Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1985
PL 98-411 (H.R.5712), enacted 08/30/1984

PUBLIC LAW 98-411—AUG. 30, 1984 
98 STAT. 1545 
Public Law 98-411 
98th Congress 
A n Act 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the 
Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1985, 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 30,1985, 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, including not to exceed $2,000 for official 
entertainment, $35,990,000. 
Aug. 30, 1984 
[H.R. 5712] 
Departments of 
Commerce, 
Justice, and 
State, the 
Judiciary, and 
Related 
Agencies 
Appropriation 
Act, 1985. 
Department of 
Commerce and 
Related 
Agencies 
Appropriation 
Act, 1985. 
SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM 
For payments in foreign currencies which the Treasury Depart-
ment determines to be excess to the normal requirements of the 
United States, for necessary expenses for the promotion of foreign 
commerce and for scientific and technological research and develop-
ment, as authorized by law, $500,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available, in 
addition to other appropriations to the Department of Commerce, 
for payments in the foregoing currencies. 
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for collecting, compiling, analyzing, pre-
paring, and publishing statistics, provided for by law, $85,500,000. 
PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary to collect and publish statistics for peri-
odic censuses and programs provided for by law, $81,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
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98 STAT. 1546 
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ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS 
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of economic and 
statistical analysis programs, $31,085,000. 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
For economic development assistance as provided by the Public 
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Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as amended, and 
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Public Law 91-304, and such laws that were in effect immediately 
84 Stat. 375. 
before September 30, 1982, $200,000,000: Provided, That during 
fiscal year 1985 total commitments to guarantee loans shall not 
exceed $150,000,000 of contingent liability for loan principal. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administering the economic develop-
ment assistance programs as provided for by law, $28,500,000: Pro-
vided, That these funds may be used to monitor projects approved 
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pursuant to title I of the Public Works Employment Act of 1976, as 
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amended, title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, and the 
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Community Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977. Notwithstand-
note. 
ing any other provision of this Act or any other law, funds appropri-
ated in this paragraph shall be used to fill and maintain forty-nine 
permanent positions designated as Economic Development Repre-
sentatives out of the total number of permanent positions funded in 
the Salaries and Expenses account of the Economic Development 
Administration for fiscal year 1985. 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS A N D ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for international trade activities of the 
Department of Commerce, including 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; employment of 
Americans and aliens by contract for services abroad; rental of space 
abroad for periods not exceeding five years, and expenses of alter-
ation, repair, or improvement; purchase or construction of tempo-
rary demountable exhibition structures for use abroad; pa5maent 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 $165,200 for official representation expenses abroad; awards 
of compensation to informers under the Export Administration Act 
50 use app. 2401 of 1979, and as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 401(b); purchase of passenger 
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motor vehicles for official use abroad; $192,418,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which not to exceed $1,700,000 is for Execu-
tive direction. Administration: 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. During fiscal 
year 1985 and within the resources and authority available, gross 
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98 STAT. 1547 
obligations for the principal amount of direct loans shall not exceed 
$6,500,000. During fiscal year 1985, total commitments to guarantee 
loans shall not exceed $15,000,000 of contingent liability for loan 
principal. 
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, $49,885,000, of which $36,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 
$13,885,000 shall be available for program management: Provided 
further, That the Minority Business Development Agency shall 
maintain a permanent position and full-time office in the city of 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Provided further. That none of the funds 
appropriated in this paragraph or in this title for the Department of 
Commerce shall be available to reimburse the fund established by 15 
U.S.C. 1521 on account of the performance of a program, project, or 
activity, nor shall such fund be available for the performance of a 
program, project, or activity, which had not been performed £is a 
central service pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 1521 before July 1,1982, unless 
the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress are 
notified fifteen days in advance of such action in accordance with 
the Committees' reprograming procedures. 
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 without regard to the provisions of law set forth in 44 U.S.C. 
3702 and 3703; and including employment of aliens by contract for 
services abroad; rental of space abroad for periods not exceeding five 
years, and expenses of alteration, repair, or improvement; purchase 
or construction of temporary demountable exhibition structures for 
use abroad; advance of funds under contracts abroad; payment of 
tort claims in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of 28 
U.S.C. 2672, when such claims arise in foreign countries; and not to 
exceed $8,000 for representation expenses abroad; $12,000,000: Pro-
vided, That not later than January 1, 1985, the Secretary of Com-
merce shall establish offices of the United States Travel and 
Tourism Administration in Italy, the Netherlands, and Australia, 
and that such offices be in addition to rather than in lieu of any 
offices of the United States Travel and Tourism Administration that 
existed in foreign nations on April 1, 1984. 
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 acqui-
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sition, maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft; 399 commis-
sioned officers on the active list; construction of facilities, including 
initial equipment; alteration, modernization, and relocation of facili-
ties; and acquisition of land for facilities; $1,113,066,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $2,000,000 shall be available for 
emergency beach rehabilitation in the State of New Jersey, notwith-
standing any other provision of this paragraph; and in addition, 
$27,000,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Airways Trust 
Fund; and in addition, $25,900,000 shall be derived by transfer from 
the Fund entitled "Promote and develop fishery products and 
research pertaining to American Fisheries"; and in addition, 
$9,300,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Fund entitled 
"Coastal Energy Impact Fund": Provided, That unobligated bal-
ances in the account "Coastal Zone Management" are merged with 
this account on October 1, 1984: Provided further, That grants to 
States pursuant to section 306 and section 306(a) of the Coastal Zone 
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Management Act, as amended, shall not exceed $2,000,000 and shall 
not be less than $450,000: Provided further. That upon reimburse-
ment by the Secretary of the Navy for the cost of the NOAA-D 
spacecraft, and upon a determination by the Secretary of Commerce 
that the NOAA-D spacecraft is not needed to replace a NO 
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A polar 
orbiting satellite, the Secretary of Commerce shall make the space-
craft available for the Navy Remote Ocean Sensing System, and the 
Secretary of the Navy shall provide the Secretary of Commerce with 
access to the civil data produced by the system: Provided further. 
That of the funds appropriated in this paragraph, necessary funds 
shall be used to fill and maintain a staff of three persons, as 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration personnel, to 
work on contracts and purchase orders at the National Data Buoy 
Center in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, and report to the Director of 
the National Data Buoy Center in the same manner and extent that 
such procurement functions were performed at Bay St. Louis prior 
to June 26, 1983, except that they may provide procurement assist-
ance to other Department of Commerce activities pursuant to ordi-
nary interagency agreements. Where practicable, these positions 
shall be filled by the employees who performed such functions prior 
to June 26,1983. 
FISHERMEN'S CONTINGENCY FUND 
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For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public Law 95-372, 
not to exceed $250,000, 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 
16 use 971 note. Tunas Convention Act of 1975, as amended (Public Law 96-339), the 
94 Stat. 1069. 
Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976, as 
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amended (Public Law 94-265), and the American Fisheries Promo-
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tion Act (Public Law 96-561), there are appropriated from the fees 
int^^^ ^^^^ 
imposed under the foreign fishery observer program authorized by 
these Acts, not to exceed $4,500,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
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98 STAT. 1549 
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FISHERMEN S GUARANTY FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Fisher-
men's Protective Act of 1967, as amended, $1,800,000, to be derived 
from the receipts collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available 
until expended. 
FISHERIES LOAN FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of section 221 
of the American Fisheries Promotion Act of December 22, 1980 
(Public Law 96-561), there are appropriated to the Fisheries Loan 
Fund, $2,500,000 from receipts collected pursuant to that Act: Pro-
vided, That during fiscal year 1985 not to exceed $300,000 of the 
Fisheries Loan Fund shall be available for administrative expenses. 
PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Patent and Trademark Office, 
including defense of suits instituted against the Commissioner of 
Patents and Trademarks, $101,681,000, and, in addition, 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. 
NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS 
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the National Bureau of Standards, 
$123,985,000, to remain available until expended, of which $500,000 
shall be made available to establish a regional radiation calibration 
center at the University of Arkansas, and of which not to exceed 
$5,229,000 may be transferred to the "Working Capital Fund". 
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
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note. 
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note. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration, $13,694,000, 
of which $700,000 shall remain available until expended. 
PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING AND 
CONSTRUCTION 
For grants authorized by section 392 of the Communications Act 
of 1934, as amended, $24,000,000, to remain available until ex- 47 use 392. 
pended: Provided, That not to exceed $1,200,000 shall be available 
for program management as authorized by section 391 of the Com- 47 use 891. 
munications Act of 1934, as amended. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
SEC. 101. During the current fiscal year, applicable appropriations 
and funds available to the Department of Commerce shall be avail-
able 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. 
98 STAT. 1550 
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SEC. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropriations to the 
Department of Commerce which are available for salaries and 
expenses shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
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. No funds in this title shall be used to sell to private 
interests, except with the consent of the borrower, or contract with 
private interests to sell or administer, any loans made under the 
Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 or any loans 
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made under section 254 of the Trade Act of 1974. 
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SEC. 104. No funds in this Act, or any other Act, may be used 
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within two years after the date of enactment of this Act, to transfer 
title to the parcel of real property located on McKown Point, West 
Boothbay Harbor, Maine (General Services Administration control 
number 1314-30174-23), unless such transfer is to the State of 
Maine, and contains conditions and use restrictions similar to those 
in the transfer of the adjacent parcel of real property on September 
26, 1978 (General Services Administration control number 1314-
30174-23-015-0800): Provided, That the title of the property will 
revert back to the Federal Government if the property ceases to be 
used for public purposes. 
RELATED AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATING-DIFFERENTIAL SUBSIDIES (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT 
AUTHORITY) 
For the payment of obligations incurred for operating-differential 
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subsidies as authorized by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as 
se? 
amended, $377,750,000, to remain available until expended. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for research and development activities, 
as authorized by law, $2,900,000, to remain available until expended, 
and in addition, $7,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
which shall be derived by transfer from the unobligated balances of 
the Ship Construction account. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training activities au-
thorized by law, $77,467,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That reimbursements may be made to this appropriation 
from receipts to the "Federal ship financing fund" for administra-
tive expenses in support of that program. 
GENERAL 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 
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98 STAT. 1551 
occupancy involving Government property under control of the 
Maritime Administration and payments received by the Maritime 
Administration for utilities, services, and repairs so furnished or 
made shall be credited to the appropriation charged with the cost 
thereof: Provided, That rental payments under any such lease, 
contract, or occupancy on account of items other than such utilities, 
services, or repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellane-
ous receipts. 
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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 
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contained in this Act, or in any prior appropriation Act and all seg. 
receipts which otherwise would be deposited to the credit of said 
fund shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
None of the funds provided in this Act for the Maritime Adminis- Vessels. 
tration shall be used for enforcement of any rule with respect to the 
repayment of construction differential subsidy for permanent re-
lease of vessels from the restrictions in section 506 of the Merchant 
Marine Act, 1936, as amended, until May 15,1985. 
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for 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 $200,000 
for land and structures; not to exceed $200,000 for improvement and 
care of grounds and repair to buildings; not to exceed $3,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses; purchase (not to 
exceed twelve) and hire of motor vehicles; special counsel fees; and 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $93,611,000. Not to exceed 
$300,000 of the foregoing amount shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30,1986, for research and policy studies. 
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Commission, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 5901-02; $12,292,000: Provided, That not to exceed $1,500 
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; the sum of $64,311,000: Provided, That the 
funds appropriated in this paragraph are subject to the limitations 
and provisions of sections 10(a) and 10(c) (notwithstanding section 
10(e)), 11(b), 18, and 20 of the Federal Trade Commission Improve-
ments Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-252; 94 Stat. 374). 
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the International Trade Commission, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for official reception 
and representation expenses, $24,830,000. 
MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION 
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Commission as 
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authorized by title II of Public Law 92-522, as amended, $929,000. 
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for 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, $13,582,000: Provided, That not to exceed $68,000 shall 
be available 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 
exceed $2,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$105,337,000. 
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the Small 
Business Administration, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 
and not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation 
expenses, $205,340,000: Provided, That none of these funds shall be 
available after January 1, 1985 for establishing a comprehensive 
statistical data base on the small business sector in the United 
States economy and for other research on small business issues 
unless a computerized listing of small businesses in the United 
States is made available upon request to the Small Business Devel-
opment Centers established under the authority of the Small 
15 use 631 note. Business Act, as amended; and for grants for Small Business 
Development Centers as authorized by section 21(a) of the Small 
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Business Act, as amended, $28,500,000. In addition, $70,000,000 for 
disaster loan making activities, including loan servicing, shall be 
transferred to this appropriation from the "Disaster loan fund". 
PUBLIC LAW 98-411—AUG. 30, 1984 
98 STAT. 1553 
WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON SMALL BUSINESS 
For necessary expenses of the White House Conference on Small 
Business as authorized by Public Law 98-276, $2,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That none of these funds shall 
be available for obligation until December 1, 1984. 
Ante, p. 169. 
REVOLVING FUNDS 
The Small Business Administration is hereby authorized to make 
such expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing author-
ity available to its revolving funds, and in accord with the law, and 
to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 
year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 
Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carry-
ing out the programs set forth in the budget for the current fiscal 
year for the "Disaster loan fund", the "Business loan and invest-
ment fund", the "Lease guarantees revolving fund", the "Pollution 
control equipment contract guarantees revolving fund", and the 
"Surety bond guarantees revolving fund". 
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BUSINESS LOAN AND INVESTMENT FUND 
For additional capital for the "Business loan and investment 
fund", $269,000,000, to remain available without fiscal year limita-
tion; and for additional capital for new direct loan obligations to be 
, ' 
incurred by the "Business loan and investment fund", $215,000,000, 
to remain available without fiscal year limitation. 
SURETY BOND GUARANTEES REVOLVING FUND 
For additional capital for the "Surety bond guarantees revolving 
fund", authorized by the Small Business Investment Act, as 15 USC 661 note 
amended, $8,910,000 to remain available without fiscal year 
limitation. 
This title may be cited as the "Department of Commerce and 
Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1985". 
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
^ . , SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the administration of the Department 
of Justice, $71,150,000. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For additional capital, $3,000,000 to remain available until 
expended. 
UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION 
Department of 
Justice and 
Related 
Agencies 
Appropriation 
Act, 1985. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Parole Commission, 
as authorized by law, $8,913,000. 
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LEGAL ACTIVITIES 
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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 General and accounted for solely on his 
certificate; and rent of private or Government-owned space in the 
District of Columbia; $194,163,000, of which not to exceed $6,000,000 
for litigation support contracts shall remain available until Septem-
ber 30, 1986; and of which $3,079,000 shall be for the Office of 
Special Investigations. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION 
For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust and 
kindred laws, $43,519,000. 
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; allowances and benefits similar to those allowed 
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under the Foreign Service Act of 1980 as determined by the Commis-
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sion; expenses of packing, shipping, and storing personal effects of 
personnel assigned abroad; rental or lease, for such periods as may 
be necessary, of office space and living quarters of personnel as-
signed abroad; maintenance, improvement, and repair of properties 
rented or leased abroad, and furnishing fuel, water, and utilities for 
such properties; insurance on official motor vehicles abroad; ad-
vances of funds abroad; advances or reimbursements to other Gov-
ernment agencies for use of their facilities and services in carrying 
out the functions of the Commission; hire of motor vehicles for field 
use only; and employment of aliens; $929,000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS AND MARSHALS 
For necessary expenses of the offices of the United States attor-
neys, marshals, and bankruptcy trustees; and marshals; including 
acquisition, 
lease, 
maintenance, 
and 
operation 
of 
aircraft, 
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$431,114,000. 
SUPPORT OF UNITED STATES PRISONERS 
For support of United States prisoners in non-Federal institutions, 
$53,240,000; and in addition, $10,000,000 shall be available under the 
Cooperative Agreement Program for the purpose of renovating, 
constructing, and equipping State and local jail facilities that con-
fine Federal prisoners: Provided, That amounts made available for 
constructing any local jail facility shall not exceed the cost of 
constructing space for the average Federal prisoner population for 
that facility as projected by the Attorney General: Provided further, 
That following agreement on or completion of any federally assisted 
jail construction, the availability of such space shall be assured and 
the per diem rate charged for housing Federal prisoners at that 
facility shall not exceed direct operating costs for the period of time 
specified in the cooperative agreement. 
PUBLIC LAW 98-411—AUG. 30, 1984 
98 STAT. 1555 
FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES 
For expenses, mileage, compensation, and per diems of witnesses 
and for per diems in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law, 
including advances; for use of facilities required as command posts 
in the protection of witnesses, and for official phone calls made from 
command posts; $40,600,000, of which not to exceed $500,000 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, Cuban and 
established by title X of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, $33,000,000 of Haitian 
which $26,550,000 shall remain available until expended to make 
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payments in advance for grants, contracts and reimbursable agree- 
^' 
ments and other expenses necessary under section 501(c), the Refu-
gee Education Assistance Act of 1980, Public Law 96-422, for the 8 use 1522 note, 
processing, care, maintenance, security, transportation and recep-
tion and placement in the United States of Cuban and Haitian 
entrants: Provided, That notwithstanding section 501(e)(2)(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 8 use 1522 note. 
Cuban and Haitian entrants as authorized under section 501(c) of 
such Act, 
INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT 
ORGANIZED CRIME DRUG ENFORCEMENT 
For expenses necessary for the Presidential Commission on 
Organized Crime, $1,500,000. 
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 one thousand seven hundred passen-
ger motor vehicles of which one thousand five hundred fifty 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; 
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and 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; 
$1,147,123,000, of which not to exceed $23,000,000 for automated 
data processing and telecommunications and $1,000,000 for under-
cover operations shall remain available until September 30, 1986; 
and of which $10,000,000 for research related to investigative activi-
ties shall remain available until expended: Provided, That notwith-
standing the provisions of title 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Director of the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation may establish and collect fees to 
process fingerprint identification records for noncriminal employ-
ment and licensing purposes, and credit not more than $13,500,000 
of such fees to this appropriation to be used for salaries and other 
98 STAT. 1556 
PUBLIC LAW 98-411—AUG. 30, 1984 
expenses incurred in providing these services: Provided 
further, 
That $12,782,000 shall remain available until expended 
for 
constructing and equipping new facilities at the FBI Academy, 
Quantico, Virginia: Provided further, That not to exceed $45,000 
shall be available for official reception and representation expenses. 
DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION 
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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; 
purchase of not to exceed five hundred seventeen passenger motor 
vehicles of which four hundred eighty-nine are for replacement only 
for police-type use without regard to the general purchase price 
limitation for the current fiscal year; and acquisition, lease, mainte-
'' 
nance, and operation of aircraft; $329,988,000, of which not to exceed 
$1,200,000 for research shall remain available until expended and 
$1,700,000 for purchase of evidence and payments for information 
shall remain available until September 30,1986. 
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IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the admin-
istration and enforcement of the laws relating to immigration, 
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 six hundred eight, of which four hundred sixteen shall 
be for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
acquisition, lease, maintenance and operation of aircraft; and re-
search related to immigration enforcement; $576,417,000, of which 
not to exceed $400,000 for research shall remain available until 
expended: Provided, That none of the funds available to the Immi-
gration and Naturalization Service shall be available for administra-
tive expenses to pay any employee overtime pay in an amount in 
excess of $20,000 except in such instances when the Commissioner 
makes a determination that this restriction is impossible to 
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implement. 
FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
' 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the administration, operation, and 
maintenance of Federal penal and correctional institutions, includ-
ing purchase (not to exceed forty of which thirty are for replacement 
only) and hire of law enforcement and passenger motor vehicles; 
$503,450,000; and in addition, $4,450,000 shall be derived by transfer 
from the unobligated balances of the "Buildings and facilities" 
42 use 250a. 
account: Provided, That there may be transferred to the Health 
PUBLIC LAW 98-411—AUG. 30, 1984 
98 STAT. 1557 
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. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CORRECTIONS 
For carrying out the provisions of sections 4351-4353 of title 18, 
United States Code, which established a National Institute of Cor-
rections, $14,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For planning, acquisition of sites and construction of new facili-
ties; purchase and acquisition of facilities and remodeling and equip-
ping of such facilities for penal and correctional use, including all 
necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force account; 
and constructing, remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings 
and facilities at existing penal and correctional institutions, includ-
ing all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force 
account, $86,056,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That labor of United States prisoners may be used for work per-
formed under this appropriation. 
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 and commitments, without regard to fiscal year limita-
tions as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation 
Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying out the 31 USC 9104. 
program set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for such 
corporation, including purchase of not to exceed five (for replace-
ment only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles, except as herein-
after provided. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE AND VOCATIONAL EXPENSES, FEDERAL 
PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED 
Not to exceed $2,044,000 of the funds of the corporation shall be 
available for its administrative expenses, and not to exceed 
$6,920,000 for the expenses of vocational training of prisoners, both 
amounts to be computed on an accrual basis and to be determined in 
accordance with the corporation's prescribed accounting system in 
effect on July 1, 1946, and shall be exclusive of depreciation, pay-
ment of claims, 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, mainte-
nance, improvement, protection, or disposition of facilities and other 
property belonging to the corporation or in which it has an interest. 
98 STAT. 1558 
42 u s e 5611. 
Mariel-Cubans. 
Federal 
Register, 
publication. 
23 u s e 114 note. 
PUBLIC LAW 98-411—AUG. 30, 1984 
OFFICE OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE 
JUSTICE ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
93 Stat. 1040. 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assist-
ance authorized by the Justice Assistance Act of 1984, as amended, 
including 
salaries 
and 
expenses 
in 
connection 
therewith, 
$70,311,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
$5,500,000 of this amount shall be for a criminal justice assistance 
program, to be available only upon enactment of authorizing legisla-
tion: Provided further, That $4,000,000 of this amount shall be 
available to carry out a missing children's assistance program to be 
available only upon enactment into law of authorizing legislation; 
and for grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assist-
ance authorized by title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention Act of 1974, as amended, including salaries and expenses 
in connection therewith, $70,240,000, to remain available until 
expended. In addition, $5,000,000 for the purpose of making grants 
to States for their expenses by reason of Mariel-Cubans having to be 
incarcerated in State facilities for terms requiring incarceration for 
the full period October 1,1984 through September 30,1985 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 available to the States whose Governors certify by Febru-
ary 1, 1985 a listing of names of such Mariel-Cubans incarcerated in 
their respective facilities: Provided further. That the Attorney Gen-
eral, not later than April 1, 1985, will com.plete 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 
reimbursements per prisoner per annum shall not exceed $12,000. 
The obligated and unobligated balances of funds previously appro-
priated to the Office of Justice Assistance, Research, and Statistics, 
Law Enforcement Assistance and Research and Statistics appropria-
tions shall be merged with this appropriation. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
SEC. 201. A total of not to exceed $75,000 from funds appropriated 
to the Department of Justice in this title shall be available for 
official reception and representation expenses in accordance with 
distributions, procedures, and regulations established by the Attor-
ney General. 
SEC. 202. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or this Act, 
materials produced by convict labor may be used in the construction 
of any highways or portion of highways located on Federal-aid 
systems, as described in section 103 of title 23, United States Code. 
SEC. 203. (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, authorities 
contained in Public Law 96-132, "The Department 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 98-411—AUG. 30, 1984 
98 STAT. 1559 
Department of Justice Appropriation Authorization Act, whichever 
is earlier. 
(bXl) With respect to any undercover investigative operation of 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation or the Drug Enforcement Ad-
ministration which is necessary for the detection 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, for fiscal year 1985, 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 "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, for fiscal year 1985, may be used to establish or to 
acquire proprietary corporations or business entities as part of 
an undercover investigative 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 0)de, 
(C) sums authorized to be appropriated for the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation and for the Drug Enforcement Adminis-
tration, for fiscal year 1985, 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 C!ommittee 
established by the Attorney Greneral 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 
Greneral (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 certification 
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 
98 STAT. 1560 
PUBLIC LAW 98-411—AUG. 30, 1984 
Report. 
Audit. 
Report. 
28 u s e 533 note. 
28 u s e 533 note. 
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. 
(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 Adminstrator, or the designee of the Director or the 
Adminstrator, determines is practicable, shall report the circum-
stances to the Attorney General and the Comptroller General. The 
proceeds of the liquidation, sale, or other disposition, after obliga-
tions are met, shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United 
States as miscellaneous receipts. 
(4KA) The Federal Bureau of Investigation or the Drug Enforce-
ment Administration, as the case may be, shall conduct a detailed 
financial audit of each undercover investigative operation which is 
closed in fiscal year 1985, 
(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 as 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 submitt^, 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 Op-
erations, 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. 
(5) For purposes of paragraph (4)— 
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PUBLIC LAW 98-411—AUG. 30, 1984 
98 STAT. 1561 
(A) the term "closed" refers to the earliest point in time at 
which— 
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(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 operation" and "un-
dercover operation" mean any undercover investigative oper-
ation 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 Cktde, 
except that clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply with respect to the 
report required under subparagraph (B) of such paragraph. 
SEC. 204. (a)(1) Section 1201 of the Omnibus Crime (IJontrol and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796) is amended by adding at the 
end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(g) The authority to make payments under this section shall be 
effective only to the extent provided for in advance by appropriation 
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Acts.". 
(2) Section 1202 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3796a) is amended— 
(A) by striking out "or" at the end of clause (2); 
(B) by striking out the period at the end of clause (3) and 
inserting in lieu thereof "; and"; and 
(C) by adding at the end thereof the following: 
"(4) to any person employed in a capacity other than a civilian 
capacity.". 
(3) Section 1203 of such Act is amended— 
42 use 3796b. 
(A) by striking out clause (3) and inserting in lieu thereof the 
following: 
"(3)'firefighter'— 
"(A) means a person whose duties include performing 
work directly connected with the control and extinguish-
ment of fires and who, at the time the personal injury 
referred to in section 1201 is sustained, is engaged in such 42 USC 3796. 
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work or in another emergency operation; and 
"(B) includes a person serving as an officially recognized 
or designated member of a legally organized volunteer 
fire 
' 
department;"; 
(B) by striking out clause (5) and inserting in lieu thereof the 
following: 
"(5) 'law enforcement officer' means a person— 
"(A) the duties of whose position include performing work 
directly connected with— 
"(i) the control of crime or juvenile delinquency; 
"(ii) the enforcement of the criminal laws; or 
"(iii) the protection of Federal officials, public build-
ings or property, or foreign diplomatic missions; and 
98 STAT. 1562 
PUBLIC LAW 98-411—AUG. 30, 1984 
42 u s e 3796. 
Effective date. 
42 u s e 3796 
note. 
"(B) who, at the time the personal injury referred to in 
section 1201 is sustained, is— 
"(i) engaged in the detection of crime; 
"(ii) engaged in the apprehension of an alleged crimi-
i 
nal offender; 
"(iii) engaged in the keeping in physical custody of an 
alleged or convicted criminal offender; or 
"(iv) assaulted or subjected to the conduct of criminal 
activity in the line of duty, and 
includes police, correction, probation, parole, and judicial 
officers;"; 
(C) in clause (6) by inserting "the United States," after 
"means"; and 
(D) in clause (7), by striking out "fireman" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "firefighter". 
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect 
with respect to injuries sustained on or after October 1, 1984. 
RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Commission on Civil Rights, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles, $12,747,000, of which: 
$2,299,000 is for reports, studies, and program monitoring as author-
97 Stat. 1304. 
ized by section 5(a)(1) and section 5(a)(5) of Public Law 98-183; 
$1,642,000 is for hearings, legal analysis and legal services as au-
thorized by section 6(f) and section 5(a)(1), section 5(a)(2) and section 
97 Stat. 1305. 
5(a)(5) of Public Law 98-183; $4,999,000 is for field operations as 
authorized by section 5(a)(1) and section 5(a)(5) of Public Law 98-183; 
$831,000 is for publications preparation and dissemination as au-
thorized by section 5(a)(4) of Public Law 98-183; $1,217,000 is for 
Federal evaluation as authorized by section 5(a)(3) and section 5(a)(5) 
of Public Law 98-183; $1,231,000 is for liaison and information 
dissemination as authorized by section 5(a)(4) of Public Law 98-183; 
and $528,000 is for a clearinghouse library as authorized by section 
5(a)(4) of Public Law 98-183. 
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission as authorized by title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 
42 use 2000e. 
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; not 
to exceed $19,500,000 for payments to State and local enforcement 
agencies for services to the Commission pursuant to title VII of the 
42 use 2000e. 
Civil Rights Act, as amended, and sections 6 and 14 of the Age 
29 use 625, 633. Discrimination in Employment Act; not to exceed $400,000 for the 
Office of the Chairman; not to exceed $904,000 for the Offices of the 
Commissioners; not to exceed $269,000 for the Office of Congres-
sional Affairs; not to exceed $839,000 for the Office of Public Affairs; 
and not to exceed $563,000 for the Office of Special Projects; 
$160,755,000. 
PUBLIC LAW 98-411—AUG. 30, 1984 
98 STAT. 1563 
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, 
42 USC 2701 
$305,000,000: Provided, That the funds appropriated in this para- note. 
graph shall be expended in accordance with the provisions under the 
heading "Legal Services Corporation, Pajmient to the Legal Services 
97 Stat. 1071. 
Corporation" contained in Public Law 98-166 except that "fiscal 
year 1984", wherever it appears in such provisions, shall be con-
strued as "fiscal year 1985'; "fiscal year 1983", wherever it appears 
in such provisions, shall be construed as "fiscal year 1984"; Janu-
ary 1, 1984" shall be construed as "January 1, 1985"; "$6.50" shall 
be construed as "$7.61"; and "$13" shall be construed as "$13.57"; 
and shall not be denied to any grantee or contractor which received 
funding from the Corporation in fiscal year 1984 as a result of 
activities which have been found by £in independent hearing officer 
appointed by the President of the Corporation not to constitute 
grounds for a denial of refunding: Provided further, That notwith- Aged persons. 
standing the previous provisions of this paragraph, $2,000,000 shall 
be available to increase quality legal services to the elderly by: (1) 
developing classroom and bar association source materials on law 
affecting the elderly for use by law schools, the private bar, legal 
services grantees, and in continuing education seminars; (2) develop-
ing plans to encourage the private bar to do more to provide better 
pro bono services for elderly and higher quality paid services; (3) 
developing a clinical program to supplement local Legal Services 
Corporation grantees; and (4) disseminating the results to other law 
schools, legal aid societies and other interested parties; such pilot 
programs shall be distributed, if applicants are available, to varjdng 
size and geographically locateid schools; at least 50 per centum of the 
funds required shall come from non-Federal sources and federally 
funded assets and projects will not be included in in-kind services; 
no grant shall exceed $200,000; the application and award procedure 
shall not require a detailed plan or extensive paperwork so long as 
the recipient signs a guarantee that more than 50 per centum of the 
funds required shall come from non-Federal sources and that feder-
ally funded assets and projects will not be included in in-kind 
services; the awards shall be made by July 1, 1985 and the projects 
shall each be completed by July 1,1987; grantees shall not copyright 
the material developed and shall not charge other than private 
groups or individuals for such material and such charge shall be not 
more than approximately their net cost of production: Provided 
further. That notwithstanding the preceding provisos, no more than 
$1,158,000 shall be expended for the budget category entitled "Pro-
gram Improvement and Training", no more than $1,829,000 shall be 
expended for the budget category entitled "Delivery Research and 
Experimentation", and no more than $11,283,000 shall be expended 
for the budget category entitled "Support for the Provision of Legal 
Assistance": 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 regulations or to enforce, 
implement, or operate in accordance with regulations 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 509 of this Act. 
Post, p. 1574. 
98 STAT. 1564 
PUBLIC LAW 98-411—AUG. 30, 1984 
Department of 
State and 
Related 
Agencies 
Appropriation 
Act, 1985. 
96 Stat. 273. 
97 Stat. 1044. 
This title may be cited as the "Department of Justice and Related 
Agencies Appropriation Act, 1985". 
TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
SALARIES A N D 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 agree-
ments, and binational contracts (including obligations assumed in 
Germany on or after June 5, 1945), 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, as 
amended (22 U.S.C. 2669); telecommunications; expenses necessary 
to provide maximum physical security in Government-owned and 
leased properties and vehicles abroad; permanent representation to 
certain international organizations in which the United States par-
ticipates pursuant to treaties, conventions, or specific Acts of Con-
gress; expenses of the United States^apan Advisory Commission; 
acquisition by exchange or purchase of vehicles as authorized by 
law, except that special requirement vehicles may be purchased 
without regard to any price limitation otherwise established by law; 
the provisions of 22 U.S.C. 2696(bX3) are hereby waived for 
$5,000,000 in gains realized in this appropriation account because of 
fluctuation in foreign currency exchange rates or changes in over-
seas wages and prices; $1,264,901,000, of which $26,459,000 shall 
remain available until September 30,1986. 
REOPENING CONSULATES 
For necessary expenses of the Department of State and the For-
eign Service for reopening and operating certain United States 
consulates as specified in section 103 of the Department of State 
Authorization Act, fiscal years 1982 and 1983, $1,929,000. 
REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES 
For representation allowances as authorized by section 905 of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended (22 U.S.C. 4085), and for 
representation by United States missions to the United Nations and 
the Organization of American States, $4,500,000. 
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 605 of Public Law 98-164, $2,500,000, 
and to provide for the protection of foreign missions in accordance 
with the provisions of 3 U.S.C. 208, $7,000,000. 
ACQUISITION, OPERATION, 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), $211,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
PUBLIC LAW 98-411—AUG. 30, 1984 
98 STAT. 1565 
ACQUISITION, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS ABROAD 
(SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM) 
For payments in foreign currencies which the Treasury Depart-
ment determines to be excess to the normal requirements of the 
United States for the purposes authorized by section 4 of the Foreign 
Service Buildings Act of 1926, as amended (22 U.S.C. 295), 
$19,353,000, to remain available until expended. 
EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE 
For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of State to meet 
unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Consular 
Service, to be expended pursuant to the requirement of 31 U.S.C. 
3526(e), $4,000,000. 
PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Relations Act, 22 use 3301 
Public Law 96-8 (93 Stat. 14), $9,800,000. 
note. 
PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY FUND 
For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability 
Fund, as authorized by law, $106,738,000. 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to meet 22 use 269a 
annual obligations of membership in international multilateral or- '^o*^ 
ganizations, pursuant to treaties, conventions, or specific Acts of 
Congress, $501,667,200: Provided, That none of the funds appropri-
ated in this paragraph shall be available for a United States contri-
bution 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, $47,400,000. 
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AND CONTINGENCIES 
For necessary expenses authorized by section 5 of the State De-
partment Basic Authorities Act of 1956, contributions for the United 22 use 2672. 
States share of general expenses of international organizations and 
representation to such organizations, and personal services without 
regard to civil service and classification laws, $10,000,000 to remain-
available until expended, of which not to exceed $207,000 may be 
expended for representation as authorized by law. 
98 STAT. 1566 
PUBLIC LAW 98-411—AUG. 30, 1984 
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
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JA 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to meet obli-
gations of the United States arising under treaties, conventions, or 
specific Acts of Congress, as follows: 
INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, UNITED STATES 
AND 
M E X I C O 
22 use 269a 
For necessary expenses for the United States Section of the 
note. 
United States and Mexico International Boundary and Water Com-
mission, and to comply with laws applicable to the United States 
Section; and leasing of private property to remove therefrom sand, 
gravel, stone, and other materials, without regard to section 3709 of 
the Revised Statutes, as amended (41 U.S.C. 5); as follows: 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
< 
For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, including 
preliminary surveys, $12,000,000: Provided, That expenditures for 
the Rio Grande bank protection project shall be subject to the 
provisions and conditions contained in the appropriation for said 
project as provided by the Act approved April 25, 1945 (59 Stat. 89): 
Provided further, That the Anzalduas diversion dam shall not be 
operated for irrigation or water supply purposes in the United 
States unless suitable arrangements have been made with the pro-
spective water users for repayment to the Government of such 
portions of the cost of said dam as shall have been allocated to such 
purposes by the Secretary of State: Provided further. That not to 
exceed $1,800,000 of the amount appropriated in this paragraph 
shall be available for reimbursement of the city of San Diego, in the 
State of California, for expenses incurred in treating domestic 
sewage received from the city of Tijuana, in the State of Baja 
California, Mexico. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For detailed plan preparation and construction of authorized 
projects, to remain available until expended, $2,400,000. 
AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, $3,685,000; for 
the International Joint Commission, including salaries and expenses 
of the Commissioners on the part of the United States who shall 
serve at the pleasure of the President; salaries of employees 
appointed by the Commissioners on the part of the United States 
with the approval solely of the Secretary of State; travel expenses 
and compensation of witnesses; not to exceed $3,000 for representa-
tion; and the International Boundary Commission, for necessary 
expenses, not otherwise provided for, including expenses required by 
awards to the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal and existing treaties 
between the United States and Canada or Great Britain. 
INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses for international fisheries commissions, 
not otherwise provided for, $9,100,000: Provided, That the United 
PUBLIC LAW 98-411—AUG. 30, 1984 
98 STAT. 1567 
States share of such expenses may be advanced to the respective 
commissions. 
OTHER 
PAYMENT TO THE ASIA FOUNDATION 
For a grant to the Asia Foundation, $9,600,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
SOVIET-EAST EUROPEAN RESEARCH AND TRAINING 
For expenses not otherwise provided to enable the Secretary of 
State to reimburse private firms and American institutions of 
higher education for research contracts and graduate training for 
development and maintenance of knowledge about the Soviet Union 
and Eastern European countries, $4,800,000. 
CONTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES-INDIA FUND FOR CULTURAL, 
EDUCATIONAL, AND SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION 
There is hereby provided to the President $110,000,000 worth of 
Indian rupees, which are owned by the United States in India or 
owed to the United States by the Government of India, for invest-
ment by the Treasury to generate earnings which shall be available 
to the United States-India Fund for Cultural, Educational, and 
Scientific Cooperation as authorized by title IX of Public Law 97 Stat. 1051. 
98-164. 
22USC290J 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
note. 
SEC. 301. None of the funds appropriated in this title shall be used 
(1) to pay the United States contribution to any international orga-
nization which engages in the direct or indirect promotion of the 
principle or doctrine of one world government or one world citizen-
ship; (2) for the promotion, direct or indirect, of the principle or 
doctrine of one world government or one world citizenship. 
SEC. 302. Funds appropriated under this title shall be available for 
expenses of international arbitrations and other proceedings for the 
international resolution of disputes arising under treaties or other 
international agreements, including international air transport 
agreements, and arbitrations arising under contracts authorized by 
law for the performance of services or acquisition of property 
abroad. 
SEC. 303. Funds appropriated under this title shall be available, 
except as otherwise provided, for salaries and expenses of personnel 
and dependents as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (94 
Stat. 2071); allowances and differentials as authorized by subchapter 22 use 3901 
III of chapter 59 of 5 U.S.C; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; "ote. 
expenses as authorized by section 2 (a), (c), and (e) of the State ^ ^^^ ^^^^ 
Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956; and hire of passenger or 22 use 2669. 
freight transportation. 
98 STAT. 1568 
PUBLIC LAW 98-411—AUG. 30, 1984 
. 
RELATED AGENCIES 
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 $28,000 
for official reception and representation expenses, authorized by the 
Act of September 26, 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2551 et seq.), 
$19,468,000. 
.v.> 
v)> ^ ;v£ V-
BOARD FOR INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING 
,; 
GRANTS AND EXPENSES 
For expenses of the Board for International Broadcasting, includ-
ing grants to RFE/RL, Inc., $97,498,000, of which not to exceed 
$52,000 may be made available for official reception and representa-
22 use 2873 
tion expenses: Provided, That not to exceed $15,000 shall be avail-
note, 
able for engineering consultant fees, and no such fees shall be paid 
after January 1, 1985 at any time the Board's Director of Engineer-
ing position is vacant. 
COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Commission on Security and Coop-
22 use 3007. 
eration in Europe, as authorized by Public Law 94-304, $550,000 to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 
$6,000 of such amount shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses 
JAPAN-UNITED STATES FRIENDSHIP COMMISSION 
JAPAN-UNITED STATES FRIENDSHIP TRUST FUND 
For expenses of the Japan-United States Friendship Commission 
22 use 2901 
as authorized by Public Law 94-118, as amended, from the interest 
note. 
earned on the Japan-United States Friendship Trust 
Fund, 
$1,600,000, to remain available until expended; and an amount of 
Japanese currency not to exceed the equivalent of $1,200,000 based 
on exchange rates at the time of payment of such amounts, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed a 
total of $2,500 of such amounts shall be available for official recep-
tion and representation expenses. 
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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY 
V 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
- '• 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to enable the 
United States Information Agency, as authorized by Reorganization 
3 eFR 1977 
Plan No. 2 of 1977, the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange 
comp., p. 200. 
Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.), and the United States 
Information and Educational Exchange Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 
1431 et seq.), to carry out international communication, educational 
and cultural activities, including employment, without regard to 
PUBLIC LAW 98-411—AUG. 30, 1984 
98 STAT. 1569 
civil service and classification laws, of persons on a temporary basis 
(not to exceed $270,000, of which $250,000 is to facilitate United 
States participation in international expositions abroad); 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 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5921-5928; and entertainment, including 
official receptions, within the United States, not to exceed $20,000; 
$545,856,000: Provided, That not to exceed $7,303,000 of the amounts 
allocated by the United States Information Agency to carry out 
section 102(aX3) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange 
Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2452(a)(3)), shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That not to exceed $18,500,000 of the 
foregoing appropriation shall be available for grants to the National 
Endowment for Democracy as authorized by the National Endow-
ment for Democracy Act: Provided further. That not to exceed 
$674,000 of the foregoing appropriation may be used for representa-
tion abroad: Provided further. That receipts not to exceed $500,000 
may be credited to this appropriation from fees or other payments 
received from or in connection with English-teaching programs as 
authorized by section 810 of Public Law 80-402, as amended. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES (SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM) 
For payments in foreign currencies which the Department of the 
Treasury determines to be excess to the normal requirements of the 
United States, for necessary expenses of the United States Informa-
tion Agency, as authorized by law, $8,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
22 u s e 1475e. 
EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS 
For expenses of Fulbright, International Visitor, Humphrey Fel-
lowship and Congress-Bundestag Exchange Programs, as authorized 
by Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977 and the Mutual Educational 
and Cultural Exchange Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.), 
$121,352,000. For the Private Sector Exchange Programs, $8,648,000, 
of which $1,500,000, to remain available until expended, is for the 
Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program. 
3 CFR 1977 
comp., p. 200. 
ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION OF RADIO FACILITIES 
For an additional amount for the purchase, rent, construction, 
and improvement of facilities for radio transmission and reception 
and purchase and installation of necessary equipment for radio 
transmission and reception, $85,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
RADIO BROADCASTING TO CUBA 
For an additional amount, necessary to enable the United States 
Information Agency to carry out the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba 
Act (providing for the Radio Marti program or Cuba Service of the 
Voice of America), including the purchase, rent, construction, and 
improvement of facilities for radio transmission and reception and 
purchase and installation of necessary equipment for radio trans-
mission and reception, $8,500,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
98 STAT. 1570 
PUBLIC LAW 98-411—AUG. 30, 1984 
CENTER FOR CULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE BETWEEN EAST 
AND WEST 
To enable the Director of the United States Information Agency to 
provide for carrying out the provisions of the Center for Cultural 
22 use 2054 
and Technical Interchange Between East and West Act of 1960, by 
note. 
grant to any appropriate recipient in the State of Hawaii, 
$19,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated herein 
shall be used to pay any salary, or to enter into any contract 
providing the payment thereof, in excess of the highest rate author-
63 Stat. 954. 
ized in the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949, as 
amended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
None of the furlds provided in this Act for the United States 
Information Agency shall be awarded to the National Democratic 
Institute for International Affairs, the National Republican Insti-
tute for International Affairs, or any other organization connected 
in any manner with any political party operating in the United 
States. 
This title may be cited as the "Department of State and Related 
Agencies Appropriation Act, 1985". 
Judiciary 
TITLE IV—THE JUDICIARY 
Appropriation 
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 
SALARIES A N D 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, hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
not to exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended as the Chief 
Justice may approve; $14,143,000. 
CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS 
For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable the Archi-
tect of the Capitol to carry out the duties imposed upon him by the 
Act approved May 7, 1934 (40 U.S.C. 13a-13b), including improve-
ments, maintenance, repairs, equipment, supplies, materials, and 
appurtenances; special clothing for workmen; and personal and 
other services (including temporary labor without regard to the 
Classification and Retirement Acts, as amended), and for snow 
removal by hire of men and equipment or under contract without 
compliance with section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended 
(41 U.S.C. 5); $2,242,000, of which $275,000 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 all necessary expenses of the court, $5,150,000. 
PUBLIC LAW 98-411—AUG. 30, 1984 
98 STAT. 1571 
UNITED STATES C!OURT 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, including ex-
change of books and traveling expenses, as may be approved by the 
court; $6,070,000: Provided, That travel expenses of judges of the 
Court of International Trade shall be paid upon written certificate 
of the judge. 
COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER JUDICIAL 
SERVICES 
SALARIES OF JUDGES 
For salaries of circuit judges; district judges (including judges of 
the district courts of the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern 
Mariana Islands); judges of the United States Claims Court; and 
justices and judges retired or resigned under title 28, United States 
Code, sections 371, 372, and 373; $74,540,000. 
SALARIES OF SUPPORTING PERSONNEL 
For the salaries of secretaries and law clerks to circuit and district 
judges, magistrates and staff, circuit executives, clerks of court, 
probation officers, pretrial service officers, staff attorneys, librar-
ians, the supporting personnel of the United States Claims Court, 
and all other officers and employees of the Federal Judiciary, not 
otherwise specifically provided for, $370,228,000: Provided, That the 28 use 604 note. 
secretaries and law clerks to circuit and district judges shall be 
appointed in such number and at such rates of compensation as may 
be determined by the Judicial Conference of the United States: 
Provided further, That the number of staff attorneys to be appointed 
in each of the courts of appeals shall not exceed the ratio of one 
attorney for each authorized judgeship. 
DEFENDER SERVICES 
For the operation of Federal Public Defender and Community 
Defender organizations, the compensation and reimbursement of 
expenses of attorneys appointed to represent persons under the 
Criminal Justice Act of 1964, as amended, and the compensation of 18 use 3006A 
attorneys appointed to represent jurors in civil actions for the note. 
protection of their employment, as authorized by law; $42,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS 
For fees and expenses and refreshments of jurors; compensation of 
jury commissioners; and compensation of commissioners appointed 
in condemnation cases pursuant to Rule 71A(h) of the Federal Rules 
of Civil Procedure; $42,000,000, to remain available until expended: 28 use app. 
Provided, That the compensation of land commissioners shall not 
exceed the daily equivalent of the highest rate payable under section 
5332 of title 5, United States Code. 
98 STAT. 1572 
PUBLIC LAW 98-411—AUG. 30, 1984 
EXPENSES OF OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE COURTS 
For necessary operation and maintenance expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, incurred by the Judiciary, including the purchase of 
firearms and ammunition, $101,500,000, of which $5,500,000 shall be 
available for contractual services and expenses relating to the super-
vision of drug dependent offenders. 
BANKRUPTCY COURTS, SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the judges and other officers and 
employees of the Bankruptcy Courts of the United States, not 
otherwise provided for, $116,950,000. 
SPACE AND FACILITIES 
For rental of space, alterations, and related services and facilities 
for the United States Courts of Appeals, District Courts, Bankruptcy 
Courts, and Claims Court, $140,000,000. 
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; $25,500,000, to be expended directly or transferred to the 
United States Marshals Service which shall be responsible for ad-
ministering elements of the Judicial Security Program consistent 
^ ' 
with standards or guidelines agreed to by the Director of the Admin-
istrative 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, including travel, advertising, hire of a passenger 
motor vehicle, and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 
$28,250,000, of which an amount not to exceed $5,000 is authorized 
..... 
, 
for official reception and representation expenses. 
o.i 
' 
FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
28 use 620-628. 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Center, as author-
ized by Public Law 90-219, $9,330,000. 
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. 
PUBLIC LAW 98-411—AUG. 30, 1984 
98 STAT. 1573 
SEC. 402. Appropriations made in this title shall be available for 
salaries and expenses of the Temporary Emergency Court of 
Appeals authorized by Public Law 92-210. 
SEC. 403. The position of trustee coordinator in the Bankruptcy 
Courts of the United States shall not be limited to persons with 
formal legal training. 
SEC. 404. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Admin-
istrative Office of the United States Courts, or any other agency or 
instrumentality of the United States, is prohibited from restricting 
solely to staff of the Clerks of the United States Bankruptcy Courts 
the issuance of notices to creditors and other interested parties. The 
Administrative Office shall permit and encourage the preparation 
and mailing of such notices to be performed by or at the expense of 
the debtors, trustees or such other interested parties as the Court 
may direct and approve. The Administrator of the United States 
Courts shall make appropriate provisions for the use of and account-
ing for any postage required pursuant to such directives. The provi-
sions of this paragraph shall terminate on October 1,1985. 
This title may be cited as the "Judiciary Appropriation Act, 
1985". 
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by the 
Congress. 
SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be used to administer any program (except the United States-India 
Fund for Cultural, Educational, and Scientific Cooperation under 
title IX of Public Law 98-164) which is funded in whole or in part 
from foreign currencies or credits for which a specific dollar appro-
priation therefor has not been made. 
SEC. 503. 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. 504. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to 5 
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. 
SEC. 505. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be available to implement, administer, or 
enforce any regulation which has been disapproved pursuant to a 
resolution of disapproval duly adopted in accordance with the appli-
cable law of the United States. 
SEC. 506. No funds appropriated under this Act may be used for 
any action by the Attorney General or by the Secretary of State 
which is not in compliance with the provisions of the Refugee Act of 
1980. 
SEC. 507. 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 such provision to 
persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held 
invalid shall not be affected thereby. 
SEC. 508. None of the funds in this Act shall be available for 
payment of that portion of Standard Level User Charges (SLUC) for 
space owned by the Government of the United States that is in 
85 Stat. 743. 
Termination 
date. 
Foreign 
currencies. 
97 Stat. 1051. 
22 u s e 290j 
note. 
Contracts with 
U.S. 
8 u s e 1101 note. 
Provisions held 
invalid. 
Standard Level 
User Charges 
(SLUC). 
98 STAT. 1574 
PUBLIC LAW 98-411—AUG. 30, 1984 
Antitrust 
actions. 
Reductions. 
97 Stat. 752. 
22 u s e 1465e. 
Agriculture and 
agricultural 
commodities. 
Guatemalan 
refugees. 
Mexico. 
excess of a 7 per centum rate increase over such charges in fiscal 
year 1984. 
SEC. 509. (a) None of the funds provided under this Act shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a reprograming of 
funds which: (1) creates new programs; (2) eliminates 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) reorganizes offices, 
programs, or activities; or (6) contracts out any functions or activi-
ties presently performed by Federal employees; unless the Appro-
priations Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified fifteen 
days in advance of such reprograming of funds. 
(b) None of the funds provided under this Act shall be available 
for obligation or expenditure for activities, programs, or projects 
through a reprograming of funds in excess of $250,000 or 10 per 
centum, whichever is less, that: (1) augments existing programs, 
projects, or activities; (2) reduces by 10 per centum funding for any 
existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel 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 reprograming 
of funds. 
SEC. 510. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act to the Federal Trade Commission, unless 
specifically authorized by law hereafter, may be obligated or ex-
pended to issue, implement, administer, conduct or enforce any 
antitrust action against a municipality or other unit of local govern-
ment, except that this limitation shall not apply to private antitrust 
actions. 
SEC. 511. The amount appropriated in this Act for each appropria-
tion account listed in this section is reduced as follows: "Salaries and 
Expenses, Antitrust Division", $1,000,000; "International Confer-
ences and Contingencies", $400,000; and "International Boundary 
and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, Salaries and 
Expenses", $400,000. 
SEC. 512. Section 7(b) of the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act is 
amended in the second sentence by striking out "(replaced less" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "replaced (less". 
SEC. 513. It is the sense of the Congress, that in cooperation with 
the Government of Mexico, the newly enacted authority under 
section 416 of the Agricultural Act dealing with United States 
surplus wheat and dairy products shall be used on an expedited 
basis to make these commodities available to help feed the Guate-
malan refugees in Mexico. 
PUBLIC LAW 98-411—AUG. 30, 1984 
98 STAT. 1575 
SEC. 514. None of the funds appropriated or made available by this Forests and 
Act may be used to enforce or give effect to any restriction on the 
SQ^USC a^^^^floe 
export of unprocessed western red cedar harvested from State lands 
j^g^g ^^^' 
pursuant to a harvesting contract entered into prior to October 1, 
1979. 
This Act may be cited as the "Departments of Commerce, Justice, 
and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 
1985". 
Approved August 30, 1984. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: H.R. 5712: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 98-802 (Comm. on Appropriations) and No. 98-952 (Ck)mm. of 
Conference). 
SENATE REPORT No. 98-514 (Comm. on Appropriations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 130 (1984): 
May 31, considered and passed House. 
June 28, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Aug. 8, House agreed to conference report, receded and concurred in certain 
Senate amendments and in others with amendments. 
Aug 9, Senate agreed to conference report, receded and concurred in House 
amendments. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol 20, No. 35 (1984): 
Aug. 30, Presidential statement.