[House Hearing, 106 Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




 
                 DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND
                   STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED
                    AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2000

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                                HEARINGS

                                BEFORE A

                           SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

                       COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                       ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS
                              FIRST 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                  JOSE E. SERRANO, New York
 CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina   JULIAN C. DIXON, California
 RALPH REGULA, Ohio                  ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia
 TOM LATHAM, Iowa                    LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California
 DAN MILLER, Florida
 ZACH WAMP, Tennessee               

 NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Young, 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, Jennifer Miller, Mike Ringler, and Cordia Strom,
                           Subcommittee Staff
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                                 PART 1

                  Justification of the Budget Estimates

                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

                              

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         Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations
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                     U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
 55-872                     WASHINGTON : 1999



                      COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

                   C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida, Chairman

 RALPH REGULA, Ohio                   DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin
 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              STENY H. HOYER, Maryland
 TOM DeLAY, Texas                     ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia
 JIM KOLBE, Arizona                   MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio
 RON PACKARD, California              NANCY PELOSI, California
 SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama              PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana
 JAMES T. WALSH, New York             NITA M. LOWEY, New York
 CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina    JOSE E. SERRANO, New York
 DAVID L. HOBSON, Ohio                ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut
 ERNEST J. ISTOOK, Jr., Oklahoma      JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia
 HENRY BONILLA, Texas                 JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts
 JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan            ED PASTOR, Arizona
 DAN MILLER, Florida                  CARRIE P. MEEK, Florida
 JAY DICKEY, Arkansas                 DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina
 JACK KINGSTON, Georgia               CHET EDWARDS, Texas
 RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey  ROBERT E. ``BUD'' CRAMER, Jr., 
 ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi           Alabama
 MICHAEL P. FORBES, New York          JAMES E. CLYBURN, South Carolina
 GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, Jr.,           MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York
Washington                            LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California
 RANDY ``DUKE'' CUNNINGHAM,           SAM FARR, California
California                            JESSE L. JACKSON, Jr., Illinois
 TODD TIAHRT, Kansas                  CAROLYN C. KILPATRICK, Michigan
 ZACH WAMP, Tennessee                 ALLEN BOYD, Florida
 TOM LATHAM, Iowa
 ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky
 ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama
 JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri
 JOHN E. SUNUNU, New Hampshire
 KAY GRANGER, Texas
 JOHN E. PETERSON, Pennsylvania     

                 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 Commerce

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General Administration...........................................     1
Office of Inspector General......................................    39
Economic Development Administration..............................    75
Bureau of the Census.............................................   160
Economics and Statistics Administration..........................   292
International Trade Administration...............................   359
Bureau of Export Administration..................................   493
Minority Business Development Agency.............................   559
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration..................   611
Patent and Trademark Office......................................  1249
Technology Administration........................................  1383
National Institute of Standards and Technology...................  1431
National Technical Information Service...........................  1685
National Telecommunications and Information Administration.......  1712

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