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ment; and of which $54,000,000 shall be made available for
the United States Customs Service for the purchase of non-
intrusive inspection technology, including $10,000,000 for
a high energy container inspection system for sea-going con-
tainers, $3,400,000 for the automated targeting system, and
$40,600,000 to purchase equipment for the Southern land
border;
(2) As authorized by section 32401, $13,239,000 to the
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms for disbursement
through grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts to local
governments for Gang Resistance Education and Training:
Provided, That notwithstanding sections 32401 and
310001, such funds shall be allocated to State and local law
enforcement and prevention organizations;
(3) As authorized by section 180103, $1,000,000 to the
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for specialized
training for rural law enforcement officers.
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Center, as a bureau of the Department of
the Treasury, including materials and support costs of Fed-
eral law enforcement basic training; purchase (not to exceed
52 for police-type use, without regard to the general pur-
chase price limitation) and hire of passenger motor vehicles;
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for expenses for student athletic and related activities; uni-
forms without regard to the general purchase price limita-
tion for the current fiscal year; the conducting of and par-
ticipating in firearms matches and presentation of awards;
for public awareness and enhancing community support of
law enforcement training; not to exceed $9,500 for official
reception and representation expenses; room and board for
student interns; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109; $66,251,000, of which up to $13,450,000 for materials
and support costs of Federal law enforcement basic training
shall remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided,
That the Center is authorized to accept and use gifts of
property, both real and personal, and to accept services, for
authorized purposes, including funding of a gift of intrinsic
value which shall be awarded annually by the Director of
the Center to the outstanding student who graduated from
a basic training program at the Center during the previous
fiscal year, which shall be funded only by gifts received
through the Center’s gift authority: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, students at-
tending training at any Federal Law Enforcement Train-
ing Center site shall reside in on-Center or Center-provided
housing, insofar as available and in accordance with Center
policy: Provided further, That funds appropriated in this
account shall be available, at the discretion of the Director,
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for: training United States Postal Service law enforcement
personnel and Postal police officers; State and local govern-
ment law enforcement training on a space-available basis;
training of foreign law enforcement officials on a space-
available basis with reimbursement of actual costs to this
appropriation, except that reimbursement may be waived
by the Secretary for law enforcement training activities in
foreign countries undertaken pursuant to section 801 of the
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996,
Public Law 104–32; training of private sector security offi-
cials on a space-available basis with reimbursement of ac-
tual costs to this appropriation; and travel expenses of non-
Federal personnel to attend course development meetings
and training sponsored by the Center: Provided further,
That the Center is authorized to obligate funds in anticipa-
tion of reimbursements from agencies receiving training
sponsored by the Federal Law Enforcement Training Cen-
ter, except that total obligations at the end of the fiscal year
shall not exceed total budgetary resources available at the
end of the fiscal year: Provided further, That the Federal
Law Enforcement Training Center is authorized to provide
training for the Gang Resistance Education and Training
program to Federal and non-Federal personnel at any facil-
ity in partnership with ATF: Provided further, That the
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is authorized to
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provide short-term medical services for students undergoing
training at the Center.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND
RELATED EXPENSES
For expansion of the Federal Law Enforcement Train-
ing Center, for acquisition of necessary additional real
property and facilities, and for ongoing maintenance, facil-
ity improvements, and related expenses, $15,360,000, to re-
main available until expended.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Management
Service, $196,490,000, of which not to exceed $13,235,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2001 for infor-
mation systems modernization initiatives: Provided, That
of the amount provided, $4,500,000 shall remain available
until expended for postage and shall not be obligated before
September 30, 1999: Provided further, That, pursuant to
39 U.S.C. 3206(a), funds shall continue to be provided to
the United States Postal Service for postage due: Provided
further, That of the amount provided, funds are authorized
to be used for year 2000 conversion costs pending the avail-
ability of funding through emergency appropriation, pursu-
ant to ‘‘Funds Appropriated to the President, Information
Technology Systems and Related Expenses’’.
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DEBT COLLECTION IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT
To make payments by the Secretary of the Treasury
to reimburse agencies for qualified expenses, as authorized
by 31 U.S.C. 3720C, not to exceed $3,000,000, to be derived
from increased agency collections of delinquent debt, as au-
thorized by such provision, and to remain available until
September 30, 2001.
FEDERAL FINANCING BANK
For liquidation of certain debts to the United States
Treasury incurred by the Federal Financing Bank pursu-
ant to section 9(b) of the Federal Financing Bank Act of
1973, $3,317,690,000.
BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco and Firearms, including purchase of not to exceed
650 vehicles for police-type use for replacement only and
hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire of aircraft; services
of expert witnesses at such rates as may be determined by
the Director; for payment of per diem and/or subsistence
allowances to employees where an assignment to the Na-
tional Response Team during the investigation of a bomb-
ing or arson incident requires an employee to work 16 hours
or more per day or to remain overnight at his or her post
of duty; not to exceed $12,500 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; for training of State and local law
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enforcement agencies with or without reimbursement, in-
cluding training in connection with the training and acqui-
sition of canines for explosives and fire accelerants detec-
tion; and provision of laboratory assistance to State and
local 
agencies, 
with 
or 
without 
reimbursement;
$529,489,000, of which $27,000,000 may be used for the
Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative; of which not to
exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the payment of at-
torneys’ fees as provided by 18 U.S.C. 924(d)(2): Provided,
That such funds shall be available for the equipping of any
vessel, vehicle, equipment, or aircraft available for official
use by a State or local law enforcement agency if the con-
veyance will be used in drug-related joint law enforcement
operations with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Fire-
arms and for the payment of overtime salaries, travel, fuel,
training, equipment, and other similar costs of State and
local law enforcement officers that are incurred in joint op-
erations with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms:
Provided further, That no funds made available by this or
any other Act may be used to transfer the functions, mis-
sions, or activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms to other agencies or Departments in the fiscal
year ending on September 30, 1998: Provided further, That
of the funds made available, $4,500,000 shall be made avail-
able for the expansion of the National Tracing Center: Pro-