Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990
PL 101-162 (H.R.2991), enacted 11/21/1989

103 STAT. 988 
PUBLIC LAW 101-162—NOV. 21, 1989 
Public Law 101-162 
101st Congress 
An Act 
Nov. 21, 1989 
[H.R. 2991] 
Departments of 
Commerce, 
Justice, and 
State, the 
Judiciary, and 
Related 
Agencies 
Appropriations 
Act, 1990. 
Department of 
Commerce 
Appropriations 
Act, 1990. 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the 
Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1990, and 
for other puri>oses. 
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 30,1990, 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, $28,173,000, of which not to 
exceed $1,467,000 shall be available for the Office of the General 
Counsel. 
OFPICE OF THE 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. 3 as amended by Public Law 100-504), 
$13,500,000. 
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for collecting, compiling, analyzing, 
preparing, 
and 
publishing 
statistics, 
provided 
for 
by 
law, 
$101,288,000. 
PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary to collect and publish statistics for peri-
odic censuses and programs provided for by law, $1,322,967,000, 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 th6 Department of Commerce, 
$31,150,000. 
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103 STAT. 989 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
For economic development assistance 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, $191,196,000, of which, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law $11,350,000 shall be used to make or 
complete each grant designated in Public Law 100-459 in subsec-
tions (a), (c), (h), (i), (k), and (1) under the heading "Economic 
Development Assistance Programs" which has not been made and 
for which pre-application or applications have been filed: Provided, 
That during fiscal year 1990 total commitments to guarantee loans 
shall not exceed $150,000,000 of contingent liability for loan prin-
cipal: Provided further. That none of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available under this heading may be used directly 
or indirectly for attorneys' or consultants' fees in connection with 
securing grants and contracts made by the Economic Development 
Administration: Provided further. That the Secretary of Commerce 
or his designees shall not promulgate or enforce any rule, regula-
tion, or grant agreement provision affecting programs authorized by 
the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as 
amended, unless such rule, regulation, or provision is either re-
quired by statute or expressed as the explicit intent of the Congress 
or is in substantial conformity with those rules, regulations, and 
provisions in effect prior to December 22, 1987. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administering the economic develop-
ment assistance programs as provided for by law, $25,475,000 of 
which not to exceed $494,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Chief Counsel: Provided, Thai these funds may be used to monitor 
projects approved pursuant to title I of the Public Works Employ-
ment Act of 1976, as amended, title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as 
amended, and the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act of 
1977: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, not to exceed $4,016,618 of the funds appropriated by this Act 
for "Economic Development Assistance Programs" shall be avail-
able for the purpose of paying the Economic Development Adminis-
tration for any debt that arises due to the expenditure of funds 
under grant number 06-19-01498 as described in Inspector General 
Final Audit Report No. D-184-8-024 and that none of the funds 
appropriated by this Act shall delay or otherwise adversely affect 
any grant application for fiscal year 1990 by the City of Chicago as a 
result of negotiations on the grant described in such audit report: 
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act 
shall be available to enable the Economic Development Administra-
tion, Department of Commerce, to delay or otherwise adversely 
affect any grant application for fiscal year 1990 by the State of 
Oregon, or to which the State of Oregon will contribute funds, on the 
basis that the contribution by the State of Oregon does not conform 
with law or regulation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act or any other law, funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be 
used to fill and maintain forty-nine permanent positions designated 
as Economic Development Representatives out of the total number 
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of permanent positions funded in the Salaries and Expenses account 
of the £k:onomic Development Administration for fiscal year 1990, 
and such positions shall be maintained in the various States within 
the approved organizational structure in place on December 1, 1987, 
and where possible, with those employees who filled those positions 
on that date: Provided further, That none of the funds may be used 
to formulate or implement any action, activity, guideline, program, 
project, policy or regulation which alters the practice of making 
grants directly to planning and development districts which was in 
effect on December 31, 1988, or which results in denial of funding to 
any planning and development district on the basis of the number of 
years such district has received economic development assistance 
program funding or on the basis of the geographic area such district 
encompasses or on the basis of the population situated in the 
geographic area such district encompasses or a combination of any 
of these factors. 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for international trade activities of the 
Department of Commerce provided for by law, and including dem-
onstrating new alternatives to providing services domestically and 
engaging in trade promotional activities abroad without regard to 
the provisions of law set forth in 44 U.S.C. 3702 and 3703; and 
implementation of section 406(b) of the U.S.-Canada Free-Trade 
Agreement Implementation Act of 1988, notwithstanding section 
406(b)3 of said Act; 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; emplo3rment 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; purchase 
or construction of temporary demountable exhibition structures for 
use abroad; pajrment 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 $300,000 for official representation expenses 
abroad; and purchase of psissenger motor vehicles for official use 
abroad; obtain insurance on official motor vehicles, rent tie lines 
and teletype equipment; $181,296,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which $3,000,000 shall be for support costs of a new 
materials center in Ames, Iowa: 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 pay-
ment of assessments for services provided as part of these activities: 
Provided further. That of the funds provided in this Act or any 
previous Acts for the International Trade Administration Trade 
Adjustment Assistance Program including those amounts provided 
in advance to recipient organizations which remain unexpended or 
which have been obligated or reserved for fiscal year 1990 expenses, 
including close out costs, by those organizations as of October 1, 
1989, not to exceed $10,877,000 shall be available for the Trade 
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103 STAT. 991 
Adjustment Assistance Program during fiscal year 1990. Notwith- 
19 USC 2171 
standing any other provision of law, upon the request of the "
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Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of State shall accord the 
diplomatic title of Minister-Counselor to the senior Commercial 
Officer assigned 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 eight. 
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 administration 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 $5,000 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. 4010t>); purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles for official use and motor vehicles for law enforce-
ment use with special requirement vehicles eli^ble for purchase 
without regard to any price limitation otherwise established by law; 
$42,000,000, to remain available untU expended, of which $1,000,000, 
including $775,000 previously appropriated, shall be available for 
additional regional export control assistance offices to be located in 
the Northern California area, in Portland, Oregon, and in the 
Boston/Nashua area: 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 
MINORFFY 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, $39,741,000, of which $25,321,000 shall 
remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 
$14,420,000 shall be available for prog^'am management for fiscal 
year 1990. 
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 the provisions of law set forth in 44 U.S.C. 3702 and 3703; 
and including employment of American citizens and aliens by con-
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tract for services abroad; rental of space abroad for periods not 
exceeding five years, and expenses of alteration, repair, or improve-
ment; purchase or construction of temporary demountable exhi-
bition structures for use abroad; advance of funds under contracts 
abroad; pajrment 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 $12,000 for representation expenses 
abroad; $14,300,000. 
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 
For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law for the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including ac-
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quisition, maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft; 439 commis-
sioned officers on the active list; as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 
31 U.S.C. 1344; construction of facilities, including initial equipment 
as authorized by 33 U.S.C. 883i; and alteration, modernization, and 
relocation 
of 
facilities 
as 
authorized 
by 
31 
U.S.C. 
883i; 
$1,214,607,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$1,500,000 shall be available for construction and renovation of 
facilities at the Stuttgart Fish Farming Experimental Station, Stutt-
gart, Arkansas; and of which $550,000 shall be available for 
operational expenses at the Stuttgart Fish Farming Experimental 
Station, Stuttgart, Arkansas; and of which $377,000 shall be avail-
able only for a semi-tropical research facility located at Key Largo, 
Florida; and in addition, $30,000,000 shall be derived from the 
Airport and Airways Trust Fund as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 2205(d); 
and in addition, $55,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the 
fund entitled "Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Research 
Pertaining to American Fisheries"; and in addition, $4,500,000 shall 
be derived by transfer from the Coastal Energy Impact Fund: Pro-
vided, That grants to States pursuant 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 appropriated elsewhere in this para-
graph, not to exceed $500,000 shall be available from the receipts 
deposited in the fund entitled "Promote and Develop Fishery Prod-
ucts and Research Pertaining to American Fisheries" for grant 
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management and related activities: Provided further. That for fiscal 
year 1990 and hereafter funds appropriated under this heading shall 
be available for acquisition of land for facilities. 
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, 
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be made avail-
able as authorized by said Act. 
FISHING VESSEL AND GEAR DAMAGE FUND 
For carrying out the provisions of section 3 of Public Law 95-376, 
not to exceed $1,000,000, to be derived from receipts collected pursu-
ant to 22 U.S.C. 1980(b) and 1980(f), to remain available until 
expended. 
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103 STAT. 993 
FISHERMEN S CONTINGENCY FUND 
For carrjdng out the provisions of title IV of Public Law 95-372, 
not to exceed $736,000, 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 $1,986,000, 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, and including defense of suits instituted against 
the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks; $85,900,000 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. 
TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION 
^'^ 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Technology 
Administration, 
$3,900,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY 
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the core programs of the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, $144,809,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which not to exceed $3,430,000 may be 
transferred to the "Working Capital Fund"; and of which not to 
exceed $1,300,000 shall be available for construction of research 
facilities; and in addition for grants for regional centers for the 
transfer of manufacturing technology as authorized by section 5121 
of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988, $7,500,000, 
to remain available until expended; and in addition for expenses of 
the Advanced Technology Program £is authorized by section 5131 of 
the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988, $10,000,000, to 
remain available until expended; and in addition for technology 
transfer extension services pursuant to section 5121 of the Omnibus 
Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988, $1,300,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
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NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration, $14,200,000 
of which $700,000 shall remain available until expended. 
PUBUC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING AND 
CONSTRUCTION 
For grants authorized by section 392 of the Communications Act 
of 1934, as amended, $20,000,000, 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, £is amended, the 
prior year unobligated balances may be made available for grants 
for projects for which applications have been submitted and 
approved during any fiscal year. 
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. No funds in this title shall be used to sell to private 
interests, except with the consent of the borrower, or contract with 
private interest to sell or administer, any loans made under the 
Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 or any loans 
made under section 254 of the Trade Act of 1974, 
Gifts and 
SEC. 104. Hereafter, the National Institute of Standards and 
property. 
Technology is authorized to accept contributions of funds, to remain 
^velTpm^nt 
available until expended, from any public or private source to 
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construct a facility for cold neutron research on materials, notwith-
note. 
standing the limitations contained in 15 U.S.C. 278d. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds appropriated 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 as 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' reprogramming procedures. 
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103 STAT. 995 
This title may be cited as the "Department of Commerce Appro-
priations Act, 1990". 
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
Department of 
Justice 
_ 
. 
Appropriations 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
Act, 1990. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the administration of the Department 
of Justice, $87,439,000. 
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, $20,673,000; 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. 
UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Parole Commission, 
as authorized by law, $10,500,000. 
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 General and accounted for solely on his 
certificate; and rent of private or Government-owned space in the 
District of Columbia; $257,000,000, of which not to exceed $5,751,000 
shall be available for the operation of the United States National 
Central Bureau, INTERPOL; and of which not to exceed $6,000,000 
for ligitation support contracts shall remsiin available until Septem-
ber 30,1991: Provided, That of the funds available in this appropria-
tion, not to exceed $12,160,000 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. General 
Administration: Provided further, That for fiscal year 1990 and 
28 USC 509 note, 
hereafter the Chief, United States National Central Bureau, 
INTERPOL, may establish and collect fees to process name checks 
and background records for noncriminal employment, licensing, and 
humanitarian purposes 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: 
Provided further. That for fiscal year 1990 and hereafter the Attor-
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ney General may establish and collect fees to cover the cost of 
identifying, copying and distributing copies of tax decisions rendered 
by the Federal Judiciary and that any such fees shall be credited to 
this appropriation notwithstanding the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
not to exceed $1,000,000 for expenses of the Department of Justice 
associated with processing cases under the National Childhood Vac-
cine Injury Act of 1986 shall be reimbursed from the special fund 
established to pay judgments awarded under the Act. 
Subject to the provisions of section 104(e) of the Civil Liberties Act 
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of 1988 (Public Law 100-383; 50 U.S.C. App. 1989 (b-3(e)), the maxi-
1989b-3 note. 
mum amount authorized under such section for any fiscal year is 
appropriated, from money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, for each fiscal year beginning on or after October 1, 1990, to 
the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund established by section 
104(a) of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, for payments to eligible 
individuals under section 105 of that Act. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION 
For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust and 
kindred laws, $32,222,000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS 
For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United States Attor-
neys, $444,862,000, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be avail-
able until September 30, 1991, 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, 
$60,729,000, 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 
22USC1622d 
5 U.S.C. 3109, $440,000: Provided, That for fiscal year 1990 and 
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hereafter, funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 
for: allowances and benefits similar to those allowed under the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980 as determined by the Commission; 
expenses of packing, shipping, and storing personal effects of person-
nel assigned abroad; rental or lease, for such periods as may be 
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103 STAT. 997 
necessary, of office space and living quarters of personnel assigned 
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; advances of 
funds abroad; advances or reimbursements to other Government 
agencies for use of their facilities and services in carrying out the 
functions of the CJommission; hire of motor vehicles for field use 
only; and employment of aliens. 
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; $217,027,000 as authorized in Public Law 100-690 (102 
Stat. 4513): Provided, That notwithstanding the provisions of title 31 
28 USC 1921 
U.S.C. 3302, for fiscal year 1990 and hereafter the Director of the '^'^^• 
United States Marshals Service may collect fees and expenses for 
the services authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1921 as amended by Public Law 
100-690, and credit such fees to this appropriation to be used for 
salaries and other expenses incurred in providing these services: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $6,000 shall be available for 
official reception and representation expenses. 
SUPPORT OF UNITED STATES PRISONERS 
For support of United States prisoners in non-Federal institutions, 
$137,034,000, to remain available until expended; of which not to 
exceed $5,000,000 shall be available under the Cooperative Agree-
ment 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; $56,784,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $1,690,000 
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: Pro- 
28 USC 509 note. 
vided, That for fiscal year 1990 and hereafter the Attorney General 
may enter into reimbursable agreements with other Federal 
Government agencies or components within the Department of 
Justice to pay expenses of private counsel to defend Federal Govern-
ment employees sued for actions while performing their official 
duties: Provided further. That for fiscal year 1990 and hereafter the 
28 USC 509 note. 
Attorney General, upon notification to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate in compli-
ance with provisions set forth in section 606 of this Act, may 
authorize litigating components to reimburse this account for expert 
witness expenses when it appears current allocations will be ex-
hausted for cases scheduled for trial in the current fiscal year. 
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, $29,334,000, of 
which not to exceed $21,500,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended to make payments in advance for grants, contracts and 
reimbursable agreements and other expenses necessary under sec-
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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(eX2XB) 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, $75,000,000 to be derived from the Etepartment 
of Justice Assets Forifeiture Fund. 
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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, $168,560,000: 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 appropriations 
under this heading may be used to reimburse agencies for any costs 
incurred by Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces be-
tween October 1, 1989, and the date of enactment of this Act: 
Provided further. That section 506(aXl) of part E of title I of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended by 
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section 6091 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, is amended by 
adding "or 0.25 percent, whichever is greater," after "$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-t3rpe use of not to exceed 2,730 passenger motor vehicles of 
which 1,850 will be for replacement only, without regard to the 
general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year, and 
hire of psissenger motor vehicles; acquisition, lease, maintensmce 
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; $1,423,340,000, 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, 1991; of which not to exceed $8,000,000 for research 
and development related to investigative activities and $15,000,000 
for construction of Pod B of the Engineering Research Facility at 
Quantico, Virginia, 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 contrac-
tual or reimbursable agreements with State and local law enforce-
ment agencies while engaged in cooperative activities related to 
terrorism and drug investigations: Provided, That the Director of 
PUBLIC LAW 101-162—NOV. 21, 1989 
103 STAT. 999 
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 
$30,000 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. 
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 of not to exceed 703 passenger motor vehicles of 
which 489 are for replacement only for police-type use without 
regard to the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal 
year; and acquisition, lease, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; 
$492,180,000, of which not to exceed $1,200,000 for research shall 
remain available until expended; and of which not to exceed 
$1,700,000 for purchase of evidence and pajnnents for information, 
not to exceed $9,638,000 for contracting for ADP and telecommuni-
cations equipment, and not to exceed $2,000,000 for technical and 
laboratory equipment, shall remain available until September 30, 
1991: Provided, That not to exceed $30,000 shall be available for 
official reception and representation expenses. 
IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE 
SALARIES A N D 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 620, 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; $828,300,000, of which not to exceed $400,000 for re-
search shall remain available until expended: Provided, That none 
of the funds available to the Immigration and Naturalization Serv-
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ice shall be available for administrative expenses to pay any em-
ployee 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: Pro-
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vided further. That for fiscal year 1990 and hereafter capital assets 
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acquired by the Immigration Legalization account may be made 
available for the general use of the Immigration and Naturalization 
Service after they are no longer needed for immigration legalization 
purposes: Provided further. That title 8, United States Code, section 
1356(n) is amended by deleting "in excess of $50,000,000" after 
"Immigration Examinations Fee Account," and by deleting "At 
least annually, deposits in the amount of $50,000,000 shall be 
transmitted from the 'Immigration Examinations Fee Account' to 
the General Fund of the Treasury of the United States": Provided 
further. That not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for official 
reception and representation expenses. 
IMMIGRATION EMERGENCY FUND 
For necessary expenses of the immigration emergency fund as 
authorized by section 4040>) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 
$35,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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 159 of which 55 are for replacement 
only) and hire of law enforcement and passenger motor vehicles; 
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$1,097,631,000: 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 carrying out the provisions of sections 4351-4353 of title 18, 
United States Code, which established a National Institute of 
Corrections, $10,112,000, to remain available until expended. 
BUILDINGS AND FACIUTIES 
For planning, acquisition of sites and construction of new facili-
_ 
ties; purchase, leasing 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 constructing, remodeling, and equipping nec-
essary buildings and facilities at existing penal and correctional 
institutions, including all necessary expenses incident thereto, by 
contract or force account, $401,332,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That labor of United States Prisoners may be 
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103 STAT. 1001 
used for work performed under this appropriation: Provided further. 
That not to exceed 10 per centum of the funds appropriated to 
"Buildings and Facihties" in this Act or any other Act may be 
transferred to "Salaries and expenses", Federal Prison System upon 
notification by the Attorney General to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate in compli-
ance with provisions set forth in section 606 of this Act. 
FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED 
The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is hereby authorized 
Contracts, 
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 canying 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-
ment only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles. 
UMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL PRISON 
INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED 
Not to exceed $2,857,000 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, payment 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. 
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, £is 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, $90,783,000, to 
remain available until expended as authorized by section 6093 and 
7289 of Public Law 100-690 (102 Stat. 4339-4340 and 4461). 
In addition, for grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 
other assistance authorized by parts D and E of title I of the 
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, $150,000,000, to remain available until expended as au-
thorized by section 6093 of Public Law 100-690 (102 Stat. 4339-4340). 
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, $64,193,000, to remain avail-
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Federal 
Register, 
publication. 
State and local 
governments. 
Grants. 
State and local 
governments. 
able until expended as authorized by section 7265 of Public Law 100-
690 (102 Stat. 4448 and 4449), of which $350,000 is for expenses 
authorized by section 241(f) of part C of title II of the Juvenile 
Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended, and of 
which $2,000,000 is for expenses authorized by part D of title II of 
said Act. 
In addition, $5,000,000 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, 1989, through September 30, 1990, 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, 1990, 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, 1990, 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 pa3rments 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, 
$25,000,000, 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, and regulations established by the Attor-
ney General. 
23 use 114 note. 
SEC. 202. During fiscal year 1990 and hereafter, materials pro-
duced 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. 
28 use 509 note. 
SEC. 203. For fiscal year 1990 and hereafter, appropriations for 
"Salaries and expenses. General Administration", "Salaries and 
expenses, United States Marshals Service", "Salaries and expenses. 
Federal Bureau of Investigation", "Salaries and expenses. Drug 
Enforcement Administration", "Salaries and expenses. Immigration 
and Naturalization Service", and "Salaries and expenses. Federal 
Prison System", shall be available for uniforms and allowances 
therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902). 
SEC. 204. (a) Subject to sulraection (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 
Department of Justice Appropriation Authorization Act, whichever 
is earlier. 
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103 STAT. 1003 
G))(l) With respect to any undercover investigative operation of 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation or the Drug Enforcement 
Administration 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 1990, may be used for purchasing prop-
erty, 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 1990, 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 (3ode, 
(C) sums authorized to be appropriated for the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation and for the Drug Enforcement Adminis-
tration, for fiscal year 1990, 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 (Dode 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 CJommittee), 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 
by the Director, the Assistant Director, Intelligence Division) and 
the Attorney General (or, if designated by the Attorney General, the 
i03 STAT. 1004 
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Reports. 
28 u s e 533 note. 
Reports. 
Reports. 
28 u s e 533 note. 
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 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 £is miscellaneous receipts. 
(4XA) 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 fisc£il year 1990— 
(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 specif3dng 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 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 operations, 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. 
(5) For purposes of paragraph (4)— 
(A) the term "closed" refers to the earliest point in time at 
which— 
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103 STAT. 1005 
(i) all criminal proceedings (other than appeals) are con-
ducted, 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. 205. 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. 206. 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. 207. 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 206 intended to address the 
philosophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of 
Prisons. 
SEC. 208. Section 6077(c) of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 
(Public Law 100-690, 102 Stat. 4325) is amended by striking 
"September 30,1989" and inserting "September 30,1991". 
SEC. 209. (a) The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-383; 
50 U.S.C. App. 1989b and following) is amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following new section: 
"SEC. 110. ENTITLEMENTS TO ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS. 
"Subject to sections 104(e) and 105(g) of this title, beginning on 
October 1, 1990, the payments to be made to any eligible individual 
under the provisions of this title shall be an entitlement.. As used in 
this section, the term 'entitlement' means 'spending authority' as 
defined in section 401(c)(2XC) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974.". 
(b) Section 105 of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following: 
"(g) LiABiUTY OF UNITED STATES LIMITED TO AMOUNT IN THE 
FUND.— 
"(1) GENERAL RULE.—An eligible individual may be paid 
under this section only from amounts in the Fund. 
Abortion. 
Courts, U.S. 
Abortion. 
21 u s e 881 note. 
50 use app. 
1989b-9. 
50 use app. 
1989b-4. 
103 STAT. 1006 
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42 use 3754. 
42 u s e 3756. 
State and local 
governments. 
"(2) COORDINATION WITH OTHER PROVISIONS,—Nothing in this 
title shall authorize the pa3mient to an eligible individual by the 
United States Government of any amount authorized by this 
section from any source other than the Fund. 
"(3) ORDER IN WHICH UNPAID CLAIMS TO BE PAID.—If at 
any 
time the Fund has insufficient funds to pay all eligible individ-
uals at such time, such eligible individuals shall, to the extent 
permitted under paragraph (1), be paid in full in the order 
specified in subsection (b).'. 
SEC. 210. 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. 211. 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, is amended by striking "1989" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "1990". 
SEC. 212. Section 506(a) of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act (42 U.S.C. 375(a)) is amended to read as 
follows: 
"SEC. 506. (a) Of the total amount appropriated for this part in any 
fiscal year, the amount remaining after setting aside the amount to 
be reserved to carry out section 511 of this title shall be set aside for 
section 502 and allocated to States as follows: 
"(1) 0.4 percent shall be allocated to each of the participating 
States; and 
"(2) of the total funds remaining after the allocation under 
paragraph (1), there shall be allocated to each State an amount 
which bears the same ratio to the amount of remaining funds 
described in this paragraph as the population of such State 
bears to the population of all the States. . 
This title may be cited as the "Department of Justice Appropria-
tions Act, 1990'. 
Department of 
State 
Appropriations 
Act, 1990. 
TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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) 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, 
as amended (22 U.S.C. 2669); telecommunications; expenses nec-
essary to provide maximum physical security in Government-owned 
and leased properties and vehicles abroad; representation to certain 
international organizations in which the United States participates 
pursuant to treaties, ratified pursuant to the advice and consent of 
the Senate, conventions, or specific Acts of C]!ongn*ess; acquisition by 
exchange or purchase of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 
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103 STAT. 1007 
31 U.S.C. 1343, 40 U.S.C. 481(c) and 22 U.S.C. 2674, except that 
passenger motor vehicles with additional systems and equipment 
may be purchased without regard to any price limitation otherwise 
established by law as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(c), $1,741,239,000, 
and in addition not to exceed $250,000 in registration fees collected 
pursuant to section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act, as amended, 
may be used in accordance with section 38(bX3XA) of such Act 
(section 1255(c) of Public Law 100-204). In addition, not to exceed 
$51,152,000, to remain available until expended, may be transferred 
to this appropriation from "Acquisition and Maintenance of Build-
ings Abroad"; Provided, That the level of service provided through 
the Foreign Affairs Administrative Support System (FAAS) shall be 
commensurate with the amounts appropriated, or otherwise made 
available therefor in appropriations Acts. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
$21,000,000. 
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 
Organization of American States, $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, 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), $348,100,000, 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), $4,700,000, 
to remain available until expended as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 
2696(c). 
PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTTTLrTE IN TAIWAN 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Relations Act, 
Public Law 96-8 (93 Stat. 14), $11,300,000. 
103 STAT. 1008 
PUBLIC LAW 101-162—NOV. 21, 1989 
PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY FUND 
For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability 
Fund, as authorized by law, $106,034,000. 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
22 use 269a 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to meet 
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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 G>ngress 
$622,000,000: 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, including 
arrearages incurred through fiscal year 1989, $81,500,000. 
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AND 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, including arrearages incurred through fiscal year 1989, 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, $6,340,000, to 
remain available until expended as authorized by 22 U.S.C, 287(e), of 
which not to exceed $200,000 may be expended for representation as 
authorized by 22 U.S.C. 2269 and 4085. 
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
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For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to meet 
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obligations of the United States arising under treaties, conventions 
or specific Acts of Congress, as follows: 
INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, UNITED STATES 
AND MEXICO 
For necessary expenses for the United States Section of the 
International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and 
Mexico, and to comply with laws 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, including 
preliminary surveys, operations and maintenance of the interceptor 
system to he constructed to intercept sewage flows from Tijuana and 
from selected canyon areas as currently planned, and the operation 
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103 STAT. 1009 
and maintenance upon completion of the proposed Environmental 
Protection Agency and Corps of Engineers pipeline and plant project 
to capture Tijuana sewage flows in the event of a major breakdown 
in Mexico's conveyance system, $10,460,000: Provided, That expendi-
tures 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). 
CONSTRUCTION 
For detailed plan preparation and construction of authorized 
projects, $11,500,000 to remain available until expended as au-
thorized 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 dlommission, $4,500,000; for the International Joint 
(Dommission and the International Boundary Commission, as au-
thorized by treaties between the United States and Canada or Great 
Britain. 
INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS 
Notwithstanding section 15(a) of the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act of 1956, as amended, for necessary expenses for 
international fisheries commissions, not otherwise provided for, 
$12,300,000: Provided, That the United States share of such expenses 
may be advanced to the respective commissions, pursuant to 31 
U.S.C.529. 
OTHER 
U.S. BILATERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENTS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for Bilateral 
Science and Technology Agreements, $4,000,000, 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, $13,900,000, to remain avail-
able until expended 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 GUARANTY 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 
which $450,000 shall be derived from the receipts collected pursuant 
to that Act, to remain available until expended. 
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FISHERMEN'S PROTECTIVE FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Fisher-
men's Protective Act of 1967, as amended, $1,000,000. 
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. For fiscal year 1992, the Department of State shall 
submit a budget justification document to the Committees on Appro-
priations which provides function, subfunction, and object class 
information for each activity, subactivity, and bureau within the 
Department. 
This title may be cited as the "Department of State Appropria-
tions Act, 1990". 
The Judiciary 
TITLE IV—THE J U D i a A R Y 
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, $17,434,000, 
of which not to exceed $15,000 shall be available for the procure-
ment of an oil portrait of former Chief Justice Warren E. Burger to 
be placed in the United States Supreme Court Building; not to 
exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 
and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended as the Chief Justice 
may approve. 
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), $4,400,000, of 
which $2,121,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, 
40 use 13a note. 
That for fiscal year 1990 and hereafter, funds appropriated under 
this heading shall be available for improvements, 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 Retire-
ment Acts, as amended); and for snow removal by hire of men and 
equipment or under contract, and for the replacement of electrical 
transformers containing polychlorinated biphenyls, both without 
compliance with section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended 
(41 U.S.C. 5). 
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103 STAT. 1011 
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, $8,830,000. 
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, $8,272,000. 
COURTS 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, $1,287,424,000 (including the purchsuse of firearms and ammuni-
tion): Provided, That such sums as may be available in the fund 
established pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1931 may be credited to this 
appropriation as authorized by section 407(c) of the Judiciary Appro-
priation Act, 1987 (Public Law 99-591; 100 Stat. 3341-64): Provided 
further. That of the total amount appropriated, $500,000 is to 
remain available until expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, 
and newspapers, and all other legal reference materials, including 
subscriptions: Provided further. That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, not to exceed $2,500,000 for expenses of the Claims 
Court associated with processing cases under the National Child-
hood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 shall be reimbursed from the 
special fund established to pay judgments awarded under the Act. 
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, the compensation and 
reimbursement of expenses of persons furnishing investigative, 
expert and other services under the Criminal Justice Act (18 U.S.C. 
3006A(e)), 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), $86,687,000, and the compensation 
(in accordance with Criminal Justice Act maximums) and re-
imbursement of expenses of attorneys appointed to assist the court 
in criminal cases where the defendant has waived representation by 
counsel, and the compensation and reimbursement of travel ex-
penses of guardians ad litem acting on behalf of financially eligible 
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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, to remain avail-
able 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)); $54,700,000, to 
remain available until expended: 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 
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Code: Provided further. That for fiscal year 1990 and hereafter, 
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funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for refresh-
ment of jurors. 
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); $43,090,000 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, $33,670,000 of which an amount 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 
authorized by Public Law 90-219, $12,648,000. 
JUDICIAL RETIREMENT FUNDS 
PAYMENT TO JUDICIAL OFFICERS' RETIREMENT FUND 
For payment to the Judicial Officers' Retirement Fund, as au-
thorized by Public Law 100-659, and to the Judicial Survivors 
Annuity Fund, as authorized by Public Law 99-336, $6,500,000. 
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103 STAT. 1013 
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, $6,520,000. 
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 sis 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. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for fiscal 
28 USC 1930 
year 1990 and hereafter, (a) The Administrative 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. OJ) The Administrative Office 
Mail, 
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 £is the Court may direct and ap-
prove, (c) The Director of the Administrative Office of the United 
States Courts shall make appropriate provisions for the use of and 
accounting for any postage required pursuant to such directives. 
SEC. 404. (a) For fiscal year 1990 and hereafter, such fees as shall 
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be collected for the preparation and mailing of notices in bank- ^^^Y^^ ^^^^ 
ruptcy cases as prescribed by the Judicial Conference of the United 
States pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 19300)) shall be deposited to the 
"Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, 
Salaries and Expenses" appropriation to be used for salaries and 
other expenses incurred in providing these services. 
O
a
) JUDICIARY AUTOMATION FUND.— 
(1) ESTABUSHMENT AND USE OF FUND.—Chapter 41 of title 28, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section: 
"§ 612. Judiciary Automation Fund 
"(a) ESTABUSHMENT AND AVAILABIUTY OF FUND.—There is hereby 
established in the Treasury of the United States a special fund to be 
known as the 'Judiciary Automation Fund' (hereafter in this section 
referred to as the 'Fund'). Moneys in the Fund shall be available to 
the Director without fiscal year limitation for the procurement (hy 
lease, purchase, exchange, transfer, or otherwise) of automatic data 
processing equipment for the judicial branch of the United States. 
The Fund shall also be available for expenses, including personal 
services and other costs, for the effective management, coordination, 
operation, and use of automatic data processing equipment in the 
judicial branch. 
"(b) PLAN FOR MEETING AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING NEEDS.— 
"(1) DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN.—The Director shall develop and 
annually revise, with the approval of the Judicial Conference of 
the United States, a long range plan for meeting the automatic 
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data processing equipment needs of the judicial branch. Such 
plan and revisions shall be submitted to Congress. 
"(2) EXPENDITURES CONSISTENT WITH PLAN.—The Director may 
use amounts in the Fund to procure automatic data processing 
equipment for the judicial branch of the United States only in 
accordance with the plan developed under paragraph (1). 
"(c) DEPOSITS INTO FUND.— 
"(1) DEPOSITS.—There shall be deposited in the Fund— 
"(A) all proceeds resulting from activities conducted 
under subsection (a), including net proceeds of disposal of 
excess or surplus property and receipts from carriers and 
others for loss of or damage to property; 
"(B) amounts available for activities described in subsec-
tion (a) from funds appropriated to the judiciary; and 
"(C) any advances and reimbursements required by para-
graph (2). 
"(2) ADVANCES AND REIMBURSEMENTS.—Whenever the Direc-
tor procures automatic data processing equipment for any 
entity in the judicial branch other than the courts or the 
Administrative Office, that entity shall advance or reimburse 
the Fund, whichever the Director considers appropriate, for the 
costs of the automatic data processing equipment, from appro-
' 
priations available to that entity. 
"(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated to the Fund for any fiscal year such sums as are 
required to supplement amounts deposited under subsection (c) in 
order to conduct activities under subsection (a). 
"(e) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.— 
"(1) FOR EACH FISCAL YEAR.—(A) In fiscal year 1990, and in 
each succeeding fiscal year, the Director may enter into con-
tracts for the procurement of automatic data processing equip-
ment in amounts which, in the aggregate, do not exceed 
$75,000,000 in advance of the availability of amounts in the 
Fund for such contracts. 
"(2) MuLTiYEAR CONTRACTS.—In Conducting activities under 
subsection (a), the Director is authorized to enter into multiyear 
contracts for automatic data processing equipment for periods 
of not more than five years for any contract, if— 
"(A) funds are available and adequate for payment of the 
costs of such contract for the first fiscal year and for 
payment of any costs of cancellation or termination of the 
contract; 
"(B) such contract is awarded on a fully competitive basis; 
and 
"(C) the Director determines that— 
"(i) the need for the automatic data processing equip-
ment being provided will continue over the period of 
the contract; and 
"(ii) the use of the multi-year contract will yield 
substantial cost savings when compared with other 
methods of providing the necessary resources. 
"(3) CANCELLATION COSTS OF MULTIYEAR CONTRACT.—Any can-
cellation costs incurred with respect to a contract entered into 
under paragraph (2) shall be paid from currently available 
amounts in the Fund. 
"(f) APPLICABILITY OF PROCUREMENT STATUTE.—The procurement 
of automatic data processing equipment under this section shall be 
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103 STAT. 1015 
conducted in compliance with section 111 of the Federal Property 
and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 759). 
"(g) AUTHORITY OF ADMINISTRATOR OF GENERAL SERVICES.—Noth-
ing in this section shall be construed to limit the authority of the 
Administrator of General Services under sections 111 and 201 of the 
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 
481 and 759). 
"(h) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Director shall submit to the (Dongress 
an annual report on the operation of the Fund, including on the 
inventory, use, and acquisition of automatic data processing equip-
ment from the Fund and the consistency of such acquisition with the 
plan prepared under subsection (b). The report shall set forth the 
amounts deposited into the Fund under subsection (c). 
"(i) REPROGRAMMING.—The Director of the Administrative Office 
of the United States CJourts, under the supervision of the Judicial 
Conference of the United States, and upon notification to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate, may use amounts deposited into the Fund under 
subparagraph (cXlXB) for purposes other than those established in 
subsection (a) only by following reprogramming procedures in 
compliance with provisions set forth in section 606 of Public Law 
100-459. 
"(j) APPROPRIATIONS INTO THE FUND.—If the budget request of the 
Judiciary is appropriated in full, the amount deposited into the 
Fund during any fiscal year under the authority of subparagraph 
(cXlXB) will be the same as the amount of funds requested by the 
Judiciary for activities described in subsection (a). If an amount to 
be deposited is not specified by (Congress and if the full request is not 
appropriated, the amount to be deposited under (cXl)(B) will be set 
by the spending priorities established by the Judicial CJonference. 
"(k) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the term 'auto-
matic data processing equipment' has the meaning given that term 
in section lll(aX2XA) of the Federal Property and Administrative 
Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 759(aX2XA)). 
"(1) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The Fund, and the authorities 
conferred by this section, terminate on September 30, 1994. All 
unobligated amounts remaining in the Fund on that date shall be 
deposited into the 'Judicial Services Account' to be used to 
reimburse other appropriations.". 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the 
beginning of chapter 41 of title 28, United States (Dode, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new item: 
"612. Judiciary Automation Fund.". 
SEC. 405. 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 C!ommittees of both 
Houses of Congress are notified fifteen days in advance of any 
obligation or expenditure. The Judicial (Donference 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 
(Donstitution 
and 
the 
Bill 
of 
Rights, 
provided 
that 
any 
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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 Internationed 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. 
SEC. 406. (a) Section 1930(aXl) of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by striking out "$90" and inserting in lieu thereof "$120". 
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Pursuant to section 1930(b) of title 28, the Judicial Conference of the 
" 
United States shall prescribe a fee of $60 on motions seeking relief 
from the automatic stay under 11 U.S.C. section 362(b) and motions 
to compel abandonment of property of the estate. The fees estab-
lished pursuant to the preceding two sentences shall take effect 30 
days after the enactment of this Act. 
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(b) All fees as shall be hereafter collected for any service enumer-
"°*®- 
ated after item 18 of the bankruptcy miscellaneous fee schedule 
prescribed by the Judicial Conference of the United States pursuant 
to 28 U.S.C. section 1930(b) and 25 percent of the fees hereafter 
collected under 28 U.S.C. section 1930(aXl) shall be deposited as 
offsetting receipts to the fund established under 28 U.S.C. section 
1931 and shall remain available to the Judiciary until expended to 
reimburse any appropriation for the amount paid out of such appro-
priation for expenses of the (Dourts of Appeals, District Courts, and 
other Judicial Services and the Administrative Office of the United 
Reports. 
States (Dourts. The Judicial (Conference shall report to the (Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate on a quarterly basis beginning on the first day of each fiscal 
year regarding the sums deposited in said fund. 
(c) Section 589a(bXl) of title 28, United States (Code, is amended by 
striking out "one-third" and inserting in lieu thereof "one-fourth". 
(d) Section 1931 of title 28, United States (Code, is amended by 
striking out the following before the colon "as provided in annual 
appropriation acts". 
This title may be cited as "The Judiciaiy Appropriations Act, 
1990". 
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103 STAT. 1017 
TITLE V—RELATED AGENCIES 
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATING-DIFFERENTIAL SUBSIDIES 
(UQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY) 
For the pa3rment of obligations incurred for operating-differential 
subsidies as authorized by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, £is 
amended, $225,870,000, to remain available until expended. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training activities au-
thorized by law, $65,050,000, to remain available until expended, 
and in addition $2,250,000 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. 
READY RESERVE FORCE 
For necessaiy expenses to acquire and maintain a surge shipping 
capability in the National Defense Reserve Fleet in an advanced 
state of readiness and related programs, $89,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That reimbursement may be 
made to the Operations and Training appropriation for expenses 
related to this program. 
ADVISORY COMMISSION ON CONFERENCES IN OCEAN SHIPPING 
SALARIES A N D 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, $300,000. 
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 $55,000 
for official reception and representation expenses, authorized by the 
Act of September 26, 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2551 et seq.), 
$33,876,000. 
BOARD FOR INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING 
GRANTS A N D 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), $190,000,000, of which not to 
exceed $52,000 may be made available for official reception and 
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representation expenses as authorized by section 304(aX8) of the 
Board for International Broadcasting Act of 1973, as amended. 
ISRAEL RELAY STATION 
For an additional amount for the Board for International Broad-
casting for the purpose of making and overseeing grants to Radio 
Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Incorporated, and its subsidiaries and of 
making payments as necessary in order to implement the agreement 
signed on June 18,1987, between the United States Government and 
the Government of Israel to establish and operate a radio relay 
station in Israel for use by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and the 
Voice of America, $183,500,000, to remain available until expended. 
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, $220,000, to remain available until December 31, 1993 as 
authorized by section 110)) 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 Work-
ers as authorized by section 304 of Public Law 99-603 (100 Stat. 
3431-3434), $300,000, to remain available until expended. 
COMMISSION ON THE BICENTENNIAL OF THE UNITED STATES 
CONSTITUTION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
Contracts. 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on the Bicentennial of 
Grants. 
the United States Constitution as authorized by Public Law 98-101 
(97 Stat. 719-723), $14,300,000, to remain available until expended, 
and in carrying out the purposes of this Act, the (Dommission is 
authorized to enter into contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements 
as directed by the Federal Grant and (Dooperative Agreement Act of 
1977 (92 Stat. 3; 31 U.S.C. 6301), and in addition, $705,000 to remain 
available until expended shall be available to the National Park 
Service to carry out provisions of Public Law 100-421; in all, appro-
priating $15,005,000, of which $7,500,000 is for carrying out the 
provisions of Public Law 99-194, including $3,142,000 for im-
plementation of the National Bicentennial Competition on the (Don-
stitution and the Bill of Rights and $4,358,000 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 (Dommission on Civil Rights, includ-
ing hire of passenger motor vehicles $5,707,000, of which $2,000,000 
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103 STAT. 1019 
is for regional offices and $700,000 is for civil rights monitoring 
activities: Provided, That not to exceed $20,000 may be used to 
employ consultants: Provided further. That not to exceed $185,000 
may be used to employ temporary or special needs appointees: 
Provided further. That none of the funds 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 
whose compensation shall not exceed the equivalent of 150 billable 
days at the daily rate of a level 11 salary under the General 
Schedule: Provided further. That not to exceed $40,000 shall be 
available for new, continuing or modifications of contracts for 
performance of mission-related external services: Provided further, 
That none of the funds shall be used to reimburse Commissioners for 
more than 75 billable days, with the exception of the Chairman who 
is permitted 125 billable days: Provided further. That the General 
Reports. 
Accounting Office shall audit the Commission's use of this appro-
priation under such terms and conditions as deemed appropriate by 
the Comptroller General and shall report its findings to the Appro-
priations Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives. 
COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OP AMERICA'S HERITAGE 
ABROAD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary start-up costs for the Commission for the Preserva-
tion of America's Heritage Abroad, $200,000 as authorized by Public 
Law 99-83, section 1303. 
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 Public Law 94-304, $850,000, 
to remain available until expended as authorized by section 3 of 
Public Law 99-7. 
COMMISSION ON THE UKRAINE FAMINE 
For necessary close out expenses of the Commission on the 
Ukraine Famine, $100,000. 
COMMISSION FOR THE STUDY OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION AND 
COOPERATIVE EkJONOMic DEVELOPMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission for the Study of Inter-
national Migration and Cooperative Economic Development as au-
thorized by title VI of Public Law 99-603, $1,290,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
103 STAT. 1020 
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COMPETITIVENESS POLICY COUNCIL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Competitiveness Policy Council as 
authorized by section 5209 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitive-
ness 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; not 
to exceed $20,000,000 for payments 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; $184,926,000: Provided, That the 
final rule regarding unsupervised waivers under the Age Discrimi-
nation in Employment Act, issued by the Commission on August 27, 
1987 (29 CFR sections 1627.16(c)(l)-(3)), shall not have effect during 
fiscal year 1990: Provided further, That none of the funds may be 
obligated or expended by the Commission to give effect to any policy 
or practice pertaining to unsupervised waivers under the Age 
Discrimination in Employment Act, except that this proviso shall 
not preclude the Commission from investigating or processing 
claims of age discrimination, and pursuing appropriate relief in 
Federal court, regardless of whether an unsupervised waiver of 
rights has been sought or signed. 
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; $109,000,000, of which not to 
exceed $300,000 of the foregoing amount shall remain available 
until September 30, 1991, 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 respect 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., 60 
F.C.C. 2d 607 Rev. Bd. (1978), which were effective prior to Septem-
ber 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, 
PUBLIC LAW 101-162—NOV. 21, 1989 
103 STAT. 1021 
licenses, applications, or proceedings, which were suspended pend-
ing the conclusion of the inquiry: Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated to the Federal Communications Commission by 
this Act may be used to diminish the number of VHF channel 
assignments reserved for non-commercial educational television sta-
tions 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 reexamina-
tion 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 App. U.S.C. 1111), including services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109; hire of pgissenger 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; $15,650,000; Provided, That not to exceed $1,500 
shall be available for official reception and representation expenses. 
FEDERAL TRADE (DOMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade (Dommission, 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; $54,580,000: 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 Improvements 
Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-252; 94 Stat. 374). 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the International Trade (Dommission, 
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, $39,000,000. 
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, 
$1,350,000; and an amount of Japanese currency not to exceed the 
equivalent of $1,610,000 based on exchange rates at the time of 
payment of such amounts as authorized by Public Law 94-118. 
103 STAT. 1022 
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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
For pa3rment to the Legal Services Corporation to carry out the 
purposes of the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974, as amended, 
$321,000,000 of which $274,965,000 is for basic field programs, 
$7,304,000 is for Native American programs, $10,088,000 is for mi-
grant programs, $1,144,000 is for law school clinics, $1,040,000 is for 
supplemental field programs, $649,000 is for regional training cen-
ters, $7,518,000 is for national support, $8,158,000 is for State sup-
port, $900,000 is for the Clearinghouse, $531,000 is for computer 
assisted legal research regional centers, and $8,703,000 is for Cor-
poration management and administration. 
MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammsd Commission as 
authorized by title II of Public Law 92-522, as amended, $960,000. 
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. FEDERAL HOLIDAY COMMISSION 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal 
Holiday Commission, as authorized by Public Law 98-399, as 
amended, $300,000, to remain available until expended. 
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, $18,000,000, of which $1,000,000 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 of the Securities and Exchange Commis-
sion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to 
exceed $3,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$168,707,000, of which not to exceed $10,000 may be used toward 
funding a permanent secretariat for the International Organization 
15 use 77f note, 
of Securities Commissions: Provided, That immediately upon enact-
ment of this Act, the rate of fees under section 60t)) 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 receipt to the general fund of the 
Treasury. 
PUBLIC LAW 101-162—NOV. 21, 1989 
103 STAT. 1023 
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, $242,000,000, of which $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, and of which 
$500,000 shall be made available for the establishment of a training 
program at the East-West Center to assist American businessmen 
and trade delegations in the Pacific Basin, and 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 eco-
nomic development with a special emphasis on small business and of 
which $50,000,000 is for grants 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 Smsdl Busi-
ness Development Center Advisory Board and to reimburse centers 
for participating in evaluations as provided in section 20(a) of such 
Act, and to maintain a clearinghouse as provided in section 21(gX2) 
of such Act: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 
or made available by this Act to the Small Business Adininistration 
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: 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 loan guaranty fee or debenture guar-
anty 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, such sums as may be necessaiy 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 
carrjdng out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3 as amended by Public Law 100-504), 
$7,400,000. 
BUSINESS LOAN AND INVESTMENT FUND 
For additional capital for the "Business Loan and Investment 
Fund", $77,500,000, 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 
103 STAT. 1024 
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and Investment Fund", $82,000,000, to remsdn 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 imder 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, $11,000,000, 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 con-
tract guarantee revolving fund" authorized by the Small Business 
Investment Act, as amended, $13,000,000, to remain available 
without fiscal year limitation as authorized by 15 U.S.C. 631 note. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(1) Section 7(aX2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(aX2)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
"(2) In agreements to participate in loans on a deferred basis 
under this subsection, such participation by the Administration, 
except as provided in paragraph (6), shall be— 
"(A) not less than 90 percent of the balance of the financing 
; 
outstanding at the time of disbursement if such financing does 
' not exceed $165,000: Provided, That the percentage of participa-
tion by the Administration may be reduced below 90 percent 
upon request of the participating lender; and 
"(B) subject to the limitation in paragraph (3)— 
"(i) not less than 70 percent nor more than 85 percent of 
the financing outstemding at the time of disbursement if 
such financing exceeds $155,000: Provided, That the partici-
pation by the Administration may be reduced below 70 
percent upon request of the participating lender; and 
"(ii) not less than 85 percent of the financing outstanding 
at the time of disbursement if such financing is a loan 
under paragraph (16). 
The Administration shall not use the percent of guarantee 
requested as a criterion for establishing priorities in approving 
guarantee requests nor shall the Administration reduce the percent 
guaranteed to less than 85 percent under subparagraph (B) other 
than by determination made on each application. Notwithstanding 
subparagraphs (A) and (B), the Administration's participation under 
the Preferred Lenders Program or any successor thereto shall be not 
less than 80 percent, except upon request of the participating lender. 
As used in this subsection, the term 'Preferred Lenders Program' 
means a program under which a written agreement between the 
lender and the Administration delegates to the lender (I) complete 
authority to make and close loans with a guarantee from the 
Administration without obtaining the prior specific approval of the 
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103 STAT. 1025 
Administration, and (II) authority to service and liquidate such 
loans.". 
(2) Section 7(aX19) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(19)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
"(19XA) In addition to the Preferred Lenders Program authorized 
by the proviso in section 5(b)(7), the Administration is authorized to 
establish a Certified Lenders Program for lenders who establish 
their knowledge of Administration laws and regulations concerning 
the guaranteed loan program and their proficiency in program 
requirements. The designation of a lender as a certified lender shall 
be suspended or revoked at any time that the Administration 
determines that the lender is not adhering to its rules and regula-
tions or that the loss experience of the lender is excessive as 
compared to other lenders, but such suspension or revocation shlall 
not affect any outstanding guarantee. 
"(B) In order to encourage all lending institutions and other 
entities making loans authorized under this subsection to provide 
loans of $50,000 or less in guarantees to eligible small business loan 
applicants, during fiscal years 1989, 1990, and 1991, the Administra-
tion shall (i) develop and allow participating lenders to solely utilize 
a uniform and simplified loan form for such loans, and (ii) allow 
such lenders to retain one-half of the fee collected pursuant to 
section (7XaX18) on such loans. A participating lender may not 
retain any fee pursuant to this paragraph if the amount committed 
and outstanding to the applicant would exceed $50,000 unless the 
amount in excess of $50,000 is an amount not approved under the 
provisions of this paragraph.". 
(3) The last sentence of subparagraph (A) of section 8(b)(1) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(bXl)) is amended to read as 
follows: "In the case of cosponsored activities which include the 
participation of a Federal, State, or local public official or agency, 
the Administration shall take such actions £is it deems necessary to 
ensure that the cooperation does not constitute or imply an endorse-
ment by the Administration of or give undue recognition to the 
public official or agency, and the Administration shall ensure that it 
receives appropriate recognition in all cosponsored printed mate-
rials, whether the participant is a profit msiking concern or a 
governmental agency or public official. . 
(4) Section 303 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 is 15 USC 683. 
amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting in lieu thereof the 
following new subsections: 
"(c) Subject to the following conditions, the Administration is 
authorized to purchase preferred securities, and to purchase, or to 
guarantee the timely payment of all principal and interest pay-
ments as scheduled, on debentures issued by small business invest-
ment companies operating under the authority of section 301(d) of 
this Act. The full faith and credit of the United States is pledged to 
the payment of all amounts which may be required to be paid under 
any guarantee under this subsection. 
"(1) The Administration may purchase shares of nonvoting stock 
(or other corporate securities having similar characteristics): Pro-
vided, That— 
"(A) dividends are preferred and cumulative to the extent of 3 
per centum of par value per annum, except as provided in 
paragraph (5); 
"(B) on liquidation or redemption the Administration is enti-
tled to the preferred payment of the par value of such securities; 
103 STAT. 1026 
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and prior to any distribution (other than to the Administration) 
the Administration shall be paid any amounts as may be due 
pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this paragraph; 
"(C) the purchase price shall be at par value and, in any one 
sale, $50,000 or more; 
"(D) the amount of such securities purchased and outstanding 
^' at any one time shall not exceed— 
"(i) from a company licensed on or before October 13, 
1971, 200 per centum of the combined private paid-in cap-
ital and paid-in surplus of such company, or 
"(ii) from any such company licensed after October 13, 
1971, and having a combined paid-in capital and paid-in 
surplus of less than $500,000,100 per centum of such capital 
and surplus, or 
"(iii) from £iny such company licensed after October 13, 
1971, and having a combined private paid-in capital and 
paid-in surplus of $500,000 or more, 200 per centum of such 
capital and surplus; and 
"(E) the amount of such securities purchased by the Adminis-
tration in excess of 100 per centum of such capital and surplus 
from any company described in clause (i) or (iii) may not exceed 
an amount equal to the amount of its funds invested in or 
legally committed to be invested in equity securities; for the 
purposes of this subsection, the term 'equity securities' means 
' 
stock of any class (including preferred stock) or limited partner-
ship interests, or shares in a sjnidicate, business trust, joint 
stock company or association, mutual corporation, cooperative 
or other joint venture for profit, or unsecured debt instruments 
which are subordinated by their terms to all other borrowings of 
the issuer. 
"(2) The Administration may purchase or guarantee debentures 
subordinated pursuant to subsection (b) of this section (other than 
securities purchased under psiragraph (1) of this subsection (c)): 
Provided, That— 
"(A) such debentures are issued for a term of not to exceed 
fifteen years; 
"(B) the interest rate is determined pursuant to this section or 
section 317; and 
"(C) the amount of debentures purchased or guaranteed and 
outstanding at any one time pursuant to this paragraph (2) from 
a company having combined private paid-in capital and paid-in 
surplus of less than $500,000 shall not exceed 300 per centum of 
its combined private paid-in capital and paid-in surplus less the 
amount of preferred securities outstanding under paragraph (1) 
of this subsection, nor from a company having combined private 
paid-in capital and paid-in surplus of $500,000 or more, 400 per 
centum of its combined private paid-in capital and paid-in 
surplus less the amount of such preferred securities. 
"(3) Debentures purchased and outstanding pursuant to section 
303(b) of this section may be retired simultaneously with the issu-
ance of preferred securities to meet the requirements of subpara-
graph (2XC) of this subsection (c). 
"(4) The Administration may require, as a condition of the pur-
chase or guarantee of any securities in excess of 300 per centum of 
the combined private paid-in capital and paid-in surplus of a com-
pany, that the company maintain a percentage of its total funds 
available for investment in small business concerns invested or 
PUBLIC LAW 101-162—NOV. 21, 1989 
103 STAT. 1027 
legally committed in venture capital (as defined in subsection (h) of 
this section) determined by the Administration to be reasonable and 
appropriate. 
(5) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection, 
securities purchased by the Administration on or after the effective 
date of this Act (A) shall provide that dividends shall be preferred 
and cumulative to the extent of 4 per centum of par value per 
annum and (B) shall include a provision requiring the issuer to 
redeem such securities, including any accrued and unpaid dividends, 
in 15 years from the date of issuance: Provided, That the Adminis-
tration may, in its discretion, guarantee debentures in such amounts 
as will permit the simultaneous redemption of such securities, 
including such amounts as it deems appropriate to include all or any 
part of accrued and unpaid dividends: Provided further, That the 
Administration shall not pay any part of the interest on such 
debentures except pursuant to its guarantee in the event of default 
in payment by the issuer. 
(6) In no event shall the Administration purcheise or guarantee 
debentures or securities if the amount of outstanding securities and 
debentures of a company operating under the authority of section 
301(d) would exceed 400 per centum of its combined private paid-in 
capital and paid-in surplus or $35,000,000, which ever is less. 
'(d) If the Administration guarantees debentures issued by a 
small business investment company operating under authority of 
section 301(d) of this Act, it shall make, on behalf of the company 
pajnnents in such amounts as will reduce the effective rate of 
interest to be paid by the company during the first five years of the 
term of such debentures to a rate of interest 3 points below the 
market rate of interest determined pursuant to section 321. Such 
payments shall be made by the Administration to the holder of the 
debenture, its agents or assigns, or to the appropriate central reg-
istration agent, if any. The aggregate amount of debentures with 
interest rate reductions as provided in this subsection or as provided 
in section 317 which may be outstanding at any time from any such 
company shall not exceed 200 per centum of the private paid-in 
capital and paid-in surplus of such company. The authority to 
reduce interest rates as provided in this subsection shall be limited 
to amounts provided in advance in appropriations Acts, and the 
total amount shall be reserved within the business loan and invest-
ment fund to pay an amount equal to the amount of the reduction as 
it becomes due. 
"(e) In determining the private capital of a small business invest-
ment company. Federal, State, or local government funds received 
from sources other than the Administration shall be included solely 
for regulatory purposes, and not for the purpose of obtaining finan-
cial assistance from or licensing by the Administration, providing 
such funds were invested prior to the effective date of this Act. 
"(f) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, rule, or 
regulation, the Administration is authorized to allow the issuer of 
any preferred stock heretofore sold to the Administration to redeem 
or repurchase such stock upon the pa3anent to the Administration of 
an amount less than the par value of such stock. The Administra-
tion, in its sole discretion, shall determine the repurchase price after 
considering factors including, but not limited to, the market value of 
the stock, the value of benefits previously provided and anticipated 
to accrue to the issuer, the amount of dividends previously paid, 
accrued, and anticipated, and the Administration's estimate of any 
103 STAT. 1028 
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anticipated redemption. The Administration may guarantee deben-
tures as provided in paragraph (5) of subsection (c) and allow the 
issuer to use the proceeds to make the payments authorized herein. 
Any monies received by the Administration from the repurchcise of 
preferred stock shall be deposited in the business loan and invest-
ment fund and shall be available solely to provide assistance to 
companies operating under the authority of section 301(d), to the 
extent and in the amounts provided in advance in appropriations 
Acts.". 
15 use 687Z. 
(5) Section 321(a) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 is 
amended by inserting after the word "companies" the following: ", 
including companies operating under the authority of section 
301(d),". 
(6) Section 204 of the Small Business Development Center Act of 
15 use 648 note. 
1980 (Public Law 96-302), as amended, is further amended by strik-
ing "October 1, 1990" and by inserting in lieu thereof "October 1, 
1991". 
(7) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, none of the 
funds appropriated or made available by this Act or otherwise 
appropriated or made available to the Small Business Administra-
tion shall be used to adopt, implement, or enforce any rule or 
regulation with respect to the Small Business Development (Denter 
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 other-
wise, unless such restrictions, conditions or limitations were in 
effect on October 1, 1987, unless specifically approved by the 
Committee on Appropriations under reprogramming procedures 
except that this provision shall not apply to uniform common rules 
applicable to multiple Federal departments and agencies including 
the Small Business Administration; nor may any of such funds be 
used to restrict in any way the right of association of participants in 
such program. 
Grants. 
(8) The funds made available by this appropriations Act for Small 
Business Development Centers shall be available for grants for 
performance in fiscal year 1990 or fiscal year 1991. 
(9) The limitation of $1,813,250,000 on gross obligations for new 
direct loans to carry out section 7(b) of the Small Business Act, as 
amended, which is contained in section 108(c) of House Joint Resolu-
tion 423 as enacted into law is hereby waived: Provided, That the de 
facto credit limitation during fiscal yeat 1990 on gross obligations 
for new direct loans to carry out section Ttb) of the Small Business 
Act, as amended, imposed in the final Presidential sequestration 
order of October 16, 1989, and based on the calculation listed in the 
Final 0MB Sequester Report to the President and Congress for 
Fiscal Year 1990 is hereby waived. 
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)), $8,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That section 607 of the Judicial 
42 use 10713. 
Improvements and Access to Justice Act, Public Law 100-702, 
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103 STAT. 1029 
amending section 215 of the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 is 
hereby repealed and section 7321(a) of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 
1988, Public Law 100-690, is hereby revived. 
42 USC 10713. 
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 
Education 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, 
or 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 22 U.S.C. 287e-l; and entertain-
ment, including official receptions, within the United States, not to 
exceed $20,000 as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 1474(3); $638,569,000, none 
of which shall be restricted from use for the purposes appropriated 
herein: Provided, That not less than $32,800,000 shall be available 
for the Television and Film Service notwithstanding section 209(e) of 
Public Law 100-204: Provided further. That not to exceed $1,210,000 
may be used for representation abroad as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 
1452 and 4085: Provided further. That not to exceed $12,902,000 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(aX3)), shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further. That not to exceed $500,000 
shall remain available until expended as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 
1477(b), for expenses (including those authorized by the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980) and equipment necessary for mainten£uice and 
operation of data processing and administrative services as au-
thorized by 31 U.S.C. 1535-1536: Provided further. That not to 
exceed $6,000,000 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, £is 
amended, $3,675,000. 
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) $160,300,000, including up to 
103 STAT. 1030 
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$1,500,000, to remain available until expended, for the Eisenhower 
£Ixchange Fellowship Program. 
BADIO CONSTKUCnON 
For an additional amount for the purchase, rent, construction, 
and improvement of facilities for radio transmission and reception 
and purchase and installation of neceissary equipment for radio 
transmission and reception as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 1471, 
$85,000,000, to remain available until expended as authorized by 22 
U.S.C. 1477b(a), of which not to exceed $16,000,000 may be available 
for the completion of testing and first-year operations of television 
broadcasting to Cuba, including, but not limited to the purchase, 
rent, construction, improvement and equipping of facilities, oper-
ations, and staffing: Provided, That such funds for television broad-
casting 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: 
Provided further. That the availability of such funds for television 
broadcasting to Cuba shall be subject to the provisions of part B, 
title n of H.R 1487 as passed the House of Repr^entatives until 
such time as l^islation authorizing such activity is enacted into 
law. 
Section 725 of the International Security and Development Co-
operation Act of 1981 (22 U.S.C. 2370 note) is hereby repealed. 
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 tiie 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 as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 1471, $12,700,000, 
to remain available until expended as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 
1477b(a). 
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, by 
grant to any appropriate recipient in the State of Hawaii, 
$20,700,000: 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, exclusive of 
any cap on such rate. 
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, $17,000,000. 
PUBLIC LAW 101-162—NOV. 21, 1989 
103 STAT. 1031 
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 
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. 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. Five working days after enactment of this Act and 
thereafter, the Federal Trade Commission shall assess and collect 
filing fees established at $20,000 which shall be paid by persons 
acquiring voting securities or assets who are required to file 
premerger 
notifications 
by 
the 
Hart-Scott-Rodino 
Antitrust 
Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a) and the regulations 
promulgated thereunder. For purposes of said Act, no notification 
shall be considered filed until payment of the fee required by this 
section. Fees collected pursuant to this section shall be divided 
evenly between and credited to the appropriations, Federal Trade 
Commission, "Salaries and Expenses" and Department of Justice, 
"Salaries and Expenses, Antitrust Division": Provided, That fees in 
excess of $40,000,000 in fiscal year 1990 shall be deposited to the 
credit of the Treasury of the United States. 
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 tnrough 
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. 
OD) None of the funds provided under this Act or provided from 
any accounts in the Treeisury 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 
Contracts. 
Securities. 
15 u s e 18a note. 
103 STAT. 1032 
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Wages. 
Government 
organization and 
employees. 
Disadvantaged 
persons. 
Grants. 
C!ontracts. 
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. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1990 pay 
raises for programs funded by this Act shall be absorbed within the 
levels appropriated in this Act. 
SEC. 608. Funds appropriated to the Legal Services Corporation 
and distributed to each grantee funded in fisc£d year 1990 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(aXl) shall be maintained in fiscal year 1990 at not less 
than $8.98 per poor person within the geographical area of each 
grantee or contractor under the 1980 census or 9 cents per poor 
person more than the annual per-poor-person level at which 
each grantee and contractor was funded in fiscal year 1989, 
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 $16.68 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 
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 £issistance; 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 effects 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 sissistance is 
provided by an employee of a recipient to an eligible client on a 
PUBLIC LAW 101-162—NOV. 21, 1989 
103 STAT. 1033 
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 
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 shall not preclude funds from 
being used to provide communication directly to a Federal, 
; State, or local elected official on a specific and distinct matter 
where the purpose of such communication is to bring the matter 
to the official's attention i
f
— 
(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 expense and time spent under this proviso 
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: 
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this 
Act for the Legal Services Corporation will be expended to provide 
Communications 
and tele-
communications. 
State and local 
governments. 
103 STAT. 1034 
PUBLIC LAW 101-162—NOV. 21, 1989 
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(aX20) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(aX20)); 
(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)): 
Aliens. 
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(aX7) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1153(a)(7)) before April 1, 1980, because of persecution or fear 
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 eissistance 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 eissistance 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 
PUBLIC LAW 101-162—NOV. 21, 1989 
103 STAT. 1035 
(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 
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 1990, 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 £is 
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 1990, 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 
available 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-
103 STAT. 1036 
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Abortion. 
Termination 
date. 
Grants. 
Contracts. 
42 u s e 2996f 
note. 
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 trsdning (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 (aX5), (bXQ), Ot)X7), and 1010(c) of the 
Legal Services (Corporation Act, as amended: Provided further. That 
the C!orporation 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 £issociations in the 
States in which the center's principal offices are located from 
making all appointments required to be made by bar associations: 
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 1990 migrant funds as 
was used in fiscal year 1989: Provided further. That the fourteenth 
and fifteenth provisos of this section (relating to parts 1607 and 1612 
of the Corporation's regulations) shall expire if such action is di-
rected by a majority vote of a Board of Directors of the Legal 
Services Corporation composed of eleven individuals nominated by 
the President after January 20,1989, and subsequently confirmed by 
the United States Senate: Provided further. That none of the funds 
appropriated under this Act or under any prior Acts for the Legal 
Services Corporation shall be used to consider, develop, or imple-
ment any system for the competitive award of grants or contracts 
until such action is authorized pursuant to a majority vote of a 
Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation composed of 
eleven individuals nominated by the President after January 20, 
1989, and subsequently confirmed by the United States Senate, 
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; subsequent to confirmation such new Board of Directors 
shall develop and implement a proposed system for the competitive 
award of all grants and contracts: Provided further. That the Cor-
poration shall insure that all grants and contracts made for cal-
endar year 1990 to all grantees receiving funds under sections 
1006(a) (IXA) and (3) of the Legal Services C!orporation Act as of 
September 30, 1989, 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, 1990, 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 amend-
ments 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 
PUBLIC LAW 101-162—NOV. 21, 1989 
103 STAT. 1037 
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 as 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 revisions to existing rules or regulations adopted 
by the Board of the Legal Services Corporation after October 1,1989, 
shall not become effective until after October 1, 1990, or until 
authorized pursuant to a majority vote of a Board of Directors of the 
Legal Services Corporation composed of eleven individuals nomi-
nated by the President after January 20, 1989, and subsequently 
confirmed by the United States Senate: Provided further. That, 
notwithstanding any decision or action of the President of the 
Corporation after September 7, 1989, funds appropriated under this 
Act or any prior Acts shall not be denied, for the period October 1, 
1989 through December 31,1990, to any grantee or contractor which 
in fiscal year 1989 received funding appropriated under any prior 
Act, as a result of activities which have been found by an independ-
ent hearing officer appointed by the President of the Corporation 
prior to October 1, 1989, not to constitute grounds for a denial of 
refunding, and any decisions or action of the President of the 
Corporation reversing or setting aside such decision of an independ-
ent hearing officer concerning section 1010(c) of the Act rendered in 
fiscal year 1989 shall be null and void. 
SEC. 609. (a) The Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Commerce, shall, with respect to those species of sea 
turtles the conservation of which is the subject of regulations 
promulgated by the Secretary of Commerce on June 29, 1987— 
(1) initiate negotiations as soon as possible for the develop-
ment of bilatergil or multilateral agreements with other nations 
for the protection and conservation of such species of sea 
turtles; 
(2) initiate negotiations as soon £is possible with all foreign 
governments which are engaged in, or which have persons or 
companies engaged in, commercial fishing operations which, as 
determined by the Secretary of Commerce, may affect adversely 
such species of sea turtles, for the purpose of entering into 
bilateral and multilateral treaties with such countries to pro-
tect such species of sea turtles; 
(3) encourage such other agreements to promote the purposes 
of this section with other nations for the protection of specific 
ocean and land regions which are of special significance to the 
health gmd stability of such species of sea turtles; 
(4) initiate the amendment of any existing international 
treaty for the protection and conservation of such species of sea 
turtles to which the United States is a party in order to make 
such treaty consistent with the purposes and policies of this 
section; and 
(5) provide to the Congress by not later than one year after 
the date of enactment of this section— 
(A) a list of each nation which conducts commercial 
shrimp fishing operations within the geographic range of 
' \ 
distribution of such sea turtles; 
(B) a list of each nation which conducts commercial 
shrimp fishing operations which may affect adversely such 
species of sea turtles; and 
Sea turtles. 
Conservation. 
International 
agreements. 
Fish and fishing. 
Maritime 
affairs. 
16 u s e 1537 
note. 
103 STAT. 1038 
PUBLIC LAW 101-162—NOV. 21, 1989 
Reports. 
Imports. 
President of U.S. 
China. 
(Q a full report on— 
(i) the results of his efforts under this section; and 
(ii) the status of measures taken by each nation listed 
pursuant to paragraph (A) or (B) to protect and con-
serve such sea turtles. 
(bXD IN GENERAL.—The importation of shrimp or products from 
shrimp which have been harvested with commercial fishing tech-
nology which may affect adversely such species of sea turtles shall 
be prohibited not later than May 1, 1991, except as provided in 
paragraph (2). 
(2) CERTIFICATION PROCEDURE.—The ban on importation of shrimp 
or products from shrimp pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not apply if 
the President shall determine and certify to the Congress not later 
than May 1,1991, and annually thereafter that— 
(A) the government of the harvesting nation has provided 
documentary evidence of the adoption of a regulatory program 
governing the incidental taking of such sea turtles in the course 
of such harvesting that is comparable to that of the United 
States; and 
(B) the average rate of that incidental taking by the vessels of 
the harvesting nation is comparable to the average rate of 
incidental taking of sea turtles by United States vessels in the 
course of such harvesting; or 
(C) the particular fishing environment of the harvesting 
nation does not pose a threat of the incidental taking of such sea 
turtles in the course of such harvesting. 
SEC. 610. (a) No monies appropriated by this Act may be used to 
reinstate, or approve any export license applications for the launch 
of United Stat^-built satellites on Soviet- or Chinese-built launch 
vehicles unless the President makes a report imder subsection 0?) or 
(c) of this section. 
(b) The restriction on the approval of export licenses for United 
States-built satellites to the People's Republic of China for launch on 
Chinese-built launch vehicles is terminated if the President makes a 
report to the Congress that: 
(1) the Government of the People's Republic of China has 
made progress on a program of political reform throughout the 
entire country which includes— 
(A) lifting of martial law; 
(B) halting of executions and other reprisals against 
individuals for the nonviolent expression of their political 
beliefs; 
(O release of political prisoners; 
(D) increased respect for internationally recognized 
human rights, including freedom of expression, the press, 
assembly, and association; and 
(E) permitting a freer flow of information, including an 
end to the jamming of Voice of America and greater access 
for foreign journalists; or 
(c) It is in the national interest of the United States. 
SEC. 611. ADOPTION OF FOREIGN BORN ORPHANS.— 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(bX2) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 110101)X2)) is amended by inserting 
before the period at the end the following: ", except that, for 
purposes of paragraph (IXF) (other than the second proviso 
therein) in the case of an illegitimate child described in para-
graph (IXD) (and not described in paragraph (IXC)), the term 
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Public buildings 
and grounds. 
Louisiana. 
Grants. 
'parent' does not include the natural father of the child if the 
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father has disappeared or abandoned or deserted the child or if 
the father has in writing irrevocably released the child for 
emigration and adoption". 
OJ) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by subsection (a) 8 USC lioi note 
shall take effect on October 1, 1989, upon the expiration of the 
similar amendment made by section 210(a) of the Department of 
Justice Appropriations Act, 1989 (title II of Public Law 100-459, 
102 Stat. 2203). 
SEC. 612. (aXD The Federal Building and United States Court-
house located at 707 Florida Avenue in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 
shall hereafter be known and designated as the "Russell B. Long 
Federal Building and United States Courthouse". 
(2) Each reference in law, map, regulation, document, record, or 
other paper of the United States to such building shall be deemed to 
be a reference to the "Russell B. Long Federal Building and United 
States Courthouse". 
(bXD There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums, 
not to exceed $5,500,000 to remain available until expended, as may 
be necessary to establish a clinical law center at Seton Hall Univer-
sity in Newark, New Jersey. 
(2) The Secretary of Education shall make such grant in accord-
ance with all of the terms, conditions, and requirements set forth for 
such a center in Amendment Numbered 70 of Conference Report 
99-236 (Public Law 99-88 (99 Stat. 305)) and the Secretary of Edu-
cation is authorized to receive, review and certify for payment 
applications for said grant. Not more than $1,000,000 of such grant 
shall be devoted to facilities. 
(c) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated under title III of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, $4,500,000 to remain 
available until expended, for the cost of construction and related 
costs for a Health and Human Resources Center at Voorhees CJoUege 
in Denmark, South Carolina. 
(dXD The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting 
through the Director of the National Institutes of Health, is 
authorized, in accordance with the provisions of this subsection, to 
provide a grant for a Bioscience Research Center serving the mid-
western States to be established at the University of Kansas in 
Lawrence, Kansas. 
(2) No financial assistance may be made under this subsection 
unless an application is made at such time, in such manner, and 
containing or accompanied by such information as the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services may reasonably require. 
(3) There are authorized to be appropriated not to exceed 
$5,200,000 to carry out the provisions of this subsection. Funds 
appropriated pursuemt to this section are authorized to remain 
available until expended. 
SEC. 613. (a) The Congress finds that— 
(1) the illegal use of drugs is a crisis in America, causing 
incalculable suffering and damage to individuals, families, and 
social institutions; 
(2) the economic and social dislocation caused by illegal drugs 
has had a devastating effect on the fabric of our society and 
citizens; 
(3) it will take a multifaceted approach, both domestically and 
. internationally, to successfully address the multifaceted prob-
lem of illegal drugs; 
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Kansas. 
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Manuel Noriega. 
(4) Manuel Noriega's continued exercise of power in Panama 
has contributed to political unrest and international illegal 
drug trafficking in the hemisphere and the world, and that he 
should be removed from any position of power in Panama in 
order to reduce the drug flow and increase democracy; 
(5) Public Law 100-690, the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, 
enacted on November 18, 1988, expressed the sense of the 
Congress that the President should convene as soon as possible 
an international conference on combating illegal drug produc-
tion, trafficking, and use in the Western Hemisphere; and 
(6) the national drug strategy announced by the President on 
September 5, 1989, states that "priority consideration should be 
given to convening at an early date a drug summit". 
0)) It is the sense of the Congress that— 
(1) the agenda of the international drug summit should 
include, among others, the subjects of interdiction, crop eradi-
cation, crop substitution, law enforcement, education and 
prevention, and the international sharing of intelligence; 
(2) the President should consult with the leaders of participat-
ing countries at the international drug summit on ways to 
achieve international cooperation and coordination in support 
of measures directed at removing Manuel Noriega from any 
position of power in Panama; and 
(3) in addition to or in the absence of an international drug 
summit, the United States should intensify unilateral and 
bilateral efforts as well as efforts in concert with international 
organizations and other multinational forums to assist the 
nations of the hemisphere in their battle against drugs and the 
drug traffickers, including measures directed at removing 
Manuel Noriega from any position of power in Panama. 
SEC. 614. The funds appropriated by this Act for the Department 
of State and the United States Information Agency may be obligated 
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and expended, at a rate of operations not exceeding the rate avail-
able for fiscal year 1989 or the rate provided in H.R. 2991 as passed 
the Senate, whichever is lower and under the authority and condi-
tions in applicable appropriations Acts for fiscal year 1989, notwith-
standing section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
1956 and section 701 of the United States Information and Edu-
cational Exchange Act of 1948. 
This Act may be cited as the "Departments of Commerce, Justice, 
and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1990". 
Approved November 21, 1989. 
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2991: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 101-173 (Ctomm. on Appropriations) and Nos. 101-299 and 
101-332 both from (Comm. of Conference). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 101-144 (Comm. on Appropriations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 135 (1989): 
Aug. 1, considered and passed House. 
Sept. 29, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Oct. 26, House agreed to conference report; receded and concurred in certain 
Senate amendments, in others with amendments; and disagreed to Senate 
amendment No. 83. 
Oct. 31, Senate agreed to conference report; concurred in certain House 
amendments, in others with amendments; and receded from its amendment 
No. 83. 
Nov. 1, Senate concurred in House amendment to Senate amendment No. 182. 
House disagreed to certain Senate amendments. 
Nov. 3, Senate insisted on its amendments. 
Nov. 7, House agreed to conference report. 
Nov. 8, Senate agreed to conference report. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 25 (1989): 
Nov. 21, Presidential statement.