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Union Calendar No. 70
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2215
[Report No. 107–125]
To authorize appropriations for the Department of Justice for fiscal year
2002, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 19, 2001
Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for himself and Mr. CONYERS) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
JULY 10, 2001
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 19, 2001]
A BILL
To authorize appropriations for the Department of Justice
for fiscal year 2002, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘21st
Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authoriza-
tion Act’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this
Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR
2002
Sec. 101. Specific sums authorized to be appropriated.
Sec. 102. Appointment of additional assistant United States attorneys; reduction
of certain litigation positions.
TITLE II—PERMANENT ENABLING PROVISIONS
Sec. 201. Permanent authority.
Sec. 202. Permanent authority relating to enforcement of laws.
Sec. 203. Notifications and reports to be provided simultaneously to committees.
Sec. 204. Miscellaneous uses of funds; technical amendments.
Sec. 205. Technical and miscellaneous amendments to Department of Justice au-
thorities; authority to transfer property of marginal value; rec-
ordkeeping; protection of the Attorney General.
Sec. 206. Oversight; waste, fraud, and abuse of appropriations.
Sec. 207. Protection of the Attorney General.
Sec. 208. Enforcement of Federal criminal laws by Attorney General.
Sec. 209. Counterterrorism fund.
TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS
Sec. 301. Repealers.
Sec. 302. Technical amendments to title 18 of the United States Code.
Sec. 303. Required submission of proposed authorization of appropriations for the
Department of Justice for fiscal year 2003.
Sec. 304. Review of the Department of Justice.
Sec. 305. Study of untested rape examination kits.
Sec. 306. Report on carnivore.
TITLE IV—VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Sec. 401. Short title.
Sec. 402. Establishment of Violence Against Women Office.
Sec. 403. Duties and functions of Director of Violence Against Women Office.
Sec. 404. Staff of Violence Against Women Office.
TITLE I—AUTHORIZATION OF AP-
PROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2002
SEC. 101. SPECIFIC SUMS AUTHORIZED TO BE APPRO-
PRIATED.
There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year
2002, to carry out the activities of the Department of Jus-
tice (including any bureau, office, board, division, commis-
sion, subdivision, unit, or other component thereof), the fol-
lowing sums:
(1) GENERAL
ADMINISTRATION.—For General
Administration: $93,433,000.
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE
REVIEW
AND
APPEALS.—
For 
Administrative 
Review 
and 
Appeals:
$178,499,000 for administration of pardon and clem-
ency petitions and for immigration-related activities.
(3) OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.—For the
Office of Inspector General: $55,000,000, which shall
include for each such fiscal year, not to exceed
$10,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confiden-
tial character.
(4) GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES.—For General
Legal Activities: $566,822,000, which shall include for
each such fiscal year—
(A) not less than $4,000,000 for the inves-
tigation and prosecution of denaturalization and
deportation cases involving alleged Nazi war
criminals; and
(B) not to exceed $20,000 to meet unforeseen
emergencies of a confidential character.
(5) ANTITRUST DIVISION.—For the Antitrust Di-
vision: $140,973,000.
(6) UNITED
STATES
ATTORNEYS.—For United
States Attorneys: $1,346,289,000.
(7) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.—For
the Federal Bureau of Investigation: $3,507,109,000,
which shall include for each such fiscal year—
(A) not to exceed $1,250,000 for construc-
tion, to remain available until expended; and
(B) not to exceed $70,000 to meet unforeseen
emergencies of a confidential character.
(8) UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE.—For
the United States Marshals Service: $626,439,000,
which shall include for each such fiscal year not to ex-
ceed $6,621,000 for construction, to remain available
until expended.
(9) FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM.—For the Federal
Prison System, including the National Institute of
Corrections: $4,662,710,000.
(10) FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION.—For the
support of United States prisoners in non-Federal in-
stitutions, as authorized by section 4013(a) of title 18
of the United States Code: $724,682,000, to remain
available until expended.
(11) DRUG
ENFORCEMENT
ADMINISTRATION.—
For 
the 
Drug 
Enforcement 
Administration:
$1,480,929,000, which shall include not to exceed
$70,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confiden-
tial character.
(12) IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERV-
ICE.—For the Immigration and Naturalization Serv-
ice: $3,516,411,000, which shall include—
(A) not to exceed $2,737,341,000 for salaries
and expenses of enforcement and border affairs
(i.e., the Border Patrol, deportation, intelligence,
investigations, and inspection programs, and the
detention program);
(B) not to exceed $650,660,000 for salaries
and expenses of citizenship and benefits (i.e.,
programs not included under subparagraph (A));
(C) for each such fiscal year, not to exceed
$128,410,000 for construction, to remain avail-
able until expended; and
(D) not to exceed $50,000 to meet unfore-
seen emergencies of a confidential character.
(13) FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES.—For
Fees and Expenses of Witnesses: $156,145,000 to re-
main available until expended, which shall include
for each such fiscal year not to exceed $6,000,000 for
construction of protected witness safesites.
(14) INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCE-
MENT.—For Interagency Crime and Drug Enforce-
ment: $338,106,000, for expenses not otherwise pro-
vided for, for the investigation and prosecution of per-
sons involved in organized crime drug trafficking, ex-
cept that any funds obligated from appropriations
authorized by this paragraph may be used under au-
thorities available to the organizations reimbursed
from such funds.
(15) FOREIGN
CLAIMS
SETTLEMENT
COMMIS-
SION.—For the Foreign Claims Settlement Commis-
sion: $1,130,000.
(16) COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE.—For the
Community Relations Service: $9,269,000.
(17) ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND.—For the Assets
Forfeiture Fund: $22,949,000 for expenses authorized
by section 524 of title 28, United States Code.
(18) UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION.—For
the United States Parole Commission: $10,862,000.
(19) FEDERAL DETENTION TRUSTEE.—For the
necessary expenses of the Federal Detention Trustee:
$1,718,000.
(20) JOINT AUTOMATED BOOKING SYSTEM.—For
expenses necessary for the operation of the Joint Auto-
mated Booking System: $15,957,000.
(21) NARROWBAND COMMUNICATIONS.—For the
costs of conversion to narrowband communications,
including the cost for operation and maintenance of
Land Mobile Radio legacy systems: $104,606,000.
(22) RADIATION
EXPOSURE
COMPENSATION.—
For administrative expenses in accordance with the
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: $1,996,000.
(23) 
COUNTERTERRORISM
FUND.—For 
the
Counterterrorism Fund for necessary expenses, as de-
termined by the Attorney General: $4,989,000.
(24) OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS.—For ad-
ministrative expenses not otherwise provided for, of
the Office of Justice Programs: $116,369,000.
SEC. 
102. 
APPOINTMENT 
OF 
ADDITIONAL 
ASSISTANT
UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS; REDUCTION OF
CERTAIN LITIGATION POSITIONS.
(a) APPOINTMENTS.—Not later than September 30,
2003, the Attorney General shall exercise authority under
section 542 of title 28, United States Code, to appoint 200
assistant United States attorneys in addition to the number
of assistant United States attorneys serving on the date of
the enactment of this Act.
(b) SELECTION
OF APPOINTEES.—Individuals first
appointed under subsection (a) may be appointed from
among attorneys who are incumbents of 200 full-time liti-
gation positions in divisions of the Department of Justice
and whose official duty station is at the seat of Government.
(c) TERMINATION OF POSITIONS.—Each of the 200
litigation positions that become vacant by reason of an ap-
pointment made in accordance with subsections (a) and (b)
shall be terminated at the time the vacancy arises.
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary for fiscal year 2002 to carry out this section.
TITLE II—PERMANENT
ENABLING PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. PERMANENT AUTHORITY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 31 of title 28, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: