[Senate Report 105-48]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                                       Calendar No. 111

105th Congress                   SENATE                          Report
 1st Session                                                     105-48
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DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATION BILL, 1998

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                 July 16, 1997.--Ordered to be printed

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    Mr. Gregg, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the 
                               following

                              R E P O R T

                         [To accompany S. 1022]

    The Committee on Appropriations reports the bill (S. 1022) 
making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, 
and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies programs for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes, 
reports favorably thereon and recommends that the bill do pass.



Amount in new budget (obligational) authority

Total bill as reported to Senate........................ $31,623,755,000
Amount of appropriations, 1997..........................  30,230,160,000
Amount of budget estimates, 1998, as amended............  35,645,887,000
The bill as reported to the Senate:
    Above the appropriations for 1997...................   1,393,595,000
    Below the estimates for 1998........................   4,022,132,000


                            C O N T E N T S

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Summary of estimates and recommendations.........................     3
Title I--Department of Justice...................................     7
Title II--Department of Commerce and related agencies............    56
    Related agencies:
        Office of the U.S. Trade Representative..................    56
        International Trade Commission...........................    57
Title III--The judiciary.........................................    91
Title IV--Department of State and related agencies...............    98
    Related agencies:
        Arms Control and Disarmament Agency......................   108
        U.S. Information Agency..................................   108
        Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program...................   110
Title V--Related agencies:
    Department of Transportation: Maritime Administration........   114
    Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad.   116
    Commission on the Advancement of Federal Law Enforcement.....   116
    Commission on Civil Rights...................................   116
    U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform........................   117
    Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe.............   117
    Equal Employment Opportunity Commission......................   118
    Federal Communications Commission............................   118
    Federal Maritime Commission..................................   119
    Federal Trade Commission.....................................   119
    National Gambling Impact Study Commission....................   120
    Legal Services Corporation...................................   121
    Marine Mammal Commission.....................................   122
    National Bankruptcy Review Commission........................   122
    Ounce of Prevention Council..................................   122
    Securites and Exchange Commission............................   122
    Small Business Administration................................   123
    State Justice Institute......................................   128
Title VI--General provisions.....................................   129
Title VII--Rescissions...........................................   131
Compliance with paragraph 7, rule XVI of the Standing Rules of 
  the Senate.....................................................   132
Compliance with paragraph 7(c), rule XXVI of the Standing Rules 
  of the Senate..................................................   133
Compliance with paragraph 12, rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of 
  the Senate.....................................................   134
Budgetary impact.................................................   154

                Summary of Estimates and Recommendations

    The budget estimates for the departments and agencies 
included in the accompanying bill are contained in the budget 
of the United States for 1998 submitted on February 6, 1997, 
and budget amendments submitted on March 17, March 19, April 
23, and June 19, 1997.
    The total amount of new budget authority recommended by the 
Committee for fiscal year 1998 is $31,623,755,000. This amount 
is a net increase of $1,393,595,000 above appropriations 
enacted for fiscal year 1997 for these departments and 
agencies. The Committee recommendation is $4,022,132,000 below 
the budget estimates as amended. This significant difference is 
a result of the Committee's decision not to approve advanced 
appropriations.

                         highlights of the bill

    The bill provides funds for fighting crime, enhancing drug 
enforcement, responding to the threat of terrorism, addressing 
the shortcomings of the immigration process, continuing the 
judicial process, conducting commerce within the United States, 
proceeding with State Department operations, and fullfilling 
the needs of various independent agencies. Highlights of the 
bill include:
Department of Justice
  --Increases to fight the proliferation of crime and drugs;
  --Additional funding to address a comprehensive and 
        coordinated response for counterterrorism efforts;
  --$10,000,000 in additional funding for the FBI's efforts to 
        stop child sexual exploitation on the Internet;
  --Additional funding to DEA for methamphetamine and heroin 
        investigations;
  --Additional funding to FBI and DEA for real property 
        maintenance to prevent further degradation of 
        facilities;
  --$267,833,000 for new and expanded prison facilities;
  --Increased funding for the Office of Justice Programs 
        including $14,000,000 for counterterrorism 
        technologies, $25,000,000 for the National Sexual 
        Offender Registry, and a $10,500,000 increase for the 
        regional information sharing system;
  --$4,046,150,000 to support State and local law enforcement 
        including $1,440,000,000 for the Community Oriented 
        Policing Services [COPS] Program, an increase to 
        $263,750,000 for the Violence Against Women Program, 
        $740,500,000 for State prison grants, and $580,000,000 
        for the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law 
        Enforcement Grant Program; and
  --$380,422,000 for juvenile justice programs.
Department of Commerce
  --The U.S. Trade Representative is funded at the requested 
        level and the International Trade Commission is funded 
        at $41,000,000;
  --The Committee recommends funding the International Trade 
        Administration at $280,736,000. The Bureau of Export 
        Administration [BXA] is funded at the requested level;
  --The Minority Business Development Agency is funded at the 
        requested level;
  --The Bureau of the Census is given full funding for the 
        decennial census. The same sampling language approved 
        by the Senate during the fiscal year 1997 supplemental 
        bill is addressed in the bill;
  --The National Telecommunications and Information 
        Administration is funded at $52,574,000. The public 
        broadcasting grant program, for which there was no 
        fiscal year 1998 request, is funded at $25,000,000. The 
        Information Infrastructure grants are funded at 
        $11,000,000;
  --The bill funds the ATP program at $200,000,000 and the MEP 
        program at $111,000,000; and
  --An increase in funding for the National Oceanic and 
        Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather 
        Service.
The Judiciary
  --Maintains current operations;
  --Provides a downpayment for the renovation of the Supreme 
        Court building;
  --Provides increases to address the growing bankruptcy 
        caseload and probation population;
  --Reorganizes the ninth circuit court of appeals; and
  --Provides a cost-of-living increase for justices and judges.
Department of State
  --Maintains current operations;
  --Provides increases for infrastructure investments in 
        computers, communications, and facility maintenance;
  --Maintains international commitments;
  --Funds U.N. arrears; and
  --Reconciles commitments to international organizations with 
        available funds.
Related agencies
  --The related agencies title funds the full budget of the 
        Security and Exchange Commission, which is offset by 
        offsetting receipts; adequate funding for the Small 
        Business Administration; and funding for the Equal 
        Employment Opportunity Commission programs, the Federal 
        Communications Commission and the Legal Services 
        Corporation.

            reprogrammings, reorganizations, and relocations

    As in previous years, the Committee has inserted section 
605 under title VI of the general provisions of the bill. This 
section restates previous law with regard to the reprogramming 
of funds between programs or activities.
    The House and Senate reports accompanying the 
appropriations bills of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, 
and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies for several 
years contained sections concerning the reprogramming of funds 
between programs or activities.
    The Committee expects each department and agency to follow 
closely the reprogramming procedures listed below which are 
similar to provisions that applied in statute during fiscal 
year 1997.
    The Committee desires and expects that both the House and 
Senate chairmen of the Subcommittee on the Departments of 
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related 
Agencies will be notified by letter a minimum of 15 days prior 
to:
  --Reprogramming of funds, whether permanent or temporary, in 
        excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 
        between programs or activities. This provision is also 
        applicable in cases where several activities are 
        involved with each receiving less than $500,000. In 
        addition, the Committee desires to be notified of 
        reprogramming actions which are less than these amounts 
        if such actions would have the effect of committing the 
        agency to significant funding requirements in future 
        years;
  --Increasing funds or personnel by any means for any project 
        or activity for which funds have been denied or 
        restricted;
  --Creation of new programs, offices, agencies or commissions 
        or substantial augmentations of existing programs, 
        offices, agencies or commissions;
  --Relocations of offices or employees;
  --Reorganization of offices, programs, or activities; and
  --Contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities 
        presently performed by Federal employees.
    In addition, the Committee desires and expects any 
department or agency funded in the accompanying bill that is 
planning to conduct a reduction in force to notify the 
Committees by letter 30 days in advance of the date of the 
proposed personnel action. Also, the Committee expects that any 
items which are subject to interpretation will be reported.
    The Committee is adding a new requirement for fiscal year 
1998. The Committee directs each department or agency to notify 
the Committee at any point when the amount of political 
appointees rises above 10 percent from either of the previous 2 
years or when five political appointees are added. The 
Committee should be notified 30 days before either of these 
situations occurs. Similar notification should be provided when 
the same number of personnel positions are converted from 
political appointments to civil service positions.
    Government Performance and Results Act [GPRA].--The 
Committee has received a number of strategic plans from 
different organizations receiving appropriated funds within the 
bill. The Committee directs that all associated organizations 
provide goals and objectives to the Committee no later than 
September 30, 1997.
Rescissions
    The Committee mark rescinds a total of $30,310,000 from the 
Department of Justice. Rescission amounts are based on 
estimates provided to the Committee on or before July 8, 1997.
    Proposed rescissions include: $30,310,000 from the working 
capital fund at the Department of Justice.
                     TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

    The Committee has made funding for law enforcement the 
centerpiece of the fiscal year 1998 appropriations bill.
    The Committee recommends $17,251,958,000 in new budget 
(obligational) authority in the accompanying bill for the 
Department of Justice with a strong emphasis on law enforcement 
activities for fiscal year 1998. This amount is $826,955,000 
more than the fiscal year 1997 funding level.

                          adjustments to base

    The Committee is concerned by the way the Department 
constructs its budget submissions. The Committee finds that 
adjustments to base and new initiatives are often one in the 
same. Within all future President's budget requests, the 
Committee directs the Department to provide all adjustments to 
the prior year programs and commensurate funding as new 
initiatives.

                             reprogrammings

    Also, the Committee has been deluged with reprogramming 
requests from the Department. Within the last 9 months the 
Committee has received 51 reprogramming requests from the 
Department. The Committee directs the Department to begin 
submitting quarterly omnibus reprogramming requests. The 
Committee will not continue to address piecemeal requests 
unless such reprogrammings are needed for purposes of national 
security. The Department is also directed to undertake a study 
which examines and reevaluates the methodology of submission of 
reprogramming requests as currently enumerated in section 605 
of the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997. The 
Department is directed to submit the results of this study with 
recommendations for an improved process to the appropriate 
committees no later than February 1, 1998.

                         General Administration

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $79,373,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      79,959,000
Committee recommendation................................      79,373,000

    This account funds the development of policy objectives and 
the overall management of the Department of Justice.
    The Committee recommends a total of $79,373,000 for fiscal 
year 1998 for general administration. The recommendation is 
identical to the fiscal year 1997 appropriation and $586,000 
below the fiscal year 1998 request.
    The Committee recommendation includes full funding for the 
four additional security personnel first provided for in fiscal 
year 1997, including nonrecurring costs for one-time items. 
Also, to ensure that scarce resources are focused on the 
support and oversight of crimefighting activities, the 
Committee has included bill language freezing, except where 
noted, legislative and public affairs activities at fiscal year 
1997 levels throughout the Department. These activities may not 
be supplemented by either reimbursable or nonreimbursable 
detailees.
    Capital prosecutions.--The Committee is alarmed by the 
disproportionate claim on limited resources being made by a 
small but growing number of capital prosecutions. Preliminary 
figures for first- and second-degree murder cases indicate that 
capital prosecutions are 16 times more costly than noncapital 
prosecutions. The Committee directs the Attorney General to 
carefully review ``best practices'' in prosecuting capital 
cases from the initial appearance of the defendant through 
final appeal with the intent of developing and disseminating 
guidelines focused on case cost containment. This effort should 
be coordinated with the Administrative Office of the U.S. 
Courts.

                         Counterterrorism Fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $29,450,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      29,450,000
Committee recommendation................................      29,450,000

    The Committee recommends $29,450,000 for the 
``Counterterrorism fund'' account which was established in 
Public Law 104-19, the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 
for Additional Disaster Assistance, for Anti-Terrorism 
Initiatives, for Assistance in the Recovery from the Tragedy 
that Occurred at Oklahoma City, and Rescissions Act, 1995. This 
fund is under the control and direction of the Attorney General 
to: (1) cover the costs incurred in reestablishing the 
operational capability of an office or facility which has been 
damaged or destroyed as a result of any domestic or 
international terrorist incident, (2) the costs of providing 
support to counter, investigate or prosecute domestic or 
international terrorism, including payment of rewards in 
connection with these activities, and (3) the costs of 
conducting a terrorism threat assessment of Federal agencies 
and their facilities.
    The recommendation provides amounts equal to the request 
and the 1997 appropriation.

                   Administrative Review and Appeals

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $111,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     129,258,000
Committee recommendation................................      79,258,000

    The Committee recommends $79,258,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for administrative review and appeal, of which $59,251,000 is 
provided from the violent crime reduction trust fund. The 
recommendation is $31,742,000 below the fiscal year 1997 
appropriation and $50,000,000 below the fiscal year 1998 
request. This apparent reduction is deceptive. The 
recommendation assumes that $50,000,000 in carryover in the INS 
``Immigration examinations fee'' account is made available for 
Executive Office for Immigration Review [EOIR] operations. 
Immigration examination fees may be used for expenses in 
providing immigration adjudication.
    The EOIR includes the Board of Immigration Appeals, 
immigration judges, and administrative law judges who decide 
through administrative hearings whether to admit or exclude 
aliens seeking to enter the country, and whether to deport or 
adjust the status of aliens whose status has been challenged. 
This account also funds the Office of the Pardon Attorney which 
receives, investigates, and considers petitions for all forms 
of executive clemency. The recommendation provides $127,701,000 
for the EOIR and $1,557,000 for the Office of the Pardon 
Attorney.
    In addition to providing sufficient resources to maintain 
current operations, the Committee recommendation includes the 
following increases for the EOIR:
    Expedited removal of deportable aliens.--$3,525,000, 10 
immigration judges, 4 staff attorneys, and 21 support 
positions.
    Caseload resulting from increased border enforcement.--
$3,640,000, 10 immigration judges, 5 staff attorneys, and 24 
support staff.
    Caseload resulting from increased interior enforcement.--
$2,840,000, 8 immigration judges, 3 staff attorneys, and 18 
support positions.
    Of the total amount provided, $59,251,000 is for expanded 
special deportation proceedings under the violent crime 
reduction trust fund as authorized by the Violent Crime Control 
and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322).

                      Office of Inspector General

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $31,960,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      33,211,000
Committee recommendation................................      33,211,000

    The Committee recommends $33,211,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for the Office of Inspector General. This recommendation is 
$1,251,000 above the fiscal year 1997 appropriation and 
identical to the fiscal year 1998 request.
    The Committee commends the Office of the Inspector General 
for its diligence in pursuing mismanagement or wrongdoing in 
the FBI, INS, and Bureau of Prisons.
    The Committee also recommends bill language, similar to 
that included in previous fiscal years, which makes: (1) up to 
$10,000 of this appropriation available for emergencies of a 
confidential nature; and (2) funds available for the 
acquisition of motor vehicles.

                         U.S. Parole Commission

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $4,845,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       4,799,000
Committee recommendation................................       5,009,000

    This Commission is an independent body within the 
Department of Justice which makes decisions regarding requests 
for parole and supervision of Federal prisoners.
    The Committee recommends $5,009,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for the Parole Commission. The recommendation is $164,000 above 
the fiscal year 1997 appropriation and $210,000 above the 
fiscal year 1998 request.
    The Parole Commission is scheduled to be phased out in 2002 
as a result of the creation of sentencing guidelines. The 
Committee recommendation reflects the Commission's schedule to 
terminate its operations; however, the Committee is concerned 
that the Commission is shrinking faster than its caseload 
merits. In particular, using retired personnel as contract 
hearing examiners and conducting parole revocations without in-
person hearings is neither cost effective nor wise. The quality 
of hearings and adjudications has begun to suffer, potentially 
leading to the early release of violent offenders with high 
recidivism rates. The Committee believes that retaining two 
more hearing examiners than requested will bring Commission 
responsibilities and resources into better balance.

                            Legal Activities

                        general legal activities

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $430,262,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     474,526,000
Committee recommendation................................     445,147,000

    This appropriation funds the establishment of litigation 
policy, conduct of litigation, and various other legal 
responsibilities, through the Office of the Solicitor General, 
the Tax Division, the Criminal Division, the Civil Division, 
the Environmental and Natural Resources Division, the Civil 
Rights Division, the Office of Legal Counsel, Interpol, and the 
Office of Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair 
Employment Practices.
    The Committee recommends a total of $445,147,000 for fiscal 
year 1998 for general legal activities, of which $7,969,000 is 
provided from the violent crime reduction trust fund [VCRTF] as 
authorized in the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act 
of 1994 (Public Law 103-322) and the Antiterrorism and 
Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-132). The 
total recommendation is identical to the fiscal year 1997 
appropriation and $29,379,000 below the fiscal year 1998 
request. In addition, the Committee understands that 
$33,700,000 will be transferred from the Federal Savings and 
Loan Insurance Corporation [FSLIC] resolution fund for general 
legal activities. The recommendation fully funds adjustments to 
base.
    The $7,969,000 derived from the VCRTF is to sustain the 
cost of Civil Division attorneys working for the deportation of 
criminal aliens. This recommendation continues the effort to 
use violent crime trust fund amounts to strengthen enforcement 
of our immigration laws.
    Within the resources made available, the Committee 
recommendation increases funding above fiscal year 1997 levels 
for the following requested initiatives: tax protesters 
($462,000); Southwest border initiative ($281,000); Federal 
capital case prosecutions ($192,000); Winstar litigation 
($10,972,000); vessel pollution ($490,000); and electronic FOIA 
($4,493,000).
    The Committee recommends bill language, similar to that 
included in previous fiscal years, which: (1) allows up to 
$20,000 for expenses of collecting evidence; (2) makes up to 
$10,000,000 available for litigation support contracts; (3) 
makes up to $24,555,000 available for office automation 
systems; (4) makes up to $1,000 available to the U.S. National 
Central Bureau--Interpol for reception and representation 
expenses; and (5) adjusting legislative and public affairs 
staffing in this account to balance resources across divisions 
and free up staff for Criminal Division initiatives.

               the national childhood vaccine injury act

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $4,028,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       4,028,000
Committee recommendation................................       4,028,000

    The Committee recommends a reimbursement of $4,028,000 for 
fiscal year 1998 from the vaccine injury compensation trust 
fund to cover Justice Department expenses associated with 
litigating cases under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury 
Act of 1986. The recommendation is identical to the fiscal year 
1997 appropriation and identical to the fiscal year 1998 
request.

                           Antitrust Division

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $92,447,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      97,542,000
Committee recommendation................................      92,447,000

    The Antitrust Division investigates potential violations of 
Federal antitrust laws, represents the interests of the United 
States in cases brought under these laws, acts on antitrust 
cases before the Supreme Court, and reviews decisions of 
regulatory commissions relating to antitrust law.
    The Committee recommendation assumes a total of $92,447,000 
in budget (obligational) authority for fiscal year 1998 for the 
Antitrust Division. The recommendation is identical to the 
fiscal year 1997 appropriation and $5,095,000 below the fiscal 
year 1998 request. Of the amount provided, $70,000,000 will be 
derived from anticipated offsetting fee collections in fiscal 
year 1998, $10,000,000 will be available from carryover 
balances, and $12,447,000 is provided as a direct 
appropriation. The Committee notes that use of unobligated fee 
collections from the prior year are subject to the 
reprogramming requirements outlined in section 605 of this act.
    The recommendation includes bill language for the Antitrust 
Division, similar to that included in previous fiscal years, 
which: (1) allows $70,000,000 in fees to be credited to this 
account; (2) reduces appropriated funds as fees are collected; 
and (3) makes fees in excess of $70,000,000 available until 
expended in fiscal year 1999.

                             U.S. Attorneys

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $978,116,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................   1,069,445,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,032,532,000

    This account supports the Executive Office for U.S. 
Attorneys and the 94 U.S. attorneys offices throughout the 
United States and its territories. The U.S. attorneys serve as 
the principal litigators for the U.S. Government for criminal, 
civil, and debt collection matters.
    The Committee recommends a total of $1,032,532,000 for 
fiscal year 1998 for U.S. attorneys, of which $46,128,000 is 
provided from the violent crime reduction trust fund [VCRTF] as 
authorized in Public Law 103-322 and Public Law 104-132. The 
recommendation is $54,416,000 above the fiscal year 1997 
appropriation and $36,913,000 below the fiscal year 1998 
request. In addition, the Committee understands that 
$11,525,000 from the crime victims fund will be transferred to 
U.S. attorneys from the Office of Victims of Crime for victim 
and witness assistance.
    The Committee recommendation provides the requested 
adjustments to base for this account to preserve the current 
strength of the U.S. attorneys offices. Within available 
resources, the Committee recommends the following increases 
over fiscal year 1997: $5,161,000 for narcotics and other 
dangerous drug cases and $3,779,000 for organized crime cases. 
In addition, within available resources, the Committee expects 
U.S. attorneys to continue to pursue counterterrorism and civil 
defensive initiatives with the utmost vigor. Of amounts 
available from the violent crime reduction trust fund, 
$11,408,000 is for Southwest border control and $9,747,000 is 
for expeditious deportation of criminal aliens.
    Child support enforcement.--The Committee is aware that an 
estimated $34,000,000,000 in child support payments will have 
gone unpaid by fiscal year 1998. The Committee recommendation 
provides an increase of $632,000 over fiscal year 1997, the 
requested amount, for child support enforcement.
    Debt collection.--The Committee is aware that an estimated 
$13,000,000,000 in criminal and civil penalties will go 
uncollected by fiscal year 1998. The Committee recommendation 
provides an increase of $15,244,000 over fiscal year 1997 for 
debt collection, including $11,600,000 for contract collection 
agents.
    Legal education.--The Committee recommendation provides a 
total of $13,803,000 for legal education, including an increase 
of $6,237,000 over fiscal year 1997 for activation of the 
National Advocacy Center [NAC]. NAC State and local training 
funds are provided under Office of Justice Programs.
    Violent crime task force demonstration projects.--Three 
years ago, the Committee provided $15,000,000 to support U.S. 
attorney-led violent crime task force projects throughout the 
country. These multiagency task forces have been a success, 
contributing greatly to the record decline in violent crime 
rates nationwide. The Committee recommends $5,000,000 to 
continue support of existing task forces.
    While pleased with the steady decline in violent crime, the 
Committee believes that the overall rate is still unacceptably 
high and notes the growing correlation between youth gang 
activity, illicit drug use and distribution, and violent 
criminal behavior. To address these trends, the Committee has 
also recommended $5,000,000 to support the expansion of several 
existing task forces into regionally diverse violent crime task 
force demonstration projects.
    Specifically, the Committee expects these regionally 
diverse demonstration projects to be focused on the following 
law enforcement problems: (1) the impact of spillover violence 
coming from high crime urban areas into much smaller 
neighboring jurisdictions; (2) the identification, 
investigation, and prosecution of violent repeat offenders 
operating either alone, as part of a gang, or as part of a drug 
enterprise; or (3) illegal immigration, drug smuggling, and 
violence on the Southwest border.
    The Committee believes these focused, regionally diverse 
violent crime task force demonstration projects will provide 
the Nation with new and innovative approaches to address 
emerging criminal trends and notes that additional 
prosecutorial resources should be an important component of any 
expansion plan that results in enhanced law enforcement 
productivity. The Committee expects the Executive Office of 
U.S. Attorneys to consult with the Committees on Appropriations 
prior to the selection of the projects to be supported with 
these funds.
    District of Columbia.--The Committee is aware that the U.S. 
attorney's office and the Superior Court, both chronically 
understaffed, are struggling to bring order out of chaos in the 
District. The Committee recommends the following increases over 
fiscal year 1997: $1,645,000 for 21 in-house (cold case murder) 
investigators; $635,000 for 3 attorneys and 3 support staff to 
expand Operation Ceasefire; $1,939,000 for 33 support staff; 
and $250,000 for laboratory services supporting the 
identification, classification, and interpretation of crime 
scene evidence.
    Finally, the Committee recommendation includes an increase 
of $337,000 over fiscal year 1997 for electronic FOIA.
    The Committee also recommends bill language, similar to 
that included in previous fiscal years, which: (1) makes up to 
$2,500,000 for debt collection purposes available until 
September 30, 1999; (2) makes up to $10,000,000 for automated 
litigation support contracts available until expended; and (3) 
makes available up to $8,000 to be used for official reception 
and representation expenses. A new provision makes available up 
to $8,000,000 to modernize the computer system of D.C. Superior 
Court.

                        u.s. trustee system fund

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $107,950,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     116,721,000
Committee recommendation................................     116,721,000

    The U.S. trustee system provides administrative support to 
expeditiously move bankruptcy cases through the bankruptcy 
process and ensures accountability of private trustees 
appointed to administer bankruptcy estates. This system was 
authorized in Public Law 99-554, the Bankruptcy Judges, U.S. 
Trustees, and Family Farmer Bankruptcy Act of 1986, which 
established a U.S. trustee system fund in the U.S. Treasury and 
provided for the collection of fees into the fund to finance 
program operations.
    The Committee recommends a total of $116,721,000 in budget 
(obligational) authority for fiscal year 1998 for the U.S. 
trustees. The recommendation is $8,771,000 above fiscal year 
1997 authority.
    The Committee recommendation includes bill language which: 
(1) allows all fees collected to be used as offsetting 
collections to the U.S. trustee program; (2) allows deposits to 
the U.S. trustee system fund to be used to pay refunds due 
depositors; (3) allows $116,721,000 in offsetting fee 
collections to be retained and used for necessary expenses in 
this appropriation; (4) reduces appropriated funds as such fees 
are collected; and (5) makes offsetting fee collections in 
excess of $116,721,000 available until expended in fiscal year 
1999.

                  foreign claims settlement commission

Appropriations, 1997....................................        $953,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       1,226,000
Committee recommendation................................       1,226,000

    The Foreign Claims Settlement Commission settles claims of 
American citizens arising from nationalization, expropriation, 
or other takings of their properties and interests by foreign 
governments. The Committee recommends $1,226,000 for fiscal 
year 1998 for the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission. The 
recommendation is $273,000 above the fiscal year 1997 
appropriation and identical to the fiscal year 1998 request. 
The recommended increase fully provides for the adjudication of 
claims against Germany relating to World War II, Cuba relating 
to the Castro regime, Iraq relating to the Stark incident and 
Desert Shield/Storm, and Albania relating to the Communist 
takeover in 1945.

                         U.S. Marshals Service

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $482,495,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     500,797,000
Committee recommendation................................     497,339,000

    The U.S. Marshals Service is made up of 94 U.S. marshals 
offices with the responsibility for the protection of the 
Federal judiciary, protection of witnesses, execution of 
warrants and court orders, and the custody and transportation 
of unsentenced prisoners.
    The Committee recommends $497,339,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for the U.S. Marshals Service, of which $25,553,000 will be 
provided from the violent crime reduction trust fund [VCRTF] as 
authorized in Public Law 103-322. The recommendation is 
$14,844,000 above the fiscal year 1997 appropriation and 
$3,458,000 below the fiscal year 1998 request.
    The Committee recommendation provides the requested 
adjustments to base for this account, with one exception noted 
below, plus the following increases over fiscal year 1997: 
courthouse security ($5,187,000); courthouse project equipment 
($5,572,000); fugitive apprehension ($5,145,000); 
communications equipment modernization ($2,134,000); and 
electronic FOIA ($413,000). The amount derived from the VCRTF 
is dedicated to protection of the judicial process.
    The Committee agrees with the Deputy Attorney General 
regarding the need to develop justice prisoner and alien 
transportation system [JPATS] performance data, and the 
recommendation assumes that out of available resources not less 
than $500,000 will be dedicated by the Marshals Service to 
contract out for JPATS analytical support. Similarly, the 
recommendation assumes that not less than $468,000 for witness 
security New York metro inspectors and $190,000 for the witness 
security banking and electronic reporting services pilot 
project will be funded out of available resources. Finally, the 
Committee recommendation includes no funds for construction in 
this account. As in previous years, detention space 
construction funding is provided in the ``Buildings and 
facilities'' account under Bureau of Prisons.
    Video conferencing.--The Committee is aware that video 
conferencing generates savings and improves public safety. 
Within available funds, the Committee recommendation includes 
$700,000 for the acquisition and installation of video 
conferencing equipment in jails and courthouses in the 
following locations: Brooklyn, NY; Chicago, IL; Salt Lake City, 
UT; Denver, CO; Las Vegas, NV; Seattle, WA; and sites to be 
determined in New Mexico and Texas. The Committee expects the 
Marshals Service to consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations prior to the final determination of the latter 
two sites.
    The Committee also recommends bill language, similar to 
that included in previous appropriations acts, which allows up 
to $6,000 to be used for official reception and representation 
expenses, up to $4,000,000 to be used for an automated prisoner 
information system, up to $2,200,000, available until expended, 
to be used for JPATS, and allows for the acquisition of motor 
vehicles for police-type use without regard to the general 
purchase price limitation, and allows the Marshals Service to 
earn reimbursement for the maintenance and transport of State, 
local, and territorial prisoners by JPATS. Bill language is 
continued capping legislative and public affairs staffing 
levels. The Committee recommendation assumes the transfer of 
excess manpower from these offices to bolster fugitive 
apprehension efforts.

                       Federal prisoner detention

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $405,262,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     462,831,000
Committee recommendation................................     405,262,000

    Under this program, the U.S. marshals contract with State 
and local jails and private facilities to house unsentenced 
Federal prisoners for short periods of time, usually before and 
during trial, and while awaiting transfer to Federal 
institutions after conviction.
    The Committee recommends $405,262,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for Federal prisoner detention. The recommendation is identical 
to the fiscal year 1997 appropriation and $57,569,000 below the 
fiscal year 1998 request. The Committee understands that 
$68,000,000 in carryover is available in this account.
    The Committee is troubled by continuing reports of the 
inefficient use of limited Federal detention space, and expects 
the Marshals Service to report not later than December 31, 
1997, on instances where artificial barriers erected by other 
agencies hinder the maximum utilization of all Federal 
detention space.

                     fees and expenses of witnesses

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $100,702,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      75,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      75,000,000

    This account provides for fees and expenses of witnesses 
who appear on behalf of the Government in cases in which the 
United States is a party, including fact and expert witnesses. 
These funds are also used for mental competency examinations as 
well as witness and informant protection.
    The Committee recommends $75,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for fees and expenses of witnesses. The recommendation is 
$25,702,000 below the fiscal year 1997 appropriation and 
identical to the fiscal year 1998 request.
    The Committee also recommends bill language, similar to 
that included in previous appropriations acts, which allows: 
(1) up to $4,750,000 for protected witness safe sites; (2) up 
to $1,000,000 for the purchase and maintenance of armored 
vehicles for prisoner transportation; and (3) up to $4,000,000 
available for the purchase, installation, and maintenance of a 
secure automated information system.

                      community relations service

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $5,319,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       7,500,000
Committee recommendation................................       5,319,000

    The Community Relations Service [CRS] provides assistance 
to communities and persons in the prevention and resolution of 
disagreements relating to perceived discriminatory practices.
    The Committee recommends $5,319,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for the Community Relations Service. The recommendation is 
identical to the fiscal year 1997 appropriation and $2,181,000 
below the fiscal year 1998 request.
    The Committee also recommends bill language included in 
previous years that allows the Attorney General to provide 
additional resources for CRS, through a transfer of funds from 
other Department of Justice programs under section 605 of this 
act, if emergent circumstances exist.

                         assets forfeiture fund

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $23,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      23,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      23,000,000

    This account provides funds to supplement existing 
resources to cover additional investigative expenses of the 
FBI, DEA, INS, and U.S. marshals, such as awards for 
information, purchase of evidence, equipping of conveyances, 
and investigative expenses leading to seizure. Funds for these 
activities are provided from receipts deposited in the assets 
forfeiture fund resulting from the forfeiture of assets. 
Expenses related to the management and disposal of assets are 
also provided from the assets forfeiture fund by a permanent 
indefinite appropriation.
    The Committee recommends $23,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for the assets forfeiture fund. The recommendation is identical 
to the fiscal year 1997 appropriation and the fiscal year 1998 
request.

                    Radiation Exposure Compensation

                        administrative expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $2,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       2,000,000
Committee recommendation................................       2,000,000

    This program was established to permit the payment of 
claims to individuals exposed to radiation as a result of 
atmospheric nuclear tests and uranium mining in accordance with 
the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act of 1990.
    The Committee recommends $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for the expenses of the Civil Division necessary to handle 
claims and litigation arising from the Radiation Exposure 
Compensation Act. The recommendation is identical to the fiscal 
year 1997 appropriation and the fiscal year 1998 request. The 
recommendation does not include the requested advance 
appropriation.

          payment to the radiation exposure compensation fund

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $13,736,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       4,381,000
Committee recommendation................................       4,381,000

    This account provides funds to be available in order to 
make payments to approved claimants under the Radiation 
Exposure Compensation Act of 1990.
    The Committee recommends $4,381,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for payments under the Radiation Compensation Act. The 
recommendation is $9,355,000 below the fiscal year 1997 
appropriation and identical to the fiscal year 1998 request. 
The recommendation does not include the requested advance 
appropriation.

                      Interagency Law Enforcement

                 Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $359,430,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     294,967,000
Committee recommendation................................     294,967,000

    The Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement Program, through 
its 13 regional task forces, utilizes the combined resources 
and expertise of its 11 member Federal agencies, in cooperation 
with State and local investigators and prosecutors, to target 
and destroy major narcotics trafficking and money laundering 
organizations.
    The Committee recommends $294,967,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for interagency crime and drug enforcement. The recommendation 
is $64,463,000 below the fiscal year 1997 appropriation and 
identical to the fiscal year 1998 request. The reduction in the 
fiscal year 1998 request reflects that, for the first time, 
non-Justice agencies are carrying their share of the program in 
their budgets.
    The Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement Program has been 
described as the only way to motivate agencies within Justice 
to commit resources to long-term, complex, joint antinarcotics 
operations. Any agency that is reluctant to cooperate with 
other agencies in combating the greatest domestic threat our 
Nation faces, or puts arrest statistics before efforts to 
destroy drug cartels, will find funding for this account 
increased at its expense. The Committee expects a report on 
overburn rates not later than December 31, 1997, to measure the 
enthusiasm of agencies for cooperative ventures.
    In addition, the Committee recommends bill language, 
similar to that included in previous appropriations acts, 
which: (1) allows for intergovernmental agreements; and (2) 
allows funds to be reallocated under existing authorities among 
participating organizations.

                    Federal Bureau of Investigation

Appropriations, 1997....................................  $2,837,610,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................   3,089,675,000
Committee recommendation................................   3,075,395,000

    The Committee recommendation provides $3,075,395,000 in 
budgetary resources for Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] 
operations for fiscal year 1998. The total includes a direct 
appropriation of $2,896,274,000. Also, this amount includes 
$200,000,000 in defense discretionary funding for 
counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and national security 
activities, and $179,121,000 from the violent crime reduction 
trust fund pursuant to the Antiterrorism and Effective Death 
Penalty Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-132) and the Violent Crime 
Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322). 
This amount does not include the request for an advance 
appropriation for fingerprint identification. This operating 
level is $237,785,000 above the appropriation for fiscal year 
1997 and $14,280,000 below the fiscal year 1998 request.

                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................  $2,566,971,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................   2,761,548,000
Committee recommendation................................   2,837,268,000

    The Committee recommendation provides $2,837,268,000 in 
salaries and expenses for Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] 
operations for fiscal year 1998. This level includes funding 
for the following requested initiatives:

               Child Sexual Exploitation on the internet

    The proliferation and ready availability of child 
pornography through the Internet and online services, and the 
use of these services by pedophiles and sexual predators to 
target and recruit children for exploitation, represents new 
challenges to the FBI and the rest of the law enforcement 
community. Child pornography is not merely a photograph. It is 
evidence of sexual abuse.
    Child molesters collect child pornography for sexual 
gratification; to share with fellow pedophiles; to reaffirm 
their belief that what they are doing is considered acceptable 
and shared by others; to introduce sexual conduct to potential 
victims; and to blackmail victims. The Committee considers 
child pornography to be a vital element of child sexual 
exploitation. Its prevalence on the Internet is a troubling 
signal for children around the world.
    The Committee supports the Department's intention to create 
a Bureauwide crimes-against-children [CAC] initiative to be 
implemented throughout the FBI. The Committee does not agree 
that the Department should completely consolidate investigative 
operations and administrative matters involving child 
victimization. The Committee does agree with the efforts of the 
Department to designate and to specially train special agents 
in each of the field offices to conduct investigations relating 
to crimes against children. The Committee, however, directs the 
Department to continue its efforts to investigate child 
pornography on the Internet within the Baltimore, MD, office.
    The Committee recommends an additional $10,000,000 for the 
Baltimore, MD, office to conduct these investigations. This 
funding shall be used to obtain more highly trained and focused 
teams of agents assigned to Internet child sexual exploitation; 
to provide additional computer hardware and supporting 
technology to increase and enhance the online time of law 
enforcement; to develop formal protocols for the management of 
cases; to develop formal feedback protocols for responding to 
leads; to establish a State and local network upon which all 
law enforcement within the United States can rely. The 
management of cases includes responding immediately to 
unfolding cases, establishing and maintaining case tracking, 
and being accountable for leads received by agents. Also, the 
Department is directed to seek out the knowledge and advice of 
the major software producers within the United States to 
provide assistance in the thorough investigation of these 
cases.
    In fiscal year 1998 the FBI is requesting 250 positions 
(157 agents) and $18,892,000 to combat crimes against children. 
The Committee recommends a total of $28,892,000 for this 
effort.
    Service providers to the Internet.--The FBI must rely on 
service providers to the Internet in order to obtain the names 
and addresses of subscribers who are involved in transmitting 
pornographic materials or soliciting minors. The Committee is 
concerned with the cooperation the FBI receives from these 
service providers. The FCC is directed to encourage the 
Internet access industry to assist law enforcement in 
identifying pedophiles. While Internet users retain the 
constitutional right to free speech, there is no constitutional 
right to anonymity. The FCC is directed to work with the FBI by 
providing adequate information to stop child pornography and 
the solicitation of minors on the Internet.
    Technology crimes.--The Committee recommends $5,945,000 and 
56 positions (34 agents) to conduct computer crime 
investigations.
    International law enforcement initiative.--The Committee 
recommends $14,330,000 for the cost of opening eight new FBI 
legal attache [legatt] offices, as well as staffing and 
operations of existing offices. The Committee recommendation is 
consistent with the FBI legal attache deployment plan developed 
jointly by the Departments of Justice and State and approved by 
the Committee on July 18, 1996. The role of the legat is to 
work on cases generated by domestic investigations. This 
includes coordinating information which is needed as part of 
the investigation.
    La Cosa Nostra.--The Committee recommends $5,000,000 and 47 
positions (28 agents) in the Organized Criminal Enterprises 
Program to enhance a 5-year investigative plan to reduce the La 
Cosa Nostra's influence over labor unions.
    Electronic Freedom of Information Act [EFOIA].--The 
Committee recommends $13,394,000 and 239 positions to comply 
with the EFOIA. The FBI projects that it will be current with 
FOIA processing by the year 2004. This schedule relies on an 
additional 239 positions requested in the fiscal year 1998 
President's request. The backlog for 1997 are 16,584 requests. 
More than one-half of this backlog is expected to remain until 
the year 2002. The Committee finds this schedule to be 
unacceptable. The Committee recommends an additional $2,000,000 
to accelerate the current schedule.
    Freedom of Information/Privacy Act document processing 
system [FOI/FDPS].--The Committee recommends $9,059,000 to 
acquire necessary contractor services for implementation of the 
FDPS.
    Security reinvestigations.--The Committee recommends 
$8,000,000 for the reinvestigation of employees and contract 
employees.
    National backstopping.--The Committee recommends $2,000,000 
to upgrade and strengthen the capabilities of the National 
Backstopping Program which supports undercover agents and 
operations that are critical to many organized crime, drug 
trafficking, public corruption, and national security 
investigations.
    Microwave equipment replacement.--The Committee recommends 
$6,000,000 to begin replacement of microwave radio 
communications equipment.
    Southwest border initiative.--The Committee recommends 
$16,717,000 for 138 positions, including 70 agents, to target 
the most significant Mexican drug trafficking operations. These 
organizations are trafficking bulk quantities of heroin, 
cocaine, and marijuana, as well as laundering income from the 
illicit drug activities.
    The Committee recommendation also includes funding for the 
following:
    Computer training.--The Committee commends the FBI for its 
efforts to develop courses within its training division to help 
investigate computer crime. The Committee provides an 
additional $1,000,000 for this effort. The funding should be 
used to train agents in the investigative use of computers. 
Additionally, within available resources, the Committee urges 
the Bureau to favorably consider the development of MDTV at the 
FBI Center in West Virginia.
    Pacific rim FBI training academy.--The Committee urges the 
Bureau to consider the establishment of a Pacific rim FBI 
training academy in the United States. The purpose of this 
academy is to train FBI agents on the issues generated by 
organized crime within the Pacific rim. The Committee directs 
the Bureau to report to the House and Senate Appropriations 
Committees on its recommendations for such an academy. The 
report should be provided no later than November 1, 1998.
    FBI training facility in Quantico, VA.--The Committee 
recommendation continues funding for the recently established 
DEA training facility at the FBI Training Academy in Quantico, 
VA. The Committee directs the FBI and the DEA to fully 
integrate their training curriculum as it relates to issues of 
mutual responsibility and statutory jurisdiction to establish, 
maintain, and enhance the mission-related skills of both 
agencies.
    Annualization of counterterrorism amendment in fiscal year 
1997.--The Committee recommends $83,336,000 to annualize the 
Committee's fiscal year 1997 counterterrorism initiative.
    Integrated automated fingerprint system [IAFIS].--The 
Committee supports the efforts initiated by the FBI to reduce 
its backlog of fingerprint cards, including the hiring of 1,100 
new employees for the Criminal Justice Information Services 
Division in West Virginia. Within that hiring level are 300 new 
reimbursable staff to address a growing user-fee workload. The 
Committee recognizes that reducing these backlogs will ensure 
the integrity of future employment checks for child care 
providers, teachers, financial institution employees, law 
enforcement officers, immigrants applying for naturalization, 
and others. The fingerprint and criminal history data bases are 
also used for providing arrest and criminal history information 
to judges for use in determining sentences, and for identifying 
individuals who are prohibited from purchasing firearms under 
Federal or State statute.
    Since 1992, Congress has provided a total of $492,200,000 
to develop a reliable electronic fingerprint data base and 
searching system for Federal, State, and local law enforcement. 
The initial proposal for development of this system projected 
that IAFIS would cost $520,500,000 and that the system would be 
operational in early 1998.
    The President's request includes $84,400,000 for IAFIS in 
fiscal year 1998 and $47,800,000 in fiscal year 1999. The 
fiscal year 1998 amount includes $84,400,000 in salaries and 
expenses and $7,800,000 from user fees. The Committee 
recommendation approves the requested fiscal year 1998 funding. 
The recommendation does not include the requested advance 
appropriation.
    The Committee reiterates that it will not appropriate new 
funding for additional cost increases or further delays on this 
important project. Any future cost increases are to be funded 
from FBI base operations subject to the reprogramming 
procedures outlined in section 605 of this act. The Committee 
expects the FBI to continue providing the House and Senate 
Appropriations Committees with quarterly progress reports on 
this project.
    Hiring status.--The Committee is encouraged by the improved 
hiring results of the FBI. In past years, the FBI was unable to 
fully obligate all of its personnel compensation and benefits 
funding due to delays in hiring the additional positions 
authorized by Congress. As a result, the Committee directed 
that past unobligated balances be transferred to the Department 
of Justice working capital fund for allocation to other 
priority initiatives, such as implementation of the 
Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act [CALEA] and 
NCIC 2000. By no later than November 1, 1997, the FBI is 
directed to advise the House and Senate Appropriations 
Committees of the amounts of any projected unobligated current 
year funds.
    Cargo theft task force.--The Committee directs that 
$2,000,000 from within available funds be provided to establish 
a task force on cargo theft in the Northeastern region of the 
United States. This task force should be similar to the one 
previously established in the Southeastern region.
    The Committee also recommends bill language, similar to 
that included in previous appropriations acts, which allows: 
(1) for purchase of passenger vehicles without regard to 
general purchase price limitations; (2) the acquisition and 
operation of aircraft; (3) up to $70,000 for unforeseen 
emergencies; (4) up to $50,000,000 for automated data 
processing [ADP], telecommunications, and technical equipment; 
(5) up to $1,000,000 for undercover operations to remain 
available until September 30, 1998; (6) not less than 
$257,601,000 for counterterrorism investigations, foreign 
counterintelligence, and national security activities; (7) up 
to $98,400,000 to remain available until expended for IAFIS and 
research and development related to investigative activities; 
(8) up to $10,000,000 to reimburse State and local police for 
assistance related to violent crime, terrorism, and drug 
investigations; and (9) up to $60,000 for official reception 
and representation expenses.
    Counterterrorism initiative.--The Committee recommendation 
for counterterrorism is provided in the classified annex.
    Title 5 exemptions.--As the FBI's mission becomes 
increasingly complex and technical, there is a corresponding 
need for personnel with technical, scientific, and special 
skills. Under section 5307 of title 5 of the U.S. Code, the FBI 
is restricted in its ability to recruit and retain persons with 
needed skills. In many cases the FBI cannot offer a salary 
competitive with the private sector. While there is some 
flexibility available under title 5, it is an inefficient way 
to manage the FBI's work force.
    The FBI is the only U.S. agency with intelligence gathering 
responsibilities still subject to the provisions of title 5. 
Within the bill, the Committee has recommended language which 
provides exemptions from title 5. The language will allow the 
FBI to reduce the number of position classifications. This 
change will create a broader salary range within each career 
track, allowing the FBI to retain key employees with special 
skills.
    Criminal Justice Information Services Division.--The 
Committee recommends $1,500,000 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.
    FBI staffing levels.--Additionally, the Committee has 
included language which freezes legislative and public affairs 
staffing in this account at fiscal year 1997 levels. The 
Committee notes that the level of staffing in this provision 
does not include employees assigned to the FBI Tour and Indoor 
Firearms Range Unit or the Executive, Congressional, and Public 
Constituent Services Unit. The services provided by these units 
are not considered to be legislative and public affairs 
acivities under the provision contained in the Committee's 
recommendation. The Committee understands that the staffing of 
the Tour and Indoor Firearms Range Unit and the Executive, 
Congressional, and Public Constituent Services Unit will remain 
at fiscal year 1997 levels.
    Veterans investigation.--The Committee recognizes that it 
has been more than 4 years since the FBI initiated its 
investigation into the unexplained deaths which occurred at the 
Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital in Columbia, MO. The 
Committee is concerned about the slow pace of this 
investigation, and therefore, directs the Bureau to issue a 
detailed report to the Committee regarding the Bureau's 
findings, no later than November 3, 1997.

                 Telecommunications Carrier Compliance

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $60,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     100,000,000
Committee recommendation................................

    The Committee recommendation does not include direct 
appropriations for the Telecommunications Carrier Compliance 
Program. The request included $50,000,000 to reimburse 
equipment manufacturers and telecommunications support services 
for implementation of the Communications Assistance for Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994 [CALEA]. The Committee finds that the 
Bureau has adequate resources available. The Committee finds 
that the fiscal year 1998 request would not be expended in the 
first year of availability.
    CALEA authorizes appropriations of $500,000,000 for the 
Attorney General to pay telecommunications carriers for the 
costs directly associated with modifying their existing 
equipment, services, and facilities to allow law enforcement to 
conduct court-authorized wiretaps. The pace of technological 
change in the telecommunications industry poses an enormous 
challenge to law enforcement in its efforts to monitor 
increasingly sophisticated criminal operations. The FBI and 
national security agencies face similar challenges in their 
conduct of foreign counterintelligence and terrorism 
investigations in the United States.
    The Committee continues to recognize that digital telephony 
is a top law enforcement priority. Over the past year, the FBI 
developed and provided a CALEA implementation plan. The 
Committee directs the Bureau to create a working group which 
shall include the Director of the FBI and a group of industry 
officials. The industry officials shall be approved by the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. The purpose of 
the working group is to create a more rational, reasonable, and 
cost-effective CALEA implementation plan. Progress has been 
made with the current plan and should be used as a starting 
point for the working group. The Committee recommends that no 
funds may be expended for CALEA until the working group 
provides a plan that is satisfactory to the Senate Committee on 
Appropriations.

                              Construction

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $41,639,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      49,006,000
Committee recommendation................................      59,006,000

    The Committee recommends $59,006,000 to be provided for 
construction for the FBI.
    FBI laboratory construction.--The Committee recommends 
$32,559,000 as the third installment toward completion of the 
laboratory. The balance needed to complete this critical 
facility is within the fiscal year 1998 budget request.
    FBI headquarters renovations.--The Committee recommends 
$10,500,000 to begin planned renovations of space vacated due 
to the ongoing relocation of the Criminal Justice Information 
Services Division and the planned relocation of the Laboratory 
Division.
    Real property maintenance initiative.--This recommendation 
includes the requested $4,660,000 for the Los Angeles field 
office to accommodate the growth in size of the work force 
assigned to that office and to provide enhanced security and 
technical abilities. Also, the Committee recommends an 
additional $8,000,000 to begin addressing the backlog in repair 
and maintenance of FBI-owned facilities within the United 
States other than those located in and around Washington, DC, 
and Quantico, VA. The Committee has begun this initiative to 
prevent further degradation of FBI facilities.
    Aviation hangar facility.--The Committee recommends 
$2,000,000 to build a hangar facility. The hangar will house 
aircraft used by the FBI. The Committee directs the Bureau to 
provide a detailed construction schedule as well as a cost 
summary of the project. This summary should be similar in 
detail to Department of Defense form 1391 which is required for 
all major construction within the Department of Defense.

                    Drug Enforcement Administration

Appropriations, 1997....................................  $1,001,194,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................   1,087,562,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,090,882,000

    The Committee recommends total budget authority of 
$1,090,882,000 for Drug Enforcement Administration [DEA] for 
fiscal year 1998, of which $441,117,000 is derived from the 
violent crime reduction trust fund for activities authorized by 
the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 
(Public Law 104-132) and the Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322).

                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $798,212,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     740,293,000
Committee recommendation................................     697,533,000

    The Committee recommends total budget authority of 
$697,533,000 for Drug Enforcement Administration [DEA] salaries 
and expenses for fiscal year 1998, of which $58,268,000 is 
derived from the diversion control fund.
    The Committee recommendation attempts to give DEA the tools 
it needs to properly wage the war on drugs. The Committee 
recommendation provides funding for the following:
    Methamphetamine initiative.--The recommendation includes 
$16,500,000, 90 agents, and 21 support personnel to implement a 
multifaceted approach for attacking methamphetamine abuse, a 
deadly and rapidly growing epidemic that threatens the health 
and safety of our children and the environment, as well as the 
welfare of the American family. This initiative seeks to 
target, investigate, and prosecute major methamphetamine 
traffickers operating within the United States and abroad, and 
to focus a coordinated Federal and international effort to 
identify, investigate, and dismantle clandestine drug 
laboratories operating in the United States. The Committee 
recommendation is $5,500,000 above the request. This additional 
funding should be used to address their challenge within the 
United States, especially in Missouri and California.
    Southwest border initiative.--The recommendation includes 
$29,741,000 and 192 personnel (96 new agents) for the Southwest 
border initiative. The Committee finds significant difficulties 
on the border in New Mexico and Texas. The crossing of illegal 
aliens and smuggling of drugs is occurring through the use of 
new methods including the use of railroad car carriers. The 
Committee directs the agency to allocate the necessary 
resources to the appropriate areas to address this situation.
    Heroin strategy.--$10,000,000 and 120 positions (24 agents) 
to continue efforts to reduce heroin trafficking within the 
United States. This initiative seeks to intensify efforts in 
identifying and prosecuting those responsible for the 
trafficking of heroin and, ultimately, the escalating number of 
heroin-related emergency room episodes throughout the country. 
The Committee recommendation is $5,000,000 above the request.
    Investigative infrastructure support.--The Committee 
recommends $33,464,000 and 19 positions for the following 
efforts: $1,000,000 for aircraft replacement; $4,425,000 for 
Project MERLIN and $15,000,000 for FIREBIRD; $4,700,000 for ADP 
equipment and maintenance; $7,800,000 to redeploy DEA agents 
where they are most needed; and $539,000 to support 
implementation of the 1996 Electronic Freedom of Information 
Act [EFOIA].
    In addition to funds provided to maintain current 
operations and staffing levels at DEA, the Committee 
recommendation for the ``Salaries and expenses'' account 
contains the following increases:
    ``Drug diversion control fee'' account.--The recommendation 
includes $58,268,000 for DEA's Drug Diversion Control Program 
for fiscal year 1998. This amount is equal to the fiscal year 
1998 request and is $5,444,000 above the fiscal year 1997 
appropriation. The Drug Diversion Control Program targets the 
diversion, distribution, manufacture, and abuse of legitimate 
pharmaceuticals. DEA annually registers more than 900,000 drug 
handlers. More than 1,670 of these handlers are manufacturers, 
distributors, importers, exporters, and others who handle large 
volumes of controlled substances. Registrants pay fees which 
fully support the cost of this program.
    The Committee recommends that DEA shall exercise 
appropriate discretion in monitoring compliance with statutory 
or regulatory recordkeeping requirements as they relate to 
legitimate commercial businesses. DEA should not impose 
unreasonable monetary penalties on legitimate commercial 
businesses to avoid prosecutions for minor, unintentional 
violations of statutory or regulatory recordkeeping 
requirements. Also, the Committee believes that DEA should not 
prosecute legitimate going concerns or impose significant 
monetary penalties for unintentional human error or omissions 
when the business has, in good faith, attempted to comply with 
statutory or regulatory recordkeeping requirements.
    The Committee is aware that the DEA has published in the 
Federal Register explanations for the major components of the 
``Drug diversion control fee'' account. It is unclear how the 
user-fee funds are allocated and spent on these components, and 
how the programs directly relate to the regulation of domestic 
diversion, distribution, manufacture, and abuse of legitimate 
pharmaceuticals. The Committee directs the DEA to provide a 
detailed accounting of: all expenditures charged to the ``User-
fee'' account; a justification for using these funds to 
partially or fully fund these programs; an explanation of how 
available funds will be used; an explanation of how any new 
programs funded by user-fee funds directly relate to the 
regulation and control of the legitimate, domestic controlled 
substance market; and the specific amounts that will be spent 
on those programs. The Committee directs that this information 
be provided no later than November 1, 1997.
    DEA training facility in Quantico, VA.--The Committee 
recommendation continues funding for the recently established 
DEA training facility at the FBI Training Academy in Quantico, 
VA. The Committee directs the DEA and the FBI to fully 
integrate their training curriculum as it relates to issues of 
mutual responsibility and statutory jurisdiction to establish, 
maintain, and enhance the mission-related skills of both 
agencies.
    The Committee also recommends bill language, similar to 
that included in previous appropriations acts, which allows: 
(1) up to $70,000 for unforeseen emergencies; (2) for expenses 
for drug education and training; (3) for purchase of passenger 
vehicles without regard to general purchase price limitations; 
(4) up to $2,000,000 for mission essential aircraft, 
replacement parts, and retrofit capability; (5) up to 
$1,800,000 for research and up to $15,000,000 for transfer to 
the ``Drug diversion control fee'' account to remain available 
until expended; (6) up to $4,000,000 for evidence and 
information, up to $10,000,000 for contracting for automated 
data processing [ADP] and telecommunications, $4,000,000 for 
technical equipment, and up to $2,000,000 for laboratory 
equipment to remain available until September 30, 1998; and (7) 
up to $50,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses.

                              Construction

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $30,806,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       5,500,000
Committee recommendation................................      10,500,000

    The Committee recommends continuing the ``Construction'' 
account for DEA to finance needed infrastructure improvements 
and renovations.
    The recommendation includes $5,500,000 for renovations to 
five of DEA's regional laboratory facilities.
    Real property maintenance initiative.--The Committee 
recommends an additional $5,000,000 to begin addressing the 
backlog in repair and maintenance of DEA-owned facilities 
located within the United States other than those located in 
and around Washington, DC. The Committee has begun this 
initiative to prevent further degradation of DEA facilities.

                 Immigration and Naturalization Service

                 (INCLUDING OFFSETTING FEE COLLECTIONS)

Appropriations, 1997....................................  $2,114,000,000
    (Offsetting fee collections)........................     975,774,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................   2,457,545,000
    (Offsetting fee collections)........................   1,194,630,000
Committee recommendation................................   2,223,656,000

    (Offsetting fee collections)

                                                           1,198,659,000

    The Committee recommends total new budget (obligational) 
authority of $3,422,315,000 for fiscal year 1998 for the 
Immigration and Naturalization Service [INS]. The 
recommendation is $332,541,000 above the fiscal year 1997 
appropriations and $229,860,000 less than the request. Of the 
total amount recommended, $719,898,000 is derived from the 
violent crime reduction trust fund, as authorized in the 
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public 
Law 103-322) and the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty 
Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-132) and $1,198,659,000 will be 
derived from offsetting fee collections. The apparent reduction 
is deceptive. The recommendation includes a major realignment 
of funds within INS to take advantage of substantial carryover 
balances in the fee accounts.
    Top-to-bottom management failures at INS led to the 
improper naturalization of thousands of criminal aliens. At the 
same time, over $1,500,000,000 in funding increases provided to 
the INS over the last 3 years have been matched by the largest 
influx of illegal aliens in history, swelling that population 
to an estimated 5 million. The recommendation seeks to build on 
the strengths of INS, particularly technology, while working 
with Justice to rebuild INS leadership and procedures from the 
ground up. The Committee fully understands that recovery will 
take several years.
    The Committee's recommendations for specific accounts 
within the INS are described in more detail below.

                         Salaries and Expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

Appropriations, 1997....................................  $2,105,159,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................   2,383,714,000
Committee recommendation................................   2,150,097,000

    The Committee recommends $2,150,097,000 for salaries and 
expenses, including $719,898,000 from the violent crime 
reduction trust fund as authorized in the Violent Crime Control 
and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322), and the 
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (Public Law 104-
132). The recommendation is $44,938,000 above the fiscal year 
1997 appropriation and $233,617,000 below the fiscal year 1998 
request.
    The Committee recommendation has adjusted the request to 
reflect hiring rates that are substantially slower than 
anticipated, the freezing of travel expenses at fiscal year 
1996 levels, the downsizing of the legislative and public 
affairs offices, and the elimination of a new start 
naturalization pilot project. Within available resources, the 
recommendation also assumes an increase of $3,086,000 over 
fiscal year 1997 to implement electronic FOIA. The Committee 
recommendation assumes that professionalism and interior 
deterrence initiatives are undertaken within available 
resources.
    Revocation initiative.--The INS general counsel has briefed 
the Committees on the legal complexities surrounding the 
denaturalization of criminal aliens wrongly naturalized as part 
of the Citizenship USA debacle. Citizenship is the greatest 
honor America can bestow, and the Committee considers stripping 
criminal aliens of this benefit the top priority of INS. Within 
available resources, the Committee recommends that not less 
than $5,000,000 in additional funds above the fiscal year 1997 
level be made available to accelerate efforts to identify, 
detain, denaturalize, and deport wrongly naturalized criminal 
aliens.
    Base transfer to immigration fees.--The recommendation 
transfers base funding for data and communications, a total of 
$50,000,000, for legal proceedings, a total of $11,475,000, and 
for information and records management [IRM], a total of 
$11,985,000, to the ``Immigration user fee'' account and 
``Immigration examinations fee'' account in order to free up 
additional resources for higher priority border control, 
deportation, and detention initiatives. Immigration user and 
examinations fees may be used for expenses in providing 
immigration adjudication and naturalization services and 
support.
    Base transfer to breached bond/detention fund.--The 
recommendation transfers base funding for detention and 
deportation, a total of $119,801,000, to the breached bond/
detention fund. The fund helps defray the cost of detaining 
criminal and illegal aliens.
    Spending increases.--In addition to funds required to 
maintain current operations and onboard staffing levels, the 
Committee recommendation includes the following:
    Border control.--A total increase of 1,137 positions, 569 
FTE's, and $151,700,000 from the violent crime reduction trust 
fund to enhance border control, including:
  --$125,322,000 for 1,000 new Border Patrol agents and 136 
        support personnel, instead of 500 new agents as 
        requested by the administration;
  --$11,500,000 for joint INS/Customs Service inspection 
        improvements at ports of entry, including license plate 
        readers, terminals, and other technology; and
  --$14,000,000 for the biometric identification system [Ident] 
        family of technologies used to identify illegal and 
        criminal aliens, including deployment of stations to 22 
        new sites, data base improvements, and development of a 
        mobile variant for field operations.
    The Committee has provided funding to hire and train 1,000 
new full-time, active-duty Border Patrol agents and support 
staff. The Committee notes with regret that the fiscal year 
1998 budget submitted by the administration provided funding 
for only 500 additional agents. The American people expected 
the administration and Congress to do all that it can to secure 
our borders. The Committee continues to expect regular reports 
on Border Patrol hiring, training, and strategy.
    Additionally, the Committee directs the Department to enter 
into a cross-deputization agreement with a qualified State or 
locality as an immigration enforcement pilot project.
    Detention and removal of deportable aliens.--A total 
increase of 288 positions, 236 FTE's, 1,418 beds, and 
$69,945,000 from the violent crime trust fund to bolster 
efforts to identify, apprehend, detain, and deport illegal 
aliens, including:
  --$48,321,000 for additional detention capacity, a total of 
        1,095 new beds, including 300 in Buffalo, NY; 300 at 
        the Krome facility, Miami, FL; 400 in San Diego, CA; 
        and 95, including 14 juvenile, at State and local 
        facilities scattered nationwide;
  --$12,073,000 for location and removal of deportable aliens, 
        including 27 detention enforcement and deportation 
        officers, 9 docket clerks, and 230 State and local 
        beds;
  --$6,751,000 to expand the county jail program, including at 
        least 22 investigatory, detention, and deportation 
        staff and 93 new beds; and
  --$5,000,000 for the Law Enforcement Support Center [LESC], 
        with the understanding that the additional cost of 
        expanding LESC services to Utah shall be paid for out 
        of the ``Immigration enforcement'' account.
    The Committee recommendation has transferred and combined 
the proposed increase for the enforcement case tracking system 
[Enforce] with the proposed increase for Enforce in the 
``Immigration user fee'' account.
    Deployment of Border Patrol resources.--The Committee has 
been informed that fiscal year 1997 Border Patrol deployments 
completed the buildup in the San Diego and El Paso sectors. Of 
the 1,000 new agents provided in the recommendation, not less 
than two-thirds shall be deployed in the Marfa, Del Rio, 
Laredo, and McAllen sectors in Texas.
    Reimbursement for emergency medical care, Nogales, AZ.--The 
Committee is aware of a dispute between Nogales, AZ, and the 
Border Patrol regarding reimbursement for ambulance services. 
If the Border Patrol is unable or unwilling to transport 
injured suspects, whether under formal custody or not, to a 
hospital, and chooses instead to burden city services, then the 
Border Patrol should be prepared to reimburse Nogales for its 
costs. The Committee expects the Border Patrol to report back 
to the Committees on Appropriations on the resolution of this 
issue not later than December 31, 1997.
    Adoptions in the Russian Far East.--Within available 
resources, the recommendation provides $100,000 for personnel 
and equipment for the consulate in Vladivostok, Russia. The 
increase will enable the consulate to fully process adoption 
cases onsite, sparing new parents and their child the arduous, 
and increasingly dangerous, trip from the Russian Pacific coast 
to Moscow.
    Armed escort for criminal deportees.--The Committee is 
concerned about recent reports that the INS has deported 
criminal aliens without escort on commercial passenger 
aircraft. The Committee considers this practice unacceptable 
and threatening to the safety of both passengers and crew. INS 
will deport approximately 90,000 people this year. Roughly one-
half, 45,000, will be criminal deportees, of which 25,000 will 
be violent offenders. The Committee understands interim 
regulations are in place to ensure that all criminal aliens are 
accompanied by armed escorts when deported on commercial 
aircraft. The Committee expects these regulations to be 
finalized as rapidly as possible. In addition, the Committee 
encourages INS, the U.S. Marshals Service, and the Bureau of 
Prisons to explore alternatives, where practical, to deporting 
criminal aliens on commercial aircraft. The Committee looks 
forward to regular progress reports.
    Welfare reform initiative.--The INS is directed to report 
not later than December 31, 1997, to the Committees on 
Appropriations on the feasibility of requiring incoming 
immigrants to post bonds, in addition to acquiring affidavits 
of support, as a means of ensuring that new immigrants do not 
come to rely on welfare benefits.

Offsetting fee collections

    The Committee recommends a total of $1,198,659,000 in 
expenditures from fee-funded accounts, an increase of 
$104,145,000 over the fiscal year 1997, to support activities 
related to the legal admission of persons into the United 
States. These activities are supported entirely by fees paid by 
persons who are either traveling internationally or are 
applying for immigration benefits. The recommended increases 
occur in three major fee-funded accounts: immigration user fee, 
immigration examinations fee, and breached bond/detention fund. 
The following increases are recommended:
    Peace Arch Crossing Entry [PACE] Program.--The Committee 
encourages the INS to work with the Cascadia Cross-Border 
Working Group to expand the PACE Program on the United States 
side to match the Canadian program enhancements pursuant to the 
goals of the United States/Canada shared border accord. To 
provide resources for this expansion, the Committee encourages 
the INS to direct 75 percent of the funds collected locally by 
the PACE Program to the Northwest region.

                          Immigration user fee

    The Committee recommends $398,896,000 of spending for 
fiscal year 1998 from the ``Immigration user fee'' account, an 
increase of $10,232,000 over fiscal year 1997. The 
recommendation does not include requested language ending the 
exemption for cruise ships from inspection fees. Therefore, the 
$20,400,000 in new revenue anticipated by the INS will not be 
available.
    Base adjustments.--Reductions resulting from slower than 
anticipated hiring (-$1,357,000), a freeze on other services at 
the fiscal year 1997 level (-$9,667,000), and a reduction in 
seaport operations (-$10,400,000) have been assumed in the 
recommendation.
    Base transfer to immigration user fee.--The recommendation 
transfers base funding for legal proceedings, a total of 
$8,655,000, from the ``Salaries and expenses'' account to the 
``Immigration user fee'' account. Immigration user fees may be 
used for expenses in providing immigration adjudication and 
naturalization services and support.
    Inspection enhancements.--The Committee recommendation 
includes a total of $22,514,000 over fiscal year 1997 for the 
following program increases:
  --$7,699,000 and 120 positions for inspections staffing for 
        increased border control and facilitation at existing 
        airports throughout the United States, including the 
        full-time manning by inspectors of the three in-transit 
        lounges at Miami International Airport;
  --$4,000,000 for secure electronic network for traveler's 
        rapid inspection [SENTRI] dedicated commuter lanes, 
        including equipment and facilities modifications, at 
        the following locations: Laredo, Hidalgo, and El Paso, 
        TX, and Nogales, AZ;
  --$1,715,000 and 12 positions to staff three new airports in 
        Oregon, California, and Nova Scotia;
  --$700,000 for automated permit ports, including equipment 
        and facilities modifications, at the following 
        locations: Bridgewater and Limestone, ME; Morses Line 
        and Highgate Springs, VT; Mooers, NY; Sweetgrass, MT; 
        Nighthawk, WA; and Scagway, AK; plus an enrollment 
        center at Mooers, NY;
  --$1,500,000 for installation of automated I-94 equipment at 
        airports in New York, Newark, Seattle, San Francisco, 
        Los Angeles, Honolulu, Chicago, Philadelphia, Miami, 
        and Boston;
  --$2,100,000 for expansion of the INS passenger accelerated 
        service system [INSpass] to 10 new ports of entry;
  --$1,500,000 for Ident; and
  --$3,300,000 for installation of Enforce, a paperless case 
        system designed to get agents out from behind 
        typewriters and into the field, at 25 new sites.

                      Immigration examinations fee

    The Committee recommends $646,916,000 of spending for 
fiscal year 1998 from offsetting collections from persons 
applying for immigration benefits, an increase of $79,366,000 
over fiscal year 1997. The Committee is aware that at least 
$100,000,000 in carryover is available in this account. 
Finalized before revelations concerning naturalization abuses 
under citizenship USA called the very existence of the INS into 
question, the immigration examinations fee request has had to 
be totally revamped.
    Base transfer to immigration examinations fee.--The 
recommendation transfers base funding for data communications 
($50,000,000), for legal proceedings ($2,820,000), and for 
information and records management ($11,985,000), from the 
``Salaries and expenses'' account to the ``Immigration 
examinations fee'' account. Immigration examination fees may be 
used for expenses in providing immigration adjudication and 
naturalization services and support.
    Naturalization enhancements.--The recommendation includes a 
total of $36,688,000 over fiscal year 1997 for the following 
program increases: $23,032,000 for data and communications, 
including $3,500,000 for Ident, $1,250,000 for Enforce, 
$10,535,000 for automating the fingerprint clearance process, 
of which not less than $7,535,000 is for electronic fingerprint 
scanners, and $5,140,000 for CLAIMS; and $13,656,000 for 
information and records management, including $1,806,000 for 
transition to electronic A files, and $9,500,000 for a 
nationwide 1-800 telephone information line to improve customer 
service.
    Executive Office for Immigration Review [EOIR].--The 
recommendation assumes that $50,000,000 of carryover available 
in this account will be used to fund the EOIR. Immigration 
examination fees may be used for expenses in providing 
immigration adjudication.

                      Breached Bond/Detention Fund

    The Committee recommends $138,900,000 of spending for 
fiscal year 1998 from the breached bond/detention fund, an 
increase of $132,287,000 over the fiscal year 1997, to support 
detention of criminal and illegal aliens. The current revenues 
generated in this account are from breached cash and surety 
bonds and the penalty portion of receipts collected under 
section 245(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. The 
recommendation will fund 1,136 detention beds at the State and 
local level.
    Base transfer to breached bond/detention fund.--The 
recommendation transfers base funding for detention and 
deportation, a total of $119,801,000, from ``salaries and 
expenses'' to the ``breached bond/detention fund.'' The fund 
helps defray the cost of detaining criminal and illegal aliens.
    The Committee is aware that section 245(i) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act is helpful to legitimate users 
of the program. However, questions have been raised regarding 
possible abuse of the 245(i) program. Therefore, the Committee 
directs the INS to collect the data necessary to determine if 
abuse exists. As part of the annual budget request, INS shall 
report to the Committees on Appropriations whether the 245(i) 
program is being properly administered. In addition, the INS 
should separately consider whether the application fee for 
245(i) applications should be increased beginning in fiscal 
year 1999.
    The Committee also recommends bill language, similar to 
that included in previous appropriations acts, which allows: 
(1) up to $50,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies and up to 
$5,000 to be used for official reception and representation 
expenses; (2) for the purchase of motor vehicles for police-
type use and for uniforms, without regard to general purchase 
price limitations; (3) for the acquisition and operation of 
aircraft and for immigration-related research; (4) up to 
$400,000 for research to be available until expended; (5) up to 
$25,000 to be paid to individual employees for overtime; (6) up 
to $5,000,000 for payments to State and local law enforcement 
agencies engaged in cooperative activities related to 
immigration; (7) for the extension of dedicated commuter lane 
pilot projects; and (8) for the implementation of dedicated 
commuter lane projects in other States on the southern border, 
including California, but prohibits the collection of a 
universal border crossing fee. A new proviso implements a 
change in fingerprinting policy to improve the accuracy of 
criminal background checks.

                              Construction

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $8,841,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      73,831,000
Committee recommendation................................      73,559,000

    The Committee recommends $73,559,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for construction projects. The recommendation is $64,718,000 
above the fiscal year 1997 appropriation, and $272,000 below 
the fiscal year 1998 request.
    The Committee supports the development of a building 
management program, but expects the necessary manpower (1 FTE) 
and funding ($5,272,000) to come out of existing headquarters 
resources.
    Border control and facilitation initiative.--Of the amount 
recommended, $39,276,000 is for construction and engineering, 
distributed as follows:
    Full construction and renovation projects--
  --Brownfield, CA, utility connection, $700,000;
  --Tucson, AZ, Border Patrol Station, $3,000,000;
  --Del Rio sector, TX, headquarters, $7,700,000;
  --Rio Grande, TX, Border Patrol Station, $4,200,000;
  --Laredo-North, TX, Border Patrol Station, $7,670,000;
  --Presidio, TX, housing, $1,800,000; and
  --Charleston, SC, Border Patrol Academy, $5,000,000.
    Planning/site acquisition/design--
  --Yuma sector, AZ, headquarters, $922,000;
  --El Centro sector, CA, Border Patrol Station, $666,000;
  --El Centro sector, CA, headquarters, $450,000;
  --Hebbronville, TX, Border Patrol Station, $422,000;
  --Sierra Blanca, TX, Border Patrol Station, $322,000;
  --Alpine, TX, Border Patrol Station, $308,000;
  --Brownsville, TX, Border Patrol Station, $809,000; and
  --Douglas, AZ, Border Patrol Station, $307,000.
    Joint task force 6 [JTF-6] military construction support 
for the Border Patrol--
  --San Diego sector, CA, vehicle barriers, $400,000;
  --El Centro sector, CA, fencing and vehicle barriers, 
        $650,000;
  --Yuma sector, AZ, vehicle barriers, $400,000;
  --Tucson sector, AZ, fencing and vehicle barriers, $750,000;
  --El Paso sector, NM, vehicle barriers, $650,000;
  --Del Rio sector, TX, low-light-level television and drag 
        roads, $1,250,000;
  --Laredo sector, TX, stadium lights, $400,000; and
  --Marfa sector, TX, border roads, $500,000.
    Remove ``Criminal and noncriminal deportable aliens 
construction'' account.--Of the amount recommended, $14,171,000 
is for construction and engineering, distributed as follows:
    New construction--
  --Krome lockdown facility, Miami, FL, utility connection, 
        $2,000,000; and
  --Port Isabel, TX, service processing center, $10,000,000.
    Plan/site/design--
  --Port Isabel, TX, service processing center phase 3, 
        $1,000,000;
  --El Centro, CA, service processing center, $486,000;
  --Florence, AZ, service processing center, $585,000; and
  --Varick Street, New York, NY, service processing center, 
        $100,000.

                         Federal Prison System

Appropriations, 1997....................................  $3,189,240,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................   3,244,610,000
Committee recommendation................................   3,207,868,000

    The Committee recommends total budgetary resources of 
$3,207,868,000 for the Federal prison system for fiscal year 
1998, including $26,135,000 from the violent crime reduction 
trust fund, $3,091,733,000 from discretionary appropriations, 
and $90,000,000 in end-of-year carryover balances.

                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................  $2,793,540,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................   2,991,777,000
Committee recommendation................................   2,940,035,000

    The Committee recommends total budgetary resources of 
$3,030,035,000 for the salaries and expenses of the Federal 
prison system for fiscal year 1998, including $26,135,000 from 
the violent crime reduction trust fund, $2,913,900,000 from 
discretionary appropriations, and $90,000,000 in end-of-year 
carryover balances.
    Activation of new prisons.--The Committee understands that 
because of delays in scheduled activations for 1998 the 
appropriation required for the Federal prison system can be 
reduced by $95,820,000 without affecting requested program 
levels. According to information provided to the Committee by 
the BOP on June 17, 1997, the Bureau anticipates $90,000,000 in 
funds that will carry over from fiscal year 1997 as a result of 
delays in activations of facilities that were scheduled to open 
either in 1997 or previous years.
    The Committee recommendation includes funding to activate 
the following new and expanded facilities in fiscal year 1998:
  --Beaumont, TX--minimum-security facility;
  --Taft, CA--Federal correctional institution;
  --Yazoo City, MS--low-security facility;
  --Edgefield, SC--Federal correctional institution;
  --Forrest City, AR--low-security facility;
  --Carswell, TX AFB--low-security facility;
  --Morgantown, WV--expansion;
  --Seattle, WA--detention facility; and
  --Elkton, OH--low- and minimum-security facility.
    In addition, the recommendation includes a total of 
$26,135,000 in resources from the violent crime reduction trust 
fund as authorized in the Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322) to treat 
approximately 6,000 Federal prison inmates with substance abuse 
problems.
    The Committee is aware that the Department and BOP have 
been considering the ramifications of the transfer of District 
of Columbia sentenced felons. The Committee believes it would 
be premature to take any action on this issue until a 
coordinated plan has been agreed to by both the Senate and the 
House of Representatives.
    The Committee recommendation includes increases for the 
following two programs:
    Intelligence gathering.--The Committee recommends 
$1,447,000 for intelligence gathering which will enhance the 
BOP's ability to identify the skills, capabilities, and 
background of inmates coming into the BOP.
    Electronic freedom of information.--The Committee 
recommends $1,452,000 which will permit the BOP to meet the 
newly passed Electronic Freedom of Information Act of 1996. The 
act will allow public access to information in an electronic 
format and impose new requirements related to the processing of 
requests submitted under the Freedom of Information and Privacy 
Acts.
    Privatization of Federal prison facilities.--The 
privatization contract for Taft, CA, will be awarded shortly 
and the facilities will be ready to accept inmates by December 
1997. Because of (1) the considerable time and expense already 
put forth to prepare for the privatization of these facilities; 
(2) the benefits that prison privatization already has 
demonstrated at the State and local level; and (3) support 
within that community for privatization, the Committee directs 
the Bureau of Prisons to report on the progress of the 5-year 
prison privatization demonstration project involving the two 
Taft facilities. The demonstration project is needed to give 
the administration and Congress an opportunity to monitor 
safety and operational concerns cited by the Department of 
Justice. The report should be provided no later than February 
1, 1998.
    The Committee also recommends bill language, similar to 
that included in previous appropriations acts, which allows: 
(1) for the purchase of motor vehicles for police-type use and 
the purchase of uniforms without regard to the general purchase 
price limitation; (2) for the provision of technical advice to 
foreign governments; (3) for transfer of funds to the Health 
Resources and Services Administration; (4) for the Director to 
enter into contracts to furnish health care; (5) up to $6,000 
for reception and representation expenses; (6) up to 
$90,000,000 as discussed above for activation of prisons to 
remain available until September 30, 1998; (7) up to 
$20,000,000 for contract confinement expenses for the care and 
security of Cuban and Haitian entrants; (8) for the Federal 
prison system to enter into contracts and other agreements with 
private entities for a multiyear period for the confinement of 
Federal prisoners; and (9) for the National Institute of 
Corrections hereafter to be included in this account and merges 
balances from prior years to this account. Also, the Committee 
urges the Bureau to favorably consider development of MDTV at 
the Beckley Federal prison facility.
    The Committee has become aware of evidence of an extremely 
high prevalence of hepatitis C among inmates of Federal and 
State prisons. The Committee is concerned about the health risk 
this may pose to prison inmates, correctional officers, and the 
communities to which inmates will return. The Committee is also 
concerned about the impact of widespread untreated hepatitis C 
infection on the prison health system in the future. The 
Committee urges the Federal Bureau of Prisons to incorporate 
routine screening for hepatitis C virus [HCV] as part of any 
mandatory or voluntary blood testing now undertaken in the 
system for either inmates or correctional officers. The 
Committee further urges the Bureau to adopt a policy of 
providing information on the disease and treatment options to 
inmates or employees who test positive for HCV.
    The Committee encourages BOP to continue exploring 
alternative strategies for delivering medical services to 
inmates. In particular, the Bureau should contract with other 
Government agencies where community standard services are 
economically advantageous and conveniently provided.

                        Buildings And Facilities

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $395,700,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     252,833,000
Committee recommendation................................     267,833,000

    The Committee recommends a total of $267,833,000 for fiscal 
year 1998 for the construction, modernization, maintenance, and 
repair of prison and detention facilities housing Federal 
prisoners. This amount is $127,867,000 less than the fiscal 
year 1997 appropriation and $15,000,000 more than the fiscal 
year 1998 budget request. The Committee directs that of the 
total amount appropriated, not to exceed $2,300,000 shall be 
available for the renovation and construction of U.S. Marshal 
Service prisoner-holding facilities.
    Federal prison capacity.--The Committee continues to be 
concerned with the level of overcrowding in the Federal prison 
system which is 25 percent above rated capacity. The level of 
overcrowding in Federal high-security prisons continues to 
remain dangerously high at over 60 percent. The Committee is 
especially concerned about the overcrowding at the Federal 
correctional institutions located in Lompoc, CA. Overcrowding 
hovers between 60 and 100 percent. Under these circumstances, 
the Committee views the administration's plan, as outlined in 
the budget, to allow 22 percent overcrowding by 2006 as 
insufficient and irresponsible. Again, the Committee directs 
BOP to evaluate critical space needs, review site options for 
the higher security facility, and report back with its 
recommendation by no later than 30 days after enactment of this 
legislation. In particular, the Department is directed to 
consider sites in the Western United States. The Committee has 
provided this additional funding to address what it views as 
the greatest long-term need within BOP--adequate bed space for 
Federal inmates convicted of violent crimes. Also, the 
Committee directs the Department of Justice to program at least 
$267,833,000 in the fiscal year 1999 request for building and 
facilities within the Federal prison system. The Committee 
directs that no fiscal year 1998 Department of Justice funding 
for more than two political appointees in INS may be expended 
until at least $267,833,000 is programmed and budgeted for 
prison buildings and facilities in the fiscal year 1999 
President's request. The recommendation reflects the 
Committee's strongly held view that building adequate prison 
capacity is a critical component of a successful crime-fighting 
strategy. The Committee remains committed to a goal of zero 
overcrowding in the Federal prison system.
    Also, the Committee urges the BOP to consider expansion of 
the existing correctional complex in the lower Mississippi 
Delta area. The Committee directs that no additional real 
estate be acquired to support the expansion.
    Hawaii detention facility.--Last year, the Committee 
directed BOP to include the funds needed to complete 
construction of a pretrial detention facility in Hawaii in 
future budget submissions. No funds were requested in the 
President's budget. However, the BOP submitted a request to 
transfer $25,000,000 from salaries and expenses to the 
``Buildings and facilities'' appropriation within BOP to 
increase capacity of the Federal detention center in Hawaii. 
The Committee approves the transfer request.
    Lee County, VA, facility.--The BOP also submitted a request 
to transfer $14,500,000 from salaries and expenses to the 
``Buildings and facilities'' appropriation within BOP to 
increase the security level from medium to high at the Lee 
County, VA, facility. The Committee approves the transfer 
request.
    The Committee encourages the use of local labor and 
services, where appropriate and cost effective, for the 
construction of these facilities.
    The Committee also recommends bill language, similar to 
that included in previous appropriations acts, which allows: 
(1) for planning, acquisition of sites, and construction of 
facilities; (2) for leasing a facility in Oklahoma City; (3) 
for acquisition, remodeling, and equipping facilities by 
contract or force account; (4) up to $14,074,000 to construct 
inmate work areas; (5) for use of prisoner labor; (6) up to 10 
percent of this appropriation to be transferred to the 
``Salaries and expenses'' account; and (7) up to $2,300,000 
shall be available for the renovation and construction of U.S. 
Marshals Service prisoner-holding facilities.
    Juvenile prisons.--Within available resources, the 
Committee directs the Department to initiate a study on the 
need for juvenile or other special population Federal prison 
facilities in Alaska, California, Mississippi, Montana, New 
Hampshire, South Carolina, and West Virginia. The report should 
be provided to the appropriate committees no later than 
February 1, 1998.

                    Federal Prison Industries, Inc.

                (Limitation On Administrative Expenses)

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $3,042,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       3,930,000
Committee recommendation................................       3,042,000

    The Committee recommends a limitation on administrative 
expenses of $3,042,000 for the Federal Prison Industries, Inc., 
for fiscal year 1998, which is $888,000 below the amount 
requested and equal to the current year limitation.
    The Committee directs Federal Prison Industries [UNICOR] to 
continue seeking manufacturing joint ventures with the private 
sector which are competitively bid. It is the Committee's view 
that these efforts have not only provided UNICOR increased 
resources, but also provided prison inmates with improved job 
skills which help reduce recidivism.

                       Office of Justice Programs

Appropriations, 1997....................................  $4,142,405,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................   4,130,209,000
Committee recommendation................................   4,622,740,000

    The Committee recommends a total of $4,622,740,000 in new 
budget (obligational) authority for fiscal year 1998, including 
$3,719,650,000 from the violent crime reduction trust fund for 
the various law enforcement assistance, juvenile justice, 
research, and statistics programs of the Office of Justice 
Programs [OJP].
    Included in these amounts are funds to continue providing 
assistance to States and localities, such as the State and 
Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Program, the Community 
Oriented Policing Services [COPS] Program, the violent offender 
incarceration and truth-in-sentencing incarceration grants, the 
State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, the Violence Against 
Women Grant Program, the Byrne Grant Program, the Weed and Seed 
Program, juvenile justice and delinquency prevention, and 
victims of child abuse programs.

                           Justice Assistance

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $118,429,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     166,665,000
Committee recommendation................................     183,165,000

    The Committee recommends $183,165,000 in direct 
appropriations for justice assistance for fiscal year 1998.
    The funding provided for Justice assistance includes 
assistance to States for research, evaluation, statistics, 
information sharing, emergency assistance, missing children 
assistance, and the management and administration of all grants 
provided through the Office of Justice Programs.

                                               JUSTICE ASSISTANCE                                               
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                                                                     1997         1998 budget       Committee   
                                                                appropriation       estimate      recommendation
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National Institute of Justice................................     $30,000,000      $48,670,000      $48,670,000 
    Defense/law enforcement technology network...............      (9,229,000)      (9,229,000)      (9,229,000)
Counterterrorism technologies................................      10,000,000       10,000,000       14,000,000 
Grants to firefighters/emergency service personnel...........       5,000,000        5,000,000        5,000,000 
State and local training--counterterrorism...................       2,000,000        2,000,000        4,000,000 
Bureau of Justice Statistics.................................      21,379,000       21,529,000       21,529,000 
Missing children.............................................       5,971,000        5,971,000        3,371,000 
National Sexual Offender Registry............................  ...............      25,000,000       25,000,000 
Regional information sharing system..........................      14,500,000       14,500,000       25,000,000 
White Collar Crime Information Center........................       3,850,000        3,850,000        3,850,000 
Management and administration................................      25,729,000       30,145,000       30,145,000 
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total justice assistance...............................     118,429,000      166,665,000      183,165,000 
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    National Institute of Justice.--The Committee 
recommendation provides $48,670,000 for the National Institute 
of Justice [NIJ] for fiscal year 1998, which is a $18,670,000 
increase over the fiscal year 1997 appropriation. The increase 
is provided to expand evaluation and demonstration programs 
within NIJ. In addition, $20,000,000 will be provided to NIJ in 
fiscal year 1998, as was provided in fiscal year 1997, from the 
local law enforcement block grant for assisting local units to 
identify, select, develop, modernize, and purchase new 
technologies for use by law enforcement. NIJ is the Nation's 
primary source of research and development in the field of 
criminal justice. NIJ fosters innovation in law enforcement 
technologies and practices, investigates causes and patterns of 
crime, and informs the public of research and development 
findings.
    The Committee is aware of a number of technology 
initiatives that will enhance local law enforcement 
capabilities. Within the overall amounts provided for NIJ, 
$1,000,000 is equally provided for Mount Pleasant and 
Charleston, SC, police departments for computer enhancements 
and policing equipment upgrades.
    Within total funding for the NIJ, the Committee directs 
that increased amounts over fiscal year 1997 be made available 
for computerized identification systems and forensic DNA 
analysis technologies.
    Defense/justice partnership.--The Committee recommendation 
includes resources of $9,229,000 to provide for NIJ management 
and oversight of this program to support joint efforts by the 
Justice Department and the Department of Defense to adapt 
defense technologies to law enforcement use, to field prototype 
systems for evaluation, to develop standards and test products, 
and to develop technologies that will minimize the risk of 
death or injury to law enforcement, corrections officers, and 
citizens.
    Counterterrorism technologies.--The Committee 
recommendation provides $14,000,000 for counterterrorism 
technology programs authorized under section 821 of the 
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996.
    Of the funds provided within the counterterrorism 
technologies program, the Committee directs $3,000,000 be 
provided to the Utah Communications Agency network for a grant 
to support enhancements and upgrades of security and 
communications infrastructure to counter any potential 
terrorism threat related to the 2002 Winter Olympic Games to be 
held in Utah. The Committee also recommends $2,000,000 to allow 
the Law Enforcement Coordinating Council for the 2002 Olympics 
to develop and support a public safety master plan for the 
games.
    Grants to firefighters and emergency services personnel.--
The Committee recommendation provides $5,000,000 for local 
firefighter and emergency service training grants as authorized 
under section 819 of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death 
Penalty Act of 1996.
    State and local counterterrorism training.--The Committee 
recommendation provides $4,000,000 for State and local law 
enforcement training to address antiterrorism preparedness. The 
recommendation doubles the current fiscal year funding to 
prevent terrorist acts and to effectively manage multiagency 
responses to terrorist acts.
    Of the funds provided within the State and Local 
Counterterrorism Training Program, the Committee directs 
$2,000,000 be provided for a grant to establish a National, 
State, and Local Public Training Center for First Responders to 
domestic terrorist acts at Fort McClellan, AL. The Center will 
serve as a training facility for all relevant federally 
supported training efforts that target State and local law 
enforcement, firefighters, emergency medical personnel, and 
other key agencies such as public works and State and local 
emergency management agencies. The focus of the training is to 
prepare relevant State and local officials to deal with 
chemical, biological, or nuclear terrorist acts and handle 
incidents dealing with hazardous materials. The Department of 
Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, shall be designated as 
the agency charged with directing and coordinating activities 
at the Center.
    Bureau of Justice Statistics.--The Committee recommendation 
provides $21,529,000 for the Bureau of Justice Statistics [BJS] 
for fiscal year 1998, which is $150,000 more than the current 
year appropriation. The BJS is responsible for the collection, 
analysis and publication of statistical information on crime, 
criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operations of the 
Nation's justice systems.
    Missing children.--The Committee recommendation provides 
$3,371,000 for the Missing Children Program for fiscal year 
1998, which is $2,600,000 less than the fiscal year 1997 
appropriation and the fiscal year 1998 request. The Committee 
is recommending the $2,600,000 and an additional $3,600,000 for 
the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children under 
the Byrne discretionary grants. This program provides funds to 
combat crimes against children, particularly kidnaping and 
sexual exploitation.
    National Sexual Offender Registry.--The Committee 
recommendation provides $25,000,000 for the National Sex 
Offender Registry for fiscal year 1998. This new program will 
identify, collect, and exchange State-level sexual offender 
data through an automated national registry.
    Regional information sharing system.--The Committee 
recommendation provides $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 for 
the regional information sharing system [RISS], which is 
$10,500,000 more than the amount provided for in the current 
year appropriation. The RISS Program provides funds to maintain 
six regionally based information sharing centers throughout the 
United States to assist States in addressing major, 
multijurisdictional crimes. The increase will facilitate the 
rapid exchange and sharing of information pertaining to 
criminals and criminal activity. This exchange and sharing of 
information will be provided to more Federal, State, and local 
law enforcement agencies than are currently able to participate 
under present funding.
    White Collar Crime Information Center.--The Committee 
recommends a total of $3,850,000 for the National White Collar 
Crime Center [NWCCC] for fiscal year 1998. This is equal to the 
full amount requested. This program provides assistance to 
State and local law enforcement and regulatory agencies in 
addressing multijurisdictional white collar crimes.
    Emergency assistance.--The Committee recommendation 
provides no new budget authority for the Emergency Assistance 
Program, as requested. This program offers Federal assistance 
to States in response to situations of an emergency nature.
    Inmate health care.--Within Public Law 104-208, the Omnibus 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997, $1,000,000 was 
appropriated to the National Institute of Justice for a 
national study on soon-to-be released inmates. After 
considering the scope of work and time needed to adequately 
conduct such a study, an agreement was reached to extend the 
initiative's activities and funding allocations into fiscal 
year 1998. Of the $1,000,000 that was appropriated, $500,000 
would be made available for activities in fiscal year 1997, 
with the remaining $500,000 to be made available in fiscal year 
1998. Additional time is necessary for the success of the 
national study. The Committee expects the study will begin by 
September 30, 1997.
    Management and administration.--The Committee 
recommendation provides $30,145,000 and 411 FTE's for the 
management and administration [M&A] of the Office of Justice 
Programs. In addition, reimbursable funding will be provided 
from the ``Juvenile justice'' account and the violent crime 
reduction programs for the administration of grants under these 
activities. Total funding for the administration of grants is 
as follows:

Office of Justice Programs Management and Administration

                                                               Committee
        Program                                           recommendation

Direct appropriation....................................     $30,145,000
Transfer from juvenile justice programs.................       5,722,000
Reimbursement from VCRTF programs.......................      41,789,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total.............................................      77,656,000

               State And Local Law Enforcement Assistance

Appropriations, 1997....................................  $3,817,150,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................   3,697,855,000
Committee recommendation................................   4,046,150,000

    The Committee recommends a total of $4,046,150,000 for 
fiscal year 1998, of which $3,594,650,000 is provided from the 
violent crime reduction trust fund. These funds provide 
assistance to State and local governments in their drug control 
and other law enforcement efforts as follows:

                     OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS--STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE                     
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                                                                     1997         1998 budget       Committee   
                                                                appropriation       estimate      Recommendation
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Direct appropriation:                                                                                           
    Byrne grants:                                                                                               
        Discretionary........................................     $60,000,000   ...............     $75,000,000 
            Weed and seed (earmark)..........................     (28,500,000)  ...............     (33,500,000)
        Formula..............................................     301,000,000   ...............     376,500,000 
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, direct appropriation.....................     361,000,000   ...............     451,500,000 
                                                              ==================================================
Violent crime reduction trust fund:                                                                             
    Byrne grants (discretionary).............................  ...............     $75,000,000   ...............
        Weed and seed (earmark)..............................  ...............     (28,500,000)  ...............
    Byrne grants (formula)...................................     199,000,000      505,000,000      128,500,000 
    Community oriented policing services.....................   1,420,000,000    1,545,000,000    1,440,000,000 
        Police corps.........................................     (20,000,000)     (20,000,000)     (40,000,000)
        Law Enforcement Scholarship Program..................  ...............     (20,000,000)  ...............
        Police Recruitment Grants Program....................  ...............      (5,000,000)  ...............
        Prosecutorial initiatives for juveniles..............  ...............    (100,000,000)  ...............
    Local law enforcement block grant........................     523,000,000   ...............     503,000,000 
        Child exploitation investigations (ear-  mark).......  ...............  ...............      (2,400,000)
        Boys and Girls Clubs (earmark).......................     (20,000,000)  ...............     (20,000,000)
    Drug courts..............................................      30,000,000       75,000,000       40,000,000 
    Violence against women grants............................     196,500,000      248,750,000      263,750,000 
    Upgrade criminal history records.........................      50,000,000       45,000,000       45,000,000 
    State prison grants......................................     670,000,000      710,500,000      740,500,000 
    State Criminal Alien Assistance Program..................     330,000,000      350,000,000      350,000,000 
    Violent Youth Court Program..............................  ...............      50,000,000   ...............
    State prison drug treatment..............................      30,000,000       63,000,000       61,200,000 
Other crime control programs:                                                                                   
    Missing Alzheimer Patient Program........................         900,000          900,000          900,000 
    Tuberculosis in prisons..................................  ...............       1,000,000   ...............
    Law enforcement family support...........................       1,000,000        2,205,000        1,000,000 
    DNA identification State grants..........................       3,000,000       15,000,000       15,000,000 
    Assistance for at-risk youth.............................  ...............       8,000,000   ...............
    Motor vehicle theft prevention...........................         750,000        1,000,000        3,800,000 
    Senior citizens against marketing scams..................       2,000,000        2,000,000        2,000,000 
    Presidential summit on crime.............................  ...............         500,000   ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, violent crime reduction trust  fund..........   3,456,150,000    3,697,855,000    3,594,650,000 
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, State and local law enforcement assistance......   3,817,150,000    3,697,855,000    4,046,150,000 
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    Edward Byrne grants to States.--The Committee 
recommendation provides $580,000,000 for the Edward Byrne 
Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program, of 
which $75,000,000 is for discretionary grants and $505,000,000 
for formula grants. Of the formula grant funding recommended by 
the Committee, $128,500,000 is provided under the violent crime 
reduction trust fund as authorized under the Violent Crime 
Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, Public Law 103-322.
    The Committee directs that the Department of Justice 
consider sheriffs and district attorneys in Louisiana as units 
of local government for the purposes of eligibility for block 
grant funds. The Committee recognizes that it remains the 
intent of Congress that, as the primary law enforcement and 
judicial enforcement entities in Louisiana, sheriffs and 
district attorneys shall be eligible as subgrant recipients of 
all Department of Justice block grant funds administered by the 
State of Louisiana.

              violent crime reduction trust fund programs

    Byrne discretionary grants.--The Committee recommendation 
provides $75,000,000 for discretionary grants under chapter A 
of the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Assistance Program 
to be administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance [BJA] to 
public or private agencies and nonprofit organizations, for 
educational and training programs, technical assistance, 
improvement of State criminal justice systems, and 
demonstration projects of a multijurisdictional nature. Within 
the amount provided for these discretionary grants, the 
Committee expects the Bureau of Justice Assistance [BJA] to 
provide:
  --$33,500,000 for the Weed and Seed Program, of which the 
        Committee recommends that $190,000 be provided to the 
        Gospel Rescue Ministries of Washington, DC, for further 
        renovations to the former Fulton Hotel to convert it 
        into a drug treatment center;
  --$6,200,000 for the National Center for Missing and 
        Exploited Children. Of this amount, $1,900,000 is 
        provided for internet investigations to use and 
        distribute as follows: (1) develop and conduct seminars 
        at the Jimmy Ryce Law Enforcement Training Center for 
        State law enforcement officials to address the issues 
        of crimes against children in cyberspace, and to assist 
        them in the development of State and local cyberpolice 
        units; (2) develop and conduct seminars at the Jimmy 
        Ryce Law Enforcement Training Center for selected 
        Federal agents to address the issue of crimes against 
        children in cyberspace; (3) develop and conduct State 
        based technical training seminars for State and local 
        law enforcement officers on the most successful and 
        innovative investigative approaches; (4) enhance 
        services, contact and support for child victims of 
        online exploitation; (5) develop an aggressive program 
        to enhance public awareness and education regarding 
        child safety on the information highway; (6) develop 
        tools, techniques and strategies for reaching into 
        America's schools with positive, useful information 
        regarding child safety on the information highway; and 
        (7) establish a CyberTipline at the National Center for 
        Missing and Exploited Children so that the center may 
        receive leads and information online regarding missing 
        children and child sexual exploitation. This 
        CyberTipline will extend and enhance the Center's 
        ability to receive vital lead information for Federal, 
        State, and local law enforcement beyond its current 
        toll-free telephone hotline, using cyberspace as a 
        powerful tool to reach the public and solicit 
        investigative leads and tips;
  --$2,097,000 for the Executive Office of United States 
        Attorneys to support the National District Attorneys 
        Association's participation in legal education training 
        at the National Advocacy Center as proposed in the 
        budget request for U.S. Attorneys;
  --$1,000,000 for continued support for the expansion of 
        Search Group, Inc., and the National Technical 
        Assistance Program; $2,000,000 for the Marshall 
        University Forensic Science Program; $2,000,000 for a 
        rural States management information system 
        demonstration project in Alaska; $1,000,000 for 
        continuation of the Santee-Lynches Regional Council of 
        Governments Local Law Enforcement Program; $500,000 for 
        the Alaska Native Justice Center; and $2,000,000 for 
        the National Neighborhood Crime and Drug Abuse 
        Prevention Program sponsored by the Eisenhower 
        Foundation. The Committee recommends that program 
        management work closely with the Office of Justice 
        programs to select and manage grant recipients of this 
        program to reduce inner-city crime and drug abuse by 
        employing and educating at-risk minority youth;
  --$300,000 for the National Association of Town Watch to 
        support the National Night Out Program;
  --$10,000,000 for the North Carolina Criminal Justice 
        Information Network to be allocated as follows: 
        $2,500,000 for a Mobile Voice and Data Network, 
        $4,000,000 to support an automated statewide magistrate 
        system of the Administrative Office of the Courts, and 
        $3,500,000 for the development of network security 
        systems; and
  --$1,000,000 for continuation of the National Judicial 
        College.
    Within the available resources the Committee urges BJA to 
favorably consider funding for: continuation of the National 
Crime Prevention Council and the National Citizens Crime 
Prevention Campaign (McGruff); continuation of New Orleans-
based Project Return, a correctional options program; support 
for a plan to construct a flagship Boys and Girls Club facility 
located at an appropriate site; and support for Chicago's 
Family Violence Intervention Program and Female Juvenile 
Offender Program.
    The Committee also urges BJA to favorably consider funding 
for continuation of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education [DARE 
America] Program. Recent studies indicate the need for the 
program to adapt to the changing culture within our schools. 
The Committee directs the Department to work with officials 
with the DARE America Program to create new and more effective 
course criteria aimed at reducing the use of drugs by children. 
The Department is directed to report to the appropriate 
committees of jurisdiction about its recommended changes to the 
program. This report should be provided no later than February 
1, 1998.

                         Weed and Seed Program

    The Committee recommendation provides $33,500,000 for the 
Weed and Seed Program from discretionary grants under the Byrne 
Program. This amount is $5,000,000 above the fiscal year 1997 
appropriation and the fiscal year 1998 request.
    The Committee also recommends bill language, similar to 
that included in previous fiscal years, making funds available 
for grants or agreements with State agencies or to reimburse 
Federal agencies in order to execute the weed and seed 
strategy, and also allows for the use of other Department of 
Justice funds to support the Weed and Seed Program.

                  Community Oriented Policing Services

Appropriations, 1997....................................  $1,420,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................   1,545,000,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,440,000,000

    The recommendation includes $1,420,000,000 for community 
oriented policing services [COPS] for fiscal year 1998. This 
amount is equal to the fiscal year 1997 appropriation and is 
$125,000,000 below the fiscal year 1998 request.
    The recommendation provides sufficient funding to meet the 
agreed upon target of 100,000 police officers by 2000. 
According to the most recent information available from the 
Department, a cumulative total of approximately 61,000 officers 
have been funded. Of these, only an estimated total of 31,181 
police officers and sheriff's deputies have been hired. The 
Committee is concerned that the unusually high unobligated 
balances of this program may lead to an inability to reach the 
goal of 100,000 new officers by 2000. As such, the Department 
is directed to provide a detailed analysis of program 
accomplishments and objectives projected through 2000 to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. The Committee 
also directs the Department to provide a financial analysis 
certifying each location's ability to continue funding the 
police officers acquired by this program after the 3-year grant 
period has ended. The program analysis and certification should 
be provided to the appropriate committees no later than 
February 1, 1998.
    The Committee continues to believe that the primary 
objective of COPS funding is to hire new police officers in the 
most cost-effective manner possible. The COPS office should use 
grant funds to the maximum extent possible to hire more police, 
and should only use these funds for hiring projects. To help 
accomplish this goal, the Committee expects that in fiscal year 
1998 hiring grants will continue to include grants under the 
Universal Hiring Program and the COPS MORE Program.
    Funding for nonhiring purposes, such as purchasing 
equipment, providing training, and paying for overtime, is 
available to localities through the local law enforcement block 
grant and should not be duplicated under this program.
    The Committee believes an increase in staff is warranted to 
reduce delays in processing COPS grants. However, the Committee 
continues bill language similar to the 1997 appropriation 
limiting the amount spent on program administration. The 
Committee has included a $24,669,000 limitation on management 
and administrative costs within this account to support 270 
positions and 228 FTE's. Funding is for making grant awards, 
payment processing, and grant monitoring. The Committee would 
be willing to consider a reprogramming request for additional 
staff based on a demonstrated need. The Committee will only 
consider additional funding necessary to ensure prompt grant 
processing and payment and necessary monitoring and evaluation.
    Within available funding for training and technical 
assistance, the Committee recommendation includes the 
following: $2,000,000 for the Security Technology Program of 
the Southwest Surety Institute headquartered at New Mexico 
State University; and $2,000,000 to establish a training 
academy for federally supported first responder training in 
conjunction with the Energetic Materials Research and Testing 
Program. The center would target training programs for 
national, State, and local law enforcement, firefighters, 
emergency medical personnel, and others involved in first 
responder crisis management. Training would include planning 
for and response to terrorist weapons of mass destruction, 
including chemical, biological, and large-scale blast devices.
    Police Corps.--The Committee recommendation includes 
$40,000,000 to continue advanced police education and training 
in the Police Corps Program. This amount is equal to the fiscal 
year 1997 appropriation and the fiscal year 1998 request.
    Law Enforcement Scholarship Program.--The Committee does 
not provide $20,000,000 as requested, for the Law Enforcement 
Scholarship Program. The Committee believes that sufficient 
resources are provided to Federal, State, and local law 
enforcement to address this request.
    Police Recruitment Grants Program.--The Committee does not 
provide $5,000,000 as requested for the Police Recruitment 
Grants Program. The Committee believes that sufficient 
resources are provided to Federal, State, and local law 
enforcement to address this request.
    Prosecutorial initiatives for juveniles.--The 
recommendation does not provide $100,000,000 for this new 
request. Instead, the Committee recommends $145,000,000 for the 
Committee's juvenile initiative.
    Local law enforcement block grant.--The Committee 
recommendation includes $503,000,000 to continue the local law 
enforcement block grant program which provides grants to 
localities to reduce crime and improve public safety. Of the 
amounts provided, $20,000,000 will be provided to NIJ for 
assisting local units to identify, select, develop, modernize, 
and purchase new technologies for use by law enforcement. The 
recommendation for funding for the local law enforcement block 
grant continues the commitment to provide local governments 
with the resources and flexibility to address specific crime 
problems in their communities. The Committee directs the 
Department to report to the appropriate committees of 
jurisdiction on how the funds have been spent to date within 
the program. The report should indicate available grants which 
were awarded 2 or more years ago, but not yet expended. The 
report should be provided to the appropriate committees no 
later than February 1, 1998. Also, the Committee directs the 
Department to provide 15 days advance notification of awarded 
grants which total over $5,000,000.
    The Committee remains concerned over the handling of child 
pornography investigations at the State and local level. In 
many cases an online service provider is only the distribution 
vehicle after a child has been locally victimized. Often, the 
victimization itself is a local intrastate offense. State and 
local law enforcement then has the investigative 
responsibility. They must play a larger role for affective 
pursuit of these perpetrators. Their role includes 
multijurisdictional teamwork and multidisciplinary cooperation. 
Few States and local agencies have the resources and training 
necessary to successfully investigate and prosecute these 
cases. Therefore, the Committee provides $2,400,000 exclusively 
so that State and local law enforcement may form specialized 
cyber-units to investigate and prevent child sexual 
exploitation.
    The Committee recommends $20,000,000 for the Boys and Girls 
Clubs of America. This is the same amount that was provided for 
this program in the fiscal year 1997 appropriation.
    The Committee is aware of the unique circumstances that 
exist in the State of Louisiana with regard to the eligibility 
for the local law enforcement block grant and has included bill 
language to address this issue.
    Juvenile block grants.--This new program is addressed in 
the report within the Committee's ``Juvenile justice programs'' 
account.
    Drug courts.--The Committee recommends $40,000,000 for drug 
courts. This amount is a 25-percent increase to the fiscal year 
1997 appropriation.
    Violence Against Women Act.--The Committee recommends 
$263,750,000 for grants to support the Violence Against Women 
Act. This amount represents an increase of $15,000,000 over the 
request and $67,250,000 over the current year appropriation. 
Grants provided under this recommendation are for the following 
programs:

                                       VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT PROGRAMS                                      
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                                                                     1997         1998 budget       Committee   
                           Programs                             appropriation       estimate      recommendation
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STOP grants..................................................    $145,000,000     $160,000,000     $160,000,000 
Encouraging arrest policies..................................      33,000,000       59,000,000       59,000,000 
Rural domestic violence......................................       8,000,000       15,000,000       25,000,000 
VAWA training programs.......................................       1,000,000        2,000,000        7,000,000 
Stalker Program..............................................       1,800,000        2,750,000        2,750,000 
National study/campus sexual assault.........................         200,000   ...............  ...............
Victims of child abuse:                                                                                         
    Court appointed special advocate [CASA]..................       6,000,000        7,000,000        7,000,000 
    Training for judicial personnel..........................       1,000,000        2,000,000        2,000,000 
Federal victim's counselors \1\..............................      (8,090,000)     (18,821,000)     (19,858,000)
Grants for televised testimony...............................         600,000        1,000,000        1,000,000 
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, VAWA programs...................................     196,500,000      248,750,000      263,750,000 
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\1\ Included under U.S. attorneys.                                                                              

    The fiscal year 1998 increase is recommended to continue 
expansion of units of law enforcement officers and prosecutors 
specifically targeted at crimes against women. Funding will be 
used to develop and implement effective arrest and prosecution 
policies to prevent, identify, and respond to violent crimes 
against women, strengthen programs addressing stalking; and 
provide much needed victims' services. This includes 
specialized domestic violence court advocates who obtain 
protection orders. In addition, programs would be strengthened 
to encourage reporting of domestic violence by providing 
assurances that law enforcement and attorney support systems 
would be available. This funding is to be distributed to States 
to significantly enhance the availability of services, 
prosecutors, and law-enforcement officials to women and 
children who are subjected to domestic violence.
    Within the funding for encouraging arrest policies, the 
Committee recommendation includes $1,000,000 for a public-
private partnership demonstration project in Las Vegas for a 
home for victims of domestic abuse. These funds are not 
permitted to be utilized for construction.
    National instant criminal background check system.--The 
Committee recommends $45,000,000 for States to upgrade criminal 
history records so that these records can interface with other 
data bases holding information on other categories of 
individuals who are prohibited from purchasing firearms under 
Federal or State statute.
    State prison grants.--The recommendation provides 
$740,500,000 for the State Prison Grant Program, of which 
$150,000,000 is available to States for the incarceration of 
criminal aliens and $35,000,000 for the Cooperative Agreement 
Program. This program provides grants to States to build and 
expand temporary or permanent correctional facilities, boot 
camps, and jails to increase the capacity for confinement of 
violent criminals.
    The Committee has included language to permit violent 
offender incarceration/truth in sentencing [VOI/TIS] prison 
construction grant funds to be used to build or expand State or 
local juvenile correctional facilities, including pretrial 
detention facilities and boot camps for violent and nonviolent 
juvenile offenders. This new language will enable the State of 
Montana to provide funding from its State prison grant formula 
award for a juvenile detention unit at the regional detention 
facility in Missoula, MT.
    The Committee has also provided language which provides 
$5,000,000 for construction of jails on Indian reservations.
    The Committee encourages the Department to favorably 
consider requests for correctional facility grants by Indian 
tribes. The Committee directs the Department, within available 
resources, to provide funding to complete the design phase of 
the Choctaw Indians tribal detention facility in Choctaw, MS.
    State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.--The 
recommendation provides $350,000,000 for the State Criminal 
Alien Assistance Program [SCAAP] for the reimbursement to 
States for the costs of incarceration of criminal aliens. This 
amount is in addition to $150,000,000 included for this purpose 
under the State Prison Grants Program. Thus, the Committee 
recommends a total of $500,000,000 for reimbursement to States 
for alien incarceration, which is equal to the fiscal year 1998 
request and the same level as provided in the fiscal year 1997 
appropriation.
    Last year, the Committee urged the Office of Justice 
Programs [OJP] to accelerate its schedule for release of these 
much needed funds. Once again, the Committee finds that fiscal 
year 1997 SCAAP funding will not be allocated until November 
1997. The Committee understands the need for this funding but 
cannot support the lengthy process which includes the 
Immigration and Naturalization Service. The Committee directs 
the Department to use the available fiscal year 1997 funding 
for fiscal year 1998 requirements. The Department is directed 
to provide the appropriate committees an obligation and 
expenditure plan for SCAAP on a quarterly basis for fiscal year 
1998.
    State court assistance.--The Committee does not provide 
$50,000,000 for State court assistance. Instead, the Committee 
is providing funding for this request within the juvenile 
initiative.
    Substance abuse treatment for State prisoners.--The 
Committee recommends $61,200,000, for the Residential Substance 
Abuse Treatment Program for State Prisoners [RSAT]. This amount 
is $31,200,000 more than was provided in fiscal year 1997. The 
RSAT Program provides financial and technical assistance to 
assist State and units of local government in developing and 
implementing residential treatment programs within State and 
local correctional and detention facilities in which inmates 
are incarcerated for a period of time sufficient to permit 
substance abuse treatment. Consistent with the authorizing 
statute, States must agree to require drug testing of 
individuals enrolled in the treatment program and give 
preference to projects that assist in the placement of program 
participants with community-based aftercare services, such as 
parole supervision, educational and job training, and halfway 
houses. These aftercare programs cannot be funded with RSAT 
grant dollars. The $33,000,000 increase requested in the fiscal 
year 1998 budget will be used to expand services to prisoners 
in State and local correction and detention facilities. The 
Committee estimates that 22,000 inmates could be treated in 
1998.
    Missing Alzheimer Patient Program.--The Committee 
recommendation includes $900,000 to continue and expand the 
national program to locate missing Alzheimer patients.
    Tuberculosis in prisons.--The recommendation does not 
include additional funds for treatment of tuberculosis in 
Federal and State prisons. In fiscal year 1997, $1,000,000 was 
provided for this program.
    Law enforcement family support programs.--The 
recommendation provides $1,000,000 for this program to assist 
Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies in 
developing and implementing policies and programs to reduce 
stress and provide appropriate support services for law 
enforcement officers and their families.
    DNA identification State grants.--The recommendation 
includes $15,000,000 for grants to States and units of local 
government to support programs and projects to develop or 
improve the capability to analyze DNA in a forensic laboratory. 
The amount provided is equal to the fiscal year 1998 request 
and $12,000,000 above the amount provided in the fiscal year 
1997 appropriation.
    Within the amount made available under this program and in 
conjunction with State grants and the expanded use of 
technology grants available through the local law enforcement 
block grant, up to $35,000,000 is available to develop or 
improve forensic DNA testing capabilities in State and local 
forensic laboratories. It is also available to foster 
cooperation and mutual assistance among forensic DNA 
laboratories within States. Funds could be used for efforts 
between States that are seeking to match and exchange DNA 
identification records for law enforcement purposes using the 
FBI's combined DNA index system [CODIS]. Also, the Committee 
expects the OJP to examine proposals for the National Center 
for Forensic Science at the University of Central Florida, and 
provide a grant, if warranted.
    Assistance for at-risk youth.--The recommendation does not 
include $8,000,000 for at-risk youth programs. Instead, the 
Committee recommends $145,000,000 for the Committee's juvenile 
initiative.
    The Committee recognizes the importance of providing 
vocational training to at-risk youth to help prevent delinquent 
behavior and recidivism. The Committee takes note of the 
ongoing work of the new task force on training and employment 
of high risk youth, sponsored by the Office of Juvenile Justice 
and Delinquency Prevention [OJJDP]. In light of the importance 
of best utilizing the Federal Government's resources in 
vocational training and youth crime prevention, the Committee 
urges the Attorney General to collaborate with the Secretary of 
Labor on additional ways to formally coordinate and dedicate 
resources to support vocational training for at-risk youth, as 
part of the new juvenile initiative within OJJDP.
    Motor vehicle theft prevention.--The recommendation 
provides $3,800,000 for grants to combat motor vehicle theft 
through cooperative partnerships between car owners and State 
and local law enforcement. This amount is $3,050,000 above the 
fiscal year 1997 appropriation and $2,800,000 above the fiscal 
year 1998 request. Within the amount provided for motor vehicle 
theft prevention, the Committee recommends $2,800,000 for the 
national motor vehicle title information system [NMVTIS] to 
link multistate data bases. The Committee provides these funds 
and states that the proceeds from this program be passed on to 
the States involved with this program.
    Senior citizens against marketing scams.--The 
recommendation provides $2,000,000 as requested for a new 
program to assist law enforcement in preventing and stopping 
marketing scams against the elderly.
    Presidential summit on violence.--The recommendation does 
not provide $500,000 as requested, to conduct a Presidential 
summit on violence.

                       Juvenile Justice Programs

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $174,500,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     230,422,000
Committee recommendation................................     380,422,000

    The Committee recommendation provides a total of 
$380,422,000 for juvenile justice programs for fiscal year 
1998. This funding level is $205,922,000 more than the 1997 
appropriation and is $150,000,000 more than the request.
    Juvenile justice and delinquency prevention.--Juvenile 
crime has reached a crisis level. Our culture has significantly 
changed. The standard of a husband and wife with children no 
longer holds. Instead, such a family is atypical. The Committee 
believes that communities must now begin to maintain greater 
support systems. It used to be that the family was the dominant 
means of support. Today, neighborhoods and schools also provide 
this support. As we become a global society, support will come 
from a matrix of different parts of the community surrounding a 
person. The Committee supports the community to integrate 
people from all areas within a town, city, or county. These 
groups, who have collaborated on creating effective juvenile 
laws, include school officials, representatives of the chamber 
of commerce, local law enforcement, and other related 
government officials.
    The Committee recommendation includes a total of 
$145,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 for a new program called the 
Juvenile Block Grant Program.
    The Committee recognizes that changes to juvenile justice 
and delinquency prevention [JJDP] programs are being considered 
in the authorization process. As such, the Committee 
recommendation includes language that makes this program 
subject to the provisions of any authorizing legislation that 
is enacted and that any provisions in this act that are 
inconsistent with that legislation shall no longer have effect.
    The Committee recommendation includes a total of 
$230,922,000 for fiscal year 1998 for administrative expenses 
and grants to States and localities for projects in the areas 
of education, research, prevention, and rehabilitation as 
follows:
  --$5,922,000 for the Office of Juvenile Justice and 
        Delinquency Prevention [OJJDP] (part A);
  --$86,500,000 for formula grants for assistance to State and 
        local programs (part B), $5,000,000 shall be available 
        for a discretionary tribal grants program designed to 
        address juvenile needs;
  --$29,500,000 for discretionary grants for national programs 
        and special emphasis programs (part C). Within the 
        amount provided for part C discretionary grants, the 
        Committee directs OJJDP to provide the following:
    --$3,000,000 for Parents Anonymous, Inc., to support 
            delinquency prevention and self-help programs;
    --$2,300,000 to continue and expand the National Council of 
            Juvenile and Family Courts which provides 
            continuing legal education in family and juvenile 
            law;
    --$2,000,000 for technical assistance for the Juvenile 
            Mentoring Program;
    --$2,000,000 for volunteer grassroots drug prevention 
            programs that mobilize parent action teams 
            nationwide to conduct community teen drug awareness 
            education and prevention activities that guarantee 
            increased parental involvement;
    --$1,900,000 for continued support for law-related 
            education;
    --$1,185,000 for the Jimmy Ryce Law Enforcement Training 
            Center to meet the needs of State and local law 
            enforcement officials investigating missing and 
            exploited children cases;
    --$1,350,000 for establishment of a center on crimes and 
            violence against children that focuses on the 
            reality that children are disproportionate victims 
            of crime and violence;
    --$1,000,000 to Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America to 
            support the expansion of the federation's capacity 
            to serve more at-risk children. The Committee notes 
            that Big Brothers/Big Sisters programs contribute 
            directly to a reduction in the rate of juvenile 
            delinquency, and that the Big Brothers/Big Sisters 
            federation has publicly committed to doubling the 
            number of children through its program;
    --$550,000 to the Coalition for Juvenile Justice;
    --$850,000 for a grant to the Vermont Department of Social 
            and Rehabilitation Services to establish a national 
            model for Community Youth Justice Boards;
    --$500,000 for a grant to the Center for the Study and 
            Prevention of Juvenile Crime and Delinquency; 
            $2,000,000 for the Consortium on Children, 
            Families, and the Law; $2,800,000 for a grant to 
            the Dona Ana Camp; $1,000,000 for the New Mexico 
            prevention project; $200,000 to the State of Alaska 
            for a study on child abuse and criminal behavior 
            linkage; and $1,750,000 for the Shelby County, 
            Tennessee Juvenile Offender Transition Program.
    In addition, the Committee directs OJJDP to examine each of 
the following proposals, to provide grants if warranted, and to 
report to the Committee on its intentions for each proposal: a 
grant to the Hill Renaissance Partnership; a grant to the 
Lincoln Council on Alcoholism and Drugs; a grant to the 
Hamilton Fish National Institute on School and Community 
Violence; a grant at the fiscal year 1996 level of funding to 
the Low Country Children's Center; a grant for the 
Comprehensive Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Initiative and 
Juvenile Assessment Center in Gainesville, FL; and a grant to 
the No Hope in Dope Program.
    In addition, the Committee urges OJJDP to pay particular 
attention to intervention and crime prevention programs which 
focus on addressing the unique circumstances on Indian 
reservations.
  --$12,000,000 to expand the Youth Gangs (part D) Program 
        which provides grants to public and private nonprofit 
        organizations to prevent and reduce the participation 
        of at-risk youth in the activities of gangs that commit 
        crimes. Within the amount provided for part D Youth 
        Gang grants, the Committee directs OJJDP to provide 
        $300,000 to the Metro Denver Gang Coalition to provide 
        an arena for service providers and community members to 
        share information, support program efforts, and create 
        positive changes in youth, families, and communities.
  --$10,000,000 for discretionary grants for State challenge 
        activities (part E). This program authorizes the OJJDP 
        Administrator to award grants which could increase the 
        amount of a State's formula grant by up to 10 percent, 
        if that State agrees to undertake some or all of the 10 
        challenge activities included in this program. These 
        challenge activities are designed to improve various 
        aspects of a State's juvenile justice and delinquency 
        prevention programs.
  --$12,000,000 for the Juvenile Mentoring Program (part G). 
        This program seeks to reduce juvenile delinquency, 
        improve academic performance, and reduce the dropout 
        rate among at-risk youth through the use of mentors. 
        The program brings together young people in high crime 
        areas with law enforcement officers and other 
        responsible adults who are willing to serve as long-
        term mentors.
  --$75,000,000 for the Anti-Truancy, School Violence, and 
        Crime Intervention Program, a new program to assist 
        communities in reducing juvenile crime through the 
        local development and implementation of crime 
        intervention.
    Victims of Child Abuse Act.--The Committee recommends a 
total of $4,500,000 for the various programs authorized under 
the Victims of Child Abuse Act [VOCA]. Funds provided to 
establish regional and local children's advocacy centers may 
not be used to provide legal aid. In addition, funding of 
$7,000,000 is provided for victims of child abuse programs 
included under the Violence Against Women Program funded under 
State and local assistance, violent crime reduction programs. 
The total amounts recommended for the Victims of Child Abuse 
Act, equal the amounts provided in the current fiscal year and 
the full amount requested in the budget. The following programs 
are included in the recommendation:
  --$4,500,000 to improve investigations and prosecutions 
        (subtitle A) as follows:
    --$500,000 to establish regional children's advocacy 
            centers, as authorized by section 213 of VOCA;
    --$2,000,000 to establish local children's advocacy 
            centers, as authorized by section 214 of VOCA;
    --$1,500,000 for a continuation grant to the National 
            Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse for 
            specialized technical assistance and training 
            programs to improve the prosecution of child abuse 
            cases, as authorized by section 214a of VOCA; and
    --$500,000 for a continuation grant to the National Network 
            of Child Advocacy Centers for technical assistance 
            and training, as authorized by section 214a of 
            VOCA.

                    Public Safety Officers Benefits

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $32,326,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      35,267,000
Committee recommendation................................      33,003,000

    The Committee recommends $33,003,000 in direct 
appropriations and $2,264,000 in carryover for total budgetary 
resources of $35,267,000 for fiscal year 1998 as requested. The 
recommendation includes sufficient funding for death and 
disability benefits under the Public Safety Officers Benefits 
Program and will fully fund anticipated payments in fiscal year 
1998. This program provides a lump-sum death benefit payment to 
eligible survivors of Federal, State, and local public safety 
officers whose death was the direct and proximate result of a 
traumatic injury sustained in the line of duty. In addition, 
the recommendation assumes $2,264,000 in end-of-year carryover 
balances for lump-sum payments to public safety officers who 
are permanently disabled in the line of duty, and $2,000,000 
for Federal law enforcement education assistance.

               General Provisions--Department of Justice

    The Committee recommends the following general provisions 
included in previous appropriations act unless otherwise noted:
    Section 101, included in previous appropriations acts, 
makes up to $45,000 of the funds appropriated to the Department 
of Justice available for reception and representation expenses.
    Section 102, included in previous appropriations acts, 
continues for fiscal year 1998 certain authorities for the 
Justice Department that were contained in the Department of 
Justice Authorization Act, fiscal year 1980.
    Section 103, included in previous appropriations acts, 
prohibits the use of funds to perform abortions in the Federal 
Prison System.
    Section 104, included in previous appropriations acts, 
prohibits the use of the funds provided in this bill to require 
any person to perform, or facilitate, the performance of an 
abortion.
    Section 105, included in previous appropriations acts, 
states that nothing in the previous section removes the 
obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide 
escort services to female inmates who seek to obtain abortions 
outside a Federal facility.
    Section 106, similar to that included in previous 
appropriations acts, and recently amended in Public Law 104-19, 
allows the Department of Justice to spend up to $10,000,000 for 
rewards for information regarding acts of terrorism against a 
U.S. person or property at levels not to exceed $2,000,000 per 
reward.
    Section 107, similar to that included in previous 
appropriations acts, allows the Department of Justice, subject 
to the Committee's reprogramming procedures, to transfer up to 
5 percent between any appropriation, but limits to 10 percent 
the amount that can be transferred into any one appropriation.
    Section 108, included in prior appropriations acts, allows 
balances remaining in the assets forfeiture fund after 
September 30, 1997, to be available to the Attorney General for 
any authorized purpose of the Department of Justice.
    Section 109 adds new language that authorizes the Director, 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, to carry out a 2-year 
demonstration project regarding the viability of defensive 
arming of investigative specialists assigned to special 
surveillance groups that conduct surveillances in 
counterintelligence and counterterrorism matters. Under the 
1995 Counterterrorism Supplemental Act, the FBI was provided 
additional special surveillance group personnel to support 
counterterrorism investigations. Special surveillance group 
members face an increased threat to personal safety due to the 
working environment under which they must operate and the more 
dangerous nature of surveillance targets, especially in 
counterterrorism cases. This authority would support a 2-year 
demonstration project to evaluate the viability of enhancing 
the safety of surveillances through a limited defensive 
training and arming of special surveillance group investigative 
specialists.
    Section 110 merges the immigration detention account and 
the breached bond/detention fund.
    Section 111 extends a fine that helps fund the INS 
detention account.
    Section 112 extends naturalization opportunities for 
Filippino Army, scouts, and guerrilla veterans of World War II.
    Section 113 adjusts immigration law that is being exploited 
by foreign students.
    Section 114 redirects unexpended crime victims fund 
balances to the Office of Victims of Crime. Of the amount made 
available, $11,525,000 will be transferred to U.S. attorneys 
for victim and witness assistance programs. Allotment of the 
remaining funds is subject to section 605 of this act.
    Section 115 implements a ruling of the U.S. Court of 
Federal Claims.
    Section 116 recommends amendments to the Jacob Wetterling 
Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender 
Registration Improvement Act, Title XVII of the Violent Crime 
Control and Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 
1994, including the following changes: (1) allows States to 
choose the agency that must administer the registration of sex 
offenders; (2) allows States to create more than one board to 
determine whether an individual is a sexually violent offender 
or predator; (3) allows the Attorney General to waive the State 
board requirement; (4) allows States to choose which agencies 
or officials will be responsible for informing sex offenders of 
their obligation to register; and, (5) allows States to 
determine how, with what agency, and within what time period 
sex offenders must register. These changes are meant to give 
States greater flexibility in creating and implementing their 
individual sex offender registration programs.
    Within this general provision, the Committee also 
recommends registration requirements for sex offenders who 
would be required to register in their States of residence 
under the Jacob Wetterling Act and who also are military 
personnel, Federal parolees, out-of-State students, and 
workers. These requirements also apply to parolees who move 
from one State in a parole compact to another in that compact.
    The general provision also includes a sense of the Congress 
that each State shall create laws to prohibit any stalking of 
juveniles. Each State is urged to submit a report to the 
Attorney General regarding efforts to create these types of 
laws.
    Section 117 expands and extends the entrepreneurial visa 
program.
    Section 118 provides additional U.S. Marshals Service 
security.
    Section 119 authorizes the transfer to State and local 
governments certain surplus property for use for law 
enforcement or fire and rescue purposes.
         TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND RELATED AGENCIES

    The Committee recommends a total of $4,232,143,000 for the 
U.S. Trade Representative, the International Trade Commission, 
and the Department of Commerce for fiscal year 1998. This 
amount is $3,528,144,000 below the total request. However, this 
significant difference reflects an advance appropriation which 
the Committee does not recommend. Also, the recommendation is 
$368,130,000 above the total amount appropriated for these 
programs for fiscal year 1997.

                  Trade and Infrastructure Development

    The Committee has included under this section of title II, 
the U.S. Office of the Trade Representative, the International 
Trade Commission, and the Department of Commerce agencies 
responsible for trade promotion and enforcement and economic 
infrastructure development.

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $21,449,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      22,092,000
Committee recommendation................................      22,092,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $22,092,000 
for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative [USTR] for 
fiscal year 1998, which is the requested level. This amount is 
$643,000 above the fiscal year 1997 appropriation.
    With the implementation of several major trade treaties, 
including the North American Free Trade Agreement [NAFTA] and 
the Uruguay Round Agreement [URA], the enforcement 
responsibilities of the USTR have expanded dramatically. Since 
the USTR is part of the Office of the President, it has fallen 
under the White House directive to cut overall employment 
levels by 25 percent. The Committee encourages the Trade 
Representative to seek additional enforcement personnel in the 
agency's fiscal year 1999 budget submission to the Office of 
Management and Budget [OMB]. The Committee expects OMB, and the 
Office of the President, to give the agency the legal resources 
necessary to enforce agreements to which the United States is a 
signatory.
    For this fiscal year, the Committee recommends that the 
Trade Representative seek additional detailees from the 
Departments of Commerce, State, and Agriculture, as well as the 
International Trade Commission, to assist in these important 
enforcement activities.
    The Committee is concerned about the increased number of 
political appointees at the agency. In fiscal year 1991, 22 
positions out of 155 at the agency were filled by political 
appointments, or 14 percent. In the current fiscal year, 31 out 
of 149 positions are encumbered by political appointees, or 20 
percent, which is a slight reduction from a high of 35 
appointees in fiscal year 1995. Since its inception, USTR has 
operated with a limited number of political appointees and has 
been able to serve the goals of each successive administration. 
The Committee does not believe the increase in the number of 
political appointments at the agency serves the public 
interest. The Committee directs USTR to reduce the number of 
political appointees to a level that represents no more than 15 
percent of the total work force by May 1, 1998.

                     International Trade Commission

                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $40,850,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      41,980,000
Committee recommendation................................      41,000,000

    The International Trade Commission [ITC] is an independent, 
quasi-judicial agency responsible for conducting trade-related 
investigations, providing Congress and the President with 
independent technical advice relating to U.S. international 
trade policy, and performing other statutory responsibilities 
such as quasi-judicial determinations on trade matters filed 
with the Commission.
    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $41,000,000 
for the International Trade Commission for fiscal year 1998. 
This amount is $980,000 under the budget request and $150,000 
over the fiscal year 1997 level.

                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

                   International Trade Administration

                     operations and administration

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $270,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     271,636,000
Committee recommendation................................     280,736,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $280,736,000 
for the programs of the Commerce Department's International 
Trade Administration [ITA]. The amount provided is $9,100,000 
above the request and an increase of $10,736,000 above the 
appropriations provided for fiscal year 1997.
    The Department of Commerce projects ITA will end fiscal 
year 1998 with $8,800,000 in carryover balances, of which 
$4,400,000 is a transfer from the Agency for International 
Development [AID]. The Committee directs the Department to use 
the remaining $4,400,000 in resources to fund ITA activities in 
fiscal year 1998.
    The recommended funding levels are reflected in the 
following table:

                                                   ITA FUNDING                                                  
                                            [In thousands of dollars]                                           
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                                                                                                    Committee   
                                                                  1997 enacted   Budget request   recommendation
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Trade development..............................................          58,430          50,204          65,704 
Market access and compliance...................................          17,100          18,892          17,892 
Import Administration..........................................          29,018          30,932          30,932 
U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service............................         165,452         171,608         170,608 
Carryover......................................................  ..............  ..............          (4,400)
                                                                ------------------------------------------------
      ITA total appropriation..................................         270,000         271,636         280,736 
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    The Committee is concerned about recent media reports 
concerning ITA's Advocacy Center. All U.S. exporters should 
have the same access to export assistance from ITA. The 
advocacy center was formed to help U.S. businesses win foreign 
procurement contracts. That the Advocacy Center reportedly 
received calls for assistance that were tied to campaign 
contributions does not appear to be the fault of ITA. Rather, 
the existence of the advocacy center and these instances of 
special treatment lead the Committee to question the need for 
the center. The Committee has decreased the funding for the 
center by $400,000.
    The Committee recognizes that the Market Development 
Cooperator Program is particularly effective in building 
public/private export marketing partnerships. The Committee 
recommends that $2,500,000 of ITA's fiscal year 1998 funds be 
used to support the Market Development Cooperator Program. Of 
this amount, no more than $500,000 is to be used to cover the 
administrative costs of the public/private partnerships.
    During fiscal year 1997, funding was provided for the 
Access Mexico project to provide assistance to United States 
firms seeking technically accurate information about Mexican 
environmental laws and regulations. Great progress is being 
made in this effort. In order to provide the support to 
continue in this effort and to provide affordable electronic 
access to this information, the Committee recommends fiscal 
year 1998 funding of $490,000.
    The recommendation assumes funding the National Textile 
Center at a level of $12,000,000, of which amount $1,600,000 
shall be used to expand the consortium to include the 
Philadelphia College of Textiles. The recommendation also 
assumes funding the Textile/Clothing Technology Center at a 
level of $3,000,000 during fiscal year 1998.

                         Export Administration

                     Operations And Administration

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $39,900,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      43,126,000
Committee recommendation................................      43,126,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $43,126,000 
for the Bureau of Export Administration [BXA], the amount 
provided at the level of the fiscal year 1998 request and 
$3,226,000 above the amount appropriated for fiscal year 1997.
    BXA is the principal agency involved in the development, 
implementation, and enforcement of export controls for dual-use 
technologies and weapons of mass destruction. The Export 
Enforcement Division [EE] detects, prevents, investigates, and 
assists in the sanctioning of illegal dual-use exports.
    Counterterrorism activities.--Two significant actions have 
occurred during the past year which will have an effect on 
BXA's fiscal year 1998 programs: the transfer of the Department 
of State encryption export controls to BXA; and, the Senate's 
ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention.
    The recommendation includes $926,000 to support BXA's 
assumption of encryption export controls from the Department of 
State with permanent authority and full-time equivalent 
personnel to operate the program. The President transferred 
encryption export controls from the Department of State to the 
Department of Commerce in an Executive order signed on November 
15, 1996. A subsequent notice of transfer was sent to the 
Committee by the Department of Commerce on January 28, 1997. It 
was approved by the Committee on April 23, 1997. The notice 
requested transfer of $834,000 in fiscal year 1997 funds from 
ITA operations and administration to BXA operations and 
administration to implement the Executive order.
    The recommendation includes the requested funding of 
$2,300,000 for BXA's enforcement responsibilities under the 
Chemical Weapons Convention Treaty, which was ratified by the 
Senate on April 23, 1997. The Committee expects to be informed 
if the agency encounters any difficulties during the 
implementation of its enforcement regime in support of the 
treaty.
    The recommendation does not reflect a projected $1,000,000 
in end-of-year carryover balances for this account. The 
Department of Commerce informed the Committee of this projected 
carryover but indicated that $700,000 of this amount is due to 
accounting writeoffs. The Committee expects any remaining 
resources will be used to supplement activities in the Bureau 
of Export Administration in fiscal year 1998.

                  Economic Development Administration

Appropriations, 1997....................................\1\ $348,536,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     343,028,000
Committee recommendation................................     272,028,000

\1\ Excludes amounts for emergency appropriations.

    The Economic Development Administration [EDA] provides 
grants to local governments and nonprofit agencies for public 
works, planning, and other projects designed to facilitate 
economic development.
    The Committee recommends total funding of $272,028,000 for 
the programs and administrative expenses of the Economic 
Development Administration for fiscal year 1998. This is 
$71,000,000 below the request and is $76,508,000 below the 
fiscal year 1997 level excluding emergency appropriations. 
Funding amounts for the two appropriations accounts under this 
heading are displayed below. No funds appropriated for EDA 
under this title for fiscal year 1998 are to be directed toward 
any projects under the so-called brownfields initiative until 
such use is authorized by Congress.

                Economic Development Assistance Programs

Appropriations, 1997....................................\1\ $328,500,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     319,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     250,000,000

\1\ Excludes amounts for emergency appropriations.

    The Committee recommendation provides total funding of 
$250,000,000 for economic development assistance programs 
[EDAP] in fiscal year 1998. This amount is a decrease of 
$78,500,000 below the fiscal year 1997 level and is $69,000,000 
below the budget request.
    The Committee recommendation includes funding of 
$70,000,000 for defense economic adjustment. In addition, the 
Committee recommendation provides $87,228,000 for public works 
grants (title I), $19,572,000 for planning assistance, 
$9,500,000 for trade adjustment assistance, and $63,700,000 for 
economic adjustment grants (title IX). Language is included in 
the bill to allow the Secretary of Commerce to provide 
financial assistance to projects located on military bases that 
are closed or scheduled for closure. Assistance may be provided 
prior to the grantee having taken title for the property in 
question. Identical language has been carried in the bill for 
the past 4 years. The Secretary is directed to provide a report 
to the Committee by September 30, 1997, about any anticipated 
assistance to such facilities during fiscal year 1998. The 
Committee is aware of several proposals for economic 
development assistance and strongly urges EDA to consider 
applications for the following proposals within applicable 
procedures and guidelines and provide a grant if warranted: (1) 
to undertake a defense conversion project by developing a new 
biomedical research building and ambulatory care facility in 
Aurora, CO, by the University of Colorado Health Sciences 
Center as part of the conversion and redevelopment of the 
Fitzsimons Army Medical Center; (2) to develop a passenger 
terminal and control tower at the Bowling Green/Warren County 
(KY) regional airport; (3) to develop the Jackson Falls 
Heritage Riverpark in Nashua, NH; (4) an economic development 
proposal for the Bristol Bay Native Association; (5) to 
redevelop abandoned property in the city of Newark, NJ; (6) 
renewal of the Pacific Science Center in Seattle, WA; (7) to 
develop the Rodale Center at Cedar Crest College in the Lehigh 
Valley, PA; (8) a minority labor force initiative effort 
through enterprise development designed match supply and demand 
with industry needs in South Carolina; (9) a rehabilitation 
project for the economic development of Arriba County, NM, and 
Conejos County, CO, submitted by the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic 
Railroad Commission; (10) a proposal by the city of Quincy, MA, 
to support revitalization of the Fore River Shipyard; (11) a 
proposal to create a native American manufacturer's network in 
Montana; (12) to develop the National Canal Museum economic 
development project in Easton, PA; and (13) to undertake the 
repair and improvement of the Cranston Street Armory in 
Providence, RI.

                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $20,036,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      24,028,000
Committee recommendation................................      22,028,000

    The Committee recommendation provides $22,028,000 for the 
salaries and expenses of the Economic Development 
Administration [EDA]. EDA has been successful in its efforts to 
downsize the administration after significant funding cuts last 
year. The Committee directs EDA to continue to look for ways to 
streamline central headquarters and regional offices in order 
to allow for adequate field office staffing. Field 
representation plays an essential role in EDA's mission and 
should be maintained whenever possible.

                  Minority Business Development Agency

                     Minority Business Development

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $28,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      27,811,000
Committee recommendation................................      27,811,000

    The Committee recommends the requested level of $27,811,000 
for the Minority Business Development Agency [MBDA] in fiscal 
year 1998. The Committee notes that since its inception in 
1969, neither the MBDA nor its predecessor, the Office of 
Minority Business Enterprise, has ever been authorized. The 
Committee recommends that the Little Rock, AR, Minority 
Business Development Center remain in operation and that MBDA 
should renew its contract with its service providers for this 
center. In addition, the Committee expects the MBDA to give due 
consideration to a grant proposal from the Seattle based black 
dollar days task force.

                Economic and Information Infrastructure

    The Committee has included under this section of the bill 
the Department of Commerce agencies responsible for the 
Nation's basic economic and technical information 
infrastructure, as well as the administrative functions which 
oversee the development of telecommunications and information 
policy.

                   Economic and Statistical Analysis

                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $45,900,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      52,196,000
Committee recommendation................................      47,917,000

    The Economic and Statistics Administration [ESA] is 
responsible for the collection, tabulation, and publication of 
a wide variety of economic, demographic, and social statistics 
and provides support to the Secretary of Commerce and other 
Government officials in interpreting the state of the economy 
and developing economic policy. The Bureau of Economic Analysis 
and the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs are funded in this 
account.
    The Committee recommendation provides funding of 
$47,917,000, which is $2,017,000 more than the level of funding 
for fiscal year 1997 for economic and statistical analysis 
programs and is $4,279,000 less than the administration's 
request.

         Economics And Statistics Administration Revolving Fund

    The Economics and Statistics Administration operates a 
revolving fund for the payment of expenses incurred in the 
electronic dissemination of data, including the acquisition and 
public sale of domestic, federally funded, foreign business, 
trade, and economic information. The revolving fund was 
initially established in fiscal year 1995 with a one-time 
appropriation of $1,677,000 to capitalize the fund.
    The Committee has included the necessary bill language for 
the continuation of a self-supporting revolving fund for data 
products of the Economics and Statistics Administration.

                          Bureau of the Census

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $345,500,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     661,182,000
Committee recommendation................................     658,782,000

    The Committee recommendation provides $658,782,000 for the 
Bureau of the Census for fiscal year 1998. This amount is an 
increase of $313,282,000 above the amount provided for fiscal 
year 1997 and is $2,400,000 below the President's request. The 
Committee's recommendations for the Census Bureau accounts are 
described in more detail below.

                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $135,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     138,056,000
Committee recommendation................................     138,056,000

    This account provides for the salaries and expenses 
associated with the statistical programs of the Bureau of the 
Census, including measurement of the Nation's economy and the 
demographic characteristics of the population. These programs 
are intended to provide a broad base of economic, demographic, 
and social information used for decisionmaking by governments, 
private organizations, and individuals. Once again, the 
Committee emphasizes that the Bureau should make every effort 
to recover reimbursement for work requested by any other 
Federal agency or private organization.
    The Committee recommends the designation of a Jonesboro-
Paragould, AR, Metropolitan Statistical Area in lieu of the 
Jonesboro, AR, Metropolitan Statistical Area. This new 
metropolitan statistical area should include both Craighead and 
Greene Counties.
    The Committee recommendation provides $138,056,000 for the 
salaries and expenses of the Bureau of the Census for fiscal 
year 1998. This amount is $3,056,000 more than the fiscal year 
1997 appropriation and is at the requested level for fiscal 
year 1998.

                     Periodic Censuses And Programs

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $210,500,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     523,126,000
Committee recommendation................................     520,726,000

    This account provides for the constitutionally mandated 
decennial census, quinquennial censuses, and other programs 
which are cyclical in nature. Additionally, individual surveys 
are conducted for other Federal agencies on a reimbursable 
basis.
    The Committee recommends $520,726,000 for periodic censuses 
and related programs for fiscal year 1998. This amount is an 
increase of $310,226,000 above the amount provided for fiscal 
year 1997 and is $2,400,000 below the budget request.
    The recommendation includes $354,800,000 for the year 2000 
Decennial Census Program, an increase of $271,910,000 over the 
current year level. The Committee has included bill language 
which directs the Department not to make irreversible plans or 
preparation for the use of sampling or any other statistical 
method (including any statistical adjustment) in taking the 
2000 decennial census of population for purposes of 
apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the States. 
The Committee remains concerned about the ability of the Bureau 
of the Census to implement census 2000. There are legitimate 
concerns about the use of sampling to conduct the census for 
the purpose of apportioning representation in the House of 
Representatives. The focus of the Bureau's fiscal year 1998 
activities will be the dress rehearsal for census 2000. The 
Committee has been advised by the Department of Commerce that 
the funding level being provided to the Bureau in fiscal year 
1998 will be sufficient to cover the cost of the dress 
rehearsal, with or without employing sampling.
    The Bureau's plans for census 2000 require new systems and 
techniques, many of which are untested. All of the components 
of the Bureau's census plan are interconnected, so that if one 
fails, the whole system could collapse. During 1997, several 
senior managers at the Bureau departed. The Committee notes 
that the decennial census was identified in the General 
Accounting Office's ``High Risk Series'' of vulnerable Federal 
programs. The Committee expects to receive milestones for the 
implementation of all census 2000 projects, including the 
procurement of services and systems, and expects to receive 
quarterly reports of progress made in meeting these milestones. 
The first report should be submitted to the Committee no later 
than November 30, 1997.
    Geographic support activities will be critical to any 
decennial census effort, and the Committee recommendation 
provides $43,000,000 for this account. In addition, the 
Committee recommendation includes the following amounts: 
$26,300,000 for economic censuses; $2,836,000 for the census of 
governments; $5,200,000 for intercensal demographic estimates; 
$3,800,000 for continuing sample redesign to keep the Bureau's 
major surveys current; $6,000,000 for computer-assisted survey 
information collection [CASIC]; and $24,790,000 for data 
processing systems.
    The Committee has provided $16,600,000 for the Continuous 
Measurement Program, which is the fiscal year 1997 funding 
level and is $2,400,000 less than the fiscal year 1998 request. 
Continuous measurement is a program designed to replace the 
census long form by 2010. The Committee is concerned about the 
program's design and implementation. The heart of the program 
is the American community survey [ACS], which samples 
households across the country on an annual basis rather than 
once every 10 years. The survey seeks information on social and 
economic characteristics. The Bureau believes the ACS will 
provide more timely data for States and local communities.
    The Committee recommends that the Bureau seek an outside, 
independent assessment of continuous measurement and the ACS. 
The ACS depends on good response rates to its unsolicited 
surveys to gather data. The response rates for censuses in 
every industrialized nation have declined on roughly the same 
curve as the United States. The ACS depends on response as an 
integral factor in the program's design. This is of concern to 
the Committee. The Bureau claims the ACS would benefit all 
areas of the country since data would be available every year. 
Yet, the Bureau concedes that not all areas would have a large 
enough sample to provide statistically significant data on an 
annual basis. Rural areas, in particular, would not necessarily 
receive annual data. The outside evaluator should review the 
ACS to determine whether there is an antirural bias in its 
design.

       National Telecommunications and Information Administration

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $51,740,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      54,074,000
Committee recommendation................................      52,574,000

    The Committee recommends a total of $52,574,000 in direct 
appropriations for the National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration in fiscal year 1998. This level is 
$834,000 above the fiscal year 1997 appropriation and 
$1,500,000 below the fiscal year 1998 request.

                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $15,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      18,074,000
Committee recommendation................................      16,574,000

    The Committee recommends $16,574,000 in appropriations for 
the ``Salaries and expenses'' appropriation of the National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration [NTIA]. This 
amount is $1,574,000 above the fiscal year 1997 appropriation 
and $1,500,000 less than the requested level for fiscal year 
1998.
    The Committee retains language from the 1997 appropriation 
(Public Law 104-134) allowing the Secretary of Commerce to 
charge Federal agencies for a portion of the cost of 
coordination of spectrum management, analysis, and operations.

       Public Broadcasting Facilities, Planning, And Construction

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $15,250,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................................
Committee recommendation................................      25,000,000

    The Committee recommends $25,000,000 for planning and 
construction grants for public television, radio, and 
nonbroadcast facilities. The administration requested no funds 
for this account in fiscal year 1998.
    Public broadcasting is faced with a new challenge. The 
approval by the Federal Communications Commission of spectrum 
to convert to digital, high definition television systems will 
affect public broadcasters, as will the move to digital radio. 
In order to broadcast digital television and radio signals, 
public broadcasters will be required to invest in new equipment 
and to adapt present equipment. The Committee recommends the 
use of $5,000,000 of these grant funds to assist public 
broadcasting stations in converting or adapting to the new 
digital broadcasting systems with a special emphasis on 
stations broadcasting in rural areas. As in past years, the 
Committee continues to support efforts to focus PTFP resources 
on distant learning initiatives, particularly those targeting 
rural areas.
    The Committee recommends bill language allowing the Pan-
Pacific Education and Communication Experiments by Satellite 
Program [PEACESAT] to compete for public broadcasting, 
facilities, planning, and construction funds.

                   Information Infrastructure Grants

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $21,490,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      36,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      11,000,000

    The Committee recommends $11,000,000 for the Information 
Infrastructure Grant Program under NTIA for demonstrations of 
new telecommunications technology applications. This amount is 
$25,000,000 below the budget request and $10,490,000 below the 
fiscal year 1997 appropriation. The Committee urges NTIA to 
consider the following proposal within applicable procedures 
and guidelines and to provide a grant, if warranted; a proposal 
to establish a statewide information network at the University 
of Montana for collecting and disseminating manufacturing 
technology information, among other purposes; and a proposal 
from Marshall University, WV, for the development of an 
intranet distributed distance education network.
    The Committee believes there is value to this program, but 
does not believe the requirement for NTIA grant funds should be 
as extensive now that the Federal Communications Commission has 
acted to implement the universal service fund requirements of 
the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-104). The 
universal service fund makes preferential rates for telephone 
services available to schools and libraries.
    The Committee is aware that NTIA provided funds for the 
Atlanta Summer Olympic Games to assist in the installation of 
critical telecommunications facilities. The Committee directs 
NTIA to work with and provide the necessary funding to the 
Olympic Committee organization in Salt Lake City, UT, to ensure 
that similar telecommunications facilities are available for 
the Winter Olympic Games in 2002.

                      Patent and Trademark Office

                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $662,975,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     656,320,000
Committee recommendation................................     656,320,000

    The Patent and Trademark Office [PTO] is charged with 
administering the patent and trademark laws of the United 
States. PTO examines patent applications, grants patent 
protection for qualified inventions, and disseminates 
technological information disclosed in patents. PTO also 
examines trademark applications and provides Federal 
registration to owners of qualified trademarks. Legislation is 
pending in Congress to establish the Patent and Trademark 
Office as an independent Government entity. The proposals would 
make discretionary appropriations from the general fund for 
this account unnecessary.
    The President's fiscal year 1998 budget requests a direct 
appropriation of $27,000,000 from the Treasury for PTO salaries 
and expenses, which is $34,252,000 less than the fiscal year 
1997 appropriation. Additionally, the request assumes 
$629,320,000 in offsetting fee collections, which is an 
increase of $27,597,000 over fiscal year 1997 collections. The 
fiscal year 1998 operating budget for PTO totals $656,320,000.
    On March 13, 1997, the Department of Commerce forwarded a 
notification of proposed reprogramming to the Committee 
requesting the approval of a reprogramming to transform PTO 
into a performance-based organization. This reprogramming 
request was denied. Legislation is currently pending in 
Congress to permit the PTO to become an independent, quasi-
governmental entity. Should this legislation be enacted, the 
Committee will work with PTO and the Department to establish 
the new organization. The Committee has included bill language 
that provides funding for an Office of the Under Secretary of 
Commerce should such an organization be authorized.
    The Committee's fiscal year 1998 recommendation assumes PTO 
will have a carryover balance of $27,000,000 at the end of 
fiscal year 1997. For the past 4 years, PTO has been unable to 
project accurate carryover balances and has underestimated them 
by millions of dollars. According to the Department of 
Commerce, PTO spent 40 percent of its annual operating budget 
in the last quarter of fiscal year 1996. The Committee is 
concerned about the ability of the PTO to meet the goal of 
efficiently using its resources to deliver its services in a 
timely manner.

                         Science and Technology

    The Committee has included under this section of title II 
the Department of Commerce agencies involved in technology 
research and development, scientific assessment and prediction 
of environmental phenomena, and the administrative and policy 
functions providing oversight for these activities.

                       Technology Administration

       Under Secretary for Technology/Office of Technology Policy

                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $9,500,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       9,230,000
Committee recommendation................................       8,800,000

    The Committee recommends a fiscal year 1998 funding level 
for the administration's Office of the Under Secretary/Office 
of Technology Policy. This amount is $430,000 less than the 
fiscal year 1998 budget request and $700,000 below fiscal year 
1997 funding levels. The Committee supports the $1,675,000 
request for the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive 
Technology [EPSCoT] Program, which is modeled on, and 
complements, the innovative and successful National Science 
Foundation's Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive 
Research [EPSCoR]. The purpose of the EPSCoR Program is to 
stimulate quality research in States traditionally 
underrepresented in Federal research and development funding. 
EPSCoT shall serve as a technology counterpart to the EPSCoR. 
The Committee directs the Department to utilize the existing 
EPSCoR State network when implementing the EPSCoT Program.
    The primary mission of the organizations funded under this 
account is to coordinate the administration's civilian 
technology initiative. There is significant coordination 
between this office and the Office of Science and Technology in 
the White House on several initiatives which are appropriate 
for Department of Commerce involvement. Tight budgetary 
constraints, however, prevent the Committee from funding 
initiatives which may be more appropriately supported by other 
agencies within the Government. The fiscal year 1998 request of 
$350,000 to support economic development for the 
administration's foreign policy initiatives should be funded 
through the Department of State or the Agency for International 
Development, and not the agency charged with directing U.S. 
civilian technology initiatives. The Committee would be willing 
to permit the Technology Administration to undertake these 
activities on a reimbursable basis using funds from other 
Federal sources outside of the Department of Commerce budget.
    The Committee further questions the need to expend funds 
for the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles [PNGV]. 
The Committee directs that no funds may be obligated for this 
purpose until the Secretary provides a report indicating how 
the Department's funds will be expended in support of this 
intiative. The report should be provided to the appropriate 
committees not later than September 30, 1997.
    National Technical Information Service [NTIS].dboUdnm/--The 
World News Connection [WNC] is an online subscription service 
provided by NTIS which includes the dissemination of daily 
newspapers, periodicals, and television and radio transcripts 
from around the world. The Committee is concerned that NTIS may 
be providing a service which is subsidized by the Government 
and competes with services available from the private sector. A 
paid subscription online service of this scope is beyond the 
mandate of NTIS which is to facilitate the dissemination of 
Government information that is scientific, technical, and 
engineering information [STEI]. The Committee urges the 
Department to determine whether WNC should continue in its 
current form.

             National Institute of Standards and Technology

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $581,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     692,544,000
Committee recommendation................................     603,892,000

    The Committee recommends a total of $603,892,000 for the 
three appropriations accounts under the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology [NIST] for fiscal year 1998. This 
amount is a reduction of $88,652,000 from the budget request 
and $22,892,000 above the amounts appropriated for fiscal year 
1997. A description of each account and the Committee 
recommendation follows:

             Scientific And Technical Research And Services

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $268,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     276,852,000
Committee recommendation................................     276,852,000

    The Committee has provided $276,852,000 for the scientific 
and technical research and services (core programs) 
appropriation of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology. An increase of $8,852,000 is included in this 
program for the continued research, development, application, 
and demonstration of new building products, processes, 
technologies, and methods of construction through the use of 
underused natural resources and energy-efficient, 
environmentally sound techniques. The Natural Resource 
Demonstration Program will conduct research and development, in 
cooperation with the private sector and academia, on new 
methods of construction and operating energy-efficient and 
environmentally compatible buildings. Within funds made 
available for materials sciences and engineering, the Committee 
expects NIST to continue to support the program for integrated 
design, nondestructive evaluation [NDE] and manufacturing 
sciences at a level of $700,000.
    Quality Program.--Within the amount designated for research 
support, the Committee has provided $2,984,000 for the base 
NIST Quality Program, which includes the Malcolm Baldrige 
National Quality Award. The Committee fully endorses the 
continuation of the basic Baldrige award program, but does not 
believe NIST can afford the fiscal year 1998, $2,305,000 
increase to expand the award program at a time when 
discretionary spending for core programs is increasingly 
constrained. NIST's potential involvement in health care and 
education quality is a mission far removed from the core 
programs of the agency. If the Departments of Education and 
Health and Human Services wish to implement quality standards 
to apply to programs in their respective departments, they 
should do so using their own resources.

                     Industrial Technology Services

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $313,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     399,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     311,040,000

    The Committee recommends $311,040,000 for the ``Industrial 
technology services'' appropriation of the National Institute 
of Standards and Technology [NIST]. This amount is $1,960,000 
below the current appropriation available for fiscal year 1997 
and $87,960,000 below the budget request.
    Advanced Technology Program.--For fiscal year 1998, the 
Committee recommends a level of $200,000,000 for the Advanced 
Technology Program [ATP]. The Committee continues to be 
concerned about the Advanced Technology Program. The Committee 
applauds Commerce Secretary William M. Daley's effort to review 
some of the criticisms of the ATP Program and looks forward to 
receiving the results of his program review. In September 1996, 
ATP had a fiscal year 1996 carryover of $35,000,000. By 
December 1996, this balance had grown to $52,000,000. Some of 
these funds were rescinded in the disaster supplemental 
appropriations measure (Public Law 105-18) passed in May 1997. 
The Committee directs NIST to use any carryover balances, 
cancellations, or recoveries to fund existing awards in fiscal 
year 1998.
    Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program.--The Committee 
recommends $111,040,000 of the funds provided in the 
``Industrial technology services'' account be used for the 
Manufacturing Extension Partnership [MEP] Program. This funding 
level will permit all existing centers to remain in operation 
during fiscal year 1998. None of these funds may be used to 
open new centers in fiscal year 1998 or to conduct a new 
competition for additional centers. As originally authorized, 
Federal funding for these centers was to be phased out after 
each of the centers has been in existence for 6 years. The 
Committee requests the Secretary of Commerce to review this 
program and provide recommendations to the Committee for 
assisting the MEP centers to become self-supporting after their 
sixth year of operation. The Committee anticipates receiving 
this report from the Secretary with the fiscal year 1999 budget 
submission.
    The Committee's recommendation does not include the 
following funds requested in fiscal year 1998: $5,900,000 for 
supply chain optimization; $2,000,000 for information 
technology; and, $2,000,000 for technology infusion. All of 
these requests are worthwhile, but the Committee believes 
successful MEP centers should be able to obtain the funds for 
these purposes from local, State, or private-sector sources.
    Finally, the Committee recommendation assumes that 
$2,000,000 shall be used to continue support for the seven 
SBDC-manufacturing field offices.

                  Construction Of Research Facilities

Appropriations, 1997....................................................
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     $16,692,000
Committee recommendation................................      16,000,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $16,000,000 to 
permit NIST to implement facilities maintenance, safety, and 
critical repairs. This funding level should permit NIST to 
ensure its facilities comply with health and safety 
regulations, provide access for the disabled, and meet general 
maintenance standards. In response to congressional concerns, 
NIST is developing a new facilities modernization plan to plan 
for current and future needs of the agency. The Committee 
expects NIST to complete and transmit this plan to Congress 
well in advance of the fiscal year 1999 budget request.

            National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

                  Operations, Research, And Facilities

                     (including transfers of funds)

Appropriations, 1997....................................  $1,831,067,000
Budget estimate, 1998..................................\1\ 1,903,088,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,992,252,000

\1\ For comparison this report displays the administration's request 
using the current appropriations account structure.

    The Committee recommends discretionary appropriations of 
$1,992,252,000 for operations, research, and facilities for 
fiscal year 1998. The ``Operations, research, and facilities'' 
account of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
[NOAA], encompasses spending for the Agency's five line offices 
which administer coastal and ocean research programs, fisheries 
programs, weather forecasting, and atmospheric research. During 
a time of continued budgetary constraint, the Committee 
recommendation continues to make funding for ocean, coastal, 
fisheries, and atmospheric programs a high priority by 
recommending funding for NOAA above the requested level.
    The Committee expects the Agency to make continued progress 
in program efficiency and in improving internal accounting 
procedures. The General Accounting Office [GAO], in reviewing 
the Agency's fiscal year 1998 request, found instances of large 
end-of-year carryover balances and, in one instance, found one 
line office had prefunded projects for fiscal year 1997 with 
carryover balances from fiscal year 1996. The Committee finds 
this practice unacceptable. Similar practices in future years 
will result in the reduction of funding to related line 
offices. Implementation of the commerce administrative 
management system [CAMS] should be a priority for the agency. 
The ability of the agency to manage its resources effectively 
depends on having a system in place to track expenditures 
accurately.
    The President's budget request proposes realigning NOAA 
appropriations by eliminating several existing accounts and 
consolidating others into a new ``Capital assets acquisition'' 
account. The Committee has chosen to continue to provide NOAA 
appropriations using the current account structure which the 
Committee believes has served the agency well. The Committee 
reviewed this issue during oversight hearings on the fiscal 
year 1998 budget. The Committee notes that the budget request 
does not fully justify the proposed change and the division of 
programs is inconsistent and awkward and limits the agency's 
flexibility to manage its programs effectively.
    As in past years, the Committee expects NOAA and the 
Department of Commerce to adhere to the direction given in this 
section of the Committee report and to observe the 
reprogramming procedures detailed in section 605 in the general 
provisions of the accompanying bill.
    The Committee recommendations by program are displayed in 
the following table:

                        [In thousands of dollars]                       
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                   1997      1998 budget     Committee  
                              appropriation    request    recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
   NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE                                               
                                                                        
Navigation services:                                                    
    Mapping and charting....      $38,000       $48,081        $48,081  
        Aeronautical                                                    
         charting transfer                                              
         to FAA.............  .............     -14,481        -14,481  
        Automated nautical                                              
         charting system II.  .............       2,500          2,500  
        Great Lakes mapping                                             
         project............  .............  ...........  ..............
                             -------------------------------------------
          Subtotal..........       38,000        36,100         36,100  
                             ===========================================
    Geodesy.................       20,167        19,159         19,659  
    Tides and currents data.       12,500        11,000         11,300  
    Acquisition of data.....       18,200        14,546         16,046  
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, navigation                                                 
       services.............       88,867        80,805         83,105  
                             ===========================================
Ocean research conservation                                             
 and assessment:                                                        
    Estuarine and coastal                                               
     assessment:                    2,674         2,674          2,674  
        Oceanic and coastal                                             
         research...........  .............  ...........         7,910  
        Ocean and coastal                                               
         assessment program.       27,300        28,425         35,375  
        Damage assessment...        2,200         3,000          3,000  
        Transfer from damage                                            
         assessment fund....        7,000         6,700          6,700  
        Oil Pollution Act of                                            
         1990...............        1,000         1,000          1,000  
        Ocean services......        2,500         2,800          2,800  
                             -------------------------------------------
          Subtotal..........       42,674        44,599         59,459  
                             ===========================================
    Coastal ocean science:                                              
     Coastal ocean program..       15,200        15,200         15,200  
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, ocean research                                             
       conservation and                                                 
       assessment...........       57,874        59,799         74,659  
                             ===========================================
Ocean and coastal                                                       
 management:                                                            
    Coastal management:                                                 
        CZM grants..........       46,200        65,732         49,732  
        Estuarine research                                              
         reserve system.....        1,300         4,300         12,900  
        Nonpoint pollution                                              
         control............  .............       1,000   ..............
                             -------------------------------------------
          Subtotal..........       47,500        71,032         62,632  
                             ===========================================
Ocean management: Marine                                                
 sanctuary program..........       11,685        13,200         14,500  
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, ocean and                                                  
       coastal management...       59,185        84,232         77,132  
                             ===========================================
      Total, National Ocean                                             
       Service..............      205,926       224,836        234,896  
                             ===========================================
  NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES                                             
           SERVICE                                                      
                                                                        
Information collection and                                              
 analyses:                                                              
    Resource information....       91,830        92,992         96,147  
        Antarctic research..        1,200         1,200          1,200  
        Chesapeake Bay                                                  
         studies............        1,890         1,500          1,890  
        Right whale research          250           200          1,000  
        MARFIN..............        3,000         3,000          5,000  
        SEAMAP..............        1,200         1,200          1,200  
        Alaskan groundfish                                              
         surveys............          661           661            961  
        Bering Sea pollock                                              
         research...........          945           945            945  
        West coast                                                      
         groundfish.........          780           780            780  
        New England stock                                               
         depletion..........        1,000         1,000          1,000  
        Yukon River chinook                                             
         salmon.............          700           700            700  
        Atlantic salmon                                                 
         research...........          710           710            960  
        Pelagic fisheries                                               
         research/management  .............  ...........         1,900  
        Gulf of Maine                                                   
         groundfish survey..          567           567            567  
        Dolphin/yellowfin                                               
         tuna research......          250           250            250  
        Habitat research/                                               
         evaluation.........          450           450            450  
        Pacific salmon                                                  
         treaty program.....        5,587         5,587          5,587  
        Fish cooperative                                                
         institute..........          410           410   ..............
        Hawaiian monk seals.          500           500            550  
        Stellar sea lion                                                
         recovery plan......        1,770         1,440          1,770  
        Hawaiian sea turtles          248           248            248  
        Bluefish/striped                                                
         bass...............          785    ...........  ..............
        Gulf of Mexico                                                  
         mariculture........          300    ...........  ..............
        Halibut/sablefish...        1,200         1,200          1,500  
        Summer flounder.....  .............  ...........           250  
                             -------------------------------------------
          Subtotal..........      116,233       115,540        124,855  
                             ===========================================
    Fishery industry                                                    
     information:                                                       
        Fish statistics.....       13,000        13,400         13,400  
        Alaska groundfish                                               
         monitoring.........        5,200         5,200          5,500  
        PACFIN/catch effort                                             
         data...............        3,000         3,000          4,700  
        Recreational fishery                                            
         harvest monitoring.        3,400         3,100          5,000  
                             -------------------------------------------
          Subtotal..........       24,600        24,700         28,600  
                             ===========================================
    Information analyses and                                            
     dissemination..........       20,900        21,200         21,200  
        Computer hardware                                               
         and software.......        4,000         4,000          4,000  
                             -------------------------------------------
          Subtotal..........       24,900        25,200         25,200  
                             ===========================================
    Acquisition of data.....  .............      25,098         25,098  
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, information,                                               
       collection, and                                                  
       analyses.............      165,733       190,538        203,753  
                             ===========================================
Conservation and management                                             
 operations:                                                            
    Fisheries management                                                
     programs...............       20,300        29,300         30,000  
        Columbia River                                                  
         hatcheries.........       10,955        10,300         10,955  
        Columbia River                                                  
         endangered species                                             
         studies............          288           288            288  
        Regional councils...       10,200        11,700         13,000  
        International                                                   
         fisheries                                                      
         commissions........          950           400            400  
        Management of                                                   
         George's Bank......          478           478            478  
        Beluga whale                                                    
         committee..........          200           200            200  
        Pacific tuna                                                    
         management.........        1,900         1,500          1,500  
        Chinook salmon                                                  
         management.........  .............  ...........         1,884  
                             -------------------------------------------
          Subtotal..........       45,271        54,166         58,705  
                             ===========================================
    Protected species                                                   
     management.............        5,700         6,750          7,950  
        Driftnet Act                                                    
         implementation.....        3,278         3,278          3,278  
        Marine Mammal                                                   
         Protection Act.....        9,125         9,500          9,500  
        Endangered Species                                              
         Act recovery plan..       13,500        20,200         20,200  
        Fishery observer                                                
         training...........          417    ...........           417  
        East coast observers          350           350            350  
                             -------------------------------------------
          Subtotal..........       32,370        40,078         41,695  
                             ===========================================
    Habitat conservation....        8,000         9,800          9,800  
    Enforcement and                                                     
     surveillance...........       16,500        18,200         18,200  
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, conservation                                               
       and management                                                   
       operations...........      102,141       122,244        128,400  
                             ===========================================
State and industry                                                      
 assistance programs:                                                   
    Interjurisdictional                                                 
     fisheries grants.......        2,600         2,600          3,500  
    Anadromous grants.......        2,108         2,108          3,000  
    Anadromous fishery                                                  
     project................  .............         250            250  
    Interstate fish                                                     
     commissions............        5,000         4,000          8,000  
                             -------------------------------------------
      Subtotal..............        9,708         8,958         14,750  
                             ===========================================
Fisheries development                                                   
 program:                                                               
    Product quality and                                                 
     safety.................       14,624        14,624         12,674  
    Hawaiian fisheries                                                  
     development............          750    ...........           750  
    Fisheries biotechnology.        1,900         1,900   ..............
    Salmon license buy-back.  .............  ...........         3,500  
    Washington crab license                                             
     buyback................  .............  ...........         8,500  
                             -------------------------------------------
      Subtotal..............       17,274        16,524         25,424  
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, State and                                                  
       industry assistance                                              
       programs.............       26,982        25,482         40,174  
                             -------------------------------------------
    Acquisition of data.....       26,840    ...........  ..............
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, National Marine                                            
       Fisheries Service....      321,696       338,264        372,327  
                                                                        
   OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC                                              
          RESEARCH                                                      
                                                                        
Climate and air quality                                                 
 research:                                                              
    Interannual and seasonal                                            
     climate research.......       68,000        12,900         12,900  
    Long-term climate and                                               
     air quality research...       28,372        29,402         29,402  
        High performance                                                
         computing..........        7,500         7,500          7,500  
                             -------------------------------------------
          Subtotal..........       35,872        36,902         36,902  
                             ===========================================
    GLOBE...................        6,000         7,000   ..............
Climate and global change...  .............      62,000         60,000  
                             -------------------------------------------
      Subtotal..............        6,000        69,000         60,000  
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, climate and air                                            
       quality..............      109,872       118,802        109,802  
                             ===========================================
Atmospheric programs:                                                   
    Weather research........       33,613        33,613         37,413  
        Wind profiler.......        4,350         4,350          4,350  
                             -------------------------------------------
          Subtotal..........       37,963        37,963         41,763  
                             ===========================================
    Solar-terrestrial                                                   
     services and research..        5,493         5,493          5,493  
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, atmospheric                                                
       program..............       43,456        43,456         47,256  
                             ===========================================
Ocean and Great Lakes                                                   
 programs:                                                              
    Marine prediction                                                   
     research...............       15,651        12,126         14,126  
        GLERL...............        5,200         5,200          6,000  
        GLERL/zebra mussel..  .............  ...........         2,000  
        Lake Champlain study  .............  ...........           300  
        Tsunami hazard                                                  
         mitigation.........  .............  ...........         2,300  
                             -------------------------------------------
          Subtotal..........       20,851        17,326         24,726  
                             ===========================================
Sea grant:                                                              
    College program.........       54,300        50,182         58,000  
    Oyster disease..........  .............  ...........         1,480  
                             -------------------------------------------
      Subtotal..............       54,300        50,182         59,480  
                             ===========================================
Undersea research program:                                              
    NOAA undersea research                                              
     program................       12,000         5,400         15,000  
    Acquisition of data.....       12,690        12,884         15,384  
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, ocean and Great                                            
       Lakes programs.......       99,841        85,792        114,590  
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, oceanic and                                                
       atmospheric research.      253,169       248,050        271,648  
                             ===========================================
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE                                              
                                                                        
Operations and research:                                                
    Local warnings and                                                  
     forecasts..............      390,000       381,674        403,494  
        MARDI...............      (91,462)      (73,674)       (73,674) 
        REGO II savings.....  .............    (-12,157)      (-12,157) 
        Radiosonde                                                      
         replacement........        1,500           910            910  
        Susquehanna River                                               
         Basin flood system.        1,000           619          1,000  
        Aviation forecasts..       35,596        35,596         35,596  
        Regional climate                                                
         centers............        2,000    ...........  ..............
                             -------------------------------------------
          Subtotal..........      430,096       418,799        441,000  
                             ===========================================
    Central forecast                                                    
     guidance...............       28,700        29,543         29,543  
    Atmospheric and                                                     
     hydrological research..        2,000         2,489          2,489  
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, operations and                                             
       research.............      460,796       450,831        473,032  
                             -------------------------------------------
Systems acquisition:                                                    
    Public warning and                                                  
     forecast systems:                                                  
        Nexrad..............       53,145        50,968         50,968  
        ASOS................       10,056         9,835          9,835  
        AWIPS/NOAAPort......      100,000       116,910        116,910  
        Computer facility                                               
         upgrades...........       14,000        13,910         13,910  
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, systems                                                    
       acquisition..........      177,201       191,623        191,623  
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, National                                                   
       Weather Service......      637,997       642,454        664,655  
                             ===========================================
   NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL                                               
    SATELLITE, DATA, AND                                                
     INFORMATION SERVICE                                                
                                                                        
Satellite observing systems:                                            
    Polar spacecraft and                                                
     launching..............      147,300        82,905         82,905  
    Polar convergence/IPO...       29,000        51,503         51,503  
    Geostationary spacecraft                                            
     and launching..........      171,480       237,673        238,215  
    Ocean remote sensing....        4,000         3,800          5,000  
    Environmental observing                                             
     services...............       51,000        50,347         50,347  
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, satellite                                                  
       observing systems....      402,780       426,228        427,970  
                             ===========================================
Environmental data                                                      
 management systems:                                                    
    Environmental services                                              
     and data information                                               
     manage-  ment..........       30,002        27,500         27,500  
    Environmental data                                                  
     systems modernization..       14,800        16,335         16,335  
    Regional climate centers  .............  ...........         3,000  
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, environmental                                              
       data management                                                  
       systems..............       44,802        43,835         46,835  
                             ===========================================
      Total, National                                                   
       Environmental                                                    
       Satellite, Data, and                                             
       Information Service..      447,582       470,063        474,805  
                             ===========================================
       PROGRAM SUPPORT                                                  
                                                                        
Administration and services:                                            
    Executive direction and                                             
     administration.........       19,200        19,986         19,986  
    Systems Acquisition                                                 
     Office (SAO)...........        1,497         1,422          1,422  
                             -------------------------------------------
      Subtotal..............       20,697        21,408         21,408  
                             ===========================================
    Central administrative                                              
     support................       33,000        31,850         31,850  
    Retired pay commissioned                                            
     officers...............        8,000        14,000          8,000  
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, administration                                             
       and services.........       61,697        67,258         61,258  
                             ===========================================
    Aircraft services.......       10,000         9,900         10,400  
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, program support       71,697        77,158         71,658  
                             ===========================================
    Direct obligations......    1,938,067     2,000,825      2,089,989  
        Rent savings to                                                 
         finance Goddard....  .............      -4,656         -4,656  
        Rescission of                                                   
         unobligated                                                    
         balances...........      -20,000    ...........  ..............
Direct obligations..........    1,918,067     1,996,169      2,085,333  
Reimbursable obligations....      315,215       317,015        317,015  
New offsetting collections                                              
 (data sales)...............        1,200         2,400          2,400  
Anticipated offsetting                                                  
 collections (aerocharts)...        3,000         3,000          3,000  
                             -------------------------------------------
      Subtotal..............      319,415       322,415        322,415  
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total obligations.....    2,237,482     2,318,584      2,407,748  
                             ===========================================
Financing:                                                              
    Prior year recoveries                                               
     (direct)...............      -14,000       -24,000        -24,000  
    Unobligated balance                                                 
     transferred, net.......       -1,500        -1,500         -1,500  
    Federal ship financing                                              
     fund expenses..........       -1,700    ...........  ..............
    New offsetting                                                      
     collections (data                                                  
     sales).................       -1,200        -2,400         -2,400  
    Federal funds...........     -282,500      -172,000       -172,000  
    Non-federal funds.......      -31,015      -145,015       -145,015  
    Anticipated offsetting                                              
     collections                                                        
     (aerocharts)...........       -3,000        -3,000         -3,000  
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total budget authority    1,902,567     1,970,669      2,059,833  
                             ===========================================
Financing from:                                                         
    Promote and develop                                                 
     American fisheries.....      -66,000       -62,381        -62,381  
    Damage assessment and                                               
     restoration revolving                                              
     fund...................       -5,500        -5,200         -5,200  
                             -------------------------------------------
      Net appropriation,                                                
       operations, research,                                            
       and facilities.......    1,831,067     1,903,088      1,992,252  
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Some of the Committee recommendations displayed in the 
table above are described in more detail in the following 
paragraphs.

                         National Ocean Service

    The Committee recommendation provides a total of 
$229,896,000 for activities of the National Ocean Service [NOS] 
for fiscal year 1998. These activities include: mapping and 
charting; geodesy; and, tide and current data.
    For mapping and charting, the Committee recommends 
$36,100,000 for fiscal year 1998. This funding level supports 
NOAA's nautical and aeronautical charting as well as coastal 
mapping. This reflects the full request for the program, 
including an increase of 68 FTE's and $12,581,000 to replace 
funds formerly received from the National Imaging and Mapping 
Agency [NIMA] and the transfer of 129 FTE's and the transfer of 
$14,481,000 to the Federal Aviation Administration [FAA] for 
the operation of the aeronautical charting program. The 
decision to transfer the aeronautical charting program to the 
FAA from NOAA was made after a review by the inspectors general 
of the Departments of Commerce and Transportation. This 
transfer will be undertaken in two stages. In fiscal year 1998, 
NOAA will continue to operate the aeronautical charting program 
on a reimbursable basis. In fiscal year 1999, the program and 
its 129 employees will be transferred to the FAA, ending NOAA's 
responsibility for the program.
    The Committee recommends $19,659,000 for NOAA's geodesy 
programs and $11,300,000 for tide and currents data. The 
geodesy programs provide measurements and analysis of data 
relating to precise latitudinal and longitudinal positioning 
with a variety of applications. The Committee includes $500,000 
in this account to continue the South Carolina geodetic survey 
project. NOAA's tide and current data programs support 
forecasting activities and safe navigation. The Committee 
directs the National Ocean Service to provide $300,000 to 
Galveston-Houston for the initial operation of the physical 
oceanographic real time system [PORTS]. The Committee does not 
anticipate and will not consider future requests for 
operational assistance for this system.
    For estuarine and coastal assessment, the Committee 
recommends $57,459,000. The Committee does not recommend 
funding the request of $3,925,000 for a community-right-to-know 
project for toxic contamination and remediation. The Committee 
believes these functions are more appropriately funded through 
the Environmental Protection Administration [EPA]. Also 
included in the funding recommendation is $1,900,000 for the 
south Florida ecosystem restoration initiative. Within funds 
available for the south Florida ecosystem restoration 
initiative, not more than $1,000,000 shall be provided to Nova 
Southeastern University for the establishment of a National 
Coral Reef Institute to conduct research on coral reef 
assessment, mitigation, monitoring, and restoration. The 
Committee is providing $1,000,000 for the University of Hawaii 
for similar studies.
    The Committee recommendation transfers the administration 
of the National Marine Fisheries Service Southeast Laboratory 
from NMFS to the National Ocean Service. This laboratory, which 
performs high quality, peer reviewed research in marine 
biotechnology and forensics with applications in areas such as 
algal blooms, toxicology, and habitat, should greatly enhance 
NOAA's efforts to bolster research targeted to oceanic and 
coastal environmental issues. The recommendation transfers the 
laboratory's existing funding from NMFS to the National Ocean 
Service under a new line item titled ``Oceanic and Coastal 
Research.'' This new item also annualizes $1,500,000, first 
provided through reprogramming in the Fiscal Year 1997 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, for marine forensics and 
southeast fisheries' law enforcement. The Committee expects the 
NOS to continue existing cooperative laboratory activities with 
State and local governments, and the academic community. The 
Committee requests that as part of this transfer the NOS assume 
responsibility for monitoring and administering the 
construction of the new joint Federal/State marine 
environmental research facility at Fort Johnson.
    The Committee directs the Coastal Ocean Program to work 
with both institutions to develop and coordinate these studies. 
The Committee expects the Coastal Ocean Program to continue at 
current levels support for the Baruch Institute's research and 
monitoring of small, high salinity estuaries.
    The Committee recommended funding level assumes support of 
the NOAA Coastal Services Center at $14,950,000. Of this 
amount, $450,000 is available for a cooperative agreement with 
the State of South Carolina Department of Health and 
Environmental Control work with coastal counties and 
municipalities to implement the Charleston Harbor project. Of 
the CSC's budget, $2,500,000 is provided to enhance coastal 
hazards research and services, and applications of defense 
technologies for environmental monitoring and coastal 
management. The Committee believes the interagency national 
research program on the ecology and oceanography [ECOHAB] of 
harmful algal blooms should be maintained at the current level 
of $1,000,000 in fiscal year 1998, and should be used to 
improve prediction of red tide blooms. This funding is in 
addition to the $1,000,000 approved in Public Law 105-18 for 
the prevention and control of red tide events.
    The Committee recommendation includes $74,132,000 for the 
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resources Management [OCRM]. This 
funding level will permit the addition of two new States to the 
Coastal Zone Management [CZM] Program. The Committee 
recommendation has provided $3,532,000 over the 1997 enacted 
level for CZM grants. The Committee, however, does not 
recommend approval of the $18,000,000 increase requested for 
the clean water initiative. The purpose of the Coastal Zone 
Management Program is to give the States flexibility in using 
funds to address pressing coastal management problems. The 
administration's request for the clean water initiative funding 
would not provide this flexibility, and directed that funds be 
used for purposes that are similar, if not identical, to 
existing EPA point and nonpoint source pollution mitigation 
programs. Most States already have received funds from EPA for 
this purpose.
    The national estuarine research reserve system [NERRS] is 
funded at $10,900,000, a level $6,600,000 above the request. 
The NERRS is a nationwide system of 22 sites in 18 States and 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico which serve as research and 
educational reserves. Five new sites are under development. The 
program preserves diverse estuarine systems and provides 
regional sources of technical information supporting coastal 
resource management. Of the amounts provided for the program, 
$5,900,000 is to be used to continue the cooperative agreement 
between NOAA and Cooperative Institute for Coastal and 
Estuarine Environmental Technology. The remaining increase is 
to be used to continue the current program and to continue 
development of additional reserves.
    The Committee recommends a total of $13,500,000 for the 
ocean and coastal management programs, which administers the 
National Marine Sanctuary Program. This is equal to the 
requested level. There are currently 12 national marine 
sanctuaries, and 2 are under development. This funding will 
assist the Agency in maintaining current sites and expediting 
the development of new sanctuaries.

                   National Marine Fisheries Service

    The Committee recommendation provides a total of 
$363,327,000 for the programs of the National Marine Fisheries 
Service [NMFS] for fiscal year 1998, instead of $338,264,000 as 
requested. The Committee has recommended funding, as shown in 
the preceding table, for a variety of important research and 
information programs which are designed to promote a 
sustainable use of valuable marine resources. The Committee 
recommendation allows for the proposed increase in full-time 
equivalents [FTE's] within NMFS, but denies the proposed 
distribution of these new FTE's. The Committee is concerned 
about implementation of the new provisions of the Magnuson-
Stevens Act and directs the Secretary to use as many available 
FTE's as are needed to ensure the full and timely 
implementation of the act.
    The Committee recommendation includes $4,000,000 for 
Saltonstall-Kennedy fisheries development grants. In making 
grants under this program, the Committee expects the Secretary 
to adhere to authorization requirements relating to the 
allocation of funds for direct industry assistance grants, and 
to satisfy the program's goal of providing industry-proposed, 
applied research grants.
    For NMFS resource information programs, the Committee makes 
several recommendations. There are several commercial fishery 
information network programs being conducted currently, as well 
as recreational fishery information programs. These networks 
have been funded on a regional basis. The Committee is 
concerned about the accuracy and effectiveness of these data 
collection efforts, and expects NMFS to create an umbrella 
program to coordinate the techniques used to gather and 
disseminate data on a national basis while continuing to take 
into account the unique characteristics of regional commercial 
and recreational fisheries. The Committee expects NOAA to 
consult with the appropriate committees to ensure that 
scientifically sound resource information and industry surveys 
and statistics are collected. The Committee recommends 
$4,700,000 for PACFIN, the Pacific fishery information network, 
including $1,700,000 for the Alaska fisheries information 
network [AKFIN]. The Committee has provided $5,000,000 for the 
Recreational Fishing Information Network [RECFIN] program, and 
expects that the programs for the Pacific States, Atlantic 
States, and Gulf States shall each receive one-third of these 
funds, with funding for inshore recreational species assessment 
and tagging efforts in South Carolina. The Committee expects 
that $500,000 will be used to continue the effort to enhance 
the annual collection and analysis of economic data on marine 
recreational fishing. Not less than $850,000 is provided within 
resource information to continue the Marine Resources 
Monitoring Assessment and Prediction Program [MARMAP] carried 
out by the South Carolina Division of Marine Resources. Also, 
the Committee recommendation includes $5,000,000 for the Marine 
Fisheries Initiative [MARFIN] of which $2,000,000 is for 
initiating activities in the Northeast.
    The Committee recommends additions to the following 
resource collection activities in the fiscal year 1998 request: 
$390,000 for Chesapeake Bay studies; $800,000 for right whale 
research; and $50,000 for Hawaiian monk seals. The Committee 
recommends $500,000 for the Hawaii stock management plan. 
Finally, under this account the Committee has included $250,000 
which shall be made available to the National Academy of 
Sciences to conduct a survey of Atlantic summer flounder 
resources.
    The Committee recommends the increase for right whale 
research to be used by NMFS to make fishing gear modification 
research one of the priorities for the right whale recovery 
effort. The Committee expects NMFS to issue a request for 
proposals for a contractor to perform the work. The Committee 
also encourages NMFS to work with the National Fish and 
Wildlife Foundation to identify projects that the Foundation 
could undertake through its challenge grant process.
    The Committee recommends an increase of $300,000 for Alaska 
groundfish surveys for the calibration of surveys conducted by 
NMFS and the State of Alaska.
    The Committee recommends $5,500,000 for Alaska groundfish 
monitoring, of which $850,000 is for crab research developed 
jointly by NMFS and the State of Alaska, $800,000 is for the 
State of Alaska to use in implementing Federal fishery 
management plans for crab and scallops and for rockfish 
research, $350,000 is for rockfish research by NMFS, and 
$300,000 is for use by the Bering Sea Fishermen's Association 
for community development quota implementation and development.
    Within the funding the Committee has provided for the 
Marine Mammal Protection Act for Fiscal Year 1998, $1,500,000 
is for marine resource observers in the North Pacific and 
$800,000 is for the State of Alaska for MMPA implementation and 
harbor seal research. The Committee recommendation includes 
$410,000 for the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission, of which 
$60,000 is intended for costs associated with assisting 
Chukotka subsistence whalers in obtaining more humane hunting 
equipment. The Committee recommendation includes $200,000 for 
the Beluga Whale Committee.
    The Committee also directs that $750,000 be transferred 
from the protected species management program to the Pacific 
States Marine Fisheries Commission to pursue additional 
research on the effects California sea lions and harbor seals 
have on salmon and the west coast ecosystem.
    The Committee recommends continuation of the current level 
of $3,278,000 for implementation of the High Seas Driftnet 
Fisheries Enforcement Act, North Pacific Anadromous Stocks 
Convention Act, and Central Bering Sea Fisheries Enforcement 
Act, and intends that funds be available for expenses of North 
Pacific and Bering Sea advisory body members.
    The Committee has provided increased Steller sea lion funds 
to assist with the decline in the western stock of Steller sea 
lions off Alaska. Of the $1,770,000 provided, $1,000,000 is 
provided to the Fish and Wildlife Foundation for research at 
the Alaska SeaLife Center, $825,000 is for work performed by 
the State of Alaska, and $330,000 is for research by the North 
Pacific Universities Marine Mammal Consortium.
    The Committee is concerned about the reduction of 
enforcement personnel in the halibut and sablefish fisheries 
off Alaska that are currently managed under an individual 
fishing quota [IFQ] system. The effects of the IFQ's in these 
fisheries will be integral to Congress in determining a long-
term policy with respect to IFQ's at the conclusion of the 
multiyear IFQ study mandated under the Magnuson-Stevens Act. 
The Committee is providing a $300,000 increase in order for 
NMFS to immediately hire the additional NMFS personnel or 
private sector contractors necessary to fully enforce the 
halibut and sablefish fisheries off Alaska. The Committee 
anticipates that the IFQ fees required to be charged under 
section 304(d)(2) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act will offset these 
enforcement costs in fiscal year 1999.
    The Committee recommends the addition of $400,000 for an 
assessment of Atlantic herring and mackeral. Within the funds 
for resource information, the Committee also recommends a Gulf 
of Mexico/Hawaii stock enhancement project at a level of 
$2,225,000. This important work is being carried out by a 
consortium which includes the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, 
the Oceanic Institute, and the Mote Marine Laboratory. The 
Committee intends that funds for the Hawaii stock management 
plan and the Hawaii stock enhancement project continue to be 
administered by the Oceanic Institute.
    The Committee also instructs the harvest technology unit at 
the National Marine Fisheries Service Laboratory in Pascagoula, 
MS, to provide temporary onsite technical assistance to the 
National Warmwater Aquaculture Research Center at Stoneville, 
MS, until sufficient harvest technology expertise can be 
transferred from National Marine Fisheries Service personnel to 
the staff of the National Warmwater Aquaculture Research 
Center.
    The Committee recommends $13,000,000 for supporting the 
regional fishery management councils which is $1,300,000 above 
the request. This amount is needed to assist the councils with 
their increased workload in implementing the new provisions of 
the Magnuson-Stevens Act. The Committee also recommends 
supporting a level $700,000 above the fiscal year 1998 request 
for implementation by NMFS of the Magnuson-Stevens Act.
    The Committee has provided $1,900,000 for Pelagic fisheries 
research and management, which includes continued funding at 
the current level for Pacific tuna and $400,000 for NMFS in 
Honolulu to conduct Pacific swordfish research. The Committee 
recommends $1,884,000 for chinook salmon management and 
$450,000 for the Atlantic salmon recovery plan to restore these 
anadromous fish to their native range in New England through 
the utilization of stable isotope and advanced genetic marking 
techniques.
    In addition to the fiscal year 1998 request of $10,300,000 
for the operation of the Mitchell Act hatchery programs, the 
Committee recommends an additional $655,000 for mass marking of 
hatchery fish. The Committee expects NOAA to obligate these 
funds in a timely manner. The Committee understands that the 
Northwest Power Planning Council, through its Independent 
Scientific Advisory Board [ISAB], will be directed in the 
fiscal year 1998 Energy and Water appropriations bill to 
conduct a thorough review of all federally funded hatchery 
operations in the Columbia River basin. The Committee directs 
NMFS to provide necessary information to the ISAB to assist the 
Board in its review of federally funded hatcheries, which 
include Mitchell Act hatcheries, among others. Funding for 
critical fish screens is provided under the ``Construction'' 
account.
    The Committee has provided $960,000 for Atlantic salmon 
research of which $250,000 shall be used to assist in the 
implementation of the State of Maine's recovery plan for 
Atlantic salmon. The Committee encourages NMFS to work with the 
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in the implementation of 
this program.
    For State and industry programs, the Committee recommends 
increases of $900,000 for the interjurisdictional fisheries 
grants and $892,000 for anadromous fishery grants. Of the 
$8,000,000 provided for the interstate fisheries commissions, 
$5,750,000 shall be provided to the Atlantic States Marine 
Fisheries Commission for the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries 
Management Act, and $750,000 shall be provided to each of the 
three interstate fisheries commissions (including the ASMFC). 
The Committee recommends $150,000 to the Alaska Fisheries 
Development Foundation [AFDF] for its operational costs 
relating to the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens 
Act, provided that the State of Alaska and fishing industry 
contribute equal amounts in the creation of a permanent 
endowment to provide operational funds for the AFDF. The 
Committee recommends $200,000 for the Island Institute to 
develop a multispecies shellfish hatchery and nursery facility 
to, among other things, test new technologies that could 
benefit Gulf of Maine communities.

                    Oceanic and Atmospheric Research

    The Committee recommendation includes a total of 
$267,648,000 for oceanic and atmospheric research for fiscal 
year 1998, instead of $248,050,000 as requested, and 
$253,169,000 as funded in fiscal year 1997. In implementing 
programs within this account, the Committee directs NOAA to 
maintain or enhance its level of collaboration with the 
extramural research community. In addition, while all NOAA 
external research is currently peer reviewed, the Committee 
encourages NOAA to take steps to ensure that all NOAA research, 
regardless of who performs it, is subject to periodic peer 
review.
    Within this account the Committee recommendation provides a 
funding level of $12,900,000 for interannual and seasonal 
climate research. In addition, the Committee provides funds for 
the climate and global change program at a level of 
$60,000,000. The majority of the programs under the interannual 
and seasonal climate research line item are now to be funded 
under the climate and global change line item.
    The Committee recommends funding for long-term climate and 
air quality research at a level of $36,902,000, an increase of 
$1,030,000 over the current year level. Included within this 
amount is $7,500,000 for high performance computing, which is 
the same as the fiscal year 1997 appropriation.
    For atmospheric programs, the Committee recommends funding 
for weather research and solar-terrestrial services and 
research at a level of $47,256,000. This amount is $3,800,000 
above the request and the fiscal year 1997 appropriation. The 
Committee expects these funds to be used for the development of 
a national resource center at Mount Washington, NH, to 
demonstrate and make available to science centers and schools 
nationwide innovative approaches using weather as the 
educational link integrating sciences, math, geography, and 
history.
    Under the ocean and great lakes programs, the Committee 
recommendation provides $24,726,000 for marine prediction 
research, an increase of $7,500,000 over the fiscal year 1998 
request. Of this amount, $2,000,000 will be available to 
undertake ballast water demonstrations and to co-lead the 
national aquatic nuissance species task force. Of this amount, 
$500,000 will be available for ballast water demonstration in 
the Chesapeake Bay. The Committee appreciates the timely and 
thorough preparation by NOAA of the tsunami hazard mitigation 
plan. The Committee agrees with the recommended implementation 
plan and directs NOAA to provide $2,300,000 to continue the 
process of implementation to reduce risk to the coastal 
residents and visitors in the vulnerable States of Oregon, 
Washington, California, Hawaii, and Alaska. The Committee 
expects NOAA to provide funding to each of the Pacific States 
to continue the preparation of tsunami inundation maps.
    The Committee has provided funding of $15,000,000 for the 
National Undersea Research Program [NURP], which is an increase 
of $9,600,000 over the request and is $3,000,000 over the 
fiscal year 1997 appropriation. Because of the limited funding 
available for this purpose, it is critical that the structure 
and management of this program furthers the highest research 
needs. The Committee further intends that the amount provided 
is equally divided between research conducted through east 
coast NURP centers and through west coast NURP centers 
(including the Hawaii and Pacific center). Further, the 
Committee intends for the amount provided for west coast 
research to be divided equally between the Hawaii and Pacific 
center and the West Coast and Polar Regions Center.
    The Committee recommendation includes $58,000,000 for the 
Sea Grant Program. For fiscal year 1998, the Committee 
recommendation includes funding for oyster disease research at 
a level of $1,480,000, zebra mussel research at $2,000,000, and 
$1,700,000 for the continuation of the New England open ocean 
aquaculture program.

                        National Weather Service

    The Committee recommendation includes a total of 
$664,655,000 for the National Weather Service [NWS] for 
operations, acquisitions, and research, an increase of 
$26,658,000 over the budget request.
    The total amount of funding recommended for operations and 
research is $473,032,000. This amount includes: $403,494,000 
for local warnings and forecasts, radiosonde replacement, 
aviation forecasts; $29,543,000 for central forecast guidance; 
and $2,489,000 for atmospheric and hydrological research. 
Within the total for operations and research, $1,000,000 is for 
the Susquehanna River basin flood system. The Committee has 
added $1,820,000 to continue the operation of weather data 
buoys during fiscal year 1998. The Committee supports the 
continuation of the regional climate centers, and has provided 
$3,000,000 for this purpose in the budget of the National 
Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service 
[NESDIS]. The Committee expects the Weather Service to continue 
to work closely and cooperatively with the regional climate 
centers despite the transfer of the program responsibility to 
NESDIS.
    The Committee further directs the National Weather Service 
to provide basic data to the agricultural community. The NWS no 
longer provides specialized forecasts for agriculture, but the 
Committee expects data to be made available to growers for 
their use.
    From the amounts provided for operations and research, the 
Committee recommends providing $97,000 to the NOAA Cooperative 
Institute for Regional Prediction at the University of Utah to 
begin implementation of data collection and automated weather 
station installation in preparation for the 2002 Winter Olympic 
Games. The Committee also recommends $150,000 to improve the 
ability of southern Indiana to receive weather warnings by the 
installation of three 1,000 watt weather transmitters. The 
Committee expects the NWS to maintain and staff the Fort Smith, 
AR, weather service office [WSO] during fiscal year 1998, and 
that all available forecasting data will be provided to the WSO 
for the dissemination of timely tornado warnings.
    The Committee is aware that the National Weather Service 
recently reinstated equipment which had been removed from the 
Midsouth Agricultural Weather Service Center in Stoneville, MS. 
Because this equipment is incompatible with the support system 
used currently by the NWS, the Committee instructs the NWS to 
transfer additional equipment in order for this facility to 
perform and maintain a direct link with the NWS meteorological 
data base.
    The Committee is concerned about criticisms regarding the 
circumstances of the installation and the subsequent 
performance of the Doppler weather surveillance radar (WSR-88D) 
located on Sulphur Mountain, Ventura County, CA. The Committee 
requests the General Accounting Office to review the findings 
in the April 1997 report by the Rose Institute of Claremont 
McKenna College, about the weather tower and conduct its own 
investigation of the weather radar tower if the General 
Accounting Office deems it appropriate.
    NWS reorganization.--The Committee is aware that Commerce 
is undertaking a top-to-bottom review of the NWS. Besides an 
in-house study, an outside accounting firm will assess NWS 
operations with the intent of developing the optimal 
organization plan to maintain critical weather warning and 
forecast support services well into the next century. The 
Committee directs Commerce to take no final action without 
prior consultation with the Committees on Appropriations.

    National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service

    The Committee recommendation provides funds for the 
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service 
[NESDIS] at a level of $496,805,000 for fiscal year 1998.
    The Committee directs that $3,000,000 from available funds 
be used to fund regional climate centers. These centers had 
been funded previously through the National Weather Service 
[NWS]. The Committee believes the work of the regional climate 
centers is particularly important, since specialized weather 
forecasting products are no longer issued by the NWS. The data 
collected and disseminated by the regional climate centers can 
also be used by NESDIS in its data and information services 
activities.
    For the National Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellite 
Program [NPOESS], the Committee has provided a total of 
$134,408,000, of which $51,503,000 is for the interagency 
program office to converge the NOAA and Department of Defense 
[DOD] polar satellite programs. The Committee expects NOAA to 
use these funds in fiscal year 1998. The Committee 
recommendation assumes that NOAA and DOD share equally in the 
costs of all common activities for this program.
    The Committee is aware of several satellite proposals being 
developed by consortia of private sector firms and academia. 
These proposals are being developed to provide global wind 
direction data which is not available under current civilian 
remote sensing weather satellite systems. The Committee 
understands that NOAA can gain access to necessary satellite 
weather data at significantly lower cost by purchasing data 
from privately owned small satellites. Funding has been 
provided for NESDIS to initiate a demonstration project for the 
purchase from the private sector of global wind weather data. 
The wind data should be of an accuracy and coverage that will 
substantially improve weather forecasts, and it should be 
acquired by a technique that can be expanded to provide other 
data products of interest to NOAA. The Committee expects NOAA 
to conduct an open competition and select a contractor prior to 
December 31, 1997, to provide the required global wind data 
beginning in 2001, and to report back to the Committee by March 
1, 1998, with its detailed implementation plan for 
incorporating the new data to be acquired through this contract 
into its weather predictions. The Committee has provided an 
initial $3,000,000 in fiscal year 1998 to find the collection 
of wind data through ground-based instrumentation similar to 
that used by the satellite, and the development of NOAA's 
ability to utilize the wind data for improvement of its 
forecast capability.
    The Committee provides funds for the Geostationary 
Operational Environmental Satellite [GOES] Program at a level 
of $241,215,000 in fiscal year 1998. The GAO, in reviewing the 
GOES Program, discovered the agency was forward funding 
expenses due in the first quarter of the fiscal year to its 
contractor, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
[NASA]. As a result of this review, NOAA has agreed to forward 
fund unobligated reserves to NASA to cover 1\1/2\ to 2 months' 
worth of expenses.
    The Committee is concerned about the total of $387,053 in 
funds GAO identified at NASA from GOES and NPOESS subcontracts. 
These subcontracts have not been closed out by NASA. It appears 
this is not being done by NASA on a regular basis. NOAA should 
demand greater accountability from NASA to close out these 
subcontracts in a timely manner and return to NOAA any 
available funds. The Committee directs NOAA to work with NASA 
to create a system by which NOAA may be able to track this 
funding as it is obligated and expended.

                            Program Support

    The Committee recommendation provides $71,658,000 for the 
NOAA program support functions. This level is $39,000 less than 
current year funding, and $5,500,000 less than the fiscal year 
1998 request.
    The Committee recommendation includes the amount of 
$10,400,000 for operation of NOAA aircraft services, which is 
$500,000 above the request and $400,000 above the fiscal year 
1997 level. This increase provides flying hours for the NOAA G-
IV high altitude jet for hurricane reconnaissance, for which no 
funds were requested.
    With the transfer of the aeronautical charting program to 
the FAA in fiscal year 1999, NOAA is directed to provide the 
Committee with its plan for the transfer of aviation assets 
supporting this program. This report should also include an 
assessment of remaining aircraft and an analysis of the use of 
these assets. This report should be transmitted to the 
Committee with the fiscal year 1999 budget request.

                      Coastal Zone Management Fund

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $7,800,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       7,800,000
Committee recommendation................................       7,800,000

    This fund consists of loan repayments arising from the 
former Coastal Energy Impact Program which are transferred to 
the ``Operations, research, and facilities'' account for 
program grants.
    The Committee recommendation includes $7,800,000, as 
requested, from the coastal zone management [CZM] fund for CZM 
program management and other purposes authorized by section 308 
of the Coastal Zone Management Act [CZMA]. The Committee 
intends that $4,500,000 shall be available from the fund, as 
requested, for program administration. For use of remaining 
amounts, the Committee encourages coordination within NOS in 
order to supplement new initiatives under the ocean assessment 
program meeting the purposes of section 308 of the CZMA.
    The Committee recommends deferment of payments to the 
Coastal Energy Impact Program on the part of the Pribilof 
Islands (St. Paul) until August 1998.

                              Construction

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $58,250,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................  \1\ 44,195,000
Committee recommendation................................      88,000,000

\1\ For comparison this report displays the administration's request 
using the current appropriations account structure.

    This account provides for construction, repair, and 
modification of new facilities and additions to existing 
facilities, planning, design, and land acquisition. The 
Committee recommends a total funding level of $88,000,000 for 
NOAA's ``Construction'' account.
    The Committee recommendation provides $1,750,000 for the 
Sandy Hook lease and $13,823,000 for Nexrad WFO construction. 
In addition, the Committee recommends the requested funding of 
$4,465,000 for Columbia River facilities; $8,000,000 for 
facilities and land acquisition associated with the National 
Estuarine Research Reserve System, of which $2,000,000 is for 
public education and research facilities at the ACE Basin 
National Reserve; $6,000,000 for the national marine 
sanctuaries; $2,000,000 for environmental compliance, 
$1,900,000 for the above standard costs at Boulder Laboratory; 
$2,000,000 for the Honolulu Fisheries Laboratory to come into 
compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act and other 
safety improvements; $5,000,000 for the Gulf Coast Laboratory; 
$16,000,000 for the Alaska facility; $12,562,000 for the 
Goddard facility; $7,000,000 for the Tiburon/Santa Cruz 
Laboratory; $700,000 for the National Centers for Environmental 
Prediction; $5,000,000 for environmental cleanup in the 
Pribilof Islands; and, $1,800,000 for NOAA research facilities.

                     Fleet Maintenance and Planning

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $8,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................  \1\ 11,823,000
Committee recommendation................................      15,823,000

\1\ For comparison this report displays the administration's request 
using the current appropriations account structure.

    The Committee recommendation provides an appropriation of 
$15,823,000 for the ``Fleet maintenance and planning'' account, 
which replaces the former ``Fleet modernization, shipbuilding, 
and conversion'' account. This is an increase of $7,823,000 
above the fiscal year 1997 appropriation and the same as the 
fiscal year 1998 request.
    The Committee directs the Secretary to use funds previously 
appropriated for sonar equipment to purchase sonar equipment 
for the RAINIER, and to use this equipment as a means to help 
reduce the costs, including insurance costs, associated with 
contracting with private sector companies that use such 
equipment. The Committee recommendation includes $4,000,000 for 
the renovation and maintenance of the NOAA T-AGOS vessel 
Relentless. This former Navy vessel is being converted to 
perform fishery and marine mammal surveys in the Gulf of 
Mexico.

            Fishing Vessel And Gear Damage Compensation Fund

Appropriations, 1997....................................        $200,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................................
Committee recommendation................................         200,000

    The Committee recommendation provides $200,000 for the 
fishing vessel and gear damage compensation fund.
    The fishing vessel and gear damage fund provides 
compensation to U.S. fishermen whose vessels have been lost, 
damaged, or destroyed by foreign or domestic vessels. Revenue 
sources for this fund include: (1) surcharges not to exceed 20 
percent of the fee imposed for any foreign fishing vessel 
permit issued under the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act; (2) administrative fees paid by claimants; (3) 
revenues from deposits or investments of fund balances not 
immediately required; and (4) funds not to exceed $200,000 
borrowed from the Treasury in the event the fund balance is 
insufficient to pay claims.

                      Fishermen's Contingency Fund

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $1,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................         953,000
Committee recommendation................................         953,000

    The Committee recommends the requested amount of $953,000 
for the fishermen's contingency fund, which is $47,000 below 
the amount appropriated for fiscal year 1997.
    The fishermen's contingency fund provides compensation to 
U.S. fishermen for damage or loss of fishing gear and any 
resulting loss because of natural or man-made obstructions 
related to oil and gas exploration, development, and production 
on the Outer Continental Shelf. The Secretary of Commerce is 
authorized to establish an area account within the fund for any 
area within the Outer Continental Shelf. A holder of a lease, 
permit, easement, or right-of-way in such area is required to 
pay a fee into the appropriate area account in the fund. Each 
area account, if depleted, will be replenished by assessment. 
The authorization stipulates that amounts available in each 
area account can be disbursed only to the extent provided by 
appropriations acts. Since receipts collected may not be 
sufficient for this appropriation, the Committee has included 
language which provides that the sums necessary to eliminate 
the insufficiency may be derived from the general fund of the 
Treasury.

                     Foreign Fishing Observer Fund

Appropriations, 1997....................................        $196,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................         189,000
Committee recommendation................................         189,000

    The Committee recommends $189,000 for the foreign fishing 
observer fund for fiscal year 1998. This amount is the same as 
the fiscal year 1998 budget request and $7,000 below the fiscal 
year 1997 level.
    Fees paid into the fund are collected from owners and 
operators of certain foreign fishing vessels that fish within 
the U.S. fishery conservation zone. The fund supports salaries 
of U.S. observers and program support personnel, other 
administrative costs, and the cost of data management and 
analysis.

                 Fishing Vessel Obligations Guarantees

Appropriations, 1997....................................        $250,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................         238,000
Committee recommendation................................         338,000

    The Committee recommendation provides $338,000 for fishing 
vessel obligations guarantees. This amount is $100,000 above 
the requested level for fiscal year 1998 and $88,000 above the 
fiscal year 1997 level. In addition, $100,000 is provided for 
entry level and small vessel IFQ obligation guarantees in the 
halibut and sablefish fisheries off Alaska pursuant to section 
1104A(a)(7) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936. The Committee 
provides these funds so that IFQ loans can be guaranteed in 
accordance with section 303(d)(4) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act 
and section 108(g) of the Sustainable Fisheries Act in advance 
of the collection of fees required for such purpose, which are 
not expected to be available until 1999.
    The Committee recommends that the fishing vessel 
obligations guarantee program be used only for purposes which 
do not result in overcapitalization, including: the refinancing 
of existing debt; renovation and repair of existing vessels and 
facilities; construction of new shore plants for underutilized 
species, aquaculture, and waste reduction; and the replacement 
of obsolete vessels of similar size and harvesting capacity. 
The Committee directs that no loan guarantee be made for any 
new vessel that will increase the harvesting capacity in any 
U.S. fishery, consistent with section 302(b) of the Sustainable 
Fisheries Act.

                         General Administration

                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $28,490,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      30,085,000
Committee recommendation................................      28,490,000

    This account provides for the Office of the Secretary and 
for staff offices of the Department which assist in the 
formulation of policy, management, and administration.
    The Committee recommendation provides $28,490,000 for the 
Commerce Department's ``Salaries and expenses'' appropriation 
for fiscal year 1998. This amount is $1,595,000 under the 
budget request and equal to the amount appropriated for fiscal 
year 1997.

                    Office of the Inspector General

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $20,140,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      21,677,000
Committee recommendation................................      20,140,000

    This appropriation account provides for salaries and 
expenses of the Office of the Inspector General in support of 
its efforts to enhance efficiency and detect fraud, waste, and 
abuse in Commerce Department programs and operations.
    The Committee recommends $20,140,000 for the Commerce 
Department's Office of the Inspector General for fiscal year 
1998. This amount is identical to the fiscal year 1997 
appropriations level and is $1,537,000 under the budget 
request. The Committee notes that funds from the Department's 
working capital fund for the inspector general's office have 
decreased from $1,033,000 in fiscal year 1996 to $452,000 in 
fiscal year 1997. The Department intends to distribute $460,000 
to this office in fiscal year 1998. The Committee directs the 
Department to increase the distribution to the inspector 
general's office from the working capital fund by $732,000 in 
fiscal year 1998.

               General Provisions--Department of Commerce

    The Committee has included the following general provisions 
for the Department of Commerce that were included in the fiscal 
year 1997 appropriations act (Public Law 103-317). Sections 201 
through 207 are continuations of language included in previous 
appropriations acts.
    Section 201 makes Commerce Department funds in the bill 
available for advanced payments only upon certification of 
officials designated by the Secretary that such payments are 
considered to be in the public interest.
    Section 202 makes appropriations for the Department in the 
bill for salaries and expenses available for the hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, and for services, uniforms, and 
allowances as authorized by law.
    Section 203 prohibits any of the funds in the bill to be 
used to support hurricane reconnaissance aircraft and 
activities that are under the control of the U.S. Air Force or 
the U.S. Air Force Reserve.
    Section 204 prohibits the use of Commerce Department funds 
in this or any previous act from being used for the purpose of 
reimbursing the unemployment trust fund or any other account of 
the Treasury to pay unemployment compensation for temporary 
census workers for services performed after April 20, 1990.
    Section 205 provides the authority to transfer funds 
between Department of Commerce appropriation accounts. The 
language provides that no account may be decreased by more than 
5 percent or increased by more than 10 percent. The language 
also makes the transfers subject to the Committee's standard 
reprogramming procedures.
    Section 206 requires that any costs related to personnel 
actions incurred by a department or agency funded in title II 
of the accompanying act be absorbed within the total budgetary 
resources available to such department or agency.
    Section 207 was included in Public Law 104-208, the Omnibus 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997, allowing the Secretary 
to award contracts for certain mapping and charting activities 
in accordance with the Federal Property and Administrative 
Services Act.
    Section 208 continues a working capital fund in the Bureau 
of Census to be available without fiscal year limitation. This 
provision was established by Public Law 104-208, the Omnibus 
Consolidated Appropriations, 1997.
    Section 209 provides restrictions on the use of sampling 
for purposes of the decennial census.
    Section 210 clarifies and expands the authority of the 
Secretary of Commerce to seize and detain commodities that are 
being exported in violation of U.S. law.
                        TITLE III--THE JUDICIARY

    The funds provided in title III of the accompanying bill 
are for the operation and maintenance of the U.S. courts and 
include the salaries of judges, magistrates, supporting 
personnel, and other expenses of the Federal judiciary.
    The Committee recommendation provides a total of 
$3,513,727,000 for the judiciary. This amount includes the 
revised requested funding of $262,838,000 for salaries and 
retirement funds of the Justices and judges, which are 
considered mandatory for budget purposes. The recommendation 
also provides an additional $3,250,889,000 in discretionary 
funding for other judiciary programs under this title. The 
total amount provided by the Committee is an increase of 
$251,618,000 over funding for fiscal year 1997.
    The budget request submitted by the judiciary for fiscal 
year 1998 totals $3,638,896,000. The discretionary portion of 
the request, $3,374,198,000, represents an increase of 
$373,294,000, or almost 10 percent over the enacted amounts for 
fiscal year 1997. Of this amount, $50,000,000 is requested from 
the violent crime reduction trust fund. The Committee 
recommendation is $125,169,000 below the request, but assumes 
that a significant amount of 1997 funds will carry over in some 
accounts in order to provide additional funding.

                   Supreme Court of the United States

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $29,957,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      33,275,000
Committee recommendation................................      35,073,000

    The Committee recommends a total of $35,073,000 for the 
Supreme Court of the United States for fiscal year 1998. The 
total amount is provided in two separate appropriation accounts 
as follows:

                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $27,157,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      29,278,000
Committee recommendation................................      28,903,000

    The Committee recommends $28,903,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for the salaries and expenses of the Justices, their supporting 
personnel, and the costs of operating the Supreme Court, 
excluding the care of the building and grounds. The 
recommendation is $1,746,000 above the fiscal year 1997 
appropriation and $375,000 below the fiscal year 1998 request.
    The Committee recommendation provides the requested 
adjustments to base for this account. In addition, the amount 
provided includes $217,000 for six additional police for 24-
hour outside patrols and $25,000 for a communications equipment 
modernization study.

                    Care Of The Building And Grounds

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $2,800,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       3,997,000
Committee recommendation................................       6,170,000

    The Committee recommends $6,170,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for personnel and other services relating to the Supreme Court 
building and grounds, which is supervised by the Architect of 
the Capitol. The recommendation is $3,370,000 above the fiscal 
year 1997 appropriation and $2,173,000 above the fiscal year 
1998 request.
    The Committee recommendation provides the requested 
adjustments to base for this account. In addition, the amount 
provided, intended as a downpayment on the renovation of the 
Supreme Court, includes: $320,000 to complete elevator 
renovations; $25,000 for Americans With Disabilities Act 
requirements; $2,225,000 for building improvements and utility 
systems upgrades; $40,000 to upgrade fire pump electric 
feeders; $110,000 for the emergency electrical distribution 
system; $300,000 to complete fire alarm system upgrades; 
$200,000 for a lightning protection system; $200,000 to 
completely replace and retrofit 13.2-kilovolt switchgear and 
cables; and $200,000 for conservation of exterior stone 
sculpture.

             U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $15,013,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      16,156,000
Committee recommendation................................      15,796,000

    The Committee recommends $15,796,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for the salaries and expenses of the U.S. Court of Appeals for 
the Federal Circuit. The recommendation is $783,000 above the 
fiscal year 1997 appropriation and $360,000 below the fiscal 
year 1998 request. The Committee recommendation provides the 
requested adjustments to base for this account. In addition, 
the amount provided includes $131,000 for four additional 
clerk's office personnel and $53,000 for a systems manager.

                   U.S. Court of International Trade

                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $11,114,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      11,478,000
Committee recommendation................................      11,478,000

    The Committee recommends $11,478,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for the salaries and expenses of the U.S. Court of 
International Trade. The recommendation is $364,000 above the 
fiscal year 1997 appropriation and identical to the fiscal year 
1998 request. The Committee recommendation provides the 
requested adjustments to base for this account.

    Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services

                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................  $2,596,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................   2,891,840,000
Committee recommendation................................   2,789,777,000

    This account provides for the salaries of judges, 
magistrates, and all other officers and employees of the 
Federal judiciary not otherwise provided for, and for all 
necessary expenses, including charges for space and facilities.
    The Committee recommends a total of $2,789,777,000 for 
fiscal year 1998 for salaries and expenses of the Courts of 
Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services. The 
recommendation is $193,777,000 above the fiscal year 1997 
appropriation and $102,063,000 below the fiscal year 1998 
request. The recommendation reflects a refinement of 
anticipated funding requirements and fully funds adjustments to 
base. The recommendation also fully funds the following 
increases over fiscal year 1997: $40,609,000 for bankruptcy 
clerks and $36,678,000 for probation and pretrial services. In 
addition, the Committee understands that the judiciary will 
realize carryover funds of at least $69,711,000 resulting from 
unanticipated fee revenue in fiscal year 1997, and will have 
other fees and reimbursable funds which were not included in 
the President's fiscal year 1998 budget.
    The Committee supports efforts of the judiciary to make 
information available to the public electronically, and expects 
that available balances from public access fees in the 
judiciary automation fund will be used to enhance availability 
of public access.
    Within the overall funding level provided, the judiciary is 
encouraged to fund additional magistrate judges and court 
support staff as necessary.

               The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $2,390,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       2,450,000
Committee recommendation................................       2,450,000

    The Committee recommends a reimbursement of $2,450,000 for 
fiscal year 1998 from the special fund to cover expenses of the 
claims court associated with processing cases under the 
National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986. The 
recommendation is $60,000 above the fiscal year 1997 
appropriation and identical to the fiscal year 1998 request.

                           Defender Services

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $308,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     329,529,000
Committee recommendation................................     308,000,000

    This account funds the operations of the Federal public 
defender and community defender organizations and the 
compensation, reimbursement, and expenses of attorneys 
appointed to represent persons under the Criminal Justice Act, 
as amended.
    The Committee recommends $308,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for defender services. The recommendation is identical to the 
fiscal year 1997 appropriation and $21,529,000 below the fiscal 
year 1998 request. In addition, the Committee understands that 
up to $60,397,000 in carryover funds from unanticipated fee 
revenue will be available to apply to this account, if 
necessary.
    Capital representations.--The Committee is alarmed by the 
disproportionate claim on limited resources being made by a 
small but growing number of capital representations. 
Preliminary figures for first- and second-degree murder cases 
indicate that the incremental costs of capital representations 
are almost 10 times that of noncapital representations. The 
Committee directs the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, 
in cooperation with the Judicial Conference, to carefully 
review best practices in defending, or presiding over, capital 
cases from the initial appearance of the defendant through 
final appeal with the intent of developing and disseminating 
guidelines focused on case cost containment. This effort should 
be coordinated with the Attorney General. The Committee 
recommendation includes language limiting the incremental costs 
of capital representations.

                    Fees Of Jurors And Commissioners

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $67,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      69,651,000
Committee recommendation................................      68,252,000

    The Committee recommends $68,252,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for the fees and allowances of grand and petit jurors and for 
the compensation of land commissioners and jury commissioners. 
The recommendation is $1,252,000 above the fiscal year 1997 
appropriation and $1,399,000 below the fiscal year 1998 
request. The recommendation reflects a reduction in estimated 
juror days and more efficient jury management. In addition, the 
Committee understands that $2,000,000 in carryover funds are 
available in this account.

                             Court Security

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $127,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     170,304,000
Committee recommendation................................     167,883,000

    This account provides for the necessary expenses of 
security and protective services for the U.S. courts in 
courtrooms and adjacent areas. Funds under this account may be 
used directly or transferred to the U.S. Marshals Service, 
which has been delegated authority for the contracting of guard 
services and the acquisition of security equipment.
    The Committee recommends $167,883,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for court security. The recommendation is $40,883,000 above the 
fiscal year 1997 appropriation and $2,421,000 below the fiscal 
year 1998 request. The recommendation reflects a refined 
estimate by the U.S. Marshals Service of court security 
requirements and fully funds court security personnel and 
equipment.

                Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts

                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $49,450,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      54,108,000
Committee recommendation................................      53,843,000

    This appropriation provides funds for the administration 
and management of the U.S. courts, including the probation and 
bankruptcy systems, but excluding the Supreme Court.
    The Committee recommends $53,843,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for the salaries and expenses of the Administrative Office of 
the U.S. Courts [AO]. The recommendation is $4,393,000 above 
the fiscal year 1997 appropriation and $265,000 below the 
fiscal year 1998 request. The recommendation fully funds 
reestimated base adjustments and includes $831,000 for 
additional automation staff. Within the overall funding level 
provided, the AO is encouraged to fund additional automation 
support staff as necessary. The recommendation assumes that 
$1,855,000 in carryover funds from unanticipated fee revenue in 
fiscal year 1997 will be applied to the ``Courts of appeals, 
district courts, and other judicial services'' account, but 
that other fees and reimbursable funds which were not included 
in the President's fiscal year 1998 budget will be available.

                        Federal Judicial Center

                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $17,495,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      18,425,000
Committee recommendation................................      17,495,000

    The Committee recommends $17,495,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for the salaries and expenses of the Federal Judicial Center. 
The recommendation is identical to the fiscal year 1997 
appropriation and $930,000 below the fiscal year 1998 request. 
The recommendation includes $200,000 for two additional video 
producers, one additional multimedia specialist, and $100,000 
for equipment.

                       Judicial Retirement Funds

                    Payment To Judiciary Trust Funds

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $30,200,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      32,200,000
Committee recommendation................................      34,200,000

    These funds cover the estimated annuity payments to be made 
to retired bankruptcy judges and magistrate judges, claims 
court judges, and spouses and dependent children of deceased 
judicial officers.
    The Committee recommends $34,200,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for the payment to the judicial officers' retirement fund, the 
judicial survivors' annuities fund, and the claims court 
judges' retirement fund for fiscal year 1998. The 
recommendation is $4,000,000 above the fiscal year 1997 
appropriation and $2,000,000 above the fiscal year 1998 
request. The increase reflects a refined estimate of 
requirements and fully funds the judiciary retirement system.

                       U.S. Sentencing Commission

                         Salaries and Expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $8,490,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       9,480,000
Committee recommendation................................       9,480,000

    The purpose of the Commission is to establish, review, and 
revise sentencing guidelines, policies, and practices for the 
Federal criminal justice system. The Commission is also 
required to monitor the operation of the guidelines and to 
identify and report necessary changes to the Congress.
    The Committee recommends $9,480,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for the salaries and expenses of the U.S. Sentencing 
Commission. The recommendation is $990,000 above the fiscal 
year 1997 appropriation and identical to the fiscal year 1998 
request. The Commission proposed applying $271,000 in carryover 
funds to public service announcements. The Committee recommends 
that the carryover balance be applied only to the training of 
probation officers. In addition, the Committee recommends that 
not less than $238,206 (three full-time equivalents) be used to 
establish within the Commission a sentencing guidelines 
simplification task force made up of Commission staff.

                   General Provisions--The Judiciary

    The Committee has included the following general provisions 
in the bill for the judiciary.
    Section 301 contains language, included in previous 
appropriations acts, to permit funds in the bill for salaries 
and expenses for the judiciary to be available for employment 
of experts and consultant services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109.
    Section 302 contains language, included in previous 
appropriations acts, which permits up to 5 percent of any 
appropriation made available for fiscal year 1997 to be 
transferred between judiciary appropriation accounts with the 
proviso that no appropriation shall be decreased by more than 5 
percent or increased by more than 10 percent by any such 
transfer. In addition, the language provides that any such 
transfer shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under 
section 605 in the general provisions of the accompanying bill 
and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
    Section 303 contains language, included in previous 
appropriations acts, permitting not to exceed a total of 
$10,000 for official reception and representation expenses 
incurred by the Judicial Conference of the United States.
    Section 304 contains language, included in previous 
appropriations acts, to extend for 1 year the authorization for 
the judiciary automation fund in order to continue the orderly 
and effective administration of the judiciary's automation 
programs to make information and services more accessible to 
the public through enhancing the availability of electronic 
information.
    Section 305 contains language reorganizing the ninth 
circuit court of appeals.
    Section 306 authorizes a cost-of-living adjustment for 
Justices and judges in fiscal year 1998.
    Section 307 provides that each State in a circuit shall 
have at least one resident from that State seated as an active 
judge in that circuit.
           TITLE IV--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCIES

                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

    The Committee recommends a total of $4,014,533,000 for 
fiscal year 1998 for the Department of State. The 
recommendation is $40,267,000 above the fiscal year 1997 
appropriation and $232,366,000 below the fiscal year 1998 
request. These recommendations are at or below the 
authorization levels contained in Senate bill 903, the Foreign 
Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1997, with exceptions 
noted.
    Historically, State has emphasized staffing levels at the 
expense of investments in technology and infrastructure. The 
Committee recommendation reverses this trend. Technology and 
infrastructure accounts have received the maximum funding 
deemed prudent.

                   Administration of Foreign Affairs

                    diplomatic and consular programs

Appropriations, 1997....................................  $1,725,300,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................   1,886,977,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,728,568,000

    This appropriation account provides for the formulation and 
execution of U.S. foreign policy, including the conduct of 
diplomatic and consular relations with foreign countries, 
diplomatic relations with international organizations, and 
related activities. This account primarily funds the overseas 
programs and operations of the Department of State.
    The Committee recommends $1,728,568,000 for fiscal year 
1998 for diplomatic and consular programs. The recommendation 
is $3,268,000 above the fiscal year 1997 appropriation and 
$158,409,000 below the fiscal year 1998 request. The 
recommendation is $18,409,000 below the authorization. The 
apparent deep reduction is deceptive. The budget request sought 
to change the scoring of machine-readable visa [MRV] fees, 
treating the fees as a direct appropriation included under the 
discretionary cap. Congress rejected the proposed change, so 
MRV fees remain an offsetting collection.
    China 2000.--The Committee recommendation includes 
$3,000,000 for China 2000, as requested. The Committee directs 
that the entire amount will be dedicated to emergency repair of 
United States facilities in China. The Committee expects to be 
consulted prior to the release of these funds.
    Improving shared administrative support services.--The 
President submitted a budget amendment on March 17, 1997, that 
included implementing legislation for the International 
Cooperative Administrative Support Services Program. That 
provision has been included in the recommendation under the 
general provisions section of this title.
    Spending decreases.--The Committee recommendation continues 
a hiring freeze for Foreign Service officers and Foreign 
Service nationals. Manpower savings help underwrite critical 
investments in information and communications technology 
modernization. The recommendation also takes advantage of 
exchange rate savings.
    Common agenda.--The Committee supports the pursuit of 
programs under the common agenda established in 1993 as part of 
the Japan-United States framework for a new economic 
partnership. The Committee is concerned by the apparent lack of 
enthusiasm within the State Department for the common agenda. 
Therefore, the Committee directs the Department to provide the 
Committees on Appropriations with a status report by December 
31, 1997, on both its efforts to implement the common agenda 
since 1993 and its future intentions for common agenda items.
    International parental kidnapping.--The Committee is aware 
that the State Department has been delinquent in addressing the 
issues of international parental kidnapping. When a Federal 
kidnapping warrant or State warrant for custodial interference 
has been issued, the State Department must insist that the 
provisions of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of 
Child Abduction are enforced by signatories to the convention 
so that abducted American children are returned to the United 
States. In countries that have not ratified the convention, the 
State Department should pursue whatever diplomatic, 
administrative, or legal avenues are available to enforce U.S. 
law.
    Bureau of Diplomatic Security.--The erroneous assumption 
that the Bureau would receive a significant decrease in 
resources below the fiscal year 1997 request through the 
reprogramming process skewed the fiscal year 1998 budget 
submission. The recommendation of a total of $160,981,000 in 
operating expenses and salaries for the Bureau reflects the 
necessary adjustments. A similar adjustment is made under the 
heading ``Salaries and expenses.'' There is no greater priority 
in this title than assuring the safety of U.S. personnel 
stationed abroad and their dependents.
    Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and 
Scientific Affairs.--The erroneous assumption that the Bureau 
would receive a significant increase in resources above the 
fiscal year 1997 request through the reprogramming process 
skewed the fiscal year 1998 budget submission. The 
recommendation of a total of $12,725,000 in operating expenses 
and salaries for the Bureau reflects the necessary adjustments, 
plus an additional $125,000 for a grant to support efforts by 
the Maui Pacific Center to help Pacific nations maintain fish 
stocks.
    Adoptions in the Russian Far East.--Within available 
resources, the recommendation provides an additional $500,000 
over fiscal year 1997 only for personnel and equipment for the 
consulate in Vladivostok, Russia. The increase will, among 
other things, enable the consulate to fully process adoption 
cases onsite, sparing new parents and their child the arduous, 
and increasingly dangerous, trip from the Russian Pacific coast 
to Moscow.
    Equatorial Guinea.--Within available funds, the Committee 
recommendation includes $45,000 for a consular agent in Malabo, 
Equatorial Guinea.
    Bilateral prisoner transfer treaties.--The Committee is 
concerned that the administration has failed to begin to 
negotiate bilateral prisoner transfer treaties. The Committee 
believes renegotiating existing treaties, which have been 
largely ineffective, is an essential element in our efforts to 
combat illegal immigration and to expedite the removal of 
criminal aliens from the United States to their countries of 
origin. The Committee reminds the administration of its 
responsibility in this area and directs the Department of 
Justice and Department of State to begin taking immediate steps 
to begin serious negotiations concerning bilateral prisoner 
transfer treaties. The Committee directs the Department of 
State to report to the appropriate committee on its progress 
not later than November 1, 1997.
    The Committee has continued language in the bill, requested 
by the administration, which: (1) permits up to 20 percent of 
the amounts made available in the ``Diplomatic and consular 
programs'' account and ``Salaries and expenses'' account to be 
transferred between such appropriations accounts in order to 
provide administrative flexibility to the Department; (2) 
permits up to $4,000,000 in amounts made available in the 
``Diplomatic and consular programs'' account to be transferred 
to the ``Emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service'' 
account for evacuations and terrorism rewards; (3) extends MRV 
fees; (4) provides that not to exceed $700,000 in registration 
fees collected pursuant to section 45 of the State Department 
Basic Authorities Act for activities of the Office of Defense 
Trade Controls; and (5) provides that not to exceed $15,000 
from reimbursements, surcharges, and fees for use of Blair 
House facilities in accordance with the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act.

                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $352,300,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     363,513,000
Committee recommendation................................     363,513,000

    This appropriation provides for the management, 
administrative, and support functions of the Department of 
State, including the Office of the Secretary.
    The Committee recommends $363,513,000 for fiscal year for 
salaries and expenses. The recommendation is $11,213,000 above 
the fiscal year 1997 appropriation and identical to the fiscal 
year 1998 request. The recommendation is identical to the 
authorization.
    Bureau of Diplomatic Security.--The recommendation of a 
total of $82,151,000 for operating expenses and salaries for 
the Bureau compensates for the aforementioned errors underlying 
the fiscal year 1998 request.
    The Committee expects the Department of State to maintain 
manpower levels overseas by absorbing attrition losses out of 
the Bureau structure in Washington.

                        Capital Investment Fund

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $24,600,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      64,600,000
Committee recommendation................................     105,000,000

    This account provides resources for desperately needed 
investments in information and communications systems.
    The Committee recommends $105,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for the capital investment fund. The recommendation is 
$80,400,000 above the fiscal year 1997 appropriation and 
$40,400,000 above the fiscal year 1998 request. The 
recommendation is $40,400,000 above the authorization and is 
identical to the level originally sought by State and slashed 
by the Office of Management and Budget.
    The Department's information systems are totally inadequate 
to meet critical mission requirements. Overseas, about 82 
percent of radio equipment, 55 percent of computer equipment, 
and 40 percent of telephone systems are obsolete.

                      Office Of Inspector General

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $27,495,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      28,300,000
Committee recommendation................................      27,495,000

    The Committee recommends $27,495,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for the Office of the Inspector General. The recommendation is 
identical to the fiscal year 1997 appropriation and $805,000 
below the fiscal year 1998 request. The recommendation is 
$805,000 below the authorization.

                       Representation Allowances

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $4,490,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       4,300,000
Committee recommendation................................       4,100,000

    Representation allowances provide partial reimbursement to 
Foreign Service officers for expenditures incurred in their 
official capacities abroad in establishing and maintaining 
relations with officials of foreign governments and appropriate 
members of local communities.
    The Committee recommends $4,100,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for representation allowances authorized by section 905 of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980. The recommendation is $390,000 
below the fiscal year 1997 appropriation and $200,000 below the 
fiscal year 1998 request. The recommendation is identical to 
the authorization.

              Protection Of Foreign Missions And Officials

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $8,332,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       7,900,000
Committee recommendation................................       7,900,000

    This account reimburses local governments and communities 
for the extraordinary costs incurred in providing protection 
for international organizations, foreign missions and 
officials, and foreign dignitaries under certain circumstances.
    The Committee recommends $7,900,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for protection of foreign missions and officials. The 
recommendation is $432,000 below the fiscal year 1997 
appropriation and identical to the fiscal year 1998 request. 
The recommendation is identical to the authorization.
    The Committee directs that local jurisdictions which incur 
such costs submit a certified billing for such costs in 
accordance with program regulations. The Committee also 
recommends that in those circumstances where a local 
jurisdiction will realize a financial benefit from a visit from 
a foreign dignitary through increased tax revenues, that such 
circumstances should be taken into account by the Department in 
assessing the need for reimbursement under this program. The 
Committee expects the Department to treat such submissions 
diligently and provide reimbursement to local jurisdictions on 
a timely basis if claims are fully justified.

           Security And Maintenance Of United States Missions

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $389,320,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     373,081,000
Committee recommendation................................     420,281,000

    This account provides the funding that allows the 
Department to manage U.S. Government real property in over 200 
countries worth an estimated $12,500,000,000 and to maintain 
almost 14,000 residential, office, and functional properties, 
not only for the Department of State, but for all U.S. 
employees overseas.
    The Committee recommends $420,281,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for security and maintenance of U.S. missions. The 
recommendation is $30,961,000 above the fiscal year 1997 
appropriation and $47,200,000 above the fiscal year 1998 
request and the authorization.
    The Committee recommends funding for all current leases; 
security, safety, and efficiency upgrades; maintenance of 
existing facilities; and supervision and management for ongoing 
projects.
    Spending increases.--The State Department has a maintenance 
backlog totaling $591,000,000, not including another 
$500,000,000 in facilities so decrepit that they will have to 
be replaced outright. The recommendation provides an increase 
of $19,600,000 for emergency repair and security projects 
worldwide. The additional funds shall be disbursed only after 
consultation with the Committees on Appropriations.
    China.--The recommendation provides increases over the 
request for the following emergency renovation projects in 
Beijing: leased apartments ($3,000,000) and chancery 
($14,600,000).
    Overseas real estate.--The State Department anticipates 
overseas real property sales of $180,000,000 in fiscal year 
1997, a more than 20-fold increase over fiscal year 1996. 
Another $136,000,000 in sales is anticipated in fiscal year 
1998. The Committee is anxious to see State reach these 
targets, because shortfalls will force the Committee to 
transfer funds from the ``Contributions to international 
organizations'' account to this account on a dollar-for-dollar 
basis to cover desperately needed facility repair costs. The 
Committee does commend management for the great strides that it 
has made in developing a report that provides the individual 
status of all properties in the process of disposal, and the 
Committee looks forward to quarterly updates. Finally, the 
Committee welcomes the establishment of the property board and 
awaits its recommendations.
    Jerusalem Embassy.--The Committee is aware of proposals for 
the United States to build a new Embassy in Jerusalem. 
Authorization for construction funding was included in Senate 
bill 903, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act as 
passed the Senate. The recommendation provides $10,000,000 in 
architectural and engineering funding to develop the necessary 
plans for a Jerusalem Embassy.
    The Committee recommendation includes a provision carried 
in the bill in previous years which prohibits funds from being 
used for acquisition of furniture and furnishings and 
generators for other departments and agencies.

           Emergencies In The Diplomatic And Consular Service

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $5,800,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       5,500,000
Committee recommendation................................       5,500,000

    This account provides resources for the Department of State 
to meet emergency requirements while conducting foreign 
affairs. The Committee recommendation provides funds for: (1) 
travel and subsistence expenses for relocation of American, 
U.S. Government employees and their families from troubled 
areas to the United States and/or safe-haven posts; (2) 
allowances granted to State Department employees and their 
dependents evacuated to the United States for the convenience 
of the Government; and (3) payment of rewards for information 
concerning terrorist and narcoterrorist activities.
    The Committee recommends $5,500,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service. The 
recommendation is $300,000 below the fiscal year 1997 
appropriation and identical to fiscal year 1998 request. The 
recommendation is identical to the authorization.
    The Committee has continued a provision permitting up to 
$1,000,000 to be transferred from this account to the 
``Repatriation loans program'' account to ensure an adequate 
level of resources for loans to American citizens through the 
``Repatriation loans program'' account should that account 
require additional funds in fiscal year 1998 due to an 
unanticipated increase in the number of loans needed. The 
Committee has added a provision under the ``Diplomatic and 
consular affairs'' account permitting up to $4,000,000 to be 
transferred from that account to the ``Emergencies in the 
diplomatic and consular service'' account to ensure adequate 
funds are available for evacuations and terrorism rewards.

                   Repatriation Loans Program Account

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $1,256,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       1,200,000
Committee recommendation................................       1,200,000

    This account provides emergency loans to assist destitute 
Americans abroad who have no other source of funds to return to 
the United States.
    The Committee recommends $1,200,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for the ``Repatriation loans program'' account as authorized by 
22 U.S.C. 2671. The recommendation is $56,000 below the fiscal 
year 1997 appropriation and identical to the fiscal year 1998 
request. The recommendation is identical to the authorization.

              Payment To The American Institute In Taiwan

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $14,490,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      14,490,000
Committee recommendation................................      14,490,000

    The Taiwan Relations Act requires that programs concerning 
Taiwan be carried out by the American Institute in Taiwan and 
authorizes funds to be appropriated to the Secretary of State 
to carry out the provisions of the act. The Institute 
administers programs in the areas of economic and commercial 
services, cultural affairs, travel services, and logistics. The 
Department of State contracts with the American Institute in 
Taiwan to carry out these activities.
    The Committee recommends $14,490,000 for payment to the 
American Institute in Taiwan. The recommendation is identical 
to both the fiscal year 1997 appropriation and the fiscal year 
1998 request. The recommendation is identical to the 
authorization.

     Payment To The Foreign Service Retirement And Disability Fund

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $126,491,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     129,935,000
Committee recommendation................................     129,935,000

    This appropriation is authorized by the Foreign Service Act 
of 1980 which provides for an appropriation to the fund in 30 
equal annual installments of the amount required for the 
unfunded liability created by new benefits, new groups of 
beneficiaries, or increased salaries on which benefits are 
computed.
    The Committee recommends $129,935,000 for payment to the 
Foreign Service retirement and disability fund. The 
recommendation is $3,444,000 above the fiscal year 1997 
appropriation and identical to the fiscal year 1998 request. 
The recommendation is identical to the authorization.

              International Organizations and Conferences

              Contributions To International Organizations

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $892,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................   1,023,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     957,009,000

    The Committee recommends $957,009,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for payment of the obligations of U.S. membership in 
international organizations, including arrearages, as 
authorized by conventions, treaties, or specific acts of 
Congress. The recommendation is $65,009,000 above the fiscal 
year 1997 appropriation and $65,991,000 below the fiscal year 
1998 request. The recommendation is $34,991,000 below the 
authorization.
    U.N. reform.--Months of intense negotiations have produced 
a bipartisan, bicameral U.N. reform package endorsed by the 
administration. The package has been incorporated into S. 903, 
the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1997. 
Highlights of the package include: settlement of U.N. arrears, 
a cap on both the U.N. budget and U.S. contributions to the 
United Nations; strict guidelines for U.S. involvement in U.N. 
peacekeeping operations; improved peacekeeping reimbursement 
procedures; U.N. personnel reductions; limitations on worldwide 
conferences; and improved U.N. accounting and accountability. 
The Committee welcomes this historic agreement and has made the 
availability of funding for ``Contributions to International 
Organizations,'' including $54,000,000 for U.N. arrears, 
contingent upon enactment of authorizing legislation. In 
addition, the Committee directs the Department to provide 
$17,620,000 out of funds made available in fiscal year 1997 for 
the African crises fund to partially prepay U.N. regular budget 
assessments for calender year 1997 to enhance U.S. negotiating 
leverage in the ongoing U.N. budget talks.
    Spending decreases.--The recommendation assumes exchange 
rate savings due to the continuing strength of the U.S. dollar, 
savings realized from withdrawal from the Organization for 
Economic Cooperation and Development [OECD] development center 
and the Interparliamentary Union, and savings attributable to 
unneeded dues for the International Seabed Authority and the 
International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea, neither of which 
is expected to begin operations before fiscal year 1999.
    Overseas real estate.--The State Department anticipates 
overseas real property sales of $180,000,000 in fiscal year 
1997, a more than twentyfold increase over fiscal year 1996. 
Another $136,000,000 in sales is anticipated in fiscal year 
1998. The Committee is anxious to see State reach these 
targets, because shortfalls will force the Committee to 
transfer funds from the ``Contributions to international 
organizations'' account to the ``Security and maintenance of 
U.S. missions'' account on a dollar-for-dollar basis to cover 
desperately needed facility repair costs.

        Contributions For International Peacekeeping Activities

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $352,400,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     286,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     200,320,000

    The Committee recommends $200,320,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for U.S. payments for contributions for international 
peacekeeping activities, including arrearages. The 
recommendation is $152,080,000 below the fiscal year 1997 
appropriation and $85,680,000, below the fiscal year 1998 
request. The recommendation is $45,680,000 below the 
authorization.
    U.N. reform.--The Committee recommendation includes 
$46,000,000 for arrears. In keeping with the aforementioned 
U.N. reform package, the availability of funding for 
contributions for international peacekeeping activities is 
subject to enactment of authorizing legislation.
    War crimes.--The Committee recommendation includes 
$10,120,000 for the Yugoslavia and Rwanda war crimes tribunals. 
In addition, the Committee directs the Department to provide 
$2,380,000 out of funds made available in fiscal year 1997 for 
the African crises fund to partially prepay war crime tribunal 
assessments for calender year 1997 as a demonstration of U.S. 
commitment to the prosecution of war crimes.
    Spending decreases.--The crises in Afghanistan, Liberia, 
and the Great Lakes region of Africa have not developed to the 
degree feared or have concluded more rapidly than expected. 
Therefore, no new funds are provided for these contingencies.

              International Conferences And Contingencies

Appropriations, 1997....................................................
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      $4,941,000
Committee recommendation................................................

    The Committee does not recommend separate funding to 
finance the U.S. participation in multilateral 
intergovernmental conferences and contributions to new or 
provisional international organizations for fiscal year 1998. 
The Committee recommendation continues language under the 
``Contributions to international organizations'' account to 
allow the transfer of up to $10,000,000 to this account for the 
purpose of providing such funds.

                       International Commissions

 International Boundary And Water Commission, United States And Mexico

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $21,953,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      24,953,000
Committee recommendation................................      24,663,000

    The Committee recommends $24,663,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for the International Boundary and Water Commission, United 
States and Mexico [IBWC]. The recommendation is $2,710,000 
above the current fiscal year and $290,000 below the fiscal 
year 1998 request. The recommendation is identical to the 
authorization. The total amount provided includes $18,200,000 
for salaries and expenses and $6,463,000 for construction.

                         Salaries and Expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $15,490,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      18,490,000
Committee recommendation................................      18,200,000

    The Committee recommends $18,200,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for the ``Salaries and expenses'' account. The recommendation 
is $2,710,000 above the fiscal year 1997 appropriation and 
$290,000 below the fiscal year 1998 request. The recommendation 
is identical to the authorization.

                              Construction

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $6,463,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       6,463,000
Committee recommendation................................       6,463,000

    The Committee recommends $6,463,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for construction. The recommendation is identical to the fiscal 
year 1997 appropriation, the fiscal year 1998 request, and the 
fiscal year 1998 authorization.
    Funds are provided for several projects along the United 
States-Mexican border, as requested, including the American 
Canal extension ($4,038,000); the Rio Grande canalization 
project ($1,000,000); the Colorado River project ($1,000,000); 
and facilities renovation projects ($425,000).

              American Sections, International Commissions

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $5,490,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       5,660,000
Committee recommendation................................       5,010,000

    The Committee recommends $5,010,000 for fiscal year 1998 to 
fund the U.S. share of expenses of the International Boundary 
Commission [IBC], the International Joint Commission [IJC], the 
Border Environment Cooperation Commission [BECC], and the 
Bering Straits Commission [BSC]. The recommendation is $480,000 
below the fiscal year 1997 appropriation and $650,000 below the 
fiscal year 1998 request. The recommendation is identical to 
the authorization, and includes $785,000 for the IBC, 
$3,225,000 for the IJC, $960,000 for the BECC, and $40,000 for 
a grant for the BSC.

                  International Fisheries Commissions

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $14,549,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      14,549,000
Committee recommendation................................      14,549,000

    The Committee recommends $14,549,000 for fiscal year 1998 
to fund the U.S. share of the expenses of international 
fisheries commissions; participation in the International 
Council for the Exploration of the Sea; participation in the 
North Pacific Marine Sciences Organization; travel expenses of 
the U.S. commissioners and their advisors; and salaries of non-
Government employees of the Pacific Salmon Commission for days 
actually worked as commissioners and panel members and 
alternates. The recommendation is identical to the fiscal year 
1997 appropriation and the fiscal year 1998 request. The 
recommendation provides $8,353,000 for the Great Lakes Fishery 
Commission, as requested, including $7,724,000 for the sea 
lamprey operations and research program.

                                 Other

                     Payment To The Asia Foundation

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $8,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       8,000,000
Committee recommendation................................       5,000,000

    The Committee recommends $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for the Asia Foundation. The recommendation is $3,000,000 less 
than the fiscal year 1997 appropriation, the fiscal year 1998 
request, and the fiscal year 1998 authorization.
    The Asia Foundation is a nongovernmental grantmaking 
organization that supports democratization in Asia. Congress 
has repeatedly urged the foundation to aggressively pursue 
private funds to support its activities.

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                  Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

                Arms Control And Disarmament Activities

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $41,500,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      46,200,000
Committee recommendation................................      32,613,000

    The Arms Control and Disarmament Agency [ACDA] advises and 
assists the President, the National Security Council, the 
Secretary of State, and other senior Government officials on 
arms control matters. On April 18, 1997, the White House 
announced that ACDA would be merged with the State Department 
within 1 year.
    The Committee recommends $32,613,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for ACDA. The recommendation is $8,887,000 below the fiscal 
year 1997 appropriation and $13,587,000 below the fiscal year 
1998 request. The recommendation is $6,387,000 below the 
authorization.
    The imminent absorption of ACDA into the State Department 
eliminates the need for reimbursable detailees. The Committee 
has adjusted the request by ACDA accordingly.

                        U.S. Information Agency

Appropriations, 1997....................................  $1,059,410,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................   1,077,788,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,057,527,000

    The Committee recommends $1,057,527,000 for fiscal year 
1998 for the U.S. Information Agency [USIA] to carry out the 
information, educational, and cultural exchange activities of 
the Agency and international broadcasting operations. The 
recommendation also provides for the requested appropriation of 
interest and earnings on the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship 
Program Trust Fund and the Israeli-Arab Scholarship Endowment 
Fund. On April 18, 1997, the White House announced that USIA 
would be merged with the State Department within 2 years.
    The recommendation is $1,883,000 below the fiscal year 1997 
appropriation and $20,261,000 below the fiscal year 1998 
request. The recommendation is $18,593,000 below the 
authorization.
    The Committee notes that the fall of the Berlin wall has 
had a dramatic impact on this Agency. Since 1994 USIA has 
eliminated 2,994 Federal and grantee positions, including 128 
positions proposed for elimination in fiscal year 1998. The 
details of the Committee's recommendations for the nine USIA 
accounts are outlined in the following paragraphs. These 
recommendations are at or below the authorization levels 
contained in S. 903, the Foreign Affairs Reform and 
Restructuring Act of 1997, with exceptions noted.

                   International Information Programs

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $441,375,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     434,097,000
Committee recommendation................................     427,097,000

    The Committee recommends $427,097,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for international information programs. The recommendation is 
$14,278,000 below the fiscal year 1997 appropriation and 
$7,000,000 below the fiscal year 1998 request. The 
recommendation is identical to the authorization.
    The Committee understands that favorable exchange rates 
have reduced funding requirements in this account by roughly 
$6,000,000. The Committee recommendation assumes that the 
balance of the reduction will come out of foreign national 
employee compensation and benefits, under the West European and 
Canadian program.
    The Committee recommendation includes the following 
limitations on the use of funds which have been carried in the 
bill in previous years: (1) $700,000 for temporary employees; 
(2) $25,000 for entertainment, including official receptions, 
as authorized by law; (3) $1,400,000 for representation abroad 
as authorized by law; (4) $6,000,000 to remain available until 
expended, in fees credited to this appropriation which are 
received in connection with English teaching, library, motion 
pictures, and publication programs as authorized by law; and 
(5) $920,000 to remain available until expended to carry out 
projects involving security construction and related 
improvements for agency facilities not physically located 
together with State Department facilities abroad.

                            Technology Fund

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $5,050,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       7,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      10,000,000

    This account helps to modernize USIA's nonbroadcasting 
computer and telecommunications infrastructure. This account 
largely replaces an investment strategy that had relied heavily 
on available yearend funds.
    The Committee recommends $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for the technology fund. The recommendation is $4,950,000 above 
the fiscal year 1997 appropriation and $3,000,000 above the 
fiscal year 1998 request. The recommendation is $4,950,000 
above the authorization and matches fiscal year 1998 unfunded 
requirements for computer hardware and software. The funding 
increase is intended to increase efficiency and productivity as 
a means of compensating for sharp, and continuing, reductions 
in agency manning.

               Educational And Cultural Exchange Programs

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $185,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     197,731,000
Committee recommendation................................     200,000,000

    The Committee recommends $200,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for educational and cultural exchange programs. The 
recommendation is $15,000,000 above the fiscal year 1997 
appropriation and $2,269,000 above the fiscal year 1998 
request. The recommendation is identical to the authorization.
    The Committee notes that for fiscal year 1998, funding for 
exchange programs in the New Independent States [NIS] of the 
former Soviet Union is provided under the Foreign Operations 
appropriations bill.
    The Committee recommends that the following be made 
available out of the funds provided in this account: 
$99,236,000 for the Fulbright Program; $5,739,000 for other 
academic programs, including study of the United States, 
student advising and student services, and English language 
programs; $59,015,000 for international visitor and citizen 
exchanges; and $1,253,000 for cultural programs.
    The Committee further recommends that the following be made 
available out of the funds provided in this account for the 
following exchange programs, and only the following exchange 
programs: Muskie ($6,000,000); Humphrey ($5,000,000); and 
Mansfield ($2,172,000) fellowships; Irish Management Center 
($1,000,000); United States-Mexico Conflict Resolution Center 
($500,000), and Institute for Representative Government 
($400,000).
    The Committee is aware of at least one nongovernmental 
exchange program currently receiving Federal funds with an 
astonishing 42 percent overhead rate. Funds for nongovernmental 
exchange programs may only be released upon certification by 
the U.S. Information Agency to the Committees on Appropriations 
that overhead costs account for no more than 15 percent of the 
total budget of a given exchange program. The Committee expects 
the certification process to be completed not later than 
December 31, 1997.
    Governmentwide review of exchanges.--In 1995, the latest 
year for which complete data is available, 39 U.S. Government 
departments and agencies contributed more than $2,400,000,000 
to support foreign exchange and training programs. Tight 
budgetary constraints necessitate a thorough review of these 
activities to both eliminate duplication and overlap and ensure 
cost-effective, coordinated Federal support of exchanges. As 
requested by the administration, the Committee recommends 
$565,000 to establish and staff the Office of the U.S. 
Government Exchange and Training Coordination.
    Finally, within the total amount of funding provided, 
$19,685,000 is recommended for exchange support activities as 
requested by the administration. This amount includes the 
aforementioned Exchange and Training Coordination Office.

                 Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program

           Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund

Appropriations, 1997....................................        $600,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................         600,000
Committee recommendation................................         570,000

    The Committee recommends $570,000 for an appropriation of 
interest and earnings in the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship 
Program Trust Fund, authorized by the Eisenhower Exchange 
Fellowship Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-454). The recommendation 
is $30,000 below the fiscal year 1997 appropriation, the fiscal 
year 1998 request, and the authorization and reflects a refined 
estimate of interest and earnings available for fiscal year 
1998. The Committee recommendation also assumes carryover of 
$7,000.
    The Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 authorized a 
permanent endowment for the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship 
Program. The act established the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship 
Program Trust Fund in the U.S. Treasury for these purposes. A 
total of $7,500,000 has been provided to establish a permanent 
endowment for the program, from which interest and earnings in 
the fund are appropriated to Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, 
Inc.

                    Israeli-Arab Scholarship Program

Appropriations, 1997....................................        $400,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................         400,000
Committee recommendation................................         400,000

    The Committee recommends language in the accompanying bill 
which will appropriate interest and earnings of the Israeli-
Arab Scholarship Endowment Fund totaling $400,000. The 
recommendation is identical to the fiscal year 1997 
appropriation, the fiscal year 1998 request, and the 
authorization.
    A permanent endowment of $4,978,500 for the fund was 
established in fiscal year 1992 with funds made available to 
the U.S. Information Agency under section 556(b) of the Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 1990, as amended. The income from the 
endowment is to be used for a program of scholarships for 
Israeli-Arabs to attend institutions of higher education in the 
United States.

                 International Broadcasting Operations

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $325,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     344,655,000
Committee recommendation................................     339,655,000

    The Committee recommends $339,655,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for U.S. international broadcasting operations. Since the 
Committee rejects the proposal in the budget request to fund 
broadcasting to Cuba within this account, the figures listed 
above represent funding levels for non-Cuba broadcasting 
operations. The recommendation is $12,655,000 above the fiscal 
year 1997 appropriation and $5,000,000 below the fiscal year 
1998 request. The recommendation is $5,000,000 below the 
authorization. The recommendation assumes exchange rate 
savings.
    Radio Free Asia.--Within available resources, the Committee 
recommendation provides $20,000,000 for Radio Free Asia.
    Targeting State sponsors of terrorism.--Within the funds 
provided for international broadcasting operations, $5,000,000 
is included to continue funding for programming targeted at 
countries the United States currently lists as sponsors of 
terrorism: Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, and 
Syria, as well as countries where American citizens and 
property are threatened by acts of terrorism. Not less than 
$2,000,000 shall be used to develop a Farsi-language surrogate 
broadcasting service to Iran.
    Advertising.--The Committee recommendation provides no 
funds for audience research. Audience research should be funded 
out of the proceeds of sales of advertising air time.
    The bill language continues several provisions repeated in 
the request: (1) not to exceed $1,000,000 of these funds shall 
remain available until expended; (2) not to exceed $90,000 may 
be used for official receptions and representation in the 
United States and abroad; and (3) that $250,000 in authorized 
fees can remain available until expended. One new provision 
ties the release of funds to advertising sales.

                          Broadcasting To Cuba

Appropriations, 1967....................................     $25,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      22,095,000
Committee recommendation................................      22,095,000

    The Committee recommends $22,095,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for broadcasting to Cuba. The recommendation is $2,905,000 
below the fiscal year 1997 appropriation and identical to the 
fiscal year 1998 request. The recommendation is identical to 
the authorization.

                           Radio Construction

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $35,490,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      32,710,000
Committee recommendation................................      32,710,000

    The Committee recommends $32,710,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for radio construction. The recommendation is $2,780,000 below 
the fiscal year 1997 appropriation and identical to the fiscal 
year 1998 request. The recommendation is $5,000,000 below the 
authorization.
    The recommendation is intended to provide funding for 
necessary maintenance, improvements, replacements, and repairs; 
satellite and terrestrial program feeds; and engineering 
support activities, broadcast facility leases, and land 
rentals.

                            East-West Center

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $10,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       7,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      22,000,000

    The Committee recommends $22,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for the East-West Center. The recommendation is $12,000,000 
above the fiscal year 1997 appropriation and $15,000,000 above 
the fiscal year 1998 request. The recommendation is $12,000,000 
above the authorization.

                           North/South Center

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $1,495,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       1,500,000
Committee recommendation................................       3,000,000

    The Committee recommends $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for the North/South Center. The recommendation is $1,505,000 
above the fiscal year 1997 appropriation and $1,500,000 above 
the fiscal year 1998 request. The recommendation is $7,000,000 
below the authorization.

                    National Endowment For Democracy

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $30,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      30,000,000
Committee recommendation................................................

    The Committee does not recommend funding for fiscal year 
1998 for the National Endowment for Democracy [NED]. The 
recommendation is $30,000,000 below the fiscal year 1997 
appropriation, the fiscal year 1998 request, and the 
authorization.
    The NED was originally established in 1984 during the days 
of the cold war as a public-private partnership to promote 
democratic movements behind the Iron Curtain. Limited U.S. 
Government funds were viewed as a way to help leverage private 
contributions, and were never envisioned as NED's sole or major 
source of continuing funds. Since the cold war is over, the 
Committee believes that the time has come to eliminate Federal 
funding for this program.

      General Provisions--Department of State and Related Agencies

    The Committee recommends the following general provisions 
included in the previous appropriations act:
    Section 401 of the bill permits funds appropriated in this 
act for the Department of State to be available 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 5 U.S.C. 1343(b).
    Section 402 of the bill permits up to 5 percent of any 
appropriation made available in the bill for the Department of 
State and the U.S. Information Agency to be transferred between 
their respective appropriations. The language also provides 
that no appropriation shall be decreased by more than 5 percent 
or increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfer. In 
addition, the language provides that any transfer pursuant to 
this subsection shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds 
under section 605 of the accompanying bill and shall not be 
available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 
with the procedures set forth in that section.
    Section 403 provides that funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under this act, or any other act, may be 
expended for compensation of the United States Commissioner of 
the International Boundary Commission, United States and 
Canada, only for actual hours worked by such Commissioner.
    Section 404 waives through September 30, 1998, provisions 
of existing law that require authorizations to be in place for 
State Department, U.S. Information Agency, including 
international broadcasting operations, and Arms Control and 
Disarmament Agency activities prior to the expenditure of any 
appropriated funds.
    Section 405 provides that any personnel costs incurred by 
any Department or agency funded under this title as a result of 
funding reductions be absorbed within the total budgetary 
resources available to the Department or agency. In addition, 
this section grants any Department or agency funded under this 
title the authority to transfer funds between appropriations 
accounts for these personnel costs subject to standard 
reprogramming procedures.
    Section 406 continues, with modifications, language 
regarding Vietnam.
    Section 407 implements the International Cooperative 
Administrative Support Services Program.
    Section 408 matches resources to commitments with regard to 
membership in international organizations.
    Section 409 imposes, prospectively, a revolving door 
restriction on Mansfield fellows.

                       TITLE V--RELATED AGENCIES

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                        Maritime Administration

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $159,900,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     161,400,000
Committee recommendation................................     137,000,000

    The Maritime Administration [MarAd] in the Department of 
Transportation is responsible for administering several 
programs for the maritime industry relating to U.S. foreign and 
domestic commerce, and for national defense purposes.
    The Committee recommendation provides a total of 
$137,000,000 for the Maritime Administration for fiscal year 
1998. The Committee's recommendations for specific accounts 
within the Maritime Administration are described in more detail 
below.

                    Operating-Differential Subsidies

            (Appropriation to Liquidate Contract Authority)

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $148,430,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     135,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     135,000,000

    The Committee recommends $135,000,000 for payment of 
obligations incurred for operating-differential subsidies of 
American flag vessels. This amount is identical to MarAd's 
budget request. Since the submission of the fiscal year 1998 
budget, MarAd has determined that the subsidy program will have 
a carryover of fiscal year 1997 funds totaling $56,600,000. The 
agency has determined that requirements in fiscal year 1998 
will be $51,000,000 and not the $135,000,000 reflected in the 
fiscal year 1998 request. The Committee expects MarAd to use 
carryover funds in fiscal year 1998 for these subsidies, and 
provides $22,427,00 to meet program requirements. This amount 
does not score against the Committee's 602(b) allocation for 
budget authority or outlays. The Committee is providing for 
liquidation of subsidy contracts that will be expiring within 
the next 4 years.

                       Maritime Security Program

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $54,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      52,400,000
Committee recommendation................................      35,000,000

    The Committee recommends $35,000,000 for the new Maritime 
Security Program. The fiscal year 1998 budget request for this 
program was $52,400,000. Since the submission of the 
administration's budget request, MarAd has advised the 
Committee the program will not need $19,000,000 of the funds 
requested in fiscal year 1998. Several carriers expected to 
participate in the program are not yet eligible, either because 
of efforts to reflag vessels or because their ships are still 
participating in the operating differential subsidy program. 
The Committee was advised that the program was expected to 
require no more than $35,000,000 in fiscal year 1998.

                        Operations And Training

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $65,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      70,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      69,000,000

    This account funds operations of the Maritime 
Administration [MarAd], the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, and 
provides grants to State maritime academies.
    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $69,000,000 to 
fund programs under this account. This amount is a reduction of 
$1,000,000 from the budget request.
    The Committee recommendation includes $41,498,000 for the 
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and State maritime schools. Of 
this amount $31,939,000 is for the U.S. Merchant Marine 
Academy, with the remainder being used for the support of State 
maritime schools and the federally owned training ships 
assigned to each of these institutions. The Committee is aware 
that the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy has deferred maintenance 
on its physical plant, and has provided funds for this purpose. 
The General Accounting Office [GAO] advised the Committee that 
MarAd should consider implementing greater internal controls on 
expenditures used to repair and maintain maritime school ships. 
The Committee directs MarAd to keep primary records documenting 
the cost of all repairs and routine maintenance on these ships 
and to question any deficient work performed on these ships by 
contractors. The ships are federally owned and maintained; 
thus, they are a Federal responsibility. The appropriations in 
this section include $27,500,000 for MarAd administration and 
operations. This represents a freeze at the fiscal year 1997 
level for MarAd's operations.
    The accompanying bill includes no funds for the Ready 
Reserve Force [RRF] for fiscal year 1998. In fiscal year 1996 
funding for this account was transferred to the Department of 
Defense. Management of the program remains with MarAd, and the 
agency is reimbursed by the Department of Defense for its 
services. These reimbursements are reflected in MarAd's 
``Vessel operations revolving fund'' account.

                    Maritime Guaranteed Loan Program

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $40,900,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      39,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      33,000,000

    The Maritime Guaranteed Loan Program (title XI) provides 
subsidies for guaranteed loans for purchasers of vessels built 
in U.S. shipyards.
    The Committee is providing $33,000,000 for the Maritime 
Guaranteed Loan Program for fiscal year 1998, which is 
$6,000,000 below the request and $7,900,000 below the fiscal 
year 1997 appropriation. MarAd advised the Committee on July 1, 
1997, that it anticipated having a fiscal year 1997 carryover 
balance of $34,854,000 in this account. This carryover, plus 
the amount the Committee provides in fiscal year 1998 will fund 
this program at a level of $63,854,000. The Committee has 
provided $4,000,000 for administrative expenses in order to 
allow the program to obligate its remaining unexpended 
balances.

                       Administrative Provisions

    The bill includes several administrative provisions 
involving Government property controlled by MarAd, the 
accounting for certain funds received by MarAd, and a 
prohibition on obligations from the MarAd construction fund. 
These provisions have been carried in appropriations acts for 
the Maritime Administration for several years.

      Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad

                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................        $206,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................         206,000
Committee recommendation................................         206,000

    The Committee recommends $206,000 for the expenses of the 
Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad. 
This amount is the same as the budget request and the fiscal 
year 1997 funding level. The recommendation will allow the 
Commission to fund its administrative expenses through 
appropriated funds while relying on privately donated funds for 
the actual purchase and restoration of property.
    The purpose of the Commission is to encourage the 
preservation of cemeteries, monuments, and historic buildings 
associated with the foreign heritage of the American people.

        Commission on the Advancement of Federal Law Enforcement

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $2,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................................
Committee recommendation................................................

    The Committee does not recommend any funding for the 
expenses of the Commission on the Advancement of Federal Law 
Enforcement. The purpose of the Commission is to review, 
ascertain, evaluate, report, and recommend action on matters 
relating to Federal law enforcement. The Committee provided 
$2,000,000 for this effort in the fiscal year 1997 supplemental 
appropriation.

                       Commission on Civil Rights

                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $8,740,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      11,000,000
Committee recommendation................................       8,740,000

    The Committee recommends $8,740,000 for the salaries and 
expenses of the Commission on Civil Rights. The amount 
recommended is $2,260,000 less than the budget request and the 
same as the current year appropriation.
    The Committee recommends bill language which provides: (1) 
$50,000 to employ consultants; (2) a prohibition against 
reimbursing commissioners for more than 75 billable days, with 
the exception of the Chairman, who is permitted 125 billable 
days; (3) a limitation of four full-time positions under 
schedule C of the Excepted Service exclusive of one special 
assistant for each Commissioner; and (4) a prohibition on 
hiring any additional Senior Executive Service personnel.
    The Committee notes the fiscal year 1998 budget submission 
assumes a 20-percent increase in FTE's. As in past years, the 
Committee recommends that the Commission augment its work force 
by obtaining detailees from other executive branch departments 
and agencies.

                 U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform

                         Salaries and Expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $2,196,000
Budget Request, 1998....................................         500,000
Committee recommendation................................         459,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $459,000 for 
fiscal year 1998 for the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform. 
The Committee's recommendation represents the funding needed to 
finish the work of the Commission.
    The Commission's mandate is to review and evaluate the 
impact of U.S. immigration policy and to transmit to the 
Congress a report of its findings and recommendations for 
additional changes that should be made with respect to 
immigration into the United States. The Commission must report 
to the Congress on September 30, 1997, and is slated to sunset 
on January 1, 1998.

            Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $1,090,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       1,090,000
Committee recommendation................................       1,090,000

    The Committee recommends a freeze on funding for the 
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe [Helsinki 
Commission] at fiscal year 1997 levels. This amount is the same 
as the budget request and the fiscal year 1997 funding level.
    The Helsinki Commission was established in 1976 to monitor 
compliance with the final act of the Conference on Security and 
Cooperation in Europe with particular regard to provisions 
dealing with humanitarian affairs.

                Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $239,740,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     246,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     242,000,000

    The Committee recommends $242,000,000 for the salaries and 
expenses of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission [EEOC] 
for fiscal year 1998. This amount is $4,000,000 less than the 
fiscal year 1998 request and equivalent to the fiscal year 1997 
appropriation.
    The bill also contains language included in previous 
appropriations acts allowing: (1) nonmonetary awards to private 
citizens; (2) up to $27,500,000 for payments to State and local 
agencies; and (3) up to $2,500 for official reception and 
representation expenses.
    The Committee supports the recent changes adopted by the 
EEOC to use mediation-based alternatives to resolve disputes in 
some cases and to prioritize and categorize charges based on 
new charge handling procedures. These efforts may have a 
considerable effect on the workload of the EEOC, and the 
Committee notes that the increases proposed for the EEOC were 
requested prior to the implementation of these new procedures. 
The Committee expects the EEOC to continue its examination of 
alternatives to case processing in order to decrease its 
backlog of cases and reduce the rate of incoming casework.
    The Committee is cognizant of the large backlog of cases 
before the EEOC and the EEOC's request for additional funding 
to reduce the backlog. At the same time, we are concerned that 
the Commission is allocating scarce resources to age 
discrimination cases which are already being litigated by the 
private bar. The Committee strongly urges that the Commission 
target its manpower and financial resources toward the 
prosecution of cases whose underlying facts are not the subject 
of independent litigation before the private bar.

                   Federal Communications Commission

                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $188,079,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     219,079,000
Committee recommendation................................     185,949,000

    The Committee recommends a total program level of 
$185,949,000 for the salaries and expenses of the Federal 
Communications Commission [FCC], of which $162,523,000 is to be 
derived from collection of existing section 9 fees. The 
remaining $23,426,000 would be funded from direct 
appropriations.
    The FCC is an independent agency charged with regulating 
interstate and foreign communications by means of radio, 
television, wire, cable, and satellite.
    The Committee also recommends bill language, similar to 
that included in previous appropriations acts, which allows: 
(1) up to $600,000 for land and structures; (2) up to $500,000 
for care of grounds and buildings; (3) up to $4,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses; (4) up to 
$300,000 for research and policy studies to remain available 
until September 30, 1999; (5) authority to purchase uniforms 
and acquire vehicles; (6) for funding for special counsel fees; 
(7) for the collection of $162,523,000 in section 9 fees; (8) 
for the sum appropriated to be reduced as section 9 fees are 
collected; and (9) for fees collected in excess of $162,523,000 
to be available in fiscal year 1998.
    The Committee has chosen to deny requested increases 
related to the cost of relocating the FCC headquarters into 
consolidated new space. The fiscal year 1998 request for these 
costs is $30,000,000. The Committee is concerned about the 
decision of the FCC to lease space in excess of the original 
prospectus. In addition, as of June 27, 1997, the FCC has not 
advised the Committee of the Agency's need to stay in their 
current quarters beyond December 1997. The Committee is 
concerned the new building will not be ready by that date.
    The Committee expects the FCC to issue a request for 
proposals for combinatorial bidding systems for spectrum 
auctions. The current system of conducting the auctions may 
lead to bid rigging. The FCC should investigate the feasibility 
of utilizing a combinatorial bidding system which would 
accelerate the bidding process and reduce the possibility of 
gaming.

                      Federal Maritime Commission

                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................     $14,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      14,300,000
Committee recommendation................................      14,300,000

    The Federal Maritime Commission [FMC] is an independent 
regulatory agency charged with administering several acts of 
law relating to the waterborne domestic and foreign offshore 
commerce of the United States.
    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $14,300,000 
for the salaries and expenses of the Federal Maritime 
Commission.

                        Federal Trade Commission

                         Salaries and Expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $101,930,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     108,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     108,000,000

    The Federal Trade Commission [FTC] administers a variety of 
Federal antitrust and consumer protection laws. Activities in 
the antitrust area include detection and elimination of illegal 
collusion, anticompetitive mergers, unlawful single-firm 
conduct, and injurious vertical agreements. In addressing fraud 
and other consumer concerns, the FTC regulates advertising 
practices, service industry practices, marketing practices, and 
credit practices.
    The Committee recommends total budget authority of 
$108,000,000 for the salaries and expenses of the Federal Trade 
Commission for fiscal year 1998. The recommended amount of 
budget authority is the same as the fiscal year 1998 request 
and is $6,070,000 above current year funding. Of this amount, 
$10,000,000 is to be derived from prior year unobligated fee 
collections and $70,000,000 is to be derived from current year 
offsetting fee collections from premerger filing fees under the 
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, resulting in a net direct appropriation 
of $28,000,000.
    The Committee expects the FTC to give highest priority to 
the timely review and processing of premerger notification 
filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act.
    Given the limited resources available to the Federal Trade 
Commission, it is important that appropriated Federal funds not 
be spent on duplicative regulatory activities concerning 
hospital mergers. Consequently, this provision ensures that, 
for a period of 1 year, in any instance where the Commission 
had elected to first seek injunctive relief in court, and had 
lost not only at the district court level but also the 
appellate level prior to July 9, 1997, the Commission may not 
conduct an administrative proceeding on the very same matter.
    The Committee believes that, in light of the recognition of 
the excess capacity that exists among the country's many 
hospitals and the ongoing effort to address this issue through 
appropriate consolidations, it is important that the Commission 
and others carefully examine the issues of each circumstance 
beyond the simple reduction in the number of competitors in a 
marketplace. In instances where the court has found that 
consumer welfare will be well served by a hospital merger, the 
Committee would hope that the Commission would closely examine 
their grounds for considering their merger in violation of 
antitrust laws. When such a hospital merger is consider by the 
Department of Justice, such a finding by the court stands.
    The Committee recommends bill language, similar to that 
included in previous appropriations acts, which: (1) allows for 
purchase of uniforms and hire of motor vehicles; (2) allows up 
to $2,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 
(3) allows for the collection of fees; (4) allows for the sum 
appropriated to be reduced as fees are collected; (5) allows 
fees in excess of the amount designated in the bill to be 
available in fiscal year 1998, and (6) prohibits the use of 
funds to implement section 151 of the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation Improvements Act of 1991. The Committee has 
retained bill language making funds appropriated from the 
Treasury for the FTC available until expended. This language 
change is necessary to avoid setting up a separate accounting 
system to track appropriated funds versus fee revenue.

               National Gambling Impact Study Commission

Appropriations 1997.....................................      $4,000,000
Budget estimate 1998....................................................
Committee recommendation................................................

    The Committee provided funding for the National Gambling 
Impact Study Commission in fiscal year 1997 assuming that 
legislation establishing the Commission would be enacted. The 
Commission was authorized by Public Law 104-169. The Committee 
is in receipt of a charter for the Commission dated June 15, 
1997, which was transmitted by the Chairman of the Commission. 
The Commission intends to conduct a comprehensive legal and 
factual study of the social and economic impacts of gambling. 
The Commission will report its findings to the President, 
Congress, State Governors, and native American tribal 
governments no later than 2 years after the date of its first 
meeting, which occurred on June 20, 1997.

                       Legal Services Corporation

               payment to the legal services corporation

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $283,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     340,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     300,000,000

    The Committee recommends a total of $300,000,000 for fiscal 
year 1998 for the provision of civil legal services. The 
recommendation is $17,000,000 above the fiscal year 1997 
appropriation and $40,000,000 below the fiscal year 1998 
request. The Committee recommendation includes $273,070,000 for 
basic field programs, to be used for competitively awarded 
grants and contracts, $7,911,000 for management and 
administration, $2,019,000 for the Office of the Inspector 
General, and $17,000,000 for pro se legal education 
demonstration projects focused on the unique needs of battered 
women and single mothers, particularly in inner cities, rural 
areas, and native American communities.

                       administrative provisions

    The Committee recommendation continues the administrative 
provisions contained in the fiscal year 1997 appropriations act 
(Public Law 104-208) regarding operation of this program to 
provide basic legal services to poor individuals, including 
provisions relating to distribution of funding by formula 
according to the number of poor people residing in an area, 
with adjustments for certain isolated States and territories, 
and for native American communities.
    In addition, the Committee recommendation continues all 
administrative provisions restricting the use of Legal Service 
Corporation funds. As in the past, grantees must agree not to 
engage in litigation and related activities with respect to a 
variety of matters including (1) redistricting; (2) class 
action suits; (3) representation of illegal aliens; (4) 
political activities; (5) collection of attorneys fees; (6) 
abortion; (7) prisoner litigation; (8) welfare reform; (9) 
representation of charged drug dealers during eviction 
proceedings; and (10) solicitation of clients. The Committee 
recommendation also continues the exception to the restrictions 
in a case where there is imminent threat of physical harm to 
the client or prospective client.
    The Committee recommendation also clarifies that the 
transition for cases involving attorneys fees remains in 
effect, and extends the language providing for the manner in 
which LSC grantees are audited and the manner in which they 
contract with certified public accountants for financial and 
compliance audits.
    Finally, new provisions establish recompetition and 
debarment procedures.

                        Marine Mammal Commission

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $1,189,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       1,240,000
Committee recommendation................................       1,240,000

    The recommendation provides $1,240,000 for the Marine 
Mammal Commission in fiscal year 1998. This is $51,000 above 
the fiscal year 1997 appropriation and at the level requested 
for fiscal year 1998.

                 National Bankruptcy Review Commission

Appropriations, 1997....................................        $494,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................................
Committee recommendation................................................

    The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-394) 
created the National Bankruptcy Review Commission. The 
Commission was created to investigate and study issues related 
to the Bankruptcy Code, solicit views from parties concerned 
with the operation of the bankruptcy system, evaluate 
proposals, and submit a report of its findings to the 
President, Congress, and the Chief Justice by 1997.
    The Committee has appropriated $1,494,000 to fund the 
Commission since its creation. The Commission has held 12 
meetings and 1 regional meeting. The Commission has taken 
written and oral testimony from more than 1,400 people, and 380 
people from all segments of the bankruptcy community have been 
involved in the Commission's working groups and roundtable 
discussions. The Commission is slated to issue its report by 
October 20, 1997. The Committee, therefore, is recommending no 
further funding for the Commission in fiscal year 1998.

                      Ounce of Prevention Council

Appropriations, 1997....................................        $500,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       9,000,000
Committee recommendation................................................

    The Committee does not recommend funding for the Ounce of 
Prevention Council for program coordination and grantmaking.

                   Securities and Exchange Commission

                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $305,400,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     317,412,000
Committee recommendation................................     317,412,000

    The Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC] is an 
independent agency responsible for administering many of the 
Nation's laws regulating the areas of securities and finance.
    The Committee recommendation provides total budget 
(obligational) authority of $317,412,000 for the Securities and 
Exchange Commission for fiscal year 1998. The recommended 
amount of budget authority is equal to the fiscal year 1998 
request and is $12,012,000 above fiscal year 1997 funding.
    Of the recommended operating level of $317,412,000, the 
Committee provides a direct appropriation of $35,889,000. The 
recommendation reduces the section 6(b) registration fees to a 
pro rata rate of $250 per $1,000,000 (roughly one thirty-fourth 
of 1 percent) for fiscal year 1998. In fiscal year 1997, the 
fee rate was one thirty-third of 1 percent. The recommendation 
assumes that $156,984,000 will be available as an offset this 
year from 6(b) fees. The Committee also assumes that 
$92,539,000 in offsetting fees will be available from the 
expansion to NASDAQ of the section 31 transaction fee in the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
    For fiscal year 1998, as during the current year, the 
Committee continues to emphasize the importance of the Office 
of Economic Analysis within the Commission and expects that 
adequate funds will be provided in order to carry out these 
important functions. The Committee recommends bill language, 
similar to that included in previous appropriations acts, 
which: (1) allows for the rental of space; (2) makes up to 
$3,000 available for official reception and representation 
expenses; (3) makes up to $10,000 available for a permanent 
secretariat for the International Organization of Securities 
Commissions; and (4) makes up to $100,000 available for 
expenses of meetings and consultations with foreign 
governmental and regulatory officials.
    The Committee remains concerned about fraud occurring 
during stock transactions on the Internet. The Committee 
directs the Commission to report on its efforts to protect 
investors from Internet fraud. The report should be provided no 
later than February 1, 1998.
    Diversification program.--The Committee is concerned that 
assets in mutual fund portfolios have more than tripled since 
1990 to over $3,300,000,000,000. These assets now exceed 
commercial bank deposits. The total market value of U.S. stocks 
has risen from $3,100,000,000,000 in 1990 to $7,100,000,000,000 
in 1996. The Committee believes that investor education 
regarding the securities market is important. Therefore, the 
Committee directs the SEC to provide a program to inform 
investors of the risks and rewards of the market, including the 
need for diversification. The program should be in place by May 
1, 1998.
    Government Performance and Results Act [GPRA].--The 
Committee has received the SEC's strategic plan. The Committee 
commends the Commission for its effort in constructing such a 
plan. The Committee is concerned that the plan may not 
influence the determination of achievements within programs. 
The Committee acknowledges that it is very difficult for a 
regulatory agency to qualify its goals.

                     Small Business Administration

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $852,417,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     700,635,000
Committee recommendation................................     708,632,000

    The Small Business Administration [SBA] is an independent 
agency created in 1953 to administer a group of Federal 
programs and policies focused on the Nation's small businesses.
    The Committee recommends total funding of $708,632,000 for 
the Small Business Administration. This amount is a decrease of 
$143,785,000 from the fiscal year 1997 enacted amount and is an 
increase of $7,997,000 over the budget request. This amount is 
distributed among the five SBA appropriation accounts as 
described below. In general, the Committee is concerned about 
the ability of the SBA to manage its financial programs. In 
particular, the Committee is concerned about the failure of the 
agency to detect a significant error in the subsidy rate for 
the 7(a) program, which was discovered by the General 
Accounting Office.

                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $235,047,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     246,100,000
Committee recommendation................................     246,100,000

    The Committee recommendation provides a direct 
appropriation of $246,100,000 for the salaries and expenses of 
the Small Business Administration. This amount is $11,053,000 
above the fiscal year 1997 appropriation and is identical to 
the fiscal year 1998 budget request. The Committee expects the 
agency, with the exception of the Disaster Loan Program, to 
reduce its travel by 50 percent. The Committee recommendation 
includes requested language authorizing $3,500 for official 
reception and representation expenses and language authorizing 
SBA to charge fees to cover the cost of publications and 
certain loan servicing activities.
    The funding provided under this account for salaries and 
expenses assumes continued funding for the SBA Office of 
Advocacy, and includes the requested $700,000 increase for 
fiscal year 1998. The Committee recommendation provides 
$75,800,000 for fiscal year 1998 for small business development 
centers [SBDC's]. SBDC's provide essential services to small 
and startup companies. Under the current funding formula, 
however, States with small populations are not receiving 
adequate funding for their centers. The Committee recommends 
providing each State with a minimum of $500,000 by directing 
the SBA to calculate the base SBDC funding and those States 
receiving less than $500,000 receive an allocation to reach 
this funding level in fiscal year 1998. The Committee does not 
accept the administration's proposed plan to require the SBDC's 
to charge additional fees for their services. Of the funds made 
available to SBDC's, the Committee recommends $35,000 to the 
Vermont SBDC to conduct a pilot project for a study of the 
current state of commerce on the Internet. The bill provides 
the requested increase of $3,500,000 for the Service Corps of 
Retired Executives [SCORE]. The Committee recommends funding 
the Women's Business Center Program at the requested level. The 
Committee also recommends funding the National Women's Business 
Council at $600,000. Of these funds, $400,000 will be used for 
operation of the council and $200,000 to carry out two Federal 
procurement research projects. From the amount provided for the 
women's demonstration program, SBA should consider funding a 
demonstration project in Vermont with the Northern New England 
Tradeswoman, Inc. Finally, an additional $2,000,000 is 
recommended by the Committee for the defense economic 
transition program.
    The Committee does not recommend the following increases: 
$1,912,000 to hire 32 full-time equivalent employees for field 
office processing of LowDoc applications; $600,000 for 
expansion of the U.S. export assistance centers; and $600,000 
for export express financing.
    The Committee recommends providing $8,000,000 to assist the 
agency in its efforts to improve its ability to track and 
manage its loan portfolios. The agency should keep the 
Committee apprised of its efforts to improve these systems. 
There are several agencies with expertise in managing similar 
data, notably the Federal National Mortgage Association, who 
should be consulted by the SBA during its efforts to improve 
its systems. The Committee would be willing to receive a 
reprogramming from the agency during fiscal year 1998 for 
additional funds the agency believes it may need for this 
purpose. In addition, the Committee is willing to entertain a 
reprogramming for the regional regulatory fairness boards at a 
later date. The Committee wishes to review the agency's plans 
for the implementation of these boards before approving the 
requested $500,000 to fund them.
    Also, within available resources, the Committee recommends 
providing $2,500,000 to administer the HUBZone program. The 
program provides Federal contracting preferences to small 
businesses that are located in economically distressed areas 
and employ a significant portion of their work force from these 
areas.
    The Committee is concerned about the SBA's plans to 
redirect congressional intent with regard to the 7(j) program. 
This program was developed to make available to minorities 
quality business education opportunities, particularly at the 
graduate level. This year's budget request would turn the 
program into a short-term technical training program. The 
Committee recommends rejection of the increase of $6,600,000 
over the fiscal year 1997 level for the 7(j) program for this 
purpose. Further, the Committee has included language in the 
bill to prohibit any redirection of the 7(j) program during 
fiscal year 1998. The Committee has included bill language 
providing $16,500,000 for the microloan technical assistance 
grants.

                      Office Of Inspector General

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $9,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................      10,600,000
Committee recommendation................................      10,600,000

    The Committee recommends $10,600,000 for the Office of 
Inspector General of the Small Business Administration. This 
amount is a $1,600,000 increase over current funding. The 
Committee in fiscal year 1997 directed the SBA to increase its 
efforts to use private sector lenders for the processing, 
servicing, and liquidation of SBA loans. The Committee expects 
the inspector general to carefully monitor the outsourcing of 
SBA loan servicing activities. The Committee also expects the 
inspector general to continue oversight of the disaster loan 
program.

                     Business Loans Program Account

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $277,708,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     267,235,000
Committee recommendation................................     275,232,000

    The Committee recommends $275,232,000 for the business 
loans program account for guaranteed business loans, including 
$94,000,000 for administrative expenses related to this 
account. The amount provided for administrative expenses may be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for SBA 
salaries and expenses to cover the common overhead expenses 
associated with business loans.
    As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, the 
Congress is required to appropriate an amount sufficient to 
cover the estimated losses associated with all direct loan 
obligations and loan guarantee commitments made in fiscal year 
1997, as well as the administrative expenses of the loans. The 
subsidy amounts are estimated on a net present value basis and 
the administrative expenses are estimated on a cash basis.
    Business loan guarantees.--For business loan guarantees, 
the Committee recommends a total of $181,232,000 for fiscal 
year 1998. For the 7(a) program, the Committee recommends a 
total of $161,000,000, which is $8,000,000 above the request 
for fiscal year 1998. The Committee expects the fiscal year 
1997 carryover in this program of $8,700,000 to be used, making 
a total of $169,700,000 available in fiscal year 1998. This 
funding supports a program level of $8,756,000. The Committee 
assumes these funds will be available at the current program 
subsidy rate of 1.93 percent.
    The Committee was told repeatedly during fiscal year 1997 
that there was no shortage of funds for the 7(a) program. 
Reports had reached the Committee in February that the SBA was 
advising 7(a) lenders that the program would not have enough 
funds for the year. In April and in May 1997, the Committee was 
told there was a run on the bank after lenders were told a cap 
would have to be placed on fund availability for the remainder 
of the fiscal year. The General Accounting Office reviewed the 
SBA's subsidy models, and on June 2, 1997, advised the agency 
of an error in the model which went undetected by SBA and the 
Office of Management and Budget. The correction of the error 
resulted in a significantly lower subsidy rate, 1.93 percent 
instead of 2.54 percent. This lower subsidy rate made more 
funds available in fiscal year 1997. Consistent with the 
President's budget request, the Committee is not appropriating 
new funding for the section 504 loan program in fiscal year 
1998.
    The Committee recommends the requested level of $8,700,000 
for the Small Business Investment Company [SBIC] debenture 
guarantees, which will provide a program level of $376,200,000 
in fiscal year 1998. The Committee also recommends $11,600,000 
for SBIC participating securities, which provides a program 
level of $455,900,000 in fiscal year 1998. The Committee is 
aware of recently reported legislation which would permit the 
SBA to sell 5-year commitments for leverage to the SBIC's. This 
5-year commitment is not possible under current law. In the 
event this legislation passes Congress and is enacted, the 
Committee recommends using $3,900,000 in fiscal year 1997 SBIC 
carryover money to establish this new program.
    The Committee recommends no new appropriation for the 
microloan direct and microloan guarantee programs for fiscal 
year 1998.

                     Disaster Loans Program Account

Appropriations, 1997....................................    $326,932,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................     173,200,000
Committee recommendation................................     173,200,000

    The appropriations request for fiscal year 1998 contained 
no request for new direct appropriations for the disaster loan 
program account. The agency believes sufficient funds are 
available from fiscal year 1997 to provide assistance under 
this program for fiscal year 1998. The funding in the budget 
estimate and the Committee's recommendation is carried over 
from fiscal year 1997. The Committee is concerned the program 
will not be able to sustain itself throughout fiscal year 1998. 
The Committee expects to be notified promptly if the agency 
finds the program needs more funding to meet the public's 
needs. It is the Committee's hope that the agency will not 
require supplemental appropriations for this purpose.

                 Surety Bond Guarantees Revolving Fund

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $3,730,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       3,500,000
Committee recommendation................................       3,500,000

    Under the Surety Bond Guarantees Program, the Small 
Business Administration guarantees a portion of the losses 
sustained by a surety company as a result of the issuance of a 
bid, payment, and/or performance bond to a small business 
concern.
    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,500,000 for 
additional capital for the surety bond guarantees revolving 
fund. This amount is equal to the budget request, but is 
$230,000 below the amount provided for fiscal year 1997. The 
Committee recommendation assumes enactment of proposed 
legislation that will reduce costs associated with this 
program, resulting in a funding level of $1,672,000 for the 
surety bond program.

                       Administrative Provisions

    The Committee believes the Small Business Administration 
has failed to heed the Committee's directive regarding 
reprogrammings. The Committee wishes to underscore the 
reprogramming requirements outlined in section 605. This 
recommendation includes an administrative provision in the bill 
language, as in last year's bill, providing the authority to 
transfer funds between the Small Business Administration's 
appropriations accounts. The language provides that no account 
may be decreased by more than 5 percent or increased by more 
than 10 percent. The language also makes the transfers subject 
to the Committee's standard reprogramming procedures. In 
addition, a reprogramming notification is required in any 
proposed organization, whether or not funding transfers will be 
associated with the proposed reorganization.
    The Committee recommendation includes an administrative 
provision in the bill language, as in last year's bill, 
providing the authority to transfer funds between the Small 
Business Administration's appropriations accounts. The language 
provides that no account may be decreased by more than 5 
percent or increased by more than 10 percent. The language also 
makes the transfers subject to the Committee's standard 
reprogramming procedures.
    The Committee recommends bill language that amends the 
Small Business Act to expand eligibility under the SBA's 
procurement assistance programs. All businesses that are 
located in and employ individuals from economically 
disadvantaged areas would now be able to participate in the 
section 8(a) and 8(d) programs.
    The Committee believes the Small Business Administration 
has failed to heed the Committee's directive regarding 
reprogrammings. The Committee wishes to underscore the 
reprogramming requirements outlined in section 605. This 
recommendation includes an administrative provision in the bill 
language, as in last year's bill, providing the authority to 
transfer funds between the Small Business Administration's 
appropriations accounts. The language provides that no account 
may be decreased by more than 5 percent or increased by more 
than 10 percent. The language also makes the transfers subject 
to the Committee's standard reprogramming procedures. In 
addition, a reprogramming notification is required in any 
proposed reorganization, whether or not funding transfers will 
be associated with the proposed reorganization.

                        State Justice Institute

                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 1997....................................      $6,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998...................................       5,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      13,550,000

    The Committee recommends $13,550,000 for fiscal year 1998 
for the State Justice Institute [SJI]. The recommendation is 
$7,550,000 above the fiscal year 1997 appropriation and 
$8,550,000 above the fiscal year 1998 request.
                      TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    The Committee recommends the following general provisions 
for the departments and agencies funded in the accompanying 
bill. Sections 601 through 611 have been included in previous 
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related 
Agencies appropriations acts.
    Section 601 prohibits any appropriation act from being used 
for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by law.
    Section 602 prohibits any appropriation contained in the 
act from remaining available for obligation beyond the current 
year unless expressly so provided.
    Section 603 provides that the expenditure for any 
appropriation contained in the act for any consulting service 
through procurement contracts 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.
    Section 604 provides that if any provision of the 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 such provisions to persons or 
circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid 
shall not be affected thereby.
    Section 605 stipulates Committee policy concerning the 
reprogramming of funds. Section 605(a) prohibits the 
reprogramming of funds which: (1) create 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 offices or 
employees; (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; 
(6) contracts out or privatizes any function or activity 
presently performed by Federal employees--unless the 
Appropriations Committees of the House and Senate are notified 
15 days in advance.
    Section 605(b) prohibits 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 due to 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 the House and Senate are notified 
15 days in advance.
    Section 606 prohibits construction, repair, overhaul, 
conversion, or modernization of NOAA ships outside of the 
United States.
    Section 607 addresses the purchase of American-made 
products.
    Section 608 prohibits funds in the bill from being used to 
implement, administer, or enforce any guidelines of the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission covering harassment based on 
religion similar to proposed guidelines published by the EEOC 
in October 1993.
    Section 609 prohibits the use of funds to provide certain 
amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system.
    Section 610 provides that any closing or downsizing costs 
incurred by a Department or agency funded under this act 
resulting from funding reductions in the act shall be absorbed 
within the budgetary resources available to the Department or 
agency. The language also provides transfer of authority 
between appropriation accounts to carry out the provision 
subject to the reprogramming procedures outlined in section 605 
of this act.
    Section 611 limits the availability of pornography to 
Federal prisoners.
                         TITLE VII--RESCISSIONS

                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

                         General Administration

                          working capital fund

                              (rescission)

    The Committee recommends a rescission of $30,310,000 from 
the unobligated balances available in the Department's working 
capital fund [WCF]. As of July 7, 1997, Department officials 
estimated that in excess of $30,310,000 of unobligated balances 
are available within the WCF.
  COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7, RULE XVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE 
                                 SENATE

    Rule XVI, paragraph 7 requires that every report on a 
general appropriation bill filed by the Committee must identify 
items of appropriation not made to carry out the provisions of 
an existing law, a treaty stipulation, or an act or resolution 
previously passed by the Senate during that session.
    The following appropriations have not been authorized 
either in whole or in part and fall under this rule:
    Title I--Department of Justice: General administration, 
salaries and expenses; administrative review and appeals, 
Office of the Inspector General; United States Parole 
Commission, salaries and expenses; general legal activities; 
National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, salaries and expenses; 
Antitrust Division, salaries and expenses; U.S. attorneys, 
salaries and expenses; Foreign Claims Settlement Commission; 
fees and expenses of witnesses; Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, salaries and expenses; Drug Enforcement 
Administration, salaries and expenses; Drug Enforcement 
Administration, construction; Immigration and Naturalization 
Service, salaries and expenses; Federal Prison System, salaries 
and expenses; Federal Prison System, building and facilities; 
Federal Prison Industries, Inc.; limitation on administrative 
expenses; Federal Prison Industries Inc.; juvenile justice 
programs; juvenile justice delinquency prevention; State and 
local law enforcement assistance block grants; and Weed and 
Seed Program.
    Title II--Department of Commerce and related agencies: 
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, salaries and expenses; 
International Trade Commission, salaries and expenses; Export 
Administration, operations and administration; International 
Trade Administration, operations and administration; economic 
development assistance programs; Patent and Trademark Office; 
National Institute of Standards and Technology, scientific and 
technical research and services; NIST industrial technology 
services; NIST construction of research facilities; National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration operations, research, 
and facilities; NOAA construction; and Minority Business 
Development Agency.
    Title IV--Department of State and related agencies: 
Diplomatic and consular services, Maui Pacific Center, salaries 
and expenses; capital investment fund; Office of Inspector 
General; representation allowances; protection of foreign 
missions and officials; security and maintenance of United 
States missions; emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular 
Service; payment to the American Institute in Taiwan; 
contributions to international organizations; contributions to 
international peacekeeping activities; international 
conferences and contingencies; International Boundary and Water 
Commission, United States and Mexico; American sections, 
international commissions (except the Border Environment 
Cooperation Commission); international fisheries commissions; 
Asia Foundation; Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; U.S. 
Information Agency, salaries and expenses; technology fund; 
educational and cultural exchange programs; international 
broadcasting operations; broadcasting to Cuba; radio 
construction; and East-West Center.
    Title V--Related agencies: Department of Transportation; 
Maritime Administration, operations and training; Commission on 
Civil Rights; Federal Communications Commission (except 
offsetting fee collections); and Securities and Exchange 
Commission.

COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7(C), RULE XXVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE 
                                 SENATE

    Pursuant to paragraph 7(c) of rule XXVI, the Committee 
ordered reported en bloc S. 1019, an original Legislative 
Branch appropriations bill and S. 1023, an original Treasury 
and General Government appropriations bill, 1998, subject to 
amendment and subject to their budget allocations, and S. 1022, 
an original Commerce-Justice-State appropriations bill, subject 
to amendment and subject to appropriate scoring, by a recorded 
vote of 28-0, a quorum being present. The vote was as follows:
        Yeas                          Nays
Chairman Stevens
Mr. Cochran
Mr. Specter
Mr. Domenici
Mr. Bond
Mr. Gorton
Mr. McConnell
Mr. Burns
Mr. Shelby
Mr. Gregg
Mr. Bennett
Mr. Campbell
Mr. Craig
Mr. Faircloth
Mrs. Hutchison
Mr. Byrd
Mr. Inouye
Mr. Hollings
Mr. Leahy
Mr. Bumpers
Mr. Lautenberg
Mr. Harkin
Ms. Mikulski
Mr. Reid
Mr. Kohl
Mrs. Murray
Mr. Dorgan
Mrs. Boxer

 COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 12, RULE XXVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE 
                                 SENATE

    Paragraph 12 of the rule XXVI requires that Committee 
reports on a bill or joint resolution repealing or amending any 
statute or part of any statute include ``(a) the text of the 
statute or part thereof which is proposed to be repealed; and 
(b) a comparative print of that part of the bill or joint 
resolution making the amendment and of the statute or part 
thereof proposed to be amended, showing by stricken-through 
type and italics, parallel columns, or other appropriate 
typographical devices the omissions and insertions which would 
be made by the bill or joint resolution if enacted in the form 
recommended by the committee.''
    In compliance with this rule, the following changes in 
existing law proposed to be made by this bill are shown as 
follows: existing law to be omitted is enclosed in black 
brackets; new matter is printed in italic; and existing law in 
which no change is proposed is shown in roman.

                    TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY

                CHAPTER 12--IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY

             SUBCHAPTER III--NATIONALITY AND NATURALIZATION

              Part II--Nationality Through Naturalization

          * * * * * * *

Sec. 1440. Naturalization through active-duty service in the Armed 
                    Forces during World War I, World War II, Korean 
                    hostilities, Vietnam hostilities, or other periods 
                    of military hostilities

(a) Requirements
          * * * * * * *
    ``(a) Waiver of Certain Requirements.--(1) Clauses (1) and 
(2) of section 329(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1440(a)) shall not apply to the naturalization of any 
person--
    ``(A) * * *
    ``[(B) who served honorably--
          [``(i) in an active-duty status under the command of 
        the United States Armed Forces in the Far East, or
          [``(ii) within the Philippine Army, the Philippine 
        Scouts, or recognized guerrilla units, at any time 
        during the period beginning September 1, 1939, and 
        ending December 31, 1946;]
                  ``(B) who--
                          ``(i) is listed on the final roster 
                        prepared by the Recovered Personnel 
                        Division of the United States Army of 
                        those who served honorably in an active 
                        duty status within the Philippine Army 
                        during the World War II occupation and 
                        liberation of the Philippines,
                          ``(ii) is listed on the final roster 
                        prepared by the Guerilla Affairs 
                        Division of the United States Army of 
                        those who received recognition as 
                        having served honorably in an active 
                        duty status within a recognized 
                        guerilla unit during the World War II 
                        occupation and liberation of the 
                        Philippines, or
                          ``(iii) served honorably in an active 
                        duty status within the Philippine 
                        Scouts or within any other component of 
                        the United States Armed Forces in the 
                        Far East (other than a component 
                        described in clause (i) or (ii)) at any 
                        time during the period beginning 
                        September 1, 1939, and ending December 
                        31, 1946:''
          * * * * * * *
    ``(2) Subject to subsection (c), in applying section 329 of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act, service described in 
paragraph (1)(B) is considered to be honorable service in an 
active-duty status in the military, air, or naval forces of the 
United States.
    ``(3)(A) For purposes of the second sentence of section 
329(a) and section 329(b)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act, the executive department under which a person served shall 
be--
          ``(i) in the case of an applicant claiming to have 
        served in the Philippine Army, the United States 
        Department of the Army;
          ``(ii) in the case of an applicant claiming to have 
        served in a recognized guerilla unit, the United States 
        Department of the Army or, in the event the Department 
        of the Army has no record of military service of such 
        applicant, the General Headquarters of the Armed Forces 
        of the Philippines; or
          ``(iii) in the case of an applicant claiming to have 
        served in the Philippine Scouts or any other component 
        of the United States Armed Forces in the Far East 
        (other than a component described in clause (i) or 
        (ii)) at any time during the period beginning September 
        1, 1939, and ending December 31, 1946, the United 
        States executive department (or successor thereto) that 
        exercised supervision over such component.
    ``(B) An executive department specified in subparagraph (A) 
may not make a determination under the second sentence of 
section 329(a) with respect to the service or separation from 
service of a person described in paragraph (1) except pursuant 
to a request from the Service.''
          * * * * * * *
    ``(d) Implementation.--(1) Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, for purposes of the naturalization of natives 
of the Philippines under this section--
          ``(A) the processing of applications for 
        naturalization, filed in accordance with the provisions 
        of this section, including necessary interviews, shall 
        be conducted in the Philippines by employees of the 
        Service designated pursuant to section 335(b) of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act; and
          ``(B) oaths of allegiance for applications for 
        naturalization under this section shall be administered 
        in the Philippines by employees of the Service 
        designated pursuant to section 335(b) of that Act.
  ``(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), applications for 
naturalization, including necessary interviews, may continue to 
be processed, and oaths of allegiance may continue to be taken 
in the United States.''
          * * * * * * *
    [``(a) Waiver.--(1) For purposes of the naturalization of 
natives of the Philippines under section 405 of the Immigration 
Act of 1990 [Pub. L. 101-649, set out below], notwithstanding 
any other provision of law--
          [``(A) the processing of applications for 
        naturalization, including necessary interviews, shall 
        be conducted in the Philippines by employees of the 
        Immigration and Naturalization Service designated 
        pursuant to section 335(b) of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act of 1952, as amended [8 U.S.C. 1446(b)]; 
        and
          [``(B) oaths of allegiance shall be taken in the 
        Philippines by employees of the Immigration and 
        Naturalization Service designated pursuant to section 
        335(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, 
        as amended.
    [``(2) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(1), applications for 
naturalization including necessary interviews may continue to 
be processed, and oaths of allegiance may continue to be taken 
in the United States.
    [``(3) The Attorney General shall prescribe such 
regulations as may be necessary to carry out this subsection.
    [``(b) Treatment of Oaths of Allegiance.--Records of oaths 
of allegiance taken in accordance with subsection (a)(1)(B) 
shall be entered in the permanent records of the Attorney 
General.
    [``(c) Effective Date.--The provisions of this section 
shall become effective 120 days from the date of enactment of 
this Act [Oct. 6, 1992].
    [``(d) Extension of Application Period.--The provisions of 
this section shall apply to natives of the Philippines who 
applied for naturalization under section 405 of the Immigration 
Act of 1990 [Pub. L. 101-649, set out below] and who apply for 
naturalization within 2 years after the effective date of this 
section.
    [``(e) Termination Date.--This section shall cease to be 
effective 3 years after its effective date.'']
          * * * * * * *

                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 1101. Definitions

    (a) * * *
          (1) * * *
          * * * * * * *
          (27) * * *
                  (A) * * *
                  [(J) an immigrant (i) who has been declared 
                dependent on a juvenile court located in the 
                United States or whom such a court has legally 
                committed to, or placed under the custody of, 
                an agency or department of a State and who has 
                been deemed eligible by that court for long-
                term foster care, and (ii) for whom it has been 
                determined in administrative or judicial 
                proceedings that it would not be in the alien's 
                best interest to be returned to the alien's or 
                parent's previous country of nationality or 
                country of last habitual residence; except that 
                no natural parent or prior adoptive parent of 
                any alien provided special immigrant status 
                under this subparagraph shall thereafter, by 
                virtue of such parentage, be accorded any 
                right, privilege, or status under this chapter; 
                or]
                  ``(J) an immigrant--
                          ``(i) who is present in the United 
                        States without having been admitted or 
                        paroled, or who has been paroled into 
                        the United States by the Attorney 
                        General specifically for the purpose of 
                        obtaining special immigrant status 
                        pursuant to this subparagraph;
                          ``(ii)(I) who has been declared 
                        dependent on a juvenile court located 
                        in the United States if the dependency 
                        order is issued pursuant to a request 
                        made on behalf of the alien, the court 
                        notifies the Attorney General of the 
                        request for the order, and the Attorney 
                        General expressly consents to the court 
                        hearing the request; or
                          ``(II) whom the juvenile court has 
                        legally committed to, or placed under 
                        the custody of, an agency or department 
                        of a State and who has been deemed 
                        eligible by that court for long-term 
                        foster care, except that while the 
                        alien is in the actual or constructive 
                        custody of the Attorney General, the 
                        court shall have jurisdiction to 
                        determine the custody status of the 
                        alien only if the Attorney General 
                        expressly consents to that 
                        jurisdiction; and
                          ``(iii) for whom it has been 
                        determined in administrative or 
                        judicial proceedings that it would not 
                        be in the alien's best interest to be 
                        returned to the alien's or parent's 
                        previous country of nationality or 
                        country of last habitual residence; 
                        except that no natural parent or prior 
                        adoptive parent of any alien provided 
                        special immigrant status under this 
                        subparagraph shall thereafter, by 
                        virtue of such parentage, be accorded 
                        any right, privilege, or status under 
                        this Act.''
          * * * * * * *

                       SUBCHAPTER II--IMMIGRATION

          * * * * * * *

               Part V--Deportation; Adjustment of Status

          * * * * * * *

Sec. 1255. Adjustment of status of nonimmigrant to that of person 
                    admitted for permanent residence

(a) * * *

          * * * * * * *

(h) Application with respect to special immigrants

    In applying this section to a special immigrant described 
in section 1101(a)(27)(J) of this title--
          (1) such an immigrant shall be deemed, for purposes 
        of subsection (a) of this section, to have been paroled 
        into the United States; and
          (2) in determining the alien's admissibility as an 
        immigrant--
                  (A) paragraphs (4), (5)(A), and (7)(A) of 
                section 1182(a) of this title shall not apply, 
                and
                  (B) the Attorney General may waive other 
                paragraphs of section 1182(a) of this title 
                (other than paragraphs (2)(A), (2)(B), (2)(C) 
                (except for so much of such paragraph as 
                related to a single offense of simple 
                possession of 30 grams or less of marijuana), 
                (3)(A), (3)(B), (3)(C), and (3)(E)) in the case 
                of individual aliens for humanitarian purposes, 
                family unity, or when it is otherwise in the 
                public interest[.], unless the alien was 
                paroled into the United States by the Attorney 
                General specifically in order to apply for such 
                special immigrant status. Nothing in this 
                subsection or section 101(a)(27)(J) shall be 
                construed to require the Attorney General to 
                parole into the United States any alien 
                specifically for this purpose.
The relationship between an alien and the alien's natural 
parents or prior adoptive parents shall not be considered a 
factor in making a waiver under paragraph (2)(B). Nothing in 
this subsection or section 1101(a)(27)(J) of this title shall 
be construed as authorizing an alien to apply for admission or 
be admitted to the United States in order to obtain special 
immigrant status described in such section.
          * * * * * * *

              TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE

          * * * * * * *

         CHAPTER 9--FOREIGN WARS, WAR MATERIALS, AND NEUTRALITY

          * * * * * * *

                      SUBCHAPTER I--WAR MATERIALS

Sec. 401. Illegal exportation of war materials

(a) Seizure and forfeiture of materials and carriers

    Whenever an attempt is made to export or ship from or take 
out of the United States any arms or munitions of war or other 
articles in violation of law, or whenever it is known or there 
shall be probable cause to believe that any arms or munitions 
of war or other articles are intended to be or are being or 
have been exported or removed from the United States in 
violation of law, the Secretary of the Treasury, or any person 
duly authorized for the purpose by the President, may seize and 
detain such arms or munitions of war or other articles and may 
seize and detain any vessel, vehicle, or aircraft containing 
the same or which has been or is being used in exporting or 
attempting to export such arms or munitions of war or other 
articles. The Secretary of Commerce may seize and detain any 
commodity (other than arms or munitions of war) or technology 
which is intended to be or is being exported in violation of 
laws governing such exports and may seize and detain any 
vessel, vehicle, or aircraft containing the same or which has 
been used or is being used in exporting or attempting to export 
such articles. All arms or munitions of war and other articles, 
vessels, vehicles, and aircraft seized pursuant to this 
subsection shall be forfeited.

(b) Applicability of laws relating to seizure, forfeiture, and 
                    condemnation

    All provisions of law relating to seizure, summary and 
judicial forfeiture and condemnation for violation of the 
customs laws, the disposition of the property forfeited or 
condemned or the proceeds from the sale thereof; the remission 
or mitigation of such forfeitures; and the compromise of claims 
and the award of compensation to informers in respect of such 
forfeitures shall apply to seizures and forfeitures incurred, 
or alleged to have been incurred, under the provisions of this 
section, insofar as applicable and not inconsistent with the 
provisions hereof. However, with respect to seizures and 
forfeitures of property under this section by the Secretary of 
Commerce, such duties as are imposed upon the customs officer 
or any other person with respect to the seizure and forfeiture 
of property under the customs law may be performed by such 
officers as are designated by the Secretary of Commerce or, 
upon the request of the Secretary of Commerce, by any other 
agency that has authority to manage and dispose of seized 
property. Awards of compensation to informers under this 
section may be paid only out of funds specifically appropriated 
therefor.
          * * * * * * *

               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE

          * * * * * * *

                     PART I--ORGANIZATION OF COURTS

          * * * * * * *

                      CHAPTER 3--COURTS OF APPEALS

          * * * * * * *

Sec. 41. Number and composition of circuits

    The [thirteen] fourteen judicial circuits of the United 
States are constituted as follows:
          * * * * * * *
              Circuits                                       Composition

  District of ColumbDistrict of Columbia................................
  First.............Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, ..
                    Rhode Island.
  Second............Connecticut, New York, Vermont......................
  Third.............Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virgin Islands..
  Fourth............Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, 
                    West Virginia.
  Fifth.............District of the Canal Zone, Louisiana, Mississippi, 
                    Texas.
  Sixth.............Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee.................
  Seventh...........Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin........................
  Eighth............Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North 
                    Dakota, South Dakota.
  [Ninth............Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, 
                    Oregon, Washington, Guam, Hawaii.]
  Ninth.............California, Guam, Nevada, Northern Mariana Islands..
  Tenth.............Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, ......
                    Wyoming.
  Eleventh..........Alabama, Florida, Georgia...........................
  Twelfth...........Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, ...
                    Washington.
  Federal...........All Federal judicial districts......................
          * * * * * * *

Sec. 44. Appointment, tenure, residence and salary of circuit judges

    (a) The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate, circuit judges for the several circuits 
as follows:

                                                               Number of
        Circuits                                                  Judges

District of Columbia..............................................    12
First.............................................................     6
Second............................................................    13
Third.............................................................    14
Fourth............................................................    15
Fifth.............................................................    17
Sixth.............................................................    16
Seventh...........................................................    11
Eighth............................................................    11
[Ninth............................................................   28]
Ninth.............................................................    15
Tenth.............................................................    12
Eleventh..........................................................    12
Twelfth...........................................................    13
Federal...........................................................   12.
Thirteenth........................................................     7
          * * * * * * *
    (c) Except in the District of Columbia, each circuit judge 
shall be a resident of the circuit for which appointed at the 
time of his appointment and thereafter while in active service. 
While in active service, each circuit judge of the Federal 
judicial circuit appointed after the effective date of the 
Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982, and the chief judge of 
the Federal judicial circuit, whenever appointed, shall reside 
within fifty miles of the District of Columbia. In each circuit 
(other than the Federal judicial circuit) there shall be at 
least one circuit judge in regular active service appointed 
from the residents of each state in that circuit.
          * * * * * * *

Sec. 48. Terms of court

    (a) The courts of appeals shall hold regular sessions at 
the places listed below, and at such other places within the 
respective circuit as each court may designate by rule.
        Circuits                                  Places                

  District of ColumbWashington..........................................
  First.............Boston..............................................
  Second............New York............................................
  Third.............Philadelphia........................................
  Fourth............Richmond, Asheville.................................
  Fifth.............New Orleans, Fort Worth, Jackson....................
  Sixth.............Cincinnati..........................................
  Seventh...........Chicago.............................................
  Eighth............St. Louis, Kansas City, Omaha, St. Paul.............
  [Ninth............San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle.].....
  Ninth.............San Francisco, Los Angeles..........................
  Tenth.............Denver, Wichita, Oklahoma City......................
  Eleventh..........Atlanta, Jacksonville, Montgomery...................
  Twelfth...........Portland, Seattle, Phoenix..........................
  Federal...........District of Columbia, and in any other place listed 
                    above as the court by rule directs.
          * * * * * * *

                     PART II--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

          * * * * * * *

                    CHAPTER 31--THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

          * * * * * * *

Sec. 524. Availability of appropriations

          * * * * * * *
    (c)(1) * * *
          * * * * * * *
    (8)(A) * * *
    (E) Subject to the notification procedures contained in 
section 605 of Public Law 103-121, and after satisfying the 
transfer requirement in subparagraph (B) above, any excess 
unobligated balance remaining in the Fund on September 30, 
[1994] 1997 and thereafter shall be available to the Attorney 
General, without fiscal year limitation, for any Federal law 
enforcement, litigative/prosecutive, and correctional 
activities, or any other authorized purpose of the Department 
of Justice. Any amounts provided pursuant to this section may 
be used under authorities available to the organization 
receiving the funds.
          * * * * * * *
    (11) * * *
          (A) * * *
          (B) a civil administrative forfeiture proceeding 
        conducted by a Department of Justice law enforcement 
        component or pursuant to the authority of the Secretary 
        of Commerce.
          * * * * * * *

                 PART III--COURT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

          * * * * * * *

       CHAPTER 41--ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF UNITED STATES COURTS

          * * * * * * *

Sec. 612. Judiciary Automation Fund

    (a) * * *
          * * * * * * *
    [(l) Termination of Authority.--The Fund, and the 
authorities conferred by this section, terminate on September 
30, 1997. All unobligated amounts remaining in the Fund on that 
date shall be deposited into the fund established under section 
1931 of this title to be used to reimburse other 
appropriations.]
          * * * * * * *

                TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

          * * * * * * *

            CHAPTER 112--VICTIM COMPENSATION AND ASSISTANCE

          * * * * * * *

Sec. 10601. Crime Victims Fund

(a) Establishment
          * * * * * * *

(d) Availability for [judicial branch administrative costs; grant 
                    program percentages] grant programs

    The Fund shall be available as follows:
          [(1) The first $6,200,000 deposited in the Fund in 
        each of the fiscal years 1992 through 1995 and the 
        first $3,000,000 in each fiscal year thereafter shall 
        be available to the judicial branch for administrative 
        costs to carry out the functions of the judicial branch 
        under sections 3611 and 3612 of title 18.]
          [(2)] (1) [the next] The first $10,000,000 deposited 
        in the Fund shall be available for grants under section 
        10603a of this title.
          [(3)] (2) Of the remaining amount deposited in the 
        Fund in a particular fiscal year--
                  (A) 48.5 percent shall be available for 
                grants under section 10602 of this title;
                  (B) 48.5 percent shall be available for 
                grants under section 10603(a) of this title; 
                and
                  (C) 3 percent shall be available for grants 
                under section 10603(c) of this title.
                  [(4)] (3) The Director may retain any portion 
                of the Fund that was deposited during a fiscal 
                year that is in excess of 110 percent of the 
                total amount deposited in the Fund during the 
                preceding fiscal year as a reserve for use in a 
                year in which the Fund falls below the amount 
                available in the previous year. Such reserve 
                may not exceed $20,000,000.
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         CHAPTER 136--VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT

          * * * * * * *

                 SUBCHAPTER VI--CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN

          * * * * * * *

Sec. 14071. Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually 
                    Violent Offender Registration Program

(a) In general

          (1) State guidelines

                  The Attorney General shall establish 
                guidelines for State programs that require--
                          (A) a person who is convicted of a 
                        criminal offense against a victim who 
                        is a minor or who is convicted of a 
                        sexually violent offense to register a 
                        current address [with a designated 
                        State law enforcement agency] for the 
                        time period specified in subparagraph 
                        (A) of subsection (b)(6) of this 
                        section; and
                          (B) a person who is a sexually 
                        violent predator to register a current 
                        address [with a designated State law 
                        enforcement agency] unless such 
                        requirement is terminated under 
                        subparagraph (B) of subsection (b)(6) 
                        of this section.

[(2) Court determination

    [A determination that a person is a sexually violent 
predator and a determination that a person is no longer a 
sexually violent predator shall be made by the sentencing court 
after receiving a report by a State board composed of experts 
in the field of the behavior and treatment of sexual 
offenders.]
          ``(2) Determination by state boards.--
                  ``(A) In general.--A determination that a 
                person is a sexually violent predator or a 
                determination that a person is no longer a 
                sexually violent predator for purposes of this 
                section shall be made by the sentencing court, 
                after considering--
                          ``(i) the recommendations of the 
                        appropriate State board or boards under 
                        subparagraph (B)(iii); or
                          ``(ii) with respect to a State 
                        described in subparagraph (C), the 
                        recommendations of the State, which 
                        shall be made in accordance with the 
                        procedures described in that 
                        subparagraph.
                  ``(B) State boards.--
                          ``(i) In general.--Except as provided 
                        in subparagraph (C), not later than 2 
                        years after the date of enactment of 
                        the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against 
                        Children and Sexually Violent Offenders 
                        Registration Improvements Act of 1997, 
                        each State shall establish 1 or more 
                        State boards in accordance with this 
                        subparagraph.
                          ``(ii) Membership.--Each State board 
                        established under this subparagraph 
                        shall be composed of--
                                  ``(I) experts in the behavior 
                                and treatment of sex offenders;
                                  ``(II) victims' rights 
                                advocates; and
                                  ``(III) representatives of 
                                law enforcement agencies.
                          ``(iii) Recommendations.--Upon the 
                        request of a sentencing court, a State 
                        board established under this 
                        subparagraph shall make a 
                        recommendation to the sentencing court 
                        regarding whether a person is a 
                        sexually violent predator or whether a 
                        person is no longer a sexually violent 
                        predator for purposes of this section.
                  ``(C) Waiver.--The Attorney General of the 
                United States may waive the requirement that a 
                State establish 1 or more boards in accordance 
                with subparagraph (B), if the State 
                demonstrates to the satisfaction of the 
                Attorney General that the State--
                          ``(i) has established alternative 
                        procedures for making recommendations 
                        to a sentencing court for purposes of 
                        subparagraph (A); and
                          ``(ii) will make a recommendation 
                        described in clause (i) with respect to 
                        any person, upon the request of the 
                        sentencing court.''
          * * * * * * *

(b) Registration requirement upon release, parole, supervised release, 
                    or probation

    An approved State registration program established under 
this section shall contain the following elements:
    [(1) Duty of State prison official or court] (1) Duties of 
responsible officials._
          1(A) If a person who is required to register under 
        this section is released from prison, or placed on 
        parole, supervised release, or probation, a State 
        prison officer, [or in the case of probation, the 
        court] a designated State agency, the court, or other 
        responsible official, shall--
                  (i) inform the person of the duty to register 
                and obtain the information required for such 
                registration;
                  (ii) inform the person that if the person 
                changes residence address, the person shall 
                [give the new address to a designated State law 
                enforcement agency in writing within 10 days] 
                report the change of address as provided by 
                State law;
                  (iii) inform the person that if the person 
                changes residence to another State, the person 
                [shall register the new address with the law 
                enforcement agency with whom the person last 
                registered, and the person is also required to 
                register with a designated law enforcement 
                agency in the new State not later than 10 days 
                after establishing residence in the new State, 
                if the new State has a registration 
                requirement] shall report the change of address 
                as provided by State law and comply with any 
                registration requirement in the new State of 
                residence;
          * * * * * * *
          (B) In addition to the requirements of subparagraph 
        (A), for a person required to register under 
        subparagraph (B) of subsection (a)(1) of this section, 
        the State prison officer [or the court], the designated 
        State agency, the court, or other responsible official, 
        as the case may be, shall obtain the name of the 
        person, identifying factors, anticipated future 
        residence, offense history, and documentation of any 
        treatment received for the mental abnormality or 
        personality disorder of the person.

[(2) Transfer of information to State and the FBI

    The officer, or in the case of a person placed on 
probation, the court, shall, within 3 days after receipt of 
information described in paragraph (1), forward it to a 
designated State law enforcement agency. The State law 
enforcement agency shall immediately enter the information into 
the appropriate State law enforcement record system and notify 
the appropriate law enforcement agency having jurisdiction 
where the person expects to reside. The State law enforcement 
agency shall also immediately transmit the conviction data and 
fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.]
          ``(2) Transfer of information to federal bureau of 
        investigation and to state.--
                  ``(A) In general.--A designated State agency, 
                the court, or other responsible official, shall 
                forward the registration information to the 
                agency responsible for registration under State 
                law, in accordance with State procedures that 
                meet the requirements of subparagraph (B).
                  ``(B) State procedures.--State procedures 
                shall ensure that, as promptly as practicable--
                          ``(i) the registration information is 
                        provided and made available to a law 
                        enforcement agency having jurisdiction 
                        where the person expects to reside;
                          ``(ii) the registration information 
                        is entered into the appropriate State 
                        records or data system; and
                          ``(iii) conviction data and 
                        fingerprints for registered persons are 
                        transmitted to the Federal Bureau of 
                        Investigation.''

(3) Verification

    (A) For a person required to register under subparagraph 
(A) of subsection (a)(1), with respect to any person required 
to register under subsection (a)(1)(A), State procedures shall 
provide for verification of address not less than annually. 
Such verification may be effected by providing that, of this 
section, on each anniversary of the person's initial 
registration date during the period in which the person is 
required to register under this section the following applies:
          (i) [The designated State law enforcement] A 
        designated agency shall mail a nonforwardable 
        verification form to the last reported address of the 
        person.
          (ii) The person shall mail the verification form to 
        the designated [State law enforcement] agency within 10 
        days after receipt of the form.
          (iii) The verification form shall be signed by the 
        person, and state that the person still resides at the 
        address last reported [to the designated State law 
        enforcement agency].
          (iv) If the person fails to mail the verification 
        form to the designated [State law enforcement] agency 
        within 10 days after receipt of the form, the person 
        shall be in violation of this section unless the person 
        proves that the person has not changed the residence 
        address.
          * * * * * * *

(4) Notification of local law enforcement agencies of changes in 
                    address

    A change of address by a person required to register under 
this [section reported to the designated State law enforcement 
agency shall be immediately reported to the appropriate law 
enforcement agency having jurisdiction where the person is 
residing. The designated law enforcement agency shall, if the 
person changes residence to another State, notify the law 
enforcement agency with which the person must register in the 
new State, if the new State has a registration requirement] 
section shall be reported by the person in the manner provided 
by State law. State procedures shall ensure that the updated 
address information is provided promptly to a law enforcement 
agency having jurisdiction over the location at which the 
person will reside and that the information is entered into the 
appropriate State records or data system.

(5) Registration for change of address to another State

    A person who has been convicted of an offense which 
requires registration under this section [shall register the 
new address with a designated law enforcement agency in another 
State to which the person moves not later than 10 days after 
such person establishes residence in the new State, if the new 
State has a registration requirement] and who moves to another 
State, shall report the change of address to the responsible 
agency in the State the person is leaving, and shall comply 
with any registration requirement in the new State of 
residence. The procedures of the State the person is leaving 
shall ensure that notice is provided promptly to an agency 
responsible for registration in the new State, if that State 
requires registration.

(6) Length of registration

          * * * * * * *
          ``(7) Offenders crossing state borders.--
                  ```(A) In general.--
                          ``(i) Registration under laws of 
                        certain states.--Any person who is 
                        required to register in that person's 
                        State of residence under this section 
                        shall also register in accordance with 
                        the law that governs the registration, 
                        verification, and notification of sex 
                        offenders of each State in which that 
                        person is--
                                  ``(I) employed or carries on 
                                a vocation; or
                                  ``(II) enrolled as a student.
                          ``(ii) Definitions.--In this 
                        subparagraph--
                                  ``(I) the term `employed or 
                                carries on a vocation' includes 
                                employment that is full-time or 
                                part-time, for a period of time 
                                exceeding 14 days or for an 
                                aggregate period of time 
                                exceeding 30 days during any 
                                calendar year, whether 
                                financially compensated, 
                                volunteered, or for the purpose 
                                of government or educational 
                                benefit; and
                                  ``(II) the term `student' 
                                includes any person who is 
                                enrolled on a full-or part-time 
                                basis, in any public or private 
                                educational institution, 
                                including any secondary school, 
                                trade or professional 
                                institution, or institution of 
                                higher education.
                  ``(B) Notification requirements.--The State 
                authority responsible for the registration of 
                sex offenders in each State shall ensure that 
                each person who is required to register under 
                this paragraph is notified of the requirements 
                of this paragraph and the potential 
                consequences of a failure to comply with those 
                requirements.
          ``(8) Relocating state probationers and parolees.--
                  ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding any 
                conflicting terms of a probation, parole, or 
                transfer agreement, any person who is serving a 
                sentence of probation, parole, or other 
                supervised release for conviction of an offense 
                that requires registration under this section, 
                and who is residing in any State other than the 
                State in which that person was sentenced for 
                that offense, shall register in accordance with 
                the law of the State of residence of the 
                offender that governs the registration and 
                notification of sex offenders, regardless of 
                any registration or notification obligation 
                under the law of the State in which that person 
                was sentenced for the offense.
                  ``(B) Effect of failure to comply.--A person 
                required to register under subparagraph (A) who 
                knowingly fails to comply with this paragraph, 
                not later than 10 days after the date on which 
                the person establishes residence in a State 
                other than the State in which the person was 
                sentenced as described in subparagraph (A)--
                          ``(i) shall be subject to punishment 
                        by a State with respect to which the 
                        person is registered under subparagraph 
                        (A); and
                          ``(ii) shall be guilty of an 
                        extraditable offense, for which a 
                        Federal warrant for unlawful flight to 
                        avoid prosecution is available.
                  ``(C) Notification requirements.--Each State 
                authority responsible for the registration of 
                sex offenders who reside in that State--
                          ``(i) shall ensure, during the course 
                        of verification of registration 
                        information, that each person who is 
                        required to register under this 
                        paragraph is notified of the 
                        requirements of this paragraph and the 
                        potential consequences of a failure to 
                        comply with those requirements; and
                          ``(ii) whether the relocation of a 
                        sex offender described in this 
                        paragraph occurs under courtesy 
                        supervision or otherwise, shall--
                                  ``(I) notify the authority 
                                responsible for sex offender 
                                registration and notification 
                                in the State of relocation of 
                                the pending arrival of the 
                                offender in that State of 
                                relocation; and
                                  ``(II) provide the authority 
                                responsible for sex offender 
                                registration and notification 
                                in the State of relocation with 
                                information relating to the sex 
                                offender, including--
                                          ``(aa) the social 
                                        security number, 
                                        physical description, 
                                        criminal record, terms 
                                        of supervision, and any 
                                        alias of the sex 
                                        offender; and
                                          ``(bb) the address, 
                                        telephone number, and 
                                        any place of employment 
                                        of the sex offender in 
                                        the State of 
                                        relocation.
          ``(9) Reporting requirement.--Not later than July 1, 
        1999, a State shall submit a report to the Attorney 
        General that sets forth existing or proposed laws, 
        including penalty provisions, regarding stalking crimes 
        against individuals 16 years of age or younger.''.
          * * * * * * *

(d) Release of information

    The information collected under a State registration 
program shall be treated as private data to be disclosed only 
for criminal justice purposes expect that--
          (1) such information may be disclosed to law 
        enforcement agencies for law enforcement purposes;
          (2) such information may be disclosed to government 
        agencies conducting confidential background checks; and
          (3) [the designated State law enforcement agency and 
        any local law enforcement agency authorized by the 
        State agency] the State or any agency authorized by the 
        State may release relevant information that is 
        necessary to protect the public concerning a specific 
        person required to register under this section, except 
        that the identity of a victim of an offense that 
        requires registration under this section shall not be 
        released. The sale or exchange of such information for 
        profit or remuneration is prohibited and shall be 
        subject to prosecution under State law.

(e) Immunity for good faith conduct

    Law enforcement agencies, employees of law enforcement 
agencies, [and State officials] independent contractors acting 
at the direction of those agencies, and State officialsshall be 
immune from liability for good faith conduct under this 
section.
          * * * * * * *

Sec. 14072. FBI database

    (a) * * *
    (g) Notification of FBI of changes in residence
          (1) * * *
          (3) Individual registration requirement
                  [A person] (A) In General.--A person required 
                to register under subsection (c) of this 
                section or under a minimally sufficient 
                offender registration program, including a 
                program established under section 14071 of this 
                title, who changes address to a State other 
                than the State in which the person resided at 
                the time of the immediately preceding 
                registration shall, not later than 10 days 
                after that person establishes a new residence, 
                register a current address, fingerprints, and 
                photograph of that person, for inclusion in the 
                appropriate database, with--
                          [(A)] (i) the FBI; and
                          [(B)] (ii) the State in which the new 
                        residence is established.
                  ``(B) Federal offenders.--
                          ``(i) In general.--A person who is 
                        released from prison, or placed on 
                        parole, supervised release, or 
                        probation--
                                  ``(I) who is convicted under 
                                Federal law of--
                                          ``(aa) a criminal 
                                        offense against a 
                                        victim who is a minor; 
                                        or
                                          ``(bb) a sexually 
                                        violent offense; or
                                  ``(II) who has been 
                                determined to be a sexually 
                                violent predator,
                        shall, in addition to complying with 
                        the registration requirement in 
                        paragraph (2), register in accordance 
                        with the law of the State of residence 
                        of that person.
                          ``(ii) Notification requirements.--
                        The Director of the Bureau of Prisons 
                        shall ensure that each person who is 
                        required to register under this 
                        subparagraph is notified of the 
                        requirements of this subparagraph and 
                        the potential consequences of a failure 
                        to comply with those requirements.
                  ``(C) Military personnel.--
                          ``(i) In general.--
                                  ``(I) Registration under laws 
                                of state of residence.--A 
                                member of the Armed Forces of 
                                the United States who has--
                                          ``(aa) been convicted 
                                        of a criminal offense 
                                        against a victim who is 
                                        a minor;
                                          ``(bb) been convicted 
                                        of a sexually violent 
                                        offense; or
                                          ``(cc) been 
                                        determined to be a 
                                        sexually violent 
                                        predator,
                                by a court of the United 
                                States, a court of a State, or 
                                a court-martial under the 
                                Uniform Code of Military 
                                Justice, shall register with 
                                the entities referred to in 
                                subclause (II).
                                  ``(II) Entities.--The 
                                entities referred to in this 
                                subclause are--
                                          ``(aa) the FBI; and
                                          ``(bb) the State of 
                                        residence of the 
                                        member, and if 
                                        different from the 
                                        State of residence, the 
                                        State in which the 
                                        member is permanently 
                                        assigned.
                                  ``(III) Determination of 
                                state of residence.--For 
                                purposes of subclause (II)(bb), 
                                the State of residence of a 
                                member of the Armed Forces of 
                                the United States is--
                                          ``(aa) in the case of 
                                        a member whose 
                                        permanent duty station 
                                        is in a State 
                                        (including such a 
                                        member who resides on a 
                                        military installation 
                                        or is serving aboard a 
                                        vessel at sea), the 
                                        State where the member 
                                        resides whenever the 
                                        member is present at 
                                        that permanent duty 
                                        station; and
                                          ``(bb) in the case of 
                                        a member whose 
                                        permanent duty station 
                                        is outside the United 
                                        States, the State of 
                                        the member's home of 
                                        record (as determined 
                                        under regulations 
                                        prescribed by the 
                                        Secretary of the 
                                        military department 
                                        concerned).
                          ``(ii) Effect of failure to comply.--
                        A person who is required to register 
                        under this subparagraph and who 
                        knowingly fails to comply with this 
                        section may be punished--
                                  ``(I) under section 
                                170102(i)(1);
                                  ``(II) under the Uniform Code 
                                of Military Justice; or
                                  ``(III) in accordance with 
                                the applicable laws of the 
                                State with respect to which 
                                that person is registered.
                          ``(iii) Notification requirements.--
                        The Secretary of Defense shall ensure 
                        that each member of the Armed Forces of 
                        the United States who is required to 
                        register under this paragraph is 
                        notified of the requirements of this 
                        paragraph and the potential 
                        consequences of a failure to comply 
                        with those requirements.''
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                Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952

    Sec. 286. (a) * * *
          * * * * * * *
    (r) Breached Bond/Detention Fund.--
          (1) * * *
          (2) There shall be deposited as offsetting receipts 
        into the Fund all breached cash and surety bonds, in 
        excess of $8,000,000, posted under this chapter which 
        are recovered by the Department of Justice, and amount 
        described in section 245(i)(3)b).
          (3) Such amounts as are deposited into the Fund shall 
        remain available until expended and shall be refunded 
        out of the Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, at 
        least on a quarterly basis, to the [Immigration and 
        Naturalization Service] Attorney General for the 
        following purposes--
  [``(s) Immigration Detention Account.--(1) There is 
established in the general fund of the Treasury a separate 
account which shall be known as the `Immigration Detention 
Account'. Notwithstanding any other section of this title, 
there shall be deposited as offsetting receipts into the 
Immigration Detention Account amounts described in section 
245(i)(3)(B) to remain available until expended.
  ``(2)(A) The Secretary of the Treasury shall refund out of 
the Immigration Detention Account to any appropriation the 
amount paid out of such appropriation for expenses incurred by 
the Attorney General for the detention of aliens under sections 
236(c) and 241(a).
  ``(B) The amounts which are required to be refunded under 
subparagraph (A) shall be refunded at least quarterly on the 
basis of estimates made by the Attorney General of the expenses 
referred to in subparagraph (A). Proper adjustments shall be 
made in the amounts subsequently refunded under subparagraph 
(A) to the extent prior estimates were in excess of, or less 
than, the amount required to be refunded under subparagraph 
(A).
  ``(C) The amounts required to be refunded from the 
Immigration Detention Account for fiscal year 1997 and 
thereafter shall be refunded in accordance with estimates made 
in the budget request of the Attorney General for those fiscal 
years. Any proposed changes in the amounts designated in such 
budget requests shall only be made after notification to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate in accordance with section 605 of Public Law 
104-134.
  ``(D) The Attorney General shall prepare and submit annually 
to the Congress statements of financial condition of the 
Immigration Detention Account, including beginning account 
balance, revenues, withdrawals, and ending account balance and 
projection for the ensuing fiscal year.'']
          * * * * * * *
    [(4) The amount required to be refunded from Fund for 
fiscal year 1994 and thereafter shall be refunded in accordance 
with estimates made in the budget request of the Attorney 
General for those fiscal years: Provided, That any proposed 
changes in the amounts designated in said budget requests shall 
only be made after notification to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
in accordance with section 606 of Public Law 102-395.]
    ``(4) The amounts required to be refunded from the Fund for 
fiscal year 1998 and thereafter shall be refunded in accordance 
with estimates made in the budget request of the President for 
those fiscal years. Any proposed changes in the amounts 
designated in such budget requests shall only be made after 
Congressional reprogramming notification in accordance with the 
reprogramming guidelines for the applicable fiscal year.''
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           Mike Mansfield Fellowship Act (Public Law 103-236)

SEC. 253. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.

          * * * * * * *
          (1) * * *
          (3)(A) * * *
          (B) Fellows who are not detailees shall agree to 
        return to the Federal Government for further employment 
        for a period of at least [2] 5 years following the end 
        of their fellowships, unless, in the determination of 
        the Center, the fellow is unable (for reasons beyond 
        the fellow's control and after receiving assistance 
        from the Center as provided in paragraph (8)) to find 
        reemployment for such period.
          * * * * * * *

SEC. 255. MANSFIELD FELLOWS ON DETAIL FROM GOVERNMENT SERVICE.

    (a) * * *
          * * * * * * *
    (2) * * *
          (A) continue in the service of the fellow's agency at 
        the end of the fellowship for a period of at least [2] 
        5 years unless the fellow is involuntarily separated 
        from the service of such agency, and
          * * * * * * *

Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related 
         Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995 (Public Law 103-317)

          * * * * * * *
    Sec. 506. (a) * * *
    (b) * * *
    (c) The provisions of these amendments to the Immigration 
and Nationality Act shall take effect on October 1, 1994 [and 
shall cease to have effect on October 1, 1997].
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Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related 
         Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102-395)

    Sec. 610. Pilot Immigration Program.--(a) * * *
    (b) For purposes of the pilot program established in 
subsection (a), beginning on October 1, 1992, but no later than 
October 1, 1993, the Secretary of State, together with the 
Attorney General, shall set aside [300] 3,000 visas annually 
for [five years] seven years to include such aliens as are 
eligible for admission under section 203(b)(5) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act and this section, as well as 
spouses or children which are eligible, under the terms of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act, to accompany or follow to join 
such aliens.
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        Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949

          * * * * * * *
    Sec. 203. Disposal of surplus property
          * * * * * * *

(P) TRANSFER OR CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY FOR CORRECTIONAL FACILITY USE; 
                    CONSIDERATION-FREE TRANSFERS; REIMBURSEMENT FOR 
                    INTERIM TRANSFERS; REVERSION OPTION; TERMS AND 
                    CONDITIONS

    (1) Under such regulations as he may prescribe, the 
Administrator is authorized in his discretion to transfer or 
convey to the several States, the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin 
Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or any political 
subdivision or instrumentality thereof, surplus real and 
related personal property determined by the Attorney General to 
be [required for correctional facility use by the authorized 
transferee or grantee under an appropriate program or project 
for the care or rehabilitation of criminal offenders as 
approved by the Attorney General] needed for use by the 
transferee or grantee for a law enforcement or fire and rescue 
purpose. Transfers or conveyance under this authority shall be 
made by the Administrator without monetary consideration to the 
United States. If the Attorney General determines that any 
surplus property transferred or conveyed pursuant to an 
agreement entered into between March 1, 1982, and the enactment 
of this subsection was suitable for transfer or conveyance 
under this subsection, the Administrator shall reimburse the 
transferee for any monetary consideration paid to the United 
States for such transfer or conveyance.
          * * * * * * *

                                            BUDGETARY IMPACT OF BILL                                            
  PREPARED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE PURSUANT TO SEC. 308(a), PUBLIC LAW 93-344, AS  
                                                     AMENDED                                                    
                                            [In millions of dollars]                                            
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                                                                  Budget authority               Outlays        
                                                             ---------------------------------------------------
                                                               Committee    Amount of    Committee    Amount of 
                                                               allocation      bill      allocation      bill   
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Comparison of amounts in the bill with Committee allocations                                                    
 to its subcommittees of amounts in the First Concurrent                                                        
 Resolution for 1998: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and                                                    
 State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies:                                                                    
    Defense discretionary...................................          297          275          322          322
    Nondefense discretionary................................       25,488       25,587       25,479   \1\ 25,188
    Violent crime reduction fund............................        5,225        5,225        3,401        3,381
    Mandatory...............................................          522          497          532          492
Projections of outlays associated with the recommendation:                                                      
    1998....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........   \2\ 21,178
    1999....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........        5,508
    2000....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........        2,738
    2001....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........        1,967
    2002 and future years...................................  ...........  ...........  ...........           86
Financial assistance to State and local governments for 1998           NA        4,584           NA          648
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\1\ Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority.                                                          
\2\ Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority.                                                          
                                                                                                                
NA: Not applicable.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                
Note.--Consistent with the funding recommended in the bill for the United Nations arrearages and in accordance  
  with section 206 of H. Con. Res. 84, the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1998, the        
  Committee anticipates that the Budget Committee will file a revised section 602(a) allocation for the         
  Committee on Appropriations reflecting an upward adjustment of $100,000,000 in budget authority and           
  $98,000,000 in outlays.                                                                                       


  COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR FISCAL 
                                                                        YEAR 1998                                                                       
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                                                                                                                      Senate Committee recommendation   
                                                                                                   Committee              compared with (+ or -)        
                        Item                          1997 appropriation    Budget estimate     recommendation   ---------------------------------------
                                                                                                                  1997 appropriation    Budget estimate 
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           TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                        
               General Administration                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses...............................        $75,773,000         $79,959,000         $79,373,000         +$3,600,000           -$586,000 
    Emergency appropriations........................          3,600,000   ..................  ..................         -3,600,000   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, salaries and expenses..................         79,373,000          79,959,000          79,373,000   ..................           -586,000 
Counterterrorism fund...............................          9,450,000          29,450,000          29,450,000         +20,000,000   ..................
    Emergency appropriations........................         20,000,000   ..................  ..................        -20,000,000   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Counterterrorism fund..................         29,450,000          29,450,000          29,450,000   ..................  ..................
Administrative review and appeals:                                                                                                                      
    Direct appropriation............................         62,000,000          70,007,000          20,007,000         -41,993,000         -50,000,000 
    Emergency appropriations........................          1,000,000   ..................  ..................         -1,000,000   ..................
    Crime trust fund................................         48,000,000          59,251,000          59,251,000         +11,251,000   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Administrative review and appeals......        111,000,000         129,258,000          79,258,000         -31,742,000         -50,000,000 
Office of Inspector General.........................         31,960,000          33,211,000          33,211,000          +1,251,000   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, General administration.................        251,783,000         271,878,000         221,292,000         -30,491,000         -50,586,000 
          Appropriations............................       (179,183,000)       (212,627,000)       (162,041,000)       (-17,142,000)       (-50,586,000)
          Emergency appropriations..................        (24,600,000)  ..................  ..................       (-24,600,000)  ..................
          Crime trust fund..........................        (48,000,000)        (59,251,000)        (59,251,000)       (+11,251,000)  ..................
                                                     ===================================================================================================
           United States Parole Commission                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses...............................          4,845,000           4,799,000           5,009,000            +164,000            +210,000 
                                                     ===================================================================================================
                  Legal Activities                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                        
General legal activities:                                                                                                                               
    Direct appropriation............................        420,793,000         466,557,000         437,178,000         +16,385,000         -29,379,000 
    Emergency appropriations........................          1,719,000   ..................  ..................         -1,719,000   ..................
    Crime trust fund................................          7,750,000           7,969,000           7,969,000            +219,000   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, General legal activities...............        430,262,000         474,526,000         445,147,000         +14,885,000         -29,379,000 
Vaccine injury compensation trust fund..............          4,028,000           4,028,000           4,028,000   ..................  ..................
Independent counsel (permanent, indefinite).........          3,000,000           9,500,000           9,500,000          +6,500,000   ..................
Antitrust Division..................................         92,447,000          97,542,000          92,447,000   ..................         -5,095,000 
    Offsetting fee collections--carryover...........        -16,000,000         -10,000,000         -10,000,000          +6,000,000   ..................
    Offsetting fee collections--current year........        -58,905,000         -70,000,000         -70,000,000         -11,095,000   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Direct appropriation..........................         17,542,000          17,542,000          12,447,000          -5,095,000          -5,095,000 
United States Attorneys:                                                                                                                                
    Direct appropriation............................        923,340,000       1,018,617,000         986,404,000         +63,064,000         -32,213,000 
    Emergency appropriations........................         10,900,000   ..................  ..................        -10,900,000   ..................
    Crime trust fund................................         43,876,000          50,828,000          46,128,000          +2,252,000          -4,700,000 
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, United States Attorneys................        978,116,000       1,069,445,000       1,032,532,000         +54,416,000         -36,913,000 
United States Trustee System Fund...................        107,950,000         116,721,000         116,721,000          +8,771,000   ..................
    Offsetting fee collections......................        -49,869,000        -116,721,000        -116,721,000         -66,852,000   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Direct appropriation..........................         58,081,000   ..................  ..................        -58,081,000   ..................
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission................            953,000           1,226,000           1,226,000            +273,000   ..................
United States Marshals Service:                                                                                                                         
    Direct appropriation............................        457,495,000         475,244,000         471,786,000         +14,291,000          -3,458,000 
    Crime trust fund................................         25,000,000          25,553,000          25,553,000            +553,000   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, United States Marshals Service.........        482,495,000         500,797,000         497,339,000         +14,844,000          -3,458,000 
Federal Prisoner Detention..........................        405,262,000         462,831,000         405,262,000   ..................        -57,569,000 
Fees and expenses of witnesses......................        100,702,000          75,000,000          75,000,000         -25,702,000   ..................
Community Relations Service.........................          5,319,000           7,500,000           5,319,000   ..................         -2,181,000 
Assets forfeiture fund..............................         23,000,000          23,000,000          23,000,000   ..................  ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Legal activities.......................      2,508,760,000       2,645,395,000       2,510,800,000          +2,040,000        -134,595,000 
          Appropriations............................     (2,419,515,000)     (2,561,045,000)     (2,431,150,000)       (+11,635,000)      (-129,895,000)
          Emergency appropriations..................        (12,619,000)  ..................  ..................       (-12,619,000)  ..................
          Crime trust fund..........................        (76,626,000)        (84,350,000)        (79,650,000)        (+3,024,000)        (-4,700,000)
                                                     ===================================================================================================
           Radiation Exposure Compensation                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                        
Administrative expenses.............................          2,000,000           2,000,000           2,000,000   ..................  ..................
    Advance appropriation...........................  ..................          2,000,000   ..................  ..................         -2,000,000 
Payment to radiation exposure compensation trust                                                                                                        
 fund...............................................         13,736,000           4,381,000           4,381,000          -9,355,000   ..................
    Advance appropriation...........................  ..................         29,000,000   ..................  ..................        -29,000,000 
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Radiation Exposure Compensation........         15,736,000          37,381,000           6,381,000          -9,355,000         -31,000,000 
                                                     ===================================================================================================
             Interagency Law Enforcement                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                        
Interagency crime and drug enforcement..............        359,430,000         294,967,000         294,967,000         -64,463,000   ..................
                                                     ===================================================================================================
           Federal Bureau of Investigation                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses...............................      2,257,880,000       2,482,267,000       2,495,267,000        +237,387,000         +13,000,000 
Anti-terrorism activities (emergency appropriations)        115,610,000   ..................  ..................       -115,610,000   ..................
Counterintelligence and national security...........        147,081,000         147,081,000         200,000,000         +52,919,000         +52,919,000 
    Non-defense function............................  ..................  ..................         57,601,000         +57,601,000         +57,601,000 
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Intelligence and National Security.....        147,081,000         147,081,000         257,601,000        +110,520,000        +110,520,000 
FBI Fingerprint identification......................         84,400,000          84,400,000          84,400,000   ..................  ..................
    Advance appropriation, fiscal year 1999.........  ..................         47,800,000   ..................  ..................        -47,800,000 
Health care fraud enforcement.......................        -38,000,000   ..................  ..................        +38,000,000   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal......................................      2,566,971,000       2,761,548,000       2,837,268,000        +270,297,000         +75,720,000 
Crime trust fund....................................        169,000,000         179,121,000         179,121,000         +10,121,000   ..................
Telecommunications carrier compliance fund..........  ..................         50,000,000   ..................  ..................        -50,000,000 
    Defense function................................  ..................         50,000,000   ..................  ..................        -50,000,000 
    Emergency appropriations........................         60,000,000   ..................  ..................        -60,000,000   ..................
Construction........................................         41,639,000          49,006,000          59,006,000         +17,367,000         +10,000,000 
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Federal Bureau of Investigation........      2,837,610,000       3,089,675,000       3,075,395,000        +237,785,000         -14,280,000 
          Appropriations............................     (2,493,000,000)     (2,862,754,000)     (2,896,274,000)      (+403,274,000)       (+33,520,000)
          Advance appropriations....................  ..................        (47,800,000)  ..................  ..................       (-47,800,000)
          Emergency appropriations..................       (175,610,000)  ..................  ..................      (-175,610,000)  ..................
          Crime trust fund..........................       (169,000,000)       (179,121,000)       (179,121,000)       (+10,121,000)  ..................
                                                     ===================================================================================================
           Drug Enforcement Administration                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses...............................        798,212,000         740,293,000         697,533,000        -100,679,000         -42,760,000 
    Diversion control fund..........................        -52,824,000         -58,268,000         -58,268,000          -5,444,000   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Direct appropriation..........................        745,388,000         682,025,000         639,265,000        -106,123,000         -42,760,000 
Emergency appropriations............................          5,000,000   ..................  ..................         -5,000,000   ..................
Crime trust fund....................................        220,000,000         400,037,000         441,117,000        +221,117,000         +41,080,000 
Construction........................................         30,806,000           5,500,000          10,500,000         -20,306,000          +5,000,000 
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Drug Enforcement Administration........      1,001,194,000       1,087,562,000       1,090,882,000         +89,688,000          +3,320,000 
          Appropriations............................       (776,194,000)       (687,525,000)       (649,765,000)      (-126,429,000)       (-37,760,000)
          Emergency appropriations..................         (5,000,000)  ..................  ..................        (-5,000,000)  ..................
          Crime trust fund..........................       (220,000,000)       (400,037,000)       (441,117,000)      (+221,117,000)       (+41,080,000)
                                                     ===================================================================================================
       Immigration and Naturalization Service                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses...............................      1,590,159,000       1,651,463,000       1,430,199,000        -159,960,000        -221,264,000 
Emergency appropriations............................         15,000,000   ..................  ..................        -15,000,000   ..................
Immigration initiative (crime trust fund)...........        500,000,000         732,251,000         719,898,000        +219,898,000         -12,353,000 
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Direct and crime trust fund.........     (2,105,159,000)     (2,383,714,000)     (2,150,097,000)       (+44,938,000)      (-233,617,000)
    Fee accounts:                                                                                                                                       
        Immigration legalization fund...............         (1,893,000)         (1,259,000)         (1,259,000)          (-634,000)  ..................
        Immigration user fee........................       (388,664,000)       (419,296,000)       (398,896,000)       (+10,232,000)       (-20,400,000)
        Land border inspection fund.................        (11,054,000)         (8,888,000)         (8,888,000)        (-2,166,000)  ..................
        Immigration examinations fund...............       (567,550,000)       (646,916,000)       (646,916,000)       (+79,366,000)  ..................
        Breached bond fund..........................         (6,613,000)       (104,471,000)       (138,900,000)      (+132,287,000)       (+34,429,000)
        Immigration enforcement fines...............  ..................        (13,800,000)         (3,800,000)        (+3,800,000)       (-10,000,000)
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Fee accounts....................       (975,774,000)     (1,194,630,000)     (1,198,659,000)      (+222,885,000)        (+4,029,000)
Construction........................................          8,841,000          73,831,000          73,559,000         +64,718,000            -272,000 
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Immigration and Naturalization Service.     (3,089,774,000)     (3,652,175,000)     (3,422,315,000)      (+332,541,000)      (-229,860,000)
          Appropriations............................     (1,599,000,000)     (1,725,294,000)     (1,503,758,000)       (-95,242,000)      (-221,536,000)
          Emergency appropriations..................        (15,000,000)  ..................  ..................       (-15,000,000)  ..................
          Crime trust fund..........................       (500,000,000)       (732,251,000)       (719,898,000)      (+219,898,000)       (-12,353,000)
          (Fee accounts)............................       (975,774,000)     (1,194,630,000)     (1,198,659,000)      (+222,885,000)        (+4,029,000)
                                                     ===================================================================================================
                Federal Prison System                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses...............................      2,858,316,000       3,015,642,000       2,933,900,000         +75,584,000         -81,742,000 
    Prior year carryover............................        -90,000,000         -50,000,000   ..................        +90,000,000         +50,000,000 
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Direct appropriation..........................      2,768,316,000       2,965,642,000       2,933,900,000        +165,584,000         -31,742,000 
Crime trust fund....................................         25,224,000          26,135,000           6,135,000         -19,089,000         -20,000,000 
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Salaries and expenses..................      2,793,540,000       2,991,777,000       2,940,035,000        +146,495,000         -51,742,000 
Buildings and facilities............................        395,700,000         252,833,000         267,833,000        -127,867,000         +15,000,000 
Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated (limitation                                                                                                     
 on administrative expenses)........................         (3,042,000)         (3,930,000)         (3,042,000)  ..................          (-888,000)
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Federal Prison System..................      3,189,240,000       3,244,610,000       3,207,868,000         +18,628,000         -36,742,000 
                                                     ===================================================================================================
             Office of Justice Programs                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                        
Justice assistance:                                                                                                                                     
    Direct appropriation............................        101,429,000         166,665,000         183,165,000         +81,736,000         +16,500,000 
    Emergency appropriations........................         17,000,000   ..................  ..................        -17,000,000   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Justice assistance.....................        118,429,000         166,665,000         183,165,000         +64,736,000         +16,500,000 
                                                     ===================================================================================================
State and local law enforcement assistance:                                                                                                             
    Direct appropriations:                                                                                                                              
        Byrne grants (discretionary)................         60,000,000   ..................         75,000,000         +15,000,000         +75,000,000 
            Weed and seed fund (earmark)............        (28,500,000)  ..................        (33,500,000)  ..................  ..................
        Byrne grants (formula)......................        301,000,000   ..................        376,500,000         +75,500,000        +376,500,000 
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Direct appropriations...........        361,000,000   ..................        451,500,000         +90,500,000        +451,500,000 
    Crime trust fund:                                                                                                                                   
        Byrne grants (discretionary)................  ..................         75,000,000   ..................  ..................        -75,000,000 
            Weed and seed fund (earmark)............  ..................        (28,500,000)  ..................  ..................       (-28,500,000)
        Byrne grants (formula)......................        199,000,000         505,000,000         128,500,000         -70,500,000        -376,500,000 
        Community oriented policing services........      1,400,000,000       1,400,000,000       1,400,000,000   ..................  ..................
            Police corps............................         20,000,000          20,000,000          40,000,000         +20,000,000         +20,000,000 
            Law enforcement scholarship program.....  ..................         20,000,000   ..................  ..................        -20,000,000 
            Police recruitment grants program.......  ..................          5,000,000   ..................  ..................         -5,000,000 
            Prosecutorial initiatives targeting                                                                                                         
             crime and violent juveniles program....  ..................        100,000,000   ..................  ..................       -100,000,000 
        Local law enforcement block grant...........        523,000,000   ..................        503,000,000         -20,000,000        +503,000,000 
            Boys and Girls clubs (earmark)..........        (20,000,000)  ..................        (20,000,000)  ..................       (+20,000,000)
            Child exploitation investigations.......  ..................  ..................         (2,400,000)        (+2,400,000)        (+2,400,000)
        Drug courts.................................         30,000,000          75,000,000          40,000,000         +10,000,000         -35,000,000 
        Upgrade criminal history records............         50,000,000          45,000,000          45,000,000          -5,000,000   ..................
        State prison grants.........................        670,000,000         710,500,000         740,500,000         +70,500,000         +30,000,000 
        State criminal alien assistance program.....        330,000,000         350,000,000         350,000,000         +20,000,000   ..................
        Violence Against Women grants...............        196,500,000         248,750,000         263,750,000         +67,250,000         +15,000,000 
        State prison drug treatment.................         30,000,000          63,000,000          61,200,000         +31,200,000          -1,800,000 
        State courts assistance.....................  ..................         50,000,000   ..................  ..................        -50,000,000 
        Other crime control programs................          7,650,000          30,605,000          22,700,000         +15,050,000          -7,905,000 
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Crime trust fund................      3,456,150,000       3,697,855,000       3,594,650,000        +138,500,000        -103,205,000 
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Total, State and local law enforcement....      3,817,150,000       3,697,855,000       4,046,150,000        +229,000,000        +348,295,000 
                                                     ===================================================================================================
Juvenile justice programs...........................        174,500,000         230,422,000         235,422,000         +60,922,000          +5,000,000 
    Crime trust fund................................  ..................  ..................        145,000,000        +145,000,000        +145,000,000 
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Juvenile Justice programs..............        174,500,000         230,422,000         380,422,000        +205,922,000        +150,000,000 
Public safety officers benefits program:                                                                                                                
    Death benefits..................................         30,126,000          31,003,000          31,003,000            +877,000   ..................
    Disability benefits.............................          2,200,000           2,264,000           2,264,000             +64,000   ..................
        Carryover...................................  ..................  ..................         -2,264,000          -2,264,000          -2,264,000 
    Federal law enforcement education assistance....  ..................          2,000,000           2,000,000          +2,000,000   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total Public safety officers benefits program.         32,326,000          35,267,000          33,003,000            +677,000          -2,264,000 
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Office of Justice Programs.............      4,142,405,000       4,130,209,000       4,642,740,000        +500,335,000        +512,531,000 
          Appropriations............................       (669,255,000)       (507,354,000)       (903,090,000)      (+233,835,000)      (+395,736,000)
          Emergency appropriations..................        (17,000,000)  ..................  ..................       (-17,000,000)  ..................
          Crime trust fund..........................     (3,456,150,000)     (3,622,855,000)     (3,739,650,000)      (+283,500,000)      (+116,795,000)
                                                     ===================================================================================================
      Total, title I, Department of Justice.........     16,425,003,000      17,264,021,000      17,278,990,000        +853,987,000         +14,969,000 
          Appropriations............................    (11,680,174,000)    (12,081,221,000)    (12,054,168,000)      (+373,994,000)       (-27,053,000)
          Advance appropriations....................  ..................        (78,800,000)  ..................  ..................       (-78,800,000)
          Emergency appropriations..................       (249,829,000)  ..................  ..................      (-249,829,000)  ..................
          Crime trust fund..........................     (4,495,000,000)     (5,104,000,000)     (5,224,822,000)      (+729,822,000)      (+120,822,000)
          (Limitation on administrative expenses)...         (3,042,000)         (3,930,000)         (3,042,000)  ..................          (-888,000)
                                                     ===================================================================================================
    TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND RELATED                                                                                                        
                      AGENCIES                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                        
        TRADE AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                        
  Office of the United States Trade Representative                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses...............................         21,449,000          22,092,000          22,092,000            +643,000   ..................
                                                                                                                                                        
           International Trade Commission                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses...............................         40,850,000          41,980,000          41,000,000            +150,000            -980,000 
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Related agencies.......................         62,299,000          64,072,000          63,092,000            +793,000            -980,000 
                                                     ===================================================================================================
               DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                        
         International Trade Administration                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                        
Operations and administration.......................        270,000,000         271,636,000         280,736,000         +10,736,000          +9,100,000 
                                                                                                                                                        
                Export Administration                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                        
Operations and administration.......................         36,000,000          43,126,000          43,126,000          +7,126,000   ..................
    Emergency appropriations........................          3,900,000   ..................  ..................         -3,900,000   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Export Administration..................         39,900,000          43,126,000          43,126,000          +3,226,000   ..................
                                                     ===================================================================================================
         Economic Development Administration                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                        
Economic development assistance programs............        328,500,000         319,000,000         250,000,000         -78,500,000         -69,000,000 
    Emergency appropriations........................         25,000,000   ..................  ..................        -25,000,000   ..................
    Emergency appropriations (1997 supplemental)....         50,200,000   ..................  ..................        -50,200,000   ..................
Salaries and expenses...............................         20,036,000          24,028,000          22,028,000          +1,992,000          -2,000,000 
    Emergency appropriations (1997 supplemental)....          2,000,000   ..................  ..................         -2,000,000   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Economic Development Administration....        425,736,000         343,028,000         272,028,000        -153,708,000         -71,000,000 
                                                     ===================================================================================================
        Minority Business Development Agency                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                        
Minority business development.......................         28,000,000          27,811,000          27,811,000            -189,000   ..................
                                                     ===================================================================================================
      Total, Trade and Infrastructure Development...        825,935,000         749,673,000         686,793,000        -139,142,000         -62,880,000 
                                                     ===================================================================================================
       ECONOMIC AND INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                        
          Economic and Statistical Analysis                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses...............................         45,900,000          52,196,000          47,917,000          +2,017,000          -4,279,000 
                                                     ===================================================================================================
                Bureau of the Census                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses...............................        135,000,000         138,056,000         138,056,000          +3,056,000   ..................
Periodic censuses and programs......................        210,500,000         523,126,000         520,726,000        +310,226,000          -2,400,000 
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Bureau of the Census...................        345,500,000         661,182,000         658,782,000        +313,282,000          -2,400,000 
                                                     ===================================================================================================
     National Telecommunications and Information                                                                                                        
                   Administration                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses...............................         15,000,000          18,074,000          16,574,000          +1,574,000          -1,500,000 
Public broadcasting facilities, planning and                                                                                                            
 construction.......................................         15,250,000   ..................         25,000,000          +9,750,000         +25,000,000 
Information infrastructure grants...................         21,490,000          36,000,000          11,000,000         -10,490,000         -25,000,000 
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, National Telecommunications and                                                                                                            
       Information Administration...................         51,740,000          54,074,000          52,574,000            +834,000          -1,500,000 
                                                     ===================================================================================================
             Patent and Trademark Office                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses...............................         61,252,000          27,000,000          27,000,000         -34,252,000   ..................
Fees collected......................................       (601,723,000)       (629,320,000)       (629,320,000)       (+27,597,000)  ..................
    (Prior year carryover)..........................        (30,000,000)  ..................        (27,000,000)        (-3,000,000)       (+27,000,000)
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Patent and Trademark Office............       (692,975,000)       (656,320,000)       (683,320,000)        (-9,655,000)       (+27,000,000)
                                                     ===================================================================================================
      Total, Economic and Information Infrastructure        504,392,000         794,452,000         786,273,000        +281,881,000          -8,179,000 
                                                     ===================================================================================================
               SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                        
              Technology Administration                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses...............................          9,500,000           9,230,000           8,800,000            -700,000            -430,000 
                                                     ===================================================================================================
   National Institute of Standards and Technology                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                        
Scientific and technical research and services......        268,000,000         276,852,000         276,852,000          +8,852,000   ..................
Industrial technology services......................        313,000,000         399,000,000         311,040,000          -1,960,000         -87,960,000 
Construction of research facilities.................  ..................         16,692,000          16,000,000         +16,000,000            -692,000 
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, National Institute of Standards and                                                                                                        
       Technology...................................        581,000,000         692,544,000         603,892,000         +22,892,000         -88,652,000 
                                                     ===================================================================================================
   National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                        
Operations, research and facilities.................      1,854,067,000       1,476,245,000       1,995,252,000        +141,185,000        +519,007,000 
    Offsetting collections--fees....................         -3,000,000          -3,000,000          -3,000,000   ..................  ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Direct appropriation..........................      1,851,067,000       1,473,245,000       1,992,252,000        +141,185,000        +519,007,000 
    (By transfer from Promote and Develop Fund).....        (66,000,000)        (62,381,000)        (62,381,000)        (-3,619,000)  ..................
    (By transfer from Damage assessment and                                                                                                             
     restoration revolving fund, permanent).........          6,000,000           5,000,000           5,000,000          -1,000,000   ..................
    (Damage assessment and restoration revolving                                                                                                        
     fund)..........................................         -6,000,000          -5,000,000          -5,000,000          +1,000,000   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Operations, research and facilities....      1,851,067,000       1,473,245,000       1,992,252,000        +141,185,000        +519,007,000 
Coastal zone management fund........................         (7,800,000)         (7,800,000)         (7,800,000)  ..................  ..................
    Mandatory offset................................        (-7,800,000)        (-7,800,000)        (-7,800,000)  ..................  ..................
    Emergency appropriations (1997 supplemental)....         10,800,000   ..................  ..................        -10,800,000   ..................
Fleet modernization, shipbuilding and conversion....          8,000,000   ..................         15,823,000          +7,823,000         +15,823,000 
Fishing vessel and gear damage fund.................            200,000   ..................            200,000   ..................           +200,000 
Fishermen's contingency fund........................          1,000,000             953,000             953,000             -47,000   ..................
Foreign fishing observer fund.......................            196,000             189,000             189,000              -7,000   ..................
Fishing vessel obligations guarantees...............            250,000             238,000             338,000             +88,000            +100,000 
Construction........................................         58,250,000   ..................         88,000,000         +29,750,000         +88,000,000 
Capital assets acquisition..........................  ..................        503,464,000   ..................  ..................       -503,464,000 
    Advance appropriations, fiscal year 1999-2010...  ..................      3,485,517,000   ..................  ..................     -3,485,517,000 
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, National Oceanic and Atmospheric                                                                                                           
       Administration...............................      1,929,763,000       5,463,606,000       2,097,755,000        +167,992,000      -3,365,851,000 
                                                     ===================================================================================================
      Total, Science and Technology.................      2,520,263,000       6,165,380,000       2,710,447,000        +190,184,000      -3,454,933,000 
                                                     ===================================================================================================
               General Administration                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses...............................         28,490,000          30,085,000          28,490,000   ..................         -1,595,000 
Office of Inspector General.........................         20,140,000          21,677,000          20,140,000   ..................         -1,537,000 
Working capital fund (by transfer)..................         (3,000,000)  ..................         (3,000,000)  ..................        (+3,000,000)
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, General administration.................         48,630,000          51,762,000          48,630,000   ..................         -3,132,000 
                                                     ===================================================================================================
   National Institute of Standards and Technology                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                        
Construction of research facilities (rescission)....        -16,000,000   ..................  ..................        +16,000,000   ..................
                                                                                                                                                        
   National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                        
Operations, research and facilities (rescission)....        -20,000,000   ..................  ..................        +20,000,000   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Department of Commerce.................      3,800,921,000       7,697,195,000       4,169,051,000        +368,130,000      -3,528,144,000 
                                                     ===================================================================================================
      Total, title II, Department of Commerce and                                                                                                       
       related agencies.............................      3,863,220,000       7,761,267,000       4,232,143,000        +368,923,000      -3,529,124,000 
          Appropriations............................     (3,807,320,000)     (4,275,750,000)     (4,232,143,000)      (+424,823,000)       (-43,607,000)
          Advance appropriations....................  ..................     (3,485,517,000)  ..................  ..................    (-3,485,517,000)
          Emergency appropriations..................        (91,900,000)  ..................  ..................       (-91,900,000)  ..................
          (By transfer).............................        (69,000,000)        (62,381,000)        (65,381,000)        (-3,619,000)        (+3,000,000)
                                                     ===================================================================================================
              TITLE III--THE JUDICIARY                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                        
         Supreme Court of the United States                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses:                                                                                                                                  
    Salaries of justices............................          1,704,000           1,654,000           1,654,000             -50,000   ..................
    Other salaries and expenses.....................         25,453,000          27,624,000          27,249,000          +1,796,000            -375,000 
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Salaries and expenses..................         27,157,000          29,278,000          28,903,000          +1,746,000            -375,000 
Care of the building and grounds....................          2,800,000           3,997,000           6,170,000          +3,370,000          +2,173,000 
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Supreme Court of the United States.....         29,957,000          33,275,000          35,073,000          +5,116,000          +1,798,000 
                                                     ===================================================================================================
   United States Court of Appeals for the Federal                                                                                                       
                       Circuit                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses:                                                                                                                                  
    Salaries of judges..............................          1,898,000           1,887,000           1,887,000             -11,000   ..................
    Other salaries and expenses.....................         13,115,000          14,269,000          13,909,000            +794,000            -360,000 
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Salaries and expenses..................         15,013,000          16,156,000          15,796,000            +783,000            -360,000 
                                                     ===================================================================================================
     United States Court of International Trade                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses:                                                                                                                                  
    Salaries of judges..............................          1,447,000           1,483,000           1,483,000             +36,000   ..................
    Other salaries and expenses.....................          9,667,000           9,995,000           9,995,000            +328,000   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Salaries and expenses..................         11,114,000          11,478,000          11,478,000            +364,000   ..................
                                                     ===================================================================================================
    Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other                                                                                                       
                  Judicial Services                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses:                                                                                                                                  
    Salaries of judges and bankruptcy judges........        225,956,000         227,674,000         227,674,000          +1,718,000   ..................
    Other salaries and expenses.....................      2,330,044,000       2,614,166,000       2,562,103,000        +232,059,000         -52,063,000 
    Emergency appropriations........................         10,000,000   ..................  ..................        -10,000,000   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Direct appropriation..........................      2,566,000,000       2,841,840,000       2,789,777,000        +223,777,000         -52,063,000 
    Crime trust fund................................         30,000,000          50,000,000   ..................        -30,000,000         -50,000,000 
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Salaries and expenses..................      2,596,000,000       2,891,840,000       2,789,777,000        +193,777,000        -102,063,000 
Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund..............          2,390,000           2,450,000           2,450,000             +60,000   ..................
Defender services...................................        308,000,000         329,529,000         308,000,000   ..................        -21,529,000 
Fees of jurors and commissioners....................         67,000,000          69,651,000          68,252,000          +1,252,000          -1,399,000 
Court security......................................        127,000,000         170,304,000         167,883,000         +40,883,000          -2,421,000 
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and                                                                                                    
       Other Judicial Services......................      3,100,390,000       3,463,774,000       3,336,362,000        +235,972,000        -127,412,000 
                                                     ===================================================================================================
  Administrative Office of the United States Courts                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses...............................         49,450,000          54,108,000          53,843,000          +4,393,000            -265,000 
                                                                                                                                                        
               Federal Judicial Center                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses...............................         17,495,000          18,425,000          17,495,000   ..................           -930,000 
                                                                                                                                                        
              Judicial Retirement Funds                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                        
Payment to Judiciary Trust Funds....................         30,200,000          32,200,000          34,200,000          +4,000,000          +2,000,000 
                                                                                                                                                        
         United States Sentencing Commission                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses...............................          8,490,000           9,480,000           9,480,000            +990,000   ..................
New Ninth Circuit Courts............................  ..................  ..................          4,000,000          +4,000,000          +4,000,000 
Judges pay raise....................................  ..................  ..................          6,000,000          +6,000,000          +6,000,000 
                                                     ===================================================================================================
      Total, title III, the Judiciary...............      3,262,109,000       3,638,896,000       3,523,727,000        +261,618,000        -115,169,000 
          Appropriations............................     (3,222,109,000)     (3,588,896,000)     (3,523,727,000)      (+301,618,000)       (-65,169,000)
          Emergency appropriations..................        (10,000,000)  ..................  ..................       (-10,000,000)  ..................
          Crime trust fund..........................        (30,000,000)        (50,000,000)  ..................       (-30,000,000)       (-50,000,000)
                                                     ===================================================================================================
            TITLE IV--DEPARTMENT OF STATE                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                        
          Administration of Foreign Affairs                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                        
Diplomatic and consular programs....................      1,700,900,000       1,291,277,000       1,727,868,000         +26,968,000        +436,591,000 
    Registration fees...............................            700,000             700,000             700,000   ..................  ..................
    Emergency appropriations........................         23,700,000   ..................  ..................        -23,700,000   ..................
    Machine-readable Visa fees......................       (137,000,000)  ..................       (140,000,000)  ..................  ..................
    Fee proposal....................................  ..................        595,000,000   ..................  ..................       -595,000,000 
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Diplomatic and consular programs.......     (1,725,300,000)     (1,886,977,000)     (1,728,568,000)        (+3,268,000)      (-158,409,000)
Salaries and expenses...............................        352,300,000         363,513,000         363,513,000         +11,213,000   ..................
Capital investment fund.............................         24,600,000          64,600,000         105,000,000         +80,400,000         +40,400,000 
Office of Inspector General.........................         27,495,000          28,300,000          27,495,000   ..................           -805,000 
Representation allowances...........................          4,490,000           4,300,000           4,100,000            -390,000            -200,000 
Protection of foreign missions and officials........          8,332,000           7,900,000           7,900,000            -432,000   ..................
Security and maintenance of United States missions..        364,495,000         373,081,000         420,281,000         +55,786,000         +47,200,000 
    Emergency appropriations........................         24,825,000   ..................  ..................        -24,825,000   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Security and maintenance of United                                                                                                         
       States missions..............................        389,320,000         373,081,000         420,281,000         +30,961,000         +47,200,000 
Emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service..          5,800,000           5,500,000           5,500,000            -300,000   ..................
Repatriation Loans Program Account:                                                                                                                     
    Direct loans subsidy............................            593,000             593,000             593,000   ..................  ..................
    Administrative expenses.........................            663,000             607,000             607,000             -56,000   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Repatriation loans program account.....          1,256,000           1,200,000           1,200,000             -56,000   ..................
Payment to the American Institute in Taiwan.........         14,490,000          14,490,000          14,490,000   ..................  ..................
Payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and                                                                                                           
 Disability Fund....................................        126,491,000         129,935,000         129,935,000          +3,444,000   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Administration of Foreign Affairs......      2,679,874,000       2,879,796,000       2,807,982,000        +128,108,000         -71,814,000 
                                                     ===================================================================================================
     International Organizations and Conferences                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                        
Contributions to international organizations,                                                                                                           
 current year assessment............................        892,000,000       1,023,000,000         903,009,000         +11,009,000        -119,991,000 
    U.N. arrears....................................  ..................  ..................         54,000,000         +54,000,000         +54,000,000 
Contributions for international peacekeeping                                                                                                            
 activities, current year...........................        352,400,000         286,000,000         154,320,000        -198,080,000        -131,680,000 
    U.N. arrears....................................  ..................  ..................         46,000,000         +46,000,000         +46,000,000 
International conferences and contingencies.........  ..................          4,941,000   ..................  ..................         -4,941,000 
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, International Organizations and                                                                                                            
       Conferences..................................      1,244,400,000       1,313,941,000       1,157,329,000         -87,071,000        -156,612,000 
                                                     ===================================================================================================
              International Commissions                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                        
International Boundary and Water Commission, United                                                                                                     
 States and Mexico:                                                                                                                                     
    Salaries and expenses...........................         15,490,000          18,490,000          18,200,000          +2,710,000            -290,000 
    Construction....................................          6,463,000           6,463,000           6,463,000   ..................  ..................
American sections, international commissions........          5,490,000           5,660,000           5,010,000            -480,000            -650,000 
International fisheries commissions.................         14,549,000          14,549,000          14,549,000   ..................  ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, International commissions..............         41,992,000          45,162,000          44,222,000          +2,230,000            -940,000 
                                                     ===================================================================================================
                        Other                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                        
Payment to the Asia Foundation......................          8,000,000           8,000,000           5,000,000          -3,000,000          -3,000,000 
                                                     ===================================================================================================
      Total, Department of State....................      3,974,266,000       4,246,899,000       4,014,533,000         +40,267,000        -232,366,000 
                                                     ===================================================================================================
                  RELATED AGENCIES                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                        
         Arms Control and Disarmament Agency                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                        
Arms control and disarmament activities.............         41,500,000          46,200,000          32,613,000          -8,887,000         -13,587,000 
                                                     ===================================================================================================
          United States Information Agency                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                        
International information programs..................        440,000,000         434,097,000         427,097,000         -12,903,000          -7,000,000 
    Emergency appropriations........................          1,375,000   ..................  ..................         -1,375,000   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, salaries and expenses..................        441,375,000         434,097,000         427,097,000         -14,278,000          -7,000,000 
Technology fund.....................................          5,050,000           7,000,000          10,000,000          +4,950,000          +3,000,000 
Educational and cultural exchange programs..........        185,000,000         197,731,000         200,000,000         +15,000,000          +2,269,000 
Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program, trust fund..            600,000             600,000             570,000             -30,000             -30,000 
Israeli Arab scholarship program....................            400,000             400,000             400,000   ..................  ..................
International Broadcasting Operations...............        325,000,000         366,750,000         339,655,000         +14,655,000         -27,095,000 
Broadcasting to Cuba (direct).......................         25,000,000   ..................         22,095,000          -2,905,000         +22,095,000 
Radio construction..................................         35,490,000          32,710,000          32,710,000          -2,780,000   ..................
East-West Center....................................         10,000,000           7,000,000          22,000,000         +12,000,000         +15,000,000 
North/South Center..................................          1,495,000           1,500,000           3,000,000          +1,505,000          +1,500,000 
National Endowment for Democracy....................         30,000,000          30,000,000   ..................        -30,000,000         -30,000,000 
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, United States Information Agency.......      1,059,410,000       1,077,788,000       1,057,527,000          -1,883,000         -20,261,000 
                                                     ===================================================================================================
      Total, related agencies.......................      1,100,910,000       1,123,988,000       1,090,140,000         -10,770,000         -33,848,000 
                                                     ===================================================================================================
      Total, title IV, Department of State..........      5,075,176,000       5,370,887,000       5,104,673,000         +29,497,000        -266,214,000 
          Appropriations............................     (5,025,276,000)     (5,370,887,000)     (5,104,673,000)       (+79,397,000)      (-266,214,000)
          Emergency appropriations..................        (49,900,000)  ..................  ..................       (-49,900,000)  ..................
                                                     ===================================================================================================
              TITLE V--RELATED AGENCIES                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                        
            DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                        
               Maritime Administration                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                        
Operating-differential subsidies (liquidation of                                                                                                        
 contract authority)................................       (148,430,000)       (135,000,000)       (135,000,000)       (-13,430,000)  ..................
Maritime Security Program...........................         54,000,000          52,400,000          35,000,000         -19,000,000         -17,400,000 
Operations and training.............................         65,000,000          70,000,000          69,000,000          +4,000,000          -1,000,000 
Maritime Guaranteed Loan Program Account:                                                                                                               
    Guaranteed loans subsidy........................         37,450,000          35,000,000          29,000,000          -8,450,000          -6,000,000 
    Administrative expenses.........................          3,450,000           4,000,000           4,000,000            +550,000   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Maritime guaranteed loan program                                                                                                           
       account......................................         40,900,000          39,000,000          33,000,000          -7,900,000          -6,000,000 
                                                     ===================================================================================================
      Total, Maritime Administration................        159,900,000         161,400,000         137,000,000         -22,900,000         -24,400,000 
                                                     ===================================================================================================
    Commission for the Preservation of America's                                                                                                        
                   Heritage Abroad                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses...............................            206,000             206,000             206,000   ..................  ..................
                                                                                                                                                        
    Commission on the Advancement of Federal Law                                                                                                        
                     Enforcement                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses...............................          2,000,000   ..................  ..................         -2,000,000   ..................
                                                                                                                                                        
             Commission on Civil Rights                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses...............................          8,740,000          11,000,000           8,740,000   ..................         -2,260,000 
                                                                                                                                                        
          Commission on Immigration Reform                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses...............................          2,196,000             500,000             459,000          -1,737,000             -41,000 
                                                                                                                                                        
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses...............................          1,090,000           1,090,000           1,090,000   ..................  ..................
                                                                                                                                                        
       Equal Employment Opportunity Commission                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses...............................        239,740,000         246,000,000         242,000,000          +2,260,000          -4,000,000 
                                                     ===================================================================================================
          Federal Communications Commission                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses...............................        188,079,000         219,079,000         185,949,000          -2,130,000         -33,130,000 
    Offsetting fee collections--current year........       -152,523,000        -162,523,000        -162,523,000         -10,000,000   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Direct appropriation..........................         35,556,000          56,556,000          23,426,000         -12,130,000         -33,130,000 
                                                     ===================================================================================================
             Federal Maritime Commission                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses...............................         14,000,000          14,300,000          14,300,000            +300,000   ..................
                                                     ===================================================================================================
              Federal Trade Commission                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses...............................        101,930,000         108,000,000         108,000,000          +6,070,000   ..................
    Offsetting fee collections--carryover...........        -16,000,000         -10,000,000         -10,000,000          +6,000,000   ..................
    Offsetting fee collections--current year........        -58,905,000         -70,000,000         -70,000,000         -11,095,000   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Direct appropriation..........................         27,025,000          28,000,000          28,000,000            +975,000   ..................
                                                     ===================================================================================================
          Gambling Impact Study Commission                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses...............................          4,000,000   ..................  ..................         -4,000,000   ..................
                                                                                                                                                        
             Legal Services Corporation                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                        
Payment to the Legal Services Corporation...........        283,000,000         340,000,000         300,000,000         +17,000,000         -40,000,000 
                                                                                                                                                        
              Marine Mammal Commission                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses...............................          1,189,000           1,240,000           1,240,000             +51,000   ..................
                                                                                                                                                        
        National Bankruptcy Review Commission                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses...............................            494,000   ..................  ..................           -494,000   ..................
                                                                                                                                                        
             Ounce of Prevention Council                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                        
Direct appropriation................................            500,000   ..................  ..................           -500,000   ..................
    Crime trust fund................................  ..................          9,000,000   ..................  ..................         -9,000,000 
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         Securities and Exchange Commission                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses...............................        305,400,000         317,412,000         317,412,000         +12,012,000   ..................
    Offsetting fee collections......................       -222,622,000        -249,523,000        -249,523,000         -26,901,000   ..................
    Offsetting fee collections--carryover...........        -45,000,000         -32,000,000         -32,000,000         +13,000,000   ..................
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      Direct appropriation..........................         37,778,000          35,889,000          35,889,000          -1,889,000   ..................
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            Small Business Administration                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses...............................        239,547,000         246,100,000         246,100,000          +6,553,000   ..................
    Offsetting fee collections......................         -4,500,000   ..................  ..................         +4,500,000   ..................
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      Direct appropriation..........................        235,047,000         246,100,000         246,100,000         +11,053,000   ..................
Office of Inspector General.........................          9,000,000          10,600,000          10,600,000          +1,600,000   ..................
Business Loans Program Account:                                                                                                                         
    Direct loans subsidy............................          1,691,000   ..................  ..................         -1,691,000   ..................
    Guaranteed loans subsidy........................        179,700,000         173,235,000         181,232,000          +1,532,000          +7,997,000 
    Micro loan guarantees...........................          2,317,000   ..................  ..................         -2,317,000   ..................
    Administrative expenses.........................         94,000,000          94,000,000          94,000,000   ..................  ..................
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      Total, Business loans program account.........        277,708,000         267,235,000         275,232,000          -2,476,000          +7,997,000 
                                                                                                                                                        
Disaster Loans Program Account:                                                                                                                         
    Direct loans subsidy............................        105,432,000   ..................  ..................       -105,432,000   ..................
    Emergency appropriations........................        113,000,000   ..................  ..................       -113,000,000   ..................
    Administrative expenses.........................         86,500,000         173,200,000         173,200,000         +86,700,000   ..................
    Emergency appropriations........................         22,000,000   ..................  ..................        -22,000,000   ..................
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      Total, Disaster loans program account.........        326,932,000         173,200,000         173,200,000        -153,732,000   ..................
Surety bond guarantees revolving fund...............          3,730,000           3,500,000           3,500,000            -230,000   ..................
                                                     ===================================================================================================
      Total, Small Business Administration..........        852,417,000         700,635,000         708,632,000        -143,785,000          +7,997,000 
                                                     ===================================================================================================
               State Justice Institute                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses \1\...........................          6,000,000           5,000,000          13,550,000          +7,550,000          +8,550,000 
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      Total, title V, Related agencies..............      1,675,831,000       1,610,816,000       1,514,532,000        -161,299,000         -96,284,000 
          Appropriations............................     (1,540,831,000)     (1,601,816,000)     (1,514,532,000)       (-26,299,000)       (-87,284,000)
          (Liquidation of contract authority).......       (148,430,000)       (135,000,000)       (135,000,000)       (-13,430,000)  ..................
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            TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                        
                   GOVERNMENT-WIDE                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                        
Defense function (by transfer)......................  ..................        (34,025,000)        (34,025,000)       (+34,025,000)  ..................
International function (by transfer)................  ..................        (47,089,000)        (47,089,000)       (+47,089,000)  ..................
Domestic function (by transfer).....................  ..................        (31,845,000)        (31,845,000)       (+31,845,000)  ..................
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      Total, title VI, general provisions...........  ..................  ..................  ..................  ..................  ..................
          (By transfer).............................  ..................       (112,959,000)       (112,959,000)      (+112,959,000)  ..................
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               TITLE VII--RESCISSIONS                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                        
                DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                        
               General Administration                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                        
Working capital fund (rescission)...................        -36,400,000   ..................        -30,310,000          +6,090,000         -30,310,000 
                                                                                                                                                        
       Immigration and Naturalization Service                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                        
Immigration Emergency fund (rescission).............        -34,779,000   ..................  ..................        +34,779,000   ..................
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      Total, title VII, Rescissions.................        -71,179,000   ..................        -30,310,000         +40,869,000         -30,310,000 
                                                     ===================================================================================================
      Grand total:                                                                                                                                      
          New budget (obligational) authority.......     30,230,160,000      35,645,887,000      31,623,755,000      +1,393,595,000      -4,022,132,000 
              Appropriations........................    (25,275,710,000)    (26,918,570,000)    (26,429,243,000)    (+1,153,533,000)      (-489,327,000)
              Advance appropriations................  ..................     (3,564,317,000)  ..................  ..................    (-3,564,317,000)
              Emergency appropriations..............       (536,629,000)  ..................  ..................      (-536,629,000)  ..................
              Rescissions...........................      (-107,179,000)  ..................       (-30,310,000)       (+76,869,000)       (-30,310,000)
              Crime trust fund......................     (4,525,000,000)     (5,163,000,000)     (5,224,822,000)      (+699,822,000)       (+61,822,000)
          (By transfer).............................        (69,000,000)       (175,340,000)       (178,340,000)      (+109,340,000)        (+3,000,000)
          (Limitation on administrative expenses)...         (3,042,000)         (3,930,000)         (3,042,000)  ..................          (-888,000)
          (Liquidation of contract authority).......       (148,430,000)       (135,000,000)       (135,000,000)       (-13,430,000)  ..................
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\1\ President's budget proposes $5,000,000 for State Justice Institute.                                                                                 


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