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                 DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND
                   STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED
                    AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1999

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                                HEARINGS

                                BEFORE A

                           SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

                       COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                       ONE HUNDRED FIFTH CONGRESS

                             SECOND SESSION
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  SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE 
                    JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGENCIES

                    HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky, Chairman

JIM KOLBE, Arizona                 ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia
CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina  DAVID E. SKAGGS, Colorado
RALPH REGULA, Ohio                 JULIAN C. DIXON, California
MICHAEL P. FORBES, New York        
TOM LATHAM, Iowa                   

NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Livingston, as Chairman of the Full 
Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking Minority Member of the Full 
Committee, are authorized to sit as Members of all Subcommittees.

           Jim Kulikowski, Therese McAuliffe, Jennifer Miller,
                     Mike Ringler, and Cordia Strom,
                           Subcommittee Staff
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                                 PART 3

                  Justification of the Budget Estimates

 Department of State..............................................    1
 Maritime Administration..........................................  964
 The Judiciary.................................................... 1117

                              

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                       COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS                      

                   BOB LIVINGSTON, Louisiana, Chairman                  

JOSEPH M. McDADE, Pennsylvania         DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin            
C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida              SIDNEY R. YATES, Illinois           
RALPH REGULA, Ohio                     LOUIS STOKES, Ohio                  
JERRY LEWIS, California                JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania        
JOHN EDWARD PORTER, Illinois           NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington         
HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky                MARTIN OLAV SABO, Minnesota         
JOE SKEEN, New Mexico                  JULIAN C. DIXON, California         
FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia                VIC FAZIO, California               
TOM DeLAY, Texas                       W. G. (BILL) HEFNER, North Carolina 
JIM KOLBE, Arizona                     STENY H. HOYER, Maryland            
RON PACKARD, California                ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia     
SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama                MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio                  
JAMES T. WALSH, New York               DAVID E. SKAGGS, Colorado           
CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina      NANCY PELOSI, California            
DAVID L. HOBSON, Ohio                  PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana         
ERNEST J. ISTOOK, Jr., Oklahoma        ESTEBAN EDWARD TORRES, California   
HENRY BONILLA, Texas                   NITA M. LOWEY, New York             
JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan              JOSE E. SERRANO, New York           
DAN MILLER, Florida                    ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut        
JAY DICKEY, Arkansas                   JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia            
JACK KINGSTON, Georgia                 JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts        
MIKE PARKER, Mississippi               ED PASTOR, Arizona                  
RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey    CARRIE P. MEEK, Florida             
ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi           DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina      
MICHAEL P. FORBES, New York            CHET EDWARDS, Texas                 
GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, Jr., Washington  ROBERT E. (BUD) CRAMER, Jr., Alabama
MARK W. NEUMANN, Wisconsin             
RANDY ``DUKE'' CUNNINGHAM, California  
TODD TIAHRT, Kansas                    
ZACH WAMP, Tennessee                   
TOM LATHAM, Iowa                       
ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky              
ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama            

                 James W. Dyer, Clerk and Staff Director




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                            C O N T E N T S

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                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

                                                                   Page
Overview.........................................................     4
Summary Tables...................................................
.................................................................     8
Administration of Foreign Affairs................................    16
    Performance Plan.............................................    18
    State Programs...............................................    85
        Office of the Secretary..................................   131
        Political-Military Affairs...............................   149
        Office of Protocol.......................................   167
        Legislative Affairs......................................   176
        Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific 
          Affairs................................................   185
        Office of the Legal Adviser..............................   199
        Economic and Business Affairs............................   210
        Intelligence and Research................................   222
        African Affairs..........................................   235
        Near Eastern Affairs.....................................   254
        South Asian Affairs......................................   271
        East Asian and Pacific Affairs...........................   286
        Inter-American Affairs...................................   305
        European and Canadian Affairs............................   321
        International Organization Affairs.......................   352
        Office of Public Affairs.................................   370
        Bureau of Consular Affairs...............................   380
        Management...............................................   392
        Bureau of Finance and Management Policy..................   401
        Bureau of Personnel......................................   421
        Office of Medical Services...............................   440
        Foreign Service Institute................................   449
        Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.......................   463
        Office of Administration.................................   475
        Diplomatic Security......................................   499
        Counterterrorism.........................................   521
        Chief Information Officer................................   526
        Diplomatic Telecommunications Service Program Office.....   558
        Office of Foreign Missions...............................   569
        Post Assignment Travel...................................   579
        Population, Refugees, and Migration......................   584
        International Criminal Justice...........................   589
        Foreign Service National Separation Liability Trust Fund.   595
        Border Security Program..................................   600
Other Administration of Foreign Affairs Appropriations:
    Office of Inspector General..................................   607
    Representation Allowances....................................   648
    Buying Power Maintenance Fund................................   655
    Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials.................   656
    Security and Maintenance of United States Missions...........   664
    Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service...........   770
    Repatriation Loans Program...................................   777
    Payment to the American Institute in Taiwan..................   781
    Payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund   794
International Organizations and Conferences:
    Overview.....................................................   799
    Contributions to International Organizations.................   800
    Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities......   881
    International Conference and Contingencies...................   894
    Arrearage Payments...........................................   901
International Commissions:
    Overview.....................................................   902
    International Boundary and Water Commission, Salaries and 
      Expenses...................................................   903
    International Boundary and Water Commission, Construction....   916
    International Boundary Commissions...........................   928
    International Joint Commission...............................   934
    Border Environment Cooperation Commission....................   942
    International Fisheries Commissions..........................   948
Related Appropriations:
    Overview.....................................................   953
    Payment to the Asia Foundation...............................   954

                        MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

Organization Chart...............................................   968
Summary Statement................................................   969
Overview.........................................................   971
Resource Summary Tables..........................................   974
Performance Plans................................................   979
Maritime Security Program........................................  1019
Operations and Training..........................................  1035
Maritime Guaranteed Loan (Title XI)..............................  1062
Operating-Differential Subsidy...................................  1083
Ocean Freight Differential.......................................  1093
Federal Ship Financing Fund......................................  1100
Other Accounts...................................................  1105
Administrative Provisions........................................  1114
General Provisions...............................................  1115

                             THE JUDICIARY

Summary of Budgetary Requirements for Fiscal Year 1999...........  1125
Supreme Court of the United States...............................  1132
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit...........  1163
United States Court of International Trade.......................  1176
Court of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services...  1187
    Salaries and Expenses........................................  1206
    Defender Services............................................  1280
    Fees of Jurors and Commissioners.............................  1308
    Court Security...............................................  1318
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.........................  1331
Federal Judicial Center..........................................  1350
Payments to Judiciary Trust Funds................................  1362
United States Sentencing Commission..............................  1369
Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund...............................  1378
General Provisions...............................................  1384