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                                                       Calendar No. 153
106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1217

                          [Report No. 106-76]

  Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and 
 State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
              September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 14, 1999

Mr. Gregg, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 
     original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar

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                                 A BILL


 
  Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and 
 State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
              September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums 
are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the 
Judiciary, and related agencies programs for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2000, and for other purposes, namely:

                     TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

                         General Administration

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the administration of the Department of 
Justice, $82,485,000, 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 $8,136,000 shall be expended for the Department 
Leadership Program exclusive of augmentation that occurred in these 
offices in fiscal year 1999: Provided further, That not to exceed 41 
permanent positions and 48 full-time equivalent workyears and 
$4,811,000 shall be expended for the Offices of Legislative Affairs and 
Public Affairs: Provided further, That the latter two aforementioned 
offices may utilize non-reimbursable details of career employees within 
the caps described in the aforementioned proviso.

                     joint automated booking system

    For expenses necessary for the nationwide deployment of a Joint 
Automated Booking System, $6,000,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                       narrowband communications

    For the costs of conversion to narrowband communications as 
mandated by section 104 of the National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 903(d)(1)), 
$20,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
funds may be transferred to any Department of Justice organization upon 
approval by the Attorney General: Provided further, That any transfer 
pursuant to the previous proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming 
under section 605 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in 
that section.

                         counterterrorism fund

    For necessary expenses, as determined by the Attorney General, 
$27,000,000, 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; (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 any Federal agency may be 
reimbursed for the costs of detaining in foreign countries individuals 
accused of acts of terrorism that violate the laws of the United 
States: Provided further, That funds provided under this paragraph 
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.

               telecommunications carrier compliance fund

    For payments authorized by section 109 of the Communications 
Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (47 U.S.C. 1008), $15,000,000, to 
remain available until expended.

                   administrative review and appeals

    For expenses necessary for the administration of pardon and 
clemency petitions and immigration related activities, $30,727,000.
    In addition, $59,251,000 for such purposes, to remain available 
until expended, to 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, $32,049,000; 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.

                    United States Parole Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the United States Parole Commission as 
authorized by law, $7,176,000.

                            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, $299,260,000; 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 $55,166,000 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.
    In addition, $185,740,000 for such purposes, to remain available 
until expended, to be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust 
Fund.
    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 $4,028,000, to be 
appropriated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund.

               salaries and expenses, antitrust division

    For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust and kindred 
laws, $112,318,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, not to exceed $112,318,000 of offsetting collections derived 
from fees collected in fiscal year 2000 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 2000, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2000 appropriation 
from the General Fund estimated at not more than $0.

             salaries and expenses, united states attorneys

    For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United States 
Attorneys, including intergovernmental and cooperative agreements, 
$589,478,000; of which not to exceed $2,500,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2000, for (1) training personnel in debt 
collection, (2) locating debtors and their property, (3) paying the net 
costs of selling property, and (4) 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, notwithstanding any 
other provision of this Act, of the amount made available under this 
heading, not to exceed $20,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged 
with, funds in the ``Federal Prisoner Detention'' appropriations 
account: 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 not to exceed 
$2,500,000 for the operation of the National Advocacy Center shall 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$1,000,000 shall remain available until expended for the expansion of 
existing Violent Crime Task Forces in United States Attorneys Offices 
into demonstration projects, including inter-governmental, inter-local, 
cooperative, and task-force agreements, however denominated, and 
contracts with State and local prosecutorial and law enforcement 
agencies engaged in the investigation and prosecution of violent 
crimes: Provided further, That, in addition to reimbursable full-time 
equivalent workyears available to the Offices of the United States 
Attorneys, not to exceed 9,044 positions and 9,312 full-time equivalent 
workyears shall be supported from the funds appropriated in this Act or 
made available during fiscal year 2000 under any other Act for the 
United States Attorneys, of which 2,107 positions and 2,171 full-time 
equivalents shall be dedicated to civil or civil defensive litigation: 
Provided further, That $25,000,000 shall only be available to support 
or establish task forces to enforce Federal laws related to preventing 
the possession by criminals of firearms (as defined in section 921(a) 
of title 18, United States Code), of which $5,000,000 shall be for a 
task force in each of the paired locations of Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania, and Camden, New Jersey; Las Cruces, New Mexico, and 
Albuquerque, New Mexico; Savannah, Georgia, and Charleston, South 
Carolina; Baltimore, Maryland, and Prince Georges County, Maryland; and 
Denver, Colorado, and Salt Lake City, Utah.
    In addition, $500,000,000 for such purposes, to remain available 
until expended, to be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust 
Fund.

                   united states trustee system fund

    For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee Program, as 
authorized by 28 U.S.C. 589a(a), $112,775,000, 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, $112,775,000 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 2000, so as to result in a 
final fiscal year 2000 appropriation from the Fund estimated at $0.

      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, $1,175,000.

         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 the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for police-type 
use, without regard to the general purchase price limitation for the 
current fiscal year, $409,253,000, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 561(i); 
of which not to exceed $6,000 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses; and of which not to exceed $4,000,000 for 
development, implementation, maintenance and support, and training for 
an automated prisoner information system shall remain available until 
expended: Provided, That none of the amount made available under this 
heading may be used to contract with any individual to perform the 
duties of an officer or employee of the United States Marshals Service 
on a temporary or intermittent basis, except for prisoner ground 
transport, service of process, and evictions: Provided further, That 
none of the amount made available under this heading may be used for 
the service of process on any person by an officer or employee of the 
United States Marshals Service, unless such service of process is 
pursuant to a written request made by a judge of the United States (as 
defined in section 451 of title 28, United States Code) and approved by 
the Attorney General.
    In addition, $138,000,000 for such purposes, to remain available 
until expended, to be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust 
Fund.

                              construction

    For planning, constructing, renovating, equipping, and maintaining 
United States Marshals Service prisoner-holding space in United States 
courthouses and federal buildings, including the renovation and 
expansion of prisoner movement areas, elevators, and sallyports, 
$9,632,000, to remain available until expended.

 justice prisoner and alien transportation system fund, united states 
                            marshals service

    Beginning in fiscal year 2000 and thereafter, payment shall be made 
from the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System Fund for the 
payment of necessary expenses related to the scheduling and 
transportation of United States prisoners and illegal and criminal 
aliens in the custody of the United States Marshals Service, as 
authorized in 18 U.S.C. 4013, including, without limitation, salaries 
and expenses, operations, and the acquisition, lease, and maintenance 
of aircraft and support facilities: Provided, That the Fund shall be 
reimbursed or credited with advance payments from amounts available to 
the Department of Justice, other Federal agencies, and other sources at 
rates that will recover the expenses of Fund operations, including, 
without limitation, accrual of annual leave and depreciation of plant 
and equipment of the Fund: Provided further, That proceeds from the 
disposal of Fund aircraft shall be credited to the Fund: Provided 
further, That amounts in the Fund shall be available without fiscal 
year limitation, and may be used for operating equipment lease 
agreements that do not exceed 5 years: Provided further, That with 
respect to the transportation of Federal, State, local and territorial 
prisoners and detainees, the lease or rent of aircraft by the Justice 
Prisoner Air Transport System shall be considered use of public 
aircraft pursuant to 49 U.S.C. section 40102(a)(37).
    For the initial capitalization costs of the Fund, $9,000,000.

                       federal prisoner detention

    For expenses, related to United States prisoners in the custody of 
the United States Marshals Service as authorized in 18 U.S.C. 4013, but 

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