[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2076 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 100
104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2076

                          [Report No. 104-196]

  Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and 
 State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
              September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 19, 1995

    Mr. Rogers, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the 
following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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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, 1996, 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 fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, 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, $74,282,000; including not to exceed $3,317,000 for the 
Facilities Program 2000, and including $5,000,000 for management and 
oversight of Immigration and Naturalization Service activities, both 
sums to remain available until expended.

                         counterterrorism fund

    For necessary expenses, as determined by the Attorney General, 
$26,898,000, 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 
section 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.

                   administrative review and appeals

    For expenses necessary for the administration of pardon and 
clemency petitions and immigration related activities, $39,736,000.

  violent crime reduction programs, administrative review and appeals

    For activities authorized by sections 130005 and 130007 of Public 
Law 103-322, $47,780,000, 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, $30,484,000; 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.

                    United States Parole Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the United States Parole Commission as 
authorized by law, $5,446,000.

                            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 activities authorized 
by title X of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and 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; $401,929,000; 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 $22,618,000 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 purpose of hosting the International 
Criminal Police Organization's (INTERPOL) American Regional Conference 
in the United States during fiscal year 1996.
    In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the Department of 
Justice associated with processing cases under the National Childhood 
Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, not to exceed $4,028,000, to be 
appropriated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund, as 
authorized by section 6601 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, 
1989, as amended by Public Law 101-512 (104 Stat. 1289).

       violent crime reduction programs, general legal activities

    For the expeditious deportation of denied asylum applicants, as 
authorized by section 130005 of Public Law 103-322, $7,591,000, 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, $69,143,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, not to exceed $48,262,000 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 1996, so as to 
result in a final fiscal year 1996 appropriation from the General Fund 
estimated at not more than $20,881,000: Provided further, That any fees 
received in excess of $48,262,000 in fiscal year 1996, shall remain 
available until expended, but shall not be available for obligation 
until October 1, 1996.

             salaries and expenses, united states attorneys

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the United States 
Attorneys, including intergovernmental agreements, $896,825,000, of 
which not to exceed $2,500,000 shall be available until September 30, 
1997 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 and $4,000,000 for security equipment 
shall remain available until expended.

       violent crime reduction programs, united states attorneys

    For activities authorized by sections 190001(d), 40114 and 130005 
of Public Law 103-322, $14,731,000, to remain available until expended, 
which shall be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, of 
which $5,000,000 shall be available to help meet increased demands for 
litigation and related activities, $500,000 to implement a program to 
appoint additional Federal Victim's Counselors, and $9,231,000 for 
expeditious deportation of denied asylum applicants.

                   united states trustee system fund

    For the necessary expenses of the United States Trustee Program, 
$101,596,000, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 589a(a), to remain available 
until expended, for activities authorized by section 115 of the 
Bankruptcy Judges, United States Trustees, and Family Farmer Bankruptcy 
Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-554), which shall be derived from the United 
States Trustee System Fund: Provided, That deposits to the Fund are 
available in such amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds due 
depositors: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, not to exceed $44,191,000 of offsetting collections derived 
from fees collected pursuant to section 589a(f) of title 28, United 
States Code, as amended, shall be retained and used for necessary 
expenses in this appropriation: Provided further, That the $101,596,000 
herein appropriated from the United States Trustee System Fund shall be 
reduced as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 
1996, so as to result in a final fiscal year 1996 appropriation from 
such Fund estimated at not more than $57,405,000: Provided further, 
That any of the aforementioned fees collected in excess of $44,191,000 
in fiscal year 1996 shall remain available until expended, but shall 
not be available for obligation until October 1, 1996.

      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, $830,000.

         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 the current fiscal year; $418,973,000, 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.

    violent crime reduction programs, united states marshals service

    For activities authorized by section 190001(b) of Public Law 103-
322, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended, which shall be 
derived from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.

                   support of united states prisoners

    For support of United States prisoners in the custody of the United 
States Marshals Service as authorized in 18 U.S.C. 4013, but not 
including expenses otherwise provided for in appropriations available 
to the Attorney General; $250,331,000, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 
561(i), to remain available until expended.

                     fees and expenses of witnesses

    For expenses, mileage, compensation, and per diems of witnesses, 
for expenses of contracts for the procurement and supervision of expert 
witnesses, for private counsel expenses, and for per diems in lieu of 
subsistence, as authorized by law, including advances, $85,000,000, to 
remain available until expended; of which not to exceed $4,750,000 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; of which not to 
exceed $1,000,000 may be made available for the purchase and 
maintenance of armored vehicles for transportation of protected 
witnesses; and of which not to exceed $4,000,000 may be made available 
for the purchase, installation and maintenance of a secure automated 
information network to store and retrieve the identities and locations 
of protected witnesses.

                         assets forfeiture fund

    For expenses authorized by 28 U.S.C. 524(c)(1)(A)(ii), (B), (C), 
(F), and (G), as amended, $35,000,000 to be derived from the Department 
of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund.

                    Radiation Exposure Compensation

                        administrative expenses

    For necessary administrative expenses in accordance with the 
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, $2,655,000.

         payment to radiation exposure compensation trust fund

    For payments to the Radiation Exposure Compensation Trust Fund, 
$16,264,000, to become available on October 1, 1996.

                      Interagency Law Enforcement

                 interagency crime and drug enforcement

    For necessary expenses for the detection, investigation, and 
prosecution of individuals involved in organized crime drug trafficking 
not otherwise provided for, to include intergovernmental agreements 
with State and local law enforcement agencies engaged in the 
investigation and prosecution of individuals involved in organized 
crime drug trafficking, $374,943,000, of which $50,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended: Provided, That any amounts obligated from 
appropriations under this heading may be used under authorities 
available to the organizations reimbursed from this appropriation: 
Provided further, That any unobligated balances remaining available at 
the end of the fiscal year shall revert to the Attorney General for 
reallocation among participating organizations in succeeding fiscal 
years, subject to the reprogramming procedures described in section 605 
of this Act.

                    Federal Bureau of Investigation

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for detection, investigation, and 
prosecution of crimes against the United States; including purchase for 
police-type use of not to exceed 1,815 passenger motor vehicles of 
which 1,300 will be for replacement only, without regard to the general 
purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year, and hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; acquisition, lease, maintenance and operation 
of aircraft; and not to exceed $70,000 to meet 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; $2,251,481,000, of which not to exceed $50,000,000 for 
automated data processing and telecommunications and technical 
investigative equipment and $1,000,000 for undercover operations shall 
remain available until September 30, 1997; of which not to exceed 
$14,000,000 for research and development related to investigative 
activities shall remain available until expended; of which not to 
exceed $10,000,000 is authorized to be made available for making 
payments or advances for expenses arising out of contractual or 
reimbursable agreements with State and local law enforcement agencies 
while engaged in cooperative activities related to violent crime, 
terrorism, organized crime, and drug investigations; and of which 
$1,500,000 shall be available to maintain an independent program office 
dedicated solely to the relocation of the Criminal Justice Information 
Services Division and the automation of fingerprint identification 
services: Provided, That not to exceed $45,000 shall be available for 
official reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That 
$50,000,000 for expenses related to digital telephony shall be 
available for obligation only upon enactment of authorization 
legislation.

                    violent crime reduction programs

    For activities authorized by Public Law 103-322, $80,600,000, to 
remain available until expended, which shall be derived from the 
Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, of which $35,000,000 shall be for 
activities authorized by section 190001(c); $27,800,000 for activities 
authorized by section 190001(b); $4,000,000 for Training and 
Investigative Assistance authorized by section 210501(c)(2); $8,300,000 
for training facility improvements at the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation Academy at Quantico, Virginia authorized by section 
210501(c)(3); and $5,500,000 for establishing DNA quality assurance and 
proficiency testing standards, establishing an index to facilitate law 
enforcement exchange of DNA identification information, and related 
activities authorized by section 210306.

                              construction

    For necessary expenses to construct or acquire buildings and sites 
by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by law (including equipment for 
such buildings); conversion and extension of federally-owned buildings; 
and preliminary planning and design of projects; $98,400,000, to 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, and to 
be accounted for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney General; 
expenses for conducting drug education and training 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 1,208 passenger motor vehicles, of 
which 1,178 will be 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; 
$781,488,000, of which not to exceed $1,800,000 for research and 
$15,000,000 for transfer to the Drug Diversion Control Fee Account for 
operating expenses shall remain available until expended, and of which 
not to exceed $4,000,000 for purchase of evidence and payments for 
information, not to exceed $4,000,000 for contracting for ADP and 
telecommunications equipment, and not to exceed $2,000,000 for 
technical and laboratory equipment shall remain available until 
September 30, 1997, and of which not to exceed $50,000 shall be 
available for official reception and representation expenses.

                    violent crime reduction programs

    For Drug Enforcement Administration agents authorized by section 
180104 of Public Law 103-322, $12,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, which shall be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust 
Fund.

                 Immigration and Naturalization Service

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
administration and enforcement of the laws relating to immigration, 
naturalization, and alien registration, including not to exceed $50,000 
to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character, to be 
expended under the direction of, and to be accounted for solely under 
the certificate of, the Attorney General; purchase for police-type use 
(not to exceed 813 of which 177 are 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; $1,421,481,000, of which not to exceed 
$400,000 for research shall remain available until expended, and of 
which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be available for costs associated 
with the training program for basic officer training: Provided, That 
none of the funds available to the Immigration and Naturalization 
Service shall be available for administrative expenses to pay any 
employee overtime pay in an amount in excess of $25,000 during the 
calendar year beginning January 1, 1996: Provided further, That 
uniforms may be purchased without regard to the general purchase price 
limitation for the current fiscal year: Provided further, That not to 
exceed $5,000 shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses: Provided further, That the Attorney General 
may transfer to the Department of Labor and the Social Security 
Administration not to exceed $30,000,000 for programs to verify the 
immigration status of persons seeking employment in the United States: 
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act may 
be used to operate the Border Patrol traffic checkpoints located in San 
Clemente, California, at interstate highway 5 and in Temecula, 
California, at interstate highway 15.

                    violent crime reduction programs

    For activities authorized by sections 130005, 130006, 130007, and 
190001(b) of Public Law 103-322, $303,542,000, to remain available 
until expended, which shall be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction 
Trust Fund, of which $44,089,000 shall be for expeditious deportation 
of denied asylum applicants, $218,800,000 for improving border 
controls, $35,153,000 for expanded special deportation proceedings, and 
$5,500,000 for border patrol equipment.

                              construction

    For planning, construction, renovation, equipping and maintenance 
of buildings and facilities necessary for the administration and 
enforcement of the laws relating to immigration, naturalization, and 
alien registration, not otherwise provided for, $11,000,000, 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, including 
purchase (not to exceed 853, of which 559 are for replacement only) and 
hire of law enforcement and passenger motor vehicles; and for the 
provision of technical assistance and advice on corrections related 
issues to foreign governments; $2,574,578,000: 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 the Director of the Federal Prison System (FPS), where 
necessary, may enter into contracts with a fiscal agent/fiscal 
intermediary claims processor to determine the amounts payable to 
persons who, on behalf of the FPS, furnish health services to 
individuals committed to the custody of the FPS: Provided further, That 
uniforms may be purchased without regard to the general purchase price 
limitation for the current fiscal year: Provided further, That not to 
exceed $6,000 shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$50,000,000 for the activation of new facilities shall remain available 
until September 30, 1997: Provided further, That of the amounts 
provided for Contract Confinement, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended to make payments in advance for grants, 
contracts and reimbursable agreements and other expenses authorized by 
section 501(c) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 for the 
care and security in the United States of Cuban and Haitian entrants.

                    violent crime reduction programs

    For substance abuse treatment in Federal prisons as authorized by 
section 32001(e) of Public Law 103-322, $13,500,000, to remain 
available until expended, which shall be derived from the Violent Crime 
Reduction Trust Fund.

                        buildings and facilities

    For planning, acquisition of sites and construction of new 
facilities; leasing the Oklahoma City Airport Trust Facility; purchase 
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 necessary buildings and 
facilities at existing penal and correctional institutions, including 
all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force account; 
$323,728,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to 
exceed $14,074,000 shall be available to construct areas for inmate 
work programs: Provided, That labor of United States prisoners may be 
used for work performed under this appropriation: Provided further, 
That not to exceed 10 percent of the funds appropriated to ``Buildings 
and Facilities'' 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 Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate in compliance with provisions set 
forth in section 605 of this Act: Provided further, That of the total 
amount appropriated, not to exceed $22,351,000 shall be available for 
the renovation and construction of United States Marshals Service 
prisoner holding facilities.

                federal prison industries, incorporated

    The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is hereby authorized 
to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing 
authority available, and in accord with the law, and to make such 
contracts and commitments, without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may be 
necessary in carrying out the program set forth in the budget for the 
current fiscal year for such corporation, including purchase of (not to 
exceed five for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles.

   limitation on administrative expenses, federal prison industries, 
                              incorporated

    Not to exceed $3,559,000 of the funds of the corporation shall be 
available for its administrative expenses, and for services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to be computed on an accrual basis to be 
determined in accordance with the corporation's current prescribed 
accounting system, and such amounts 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 assistance 
authorized by title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968, as amended, and the Missing Children's Assistance Act, as 
amended, including salaries and expenses in connection therewith, and 
with the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, as amended, $97,977,000, to 
remain available until expended, as authorized by section 1001 of title 
I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act, as amended by 
Public Law 102-534 (106 Stat. 3524).

          violent crime reduction programs, justice assistance

    For assistance (including amounts for administrative costs for 
management and administration, which amounts shall be transferred to 
and merged with the ``Justice Assistance'' account) authorized by the 
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, Public Law 103-
322 (``the 1994 Act''); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968, as amended (``the 1968 Act''); and the Victims of Child Abuse 
Act of 1990, as amended (``the 1990 Act''), $102,400,000, to remain 
available until expended, which shall be derived from the Violent Crime 
Reduction Trust Fund; of which $6,000,000 shall be for the Court 
Appointed Special Advocate Program, as authorized by section 218 of the 
1990 Act; $750,000 for Child Abuse Training Programs for Judicial 
Personnel and Practitioners, as authorized by section 224 of the 1990 
Act; $32,750,000 for Grants to Combat Violence Against Women, as 
authorized by section 1001(a)(18) of the 1968 Act; $28,000,000 for 
Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies, as authorized by section 
1001(a)(19) of the 1968 Act; $7,000,000 for Rural Domestic Violence and 
Child Abuse Enforcement Assistance Grants, as authorized by section 
40295 of the 1994 Act; $27,000,000 for grants for Residential Substance 
Abuse Treatment For State Prisoners, as authorized by section 
1001(a)(17) of the 1968 Act; and $900,000 for the Missing Alzheimer's 
Disease Patient Alert Program, as authorized by section 240001(d) of 
the 1994 Act: Provided further, That any balances for these programs 
shall be transferred to and merged with this appropriation.

               state and local law enforcement assistance

    For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance 
authorized by part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968, as amended, for State and Local Narcotics Control 
and Justice Assistance Improvements, notwithstanding the provisions of 
section 511 of said Act, $50,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, as authorized by section 1001 of title I of said Act, as 
amended by Public Law 102-534 (106 Stat. 3524), which shall be 
available only to carry out the provisions of chapter A of subpart 2 of 
part E of title I of said Act, for discretionary grants under the 
Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance 
Programs: Provided further, That balances of amounts appropriated prior 
to fiscal year 1995 under the authorities of this account shall be 
transferred to and merged with this account.

   violent crime reduction programs, state and local law enforcement 
                               assistance

    For assistance (including amounts for administrative costs for 
management and administration, which amounts shall be transferred to 
and merged with the ``Justice Assistance'' account) authorized by the 
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, Public Law 103-
322 (``the 1994 Act''); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968, as amended (``the 1968 Act''); and the Victims of Child Abuse 
Act of 1990, as amended (``the 1990 Act''), $3,333,343,000, to remain 
available until expended, which shall be derived from the Violent Crime 
Reduction Trust Fund; of which $2,000,000,000 shall be for Local Law 
Enforcement Block Grants, pursuant to H.R. 728 as passed by the House 
of Representatives on February 14, 1995; $25,000,000 for grants to 
upgrade criminal records, as authorized by section 106(b) of the Brady 
Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993, as amended, and section 4(b) 
of the National Child Protection Act of 1993; $475,000,000 as 
authorized by section 1001 of title I of the 1968 Act, which shall be 
available to carry out the provisions of subpart 1, part E of title I 
of the 1968 Act, notwithstanding section 511 of said Act, for the 
Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance 
Programs; $300,000,000 for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, 
as authorized by section 501 of the Immigration Reform and Control Act 
of 1986, as amended; $19,643,000 for Youthful Offender Incarceration 
Grants, as authorized by section 1001(a)(16) of the 1968 Act; 
$500,000,000 for Truth in Sentencing Grants pursuant to section 101 of 
H.R. 667 as passed by the House of Representatives on February 10, 1995 
of which not to exceed $200,000,000 is available for payments to States 
for incarceration of criminal aliens pursuant to section 508 as 
proposed by such section 101; $1,000,000 for grants to States and units 
of local government for projects to improve DNA analysis, as authorized 
by section 1001(a)(22) of the 1968 Act; $10,000,000 for Improved 
Training and Technical Automation Grants, as authorized by section 
210501(c)(1) of the 1994 Act; $200,000 for grants to assist in 
establishing and operating programs for the prevention, diagnosis, 
treatment and followup care of tuberculosis among inmates of 
correctional institutions, as authorized by section 32201(c)(3) of the 
1994 Act; $1,500,000 for Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Programs, as 
authorized by section 220002(h) of the 1994 Act; $1,000,000 for Gang 
Investigation Coordination and Information Collection, as authorized by 
section 150006 of the 1994 Act: Provided, That funds made available in 
fiscal year 1996 under subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended, may be 
obligated for programs to assist States in the litigation processing of 
death penalty Federal habeas corpus petitions: Provided further, That 
any 1995 balances for these programs shall be transferred to and merged 
with this appropriation.

                       weed and seed program fund

    For necessary expenses, including salaries and related expenses of 
the Executive Office for Weed and Seed, to implement ``Weed and Seed'' 
program activities, $23,500,000, of which $13,500,000 shall be derived 
from discretionary grants provided under the Edward Byrne Memorial 
State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Programs and $10,000,000 
shall be derived from discretionary grants provided under part C of 
title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act, to 
remain available until expended for intergovernmental agreements, 
including grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts, with State and 
local law enforcement agencies engaged in the investigation and 
prosecution of violent crimes and drug offenses in ``Weed and Seed'' 
designated communities, and for either reimbursements or transfers to 
appropriation accounts of the Department of Justice and other Federal 
agencies which shall be specified by the Attorney General to execute 
the ``Weed and Seed'' program strategy: Provided, That funds designated 
by Congress through language for other Department of Justice 
appropriation accounts for ``Weed and Seed'' program activities shall 
be managed and executed by the Attorney General through the Executive 
Office for Weed and Seed: Provided further, That the Attorney General 
may direct the use of other Department of Justice funds and personnel 
in support of ``Weed and Seed'' program activities 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.

                       juvenile justice programs

    For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance 
authorized by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 
1974, as amended, including salaries and expenses in connection 
therewith to be transferred to and merged with the appropriations for 
Justice Assistance, $144,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
as authorized by section 299 of part I of title II and section 506 of 
title V of the Act, as amended by Public Law 102-586, of which: (1) 
$100,000,000 shall be available for expenses authorized by parts A, B, 
and C of title II of the Act; (2) $10,000,000 shall be available for 
expenses authorized by sections 281 and 282 of part D of title II of 
the Act for prevention and treatment programs relating to juvenile 
gangs; (3) $10,000,000 shall be available for expenses authorized by 
section 285 of part E of title II of the Act; (4) $4,000,000 shall be 
available for expenses authorized by part G of title II of the Act for 
juvenile mentoring programs; and (5) $20,000,000 shall be available for 
expenses authorized by title V of the Act for incentive grants for 
local delinquency prevention programs.
    In addition, for grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 
other assistance authorized by the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990, 
as amended, $4,500,000, to remain available until expended, as 
authorized by section 214B, of the Act: Provided, That balances of 
amounts appropriated prior to fiscal year 1995 under the authorities of 
this account shall be transferred to and merged with this account.

                    public safety officers benefits

    For payments authorized by part L of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796), as amended, such 
sums as are necessary, to remain available until expended, as 
authorized by section 6093 of Public Law 100-690 (102 Stat. 4339-4340), 
and, in addition, $2,134,000, to remain available until expended, for 
payments as authorized by section 1201(b) of said Act.

               General Provisions--Department of Justice

    Sec. 101. In addition to amounts otherwise made available in this 
title for official reception and representation expenses, a total of 
not to exceed $45,000 from funds appropriated to the Department of 
Justice in this title shall be available to the Attorney General for 
official reception and representation expenses in accordance with 
distributions, procedures, and regulations established by the Attorney 
General.
    Sec. 102. Subject to section 102(b) of the Department of Justice 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993, as amended by section 
112 of this Act, authorities contained in Public Law 96-132, ``The 
Department of Justice Appropriation 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.
    Sec. 103. 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 
unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this section 
shall be null and void.
    Sec. 104. 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. 105. 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 104 intended to address the 
philosophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of Prisons.
    Sec. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed 
$10,000,000 of the funds made available in the Act may be used to pay 
rewards and shall not be subject to spending limitations contained in 
sections 3059 and 3072 of title 18, United States Code: Provided, That 
any reward of $100,000 or more, up to a maximum of $2,000,000, may not 
be made without the personal approval of the President or the Attorney 
General and such approval may not be delegated.
    Sec. 107. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice in 
this Act, including those derived from the Violent Crime Reduction 
Trust Fund, may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such 
appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be 
increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That 
this section shall not apply to any appropriation made available in 
title I of this Act under the heading, ``Office of Justice Programs, 
Justice Assistance'': Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to 
this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds 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.
    Sec. 108. For fiscal year 1996 and each fiscal year thereafter, 
amounts in the Federal Prison System's Commissary Fund, Federal 
Prisons, which are not currently needed for operations, shall be kept 
on deposit or invested in obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United 
States and all earnings on such investments shall be deposited in the 
Commissary Fund.
    Sec. 109. Section 524(c)(9) of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by adding subparagraph (E), as follows:
    ``(E) Subject to the notification procedures contained in section 
605 of Public Law 103-121, and after satisfying the transfer 
requirement in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, any excess 
unobligated balance remaining in the Fund on September 30, 1995 shall 
be available to the Attorney General, without fiscal year limitation, 
for any Federal law enforcement, litigative/prosecutive, and 
correctional activities, or any other authorized purpose of the 
Department of Justice. Any amounts provided pursuant to this 
subparagraph may be used under authorities available to the 
organization receiving the funds.''.
    Sec. 110. Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
            (1) no transfers may be made from Department of Justice 
        accounts other than those authorized in this Act, or in 
        previous or subsequent appropriations Acts for the Department 
        of Justice, or in part II of title 28 of the United States 
        Code, or in section 10601 of title 42 of the United States 
        Code; and
            (2) no appropriation account within the Department of 
        Justice shall have its allocation of funds controlled by other 
        than an apportionment issued by the Office of Management and 
        Budget or an allotment advice issued by the Department of 
        Justice.
    Sec. 111. (a) Section 1930(a)(6) of title 28, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ``a plan is confirmed or''.
    (b) Section 589a(b)(5) of such title is amended by striking ``;'' 
and inserting, ``until a reorganization plan is confirmed;''.
    (c) Section 589a(f) of such title is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2) by striking ``.'' and inserting, 
        ``until a reorganization plan is confirmed;'', and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(3) 100 percent of the fees collected under section 
        1930(a)(6) of this title after a reorganization plan is 
        confirmed.''.
    Sec. 112. Public Law 102-395, section 102 is amended as follows: 
(1) in subsection (b)(1) strike ``years 1993, 1994, and 1995'' and 
insert ``year 1996''; (2) in subsection (b)(1)(C) strike ``years 1993, 
1994, and 1995'' and insert ``year 1996''; and (3) in subsection 
(b)(5)(A) strike ``years 1993, 1994, and 1995'' and insert ``year 
1996''.
    Sec. 113. Public Law 101-515 (104 Stat. 2112; 28 U.S.C. 534 note) 
is amended by inserting ``and criminal justice information'' after 
``for the automation of fingerprint identification''.
    This title may be cited as the ``Department of Justice 
Appropriations Act, 1996''.

         TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND RELATED AGENCIES

                  Trade and Infrastructure Development

                            RELATED AGENCIES

            Office of the United States Trade Representative

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the United States Trade 
Representative, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles and the 
employment of experts and consultants as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$20,949,000, of which $2,500,000 shall remain available until expended: 
Provided, That not to exceed $98,000 shall be available for official 
reception and representation expenses.

                     International Trade Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the International Trade Commission, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $42,500,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

                   International Trade Administration

                     operations and administration

    For necessary expenses for international trade activities of the 
Department of Commerce provided for by law, and engaging in trade 
promotional activities abroad, including expenses of grants and 
cooperative agreements for the purpose of promoting exports of United 
States firms, without regard to 44 U.S.C. 3702 and 3703; full medical 
coverage for dependent members of immediate families of employees 
stationed overseas and employees temporarily posted overseas; travel 
and transportation of employees of the United States and Foreign 
Commercial Service between two points abroad, without regard to 49 
U.S.C. 1517; employment of Americans and aliens by contract for 
services; 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; 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 $327,000 for official representation expenses 
abroad; purchase of passenger motor vehicles for official use abroad, 
not to exceed $30,000 per vehicle; obtain insurance on official motor 
vehicles; and rent tie lines and teletype equipment; $264,885,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That the provisions of the 
first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the 
Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) 
and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these activities without 
regard to 15 U.S.C. 4912; and that for the purpose of this Act, 
contributions under the provisions of the Mutual Educational and 
Cultural Exchange Act shall include payment for assessments for 
services provided as part of these activities.

                         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 $15,000 for 
official representation expenses abroad; awards of compensation to 
informers under the Export Administration Act of 1979, and as 
authorized by 22 U.S.C. 401(b); purchase of passenger motor vehicles 
for official use and motor vehicles for law enforcement use with 
special requirement vehicles eligible for purchase without regard to 
any price limitation otherwise established by law; $38,644,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That the provisions of the 
first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the 
Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) 
and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these activities.

                  Economic Development Administration

                economic development assistance programs

    For grants for economic development assistance as provided by the 
Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as amended, Public 
Law 91-304, and such laws that were in effect immediately before 
September 30, 1982, and for trade adjustment assistance, $328,500,000: 
Provided, 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, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Commerce may provide financial assistance for projects to 
be located on military installations closed or scheduled for closure or 
realignment to grantees eligible for assistance under the Public Works 
and Economic Development Act of 1965, as amended, without it being 
required that the grantee have title or ability to obtain a lease for 
the property, for the useful life of the project, when in the opinion 
of the Secretary of Commerce, such financial assistance is necessary 
for the economic development of the area: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Commerce may, as the Secretary considers appropriate, 
consult with the Secretary of Defense regarding the title to land on 
military installations closed or scheduled for closure or realignment.

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of administering the economic development 
assistance programs as provided for by law, $20,000,000: Provided, That 
these funds may be used to monitor projects approved pursuant to title 
I of the Public Works Employment Act of 1976, as amended, title II of 
the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, and the Community Emergency Drought 
Relief Act of 1977.

                  Minority Business Development Agency

                     minority business development

    For necessary expenses of the Department of Commerce in fostering, 
promoting, and developing minority business enterprise, including 
expenses of grants, contracts, and other agreements with public or 
private organizations, $32,000,000.

            United States Travel and Tourism Administration

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the United States Travel and Tourism 
Administration for participation in the White House Conference on 
Travel and Tourism, $2,000,000, to remain available until December 31, 
1995: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated by this paragraph 
shall be available to carry out the provisions of section 203(a) of the 
International Travel Act of 1961, as amended.

                Economic and Information Infrastructure

                   Economic and Statistical Analysis

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of economic and 
statistical analysis programs of the Department of Commerce, 
$40,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1997.

         economics and statistics administration revolving fund

    The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to disseminate economic and 
statistical data products as authorized by 15 U.S.C. 1525-1527 and, 
notwithstanding 15 U.S.C. 4912, charge fees necessary to recover the 
full costs incurred in their production. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302, receipts received from these data dissemination activities shall 
be credited to this account, to be available for carrying out these 
purposes without further appropriation.

                          Bureau of the Census

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for collecting, compiling, analyzing, 
preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for by law, 
$136,000,000.

                     periodic censuses and programs

    For expenses necessary to collect and publish statistics for 
periodic censuses and programs provided for by law, $135,000,000, to 
remain available until expended.

       National Telecommunications and Information Administration

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration, $19,709,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to retain and 
use as offsetting collections all funds transferred, or previously 
transferred, from other Government agencies for all costs incurred in 
telecommunications research, engineering, and related activities by the 
Institute for Telecommunication Sciences of the NTIA in furtherance of 
its assigned functions under this paragraph and such funds received 
from other Government agencies shall remain available until expended.

       public broadcasting facilities, planning and construction

    For grants authorized by section 392 of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended, $19,000,000, to remain available until expended as 
authorized by section 391 of the Act, as amended: Provided, That not to 
exceed $2,200,000 shall be available for program administration as 
authorized by section 391 of the Act: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding the provisions of section 391 of the Act, 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.

                   information infrastructure grants

    For grants authorized by section 392 of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended, $40,000,000, to remain available until expended as 
authorized by section 391 of the Act, as amended: Provided, That not to 
exceed $4,000,000 shall be available for program administration and 
other support activities as authorized by section 391 of the Act 
including support of the Advisory Council on National Information 
Infrastructure: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
herein, not to exceed 5 percent may be available for telecommunications 
research activities for projects related directly to the development of 
a national information infrastructure: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding the requirements of section 392(a) and 392(c) of the 
Act, these funds may be used for the planning and construction of 
telecommunications networks for the provision of educational, cultural, 
health care, public information, public safety or other social 
services.

                      Patent and Trademark Office

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Patent and Trademark Office provided 
for by law, including defense of suits instituted against the 
Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks; $100,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the funds made available under 
this heading are to be derived from deposits in the Patent and 
Trademark Office Fee Surcharge Fund as authorized by law: Provided 
further, That the amounts made available under the Fund shall not 
exceed amounts deposited; and such fees as shall be collected pursuant 
to 15 U.S.C. 1113 and 35 U.S.C. 41 and 376, shall remain available 
until expended.

                         Science and Technology

             National Institute of Standards and Technology

             scientific and technical research and services

    For necessary expenses of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, $263,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
not to exceed $8,500,000 may be transferred to the ``Working Capital 
Fund''.

                     industrial technology services

    For necessary expenses of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership 
of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, $81,100,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $500,000 may be 
transferred to the ``Working Capital Fund'': Provided, That none of the 
funds made available under this heading in this or any other Act may be 
used for the purposes of carrying out additional program competitions 
under the Advanced Technology Program: Provided further, That any 
unobligated balances available from carryover of prior year 
appropriations under the Advanced Technology Program may be used only 
for the purposes of providing continuation grants.

                  construction of research facilities

    For construction of new research facilities, including 
architectural and engineering design, and for renovation of existing 
facilities, not otherwise provided for the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, as authorized by 15 U.S.C. 278c-278e, 
$60,000,000, to remain available until expended.

            National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

                  operations, research, and facilities

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law for the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including acquisition, 
maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft; not to exceed 386 
commissioned officers on the active list; grants, contracts, or other 
payments to nonprofit organizations for the purposes of conducting 
activities pursuant to cooperative agreements; and alteration, 
modernization, and relocation of facilities as authorized by 33 U.S.C. 
883i; $1,690,452,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 but consistent with other existing 
law, fees shall be assessed, collected, and credited to this 
appropriation as offsetting collections to be available until expended, 
to recover the costs of administering aeronautical charting programs: 
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the general 
fund shall be reduced as such additional fees are received during 
fiscal year 1996, so as to result in a final general fund appropriation 
estimated at not more than $1,687,452,000: Provided further, That any 
such additional fees received in excess of $3,000,000 in fiscal year 
1996 shall not be available for obligation until October 1, 1996: 
Provided further, That fees and donations received by the National 
Ocean Service for the management of the national marine sanctuaries may 
be retained and used for the salaries and expenses associated with 
those activities, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided further, 
That in addition, $55,500,000 shall be derived by transfer from the 
fund entitled ``Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Research 
Pertaining to American Fisheries'': Provided further, That grants to 
States pursuant to sections 306 and 306(a) of the Coastal Zone 
Management Act, as amended, shall not exceed $2,000,000.

                      coastal zone management fund

    Of amounts collected pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 1456a, not to exceed 
$7,800,000, for purposes set forth in 16 U.S.C. 1456a(b)(2)(A), 16 
U.S.C. 1456a(b)(2)(B)(v), and 16 U.S.C. 1461(c).

                              construction

    For repair and modification of, and additions to, existing 
facilities and construction of new facilities, and for facility 
planning and design and land acquisition not otherwise provided for the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, $42,731,000, to remain 
available until expended.

            fleet modernization, shipbuilding and conversion

    For expenses necessary for the repair, acquisition, leasing, or 
conversion of vessels, including related equipment to maintain and 
modernize the existing fleet and to continue planning the modernization 
of the fleet, for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
$20,000,000, to remain available until expended.

            fishing vessel and gear damage compensation fund

    For carrying out the provisions of section 3 of Public Law 95-376, 
not to exceed $1,032,000, to be derived from receipts collected 
pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 1980 (b) and (f), to remain available until 
expended.

                      fishermen's contingency fund

    For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public Law 95-372, 
not to exceed $999,000, to be derived from receipts collected pursuant 
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 100-627) and the American Fisheries Promotion 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 $196,000, to remain available until expended.

                       Technology Administration

       Under Secretary for Technology/Office of Technology Policy

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the Under Secretary for Technology/
Office of Technology Policy, $5,000,000.

                         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 
$3,000 for official entertainment, $29,100,000.

                      office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. App. 1-11 as amended by Public Law 100-504), 
$21,849,000.

               General Provisions--Department of Commerce

    Sec. 201. 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 the 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 payments are in the 
public interest.
    Sec. 202. 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. 203. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to support the hurricane reconnaissance aircraft and activities that 
are under the control of the United States Air Force or the United 
States Air Force Reserve.
    Sec. 204. None of the funds provided in this or any previous Act, 
or hereinafter made available to the Department of Commerce shall be 
available to reimburse the Unemployment Trust Fund or any other fund or 
account of the Treasury to pay for any expenses paid before October 1, 
1992, as authorized by section 8501 of title 5, United States Code, for 
services performed after April 20, 1990, by individuals appointed to 
temporary positions within the Bureau of the Census for purposes 
relating to the 1990 decennial census of population.
    Sec. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Commerce in 
this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such 
appropriation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such 
transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall 
be treated as a reprogramming of funds 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.
    This title may be cited as the ``Department of Commerce and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996''.

                        TITLE III--THE JUDICIARY

                   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, including 
purchase or hire, driving, maintenance and operation of an automobile 
for the Chief Justice, not to exceed $10,000 for the purpose of 
transporting Associate Justices, and hire of passenger motor vehicles 
as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not to exceed $10,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses; and for miscellaneous 
expenses, to be expended as the Chief Justice may approve, $25,834,000.

                    care of the building and grounds

    For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable the Architect 
of the Capitol to carry out the duties imposed upon him by the Act 
approved May 7, 1934 (40 U.S.C. 13a-13b), $3,313,000, of which $500,000 
shall remain available until expended.

         United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

                         salaries and expenses

    For salaries of the chief judge, judges, and other officers and 
employees, and for necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by 
law, $14,070,000.

               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, 
$10,859,000.

    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 
United States Court of Federal Claims, bankruptcy judges, magistrate 
judges, 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, $2,411,024,000 (including the purchase of 
firearms and ammunition); of which not to exceed $14,454,000 shall 
remain available until expended for space alteration projects; of which 
not to exceed $11,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
furniture and furnishings related to new space alteration and 
construction projects; and of which $500,000 is to remain available 
until expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, and newspapers, 
and all other legal reference materials, including subscriptions.
    In addition, for expenses of the United States Court of Federal 
Claims associated with processing cases under the National Childhood 
Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, not to exceed $2,318,000, to be 
appropriated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund.

                    violent crime reduction programs

    For activities of the Federal Judiciary as authorized by law, 
$41,500,000, to remain available until expended, which shall be derived 
from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, as authorized by section 
190001(a) of Public Law 103-322.

                           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)), the compensation (in 
accordance with Criminal Justice Act maximums) and reimbursement of 
expenses of attorneys appointed to assist the court in criminal cases 
where the defendant has waived representation by counsel, the 
compensation and reimbursement of travel expenses of guardians ad litem 
acting on behalf of financially eligible minor or incompetent offenders 
in connection with transfers from the United States to foreign 
countries with which the United States has a treaty for the execution 
of penal sentences, and the compensation of attorneys appointed to 
represent jurors in civil actions for the protection of their 
employment, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d), $260,000,000, to remain 
available until expended as authorized by 18 U.S.C. 3006A(i): Provided, 
That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for 
Death Penalty Resource Centers or Post-Conviction Defender 
Organizations.

                    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 condemnation cases 
pursuant to rule 71A(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28 
U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71A(h)); $59,028,000, 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 Code.

                             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, inspection 
of packages, directed security patrols, and other similar activities as 
authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improvement and Access to 
Justice Act (Public Law 100-702); $109,724,000, to be expended directly 
or transferred to the United States Marshals Service 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, $47,500,000, of which not to exceed $7,500 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, $18,828,000; of which $1,800,000 shall 
remain available through September 30, 1997, to provide education and 
training to Federal court personnel; and of which not to exceed $1,000 
is authorized for official reception and representation expenses.

                       Judicial Retirement Funds

                    payment to judiciary trust funds

    For payment to the Judicial Officers' Retirement Fund, as 
authorized by 28 U.S.C. 377(o), $24,000,000, to the Judicial Survivors' 
Annuities Fund, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 376(c), $7,000,000, and to 
the United States Court of Federal Claims Judges' Retirement Fund, as 
authorized by 28 U.S.C. 178(l), $1,900,000.

                  United States Sentencing Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
of chapter 58 of title 28, United States Code, $8,500,000, of which not 
to exceed $1,000 is authorized for official reception and 
representation expenses.

                   General Provisions--The Judiciary

    Sec. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in this title 
which are available for salaries and expenses shall be available for 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
    Sec. 302. Appropriations made in this title shall be available for 
salaries and expenses of the Special Court established under the 
Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, Public Law 93-236.
    Sec. 303. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Judiciary in this Act may 
be transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation, 
except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more 
than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer 
pursuant to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds 
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.
    Sec. 304. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the salaries 
and expenses appropriation for district courts, courts of appeals, and 
other judicial services shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses of the Judicial Conference of the United 
States: Provided, That such available funds shall not exceed $10,000 
and shall be administered by the Director of the Administrative Office 
of the United States Courts in his capacity as Secretary of the 
Judicial Conference.
    This title may be cited as ``The Judiciary Appropriations Act, 
1996''.

           TITLE IV--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCIES

                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

                   Administration of Foreign Affairs

                    diplomatic and consular programs

    For necessary expenses of the Department of State and the Foreign 
Service not otherwise provided for, including expenses authorized by 
the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, as amended; 
representation to certain international organizations in which the 
United States participates pursuant to treaties, ratified pursuant to 
the advice and consent of the Senate, or specific Acts of Congress; 
acquisition by exchange or purchase of passenger motor vehicles as 
authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343, 40 U.S.C. 481(c) and 22 U.S.C. 2674; and 
for expenses of general administration $1,716,878,000: Provided, That 
starting in fiscal year 1997, a system shall be in place that allocates 
to each department and agency the full cost of its presence outside of 
the United States.
    Of the funds provided under this heading, $24,856,000 shall be 
available only for the Diplomatic Telecommunications Service for 
operation of existing base services and not to exceed $17,144,000 shall 
be available only for the enhancement of the Diplomatic 
Telecommunications Service (DTS), except that such latter amount shall 
not be available for obligation until the expiration of the 15-day 
period beginning on the date on which the Secretary of State and the 
Director of the Diplomatic Telecommunications Service Program Office 
submit the DTS pilot program report required by section 507 of Public 
Law 103-317.
    In addition, not to exceed $700,000 in registration fees collected 
pursuant to section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act, as amended, may 
be used in accordance with section 45 of the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act of 1956, 22 U.S.C. 2717; and in addition not to exceed 
$1,223,000 shall be derived from fees from other executive agencies for 
lease or use of facilities located at the International Center in 
accordance with section 4 of the International Center Act (Public Law 
90-553, as amended by section 120 of Public Law 101-246); and in 
addition not to exceed $15,000 which shall be derived from 
reimbursements, surcharges, and fees for use of Blair House facilities 
in accordance with section 46 of the State Department Basic Authorities 
Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2718(a)).
    Notwithstanding section 402 of this Act, not to exceed 20 percent 
of the amounts made available in this Act in the appropriation 
accounts, ``Diplomatic and Consular Programs'' and ``Salaries and 
Expenses'' under the heading ``Administration of Foreign Affairs'' may 
be transferred between such appropriation accounts: Provided, That any 
transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming 
of funds 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.
    For an additional amount for security enhancement, to counter the 
threat of terrorism, $9,720,000, to remain available until expended.

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the general administration of the 
Department of State and the Foreign Service, provided for by law, 
including expenses authorized by section 9 of the Act of August 31, 
1964, as amended (31 U.S.C. 3721), and the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act of 1956, as amended, $363,276,000.
    For an additional amount for security enhancements to counter the 
threat of terrorism, $1,870,000, to remain available until expended.

                        capital investment fund

    For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment Fund, $16,400,000, 
to remain available until expended, as authorized in Public Law 103-
236: Provided, That section 135(e) of Public Law 103-236 shall not 
apply to funds appropriated under this heading.

                      office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. App.), $27,669,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, (1) the Office of the Inspector General of 
the United States Information Agency is hereby merged with the Office 
of the Inspector General of the Department of State; (2) the functions 
exercised and assigned to the Office of the Inspector General of the 
United States Information Agency before the effective date of this Act 
(including all related functions) are transferred to the Office of the 
Inspector General of the Department of State; and (3) the Inspector 
General of the Department of State shall also serve as the Inspector 
General of the United States Information Agency.

                       representation allowances

    For representation allowances as authorized by section 905 of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended (22 U.S.C. 4085), $4,780,000.
              protection of foreign missions and officials

    For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the Secretary of 
State to provide for extraordinary protective services in accordance 
with the provisions of section 214 of the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 4314) and 3 U.S.C. 208, $8,579,000.

            acquisition and maintenance of buildings abroad

    For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign Service 
Buildings 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), $391,760,000, 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), $6,000,000, to remain 
available until expended as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 2696(c), of which 
not to exceed $1,000,000 may be transferred to and merged with the 
Repatriation Loans Program Account, subject to the same terms and 
conditions.

                   repatriation loans program account

    For the cost of direct loans, $593,000, as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 
2671: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974. In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct loan program, $183,000 which may be transferred to 
and merged with the Salaries and Expenses account under Administration 
of Foreign Affairs.

              payment to the american institute in taiwan

    For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Relations Act, 
Public Law 96-8 (93 Stat. 14), $15,165,000.

     payment to the foreign service retirement and disability fund

    For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund, 
as authorized by law, $125,402,000.

              International Organizations and Conferences

              contributions to international organizations

    For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to meet annual 
obligations of membership in international multilateral organizations, 
pursuant to treaties ratified pursuant to the advice and consent of the 
Senate, conventions or specific Acts of Congress, $870,000,000: 
Provided, That any payment of arrearages shall be directed toward 
special activities that are mutually agreed upon by the United States 
and the respective international organization: Provided further, That 
20 percent of the funds appropriated in this paragraph for the assessed 
contribution of the United States to the United Nations shall be 
withheld from obligation and expenditure until a certification is made 
under section 401(b) of Public Law 103-236 for fiscal year 1996: 
Provided further, That certification under section 401(b) of Public Law 
103-236 for fiscal year 1996 may only be made if the Committees on 
Appropriations and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committees 
on Appropriations and International Relations of the House of 
Representatives are notified of the steps taken, and anticipated, to 
meet the requirements of section 401(b) of Public Law 103-236 at least 
15 days in advance of the proposed certification: Provided further, 
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 necessary expenses to pay assessed and other expenses of 
international peacekeeping activities directed to the maintenance or 
restoration of international peace and security, $425,000,000: 
Provided, That none of the funds made available under this Act may be 
used, and shall not be available, for obligation or expenditure for any 
new or expanded United Nations peacekeeping mission unless, at least 
fifteen days in advance of voting for the new or expanded mission in 
the United Nations Security Council (or in an emergency, as far in 
advance as is practicable), (1) the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate and other appropriate 
Committees of the Congress are notified of the estimated cost and 
length of the mission, the vital national interest that will be served, 
and the planned exit strategy; and (2) a reprogramming of funds 
pursuant to section 605 of this Act is submitted, and the procedures 
therein followed, setting forth the source of funds that will be used 
to pay for the cost of the new or expanded mission: Provided further, 
That funds shall be available for peacekeeping expenses only upon a 
certification by the Secretary of State to the appropriate committees 
of the Congress that American manufacturers and suppliers are being 
given opportunities to provide equipment, services and material for 
United Nations peacekeeping activities equal to those being given to 
foreign manufacturers and suppliers.

              international conferences and contingencies

    For necessary expenses authorized by section 5 of the State 
Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, in addition to funds 
otherwise available for these purposes, contributions for the United 
States share of general expenses of international organizations and 
conferences and representation to such organizations and conferences 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, $3,000,000, to remain available until expended as 
authorized by 22 U.S.C. 2696(c), of which not to exceed $200,000 may be 
expended for representation as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 4085.

                       International Commissions

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to meet 
obligations of the United States arising under treaties, or specific 
Acts of Congress, as follows:

 international boundary and water commission, united states and mexico

    For necessary expenses for the United States Section of the 
International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and 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, $12,358,000.

                              construction

    For detailed plan preparation and construction of authorized 
projects, $6,644,000, to remain available until expended as authorized 
by 22 U.S.C. 2696(c).

              american sections, international commissions

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for the 
International Joint Commission and the International Boundary 
Commission, United States and Canada, as authorized by treaties between 
the United States and Canada or Great Britain, and for the Border 
Environment Cooperation Commission as authorized by Public Law 103-182; 
$5,800,000, of which not to exceed $9,000 shall be available for 
representation expenses incurred by the International Joint Commission.

                  international fisheries commissions

    For necessary expenses for international fisheries commissions, not 
otherwise provided for, as authorized by law, $14,669,000: Provided, 
That the United States' share of such expenses may be advanced to the 
respective commissions, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3324.
                     payment to the asia foundation

    For a grant to the Asia Foundation, as authorized by section 501 of 
Public Law 101-246, $10,000,000 to remain available until expended as 
authorized by 22 U.S.C. 2696(c).
                General Provisions--Department of State

    Sec. 401. 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. 402. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Department of State in 
this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such 
appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be 
increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That 
not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the 
current fiscal year for the United States Information Agency in this 
Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such 
appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be 
increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided 
further, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as 
a reprogramming of funds 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.
    Sec. 403. Funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this 
Act or any other Act may be expended for compensation of the United 
States Commissioner of the International Boundary Commission, United 
States and Canada, only for actual hours worked by such Commissioner.

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                  Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

                arms control and disarmament activities

    For necessary expenses not otherwise provided, for arms control, 
nonproliferation, and disarmament activities, $40,000,000, of which not 
to exceed $50,000 shall be for official reception and representation 
expenses as authorized by the Act of September 26, 1961, as amended (22 
U.S.C. 2551 et seq.).

                    United States Information Agency

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to enable the 
United States Information Agency, as authorized by the Mutual 
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 
2451 et seq.), the United States Information and Educational Exchange 
Act of 1948, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.) and Reorganization 
Plan No. 2 of 1977 (91 Stat. 1636), to carry out international 
communication, educational and cultural activities; and to carry out 
related activities authorized by law, including employment, without 
regard to civil service and classification laws, of persons on a 
temporary basis (not to exceed $700,000 of this appropriation), as 
authorized by 22 U.S.C. 1471, and entertainment, including official 
receptions, within the United States, not to exceed $25,000 as 
authorized by 22 U.S.C. 1474(3); $445,645,000: Provided, That not to 
exceed $1,400,000 may be used for representation abroad as authorized 
by 22 U.S.C. 1452 and 4085: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$7,615,000 to remain available until expended, may be credited to this 
appropriation from fees or other payments received from or in 
connection with English teaching, library, motion pictures, and 
publication programs as authorized by section 810 of the United States 
Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, as amended: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $1,700,000 to remain available until 
expended may be used to carry out projects involving security 
construction and related improvements for agency facilities not 
physically located together with Department of State facilities abroad.
                            technology fund

    For expenses necessary to enable the United States Information 
Agency to provide for the procurement of information technology 
improvements, as authorized by the United States Information and 
Educational Exchange Act of 1948, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.), 
the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, as amended 
(22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.), and Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977 (91 
Stat. 1636), $5,050,000, to remain available until expended.

               educational and cultural exchange programs

    For expenses of educational and cultural exchange programs, as 
authorized by the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, 
as amended (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.), and Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 
1977 (91 Stat. 1636), $192,090,000, to remain available until expended 
as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 2455.

           eisenhower exchange fellowship program trust fund

    For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, 
Incorporated as authorized by sections 4 and 5 of the Eisenhower 
Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20 U.S.C. 5204-05), all interest and 
earnings accruing to the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust 
Fund on or before September 30, 1996, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be 
used to pay any salary or other compensation, or to enter into any 
contract providing for the payment thereof, in excess of the rate 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5376; or for purposes which are not in 
accordance with OMB Circulars A-110 (Uniform Administrative 
Requirements) and A-122 (Cost Principles for Non-profit Organizations), 
including the restrictions on compensation for personal services.

                    israeli arab scholarship program

    For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholarship Program as 
authorized by section 214 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 U.S.C. 2452), all interest and earnings 
accruing to the Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before September 
30, 1996, to remain available until expended.

              american studies collections endowment fund

    For necessary expenses of American Studies Collections as 
authorized by section 235 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995, all interest and earnings accruing to the 
American Studies Collections Endowment Fund on or before September 30, 
1996, to remain available until expended.
                 international broadcasting operations

    For expenses necessary to enable the United States Information 
Agency, as authorized by the United States Information and Educational 
Exchange Act of 1948, as amended, the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, 
as amended, the Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act, the United States 
International Broadcasting Act of 1994, as amended, and Reorganization 
Plan No. 2 of 1977, to carry out international communication 
activities; $341,000,000, of which $5,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended, not to exceed $16,000 may be used for official 
receptions within the United States as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 1474(3), 
not to exceed $35,000 may be used for representation abroad as 
authorized by 22 U.S.C. 1452 and 4085, and not to exceed $39,000 may be 
used for official reception and representation expenses of Radio Free 
Europe/Radio Liberty; and in addition, not to exceed $250,000 from fees 
as authorized by section 810 of the United States Information and 
Educational Exchange Act of 1948, as amended, to remain available until 
expended for carrying out authorized purposes: Provided, That funds 
provided for broadcasting to Cuba may be used for the purchase, rent, 
construction, and improvement of facilities for radio and television 
transmission and reception, and purchase and installation of necessary 
equipment for radio and television transmission and reception.

                           radio construction

    For an additional amount for the purchase, rent, construction, and 
improvement of facilities for radio transmission and reception and 
purchase and installation of necessary equipment for radio and 
television transmission and reception as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 1471, 
$70,164,000, to remain available until expended as authorized by 22 
U.S.C. 1477b(a).

                    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, $28,000,000, to remain available until 
expended.
    This title may be cited as the ``Department of State and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996''.

                       TITLE V--RELATED AGENCIES

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                        Maritime Administration

                    operating-differential subsidies

                  (liquidation of contract authority)

    For the payment of obligations incurred for operating-differential 
subsidies as authorized by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, 
$162,610,000, to remain available until expended.

                        operations and training

    For necessary expenses of operations and training activities 
authorized by law, $64,600,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Transportation may use proceeds derived from the sale or 
disposal of National Defense Reserve Fleet vessels that are currently 
collected and retained by the Maritime Administration, to be used for 
facility and ship maintenance, modernization and repair, conversion, 
acquisition of equipment, and fuel costs necessary to maintain training 
at the United States Merchant Marine Academy and State maritime 
academies: Provided further, 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.

          maritime guaranteed loan (title xi) program account

    For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by the Merchant 
Marine Act of 1936, $48,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, 
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 
not to exceed $1,000,000,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
guaranteed loan program, not to exceed $4,000,000, which shall be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for Operations and 
Training.
           administrative provisions--maritime administration

    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Maritime 
Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and services and make 
necessary repairs in connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy 
involving Government property under control of the Maritime 
Administration, and payments received therefor shall be credited to the 
appropriation charged with the cost thereof: Provided, That rental 
payments under any such lease, contract, or occupancy for items other 
than such utilities, services, or repairs shall be covered into the 
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
    No obligations shall be incurred during the current fiscal year 
from the construction fund established by the Merchant Marine Act, 
1936, or otherwise, in excess of the appropriations and limitations 
contained in this Act or in any prior appropriation Act, and all 
receipts which otherwise would be deposited to the credit of said fund 
shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

      Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses for the Commission for the Preservation of America's 
Heritage Abroad, $206,000, as authorized by Public Law 99-83, section 
1303.

                       Commission on Civil Rights

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil Rights, including 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, $8,500,000: Provided, That not to 
exceed $50,000 may be used to employ consultants: Provided further, 
That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to 
employ in excess of four full-time individuals under Schedule C of the 
Excepted Service exclusive of one special assistant for each 
Commissioner: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in 
this paragraph shall be used to reimburse Commissioners for more than 
75 billable days, with the exception of the Chairperson who is 
permitted 125 billable days.

                    Commission on Immigration Reform

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Commission on Immigration Reform 
pursuant to section 141(f) of the Immigration Act of 1990, $2,377,000, 
to remain available until expended.

            Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Commission on Security and 
Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public Law 94-304, $1,090,000, 
to remain available until expended as authorized by section 3 of Public 
Law 99-7.

                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), the Americans with 
Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Civil Rights Act of 1991, including 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); nonmonetary awards to 
private citizens; not to exceed $26,500,000, for payments to State and 
local enforcement agencies for services to the Commission pursuant to 
title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, sections 6 and 
14 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with 
Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Civil Rights Act of 1991; 
$233,000,000: Provided, That the Commission is authorized to make 
available for official reception and representation expenses not to 
exceed $2,500 from available funds.

                   Federal Communications Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Communications Commission, as 
authorized by law, including uniforms and allowances therefor, as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-02; not to exceed $600,000 for land and 
structures; not to exceed $500,000 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 sixteen) and hire 
of motor vehicles; special counsel fees; and services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109; $185,232,000, of which not to exceed $300,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 1997, for research and policy 
studies: Provided, That $116,400,000 of offsetting collections shall be 
assessed and collected pursuant to section 9 of title I of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and shall be retained and used 
for necessary expenses in this appropriation, and shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are 
received during fiscal year 1996 so as to result in a final fiscal year 
1996 appropriation estimated at $68,832,000: Provided further, That any 
offsetting collections received in excess of $116,400,000 in fiscal 
year 1996 shall remain available until expended, but shall not be 
available for obligation until October 1, 1996.

                      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 passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 
U.S.C. 1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 5901-02; $15,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,000 shall 
be available for official reception and representation expenses.

                        Federal Trade Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commission, including 
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; $82,928,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, not to exceed $48,262,000 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 1996, so as to result in a final fiscal year 1996 appropriation 
from the General Fund estimated at not more than $34,666,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That any fees received in 
excess of $48,262,000 in fiscal year 1996 shall remain available until 
expended, but shall not be available for obligation until October 1, 
1996: Provided further, That none of the funds made available to the 
Federal Trade Commission shall be available for obligation for expenses 
authorized by section 151 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 
Improvement Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-242, 105 Stat. 2282-2285).

               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, $1,247,000; and an 
amount of Japanese currency not to exceed the equivalent of $1,420,000 
based on exchange rates at the time of payment of such amounts as 
authorized by Public Law 94-118.

                       Legal Services Corporation

               payment to the legal services corporation

    For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to carry out the 
purposes of the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974, as amended, 
$278,000,000 of which $265,000,000 is for basic field programs; 
$8,000,000 is for the Office of the Inspector General, of which 
$5,750,000 shall be used to contract with independent auditing agencies 
for annual financial and program audits of all grantees in accordance 
with Office of Management and Budget Circular A-133; and $5,000,000 is 
for management and administration.

         administrative provisions--legal services corporation

    Sec. 501. Funds appropriated under this Act to the Legal Services 
Corporation shall be distributed as follows:
            (1) The Corporation shall define geographic areas and funds 
        available for each geographic area shall be on a per capita 
        basis pursuant to the number of poor people determined by the 
        Bureau of the Census to be within that geographic area: 
        Provided, That funds for a geographic area may be distributed 
        by the Corporation to one or more persons or entities eligible 
        for funding under section 1006(a)(1)(A) of the Legal Services 
        Corporation Act, subject to sections 502 and 504 of this Act.
            (2) The amount of the grants from the Corporation and of 
        the contracts entered into by the Corporation in accordance 
        with paragraph (1) shall be an equal figure per poor person for 
        all geographic areas, based on the most recent decennial census 
        of population conducted pursuant to section 141 of title 13, 
        United States Code.
    Sec. 502. None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal 
Services Corporation shall be used by the Corporation in making grants 
or entering into contracts for the provision of legal assistance unless 
the Corporation ensures that the person or entity receiving funding to 
provide such legal assistance is--
            (1) a private attorney or attorneys admitted to practice in 
        one of the States or the District of Columbia;
            (2) a qualified nonprofit organization chartered under the 
        laws of one of the States or the District of Columbia, a 
        purpose of which is furnishing legal assistance to eligible 
        clients, the majority of the board of directors or other 
        governing body of which is comprised of attorneys who are 
        admitted to practice in one of the States or the District of 
        Columbia 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;
            (3) a State or local government (without regard to section 
        1006(a)(1)(A)(ii) of the Legal Services Corporation Act); or
            (4) a substate regional planning or coordination agency 
        which is composed of a substate area whose governing board is 
        controlled by locally elected officials.
    Sec. 503. None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal 
Services Corporation for grants or contracts to basic field programs 
may be obligated unless such grants or contracts are awarded on a 
competitive basis: Provided, That not later than sixty days after 
enactment of this Act, the Legal Services Corporation shall promulgate 
regulations to implement a competitive selection process: Provided 
further, That such regulations shall include, but not be limited to, 
the following selection criteria:
            (1) The demonstration of a full understanding of the basic 
        legal needs of the eligible clients to be served and a 
        demonstration of the capability of serving those needs.
            (2) The quality, feasibility, and cost effectiveness of 
        plans submitted by the applicant for the delivery of legal 
        assistance to the eligible clients to be served.
            (3) The experiences of the Corporation with the applicant, 
        if the applicant has previously received financial assistance 
        from the Corporation, including the applicant's record of past 
        compliance with Corporation policies, practices, and 
        restrictions:
Provided further, That, such regulations shall ensure that timely 
notice for the submission of applications for awards is published in 
periodicals of local and State bar associations and in at least one 
daily newspaper of general circulation in the area to be served by the 
person or entity receiving the award: Provided further, No person or 
entity that was previously awarded a grant or contract by the Legal 
Services Corporation for the provision of legal assistance may be given 
any preference in the competitive selection process: Provided further, 
That for the purposes of the funding provided in this Act, rights under 
sections 1007(a)(9) and 1011 of the Legal Services Corporation Act (42 
U.S.C. 2996f(a)(9) and 42 U.S.C. 2996j) shall not apply.
    Sec. 504. None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal 
Services Corporation may be used to provide financial assistance to any 
person or entity--
            (1) that makes available any funds, personnel, or equipment 
        for use in advocating or opposing any plan or proposal, or 
        represents any party or participates in any other way in 
        litigation, that is intended to or has the effect of altering, 
        revising, or reapportioning a legislative, judicial, or 
        elective district at any level of government, including 
        influencing the timing or manner of the taking of a census;
            (2) that attempts to influence the issuance, amendment, or 
        revocation of any executive order, regulation, or similar 
        promulgation by any Federal, State, or local agency;
            (3) that attempts to influence any decision by a Federal, 
        State, or local agency, except when legal assistance is 
        provided by an employee of a grantee to an eligible client on a 
        particular application, claim, or case, which directly involves 
        the client's legal rights or responsibilities, and which does 
        not involve the issuance, amendment, or revocation of any 
        agency promulgation described in paragraph (2);
            (4) that attempts to influence the passage or defeat of any 
        legislation, constitutional amendment, referendum, initiative, 
        or any similar procedure of the Congress of the United States, 
        or by any State or local legislative body;
            (5) that attempts to influence the conduct of oversight 
        proceedings of the Corporation or any person or entity 
        receiving financial assistance provided by the Corporation;
            (6) that pays for any personal service, advertisement, 
        telegram, telephone communication, letter, printed or written 
        matter, administrative expenses, or related expenses, 
        associated with an activity prohibited in paragraph (1), (2), 
        (3), (4), or (5);
            (7) that brings a class action suit against the Federal 
        Government or any State or local government;
            (8) that files a complaint or otherwise pursues litigation 
        against a defendant, or engages in precomplaint settlement 
        negotiations with a prospective defendant, unless--
                    (A) all plaintiffs have been specifically 
                identified, by name, in any complaint filed for 
                purposes of litigation; and
                    (B) a statement or statements of facts written in 
                English and, if necessary, in a language which the 
                plaintiffs understand, which enumerate the particular 
                facts known to the plaintiffs on which the complaint is 
                based, have been signed by the plaintiffs (including 
                named plaintiffs in a class action), are kept on file 
                by the person or entity provided financial assistance 
                by the Corporation, and are made available to any 
                Federal department or agency that is auditing the 
                activities of the Corporation or of any recipient, and 
                to any auditor receiving Federal funds to conduct such 
                auditing, including any auditor or monitor of the 
                Corporation:
        Provided, That upon establishment of reasonable cause that an 
        injunction is necessary to prevent probable, serious harm to 
        such potential plaintiff, a court of competent jurisdiction may 
        enjoin the disclosure of the identity of any potential 
        plaintiff pending the outcome of such litigation or 
        negotiations after notice and an opportunity for a hearing is 
        provided to potential parties to the litigation or the 
        negotiations: Provided further, That other parties shall have 
        access to the statement of facts referred to in subparagraph 
        (B) only through the discovery process after litigation has 
        begun;
            (9) unless, after January 1, 1996, and prior to the 
        provision of financial assistance--
                    (A) the governing board of a person or entity 
                receiving financial assistance provided by the Legal 
                Services Corporation has set specific priorities in 
                writing, pursuant to section 1007(a)(2)(C)(i) of the 
                Legal Services Corporation Act, of the types of matters 
                and cases to which the staff of the nonprofit 
                organization shall devote its time and resources; and
                    (B) the staff of such person or entity receiving 
                financial assistance provided by the Legal Services 
                Corporation has signed a written agreement not to 
                undertake cases or matters other than in accordance 
                with the specific priorities set by such governing 
                board, except in emergency situations defined by such 
                board and in accordance with such board's written 
                procedures for such situations:
        Provided, That the staff of such person or entity receiving 
        financial assistance provided by the Legal Services Corporation 
        shall provide to their respective governing board on a 
        quarterly basis, and to the Corporation on an annual basis, all 
        cases undertaken other than those in accordance with such 
        priorities: Provided further, That not later than 30 days after 
        enactment of this Act, the Corporation shall promulgate a 
        suggested list of priorities which boards of directors may use 
        in setting priorities under this paragraph;
            (10) unless, prior to receiving financial assistance 
        provided by the Legal Services Corporation, such person or 
        entity agrees to maintain records of time spent on each case or 
        matter with respect to which that person or entity is engaged 
        in activities: Provided, That any non-Federal funds received by 
        any person or entity provided financial assistance by the 
        Corporation shall be accounted for and reported as receipts and 
        disbursements separate and distinct from Corporation funds: 
        Provided further, That such person or entity receiving 
        financial assistance provided by the Corporation agrees 
        (notwithstanding section 1009(d) of the Legal Services 
        Corporation Act) to make such records described in this 
        paragraph available to any Federal department, or agency or 
        independent auditor receiving Federal funds to conduct an audit 
        of the activities of the Corporation or recipient receiving 
        funding under this Act;
            (11) that provides legal assistance for or on behalf of any 
        alien, unless the alien is present in the United States and 
        is--
                    (A) an alien lawfully admitted for permanent 
                residence as defined in section 101(a)(20) of the 
                Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20));
                    (B) 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 Immigration and 
                Nationality Act, and such application has not been 
                rejected;
                    (C) 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 admission) or who has been granted 
                asylum by the Attorney General under such Act;
                    (D) 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)); or
                    (E) an alien to whom section 305 of the Immigration 
                Reform and Control Act of 1986 applies but only to the 
                extent that the legal assistance provided is that 
                described in such section:
        Provided, That an alien who is lawfully present in the United 
        States as a result of being granted conditional entry pursuant 
        to section 203(a)(7) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
        U.S.C. 1153(a)(7)) before April 1, 1980, because of persecution 
        or fear of persecution on account of race, religion, or 
        political calamity shall be deemed, for purposes of this 
        section, to be an alien described in subparagraph (C);
            (12) that supports or conducts training programs for the 
        purpose of advocating particular public policies or encouraging 
        political activities, labor or anti-labor activities, boycotts, 
        picketing, strikes, and demonstrations, including the 
        dissemination of information about such policies or activities, 
        except that this paragraph shall not be construed to prohibit 
        the training of attorneys or paralegal personnel 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 or her 
        rights under statute, order, or regulation;
            (13) that provides legal assistance with respect to any 
        fee-generating case: Provided, That for the purposes of this 
        paragraph the term ``fee-generating case'' means any case 
        which, if undertaken on behalf of an eligible client by an 
        attorney in private practice may reasonably be expected to 
        result in a fee for legal services from an award to a client 
        from public funds, from the opposing party, or from any other 
        source;
            (14) that claims, or whose employees or clients claim, or 
        collect attorneys' fees from nongovernmental parties to 
        litigation initiated by such client with the assistance of such 
        recipient or its employees;
            (15) that participates in any litigation with respect to 
        abortion;
            (16) that participates in any litigation on behalf of a 
        local, State, or Federal prisoner;
            (17) that provides legal representation for any person, or 
        participates in any other way, in litigation, lobbying, or 
        rulemaking involving efforts to reform a State or Federal 
        welfare system, except that this paragraph shall not preclude a 
        recipient from representing an individual client who is seeking 
        specific relief from a welfare agency where such relief does 
        not involve an effort to amend or otherwise challenge existing 
        law;
            (18) that defends a person in a proceeding to evict that 
        person from a public housing project if that person has been 
        charged with the illegal sale or distribution of a controlled 
        substance and if the eviction proceeding is brought by a public 
        housing agency because the illegal drug activity of that person 
        threatens the health or safety of other tenants residing in the 
        public housing project or employees of the public housing 
        agency: Provided, That for the purposes of this paragraph, the 
        term ``controlled substance'' has the meaning given that term 
        in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
        802): Provided further, That for the purposes of this 
        paragraph, the terms ``public housing project'' and ``public 
        housing agency'' have the meanings given those terms in section 
        3 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a);
            (19) unless such person or entity agrees that it and its 
        employees will not accept employment resulting from in-person 
        unsolicited advice to a nonattorney that such nonattorney 
        should obtain counsel or take legal action: Provided, That such 
        person or entity or its employees receiving financial 
        assistance provided by the Corporation shall also agree that 
        such person or entity will not refer such nonattorney to 
        another person or entity or its employees that are receiving 
        financial assistance provided by the Legal Services 
        Corporation; or
            (20) unless such person or entity enters into a contractual 
        agreement to be subject to all provisions of Federal law 
        relating to the proper use of Federal funds, the violation of 
        which shall render any grant or contractual agreement to 
        provide funding null and void: Provided, That for such purposes 
        the Corporation shall be considered to be a Federal agency and 
        all funds provided by the Corporation shall be considered to be 
        Federal funds provided by grant or contract.
    Sec. 505. None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal 
Services Corporation or provided by the Corporation to any entity or 
person may be used to pay membership dues to any private or non-profit 
organization.
    Sec. 506. None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal 
Services Corporation may be used by any person or entity receiving 
financial assistance from the Corporation to file or pursue a lawsuit 
against the Corporation.
    Sec. 507. None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal 
Services Corporation may be used for any purpose prohibited or contrary 
to any of the provisions of authorization legislation for fiscal year 
1996 for the Legal Services Corporation that is enacted into law: 
Provided, That, upon enactment of Legal Services Corporation 
reauthorization legislation, funding provided in this Act shall from 
that date be subject to the provisions of that legislation and any 
provisions in this Act that are inconsistent with that legislation 
shall no longer have effect.

                        Marine Mammal Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Commission as 
authorized by title II of Public Law 92-522, as amended, $1,000,000.

           Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal 
Holiday Commission, as authorized by Public Law 98-399, as amended, 
$250,000.

                   Securities and Exchange Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the Securities and Exchange Commission, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, the rental of space 
(to include multiple year leases) in the District of Columbia and 
elsewhere, and not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $103,445,000, of which not to exceed $10,000 
may be used toward funding a permanent secretariat for the 
International Organization of Securities Commissions, and of which not 
to exceed $100,000 shall be available for expenses for consultations 
and meetings hosted by the Commission with foreign governmental and 
other regulatory officials, members of their delegations, appropriate 
representatives and staff to exchange views concerning developments 
relating to securities matters, development and implementation of 
cooperation agreements concerning securities matters and provision of 
technical assistance for the development of foreign securities markets, 
such expenses to include necessary logistic and administrative expenses 
and the expenses of Commission staff and foreign invitees in attendance 
at such consultations and meetings including: (i) such incidental 
expenses as meals taken in the course of such attendance, (ii) any 
travel or transportation to or from such meetings, and (iii) any other 
related lodging or subsistence: Provided, That immediately upon 
enactment of this Act, the rate of fees under section 6(b) of the 
Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77f(b)) shall increase from one-
fiftieth of 1 per centum to one twenty-ninth of 1 per centum and such 
increase shall be deposited as an offsetting collection to this 
appropriation, to remain available until expended, to recover costs of 
services of the securities registration process.

                     Small Business Administration

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the Small 
Business Administration as authorized by Public Law 103-403, including 
hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 
1344, and not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $217,947,000: Provided further, That the 
Administrator is authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of 
publications developed by the Small Business Administration, and 
certain loan servicing activities: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues received from all such 
activities shall be credited to this account, to be available for 
carrying out these purposes without further appropriations.

                      office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. App. 1-11 as amended by Public Law 100-504), 
$8,750,000.

                     business loans program account

    For the cost of direct loans, $5,000,000, and for the cost of 
guaranteed loans, $146,710,000, as authorized by 15 U.S.C. 631 note, of 
which $1,700,000, to be available until expended, shall be for the 
Microloan Guarantee Program, and of which $40,510,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 1997: Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan programs, $97,000,000, which may be transferred to 
and merged with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses.

                     disaster loans program account

    For the cost of direct loans authorized by section 7(b) of the 
Small Business Act, as amended, $34,432,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan program, $78,000,000, which may be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses.

                 surety bond guarantees revolving fund

    For additional capital for the ``Surety Bond Guarantees Revolving 
Fund'', authorized by the Small Business Investment Act, as amended, 
$2,530,000, to remain available without fiscal year limitation as 
authorized by 15 U.S.C. 631 note.

        administrative provision--small business administration

    Sec. 501. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Small Business 
Administration in this Act may be transferred between such 
appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by more 
than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer 
pursuant to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds 
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.

                      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 
expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public 
inspection, 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. (a) None of the funds provided under this Act, or 
provided under previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by 
this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 
year 1996, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United 
States derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies 
funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds which (1) creates new programs; (2) 
eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or 
personnel by any means for any project or activity for which funds have 
been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) 
reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or (6) contracts out or 
privatizes any functions or activities presently performed by Federal 
employees; unless the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of 
Congress are notified fifteen days in advance of such reprogramming of 
funds.
    (b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided under 
previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that 
remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 1996, or 
provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure for activities, 
programs, or projects through a reprogramming of funds in excess of 
$500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that (1) augments existing 
programs, projects, or activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding 
for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel 
by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or (3) results from any general 
savings from a reduction in personnel which would result in a change in 
existing programs, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; 
unless the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress are 
notified fifteen days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.
    Sec. 606. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
for the construction, repair (other than emergency repair), overhaul, 
conversion, or modernization of vessels for the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration in shipyards located outside of the United 
States.
    Sec. 607. (a) Purchase of American-Made Equipment and Products.--It 
is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest extent practicable, 
all equipment and products purchased with funds made available in this 
Act should be American-made.
    (b) Notice Requirement.--In providing financial assistance to, or 
entering into any contract with, any entity using funds made available 
in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest extent 
practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice describing the 
statement made in subsection (a) by the Congress.
    Sec. 608. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to implement, administer, or enforce any guidelines of the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission covering harassment based on 
religion, when it is made known to the Federal entity or official to 
which such funds are made available that such guidelines do not differ 
in any respect from the proposed guidelines published by the Commission 
on October 1, 1993 (58 Fed. Reg. 51266).
    This Act may be cited as the ``Departments of Commerce, Justice, 
and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1996''.
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                                                 Union Calendar No. 100

104th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 2076

                          [Report No. 104-196]

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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, 1996, and for other purposes.

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                             July 19, 1995

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed