[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3814 Engrossed in House (EH)]


  2d Session

                               H. R. 3814

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                                 AN ACT

  Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and 
 State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
              September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3814

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                                 AN ACT


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

    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, 1997, 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, $71,493,000; of which not to exceed $3,317,000 is for the 
Facilities Program 2000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That not to exceed 43 permanent positions and 44 full-time equivalent 
workyears and $7,477,000 shall be expended for the Department 
Leadership Program only for the Offices of the Attorney General and the 
Deputy Attorney General, exclusive of augmentation that occurred in 
these offices in fiscal year 1996: Provided further, That not to exceed 
71 permanent positions and 85 full-time equivalent workyears and 
$8,987,000 shall be expended for the Offices of Legislative Affairs, 
Public Affairs and Policy Development: Provided further, That the 
latter three aforementioned offices shall not be augmented by personnel 
details, temporary transfers of personnel on either a reimbursable or 
non-reimbursable basis or any other type of formal or informal transfer 
or reimbursement of personnel or funds on either a temporary or long-
term basis.
    In addition, for reimbursement of expenses associated with 
implementation of drug testing initiatives for persons arrested and 
convicted of Federal offenses, $7,000,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                         counterterrorism fund

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

                   administrative review and appeals

    For expenses necessary for the administration of pardon and 
clemency petitions and immigration related activities, $64,000,000.

  violent crime reduction programs, administrative review and appeals

    For activities authorized by section 130005 of the Violent Crime 
Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322), as 
amended, $48,000,000, to remain available until expended, which shall 
be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.

                      office of inspector general

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

                    United States Parole Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the United States Parole Commission as 
authorized by law, $4,490,000.

                            Legal Activities

            salaries and expenses, general legal activities

    For expenses, necessary for the legal activities of the Department 
of Justice, not otherwise provided for, including not to exceed $20,000 
for expenses of collecting evidence, to be expended under the direction 
of, and to be accounted for solely under the certificate of, the 
Attorney General; and rent of private or Government-owned space in the 
District of Columbia; $420,793,000; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 
for litigation support contracts shall remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of the funds available in this appropriation, not to 
exceed $17,525,000 shall remain available until expended for office 
automation systems for the legal divisions covered by this 
appropriation, and for the United States Attorneys, the Antitrust 
Division, and offices funded through ``Salaries and Expenses'', General 
Administration: Provided further, That of the total amount 
appropriated, not to exceed $1,000 shall be available to the United 
States National Central Bureau, INTERPOL, for official reception and 
representation expenses: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 1342, the Attorney General may accept on behalf of the United 
States, and credit to this appropriation, gifts of money, personal 
property and services, for the purposes of hosting the International 
Criminal Police Organization's (INTERPOL) American Regional Conference 
in the United States during fiscal year 1997.
    In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the Department of 
Justice associated with processing cases under the National Childhood 
Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 as amended, not to exceed $4,028,000, to be 
appropriated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund.

                   violent crime reduction programs,

                        general legal activities

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

               salaries and expenses, antitrust division

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

             salaries and expenses, united states attorneys

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the United States 
Attorneys, including intergovernmental agreements, $931,029,000; of 
which not to exceed $2,500,000 shall be available until September 30, 
1998, for the purposes of (1) providing training of personnel of the 
Department of Justice in debt collection, (2) providing services to the 
Department of Justice related to locating debtors and their property, 
such as title searches, debtor skiptracing, asset searches, credit 
reports and other investigations, (3) paying the costs of the 
Department of Justice for the sale of property not covered by the sale 
proceeds, such as auctioneers' fees and expenses, maintenance and 
protection of property and businesses, advertising and title search and 
surveying costs, and (4) paying the costs of processing and tracking 
debts owed to the United States Government: Provided, That of the total 
amount appropriated, not to exceed $8,000 shall be available for 
official reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $10,000,000 of those funds available for automated 
litigation support contracts shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That in addition to reimbursable full-time equivalent 
workyears available to the Office of the United States Attorneys, not 
to exceed 8,758 positions and 8,989 full-time equivalent workyears 
shall be supported from the funds appropriated in this Act for the 
United States Attorneys.

       violent crime reduction programs, united states attorneys

    For activities authorized by sections 40114, 130005, 190001(b), 
190001(d) and 250005 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 
Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322), as amended, and section 815 of the 
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-
132), $43,876,000, to remain available until expended, which shall be 
derived from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, of which 
$22,166,000 shall be available to help meet the increased demands for 
litigation and related activities, $500,000 for telemarketing fraud, 
$10,577,000 for Southwest Border Control, $1,000,000 for Federal victim 
counselors, and $9,633,000 for expeditious deportation of denied asylum 
applicants.

                   united states trustee system fund

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

      salaries and expenses, foreign claims settlement commission

    For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the Foreign 
Claims Settlement Commission, including services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, $878,000.

         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, $460,214,000, as authorized by 
28 U.S.C. 561(i); of which not to exceed $6,000 shall be available for 
official reception and representation expenses; and of which not to 
exceed $4,000,000 for development, implementation, maintenance and 
support, and training for an automated prisoner information system, and 
$2,200,000 to support the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation 
System, shall remain available until expended: Provided, That, with 
respect to the amounts appropriated above, the service of maintaining 
and transporting State, local, or territorial prisoners shall be 
considered a specialized or technical service for purposes of 31 U.S.C. 
6505, and any prisoners so transported shall be considered persons 
(transported for other than commercial purposes) whose presence is 
associated with the performance of a governmental function for purposes 
of 49 U.S.C. 40102.

    violent crime reduction programs, united states marshals service

    For activities authorized by section 190001(b) of the Violent Crime 
Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322), as 
amended, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended, which shall 
be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.

                       federal prisoner detention

    For expenses, related to United States prisoners in the custody of 
the United States Marshals Service as authorized in 18 U.S.C. 4013, but 
not including expenses otherwise provided for in appropriations 
available to the Attorney General, $405,262,000, as authorized by 28 
U.S.C. 561(i), to remain available until expended: Provided, That this 
appropriation hereafter shall not be available for expenses authorized 
under 18 U.S.C. 4013(a)(4).

                     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, $100,702,000, to 
remain available until expended; of which not to exceed $4,750,000 may 
be made available for planning, construction, renovations, 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.

           salaries and expenses, community relations service

    For necessary expenses of the Community Relations Service, 
established by title X of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, $5,319,000: 
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon a 
determination by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances 
require additional funding for conflict prevention and resolution 
activities of the Community Relations Service, the Attorney General may 
transfer such amounts to the Community Relations Service, from 
available appropriations for the current fiscal year for the Department 
of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such circumstances: 
Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall be 
treated as a reprogramming under section 605 of this Act and shall not 
be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with 
the procedures set forth in that section.

                         assets forfeiture fund

    For expenses authorized by 28 U.S.C. 524(c)(1) (A)(ii), (B), (C), 
(F), and (G), as amended, $30,000,000 (reduced by $14,000,000), 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, $2,000,000.

         payment to radiation exposure compensation trust fund

        For payments to the Radiation Exposure Compensation Trust Fund, 
$13,736,000, not to be available for obligation until September 30, 
1997.

                      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, $372,017,000, 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 necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 
detection, investigation, and prosecution of crimes against the United 
States; including purchase for police-type use of not to exceed 2,706 
passenger motor vehicles, of which 1,945 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; $2,528,706,000, 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, 1998; of which 
not less than $133,081,000 shall be for counterterrorism 
investigations, foreign counterintelligence, and other activities 
related to our national security; of which not to exceed $98,400,000 
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.

                    violent crime reduction programs

    For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322) as amended (``the 1994 
Act''), and the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 
(``the Antiterrorism Act''), $153,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, which shall be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust 
Fund; of which $56,077,000 shall be for activities authorized by 
section 190001(c) of the 1994 Act and section 811 of the Antiterrorism 
Act; $76,423,000 shall be for activities authorized by section 
190001(b) of the 1994 Act, of which $20,240,000 shall be for activities 
authorized by section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act 
(Public Law 103-159), as amended; $4,000,000 shall be for training and 
investigative assistance authorized by section 210501 of the 1994 Act; 
$9,500,000 shall be for grants to States, as authorized by section 
811(b) of the Antiterrorism Act; $5,500,000 shall be 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 210501 of the 
1994 Act; and $1,500,000 shall be for investigative support for Senior 
Citizens Against Marketing Scams, as authorized by section 250005 of 
the 1994 Act.

                              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; $55,676,000, 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 1,158 passenger motor vehicles, of 
which 1,032 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; 
$733,038,000, 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 automated 
data processing and telecommunications equipment, and not to exceed 
$2,000,000 for laboratory equipment, $4,000,000 for technical 
equipment, and $2,000,000 for aircraft replacement retrofit and parts, 
shall remain available until September 30, 1998; and of which not to 
exceed $50,000 shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses.

                    violent crime reduction programs

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For activities authorized by sections 180104 and 190001(b) of the 
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-
322), as amended, and section 814 of the Antiterrorism and Effective 
Death Penalty Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-132), and for the purchase of 
passenger motor vehicles for police-type use, as otherwise authorized 
in this title, $243,000,000, to remain available until expended, which 
shall be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund: Provided, 
That $71,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from Community Oriented 
Policing Services, Violent Crime Reduction Programs, for the purpose of 
providing State and local police officers with equipment, conveyances, 
overtime and other expenses associated with their participation on drug 
task forces.

                 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 2,691, of which 1,711 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; $1,667,614,000, 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, and $5,000,000 is 
for payments or advances arising out of contractual or reimbursable 
agreements with State and local law enforcement agencies while engaged 
in cooperative activities related to immigration: Provided, That none 
of the funds available to the Immigration and Naturalization Service 
shall be available to pay any employee overtime pay in an amount in 
excess of $30,000 during the calendar year beginning January 1, 1997: 
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 none of 
the funds provided in this or any other Act shall be used for the 
continued operation of the San Clemente and Temecula checkpoints unless 
the checkpoints are open and traffic is being checked on a continuous 
24-hour basis: Provided further, That the Land Border Fee Pilot Project 
scheduled to end September 30, 1996, is extended to September 30, 1999 
for projects on both the northern and southern borders of the United 
States, except that no pilot program may implement a universal land 
border crossing toll.

                    violent crime reduction programs

    For activities authorized by sections 130002, 130005, 130006, 
130007, and 190001(b) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 
Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322), as amended, and section 813 of the 
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-
132), $500,168,000, to remain available until expended, which will be 
derived from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, of which 
$95,784,000 shall be for expeditious deportation of denied asylum 
applicants, $287,857,000 shall be for improving border controls, and 
$116,527,000 shall be for detention and deportation proceedings: 
Provided, That amounts not required for asylum processing provided 
under the expeditious deportation of denied asylum applicants shall 
also be available for other deportation program activities.

                              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, $9,841,000, 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 836, of which 572 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; $2,817,816,000 (reduced by $45,000,000): 
Provided, That the Attorney General may transfer to the Health 
Resources and Services Administration such amounts as may be necessary 
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, 1998: 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, as 
amended, for the care and security in the United States of Cuban and 
Haitian entrants: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 4(d) 
of the Service Contract Act of 1965 (41 U.S.C. 353(d)), FPS may enter 
into contracts and other agreements with private entities for periods 
of not to exceed 3 years and 7 additional option years for the 
confinement of Federal prisoners: Provided further, That the National 
Institute of Corrections hereafter shall be included in the FPS 
Salaries and Expenses budget, in the Contract Confinement program and 
shall continue to perform its current functions under 18 U.S.C. 4351, 
et seq., with the exception of its grant program and shall collect 
reimbursement for services whenever possible: Provided further, That 
any unexpended balances available to the ``National Institute of 
Corrections'' account shall be credited to and merged with this 
appropriation, to remain available until expended.

                    violent crime reduction programs

    For substance abuse treatment in Federal prisons as authorized by 
section 32001(e) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act 
of 1994 (Public Law 103-322), as amended, $25,224,000, 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; 
$395,700,000, 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 $36,570,000 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 $3,042,000 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, $100,000,000, 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): Provided, That of the amount made 
available from the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant for technology 
programs, $10,000,000 shall be available for programs under section 820 
and section 821 of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 
1996 (Public Law 104-132).
    In addition, for local firefighter and emergency services training 
grants, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized 
by section 819 of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 
1996 (Public Law 104-132; 110 Stat. 1316).

               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, $315,000,000, 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), of which $60,000,000 
shall be available 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.

   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), as amended (``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''); $2,119,900,000, 
to remain available until expended, which shall be derived from the 
Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund; of which $571,000,000 shall be for 
Local Law Enforcement Block Grants, pursuant to H.R. 728 as passed by 
the House of Representatives on February 14, 1995, except that for 
purposes of this Act, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall be 
considered a ``unit of local government'' as well as a ``State'', for 
the purposes set forth in paragraphs (A), (B), (D), (F), and (I) of 
section 101(a)(2) of H.R. 728 and for establishing crime prevention 
programs involving cooperation between community residents and law 
enforcement personnel in order to control, detect, or investigate crime 
or the prosecution of criminals: Provided, That no funds provided under 
this heading may be used as matching funds for any other Federal grant 
program: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
this title, the Attorney General may transfer up to $18,000,000 of this 
amount for drug courts pursuant to title V of the 1994 Act, consistent 
with the reprogramming procedures outlined in section 605 of this Act: 
Provided further, That funds may also be used to defray the costs of 
indemnification insurance for law enforcement officers; of which 
$50,000,000 shall be 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; of which $245,000,000 shall be available as 
authorized by section 1001 of title I of the 1968 Act, 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; of which 
$330,000,000 shall be for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, 
as authorized by section 242(j) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 
as amended; of which $680,000,000 shall be for Violent Offender 
Incarceration and Truth in Sentencing Incentive Grants pursuant to 
subtitle A of title II of the 1994 Act, of which $170,000,000 shall be 
available for payments to States for incarceration of criminal aliens, 
and of which $12,500,000 shall be available for the Cooperative 
Agreement Program: Provided further, That funds made available for 
Violent Offender Incarceration and Truth in Sentencing Incentive Grants 
to the State of California may, at the discretion of the recipient, be 
used for payments for the incarceration of criminial aliens; of which 
$6,000,000 shall be for the Court Appointed Special Advocate Program, 
as authorized by section 218 of the 1990 Act; of which $1,000,000 shall 
be for Child Abuse Training Programs for Judicial Personnel and 
Practitioners, as authorized by section 224 of the 1990 Act; of which 
$145,000,000 shall be for Grants to Combat Violence Against Women to 
States, units of local government and Indian tribal governments, as 
authorized by section 1001(a)(18) of the 1968 Act; of which $33,000,000 
shall be for Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies to States, units of 
local government, and Indian tribal governments, as authorized by 
section 1001(a)(19) of the 1968 Act; of which $8,000,000 shall be for 
Rural Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Enforcement Assistance Grants, 
as authorized by section 40295 of the 1994 Act; of which $1,000,000 
shall be for training programs to assist probation and parole officers 
who work with released sex offenders, as authorized by section 40152(c) 
of the 1994 Act; of which $550,000 shall be for grants for televised 
testimony, as authorized by section 1001(a)(7) of the 1968 Act; of 
which $1,750,000 shall be for national stalker and domestic violence 
reduction, as authorized by section 40603 of the 1994 Act; of which 
$35,000,000 shall be for grants for residential substance abuse 
treatment for State prisoners as authorized by section 1001(a)(17) of 
the 1968 Act; of which $3,000,000 shall be 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; of which $1,000,000 
shall be for Law Enforcement Family Support Programs, as authorized by 
section 1001(a)(21) of the 1968 Act; of which $900,000 shall be for the 
Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program, as authorized by 
section 240001(c) of the 1994 Act; of which $500,000 shall be  for 
Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Programs, as authorized by section 
220002(h) of the 1994 Act; of which $5,000,000 shall be for State 
Courts Assistance Grants, as authorized by section 210602 of the 1994 
Act; of which $200,000 shall be for a National Baseline Study on Campus 
Sexual Assault, as authorized by section 40506(e) of the 1994 Act; and 
of which $2,000,000 shall be for public awareness programs addressing 
marketing scams aimed at senior citizens, as authorized by section 
250005(3) of the 1994 Act: Provided further, That funds made available 
in fiscal year 1997 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 and for drug testing 
initiatives: Provided further, That any 1996 balances for these 
programs shall be transferred to and merged with this appropriation: 
Provided further, That if a unit of local government uses any of the 
funds made available under this title to increase the number of law 
enforcement officers, the unit of local government will achieve a net 
gain in the number of law enforcement officers who perform 
nonadministrative public safety service.

                       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, $28,500,000, which shall be derived from 
discretionary grants provided under the Edward Byrne Memorial State and 
Local Law Enforcement Assistance Programs, 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.

                  Community Oriented Policing Services

                    violent crime reduction programs

          For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Control and 
Law Enforcement Act of 1994, Public Law 103-322 (``the 1994 Act'') 
(including administrative costs), $1,400,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, which shall be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction 
Trust Fund, for Public Safety and Community Policing Grants pursuant to 
title I of the 1994 Act: Provided, That of this amount, $10,000,000 
shall be available for programs of Police Corps education, training and 
service as set forth in sections 200101-200113 of the 1994 Act: 
Provided further, That of this amount, $71,000,000 shall be transferred 
to the Drug Enforcement Administration for the purpose of providing 
State and local police officers with equipment, conveyances, overtime 
and other expenses associated with their participation on drug task 
forces: Provided further, That of this amount, $30,500,000 shall be for 
additional grants authorized by part B of title II of the Juvenile 
Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended, to remain 
available until expended, for the purpose of providing additional 
formula grants under part B, for innovative local law enforcement and 
community policing programs, to States that provide assurances to the 
Administrator that the State has in effect (or will have in effect not 
later than 1 year after date of application) policies and programs, 
that ensure that juveniles who commit an act after attaining 14 years 
of age, that would be a serious violent crime if committed by an adult, 
are treated as adults for purpose of prosecution: Provided further, 
That not to exceed 130 permanent positions and 130 full-time equivalent 
workyears and $14,602,000 shall be expended for program management and 
administration.

                       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, $145,000,000, 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) $11,000,000 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: Provided, That upon the 
enactment of reauthorization legislation for Juvenile Justice Programs 
under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as 
amended, 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.
    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 sections 214B of the Act.

                    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, $2,200,000, 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. Authorities contained in the Department of Justice 
Appropriation Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1980 (Pub. L. 96-132, 93 
Stat. 1040 (1979)), as amended, 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 this Act may be used to 
establish and publicize a program under which publicly-advertised, 
extraordinary rewards may be paid, which 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 
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 except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section.
    Sec. 108. Section 524(c)(8)(E) of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by striking the year in the date therein contained and 
replacing the same with ``1996''.
    Sec. 109. (a) Section 1930(a) of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended in paragraph (6), by striking everything after ``total less 
than $15,000;'' and inserting in lieu thereof: ``$500 for each quarter 
in which disbursements total $15,000 or more but less than $75,000; 
$750 for each quarter in which disbursements total $75,000 or more but 
less than $150,000; $1,250 for each quarter in which disbursements 
total $150,000 or more but less than $225,000; $1,500 for each quarter 
in which disbursements total $225,000 or more but less than $300,000; 
$3,750 for each quarter in which disbursements total $300,000 or more 
but less than $1,000,000; $5,000 for each quarter in which 
disbursements total $1,000,000 or more but less than $2,000,000; $7,500 
for each quarter in which disbursements total $2,000,000 or more but 
less than $3,000,000; $8,000 for each quarter in which disbursements 
total $3,000,000 or more but less than $5,000,000; $10,000 for each 
quarter in which disbursements total $5,000,000 or more. The fee shall 
be payable on the last day of the calendar month following the calendar 
quarter for which the fee is owed.''.
    (b) Section 589a of title 28, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
``Sec. 589a. United States Trustee System Fund
    ``(a) There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United 
States a special fund to be known as the `United States Trustee System 
Fund' (hereinafter in this section referred to as the `Fund'). Monies 
in the Fund shall be available to the Attorney General without fiscal 
year limitation in such amounts as may be specified in appropriations 
Acts for the following purposes in connection with the operations of 
United States trustees--
            ``(1) salaries and related employee benefits;
            ``(2) travel and transportation;
            ``(3) rental of space;
            ``(4) communication, utilities, and miscellaneous computer 
        charges;
            ``(5) security investigations and audits;
            ``(6) supplies, books, and other materials for legal 
        research;
            ``(7) furniture and equipment;
            ``(8) miscellaneous services, including those obtained by 
        contract; and
            ``(9) printing.
    ``(b) For the purpose of recovering the cost of services of the 
United States Trustee System, there shall be deposited as offsetting 
collections to the appropriation `United States Trustee System Fund', 
to remain available until expended, the following--
            ``(1) 23.08 percent of the fees collected under section 
        1930(a)(1) of this title;
            ``(2) one-half of the fees collected under section 
        1930(a)(3) of this title;
            ``(3) one-half of the fees collected under section 
        1930(a)(4) of this title;
            ``(4) one-half of the fees collected under section 
        1930(a)(5) of this title;
            ``(5) 100 percent of the fees collected under section 
        1930(a)(6) of this title;
            ``(6) three-fourths of the fees collected under the last 
        sentence of section 1930(a) of this title;
            ``(7) the compensation of trustees received under section 
        330(d) of title 11 by the clerks of the bankruptcy courts; and
            ``(8) excess fees collected under section 586(e)(2) of this 
        title.
    ``(c) Amounts in the Fund which are not currently needed for the 
purposes specified in subsection (a) shall be kept on deposit or 
invested in obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States.
    ``(d) The Attorney General shall transmit to the Congress, not 
later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a detailed 
report on the amounts deposited in the Fund and a description of 
expenditures made under this section.
    ``(e) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Fund for any 
fiscal year such sums as may be necessary to supplement amounts 
deposited under subsection (b) for the purposes specified in subsection 
(a).''.
    (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or of this Act, the 
amendments to 28 U.S.C. 589a made by subsection (b) of this section 
shall take effect upon enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 110. Public Law 103-414 (108 Stat. 4279) is amended by 
inserting at its conclusion a new title IV, as follows:

       ``TITLE IV--TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER COMPLIANCE PAYMENTS

``SEC. 401. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER COMPLIANCE 
              FUND.

    ``(a) Establishment of Fund.--There is hereby established in the 
United States Treasury a fund to be known as the Department of Justice 
Telecommunications Carrier Compliance Fund (hereafter referred to as 
`the Fund'), which shall be available without fiscal year limitation to 
the Attorney General for making payments to telecommunications 
carriers, equipment manufacturers, and providers of telecommunications 
support services pursuant to section 109 of this Act.
    ``(b) Deposits to the Fund.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any agency of the United States with law enforcement or 
intelligence responsibilities may deposit as offsetting collections to 
the Fund any unobligated balances that are available until expended, 
upon compliance with any Congressional notification requirements for 
reprogrammings of funds applicable to the appropriation from which the 
deposit is to be made.
    ``(c) Termination.--
            ``(1) The Attorney General may terminate the Fund at such 
        time as the Attorney General determines that the Fund is no 
        longer necessary.
            ``(2) Any balance in the Fund at the time of its 
        termination shall be deposited in the General Fund of the 
        Treasury.
            ``(3) A decision of the Attorney General to terminate the 
        Fund shall not be subject to judicial review.
    ``(d) Availability of Funds for Expenditure.--Funds shall not be 
available for obligation unless an implementation plan as set forth in 
subsection (e) is submitted to each member of the Committees on the 
Judiciary and Appropriations of both the House of Representatives and 
the Senate and the Congress does not, within the 60 days after the date 
of such submission, by law block or prevent the obligation of such 
funds. Such funds shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under 
section 605 of the Department of Commerce, Justice, and State, the 
Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997, and shall not 
be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with 
the procedures set forth in that section and this section.
    ``(e) Implementation Plan.--The implementation plan shall include:
            ``(1) law enforcement assistance capability features 
        including an explanation of how proposed interface and 
        assistance capability requirements exceed or differ from the 
        law enforcement assistance currently provided by carriers;
            ``(2) the actual and maximum number of simultaneous 
        surveillances/intercepts that law enforcement agencies expect 
        to perform (capacity requirements), as well as the ``historical 
        baseline electronic surveillance activity'' on which the 
        proposed capacity requirements are based;
            ``(3) a detailed county by county listing of proposed 
        actual and maximum capacity requirements;
            ``(4) the proposed network switch and other assistance 
        capability features requested by law enforcement that would be 
        required to be installed by telecommunications carriers;
            ``(5) a complete estimate of the full costs of development 
        and deployment of the assistance capability features, the full 
        costs of the proposed actual and maximum capacities requested 
        by law enforcement, the full cost of training 
        telecommunications carrier personnel in the use of such 
        capabilities and capacities, and to what extent funding of 
        $500,000,000 will be sufficient to fully reimburse 
        telecommunications carriers for the reasonable cost of 
        compliance with this Act; and
            ``(6) a complete estimate of the full and reasonable costs 
        associated with modification to be performed by 
        telecommunications carriers of their network equipment and 
        facilities installed or deployed after January 1, 1995, which 
        are not proposed for reimbursement.
    ``(f) Annual Report to the Congress.--The Attorney General shall 
submit to the Congress each year a report specifically detailing all 
deposits and expenditures made pursuant to this Act in each fiscal 
year. This report shall be submitted to each member of the Committees 
on the Judiciary and Appropriations of both the House of 
Representatives and the Senate, and to the Speaker and minority leader 
of the House of Representatives and to the majority and minority 
leaders of the Senate, no later than 60 days after the end of each 
fiscal year.''.
    Sec. 111. It is the sense of the Congress that the Drug Enforcement 
Administration, together with other appropriate Federal agencies, 
should take such actions as may be necessary to end the illegal 
importation into the United States of Rohypnol (flunitrazepam), a drug 
frequently distributed with the intent to facilitate sexual assault and 
rape.
    This title may be cited as the ``Department of Justice 
Appropriations Act, 1997''.

         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, 
$21,449,000, 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, $40,000,000, 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; $272,000,000, 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 section 5412 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 
1988 (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; $38,604,000, 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: Provided 
further, That payments and contributions collected and accepted for 
materials or services provided as part of such activities may be 
retained for use in covering the cost of such activities, and for 
providing information to the public with respect to the export 
administration and national security activities of the Department of 
Commerce and other export control programs of the United States and 
other governments.

                  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, $29,000,000: Provided, That of the total amount 
provided, $3,000,000 shall be available for obligation and expenditure 
only for projects jointly developed, implemented and administered with 
the Small Business Administration.

                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, 
$45,900,000, to remain available until September 30, 1998.

         economics and statistics administration revolving fund

    The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to disseminate economic and 
statistical data products as authorized by sections 1, 2, and 4 of 
Public Law 91-412 (15 U.S.C. 1525-1527) and, notwithstanding section 
5412 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (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, 
$133,617,000.

                     periodic censuses and programs

    For expenses necessary to collect and publish statistics for 
periodic censuses and programs provided for by law, $205,100,000, 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, $15,000,000 to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce shall charge Federal agencies 
for costs incurred in spectrum management, analysis, and operations, 
and related services and such fees shall be retained and used as 
offsetting collections for costs of such spectrum services, to remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That 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, $10,250,000 (increased by $5,000,000), to remain 
available until expended as authorized by section 391 of the Act, as 
amended: Provided, That not to exceed $1,500,000 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, $21,490,000, to remain available until expended as 
authorized by section 391 of the Act, as amended: Provided, That not to 
exceed $3,000,000 shall be available for program administration and 
other support activities as authorized by section 391: 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 (reduced by 
$33,748,000) (reduced by $5,000,000), 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, $268,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
not to exceed $1,625,000 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, 
$89,900,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 
$300,000 may be transferred to the ``Working Capital Fund''.
    In addition, for necessary expenses of the Advanced Technology 
Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
$110,500,000, 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 may 
be used for the purposes of carrying out additional program 
competitions under the Advanced Technology Program: Provided further, 
That funds made available for the Advanced Technology Program under 
this heading and any unobligated balances available from carryover of 
prior year appropriations for such program may be used only for the 
purposes of providing continuation grants for comptetitions completed 
prior to October 1, 1995: Provided further, That such continuation 
grants shall be provided only to single applicants or joint venture 
participants which are small businesses: Provided further, That such 
funds for the Advanced Technology Program are provided for the purposes 
of closing out all commitments for such program.

            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 200 
commissioned officers on the active list as of April 1, 1997, and no 
commissioned officers on the active list as of September 30, 1997; 
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; $1,738,200,000, 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 1997, so as to result in a final 
general fund appropriation estimated at not more than $1,735,200,000: 
Provided further, That any such additional fees received in excess of 
$3,000,000 in fiscal year 1997 shall not be available for obligation 
until October 1, 1997: 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, $68,000,000 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 
306A of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended, shall not 
exceed $2,000,000: Provided further, That of the $1,839,176,000 
provided for in direct obligations under this heading (of which 
$1,735,200,000 is appropriated from the general fund, $73,276,000 is 
provided by transfer, and $30,700,000 is derived from unobligated 
balances and deobligations from prior years), $182,660,000 shall be for 
the National Ocean Service, $298,907,000 shall be for the National 
Marine Fisheries Service, $231,826,000 shall be for Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Research, $633,010,000 shall be for the National Weather 
Service, $425,897,000 shall be for the National Environmental 
Satellite, Data, and Information Service, $66,876,000 shall be for 
Program Support.

                      coastal zone management fund

          Of amounts collected pursuant to section 308 of the Coastal 
Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1456a), not to exceed 
$7,800,000, for purposes set forth in sections 308(b)(2)(A), 
308(b)(2)(B)(v), and 315(e) of such Act.

                              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, $36,000,000, 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, 
$6,000,000, 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 $200,000, to be derived from receipts collected 
pursuant to subsections (b) and (f) of section 10 of the Fishermen's 
Protective Act of 1967 (22 U.S.C. 1980), 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 $1,000,000, 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), to be derived from the fees imposed under the 
foreign fishery observer program authorized by these Acts, not to 
exceed $196,000, to remain available until expended.

                 fishing vessel obligations guarantees

        For the cost of guaranteed loans, $250,000, as authorized by 
the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, as amended: 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: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available under this heading may be used to 
guarantee loans for any new fishing vessel that will increase the 
harvesting capacity in any United States fishery.

                       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, $27,400,000.

                      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), 
$19,445,000.

            National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

                  operations, research, and facilities

                              (rescission)

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$10,000,000 are rescinded.

               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.
    Sec. 206. (a) Should legislation be enacted to dismantle or 
reorganize the Department of Commerce, the Secretary of Commerce, no 
later than 90 days thereafter, shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House and the Senate a plan for transferring 
funds provided in this Act to the appropriate successor organizations: 
Provided, That the plan shall include a proposal for transferring or 
rescinding funds appropriated herein for agencies or programs 
terminated under such legislation: Provided further, That such plan 
shall be transmitted in accordance with section 605 of this Act.
    (b) The Secretary of Commerce or the appropriate head of any 
successor organization(s) may use any available funds to carry out 
legislation dismantling or reorganizing the Department of Commerce to 
cover the costs of actions relating to the abolishment, reorganization, 
or transfer of functions and any related personnel action, including 
voluntary separation incentives if authorized by such legislation: 
Provided, That the authority to transfer funds between appropriations 
accounts that may be necessary to carry out this section is provided in 
addition to authorities included under section 205 of this Act: 
Provided further, That use of funds to carry out 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. 207. Any costs incurred by a Department or agency funded under 
this title resulting from personnel actions taken in response to 
funding reductions included in this title shall be absorbed within the 
total budgetary resources available to such Department or agency: 
Provided, That the authority to transfer funds between appropriations 
accounts as may be necessary to carry out this section is provided in 
addition to authorities included elsewhere in this Act: Provided 
further, That use of funds to carry out 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. 208. None of the funds appropriated under this Act or any 
other Act may be used to develop new fishery management plans, 
amendments, or regulations which create new individual fishing quota, 
individual transferable quota, or new individual transferable effort 
allocation programs, or to implement any such plans, amendments, or 
regulations approved by a Regional Fishery Management Council or the 
Secretary of Commerce after January 4, 1995, until offsetting fees to 
pay for the cost of administering such plans, amendments, or 
regulations are expressly authorized under the Magnuson Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). This 
restriction shall not apply in any way to any such programs approved by 
the Secretary of Commerce prior to January 4, 1995.
    Sec. 209. The Secretary may award contracts for hydrographic, 
geodetic, and photogrammetric surveying and mapping services in 
accordance with title IX of the Federal Property and Administrative 
Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 541 et seq.).
    Sec. 210. There is hereby established the Bureau of the Census 
Working Capital Fund, which shall be available without fiscal year 
limitation, for expenses and equipment necessary for the maintenance 
and operation of such services and projects as the Director of the 
Census Bureau determines may be performed more advantageously when 
centralized: Provided, That such central services shall, to the fullest 
extent practicable, be used to make unnecessary the maintenance of 
separate like services in the divisions and offices of the Bureau: 
Provided further, That a separate schedule of expenditures and 
reimbursements, and a statement of the current assets and liabilities 
of the Working Capital Fund as of the close of the last completed 
fiscal year, shall be prepared each year: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Working Capital Fund may be 
credited with advances and reimbursements from applicable 
appropriations of the Bureau and from funds of other agencies or 
entities for services furnished pursuant to law: Provided further, That 
any inventories, equipment, and other assets pertaining to the services 
to be provided by such funds, either on hand or on order, less the 
related liabilities or unpaid obligations, and any appropriations made 
hereafter for the purpose of providing capital, shall be used to 
capitalize the Working Capital Fund: Provided further, That the Working 
Capital Fund shall provide for centralized services at rates which will 
return in full all expenses of operation, including depreciation of 
fund plant and equipment, amortization of automated data processing 
software and hardware systems, and an amount necessary to maintain a 
reasonable operating reserve as determined by the Director.
    This title may be cited as the ``Department of Commerce and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997''.

                        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; $27,157,000.

                    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), $2,490,000, of which $260,000 
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, $15,013,000.

               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, 
$11,114,000.

    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, $2,550,956,000 (reduced by $12,000,000) 
(including the purchase of firearms and ammunition); of which not to 
exceed $13,454,000 shall remain available until expended for space 
alteration projects; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 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 $2,390,000, to be 
appropriated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund.

                    violent crime reduction programs

    For activities of the Federal Judiciary as authorized by law, 
$30,000,000, 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); $297,000,000, to remain 
available until expended as authorized by 18 U.S.C. 3006A(i).

                    fees of jurors and commissioners

    For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1871 and 
1876; compensation of jury commissioners as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 
1863; and compensation of commissioners appointed in condemnation cases 
pursuant to rule 71A(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28 
U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71A(h)); $66,000,000, 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); $131,000,000, 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, $48,500,000, 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, $17,495,000; of which $1,800,000 shall 
remain available through September 30, 1998, 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), $21,000,000, to the Judicial Survivors' 
Annuities Fund, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 376(c), $7,300,000, 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, $8,300,000, 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 ``Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and other Judicial 
Services, Defender Services'' and ``Courts of Appeals, District Courts, 
and other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commissioners'', 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.
    Sec. 305. Section 612(l) of title 28, United States Code, shall be 
amended as follows: strike ``1997'', and insert in lieu thereof 
``1998''.
    This title may be cited as ``The Judiciary Appropriations Act, 
1997''.

           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; $1,705,000,000 (reduced by 
$14,000,000): Provided, That notwithstanding section 140(a)(5), and the 
second sentence of section 140(a)(3), of the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236), not 
to exceed $150,000,000 of fees may be collected during fiscal year 1997 
under the authority of section 140(a)(1) of that Act: Provided further, 
That all fees collected under the preceding proviso shall be deposited 
in fiscal year 1997 as an offsetting collection to appropriations made 
under this heading to recover the costs of providing consular services 
and shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That in 
fiscal year 1998, 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 $17,230,000 shall 
be available only for the enhancement of the Diplomatic 
Telecommunications Service and shall remain available until expended. 
Of the latter amount, $2,500,000 shall not be made available until 
expiration of the 15 day period beginning on the date when the 
Secretary of State and the Director of the Diplomatic 
Telecommunications Service submit the 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 collected 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; and in addition, as authorized by 
section 5 of such Act, $450,000, to be derived from the reserve 
authorized by that section, to be used for the purposes set out in that 
section; 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 of 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 sentence 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.

                         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, $352,300,000.

                        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.), $27,495,000, notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) 
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended (Public Law 96-465), as 
it relates to post inspections: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, (1) the Office of Inspector General of the 
United States Information Agency is hereby merged with the Office of 
Inspector General of the Department of State; (2) the functions 
exercised and assigned to the Office of 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 
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), $4,490,000.

              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, $8,332,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 1998.

           security and maintenance of united states missions

    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), $370,000,000, to remain available until expended as 
authorized by section 24(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities 
Act of 1956 (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), $5,800,000, to remain 
available until expended as authorized by section 24(c) of the State 
Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (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 section 4 
of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (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, $663,000 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), $15,001,000.

     payment to the foreign service retirement and disability fund

    For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund, 
as authorized by law, $126,491,000.

              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, $875,000,000: 
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 1997: 
Provided further, That certification under section 401(b) of Public Law 
103-236 for fiscal year 1997 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: Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated in this paragraph, $80,000,000 
may be made available only on a quarterly basis and only after the 
Secretary of State certifies on a quarterly basis that the United 
Nations has taken no action to increase funding for any United Nations 
program without identifying an offsetting decrease elsewhere in the 
United Nations budget and cause the United Nations to exceed its no 
growth budget for the biennium 1996-1997 adopted in December, 1995: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 402 of this Act, not to 
exceed $10,000,000 may be transferred from the funds made available 
under this heading to the ``International Conferences and 
Contingencies'' account for assessed contributions to new or 
provisional international organizations: Provided further, That any 
transfer pursuant to this paragraph 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.

        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, $332,400,000, of which 
$50,000,000 is for payment of arrearages accumulated in 1995, and which 
shall be available only upon certification by the Secretary of State 
that at least two of the following have been achieved: (1) savings of 
at least $100,000,000 will be achieved in the biennial expenses of the 
following United Nations divisions and activities--the United Nations 
Conference on Trade and Development, the Regional Economic Commissions, 
the Department of Public Information, and the Department of Conference 
Services, travel and overtime; (2) the number of professional and 
general service staff employed by the United Nations Secretariat at the 
conclusion of the 1996-1997 biennium will be at least ten percent below 
the number of such positions on January 1, 1996; and (3) the United 
Nations has adopted a budget outline for the 1998-1999 biennium that is 
below $2,608,000,000; as part of a five-year program to achieve major 
cost-saving reforms in the United Nations and specialized agencies: 
Provided, That none of the funds made available under this Act shall be 
obligated or expended 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 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, $18,490,000.

                              construction

    For detailed plan preparation and construction of authorized 
projects, $6,463,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized 
by section 24(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 
(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; 
$5,490,000, 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, $10,450,000: Provided, 
That the United States' share of such expenses may be advanced to the 
respective commissions, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3324.

                                 Other

                     payment to the asia foundation

    For a grant to the Asia Foundation, as authorized by section 501 of 
Public Law 101-246, $8,000,000, to remain available until expended, as 
authorized by section 24(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities 
Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2696(c)).

                            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, $38,495,000, 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 section 801 of such Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1471), and 
entertainment, including official receptions, within the United States, 
not to exceed $25,000 as authorized by section 804(3) of such Act of 
1948 (22 U.S.C. 1474(3)); $439,300,000: Provided, That not to exceed 
$1,400,000 may be used for representation abroad as authorized by 
section 302 of such Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1452) and section 905 of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 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, 
student advising and counseling, and publication programs as authorized 
by section 810 of such Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1475e): Provided further, 
That not to exceed $1,100,000 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), $185,000,000, to remain available until expended 
as authorized by section 105 of such Act of 1961 (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. 5204-5205), all interest and 
earnings accruing to the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust 
Fund on or before September 30, 1997, 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, 1997, 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 United States International 
Broadcasting Act of 1994, as amended, the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba 
Act, as amended, and Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977, to carry out 
international communication activities, including the purchase, 
installation, rent, construction, or improvement of facilities and 
equipment for radio transmission and reception to Cuba; $335,700,000, 
of which not to exceed $16,000 may be used for official receptions 
within the United States as authorized by section 804(3) of such Act of 
1948 (22 U.S.C. 1474(3)), not to exceed $35,000 may be used for 
representation abroad as authorized by section 302 of such Act of 1948 
(22 U.S.C. 1452) and section 905 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
U.S.C. 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 such Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1475e), to 
remain available until expended for carrying out authorized purposes; 
and in addition, notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to 
exceed $1,000,000 in monies received (including receipts from 
advertising, if any) by or for the use of the United States Information 
Agency from or in connection with broadcasting resources owned by or on 
behalf of the Agency, to be available until expended for carrying out 
authorized purposes: Provided, That, of the amount provided under this 
heading, $9,300,000 may be made available for grants for the operating 
costs of Radio Free Asia under section 309 of the United States 
International Broadcasting Act of 1994.

                           radio construction

    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 section 801 of the United States Information and 
Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1471), $39,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, as authorized by section 704(a) of 
such Act of 1948 (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, $30,000,000, to remain available until 
expended.

      General Provisions--Department of State and Related Agencies

    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 hereafter 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.
    Sec. 404. Funds appropriated by this Act for the United States 
Information Agency, the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, and the 
Department of State may be obligated and expended notwithstanding 
section 701 of the United States Information and Educational Exchange 
Act of 1948 and section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995, section 53 of the Arms Control and 
Disarmament Act, and section 15 of the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act of 1956.
    Sec. 405. Any costs incurred by a Department or agency funded under 
this title resulting from personnel actions taken in response to 
funding reductions included in this title shall be absorbed within the 
total budgetary resources available to such Department or agency: 
Provided, That the authority to transfer funds between appropriations 
accounts as may be necessary to carry out this section is provided in 
addition to authorities included elsewhere in this Act: Provided 
further, That use of funds to carry out 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. 406. None of the funds made available by this Act or any other 
Act may be made available to support the negotiating activities of the 
Standing Consultative Commission (SCC) or to implement agreements, 
amendments, or understandings to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty of 
1972 (hereafter referred to as the ``ABM Treaty'') reached after 
January 1, 1996 by the Standing Consultative Commission or pursuant to 
United States-Russian bilateral discussions regarding the establishment 
of a demarcation between theater missile defense systems and anti-
ballistic missile systems for the purposes of the ABM Treaty or 
multilateralization of the ABM Treaty unless the President certifies to 
the Congress that any amendments, agreements, or understandings reached 
pursuant to these activities or discussions will be submitted to the 
Senate for its advice and consent.
    This title may be cited as the ``Department of State and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997''.

                       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, 
$148,430,000, to remain available until expended.

                       maritime security program

    For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a U.S.-flag 
merchant fleet to serve the national security needs of the United 
States, $63,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
these funds will be available only upon enactment of an authorization 
for this program.

                        operations and training

    For necessary expenses of operations and training activities 
authorized by law, $62,300,000: Provided, That reimbursements may be 
made to this appropriation from receipts to the ``Federal Ship 
Financing Fund'' for administrative expenses in support of that program 
in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated.

          maritime guaranteed loan (title xi) program account

    For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by the Merchant 
Marine Act, 1936, $37,450,000, 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 $3,450,000, 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 on the Advancement of Federal Law Enforcement

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Commission on the Advancement of 
Federal Law Enforcement, as authorized by the Antiterrorism and 
Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, $2,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 1998.

      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, $8,740,000: 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, $2,196,000, 
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); non-monetary 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; 
$232,740,000: 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 
structure; 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; $185,619,000, of which not to exceed $300,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 1998, for research and policy 
studies: Provided, That $126,400,000 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 1997 so as to result in a final fiscal year 
1997 appropriation estimated at $59,219,000: Provided further, That any 
offsetting collections received in excess of $126,400,000 in fiscal 
year 1997 shall remain available until expended, but shall not be 
available for obligation until October 1, 1997: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used to deny or 
delay action on a license, license transfer or assignment, or license 
renewal for any religious or religiously affiliated entity on the basis 
that its recruitment or hiring of full or part time employees for any 
position at a broadcast facility licensed to such entity is or was 
limited to persons of a particular religion or having particular 
religious knowledge, training, or interests: Provided further, That the 
preceding proviso shall not apply with respect to any appeal from a 
decision of any administrative law judge rendered on September 15, 
1995.

                      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; $11,000,000: 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; $85,930,000: Provided, That not to exceed 
$300,000 shall be available for use to contract with a person or 
persons for collection services in accordance with the terms of 31 
U.S.C. 3718, as amended: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, not to exceed $58,905,000 of offsetting 
collections derived from fees collected for premerger notification 
filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 
(15 U.S.C. 18(a)) shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in 
this appropriation, and shall remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That the sum herein appropriated from the General Fund shall 
be reduced as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal 
year 1997, so as to result in a final fiscal year 1997 appropriation 
from the General Fund estimated at not more than $27,025,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That any fees received in 
excess of $58,905,000 in fiscal year 1997 shall remain available until 
expended, but shall not be available for obligation until October 1, 
1997: 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).

                       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, 
$141,000,000 (increased by $109,000,000), of which $134,575,000 
(increased by $109,000,000) is for basic field programs and required 
independent audits; $1,125,000 is for the Office of the Inspector 
General, of which such amounts as may be necessary may be used to 
conduct additional audits of recipients; and $5,300,000 is for 
management and administration.

         administrative provisions--legal services corporation

    Sec. 501. (a) Continuation of Competitive Selection Process.--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 
except through a competitive selection process conducted in accordance 
with regulations promulgated by the Corporation in accordance with the 
criteria set forth in subsections (c), (d), and (e) of section 503 of 
Public Law 104-134 (110 Stat. 1321-130 et seq.).
    (b) Inapplicability of Noncompetitive Procedures.--For 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. 502. (a) Continuation of Requirements and Restrictions.--None 
of the funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal Services Corporation 
shall be expended for any purpose prohibited or limited by, or contrary 
to any of the provisions of--
            (1) sections 501, 502, 505, 506, and 507 of Public Law 104-
        134 (101 Stat. 1321-127 et seq.), and all funds appropriated in 
        this Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to 
        the same terms and conditions as set forth in such sections, 
        except that all references in such sections to 1995 and 1996 
        shall be deemed to refer instead to 1996 and 1997, 
        respectively; and
            (2) section 504 of Public Law 104-134 (101 Stat. 1321-132 
        et seq.), and all funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal 
        Services Corporation shall be subject to the same terms and 
        conditions set forth in such section, except that--
                    (A) subsection (c) of such section 504 shall not 
                apply;
                    (B) paragraph (3) of section 508(b) of Public Law 
                104-134 (101 Stat. 1321-147) shall apply with respect 
                to the requirements of subsection (a)(13) of such 
                section 504, except that all references in such section 
                508(b) to the date of enactment shall be deemed to 
                refer to April 26, 1996; and
                    (C) subsection (a)(11) of such section 504 shall 
                not be construed to prohibit a recipient from using 
                funds derived from a source other than the Corporation 
                to provide related legal assistance to--
                            (i) an alien who has been battered or 
                        subjected to extreme cruelty in the United 
                        States by a spouse or a parent, or by a member 
                        of the spouse's or parent's family residing in 
                        the same household as the alien and the spouse 
                        or parent consented or acquiesced to such 
                        battery or cruelty; or
                            (ii) an alien whose child has been battered 
                        or subjected to extreme cruelty in the United 
                        States by a spouse or parent of the alien 
                        (without the active participation of the alien 
                        in the battery or extreme cruelty), or by a 
                        member of the spouse's or parent's family 
                        residing in the same household as the alien and 
                        the spouse or parent consented or acquiesced to 
                        such battery or cruelty, and the alien did not 
                        actively participate in such battery or 
                        cruelty.
    (b) Definitions.--For purposes of subsection (a)(2)(C):
            (1) The term ``battered or subjected to extreme cruelty'' 
        has the meaning given such term under regulations issued 
        pursuant to subtitle G of the Violence Against Women Act of 
        1994 (Pub. L. 103-322; 108 Stat. 1953).
            (2) The term ``related legal assistance'' means legal 
        assistance directly related to the prevention of, or obtaining 
        of relief from, the battery or cruelty described in such 
        subsection.
    Sec. 503. (a) Continuation of Audit Requirements.--The requirements 
of section 509 of Public Law 104-134 (101 Stat. 1321-146 et seq.), 
other than subsection (l) of such section, shall apply during fiscal 
year 1997.
    (b) Requirement of Annual Audit.--An annual audit of each person or 
entity receiving financial assistance from the Legal Services 
Corporation under this Act shall be conducted during fiscal year 1997 
in accordance with the requirements referred to in subsection (a).

                        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, $975,000.

                 National Bankruptcy Review Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the National Bankruptcy Review 
Commission, as authorized by the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994, 
$500,000 (reduced by $10,000).

                   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, $277,021,000 (reduced by $25,000,000), 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 (1) such incidental expenses as meals taken in the course of 
such attendance, (2) any travel and transportation to or from such 
meetings, and (3) 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 one percentum to one-thirty-third of one 
percentum, 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: 
Provided further, That immediately upon enactment of this Act or 
September 1, 1996, whichever occurs later, every national securities 
association shall pay to the Commission a fee at a rate of one-eight-
hundredth of one percentum for each $1,000,000 of the aggregate dollar 
amount of sales transacted by or through any member of such association 
otherwise than on a national securities exchange (other than bonds, 
debentures, and other evidences of indebtedness) subject to prompt last 
sale reporting pursuant to the rules of the Commission or a registered 
national securities association, excluding any sales for which a fee is 
paid under section 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 
78ee), and such increase shall be deposited as an offsetting collection 
to this appropriation, to remain available until expended, to recover 
the costs to the Government of the supervision and regulation of 
securities markets and securities professionals: Provided further, That 
the fee due from every national securities association shall be paid 
(1) on or before March 15, 1997, with respect to transactions occurring 
during the period beginning immediately upon enactment of this Act or 
September 1, 1996, whichever occurs later, and ending at the close of 
December 31, 1996; and (2) on or before September 30, 1997, with 
respect to transactions and sales occurring during the period beginning 
on January 1, 1997, and ending at the close of August 31, 1997: 
Provided further, That the total amount appropriated for fiscal year 
1997 under this heading shall be reduced as all such offsetting fees 
are deposited to this appropriation so as to result in a final total 
fiscal year 1997 appropriation from the General Fund estimated at not 
more than $83,047,000 (reduced by $25,000,000): Provided further, That 
any such fees collected in excess of $193,974,000 shall remain 
available until expended but shall not be available for obligation 
until October 1, 1997.

                     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, $214,419,000, of which $94,218,000 shall be 
available for the non-credit programs of the Small Business 
Administration, including $3,000,000 which shall only be available for 
obligation and expenditure for projects jointly developed, implemented 
and administered with the Minority Business Development Agency of the 
Department of Commerce: Provided, 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), 
$8,900,000.

                     business loans program account

    For the cost of direct loans, $2,792,000, and for the cost of 
guaranteed loans, $161,876,000, as authorized by 15 U.S.C. 631 note, of 
which $1,216,000, to be available until expended, shall be for the 
Microloan Guarantee Program, and of which $40,510,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 1998: 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: Provided further, 
That during fiscal year 1997, commitments to guarantee loans under 
section 503 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, as amended, 
shall not exceed the amount of financings authorized under section 
20(n)(2)(B) of the Small Business Act, as amended.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan programs, $93,485,000, 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, $105,432,000, 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, $100,578,000, including not to exceed $500,000 for the 
Office of Inspector General of the Small Business Administration for 
audits and reviews of disaster loans and the disaster loan program, and 
said sums may be transferred to and merged with appropriations for 
Salaries and Expenses and Office of Inspector General.

                 surety bond guarantees revolving fund

    For additional capital for the ``Surety Bond Guarantees Revolving 
Fund'', authorized by the Small Business Investment Act, as amended, 
$3,730,000, to remain available without fiscal year limitation as 
authorized by 15 U.S.C. 631 note.

        administrative provision--small business administration

    Sec. 504. 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 1997, 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 1997, 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.
    (c) Prohibition of Contracts With Persons Falsely Labeling Products 
as Made in America.--If it has been finally determined by a court or 
Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a 
``Made in America'' inscription, or any inscription with the same 
meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is 
not made in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to 
receive any contract or subcontract made with funds made available in 
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility 
procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code 
of Federal Regulations.
    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).
    Sec. 609. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be obligated or expended to pay for any cost 
incurred for (1) opening or operating any United States diplomatic or 
consular post in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam that was not 
operating on July 11, 1995; (2) expanding any United States diplomatic 
or consular post in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam that was 
operating on July 11, 1995; or (3) increasing the total number of 
personnel assigned to United States diplomatic or consular posts in the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam above the levels existing on July 11, 
1995, unless the President certifies within 60 days, based upon all 
information available to the United States Government that the 
Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is cooperating in full 
faith with the United States in the following four areas:
            (1) Resolving discrepancy cases, live sightings and field 
        activities,
            (2) Recovering and repatriating American remains,
            (3) Accelerating efforts to provide documents that will 
        help lead to fullest possible accounting of POW/MIA's.
            (4) Providing further assistance in implementing trilateral 
        investigations with Laos.
    Sec. 610. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
for any United Nations undertaking when it is made known to the Federal 
official having authority to obligate or expend such funds (1) that the 
United Nations undertaking is a peacekeeping mission, (2) that such 
undertaking will involve United States Armed Forces under the command 
or operational control of a foreign national, and (3) that the 
President's military advisors have not submitted to the President a 
recommendation that such involvement is in the national security 
interests of the United States and the President has not submitted to 
the Congress such a recommendation.
    Sec. 611. None of the funds made available in this Act shall be 
used to provide the following amenities or personal comforts in the 
Federal prison system--
            (1) in-cell television viewing except for prisoners who are 
        segregated from the general prison population for their own 
        safety;
            (2) the viewing of R, X, and NC-17 rated movies, through 
        whatever medium presented;
            (3) any instruction (live or through broadcasts) or 
        training equipment for boxing, wrestling, judo, karate, or 
        other martial art, or any bodybuilding or weightlifting 
        equipment of any sort;
            (4) possession of in-cell coffee pots, hot plates, or 
        heating elements; or
            (5) the use or possession of any electric or electronic 
        musical instrument.
    Sec. 612. None of the funds made available in title II for the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the heading 
``Fleet Modernization, Shipbuilding and Conversion'' may be used to 
implement sections 603, 604, and 605 of Public Law 102-567.
    Sec. 613. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
for ``USIA Television Marti Program'' under the Television Broadcasting 
to Cuba Act or any other program of United States Government television 
broadcasts to Cuba, when it is made known to the Federal official 
having authority to obligate or expend such funds that such use would 
be inconsistent with the applicable provisions of the March 1995 Office 
of Cuba Broadcasting Reinventing Plan of the United States Information 
Agency.
    Sec. 614. Any costs incurred by a Department or agency funded under 
this Act resulting from personnel actions taken in response to funding 
reductions included in this Act shall be absorbed within the total 
budgetary resources available to such Department or agency: Provided, 
That the authority to transfer funds between appropriations accounts as 
may be necessary to carry out this section is provided in addition to 
authorities included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use 
of funds to carry out 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. 615. None of the funds made available in this Act to the 
Federal Bureau of Prisons may be used to distribute or make available 
any commercially published information or material to a prisoner when 
it is made known to the Federal official having authority to obligate 
or expend such funds that such information or material is sexually 
explicit or features nudity.
    Sec. 616. Of the funds appropriated in this Act under the heading 
``OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS--state and local law enforcement 
assistance'', not more than ninety percent of the amount to be awarded 
to an entity under part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 shall be made available to such an entity when 
it is made known to the Federal official having authority to obligate 
or expend such funds that the entity that employs a public safety 
officer (as such term is defined in section 1204 of title I of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968) does not provide 
such a public safety officer who retires or is separated from service 
due to injury suffered as the direct and proximate result of a personal 
injury sustained in the line of duty while responding to an emergency 
situation or a hot pursuit (as such terms are defined by State law) 
with the same or better level of health insurance benefits that are 
paid by the entity at the time of retirement or separation.
    Sec. 617. Of the funds in this Act appropriated for a municipal or 
county jail, State or Federal prison, or other similar facility for the 
confinement of individuals in connection with crime or criminal 
proceedings, not more than 90 percent of the funds otherwise authorized 
to be made available to any such municipal or county jail, State or 
Federal prison, or other similar facility, may be made available when 
it is made known to the Federal official having authority to obligate 
or expend such funds that the authorities of such jail, prison, or 
other facility have not reported to the Attorney General each death of 
any individual who dies in custody in that jail, prison, or facility, 
and the circumstances that surround that death.
    Sec. 618. The amount provided in this Act for ``Equal Employment 
Opportunity Commission--Salaries and Expenses'' is increased by 
$7,000,000, and the amount provided for Small Business Administration, 
Disaster Loan Program Account for administrative expenses is reduced by 
$8,000,000.
    Sec. 619. (a) Limitation on Use of Funds To Issue Certain 
Patents.--None of the funds made available in this Act may be used by 
the Patent and Trademark Office to issue a patent when it is made known 
to the Federal official having authority to obligate or expend such 
funds that the patent is for any invention or discovery of a technique, 
method, or process for performing a surgical procedure (defined as a 
treatment for curing or preventing disease, injury, illness, disorder, 
or deformity by operative methods, in which human tissue is cut, 
burned, or vaporized by the use of any mechanical means, laser, or 
ionizing radiation, or the penetration of the skin or body orifice by 
any means), performing a medical procedure (defined as a nonsurgical, 
nondiagnostic procedure for curing or preventing a disease, injury, 
illness, disorder, or deformity), or making a medical diagnosis 
(defined as the identification of a medical condition or a disease or 
disorder of a body).
    (b) Exceptions.--The limitation established in subsection (a) shall 
not apply to the issuance of a patent when it is made known to the 
Federal official having authority to obligate or expend such funds 
that--
            (1) the patent is for a machine, manufacture, or 
        composition of matter, or improvement thereof, that is itself 
        patentable subject matter, and the technique, method, or 
        process referred to in subsection (a) is performed by or is a 
        necessary component of the machine, manufacture, or composition 
        of matter; or
            (2) the patent is for a new use of a composition of mattter 
        or biotechnological process.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Departments of Commerce, Justice, 
and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1997.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 24, 1996.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.