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*Public Law 104-208
104th Congress

                                 An Act


 
 Making omnibus consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 1997, and for other purposes. <<NOTE: Sept. 30, 
                         1996 -  [H.R. 3610]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America <<NOTE: Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 1997.>>  in Congress assembled,

                               DIVISION A

That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the several departments, 
agencies, corporations and other organizational units of the Government 
for the fiscal year 1997, and for other purposes, namely:

                     TITLE I--OMNIBUS APPROPRIATIONS

      Sec. 101. (a) For programs, projects or activities in the 
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997, provided as follows, to be effective 
as if it had been enacted into law as the regular appropriations Act:

 AN <<NOTE: Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997.>> ACT

  Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and 
 State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
               September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.

 TITLE I--DEPARTMENT <<NOTE: Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 
1997.>>  OF JUSTICE

                         General Administration

                          salaries and expenses

      For expenses necessary for the administration of the Department of 
Justice, $75,773,000 of which not to exceed $3,317,000 is for the 
Facilities Program 2000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That not to exceed 43 permanent positions and 44 full-time equivalent 
workyears and $7,477,000 shall be expended for the Department Leadership 
Program exclusive of augmentation that occurred in these offices in 
fiscal year 1996: Provided further, That not to exceed 41 permanent 
positions and 48 full-time equivalent workyears and $4,660,000 shall be 
expended for the Offices of Legislative Affairs and Public Affairs:
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as signed by the President on September 30, 1996. The text is 
printed without corrections. Missing text in the original is 
indicated by a footnote.

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Provided further, That the latter two aforementioned offices shall not 
be augmented by personnel details, temporary transfers of personnel on 
either a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis or any other type of 
formal or informal transfer or reimbursement of personnel or funds on 
either a temporary or long-term basis.
      For an additional amount, for enhancements for the Office of 
Intelligence Policy and Review and security measures, $3,600,000; of 
which $2,170,000 is for security enhancements: Provided, That the entire 
amount is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                          counterterrorism fund

      For necessary expenses, as determined by the Attorney General, 
$9,450,000, to remain available until expended, to reimburse any 
Department of Justice organization for (1) the costs incurred in 
reestablishing the operational capability of an office or facility which 
has been damaged or destroyed as a result of the bombing of the Alfred 
P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City or any domestic or 
international terrorist incident, (2) the costs of providing support to 
counter, investigate or prosecute domestic or international terrorism, 
including payment of rewards in connection with these activities, and 
(3) the costs of conducting a terrorism threat assessment of Federal 
agencies and their facilities: Provided, That funds provided under this 
heading shall be available only after the Attorney General notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate in accordance with section 605 of this Act.
      For an additional amount for necessary expenses, as determined by 
the Attorney General, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
to reimburse any Department of Justice organization for (1) the costs 
incurred in reestablishing the operational capability of an office or 
facility which has been damaged or destroyed as a result of any domestic 
or international terrorist incident, or (2) the costs of providing 
support to counter, investigate or prosecute domestic or international 
terrorism, including payment of rewards in connection with these 
activities: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                    administrative review and appeals

      For expenses necessary for the administration of pardon and 
clemency petitions and immigration related activities, $62,000,000.
      For an additional amount for security measures for the Executive 
Office of Immigration Review, $1,000,000: Provided, That the entire 
amount is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended.

   violent crime reduction programs, administrative review and appeals

      For activities authorized by section 130005 of the Violent Crime 
Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322),

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as amended, $48,000,000, to remain available until expended, which shall 
be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.

                       office of inspector general

      For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, $31,960,000; including not to exceed $10,000 to meet unforeseen 
emergencies of a confidential character, to be expended under the 
direction of, and to be accounted for solely under the certificate of, 
the Attorney General; and for the acquisition, lease, maintenance, and 
operation of motor vehicles, without regard to the general purchase 
price limitation for the current fiscal year.

                     United States Parole Commission

                          salaries and expenses

      For necessary expenses of the United States Parole Commission as 
authorized by law, $4,845,000.

                            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, and to be accounted for solely under the certificate of, the 
Attorney General; and rent of private or Government-owned space in the 
District of Columbia; 420,793,000; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 
for litigation support contracts shall remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of the funds available in this appropriation, not to 
exceed $17,525,000 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 of the total amount appropriated, 
not to exceed $1,000 shall be available to the United States National 
Central Bureau, INTERPOL, for official reception and representation 
expenses: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1342, the 
Attorney General may accept on behalf of the United States, and credit 
to this appropriation, gifts of money, personal property and services, 
for the purposes of hosting the International Criminal Police 
Organization's (INTERPOL) American Regional Conference in the United 
States during fiscal year 1997: Provided further, That not to exceed 8 
permanent positions and 10 full-time equivalent workyears and $987,000 
shall be expended for the Office of Legislative Affairs and Public 
Affairs: Provided further, That the latter two aforementioned offices 
shall not be augmented by personnel details, temporary transfers of 
personnel on either a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis or any other 
type of formal or informal transfer or reimbursement of personnel or 
funds on either a temporary or long-term basis.
      In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the Department of 
Justice associated with processing cases under the National Childhood 
Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 as amended, not to exceed

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$4,028,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation 
Trust Fund.
      For an additional amount for expenses of the Criminal Division 
relating to terrorism, $1,719,000: Provided, That the entire amount is 
designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985, as amended.

       violent crime reduction programs, general legal activities

      For the expeditious deportation of denied asylum applicants, as 
authorized by section 130005 of the Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322), as amended, $7,750,000, to 
remain available until expended, which shall be derived from the Violent 
Crime Reduction Trust Fund.

                salaries and expenses, antitrust division

      For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust and 
kindred laws, $76,447,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, not to exceed $58,905,000 of offsetting collections 
derived from fees collected for premerger notification filings under the 
Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18(a)) 
shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation, 
and shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That the 
sum herein appropriated from the General Fund shall be reduced as such 
offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 1997, so as to 
result in a final fiscal year 1997 appropriation from the General Fund 
estimated at not more than $17,542,000: Provided further, That any fees 
received in excess of $58,905,000 in fiscal year 1997, shall remain 
available until expended, but shall not be available for obligation 
until October 1, 1997.

             salaries and expenses, united states attorneys

      For necessary expenses of the Office of the United States 
Attorneys, including intergovernmental agreements, $923,340,000; of 
which not to exceed $2,500,000 shall be available until September 30, 
1998, for the purposes of (1) providing training of personnel of the 
Department of Justice in debt collection, (2) providing services to the 
Department of Justice related to locating debtors and their property, 
such as title searches, debtor skiptracing, asset searches, credit 
reports and other investigations, (3) paying the costs of the Department 
of Justice for the sale 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, and (4) paying the costs of processing and tracking debts owed to 
the United States Government: Provided, That of the total amount 
appropriated, not to exceed $8,000 shall be available for official 
reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That not to 
exceed $10,000,000 of those funds available for automated litigation 
support contracts shall remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That $1,900,000 for supervision of the International 
Brotherhood of Teamsters national election, shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That in addition to reimbursable full-time 
equivalent workyears available to the Office of the United States 
Attorneys,

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not to exceed 8,652 positions and 8,936 full-time equivalent workyears 
shall be supported from the funds appropriated in this Act for the 
United States Attorneys.
      For an additional amount for expenses relating to terrorism and 
security needs, $10,900,000: Provided, That the entire amount is 
designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985, as amended.

        violent crime reduction programs, united states attorneys

      For activities authorized by sections 40114, 130005, 190001(b), 
190001(d) and 250005 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 
Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322), as amended, and section 815 of the 
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-
132), $43,876,000, to remain available until expended, which shall be 
derived from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, of which 
$28,602,000 shall be available to help meet the increased demands for 
litigation and related activities, $4,641,000 for Southwest Border 
Control, $1,000,000 for Federal victim counselors, and $9,633,000 for 
expeditious deportation of denied asylum applicants.

                    united states trustee system fund

      For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee Program, as 
authorized by 28 U.S.C. 589a(a), $107,950,000, to remain available until 
expended and to be derived from the United States Trustee System Fund: 
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, deposits to 
the Fund shall be available in such amounts as may be necessary to pay 
refunds due depositors: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, $107,950,000 of offsetting collections derived from 
fees collected pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 589a(b) shall be retained and used 
for necessary expenses in this appropriation and remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the 
Fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received during 
fiscal year 1997, so as to result in a final fiscal year 1997 
appropriation from the Fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That any 
such fees collected in excess of $107,950,000 in fiscal year 1997 shall 
remain available until expended but shall not be available for 
obligation until October 1, 1997.

       salaries and expenses, foreign claims settlement commission

      For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the Foreign 
Claims Settlement Commission, including services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, $953,000.

          salaries and expenses, united states marshals service

      For necessary expenses of the United States Marshals Service; 
including the acquisition, lease, maintenance, and operation of vehicles 
and aircraft, and the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for police-
type use, without regard to the general purchase price limitation for 

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