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Providence, Rhode Island Center for Women and Enterprise for
infrastructure development; $1,200,000 shall be available for a
grant for Northwest Shoals Community College to establish a
Center for Business and Industry; $950,000 shall be available for
a grant to the Family and Children’s Service in Minneapolis, Min-
nesota for community support and development programs;
$1,000,000 shall be available for a grant to the Wisconsin Procure-
ment Institute to develop an electronic based system to provide
access and opportunity to Federal funding; $200,000 shall be for
a grant to the National Association of Development Organizations
Research Foundation to provide training and education assistance
to small business development finance professionals; $750,000 shall
be for a grant to the North Carolina Rural Economic Development
Center for expenses and activities in support of the Capital Access
Program; $500,000 shall be for a grant for the Women’s Initiative
for Self Employment in San Francisco, California; $400,000 shall
be for a grant to Johnstown Area Regional Industries in Pennsyl-
vania for workforce development training programs and Small Busi-
ness Technology Centers; $400,000 shall be for a grant to Seton
Hill University for expenses in support of the Virtual Entrepre-
neurial Center; $200,000 shall be for a grant to the Economic
Growth Connection Paperless Procurement Program; $200,000 shall
be for a grant for the Ridgewood Myrtle Avenue Business Improve-
ment District to conduct a redevelopment study; $400,000 shall
be for a grant to Progress, Inc., to establish a Community Tech-
nology Center; $150,000 shall be for a grant for UPROSE for the
‘‘Sunset Youth Industries’’ project; $415,000 shall be available for
a grant to the Southern and Eastern Kentucky Tourism Develop-
ment Association for continuation of a regional tourism promotion
initiative; and $300,000 shall be for the Arthur Avenue Retail
Market in the Bronx, New York, for facility, improvement, and
maintenance needs to meet the Market’s business requirements:
Provided, That section 625 of title I of division B of Public Law
108–7 is amended with respect to a grant of: (1) $450,000 to the
Bronx Council on the Arts by striking ‘‘help promote stabilization
of small arts organizations’’ and inserting ‘‘provide financial assist-
ance to small arts organizations to help promote stabilization’’;
and (2) $500,000 to the City of Merrill, Wisconsin by striking
all that follows after ‘‘Wisconsin’’ and inserting ‘‘for the capitaliza-
tion of a business development fund.’’.
SEC. 622. None of the funds made available to the Department
of Justice in this Act may be used for the purpose of transporting
an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to conviction for crime
under State or Federal law and is classified as a maximum or
high security prisoner, other than to a prison or other facility
certified by the Federal Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure
for housing such a prisoner.
SEC. 623. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may
be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable television services,
to rent or purchase videocassettes, videocassette recorders, or other
audiovisual or electronic equipment used primarily for recreational
purposes.
(b) The preceding sentence does not preclude the renting,
maintenance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic equipment
for inmate training, religious, or educational programs.
SEC. 624. A Deputy Assistant Administrator for non-contiguous
States and territories shall, through the Senior Executive Service,
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administer Small Business Administration programs in Alaska,
Hawaii, and the territories, including disaster loans to fishermen,
programs benefitting Alaska Native Corporations and Native
Hawaiians, including but not limited to section 8(a) and Historically
Underutilized Business Zones, and all other programs serving
Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians. All disaster loans issued
in Alaska shall be administered by the Small Business Administra-
tion and shall not be sold during fiscal year 2004.
SEC. 625. 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. 626. The Secretary of Commerce shall negotiate or
reevaluate, with the consent of the President, international agree-
ments affecting international ocean policy.
SEC. 627. The Departments of Commerce, Justice, State, the
Judiciary, and the Small Business Administration shall each estab-
lish a policy under which eligible employees may participate in
telecommuting to the maximum extent possible without diminished
employee performance: Provided, That, not later than 6 months
after the date of the enactment of this Act, each of the aforemen-
tioned entities shall provide that the requirements of this section
are applied to 100 percent of the workforce: Provided further, That,
of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Departments of Com-
merce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and the Small Business
Administration, $200,000 shall be available to each Department
or agency only to implement telecommuting programs: Provided
further, That, every 6 months, each Department or agency shall
provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations on the status
of telecommuting programs, including the number of Federal
employees eligible for, and participating in, such programs, and
uses of funds designated under this section: Provided further, That
each Department or agency shall designate a ‘‘Telework Coordi-
nator’’ to be responsible for overseeing the implementation of tele-
commuting programs and serve as a point of contact on such pro-
grams for the Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 628. The paragraph under the heading ‘‘Small Business
Administration—Disaster Loans Program Account’’ in chapter 2
of division B of Public Law 107–117 is amended by inserting ‘‘or
section 7(b) of the Small Business Act’’ after ‘‘September 11, 2001’’.
SEC. 629. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 is amended
as follows—
(1) in section 202(c)(1)(B) by striking ‘‘35 percent’’ and
inserting ‘‘39 percent’’;
(2) in section 202(c) by adding the following new paragraphs
at the end:
‘‘(3) DIVESTITURE.—A person or entity that exceeds the
39 percent national audience reach limitation for television
stations in paragraph (1)(B) through grant, transfer, or assign-
ment of an additional license for a commercial television broad-
cast station shall have not more than 2 years after exceeding
such limitation to come into compliance with such limitation.
This divestiture requirement shall not apply to persons or
entities that exceed the 39 percent national audience reach
limitation through population growth.
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‘‘(4) FORBEARANCE.—Section 10 of the Communications Act
of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 160) shall not apply to any person or entity
that exceeds the 39 percent national audience reach limitation
for television stations in paragraph (1)(B);’’; and
(3) in section 202(h) by striking ‘‘biennially’’ and inserting
‘‘quadrennially’’ and by adding the following new flush sentence
at the end:
‘‘This subsection does not apply to any rules relating to the 39
percent national audience reach limitation in subsection (c)(1)(B).’’.
SEC. 630. (a) Tracing studies conducted by the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives are released without
adequate disclaimers regarding the limitations of the data.
(b) The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
shall include in all such data releases, language similar to the
following that would make clear that trace data cannot be used
to draw broad conclusions about firearms-related crime:
(1) Firearm traces are designed to assist law enforcement
authorities in conducting investigations by tracking the sale
and possession of specific firearms. Law enforcement agencies
may request firearms traces for any reason, and those reasons
are not necessarily reported to the Federal Government. Not
all firearms used in crime are traced and not all firearms
traced are used in crime.
(2) Firearms selected for tracing are not chosen for purposes
of determining which types, makes or models of firearms are
used for illicit purposes. The firearms selected do not constitute
a random sample and should not be considered representative
of the larger universe of all firearms used by criminals, or
any subset of that universe. Firearms are normally traced
to the first retail seller, and sources reported for firearms
traced do not necessarily represent the sources or methods
by which firearms in general are acquired for use in crime.
SEC. 631. Section 503(f) of the Small Business Investment
Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 697(f)) shall be amended by substituting
‘‘March 15, 2004’’ for the last date that appears in the subsection.
SEC. 632. In addition to amounts otherwise appropriated in
this Act, the unobligated balances previously made available by
section 507(g) of Public Law 105–135 shall be available until
expended for the cost of general business loans under section 7(a)
of the Small Business Act.
SEC. 633. (a) There is established in the Treasury of the United
States a trust fund to be known as the International Center for
Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund. The income from
the fund shall be used for operations of the International Center
for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue to promote dialogue and schol-
arship in the Middle East. The fund may accept contributions
and gifts from public and private sources.
(b) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to
invest in full amounts made available to the fund. Such investments
may be made only in interest-bearing obligations of the United
States or in obligations guaranteed as to both principal and interest
by the United States. The interest on, and the proceeds from the
sale or redemption of, any obligations held in the fund shall be
credited to and form a part of the fund and shall remain available
without fiscal year limitation.
(c) For each fiscal year, there is authorized to be appropriated
from the fund for the operations of the International Center for
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Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue the total amount of the interest
and earnings credited to the fund under subsection (b).
(d) There are authorized to be appropriated to the International
Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund, without
fiscal year limitation, such sums as may be necessary to carry
out the provisions of this section and to provide for the permanent
endowment for the International Center for Middle Eastern-
Western Dialogue established under this section.
(e) The United States, through the Department of State, shall
retain ownership of the Palazzo Corpi building in Istanbul, Turkey,
and the Secretary of State shall be responsible for maintaining
the International Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue at
such location.
(f) Section 1321(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended
by inserting after ‘‘(58) Inmates’ fund, workhouse and reformatory,
District of Columbia.’’ the following new paragraph:
‘‘(59) International Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dia-
logue Trust Fund.’’.
SEC. 634. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available under this Act may be used to issue patents on claims
directed to or encompassing a human organism.
SEC. 635. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used to pay expenses for any United States delegation to the
United Nations Human Rights Commission if such commission
is chaired or presided over by a country, the government of which
the Secretary of State has determined, for purposes of section
6(j)(1) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App.
2405(j)(1)), has repeatedly provided support for acts of international
terrorism.
SEC. 636. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used in violation of section 212(a)(10)(C) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act.
SEC. 637. (a) This section may be cited as the ‘‘HELP Commis-
sion Act’’.
(b)(1) The Congress finds that, despite the long-standing efforts
and resources of the United States dedicated to helping needy
people around the world, despair remains and in many areas is
growing.
(2) Therefore, a commission should be established to bring
together the best minds associated with development and humani-
tarian assistance to make a comprehensive review of—
(A) policy decisions, including why certain development
projects are funded and others are not, successes, and best
practices, including their applicability to other existing pro-
grams and projects;
(B) delivery obstacles, including the roles of United States
agencies 
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governmental 
and 
nongovernmental
organizations;
(C) methodology, including whether the delivery of United
States development assistance always represents best practices
and whether it can be improved; and
(D) results, including measuring improvements in human
capacity instead of in purely economic terms.
(3) An examination of these issues should present new
approaches and ideas to ensure that United States development
assistance reaches and benefits its intended recipients.