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Union Calendar No. 89
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1833
[Report No. 106–161]
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for the United
States Customs Service for drug interdiction and other operations, for
the Office of the United States Trade Representative, for the United
States International Trade Commission, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 18, 1999
Mr. CRANE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means
MAY 24, 1999
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 May 18, 1999]
A BILL
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2000 and 2001
for the United States Customs Service for drug interdic-
tion and other operations, for the Office of the United
States Trade Representative, for the United States Inter-
national Trade Commission, 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.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Trade Agency Author-
izations, Drug Free Borders, and Prevention of On-Line
Child Pornography Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
TITLE I—UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE
Subtitle A—Drug Enforcement and Other Noncommercial and Commercial
Operations
Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations for noncommercial operations, commer-
cial operations, and air and marine interdiction.
Sec. 102. Illicit narcotics detection equipment for the United States-Mexico bor-
der, United States-Canada border, and Florida and the Gulf
Coast seaports.
Sec. 103. Peak hours and investigative resource enhancement for the United
States-Mexico and United States-Canada borders.
Sec. 104. Compliance with performance plan requirements.
Subtitle B—Child Cyber-Smuggling Center of the Customs Service
Sec. 111. Authorization of appropriations for program to prevent child pornog-
raphy/child sexual exploitation.
Subtitle C—Personnel Provisions
CHAPTER 1—OVERTIME AND PREMIUM PAY OF OFFICERS OF THE CUSTOMS
SERVICE
Sec. 121. Correction relating to fiscal year cap.
Sec. 122. Correction relating to overtime pay.
Sec. 123. Correction relating to premium pay.
Sec. 124. Use of savings from payment of overtime and premium pay for addi-
tional overtime enforcement activities of the Customs Service.
Sec. 125. Effective date.
CHAPTER 2—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 131. Study and report relating to personnel practices of the Customs Service.
Sec. 132. Pay of Commissioner of Customs.
TITLE II—OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE
REPRESENTATIVE
Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE III—UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
Sec. 301. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE I—UNITED STATES
CUSTOMS SERVICE
Subtitle A—Drug Enforcement and
Other Noncommercial and Com-
mercial Operations
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR NON-
COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS, COMMERCIAL OP-
ERATIONS, AND AIR AND MARINE INTERDIC-
TION.
(a) NONCOMMERCIAL OPERATIONS.—Section 301(b)(1)
of the Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act
of 1978 (19 U.S.C. 2075(b)(1)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A) to read as follows:
‘‘(A) $999,563,000 for fiscal year 2000.’’;
and
(2) in subparagraph (B) to read as follows:
‘‘(B) $996,464,000 for fiscal year 2001.’’.
(b) COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 301(b)(2)(A) of the
Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act
of 1978 (19 U.S.C. 2075(b)(2)(A)) is amended—
(A) in clause (i) to read as follows:
‘‘(i) $1,154,359,000 for fiscal year 2000.’’;
and
(B) in clause (ii) to read as follows:
‘‘(ii) $1,194,534,000 for fiscal year 2001.’’.
(2) REPORTS.—Not later than 90 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, and not later than
each subsequent 90-day period, the Commissioner of
Customs shall prepare and submit to the Committee
on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Finance of the Senate a report
demonstrating that the development and establish-
ment of the automated commercial environment com-
puter system is being carried out in a cost-effective
manner and meets the modernization requirements of
title VI of the North American Free Trade Agreements
Implementation Act.
(c) 
AIR
AND
MARINE
INTERDICTION.—Section
301(b)(3) of the Customs Procedural Reform and Sim-
plification Act of 1978 (19 U.S.C. 2075(b)(3)) is
amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A) to read as follows:
‘‘(A) $109,413,000 for fiscal year 2000.’’;
and
(2) in subparagraph (B) to read as follows:
‘‘(B) $113,789,000 for fiscal year 2001.’’.
(d) SUBMISSION
OF OUT-YEAR BUDGET PROJEC-
TIONS.—Section 301(a) of the Customs Procedural Reform
and Simplification Act of 1978 (19 U.S.C. 2075(a)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) By no later than the date on which the President
submits to the Congress the budget of the United States Gov-
ernment for a fiscal year, the Commissioner of Customs
shall submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance
of the Senate the projected amount of funds for the suc-
ceeding fiscal year that will be necessary for the operations
of the Customs Service as provided for in subsection (b).’’.
SEC. 102. ILLICIT NARCOTICS DETECTION EQUIPMENT FOR
THE 
UNITED 
STATES-MEXICO 
BORDER,
UNITED STATES-CANADA BORDER, AND FLOR-
IDA AND THE GULF COAST SEAPORTS.
(a) FISCAL YEAR 2000.—Of the amounts made avail-
able for fiscal year 2000 under section 301(b)(1)(A) of the
Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of 1978
(19 U.S.C. 2075(b)(1)(A)), as amended by section 101(a)
of this Act, $90,244,000 shall be available until expended
for acquisition and other expenses associated with imple-
mentation and deployment of illicit narcotics detection
equipment along the United States-Mexico border, the
United States-Canada border, and Florida and the Gulf
Coast seaports, as follows:
(1) UNITED STATES-MEXICO BORDER.—For the
United States-Mexico border, the following:
(A) $6,000,000 for 8 Vehicle and Container
Inspection Systems (VACIS).
(B) $11,200,000 for 5 mobile truck x-rays
with transmission and backscatter imaging.
(C) $13,000,000 for the upgrade of 8 fixed-
site truck x-rays from the present energy level of
450,000 electron volts to 1,000,000 electron volts
(1–MeV).
(D) $7,200,000 for 8 1–MeV pallet x-rays.
(E) $1,000,000 for 200 portable contraband
detectors (busters) to be distributed among ports
where the current allocations are inadequate.
(F) $600,000 for 50 contraband detection
kits to be distributed among all southwest border
ports based on traffic volume.
(G) $500,000 for 25 ultrasonic container in-
spection units to be distributed among all ports
receiving liquid-filled cargo and to ports with a
hazardous material inspection facility.
(H) $2,450,000 for 7 automated targeting
systems.
(I) $360,000 for 30 rapid tire deflator sys-
tems to be distributed to those ports where port
runners are a threat.
(J) $480,000 for 20 portable Treasury En-
forcement Communications Systems (TECS) ter-
minals to be moved among ports as needed.
(K) $1,000,000 for 20 remote watch surveil-
lance camera systems at ports where there are
suspicious activities at loading docks, vehicle
queues, secondary inspection lanes, or areas
where visual surveillance or observation is ob-
scured.
(L) $1,254,000 for 57 weigh-in-motion sen-
sors to be distributed among the ports with the
greatest volume of outbound traffic.
(M) $180,000 for 36 AM traffic information
radio stations, with 1 station to be located at
each border crossing.
(N) $1,040,000 for 260 inbound vehicle
counters to be installed at every inbound vehicle
lane.
(O) $950,000 for 38 spotter camera systems
to counter the surveillance of customs inspection
activities by persons outside the boundaries of
ports where such surveillance activities are oc-
curring.
(P) $390,000 for 60 inbound commercial
truck transponders to be distributed to all ports
of entry.
(Q) $1,600,000 for 40 narcotics vapor and
particle detectors to be distributed to each border
crossing.
(R) $400,000 for license plate reader auto-
matic targeting software to be installed at each
port to target inbound vehicles.
(2) UNITED STATES-CANADA BORDER.—For the
United States-Canada border, the following:
(A) $3,000,000 for 4 Vehicle and Container
Inspection Systems (VACIS).
(B) $8,800,000 for 4 mobile truck x-rays
with transmission and backscatter imaging.
(C) $3,600,000 for 4 1–MeV pallet x-rays.
(D) $250,000 for 50 portable contraband de-
tectors (busters) to be distributed among ports
where the current allocations are inadequate.
(E) $300,000 for 25 contraband detection
kits to be distributed among ports based on traf-
fic volume.
(F) $240,000 for 10 portable Treasury En-
forcement Communications Systems (TECS) ter-
minals to be moved among ports as needed.
(G) $400,000 for 10 narcotics vapor and
particle detectors to be distributed to each border
crossing based on traffic volume.
(3) FLORIDA AND GULF COAST SEAPORTS.—For
Florida and the Gulf Coast seaports, the following:
(A) $4,500,000 for 6 Vehicle and Container
Inspection Systems (VACIS).
(B) $11,800,000 for 5 mobile truck x-rays
with transmission and backscatter imaging.
(C) $7,200,000 for 8 1–MeV pallet x-rays.
(D) $250,000 for 50 portable contraband de-
tectors (busters) to be distributed among ports
where the current allocations are inadequate.
(E) $300,000 for 25 contraband detection
kits to be distributed among ports based on traf-
fic volume.
(b) FISCAL YEAR 2001.—Of the amounts made avail-
able for fiscal year 2001 under section 301(b)(1)(B) of the
Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of 1978
(19 U.S.C. 2075(b)(1)(B)), as amended by section 101(a)
of this Act, $8,924,500 shall be available until expended for
the maintenance and support of the equipment and train-
ing of personnel to maintain and support the equipment
described in subsection (a).
(c) ACQUISITION
OF TECHNOLOGICALLY SUPERIOR
EQUIPMENT; TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commissioner of Customs
may use amounts made available for fiscal year 2000
under section 301(b)(1)(A) of the Customs Procedural
Reform and Simplification Act of 1978 (19 U.S.C.
2075(b)(1)(A)), as amended by section 101(a) of this
Act, for the acquisition of equipment other than the
equipment described in subsection (a) if such other
equipment—
(A)(i) is technologically superior to the
equipment described in subsection (a); and
(ii) will achieve at least the same results at
a cost that is the same or less than the equip-
ment described in subsection (a); or
(B) can be obtained at a lower cost than the
equipment described in subsection (a).
(2) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of this section, the Commissioner of
Customs may reallocate an amount not to exceed 10
percent of—
(A) the amount specified in any of subpara-
graphs (A) through (R) of subsection (a)(1) for
equipment specified in any other of such sub-
paragraphs (A) through (R);
(B) the amount specified in any of subpara-
graphs (A) through (G) of subsection (a)(2) for
equipment specified in any other of such sub-
paragraphs (A) through (G); and
(C) the amount specified in any of subpara-
graphs (A) through (E) of subsection (a)(3) for
equipment specified in any other of such sub-
paragraphs (A) through (E).
SEC. 103. PEAK HOURS AND INVESTIGATIVE RESOURCE EN-
HANCEMENT FOR THE UNITED STATES-MEX-
ICO AND UNITED STATES-CANADA BORDERS.
Of the amounts made available for fiscal years 2000
and 2001 under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section
301(b)(1) of the Customs Procedural Reform and Sim-
plification Act of 1978 (19 U.S.C. 2075(b)(1)(A) and (B)),
as amended by section 101(a) of this Act, $127,644,584 for
fiscal year 2000 and $184,110,928 for fiscal year 2001 shall
be available for the following:
(1) A net increase of 535 inspectors, 120 special
agents, and 10 intelligence analysts for the United
States-Mexico border and 375 inspectors for the
United States-Canada border, in order to open all
primary lanes on such borders during peak hours and
enhance investigative resources.
(2) A net increase of 285 inspectors and canine
enforcement officers to be distributed at large cargo
facilities as needed to process and screen cargo (in-
cluding rail cargo) and reduce commercial waiting
times on the United States-Mexico border.
(3) A net increase of 40 inspectors at sea ports
in southeast Florida to process and screen cargo.
(4) A net increase of 300 special agents, 30 intel-
ligence analysts, and additional resources to be dis-
tributed among offices that have jurisdiction over
major metropolitan drug or narcotics distribution
and transportation centers for intensification of ef-
forts against drug smuggling and money-laundering
organizations.
(5) A net increase of 50 positions and additional
resources to the Office of Internal Affairs to enhance
investigative resources for anticorruption efforts.
(6) The costs incurred as a result of the increase
in personnel hired pursuant to this section.
SEC. 104. COMPLIANCE WITH PERFORMANCE PLAN RE-
QUIREMENTS.
As part of the annual performance plan for each of
the fiscal years 2000 and 2001 covering each program activ-
ity set forth in the budget of the United States Customs
Service, as required under section 1115 of title 31, United
States Code, the Commissioner of the Customs Service shall
establish performance goals, performance indicators, and
comply with all other requirements contained in para-
graphs (1) through (6) of subsection (a) of such section with
respect to each of the activities to be carried out pursuant
to sections 111 and 112 of this Act.
Subtitle B—Child Cyber-Smuggling
Center of the Customs Service
SEC. 111. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR PRO-
GRAM TO PREVENT CHILD PORNOGRAPHY/
CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to the Customs Service
$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 to carry out the program
to prevent child pornography/child sexual exploitation es-
tablished by the Child Cyber-Smuggling Center of the Cus-
toms Service.
(b) USE
OF AMOUNTS
FOR CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
CYBER TIPLINE.—Of the amount appropriated under sub-
section (a), the Customs Service shall provide 3.75 percent
of such amount to the National Center for Missing and Ex-
ploited Children for the operation of the child pornography
cyber tipline of the Center and for increased public aware-
ness of the tipline.
Subtitle C—Personnel Provisions
CHAPTER 1—OVERTIME AND PREMIUM
PAY OF OFFICERS OF THE CUSTOMS
SERVICE
SEC. 121. CORRECTION RELATING TO FISCAL YEAR CAP.
Section 5(c)(1) of the Act of February 13, 1911 (19
U.S.C. 267(c)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(1) FISCAL YEAR CAP.—The aggregate of over-
time pay under subsection (a) (including commuting
compensation under subsection (a)(2)(B)) that a cus-
toms officer may be paid in any fiscal year may not
exceed $30,000, except that—
‘‘(A) the Commissioner of Customs or his or
her designee may waive this limitation in indi-
vidual cases in order to prevent excessive costs or
to meet emergency requirements of the Customs
Service; and
‘‘(B) upon certification by the Commis-
sioner of Customs to the Chairmen of the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Finance of the
Senate that the Customs Service has in operation
a system that provides accurate and reliable
data on a daily basis on overtime and premium
pay that is being paid to customs officers, the
Commissioner is authorized to pay any customs
officer for one work assignment that would result
in the overtime pay of that officer exceeding the
$30,000 limitation imposed by this paragraph,
in addition to any overtime pay that may be re-
ceived pursuant to a waiver under subparagraph
(A).’’.
SEC. 122. CORRECTION RELATING TO OVERTIME PAY.
Section 5(a)(1) of the Act of February 13, 1911 (19
U.S.C. 267(a)(1)), is amended by inserting after the first
sentence the following new sentences: ‘‘Overtime pay pro-
vided under this subsection shall not be paid to any customs
officer unless such officer actually performed work during
the time corresponding to such overtime pay. The preceding
sentence shall not apply with respect to the payment of an
award or settlement to a customs officer who was unable
to perform overtime work as a result of a personnel action
in violation of section 5596 of title 5, United States Code,
section 6(d) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, or
title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.’’.
SEC. 123. CORRECTION RELATING TO PREMIUM PAY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5(b)(4) of the Act of Feb-
ruary 13, 1911 (19 U.S.C. 267(b)(4)), is amended by add-
ing after the first sentence the following new sentences:
‘‘Premium pay provided under this subsection shall not be
paid to any customs officer unless such officer actually per-
formed work during the time corresponding to such pre-
mium pay. The preceding sentence shall not apply with re-
spect to the payment of an award or settlement to a customs
officer who was unable to perform work during the time
described in the preceding sentence as a result of a personnel
action in violation of section 5596 of title 5, United States
Code, section 6(d) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938,
or title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.’’.
(b) CORRECTIONS RELATING TO NIGHT WORK DIF-
FERENTIAL PAY.—Section 5(b)(1) of such Act (19 U.S.C.
267(b)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(1) NIGHT WORK DIFFERENTIAL.—
‘‘(A) 6 P.M. TO MIDNIGHT.—If any hours of
regularly scheduled work of a customs officer
occur during the hours of 6 p.m. and 12 a.m.,
the officer is entitled to pay for such hours of
work (except for work to which paragraph (2) or
(3) applies) at the officer’s hourly rate of basic
pay plus premium pay amounting to 15 percent
of that basic rate.
‘‘(B) MIDNIGHT TO 6 A.M.—If any hours of
regularly scheduled work of a customs officer
occur during the hours of 12 a.m. and 6 a.m.,
the officer is entitled to pay for such hours of
work (except for work to which paragraph (2) or
(3) applies) at the officer’s hourly rate of basic
pay plus premium pay amounting to 20 percent
of that basic rate.
‘‘(C) MIDNIGHT TO 8 A.M.—If the regularly
scheduled work of a customs officer is 12 a.m. to
8:00 a.m., the officer is entitled to pay for work
during such period (except for work to which
paragraph (2) or (3) applies) at the officer’s
hourly rate of basic pay plus premium pay
amounting to 20 percent of that basic rate.’’.
SEC. 124. USE OF SAVINGS FROM PAYMENT OF OVERTIME
AND PREMIUM PAY FOR ADDITIONAL OVER-
TIME ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES OF THE
CUSTOMS SERVICE.
Section 5 of the Act of February 13, 1911 (19 U.S.C.
267), is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection
(f); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(e) USE OF SAVINGS FROM PAYMENT OF OVERTIME
AND PREMIUM PAY FOR ADDITIONAL OVERTIME ENFORCE-
MENT ACTIVITIES.—
‘‘(1) USE OF AMOUNTS.—For fiscal year 1999
and each subsequent fiscal year, the Secretary of the
Treasury—
‘‘(A) shall determine under paragraph (2)
the amount of savings from the payment of over-
time and premium pay to customs officers; and
‘‘(B) shall use an amount from the Customs
User Fee Account equal to such amount deter-
mined under paragraph (2) for additional over-
time enforcement activities of the Customs Serv-
ice.
‘‘(2) DETERMINATION OF SAVINGS AMOUNT.—For
each fiscal year, the Secretary shall calculate an
amount equal to the difference between—
‘‘(A) the estimated cost for overtime and
premium pay that would have been incurred
during that fiscal year if this section, as in effect
on the day before the date of the enactment of
sections 122 and 123 of the Trade Agency Au-
thorization, Drug Free Borders, and Prevention
of On-Line Child Pornography Act of 1999, had
governed such costs; and
‘‘(B) the actual cost for overtime and pre-
mium pay that is incurred during that fiscal
year under this section, as amended by sections
122 and 123 of the Trade Agency Authorization,
Drug Free Borders, and Prevention of On-Line
Child Pornography Act of 1999.’’.
SEC. 125. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This chapter, and the amendments made by this chap-
ter, shall apply with respect to pay periods beginning on
or after 15 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
CHAPTER 2—MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
SEC. 131. STUDY AND REPORT RELATING TO PERSONNEL
PRACTICES OF THE CUSTOMS SERVICE.
(a) STUDY.—The Commissioner of Customs shall con-
duct a study of current personnel practices of the Customs
Service, including an overview of performance standards
and the effect and impact of the collective bargaining proc-
ess on drug interdiction efforts of the Customs Service and
a comparison of duty rotation policies of the Customs Serv-
ice and other Federal agencies that employ similarly-situ-
ated personnel.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of Customs
shall submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance
of the Senate a report containing the results of the study
conducted under subsection (a).
SEC. 132. PAY OF COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS.
Subchapter II of chapter 53 of subpart D of part III
of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in section 5315, by striking the following:
‘‘Commissioner of Customs, Department of the
Treasury.’’; and
(2) in section 5314, by inserting at the end the
following:
‘‘Commissioner of Customs, Department of the
Treasury.’’.
TITLE 
II—OFFICE 
OF 
THE
UNITED STATES TRADE REP-
RESENTATIVE
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 141(g)(1) of the Trade Act
of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2171(g)(1)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A)—
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by
striking ‘‘not to exceed the following’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘as follows’’;
(B) in clause (i) to read as follows:
‘‘(i) $26,501,000 for fiscal year 2000.’’; and
(C) in clause (ii) to read as follows:
‘‘(ii) $26,501,000 for fiscal year 2001.’’; and
(2) in subparagraph (B)—
(A) in clause (i), by adding ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(B) by striking clause (ii); and
(C) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause
(ii).
(b) SUBMISSION
OF OUT-YEAR BUDGET PROJEC-
TIONS.—Section 141(g) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2171(g)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) By no later than the date on which the President
submits to the Congress the budget of the United States Gov-
ernment for a fiscal year, the United States Trade Rep-
resentative shall submit to the Committee on Ways and
Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Finance of the Senate the projected amount of funds for
the succeeding fiscal year that will be necessary for the Of-
fice to carry out its functions.’’.
TITLE 
III—UNITED 
STATES
INTERNATIONAL TRADE COM-
MISSION
SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 330(e)(2)(A) of the Tariff
Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1330(e)(2)) is amended—
(1) in clause (i) to read as follows:
‘‘(i) $47,200,000 for fiscal year 2000.’’; and
(2) in clause (ii) to read as follows:
‘‘(ii) $49,750,000 for fiscal year 2001.’’.
(b) SUBMISSION
OF OUT-YEAR BUDGET PROJEC-
TIONS.—Section 330(e) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.
1330(e)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4) By no later than the date on which the President
submits to the Congress the budget of the United States Gov-
ernment for a fiscal year, the Commission shall submit to
the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate
the projected amount of funds for the succeeding fiscal year
that will be necessary for the Commission to carry out its
functions.’’.