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thorized by section 905 of the Foreign Service Act of
1980, as amended (22 U.S.C. 4085): Provided, That none
of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be avail-
able for acquisition of furniture and furnishings and gen-
erators for other departments and agencies.
In addition, for the costs of worldwide security up-
grades, $313,617,000, to remain available until expended.
EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR
SERVICE
For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of
State to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplo-
matic and Consular Service pursuant to the requirement
of 31 U.S.C. 3526(e), and as authorized by section 804(3)
of the United States Information and Educational Ex-
change Act of 1948, as amended, $5,500,000, to remain
available until expended as authorized by section 24(c) of
the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22
U.S.C. 2696(c)), of which not to exceed $1,000,000 may
be transferred to and merged with the Repatriation Loans
Program Account, subject to the same terms and condi-
tions.
REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans, $593,000, as authorized
by section 4 of the State Department Basic Authorities
Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2671): Provided, That such costs,
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
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fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974. In addition, for administrative expenses necessary
to carry out the direct loan program, $607,000, which may
be transferred to and merged with the Diplomatic and
Consular Programs account under Administration of For-
eign Affairs.
PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN
For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Rela-
tions Act, Public Law 96–8, $15,375,000.
PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND
DISABILITY FUND
For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and
Disability Fund, as authorized by law, $128,541,000.
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
to meet annual obligations of membership in international
multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties, ratified
pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate, conven-
tions or specific Acts of Congress, $885,203,000: Pro-
vided, That any payment of arrearages under this title
shall be directed toward special activities that are mutually
agreed upon by the United States and the respective inter-
national organization: Provided further, That none of the
funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be available for
a United States contribution to an international organiza-
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tion for the United States share of interest costs made
known to the United States Government by such organiza-
tion for loans incurred on or after October 1, 1984,
through external borrowings: Provided further, That funds
appropriated under this paragraph may be obligated and
expended to pay the full United States assessment to the
civil budget of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING
ACTIVITIES
For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other ex-
penses of international peacekeeping activities directed to
the maintenance or restoration of international peace and
security, 
$500,000,000, 
of 
which 
not 
to 
exceed
$20,000,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2001: Provided, That none of the funds made available
under this Act shall be obligated or expended for any new
or expanded United Nations peacekeeping mission unless,
at least 15 days in advance of voting for the new or ex-
panded mission in the United Nations Security Council
(or in an emergency, as far in advance as is practicable):
(1) the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate and other appropriate
committees of the Congress are notified of the estimated
cost and length of the mission, the vital national interest
that will be served, and the planned exit strategy; and (2)
a reprogramming of funds pursuant to section 605 of this
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Act is submitted, and the procedures therein followed, set-
ting forth the source of funds that will be used to pay
for the cost of the new or expanded mission: Provided fur-
ther, That funds shall be available for peacekeeping ex-
penses only upon a certification by the Secretary of State
to the appropriate committees of the Congress that Amer-
ican manufacturers and suppliers are being given opportu-
nities to provide equipment, services, and material for
United Nations peacekeeping activities equal to those
being given to foreign manufacturers and suppliers: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available under
this heading are available to pay the United States share
of the cost of court monitoring that is part of any United
Nations peacekeeping mission.
ARREARAGE PAYMENTS
For an additional amount for payment of arrearages
to meet obligations of authorized membership in inter-
national multilateral organizations, and to pay assessed
expenses 
of 
international 
peacekeeping 
activities,
$244,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available under this heading for payment of arrear-
ages may be obligated or expended until such time as the
share of the total of all assessed contributions for any des-
ignated specialized agency of the United Nations does not
exceed 22 percent for any single member of the agency,
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and the designated specialized agencies have achieved zero
nominal growth in their biennium budgets for 2000–2001
from the 1998–1999 biennium budget levels of the respec-
tive agencies: Provided futher, That, notwithstanding the
preceding proviso, an additional amount, not to exceed
$107,000,000, which is owed by the United Nations to the
United States as a reimbursement, including any reim-
bursement under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or
the United Nations Participation Act of 1945, that was
owed to the United States before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act shall be applied or used, without fiscal
year limitations, to reduce any amount owed by the United
States to the United Nations.
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
to meet obligations of the United States arising under
treaties, or specific Acts of Congress, as follows:
INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION,
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO
For necessary expenses for the United States Section
of the International Boundary and Water Commission,
United States and Mexico, and to comply with laws appli-
cable to the United States Section, including not to exceed
$6,000 for representation; as follows:
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for,
$19,551,000.
CONSTRUCTION
For detailed plan preparation and construction of au-
thorized projects, $5,939,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, as authorized by section 24(c) of the State De-
partment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C.
2696(c)).
AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for
the International Joint Commission and the International
Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, as au-
thorized by treaties between the United States and Can-
ada or Great Britain, and for the Border Environment
Cooperation Commission as authorized by Public Law
103–182, $5,733,000, of which not to exceed $9,000 shall
be available for representation expenses incurred by the
International Joint Commission.
INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS
For necessary expenses for international fisheries
commissions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by
law, $15,549,000: Provided, That the United States’ share
of such expenses may be advanced to the respective com-
missions, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3324.
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OTHER
PAYMENT TO THE ASIA FOUNDATION
For a grant to the Asia Foundation, as authorized
by section 501 of Public Law 101–246, $8,250,000, to
remain available until expended, as authorized by section
24(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of
1956 (22 U.S.C. 2696(c)).
EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM TRUST
FUND
For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fel-
lowships, Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and
5 of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20
U.S.C. 5204–5205), all interest and earnings accruing to
the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust
Fund on or before September 30, 2000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
propriated herein shall be used to pay any salary or other
compensation, or to enter into any contract providing for
the payment thereof, in excess of the rate authorized by
5 U.S.C. 5376; or for purposes which are not in accord-
ance with OMB Circulars A–110 (Uniform Administrative
Requirements) and A–122 (Cost Principles for Non-profit
Organizations), including the restrictions on compensation
for personal services.
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ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholar-
ship Program as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993
(22 U.S.C. 2452), all interest and earnings accruing to
the Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before September
30, 2000, to remain available until expended.
EAST-WEST CENTER
To enable the Secretary of State to provide for car-
rying out the provisions of the Center for Cultural and
Technical Interchange Between East and West Act of
1960 (22 U.S.C. 2054–2057), by grant to the Center for
Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and
West in the State of Hawaii, $12,500,000: Provided, That
none of the funds appropriated herein shall be used to pay
any salary, or enter into any contract providing for the
payment thereof, in excess of the rate authorized by 5
U.S.C. 5376.
NORTH/SOUTH CENTER
To enable the Secretary of State to provide for car-
rying out the provisions of the North/South Center Act
of 1991 (22 U.S.C. 2075), by grant to an educational in-
stitution in Florida known as the North/South Center,
$1,750,000, to remain available until expended.
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NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY
For grants made by the Department of State to the
National Endowment for Democracy as authorized by the
National Endowment for Democracy Act, $31,000,000 to
remain available until expended.
RELATED AGENCY
BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS
For expenses necessary to enable the Broadcasting
Board of Governors, as authorized by the United States
Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, as
amended, the United States International Broadcasting
Act of 1994, as amended, Reorganization Plan No. 2 of
1977, as amended, and the Foreign Affairs Reform and
Restructuring Act of 1998, to carry out international com-
munication activities, $388,421,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $16,000 may be used for official receptions within
the United States as authorized by section 804(3) of such
Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1747(3)), not to exceed $35,000
may be used for representation abroad as authorized by
section 302 of such Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1452) and
section 905 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C.
4085), and not to exceed $39,000 may be used for official
reception and representation expenses of Radio Free Eu-
rope/Radio Liberty; and in addition, notwithstanding any
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other provision of law, not to exceed $2,000,000 in re-
ceipts from advertising and revenue from business ven-
tures, not to exceed $500,000 in receipts from cooperating
international organizations, and not to exceed $1,000,000
in receipts from privatization efforts of the Voice of Amer-
ica and the International Broadcasting Bureau, to remain
available until expended for carrying out authorized pur-
poses.
BROADCASTING TO CUBA
For expenses necessary to enable the Broadcasting
Board of Governors to carry out the Radio Broadcasting
to Cuba Act, as amended, the Television Broadcasting to
Cuba Act, and the International Broadcasting Act of
1994, and the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring
Act of 1998, including the purchase, rent, construction,
and improvement of facilities for radio and television
transmission and reception, and purchase and installation
of necessary equipment for radio and television trans-
mission and reception, $22,095,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That funds may be used to pur-
chase or lease, maintain, and operate such aircraft (in-
cluding aerostats) as may be required to house and oper-
ate necessary television broadcasting equipment.
BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
For the purchase, rent, construction, and improve-
ment of facilities for radio transmission and reception, and
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purchase and installation of necessary equipment for radio
and television transmission and reception as authorized by
section 801 of the United States Information and Edu-
cational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1471),
$11,258,000, to remain available until expended, as au-
thorized by section 704(a) of such Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C.
1477b(a)).
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND
RELATED AGENCY
SEC. 401. Funds appropriated under this title shall
be available, except as otherwise provided, for allowances
and differentials as authorized by subchapter 59 of title
5, United States Code; for services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109; and hire of passenger transportation pursu-
ant to 31 U.S.C. 1343(b).
SEC. 402. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De-
partment of State 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 not
to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available
for the current fiscal year for the Broadcasting Board of
Governors in this Act may be transferred between such
appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as oth-
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erwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more
than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided further,
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. 403. The Secretary of State is authorized to ad-
minister summer travel and work programs without re-
gard to preplacement requirements.
SEC. 404. Beginning in fiscal year 2000 and there-
after, section 410(a) of the Department of State and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, as included in
Public Law 105–277, shall be in effect.
SEC. 405. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used by the Department of State or the Broad-
casting Board of Governors to provide equipment, tech-
nical support, consulting services, or any other form of
assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation.
SEC. 406. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this Act for the United Nations
may be used by the United Nations for the promulgation
or enforcement of any treaty, resolution, or regulation au-
thorizing the United Nations, or any of its specialized
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agencies or affiliated organizations, to tax any aspect of
the Internet.
SEC. 407. Funds appropriated by this Act for the
Broadcasting Board of Governors and the Department of
State may be obligated and expended notwithstanding sec-
tion 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fis-
cal Years 1994 and 1995, section 309(g) of the Inter-
national Broadcasting Act of 1994, and section 15 of the
State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of State
and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2000’’.
TITLE V—RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a
U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security
needs of the United States, $96,200,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $72,073,000.
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by
the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, $6,000,000, to remain
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available until expended: Provided, That such costs, in-
cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are
available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of
which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $1,000,000,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the guaranteed loan program, not to exceed $3,809,000,
which shall be transferred to and merged with the appro-
priation 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 Govern-
ment property under control of the Maritime Administra-
tion, and payments received therefore shall be credited to
the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: Provided,
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
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appropriations and limitations contained in this Act or in
any prior appropriation Act.
COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S
HERITAGE ABROAD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses for the Commission for the Preservation
of America’s Heritage Abroad, $490,000, as authorized by
section 1303 of Public Law 99–83.
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil
Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles,
$8,900,000: Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 may
be used to employ consultants: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be
used to employ in excess of four full-time individuals under
Schedule C of the Excepted Service exclusive of one special
assistant for each Commissioner: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be
used to reimburse Commissioners for more than 75
billable days, with the exception of the chairperson, who
is permitted 125 billable days.
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ADVISORY COMMISSION ON ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For the necessary expenses of the Advisory Commis-
sion on Electronic Commerce, as authorized by Public
Law 105–277, $1,400,000.
COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN
EUROPE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Secu-
rity and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public
Law 94–304, $1,182,000, to remain available until ex-
pended as authorized by section 3 of Public Law 99–7.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (29 U.S.C. 206(d)
and 621–634), the Americans with Disabilities Act of
1990, and the Civil Rights Act of 1991, including services
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor
vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); non-mone-
tary awards to private citizens; and not to exceed
$29,000,000 for payments to State and local enforcement
agencies for services to the Commission pursuant to title
VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, sections
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6 and 14 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act,
the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Civil
Rights Act of 1991, $282,000,000: Provided, That the
Commission is authorized to make available for official re-
ception and representation expenses not to exceed $2,500
from available funds.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Communica-
tions Commission, as authorized by law, including uni-
forms and allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
5901–5902; not to exceed $600,000 for land and struc-
ture; not to exceed $500,000 for improvement and care
of grounds and repair to buildings; not to exceed $4,000
for official reception and representation expenses; pur-
chase (not to exceed 16) and hire of motor vehicles; special
counsel fees; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$210,000,000, of which not to exceed $300,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2001, for research and
policy studies: Provided, That $185,754,000 of offsetting
collections shall be assessed and collected pursuant to sec-
tion 9 of title I of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, and shall be retained and used for necessary ex-
penses in this appropriation, and shall remain available
until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein ap-
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propriated shall be reduced as such offsetting collections
are received during fiscal year 2000 so as to result in a
final fiscal year 2000 appropriation estimated at
$24,246,000: Provided further, That any offsetting collec-
tions received in excess of $185,754,000 in fiscal year
2000 shall remain available until expended, but shall not
be available for obligation until October 1, 2000.
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime
Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Mer-
chant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. App.
1111), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109;
hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31
U.S.C. 1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefor, as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, $14,150,000: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses.
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Com-
mission, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and
not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa-
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tion expenses, $104,024,000: Provided, That not to exceed
$300,000 shall be available for use to contract with a per-
son or persons for collection services in accordance with
the terms of 31 U.S.C. 3718, as amended: Provided fur-
ther, That, notwithstanding section 3302(b) of title 31,
United States Code, not to exceed $104,024,000 of offset-
ting collections derived from fees collected for premerger
notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust
Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18(a)) shall be re-
tained and used for necessary expenses in this appropria-
tion, and shall remain available until expended: Provided
further, That the sum herein appropriated from the gen-
eral fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections
are received during fiscal year 2000, so as to result in
a final fiscal year 2000 appropriation from the general
fund estimated at not more than $0, to remain available
until expended: Provided further, That none of the funds
made available to the Federal Trade Commission shall be
available for obligation for expenses authorized by section
151 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Im-
provement Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–242; 105 Stat.
2282–2285).
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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, $305,000,000, of which
$289,000,000 is for basic field programs and required
independent audits; $2,100,000 is for the Office of Inspec-
tor General, of which such amounts as may be necessary
may be used to conduct additional audits of recipients;
$8,900,000 is for management and administration; and
$5,000,000 is for client self-help and information tech-
nology.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES
CORPORATION
None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the
Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any pur-
pose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the
provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506
of Public Law 105–119, and all funds appropriated in this
Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to
the same terms and conditions set forth in such sections,
except that all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997
and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 1999 and
2000, respectively.
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curities matters and provision of technical assistance for
the development of foreign securities markets, such ex-
penses to include necessary logistic and administrative ex-
penses and the expenses of Commission staff and foreign
invitees in attendance at such consultations and meetings
including: (1) such incidental expenses as meals taken in
the course of such attendance; (2) any travel and trans-
portation to or from such meetings; and (3) any other re-
lated lodging or subsistence: Provided, That fees and
charges authorized by sections 6(b)(4) of the Securities
Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77f(b)(4)) and 31(d) of the Secu-
rities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee(d)) shall be
credited to this account as offsetting collections.
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, $282,300,000: Provided, That the Adminis-
trator is authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of pub-
lications developed by the Small Business Administration,
and certain loan servicing activities: Provided further,
That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues received
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from all such activities shall be credited to this account,
to be available for carrying out these purposes without fur-
ther appropriations: Provided further, That $84,500,000
shall be available to fund grants for performance in fiscal
year 2000 or fiscal year 2001 as authorized by section
21 of the Small Business Act, as amended.
In addition, for the costs of programs related to the
New Markets Venture Capitol program, $10,500,000, of
which $1,500,000 shall be for BusinessLINC, and of
which $9,000,000 shall be for technical assistance: Pro-
vided, That the funds appropriated under this paragraph
shall not be available for obligation until the New Markets
Venture Capitol program is authorized by subsequent leg-
islation.
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.),
$11,000,000.
BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $137,800,000, as
authorized by 15 U.S.C. 631 note or subsequently author-
ized for the New Markets Venture Capital program, of
which $45,000,000 shall remain available until September
30, 2001: Provided, That of the total provided,
$6,000,000 shall be available only for the cost of guaran-
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teed loans under the New Markets Venture Capitol pro-
gram and shall become available for obligation only upon
authorization of such program by the enactment of subse-
quent legislation in fiscal year 2000: Provided further,
That such costs, including the cost of modifying such
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further,
That during fiscal year 2000, commitments to guarantee
loans under section 503 of the Small Business Investment
Act of 1958, as amended, shall not exceed the amount of
financings authorized under section 20(e)(1)(B)(ii) of the
Small Business Act, as amended: Provided further, That
during fiscal year 2000, commitments for general business
loans authorized under section 7(a) of the Small Business
Act, as amended, shall not exceed $10,000,000,000 with-
out prior notification of the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and Senate in accordance
with section 605 of this Act: Provided further, That during
fiscal year 2000, commitments to guarantee loans under
section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment Act of
1958, as amended, shall not exceed the amount of guaran-
tees of debentures authorized under section 20(e)(1)(C)(ii)
of the Small Business Act, as amended.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $129,000,000,
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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, as amended, $140,400,000 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 direct loan program, $136,000,000, 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-
propriations for the Office of Inspector General: Provided,
That any amount in excess of $20,000,000 to be trans-
ferred to and merged with appropriations for Salaries and
Expenses for indirect administrative expenses shall be
treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 605
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex-
penditure except in compliance with the procedures set
forth in that section.
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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.
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; 106 Stat. 4515–4516),
$6,850,000, to remain available until expended: 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.
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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
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 2000, 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 which: (1) creates new
programs; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
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(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 2000, 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
for activities, programs, or projects through a reprogram-
ming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less, that: (1) augments existing programs,
projects, or activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding
for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers
of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or
(3) results from any general savings from a reduction in
personnel which would result in a change in existing pro-
grams, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; un-
less the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of
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Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such re-
programming of funds.
SEC. 606. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used for the construction, repair (other than
emergency repair), overhaul, conversion, or modernization
of vessels for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration in shipyards located outside of the United
States.
SEC. 607. (a) PURCHASE
OF
AMERICAN-MADE
EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equip-
ment and products purchased with funds made available
in this Act should be American-made.
(b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—In providing financial
assistance to, or entering into any contract with, any enti-
ty using funds made available in this Act, the head of each
Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable, shall
provide to such entity a notice describing the statement
made in subsection (a) by the Congress.
(c) PROHIBITION
OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS
FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—
If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal
agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear-
ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription
with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped
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to the United States that is not made in the United
States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con-
tract or subcontract made with funds made available in
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli-
gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 608. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce any
guidelines of the Equal Employment Opportunity Com-
mission covering harassment based on religion, when it is
made known to the Federal entity or official to which such
funds are made available that such guidelines do not differ
in any respect from the proposed guidelines published by
the Commission on October 1, 1993 (58 Fed. Reg.
51266).
SEC. 609. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used for any United Nations undertaking
when it is made known to the Federal official having au-
thority to obligate or expend such funds: (1) that the
United Nations undertaking is a peacekeeping mission; (2)
that such undertaking will involve United States Armed
Forces under the command or operational control of a for-
eign national; and (3) that the President’s military advi-
sors have not submitted to the President a recommenda-
tion that such involvement is in the national security inter-
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ests of the United States and the President has not sub-
mitted to the Congress such a recommendation.
SEC. 610. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act shall be expended for
any purpose for which appropriations are prohibited by
section 609 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and
State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 1999.
(b) The requirements in subparagraphs (A) and (B)
of section 609 of that Act shall continue to apply during
fiscal year 2000.
SEC. 611. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, not more than 20 percent of the amount allocated
to any account from an appropriation made by this Act
that is available for obligation only in the current fiscal
year may be obligated during the last 2 months of the
fiscal year unless the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate are notified prior
to such obligation in accordance with section 605 of this
Act: Provided, That this section shall not apply to the obli-
gation of funds under grant programs.
SEC. 612. None of the funds made available in this
Act shall be used to provide the following amenities or per-
sonal comforts in the Federal prison system—
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(1) in-cell television viewing except for prisoners
who are segregated from the general prison popu-
lation for their own safety;
(2) the viewing of R, X, and NC–17 rated mov-
ies, through whatever medium presented;
(3) any instruction (live or through broadcasts)
or training equipment for boxing, wrestling, judo,
karate, or other martial art, or any bodybuilding or
weightlifting equipment of any sort;
(4) possession of in-cell coffee pots, hot plates
or heating elements; or
(5) the use or possession of any electric or elec-
tronic musical instrument.
SEC. 613. None of the funds made available in title
II for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion (NOAA) under the headings ‘‘Operations, Research,
and Facilities’’ and ‘‘Procurement, Acquisition and Con-
struction’’ may be used to implement sections 603, 604,
and 605 of Public Law 102–567: Provided, That NOAA
may develop a modernization plan for its fisheries research
vessels that takes fully into account opportunities for con-
tracting for fisheries surveys.
SEC. 614. Any costs incurred by a department or
agency funded under this Act resulting from personnel ac-
tions taken in response to funding reductions included in
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this Act shall be absorbed within the total budgetary re-
sources available to such department or agency: Provided,
That the authority to transfer funds between appropria-
tions accounts as may be necessary to carry out this sec-
tion is provided in addition to authorities included else-
where in this Act: Provided further, That use of funds to
carry out 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 compli-
ance with the procedures set forth in that section.
SEC. 615. None of the funds made available in this
Act to the Federal Bureau of Prisons may be used to dis-
tribute or make available any commercially published in-
formation or material to a prisoner when it is made known
to the Federal official having authority to obligate or ex-
pend such funds that such information or material is sexu-
ally explicit or features nudity.
SEC. 616. Of the funds appropriated in this Act
under the heading ‘‘Office of Justice Programs—State
and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’, not more than
90 percent of the amount to be awarded to an entity under
the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant shall be made
available to such an entity when it is made known to the
Federal official having authority to obligate or expend
such funds that the entity that employs a public safety
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officer (as such term is defined in section 1204 of title
I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of
1968) does not provide such a public safety officer who
retires or is separated from service due to injury suffered
as the direct and proximate result of a personal injury
sustained in the line of duty while responding to an emer-
gency situation or a hot pursuit (as such terms are defined
by State law) with the same or better level of health insur-
ance benefits at the time of retirement or separation as
they received while on duty.
SEC. 617. None of the funds provided by this Act
shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco
or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal
by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing
of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions
which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco
products of the same type.
SEC. 618. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act shall be expended for
any purpose for which appropriations are prohibited by
section 616 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and
State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 1999.
(b) Subsection (a)(1) of section 616 of that Act is
amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘Gonzalez’’; and
(2) by inserting before the semicolon at the end
of the subsection, ‘‘, Jean-Yvon Toussaint, and
Jimmy Lalanne’’.
(c) The requirements in subsections (b) and (c) of
section 616 of that Act shall continue to apply during fis-
cal year 2000.
SEC. 619. None of the funds appropriated pursuant
to this Act or any other provision of law may be used for:
(1) the implementation of any tax or fee in connection
with the implementation of 18 U.S.C. 922(t); and (2) any
system to implement 18 U.S.C. 922(t) that does not re-
quire and result in the destruction of any identifying infor-
mation submitted by or on behalf of any person who has
been determined not to be prohibited from owning a fire-
arm.
SEC. 620. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, amounts deposited in the Fund established under 42
U.S.C. 10601 in fiscal year 1999 in excess of
$500,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until
October 1, 2000.
SEC. 621. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
shall be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, de-
crees, or orders for the purpose of implementation, or in
preparation for implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol
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which was adopted on December 11, 1997, in Kyoto,
Japan at the Third Conference of the Parties to the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change, which has not been submitted to the Senate for
advice and consent to ratification pursuant to article II,
section 2, clause 2, of the United States Constitution, and
which has not entered into force pursuant to article 25
of the Protocol.
SEC. 622. For an additional amount for ‘‘Small Busi-
ness 
Administration, 
Salaries 
and 
Expenses’’,
$30,000,000, of which $2,500,000 shall be available for
a grant to the NTTC at Wheeling Jesuit University to
continue the outreach program to assist small business de-
velopment; $2,000,000 shall be available for a grant for
Western Carolina University to develop a facility to assist
in small business and rural economic development;
$3,000,000 shall be available for a grant to the Bronx Mu-
seum of the Arts, New York, to develop a facility;
$750,000 shall be available for a grant to Soundview Com-
munity in Action for a technology access and business im-
provement project; $2,500,000 shall be available for a
grant for the City of Hazard, Kentucky for a Center for
Rural Law Enforcement Technology and Training;
$1,000,000 shall be available for a grant to the State Uni-
versity of New York to develop a facility and operate the
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Institute of Entrepreneurship for small business and
workforce development; $1,000,000 shall be available for
a grant for Pikeville College, School of Osteopathic Medi-
cine for a telemedicine and medical education network;
$1,000,000 shall be available for a grant to Operation
Hope in Maywood, California for a business incubator
project; $1,900,000 shall be available for a grant to the
Southern Kentucky Tourism Development Association to
develop a facility for regional tourism promotion;
$1,000,000 shall be available for a grant to the Southern
Kentucky Economic Development Corporation to support
a science and technology business loan fund; $500,000
shall be available for a grant for the Moundsville Economic
Development Council to work in conjunction with the Of-
fice of Law Enforcement Technology Commercialization
for the establishment of the National Corrections and Law
Enforcement Training and Technology Center, and for in-
frastructure improvements associated with this initiative;
$8,550,000 shall be available for a grant to Somerset
Community College to develop a facility to support work-
force development and skills training; $200,000 shall be
available for a grant for the Vandalia Heritage Founda-
tion to fulfill its charter purposes; $2,000,000 shall be
available for a grant for the Illinois Coalition to establish
and operate a national demonstration project in the
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DuPage County Research Park providing one-stop access
for technology startup businesses; $200,000 shall be avail-
able for a grant to Rural Enterprises, Inc., in Durant,
Oklahoma to support a resource center for rural busi-
nesses; $500,000 shall be available for a grant for the City
of Chicago to establish and operate a program for tech-
nology-based business growth; $500,000 shall be available
for a grant for the Illinois Department of Commerce and
Community Affairs to develop strategic plans for tech-
nology-based business growth; $200,000 shall be available
for a grant to the Long Island Bay Shore Aquarium to
develop a facility; $150,000 shall be available for a grant
to Miami-Dade Community College for an Entrepreneurial
Education Center; $300,000 shall be available for a grant
for the Western Massachusetts Enterprise Fund for a
microenterprise loan program; and $250,000 shall be
available for a grant for the Johnstown Area Regional In-
dustries Center to develop a small business incubator facil-
ity.
SEC. 623. (a) NORTHERN FUND AND SOUTHERN
FUND.—
(1) As provided in the June 30, 1999, Agree-
ment of the United States and Canada on the Trea-
ty Between the Government of the United States
and the Government of Canada Concerning Pacific
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Salmon, 1985 (hereafter referred to as the ‘‘1999
Pacific Salmon Treaty Agreement’’) there are hereby
established 
a 
Northern 
Boundary 
and
Transboundary Rivers Restoration and Enhance-
ment Fund (hereafter referred to as the ‘‘Northern
Fund’’) and a Southern Boundary Restoration and
Enhancement Fund (hereafter referred to as the
‘‘Southern Fund’’) to be held by the Pacific Salmon
Commission. The Northern Fund and Southern
Fund shall be invested in interest bearing accounts,
bonds, securities, or other investments in order to
achieve the highest annual yield consistent with pro-
tecting the principal of each Fund. The Northern
Fund and Southern Fund shall each receive
$10,000,000, of the amounts authorized by this sec-
tion. Income from investments made pursuant to
this paragraph shall be available until expended,
without appropriation or fiscal year limitation, for
programs and activities relating to salmon restora-
tion and enhancement, salmon research, the con-
servation of salmon habitat, and implementation of
the Pacific Salmon Treaty and related agreements.
Amounts provided by grants under this subsection
may be held in interest bearing accounts prior to the
disbursement of such funds for program purposes,
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and any interest earned may be retained for pro-
gram purposes without further appropriation. The
Northern Fund and Southern Fund are subject to
the laws governing Federal appropriations and funds
and to unrestricted circulars of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget. Recipients of amounts from ei-
ther Fund shall keep separate accounts and such
records as are reasonably necessary to disclose the
use of the funds as well as to facilitate effective au-
dits.
(2) FUND MANAGEMENT.—
(A) As provided in the 1999 Pacific Salm-
on Treaty Agreement, amounts made available
from the Northern Fund pursuant to paragraph
(1) shall be administered by a Northern Fund
Committee, which shall be comprised of three
representatives of the Government of Canada,
and three representatives of the United States.
The three United States representatives shall
be the United States Commissioner and Alter-
nate Commissioner appointed (or designated)
from a list submitted by the Governor of Alaska
for appointment to the Pacific Salmon Commis-
sion and the Regional Administrator of the Na-
tional Marine Fisheries Service for the Alaska
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Region. Only programs and activities consistent
with the purposes in paragraph (1) which affect
the geographic area from Cape Caution, Can-
ada to Cape Suckling, Alaska may be approved
for funding by the Northern Fund Committee.
(B) As provided in the 1999 Pacific Salm-
on Treaty Agreement, amounts made available
from the Southern Fund pursuant to paragraph
(1) shall be administered by a Southern Fund
Committee, which shall be comprised of three
representatives of Canada and three representa-
tives of the United States. The United States
representatives shall be appointed by the Sec-
retary of Commerce: one shall be selected from
a list of three qualified individuals submitted by
the Governors of the States of Washington and
Oregon; one shall be selected from a list of
three qualified individuals submitted by the
treaty Indian tribes (as defined by the Sec-
retary of Commerce); and one shall be the Re-
gional Administrator of the National Marine
Fisheries Service for the Northwest Region.
Only programs and activities consistent with
the purposes in paragraph (1) which affect the
geographic area south of Cape Caution, Canada
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may be approved for funding by the Southern
Fund Committee.
(b) PACIFIC SALMON TREATY IMPLEMENTATION.—
(1) None of the funds authorized by this section for imple-
mentation of the 1999 Pacific Salmon Treaty Agreement
shall be made available until each of the following condi-
tions to the 1999 Pacific Salmon Treaty Agreement has
been fulfilled—
(A) stipulations are revised and court orders re-
quested as set forth in the letter of understanding
of the United States negotiators dated June 22,
1999. If such orders are not requested by December
31, 1999, this condition shall be considered
unfulfilled; and
(B) a determination is made that—
(i) the entry by the United States into the
1999 Pacific Salmon Treaty Agreement;
(ii) the conduct of the Alaskan fisheries
pursuant to the 1999 Pacific Salmon Treaty
Agreement, without further clarification or
modification of the management regimes con-
tained therein; and
(iii) the decision by the North Pacific Fish-
eries Management Council to continue to defer
its management authority over salmon to the
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State of Alaska are not likely to cause jeopardy
to, or adversely modify designated critical habi-
tat of, any salmonid species listed under Public
Law 93–205, as amended, in any fishery sub-
ject to the Pacific Salmon Treaty.
(2) If the requests for orders in subparagraph (1)(A)
are withdrawn after December 31, 1999, or if such orders
are not entered by March 1, 2000, amounts in the North-
ern Fund and the Southern Fund shall be transferred to
the general fund of the United States Treasury.
(3) During the term of the 1999 Pacific Salmon
Treaty Agreement, the Secretary of Commerce shall deter-
mine whether Southern United States fisheries are likely
to cause jeopardy to, or adversely modify designated crit-
ical habitat of, any salmonid species listed under Public
Law 93–205, as amended, before the Secretary of Com-
merce may initiate or reinitiate consultation on Alaska
fisheries under such Act.
(4) During the term of the 1999 Pacific Salmon
Treaty Agreement, the Secretary of Commerce may not
initiate or reinitiate consultation on Alaska fisheries under
section 7 of Public Law 93–205, as amended, until—
(A) the Pacific Salmon Commission has had a
reasonable opportunity to implement the provisions
of the 1999 Pacific Salmon Treaty Agreement, in-
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cluding the harvest responses pursuant to paragraph
9, chapter 3 of Annex IV to the Pacific Salmon
Treaty; and
(B) he determines, in consultation with the
United States Section of the Pacific Salmon Com-
mission, that implementation actions under the 1999
Agreement will not return escapements as expedi-
tiously as possible to maximum sustainable yield or
other biologically-based escapement objectives agreed
to by the Pacific Salmon Commission.
(5) The Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the
Senate and the Committee on Resources of the House of
Representatives of his intent to initiate or reinitiate con-
sultation on Alaska fisheries.
(6)(A) For purposes of this section, ‘‘Alaska fish-
eries’’ means all directed Pacific salmon fisheries off the
coast of Alaska that are subject to the Pacific Salmon
Treaty.
(B) For purposes of this section, ‘‘Southern United
States fisheries’’ means all directed Pacific salmon fish-
eries in Washington, Oregon, and the Snake River basin
of Idaho that are subject to the Pacific Salmon Treaty.
(c) IMPROVED SALMON MANAGEMENT.—Section 3(g)
of Public Law 99–5, as amended, is amended—
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(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘The’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (2), the’’;
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(2) A decision of the United States Section with re-
spect to any salmon fishery regime covered by chapter 1
or 2 (except paragraph 4 of chapter 2) of Annex IV to
the Pacific Salmon Treaty of 1985 shall be taken upon
the affirmative vote of the United States Commissioner
appointed from the list submitted by the Governor of Alas-
ka pursuant to subsection (a). A decision of the United
States Section with respect to any salmon fishery regime
covered by chapter 4, 5 (except paragraph 2(b) of chapter
5), or 6 of the Pacific Salmon Treaty of 1985 shall be
taken upon the affirmative vote of both the United States
Commissioner appointed from the list submitted by the
Governors of Washington and Oregon pursuant to sub-
section (a) and the United States Commissioner appointed
from the list submitted by the treaty Indian tribes of the
State of Idaho, Oregon, or Washington pursuant to sub-
section (a). Before a decision of the United States Section
is made under this paragraph, the voting Commissioner
or Commissioners shall consult with the Commissioner
who is an official of the United States Government under
subsection (a)’’; and
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(3) by renumbering the existing paragraphs.
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
(1) For capitalizing the Northern Fund and the
Southern Fund, there is authorized to be appro-
priated in fiscal year 2000, $20,000,000.
(2) For salmon habitat restoration, salmon
stock enhancement, salmon research, and implemen-
tation of the 1999 Pacific Salmon Treaty Agreement
and related agreements, there is authorized to be ap-
propriated in fiscal year 2000, $50,000,000 to the
States of California, Oregon, Washington, and Alas-
ka. The State of Alaska may allocate a portion of
any funds it receives under this subsection to eligible
activities outside Alaska.
(3) For salmon habitat restoration, salmon
stock enhancement, salmon research, and implemen-
tation of the 1999 Pacific Salmon Treaty Agreement
and related agreements, there is authorized to be ap-
propriated $6,000,000 in fiscal year 2000 to the Pa-
cific Coastal tribes (as defined by the Secretary of
Commerce) and $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2000 to
the Columbia River tribes (as defined by the Sec-
retary of Commerce).
Funds appropriated to the States under the authority of
this section shall be subject to a 25 percent non-Federal
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match requirement. In addition, not more than 3 percent
of such funds shall be available for administrative ex-
penses, with the exception of funds used in the Wash-
ington State for the Forest and Fish Agreement.
SEC. 624. Funds made available under Public Law
105–277 for costs associated with implementation of the
American Fisheries Act of 1998 (division C, title II, of
Public Law 105–277) for vessel documentation activities
shall remain available until expended.
SEC. 625. Effective as of October 1, 1999, section
635 of Public Law 106–58 is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ‘‘the car-
rier for’’ after ‘‘if’’; and
(2) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘or otherwise
provide for’’ after ‘‘to prescribe’’.
SEC. 626. None of the funds made available to the
Department of Justice in this Act may be used to discrimi-
nate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of
students who participate in programs for which financial
assistance is provided from those funds, or of the parents
or legal guardians of such students.
SEC. 627. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
shall be available for the purpose of granting either immi-
grant or nonimmigrant visas, or both, consistent with the
Secretary’s determination under section 243(d) of the Im-
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migration and Nationality Act, to citizens, subjects, na-
tionals, or residents of countries that the Attorney General
has determined deny or unreasonably delay accepting the
return of citizens, subjects, nationals, or residents under
that section.
SEC. 628. 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 pris-
oner, other than to a prison or other facility certified by
the Federal Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for
housing such a prisoner.
SEC. 629. Beginning 60 days from the date of the
enactment of this Act, none of the funds appropriated or
otherwise made available by this Act may be made avail-
able for the participation by delegates of the United States
to the Standing Consultative Commission unless the Presi-
dent certifies and so reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that the United States Government is not imple-
menting the Memorandum of Understanding Relating to
the Treaty Between the United States of America and the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the limitation of
Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems of May 26, 1972, entered
into in New York on September 26, 1997, by the United
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED
AGENCY
BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available under this
heading, $15,516,000 are rescinded.
RELATED AGENCIES
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available under this
heading, $13,100,000 are rescinded.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Com-
merce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000’’.