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fiscal year 2004 appropriation from the general fund esti-
mated at not more than $0: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding section 1353 of title 31, United States Code, 
no Commissioner or employee of the Securities and Ex-
change Commission may accept, nor may the Commission 
accept, payment or reimbursement from a non-Federal en-
tity for travel, subsistence, or related expenses for the pur-
pose of enabling a Commissioner or employee to attend 
and participate in a convention, conference, or meeting 
when the entity offering payment or reimbursement is a 
person or corporation subject to regulation by the Com-
mission, or represents a person or corporation subject to 
regulation by the Commission, unless the person or cor-
poration is an organization exempt from taxation pursuant 
to section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
of the Small Business Administration as authorized by 
Public Law 105–135, including hire of passenger motor 
vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344, and 
not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $326,592,000: Provided, That the Adminis-
trator is authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of pub-
lications developed by the Small Business Administration,
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and certain loan servicing activities: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues received 
from all such activities shall be credited to this account, 
to be available for carrying out these purposes without fur-
ther appropriations. 
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, $13,000,000. 
BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, $1,910,000, to be avail-
able until expended; and for the cost of guaranteed loans, 
$84,805,000, as authorized by 15 U.S.C. 631 note, of 
which $45,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2005: Provided, That such costs, including the cost 
of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur-
ther, That during fiscal year 2004 commitments to guar-
antee loans under section 503 of the Small Business In-
vestment Act of 1958, shall not exceed $4,500,000,000: 
Provided further, That during fiscal year 2004 commit-
ments for general business loans authorized under section 
7(a) of the Small Business Act, shall not exceed 
$10,000,000,000 without prior notification of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and Senate in accordance with section 605 of this Act:
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Provided further, That during fiscal year 2004 commit-
ments to guarantee loans for debentures and participating 
securities under section 303(b) of the Small Business In-
vestment Act of 1958, shall not exceed the levels estab-
lished by section 20(i)(1)(C) of the Small Business Act: 
Provided further, That during fiscal year 2004 guarantees 
of trust certificates authorized by section 5(g) of the Small 
Business Act shall not exceed a principal amount of 
$10,000,000,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $129,000,000, 
which may be transferred to and merged with the appro-
priations for Salaries and Expenses. 
DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans authorized by section 7(b) 
of the Small Business Act, $72,665,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct loan program, $117,585,000, which may be 
transferred to and merged with appropriations for Salaries 
and Expenses, of which $500,000 is for the Office of In-
spector General of the Small Business Administration for 
audits and reviews of disaster loans and the disaster loan 
program and shall be transferred to and merged with ap-
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propriations for the Office of Inspector General; of which 
$108,000,000 is for direct administrative expenses of loan 
making and servicing to carry out the direct loan program; 
and of which $9,085,000 is for indirect administrative ex-
penses: Provided, That any amount in excess of 
$9,085,000 to be transferred to and merged with appro-
priations for Salaries and Expenses for indirect adminis-
trative expenses shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
funds under section 605 of this Act and shall not be avail-
able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 
with the procedures set forth in that section. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—SMALL BUSINESS 
ADMINISTRATION 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Small Business 
Administration in this Act may be transferred between 
such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be 
increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: 
Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this paragraph 
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec-
tion 605 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section.
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STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, 
as authorized by the State Justice Institute Authorization 
Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–572), $3,000,000: Provided, 
That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official 
reception and representation expenses. 
TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 601. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 
not authorized by the Congress. 
SEC. 602. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited 
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter 
of public record and available for public inspection, except 
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 604. If any provision of this Act or the applica-
tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall 
be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica-
tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other
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than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be af-
fected thereby. 
SEC. 605. (a) None of the funds provided under this 
Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 
agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli-
gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2004, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 
by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that (1) creates new 
programs; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
project or activity for which funds have been denied or 
restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorga-
nizes offices, programs, or activities; or (6) contracts out 
or privatizes any functions or activities presently per-
formed by Federal employees; unless the Appropriations 
Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified 15 
days in advance of such reprogramming of funds. 
(b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or 
provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agen-
cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 
or expenditure in fiscal year 2004, or provided from any 
accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 
the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by