assessed, col-
lected, and credited to this appropriation as offsetting col-
lections to be available until expended, to recover the costs
of administering aeronautical charting programs: Provided
further, That the sum herein appropriated from the general
fund shall be reduced as such additional fees are received
during fiscal year 1996, so as to result in a final general
fund 
appropriation 
estimated 
at 
not 
more 
than
$1,806,092,000: Provided further, That any such additional
fees received in excess of $3,000,000 in fiscal year 1996 shall
not be available for obligation until October 1, 1996: Pro-
vided further, That fees and donations received by the Na-
tional Ocean Service for the management of the national
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marine sanctuaries may be retained and used for the sala-
ries and expenses associated with those activities, notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided further, That in addi-
tion, $62,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund
entitled ‘‘Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Re-
search Pertaining to American Fisheries’’: Provided fur-
ther, That grants to States pursuant to sections 306 and
306(a) of the Coastal Zone Management Act, as amended,
shall not exceed $2,000,000: Provided further, That the Na-
tional Weather Service shall expend not more than $700,000
to operate and maintain agricultural weather service cen-
ters.
COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT FUND
Of amounts collected pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 1456a, not
to exceed $7,800,000, for purposes set forth in 16 U.S.C.
1456a(b)(2)(A), 16 U.S.C. 1456a(b)(2)(B)(v), and 16
U.S.C. 1461(e).
CONSTRUCTION
For repair and modification of, and additions to, ex-
isting facilities and construction of new facilities, and for
facility planning and design and land acquisition not oth-
erwise provided for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, $50,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
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FLEET MODERNIZATION, SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION
For expenses necessary for the repair of vessels, includ-
ing related equipment to maintain the existing fleet for the
National 
Oceanic 
and 
Atmospheric 
Administration,
$8,000,000, to remain available until expended.
FISHING VESSEL AND GEAR DAMAGE COMPENSATION FUND
For carrying out the provisions of section 3 of Public
Law 95–376, not to exceed $1,032,000, to be derived from
receipts collected pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 1980 (b) and (f),
to remain available until expended.
FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND
For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public
Law 95–372, not to exceed $999,000, to be derived from re-
ceipts collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available
until expended.
FOREIGN FISHING OBSERVER FUND
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of
the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975, as amended
(Public Law 96–339), the Magnuson Fishery Conservation
and Management Act of 1976, as amended (Public Law
100–627) and the American Fisheries Promotion Act (Pub-
lic Law 96–561), there are appropriated from the fees im-
posed under the foreign fishery observer program authorized
by these Acts, not to exceed $196,000, to remain available
until expended.
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FISHING VESSEL OBLIGATIONS GUARANTEES
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Federal
Credit Reform Act of 1990, of guaranteed loans authorized
by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, as amended, $250,000:
Provided, That none of the funds made available under this
heading may be used to guarantee loans for the purchase
of any new or existing fishing vessel.
TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION
UNDER SECRETARY FOR TECHNOLOGY/OFFICE OF
TECHNOLOGY POLICY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Under Secretary for
Technology/Office of Technology Policy, $5,000,000.
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the general administration
of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, includ-
ing not to exceed $3,000 for official entertainment,
$29,100,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General
Act of 1978, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 1–11 as amended
by Public Law 100–504), $19,849,000.
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COMMERCE REORGANIZATION TRANSITION FUND
For deposit in the Commerce Reorganization Transi-
tion Fund established under section 206(c)(1) of this Act
for use in accordance with section 206(c)(4) of this Act,
$20,000,000, in addition to amounts made available by
transfer, which amount shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That of these funds $4,000,000 shall be
remitted to the Office of Personnel Management for deposit
in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the
Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
SEC. 201. During the current fiscal year, applicable
appropriations and funds made available to the Depart-
ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the
activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 U.S.C.
1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed by the
Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may be used for
advanced payments not otherwise authorized only upon the
certification of officials designated by the Secretary that
such payments are in the public interest.
SEC. 202. During the current fiscal year, appropria-
tions made available to the Department of Commerce by
this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for hire
of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343
and 1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and uni-
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forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C.
5901–5902).
SEC. 203. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used to support the hurricane reconnaissance
aircraft and activities that are under the control of the
United States Air Force or the United States Air Force Re-
serve.
SEC. 204. None of the funds provided in this or any
previous Act, or hereinafter made available to the Depart-
ment of Commerce shall be available to reimburse the Un-
employment Trust Fund or any other fund or account of
the Treasury to pay for any expenses paid before October
1, 1992, as authorized by section 8501 of title 5, United
States Code, for services performed after April 20, 1990, by
individuals appointed to temporary positions within the
Bureau of the Census for purposes relating to the 1990 de-
cennial census of population.
SEC. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation
made available for the current fiscal year for the Depart-
ment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred between
such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be in-
creased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Pro-
vided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be
treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 of
this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expendi-
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ture except in compliance with the procedures set forth in
that section.
SEC. 206. CONSOLIDATION OF FUNCTIONS OF COMMERCE
DEPARTMENT.
(a) CONSOLIDATION.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget shall, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Commerce—
(A) abolish, reorganize, consolidate, or
transfer such functions that either receive fund-
ing or are eliminated under this title as the Di-
rector considers appropriate in order to meet the
requirements and limitations set forth in this
title; and
(B) terminate or transfer such personnel as-
sociated with such functions as the Director con-
siders appropriate in order to meet such require-
ments and limitations.
(2) TRANSITION RULES.—The Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget shall establish such
rules and procedures relating to the abolishment, reor-
ganization, consolidation, or transfer of functions
under this subsection as the Director considers appro-
priate, including rules and procedures relating to the
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rights and responsibilities of personnel of the Govern-
ment terminated, transferred, or otherwise affected by
such the abolishment, reorganization, consolidation,
or transfer.
(b) BUY OUT AUTHORITY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce
may, for such officers and employees as the Secretary
considers appropriate as part of the activities of the
Secretary under subsection (a), authorize a payment
to officers and employees who voluntarily separate on
or before December 15, 1995, whether by retirement or
resignation.
(2) PAYMENT
REQUIREMENT.—Payment under
paragraph (1) shall be paid in accordance with the
provisions of sections 3 and 4 of the Federal
Workforce Restructuring Act of 1994 (Public Law
103–226; 108 Stat. 111), except that an employee of
the agency shall be deemed to be eligible for payment
of a voluntary separation incentive payment under
that section if the employee separates from service
with the agency during the period beginning on the
date of enactment of this Act and ending on December
15, 1995.
(3) FUNDING.—
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(A) IN
GENERAL.—The payment of vol-
untary separation incentive payments under this
subsection shall be made from funds in the Com-
merce Reorganization Transition Fund estab-
lished under subsection (c).
(B) PAYMENT DEPENDENT ON FUNDING.—
The Secretary of Commerce may not pay vol-
untary separation incentive payments under this
subsection unless sufficient funds are available in
the Commerce Reorganization Fund to cover the
cost of such payments and the costs of any other
payments (including payments or deposits to re-
tirement systems) required in relation to such
payments.
(c) 
COMMERCE
REORGANIZATION
TRANSITION
FUND.—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby estab-
lished on the books of the Treasury an account to be
known as the ‘‘Commerce Reorganization Transition
Fund’’.
(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the account is to
provide funds for the following:
(A) To cover the costs of actions relating to
the abolishment, reorganization, consolidation, or
transfer of functions under subsection (a).
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(B) To the cover the costs of the payment of
payments under subsection (b), including any
payments or deposits to retirement systems re-
quired in relation to such payment.
(3) DEPOSITS.—There shall be deposited into the
account such sums as may be appropriated or trans-
ferred to the account.
(4) USE OF FUNDS.—Sums in the account shall
be available for the purpose set forth in paragraph
(2).
(5) REPORT ON ACCOUNT.—Not later than Octo-
ber 1, 1997, the Secretary of Commerce shall transmit
to the Committees on Appropriations and Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the
Committees on Appropriations and Government Re-
form and Oversight of the House of Representatives a
report containing an accounting of the expenditures
from the account established under this subsection.
SEC. 207. REPORT ON THE DOPPLER WEATHER SURVEIL-
LANCE RADAR.
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Commerce
shall conduct a study on the Doppler weather surveillance
radar (WSR–88D). The study shall include the following
elements:
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(1) An analysis of the property value lost by
property owners within 5 miles of the weather surveil-
lance radar as a result of the construction of the
weather surveillance radar.
(2) A statement of the cost of relocating a weath-
er surveillance radar to another location in any case
in which the Department has been asked to inves-
tigate such a relocation.
(b) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to Congress
a report on the study required under section (a) not later
than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 208. None of the funds appropriated under this
Act or any other law shall be used to implement subsections
(a), (b), (c), (e), (g), or (i) of section 4 of the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533), until such time as
legislation reauthorizing the Act is enacted or until the end
of fiscal year 1996, whichever is earlier, except that monies
appropriated under this Act may be used to delist or reclas-
sify 
species 
pursuant 
to 
subsections 
4(a)(2)(B),
4(c)(2)(B)(i), and 4(c)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act.
SEC. 209. TRANSFER OF TITLE TO THE RUTLAND CITY IN-
DUSTRIAL COMPLEX.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including
any regulation and including the Public Works and Eco-
nomic Development Act of 1965), the transfer of title to the
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Rutland City Industrial Complex to Hilinex, Vermont (as
related to Economic Development Administration Project
Number 01–11–01742) shall not require compensation to
the Federal Government for the fair share of the Federal
Government of that real property.
SEC. 210. LAND TRANSFER.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce, acting
through the Assistant Secretary for Economic Development
of the Department of Commerce, shall—
(1) not later than January 1, 1996, commence
the demolition of the structures on, and the cleanup
and environmental remediation on, the parcel of land
described in subsection (b);
(2) not later than March 31, 1996, complete the
demolition, cleanup, and environmental remediation
under paragraph (1); and
(3) not later than April 1, 1996, convey the par-
cel of land described in subsection (b), in accordance
with the requirements of section 120(h) of the Com-
prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9620(h)), to the
Tuscaloosa County Industrial Development Authority,
on receipt of payment of the fair market value for the
parcel by the Authority, as agreed on by the Secretary
and the Authority.
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(b) LAND PARCEL.—The parcel of land referred to in
subsection (a) is the parcel of land consisting of approxi-
mately 41 acres in Holt, Alabama (in Tuscaloosa County),
that is generally known as the ‘‘Central Foundry Property’’,
as depicted on a map, and as described in a legal descrip-
tion, that the Secretary, acting through the Assistant Sec-
retary for Economic Development, determines to be satisfac-
tory.
SEC. 211. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON ECONOMIC DEVEL-
OPMENT ADMINISTRATION.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(1) assistance from the Economic Development
Administration (hereafter in this section referred to
as the ‘‘EDA’’) within the Department of Commerce
is an investment in the economic vitality of the Unit-
ed States;
(2) funding for the EDA within the Department
of Commerce is reduced by almost 80 percent in this
Act;
(3) the EDA serves a unique governmental func-
tion by providing grants, which are matched by local
funds, to distressed urban and rural areas that would
not otherwise receive funding;
(4) every EDA $1 invested generates $3 in out-
side investments, and during the past 30 years pre-
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ceding the date of enactment of this Act, the EDA has
invested more than $15,600,000,000 in depressed com-
munities, creating 2,800,000 jobs in the United
States;
(5) the EDA is one of a very few governmental
agencies that assists communities impacted by mili-
tary base closings and defense downsizing;
(6) the EDA has—
(A) become a more efficient and effective
agency by reducing regulations by 60 percent;
(B) trimmed the period for application
processing down to a 60-day period; and
(C) reduced its operating expenses; and
(7) the House of Representatives, on July 26,
1995, voiced strong bipartisan support for the EDA
by a vote of 315 to 110.
(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the
Congress that the appropriation for the EDA for fiscal year
1996 should be at the House of Representatives-passed level
of $348,500,000.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com-
merce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996’’.
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TITLE III—THE JUDICIARY
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the operation of the Su-
preme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the
building and grounds, including purchase or hire, driving,
maintenance and operation of an automobile for the Chief
Justice, not to exceed $10,000 for the purpose of transport-
ing Associate Justices, and hire of passenger motor vehicles
as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not to exceed
$10,000 for official reception and representation expenses;
and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended as the Chief
Justice may approve, $25,834,000.
CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS
For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable
the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties imposed
upon him by the Act approved May 7, 1934 (40 U.S.C.
13a–13b), $3,313,000, of which $565,000 shall remain
available until expended.
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL
CIRCUIT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries of the chief judge, judges, and other officers
and employees, and for necessary expenses of the court, as
authorized by law, $14,288,000.
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UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries of the chief judge and eight judges, salaries
of the officers and employees of the court, services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and necessary expenses of the court,
as authorized by law, $10,859,000.
COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER
JUDICIAL SERVICES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For the salaries of circuit and district judges (includ-
ing judges of the territorial courts of the United States),
justices and judges retired from office or from regular active
service, judges of the United States Court of Federal Claims,
bankruptcy judges, magistrate judges, and all other officers
and employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise spe-
cifically provided for, and necessary expenses of the courts,
as authorized by law, $2,446,194,665 (including the pur-
chase of firearms and ammunition); of which not to exceed
$13,454,000 shall remain available until expended for space
alteration projects; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall
remain available until expended for furniture and furnish-
ings related to new space alteration and construction
projects; and of which $500,000 is to remain available until
expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, and news-
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papers, and all other legal reference materials, including
subscriptions.
In addition, for expenses of the United States Court
of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under
the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, not to
exceed $2,318,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine In-
jury Compensation Trust Fund.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
For activities of the Federal Judiciary as authorized
by law, $30,000,000, to remain available until expended,
which shall be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction
Trust Fund, as authorized by section 190001(a) of Public
Law 103–322.
DEFENDER SERVICES
For the operation of Federal Public Defender and
Community Defender organizations, the compensation and
reimbursement of expenses of attorneys appointed to rep-
resent persons under the Criminal Justice Act of 1964, as
amended, the compensation and reimbursement of expenses
of persons furnishing investigative, expert and other services
under the Criminal Justice Act (18 U.S.C. 3006A(e)), the
compensation (in accordance with Criminal Justice Act
maximums) and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys ap-
pointed to assist the court in criminal cases where the de-
fendant has waived representation by counsel, the com-
pensation and reimbursement of travel expenses of guard-
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ians ad litem acting on behalf of financially eligible minor
or incompetent offenders in connection with transfers from
the United States to foreign countries with which the Unit-
ed States has a treaty for the execution of penal sentences,
and the compensation of attorneys appointed to represent
jurors in civil actions for the protection of their employ-
ment, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d), $274,433,000,
to remain available until expended as authorized by 18
U.S.C. 3006A(i): Provided, That none of the funds provided
in this Act shall be available for Death Penalty Resource
Centers or Post-Conviction Defender Organizations after
April 1, 1996.
FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS
For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28
U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commissioners
as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensation of com-
missioners appointed in condemnation cases pursuant to
rule 71A(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28
U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71A(h)); $59,028,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That the compensation
of land commissioners shall not exceed the daily equivalent
of the highest rate payable under section 5332 of title 5,
United States Code.
COURT SECURITY
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in-
cident to the procurement, installation, and maintenance
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of security equipment and protective services for the United
States Courts in courtrooms and adjacent areas, including
building ingress-egress control, inspection of packages, di-
rected security patrols, and other similar activities as au-
thorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improvement and
Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100–702); $102,000,000,
to be expended directly or transferred to the United States
Marshals Service which shall be responsible for administer-
ing elements of the Judicial Security Program consistent
with standards or guidelines agreed to by the Director of
the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and
the Attorney General.
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
COURTS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office of
the United States Courts as authorized by law, including
travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a passenger
motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), advertis-
ing and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere,
$47,500,000, of which not to exceed $7,500 is authorized
for official reception and representation expenses.
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FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Center,
as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $17,000,000; of which
$1,800,000 shall remain available through September 30,
1997, to provide education and training to Federal court
personnel; and of which not to exceed $1,000 is authorized
for official reception and representation expenses.
JUDICIAL RETIREMENT FUNDS
PAYMENT TO JUDICIARY TRUST FUNDS
For payment to the Judicial Officers’ Retirement
Fund, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 377(o), $24,000,000, to
the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund, as authorized by
28 U.S.C. 376(c), $7,000,000, and to the United States
Court of Federal Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund, as au-
thorized by 28 U.S.C. 178(l), $1,900,000.
UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out
the provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States Code,
$8,500,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is authorized for
official reception and representation expenses.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY
SEC. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in
this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall
be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
SEC. 302. Appropriations made in this title shall be
available for salaries and expenses of the Special Court es-
tablished under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of
1973, Public Law 93–236.
SEC. 303. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation
made available for the current fiscal year for the Judiciary
in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations,
but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically
provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by
any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant
to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds
under section 605 of this Act and shall not be available for
obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the
procedures set forth in that section.
SEC. 304. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the salaries and expenses appropriation for district courts,
courts of appeals, and other judicial services shall be avail-
able for official reception and representation expenses of the
Judicial Conference of the United States: Provided, That
such available funds shall not exceed $10,000 and shall be
administered by the Director of the Administrative Office
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of the United States Courts in his capacity as Secretary
of the Judicial Conference.
SEC. 305. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, none of the funds made available under this title shall
be used for any conference or meeting authorized under sec-
tion 333 of title 28, United States Code, if such conference
or meeting takes place at a location outside the geographic
boundaries of the circuit court of appeals over which the
chief judge presides, except in the case of the Court of Ap-
peals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which shall be
permitted to host conferences or meetings within a 50 mile
radius of the District of Columbia without regard to the
geographic boundaries of the circuit.
(b) Of the funds appropriated under this title, no cir-
cuit shall receive more than $100,000 for conferences con-
vened under section 333 of title 28, United States Code, dur-
ing any year.
SEC. 306. (a) Section 333 of title 28, United States
Code, is amended—
(1) in the first paragraph, by striking ‘‘shall’’
the first, second, and fourth place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘may’’; and
(2) in the second paragraph—
(A) by striking ‘‘shall’’ the first place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘may’’; and
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(B) by striking ‘‘, and unless excused by the
chief judge, shall remain throughout the con-
ference’’.
(b) In the interest of saving taxpayer dollars and re-
ducing the cost of Government, it is the sense of the Senate
that the chief judges of the various United States circuit
courts should use new communications technologies to con-
duct judicial conferences.
(c) This section shall apply only to contracts entered
into after the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 307. DISAPPROVAL OF AMENDMENTS RELATING TO
LOWERING OF CRACK SENTENCES AND SEN-
TENCES 
FOR 
MONEY 
LAUNDERING 
AND
TRANSACTIONS IN PROPERTY DERIVED FROM
UNLAWFUL ACTIVITY.
In accordance with section 994(p) of title 28, United
States Code, amendments numbered 5 and 18 of the
‘‘Amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines, Policy State-
ments, and Official Commentary’’, submitted by the United
States Sentencing Commission to Congress on May 1, 1995,
are hereby disapproved and shall not take effect.
SEC. 308. Of the funds made available under this Act
or any other Act, no funds shall be expended by the Director
of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to
implement the National Fine Center prior to March 1,
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ties; and to carry out related activities authorized by law,
including employment, without regard to civil service and
classification laws, of persons on a temporary basis (not
to exceed $700,000 of this appropriation), as authorized by
22 U.S.C. 1471, and entertainment, including official re-
ceptions, within the United States, not to exceed $25,000
as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 1474(3); $429,000,000: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $1,400,000 may be used for rep-
resentation abroad as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 1452 and
4085: Provided further, That not to exceed $7,615,000 to
remain available until expended, may be credited to this
appropriation from fees or other payments received from
or in connection with English teaching, library, motion pic-
tures, and publication programs as authorized by section
810 of the United States Information and Educational Ex-
change Act of 1948, as amended: Provided further, That not
to exceed $1,700,000 to remain available until expended
may be used to carry out projects involving security con-
struction and related improvements for agency facilities not
physically located together with Department of State facili-
ties abroad.
TECHNOLOGY FUND
For expenses necessary to enable the United States In-
formation Agency to provide for the procurement of infor-
mation technology improvements, as authorized by the
United States Information and Educational Exchange Act