Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991
PL 101-515 (H.R.5021), enacted 11/05/1990

PUBLIC LAW 101-515—NOV. 5, 1990 
104 STAT. 2101 
Public Law 101-515 
101st Congress 
An Act 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the 
Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1991, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That the following 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, 
and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30,1991, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the general administration of the 
Department of Commerce provided for by law, including not to 
exceed $2,000 for official entertainment, $29,595,000. 
Nov. 5, 1990 
[H.R. 5021] 
Departments of 
Commerce, 
Justice, and 
State, the 
Judiciary, and 
Related 
Agencies 
Appropriations 
Act, 1991. 
Department of 
Commerce 
Appropriations 
Act, 1991. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrjdng out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. App. 1-11 as amended by Public Law 100-504), 
$14,400,000. 
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for collecting, compiling, analyzing, 
preparing, 
and 
publishing 
statistics, 
provided 
for 
by 
law, 
$110,250,000. 
PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary to collect and publish statistics for peri-
odic censuses and programs provided for by law, $272,700,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of economic and 
statistical analysis programs of the Department of Commerce, 
$36,200,000. 
104 STAT. 2102 
PUBLIC LAW 101-515—NOV. 5, 1990 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
For grants under the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program, as 
authorized by 19 U.S.C. 2024, and for economic development assist-
ance as provided by the Public Works and Economic Development 
Act of 1965, as amended, and Public Law 91-304, and such laws that 
were in effect immediately before September 30, 1982, $209,000,000: 
Provided, That during fiscal year 1991 total commitments to guaran-
tee loans shall not exceed $150,000,000 of contingent liability for 
loan principal: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available under this heading may be used 
directly or indirectly for attorneys' or consultants' fees in connec-
tion with securing grants and contracts made by the Economic 
Development Administration: iVouidec?/i/r^^er. That the Economic 
Development Administration shall not implement the funding 
policy for the university center program as stated in the Federal 
Register notice of May 24, 1990 to reduce the grant of each univer-
sity center from the Fiscal Year 1990 level and that any changes in 
individual grant amounts be made on the basis of failing to conform 
to the EDA grant agreements in place in fiscal year 1990, other than 
the funding policy for the university center program as stated in the 
Federal Register notice of May 24, 1990: Provided further. That any 
reduction in an individual grant amount to a university center from 
the Fiscal Year 1990 level shall be subject to the reprogramming 
procedures stated in section 606 of this Act. 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances in the Economic Development Revolv-
ing Fund, $35,000,000 are rescinded. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administering the economic develop-
ment assistance programs as provided for by law, $27,018,000: Pro-
vided, That these funds may be used to monitor projects approved 
pursuant to title I of the Public Works Employment Act of 1976, as 
amended, title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, and the 
Community Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977. Notwithstand-
ing any other provision of this Act or any other law, funds appro-
priated in this paragraph shall be used to fill and maintain 
forty-nine permanent positions designated £is Economic Development 
Representatives out of the total number of permanent positions 
funded in the Salaries and Expenses account of the Economic 
Development Administration for fiscal year 1991, of which no more 
than two positions shall be designated as National Economic Devel-
opment Representatives: Provided further. That such positions shall 
be maintained within an organizational structure that provides at 
least one full-time EDR in each State to which a full-time EDR was 
assigned as of December 31,1987. 
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104 STAT. 2103 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for international trade activities of the 
Department of Commerce provided for by law, and eng£iging in 
trade promotional activities abroad without regard to the provisions 
of law set forth in 44 U.S.C. 3702 and 3703; full medical coverage for 
dependent members of immediate families of employees stationed 
overseas; travel and transportation of employees of the United 
States and Foreign Commercial Service between two points abroad, 
without regard to 49 U.S.C. 1517; employment of Americans and 
aliens by contract for services abroad; rental of space abroad for 
periods not exceeding ten years, and expenses of alteration, repair, 
or improvement; purchsuse or construction of temporary demount-
able exhibition structures for use abroad; payment of tort claims, in 
the manner authorized in the first paragraph of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when 
such claims arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $330,000 for 
official representation expenses abroad; and purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles for official use abroad not to exceed $30,000 per 
vehicle; obtain insurance on official motor vehicles, rent tie lines 
and teletype equipment; $185,620,000 to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $3,000,000 shall be for support costs of a new 
materials center in Ames, Iowa, and of which $7,175,000 is for the 
Office of Textiles and Apparels, including $3,315,000 for a grant to 
the Tailored Clothing Technology Corporation: Provided, That the 
provisions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 
108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these 
activities; and that for the purpose of this Act, contributions under 
the provisions of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange 
Act shall include pajmient for assessments for services provided as 
part of these activities. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
19 USC 2171 
upon the request of the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of '
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State shall accord the diplomatic title of Minister-Counselor to the 
senior Commercial Officer Eissigned to any United States mission 
abroad: Provided further. That the number of Commercial Service 
officers accorded such diplomatic title at any time shall not exceed 
twelve. The Secretary of Commerce shgdl establish a foreign trade 
Iowa, 
zone for C!edar Rapids, Iowa, not later than February 1, 1991, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law. 
EXPORT ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for export administration and national 
security activities of the Department of Commerce, including costs 
associated with the performance of export adpiinistration field 
activities both domestically and abroad; full medical coverage for 
dependent members of immediate families of employees stationed 
overseas; employment of Americans and aliens by contract for 
services abroad; rental of space abroad for periods not exceeding ten 
years, and expenses of alteration, repair, or improvement; payment 
of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of 28 
U.S.C. 2672 when such claims arise in foreign countries; not to 
exceed $25,000 for official representation expenses abroad; awards of 
compensation to informers under the Export Administration Act of 
1979, and as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 401(b); purchase of passenger 
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motor vehicles for official use and motor vehicles for law enforce-
ment use with special requirement vehicles eligible for purchase 
without regard to any price limitation otherwise established by law; 
$43,099,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
provisions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 
108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these 
activities. 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Commerce in foster-
ing, promoting, and developing minority business enterprise, includ-
ing expenses of grants, contracts, and other agreements with public 
or private organizations, $40,549,000, of which $24,873,000 shall 
remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 
$15,676,000 shall be available for program management for fiscal 
year 1991. 
UNITED STATES TRAVEL AND TOURISM ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Travel and Tourism 
Administration including travel and tourism promotional activities 
abroad for travel to the United States and its possessions without 
regard to 44 U.S.C. 3702 and 3703; and including employment of 
American citizens and aliens by contract for services abroad; rental 
of space abroad for periods not exceeding five years, and expenses of 
alteration, repair, or improvement; purchase or construction of 
temporary demountable exhibition structures for use abroad; ad-
vance of funds under contracts abroad; pa3rment of tort claims in the 
manner authorized in the first paragraph of 28 U.S.C. 2672, when 
such claims arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $15,()00 for 
representation expenses abroad; and grants to States or other eli-
gible entities pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2123 for the purpose of providing 
financial assistance for States whose tourism promotion needs have 
increased due to disasters; $19,596,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law for the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including ac-
33 use 851. 
quisition, maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft; 439 commis-
sioned officers on the active list; as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 
1344; construction of facilities, including initial equipment as au-
thorized by 33 U.S.C. 883i; and alteration, modernization, and re-
location of facilities as authorized by 33 U.S.C. 883i; $1,353,156,000 to 
remain available until expended, of which $2,200,000 shall be avail-
able for construction and renovation of facilities at the Stuttgart 
Fish Farming Experimental Station, Stuttgart, Arkansas, and to 
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104 STAT. 2105 
acquire equipment and furnishings necessary for such facility which 
are consistent with the original plan for the facility, and of which 
$550,000 shall be available for operational expenses at the Stuttgart 
Fish Farming Experimental Station, Stuttgart, Arkansas, and of 
which $400,000 shall be available only for a semitropical research 
facility located at Key Largo, Florida; and in addition, $34,521,000 
shall be derived from the Airport and Airways Trust Fund as 
authorized by 49 U.S.C. 2205(d); and in addition, $60,900,000 shall be 
derived by transfer from the fund entitled "Promote and Develop 
Fishery Products and Research Pertaining to American Fisheries"; 
and in addition, $7,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the 
Coastal Energy Impact Fund: Provided, That grants to States pursu-
ant to section 306 and 306(a) of the Coastal Zone Management Act, 
as amended, shall not exceed $2,000,000 and shall not be less than 
$450,000: Provided further. That in addition to the sums appro-
priated elsewhere in this paragraph, not to exceed $500,000 shall be 
available from the receipts deposited in the fund entitled "Promote 
and Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining to American 
Fisheries" for grant management and related activities: Provided 
further. That notwithstanding any other provision of law, $400,000 
shall be available to the South Carolina Coastal Council for the 
Charleston Harbor Estuary Special Area Management Plan. 
DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND RESTORATION REVOLVING FUND 
For contingency planning, response and natural resource damage 
33 USC 2706 
assessment and restoration activities, pursuant to the Comprehen- 
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sive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as 
amended, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, the 
Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act, as amended, and 
the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $5,000,000 to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, in fiscal year 1991 and thereafter, sums provided by any party 
or governmental entity for natural resource damage assessment, 
response or restoration activities conducted or to be conducted by 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as a result of 
any injury to the marine environment and/or resources for which 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration acts as 
trustee of said marine environment and/or resources, shall be depos-
ited in the Damage Assessment and Restoration Revolving Fund 
and said funds so deposited shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further. That for purposes of obligation and expenditure in 
fiscal year 1991 and thereafter, sums available in the Damage 
Assessment and Restoration Revolving Fund may be transferred, 
upon the approval of the Secretary of Commerce or his delegate, to 
the Operations, Research, and Facilities appropriation of the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 
FISHERIES PROMOTIONAL FUND 
Of the funds deposited in the Fisheries Promotional Fund pursu-
ant to section 209 of the Fish and Seafood Promotion Act of 1986, as 
amended, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
made available as authorized by said Act. 
104 STAT. 2106 
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FISHING VESSEL AND GEAR DAMAGE FUND 
For carrying out the provisions of section 3 of Public Law 95-376, 
not to exceed $1,202,000, to be derived from receipts collected pursu-
ant to 22 U.S.C. 1980 (b) and (f), to remain available until expended. 
FISHERMEN'S CONTINGENCY FUND 
For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public Law 95-372, 
not to exceed $1,000,000, to be derived from receipts collected pursu-
ant to that Act, to remain available until expended. 
FOREIGN FISHING OBSERVER FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Atlantic 
Tunas Convention Act of 1975, as amended (Public Law 96-339), the 
Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976, as 
amended (Public Law 94-265), and the American Fisheries Pro-
motion Act (Public Law 96-561), there are appropriated from the 
fees imposed under the foreign fishery observer program authorized 
by these Acts, not to exceed $1,997,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Patent and Trademark Office pro-
vided for by law, including defense of suits instituted against the 
Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks; $91,000,000 of which 
$88,000,000 shall be derived from deposits in the Patent and Trade-
mark Office Fee Surcharge Fund as authorized by law: Provided, 
That the amounts made available under the Fund shall not exceed 
amounts deposited; and such fees as shall be collected pursuant to 15 
U.S.C. 1113 and 35 U.S.C. 41 and 376, to remain available until 
expended. 
TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Technology 
Administration, 
$4,200,000. 
INFORMATION PRODUCTS A N D SERVICES 
Notwithstanding sections 212 (aXlXB) and (aX3) of Public Law 
100-519, there may be credited to this account not to exceed $500,000 
for modernization, including operating expenses. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY 
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, $166,228,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which not to exceed $9,772,000 may be transferred to the "Working 
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104 STAT. 2107 
Capital Fund"; and of which not to exceed $10,095,000 shall be 
available for construction of research facilities. 
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Regional Centers for the Transfer of 
Manufacturing Technology, and the Advanced Technology and State 
Extension Services programs of the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology, $49,100,000, to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration, $15,252,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING AND 
CONSTRUCTION 
For grants authorized by section 392 of the Communications Act 
of 1934, £is amended, $21,833,000, to remain available until expended 
as authorized by section 391 of said Act, as amended: Provided, That 
not to exceed $1,500,000 shall be available for program administra-
tion as authorized by section 391 of the Communications Act of 1934, 
as amended: Provided further, That notwithstanding the provisions 
of section 391 of the Communications Act of 1934 as amended, the 
prior year unobligated balances may be made available for grants 
for projects for which applications have been submitted and ap-
proved during any fiscal year: Provided further, That notwithstand-
ing the provisions of sections 391 and 392 of the Communications 
Act, as amended, not to exceed $1,000,000 appropriated in this 
paragraph shall be available for the Pan-Pacific Educational and 
Cultural Experiments by Satellite program (PEACESAT). 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
SEC. 101. During the current fiscal year, applicable appropriations 
and funds made available to the Department of Commerce by this 
Act shall be available for the activities specified in the Act of 
October 26, 1949 (15 U.S.C. 1514), to the extent and in the manner 
prescribed by said Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may be 
used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized only upon the 
certification of officials designated by the Secretary that such pay-
ments are in the public interest. 
SEC. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropriations made 
available to the Department of Commerce by this Act for salaries 
and expenses shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles 
as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 
law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902). 
SEC. 103. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
used to support the hurricane reconnaissance aircraft and activities 
that were under the control of the United States Air Force or the 
United States Air Force Reserve as of June 1,1990. 
104 STAT. 2108 
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gg^-, JQ4 None of the funds provided in this or any previous Act 
shall be available to reimburse the Unemployment Trust Fund or 
any other fund or account of the Treasury to pay for any expenses 
authorized by section 8501 of title 5, United States Code, for services 
performed after April 20, 1990, by individuals appointed to tem-
porary positions within the Bureau of the Census for purposes 
relating to the 1990 decennial census of population. 
SEC. 105. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act to the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology of the Department of Com-
merce for the Advanced Technology Program shall be available for 
award to companies or to joint ventures under the terms and 
conditions set forth in subsection 0?) of this section, in addition to 
any terms and conditions established by rules issued by the Sec-
retary of Commerce. 
ObXD A company shall be eligible to receive financial assistance 
from the Secretary of Commerce only if— 
(A) the Secretary of Commerce finds that the company's 
participation in the Advanced Technology Program would be in 
the economic interest of the United States, as evidenced by 
investments in the United States in research, development, and 
manufacturing (including, for example, the manufacture of 
major components or subassemblies in the United States); 
significant contributions to employment in the United States; 
and agreement with respect to any technology arising from 
gissistance provided by the Secretary of Commerce to promote 
the manufacture within the United States of products resulting 
from that technology (taking into account the goals of promot-
ing the competitiveness of United States industry), and to pro-
cure parts and materials from competitive suppliers; and 
(B) either— 
(i) the company is a United States-owned company; or 
(ii) the Secretary of Commerce finds that the company 
has a parent company which is incorporated in a country 
which 
affords 
the 
United 
States-owned 
companies 
opportunities, comparable to those afforded to any other 
company, to participate in any joint venture similar to 
those funded through the Advanced Technology Program; 
affords to United States-owned companies local investment 
opportunities comparable to those afforded to any other 
company; and affords adequate and effective protection for 
the intellectual property rights of United States-owned 
companies. 
(2) The Secretary of Commerce may, 30 days after notice to 
Congress, suspend a company or joint venture from receiving contin-
ued assistance through the Advanced Technology Program if the 
Secretary of Commerce determines that the company, the country of 
incorporation of the parent company of a company, or the joint 
venture has failed to satisfy any of the criteria set forth in this 
subsection, and that it is in the national interest of the United 
States to do so. 
(3) As used in this section, the term "United States-owned com-
pany" means a company that has a majority ownership or control by 
individuals who are citizens of the United States. 
This title may be cited as the "Department of Commerce Appropria-
tions Act, 199r'. 
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104 STAT. 2109 
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
Department of 
Justice 
_ 
. 
Appropriations 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
Act, 1991. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the administration of the Department 
of Justice, $100,968,000, of which $970,000 shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 11 permanent posi-
tions, 12 full-time equivalent workyears, and $1,400,000 shall be 
expended for the Office of Public Affairs and 18 permanent posi-
tions, 21 full-time equivalent workyears, and $2,100,000 shall be 
expended for the Office of Legislative Affairs: Provided further. That 
the two aforementioned Offices shall not be augmented by personnel 
details, temporary transfers of personnel on either a reimbursable 
or nonreimbursable basis, or any other type of formal or informal 
transfer or reimbursement of personnel or funds on either a tem-
porary or long-term basis. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, $25,140,000; including not to exceed $10,000 to meet un-
foreseen emergencies of a confidential character, to be expended 
under the direction of the Attorney General, and to be accounted for 
solely on his certificate; and for the acquisition, lease, maintenance 
and operation of motor vehicles without regard to the general 
purchase price limitation. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For expenses necessary to convert the Department of Justice 
pa5rroll/personnel system to the Department of Agriculture's Na-
tional Finance Center payroll/personnel system, not to exceed 
$3,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be derived from 
current operating income. 
UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Parole Commission, 
as authorized by law, $10,051,000. 
LEGAL ACTIVITIES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the Department 
of Justice, not otherwise provided for, including not to exceed 
$20,000 for expenses of collecting evidence, to be expended under the 
direction of the Attorney Genergd and accounted for solely on his 
certificate; and rent of private or Government-owned space in the 
District of Columbia; $343,603,000, of which not to exceed $5,639,000 
shall be available for the operation of the United States National 
Central Bureau, INTERPOL; and of which not to exceed $6,000,000 
for litigation support contracts shall remain available until Septem-
ber 30, 1992: Provided, That of the funds available in this appropria-
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tion, not to exceed $17,000,000 shall remain available until expended 
for office automation systems for the legal divisions covered by this 
appropriation, and for the United States Attorneys, the Antitrust 
Division, and offices funded through "Salaries and expenses", Gen-
eral Administration. 
For expenses of the Department of Justice associated with process-
ing cases under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, 
not to exceed $2,000,000 to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury 
Compensation Trust Fund, as authorized by section 6601 of the 
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION 
For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust and 
kindred laws, $53,730,000 of which an estimated $20,000,000 shall be 
derived from fees collected for premerger notification filings under 
the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 
U.S.C. 18(a)) so as to result in a final fiscal year 1991 appropriation 
of $33,730,000: Provided, That $53,730,000 shall be apportioned and 
shall be construed as being available for obligation without regard 
to 31 U.S.C. 1341: Provided further, That fees made available to the 
Antitrust Division shall remain available until expended but that 
any fees received in excess of $20,000,000 shall not be available for 
obligation in fiscal year 1991. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the United States Attor-
neys, $673,095,000, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be avail-
able until September 30, 1992, for the purposes of (1) providing 
training of personnel of the Department of Justice in debt collection, 
(2) providing services related to locating debtors and their property, 
such as title searches, debtor skiptracing, asset searches, credit 
reports and other investigations, and (3) paying the costs of sales of 
property not covered by the sale proceeds, such as auctioneers' fees 
and expenses, maintenance and protection of property 
and 
businesses, advertising and title search and surveying costs: Pro-
vided, That of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed $8,000 
shall be available for official reception and representation expenses. 
UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND 
For the necessary expenses of the United States Trustee Program, 
$64,300,000, to remain available until expended and to be derived 
from the Fund, for activities authorized by section 115 of the Bank-
ruptcy Judges, United States Trustees, and Family Farmer Bank-
ruptcy Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-554): Provided, That deposits to 
the Fund are available in such amounts as may be necessary to pay 
refunds due depositors. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the Foreign 
Claims Settlement Commission, including services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109, $640,000. 
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104 STAT. 2111 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the United States Marshals Service; 
including acquisition, lease, maintenance, and operation of vehicles 
and aircraft; $288,529,000, including purchase of passenger motor 
vehicles for police-type use without regard to the general purchase 
price limitation for the current fiscal year as authorized in Public 
Law 100-690 (102 Stat. 4513); of which not to exceed $12,653,000 for 
the renovation and construction of Marshals Service prisoner hold-
ing facilities shall be available until expended; and of which not to 
exceed $6,000 shall be available for official reception and representa-
tion expenses. 
SUPPORT OF UNITED STATES PRISONERS 
For support of United States prisoners in the custody of the 
United States Marshals Service and as authorized in 18 U.S.C. 4013, 
but not including expenses otherwise provided for in appropriations 
available to the Attorney General, $193,034,000, to remain available 
until expended; of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall be available 
under the Cooperative Agreement Program. 
FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES 
For expenses, mileage, compensation, and per diems of witnesses, 
for private counsel expenses, and for per diems in lieu of subsist-
ence, as authorized by law, including advances, $70,628,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $2,000,000 
may be made available for planning, construction, renovation, 
maintenance, remodeling, and repair of buildings and the purchase 
of equipment incident thereto for protected witness safesites. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Community Relations Service, 
established by title X of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, $27,172,000, of 
which not to exceed $19,614,000 shall remedn available until ex-
pended to make pa)anents in advance for grants, contracts and 
reimbursable agreements and other expenses necessary under sec-
tion 501(c) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 (Public 
Law 96-422; 94 Stat. 1809) for the processing, care, maintenance, 
security, transportation and reception and placement in the United 
States of Cuban and Haitian entrants: Provided, That notwithstand-
ing section 501(eX2)(B) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 
1980 (Public Law 96-422; 94 Stat. 1810), funds may be expended for 
assistance with respect to Cuban and Haitian entrants as authorized 
under section 501(c) of such Act. 
ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND 
For expenses authorized by 28 U.S.C. 524(cXlXAXii), (B), (C), (F), 
and (G), as amended, $100,000,000 to be derived from the Depart-
ment of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund. 
104 STAT. 2112 
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INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT 
ORGANIZED CRIME DRUG ENFORCEMENT 
For necessary expenses for the detection, investigation, and 
prosecution of individuals involved in organized crime drug traffick-
ing not otherwise provided for, $328,000,000, of which $50,000,000 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That any amounts 
obligated from appropriations under this heading may be used 
under authorities available to the organizations reimbursed from 
this appropriation: Provided further, That any unobligated balances 
remaining available at the end of the fiscal year shall revert to the 
Attorney General for reallocation among participating organiza-
tions in the succeeding fiscal year, subject to the reprogramming 
procedures described in section 606 of this Act. 
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for detection, investigation, and prosecu-
tion of crimes against the United States; including purchase for 
police-type use of not to exceed 3,136 passenger motor vehicles of 
which 2,125 will be for replacement only, without regard to the 
general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year, and 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; acquisition, lease, maintenance 
and operation of aircraft; and not to exceed $70,000 to meet unfore-
seen emergencies of a confidential character, to be expended under 
the direction of the Attorney General, and to be accounted for solely 
on his certificate; $1,687,962,000, of which not to exceed $25,000,000 
for automated 
data processing and telecommunications 
and 
$1,000,000 for undercover operations shall remain available until 
September 30, 1992; of which not to exceed $8,000,000 for research 
and development related to investigative activities shall remain 
available until expended; and of which not to exceed $500,000 is 
authorized to be made available for making payments or advances 
for expenses arising out of contractual or reimbursable agreements 
with State and local law enforcement agencies while engaged in 
cooperative activities related to terrorism and drug investigations: 
28 use 534 note. 
Provided, That for fiscal year 1991 and hereafter the Director of the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation may establish and collect fees to 
process fingerprint identification records and name checks for non-
criminal justice, non-law enforcement employment and licensing 
purposes and for certain employees of private sector contractors 
with classified Government contracts, and notwithstanding the 
provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302, credit such fees to this appropriation to 
be used for salaries and other expenses incurred in providing these 
services, and that the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion may establish such fees at a level to include an additional 
amount to establish a fund to remain available until expended to 
defray expenses for the automation of fingerprint identification 
services and associated costs: Provided further. That not to exceed 
$45,000 shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses: Provided further. That not to exceed $7,500,000 for a 
language translation system shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further. That $10,000,000 previously provided for the re-
location of the FBI's Washington Metropolitan Field Office be made 
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104 STAT. 2113 
available for construction of Pod C of the Engineering Research 
Facility at Quantico, Virginia. 
DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Administration, 
including not to exceed $70,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a 
confidential character, to be expended under the direction of the 
Attorney General, and to be accounted for solely on his certificate; 
expenses for conducting drug education programs, including travel 
and related expenses for participants in such programs and the 
distribution of items of token value that promote the goals of such 
programs; purchase not to exceed 1,293 passenger motor vehicles of 
which 775 are for replacement only for police-t)T)e use without 
regard to the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal 
year; and acquisition, lease, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; 
$694,340,000, of which not to exceed $1,800,000 for research shall 
remain available until expended; and of which not to exceed 
$4,000,000 for purchase of evidence and payments for information, 
not to exceed $4,000,000 for contracting for ADP and telecommuni-
cations equipment, not to exceed $2,000,000 for technical and labora-
tory equipment and not to exceed $20,550,000 for the purchase of 
aircraft and equipment, shall remain available until September 30, 
1992; and, of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended for planning, construction, renovation, maintenance, 
remodeling, and repair of buildings and the purchase of equipment 
incident thereto for a new aviation facility: Provided, That not to 
exceed $45,000 shall be available for official reception and represen-
tation expenses. 
IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
administration and enforcement of the laws relating to immigra-
tion, naturalization, and alien registration, including not to exceed 
$50,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character, 
to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General and 
accounted for solely on his certificate; purchase for police-type use 
(not to exceed 504, for replacement only) without regard to the 
general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year, and 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; acquisition, lease, maintenance 
and operation of aircraft; and research related to immigration 
enforcement; $884,000,000, of which not to exceed $400,000 for re-
search and $17,188,000 for construction shall remain available until 
expended: Provided, That none of the funds available to the 
Immigration and Naturalization Service shall be available for 
administrative expenses to pay any employee overtime pay in an 
amount in excess of $25,000: Provided further. That uniforms may be 
purchased without regard to the general purchase price limitation 
for the current fiscal year: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$5,000 shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
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FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the administration, operation, and 
maintenance of Federal penal and correctional institutions, includ-
ing purchase (not to exceed 330 of which 90 are for replacement 
only) and hire of law enforcement and passenger motor vehicles; 
42 use 250a. 
$1,357,843,000: Provided, That there may be transferred to the 
Health Resources and Services Administration such amounts as 
may be necessary, in the discretion of the Attorney General, for 
direct expenditures by that Administration for medical relief for 
inmates of Federal penal and correctional institutions: Provided 
further. That uniforms may be purchased without regard to the 
general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year: Pro-
vided further. That not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for official 
reception and representation expenses. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CORRECTIONS 
For carrjdng out the provisions of sections 4351-4353 of title 18, 
United States Code, which established a National Institute of 
Corrections, $10,007,000, to remain available until expended. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For planning, acquisition of sites and construction of new facili-
ties; purchase, leasing the Oklahoma City Airport Trust Facility, 
and acquisition of facilities and remodeling and equipping of such 
facilities for penal and correctional use, including all necessary 
expenses incident thereto, by contract or force account; and con-
structing, remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings and facili-
ties at existing penal and correctional institutions, including all 
necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force account, 
$374,358,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
labor of United States prisoners may be used for work performed 
under this appropriation: Provided further. That not to exceed 10 
per centum of the funds appropriated to "Buildings and Facilities" 
in this Act or any other Act may be transferred to "Salaries and 
expenses", Federsd Prison System upon notification by the Attorney 
General to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate in compliance with provisions set 
forth in section 606 of this Act. 
FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED 
The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is hereby authorized 
to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing 
authority available, and in accord with the law, and to make such 
contracts £ind commitments, without regard to fiscal year limita-
tions as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation 
Control Act, as amended, £is may be necessary in carr3dng out the 
program set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for such 
corporation, including purchase of (not to exceed five for replace- o 
ment only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles. 
PUBLIC LAW 101-515—NOV. 5, 1990 
104 STAT. 2115 
UMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL PRISON 
INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED 
Not to exceed $3,167,000 of the funds of the corporation shall be 
available for its administrative expenses for services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to be computed on an accrual basis to be deter-
mined in accordance with the corporation's prescribed accounting 
system in effect on July 1, 1946, and such amount shall be exclusive 
of depreciation, pa5mient of claims, and expenditures which the said 
accounting system requires to be capitalized or charged to cost of 
commodities acquired or produced, including selling and shipping 
expenses, and expenses in connection with acquisition, construction, 
operation, maintenance, improvement, protection, or disposition of 
facilities and other property belonging to the corporation or in 
which it has an interest. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
Government 
contracts. 
Federal Prison Industries, Inc., is authorized and directed to enter 
into a contract to carry out an independent market study at a cost 
not to exceed $250,000. The study shall be conducted by a private 
sector market analysis firm, that is not affiliated in any way with 
the Federal Prison Industries or the Bureau of Prisons. Federal Reports 
Prison Industries is directed to report the results of this study to 
Congress not later than nine (9) months from the enactment (or 
effective date) of this Act. The study shall include an analysis and 
appropriate recommendations to Congress concerning the following: 
(1) identify potential new product lines for prison-made prod-
ucts, which will have a minimal impact on the private sector; 
(2) analyze the impact that Federal Prison Industries has had 
on certain private sector industries (furniture, textiles, printing, 
electronics and apparel) in terms of production levels, employ-
ment levels, and annual sales to Federal Government depart-
ments and agencies; 
(3) provide, after consulting with the Department of Labor 
and the Department of Commerce, an estimate of the number of 
jobs displaced in the private sector (on an industry-by-industry 
basis) by the operation of Federal Prison Industries; 
(4) analyze whether Federal departments and agencies should 
consider placing limits on the market share that Federal Prison 
Industries can obtain in specific products or product lines; and 
(5) determine whether the current law governing Federal 
procurement from the Federal Prison Industries should be re-
tained or revised. 
OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS 
JUSTICE ASSISTANCE 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assist-
ance authorized by title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968, as amended, and the Missing Children's Assist-
ance Act, as amended by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, including 
salaries and expenses in connection therewith, $87,916,000, to 
remain available until expended as authorized by section 6093 of 
Public Law 100-690 (102 Stat. 4339-4340). 
In addition, for grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 
other assistance authorized by parts D and E of title I of the 
104 STAT. 2116 
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Federal 
Register, 
publication. 
Inter-
governmental 
relations. 
Cuba. 
Grant 
programs. 
Inter-
governmental 
relations. 
Cuba. 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended, 
for the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement 
Assistance Programs, including salaries and expenses in connection 
therewith, $475,000,000, to remain available until expended as au-
thorized by section 6093 of Public Law 100-690 (102 Stat. 4339-4340), 
and in addition, $17,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be available to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion for the National Crime Information Center 2000 project: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the grant 
limitation established in Section 504(f) of part D of title I of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended by 
Public Law 100-690 (102 Stat. 4333), is hereby waived for fiscal year 
1991 for grants awarded to state and local governments for the 
purpose of participating in the multi-jurisdictional drug task forces. 
In addition, for grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 
other assistance authorized by title II of the Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended, including salaries 
and expenses in connection therewith, $75,300,000, to remain avail-
able until expended as authorized by section 261(a), part D, of said 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5671(a)), of which $3,500,000 is for expenses au-
thorized by part D of title II of said Act. 
In addition, $4,963,000 for the purpose of making grants to States 
for their expenses by reason of Mariel Cubans having to be incarcer-
ated in state facilities for terms requiring incarceration for the full 
period October 1, 1990, through September 30, 1991, following their 
conviction of a felony committed after having been paroled into the 
United States by the Attorney General: Provided, That within thirty 
days of enactment of this Act the Attorney General shall announce 
in the Federal Register that this appropriation will be made avail-
able to the States whose Governors certify by February 1, 1991, a 
listing of names of such Mariel Cubans incarcerated in their respec-
tive facilities: Provided further. That the Attorney General, not 
later than April 1, 1991, will complete his review of the certified 
listings of such incarcerated Mariel Cubans, and make grants to the 
States on the basis that the certified number of such incarcerated 
persons in a State bears to the total certified number of such 
incarcerated persons: Provided further, That the amount of re-
imbursements per prisoner per annum shall not exceed $12,000. 
PUBUC SAFETY OFFICERS BENEFITS 
For payments authorized by part L of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796), as amended, 
such sums as are necessary, to remain available until expended as 
authorized by section 6093 of Public Law 100-690 (102 Stat. 4339-
4340). 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
SEC. 201. A total of not to exceed $30,000 from funds appropriated 
to the Department of Justice in this title shall be available only for 
official reception and representation expenses in accordance with 
distributions, procedures, gind regulations established by the Attor-
ney Greneral. 
SEC. 202. (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, authorities 
contained in Public Law 96-132, "The Eiepartment of Justice Appro-
priation Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1980", shall remain in effect 
until the termination date of this Act or until the effective date of a 
PUBLIC LAW 101-515—NOV. 5, 1990 
104 STAT. 2117 
Department of Justice Appropriation Authorization Act, whichever 
is earlier. 
(b)(1) During fiscal year 1991 with respect to any undercover 
investigative operation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation or the 
Drug Enforcement Administration which is necessary for the detec-
tion and prosecution of crimes against the United States or for the 
collection of foreign intelligence or counterintelligence— 
(A) sums authorized to be appropriated for the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation and for the Drug Enforcement Adminis-
tration may be used for purchasing property, buildings, and 
other facilities, and for leasing space, within the United States, 
the District of Columbia, and the territories and possessions of 
the United States, without regard to section 1341 of title 31 of 
the United States Code, section 3732(a) of the Revised Statutes 
(41 U.S.C. 11(a)), section 305 of the Act of June 30, 1949 (63 Stat. 
396; 41 U.S.C. 255), the third undesignated paragraph under the 
heading of "Miscellaneous" of the Act of March 3, 1877 (19 Stat. 
370; 40 U.S.C. 34), section 3324 of title 31 of the United States 
Code, section 3741 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 22), and 
subsections (a) and (c) of section 304 of the Federal Property and 
Administrative Service Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 395; 41 U.S.C. 254 
(a) and (c)), 
(B) sums authorized to be appropriated for the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation and for the Drug Enforcement Adminis-
tration may be used to establish or to acquire proprietary 
corporations or business entities as part of an undercover inves-
tigative operation, and to operate such corporations or business 
entities on a commercial basis, without regard to section 9102 of 
title 31 of the United States Code, 
(C) sums authorized to be appropriated for the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation and for the Drug Enforcement Adminis-
tration for fiscal year 1991, and the proceeds from such under-
cover operation, may be deposited in banks or other financial 
institutions, without regard to section 648 of title 18 of the 
United States Code and section 3302 of title 31 of the United 
States Code, and 
(D) proceeds from such undercover operation may be used to 
offset necessary and reasonable expenses incurred in such oper-
ation, without regard to section 3302 of title 31 of the United 
States Code, 
only, in operations designed to detect and prosecute crimes against 
the United States, upon the written certification of the Director of 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation (or, if designated by the Direc-
tor, a member of the Undercover Operations Review Committee 
established by the Attorney General in the Attorney General's 
Guidelines on Federal Bureau of Investigation Undercover Oper-
ations, as in effect on July 1, 1983) or the Administrator of the Drug 
Enforcement Administration, as the case may be, and the Attorney 
General (or, with respect to Federal Bureau of Investigation under-
cover operations, if designated by the Attorney General, a member 
of such Review Committee), that any action authorized by subpara-
graph (A), (B), (C), or (D) is necessary for the conduct of such 
undercover operation. If the undercover operation is designed to 
collect foreign intelligence or counterintelligence, the cerification 
that any action authorized by subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) is 
necessary for the conduct of such undercover operation shall be by 
the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (or, if designated 
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by the Director, the Assistant Director, Intelligence Division) and 
the Attorney General (or, if designated by the Attorney General, the 
Counsel for Intelligence Policy), Such certification shall continue in 
effect for the duration of such undercover operation, without regard 
to fiscal years. 
(2) As soon as the proceeds from an undercover investigative 
operation with respect to which an action is authorized and carried 
out under subparagraphs (C) and (D) of subsection (a) are no longer 
necessary for the conduct of such operation, such proceeds or the 
balance of such proceeds remaining at the time shall be deposited in 
the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts. 
Reports. 
(3) If a corporation or business entity established or acquired as 
part of an undercover operation under subparagraph (B) of para-
graph (1) with a net value of over $50,000 is to be liquidated, sold, or 
otherwise disposed of, the Federal Bureau of Investigation or the 
Drug Enforcement Administration, as much in advance as the 
Director or the Administrator, or the designee of the Director or the 
Administrator, determines is practicable, shall report the cir-
cumstances to the Attorney General and the Comptroller General. 
The proceeds of the liquidation, sale, or other disposition, after 
obligations are met, shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United 
States as miscellaneous receipts. 
Reports. 
(4)(A) The Federal Bureau of Investigation or the Drug Enforce-
28 use 533 note, ment Administration, as the case may be, shall conduct a detailed 
financial audit of each undercover investigative operation which is 
closed in fiscal year 1991— 
(i) submit the results of such audit in writing to the Attorney 
General, and 
(ii) not later than 180 days after such undercover operation is 
closed, submit a report to the Congress concerning such audit. 
(B) The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforce-
ment Administration shall each also submit a report annually to the 
Congress specifying £is to their respective undercover investigative 
operations— 
(i) the number, by programs, of undercover investigative oper-
ations pending as of the end of the one-year period for which 
such report is submitted, 
(ii) the number, by programs, of undercover investigative 
operations commenced in the one-year period preceding the 
period for which such report is submitted, and 
(iii) the number, by programs, of undercover investigative 
operations closed in the one-year period preceding the period for 
which such report is submitted and, with respect to each such 
closed undercover operation, the results obtained. With respect 
to each such closed undercover operation which involves any of 
the sensitive circumstances specified in the Attorney General's 
Guidelines on Federal Bureau of Investigation Undercover 
Operations, such report shall contain a detailed description of 
the operation and related matters, including information 
pertaining to— 
(I) the results, 
(II) any civil claims, and 
(III) identification of such sensitive circumstances in-
volved, that arose at any time during the course of such 
undercover operation. 
28 use 533 note. 
(5) For purposes of paragraph (4)— 
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104 STAT. 2119 
(A) the term "closed" refers to the earliest point in time at 
which— 
(i) all criminal proceedings (other than appeals) are con-
cluded, or 
(ii) covert activities are concluded, whichever occurs 
later. 
(B) the term "employees" means employees, as defined in 
section 2105 of title 5 of the United States Code of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, and 
(C) the terms "undercover investigative operations" and 
"undercover operation" mean any undercover investigative 
operation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation or the Drug 
Enforcement Administration (other than a foreign counterintel-
ligence undercover investigative operation)— 
(i) in which— 
(I) the gross receipts (excluding interest earned) 
exceed $50,000, or 
(II) expenditures (other than expenditures for sala-
ries of employees) exceed $150,000, and 
(ii) which is exempt from section 3302 or 9102 of title 31 of 
the United States Code, 
except that clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply with respect to the 
report required under subparagraph (B) of such paragraph. 
SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated by this title shall be 
available to pay for an abortion, except where the life of the mother 
would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term or in the case 
of rape: Provided, That should this prohibition be declared unconsti-
tutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this section shall be 
null and void. 
SEC. 204. None of the funds appropriated under this title shall be 
used to require any person to perform, or facilitate in any way the 
performance of, any abortion. 
SEC. 205. Nothing in the preceding section shall remove the 
obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide escort 
services necessary for a female inmate to receive such service 
outside the Federal facility: Provided, That nothing in this section in 
any way diminishes the effect of section 204 intended to address the 
philosophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of 
Prisons. 
SEC. 206. Pursuant to the provisions of law set forth in 18 U.S.C. 
3071-3077, not to exceed $100,000 of the funds appropriated to the 
Department of Justice in this title shall be available for rewards to 
individuals who furnish information regarding acts of terrorism 
against a United States person or property. 
SEC. 207. Section 504(aXl) of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended by section 6091 of 
the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, and as amended by section 211 of 
the Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 1990, is amended by 
striking "1990" and inserting in lieu thereof "1991". 
SEC. 208. Deposits transferred from the Assets Forfeiture Fund to 
the Buildings and Facilities account of the Federal Prison System in 
1989 may be used for the construction of correctional institutions, 
and the construction and renovation of Immigration and Naturaliza-
tion Service and United States Marshals Service detention facilities, 
and for the authorized purposes of the Support of United States 
Prisoners' Cooperative Agreement Program. 
Abortion. 
Abortion. 
42 use 3754. 
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SEC. 209. None of the funds transferred from the Assets Forfeiture 
Fund of the Department of Justice and deposited in the Special 
Forfeiture Fund of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, and 
none of the funds made available by this Act, shall be available for 
personnel expenses, construction, acquisition of equipment or real 
property, or any related expenses for a National Drug Intelligence 
Center. 
SEC. 210. (a) Section 286 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 
1952 (8 U.S.C. 1356), as amended, is further amended— 
(1) by inserting in subsection (e)(1), after the word "passenger" 
the phrase ", other than aircraft passengers,"; 
Air rates and 
(2) by inserting ", except the fourth quarter payment for fees 
^^^'^- 
collected from airline passengers shall be made on the date that 
is ten days before the end of the fiscal year, and the first 
quarter payment shall include any collections made in the 
preceding quarter that were not remitted with the previous 
payment" after the words "in which fees are collected" in 
subsection (fK3); 
(3) by inserting ", within forty-five minutes of their presen-
tation for inspection," after the word "provided" and before the 
words "when needed" in subsection (g); 
(4) by striking the first two sentences of subsection (h)(1)(A) 
and inserting "There is established in the general fund of the 
Treasury a separate account which shall be known as the 
'Immigration User Fee Account'. Notwithstanding any other 
section of this title, there shall be deposited as offsetting re-
ceipts into the Immigration User Fee Account all fees collected 
under subsection (d) of this section, to remain available until 
expended" before the words "At the end of each 2-year period". 
(5) by replacing the previously repealed subsection (1) with 
the following new subsection— 
"(1) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—In addition to the reporting require-
ments established pursuant to subsection (h), the Attorney General 
shall prepare and submit annually to the Congress, not later than 
March 31st of each year, a statement of the financial condition of 
the 'Immigration User Fee Account' including beginning account 
balance, revenues, withdrawals and their purpose, ending balance, 
projections for the ensuing fiscal year and a full and complete 
workload analysis showing on a port by port basis the current and 
projected need for inspectors. The statement shall indicate the 
success rate of the Immigration and Naturalization Service in meet-
ing the forty-five minute inspection standard and shall provide 
detailed statistics regarding the number of passengers inspected 
within the standard, progress that is being made to expand the 
utilization of United States citizen by-pass, the number of pas-
sengers for whom the standard is not met and the length of their 
delay, locational breakdown of these statistics and the steps being 
taken to correct any nonconformity.". 
8 use 1356 note. 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a)(1) of this section shall 
apply to fees charged only with respect to immigration inspection or 
preinspection services rendered in regard to arriving passengers 
using transportation for which documents or tickets were issued 
after November 30,1990. 
(c) Pursuant to section 202(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1987, the amendments 
made by this section which transfer receipts from one fiscal year to 
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104 STAT. 2121 
the next are a necessary (but secondary) result of a significant policy 
change. 
(d) Section 286 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 
(8 U.S.C. 1356), as amended, is further amended— 
(1) by inserting in subsection (m), after the phrase "shall be 
deposited" the phrase "as offsetting receipts"; 
(2) by inserting in subsection (m), after the phrase "the treas-
ury of Guam" the following: ": Provided further, That fees for Immigration, 
providing adjudication and naturalization services may be set at 
a level that will ensure recovery of the full costs of providing all 
such services, including the costs of similar services provided 
without charge to asylum applicants or other immigrants. Such 
fees may also be set at a level that will recover any additonal 
costs associated with the administration of the fees collected"; 
(3) by inserting a new subsection after subsection (p) as 
follows: 
"(q) LAND BORDER INSPECTION FEE ACCOUNT.—(1) Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Attorney General is authorized to 
establish, by regulation, a project under which a fee may be charged 
and collected for inspection services provided at one or more land 
border points of entry. Such project may include the establishment 
of commuter lanes to be made available to qualified United States 
citizens and aliens, as determined by the Attorney General. 
"(2) All of the fees collected under this subsection shall be 
deposited as offsetting receipts in a separate account within the 
general fund of the Treasury of the United States, to remain 
available until expended. Such account shall be known as the 
Land Border Inspection Fee Account. 
"(3)(A) The Secretary of Treasury shall refund, at least on a 
quarterly basis amounts to any appropriations for expenses 
incurred in providing inspection services at land border points 
of entry. Such expenses shall include— 
"(i) the providing of overtime inspection services; 
"(ii) the expansion, operation and maintenance of information 
systems for nonimmigrant control; 
"(iii) the hire of additional permanent and temporary 
inspectors; 
' (iv) the minor construction costs associated with the addition 
of new traffic lanes (with the concurrence of the General Serv-
ices Administration); 
"(v) the detection of fraudulent documents used by passengers 
travelling to the United States; 
"(vi) providing for the administration of said account. 
"(B) The amounts required to be refunded from the Land Border 
Inspection Fee Account for fiscal years 1992 and thereafter shall be 
refunded in accordance with estimates made iij the budget request 
of the Attorney General for those fiscal years: Provided, That any 
proposed changes in the amounts designated in said budget requests 
shall only be made after notification to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate in accord-
ance with section 606 of Public Law 101-162, 
"(4) The Attorney General will prepare and submit annually to 
the Congress statements of financial condition of the Land Border 
Immigration Fee Account, including beginning account balance, 
revenues, withdrawals, and ending account balance and projection 
for the ensuing fiscal year. 
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Termination 
date. 
Effective date. 
Iowa Power, Inc. 
Redlands, Inc. 
National 
C!ommission to 
Support Law 
Enforcement 
Act. 
42 u s e 3721 
note. 
Establishment. 
"(5XA) The program authorized in this subsection shall terminate 
on September 30, 1993, unless further authorized by an Act of 
Congress. 
"(B) The provisions set forth in this subsection shall take effect 30 
days after submission of a written plan by the Attorney General 
detailing the proposed implementation of the project specified in 
subsection (qXl). 
"(C) If implemented, the Attorney General shall prepare and 
submit on a quarterly basis, until September 30, 1993, a status 
report on the land border inspection project.". 
SEC. 211. (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the 
specific case involving the Iowa Power Inc. and Redlands, Inc. 
ownership within the proposed Walnut Creek NWR, condemnation 
is authorized to determine the just compensation of the Iowa Power 
Inc. and Redlands Inc. lands, provided there is agreement by both 
parties involved. 
(B)(a) This subsection may be cited as the "National Commission 
to Support Law Enforcement Act". 
(b) The Congress finds that— 
(1) law enforcement officers risk their lives daily to protect 
citizens, for modest rewards and too little recognition; 
(2) a significant shift has occurred in the problems that law 
enforcement officers face without a corresponding change in the 
support from the Federal Government; 
(3) law enforcement officers are on the front line in the war 
against drugs and crime; 
(4) the rate of violent crime continues to increase along with 
the increase in drug use; 
(5) a large percentage of individuals arrested test positive for 
drug usage; 
(6) the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the 
Administration of Justice of 1965 focused attention on many 
issues affecting law enforcement, and a review twenty-five years 
later would help to evaluate current problems, including drug-
related crime, violence, racial conflict, and decrease funding; 
and 
(7) a comprehensive study of law enforcement issues, includ-
ing the role of the Federal Government in supporting law 
enforcement officers, working conditions, and responsibility for 
crime control would assist in redefining the relationships be-
tween the Federal Government, the public, and law enforce-
ment officials. 
(c) There is established a national commission to be known as the 
"National Commission to Support Law Enforcement" (referred to in 
this section as the "Commission"). 
(d) The Commission shall study and recommend changes regard-
ing law enforcement agencies and law enforcement issues on the 
Federal, State, and local levels, including the following: 
(1) The sufficiency of funding, including a review of grant 
programs at the Federal level. 
(2) The conditions of law enforcement employment. 
(3) The effectiveness of information-sharing systems, intel-
ligence, infrastructure, and procedures among law enforcement 
agencies of Federeil, State, and local governments. 
(4) The status of law enforcement research and education and 
training. 
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(5) The adequacy of equipment, physical resources, and 
human resources. 
(6) The cooperation among Federal, State, and local law 
enforcement agencies. 
(7) The responsibility of governments and law enforcement 
agencies in solving the crime problem. 
(8) The impact of the criminal justice system, including court 
schedules and prison overcrowding, on law enforcement. 
(e) The Commission shall conduct surveys and consult with focus 
groups of law enforcement officers, local officials, and community 
leaders across the Nation to obtain information and seek advice on 
important law enforcement issues. 
(f) The Commission shall be composed of 19 members as follows: 
(1) Five individuals from national law enforcement organiza-
tions representing law enforcement officers and management, 
appointed jointly by the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives and the majority leader of the Senate. 
(2) Five individuals from national law enforcement organiza-
tions representing law enforcement officers and management, 
appointed jointly by the minority leader of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the minority leader of the Senate. 
(3) Two individuals with academic expertise regarding law 
enforcement issues, appointed by the President. 
(4) Two Members of the House of Representatives, appointed 
jointly by the Speaker and the minority leader of the House of 
Representatives. 
(5) Two Members of the Senate, appointed jointly by the 
majority leader and the minority leader of the Senate. 
(6) One individual involved in Federal law enforcement from 
the Department of the Treasury, appointed by the President. 
(7) One individual from the Department of Justice, appointed 
by the President. 
(8) The Comptroller General of the United States, who shall 
serve as the chairperson of the Commission. 
(g)(1) Members of the Commission shall receive no additional pay, 
allowance, or benefit by reason of service on the Commission. 
(2) Each member of the Commission shall receive travel expenses, 
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with sec-
tions 5702 and 5703 of title 5, United States Code. 
(h) The Commission may procure temporary and intermittent 
services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code. 
(i) Upon request of the Commission, the head of any Federal 
agency is authorized to detail, on non-reimbursable basis, any of the 
personnel of that agency to the Commission to assist the Commis-
sion in carrying out its duties under this section. 
(j) The Administrator of General Services shall provide to the 
Commission administrative support services as the Commission may 
request. 
(k) The Commission may, for purposes of this section, hold hear-
ings, sit and act at the times and places, take testimony, and receive 
evidence, as the Commission considers appropriate. 
(1) Any member or agent of the Commission may, if authorized by 
the Commission, take any action the Commission is authorized to 
take by this section. 
(m) The Commission may secure directly from any Federal agency 
information necessary to enable it to carry out this section. Upon 
request of the chairperson of the Commission, the head of an agency 
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Reports. 
Termination 
date. 
Department of 
State 
Appropriations 
Act, 1991. 
shall furnish the information to the Commission to the extent 
permitted by law. 
(n) The Commission may accept, use, and dispose of gifts or 
donations of services or property. 
(o) The Commission may use the United States mails in the same 
manner and under the same conditions as other Federal agencies. 
(p) Not later than the expiration of the eighteen-month period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission 
shall submit to the Congress a report containing the findings of the 
Commission and specific proposals for legislation and administrative 
actions that the Commission has determined to be appropriate. 
(q) The Commission shall cease to exist upon the expiration of the 
sixty-day period beginning on the date on which the Commission 
submits its report under subsection (p). 
SEC. 212. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for fiscal 
years 1991 and 1992, the provisions of the Office of Management and 
Budget Circular A-76 and any similar provisions in any other order 
or directive shall not apply to activities conducted by the Federal 
Bureau of Prisons, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Drug Enforce-
ment Administration, Immigration and Naturalization Service, 
United States Attorneys, United States Marshals Service, the Office 
of Justice Programs, the Office of Inspector General, and any of the 
litigating activities of the Department of Justice, unless such provi-
sions are specifically approved by an Act of Congress. 
(b) For fiscal years 1991 and 1992, no reduction in resources for 
the Justice Department activities described in subsection (a) shall be 
effected pursuant to the provisions of the Office of Management and 
Budget Circular A-76 or any similar provision in any other order 
or directive unless specifically provided therefore by an Act of 
Congress. 
This title may be cited as the "Department 
of Justice 
Appropriations Act, 1991". 
TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Department of State and the For-
eign Service, not otherwise provided for, including obligations of the 
United States abroad pursuant to treaties, international agreements 
and binational contracts and expenses authorized by section 9 of the 
Act of August 31, 1964, as amended (31 U.S.C. 3721), and section 2 of 
the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, £is amended (22 
U.S.C. 2669); representation to certain international organizations 
in which the United States participates pursuant to treaties, ratified 
pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate, or specific Acts of 
Congress; acquisition by exchange or purchase of passenger motor 
vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343, 40 U.S.C. 481(c) and 22 
U.S.C. 2674, $1,860,017,000, of which not to exceed $2,000,000 may be 
available for rewards, and to publicize the availability of rewards, as 
authorized by section 36 of the State Department Basic Authorities 
Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2708), and in addition not to exceed 
$500,000 in registration fees collected pursuant to section 38 of the 
Arms Export Control Act, £is amended, may be used in accordance 
with section 45 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
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104 STAT. 2125 
1956 (section 118 of Public Law 101-246), and in addition not to 
exceed $1,013,000 shall be derived from fees from other executive 
agencies for lease or use of facilities located at the International 
Center in accordance with section 4 of the International Center Act 
(Public Law 90-553) (as amended by section 120 of Public Law 101-
246), and in addition not to exceed $15,000 shall be derived from 
reimbursements, surcharges, and fees for use of Blair House facili-
ties in accordance with section 46 of the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act of 1956 (section 119 of public Law 101-246), and of: 
the total amount appropriated in this paragraph, $350,000 may be 
available for the purpose of preparations for the 1992 United Na-
tions Conference on Environment and Development: Provided, That 
the obligation of funds for the Department of State Telecommuni-
cations Network (DOSTN) shall be subject to the reprogramming 
provisions of section 606 of this Act: Provided further, That the Reports. 
Secretary of State shall submit a report to the appropriate commit-
tees of the Congress not later than December 1, 1990, which justifies 
the requirement for the Department of State Telecommunications 
Network (DOSTN). 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. App. 1-11 as amended by Public Law 100-504), 
$21,840,000. 
REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES 
For representation allowances as authorized by section 905 of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended (22 U.S.C. 4085), $4,600,000. 
PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the Secretary of 
State to provide for extraordinary protective services in accordance 
with the provisions of section 214 of the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 4314), and to provide for the 
protection of foreign missions in accordance with the provisions of 
3 U.S.C. 208, $9,100,000. 
ACQUISITION AND MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS ABROAD 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign Service Build-
ings Act of 1926, as amended (22 U.S.C. 292-300), and the Diplomatic 
Security Construction Program as authorized by title IV of the 
Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 
U.S.C. 4851), $227,656,000, to remain available until expended as 
authorized by 22 U.S.C. 2696(c): Provided, That none of the funds 
appropriated in this paragraph shall be available for acquisition of 
furniture and furnishings and generators for other departments and 
agencies. 
EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE 
For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of State to meet 
unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Consular 
Service pursuant to the requirement of 31 U.S.C. 3526(e), $4,888,000, 
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to remain available until expended as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 
2696(c). 
PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Relations Act, 
Public Law 96-8 (93 Stat. 14), $11,752,000. 
PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY FUND 
For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability 
Fund, as authorized by law, $108,576,000. 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
22 use 269a 
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, conventions or specific Acts of Congress, 
$787,605,000: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this 
paragraph shall be available for a United States contribution to an 
international organization for the United States share of interest 
costs made known to the United States Government by such 
organization for loans incurred on or after October 1, 1984, 
through external borrowings. 
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES 
For payments, not otherwise provided for, by the United States for 
expenses of the United Nations peacekeeping forces, as authorized 
by law, $115,000,000. 
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES A N D CONTINGENCIES 
For necessary expenses authorized by section 5 of the State 
Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, contributions for the 
United States share of general expenses of international organiza-
tions and representation to such organizations as provided for by 22 
U.S.C. 2656 and 2672 and personal services without regard to civil 
service and classification laws as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5102, 
$7,300,000, to remain available until expended as authorized by 22 
U.S.C. 2696(c), of which not to exceed $200,000 may be expended for 
representation as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 4085. 
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
22 use 269a 
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 
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104 STAT. 2127 
Mexico, and to comply with laws applicable to the United States 
Section, including not to exceed $6,000 for representation; as follows: 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, $10,500,000. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For detailed plan preparation and construction of authorized 
projects, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended as 
authorized by 22 U.S.C. 2696(c). 
AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for including not 
to exceed $9,000 for representation expenses incurred by the Inter-
national Joint Commission, $4,400,000; for the International Joint 
Commission and the International Boundary Commission, as au-
thorized by treaties between the United States and Canada or Great 
Britain. 
INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses for international fisheries commissions, 
not otherwise provided for, as authorized by law, $12,147,000, to be 
available notwithstanding section 15(a) of the State Department 
Basic Authorities Act of 1956, as amended: Provided, That the 
United States share of such expenses may be advanced to the 
respective commissions, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3324. 
OTHER 
UNITED STATES BILATERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENTS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for Bilateral 
Science and Technology Agreements, as authorized by section 403 of 
Public Law 101-179 and section 105 of Public Law 101-246, 
$4,500,000, to remain available until expended as authorized by 22 
U.S.C. 2696(c). 
PAYMENT TO THE ASIA FOUNDATION 
For a grant to the Asia Foundation, as authorized by section 501 
of Public Law 101-246, $13,978,000, to remain available until ex-
pended as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 2696(c). 
SOVIET-EAST EUROPEAN RESEARCH AND TRAINING 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, to enable the Secretary 
of State to carry out the provisions of title VIII of Public Law 
98-164, $4,600,000. 
FISHERMEN'S G U A R A N T Y FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of section 7 of 
the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967, as amended, $900,000 of 
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which $450,000 shall be derived from the receipts collected pursuant 
to that Act, to remain available until expended. 
FISHERMEN'S PROTECTIVE FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Fisher-
men's Protective Act of 1967, as amended, $500,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
SEC. 301. Funds appropriated under this title shall be available, 
except as otherwise provided, for allowances and differentials as 
authorized by subchapter 59 of 5 U.S.C; for services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109; and hire of passenger transportation pursuant to 31 
U.S.C 1343(b). 
SEC. 302. (a) Not to exceed .5 per centum of the appropriation. 
Administration of Foreign Affairs, "Salaries and expenses' may be 
transferred to Administration of Foreign Affairs, "Emergencies in 
the Diplomatic and Consular Service" or International Organiza-
tions and Conferences, "International Conferences and Contin-
gencies" but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 
35 per centum by any such transfer: Provided, That the Department 
shall follow the normal reprogramming procedures of the Senate 
and House Appropriations Committees before obligating or expend-
ing any funds so transferred. 
(h) Funds appropriated in this Act under the heading "Contribu-
tions to International Organizations" for payment to the United 
Nations or any of its specialized agencies, which are not made 
available to the United Nations or any such specialized agency due 
to the operation of any provision of this or any other Act, may be 
transferred to any account under the heading "Administration of 
Foreign Affairs", notwithstanding any other provision of law: Pro-
vided, That the Department shall follow the normal reprogramming 
procedures of the Senate and House Appropriations Committees 
before obligating or expending any funds so transferred. 
SEC. 303. None of the funds provided by this Act shall be available 
to the Department of State to produce the semiannual report as 
required under section 5 of Public Law 94-304. 
SEC. 304. (a) Section 303 of the Department of State Appropria-
tions Act, 1988 (as contained in section 101(a) of Public Law 100-202 
22 use 276 note, (as amended by section 303(a) of Public Law 100-459)) is amended in 
the first sentence— 
(1) by striking out "$340,000" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"$440,000"; and 
(2) by striking out "section 109(c) of the Department of State 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 and inserting in 
lieu thereof: "section 109 (b) and (c) of the Department of State 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 . 
(b) Section 109(b) of the Department of State Authorization Act, 
22 use 276 note. Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985, is amended— 
(1) by striking out "Of the amount" through "Spring 1984" 
and inserting in lieu thereof: "There are authorized to be 
appropriated each fiscal year $50,000, to be equally divided 
between delegations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives, to assist in"; 
(2) by inserting after "meeting" the following: "the expenses 
of the United States Group"; 
Act, 1991. 
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104 STAT. 2129 
(3) by striking out "which" through "United States"; and 
(4) by inserting the following sentence at the end thereof: 
"Amounts appropriated under this section are authorized to 
remain available until expended.". 
(c) MEXICO.—Section 2 of Public Law 86-420 is amended— 
22 use 276i. 
(1) by striking out "$50,000" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"$100,000"; and 
(2) by striking out "$25,000" both places it appears and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "$50,000". 
This title may be cited as the "Department of State Appropria-
tions Act, 1991". 
TITLE IV—THE JUDICIARY 
The Judiciary 
Appropriations 
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the operation of the Supreme Court, as 
required by law, excluding care of the building and grounds, includ-
ing purchase or hire, driving, maintenance and operation of an 
automobile for the Chief Justice, not to exceed $10,000 for the 
purpose of transporting Associate Justices, and hire of passenger 
motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not to 
exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 
and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended as the Chief Justice 
may approve; $19,029,000. 
CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS 
For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable the Ar-
chitect of the Capitol to carry out the duties imposed upon him by 
the Act approved May 7, 1934 (40 U.S.C. 13a-13b), $3,453,000, of 
which $1,106,000 shall remain available until expended. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries of the chief judge, judges, and other officers and 
employees, and for necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by 
law, $9,711,000. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries of the chief judge and eight judges, salaries of the 
officers and employees of the court, services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, and necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by 
law, $8,721,000. 
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C!ouRTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER JUDICIAL 
SERVICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the salaries of circuit and district judges (including judges of 
the territorial courts of the United States), justices and judges 
retired from office or from regular active service, judges of the 
Claims Court, bankruptcy judges, magistrates, and all other officers 
and employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise specifically 
provided for, and necessary expenses of the courts, as authorized by 
law, $1,589,124,000 (including the purchase of firearms and ammuni-
tion); of which not to exceed $61,045,000 shall remain available until 
expended for space alteration projects; and of which $500,000 is to 
^ 
remain available until expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, 
and newspapers, and all other legal reference materials, including 
subscriptions; and for expenses of the Claims C!ourt associated with 
processing cases under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act 
of 1986, not to exceed $1,500,000 to be appropriated from the Vaccine 
Injury Compensation Trust Fund, as authorized by section 6601 of 
the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989. 
DEFENDER SERVICES 
For the operation of Federsd Public Defender and Community 
Defender organizations, the compensation and reimbursement of 
expenses of attorneys appointed to represent persons under the 
Criminal Justice Act of 1964, as amended, the compensation and 
reimbursement of expenses of persons furnishing investigative, 
expert and other services under the (Ilriminal Justice Act (18 U.S.C. 
3006A(e)), the compensation (in accordance with Criminal Justice 
Act msiximums) and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys ap-
pointed to assist the court in criminal cases where the defendant has 
waived representation by counsel, the compensation and reimburse-
ment of travel expenses of guardians ad litem acting on behalf of 
financially eligible minor or incompetent offenders in connection 
with transfers from the United States to foreign countries with 
which the United States has a treaty for the execution of penal 
sentences, and the compensation of attorneys appointed to represent 
jurors in civil actions for the protection of their employment, as 
authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d), $132,761,000, to remain available 
until expended as authorized by 18 U.S.C. 3006A(i). 
FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS 
For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1871 
and 1876; compensation of jury commissioners as authorized by 28 
U.S.C. 1863; and compensation of commissioners appointed in con-
demnation cases pursuant to rule 71A(h) of the Federal Rules of 
Civil Procedure (28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71A(h)); $57,997,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That the compensation 
of land commissioners shall not exceed the daily equivalent of the 
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104 STAT. 2131 
highest rate payable under section 5332 of title 5, United States 
Code: Provided further. That not to exceed $81,000 of the amounts 
appropriated herein shall be transferred to "Salaries and expenses", 
United States Court of International Trade, and not to exceed 
$4,919,000 of the amounts appropriated herein shall be transferred 
to "Salaries and expenses", Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and 
Other Judicial Services. 
COURT SECURITY 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, incident to the 
procurement, installation, and maintenance of security equipment 
and protective services for the United States Courts in courtrooms 
and adjacent areas, including building ingress-egress control, inspec-
tion of packages, directed security patrols, and other similar activi-
ties as authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improvement and 
Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100-702); $71,261,000, to be ex-
pended directly or transferred to the United States Marshals Serv-
ice which shall be responsible for administering elements of the 
Judicial Security Program consistent with standards or guidelines 
agreed to by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United 
States Courts and the Attorney General. 
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office of the United 
States Courts as authorized by law, including travel as authorized by 
31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a passenger motor vehicle as authorized by 31 
U.S.C. 1343(b), advertising and rent in the District of Columbia and 
elsewhere, $37,400,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 is authorized 
for official reception and representation expenses. 
FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Center, as au-
thorized by Public Law 90-219, $13,918,000. 
JUDICIAL RETIREMENT FUNDS 
PAYMENT TO JUDICIAL OFFICERS' RETIREMENT 
AND JUDICIAL SURVIVORS' ANNUITY FUNDS 
For payment to the Judicial Officers' Retirement Fund as 
authorized by Public Law 100-659, and to the Judicial Survivors 
Annuity Fund, as authorized by Public Law 99-336, $5,000,000. 
UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provi-
sions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States Code, $8,422,000. 
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY 
SEC. 401. Appropriations and authorizations made in this title 
which are available for salaries and expenses shall be available for 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
SEC. 402. Appropriations made in this title shall be available for 
salaries and expenses of the Temporary Emergency Court of Ap-
peals authorized by Public Law 92-210 and the Special Court estab-
lished under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, Public 
Law 93-236. 
SEC. 403. Appropriations made in this title which are available for 
salaries and expenses shall be available, notwithstanding the limita-
tions in 31 U.S.C. section 1345, for the Judicial Conference of the 
United States to sponsor and host the Fifth International Appellate 
Judges Conference in the United States: Provided, That an amount 
shall be available only if the Appropriations Committees of both 
Houses of Congress are notified fifteen days in advance of any 
obligation or expenditure. The Judicial Conference may supplement 
such appropriations with other funds made available by any depart-
ment or agency for the purposes of technical foreign aid, educational 
and cultural programs with the people of foreign countries, or 
commemorating the bicentennial anniversary of the United States 
Constitution 
and 
the 
Bill 
of 
Rights: Provided, 
That 
any 
supplementation shall be only for the expenses of the Fifth Inter-
national Appellate Judges Conference. The Director of the Adminis-
trative Office may also accept and utilize gifts of funds, to be 
deposited as a special deposit account in the Treasury, for the 
expenses of the Fifth International Appellate Judges Conference for 
reimbursement of appropriations or direct expenditure, provided 
that any unexpended balance of the special deposit account shall be 
returned to the donor or donors. For the purpose of the conference, 
the Director is authorized to pay for local travel and incidental 
expenses of foreign participants and dependent members of their 
immediate household, to pay for per diem to such persons in lieu of 
subsistence at rates prescribed by the Director, and to conduct and 
pay for the activities set forth in subsections (1), (2), (9), (15), and (18) 
of section 804 of the United States Information and Educational 
Exchange Act of 1948, as amended (22 U.S.C. section 1474). Appro-
priations for commemorating the bicentennial or for salaries and 
expenses of the Judiciary shall not be made available by this section 
for the travel and incidental expenses of dependents. Nothing in this 
section precludes payment for the travel and other expenses of 
foreign participants and their dependents by any other department 
or agency, or by the Director on their behalf, as authorized by law. 
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SEC. 404. (a) The Judicial Conference shall prescribe reasonable 
note. 
fees, pursuant to sections 1913, 1914, 1926, and 1930 of title 28, 
United States Code, for collection by the courts under those sections 
for access to information available through automatic data process-
ing equipment. These fees may distinguish between classes of per-
sons, and shall provide for exempting persons or classes of persons 
from the fees, in order to avoid unreasonable burdens and to pro-
Public 
mote public access to such information. The Director, under the 
information. 
direction of the Judicial Conference of the United States, shall 
prescribe a schedule of reasonable fees for electronic access to 
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information which the Director is required to maintain and make 
available to the public. 
(b) The Judicial Conference and the Director shall transmit each 
schedule of fees prescribed under paragraph (a) to the Congress at 
least 30 days before the schedule becomes effective. All fees here-
after collected by the Judiciary under paragraph (a) as a charge for 
services rendered shall be deposited as offsetting collections to the 
Judiciary Automation Fund pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 612(c)(1)(A) to 
reimburse expenses incurred in providing these services. 
This title may be cited as "The Judiciary Appropriations Act, 
1991". 
TITLE V—RELATED AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATING-DIFFERENTIAL SUBSIDIES 
(UQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY) 
For the payment of obligations incurred for operating-differential 
subsidies as authorized by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as 
amended, $261,200,000, to remain available until expended. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training activities au-
thorized by law, $69,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
and in addition $1,100,000 shall be derived from unobligated bal-
ances of "Ship Construction": Provided, That reimbursements may 
be made to this appropriation from receipts to the "Federal Ship 
Financing Fund" for administrative expenses in support of that 
program in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated: Pro-
vided further. That the unexpended balances of the appropriation 
"Research and Development' shall be transferred to and merged 
with this appropriation. 
READY RESERVE FORCE 
For necessary expenses to acquire and maintain a surge ship-
ping capability in the National Defense Reserve Fleet in an ad-
vanced state of readiness and related programs, $225,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That reimbursement 
may be made to the Operations and Training appropriation for 
expenses related to this program. 
104 STAT. 2134 
PUBLIC LAW 101-515—NOV. 5, 1990 
Government 
procurement. 
Government 
property. 
4 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Maritime 
Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and services and 
make necessary repairs in connection with any lease, contract, or 
occupancy involving Government property under control of the 
Maritime Administration, and payments received therefor shall be 
credited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: Pro-
vided, That rental payments under any such lease, contract, or 
occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, or repairs 
shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
No obligations shall be incurred during the current fiscal year 
from the construction fund established by the Merchant Marine Act, 
1936, or otherwise, in excess of the appropriations and limitations 
contained in this Act or in any prior appropriation Act, and all 
receipts which otherwise would be deposited to the credit of said 
fund shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
ADVISORY COMMISSION ON CONFERENCES IN OCEAN SHIPPING 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Advisory Commission on Con-
ferences in Ocean Shipping, including services as authorized by 
section 18(d) of Public Law 98-237, $500,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY 
ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for arms 
control and disarmament activities, including not to exceed $75,000 
for official reception and representation expenses, authorized by the 
Act of September 26, 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2551 et seq.), 
$37,040,000. 
BOARD FOR INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING 
GRANTS AND EXPENSES 
For expenses of the Board for International Broadcasting, includ-
ing grants to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Incorporated as 
authorized by the Board for International Broadcasting Act of 1973, 
as amended (22 U.S.C. 2871-2883), $197,750,000 of which not to 
exceed $52,000 may be made available for official reception and 
representation expenses as authorized by section 304(a)(8) of the 
Board for International Broadcasting Act of 1973, as amended. 
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS QUINCENTENARY JUBILEE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the necessary expenses of the Christopher 
Columbus 
Quincentenary Jubilee Commission as authorized by Public Law 98-
375, $214,000, to remain available until December 31, 1993 as au-
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104 STAT. 2135 
thorized by section 11(b) of said Act, as amended by section 8 of 
Public Law 100-94. 
COMMISSION ON AGRICULTURAL WORKERS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Agricultural 
Workers as authorized by section 304 of Public Law 99-603 (100 Stat. 
3431-3434), $1,457,000, to remain available until expended. 
COMMISSION ON THE BICENTENNIAL OF THE UNITED STATES 
CONSTITUTION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on the Bicentennial of 
the United States Constitution as authorized by Public Law 98-101 
(97 Stat. 719-723), $14,973,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That in carr)dng out the purposes of this Act, the (Commis-
sion is authorized to enter into contracts, grants, or cooperative 
agreements as directed by the Federal Grant and Cooperative 
Agreement Act of 1977 (92 Stat. 3; 31 U.S.C. 6301): Provided further, 
That of the amount appropriated, $4,699,000 is for carrying out the 
provisions of Public Law 99-194, including $3,299,000 for im-
plementation of the National Bicentennial Competition on the Con-
stitution and the Bill of Rights and $1,400,000 for educational 
programs about the Constitution and the Bill of Rights below the 
university level as authorized by such Act. 
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil Rights, includ-
ing hire of passenger motor vehicles, $7,075,000, of which $2,000,000 
is for regional offices and $700,000 is for civil rights monitoring 
activities authorized by section 5 of Public Law 98-183: Provided, 
That not to exceed $20,000 may be used to employ consultants: 
Provided further. That none of the funds appropriated in this para-
graph 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 Chairman who is permitted 125 billable days. 
COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA'S HERITAGE 
ABROAD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses for the Commission for the Preservation of Ameri-
ca's Heritage Abroad, $200,000 as authorized by Public Law 99-83, 
section 1303. 
104 STAT. 2136 
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COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Security and Co-
operation 
in Europe, as authorized by PubHc Law 94-304, 
$991,000, to remain available until expended as authorized by sec-
tion 3 of Public Law 99-7. 
COMPETITIVENESS POLICY COUNCIL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessaiy expenses of the Competitiveness Policy Council as 
authorized by Sec. 5209 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness 
Act of 1988, $750,000, to remain available until expended. 
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), including services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles as 
authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); not to exceed $25,000,000 for pay-
ments to State and local enforcement agencies for services to the 
Commission pursuant to title VII of the Civil Rights Act, as 
amended, and sections 6 and 14 of the Age Discrimination in 
Employment Act; $198,300,000. 
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Communications Commis-
sion, as authorized by law, including uniforms and allowances there-
for, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-02); not to exceed $300,000 
for land and structures; not to exceed $300,000 for improvement and 
care of grounds and repair to buildings; not to exceed $4,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses; purchase (not to 
exceed fourteen) and hire of motor vehicles; special counsel fees; and 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $115,794,000, of which not to 
exceed $300,000 of the forgoing amount shall remain available until 
September 30, 1992, for research and policy studies: Provided, That 
none of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used to repeal, to 
retroactively apply changes in, or to continue a reexamination of, 
the policies of the Federal Communications Commission with re-
spect to comparative licensing, distress sales and tax certificates 
granted under 26 U.S.C. 1071, to expand minority and women 
ownership of broadcasting licenses, including those established in 
the Statement of Policy on Minority Ownership of Broadcasting 
Facilities, 68 F.C.C. 2d 979 and 69 F.C.C. 2d 1591, as amended 52 R.R. 
2d 1313 (1982) and Mid-Florida Television Corp., 69 F.C.C. 2d 607 
(Rev. Bd. 1978), which were effective prior to September 12, 1986, 
other than to close MM Docket No. 86-484 with a reinstatement of 
prior policy and a lifting of suspension of any sales, licenses, applica-
tions, or proceedings, which were suspended pending the conclusion 
PUBLIC LAW 101-515—NOV. 5, 1990 
104 STAT. 2137 
of the inquiry: Provided further. That none of the funds appro-
priated to the Federal Communications Commission by this Act may 
be used to diminish the number of VHF channel assignments 
reserved for noncommercial educational television stations in the 
Television Table of Assignments (section 73.606 of title 47, Code of 
Federal Regulations): Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated by this Act may be used to repeal, to retroactively 
apply changes in, or to begin or continue a reexamination of the 
rules and the policies established to administer such rules of the 
Federal Communications Commission as set forth at section 
73.3555(c) of title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Commission as 
authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant Marine Act of 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. 5901-02; $15,894,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,000 
shall be available for official reception and representation expenses. 
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commission, includ-
ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 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 
representation 
expenses; $74,095,000 of which 
an 
estimated 
$20,000,000 shall be derived from fees collected for premerger 
notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improve-
ments Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18(a)) so as to result in a final fiscal 
year 1991 appropriation of $54,095,000: Provided, That $74,095,000 
shall be apportioned and shall be construed as being available for 
obligation without regard to 31 U.S.C. 1341: Provided further, That 
fees made available to the Federal Trade Commission shall remain 
available until expended but that any fees received in excess of 
$20,000,000 shall not be available for obligation in fiscal year 1991: 
Provided further. That the funds appropriated in this paragraph are 
subject to the limitations and provisions of sections 10(a) and 10(c) 
(notwithstanding sections 10(e), llOs), 18, and 20 of the Federal 
Trade Commission Improvements Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-252; 94 
Stat. 374)). 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the International Trade Commission, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for official 
reception and representation expenses, $40,299,000. 
104 STAT. 2138 
PUBLIC LAW 101-515—NOV. 5, 1990 
JAPAN-UNITED STATES FRIENDSHIP COMMISSION 
JAPAN-UNITED STATES FRIENDSHIP TRUST FUND 
For expenses of the Japan-United States Friendship Commission 
as authorized by Public Law 94-118, as amended, from the interest 
earned 
on 
the 
Japan-United 
States 
Friendship 
Trust 
Fund, 
$1,250,000; and an amount of Japanese currency not to exceed the 
equivalent of $1,544,000 based on exchange rates at the time of 
payment of such amounts as authorized by Public Law 94-118. 
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, 
$327,186,000 of which $280,314,000 is for basic field programs, 
$7,445,000 is for the Native American programs, $10,282,000 is for 
migrant programs, $1,166,000 is for the law school clinics, $1,060,000 
is for supplemental field programs, $662,000 is for regional training 
centers, $7,663,000 is for national support, $8,315,000 is for State 
support, $917,000 is for the Clearinghouse, $541,000 is for computer 
assisted legal research regional centers, and $8,821,000 is for Cor-
poration management and administration. 
MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Commission as 
authorized by title II of Public Law 92-522, as amended, $1,153,000. 
MARTIN LUTHER K I N G , J R . FEDERAL HOUDAY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal 
Holiday Commission, as authorized by Public Law 98-399, as 
amended, $300,000. 
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the United States Trade 
Representative, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles and 
the employment of experts and consultants as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, $20,000,000, of which $2,500,000 shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, 
That not to exceed $89,000 shall be avail-
able for official reception and representation expenses. 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Securities and Exchange Commis-
sion including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to 
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104 STAT. 2139 
exceed $3,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$157,485,000, of which not to exceed $10,000 may be used toward 
funding a permanent secretariat for the International Organization 
of Securities Commissions and, for 1991 only, not to exceed $100,000 
shall be available to host a conference of the International Organiza-
tions of Securities Commissions, such sum to cover related 
translation, printing, facility and other necessary logistic and adminis-
trative expenses: Provided, That immediately upon enactment of this 15 USC 77f note. 
Act, the rate of fees under section 60?) of the Securities Act of 1933 
(15 U.S.C. 77f(b)) shall increase from one-fiftieth of 1 per centum to 
one-fortieth of 1 per centum and such increase shall be deposited as 
an offsetting collection to this appropriation to recover costs of 
services of the securities registration process: Provided further. That 
such fees shall remain available until expended. 
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the Small 
Business Administration as authorized by Public Law 100-590, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 
U.S.C. 1343 and 1344, and not to exceed $3,500 for official reception 
and representation expenses, $274,753,000, of which $1,500,000 shall 
be made available for a grant to St. Norbert College in De Pere, 
Wisconsin, for a regional center for rural economic development, of 
which $100,000 shall be made available for a grant to the School of 
Forestry of the University of Montana for a planning study for 
locating a Value-Added Wood Products Development, Marketing 
and Small Business Assistance Research Laboratory at the Univer-
sity of Montana, of which $200,000 shall be made available for a 
grant to Central Arkansas University to establish a national 
communications and data center for the Small Business Institute 
program, of which $1,500,000 shall be made available for a grant to 
the University of Kentucky's Somerset Community College for a 
regional center for rural economic development with a special 
emphasis on small business, of which $1,500,000 shall be made 
available for a grant to the West Philadelphia Economic Develop-
ment Corporation for a national demonstration project for commu-
nity economic development and small business assistance, of which 
$500,000 shall be made available for a Center for Manufacturing 
Productivity at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, of 
which $1,200,000 is for the Small Business Development Center 
Technical Assistance Program, of which $15,000,000 shall be made 
available to implement section 24 of the Small Business Act, as 
amended, of which $1,000,000 shall be made available to implement 
section 25 of the Small Business Act, as amended, and of which 
$55,750,000 is for grants for performance in fiscal year 1991 or fiscal 
year 1992 for Small Business Development Centers as authorized by 
section 21 of the Small Business Act, as amended: Provided, That 
not more than $350,000 of this amount shall be available to pay the 
expenses of the National Small Business Development Center Ad-
visory Board and to reimburse centers for participating in evalua-
tions as provided in section 20(a) of such Act, and to maintain a 
clearinghouse as provided in section 21(g)(2) of such Act: Provided 
further. That none of the funds appropriated or made available by 
104 STAT. 2140 
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this Act to the Small Business Administration shall be used to 
adopt, implement, or enforce any rule or regulation with respect to 
the Small Business Development Center program authorized by 
section 21 of the Small Business Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. 648), nor 
may any of such funds be used to impose any restrictions, conditions 
or limitations on such program whether by standard operating 
procedure, audit guidelines or otherwise, unless such restrictions, 
conditions or limitations were in effect on October 1, 1987: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated for the Small 
Business Administration under this Act may be used to impose any 
new or increased loan guaranty fee or debenture guaranty fee: 
Provided further. That none of the funds appropriated for the Small 
Business Administration under this Act may be used to impose any 
new or increased user fee or management assistance fee. In addition, 
nothing herein shall preclude the Small Business Administration 
from preparing or formulating, but not publishing in the Federal 
Register, proposed rules, nor shall anything herein apply to uniform 
common rules applicable to multiple Federal departments and agen-
cies, including the Small Business Administration; nor may any of 
the funds provided in this paragraph restrict in any way the right of 
association of participants in such program. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 1. DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR. 
15 use 633. 
(a) Section 4 of the Small Business Act is amended by striking 
"The Administrator is authorized to appoint a Deputy Adminis-
trator and" from the fourth sentence of paragraph (1) of subsection 
(b) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: The President also 
may appoint a Deputy Administrator, by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate. The Administrator is authorized to appoint". 
15 use 633 note. 
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall apply to 
any vacancy in the position of Deputy Administrator of the Small 
Business Administration after the effective date of this Act. 
SEC. 2. JOINT VENTURES WITH TRIBALLY OWNED PARTICIPANTS IN THE 
8(a) PROGRAM. 
Section 602 of the Business Opportunity Development Reform Act 
of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 637 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c), by striking "two" and inserting "5", and 
(2) in subsection (e), by striking "September 30, 1991" and 
inserting "September 30,1992". 
SEC. 3. INTEREST RATE ON CERTIFIED DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LOANS. 
Section 112 of the Small Business Administration Reauthorization 
15 use 697 note, 
and Amendment Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-590) is amended by 
striking from the end of subsection (c) "October 1, 1990" and by 
inserting in lieu thereof "October 1, 1994". 
Inter- 
SEC. 4. NATURAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT. 
Grov6i*iiin6iit^l 
relations. 
The Small Business Act is amended by adding the following new 
section: 
15 use 651. 
"SEC. 24. (a) The Administrator is authorized to make grants to or 
to enter into contracts with any State for the purpose of contracting 
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104 STAT. 2141 
with small businesses to plant trees on land owned or controlled by 
such State or local government. The Administrator shall require as 
a condition of any grant (or amendment or modification thereof) 
under this section that the applicant also contribute to the project a 
sum equal to at least 25 per centum of a particular project cost from 
sources other than the Federal Government. Such non-Federal 
money may include inkind contributions, including the cost or value 
of providing care and maintenance for a period of three years after 
the planting of the trees, but shall not include any value attrib-
utable to the land on which the trees are to be planted, nor may any 
part of any grant be used to pay for land or land charges: Provided, 
That not less than one-half of the amounts appropriated under this 
section shall be allocated to each State, the District of Columbia, and 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico on the basis of the population in 
each area as compared to the total population in all areas as 
provided by the Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce in 
the annual population estimate or the decennial census, whichever 
is most current. The Administrator may give a priority in awarding 
the remaining one-half of appropriated amounts to applicants who 
agree to contribute more than the requisite 25 per centum. 
"(b) In order to accomplish the objectives of this section, the 
Administrator, in consultation with appropriate Federal agencies, 
shall be responsible for formulating a national small business tree 
planting program. Based on this program, a State may submit a 
detailed proposal for tree planting by contract. 
"(c) To encourage and develop the capacity of small business 
concerns, to utilize this important segment of our economy, and to 
permit rapid increases in employment opportunities in local commu-
nities, grantees are directed to utilize small business contractors or 
concerns in connection with the program established by this section, 
and shall, to the extent practicable, divide the project to allow more 
than one small business concern to perform the work under the 
project. 
"(d) For purposes of this section, agencies of the Federal Govern-
ment are hereby authorized to cooperate with all grantees and with 
State foresters or other appropriate officials by providing without 
charge, in furtherance of this program, technical services with 
respect to the planting and growing of such trees. 
' (e) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the 
objectives of this section, $15,000,000 for fiscgd year 1991 and 
$30,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1992 through 1994, and all of 
such sums may remain available until expended. 
"(f) Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or regulation, the 
administration shall publish in the Federal Register proposed rules 
and regulations implementing this section within sixty days after 
the date of enactment of this section and shall publish final rules 
and regulations within one hundred and twenty days of the date of 
enactment of this section. 
"(g) As used in this section: 
"(1) the term 'local government' includes political subdivi-
sions of a State such as counties, parishes, cities, towns and 
municipalities; 
"(2) the term 'planting' includes watering, application of fer-
tilizer and herbicides, pruning and shaping, and other subse-
quent care and maintenance for a period of three years after the 
trees are planted; and 
"(3) the term 'State' includes any agency thereof. 
Federal 
Register, 
publication. 
Regulations. 
104 STAT. 2142 
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Reports. 
15 u s e 648. 
15 u s e 648 note. 
Government 
contracts. 
Grant programs. 
15 u s e 648 note. 
Czechoslovakia. 
Poland. 
Hungary. 
Establishment. 
15 u s e 652. 
Government 
contracts. 
"(h) The Administrator shall submit annually to the President 
and the Congress a report on activities within the scope of this 
section.". 
SEC. 5. SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS. 
(a) Section 21 of the Small Business Act is amended by striking 
the second proviso in subsection (a)(4) and inserting in lieu thereof 
the following: Provided further. That no recipient of funds under 
this section shall receive a grant which would exceed its pro rata 
share of a $70,000,000 program based upon the population to be 
served by the Small Business Development Center as compared to 
the total population of the United States, plus $100,000 for each 
State, but no State shall receive less than $200,000."; 
(b) Section 204 of the Small Business Development Center Act of 
1980 (Public Law 96-302), as amended, is hereby repealed; and 
(c) The amendments to the second proviso in subsection (a)(4) 
made by subsection (a) of this section shall apply to contracts, grants 
or cooperative agreements for performance commencing on or after 
October 1, 1991; contracts, grants or cooperative agreements for 
performance commencing prior thereto shall receive funding for the 
entire term of performance without regard to this amendment and 
according to the State's pro rata share of a $65,000,000 program as 
computed on the effective date of this section under population 
estimates used for calendar year 1990 agreements, plus $50,000 for 
each State, but no State shall receive less than $200,000. 
SEC. 6. SBDC GRANTEE ELIGIBILITY. 
Section 21 of the Small Business Act is amended by striking the 
period at the end of the first sentence of paragraph (1) of subsection 
(a) and inserting the following: ": Provided, That after December 31, 
1990, the Administration shall not make a grant to any applicant 
other than an institution of higher education as a Small Business 
Development Center unless the applicant was receiving a grant 
(including a contract or cooperative agreement) on such date. The 
Administration shall require any applicant for a small business 
development center grant with performance commencing on or after 
January 1, 1992 to have its own budget and to primarily utilize 
institutions of higher education to provide services to the small 
business community.". 
SEC. 
7
. 
CENTRAL 
EUROPEAN 
ENTERPRISE 
DEVELOPMENT. 
The Small Business Act is amended by adding the following new 
section: 
"SEC. 25. (a) There is hereby established a Central European Small 
Business Enterprise Development Commission (hereinafter in this 
section referred to as the 'Commission'). The Commission shall be 
comprised of a representative of each of the following: the Small 
Business Administration, the Association of American Universities, 
and the Association of Small Business Development Centers. 
"0?) The Commission shall develop in Czechoslovakia, Poland and 
Hungary (hereinafter referred to as 'designated Central European 
countries') a self-sustaining system to provide management and 
technical assistance to small business owners. 
"(1) Not later than 90 days after the effective date of this 
section, the Commission, in consultation with the Agency for 
International Development, shall enter a contract with one or 
more entities to— 
PUBLIC LAW 101-515—NOV. 5, 1990 
104 STAT. 2143 
"(A) determine the needs of small businesses in the des-
ignated Central European countries for management and 
technical assistance; 
"(B) evaluate appropriate Small Business Development 
Center-programs which might be replicated in order to 
meet the needs of each of such countries; and 
"(C) identify and gissess the capability of educational 
institutions in each such country to develop a Small Busi-
ness Development Center type program. 
"(2) Not later than 18 months after the effective date of this 
section, the Commission shall review the recommendations 
submitted to it and shall formulate and contract for the 
establishment of a three-year management and technical assist-
ance demonstration program. 
"(c) In order to be eligible to participate, the educational institu-
tion in each designated Central European country shall— 
"(1) obtain the prior approval of the government to conduct 
the program; 
"(2) agree to provide partial financial support for the pro-
gram, either directly or indirectly, during the second and third 
years of the demonstration program; and 
"(3) agree to obtain private sector involvement in the delivery 
of assistance under the program. 
"(d) The Commission shall meet and organize not later than 30 
days after the date of enactment of this section. 
"(e) Members of the Commission shall serve without pay, except 
they shall be entitled to reimbursement for travel, subsistence, and 
other necessary expenses incurred by them in carr3dng out their 
functions in the same manner as persons employed intermittently in 
the Federal Government are allowed expenses under section 5703 of 
title 5, United States Code. 
"(f) Two Commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the trans-
action of business. Meetings shall be at the call of the Chairperson 
who shall be elected by the Members of the Commission. 
"(g) The Commission shall not have any authority to appoint staff, 
but upon request of the Chairperson, the head of any Federal 
department or agency may detail, on a reimbursable basis, any of 
the personnel of such department or agency to the Commission to 
assist in carr5dng out the Commission's functions under this section 
without regard to section 3341 of title 5 of the United States Code. 
The Administrator of the General Services Administration shall 
provide, on a reimbursable basis, such administrative support serv-
ices as the Commission may request. 
"(h) The Commission shall report to Congress not later than 
December 1, 1991, and annually thereafter, on the progress in 
carrying out the provisions of this section. 
"(i) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Small 
Business Administration the sum of $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1991, 
$5,000,000 for fiscal year 1992 and $8,000,000 for fiscal year 1993 to 
carry out the provisions of this section. Such sums shall be disbursed 
by the Small Business Administration as requested by the Commis-
sion and may remain available until expended. Any authority to 
enter contracts or other spending authority provided for in this 
section is subject to amounts provided for in advance in appropria-
tions Acts.". 
Government 
contracts. 
Technical 
assistance. 
Reports. 
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15 use 697. 
Science and 
technology 
Inter-
governmental 
relations. 
15 use 648a. 
SEC. 8. LOAN SERVICING FEE. 
In the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, insert the following 
new subsection: 
"SEC. 503 (eX3). Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
qualified State or local development companies shall be authorized 
to prepare applications for deferred participation loans under Sec-
tion 7(a) of the Small Business Act, to service such loans and to 
charge a reasonable fee for servicing such loans.". 
SEC. 9. SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER TECHNICAL ASSIST-
ANCE PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is 
amended by inserting after section 21, the following new section: 
"21A. SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAM. 
"(a) The Administration is authorized to make grants to establish 
pilot programs at 5 Small Business Development Centers in order to 
increase access by small businesses in each center's service area to 
online data bases. The purpose of this program shall be to provide 
small businesses, in states selected to participate in this demonstra-
tion program, with improved online access to public and private 
technology, services and expertise, so as to accelerate the transfer of 
technology and expertise to small businesses and to improve the 
productivity 
and 
economic 
competitiveness 
of 
these 
small 
businesses. 
"(b) Any Small Business Development Center which is funded by 
the Administration is eligible to receive an additional grant to 
provide access to online data bases as described in subsection (a) 
providing it contributes at least a fifty 
percent 
matching 
contribution. 
"(c) The grants authorized by this section must be used to— 
"(1) defray all or part of the cost of accessing data bases from 
private vendors for a limited period of time, 
"(2) demonstrate to small businesses the benefits of accessing 
such data bases, and 
"(3) train small businesses to use such data bases to access 
technical information and services.". 
(b) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to be appropriated to the 
Small Business Administration for each of fiscal years 1991 and 
1992, $1,200,000 to carry out the terms of section 21A of the Small 
Business Act. 
SEC. 10. CONTINUATION OF AUTHORITY. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an amount shall be 
made available from the unobligated balances in the Business Loan 
and Investment Fund to make a grant designated in Public Law 
100-459 in subsection (c) under the heading "Economic Development 
Assistance Programs", at a funding level not less than the level 
provided during fiscal year 1990, and notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, an amount shall be made available from the 
unobligated balances in the Business Loan and Investment Fund to 
make a grant to the first entity designated in Public Law 100-459 in 
subsection (k) under the heading "Economic Development Assist-
ance Programs" at a funding level not less than the level provided 
during fiscal year 1990 to such entity. 
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104 STAT. 2145 
SEC. 11. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS. 
Section 7(b) of the Small Business Computer Security and Edu-
cation Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 633 note) as amended, is further 
amended by striking "October 1, 1990" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"March 31,1991". 
SEC. 12. TRANSFER FROM DISASTER LOAN FUND. 
In addition such sums as may be necessary for disaster loan-
making activities, including loan servicing, shall be transferred to 
this appropriation from the "Disaster Loan Fund" as authorized by 
Public Law 100-590. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. App. 1-11 as amended by Public Law 100-504), 
$9,000,000. 
BUSINESS LOAN AND INVESTMENT FUND 
For additional capital for the "Business Loan and Investment 
Fund", $86,000,000, to remain available without fiscal year limita-
tion as authorized by 15 U.S.C. 631 note; and for additional capital 
for new direct loan obligations to be incurred by the "Business Loan 
and Investment Fund", $71,000,000, to remain available without 
fiscal year limitation as authorized by 15 U.S.C. 631 note: Provided, 
That no funds appropriated under this Act may be used to sell direct 
loans which are held by the Small Business Administration or any 
loan guaranty or debenture guaranty made by the Small Business 
Administration under the authority contained in the Small Business 
Investment Act of 1958, and which was held by the Federal Financ-
ing Bank on September 30,1987. 
SURETY BOND GUARANTEES REVOLVING FUND 
For additional capital for the "Surety Bond Guarantees Revolving 
Fund", authorized by the Small Business Investment Act, as 
amended, $10,200,000, to remain available without fiscal year limita-
tion as authorized by 15 U.S.C. 631 note. 
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT CONTRACT GUARANTEE REVOLVING 
FUND 
For additional capital for the "Pollution control equipment 
contract guarantee revolving fund" authorized by the Small Busi-
ness Investment Act, as amended, $13,000,000, to remain availajble 
without fiscal year limitation as authorized by 15 U.S.C. 631 note. 
STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, as au-
thorized by The State Justice Institute Authorization Act of 1988 
(Public Law 100-690 (102 Stat. 4466-4467)), $13,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to enable the 
United States Information Agency, as authorized by the Mutual 
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, as amended (22 
U.S.C. 2451 et seq.), the United States Information and Educational 
Exchange Act of 1948, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.) and 
Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977 (91 Stat. 1636), to carry out 
international communication, educational and cultural activities; 
and to carry out related activities authorized by law, including 
employment, without regard to civil service and classification laws, 
of persons on a temporary basis (not to exceed $700,000 of this 
appropriation), as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 1471, expenses authorized 
by the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.), living 
quarters as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5912, and allowances as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 5921-5928, and entertainment, including official 
receptions, within the United States, not to exceed $25,000 as au-
thorized by 22 U.S.C. 1474(3); $652,757,000: Provided, That not to 
exceed $1,210,000 may be used for representation abroad as au-
thorized by 22 U.S.C. 1452 and 4085: Provided further. That not to 
exceed $15,377,000 of the amounts allocated by the United States 
Information Agency to carry out section 102(a)(3) of the Mutual 
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 
2455(a)), shall remain available until expended: Provided 
further. 
That not to exceed $500,000 shall remain available until expended 
as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 1477b(a), for expenses (including those 
authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980) and equipment 
necessary for maintenance and operation of data processing and 
administrative services as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1535-1536: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $6,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, may be credited to this appropriation from fees or 
other payments received from or in connection with English teach-
ing, library, motion pictures, television, and publication programs as 
authorized by section 810 of the United States Information and 
Educational Exchange Act of 1948, as amended. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. App. 1-11 as amended by Public Law 100-504), 
$4,023,000. 
EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS 
For expenses of Fulbright, International Visitor, Humphrey 
Fellowship, Private Sector, and Congress-Bundestag Exchange Pro-
grams, as authorized by the Mutual Educational and Cultural Ex-
change Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.), and Reorganization 
Plan No. 2 of 1977 (91 Stat. 1636), $163,151,000, of which up to 
$200,000 shall be available for the Claude and Mildred Pepper 
Scholarship Program of the Washington Workshops Foundation, 
and of which $500,000 shall be available only for a grant to the 
North Pacific Studies Center in Portland, Oregon. 
PUBLIC LAW 101-515—NOV. 5, 1990 
104 STAT. 2147 
RADIO CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for the purchase, rent, construction, 
and improvement of faciUties for radio transmission and reception 
and purchase and installation of necessary equipment for radio 
transmission and reception as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 1471, 
$107,237,000, to remain available until expended as authorized by 22 
U.S.C. 1477b(a). 
BROADCASTING TO CUBA 
For expenses necessary to enable the United States Information 
Agency to carry out the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, as 
amended (22 U.S.C. 1465 et seq.) (providing for the Radio Marti 
Program or Cuba Service of the Voice of America), and the Tele-
vision Broadcasting to Cuba Act (22 U.S.C 1465aa et seq.) 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 as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 1471, $31,069,000, 
to remain available until expended as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 
1477b(a): Provided, That such funds for television broadcasting to 
Cuba may be used to purchase or lease, maintain, and operate such 
aircraft (including aerostats) as may be required to house and 
operate necessary television broadcasting equipment. 
EAST-WEST CENTER 
To enable the Director of the United States Information Agency to 
provide for carrying 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, 
$23,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated herein 
shall be used to pay any salary, or to enter into any contract 
providing for the payment thereof, in excess of the rate authorized 
for GS-18 of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY 
For grants made by the United States Information Agency to the 
National Endowment for Democracy as authorized by the National 
Endowment for Democracy Act, $25,000,000. 
TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 601. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by the 
Congress. 
SEC. 602. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
Government 
any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to 5 
procurement. 
U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where such expendi-
tures are a matter of public record and available for public inspec-
tion, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under 
existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 
104 STAT. 2148 
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Wages. 
Government 
employees. 
Disadvantaged 
persons. 
Grant programs. 
Government 
contracts. 
SEC. 604. If any provision of this Act or the application of such 
provision to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, the 
remainder of the Act and the application of each provision to 
persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held 
invalid shall not be affected thereby. 
SEC. 605. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1991 pay 
raises for programs funded by this Act shall be absorbed within the 
levels appropriated in this Act. 
SEC. 606. (a) None of the funds provided under this Act 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) elimi-
nates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel 
by any means for any project or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorga-
nizes offices, programs, or activities; or (6) contracts out or privatizes 
any functions or activities presently performed by Federal employ-
ees; unless the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Con-
gress are notified fifteen days in advance of such reprogramming of 
funds. 
(b) None of the funds provided under this Act 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 reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 
10 per centum, whichever is less, that: (1) augments existing pro-
grams, projects, or activities; (2) reduces by 10 per centum funding 
for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of person-
nel by 10 per centum as approved by Congress; or (3) results from 
any general savings from a reduction in personnel which would 
result in a change in existing programs, activities, or projects as 
approved by Congress, unless the Appropriations Committees of 
both Houses of Congress are notified fifteen days in advance of such 
reprogramming of funds. 
SEC. 607. Funds appropriated to the Legal Services Corporation 
and distributed to each grantee funded in fiscal year 1991 pursuant 
to the number of poor people determined by the Bureau of the 
Census to be within its geographical area shall be distributed in the 
following order: 
(1) grants from the Legal Services Corporation and contracts 
entered into with the Legal Services Corporation under section 
1006(a)(1) shall be maintained in fiscal year 1991 at not less 
than $9.22 per poor person within the geographical area of each 
grantee or contractor under the 1980 census or 5 cents per poor 
person more than the annual per-poor-person level at which 
funding was appropriated prior to the sequestration order 
issued pursuant to section 11002 of Public Law 101-239 for each 
grantee and contractor in fiscal year 1990, whichever is greater; 
and 
(2) each such grantee shall be increased by an equal percent-
age of the amount by which such grantee's funding, including 
the increase under (1) above, falls below $17.68 per poor person 
within its geographical area under the 1980 census: 
Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act for the 
Legal Services Corporation shall be used to bring a class action suit 
PUBLIC LAW 101-515—NOV. 5, 1990 
104 STAT. 2149 
against the Federal Government or any State or local government 
unless— 
(1) the project director of a recipient has expressly approved 
the filing of such an action in accordance with policies estab-
lished by the governing body of such recipient; 
(2) the class relief which is the subject of such an action is 
sought for the primary benefit of individuals who are eligible 
for legal assistance; and 
(3) that prior to filing such an action, the recipient project 
director has determined that the government entity is not likely 
to change the policy or practice in question, that the policy or 
practice will continue to adversely affect eligible clients, that 
the recipient has given notice of its intention to seek class relief 
and that responsible efforts to resolve without litigation the 
adverse effecte of the policy or practice have not been successful 
or would be adverse to the interest of the clients: 
except that this proviso may be superseded by regulations governing 
the bringing of class action suits promulgated by a majority of the 
Board of Directors of the Corporation who have been confirmed in 
accordance with section 1004(a) of the Legal Services Corporation 
Act: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this 
Act made available by the Legal Services Corporation may be 
used— 
(1) to pay for any publicity or propaganda intended or de-
signed to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress 
or State or local legislative bodies or intended or designed to 
influence any decision by a Federal, State, or local agency; 
(2) to pay for any personal service, advertisement, telegram, 
telephone communication, letter, printed or written matter, or 
other device intended or designed to influence any decision by a 
Federal, State, or local agency, except when legal gissistance is 
provided by an employee of a recipient to an eligible client on a 
particular application, claim, or case, which directly involves 
the client's legal rights or responsibilities; 
(3) to pay for any personal service, advertisement, telegram, 
telephone communication, letter, printed or written matter, or 
any other device intended or designed to influence any Member 
of Congress or any other Federal, State, or local elected 
official— 
(A) to favor or oppose any referendum, initiative, con-
stitutional amendment, or any similar procedure of the 
Congress, any State legislature, any local council or any 
N 
similar governing body acting in a legislative capacity, 
(B) to favor or oppose an authorization or appropriation 
directly affecting the authority, function, or funding of the 
recipient or the Corporation, or 
(C) to influence the conduct of oversight proceedings of 
the recipient or the Corporation; 
(4) to pay for any personal service, advertisement, telegram, 
telephone communication, letter, printed or written matter, or 
any other device intended or designed to influence any Member 
of Congress or any other Federal, State, or local elected official 
to favor or oppose any Act, bill, resolution, or similar legisla-
tion, except that this proviso sheill not preclude funds from 
being used to provide communication directly to a Federal, 
State, or local elected official on a specific and distinct matter 
104 STAT. 2150 
PUBLIC LAW 101-515—NOV. 5, 1990 
where the purpose of such communication is to bring the matter 
to the official's attention if— 
(A) the project director of a recipient has expressly ap-
proved in writing the undertaking of such communication 
to be made on behalf of a client or class of clients in 
accordance with policy established by the governing body of 
the recipient; and 
(B) the project director of a recipient has determined 
prior to the undertaking of such communication, that— 
(i) the client and each client is in need of relief which 
can be provided by the legislative body involved; 
(ii) appropriate judicial and administrative relief 
have been exhausted; and 
(iii) documentation has been secured from each eli-
gible client that includes a statement of the specific 
legal interests of the client, except that such commu-
nication may not be the result of participation in a 
coordinated effort to provide such communications 
under this proviso; and 
(C) the project director of a recipient maintains docu-
mentation of the expenses and time spent under this pro-
viso as part of the records of the recipient; or 
(D) the project director of a recipient has approved the 
submission of a communication to a legislator requesting 
introduction of a private relief bill: 
except that nothing in this proviso shall prohibit communications 
made in response to a request from a Federal, State, or local official: 
Provided further. That none of the funds appropriated in this Act 
made available by the Legal Services Corporation may be used to 
pay for any administrative or related costs associated with an 
activity prohibited in clause (1), (2), (3), or (4) of the previous proviso: 
Aliens. 
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this 
Act for the Legal Services Corporation will be expended to provide 
legal assistance for or on behalf of any alien unless the alien is 
present in the United States and is— 
(1) an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence as 
defined in section 101(a)(20) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20)); 
(2) an alien who is either married to a United States citizen or 
is a parent or an unmarried child under the age of twenty-one 
years of such a citizen and who has filed an application for 
adjustment of status to permanent resident under the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act, and such application has not been 
rejected; 
(3) an alien who is lawfully present in the United States 
pursuant to an admission under section 207 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157, relating to refugee admis-
sions) or who has been granted asylum by the Attorney General 
under such Act; or 
(4) an alien who is lawfully present in the United States as a 
result of the Attorney General's withholding of deportation 
pursuant to section 243(h) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1253(h)): 
A**®'^s. 
Provided further, That an alien who is lawfully present in the 
United States as a result of being granted conditional entry pursu-
ant to section 203(a)(7) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1153(a)(7)) before April 1, 1980, because of persecution or fear 
PUBLIC LAW 101-515—NOV. 5, 1990 
104 STAT. 2151 
of persecution on account of race, religion, or political opinion or 
because of being uprooted by catastrophic natural calamity shall be 
deemed, for purposes of the previous proviso, to be an alien de-
scribed in clause (3) of the previous proviso: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated for the Legal Services Corporation 
may be used to support or conduct training programs for the 
purpose of advocating particular public policies or encouraging 
political activities, labor or antilabor activities, boycotts, picketing, 
strikes, and demonstrations, including the dissemination of informa-
tion about such policies or activities, except that this provision shall 
not be construed to prohibit the training of attorneys or paralegal 
personnel necessary to prepare them to provide adequate legal 
assistance to eligible clients or to advise any eligible client as to the 
nature of the legislative process or inform any eligible client of his 
rights under statute, order, or regulation: Provided further. That 
none of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Legal Services 
Corporation may be used to carry out the procedures established 
pursuant to section 1011(2) of the Legal Services Corporation Act 
unless the Corporation prescribes procedures to insure that finan-
cial assistance under this Act shall not be terminated, and a suspen-
sion of financial assistance shall not be continued for more than 
thirty days, unless the grantee, contractor, or person or entity 
receiving financial assistance under this Act has been afforded 
reasonable notice and opportunity for a timely, full, and fair hearing 
and, when requested, such hearing shall be conducted by an 
independent hearing examiner, subject to the following conditions— 
(1) such request for a hearing shall be made to the Corpora-
tion within thirty days after receipt of notice to terminate 
financial assistance, deny an application for refunding, or sus-
pend financial assistance and such hearing shall be conducted 
within thirty days of receipt of such request for a hearing; 
(2) the Corporation shall make such final decision within 
thirty days after completion of such hearing; and 
(3) hearing examiners shall be appointed by the Corporation 
in accordance with procedures established in regulations 
promulgated by the Corporation: 
Provided further. That none of the funds appropriated in this Act for 
the Legal Services Corporation may be used to carry out the proce-
dures established pursuant to section 1011(2) of the Legal Services 
Corporation Act unless the Corporation prescribes procedures to 
ensure that an application for refunding shall not be denied unless 
the grantee, contractor, or person or entity receiving assistance 
under this Act has been afforded reasonable notice and opportunity 
for a timely, full, and fair hearing to show cause why such action 
should not be taken and subject to all other conditions of the 
previous proviso: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated in this Act for the Legal Services Corporation shall be used 
by the Corporation in making grants or entering into contracts for 
legal assistance unless the Corporation insures that the recipient is 
either (1) a private attorney or attorneys (for the sole purpose of 
furnishing legal assistance to eligible clients) or (2) a qualified 
nonprofit organization chartered under the laws of one of the States, 
a purpose of which is furnishing legal assistance to eligible clients, 
the majority of the board of directors or other governing body of 
which organization is comprised of attorneys who are admitted to 
practice in one of the States and who are appointed to terms of office 
on such board or body by the governing bodies of State, county, or 
104 STAT. 2152 
PUBLIC LAW 101-515—NOV. 5, 1990 
municipal bar associations the membership of which represents a 
majority of the attorneys practicing law in the locality in which the 
organization is to provide legal assistance, or, with regard to na-
tional support centers, the locality where the organization main-
tains its principal headquarters: Provided further. That none of the 
funds appropriated in this Act for the Corporation shall be used, 
directly or indirectly, by the Corporation to promulgate new regula-
tions or to enforce, implement, or operate in accordance with regula-
tions effective after April 27, 1984, unless the Appropriations 
Committees of both Houses of Congress have been notified fifteen 
days prior to such use of funds as provided for in section 606 of this 
Act: Provided further. That none of the funds appropriated to the 
Legal Services Corporation for fiscal years prior to fiscal year 1986 
and carried over into fiscal year 1991, either by the Corporation 
itself or by any recipient of such funds, may be expended, unless 
such funds are expended in accordance with the preceding restric-
tions and provisos, except that such funds may be expended for the 
continued representation of aliens prohibited by said provisos where 
such representation commenced prior to January 1, 1983, or as 
approved by the Corporation: Provided further. That if a Presi-
dential order pursuant to Public Law 100-119, the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1987, is issued 
for fiscal year 1991, funds provided to each grantee of the Legal 
Services Corporation shall be reduced by the percentage specified in 
the Presidential order: Provided further. That if funds become avail-
able to the Legal Services Corporation because a national support 
center has been defunded or denied refunding pursuant to section 
1011(2) of the Legal Services Corporation Act, as amended by this 
Act, such funds may be transferred to basic field programs to be 
distributed in the manner specified by this Act: Provided further. 
That none of the funds appropriated by this Act or prior Acts or any 
other funds available to the Corporation or a recipient may be used 
by an officer, board member, employee or consultant of the Corpora-
tion or by any recipient to implement or enforce the 1984 and 1986 
regulations on legislative and administrative advocacy (part 1612) or 
to implement, enforce or keep in effect provisions in the regulation 
regarding legislative and administrative advocacy and training (part 
1612, 52 FR 28434 (July 29, 1987)) which impose restrictions on 
private funds except to the extent that such restrictions are explic-
itly set forth in sections 1007 (a)(5), (b)(6), (b)(7), and 1010(c) of the 
Legal Services Corporation Act, as amended: Provided further. That 
the Corporation shall not impose requirements on governing bodies 
of the recipients that are additional to, or more restrictive than, the 
provisions of this Act and section 1007(c) of the Legal Services 
Corporation Act, as amended, including, but not limited to (1) the 
procedures of appointment, including the political affiliation and 
the length of terms of board members, (2) the size, quorum require-
ments and committee operations of such governing bodies, and (3) 
any requirements on appointment of board members of national 
support centers that would preclude the bar associations in the 
States in which the center's principal offices are located from 
making all appointments required to be made by bar associations: 
Abortion. 
Provided further. That none of the funds appropriated under this 
Act to the Legal Services Corporation may be used by the Corpora-
tion or any recipient to participate in any litigation with respect to 
abortion: Provided further. That the Corporation shall utilize the 
same formula for distribution of fiscal year 1991 migrant funds as 
PUBLIC LAW 101-515—NOV. 5, 1990 
104 STAT. 2153 
w£is used in fiscal year 1990: Provided further, That after October 1, 
1991, 03ut not before) the Board of Directors of the Legal Services 
Corporation shall develop and implement a system for the competi-
tive award of all grants and contracts, including support centers, 
except that nothing herein shall prohibit the Corporation Board, 
members, or staff from engaging in in-house reviews of or holding 
hearings on proposals for a system for the competitive award of all 
grants and contracts, including support centers, and that nothing 
herein shall apply to any competitive awards program currently in 
existence: Provided further, That the Corporation shall insure that 
all grants and contracts made for calendar year 1991 to all grantees 
receiving funds under sections 1006(a) (1)(A) and (3) of the Legal 
Services Corporation Act as of September 30, 1990, with funds 
appropriated by this Act or prior appropriations Acts, shall be made 
for a period of at least twelve months beginning on January 1, 1991, 
so as to insure that the total annual funding for each current 
grantee or contractor is no less than the amount provided pursuant 
to this Act: Provided further. That such grants or contracts shall not 
be subject to any amendments to regulations relating to fee-
generating cases (45 CFR part 1609) or the use of private funds (45 CFR 
parts 1610 and 1611) not in operational effect on October 1, 1988: 
Provided further, That any changes in procedures in operational 
effect as of September 1, 1989, that would have the effect of 
imposing timekeeping requirements on recipients must be adopted 
£is rules or regulations in accordance with section 1008(e) of the 
Legal Services Corporation Act and all of the requirements of this 
Act: Provided further. That any new rules or regulations, or revi-
sions to existing rules or regulations adopted by the Board of the 
Legal Services Corporation after October 1, 1990, shall not become 
effective until after October 1,1991. 
SEC. 608. (a) None of the funds in this or any other Act may be 
used to approve the licensing for export of any supercomputer to 
any country whose government the President determines to be 
assisting Iraq to improve its ballistic missile technology or chemical, 
biological, or nuclear weapons capability and so reports to the 
Congress. 
(b) None of the funds in this or any other Act may be used to 
approve the licensing for export of any supercomputer to any coun-
try whose nationals are assisting Iraq to improve its rocket tech-
nology or chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons capability: Pro-
vided, That this provision shall apply only if the President deter-
mines that the government of the country has made inadequate 
efforts to restrict such involvement by its citizens or corporations 
and so reports to the Congress. 
42 u s e 2996f 
note. 
Grant programs. 
Government 
contracts. 
Grant programs. 
Government 
contracts. 
Regulations. 
Regulations. 
Effective date. 
Iraq. 
Iraq. 
39-194 O - 91 - 26 : QL 3 Part 3 
104 STAT. 2154 
PUBLIC LAW 101-515—NOV. 5, 1990 
This Act may be cited as the "Departments of (Commerce, Justice, 
and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 1991". 
Approved November 5, 1990. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 5021: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 101-537 (Coram, on Appropriations) and No. 101-909 (Coram. 
of Conference). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 101-515 (Comra. on Appropriations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 136 (1990): 
June 20, 26, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 11, considered and passed Senate, araended. 
Oct. 23, House agreed to conference report; receded and concurred in certain 
Senate amendments, in others with amendments; and disagreed to another. 
Oct. 24, Senate agreed to conference report; receded and concurred in certain 
House amendments, in another with an amendment. House concurred in 
Senate amendment. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 26 (1990): 
Nov. 5, Presidential statement.