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gram of the National Institute of Standards and Technology,
$525,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which not
to exceed $1,710,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital
Fund’’: Provided, That notwithstanding the time limitations
imposed by 15 U.S.C. 278k(c) (1) and (5) on the duration of Federal
financial assistance that may be awarded by the Secretary of Com-
merce to Regional Centers for the Transfer of Manufacturing Tech-
nology (‘‘Centers’’), such Federal financial assistance for a Center
may continue beyond six years and may be renewed for additional
periods, not to exceed three years each, at a rate not to exceed
one-third of the Center’s total annual costs, subject before any
such renewal to a positive evaluation of the Center and to a finding
by the Secretary of Commerce that continuation of Federal funding
to that Center is in the best interest of the Regional Centers
for the Transfer of Manufacturing Technology Program.
CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES
For construction of new research facilities, including architec-
tural and engineering design, not otherwise provided for the
National Institute of Standards and Technology, as authorized by
15 U.S.C. 278c–278e, $64,686,000, to remain available until
expended.
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 439 commissioned officers on the active list; as authorized
by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; construction of facilities, including
initial equipment as authorized by 33 U.S.C. 883i; grants, contracts,
or other payments to nonprofit organizations for the purposes of
conducting activities pursuant to cooperative agreements; and alter-
ation, modernization, and relocation of facilities as authorized by
33 U.S.C. 883i; $1,835,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 but consistent with
other existing law, in addition to fees currently being assessed
and collected, additional fees shall be assessed, collected, and cred-
ited to this appropriation as offsetting collections to be available
until expended, to recover the costs of administering marine sanc-
tuary and 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 1995, so
as to result in a final general fund appropriation estimated at
not more than $1,829,000,000: Provided further, That any such
additional fees received in excess of $6,000,000 in fiscal year 1995
shall not be available for obligation until October 1, 1995: Provided
further, That in addition, $55,500,000 shall be derived by transfer
from the fund entitled ‘‘Promote and Develop Fishery Products
and Research Pertaining to American Fisheries’’: Provided further,
That hereafter all receipts received from the sale of aeronautical
charts that result from an increase in the price of individual charts
above the level in effect for such charts on September 30, 1993,
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shall be deposited in this account as an offsetting collection and
shall be available for obligation: Provided further, 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 and
shall not be less than $500,000, and any grant made in fiscal
year 1995 to a State which did not receive funding under this
program in fiscal year 1994 shall not exceed $800,000: Provided
further, That of the total amount appropriated in this paragraph,
$16,000,000 shall be available for the integrated program office
for convergence of civilian and military polar-orbiting meteorological
satellites: Provided further, That of the offsetting collections credited
to this account, $123,000 are permanently canceled.
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).
CONSTRUCTION
For repair and modification of, and additions to, existing facili-
ties and construction of new facilities, and for facility planning
and design and land acquisition not otherwise provided for the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, $97,600,000;
of which $2,500,000 is for a grant to the City of Kansas City,
Missouri, for development of a weather and environmental center;
and of which the following amounts shall be available to carry
out continuing construction activities: $3,500,000 for a grant for
construction of a Multispecies Aquaculture Center in the State
of New Jersey; $1,000,000 for a grant to the Mystic Seaport, Mystic,
Connecticut, for a maritime education center; $5,200,000 for a grant
to the Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Education in
Indiana; and $2,000,000 for a grant for the construction of the
Massachusetts Biotechnology Research Institute in Boston; and all
sums in this paragraph are to remain available until expended:
Provided, That subject to the availability of appropriations provided
in advance for these purposes, the Secretary of Commerce is granted
approval to enter into a contract with Florida State University
which shall: (1) provide the University with funds to assist in
the construction and associated expenses, including parking, of
a meteorological sciences building on its Tallahassee, Florida, cam-
pus; and (2) include a space agreement with the University at
no cost to the Government, other than for operational expenses,
for space in this building for use as the Weather Forecast Office:
Provided further, That if the Secretary of Commerce determines
that the property that was transferred to the United States by
the City of Clovis, California, by a deed dated November 20, 1984,
for use as a weather forecasting office, is no longer needed for
such use, title to that property, and improvements thereto, shall
revert to the City of Clovis, California.
FLEET MODERNIZATION, SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION
For expenses necessary for the repair, construction, acquisition,
leasing, or conversion of vessels, including related equipment to
maintain and modernize the existing fleet and to continue planning
the modernization of the fleet, for the National Oceanic and
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Atmospheric Administration, $23,040,000, to remain available until
expended.
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.
FISHING VESSEL AND GEAR DAMAGE COMPENSATION FUND
For carrying out the provisions of section 3 of Public Law
95–376, not to exceed $1,273,000 to be derived from receipts col-
lected 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 receipts collected
pursuant to that Act, to remain available until expended.
FOREIGN FISHING OBSERVER FUND
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Atlan-
tic 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 Fish-
eries Promotion Act (Public Law 96–561), there are appropriated
from the fees imposed under the foreign fishery observer program
authorized by these Acts, not to exceed $400,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the general administration of the
Department of Commerce provided for by law, including not to
exceed $3,000 for official entertainment, $36,510,000: Provided,
That of the offsetting collections credited to this account, $17,000
are permanently canceled.
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 (5 U.S.C. App. 1–11 as amended by Public Law 100–
504), $16,900,000.
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for collecting, compiling, analyzing,
preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for by law,
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$136,000,000: Provided, That of the offsetting collections credited
to this account, $225,000 are permanently canceled.
PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS
For expenses necessary to collect and publish statistics for
periodic censuses and programs provided for by law, $142,576,000,
to remain available until expended.
ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of economic
and statistical analysis programs of the Department of Commerce,
$46,937,000, to remain available until September 30, 1996: Pro-
vided, That of the offsetting collections credited to this account,
$2,000 are permanently canceled.
ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS ADMINISTRATION REVOLVING FUND
There is hereby established the Economics and Statistics
Administration Revolving Fund which shall be available without
fiscal year limitation. For initial capitalization, there is appropriated
$1,677,000 to the Fund: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce
is authorized to disseminate 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, receipts
received from these data dissemination activities shall be credited
to this account as offsetting collections, to be available for carrying
out these purposes without further appropriation.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses for international trade activities of
the Department of Commerce provided for by law, and engaging
in trade promotional activities abroad, including expenses of grants
and cooperative agreements for the purpose of promoting exports
of United States firms to include a grant of $9,000,000 for the
National Textile Center University Consortium, without regard to
44 U.S.C. 3702 and 3703; full medical coverage for dependent
members of immediate families of employees stationed overseas
and employees temporarily posted overseas; travel and transpor-
tation of employees of the United States and Foreign Commercial
Service between two points abroad, without regard to 49 U.S.C.
1517; employment of Americans and aliens by contract for services;
rental of space abroad for periods not exceeding ten years, and
expenses of alteration, repair, or improvement; purchase or
construction of temporary demountable exhibition structures for
use abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized
in the first paragraph of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when such claims arise
in foreign countries; not to exceed $327,000 for official representa-
tion expenses abroad; purchase of passenger motor vehicles for
official use abroad, not to exceed $30,000 per vehicle; obtain insur-
ance on official motor vehicles; and rent tie lines and teletype
equipment; $266,450,000, to remain available until expended; of
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which $930,000 is for a grant to the Michigan Biotechnology
Institute; $1,000,000 is for a grant to the Emerging Technologies
Institute in Sacramento, California; $1,700,000 is for a grant to
the Massachusetts Biotechnology Research Institute; $1,200,000 is
for a grant to the Center for Global Competitiveness in Loretto,
Pennsylvania; and $3,400,000 is for a grant to the Textile Clothing
Technology Center: Provided, That the provisions of the first sen-
tence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f)
and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these activities without
regard to 15 U.S.C. 4912; and that for the purpose of this Act,
contributions under the provisions of the Mutual Educational and
Cultural Exchange Act shall include payment for assessments for
services provided as part of these activities.
EXPORT ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses for export administration and national
security activities of the Department of Commerce, including costs
associated with the performance of export administration field
activities both domestically and abroad; full medical coverage for
dependent members of immediate families of employees stationed
overseas; employment of Americans and aliens by contract for serv-
ices abroad; rental of space abroad for periods not exceeding ten
years, and expenses of alteration, repair, or improvement; payment
of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph
of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when such claims arise in foreign countries;
not to exceed $15,000 for official representation expenses abroad;
awards of compensation to informers under the Export Administra-
tion Act of 1979, and as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 401(b); purchase
of passenger motor vehicles for official use and motor vehicles
for law enforcement use with special requirement vehicles eligible
for purchase without regard to any price limitation otherwise estab-
lished by law; $38,823,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the provisions of the first sentence of section 105(f)
and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural
Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply
in carrying out these activities.
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses of the Department of Commerce in
fostering, promoting, and developing minority business enterprise,
including expenses of grants, contracts, and other agreements with
public or private organizations, $43,900,000, of which $31,872,000
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That $600,000
is available only for a grant for the NTTC to implement a Minority
Apprenticeship Program in Technology Management; $100,000 is
available only for a grant for a Minority Economic Opportunity
Center in Cleveland, Ohio; and $200,000 is available only for a
grant for the U.S.-Africa Trade and Technology Center in Savannah,
Georgia.
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UNITED STATES TRAVEL AND TOURISM ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Travel and Tour-
ism Administration including travel and tourism promotional activi-
ties abroad for travel to the United States and its possessions
without regard to 44 U.S.C. 501, 3702 and 3703, including employ-
ment of American citizens and aliens by contract for services abroad;
rental of space abroad for periods not exceeding five years, and
expenses of alteration, repair, or improvement; purchase or
construction of temporary demountable exhibition structures for
use abroad; advance of funds under contracts abroad; payment
of tort claims in the manner authorized in the first paragraph
of 28 U.S.C. 2672, when such claims arise in foreign countries;
and not to exceed $15,000 for official representation expenses
abroad; $16,407,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That none of the funds appropriated by this paragraph shall be
available to carry out the provisions of section 203(a) of the Inter-
national Travel Act of 1961, as amended.
PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Patent and Trademark Office
provided for by law, including defense of suits instituted against
the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks; $83,000,000, to
remain available until expended, of which $6,000,000 is available
only for the acquisition of high performance computing capability:
Provided, That of the offsetting collections credited to this account,
$2,195,000 are permanently canceled: Provided further, That the
funds made available under this heading are to be derived from
deposits in the Patent and Trademark Office Fee Surcharge Fund
as authorized by law: Provided 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.
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, $10,000,000, of which not to exceed
$2,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 1996.
NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICE
NTIS REVOLVING FUND
For expenses necessary to implement the American Technology
Preeminence Act, $8,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That of the offsetting collections credited to this account,
$140,000 are permanently canceled.
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NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION
ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the National
Telecommunications and Information Administration, $20,981,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the offsetting
collections credited to this account, $2,000 are permanently can-
celed: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1535(d),
the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use as
offsetting collections all funds transferred, or previously transferred,
from other Government agencies for all costs incurred in tele-
communications research, engineering, and related activities by
the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences of the NTIA in fur-
therance of its assigned functions under this paragraph and such
funds received from other Government agencies shall remain avail-
able until expended.
PUBLIC BROADCASTING
FACILITIES, PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION
For grants authorized by section 392 of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended, $29,000,000, to remain available until
expended as authorized by section 391 of said Act, as amended:
Provided, That not to exceed $2,200,000 shall be available for
program administration as authorized by section 391 of said Act:
Provided further, That notwithstanding the provisions of section
391 of said 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: Provided further,
That notwithstanding the provisions of sections 391 and 392 of
the Communications Act, as amended, not to exceed $1,500,000
appropriated in this paragraph shall be available for the Pan-
Pacific Educational and Cultural Experiments by Satellite program
(PEACESAT).
INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS
For grants authorized by section 392 of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended, $64,000,000, to remain available until
expended as authorized by section 391 of said Act, as amended:
Provided, That not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available for
program administration and other support activities as authorized
by section 391 of said Act including support of the Advisory Council
on National Information 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 infra-
structure: Provided further, That notwithstanding the requirements
of section 392(a) and 392(c) of such Act, these funds may be used
for the planning and construction of telecommunications networks
for the provision of educational, cultural, health care, public
information, public safety or other social services.
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ENDOWMENT FOR CHILDREN’S EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the
National Endowment for Children’s Educational Television Act of
1990, title II of Public Law 101–437, including costs for contracts,
grants and administrative expenses, $2,500,000, to remain available
until expended.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
For grants for economic development assistance as provided
by the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as
amended, Public Law 91–304, and such laws that were in effect
immediately before September 30, 1982, and for trade adjustment
assistance, $408,024,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available under this heading may be
used directly or indirectly for attorneys’ or consultants’ fees in
connection with securing grants and contracts made by the Eco-
nomic Development Administration: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Commerce
may provide financial assistance for projects to be located on mili-
tary installations closed or scheduled for closure or realignment
to grantees eligible for assistance under the Public Works and
Economic Development Act of 1965, as amended, without it being
required that the grantee have title or ability to obtain a lease
for the property, for the useful life of the project, when in the
opinion of the Secretary of Commerce, such financial assistance
is necessary for the economic development of the area: Provided
further, That the Secretary of Commerce may, as the Secretary
considers appropriate, consult with the Secretary of Defense regard-
ing the title to land on military installations closed or scheduled
for closure or realignment.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of administering the economic develop-
ment assistance programs as provided for by law, $32,205,000:
Provided, That these funds may be used to monitor projects
approved pursuant to title I of the Public Works Employment
Act of 1976, as amended, title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended, and the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act of
1977.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
SEC. 201. During the current fiscal year, applicable appropria-
tions and funds made available to the Department 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 said 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, appropriations made
available to the Department of Commerce by this Act for salaries
and expenses shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles
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as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; services as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and uniforms 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 activi-
ties that are under the control of the United States Air Force
or the United States Air Force Reserve.
SEC. 204. None of the funds provided in this or any previous
Act, or hereinafter made available to the Department of Commerce
shall be available to reimburse the Unemployment 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 decennial
census of population.
SEC. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made
available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Commerce
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 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. 206. (a) Of the budgetary resources available to the
Department of Commerce during fiscal year 1995, $12,355,000 are
permanently canceled.
(b) The Secretary of Commerce shall allocate the amount of
budgetary resources canceled among the Department’s accounts
available for procurement and procurement-related expenses.
Amounts available for procurement and procurement-related
expenses in each such account shall be reduced by the amount
allocated to such account.
(c) For the purpose of this section, the definition of ‘‘procure-
ment’’ includes all stages of the process of acquiring property or
services, beginning with the process of determining a need for
a product or services and ending with contract completion and
closeout, as specified in 41 U.S.C. 403(2).
TITLE III—THE JUDICIARY
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the operation of the Supreme 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 transporting 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, $24,240,000.
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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),
$3,000,000, of which $260,000 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, $13,438,000.
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 authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and necessary expenses of the court, as authorized
by law, $11,685,000.
COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER JUDICIAL
SERVICES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For the salaries of circuit and district judges (including 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, mag-
istrate judges, and all other officers and employees of the Federal
Judiciary not otherwise specifically provided for, and necessary
expenses of the courts, as authorized by law, $2,340,127,000 (includ-
ing the purchase of firearms and ammunition); of which not to
exceed $14,454,000 shall remain available until expended for space
alteration projects; of which not to exceed $11,000,000 shall remain
available until expended for furniture and furnishings 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 newspapers, 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 Child-
hood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, not to exceed $2,250,000 to be
appropriated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund.
DEFENDER SERVICES
For the operation of Federal Public Defender and Community
Defender organizations, the compensation and reimbursement of
expenses of attorneys appointed to represent 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
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Act maximums) and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys
appointed to assist the court in criminal cases where the defendant
has waived representation by counsel, the compensation and
reimbursement of travel expenses of guardians 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 United States has a treaty for the execu-
tion of penal sentences, and the compensation of attorneys
appointed to represent jurors in civil actions for the protection
of their employment, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d),
$250,000,000, to remain available until expended as authorized
by 18 U.S.C. 3006A(i): Provided, That not to exceed $19,800,000
shall be available for Death Penalty Resource Centers.
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 commissioners appointed
in condemnation cases pursuant to rule 71A(h) of the Federal
Rules of Civil Procedure (28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71A(h));
$59,346,000, 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, incident
to the procurement, installation, and maintenance of security equip-
ment and protective services for the United States Courts in court-
rooms and adjacent areas, including building ingress-egress control,
inspection of packages, directed security patrols, and other similar
activities as authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improvement
and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100–702); $97,000,000, to
be expended directly or transferred to the United States Marshals
Service which shall be responsible for administering elements of
the Judicial Security Program consistent with standards or guide-
lines 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), advertising 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.
FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Center, as
authorized by Public Law 90–219, $18,828,000; of which $1,800,000
shall remain available through September 30, 1996, to provide
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education and training to Federal court personnel; and of which
not to exceed $1,000 is authorized for official reception and represen-
tation 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), $21,000,000, to the Judicial Survi-
vors’ Annuities Fund, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 376(c), $6,900,000,
and to the United States Court of Federal Claims Judges’ Retire-
ment Fund, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 178(l), $575,000.
UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provi-
sions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States Code, $8,800,000,
of which not to exceed $1,000 is authorized for official reception
and representation expenses.
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 established 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 appro-
priation, 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 available 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 of the United States Courts in his capacity
as Secretary of the Judicial Conference.
This title may be cited as ‘‘The Judiciary Appropriations Act,
1995’’.
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TITLE IV—RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION
OPERATING-DIFFERENTIAL SUBSIDIES
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY)
For the payment of obligations incurred for operating-differen-
tial subsidies as authorized by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936,
as amended, $214,356,000, to remain available until expended.
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING
For necessary expenses of operations and training activities
authorized by law, $76,100,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of Transportation may use proceeds derived from the
sale or disposal of National Defense Reserve Fleet vessels that
are currently collected and retained by the Maritime Administra-
tion, to be used for facility and ship maintenance, modernization
and repair, conversion, acquisition of equipment, and fuel costs
necessary to maintain training at the United States Merchant
Marine Academy and State maritime academies: Provided further,
That reimbursements may be made to this appropriation from
receipts to the ‘‘Federal Ship Financing Fund’’ for administrative
expenses in support of that program in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated.
Of the budgetary resources available to the Maritime Adminis-
tration of the Department of Transportation during fiscal year
1995, $360,000 are permanently canceled. The Secretary of
Transportation shall allocate the amount of budgetary resources
canceled 
among 
the 
Department’s 
Maritime 
Administration
accounts available for procurement and procurement-related
expenses. Amounts available for procurement and procurement-
related expenses in each such account shall be reduced by the
amount allocated to such account. For the purposes of this para-
graph, the definition of ‘‘procurement’’ includes all stages of the
process of acquiring property or services, beginning with the process
of determining a need for a product or services and ending with
contract completion and closeout, as specified in 41 U.S.C. 403(2).
READY RESERVE FORCE
(INCLUDING RESCISSION)
For necessary expenses to acquire and maintain a surge ship-
ping capability in the National Defense Reserve Fleet in an
advanced state of readiness and for related programs, $150,000,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That reimbursement
may be made to the Operations and Training appropriation for
expenses related to this program.
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading,
$158,000,000 are rescinded.
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MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by the Merchant
Marine Act of 1936, $25,000,000, to remain available 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, as amended.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the
guaranteed loan program, not to exceed $2,000,000, which shall
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for Operations
and Training.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Maritime
Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and services and
make necessary repairs in connection with any lease, contract,
or occupancy involving Government property under control of the
Maritime Administration, and payments received therefor shall be
credited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: Pro-
vided, That rental payments under any such lease, contract, or
occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, or repairs
shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
No obligations shall be incurred during the current fiscal year
from the construction fund established by the Merchant Marine
Act, 1936, or otherwise, in excess of the appropriations and limita-
tions contained in this Act or in any prior appropriation Act, and
all receipts which otherwise would be deposited to the credit of
said fund shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous
receipts.
COMMISSION ON IMMIGRATION REFORM
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Immigration
Reform pursuant to section 141(f) of the Immigration Act of 1990,
$1,894,000, to remain available until expended.
COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Security and
Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public Law 94–304,
$1,090,000, to remain available until expended as authorized by
section 3 of Public Law 99–7.
COMPETITIVENESS POLICY COUNCIL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Competitiveness Policy Council
as authorized by section 5209 of the Omnibus Trade and Competi-
tiveness Act of 1988, $1,000,000 to remain available until expended.
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MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Commission
as authorized by title II of Public Law 92–522, as amended,
$1,384,000.
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. FEDERAL HOLIDAY COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal
Holiday Commission, as authorized by Public Law 98–399, as
amended, $300,000.
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the United States Trade
Representative, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles and
the employment of experts and consultants as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109, $20,949,000, of which $2,500,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $98,000 shall
be available for official reception and representation expenses.
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the Small
Business Administration as authorized by Public Law 101–574,
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 representation expenses, $258,175,000 of which $15,000,000
shall be available to implement section 24 of the Small Business
Act, as amended, including $500,000 to be made available only
to the City of Buffalo, New York: Provided, That section 24(e)
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 651(e)) is amended by striking
‘‘fiscal years 1992 through 1994’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘fiscal
years 1995 through 1997’’: Provided further, That section 112(c)(2)
of the Small Business Administration Reauthorization and Amend-
ment Act of 1988 (102 Stat. 2996) is amended by striking ‘‘October
1, 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 1997’’: Provided further, That
the Administrator is authorized to charge fees to cover the cost
of publications developed by the Small Business Administraton;
certain loan servicing activities; and installing and servicing the
agency’s computer-based electronic bulletin board: 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 further appropriation. Of
the total amount appropriated in this paragraph, $77,375,000 shall
be available for grants for performance in fiscal year 1995 or fiscal
year 1996 for Small Business Development Centers as authorized
by section 21 of the Small Business Act, as amended, of which
$3,375,000 shall be available to carry out Defense economic transi-
tion technical assistance as authorized by 15 U.S.C. 648(c)(3)(G):
Provided further, That not more than $500,000 of the total amount
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in this paragraph shall be available to pay the expenses of the
National Small Business Development Center Advisory Board and
to reimburse Centers for participating in evaluations as provided
in section 20(a) of such Act, and to maintain a clearinghouse as
provided in section 21(g)(2) of such Act.
None of the funds appropriated for the Small Business Adminis-
tration under this Act may be used to impose any new or increased
user fee or management assistance fee for the Small Business
Development Center Program.
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 (5 U.S.C. App. 1–11 as amended by Public Law 100–
504), $8,500,000.
BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans, $9,596,000, and for the cost of
guaranteed loans, $278,305,000, as authorized by 15 U.S.C. 631
note, of which $1,216,000, to be available until expended, shall
be for the Microloan Guarantee Program, and of which the following
shall remain available until September 30, 1996: $15,990,000 for
the Small Business Investment Company Debentures Program;
$7,398,000 for the Specialized Small Business Investment Company
Program; and $20,457,000 for the Small Business Investment Com-
pany Participating Securities Program, and of which $30,000,000
shall be used to pre-pay the Federal Financing Bank for debentures
guaranteed by the Administration pursuant to section 503 of the
Small Business Investment Act: 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
expenses not otherwise provided for, of the Small Business Adminis-
tration, $27,350,000 of which: $750,000 shall be available for a
grant to the North Carolina Biotechnology Center for a demonstra-
tion project which would integrate small business formation and
preparation of a biotechnology workforce; $500,000 shall be avail-
able for continuation of a grant to the Van Emmons Population
Marketing Analysis Center, Towanda, Pennsylvania, for an
integrated small business data base to assist Appalachian Region
small businesses; $1,000,000 shall be available for continuation
of a grant to the City of Prestonsburg, Kentucky, for small business
development assistance; $375,000 shall be available for a grant
to the State of Nebraska for establishing the Nebraska Micro Enter-
prise Initiative to include a clearinghouse and training and counsel-
ing programs; $3,000,000 shall be available for continuation of
a grant to the National Center for Genome Resources in New
Mexico to provide consulting assistance, information and related
services to small businesses and for related purposes; $1,000,000
shall be available for continuation of a grant for the Genesis Small
Business Incubator Facility, Fayetteville, Arkansas; $500,000 shall
be available for a grant to an entity in Bozeman, Montana, to
establish a small business assistance center to assist small
businesses to qualify and participate in the Small Business Innova-
tion Research (SBIR) program; $1,000,000 shall be available for
continuation of a grant to the Center for Entrepreneurial Oppor-
tunity in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, to provide for a small business
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consulting and assistance center for entrepreneurial opportunities;
$1,500,000 for a grant to a consortium in Buffalo, New York, to
provide assistance to small businesses for technical improvement
of commercial industrial products; $250,000 shall be available for
a grant to the Western Massachusetts Enterprise Fund to expand
microlending to entrepreneurs and small businesses; $400,000 shall
be available for continuation of a grant to the State of Ohio, Depart-
ment of Development, International Trade Division to assist small
businesses to expand export opportunities; $1,000,000 shall be avail-
able for continuation of a grant to assist the development of a
small business consulting, information and assistance center in
Hazard, Kentucky; $2,000,000 shall be available for continuation
of a grant to the WVHTC Foundation for build-out, equipment,
and operations costs for a small business incubator facility and
for an outreach grant program to assist small business economic
development; $125,000 shall be available for a grant to an organiza-
tion in Bowling Green, Kentucky, to establish a small business
pilot program to convert municipal waste into a marketable product;
$2,500,000 shall be available for a grant to the City of Carbondale,
Pennsylvania, to establish and operate a small business incubator
facility; $500,000 shall be available for continuation of a grant
to the New York City Public Library for construction and related
costs for the Industry and Business Library; $200,000 shall be
available for continuation of a grant to assist the Small Business
Institute program of the Small Business Administration to establish
and operate a National Data Center Small Business Institute pro-
gram in Conway, Arkansas; $4,000,000 shall be available for a
grant to the Unified Technology Center in Cleveland, Ohio, to
assist small businesses in the design of high quality environ-
mentally sound processes; $1,250,000 shall be available for a grant
to the City of Whitesburg, Kentucky, to develop and equip a facility
to promote the development of small businesses and enhance eco-
nomic development; $2,500,000 shall be available for a grant to
the City of Wheeling, West Virginia, for the Oglebay Small Business
Rural Development Center; $1,000,000 shall be available for a
grant for a Small Business Development Institute in North Philadel-
phia, Pennsylvania, for a facility to assist and train minority small
businesses; $250,000 shall be available for continuation of a grant
to the City of Espanola, New Mexico, for the second phase of
the development of the Espanola Plaza project to assist small
businesses and enhance economic development; $1,000,000 shall
be available for a grant to North Central West Virginia Community
Action to establish a small business rural enterprise training
institute and microloan demonstration program; $500,000 shall be
available for a grant to the Mississippi Delta Small Business Tech-
nology Project, Little Rock, Arkansas, for technology education for
small business owners and employees; and $250,000 shall be avail-
able for a grant to establish a small business incubator facility
in West Charlotte, North Carolina.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct
and guaranteed loan programs, $97,000,000, which may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriations for Salaries and
Expenses.
DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans authorized by section 7(b) of the
Small Business Act, as amended, $52,153,000, to remain available
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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: Provided further, That none
of the funds provided in this or any other Act may be used for
the cost of direct loans to any borrower under section 7(b) of
the Small Business Act to relocate voluntarily outside the business
area in which the disaster has occurred.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct
loan program, $78,000,000, which may be transferred to and merged
with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses.
In addition, for the cost of emergency disaster loans and associ-
ated administrative expenses, $125,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That these funds, or any portion thereof,
shall be available beginning in fiscal year 1995 to the extent that
the President notifies the Congress of his designation of any or
all of these amounts as emergency requirements under the Budget
Enforcement Act of 1990: Provided further, That Congress hereby
designates these amounts as emergency requirements pursuant
to section 251(b)(2)(D).
SURETY BOND GUARANTEES REVOLVING FUND
For additional capital for the ‘‘Surety Bond Guarantees Revolv-
ing Fund’’, authorized by the Small Business Investment Act, as
amended, $5,369,000, to remain available without fiscal year limita-
tion as authorized by 15 U.S.C. 631 note.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 401. (a) Of the budgetary resources available to the Small
Business Administration during fiscal year 1995, $1,021,000 are
permanently canceled.
(b) The Administrator of the Small Business Administration
shall allocate the amount of budgetary resources canceled among
the agency’s accounts available for procurement and procurement-
related expenses. Amounts available for procurement and procure-
ment-related expenses in each such account shall be reduced by
the amount allocated to such account.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the definition of ‘‘procure-
ment’’ includes all stages of the process of acquiring property or
services, beginning with the process of determining a need for
a product or services and ending with contract completion and
closeout, as specified in 41 U.S.C. 403(2).
SEC. 402. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made
available for the current fiscal year for the Small Business Adminis-
tration 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 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.
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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to carry out
the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974, as
amended, $415,000,000; of which $350,700,000 is for basic field
programs; $9,390,000 is for Native American programs; $13,830,000
is for migrant programs; $1,435,000 is for law school clinics;
$1,305,000 is for supplemental field programs; $870,000 is for
regional training centers; $10,800,000 is for national support;
$11,585,000 is for State support; $785,000 is for client initiatives;
$1,145,000 is for the Clearinghouse; $655,000 is for computer
assisted legal research regional centers; and $12,500,000 is for
Corporation management and administration.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
SEC. 403. (a) Funds appropriated under this Act to the Legal
Services Corporation and distributed to each grantee funded in
fiscal year 1995, pursuant to the number of poor people determined
by the Bureau of the Census to be within its geographical area,
shall be distributed in the following order:
(1) Grants from the Legal Services Corporation and con-
tracts entered into with the Legal Services Corporation under
section 1006(a)(1) of the Legal Services Corporation Act, as
amended, shall be maintained in fiscal year 1995 at not less
than the annual level at which each grantee and contractor
was funded in fiscal year 1994 pursuant to Public Law 103–
121.
(2) 50 percent of new basic field funds shall be awarded
to grantees and contractors funded at the lowest levels per-
poor-person (calculated for each grantee or contractor by divid-
ing each such grantee or contractor’s fiscal year 1994 grant
level by the number of poor persons within its geographical
area under the 1990 census) so as to fund the largest number
of programs possible at an equal per-poor-person amount.
(3) 50 percent of new basic field funds shall be allocated
to grantees and contractors in an amount that is proportionate
to the number of poor people in such grantee or contractor’s
service area as enumerated in the 1990 census.
(b) None of the funds appropriated under this Act to the Legal
Services Corporation shall be expended for any purpose prohibited
or limited by or contrary to any of the provisions of—
(1) section 607 of Public Law 101–515, and that all funds
appropriated for the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject
to the same terms and conditions as set forth in section 607
of Public Law 101–515, except that the funding formulas and
provisos 15, 20 and 22 shall not apply, and all references
to ‘‘1991’’ in section 607 of Public Law 101–515 shall be deemed
to be ‘‘1995’’, unless subparagraph (2) applies; and
(2) authorizing legislation for fiscal year 1995 for the Legal
Services Corporation that is enacted into law.