[Senate Report 106-404]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                                       Calendar No. 703
106th Congress                                                   Report
                                 SENATE
  2d Session                                                    106-404

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DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATION BILL, 2001

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               September 8, 2000.--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 H.R. 4690]

    The Committee on Appropriations, to which was referred the 
bill (H.R. 4690) making appropriations for the Departments of 
Commerce, Justice, and State, the judiciary, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for 
other purposes, reports the same to the Senate with amendments 
and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.



Amount in new budget (obligational) authority

Total bill as reported to Senate........................ $36,689,965,000
Amount of appropriations, 2000..........................  39,630,967,000
Amount of budget estimates, 2001, as amended............  50,924,815,000
The bill as reported to the Senate:
    Below the appropriations for 2000...................   2,941,002,000
    Below the estimates for 2001........................  14,234,850,000


                            C O N T E N T S

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Background:
    Purpose of the bill..........................................     3
    Hearings.....................................................     3
    Summary of the bill..........................................     3
Budgetary impact of the bill.....................................     9
Title I--Department of Justice...................................    10
Title II--Department of Commerce and related agencies............    90
Title III--The judiciary.........................................   128
Title IV--Department of State and related agencies...............   135
Title V--Related agencies:
    Department of Transportation: Maritime Administration........   164
    Census Monitoring Board......................................   165
    Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad.   165
    Commission on Civil Rights...................................   166
    Commission on Ocean Policy...................................   166
    Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe.............   166
    Equal Employment Opportunity Commission......................   167
    Federal Communications Commission............................   167
    Federal Maritime Commission..................................   168
    Federal Trade Commission.....................................   169
    Legal Services Corporation...................................   171
    Marine Mammal Commission.....................................   172
    Securites and Exchange Commission............................   172
    Small Business Administration................................   174
    State Justice Institute......................................   178
Title VI--General provisions.....................................   179
Title VII--Rescissions...........................................   181
Title VIII--Southwest Border Initiative..........................   183
Compliance with paragraph 7, rule XVI of the Standing Rules of 
  the Senate.....................................................   185
Compliance with paragraph 7(c), rule XXVI of the Standing Rules 
  of the Senate..................................................   185
Compliance with paragraph 12, rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of 
  the Senate.....................................................   186

                               BACKGROUND

                          Purpose of the Bill

    This bill makes appropriations for the functions of the 
Departments of Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary and 
Related Agencies for the period October 1, 2000, through 
September 30, 2001. Functional areas include the pay, 
allowances, and support of personnel, operation and 
maintenance, procurement of equipment and systems, and 
research.
    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, 
improving State Department operations, and fullfilling the 
needs of various independent agencies.

                                Hearings

    The Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary 
and Related Agencies Appropriations began hearings on the 
fiscal year 2001 budget request on February 16, 2000, and 
concluded them on March 21, 2000, after holding 6 separate 
sessions. The subcommittee heard testimony from representatives 
of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, State, and various 
commissions.

                          Summary of the Bill

    The budget estimates for the departments and agencies 
included in the accompanying bill are contained in the budget 
of the United States for fiscal year 2001 submitted on February 
7, 2000 and budget amendments submitted March 27, March 31, May 
18, and June 6.
    The total amount of new budget authority recommended by the 
Committee for fiscal year 2001 is $36,689,965,000. This amount 
is a decrease of $2,941,002,000 below appropriations enacted 
for fiscal year 2000 for these departments and agencies. The 
Committee recommendation is $14,234,850,000 below the budget 
estimates as amended. This significant difference is partly a 
result of the Committee's decision not to approve advanced 
appropriations.
    Highlights of the bill include:

                          internet initiative

    The Internet continues to change the face of global 
communications and commerce. As this technology becomes more 
ingrained into every facet of life, the ability of criminals, 
terrorists, and hackers to launch electronic attacks against 
individuals, businesses, and countries grows as vulnerabilities 
in computer infrastructures are exploited. It is a global 
network that connects approximately 155 million worldwide users 
to a vast array of electronic commerce. It has changed the 
securities industry as well as how goods and services are 
acquired. The Internet has also created an efficient medium by 
which fraud and other crimes are being committed. Perpetrators 
can remain anonymous, reach victims in their homes, and commit 
these crimes from outside the United States so that law 
enforcement and regulatory agencies can be eluded. In fact, the 
FBI reports that losses at U.S. companies more than doubled 
last year to $266,000,000 as a result of cybercrime. Also, as 
many as 7 out of 10 U.S. corporations, banks, and government 
agencies suffered serious breaches of security last year.
    Securities fraud is not just the sale of unregistered 
securities. For example, an on-line broker dealer has had its 
website copied with a different address. Investors then sent 
funds to the perpetrators instead of the broker. This scam 
continued for 10 months before they moved on to copy another 
website. The education of investors includes understanding that 
investment decision should not be made solely on information 
obtained over the Internet. A number of independent steps must 
be taken to ensure the accuracy of information being provided. 
They include contacting companies in question and reviewing 
financial information. The Committee recognizes that these 
threats are genuine and has, therefore, attempted to provide 
the agencies under its purview with the tools and resources 
they need including the following grants and programs.
    The Committee is providing an $11,400,000 increase to the 
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to allow the agency to expand 
its monitoring of consumer fraud. The growth of Internet fraud 
has required the agency to increase its domestic and 
international monitoring in order to protect consumers. To 
date, the FTC has brought 100 cases against 300 companies and 
individuals for Internet fraud. These cases are expected to 
increase as consumers step up the pace of on-line purchasing. 
The increase for the FTC will also permit the agency to expand 
its Consumer Sentinel database to make it available to 
international law enforcement agencies in an effort to create 
data-sharing arrangements. The Committee created this database 
in fiscal year 1998, and it has proven to be a useful tool in 
tracking and prosecuting consumer fraud. The Internet is not 
governed by borders; nor is the fraud committed on consumers.
    The Committee has provided funding for the Bureau of 
Justice Statistics to initiate the operation of the National 
Computer Crime Statistics Program (NCCS). This program will 
gather information on changes over time in the incidence and 
prevalence of computer crime offenses including statistical 
data on the costs and consequences to victims of computer 
crime, data on prosecutions, convictions, and sentencing of 
persons convicted of computer crime.
    Grants are provided to State and local law enforcement to 
continue specialized cyberunits to investigate and prevent 
child sexual exploitation on the Internet.
    Funding is provided for the National Center for Missing and 
Exploited Children for a study regarding the patterns of 
victimization of children on the Internet, and for the Center's 
CyberTipline which collects leads from Internet Service 
Providers on incidences of child pornography and exploitation.
    Additional funding is included for the Jimmy Ryce Law 
Enforcement Training Center to train law enforcement officers, 
judges, and prosecutors on Internet crimes against children and 
child exploitation.
    Finally, added resources are provided to the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology to develop new tools to 
better protect the information technology elements of the 
Nation's critical infrastructures through research and 
development of new measurements, test methods, and guidelines 
that will identify and remedy potential infrastructure 
vulnerabilities.

                       southwest border strategy

    If the preamble to the Constitution literally reflects the 
priorities of its authors, then ``establish[ing] Justice'' and 
``ensur[ing] domestic tranquility'' were second only to 
``form[ing] a more perfect Union'' in the minds of the Founding 
Fathers. Nowhere does the Federal Government face a greater 
challenge to live up to these Constitutional priorities than 
the Southwest border. Border security is solely and wholly a 
Federal responsibility. The tidal wave of humanity crashing 
across the Southwest border poses a law enforcement challenge 
that demands the strongest and most closely coordinated 
response possible by the Justice Department. The Committee 
recommendation supports a broad array of initiatives to bring 
order to the border.
    The INS, DEA, and the Judiciary are being asked to do 
increasingly more along the border, yet these agencies face 
critical shortfalls in funding in nearly every area. The 
Committee is concerned that with these severe shortfalls the 
administration has instead focused its response to the drug war 
on providing $1,600,000,000 in aid to Colombia. ``Plan 
Colombia'', as outlined by the administration, will further 
drain funding from the agencies fighting the drug war here at 
home. Providing for unfunded capital needs along the Southwest 
border should be the first priority of any serious effort to 
stem the tide of drugs and illegal immigrants coming into the 
United States. The Committee has attempted to address these 
shortfalls by providing new funding when available and by 
redirecting funding from areas of low priority.
    The lack of resources faced by the subcommittee in fiscal 
year 2001 brings home the opportunity costs of ``Plan 
Colombia''. The President's fiscal year 2001 request for the 
agencies under our purview is $50,924,815,000. The subcommittee 
recommendation is $36,689,965,000, a $14,234,850,000 
difference. Thus, it is in the face of real austerity that the 
subcommittee has developed a plan to deal with the highest 
priorities on the Southwest border.
    First, the recommendation, building upon successes last 
year, continues to expand centralized development of certain 
key technologies, such as the Justice Automated Booking System 
and narrowband communications, to maximize information sharing, 
interoperability, efficiency, and economy across components. 
Nowhere are the benefits of centralization more obvious than 
the Southwest border where overlapping operations by every 
Justice component call for mission coordination and 
deconfliction. Fully 20 percent of all Federal law enforcement 
officers are concentrated in an area running from Presidio, TX, 
to the Pacific Ocean.
    Second, in select instances, existing manpower has been 
redirected to the border. Because shifting patterns of crime 
are not always reflected in the distribution of Federal law 
enforcement resources, the Committee has transferred staff from 
quieter sectors to Southwest border States. This brings 
seasoned personnel to the area of greatest need in the shortest 
possible time.
    Third, for fiscal year 2001, the President's budget request 
for the Drug Enforcement Administration [DEA] provides only a 
$4,600,000 increase for the actual enforcement operations of 
the agency. Shortchanging the Nation's preeminent drug fighting 
agency is not a strategy this Committee supports nor is it a 
proper response to the drug war. To address the DEA's 
requirements the Committee has provided the agency with 
increased funding for methamphetamine enforcement, training, 
and cleanup, and funding to address critical programs like DEA 
Regional Enforcement Teams and the agency's Special Operations 
Division. The Committee has also directed the DEA, INS, and FBI 
to coordinate its operations along the Southwest border. To 
facilitate this cooperation the Committee has also directed 
that these agencies co-locate their Southwest border offices in 
the States of California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas which 
will encourage operational efficiency and cost savings.
    Fourth, the Committee recommendation also continues the 
systematic refocusing of Federal law enforcement resources on 
the Southwest border toward the build-up of critical 
infrastructure. The single greatest deficiency continues to be 
the appalling inadequacy of Border Patrol facilities. Stations 
designed to house several score of agents now serve hundreds. 
Similarly, detention facilities in Federal courthouses and at 
Immigration and Naturalization Service [INS] processing centers 
on the border tend to be antiquated, cramped, and unsafe. 
Increases for both continue the long process of bringing these 
facilities up to standard while expanding capacity to meet the 
mission.
    Fifth, the Committee tries to address the problems of the 
Federal Judiciary which has been hit hard by a staggering 
number of drug offenses and illegal immigration cases. These 
cases have produced a record number of Federal prosecutions and 
stretched an already overburdened workforce. The Committee 
attempts to provide relief to the border courts by redirecting 
funds from Judiciary administrative accounts to the five 
Federal districts on the border that now handle 26 percent of 
all criminal court filings in the United States.
    Finally, the Committee recommends a $413,940,000 contingent 
emergency package, under title VIII, to address longstanding 
shortfalls and backlogs on the Border.
    The Committee knows this effort will not solve all the many 
challenges we have on the Southwest border. However, it is 
intended to help move the United States back to a time when we 
had control of our borders and had the ability to stop drugs 
and illegal aliens from entering our communities.

                            methamphetamine

    The illegal drug culture in our country is continually 
changing, and we must adapt the ways we combat it. A major 
concern today is the surge in methamphetamine use. Organized 
Mexican crime groups are becoming increasingly successful in 
their distribution of the drug by providing the resources for 
clandestine labs within the United States as well as bringing 
methamphetamine across our borders. In addition to having 
sophisticated cartels trafficking the drug, users can make it 
for themselves. Methamphetamine is distinctive because it is a 
chemical based drug, not a naturally grown one. This makes it 
easy for any addict or dealer who does not want to go through a 
middle man to find the recipe and chemical process on the 
Internet and make it at home.
    Clandestine labs are particularly dangerous because the 
byproducts of methamphetamine production are hazardous and 
often the process results in explosions and fires. The DEA has 
reported increasing numbers of clandestine lab seizures 
nationwide. In 1997, 3,327 labs were seized by Federal, State, 
and local law enforcement. By 1999, that number had escalated 
to 7,060. More disturbing is the fact that the National 
Clandestine Laboratory database showed there were 877 
documented incidents of children being present at labs and 
related sites. The Committee has made the reduction of 
methamphetamine production, trafficking, and use a priority, 
especially since the President's budget included no resources 
to address this serious problem.
    For fiscal year 2001, the Committee recommends a total of 
$77,709,000 for this particular threat. The Committee 
recommendation includes an increase for Drug Enforcement 
Administration (DEA) personnel specifically dealing with 
methamphetamine cases, bringing the funding level to 
$27,459,000. These funds are to be used for investigations; to 
maintain the National Clandestine Laboratory database; to 
reduce availability of precursor chemicals diverted to 
clandestine laboratories; and to pay for the daily operations 
encountered in dealing with methamphetamine activity. In 
addition, the Committee recommends that the DEA Special 
Operations Division receive an increase of $950,000 for their 
efforts in this area.
    Since DEA must deal with the hazardous waste materials 
created by clandestine labs, $4,100,000 is available to DEA 
from the Assets Forfeiture Fund, and $20,000,000 is available 
through the COPS Methamphetamine/Drug ``Hot Spots'' Program to 
reimburse the DEA for cleanup costs. An additional $21,700,000 
is provided to State and local law enforcement programs to 
combat methamphetamine production and use. Lastly, $3,500,000 
is for DEA to train State and local law enforcement on how to 
deal with methamphetamine cleanups.

            reprogrammings, reorganizations, and relocations

    As in previous years, the Committee is inserting section 
605 under title VI of the general provisions of the bill. This 
section restates previous law with regard to the reprogramming 
of appropriated funds between agency 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 directs that both the House and Senate 
chairmen of the Subcommittees on the Departments of Commerce, 
Justice, and State, the judiciary, and related agencies will be 
notified by letter at least 15 days prior to:
  --Reprogramming of funds, whether permanent or temporary, in 
        excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is more, 
        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.
     The Committee directs each department or agency to notify 
the Committee when the amount of political appointees rises 
above 10 percent from either of the previous 2 years or when 
five or more political appointees are added in a given year. 
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.
    In addition, the Committee directs departments or agencies 
funded in the accompanying bill that are 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 directs that any items which are subject to 
interpretation will be reported.

                                            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 2001: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and
 State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies:
    General purpose, defense discretionary..................          520          520          499      \1\ 497
    General purpose, non-defense discretion-  ary...........       33,450       32,930       35,287       34,522
    Mandatory...............................................          548          608          558          559
Projection of outlays associated with the recommendation:
    2001....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........   \2\ 23,450
    2002....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........        6,190
    2003....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........        3,265
    2004....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........        1,173
    2005 and future years...................................  ...........  ...........  ...........          425
Financial assistance to State and local governments for 2001           NA        2,325           NA          263
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\1\ Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
\2\ Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority.

NA: Not applicable.


                     TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

    The Committee has made funding for law enforcement the 
centerpiece of the fiscal year 2001 appropriations bill. The 
Committee recommends $18,734,623,000 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 2001.
    Consolidation of accounting systems.--The Committee directs 
the Department to plan, develop, and implement a department-
wide financial reporting system that would be operational by 
the end of fiscal year 2001. The Department is further directed 
to include budget year plus 4 years of funding data for each 
program line item in the congressional justification books 
beginning with the fiscal year 2002 request.
    Reprogrammings.--Although some progress has been made since 
the Committee first questioned the inordinate number of 
reprogrammings submitted by the Justice Department, the 
Committee continues to be inundated with requests. Worse, swift 
responses by the Committee simply prompt endless appeals on 
reprogrammings modified or denied by either House. The 
Committee directs the Justice Department to submit one omnibus 
reprogramming not later than April 1, 2001. Separate requests 
made at any time of the year, other than for matters concerning 
national security, will not be considered.
    Consultations.--The Committee intended consultations to be 
an informal mechanism to expedite review and approval of time 
sensitive decisions. Unfortunately, consultations have been 
interpreted by the Department as reprogrammings, putting 
bureaucratic imperatives before swift decision-making. The 
Committee believes that the consultation process, as defined by 
the Committee, serves a useful purpose for both Congress and 
the Department. The Committee expects the Department to abide 
by the Committee's interpretation of the consultation process.

                         General Administration


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $79,328,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      91,553,000
House allowance.........................................      84,177,000
Committee recommendation................................      83,713,000

    This account funds the development of policy objectives and 
the overall management of the Department of Justice.
    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $83,713,000. 
The recommendation is $7,840,000 below the budget request and 
provides for all needed adjustments to base.
    The Committee provides no additional funding for added 
positions and equipment for the Office of Intelligence Policy 
and Review [OIPR]. In May of 1999, the Justice Department 
indicated it would set up a special task force to investigate 
the issues surrounding the espionage case at the Los Alamos lab 
in New Mexico. No task force was ever established, but a 
smaller investigation has recently concluded its inquiry into 
the matter. The Committee believes that a thorough review of 
the case was conducted and the Committee encourages the 
Department to quickly implement the report recommendations. The 
Committee remains concerned about OIPR's role in this case, and 
believes that any current deficiencies that exist are not 
budget driven, but the result of internal Department 
differences. Until recognized cooperation and coordination can 
be demonstrated to the Committee no requests for additional 
funding or reprogrammings for OIPR will be approved.

                     joint automated booking system

Appropriations, 2000....................................      $1,800,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       1,800,000
House allowance.........................................       1,800,000
Committee recommendation................................      15,915,000

    This account centrally funds development, acquisition, and 
deployment of the joint automated booking system [JABS]. 
Previously, JABS funding was distributed among various Justice 
components.
    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $15,915,000. 
The recommendation is $14,115,000 above the OMB-approved budget 
request. Considering that centralizing this program saved over 
70 percent in total development, acquisition, and life cycle 
costs, the Committee is at a loss to understand why OMB reduced 
Justice's JABS request.
    The Committee recommendations, by component, are displayed 
in the following table:

Joint Automated Booking System

                        [In thousands of dollars]

                                                               Committee
                                                          recommendation

JABS Central Fund................................................. 6,600
Field Acquisition:
    BoP........................................................... 1,500
    DEA........................................................... 1,730
    FBI........................................................... 2,125
    INS........................................................... 2,180
    USMS.......................................................... 1,780
                                                                  ______
      Subtotal.................................................... 9,315
                                                                  ______
      Total, JABS.................................................15,915

    JABS will: (1) standardize booking data, procedures, and 
equipment throughout Justice; (2) save funds by eliminating 
repetitive booking of suspects; and (3) improve public safety 
by identifying repeat offenders and persons with outstanding 
charges or warrants.

                       Public Key Infrastructure

Appropriations, 2000....................................................
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      $4,376,000
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................................

    This new proposal funds development of a Department-wide 
encryption infrastructure. The Committee does not recommend an 
appropriation at this time. The Committee cannot afford another 
technology initiative, but is willing to revisit this issue 
after other on-going programs are completed.

                       Narrowband Communications

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $10,625,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     188,000,000
House allowance.........................................      95,445,000
Committee recommendation................................     205,000,000

    This account centrally funds development, acquisition, 
deployment, and operation and maintenance of the Justice 
Department's narrowband wireless communications network. By 
law, all Justice components operating Land Mobile Radio [LMR] 
systems in the VHF band must convert by January 1, 2005.
    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $205,000,000. 
The recommendation is $17,000,000 above the amended budget 
request and identical to the original budget request. 
Previously, narrowband communications compliance funding was 
scattered among various Justice components.
    The Committee recommendations, by effort and region, are 
displayed in the following table:

Narrowband Communications

                        [In thousands of dollars]

                                                               Committee
                                                          recommendation

Western Region (TX, NM, CO, WY, MT, ID, UT, AZ, CA, NV, OR, 
    WA, AK, HI):
    Infrastructure............................................    53,000
    Subscriber equipment......................................    26,300
    Commercial services.......................................     3,000
    Operations & maintenance..................................    16,500
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Subtotal................................................    98,800
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Central Region (TX, LA, AR, OK, KS, MO, IL, IA, NE, SD, ND, 
    MN, WI):
    Infrastructure............................................    30,500
    Subscriber equipment......................................    10,600
    Commercial services.......................................     2,700
    Operations & maintenance..................................    16,800
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Subtotal................................................    60,600
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
East Region (FL, GA, AL, MS, TN, NC, SC, VA, KY, IN, MI, OH, 
    WV, PA, MD, DC, DE):
    Infrastructure............................................     1,100
    Commercial services.......................................       800
    Operations & maintenance..................................    34,500
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

    Subtotal..................................................    36,400
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Northeast Region (NJ, NY, CT, RI, MA, VT, NH, ME):
    Infrastructure............................................       600
    Operations & maintenance..................................     8,600
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Subtotal................................................     9,200
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total...................................................   205,000
    Central management of narrowband radio investments will: 
(1) maximize resource sharing; (2) ensure system efficiency and 
interoperability; and (3) sharply reduce up front and out year 
costs Department-wide.

                            Counterterrorism

    Preparedness is deterrence. Our adversaries may know our 
capabilities, and the risk will continue to diminish as our 
ability continues to grow. However, we are far from considering 
this a low-risk issue. In 1998, deaths from terrorism escalated 
to a new level with 741 deaths and 5,922 injured. The bombings 
at the U.S. embassy in Kenya killed 291 people and injured 
about 5,000 people. Of all the terrorist attacks in the world, 
40 percent of them were against U.S. targets. The Committee 
continues to try and address the overwhelming needs of the 
United States in defending against unconventional terrorist 
warfare. Attacks with Weapons of Mass Destruction [WMD] and 
computers are the most discussed. However, the Committee is 
aware that attacks could be in a variety of forms. We cannot be 
prepared for all of them, but we can perform risk assessments 
and decrease the risk to U.S. citizens at home and abroad. With 
this in mind, the Committee has focused on every aspect of the 
U.S. Government that has some part of countering terrorism. 
This includes, the Department of State, the Department of 
Defense, the Department of Justice, the Central Intelligence 
Agency, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of 
Transportation, the Federal Aviation Administration, the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Department of 
Health and Human Services. Today, more than 40 Federal 
departments, agencies, and bureaus, have some role in 
counterterrorism-related activities.

                         Counterterrorism Fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $10,000,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      10,000,000
House allowance.........................................      10,000,000
Committee recommendation................................       5,000,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,000,000 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. The 
recommendation is $5,000,000 below the request and the fiscal 
year 2000 appropriation. The Committee is aware that there will 
be carryover balances available in fiscal year 2001 in excess 
of $36,000,000.
    This fund is under the control and direction of the Deputy 
Attorney General for National Security and Intelligence 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) cover 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) cover the costs of conducting a 
terrorism threat assessment of Federal agencies and their 
facilities.
    The Committee continues to be concerned that the fund is 
considered by the Department as an account to be used for any 
effort remotely connected with countering terrorism. Last year, 
the Committee stated that ``the traditional mission of the 
counterterrorism fund is to fund extraordinary costs to provide 
support to counter, investigate or prosecute domestic or 
international terrorism. It is expected these extraordinary 
costs would be incurred in response to an unexpected terrorist 
threat or act, and not the costs incurred with day to day 
counterterrorrism operations. These operations should be funded 
from the Department's annual budget.'' This high standard 
continues to be a deliberate effort to maintain the integrity 
of this fund for its intended purpose. The Committee directs 
the Department of Justice to continue to notify the House and 
Senate Appropriations Committees prior to obligation of all 
counterterrorism funds.
    National Guard.--The Committee's goals include providing 
States with an improved ability to respond to terrorist threats 
or events. This includes training and equipping the first 
responder who will arrive at the scene within 1 hour of an 
attack. The Committee is also aware of the States' Community 
Support Teams that are expected to arrive within 6 to 8 hours 
after an event has occurred. The Committee urges the National 
Guard Bureau (NGB) to significantly reduce this arrival time.
    The Committee is aware of the important work the National 
Guard is doing in preparing for terrorist attacks. The defense 
subcommittee has already provided funding of $10,000,000 for 
counterterrorism infrastructure at the NGB. This funding is 
provided to help augment the National Domestic Preparedness 
Office.
    Distance learning.--Congress has previously recognized the 
effectiveness of leveraging existing training capabilities and 
infrastructure to support emerging and evolving initiatives. 
The Department of Defense Appropriations for fiscal years 1998 
and 1999 directed the Department of Defense to use the National 
Guard Counterdrug Training Centers and the National Guard 
Distance Learning Network to provide training for civilian 
emergency responders and military personnel to plan for and 
respond to the consequences of weapons of mass destruction. For 
fiscal year 2000 the Committee appropriated funds for the Army 
National Guard's distance learning and information management 
requirements. The Committee continues to believe that even 
greater benefits will accrue from further using these resources 
in conjunction with the training programs and resources of the 
Department of Justice. Last year, we recommended that the 
Department of Justice and the National Guard establish a 
collaborative training program with these funds to make 
expanded use of the National Guard Distance Learning Network 
and other training and education resources of the National 
Guard and the Department of Justice to train civilian and 
military personnel. The Committee understands that 
establishment of this program has never occurred. The Committee 
directs the Office of Justice Programs to report no later than 
September 30, 2000 on the progress of this collaborative 
effort.

        Deputy Attorney General for Combating Domestic Terrorism

    The Committee believes this country currently lacks 
leadership in the area of preparedness for acts of terrorism 
within the United States. The President attempted to fill this 
void by designating a National Coordinator for Security, 
Infrastructure Protection, and Counterterrorism. Under 
Presidential Decision Directive 62, this person was charged 
with coordinating interagency terrorism policy issues and 
reviewing ongoing terrorism-related activities. However, there 
is still considerable confusion over jurisdiction from the very 
highest levels of government to responders on the ground.
    Moreover, the current domestic terrorism strategy lacks a 
mechanism for checks and balances. Because of executive 
privilege, the National Coordinator cannot be brought before 
Congress to testify and is therefore not accountable to the 
American people. This Nation needs clear leadership to provide 
a systematic and synchronized strategy to address this complex 
problem and to achieve sustainable Federal, State, and local 
cooperation on domestic terrorism issues.
    In order to improve coordination and centralize the policy-
making structure for domestic terrorism issues within the 
Department of Justice, the Committee recommends a provision 
that establishes a Deputy Attorney General for Combating 
Domestic Terrorism (DAG-CT) within the Department of Justice--
the lead agency for combating domestic terrorism--and has 
provided an additional $23,000,000 for this office. The DAG-CT 
shall have as its principle duty the overall policy and 
coordination for domestic counterterrorism and antiterrorism 
efforts to prevent, prepare for and respond to terrorist 
attacks within the United States. This office will be directly 
responsible to the Attorney General for policy development and 
coordination and will speak for the Department and coordinate 
across all appropriate agencies on terrorism-related matters. 
The Committee recognizes the importance of establishing one 
office that can oversee the overall work of the Department on 
terrorism, national security, and intelligence issues and that 
can work on a daily basis with the FBI's Counterterrorism 
Division.
    The DAG-CT shall be nominated by the next President and 
confirmed by the Senate. This person will work with localities 
across the country, all of the States and territories, and all 
of the Federal agencies and departments with responsibility for 
combating terrorism. The DAG-CT would not be in any other chain 
of command within the Department of Justice. Also, the DAG-CT 
would not be considered as a successor to the Attorney General. 
This person is recommended only to address terrorism within the 
United States and in no way should compete with the present 
Deputy Attorney General position. This effort will not be 
implemented until 30 days after the new President has reported 
to Congress his plans to implement his objectives. This report 
will be provided to the appropriate committees no later than 
April 10, 2001. This effort may be modified by subsequent 
legislation.
    The National Strategy.--The Attorney General has lead 
responsibility for addressing domestic terrorism and the 
Department of State has lead responsibility for international 
terrorism. The Congress, the President, and the Attorney 
General must be able to look to a single person with a single 
national strategy to safeguard this country from terrorism. The 
DAG-CT shall create a national strategy establishing the 
policies, objectives, and priorities of the Federal Government 
for preventing, preparing for, and responding to terrorist 
attacks. The strategy shall include measurable objectives to be 
achieved. The DAG-CT's national strategy for preventing, 
preparing for, and responding to terrorist attacks shall also 
include a description of the role each Federal department and 
agency and State and local government entity performs in 
combating terrorism, as well as a description of Federal 
training, equipment, exercise, and grant programs. It should 
also include a plan to select the State and Local Advisory 
Group (SLAG). The Committee directs that the DAG-CT's strategy 
rest on four pillars: prevention, preparedness, crisis 
management, and consequence management.
    First, our ability to prevent acts of terrorism will depend 
on detailed and continuous assessments of risk and the timely 
sharing of information among agencies. Detailed and continuous 
assessments of risk are required to increase security for this 
Nation's most likely targets. The sharing of information, 
especially by intelligence agencies and law enforcement 
organizations, will be critical to preventing acts of 
terrorism. The Committee acknowledges the important role of the 
Department of State in preventing terrorism through its 
diplomatic and non-proliferation activities. The DAG-CT will 
work in close cooperation with the Department of State to 
ensure this Nation has a unified strategy for combating both 
domestic and international terrorism.
    Second, our level of preparedness will depend on our 
commitment to training, equipment programs, and regularly 
scheduled exercises such as TOPOFF which allow us to hone our 
skills.
    Our ability to respond to a terrorist attack will require 
the close coordination of all entities with responsibility for 
combating terrorism. Preestablished guidelines outlining 
agencies' missions and order of operations during a range of 
plausible threat scenarios must be developed and distributed. 
In light of this, the Committee directs that the ``Guidelines 
for the Mobilization, Deployment and Employment of U.S. 
Government Elements in Response to a Domestic Terrorist Threat 
or Incident,'' (commonly referred to as the ``Domestic 
Guidelines'') mandated by Presidential Decision Directive 62, 
be completed, approved, and distributed to the appropriate 
entities.
    Finally, consequence management encompasses the multitude 
of tasks that must be performed in the wake of a terrorist 
incident, ranging from accounting for fatalities to site 
decontamination.
    The Committee firmly believes that a comprehensive national 
strategy is benign unless its custodian has the tools to 
implement it. The DAG-CT will thus be responsible for advising 
the President on ways to ensure that agencies' and departments' 
programs and policies complement the national strategy. The 
DAG-CT must be kept appraised of any changes in the 
organization, management, or budgets of the Federal departments 
and agencies as they relate to combating domestic terrorism. 
The Committee therefore directs all agencies and departments 
involved in combating domestic terrorism to participate in an 
annual review process through which the DAG-CT will coordinate 
for the President through consultation with the appropriate 
entities, agencies' policies, programs, and budgets for 
combating domestic terrorism as well as monitor their progress 
in implementing the national strategy.
    The DAG-CT shall provide the Committee on Appropriations a 
plan for implementing the national strategy. The DAG-CT shall 
develop both the strategy and plan in consultation with the 
department and agency heads involved in combating domestic 
terrorism, the Congress, and the State and Local Advisory 
Group. They shall submit the strategy and plan to the President 
and Congress in the first year of each Presidential term.
    It shall be the responsibility of the DAG-CT to oversee the 
general functioning of their office. This includes selecting, 
appointing, employing and determining the compensation of 
personnel to carry out the Office's primary purpose, to monitor 
the implementation of the national strategy and associated 
classified and unclassified plans, including conducting program 
and performance audits and evaluations.
    Reorganization.--The National Domestic Preparedness Office 
(NDPO), formerly under the FBI, will be transferred to the DAG-
CT. The Committee reaffirms the original mission of the NDPO, 
to serve as a point of contact for State and local governments. 
The NDPO will also assist in the development of effective 
classified and unclassified response plans before a WMD attack 
occurs. Current programs have not provided crisis and 
consequence managers at the Federal, State and local level with 
a systematic and comprehensive means to share lessons learned 
and best practices related to combating domestic terrorism. The 
NDPO will establish and maintain a database which will capture 
the lessons learned and best practices identified during 
terrorism-related responses, exercises and planning efforts. 
The DAG-CT will use this compendium to promulgate lessons and 
practices, and to establish performance measures for combating 
domestic terrorism programs, training and exercises. The Office 
of State and Local Domestic Preparedness Support (OSLDPS), 
formerly under the purview of the Office of Justice Programs 
(OJP), will also be transferred to the DAG-CT. The OJP will 
continue to administer grants, however through the OSLDPS, the 
DAG-CT will be responsible for programmatic development of 
these grant programs and will have final approval authority of 
all grants related to counterterrorism equipment, training and 
preparedness activities. The Committee also believes that 
certain other national security policy entities within the 
Department of Justice should report to the DAG-CT, including 
the Executive Office of National Security, the Office of 
Intelligence Policy and Review, and components of the Criminal 
Division. Finally, within the Department, all terrorism-related 
research, development, test, and evaluate programs will be 
funded under the DAG-CT. The funds will be passed through to 
National Institute of Justice (NIJ) with direction from the 
DAG-CT as to how they should be spent.
    Budget Approval.--Currently, there is no mechanism to 
centrally manage Federal funds for combating domestic terrorism 
and domestic preparedness programs. There is no annual budget 
process by which leaders may determine what is lacking and what 
is redundant in our national strategy to combat terrorism.
    The Committee directs the DAG-CT to develop for each fiscal 
year a budget to implement the national strategy. They shall do 
so in consultation with the departments and agencies and 
program managers with responsibility for combating domestic 
terrorism. The DAG-CT shall advise all departments and agencies 
in preparation of those departments' and agencies' budgets 
prior to submission.
    The DAG-CT shall testify at a hearing before the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 7 days before 
budget submissions are due to OMB. The purpose of the hearing 
will be to determine whether agencies and departments are 
implementing the national strategy. The Attorney General shall 
then transmit a consolidated budget proposal with revised 
requests to the President when budget submissions are due to 
the OMB. The DAG-CT may generate reprogrammings within the 
Department of Justice under section 605 within the funding 
available for the national strategy.
    Risk and Threat Assessments.--Several studies have 
indicated that Federal programs to combat terrorism are being 
initiated or expanded without the benefit of a sound threat and 
risk assessment process. Although it is not possible to reduce 
risk to all potential targets of terrorism, a rigorous and 
continuous assessment of risk can help ensure that training, 
equipment, and other safeguards are justified. They must be 
implemented based on a threat, the level of uncertainty 
regarding that threat, the vulnerability to attack, and the 
criticality of assets. They should not be based solely on the 
worst-case, but rather on a range of plausible threat 
scenarios. These scenarios should, to the extent possible, be 
developed with reference to past incidents, U.S. program 
experience, and current intelligence. Because the threat 
terrorists pose is dynamic and countermeasures may become 
outdated, risk assessments must be continually updated.
    Risk management is the process of understanding risk and 
developing and implementing actions to reduce it. Threat 
analysis, the first step in determining risk, identifies and 
evaluates each threat on the basis of various factors, such as 
capability, intent, probability and potential consequences. 
Sound, detailed, and continuous assessments will help ensure 
that specific programs and related expenditures are justified 
and targeted according to the threat and risk of validated 
terrorist attack scenarios. A multidisciplinary team of experts 
selected by the DAG-CT will generate these objectives and a 
plan for ensuring their currency. Regularly scheduled 
exercises, such as TOPOFF, will serve as the means to 
demonstrate and validate the national strategy. This process is 
crucial to ensuring that countermeasures are based on reality 
and are proportional to the threat. Intelligence and law 
enforcement input, therefore, is crucial to the process. The 
Committee commends the FBI and OJP for their efforts to create 
protocols for threat assessments. Conducting such assessments 
by individual States is a good first step toward knowing and 
assessing the threat.
    The Committee acknowledges the concern of the FBI regarding 
the inherent difficulties of conducting risk assessments. The 
FBI is limited by its law enforcement role in the collection 
and use of intelligence data. Second, the dissemination of 
certain information could potentially jeopardize ongoing 
investigations. A final difficulty is that the traditional 
focal point for combating domestic terrorism--the terrorist 
group--is not always well-defined or relevant in the current 
environment. Acts of terrorism are increasingly perpetrated by 
individuals. In spite of the above challenges, the Committee 
believes that risk and threat assessments are feasible and 
useful. The concerns of the FBI further highlight the need for 
a single leader to coordinate and oversee all of the elements 
of our national strategy.

               Telecommunications Carrier Compliance Fund

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $15,000,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     105,000,000
House allowance.........................................     278,021,000
Committee recommendation................................................

    The Committee does not recommend additional funds for the 
Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) 
account in fiscal year 2001. The Department of Justice 
forwarded a reprogramming request to the Committee in January 
2000 for an additional $100,000,000 in fiscal year 2000 for 
this account. The reprogramming was denied by the Committee 
based on the source of the funds the Department chose to use as 
an offset for these funds. A subsequent fiscal year 2000 
supplemental appropriation recently passed by Congress which, 
upon enactment, will make $183,000,000 available for CALEA. 
This amount exceeds the requirement the Department requested 
for the program in fiscal years 2000 and 2001. With enactment 
of the supplemental appropriation for fiscal year 2000, a total 
of $300,581,000 has been appropriated for CALEA.

                   Administrative Review and Appeals

Appropriations, 2000....................................    $148,499,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     164,549,000
House allowance.........................................     159,570,000
Committee recommendation................................     112,814,000

    The Executive Office for Immigration Review [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. Previously, this 
account included the Office of the Pardon Attorney [OPA]. In 
the wake of the offer of clemency to Puerto Rican terrorists, 
the Committee learned that the deliberations and 
recommendations of the OPA are shielded by Executive Privilege. 
Offices that answer only to the President are more 
appropriately funded elsewhere. Therefore, no funds are 
provided for the OPA. The Committee directs that the OPA be 
transferred out of the Department of Justice at the earliest 
convenience of the Attorney General, but not later than 
December 31, 2000.
    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $112,814,000. 
The recommendation is $51,735,000 below the budget request. The 
recommendation assumes that $49,741,000 in funds from the 
Immigration and Naturalization Service ``immigration 
examinations fee'' account will be made available for EOIR 
operations. Exam fees may be used for expenses in providing 
immigration adjudication. Also, the recommendation adjusts the 
``annualization of 2000 pay raise'' to correct an erroneous 
assumption.
    Videoconferencing.--Within the funds available for EOIR, 
the Committee recommendation includes such sums as are 
necessary for point to point installation of videoconferencing 
equipment in the following cities: Phoenix and Tucson, AZ; Los 
Angeles and Mira Loma, CA; Hartford, CT; Bradenton, FL; 
Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL; Detroit, MI; and Dallas, TX.
    Translation and transcription.--Within funds available for 
EOIR, the Committee recommendation includes such sums as are 
necessary for translation and transcription services at 
immigration proceedings.

                           Detention Trustee

Appropriations, 2000....................................................
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     $26,000,000
House allowance.........................................       1,000,000
Committee recommendation................................................

    This new proposal funds the creation of a Detention Trustee 
reporting directly to the Deputy Attorney General. The 
Committee does not recommend an appropriation at this time.
    The proposed Trustee would have management responsibility 
for detention, but funding would have remained with the various 
components. Without control of funds, the Trustee would find 
him or herself powerless. The Committee supports a strategy to 
centralize detention funding, facilities, and staff and urges 
the Department to pursue such a course as part of the fiscal 
year 2002 request.

                      Office of Inspector General

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $40,275,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      42,192,000
House allowance.........................................      41,825,000
Committee recommendation................................      42,192,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $42,192,000. 
The recommendation is identical to the budget request.
    Old cases.--The Committee is pleased to note that the 
Office of Inspector General [OIG] has sharply reduced the 
backlog of old, unresolved cases and urges the OIG to bring to 
a close as soon as possible all remaining cases opened before 
April 1, 1999.
    Exoneration letters.--A major inequity of the OIG's 
investigative process was the lack of exoneration letters for 
employees who were the victim of false, malicious, or 
unsubstantiated accusations of wrongdoing. The Committee 
commends the OIG for their pioneering work in developing such 
letters and expects Justice Department components to include 
these letters in the personnel jacket of those unjustly 
accused.
    INS fees.--The OIG has been slowly reducing its dependence 
on INS fees. The Committee understands that the OIG will draw 
down up to $1,500,000 in INS user fees in fiscal year 2001 to 
avoid reductions in force. The Committee further understands 
that the OIG will use attrition to bring staffing levels in 
line with funds appropriated in fiscal year 2001 by the end of 
the fiscal year.

                         U.S. Parole Commission


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 2000....................................      $8,527,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       9,183,000
House allowance.........................................       8,855,000
Committee recommendation................................       7,380,000

    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 an appropriation of $7,380,000. 
The recommendation is $1,803,000 below the budget request.
    The Parole Commission is scheduled to be phased out in 2002 
as a result of the creation of sentencing guidelines. The 
Committee recommendation ensures timely close out of the 
Commission's operations.
    Division of labor.--The Committee is aware that records for 
District of Columbia prisoners are fragmentary at best and that 
cooperation from city agencies is limited. This makes it 
difficult to measure the risks associated with the early 
release of D.C. prisoners. The Justice Department is directed 
to detail as many attorneys to the Commission as are necessary 
to litigate cases resulting from years of city government 
irresponsibility. The Department is further directed to detail 
whatever personnel are necessary to address the increase in 
warrant work expected this summer.

                            Legal Activities


                        general legal activities

Appropriations, 2000....................................    $504,945,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     553,235,000
House allowance.........................................     523,228,000
Committee recommendation................................     494,310,000

    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, and Interpol.
    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $494,310,000. 
The recommendation is $58,925,000 below the amended budget 
request and $57,929,000 below the original budget request. The 
Committee recommendation does not include $10,635,000 in one-
time-only increases provided last year. The Committee was 
surprised by attempts to use some of those funds to acquire new 
office space, rather than address long-standing automation 
deficiencies. In fact, Justice tried to reduce what funds were 
available for automation to pursue other initiatives. The 
Committee requests a status report on the Justice Consolidated 
Office Network not later than August 1, 2000.
    The Committee recommendations, by division or office, are 
displayed in the following table:

General Legal Activities

                        [In thousands of dollars]

Office of the Solicitor General...............................     6,770
Tax Division..................................................    67,200
Criminal Division.............................................   104,477
Civil Division................................................   147,616
Environment and Natural Resources.............................    65,209
Office of Legal Counsel.......................................     4,698
Civil Rights Division.........................................    72,097
Interpol--USNCB...............................................     7,360
Legal Activities Office Automation............................    18,571
Office of Dispute Resolution..................................       312
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      Total...................................................   494,310

    The Committee expects to be consulted prior to any 
deviation from the above plan for fiscal year 2001. Within 
available resources, the Committee directs the divisions to 
redouble efforts on computer crimes and domestic terrorism. No 
funds are provided for the Joint Center for Strategic 
Environmental Enforcement.
    Professional standards.--Nine thousand Justice Department 
attorneys, nearly 80 percent of those currently employed, are 
part of a class action lawsuit seeking $500,000,000 in unpaid 
overtime from the U.S. Government. With an average salary of 
$95,000, Department attorneys are among the highest paid 
Federal employees. The Committee remains willing to rewrite 
Department policies concerning attorney compensation time, 
annual leave, and sick leave should the plaintiffs' lawyer 
reconsider the offer proposed prior to trial.
    Office of Special Investigations.--The Office of Special 
Investigations [OSI] is responsible for originating, 
investigating, and prosecuting all denaturalization and 
deportation cases against Nazi war criminals. The Committee 
expects the OSI both to maintain the pace of prosecutions 
against Nazi war criminals and to expand efforts to uncover 
records on Japanese war criminals, especially those involved in 
germ warfare and other experiments on human subjects as members 
of the notorious Unit 731.
    Civil Division.--The Committee is concerned that the 
``Winstar'' and ``A-12'' cases are absorbing an inordinate 
share of Civil Division resources, crippling less well known 
efforts to defend the public fisc. The Division must maintain a 
balanced approach across the full spectrum of litigation under 
its jurisdiction. Committee recommendations, by specialized 
area, are displayed in the following table:

Civil Division

                        [In thousands of dollars]

Federal Appellate Activity....................................   10,342 
Torts Litigation..............................................   28,639 
    Aviation & Admiralty......................................   [9,589]
    Federal Torts Claims Act..................................   [6,216]
    Environmental Torts.......................................   [5,012]
    Constitutional & Specialized Torts........................   [5,965]
    All other torts...........................................   [1,857]
Commercial Litigation.........................................   56,833 
Federal Programs..............................................   18,648 
Consumer Litigation...........................................    5,067 
Immigration Litigation........................................   16,158 
Management & Administration...................................   11,929 
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        Total.................................................  147,616 

    The Committee expects to be consulted prior to any 
deviation from the above plan for fiscal year 2001.
    Center for Sex Offender Management.--The Committee directs 
the Center for Sex Offender Management, in coordination with 
the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, to 
develop a training initiative for local law enforcement that 
will provide uniform policies in notifying communities about 
the release of sex offenders. The Justice Management Division 
is directed to submit a reprogramming, if necessary, to the 
Committees on Appropriations to fund this effort.
    Spending decreases.--The Committee is alarmed by spending 
increases across object classes as high as 322 percent from 
fiscal years 1995 through 2000. These rates, far in excess of 
inflation, cannot be sustained. The Committee recommendation 
freezes spending at last year's level, with one exception 
described above.

               the national childhood vaccine injury act

Appropriations, 2000....................................      $4,028,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       4,028,000
House allowance.........................................       4,028,000
Committee recommendation................................       4,028,000

    This account covers Justice Department expenses associated 
with litigating cases under the National Childhood Vaccine 
Injury Act of 1986. The Committee recommends a reimbursement of 
$4,028,000 for legal costs. The recommendation is identical to 
the budget request.

                           Antitrust Division


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 2000....................................    $110,000,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     134,000,000
House allowance.........................................     113,269,000
Committee recommendation (including carryover)..........     120,838,000

    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 
$120,838,000 in budget (obligational) authority. The 
recommendation is $13,162,000 below the budget request.
    In addition to the $95,838,000 that will be derived from 
anticipated offsetting fee collections in fiscal year 2001, 
$25,000,000 will be made available to the Division in fiscal 
year 2001 as a result of an unexpected ruling by the 
Congressional Budget Office regarding fiscal year 2000 
language.
    Workload.--The Committee is concerned that the merger 
frenzy gripping increasingly massive industrial combines 
threatens to overwhelm the ability of the Anti-trust division 
to keep pace with complex merger proposals. The value of merger 
activity in the United States jumped from $959,000,000,000 in 
fiscal year 1997 to $1,790,000,000,000 in fiscal year 1999. At 
the same time, international markets appear to be increasingly 
dominated by cartels. Recent successful Division prosecutions 
have run the gamut from vitamin to food and feed additive to 
chemical cartels. The Committee recommendation includes an 
increase of $10,838,000 over fiscal year 2000 to combat 
international cartels and ensure the timely review of merger 
filings.

                             U.S. Attorneys


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 2000....................................  $1,161,957,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................   1,292,633,000
House allowance.........................................   1,247,416,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,159,014,000

    This account supports the Executive Office for U.S. 
Attorneys [EOUSA] 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 and civil matters.
    The Committee recommends an appropriation of 
$1,159,014,000. The recommendation is $133,619,000 below the 
amended budget request and $131,987,000 below the original 
budget request. The Committee is aware that the U.S. Attorneys 
will receive $132,645,000 in reimbursements in fiscal year 
2001. As in the past, Committee recommendations focus the 
efforts of the U.S. Attorneys on those crimes where the unique 
resources, expertise, or jurisdiction of the Federal Government 
can, or must, be most effective.
    Professional standards.--Nine thousand Justice Department 
attorneys, nearly 80 percent of those currently employed, are 
part of a class action lawsuit seeking $500,000,000 in unpaid 
overtime from the U.S. Government. With an average salary of 
$95,000, Department attorneys are among the highest paid 
Federal employees. The Committee remains willing to rewrite 
Department policies concerning attorney compensation time and 
annual and sick leave should the plaintiffs' lawyer reconsider 
the offer proposed prior to trial.
    Firearms prosecutions.--Multi-agency task forces designed 
to keep firearms out of the hands of criminals by enforcing 
Federal gun laws are credited with slashing violent crime rates 
in cities where they operate. Within available funds, the EOUSA 
is directed to annualize the increases for gun prosecutions 
provided last year. Should the EOUSA wish to expand this 
initiative, the only districts that may be considered are Utah; 
Georgia, southern; and Arkansas, eastern.
    An unintended consequence of Project Exile may be an 
explosive increase in panel attorney costs due to the higher 
fees associated with Federal versus State prosecutions. The 
EOUSA is directed to review, in cooperation with the 
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts [AO], the impact of 
Federal gun prosecutions on panel attorney costs and report 
back to the Committee not later than February 15, 2001. The 
Committee expects the Directors of the EOUSA and AO to take 
personal charge of this study. Furthermore, the EOUSA shall not 
expand the gun prosecution initiative, with the exceptions 
noted above, until the cost impacts on the Federal judiciary 
are better understood.
    Southwest Border.--The districts bordering Mexico have the 
largest criminal caseloads per Assistant U.S. Attorney [AUSA] 
in the country. In Texas, Western, the busiest, staff have an 
immense average criminal caseload of 90.7 cases per AUSA. By 
comparison, the slowest office in the country has an average 
criminal caseload of only 13.2 per AUSA. For several years, the 
Committee has sought unsuccessfully to convince the EOUSA to 
reallocate resources to reflect current crime rates and 
patterns. The EOUSA is directed to permanently transfer not 
less than five AUSA slots and two support slots from each of 
the 10 U.S. Attorney offices with the lowest average criminal 
caseload per AUSA to Texas, Western and California, Southern, 
the two most understaffed U.S. Attorneys offices on the 
Southwest border. The necessary staff adjustments shall be 
completed not later than December 1, 2000, and the EOUSA shall 
report on the actions it will take to implement this direction 
not later than September 1, 2000.
    Missouri River valley.--The Committee is aware that 
significant disparities exist in the average criminal caseload 
per AUSA in the districts bordering the Missouri River valley. 
The EOUSA is directed to develop a plan for rationalizing 
staffing levels in these districts that shall be submitted to 
the Committee not later than December 1, 2000.
    Western District of Kentucky.--The Committee notes that the 
U.S. Attorney's office serving the Western District of Kentucky 
has endured a significant increase in case-load. This added 
burden is a result of the significant increase in 
methamphetamine, crack and gun arrests in the western portion 
of Kentucky, as well as qui tam complaints alleging false 
claims arising out of the operation of the Paducah Gaseous 
Diffusion Plant, a uranium enrichment facility operated by the 
Department of Energy and private contractors. While other 
Federal agencies including DEA, IRS and FBI have recently 
placed full-time employees in western Kentucky to address this 
added obligation, the U.S. Attorney's office has not been able 
to do so. Therefore, the Committee directs that $200,000 of the 
funds in this account be used to place two attorneys and one 
full-time support employee in western Kentucky.
    Courtroom technology.--U.S. attorneys have been 
experimenting with portable, off-the-shelf video and computer 
equipment for courtroom proceedings. The attorneys found that 
the equipment substantially improved the presentation of 
evidence, as well as rapidly accelerating the pace of trials. 
Users found that they saved the equivalent of one trial day in 
every five using video and computer equipment. Within available 
resources and manpower ceilings, the Committee recommendation 
provides $2,612,000 for a courtroom technology pilot program 
involving 10 districts, including Kansas, Nevada, the western 
district of Virginia, Maryland, the eastern district of 
Washington, and Nebraska. The Committee urges the EOUSA to 
exploit opportunities created by attrition to add technical 
staff and further expand the pilot program, if possible. The 
Committee expects the EOUSA to report to the Committees on 
Appropriations on its courtroom technology efforts not later 
than February 1, 2000.
    Privatization.--The Committee is aware of an innovative 
proposal to privatize information technology services for the 
U.S. Attorneys. A company would be responsible for providing 
state-of-the-art workstations, software, and network 
infrastructure at a fraction of the cost of Justice-run 
information technology programs. This proposal could have 
Department-wide implications, if the promises of reduced 
operating costs are proven. The Committee also realizes that 
the U.S. Attorneys are just finishing a major computer upgrade 
as part of the Justice Consolidated Office Network [JCON] II 
program, and that the return on this investment must be 
protected. EOUSA, with Justice Management Division support, is 
directed to confer with West Virginia University [WVU] on the 
specifics of its proposal as it relates to implementation, 
costs, and operational issues such as reliability, 
availability, and maintainability [RAM]. The EOUSA may spend up 
to $1,000,000 to initiate a pilot project if: (1) WVU's 
proposal is in compliance with JCON II architecture standards; 
(2) WVU's operating costs are at least 10 percent per year less 
than current and projected Justice Department costs; and (3) 
ownership, competition, and RAM questions can be resolved. The 
Committee expects to be consulted prior to initiation of the 
pilot.
    Copyright enforcement.--The Committee has been informed 
that the U.S. Attorneys are failing to enforce Federal 
copyright laws protecting certain marketed software 
applications. The Committee directs the U.S. Attorneys to 
vigorously prosecute violations of Federal copyright law. The 
U.S. Attorneys shall report to the Committee not later than 
June 30, 2001 on the number of copyright law prosecutions 
undertaken in the preceding year, including those under Public 
Law 105-147, by type and location.
    Legal education.--Within available resources and manpower 
ceilings, the Committee recommendation provides $15,316,000 for 
legal education at the National Advocacy Center [NAC] as 
requested by the Administration. If merited, the NAC may expand 
cybercrime, cyberpiracy, and counterfeiting classes. In 
addition, also within available resources, the Committee 
recommendation provides $2,300,000 to continue the 
establishment of a distance learning facility at the NAC. NAC 
State and local training funds are provided under the Office of 
Justice Programs.
    Property flipping.--The Committee is aware that mortgage 
fraud in the form of ``property flipping'' is a growing problem 
in Baltimore, MD. Property flipping describes the purchase and 
immediate resale of low cost inner city housing units at a 
substantial mark up. This re-sale is often indicative of 
falsely inflated appraisals, sham second mortgages and 
deposits, phony gift letters, and loan applications littered 
with false credit and financial information. The U.S. Attorney 
for the Maryland district is directed to apply the necessary 
resources to combat property flipping. A report on the 
district's successes shall be delivered to the Committee not 
later than September 1, 2001.
    Violent crime task forces.--Last year, the Conferees 
provided $1,000,000 to broaden the mission of a violent crime 
task force to include investigating and prosecuting 
perpetrators of Internet sexual exploitation of children. The 
Committee recommends an additional $1,000,000 within available 
resources to continue and expand this effort under the auspices 
of Operation Streetsweeper, as well as to initiate an 
investigation into the participation of motor cycle gangs in 
drug running and other criminal activity.
    Spending decreases.--The Committee is alarmed by spending 
increases across object classes as high as 99 percent from 
fiscal years 1995 through 2000. These rates, far in excess of 
inflation, cannot be sustained. The Committee recommendation 
freezes spending at last year's level, with one exception. The 
exception is the elimination of base funding for office 
relocations. Previous requests for moves have shown little 
regard for the costs or disruptions associated with 
relocations.
    Federal Prisoner Detention.--In many instances, local law 
enforcement has turned cooperative agreements with the Federal 
Government for jailing pre-trial and pre-sentencing Federal 
detainees from a reimbursement for cost agreement into a source 
of profit. The Committee believes that it is in the best 
interest of States and localities that the accused be held, but 
also recognizes that the fees charged by local jurisdictions 
have, in many cases, exhausted Federal resources. Federal 
prosecutors are urged to explore all other avenues to pre-trial 
and pre-sentencing detention for non-violent defendants, 
particularly in high cost areas. The EOUSA is directed to 
adjust the guidelines for the pre-trial and pre-sentencing 
detention of non-violent defendants, to monitor detention 
periods for non-violent defendants, and to report to the 
Committees on Appropriations not later than March 1, 2001 on 
detention reforms and resultant cost savings.
    The quarterly report requirement on Violent Crime Task 
Forces contained in Senate Report 103-317 is repealed.

                        u.s. trustee system fund

Appropriations, 2000....................................    $112,775,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     127,202,000
House allowance.........................................     126,242,000
Committee recommendation................................     127,212,000

    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.
    The Committee recommends a total of $127,212,000 in budget 
authority. The recommendation is $10,000 above the budget 
request. The Committee has adjusted the ``annualization of 2000 
pay raise'' to correct an erroneous assumption.
    The Committee recommendation includes $750,000 for the 
Bankruptcy Training Center at the National Advocacy Center. The 
Committee supports the Trustees' continuing education program.

                  foreign claims settlement commission

Appropriations, 2000....................................      $1,175,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       1,214,000
House allowance.........................................       1,000,000
Committee recommendation................................       1,214,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,214,000. 
The recommendation is identical to the budget request and fully 
provides for the adjudication of claims against: Germany 
relating to World War II; Cuba relating to the Castro regime; 
and Iraq relating to the U.S.S. Stark incident and Desert 
Shield/Storm.
    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.

                         U.S. Marshals Service


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 2000....................................    $543,365,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     586,469,000
House allowance.........................................     560,438,000
Committee recommendation................................     550,472,000

    The U.S. Marshals Service is made up of 94 offices with the 
responsibility for the apprehension of fugitives, 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 an appropriation of $550,472,000. 
The recommendation is $35,997,000 below the budget request.
    The Committee recommendation provides most of the requested 
base adjustments for this account, including $1,735,000 to 
improve and maintain the Warrant Information Network and to 
continue subscriptions to various government and private 
networks and on-line services and $725,000 for Electronic 
Surveillance Unit recurring costs. The Committee has adjusted 
the ``annualization of 2000 pay raise'' to correct an erroneous 
assumption. The recommendation also centralizes prisoner air 
transport funding under the ``Justice Prisoner and Alien 
Transportation System'' account.
    Courthouse Security Personnel.--The Committee is aware that 
a significant share of Marshals Service manpower is dedicated 
to the service of process. The Committee is also aware that in 
all but the rarest of circumstances using a trained Marshal to 
serve papers is a gross misuse of an expensive law enforcement 
asset. Currently, a blue ribbon panel made up of 
representatives from affected agencies is crafting a series of 
reforms to reduce the burden of service of process on the 
Marshals. The manpower freed up by these reforms shall be used 
to augment existing judicial protection and court security 
missions. Additional staff, if required, should be drawn from 
personnel available for reassignment due to the 
defederalization of District of Columbia Superior Court 
operations, depending upon the progress of that initiative.
    Courthouse security equipment.--This account funds security 
equipment, furnishings, relocations, and telephone systems and 
cabling. The Committee recommendation provides $12,445,000 for 
courthouse security equipment. This equipment will outfit newly 
opening courthouses in the following locations:

                   USMS Courthouse Security Equipment

                        [In thousands of dollars]

                                                               Committee
        Detainee Facilities New Construction              recommendation

Las Vegas, NV..................................................... 1,023
Cleveland, OH..................................................... 1,012
Columbia, SC...................................................... 1,122
Greenville, TN....................................................   353
Corpus Christi, TX................................................ 1,078
Laredo, TX........................................................   989
Providence, RI....................................................   920
Helena, MT........................................................   658
Wheeling, WV......................................................   245
Los Angeles, CA...................................................   280
San Diego, CA.....................................................    11
Denver, CO........................................................   773
Durango, CO.......................................................   150
Bridgeport, CT....................................................   160
Washington, DC....................................................    13
Miami, FL.........................................................   265
Tallahassee, FL...................................................    17
Albany, GA........................................................   160
Fort Wayne, IN....................................................     8
Kansas City, KS...................................................    10
Wichita, KS.......................................................   150
Flint, MI.........................................................    82
Grand Rapids, MI..................................................   170
Buffalo, NY.......................................................   151
Islip, NY.........................................................   750
New York, NY......................................................   130
Harrisburg, PA....................................................    48
Johnstown, PA.....................................................     7
Philadelphia, PA..................................................   420
Knoxville, TN.....................................................   100
Nashville, TN.....................................................     8
Sherman, TX.......................................................     2
Harrisonburg, VA..................................................    55
Richland, WA......................................................    75
Bluefield, WV.....................................................   108
Wheeling, WV......................................................   244
Casper, WY........................................................     4
Lander, WY........................................................    21
Minor repairs under $1,500........................................    30
ADT contract shortfall (nationwide)...............................   643
                                                                  ______
      Total, USMS Security Equipment..............................12,445

    The Committee expects to be consulted prior to any 
deviation from the above plan for fiscal year 2001.
    Command structure.--The Committee is concerned by the 
demoralizing effect of grade ceilings for senior managers in 
the field and ``grade creep'' for senior managers at 
headquarters. The Committee believes that the use of ``super 
grades'' (GS-16 thru GS-18) for Chief Deputies would reward 
performance and improve retention in the busiest and largest 
districts. Conversely, the Committee sees little justification 
for designating the heads of Human Resources, Seized Assets, 
and General Counsel as Senior Executive Service [SES] 
positions. Of those positions meriting SES status, the 
Committee believes that the heads of Budget and Justice 
Prisoner and Alien Transportation System require specialized 
knowledge outside the Marshals mainstream. Of those Assistant 
Directorships that may benefit from career Marshals experience, 
the Judicial Security, Prisoner Services, and Investigative 
Services Divisions, the Committee expects the Marshals Service 
to exercise its judgement in determining whether promotion 
opportunities should be limited only to ``1811s''. The 
Committee directs the Marshals to report on its approach to 
grading senior management positions not later than March 15, 
2001.
    Career paths.--The Marshals are using a mix of Deputy U.S. 
Marshals [DUSMs], so-called ``082s'', detention enforcement 
officers [DEOs], and criminal investigators [``1811s''] to 
accomplish its mission without compromising security, a move 
the Committee supports. To ensure the retention of these 
officers in a competitive market, the Marshals must offer DEOs 
and DUSMs the possibility of promotion. At a minimum, qualified 
DEO and DUSM applicants should be encouraged to compete for 
DUSM and criminal investigator openings. The Marshals are 
directed to report to the Committee on actions taken to 
establish a career path for DEOs and DUSMs not later than 
August 15, 2000.
    Fugitive apprehensions.--At any given moment, 25,000 to 
30,000 fugitives are prowling America's streets. With nothing 
to lose, these fugitives are particularly prone to violent 
crime. The Committee is aware that resources dedicated to 
fugitive apprehension are often diverted to courthouse 
security. The Committee directs the Marshals to establish not 
less than four task forces targeted at the most dangerous 
fugitives. The task forces shall be sited to maximize coverage 
of the continental United States. The task forces shall answer 
directly to the Director or his designee and team members will 
be deployed only at his direction. Membership of not less than 
a total of 12 supervisors, DUSMs, analysts, and support staff 
per team shall be drawn from the ranks and shall be volunteers. 
The recommendation includes $7,328,000 to outfit and train the 
task forces and fund travel. In addition, the Committee 
recommendation provides an increase of $6,284,000 over the 
fiscal year 2001 request for electronic surveillance unit [ESU] 
personnel, training, and equipment, including funding for 
surveillance vans and light aircraft, bucket trucks, a central 
signal collection system, secure communications equipment, 
various tracking systems, and night vision equipment.
    Terrorism.--The World Trade Center bombing trials and a 
number of other high threat or special assignments have been a 
continuing, and unfunded, drain on the resources of the 
Marshals. The Committee recommendation includes an increase of 
$5,000,000 over fiscal year 2000 for 24 hour protection of 
World Trade Center bombing trial judges and for other 
extraordinary costs associated with these trials. In addition, 
the recommendation includes an increase of $2,965,000 over 
fiscal year 2000 for permanent change of station moves. This 
will reduce the number of costly temporary duty assignments 
required to staff high threat and special assignments and will 
provide the Marshals with the flexibility to transfer deputies 
between districts as workload dictates. Both amounts should be 
treated as permanent increases to the base.
    Cost savings.--The Committee recommendation provides a 
$150,000 increase over fiscal year 2000 for implementation and 
support of a variety of cost-reduction initiatives, with 
priority given to locations cited in the Senate Report 106-76. 
Should additional funds become available through savings 
achieved elsewhere, the Marshals may use those funds for 
additional staff without consulting the Committee.
    Protection.--The Committee notes that the Marshals Service 
provides the Director of the Office of National Drug Control 
Policy a protective vehicle based on quarterly threat 
assessments as mandated by Public Law 105-277. The Committee 
notes that since the fiscal year 1999 law, the domestic threat 
level of the Director has never been high. The Committee is 
acutely aware of the budgetary constraints faced by the Service 
and therefore directs that the protective vehicle be provided 
for those individuals deemed to have a high threat level. The 
Committee is strongly supportive and aware of the security 
needs of the Director when traveling abroad and also recognizes 
that when traveling along the Southwest border, the threat 
level of the Director may likely be high. Therefore, the 
Marshals Service is directed to continue to meet those security 
needs on an as needed basis. However, the Committee understands 
that the Marshals Service faces a shortage of these critical 
vehicles and deems it a better use of resources to utilize this 
vehicle for those with a high threat level rather than portal 
to portal service to the Director, who has a consistently low 
threat level in the DC metropolitan area. Should the threat 
level have a verifiable change, the Committee certainly expects 
that the Marshals would respond accordingly.
    District of Columbia.--The election of the new Mayor of the 
District of Columbia has prompted a rush to restore ``home 
rule'' to the District. Last year, in support of this effort, 
the Committee directed the U.S. Marshals Service, in full 
cooperation with the Mayor's Office, to develop a plan for the 
transition of duties and responsibilities associated with the 
operation of D.C. Superior Court from the Marshals Service to 
appropriate city agencies. Talks are on-going. The plan shall 
be delivered to the Committees on Appropriations not later than 
September 1, 2000 and implementation of the plan shall begin 
not later than December 1, 2000.
    Elite units.--The Marshal's Special Operations Group [SOG] 
has participated in everything from the Elian Gonzalez case to 
the Vieques protest. A cursory review of SOG deployments shows 
that this elite team often draws duties that make little use of 
its strengths: surprise, shock, and speed. This seems a gross 
misuse of an expensive and highly trained asset. Conversely, in 
certain situations where the SOG might have proven useful, the 
group has been slow to respond. The Committee believes that the 
SOG must deliver more return on investment, or the size of the 
group needs to be reduced to contain its drain on limited 
resources. The Marshals are directed to get the SOG out of low 
threat missions and into more situations that take advantage of 
their tactical expertise. If necessary, the Marshal's should 
narrow and clarify those missions that are solely, largely, or 
not at all a part of the SOG's responsibilities to focus the 
unit's deployments.

                              Construction

Appropriations, 2000....................................      $6,000,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       6,378,000
House allowance.........................................       6,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      25,100,000

    This account funds construction, security, and furniture at 
existing courthouses. The Committee recommends an appropriation 
of $25,100,000. The recommendation is $18,722,000 above the 
budget request.
    The Committee is aware that a recently-conducted national 
survey of Federal courthouses revealed that 95 percent of 
prisoner holding and transit facilities have serious security 
deficiencies. Of 392 courthouses surveyed: 84 percent lack 
enough courtroom holding cells; 78 percent do not have secure 
prison elevators; 74 percent do not have enclosed sallyports; 
72 percent lack enough interview rooms; 57 percent do not have 
adequate cellblock space; and 38 percent lack cameras, 
monitors, and alarms.
    Years of neglect have created this deplorable situation, 
posing risks to the judicial family, the public, and the 
Marshals themselves. The Committee recommendations, by project, 
are displayed in the following table:

                            USMS Construction

                        [In thousands of dollars]

                                                               Committee
        Detainee Facilities Renovation                    recommendation

Hartford, CT......................................................   200
Bowling Green, KY.................................................   300
Ann Arbor, MI.....................................................   200
Detroit, MI.......................................................   650
Wilmington, NC....................................................   810
Buffalo, NY.......................................................   150
Norfolk, VA.......................................................     3
Raleigh, NC.......................................................   270
Beckley, WV.......................................................     2
Fayetteville, NC..................................................    30
Kansas City, MO...................................................    20
Lincoln, NE.......................................................    18
Jacksonville, FL..................................................   360
Omaha, NE.........................................................   125
Miami, FL.........................................................    65
Casper, WY........................................................    18
Tucson, AZ........................................................ 1,100
Las Vegas, NV.....................................................   150
Reno, NV..........................................................    28
Great Falls, MT................................................... 1,000
New Albany, IN....................................................    20
Martinsburg, WV...................................................   500
Montgomery, AL....................................................   420
Prescott, AZ......................................................   270
El Centro, CA.....................................................   550
Bridgeport, CT....................................................   460
Ocala, FL.........................................................   900
Panama City, FL...................................................   520
Waycross, GA......................................................   635
Moscow, ID........................................................   185
Bay City, MI......................................................   845
Flint, MI.........................................................   463
Grand Rapids, MI.................................................. 1,180
Marquette, MI.....................................................   440
Greenville, MS.................................................... 1,187
Greensboro, NC....................................................   505
Statesville, NC...................................................   900
Albany, NY........................................................   415
New York, NY......................................................   825
Lawton, OK........................................................   685
Muskogee, OK......................................................   530
Pittsburgh, PA....................................................   550
Providence, RI....................................................   790
Florence, SC......................................................   780
Spartanburg, SC................................................... 1,441
Columbia, TN......................................................   170
Amarillo, TX......................................................   835
Elkins, WV........................................................ 1,320
Cheyenne, WY......................................................   670
Security Specialists/Construction Engineers.......................   610
                                                                  ______
      Total, USMS Construction....................................25,100

    The Committee considers this the first step in reducing the 
backlog of critical security-related projects. As with 
courthouse security equipment, the Committee expects to be 
consulted prior to any deviation from the above plan for fiscal 
year 2001.

            Justice prisoner and alien transportation system

Appropriations, 2000....................................................
Budget estimate, 2001...................................................
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................     $97,855,000

    This account funds prisoner air transportation operations 
and maintenance, aircraft procurement, and facilities.
    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $97,855,000. 
The recommendation is $97,855,000 above the budget request.
    Austerity.--The recommendation consolidates funding from 
the Marshals, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and 
the Bureau of Prisons under this account. In a time of 
declining budgets, the Committee is concerned that components 
might be tempted to reduce prisoner movements in favor of 
higher priorities. This could prove very disruptive, 
particularly in terms of managing prison overcrowding. By 
providing direct appropriations for the Justice Prisoner and 
Alien Transportation System [JPATS], rather than leaving JPATS 
dependent upon reimbursements from customers, the 
recommendation ensures that prisoner movements are properly 
funded.
    Fleet safety.--The four Sabreliner-class aircraft in the 
JPATS fleet have reached the end of their useful service lives. 
The Committee is aware that a lack of funds is forcing the 
Marshals to enter into a lease agreement for two replacement 
aircraft that is disadvantageous to the government. Therefore, 
the recommendation includes the funds necessary to purchase two 
Sabreliner-class aircraft. The resultant out year savings shall 
be dedicated to fugitive apprehension activities.

                       Federal prisoner detention

Appropriations, 2000....................................    $525,000,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     597,402,000
House allowance.........................................     597,402,000
Committee recommendation................................     539,022,000

    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. This is usually 
before and during trial and while awaiting transfer to Federal 
institutions after conviction.
    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $539,022,000. 
The recommendation is $58,380,000 below the budget request. The 
recommendation reflects a refined estimate of requirements 
based on an extrapolation of actual obligation rates and should 
fully fund Federal prisoner detention. The Committee has 
created a mechanism for dealing with unexpected shortfalls in 
this account and will not entertain reprogrammings.
    Reimbursements.--The Committee has not adopted a proposal 
to charge this account for costs incurred by Bureau of Prison 
personnel transporting Federal detainees to and from medical 
facilities. Instead, the Committee has provided $35,000,000, 
the estimated reimbursement requirement, as a direct 
appropriation under ``Salaries and Expenses, Federal Prison 
System''.

                     fees and expenses of witnesses

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $95,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................     156,145,000
House allowance.........................................      95,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     156,145,000

    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 an appropriation of $156,145,000. 
The recommendation is identical to the budget request.
    To improve financial management, the Committee 
recommendation includes a provision in the bill that makes up 
to $77,067,000 available for transfer to the ``Federal Prisoner 
Detention'' account.

                      community relations service

Appropriations, 2000....................................      $7,199,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       9,829,000
House allowance.........................................       7,479,000
Committee recommendation................................       8,475,000

    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 an appropriation of $8,475,000. 
The recommendation is $1,354,000 below the budget request. The 
Committee has provided most base increases, but has adjusted 
the ``annualization of 2000 pay raise'' line to correct an 
erroneous assumption.
    Spending increases.--The Committee recommendation seeks to 
address several longstanding deficiencies in CRS operations by 
providing $600,000 to develop, acquire, and deploy case 
management software, $138,000 to augment an inadequate travel 
budget, and $271,000 to fill critical staffing gaps. CRS has 
used special care in hiring, because of the sensitive nature of 
its work. The Committee urges CRS to continue that careful 
approach to ensure that new hires are appropriate for the task 
at hand.

                         assets forfeiture fund

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $23,000,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      23,000,000
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................      23,000,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $23,000,000. 
The recommendation is identical to the budget request. 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.

                    Radiation Exposure Compensation


                        administrative expenses

Appropriations, 2000....................................      $2,000,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       2,000,000
House allowance.........................................       2,000,000
Committee recommendation................................       2,000,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,000,000. 
The recommendation is identical to the budget request. 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.

       payment to the radiation exposure compensation trust fund

Appropriations, 2000....................................      $3,200,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      13,727,000
House allowance.........................................       3,200,000
Committee recommendation................................      14,400,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $14,400,000. 
The recommendation is $673,000 above the budget request. This 
account funds payments to approved claimants under the 
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act of 1990. The Committee 
recommendation does not include additional funding to 
administer or pay claims under the expansion of the Radiation 
Exposure Compensation Act as provided for by Public Law 106-
245. The Committee is concerned that a substantial unfunded 
requirement and a delay in the payment of claims to those 
qualified individuals as provided for by the original statute 
will result.

                      Interagency Law Enforcement


                 Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement

Appropriations, 2000....................................    $316,792,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     328,898,000
House allowance.........................................     328,898,000
Committee recommendation................................     316,792,000

    The Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement Program, through 
its 9 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 disband major narcotics trafficking and money laundering 
organizations.
    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $316,792,000 
as distributed in the following table. The recommendation is 
$12,106,000 below the budget request.

Reimbursements by Agency

                        [In thousands of dollars]

Drug Enforcement Administration...............................  $104,000
Federal Bureau of Investigation...............................   108,544
Immigration and Naturalization Service........................    15,300
Marshals Service..............................................     1,900
U.S. Attorneys................................................    83,300
Criminal Division.............................................       790
Tax Division..................................................     1,344
Administrative Office.........................................     1,614
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Total...................................................   316,792

    The Committee notes that the comprehensive review of the 
program, due January 15, 2000, is outstanding. The Committee 
understands that the report is completed and expects it to be 
delivered by August 1, 2000.

                    Federal Bureau of Investigation


                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 2000....................................  $3,089,868,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................   3,303,865,000
House allowance.........................................   3,229,505,000
Committee recommendation................................   3,077,581,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of 
$3,077,581,000. The recommendation is $226,284,000 below the 
amended budget request and $199,981,000 below the original 
budget request. The Committee notes that $50,000,000 in Federal 
Bureau of Investigation [FBI] base funding for radios was 
permanently transferred to the ``Narrowband Communications'' 
account this year. The Committee also notes that the FBI will 
receive $514,758,000 in reimbursements in fiscal year 2001.
    The Committee recommendations, by decision unit, are 
displayed in the following table:

                        [In thousands of dollars]

                                                               Committee
                                                          recommendation
Criminal, Security, & Other Investigations:
    Organized Criminal Enterprises......................        431,278 
        Language Services Program.......................         [5,000]
    White Collar Crime..................................        453,882 
    Other Field Programs................................      1,239,020 
        National Infrastructure Protection Center.......        [27,809]
            Infrastructure assurance (Thayer)...........         [1,250]
            Special Technologies & Applications Unit:
                Equipment/software......................         [5,253]
                Renovation..............................         [3,000]
                Internet services.......................           [960]
        2002 Winter Olympics Security...................         [3,500]
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
          Subtotal......................................      2,124,180 
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Law Enforcement Support:
    Training, Recruitment, & Applicant..................        121,953 
        Expand Classroom Opportunities..................         [2,800]
        Interactive Multimedia Courses..................         [1,500]
        Develop Analytical Capabilities.................         [1,000]
        Electronics Tech./Technically Trained Agent.....         [1,195]
    Forensic Services...................................        137,347 
        Computer Analysis & Response Team (CART):
            Automated Computer Examination System (ACES)         [2,800]
            Other CART equipment........................         [1,136]
        Digital Storm...................................        [15,000]
        Mitochondrial DNA...............................         [1,361]
        National Integrated Ballistics Identification 
          Network (NIBIN)...............................         [5,564]
    Information, Management, Automation & Telecommunica- 

      tions.............................................        140,655 
        Information Sharing Initiative (ISI)............        [20,000]
        ISI base........................................        (20,000)
    Technical Field Support & Services..................        147,985 
        Digital Body Recorders..........................         [2,000]
        Counter-Encryption Equipment....................         [7,000]
    Criminal Justice Services...........................        221,604 
        National Instant Criminal Background Check 
          System (NICS).................................        [72,000]
    Crimes Against Children Initiative..................         [5,204]
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal..........................................        769,544 
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
    Program Direction Management & Administration.......        183,857 
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, FBI........................................      3,077,581 

    Some of the Committee recommendations displayed in the 
table are described in more detail in the following paragraphs.
    Training.--Advances in technology are prompting the 
development within the FBI of increasingly specialized and 
sophisticated cadres of technicians and analysts, especially in 
the areas of surveillance, computers, and forensics. At the 
same time, the large number of agent retirements in recent 
years has resulted in a sharp decline in experience levels 
Bureau-wide. The Committee believes that continuous training, 
be it in basic law enforcement skills or in the most advanced 
investigative technique, must be the FBI's top priority. The 
recommendation provides a total increase of $6,495,000 over 
fiscal year 2000 for training, including interactive multimedia 
courses. Particular emphasis should be placed on perishable 
skills and pioneering fields, such as computers and forensics. 
The Committee expects the FBI to deliver a refined spending 
plan to the Committees prior to release of more than 50 percent 
of these funds.
    Victim/witness assistance.--The need for victim/witness 
assistance far exceeds the number of specialists available. The 
Committee recommendation makes available $7,400,000 for 112 
victim/witness specialists. The Committee expects the 
specialists to be distributed as follows: one for each field 
office (56); one for each of the 25 largest resident agencies 
(25); and the remainder for Indian country (31). The Committee 
expects to be notified as to the final distribution of resident 
agency and Indian country specialists.
    Jewelry and gem program.--Jewelry vendors, most of whom 
have taken little or no security precautions while carrying 
valuable merchandise, have proven easy targets for thieves, 
including organized South American gangs. The FBI already 
maintains a database to analyze trends and patterns that may 
not be apparent to local jurisdictions. Within funds available 
for organized criminal enterprises [OCE], the Committee 
recommendation includes up to $2,200,000 (10 agents) for the 
jewelry and gem program. OCE is directed to focus the 
additional resources on developing strategies and methods for 
conveying precious stones more safely and securely. The results 
should be shared with industry on a regular basis.
    2002 Winter Olympic Games.--The Committee recommends 
$3,500,000 for crisis management and public safety planning at 
the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah. The 
recommendation includes $1,055,000 to lease space for a Joint 
Operations Center, $1,293,000 to support readiness exercises, 
and $1,152,000 for services, equipment, and supplies.
    Field Computer Crime/Intrusion Squads.--The Committee 
continues to view field computer crime/intrusion squads as 
highly trained ``flying squads'', evenly distributed, but 
deployable as necessary, to support joint investigations 
involving field offices. The intensive continuing education and 
training required to develop and maintain cybercrime expertise 
necessarily limits the number of personnel on squads to an 
elite cadre of computer specialists. The Committee expects 
central headquarters to develop promotion opportunities that 
will reward a career-long commitment to computer crime/
intrusion squads and to provide sufficient training and travel 
funds to ensure existing squads are robust. The Bureau is 
directed to report to the Committee on training, promotion, and 
retention programs for computer crime/intrusion squad members 
not later than March 1, 2001.
    Computer Analysis & Response Team [CART] Program.--CART 
examiners extract data from computer and network systems for 
use in FBI investigations. Using existing base resources 
already dedicated to CART examiners in the field, the FBI is 
directed to convert its 54 part-time examiners into at least 35 
full-time examiners. The result would be a 7 percent increase 
in CART workyears at no additional cost. The Committee believes 
that the complexity of computer forensic examinations 
necessitates continuing education for examiners to allow them 
to remain current with the latest advances in the highly 
volatile information technology field. This, in turn, demands 
dedicated personnel whose career track allows them to 
specialize for extended periods, if not permanently, in this 
highly technical field. As with field computer crime/intrusion 
squads, the Bureau is directed to report to the Committee on 
training, promotion, and retention programs for CART members 
not later than March 1, 2001. The Committee recommendation 
includes an increase of $2,800,000 over the fiscal year 2000 
level for the Automated Computer Examination System [ACES], a 
key tool in the comprehensive analysis of computer evidence, 
and an increase of $1,136,000 over fiscal year 2000 for other 
CART equipment.
    Digital Storm.--Digital Storm describes the FBI's effort to 
replace antiquated analog Title III wire tap and other signals 
collection devices with the latest digital technology. Digital 
capability not only improves signal clarity and discrimination, 
but allows the rapid manipulation and examination of 
intelligence and investigative information in real or near-real 
time. The Committee recommendation includes an increase of 
$15,000,000 over fiscal year 2000 to upgrade or replace 
equipment in the following locations: Houston, Dallas, and San 
Antonio, TX; Las Vegas, NV; Philadelphia, PA; Los Angeles, San 
Diego, and Sacramento, CA; Phoenix, AZ; Chicago, IL; Oklahoma 
City, OK; New York and Buffalo, NY; Memphis and Knoxville, TN; 
Detroit, MI; Miami, FL; San Juan, PR; and Indianapolis, IN.
    Intelligence.--The Committee has made a significant 
investment in collection devices for the Bureau, an investment 
that will go to waste unless sufficient trained personnel are 
available to process, interpret, and disseminate intelligence 
and investigative information. In order to enhance both on-
site, tactical analytical support of on-going cases and long-
range, strategic planning, the FBI may convert up to 55 special 
agent positions to intelligence research specialists using 
attrition to affect the desired change in staff mix.
    National Infrastructure Protection Center.--The Committee 
is aware that the National Infrastructure Protection Center 
[NIPC] is solely an FBI operation even though it was envisioned 
as an interagency clearinghouse. All referrals to the NIPC, 
whether involving critical infrastructure or not (94.7 percent 
of referrals in the last 30 months did not), are assigned to 
FBI field offices. Interagency participation is limited to 
details to the Center whose nominal responsibilities barely 
rise above observer status. This outcome, though regrettable, 
is, by now, too entrenched to be reversed without seriously 
disrupting on-going operations. Still, the Committee believes 
that FBI dominance of the NIPC unnecessarily limits access to 
computer specialists that could be quickly enlisted to counter 
attacks on critical infrastructure. Therefore, the Committee 
directs the NIPC to develop a talent pool of qualified, 
trained, pre-screened computer experts from other Federal, 
State, and local agencies, business, and academe that are on 
call in case of emergency. The Committee directs the NIPC to 
report to the Committee on its progress in developing such a 
pool not later than December 31, 2000.
    The Committee recommendation provides $27,809,000 for the 
NIPC, of which $1,250,000 is to continue the national program 
for infrastructure assurance developed in cooperation with the 
Thayer School of Engineering, and of which $9,213,000 is for 
Special Technologies and Applications Unit equipment, software, 
maintenance, Internet services, and renovation, including mass 
storage/database servers, routers/switches, and firewalls.
    Copyright enforcement.--The Committee is aware that the FBI 
has launched an initiative to investigate violations of Federal 
copyright laws protecting certain marketed software 
applications. The Committee supports FBI efforts to vigorously 
pursue violations of Federal copyright law. The FBI shall 
report to the Committee not later than June 30, 2001 on the 
number of copyright law investigations that led to prosecutions 
in the preceding year, including those under Public Law 105-
147, by type and location.
    Counterterrorism.--The Committee expects the FBI to 
continue its collaboration with the Southwest Surety Institute.
    Information Sharing Initiative [ISI].--The FBI has 
submitted a new strategy for the Information Sharing Initiative 
(ISI), now referred to as ``eFBI''. eFBI is a 3-year, 
$200,000,000 initiative. A side-by-side comparison of eFBI and 
ISI modules 1 through 6 reveals uncanny similarities. 
Unfortunately, the FBI has ignored Congressional direction to 
develop and test core software prior to wholesale procurement 
of equipment and to include advanced analytical capabilities in 
the baseline system. In fact, the FBI reduced the total program 
cost of eFBI by eliminating the advanced analytical 
capabilities and interagency data links envisioned in ISI 
modules 7 through 14. The requirements for these capabilities 
have been retained, however, and both efforts will be 
undertaken in the future as separate initiatives. Consensus 
being unachievable, the Committee has settled on an 
incremental, rather than comprehensive, approach to FBI 
computer modernization. Top priority has been given to re-
establishing the pre-ISI level of investment in information 
technology. Therefore, in fiscal year 2000, the Committee has 
approved release of $20,000,000 of prior year ISI funds for the 
following:
    Commercial off-the-shelf software:
  --$5,500,000 for link & time analysis;
  --$4,871,000 for Oracle licenses/maintenance; and
  --$840,000 for telephone analysis.
    Hardware:
  --$6,125,000 for new medium departmental servers and server 
        upgrades; and
  --$1,813,000 for computer workstations and printers.
    Training:
  --$761,000 for end-user training; and
  --$80,000 technical training.
    Support:
  --$10,000 for Federal Acquisition Center acquisition support 
        services.
    The recommendation provides immediate analytical 
capabilities to the field and begins replacing the most 
antiquated computer equipment currently fielded. In fiscal year 
2001, the Committee recommendation releases an additional 
$20,000,000 of prior year ISI funds for the following:
    Hardware:
  --$1,482,000 for 38 FASTLANE Asynchronous Transfer Mode 
        encryptors with DS/3 capacity; and
  --$18,518,000 for computer workstations and printers.
    The recommendation continues replacement of obsolete office 
equipment and moves the FBI in the direction of a 4-year 
replacement cycle for computers. All equipment installations 
are to be strictly limited to field offices, Quantico, and 
headquarters, though equipment replaced in field offices may 
trickle down to resident agent offices and other support 
facilities. The Committee expects to be notified as to the 
final distribution of equipment when installations are 
completed. The remaining $40,000,000 in prior year ISI funds 
have been redirected to higher priorities. No base funding has 
been provided.
    Criminal Justice Services.--The Committee recommendation 
includes $221,604,000 for Criminal Justice Services, including 
the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
    National Instant Criminal Background Check System.--The 
National Instant Criminal Background Check System [NICS] is the 
immediate source of information for Federal firearms licensees 
seeking to determine whether a given individual's purchase of a 
firearm would violate Federal or State law. The Committee 
recommendation does not adopt a proposal to establish fees to 
pay for operation of the NICS. Instead, the Committee provides 
$72,000,000, the full amount required for NICS, from within 
available resources and manpower ceilings. The amount provided 
includes full funding of a ``hot'' backup for the Interstate 
Identification Index [III] and other system availability 
improvements. Problems with the III took both the NICS and the 
Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System off-line 
for several days in May. The amount provided also covers the 
cost of States that have opted out of the ``point of contact'' 
program.
    Mitochondrial DNA.--The Committee recommendation includes 
$1,361,000 for the FBI Laboratory to continue research on the 
use of mitochondrial DNA to assist law enforcement in the 
identification of missing and abducted children and to operate 
a missing-persons database as part of the Combined DNA 
Identification System. The Committee expects the FBI Laboratory 
to work closely with the NCAVC on the application of 
mitochondrial-DNA technology as an aid in missing and abducted 
children investigations.
    Northern New Mexico Anti-Drug Initiative.--The Committee 
acknowledges the need for a focused response to illegal drug 
trafficking in northern New Mexico and expects the FBI to 
devote sufficient resources to this problem in cooperation with 
other federal law enforcement agencies.
    Crimes against children.--The Committee recommendation 
includes not less than $5,204,000 to maintain the FBI's 
capabilities to combat child abductions and serial killings. 
Within this amount, at least $3,439,000 is for: (1) the child 
abduction and serial killer unit, (2) a police fellows program 
for training local investigators, and (3) training for State 
and local law enforcement. Additionally, at least $1,765,000 is 
recommended to enhance the staffing of the Violent Criminal 
Apprehension Program to provide more timely assistance to State 
and local law enforcement requesting case analysis services.
    National Integrated Ballistics Identification Network.--The 
National Integrated Ballistics Identification Network [NIBIN], 
born of the FBI's DRUGFIRE system and the Bureau of Alcohol, 
Tobacco, and Firearms' Integrated Bullet Identification System 
[IBIS], is the single Federal ballistics imaging system. NIBIN 
combines the best capabilities of both parent systems. The 
Committee recommendation includes an increase of $1,364,000 
over fiscal year 2000 for system connectivity.
    Spending decreases.--The Committee is alarmed by spending 
increases across object classes as high as 74 percent from 
fiscal years 1995 through 2000. These rates, far in excess of 
inflation, cannot be sustained. The Committee recommendation 
freezes spending at last year's level with exceptions, 
described above.
    Elite units.--The Bureau's Hostage Rescue Team [HRT] and 
Special Weapons and Tactics [SWAT] teams have participated in 
everything from the Miss America pageant to the Olympics to the 
Pope's visit. A cursory review of HRT/SWAT deployments show 
that these elite teams often draw duties such as dignitary 
protection and event security that make little use of their 
strengths: surprise, shock, and speed. Even the pursuit of Eric 
Rudolph, which drew heavily on HRT/SWAT team resources, was 
nothing more than a rural manhunt for a single individual on 
the run. This seems a gross misuse of expensive and highly 
trained assets. Presumably, these diversions are undertaken due 
to the limited number of incidents that require the special 
skills of HRT/SWAT teams. The Committee believes that special 
forces must deliver more return on investment, particularly the 
HRT, or the size of special forces need to be reduced to 
contain their drain on limited resources. The Bureau is 
directed to get the HRT out of the dignitary protection and 
event security business and into more situations that take 
advantage of the HRT's tactical expertise. The Bureau should 
narrow and clarify those missions that are solely, largely, or 
not at all a part of the HRT's responsibilities to focus the 
unit's deployments.
    Jurisdiction.--Twenty years of uncoordinated lawmaking has 
so blurred FBI responsibilities that its jurisdiction overlaps 
that of the DEA (drugs), Marshals (fugitives), Justice IG 
(police/public corruption), Secret Service (special events/
dignitary protection), and Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms 
(weapons/explosives) as well as State and local law enforcement 
agencies. Pulled in every direction, the quality of FBI 
investigations has declined. A study by Syracuse University of 
FBI conviction rates in fiscal year 1997 presented some 
interesting results:
  --Only 44 percent of FBI criminal referrals had enough legal 
        sufficiency and Federal interest to merit prosecution 
        and only 30 percent of FBI criminal referrals resulted 
        in convictions.
  --``[O]ne half of all FBI convictions--6,251 of them--
        involved drugs, old fashioned bank robbery and fraud 
        against banks, often by credit cards. Most of these 
        crimes could have been handled by State and local 
        police.''
    The reasons for the apparent weaknesses of FBI cases are 
unknown. Syracuse correctly divined, however, that FBI 
intrusion into State and local jurisdictions ``means that the 
FBI has less time to investigate crimes where the FBI and the 
Federal Government have primary or exclusive responsibility: 
national security; official corruption; organized crime; white 
collar crimes . . . and serious abuses by police officers and 
prison guards.'' The FBI must resist the temptation to spread 
itself so thin. Instead, by focusing on core missions, the FBI 
can maintain its reputation as a premier law enforcement 
agency. The Bureau is directed to report on what areas of crime 
can the FBI hand back to other Federal or State and local law 
enforcement agencies so that it can focus on counter-terrorism, 
counter-intelligence, cybercrime, organized crime, and other 
truly FBI responsibilities.
    Schoolbus driver background check.--The Committee is aware 
that many States require a Federal criminal background check 
for the hiring of schoolbus drivers, resulting in a seasonal 
increase in fingerprint submissions. The Committee directs the 
FBI to allocate sufficient personnel to ensure the timely 
processing of criminal background checks for schoolbus drivers.

                              Construction

Appropriations, 2000....................................      $1,287,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       3,187,000
House allowance.........................................       1,287,000
Committee recommendation................................      42,687,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $42,687,000. 
The recommendation is $39,500,000 above the budget request.
    FBI Academy range modernization.--Phase III of the 
comprehensive range modernization at Quantico, VA, has been 
delayed by a lack of funds. Meanwhile, competing land claims on 
base may threaten the range expansion envisioned in Phase III. 
The Committee recommendation includes $39,500,000 for range 
modernization. The Bureau should award the Phase III contract 
as quickly as possible.
    Unfunded requirements.--The Committee is concerned by the 
Bureau's growing backlog of unfunded construction requirements. 
In addition to the range modernization addressed above, the 
Committee is aware of proposals to completely rebuild the 
Hazardous Devices School [HDS] at Redstone Arsenal, AL 
($21,400,000), build a new encryption facility at Quantico, VA 
($80,000,000 for the building shell; outfitting will be extra), 
and build, with Main Justice, a new data center of unknown cost 
at a location to be determined in Maryland. These new 
construction projects are in addition to the ever-increasing 
number of new FBI offices opening domestically and overseas. 
The Committee must address this unfunded construction ``bow 
wave'' before it grows so large that future Congresses are 
unable to pay all the bills coming due. Therefore, the 
following actions shall be taken. First, the Bureau is directed 
to return the HDS to the Army. The HDS is all but Army owned 
and operated, with only two FBI personnel on-site. Because the 
Army's construction budget will always greatly exceed that of 
the FBI, Army ownership should make HDS modernization more 
likely. Second, the FBI is directed to consolidate the Hoover 
building data center with the Justice data center in Rockville, 
MD. Negotiations should begin immediately to extend the present 
Rockville lease beyond 2005. Finally, the FBI is directed to 
survey existing Bureau facilities in Virginia, West Virginia, 
and Washington, D.C. with the intent of locating the planned 
encryption lab in currently available space. The FBI shall 
report to the Committee on its progress on each of these 
initiatives not later than April 1, 2001.

                    Drug Enforcement Administration


                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 2000....................................  $1,276,250,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................   1,367,766,000
House allowance.........................................   1,362,309,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,345,655,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of 
$1,345,655,000. The recommendation is $22,111,000 below the 
budget request.
    The Committee recommendation attempts to give DEA the tools 
it needs to properly wage the war on illegal drugs.
    The Committee is concerned that the Federal agencies 
responsible for fighting the drug war are not coordinating 
their efforts and maximizing their effectiveness, particularly 
on the Southwest border. The Committee, therefore, directs the 
DEA, INS, and FBI to coordinate all of its operations, whenever 
practical, along the Southwest border. In addition, the 
Committee directs these agencies to co-locate their offices in 
the Southwest border States of California, Arizona, New Mexico, 
and Texas which will encourage operational efficiency and to 
report back to the Committees on Appropriations by February 1, 
2001, on a plan to coordinate and on the estimated lease 
savings associated with this consolidation. The Committee 
recommendation provides funding for the following:
    Methamphetamine Initiative.--The recommendation includes 
$27,459,000, a $3,000,000 increase over fiscal year 2000, to 
continue DEA's efforts of targeting and investigating 
methamphetamine trafficking, production, and abuse across the 
United States. The funding will allow DEA to continue 
investigations and stop methamphetamine traffickers; maintain 
the national clandestine laboratory data base; reduce the 
availability of precursor chemicals being diverted to 
clandestine laboratories in the United States and abroad; 
clean-up the hazardous waste generated by seized clandestine 
laboratories; and coordinate with the agency's Special 
Operation's Division.
    The Committee notes that $20,000,000 is provided through 
the COPS Methamphetamine/Drug ``Hot Spots'' Program to 
reimburse the DEA for the costs associated with assisting State 
and local law enforcement remove and dispose of the hazardous 
materials at clandestine methamphetamine labs.
    Methamphetamine Training Initiative.--The Committee 
recommends $3,500,000 for the equipment needed to train State 
and local officials to respond to, dismantle, and investigate 
clandestine methamphetamine laboratories. The recommendation is 
a $2,000,000 increase above the fiscal year 2000 appropriation.
    Heroin Enforcement Operations.--The Committee is very 
concerned about the re-emergence of the use of heroin by 
teenagers. As disturbing, is the that the purity of the drug 
has increased dramatically while its cost continues to fall. To 
address this challenge the Committee recommendation provides 
$30,291,000 for heroin enforcement efforts which includes an 
enhancement of 28 positions (17 agents) and $3,000,000 above 
the fiscal year 2000 level. The Committee directs the DEA to 
continue its efforts against Black Tar heroin along the 
Southwest border.
    Northern New Mexico Anti-drug Initiative.--The Committee 
acknowledges the need for a focused response to illegal drug 
trafficking in Northern New Mexico and expects the DEA to 
continue to devote sufficient resources to this problem in 
cooperation with other Federal law enforcement agencies.
    Regional Drug Enforcement Teams [RET].--The Committee 
recommends a total of 81 positions (44 agents) and $27,500,000 
for DEA RET teams. The recommendation includes enhancement of 
54 positions (30 agents) and $8,000,000 which will enable the 
DEA to add two new RET Teams. RET team deployments have proven 
to be very successful at dismantling drug trafficking 
organizations in targeted areas at a very low cost per 
operation. RET teams are currently stationed in selected 
regions in the United States and have been given the 
flexibility to deploy agent resources and assets to meet 
emerging drug trends, specifically in our Nation's smaller 
cities. The teams direct their efforts toward combating 
specific drug problems as identified by intelligence sources 
and leads provided by DEA's Special Operations Division.
    Mobile Enforcement Teams [MET].--The Committee recommends 
309 positions (272 agents) and $53,900,000 to continue the DEA 
MET team program. MET teams operate in communities at the 
request of local officials and since 1995 have targeted and 
dismantled drug trafficking organizations across the United 
States. The Committee believes that the DEA should increasingly 
focus personnel and resources on operations which target drug 
related crime and drug trafficking organizations within the 
United States.
    Firebird/Merlin.--A total of $58,330,000 is provided for 
the deployment, operations and maintenance, and the technology 
renewal of DEA's Firebird computer system. The recommendation 
includes a total of $26,000,000 for Firebird Deployment as 
follows: $21,570,000 in DEA's base funding and an enhancement 
of $4,430,000. Base funding of $23,330,000 and an enhancement 
of $7,000,000 is recommended for the Operations and Management 
of the system. Finally, for technology renewal $2,000,000 is 
provided to modernize and replace systems and system components 
as they become obsolete. When fully deployed, Firebird will 
provide all DEA domestic and international offices with an 
integrated information sharing and communications computer 
network.
    Intelligence Initiative.--The recommendation includes an 
additional $1,800,000 for the DEA's El Paso Intelligence Center 
(EPIC). Funding will be used in the collection, collation, and 
analysis of tactical intelligence used to target international 
drug syndicates. In addition, $600,000 is provided to meet 
expanded Federal, State and local participation in DEA's 
National Drug Pointer Index (NDPIX) information system.
    Special Operations Division [SOD].--The recommendation 
includes an additional 29 positions (18 agents) and $5,150,000 
to support the DEA's Special Operations Division as follows: 18 
positions (11 agents) and $3,100,000 for SOD's participation in 
the Southwest Border Initiative and financial investigations; 4 
positions (3 agents) and $950,000 for SOD related 
methamphetamine enforcement efforts; and 7 positions (4 agents) 
and $1,100,000 for SOD related Latin America and Caribbean 
enforcement efforts. The SOD's mission is to establish 
strategies and operations between law enforcement agencies 
aimed at dismantling entire national and international drug 
trafficking organizations by attacking their communications 
systems.
    Vetted Units.--The Committee recommends a total of 
$20,000,000 for the DEA Vetted Unit program. No funding is 
provided for the Vetted Unit program in Mexico. The Committee 
believes that efforts in Mexico have been wholly ineffective 
because of endemic corruption at all levels of the government, 
making the Vetted Units' mission unattainable. Realized savings 
should be transferred and used to establish a joint Haiti/
Dominican Republic Vetted Unit on the island of Hispaniola. The 
Committee is encouraged by the successes of the Vetted Unit 
program in other participating countries and suggests that the 
DEA focus more of its international resources for that purpose. 
The DEA is reminded that the Committees on Appropriations are 
to be notified before this program is expanded to include 
additional countries.
    International Operations.--In fiscal year 2000 the 
Committee provided funding for 2 positions (1 agent) for 
operations in Chile. These positions were never filled and the 
Committee understands that there are circumstances preventing 
the establishment of an office in Iquique, Chile. The Committee 
is aware that the area surrounding Iquique is an international 
transit point for precursor chemicals and a DEA presence in the 
area would be of benefit. The Committee encourages all parties 
involved to reexamine the current situation and the Committee 
directs the DEA to report to the Committees on Appropriations 
by no later than February 1, 2001, on the outcome.
    Management and Administration.--The Committee 
recommendation provides $83,289,000 for the management and 
administration of the DEA. No additional resources are provided 
for the Financial Management Division. Current resources should 
be sufficient to meet fiscal year 2001 requirements and the 
Committee encourages the DEA to adjust its Financial Management 
staff mix to handle its Federal Financial System and other 
requirements.
    The Committee is discouraged over the lack of financial 
management expertise in DEA and has consistently been 
disappointed with the quality and timeliness of budget 
justifications, follow-up information, and the inability of DEA 
financial managers to provide detailed accounting of 
reprogramming actions and other basic financial information. 
The Committee believes it should be a top priority of senior 
management in both DEA and the Department of Justice that key 
vacancies in the financial management area be addressed. 
Therefore, the Committee directs DEA to fill the current vacant 
financial management positions not later than 30 days after 
enactment of this Act. The Committee expects DEA to consult 
with the Department on these selections.
    ``Drug Diversion Control Fee'' Account.--The Committee has 
provided $83,543,000 for DEA's Drug Diversion Control Program. 
This is the full amount requested, and assumes that the level 
of balances in the Fee Account are sufficient to fully support 
diversion control programs in fiscal year 2001. As was the case 
in fiscal year 2000, no funds are provided in the DEA 
``Salaries and expenses'' appropriation for the ``Diversion 
control fee account'' in fiscal year 2001.

                              Construction

Appropriations, 2000....................................      $5,500,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       5,500,000
House allowance.........................................       5,500,000
Committee recommendation................................................

    The Committee recommends no appropriation for DEA 
construction. The recommendation is $5,500,000 below the 
request. The Committee is aware that $19,500,000 in prior year 
carryover balances are available to cover planned fiscal year 
2001 expenditures. The Committee supports the multi-year 
reconstruction effort of five of DEA's deteriorating 
laboratories and intends to continue to support that effort in 
future fiscal years.

                 Immigration and Naturalization Service


                 (INCLUDING OFFSETTING FEE COLLECTIONS)

                         Salaries and Expenses

Appropriations, 2000....................................  $2,909,665,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................   3,159,138,000
House allowance.........................................   3,121,213,000
Committee recommendation................................   2,895,397,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of 
$2,895,397,000. The recommendation is $263,741,000 below the 
amended budget request and $224,883,000 below the original 
budget request. In lieu of the reimbursement for Assistant U.S. 
Attorneys for Immigration Matters or Special Assistant U.S. 
Attorneys, the Immigration and Naturalization Service [INS] may 
use up to $10,000,000 to provide a pay raise to its own 
attorneys. The Committee expects to be notified, if the pay 
raise is implemented.
    The Committee recommendations, by decision unit, are 
displayed in the following table:

INS S&E

                        [In thousands of dollars]

                                                               Committee
                                                          recommendation
Enforcement:
    Inspections.........................................        181,834 
    Border Patrol.......................................      1,055,444 
    Investigations......................................        297,539 
    Detention & Deportation.............................        728,146 
    Intelligence........................................         10,205 
Citizenship & Benefits:
    Adjudications & Naturalization......................         86,896 
    International Affairs...............................         10,831 
Immigration Support:
    Training............................................         17,936 
    Data & Communications...............................        204,666 
    Information & Records Management....................        101,903 
    Legal Proceedings...................................         64,328 
Program Direction: Management & Administration..........        131,372 
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      Subtotal, activity................................      2,891,100 
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Adjustments to Base: Centralizing of JPATS funds........        (32,640)
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      Subtotal, adjustments to base.....................        (32,640)
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Transfers: S&E to Fees..................................       (100,000)
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      Subtotal, S&E transfers to/from fees..............       (100,000)
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Initiatives:
    Southwest Border....................................        112,347 
    Northern Tier.......................................         19,290 
    Nationwide..........................................          5,300 
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      Subtotal, initiatives.............................        136,937 
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      Total, INS S&E....................................      2,895,397 

    Some of the Committee recommendations displayed in the 
table are described in more detail in the following paragraphs.
    Border control.--The Committee recommendation includes an 
increase of $92,900,000 over fiscal year 2000 for 1,000 new 
Border Patrol agents, to continue the Border Patrol recruitment 
bonus program, and to annualize the pay increase for non-
supervisory Border Patrol agents mandated in last year's 
conference report. Use of these funds for any other purpose 
than that described is subject to reprogramming.
    Border Patrol equipment.--The effectiveness of the Border 
Patrol is threatened by crippling shortfalls of basic 
equipment. More importantly, agent safety is at risk. The chart 
below summarizes the current situation:

                                 BORDER PATROL EQUIPMENT INVENTORY REQUIREMENTS
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                                                                    Projected              Percentage
         Ratio per agent/sector                     Item              total     Present        of      Inventory
                                                                       need    inventory  requirement   required
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1 per Agent............................  Pocket scopes............      9,000      3,928          44       5,072
2 per 3 Agents.........................  Night vision goggles.....      6,000      3,041          51       2,959
2 per Sector...........................  Fiber optic scopes.......        350        110          31         240
100 per Sector.........................  Hand-held searchlights...      2,100        315          15       1,785
100 per Sector.........................  IR scopes (LORIS)........      2,000        475          24       1,525
1 per Agent............................  GPS......................      9,000        450           5       8,550
1 per 10 Agents........................  Vehicle IR cameras.......        900        114          13         786
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    To preserve the benefits of several years of massive 
investments to expand the Border Patrol, the Committee 
recommendation provides an increase of $15,737,000 for high 
priority equipment, including $780,000 for fiber optic scopes, 
$580,000 for hand-held searchlights, $550,000 for vehicle 
infrared cameras, $523,000 for Global Positioning Systems, 
$9,000,000 for infrared scopes, $554,000 for night vision 
goggles, and $3,750,000 for pocket scopes.
    The Committee recommendation also includes increases over 
fiscal year 2000 for the following initiatives:
  --$13,000,000 for not less than 9 MD-500 helicopters and the 
        desired number of unmanned aerial vehicles to replace 
        Vietnam-era OH-6A Cayuses;
  --$10,000,000 for the Integrated Surveillance Intelligence 
        System [ISIS], with all the systems deployed to the 
        northern tier. The Committee expects the INS to give 
        priority to system deployments in support of the ports 
        of entry at Pembina, Portal, and Neche, ND;
  --$4,000,000 for the Law Enforcement Support Center [LESC]. 
        The Committee expects the INS to build this increase, 
        and the increase provided last year, into the base 
        budget of the LESC; and
  --$484,000 for four fully-outfitted patrol boats, including 
        trailers, for the Detroit Sector.
    Equipment maintenance.--The Committee is aware of a 
proposal to establish a maintenance depot for the ISIS on the 
Southwest border. The Committee has no objection to this 
proposal, if it is a contractor-owned and operated facility.
    Deployment of Border Patrol resources.--Following up on 
last year's initiative, not less than ten percent of new agents 
shall be deployed to the northern tier and the Southeast. This 
shall be accomplished through the competitive transfer of 
experienced agents by means of the existing merit promotion and 
reassignment plan. INS shall continue its consultation with the 
Committees on Appropriations before deployment of new Border 
Patrol agents.
    Pacific Northwest.--The Committee is concerned with the 
lack of INS resources in Washington State, a situation that has 
been compounded by the recent assignment to the southwest 
border of Washington border patrol agents, and two planes, 
which has left the INS in Washington State without air support 
along the northern border. The Committee urges the INS to 
return the personnel and equipment to Washington State as soon 
as possible, not to divert any other personnel or equipment 
from Washington, and to increase the number of border patrol 
agents and inspectors in Washington State to address the 
burgeoning drug trade, the crossing of illegal aliens, 
increasing terrorist activities, and congestion at border 
crossings.
    Quick Response Teams.--The Committee is aware that the 
initial deployment of Quick Response Teams [QRTs] has taken far 
longer than anticipated, in part due to continuing opposition 
within the Justice Department and in certain local communities 
designated to receive QRTs. The Committee is also aware of 
several areas that are very interested in QRTs. Because the 
Committee does not want to impose QRTs on a reluctant 
citizenry, the INS is directed to develop contingency plans for 
removing QRTs from communities where local opposition exists. 
Beginning August 1, 2000, QRTs may be reassigned from locations 
experiencing controversy to the following new sites: Bangor, 
ME; the low country region of South Carolina; and the upper 
Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. The Committee expects to be 
informed of any reassignments before moves are undertaken.
    245(i).--The recommendation transfers a total of 
$100,000,000 in base funding for data processing, legal 
proceedings, information and records management, and detention 
and deportation from this account to ``Examinations Fees'' and 
``Breached Bond/Detention Fund'' as part of the restoration of 
section 245(i). This transfer releases additional resources in 
this account for higher priority border control, detention, and 
deportation initiatives.
    Tuberculosis.--As noted elsewhere in the report, a 
potential public health crisis is one of the less discussed 
consequences of illegal aliens pouring out of Central and South 
America across the Southwest border. Tuberculosis is just one 
of a number of well known diseases that have joined the 
migration north. In coordination with a Pan American Health 
Organization initiative described in title IV, the INS is 
directed to spend such sums as are necessary to monitor 
tuberculosis at service processing centers and other Federal, 
State, and local detention facilities used to hold illegal 
aliens. The INS may expand upon the Port Isabel, TX, pilot 
where every detainee is given a chest x-ray or pursue other 
appropriate solutions it deems cost-effective, such as skin 
tests. The INS is directed to report back to the Committee on 
its efforts not later than April 1, 2001.
    Local jails.--The Committee encourages the INS to consider 
designating Salt Lake County as part of the local jail program 
and directs INS to report to the Committee on its finding not 
later than September 15, 2000.
    Training.--The current 8-week training course for Detention 
Enforcement Officers [DEOs] at the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center [FLETC] in Glynco, GA, is entirely inadequate 
in light of the increasingly violent and ruthless criminal 
alien population being detained in ever more crowded INS 
facilities. The Committee believes that a full 16-week training 
course is essential to ensure the security and safety of both 
DEOs and detainees. Therefore, the Committee directs that no 
funds be spent on training for new DEOs at FLETC or any other 
training facility for courses of less than 16 weeks in 
duration.
    Peace, Rainbow, and Whirlpool bridges.--The Committee is 
aware that cross-border traffic in the Buffalo, NY area has 
grown steadily without a commensurate increase in inspectors. 
The Committee is also aware that: (1) land ports of entry 
[POEs] are woefully understaffed, (2) of 102 manned land POEs 
nationwide, the 4 largest New York land POEs rank 5th, 16th, 
21st, and 67th in staffing levels versus requirements, and (3) 
Peace Bridge POE and Rainbow/Whirlpool bridges POE are ranked 
3rd and 4th in staffed land POEs in New York. If merited based 
on traffic flows and staff shortfalls, the INS may move 
inspectors from less busy or better staffed POEs to the Peace 
Bridge and Rainbow/Whirlpool bridges POEs. The Committee 
expects to be consulted prior to any move.
    Naturalization.--The Committee is aware that the growing 
immigrant population in Tennessee and Nevada may warrant the 
establishment of a full service office in Nashville and a 
District Office in Las Vegas. The INS is directed to report to 
the Committee on the need for such offices not later than 
December 1, 2000. In addition, should the INS determine that it 
is merited based on N-400 and I-485 backlogs nationwide, the 
INS may transfer adjudication officers to the Fort Smith, AR, 
Omaha, NE, Milwaukee, WI, and Des Moines, IA offices. Also, of 
the total amount provided for naturalization and other 
benefits, such sums as are necessary shall be made available to 
sustain a 3-man office in Greer, SC, including 1 clerical 
position. Finally, of the total amount provided for 
naturalization and other benefits, such sums as are necessary 
shall be made available to open 1-man offices in Roanoke, VA 
and Adak, AK to improve services in those rural areas.
    In addition, the recommendation includes $1,300,000 over 
fiscal year 2000 for the Debt Management Center [DMC]. The 
Committee expects the INS to build this increase into the base 
budget of the DMC.
    Spending decreases.--The Committee is alarmed by spending 
increases across object classes as high as 167 percent from 
fiscal years 1995 through 2000. These rates, far in excess of 
inflation, cannot be sustained. The Committee recommendation 
freezes spending at last year's level with exceptions, 
described above. Furthermore, the recommendation centralizes 
prisoner air transport funding under the ``Justice Prisoner and 
Alien Transportation System'' account.
    Casework.--The Washington District Office has one person 
attempting to address the avalanche of casework inquiries from 
local, State, and Federal officials. The Committee directs the 
INS to reassign not less than three personnel currently 
assigned at headquarters to the Washington District Office to 
augment its inquiries operation. INS shall report to the 
Committees on Appropriations on the completed personnel 
transfer not later than November 1, 2000.

                       Offsetting fee collections

    Fees are paid by persons who are either traveling 
internationally or are applying for immigration benefits. The 
Committee recommends a total spending level of $1,524,771,000. 
The recommendation is $18,899,000 below the budget request. The 
Committee recommendations, by major account, are provided 
below:

                          Immigration user fee

    The Committee recommends a spending level of $494,384,000. 
This is the full amount of receipts estimated to be available. 
The recommendation is $34,719,000 below the budget request. The 
Committee recommendation does not include either of the fee 
increases proposed by the administration.
    The immigration user fee account faces a crisis. Inspection 
costs have exceeded user fee receipts for the last few years. 
Insolvency is almost certain in the coming fiscal year. 
Congress is confronted with four options for restoring the 
financial health of this account: (1) reduce services, (2) 
eliminate the cruise ship exemption for ships, other than 
ferries, arriving at United States ports from Canada, Mexico, 
or adjacent Carribean islands, (3) raise the airport fee, or 
(4) charge vessel and aircraft crews. The Committee 
recommendation maintains what current services it can until a 
clear consensus emerges as to the proper means of matching 
revenues to requirements in this account.
    Reprogramming.--To avert the total collapse of the 
immigration inspection system at air-, sea-, and land ports of 
entry, the Committee has approved a $20,455,000 reprogramming 
to maintain minimum services through the rest of the fiscal 
year. The reprogramming includes:
  --$4,235,000 for part-time inspectors and overtime;
  --$4,226,000 for reimbursements to the Public Health Service;
  --$1,612,000 for contract detention beds;
  --$569,000 for document fraud activities;
  --$2,646,000 for main frame operations and maintenance; and
  --$7,167,000 to operate, maintain, and improve corporate 
        information technology systems.
    The Committee expects to be notified prior to any deviation 
from the above plan. The Committee fully understands that 
relief in fiscal year 2000 simply exacerbates the looming 
crisis in fiscal year 2001.
    Charlotte.--The Committee is aware that the expansion of 
daily service at the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport 
has occurred without a commensurate increase in inspectors. The 
Committee is also aware that: (1) air/sea ports of entry [POEs] 
are understaffed, (2) of 102 manned air/sea POEs worldwide, 
Charlotte ranks 57th in staffing levels versus requirements, 
and (3) Charlotte POE ranks 2nd in staffed air/sea POEs in 
North Carolina. If merited based on passenger flows and staff 
shortfalls, the INS may move inspectors from less busy or 
better staffed POEs to the Charlotte POE. The Committee expects 
to be consulted prior to any move.
    Detroit.--The Committee is aware that the expansion of 
daily service at the Detroit metro airport has occurred without 
a commensurate increase in inspectors. The Committee is also 
aware that: (1) air/sea ports of entry [POEs] are understaffed, 
and (2) of 102 manned air/sea POEs worldwide, Detroit ranks 
80th in staffing levels versus requirements. If merited based 
on passenger flows and staff shortfalls, the INS may move 
inspectors from less busy or better staffed POEs to the Detroit 
POE. The Committee expects to be consulted prior to any move.

                      Immigration examinations fee

    The Committee recommends a spending level of $891,017,000. 
This is the full amount of receipts estimated to be available. 
The recommendation is $8,800,000 below the budget request.
    Reprogramming.--After INS assurances that exam fee revenues 
can sustain the proposal, the Committee has approved a 
$37,000,000 reprogramming to accelerate the pace of efforts to 
reduce the naturalization backlog. The reprogramming includes:
  --$9,655,949 for replacement of permanent resident cards;
  --$3,500,000 for district and service center overtime;
  --$4,000,000 for CLAIMS 4 installation;
  --$14,044,051 for service center technology upgrades;
  --$3,000,000 for electronic fingerprint machines;
  --$1,800,000 for planning and implementation of process and 
        system improvements nationwide; and
  --$1,000,000 for ``Guide to Naturalization'' printing costs.
    The Committee expects to be notified prior to any deviation 
from the above plan. If the Committee has been misinformed 
about the financial impact on this account of front-loading 
these improvements and approval precipitates a funding crisis 
in fiscal year 2001, the INS will find the Committee unusually 
unsympathetic to appeals for relief.
    Transfer to Executive Office for Immigration Review 
[EOIR].--The recommendation assumes that $49,741,000 from this 
account are made available for EOIR operations. Exam fees may 
be used for expenses in providing immigration adjudication.
    Naturalization.--The recommendation includes $6,000,000 to 
install the CLAIMS 4 system in the Los Angeles, CA district 
office. This will complete the national network.
    245(i).--As noted above, the recommendation transfers 
$50,000,000 in data processing, legal proceedings, and 
information and records management base funds from ``Salaries 
and Expenses'' to this account as part of the restoration of 
section 245(i).

                      Breached Bond/Detention Fund

    The Committee recommends a spending level of $130,634,000. 
This is the full amount of receipts estimated to be available 
to support detention of criminal and illegal aliens. The 
recommendation is $20,500,000 above the budget request. The 
increase is attributable to the restoration of 245i revenue.
    245(i).--As noted above, the recommendation transfers 
$50,000,000 in detention and deportation base funds from 
``Salaries and Expenses'' to this account as part of the 
restoration of section 245(i).

                              Construction

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $99,664,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     111,135,000
House allowance.........................................     110,664,000
Committee recommendation................................     133,302,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $133,302,000. 
The recommendation is $22,167,000 above the budget request.
    The Committee is concerned by the lack, or condition, of 
facilities on the Southwest border, described as the ``worst'' 
in the Federal Government in a recent assessment. The backlog 
of projects has reached unacceptable levels: $941,000,000 in 
new construction; $137,000,000 in one-time specialized 
construction (cells, booking stations, etc.); and $186,000,000 
in maintenance, repair, and alteration. Use of trailers or 
temporary or makeshift facilities is common, and even these 
expedients leave many new agents without a place to process 
arrestees. Not surprisingly, the result is agent attrition 
rates that are high and climbing. The Committee recommendation 
begins the long process of eliminating construction and 
maintenance backlogs.
    The Committee recommendations, by project, are displayed in 
the following table:

                            INS construction

                        [In thousands of dollars]

                                                               Committee
Border Patrol:                                            Recommendation
    New Construction:
        Yuma, AZ:
            Sector HQ.........................................     4,000
            Border Patrol Station.............................     5,133
        El Centro, CA--Border Patrol Station..................     4,000
        Charleston, SC--Border Patrol Academy.................     5,000
        Sanderson, TX--Border Patrol Station..................     3,880
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          Subtotal............................................    22,013
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    Planning/Site Acquisition/Design:
        El Cajon, CA--Border Patrol Station...................       307
        McAllen, TX--Border Patrol Station....................       813
        Port Isabel, TX--Border Patrol Station................       500
        El Paso, TX--Border Patrol Station....................       865
        Eagle Pass, TX--Border Patrol Station.................       834
        McAllen, TX--Sector HQ................................       685
        Tucson, AZ--Sector HQ.................................       520
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          Subtotal............................................     4,524
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Detention:
    New Construction:
        San Pedro, CA--Service Processing Center..............       800
        Port Isabel, TX--Service Processing Center............    10,400
        Krome, FL--Service Processing Center..................     9,500
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          Subtotal............................................    20,700
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    Planning/Site Acquisition/Design:
        Port Isabel, TX--Service Processing Center............     1,500
        Krome, FL--Service Processing Center..................     1,184
        El Centro, CA--Service Processing Center..............       300
        El Paso, TX--Service Processing Center................     1,149
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          Subtotal............................................     4,133
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Servicewide One-Time Build Out:
    Newark, NJ--District Office...............................       561
    Fresno, CA--Sub Office....................................     1,608
    Boise, ID--Sub Office.....................................       571
    El Paso, TX--Port of Entry................................       336
    El Paso, TX--Checkpoint...................................       348
    Sweetgrass, MT--Port of Entry.............................     1,767
    San Francisco, CA--District Office........................     6,484
    Bakersfield, CA--Duty Station.............................       263
    Anchorage, AK--District Office............................       215
    Phoenix, AZ--District Office..............................       376
    Laguna Niguel, CA--Administrative Center..................     1,346
    Omaha, NE--District Office................................     1,330
    Washington, DC--Headquarters..............................     1,500
    Minor Projects under $250K................................     8,000
                                                                  ______
      Subtotal................................................    24,705
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Servicewide Maintenance, Repair, & Alteration:
    Marfa, TX--BPS/Checkpoint.................................       522
    Port Isabel, TX--BPS/SPC..................................     2,637
    Chicago, IL--Staging Facility.............................       424
    Brownsville, TX--Border Patrol Station....................       500
    Del Bonita, MT--PoE/BPS...................................       316
    Eagle Pass, TX--BPS/ASU...................................     1,146
    El Paso, TX--BPSH/SPC.....................................     5,073
    Hebbronville, TX--Border Patrol Station...................       325
    Los Fresnos, TX--Border Patrol Station....................       618
    Truth or Consequences, NM--BPS............................       510
    Uvalde, TX--Border Patrol Station.........................       535
    Willow Creek, MT--Port of Entry...........................       302
    Ysleta, TX--Border Patrol Station.........................       364
    Zapata, TX--Border Patrol Station.........................       450
    Aguadilla, PR--Service Processing Center..................       600
    Batavia, NY--Federal Detention Center.....................       256
    Miami/Krome, FL--Service Processing Center................     4,941
    Altoona, PA--National Firearms Unit.......................       375
    Ramey, PR--Border Patrol Sector HQ........................       657
    Trenton, MI--Border Patrol Station........................       270
    Ajo, AZ--Border Patrol Station............................       465
    Alpine, CA--Border Patrol Station.........................       270
    Brownfield, CA--Border Patrol Station.....................       250
    El Centro, CA--BPS/SPC....................................     1,126
    Florence, AZ--Service Processing Center...................       350
    Imperial Beach, CA--Border Patrol Station.................       575
    San Diego, CA--Border Patrol Sector HQ....................     1,510
    San Pedro, CA--Service Processing Center..................     1,765
    Del Rio, TX--BPS/BPSH.....................................       450
    Warroad,MN--Border Patrol Station.........................       250
    Oroville, MT--Border Patrol Station.......................       270
    Sonoita, AZ--Border Patrol Station........................       625
    Lancaster, MN--Port of Entry..............................       250
    Walhalla, ND--Port of Entry...............................       250
    Minor Projects under $250K................................    19,250
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      Subtotal................................................    48,477
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Program Execution.............................................     8,750
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    Total, INS Construction...................................   133,302

    The Committee expects to be consulted prior to any 
deviation from the above plan for fiscal year 2001.

                         Federal Prison System

Appropriations, 2000....................................  $3,668,425,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................   4,381,429,000
House allowance.........................................   4,266,256,000
Committee recommendation................................   4,298,118,000

    The Committee recommends total budgetary resources of 
$4,298,118,000 for the Federal prison system for fiscal year 
2001.

                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 2000....................................  $3,111,634,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................   3,545,769,000
House allowance.........................................   3,430,596,000
Committee recommendation................................   3,573,729,000

    The Committee recommends total budgetary resources of 
$3,573,729,000 for the salaries and expenses of the Federal 
prison system for fiscal year 2001.
    Activation of new prisons.--The Committee recommendation 
includes funding for activation of four new facilities (3,806 
beds): high and minimum security facilities in Pollock, LA; 
high and minimum security facilities in Atwater, CA; a high 
security facility in Coleman, FL and the detention center in 
Honolulu, HI. The Committee also supports expansions of 
existing facilities for secure beds and purchase of equipment 
for Lee County, VA USP and Petersburg, VA FCI which are 
preparing for activation.
    The Committee recommendation includes funding to begin and 
or complete activation of the following facilities:

Victorville, CA.........................................      $5,882,000
Houston, TX.............................................         637,000
Brooklyn, NY............................................       8,131,000
Philadelphia, PA........................................       5,718,000
Butner, NC..............................................      11,808,000
Loretto, PA expansion...................................         613,000
Pollock, LA.............................................      33,511,000
Atwater, CA.............................................      22,316,000
Coleman, FL.............................................      10,235,000
Honolulu, HI............................................      14,119,000
Ft. Dix, NJ expansion...................................       4,893,000
Yazoo City, MS expansion................................         674,000
Lompoc, CA expansion....................................         907,000
El Paso, TX expansion...................................       2,357,000
Seagoville, TX expansion................................       1,208,000
Jesup, GA expansion.....................................         200,000
Lee County, VA equipment................................       4,059,000
Petersburg, VA equipment................................       4,058,000

    Based on new activation estimates, the amount for the 
expansion of satellite low beds at existing facilities can be 
reduced by $2,842,000.
    In addition, the Committee recommendation includes funding 
for: 6,000 beds for short-term criminal aliens to be housed in 
contract facilities; and a contract population increase of 520 
beds. Further, funding is provided to increase staff for 
education programming as requested.
    The Committee recommendation reduces the request by 
$23,725,000. This amount is for 1,000 INS Long Term Detainees. 
The transfer of these detainees has not occurred. The Committee 
supports the base funding adjustment of $30,758,000 for 3,000 
beds for short term criminal aliens.
    Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System.--The 
Committee recommends a reduction of $14,196,000 for 
centralization of prisoner air movements under Justice Prisoner 
and Alien Transportation System, in lieu of reimbursement.
    Children of Prisoners.--Statistics show that children of 
prisoners are six times more likely than other children to be 
incarcerated at some point in their lives. The Department of 
Justice has ignored the fact that 70 percent of children of 
prisoners will become involved with the nation's prison system. 
To address this unique need the Committee recommends $4,000,000 
for the National Institute of Corrections to work with 
cooperative agreements to fund private sector or not for profit 
groups that have effective, tested programs to help children of 
prisoners. The Committee directs the Bureau to provide an 
implentation plan to the appropriate committees no later than 
November 15, 2000.
    Internship Pilot.--The Committee recommends up to $100,000 
for the implementation of a pilot program that would offer 
temporary internship positions for college students at the 
Federal Correctional Institution in Yazoo City, Mississippi, to 
provide the students work experience in a law enforcement 
setting and a heightened interest in a career with the Federal 
Bureau of Prisons.
    Medical Expenses.--The Committee recommends $35,000,000 
from Federal Prisoner Detention for medical expenses for 
Federal detainees.
    Female inmates.--Of the amounts provided, up to $1,000,000 
shall be for the National Institute of Corrections to work with 
correctional systems (State and Federal) to address the issue 
of staff sexual misconduct involving female inmates in 
correctional institutions through the provision of technical 
assistance, education and training, and other activities.
    Pursuant to recommendations of the General Accounting 
Office, the Director of the Bureau of Prisons should develop 
systems and procedures to monitor and analyze allegations of 
staff sexual misconduct in Federal prisons and periodically 
report results to the Department of Justice's Office of the 
Inspector General and to appropriate BOP officials (e.g. senior 
managers and wardens).
    These analyses and reports should be in sufficient detail 
to identify and monitor trends and to determine whether any 
corrective actions are needed. For instance, the analyses and 
reports should quantify all categories of alleged staff sexual 
misconduct, including allegations of unprofessional or 
noncriminal conduct, as well as allegations involving 
potentially criminal conduct.
    Yazoo City, MS.--The Committee directs the Bureau to 
continue assessing the feasibility and anticipated need for the 
construction of a high security prison facility in Yazoo City, 
MS.
    Finally, the Committee recognizes the BOP's tireless 
efforts to manage costs and hold down taxpayer expense in 
operating the Federal Prison System. The Committee directs the 
Bureau to examine its decision unit or budget activity 
structure for further consolidation of decision units or budget 
activities. Specifically, the Committee directs the Bureau to 
consider restructuring the Contract Confinement and Inmate Care 
and Programs decision units for optimum utilization of 
resources. The Bureau is directed to report to the appropriate 
Committees no later than December 31, 2000 on restructuring 
recommendations.
    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; (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 for necessary prison operations to remain available 
until September 30, 2002; (7) up to $20,000,000 for contract 
confinement expenses for the care and security of Cuban and 
Haitian entrants; and (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.

                        Buildings And Facilities

Appropriations, 2000....................................    $556,791,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     835,660,000
House allowance.........................................     835,660,000
Committee recommendation................................     724,389,000

    The Committee recommends a total of $724,389,000 for fiscal 
year 2001 for the construction, modernization, maintenance, and 
repair of prison and detention facilities housing Federal 
prisoners. This amount is $167,598,000 more than the fiscal 
year 2000 appropriation and $111,271,000 less than the fiscal 
year 2001 budget request. The request for an advanced 
appropriation of $1,326,000,000 is not approved.
    The Committee continues to strongly support the BOP's 
construction program, designed to provide sufficient inmate 
beds to manage overcrowding in facilities and maintain them in 
a safe and secure manner for staff, inmates and surrounding 
communities. The Committee understands that the BOP needs the 
17 facilities requested in the 2001 budget and even with these 
facilities, overcrowding is projected to be 33 percent in 2006. 
Thus, the Committee is providing $570,000,000 for the new 
construction program. Further, the Committee directs the BOP to 
request the funds necessary to complete these facilities in the 
2002 budget. The funding provided for facilities includes:

Sentenced Capacity Projects

Facilities with prior funding:ousands of dollars)
    FCI Yazoo City, MS........................................    86,884
    FCI Forrest City, AR......................................    95,814
    FCI Herlong/Sierra, CA....................................   116,861
    FCI Victorville, CA.......................................   116,838
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      Subtotal................................................   416,397
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                    ____________________________________________________
Facilities with no prior funding:
    USP Western (California)..................................     7,953
    USP Coleman, FL...........................................     7,954
    State of Alaska...........................................     7,954
    FCI Marlboro, South Carolina..............................     5,430
    FCI Mid-Atlantic Northeast................................     5,430
    FCI Midwestern (Michigan).................................     5,431
    FCI Western (Arizona) & Camp..............................     6,000
    FCI Pollock, LA & Camp....................................     5,000
    FCI Northumberland & Camp.................................     5,000
    FCI Mid-Atlantic (West Virginia) & Camp...................     5,000
    Hazelton, WV Secure Female Unit...........................     2,000
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      Subtotal................................................    63,152
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                    ____________________________________________________
Capacity To Absorb INS Long Term Detainees:
    USP Lompoc, CA............................................    30,451
    USP Terre Haute, IN.......................................    30,000
    FCI Butner, NC............................................    30,000
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      Subtotal................................................    90,451
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                    ____________________________________________________
      Total New Construction Program Increases................   570,000

    The Committee commends the BOP for working diligently to 
increase inmate housing capacity by expanding existing 
facilities within available funds. The Committee fully supports 
these cost effective efforts and expects the BOP to continue 
its reprogrammings and funds transfer requests in a timely 
manner to expedite these construction projects.
    State of Alaska Prison.--The Committee understands that the 
State of Alaska is in great need of a new correctional facility 
as well as assistance in the design and construction of such a 
project. Thus, the Committee is providing funds in BOP's new 
construction program for transfer to the Office of Justice 
Programs (OJP) to allow OJP to provide funding, under its 
authorities, for an Alaska prison. The Committee expects OJP to 
provide $7,954,000 for the State of Alaska prison construction 
project. The Committee is including these funds in the BOP's 
budget because of their prison construction expertise and 
expects the BOP to consult with and assist Alaska in the design 
and construction of the prison. Finally, the Committee 
understands that there could be sufficient capacity for the BOP 
to house inmates in this facility, if needed, upon completion 
and would reimburse the State accordingly.
    The Committee is aware that the BOP currently leases the 
facilities at the Oklahoma City Federal Transportation Center, 
and that the BOP requires lease authority to move expeditiously 
when other lease opportunities advantageous to the BOP and 
Federal Government arise. The Committee notes that the BOP has 
multiyear operating lease authority, given language authorizing 
contracts, and other agreements with private entities, and can 
enter into such leases.
    The Committee recommends bill language, similar to that 
included in previous Appropriation Acts, without the repetitive 
Oklahoma City lease language since it is already authorized, 
which allows: (1) for planning of facilities, acquisition of 
sites, and construction of facilities; (2) for acquisition, 
remodeling, and equipping facilities by contract or force 
account; (3) for up to $14,000,000 to construct inmate work 
areas; (4) for use of prison labor; and (5) for up to 10 
percent of this appropriation to be transferred to the 
``Salaries and expenses'' account in accordance with section 
605.

                    Federal Prison Industries, Inc.


                (Limitation On Administrative Expenses)

Appropriations, 2000....................................      $3,429,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       3,429,000
House allowance.........................................       3,429,000
Committee recommendation................................       3,429,000

    This Committee recommends a limitation on administrative 
expenses of $3,429,000 for the Federal Prison Industries, Inc., 
for fiscal year 2001. This amount is equal to the amount 
requested and the fiscal year 2000 appropriation.
    The Committee continues to strongly support Federal Prison 
Industries [UNICOR] and recognizes its importance in the 
efficient and safe management of Federal prisons. UNICOR 
provides prison inmates with the opportunity to learn important 
work habits, participate in meaningful employment which keeps 
them productively occupied during work hours, and develop 
improved job skills which reduce recidivism. The Committee also 
recognizes the necessity for UNICOR to grow as the inmate 
population increases. Finally, UNICOR is a self-supporting 
revolving fund the resources of which are derived from sales of 
its products. In the future, the BOP is directed to submit only 
UNICOR's Appropriations language exhibit.

                       Office of Justice Programs

Appropriations, 2000....................................  $3,457,158,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................   2,364,460,000
House allowance.........................................   3,452,158,000
Committee recommendation................................   2,254,578,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,254,578,000 
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 State Criminal 
Alien Assistance Program, the Violence Against Women Grant 
Programs, the Byrne Grant Program, the Weed and Seed Program, 
juvenile justice and delinquency prevention, and victims of 
child abuse programs.

                           Justice Assistance

Appropriations, 2000....................................    $307,611,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     371,260,000
House allowance.........................................     307,611,000
Committee recommendation................................     426,403,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $426,403,000. 
The recommendation is $55,143,000 above the budget request.
    The funding provided for justice assistance includes funds 
to States for research, evaluation, statistics, information 
sharing, emergency assistance, missing children assistance, 
counterterrorism programs, and the management and 
administration of grants provided through the Office of Justice 
Programs.

Justice Assistance

                                                               Committee
                                                          recommendation

National Institute of Justice...........................    $46,000,000 
    Defense/law enforcement technology transfer.........    (10,277,000)
Bureau of Justice Statistics............................     27,305,000 
Missing children........................................     25,473,000 
Regional information sharing system.....................     30,000,000 
Counterterrorism activities.............................    257,500,000 
For consortium members:
    Center for Domestic Preparedness, Fort McClellan, AL    (15,000,000)
    Management and Administration.......................       (500,000)
    National Energetic Materials Research and Testing 
      Center, New Mexico Institute of Mining and 
      Technology........................................     (4,500,000)
    National Emergency Response and Rescue Training 
      Center, Texas A&M University......................     (7,000,000)
    National Center for Bio-Med Research and Training, 
      Louisiana State University........................     (3,500,000)
    National Exercise, Test and Training Center, Nevada 
      test 
      site..............................................     (4,500,000)
Domestic preparedness equipment grants..................   (120,000,000)
State and local domestic preparedness exercise grant 
    program.............................................     (8,000,000)
TOPOFF II...............................................     (5,000,000)
Other training..........................................     (7,000,000)
Technical assistance....................................     (8,000,000)
Nunn-Lugar-Domestic preparednes program.................    (31,000,000)
Research and Development (MIPT and ISTS)................    (36,100,000)
Prepositioned equipment.................................     (7,400,000)
Management and administration...........................     40,125,000 
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                    ____________________________________________________
      Total justice assistance..........................    426,403,000 

    National Institute of Justice (NIJ).--The Committee 
recommends an appropriation of $46,000,000. The recommendation 
is $3,400,000 below the budget request. In addition, 
$20,000,000 will be provided to NIJ in fiscal year 2001, as was 
provided in fiscal year 2000, 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.
    Within total funding for the NIJ, the Committee directs 
that increased amounts over fiscal year 2000 be made available 
for computerized identification systems and the DNA Technology 
Research and Development Program.
    Defense/law enforcement technology transfer.--Within the 
amounts provided for NIJ, $10,277,000 is provided 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 enforcers, corrections officers, 
and citizens.
    Drug Detection.--The Committee is pleased with the progress 
the National Institute of Justice has made in initiating the 
evaluation of a non-toxic and non-carcinogenic reagent-based 
detection and identification aerosol designed to detect trace 
amounts of illegal drugs in school environments. In recognition 
of this progress, the Committee directs that from within the 
amounts provided for NIJ, $500,000 shall be made available to 
continue this research with the same technology currently under 
evaluation. The Committee is particularly interested in other 
applications beyond the school environment. These applications 
should be considered by NIJ for other parts of the U.S. 
Government. The Committee directs the Department to provide a 
report on these other applications no later than February 1, 
2001.
    The Committee recognizes the need for a National Law 
Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC) in 
Alaska. The center would be dedicated to assisting law 
enforcement agencies that operate in cold-weather remote areas. 
The center would also be a test-bed for determining if any law 
enforcement technologies should be upgraded, modified, and 
conditioned to perform law enforcement functions in natural 
geographically challenging environments. From within the 
amounts provided to NIJ, $1,500,000 shall be used to develop 
detailed plans for a NLECTC in Alaska and to provide the 
results to the Committees on Appropriations by February 1, 
2001.
    From within available funds, NIJ is directed to provide the 
following: $500,000 for the Washington State Breaking the Cycle 
program; and $100,000 for the perfluorocarbon chemical tracer 
improvement program.
    Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS).--The Committee 
recommends an appropriation of $27,305,000. The recommendation 
is $5,895,000 below the budget request. The recommendation 
includes: $1,000,000 for the collection of Computer Crime and 
Cyber-Fraud Statistics; $500,000 for BJS to begin converting 
its paper-based collections to an Internet based format; and 
$300,000 for BJS to enhance the National Victims of Crime 
Survey to measure the victimization of the disabled. 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 
$25,473,000 for the Missing Children Program to combat crimes 
against children, particularly kidnaping and sexual 
exploitation.
    Within the amounts provided the Committee has included:
    (1) $8,798,000 for the Missing Children Program within the 
Office of Justice Programs, Justice Assistance, including the 
following: $6,000,000 for State and local law enforcement to 
continue specialized cyberunits and for units to investigate 
and prevent child sexual exploitation which are based on the 
protocols for conducting investigations involving the Internet 
and online service providers that have been established by the 
Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing and 
Exploited Children.
    (2) $13,475,000 for the National Center for Missing and 
Exploited Children, of which $2,125,000 is provided for the 
operation of the CyberTipline and to conduct Cyberspace 
training. The Committee expects the National Center for Missing 
and Exploited Children to continue to consult with 
participating law enforcement agencies to ensure the 
curriculum, training, and programs provided with this 
additional funding are consistent with the protocols for 
conducting investigations involving the Internet and online 
service providers that have been established by the Department 
of Justice. The CyberTipline was created by this Committee in 
the fiscal year 1999 appropriation for the Center. The 
Committee supports and encourages businesses and organizations 
with websites to place a CyberTipline icon on their site making 
it easier for people around the world to locate and access the 
CyberTipline. This increased promotion will provide more leads 
on missing children. The Committee has included additional 
funding for staff increases and for the expansion of the 
CyberTipline, including added case analysts which are needed as 
a result of the increase in leads tied to the reports provided 
by Internet Service Providers. The Committee recommends that 
$125,000 be provided for the Center to hire a person to be 
detailed to Interpol headquarters after appropriate training is 
provided. The purpose of this effort is to coordinate 
international search efforts for crimes against children. 
Additional funding is also provided for the continuation of a 
study regarding the victimization of children on the Internet, 
for a legal and technical assistance section at the National 
Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and for efforts to 
develop a national training program to address child 
victimization. The Committee directs the Office of Justice 
Programs to work with the National Center for Missing and 
Exploited Children to identify law enforcement agencies which 
currently utilize computers in their patrol cars and to create 
a program to use the computers to disseminate information, 
including pictures, of newly reported missing children. In 
addition, $1,800,000 is provided for the Virginia Department of 
State Police to continue its work to develop and implement a 
computerized digital mapping process that will enhance law 
enforcement efforts to identify computer images of missing and 
exploited children. Also, the Committee recommends $100,000 for 
a case manager at the National Center to coordinate with 
medical examiners and coroners at both the State and local 
level to assist in identifying the remains of children. The 
case manager would use the National Center's database and other 
technical assistance. This effort would be to assist in 
identifying longterm and unidentified cases.
    (3) $3,200,000 for the Jimmy Ryce Law Enforcement Training 
Center for training of State and local law enforcement 
officials investigating missing and exploited children cases. 
The Committee recommendation includes funding for the 
continuation of the Center's program which trains law 
enforcement officers, judges, and prosecutors on Internet 
crimes against children and child exploitation.
    Regional Information Sharing System (RISS).--The Committee 
recommends an appropriation of $30,000,000. The recommendation 
is $10,000,000 above the budget request. The RISS program 
provides funds to maintain six regionally-based information 
sharing centers which allow for information and intelligence 
services to be disseminated nationwide addressing major, multi-
jurisdictional crimes.
    Domestic Preparedness Assistance to State and Local 
Jurisdictions.--The Committee recognizes the vital importance 
of the Office for State and Local Domestic Preparedness 
Support's (OSLDPS) continued efforts to enhance the 
capabilities of State and local jurisdictions to better prepare 
for and respond to incidents of domestic terrorism involving 
weapons of mass destruction. These efforts include training, 
programs of educational instruction, and support for real life 
situational exercises. Also, it includes funding to enable the 
purchase of the specialized equipment needed by State and local 
agencies to respond to incidents involving weapons of mass 
destruction, and technical assistance for States, localities, 
and their emergency response agencies. OSLDPS' successful 
planning and conduct of the TOPOFF 2000 exercise was a major 
step towards the Department of Justice's development of a truly 
focused national program to build the capabilities of State and 
local governments to respond to terrorist attacks.
    The Committee supports OSLDPS' strategy to enhance State 
and local emergency response capabilities based on a continued 
cycle of activity involving training, equipping, and 
exercising, and the ongoing involvement of the emergency 
response community. The Committee further supports OSLDPS' 
efforts to work with the States and the District of Columbia to 
develop individual comprehensive plans and strategies which 
assess their threats and risks and identify their requirements 
in the areas of equipment, training, exercises, and technical 
assistance.
    These comprehensive plans will provide useful guidance to 
OSLDPS, other key Federal agencies, and the Congress on 
existing risks and threats and the current resource 
requirements of the States, the District of Columbia, and the 
nation. These comprehensive plans must be in place before 
OSLDPS may further distribute available resources to a given 
State or the District of Columbia.
    For the continuation of the programs and activities of 
OSLDPS, a total of $257,500,000 is recommended, of which 
$6,600,000 may be used for associated management and 
administrative expenses, including support for up to 63 full 
time equivalent (FTE) positions. This level of support is 
necessitated by OSLDPS' requirement to work directly with the 
States and the District of Columbia to respond to the training 
and technical assistance needs identified in the comprehensive 
plans and strategies currently under development, to fulfill 
the requirements of the Nunn-Lugar-Domenici Domestic 
Preparedness Program, and to implement and deliver a national-
scope State and local exercise program.
    Of the amount recommended, funds shall be distributed as 
follows:
    National Domestic Preparedness Consortium.--A total of 
$35,000,000 is recommended for the continued training efforts 
under OSLDPS' National Domestic Preparedness Consortium. Such 
training is to be provided under the direction of the Office 
for State and Local Domestic Preparedness Support to ensure a 
fully-coordinated and integrated national training program. 
This effort will enable OSLDPS to expand this critically needed 
training to address the priorities as determined by the 
Statewide Domestic Preparedness Strategic Plans begun in fiscal 
year 2000 as a requirement of OSLDPS' equipment block grant 
program. Of the $35,000,000 recommended, funds shall be 
allocated among the Consortium's members as follows: (1) 
$7,000,000 to the Texas Engineering Extension Service of the 
Texas A&M University, (2) $4,500,000 to the Energetic Materials 
Research and Test Center of the New Mexico Institute of Mining 
and Technology, (3) $3,500,000 to the Academy of 
Counterterrorist Education at the Louisiana State University, 
(4) $4,500,000 to the U.S. Department of Energy's National 
Exercise, Test, and Training Center, Nevada Test Site, and (5) 
$15,000,000 for OLSDPS' Center For Domestic Preparedness at Ft. 
McClellan, AL.
    Exercises are a critical element in preparing State and 
local public safety personnel to respond to incidents of 
domestic terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction (WMD). 
Exercises provide a jurisdiction with a rare opportunity to 
forge and solidify partnerships among those public safety 
disciplines that will be required to work together when 
responding to a WMD incident. There is no substitute for 
practice when it comes to the preparedness of our nation to 
respond to a WMD terrorist incident. The Committee directs 
OSLDPS to establish the Center for Exercise Excellence at the 
Department of Energy's Nevada Test Site (NTS). The NTS' 
extensive physical plant can simulate rural, urban, and 
suburban environments and has the capability to use industrial 
chemicals and simulants during exercises. NTS will allow OSLDPS 
to train jurisdictions in the planning and conduct of 
exercises, tailored to the unique threats they face as 
determined by their participation in the State's strategic 
planning efforts. The Center will provide OSLDPS a critically 
needed new component of its overall training program to meet 
those special exercise needs as the States define their 
exercise priorities.
    Domestic Preparedness Equipment Grants.--A total of 
$120,000,000 is provided for equipment block grants to the 
States and District of Columbia to enable these jurisdictions 
to purchase specialized equipment required to respond to 
terrorist incidents involving chemical, biological, 
radiological, and explosive weapons of mass destruction. This 
represents a significant increase over the administration's 
request of $78,000,000. The Committee fully supports the 
position that our nation's success in responding to a WMD 
terrorist incident is dependent on the ability of local and 
State response personnel to respond in the critical first hours 
of an event. The availability of the necessary protective 
equipment, detection technology, decontamination equipment, and 
specialized communications equipment for the first response 
personnel in our cities and towns is a critical priority. The 
increase for this program will enable the States to 
strategically plan and be more responsive to the needs of the 
nation's fire, Emergency Medical Service, law enforcement and 
emergency management agencies. It will also provide resources 
to enable our localities to acquire state-of-the-art equipment 
as our investments in technology development bring new and 
improved technologies to the market.
    States receiving domestic preparedness equipment grant 
funds are directed to provide at least 80 percent of those 
funds to local communities with the greatest need, based on the 
State's review of the data provided by localities which 
documents their specific threats, vulnerabilities, needs and 
capabilities. Further, the Committee reiterates its past 
guidance that these resources are to be used to meet the needs 
of the States and the District of Columbia based on the 
comprehensive plans currently being developed, and that no 
funds will be available to States and localities without an 
approved plan.
    Of those funds available for Domestic Preparedness 
Equipment Grants, up to $2,000,000 shall be made available for 
the continued support of the Domestic Preparedness Equipment 
Technical Assistance Program--a partnership between OSLDPS and 
the Pine Bluff Arsenal. Under this program, jurisdictions 
receiving Domestic Preparedness Equipment Grant funds are 
eligible to receive training and technical assistance on the 
use, maintenance, repair, and calibration of equipment acquired 
under the Equipment Grant Program.
    The Committee supports the Department's efforts to 
establish the Virtual Medical Campus to support national 
medical preparedness and readiness against weapons of mass 
destruction and similar events. This effort will provide 
education, training, and certification for disaster-related 
events and facilitate coordination of Federal, State and local 
planners for disaster event management. The Committee supports 
follow-on funding of this initiative in fiscal year 2001 if 
warranted.
    State and Local Domestic Preparedness Exercise Grant 
Program.--The Committee recognizes and appreciates the role 
that realistic situational exercises play in any effort to 
better prepare State and local jurisdictions and their 
emergency response agencies to respond to incidents of domestic 
terrorism. Such exercises provide State and local agencies a 
means to integrate and test their training and response plans 
and to extract valuable lessons for future action. A total of 
$8,000,000 is provided to enable OSLDPS to provide grants to 
State and local jurisdictions to assist them in the planning 
and conduct of tailored exercises to enhance their response 
capabilities and to test their response plans. These grants 
will only be provided to States with an approved statewide 
strategic domestic preparedness plan. The selection of 
participating jurisdictions will be coordinated with the States 
to only support exercises in those jurisdictions identified in 
the States' plans as most in need of an exercise.
    TOPOFF II.--The Committee commends the planners and 
participants of TOPOFF, the largest counterterrorism exercise 
in United States history. State and local first responders, 
Federal departments and agencies, and their top officials 
cooperated in an unprecedented effort to demonstrate our 
decision-making and response capabilities. It forced top 
officials to make decisions in situations fraught with chaos 
and mass casualties.
    TOPOFF and exercises like it send a clear message to 
domestic and international terrorists: that the United States 
will not be passive about protecting its people and other 
interests. The Committee directs OJP to report on the 
objectives of this exercise, how well these objectives were 
met, and what was learned from this exercise. The report should 
include written assessments from the localities and States 
involved. The report should be provided to the Committees on 
Appropriations no later than December 1, 2000.
    TOPOFF represents a tremendous step towards enhanced 
coordination of our efforts to combat terrorism. It 
demonstrated that individual agencies and departments have the 
personnel, expertise, and resources to contribute to the 
overall mission of combating terrorism. But there is still much 
to be done. While individual agencies expertly performed their 
tasks, there was a noticeable absence of an overarching 
national strategy.
    TOPOFF marked the first time agency and department heads 
were asked to join with State and local response teams to work 
through a live exercise at multiple sites. This included 
responders and senior officials at each echelon of government 
(e.g., fire, law enforcement, public health). The fact that 
cooperation among Federal, State and local entities is just 
beginning to occur is a testament to the need for a single 
leader with the authority and jurisdiction to manage this 
cross-cutting national threat. The Committee believes that a 
comprehensive national strategy including integrated classified 
and unclassified plans and the leadership to implement the 
strategy are needed.
    The Committee believes that the Nation will benefit from 
regular exercises. In order to ensure that the collective 
national preparedness, as tested for the first time by TOPOFF, 
is continuously improved and departments and agencies know 
their roles and responsibilities, a Department of Justice-led 
national-level exercise series shall be instituted.
    This series of exercises, capitalizing on the lessons of 
TOPOFF, should include a regularly scheduled sequence of 
increasingly challenging exercise building blocks. This 
exercise cycle should strengthen preparedness through issue-
oriented seminars, tabletop exercises, and command post 
exercises culminating in a bi-annual, national, full-scale 
TOPOFF exercise. It will feature the participation of key top 
officials at the Federal, State, and local levels. Each of the 
preliminary elements of this program will contribute to the 
design and planning of the TOPOFF full-scale exercise. This 
series of exercise components will also improve ``crisis 
resistance'' through opportunities to measure plans, policies 
and procedures required to effective respond to a WMD terrorist 
incident.
    The Committee recommends $5,000,000 for the planning, 
execution, and analysis of TOPOFF II, which is to be completed 
by the end of fiscal year 2002. This exercise will support the 
national strategy to combat terrorism, and include events 
which, like TOPOFF and NCR 2000, assess the Nation's crisis and 
consequence management capacity. It will include the 
involvement of Federal, State, and local top officials. The 
lead agency for TOPOFF II will be the Department of Justice, 
and the exercise will be designed, developed and executed by 
the DOJ's Office for State and Local Domestic Preparedness 
Support. All agencies with responsibility for combating 
terrorism are invited to participate.
    Other Training.--A total of $5,500,000 is made available to 
the Office for State and Local Domestic Preparedness Support to 
meet continued, ongoing, training needs of State and local 
jurisdictions. The Committee is also aware of other training 
efforts, such as the State and Local Antiterrorism Training 
(SLATT) Program, currently conducted by OJP component agencies 
which are directly related to domestic preparedness. The 
Committee directs that all such programs shall be administered 
by the OSLDPS to ensure coordination of activities and to 
minimize the potential for confusion and conflicting training. 
Within OSLDPS, the Committee recommends $1,000,000 to continue 
the SLATT Program as an integral element of its training 
program.
    Also, the Committee recommends that $500,000 be provided to 
support a domestic preparedness training program to be 
conducted in conjunction with the 2001 World Police and Fire 
Games to be held in Indianapolis, Indiana in June 2001. The 
purpose of the program is to share concepts and procedures in 
the area of preventing and responding to terrorism. OSLDPS is 
directed to work closely with the organizing committee for the 
2001 games to develop this initiative.
    Technical Assistance.--A total of $8,000,000 is recommended 
for OSLDPS to provide a continuing program of technical 
assistance to States, the District of Columbia, and local 
jurisdictions in order to enhance their capabilities to better 
plan for and respond to incidents of domestic terrorism. 
Specific priorities should include technical assistance to the 
States to refine their Statewide Domestic Preparedness 
Equipment Strategies and assist State and local jurisdictions 
in the planning for and conducting of tailored local and 
regional exercises.
    Nunn-Lugar-Domenici Domestic Preparedness Program.--On 
April 6, 2000, the President, pursuant to Section 1412(a)(2) 
and Section 1415(d) of Public Law 104-201, ``the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997,'' transferred 
responsibility for the authorities contained in Section 1412 
and Section 1415 of that law (Public Law 104-201), from the 
Secretary of Defense to the Attorney General. Collectively, 
these sections are more commonly known as the Nunn-Lugar-
Domenici Domestic Preparedness Program. Under the President's 
designation, the Attorney General's responsibility for this 
program begins on October 1, 2000. The Committee directs the 
Department of Justice to designate OSLDPS as the administering 
agency for this program and that all program activities shall 
be under the direct administration of the Director, OSLDPS and 
that all staff for this program shall be located in Washington, 
DC.
    Under its Section 1412 authorities, the Nunn-Lugar-Domenici 
Domestic Preparedness Program charges the Federal Government 
with providing civilian personnel of Federal, State, and local 
agencies with training and expert advice regarding emergency 
responses to the use or threatened use of weapons of mass 
destruction or related materials. Under its Section 1415 
authorities, the Nunn-Lugar-Domenici Domestic Preparedness 
Program charges the Federal Government with developing and 
carrying out a program for testing and improving the responses 
of Federal, State, and local agencies to emergencies involving 
biological weapons, chemical weapons, and related materials. 
Overall, the objective of this program is to enhance the 
capabilities of State and local jurisdictions, as well as 
Federal agencies, to respond to incidents of domestic terrorism 
involving weapons of mass destruction.
    The transfer of this program from the Department of Defense 
to the Department of Justice provides the opportunity to more 
efficiently provide assistance to State and local jurisdictions 
by integrating these efforts into current State and local 
domestic preparedness programs and activities of OSLDPS. Such a 
consolidation will enhance the training and preparation of the 
nation's emergency response community for terrorist incidents 
involving weapons of mass destruction. The Committee 
understands that a comprehensive plan for the transition and 
integration of the Nunn-Lugar-Domenici Domestic Preparedness 
Program has been prepared by OSLDPS.
    For the continued administration and implementation of the 
Nunn-Lugar-Domenici Domestic Preparedness Program as detailed 
in Section 1412 and Section 1415 of Public Law 104-201, a total 
of $31,000,000 is recommended to OSLDPS. This effort includes 
the emergency responder training activities authorized under 
Section 1412(e)(1), the ``improved response'' activities 
authorized under Section 1415(a)(1), and the ``exercise 
activities,'' otherwise known as the ``Federal, State and 
local'' or ``FSL'' exercises, authorized under Section 
1415(a)(2). The State and local ``hot line'' activities 
authorized under Section 1412(e)(2) shall be administered by 
the NDPO.
    Coordination with Department of State.--The Committee 
recognizes the dual nature of OSLDPS domestic preparedness 
program activities in relation to enhancing our Nation's 
ability to respond to WMD terrorism internationally as well as 
domestically. The Committee directs OSLDPS to work jointly with 
the Department of State to prepare a comprehensive study on our 
response to both a domestic and international WMD terrorist 
incident. This effort should include how the United States 
would provide support to other countries experiencing one or 
more WMD incidents and how to ensure that prepositioned assets 
located outside the continental United States (CONUS) could be 
readily available if an incident occurred within CONUS.
    Research and development.--The Committee is aware of the 
great need for research, development, testing, and evaluation 
(RDT&E) of equipment and concepts used in combating terrorism. 
The Committee directs that programs currently administered by 
the DOJ National Institute for Justice Office of Science and 
Technology for the development of combating terrorism 
technology be transferred to the DAG/NSI, and that the DAG/NSI 
work with the Oklahoma City National Memorial Institute for the 
Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT), the Dartmouth Institute for 
Security Technology Studies (ISTS), the Technical Support 
Working Group (TSWG), and other entities charged with combating 
terrorism to create a process which follows the Department of 
Defense's system of RDT&E. This should be a pilot program which 
can be applied to any and all efforts to combat terrorism. The 
Committee recommends $100,000 for this effort. An 
implementation plan should be provided to the Committees on 
Appropriations by December 30, 2000.
    MIPT and ISTS.--The Committee recommends $18,000,000 for 
MIPT and $18,000,000 for ISTS. The mission of MIPT is to deter 
and prevent domestic terrorism and to mitigate the results 
should it occur. ISTS serves as a center for counterterrorism 
technology RDT&E with a particular focus on cyber-security and 
the protection of telecommunications and critical information 
infrastructure. The Committee directs that up to $4,000,000 be 
used by MIPT to support the development of performance 
standards in a biological and chemical environment for 
respirators and personal protective garments. MIPT shall 
coordinate this initiative with all appropriate Federal 
agencies, such as the National Institute for Occupational 
Safety and Health (NIOSH), the Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration (OSHA), and the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology (NIST). Other non-governmental organizations 
should be included as is deemed necessary by MIPT. The DAG/NSI 
may execute the necessary Memorandum of Agreement with these 
Federal agencies to develop the required performance standards. 
The DAG/NSI shall submit a plan for the development of these 
performance standards no later than June 1, 2001. The plan 
shall include a detailed task schedule and options for live 
agent testing of this equipment against the developed 
standards.
    Distance Learning Network.--Last year the Committee 
encouraged OJP to collaborate with the National Guard to make 
use of their Distance Learning Network. The purpose of this 
effort was to deliver training programs and capitalize on 
investments made by the Department of Defense. The Committee 
has not observed any progress on this effort. The Committee 
directs the DAG/NSI to work with the Director of the National 
Guard to achieve these goals.
    Standardization.--The Committee applauds the FBI's efforts 
towards standardization of WMD equipment. Various types of 
equipment are identified, researched, developed, tested, and 
evaluated by manufacturers as well as by the TSWG and other 
entities charged with combating terrorism. The Committee 
believes that this mission is critical to the safety of first 
responders and the accomplishment of their mission. This effort 
should not be influenced by the desire of manufacturers to 
generate income.
    The Committee reiterates that the purpose of the MIPT and 
the ISTS is to research, develop, test, and evaluate 
technologies to combat terrorism. The Committee directs these 
two organizations to work with the TSWG and the DAG/NSI to 
develop and implement a new process whereby WMD equipment is 
standardized. The lead office in this effort shall be the DAG/
NSI, who will ensure RDT&E standardization efforts are unified 
among all entities charged with combating terrorism. An 
implementation plan should be provided to the Committees on 
Appropriations by May 30, 2001.
    Prepositioned equipment.--The Committee is aware that the 
unfunded requirement for equipment can never be completely 
addressed. Therefore, the Committee directs that prepositioned 
equipment be configured and placed in strategic locations that 
have been determined as a result of the threat assessment. This 
equipment should be configured in a form that is transportable 
by the National Guard. Each pod should have a standardized set 
of equipment as determined by DAG/NSI. A pod should be provided 
for training to the Texas Engineering Extension Service of the 
Texas A&M University. Three other pods should be developed from 
off-the-shelf equipment. These pods should be prepositioned in 
secure National Guard facilities where there is an existing 
Community Support Team (CST). This equipment is specifically 
for first responders and not the CST. The Committee recommends 
$7,400,000 for this effort.
    Joint interoperability of communications.--The Committee 
commends the efforts of the Arapahoe County Sheriffs Office for 
implementing TRP 1000 in the TOPOFF exercise. This device 
allowed Federal, State, and local official to communicate 
within one system. The Committee directs that the prepositioned 
equipment within each pod should include a TRP-1000 or a 
similar device.
    Management and administration.--The Committee 
recommendation provides $40,125,000 for the management and 
administration [M&A] of the Office of Justice Programs. In 
addition, funding will be provided from transfers from the 
``Juvenile justice'' account and from the ``State and Local 
Assistance'' account for the administration of grants under 
these activities.

               State And Local Law Enforcement Assistance

Appropriations, 2000....................................  $2,828,950,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................   1,662,200,000
House allowance.........................................   2,823,950,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,475,254,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of 
$1,475,254,000. This recommendation is $186,946,000 below the 
budget request. 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

                                                               Committee
                                                          recommendation

Local law enforcement block grant.......................   $400,000,000 
    Boys and Girls Clubs................................    (70,000,000)
    Law Enforcement Technology..........................    (20,000,000)
State Prison Grants.....................................     76,000,000 
    Cooperative agreement program.......................    (35,000,000)
    Indian Country......................................    (34,000,000)
    Offender Reentry....................................     (7,000,000)
State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP).........     50,000,000 
Indian tribal courts program............................      5,000,000 
Byrne grants:
    Discretionary.......................................     52,000,000 
    Formula.............................................    400,000,000 
Drug courts.............................................     40,000,000 
Juvenile accountability incentive block grant...........    100,000,000 
Violence Against Women Act programs.....................    284,854,000 
Substance abuse treatment for state prisoners...........     63,000,000 
Safe Return Program.....................................        900,000 
Law enforcement family support programs.................      1,500,000 
Senior citizens against marketing scams.................      2,000,000 
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, State and local law enforcement assistance.  1,475,254,000 

    Local law enforcement block grant.--The Committee 
recommendation includes $400,000,000 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 to assist 
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.
    Boys and Girls Clubs.--Within the amounts provided for the 
local law enforcement block grants, the Committee recommends 
$70,000,000 for the Boys and Girls Clubs. The Committee 
commends Boys and Girls Clubs of America for its effort to 
reach all children who are in need of support and affirmation. 
Within the amounts provided for Boys and Girls Clubs, 
$20,000,000 is for the hiring of teachers and other personnel; 
procurement of goods and services, including computer 
equipment; or such other purposes as are approved by the 
Attorney General. This funding will provide youth with access 
to technology and technology training during after-school 
hours, weekends, and school vacations. The Committee is aware 
that $20,000,000 in matching funds from private sources has 
been offered to the Boys and Girls Clubs for this effort and, 
therefore, the $20,000,000 provided by the Committee is 
contingent on the Boys and Girls Clubs securing documented 
commitments from those entities of at least $15,000,000 before 
the Committee's matching contribution is rendered. This amount 
should be formulated from the cost of equipment provided.
    Within the amounts provided, the Committee recommends the 
continuation of the program begun in fiscal year 2000 
conducting Internet education directed toward targeted States. 
The content and research of this program is provided through 
the Center for Missing and Exploited Children which is 
developing a national Internet safety curriculum which will be 
disseminated to schools and youth-serving organizations across 
the United States.
    State prison grants.--The recommendation provides 
$76,000,000 for the State Prison Grant Program, which is 
$1,000,000 above the budget request. Within the amounts 
provided, $35,000,000 is for the Cooperative Agreement Program, 
$34,000,000 for Indian tribes, and $7,000,000 is for technical 
assistance to communities who wish to address their offender 
reentry needs. The Committee is aware of the public safety 
issues generated by the increasing number of offenders who have 
served their sentences and are returning from jails and prisons 
to our communities. This funding attempts to give 
municipalities the assistance they need to address their own 
offender reentry issues.
    State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.--The 
recommendation provides $50,000,000 for the State Criminal 
Alien Assistance Program [SCAAP] for the reimbursement to 
States for the costs of incarceration of criminal aliens. The 
Committee will also entertain a reprogramming request from the 
Department on this important issue addressing funding or 
administration requirements.
    Indian Tribal Courts Program.--The Committee recommendation 
provides $5,000,000 to assist tribal governments in the 
development, enhancement, and continuing operation of tribal 
judicial systems by providing resources for the necessary tools 
to sustain safer and more peaceful communities.
    Edward Byrne Grants to States.--The Committee 
recommendation provides $452,000,000 for the Edward Byrne 
Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program, of 
which $52,000,000 is for discretionary grants and is 
$400,000,000 for formula grants.
    Within the amount provided for formula grants, the 
Committee expects the Bureau of Justice Assistance [BJA] to 
provide:
  --$15,000,000 for Project HomeSafe for safety packets which 
        include a gun locking device and information on how to 
        handle and store guns safely. These safety packets are 
        distributed by the foundation at no charge to any 
        municipality that adopts the program. This year the 
        program will supply nearly 500,000 gunlocks to cities 
        and States around the country. The committee 
        recommendation shall be used to supplement current 
        funding and allow the foundation to provide over 
        8,000,000 gun locks to municipalities in fiscal year 
        2001. The Committee is very concerned about incidents 
        of children gaining access to a handgun, rifle, or 
        shotgun in the home and either harming themselves or 
        someone else. The Committee is aware that at least 80 
        percent of new guns sold in the United States are 
        equipped with gunlocks, however, there are millions of 
        guns already on the streets that are not so equipped 
        and a danger to children. The Committee encourages 
        municipalities to take advantage of this initiative.
    Within the amount provided for BJA discretionary grants, 
the Committee expects the Bureau of Justice Assistance to 
provide:
  --$4,500,000 for the National Crime Prevention Council to 
        continue and expand the National Citizens Crime 
        Prevention Campaign [McGruff];
  --$150,000 for the Ottawa County, MI, Sheriff's Department to 
        support crime scene investigations, processing, and 
        investigative work;
  --$750,000 to Sam Houston State University and Mothers 
        Against Drunk Driving for the National Institute for 
        Victims Studies;
  --$1,000,000 for the Tools for Tolerance Program;
  --$500,000 for the Littleton Area Learning Center;
  --$4,500,000 for the Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys to 
        support the National District Attorneys Association's 
        participation in legal education training at the 
        National Advocacy Center;
  --$550,000 to the Haymarket Center's Alternatives to 
        Incarceration Program in Chicago, IL;
  --$2,000,000 for continued support for the expansion of 
        Search Group, Inc. and the National Technical 
        Assistance and Training Program to assist States, such 
        as West Virginia, to accelerate the automation of 
        fingerprint identification processes;
  --$2,000,000 for the Youth Safe Haven program;
  --$3,500,000 to continue and expand the Drug Abuse Resistance 
        Education [DARE AMERICA] program. Within available 
        funds an emphasis should be placed on expanding into 
        middle schools;
  --$3,000,000 for the ``Innovative Partnerships for High Risk 
        Youth'' demonstration;
  --$7,500,000 for the Youth ChalleNGe Program;
  --$2,500,000 for the Families and Schools Together (FAST) 
        program;
  --$2,000,000 for an Achievable Dream program, in Newport 
        News, VA;
  --$1,500,000 for Project Return in New Orleans, LA;
  --$3,000,000 for the Alaska Native Justice Center;
  --$400,000 for the Ridge House in Reno, NV;
  --$3,000,000 for a grant to the National Center for Justice 
        and the Rule of Law at the University of Mississippi 
        School of Law to sponsor research and produce judicial 
        education seminars and training for judges, court 
        personnel, prosecutors, police agencies, and attorneys;
  --$350,000 for a grant to the Turtle Mountain Community 
        College's Department of Justice for ``Project 
        Peacemaker'';
  --$300,000 for the Chattanooga Endeavors program;
  --$750,000 for a grant to the University of Kentucky College 
        of Law for teleconferencing equipment for prosecutor 
        training;
  --$1,000,000 for the Fels Center at the University of 
        Pennsylvania for a demonstration fellowship project;
  --$1,400,000 for rural alcohol interdiction, investigations, 
        and prosecutions in the State of Alaska;
  --$150,000 for the MUSC Innovative Alternatives for Women 
        program;
  --$1,000,000 for the Nevada National Judicial College; and
  --$3,000,000 for a grant for the National Fatherhood 
        Initiative.
    The Committee supports the national motor vehicle title 
information system, authorized by the Anti-Car Theft 
Improvement Act. The Committee is aware that the program has 
sufficient carryover balances to cover fiscal year 2001 
expenditures. The Committee looks forward to working with this 
program in future fiscal years. Within available resources for 
Byrne discretionary grants, BJA is urged to review proposals, 
and provide grants if warranted, to the Alaska Federation of 
Natives and the Alaska court system for an alcohol law 
offenders program using Naltrexone and other drug therapies.
    Drug courts.--The Committee recommends $40,000,000 for drug 
courts. The Committee notes that localities can also access 
funding for drug courts from the Local Law Enforcement Block 
Grant and Juvenile Accountability Block Grant.
    The Committee recognizes there are currently over 480 drug 
courts in the United States. These drug courts play an 
important role in controlling the behavior and drug addiction 
of drug-using offenders across the Nation. Among these courts, 
the Committee notes there are only three comprehensive drug 
court systems in the country, one of which is in Denver, 
Colorado. Denver's adult drug court was established in 1994 and 
recently a juvenile drug court was established. The Committee 
recognizes the Denver concept has demonstrated its efficacy 
and, with sufficient resources, could serve as a model for 
other drug courts. Therefore, the Committee requests the Drug 
Courts Program Office, Office of Justice Programs, to provide 
additional support for the Denver Drug Courts and identify ways 
to disseminate information about their concept and impact to 
support other court systems across the country.
    Juvenile accountability incentive block grant.--The 
Committee recommends $100,000,000 for the Juvenile 
Accountability Incentive Block Grant Program to address the 
growing problem of juvenile crime by encouraging 
accountability-based reforms at the State and local level. The 
Department has established guidelines for the implementation of 
the juvenile accountability incentive block grant.
    Violence Against Women Act programs.--The Committee 
recommends $284,854,000 for grants to support the Violence 
Against Women Act. Grants provided under this recommendation 
are for the following programs:

Violence Against Women Act programs

                                                               Committee
                                                          recommendation

General formula grants..................................   $207,554,000 
    Civil Legal Assistance..............................    (28,000,000)
    National Institute of Justice.......................     (5,200,000)
    OJJDP-Safe Start Program............................    (11,000,000)
    Violence on College Campuses........................    (11,000,000)
Grants to encourage arrest policies.....................     33,500,000 
Rural domestic violence.................................     24,500,000 
Training programs.......................................      4,900,000 
Victims of child abuse programs:
    Court appointed special advocates (CASA)............     11,500,000 
    Training for judicial personnel.....................      2,000,000 
    Grants for televised testimony......................        900,000 
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                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, VAWA programs..............................    284,854,000 

    The fiscal year 2001 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 should 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. From within the amounts provided for VAWA 
programs the Committee recommends: $1,500,000 for Operation 
Child Haven; and $150,000 for the Samantha Reid Foundation.
    Violence on college campuses.--Within the general formula 
grants, the Committee recommends $11,000,000 for a 
discretionary grant program for institutions of higher learning 
to strengthen security and investigation efforts to combat 
violent crime against women on campuses. These institutions may 
enter into partnerships with local criminal justice 
organizations and victim services agencies to establish and 
administer a plan which may include increased personnel, 
training, technical assistance, data collection, and improved 
protocol development.
    Within the funding for Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies, 
the Committee recommendation includes $400,000 for the Domestic 
Violence Services for Women in Substance Abuse Treatment and 
Substance Abuse Treatment for Women in Domestic Violence 
Shelters project at the University of Northern Iowa. Within the 
funding for Rural Domestic Violence the Committee 
recommendation includes $500,000 for the Sunflower House in 
Shawnee, KS.
    Substance abuse treatment for State prisoners.--The 
Committee recommends $63,000,000, for the Residential Substance 
Abuse Treatment Program for State Prisoners [RSAT]. The RSAT 
Program provides financial and technical assistance to assist 
State and local governments 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, education and job training, and halfway 
houses. These aftercare programs cannot be funded with RSAT 
grant dollars.
    Safe Return Program.--The Committee recommends $900,000 to 
continue and expand training of law enforcement and other 
emergency response personnel to locate missing Alzheimer 
patients.
    Law enforcement family support programs.--The Committee 
recommendation provides $1,500,000 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.
    Senior citizens against marketing scams.--The 
recommendation provides $2,000,000 for this program to assist 
law enforcement in preventing and stopping marketing scams 
against the elderly. The Committee requests that some program 
sessions be held at the National Advocacy Center. Also, the 
Committee directs that this effort be coordinated with the 
Federal Trade Commission. Within the amounts made available 
under this heading, OJP shall make an award of $250,000 to the 
Hampshire County, MA, TRIAD project.

                         Weed and Seed Program

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $40,000,000. 
The recommendation is $2,000,000 below the budget request. 
Within the amounts provided, the Committee directs the Weed and 
Seed Office to provide $250,000 to the Gospel Rescue 
Ministries.
    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

                    Violent Crime Reduction Programs

Appropriations, 2000....................................    $595,000,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................   1,335,000,000
House allowance.........................................     595,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     812,025,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $812,025,000. 
The recommendations is $522,975,000 below the budget request.
    The Committee recognizes the need for law enforcement 
funding not only for hiring police officers, but also for 
equipment and technology. For this reason, the funding provided 
by the Committee is distributed as described below. COPS funds 
may be used to hire police officers as currently allowed under 
the Universal Hiring Program. Equipment that may be purchased 
with these funds is described in more detail below. COPS funds 
may also be used to fund grants to local, county, and State law 
enforcement agencies for technology. Technology that may be 
purchased with these funds includes, but is not limited to: 
computer hardware and software, mobile data units, 
communications technology, radios, and dispatch equipment. 
Technology funds used to procure communications technology 
shall be for the purchase of equipment that is in accordance 
with an applicable statewide strategy through which a State 
intends to achieve full interoperability of its communications 
systems. Computer hardware and software, including mobile data 
units, purchased with COPS funds shall meet statewide standards 
for information integration if applicable. Grants for equipment 
and technology shall not be contingent upon showing their 
effect on the numbers of police officers on the beat in a 
community. In addition, grants for equipment and technology, 
excluding the funding specifically delineated below, shall 
require a 25 percent match from the grant recipient unless the 
Attorney General determines that the agency does not have the 
means to provide such a match. The Committee recommends that 
the Attorney General maintain the simple, short application 
process for these grants as is currently used for Universal 
Hiring Program grants.
    The funds provided by the Committee for assistance to State 
and local law enforcement agencies are as follows:
    Police Hiring Initiatives.--Funds have been provided since 
fiscal year 1994 to support grants for the hiring of 100,000 
police officers, a goal that was attained in May of 1999. The 
Committee recommends $423,000,000 for police hiring initiatives 
as follows: $180,000,000 for school resource officers; 
$183,000,000 from direct appropriations for the universal 
hiring program (UHP); $20,000,000 from unobligated carryover 
balances from the fiscal year 2000 universal hiring program to 
continue to be used for UHP; and $40,000,000 for Indian 
Country.
    Safe Schools Initiative (SSI).--The Committee continues to 
be concerned about the level of violence in our children's 
schools. To address this issue, $230,000,000 is provided for 
the continuation of the Safe Schools Initiative (SSI), 
including funds for technology development, prevention, 
community planning, and school safety officers. Within this 
total, $180,000,000 is from the COPS hiring program to provide 
school resource officers who will work in partnership with 
schools and other community-based entities to develop programs 
to improve the safety of elementary and secondary school 
children and educators in and around schools; $15,000,000 is 
from the Juvenile Justice At-Risk Children's Program and 
$15,000,000 is from the COPS program ($30,000,000 total) for 
programs aimed at preventing violence in schools through 
partnerships with schools and community-based organizations; 
$20,000,000 is provided from the Crime Identification 
Technology Program to the NIJ to develop technologies to 
improve school safety.
    Indian Country.--The Committee recommendation includes 
$40,000,000 to be used to improve law enforcement capabilities 
on Indian lands and native villages, both for hiring uniformed 
officers, including village public safety officers, and for the 
purchase of equipment and training for new and existing 
officers.
    Management and Administration.--The Committee 
recommendation includes a provision that provides that not to 
exceed $29,825,000 shall be expended for management and 
administration of the program.
    Non-Hiring Initiatives.--The Committee is aware that the 
COPS program reached its goal of funding 100,000 officers in 
May of 1999. Having reached its original goal, the Committee 
wants to ensure there is adequate infrastructure for the new 
police officers, similar to the focus that has been provided 
Federal law enforcement. The Committee believes this will 
enable police officers to work more efficiently, equipped with 
the protection, tools, and technology they need: to address 
crime in and around schools, to provide law enforcement 
technology for local law enforcement, to combat the emergence 
of methamphetamine in new areas and provide policing of `hot 
spots' of drug market activity, and to provide bullet proof 
vests for local law enforcement officers and correctional 
officers. Specifically, the Committee directs the program to 
use $358,150,000 to fund initiatives that will result in more 
effective policing. The Committee believes that these funds 
should be used to address these critical law enforcement 
requirements and directs the program to continue the following 
non-hiring grant programs:
    1. COPS Technology Program.--The Committee provides 
$100,000,000 to be used for continued development of 
technologies and automated systems to assist State and local 
law enforcement agencies in investigating, responding to, and 
preventing crime. In particular, there is recognition of the 
importance of the sharing of criminal information and 
intelligence between State and local law enforcement to address 
multi-jurisdictional crimes. Funds not otherwise obligated for 
COPS technology grants shall be distributed in accordance with 
the guidance provided at the beginning of this section. The 
COPS office is directed to confer with the Committees on 
Appropriations and provide a report by February 1, 2001, on the 
plan for the expenditure of any unobligated funds.
    Within the amounts made available under this program, the 
Committee includes the expectation that the COPS office will 
award grants for the following technology proposals:
  --$5,000,000 to the National Center for Missing and Exploited 
        Children to continue the program created in fiscal year 
        2000 that provides targeted technology to police 
        departments for the specific purpose of child 
        victimization prevention and response. The technology 
        available to our law enforcement to help them find 
        missing children is not at the level it needs to be. 
        Most police departments across the United States do not 
        have personal computers, modems, and scanners. The 
        departments that do, rarely have them in areas focusing 
        on crimes against children;
  --Up to $3,000,000 for the acquisition or lease and 
        installation of dashboard mounted cameras for State and 
        local law enforcement on patrol. One camera may be used 
        in each vehicle which is used primarily for patrols. 
        These cameras are only to be used by State and local 
        law enforcement on patrol;
  --$800,000 for a grant to the National Center for Victims of 
        Crime--INFOLINK;
  --$2,000,000 to the New Jersey State Police for a commercial 
        vehicle and bus inspection program;
  --$5,400,000 to allow the Utah Olympic Public Safety Command 
        to implement the public safety master plan for the 2002 
        Winter Olympic Games;
  --$400,000 for the Kansas City Community Security Initiative 
        to continue its efforts to develop community policing 
        models in Kansas City neighborhoods;
  --$250,000 for the establishment of a Computer Crime Unit 
        within the Montana Board of Crime Control;
  --$1,500,000 to the New Hampshire Department of Safety to 
        support Operation Streetsweeper;
  --$400,000 to the Western Missouri Public Safety Training 
        Institute for classroom and training equipment to 
        facilitate the training of public safety officers;
  --$3,500,000 to continue the Consolidated Advanced 
        Technologies for Law Enforcement Program at the 
        University of New Hampshire and the New Hampshire 
        Department of Safety, in cooperation with the National 
        Resource Center and the National Institute of Justice;
  --$400,000 for a grant to Mountain Village, CO, for public 
        safety information management systems;
  --$500,000 for the Washington State electronic jail booking 
        and reporting system;
  --$4,700,000 for a grant to the City of New York, NY, for 
        anti-terrorism security measures related to the 
        investigation and prosecution of the Nairobi, Kenya, 
        and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania African bombing suspects;
  --$850,000 for a grant to the South Carolina Law Enforcement 
        Division for a high technology crime investigative 
        unit;
  --$500,000 for a grant to the National Center for Rural Law 
        Enforcement in Little Rock, AR, to continue providing 
        management education, research, forensics, computer, 
        and technical assistance and training to rural law 
        enforcement agencies, tribal police, and railroad 
        police throughout the Nation;
  --$200,000 for a grant for technology upgrades for the 
        Shreveport, LA, police training range;
  --$130,000 for a grant to Jackson County, MS, for public 
        safety and automated system technologies;
  --$1,250,000 for grants to the Bennington, Brattleboro, 
        Newport, Montpelier, and Winooski, VT, for police 
        technology systems and equipment;
  --$90,000 for a grant to Oakland County, MI, for a shooting 
        simulator for law enforcement training;
  --$1,200,000 for a grant to Billings, MT, for patrol car 
        mobile data terminals;
  --$345,000 for a grant to Inglewood, CA, police department 
        for technology systems;
  --$850,000 for telecommunications upgrades in rural areas of 
        Montana to improve law enforcement response times;
  --$750,000 for a grant to the Macon, GA, Police Department 
        for technology equipment and software;
  --$1,000,000 for a voice trunking system in eastern North 
        Carolina;
  --$1,000,000 for a grant to the North Star Borough for 
        centralized and computer aided dispatch equipment and a 
        study of needs;
  --$100,000 for a grant to Monroe County, MI, for a data 
        transmission mechanism for squad cars;
  --$750,000 for a grant to the State Police of Virginia for 
        computers and related equipment;
  --$5,000,000 for the Utah Communications Agency Network 
        (UCAN) for enhancements and upgrades of security and 
        communications infrastructure to assist with the law 
        enforcement needs arising from the 2002 Winter 
        Olympics;
  --$250,000 for a grant to Lane County, OR, for an area 
        information records system;
  --$2,000,000 to the Law Enforcement On-Line Program;
  --$200,000 for a grant to Oakland County, MI, for a driving 
        simulator to assist with law enforcement training 
        needs;
  --$550,000 for a grant to the Clearwater Economic Development 
        Association to establish an emergency radio 
        communications system;
  --$300,000 for grants to Missoula and Billings, MT, for 
        hazardous duty robotic systems;
  --$200,000 for a grant to the Pawtucket, RI, Police 
        Department for patrol car mobile data terminals;
  --$150,000 for a grant to Bolivar County, MS, for public 
        safety equipment and automated system technologies to 
        improve county law enforcement;
  --$500,000 for a grant to the Maine State Police to upgrade 
        their police radio system;
  --$400,000 for a grant to Huntingdon County, PA, for rural 
        law enforcement technology needs;
  --$2,500,000 for a grant to the Alaska Department of Public 
        Safety for public safety technology, policing, and 
        enforcement initiatives;
  --$3,026,000 for a grant to the Virginia Department of State 
        Police to enhance domestic preparedness capabilities;
  --$250,000 for a grant to Clackamas County, OR, for emergency 
        communications upgrades;
  --$200,000 for a grant to the Easley, SC, Police Department 
        for policing equipment upgrades and computer 
        enhancements;
  --$110,000 for a grant to the Scotts Bluff County, NE, 
        consolidated communications center to improve law 
        enforcement response times;
  --$500,000 for a grant to the Vermont State Police for 
        computer and radio system upgrades and integration;
  --$3,000,000 for a grant for the Southeastern Law Enforcement 
        Technology Center's Coastal Plain Police Communications 
        initiative for regional law enforcement communications 
        equipment;
  --$1,300,000 for a grant to the Alaska Department of Public 
        Safety for the law enforcement photo network;
  --$250,000 for a grant to the Lawrence, MA, Police Department 
        for a police identification management system;
  --$450,000 for a grant to Grand Rapids, MI, for computer 
        equipment for police officer vehicles;
  --$3,500,000 for a grant to Milwaukee, WI, for communications 
        infrastructure equipment;
  --$500,000 for a grant to Nye County, NV, for computer 
        upgrades and other technologies;
  --$1,000,000 for a grant to the Vermont Department of Public 
        Safety for mobile communications technology upgrades;
  --$1,650,000 for a grant to the South Carolina Law 
        Enforcement Division for critical incidence response 
        technology equipment, including datamasters;
  --$500,000 for a grant to Delaware County, IN, to update 
        mobile data terminals;
  --$1,100,000 for a grant to Jackson, MS, for public safety 
        and automated system technologies;
  --$250,000 for a grant to Deschutes County, OR, for mobile 
        data and radio communications upgrades;
  --$1,000,000 for a grant to the City of Paducah and McCracken 
        County, KY, for a Public Safety Mobile Data System;
  --$750,000 for a grant to the Arkansas Crime Information 
        Center to address software and hardware requirements;
  --$1,000,000 for a grant to the City of Seattle and King 
        County, WA, for technology upgrades and to assist with 
        inter-jurisdictional investigations;
  --$100,000 for a grant to Burrillville, RI, for an emergency 
        relay system;
  --$2,000,000 for a grant to the State of Alaska for the 
        training of Village Public Safety Officers and the 
        purchase of emergency response equipment;
  --$750,000 for a grant to Madison, WI, for communications 
        upgrades needed to address police radio transmitting 
        capacity and inter-agency communications;
  --$200,000 for a grant to the Yellowstone County, MT, 
        Sheriff's office for shooting range technical upgrades;
  --$2,000,000 for a grant to Baltimore, MD, for community 
        policing efforts;
  --$4,000,000 for a grant to Clark County, NV, to upgrade 
        mobile and in-vehicle computers;
  --$1,900,000 for a grant to the Virginia State Police's 
        Bureau of Criminal Intelligence Division for technical 
        equipment;
  --$1,000,000 for a grant to the Johnson County, KS, Sheriff's 
        Department for a countywide public safety radio 
        network;
  --$500,000 for a grant to the Montgomery, AL, Police 
        Department for an integrated communications system;
  --$400,000 for a grant to the Central Arkansas Resource and 
        Conservation District for communications equipment;
  --$165,000 for a grant to the Bozeman, MT, police department 
        for high risk activity training equipment;
  --$220,000 for a grant to St. Clair County, MI, to assist 
        with law enforcement data needs;
  --$1,000,000 for a grant to the Alabama Department of Public 
        Safety for technology and automated systems; and
  --$5,000,000 for a grant for the continuation of the 
        Southwest Border States Anti-Drug Information System, 
        which will provide for the purchase and deployment of 
        the technology network between all State and local law 
        enforcement agencies in the four Southwest border 
        States.
    Within the amounts provided, the Committee urges the COPS 
office to consider funding for the Project Hoosier SAFE-T 
program, if warranted.
    2. Crime Identification Technology Program [CITA].--The 
Committee recommends $130,000,000 for the CITA program, to be 
used and distributed pursuant to the Crime Identification 
Technology Act of 1998, Public Law 105-251. Under that Act, 
eligible uses of the funds are (1) upgrading criminal history 
and criminal justice record systems; (2) improvement of 
criminal justice identification, including fingerprint-based 
systems; (3) promoting compatibility and integration of 
national, State, and local systems for criminal justice 
purposes, firearms eligibility determinations, identification 
of sexual offenders, identification of domestic violence 
offenders, and background checks for other authorized purposes; 
(4) capture of information for statistical and research 
purposes; (5) developing multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency 
communications systems; and (6) improvement of capabilities of 
forensic sciences, including DNA. Within the amounts provided, 
the Office of Justice Programs is directed to provide grants to 
the following:
  --$500,000 for a grant to Hamilton County, OH, for a juvenile 
        case management system and integrated automated 
        fingerprint information system;
  --$250,000 for a grant to Kalamazoo County, MI, to integrate 
        its criminal justice system data on-line;
  --$100,000 for a grant to Ogden, UT, for public safety and 
        automated system technologies;
  --$3,000,000 to the Missouri State Court Administrator for 
        the Juvenile Justice Information System to enhance 
        communication and collaboration between juvenile 
        courts, law enforcement, schools, and other agencies;
  --$1,250,000 for the a grant to the Alaska Department for 
        Public Safety for the public safety information 
        network;
  --$200,000 for a grant to Logan County, OH, to support a 
        regional planning criminal information infrastructure 
        system;
  --$4,000,000 to the State Police of NH, for a VHF trunked 
        digital radio system; and
  --$4,000,000 for a grant to the State of Minnesota for a 
        criminal justice integrated information system.
    Safe Schools Technology.--Within the amounts available for 
crime identification technology, the Committee recommends 
$20,000,000 for Safe Schools technology to continue funding 
NIJ's development of new, more effective safety technologies 
such as less obtrusive weapons detection and surveillance 
equipment and information systems that provide communities 
quick access to information they need to identify potentially 
violent youth. Within the amounts provided for Safe Schools 
Technology, $1,500,000 is for a competitive grant to a 
university based technology center to develop a comprehensive, 
web-based, menu-driven school safety curriculum with components 
for educators, school staff, parents, students, public safety 
professionals and concerned citizens, which can be accessed by 
the public via the Internet and which is supported by a 
training and technical assistance program to facilitate 
implementation through online and on-site services.
    Upgrade Criminal History Records (Brady Act).--Within the 
amounts available for crime identification technology, the 
Committee recommends $33,000,000, 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. Additionally, the national 
sexual offender registry [NSOR] component of the Criminal 
History Records Upgrade Program has two principal objectives. 
The registry assists States in developing complete and accurate 
in-State registries. It will also assist States in sharing 
their registry information with the FBI system which identifies 
those offenders for whom special law enforcement interest has 
been noted.
    DNA Backlog Grants/Crime Laboratory Improvement Program 
(CLIP).--Within the amounts available for crime identification 
technology, the Committee recommendation includes $30,000,000 
for CLIP/DNA Program to support State and local units of 
government crime laboratories to develop or improve the 
capability to analyze DNA in a forensic laboratory, as well as 
other general forensic science capabilities. Eliminating the 
DNA convicted offender backlog should be the program's first 
priority. This funding is provided to foster cooperation and 
mutual assistance among forensic DNA laboratories within 
States. Funds should be used for efforts between Sates that are 
seeking to match and exchange DNA identification records for 
law enforcement purposes using the FBI's combined DNA index 
system [CODIS]. Within the amounts provided under CITA, it is 
expected that the Office of Justice Programs will provide 
grants to the following programs: $400,000 to the Southeast 
Missouri Crime Laboratory; $450,000 to the Rhode Island State 
Crime Laboratory; $650,000 to the Georgia State Crime 
Laboratory; $950,000 for the Iowa Forensic Science Improvement 
Initiative; $2,500,000 to the South Carolina Law Enforcement 
Division's forensic laboratory; $2,500,000 to the Marshall 
University Forensic Science program; $5,000,000 to the West 
Virginia University Forensic Identification Program; $500,000 
to the Vermont Forensic Laboratory; $1,900,000 to the National 
Center for Forensic Science at the University of Central 
Florida; $500,000 for the National Academy for Forensic 
Computing and Investigation in Charlotte, NC; $500,000 for Ohio 
forensic science laboratory improvements; and $650,000 to the 
Bellevue, WA, Police Department's Forensic Services Unit.
    The Committee understands that the criminal justice system 
relies heavily upon forensic science services as an integral 
part of the investigative and judicial process, and that the 
current requirements exceed the current budget and staff. In 
addition, the forensic science laboratories are often ill 
equipped and out of date. The Committee is concerned that these 
conditions have resulted in serious delays in processing 
evidentiary materials, risking the credibility of our system of 
justice. Therefore, the Committee directs OJP to conduct a 
study of the funding requirements for the operation of forensic 
science laboratories given the caseload growth and backlog. The 
study should identify the funding needed to address such issues 
as laboratory technical equipment, forensic science training, 
laboratory accreditation, laboratory information management 
systems, facilities improvement, and personnel staffing. The 
study, however, is not limited to these issues. Within the 
amounts provided under CITA, $250,000 is made available to 
conduct the study which results are to be provided to the 
Committee on Appropriations no later than February 1, 2001.
    3. COPS Methamphetamine/Drug `Hot Spots' Program.--The 
Committee directs $41,700,000 to be used for State and local 
law enforcement programs to combat methamphetamine production, 
distribution, and use, and to reimburse the Drug Enforcement 
Administration for assistance to State and local law 
enforcement for proper removal and disposal of hazardous 
materials at clandestine methamphetamine labs. The funding may 
also be used for policing initiatives in `hot spots' of drug 
market activity. Within the amounts provided for the 
Methamphetamine/Drug Hot Spots Program, the Committee expects 
grants to be made for the following programs:
  --$20,000,000 for the Drug Enforcement Administration to 
        cover the costs associated with the cleanup and 
        disposal of clandestine methamphetamine laboratories;
  --$3,000,000 to the Midwest (Missouri) Methamphetamine 
        Initiative to train and provide related equipment to 
        State and local law enforcement officers on the proper 
        recognition, collection, removal, and destruction of 
        methamphetamine;
  --$3,000,000 to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation to combat 
        methamphetamine and to train officers in those types of 
        investigations;
  --$1,000,000 to the Indiana State Police for a 
        methamphetamine program to address training, equipment, 
        and removal requirements;
  --$250,000 to the State Police of Virginia for an intensified 
        methamphetamine enforcement program;
  --$1,000,000 to the Southern Utah law enforcement agencies to 
        be used to purchase remote methamphetamine detection 
        laboratories to identify infrastructure decay caused by 
        the disposal of hazardous and toxic chemicals from such 
        laboratories;
  --$1,000,000 for the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics to 
        combat methamphetamine and to train officers on the 
        proper recognition, collection, removal, and 
        destruction of methamphetamine;
  --$600,000 for the South Dakota Division of Alcohol and Drug 
        Abuse to expand its Community Mobilization Project to 
        include a methamphetamine prevention project;
  --$1,000,000 to the State of Illinois to combat 
        methamphetamine and to train officers in those type of 
        investigations;
  --$500,000 for the Merced County California Sheriff's 
        Department for the Valley Anti-Methamphetamine 
        Campaign;
  --$800,000 to the State of Idaho to train State and local law 
        enforcement officers in the proper recognition, 
        collection, removal, and destruction of 
        methamphetamine;
  --$3,000,000 to the Washington State Methamphetamine 
        Initiative for a comprehensive program to address 
        methamphetamine enforcement, treatment, and cleanup 
        efforts;
  --$1,000,000 for the Iowa Methamphetamine Clandestine Lab 
        Task Force;
  --$1,500,000 for the Arkansas Methamphetamine Law Enforcement 
        Initiative. Of which, $150,000 is for the Arkansas 
        State Crime Lab to hire three additional chemists and 
        $1,350,000 for the Arkansas State Police for training, 
        enforcement, and cleanup efforts;
  --$350,000 to the Nebraska Clan Lab Team for the Nebraska 
        Methamphetamine Fighting Initiative;
  --$1,000,000 for the Western Wisconsin Methamphetamine Law 
        Enforcement Initiative;
  --$1,000,000 for personnel, equipment, and training for 
        Arizona law enforcement to combat methamphetamine;
  --$250,000 for the Nye County, NV, Methamphetamine 
        Initiative;
  --$800,000 to the Alabama Department of Public Safety to 
        combat methamphetamine production and distribution;
  --$250,000 for the Hawaii Department of Public Safety, 
        Narcotics Enforcement Division to address 
        methamphetamine diversion, production, distribution, 
        and enforcement efforts; and
  --$400,000 for the Vermont State Multi-Jurisdictional Drug 
        Task Force.
    4. COPS Safe Schools Initiative (SSI)/School Prevention 
Initiatives.--The Committee recommends $15,000,000 be used to 
provide grants to policing agencies and schools to provide 
resources for programs aimed at preventing violence in public 
schools, and to support the assignment of officers to work in 
collaboration with schools and community-based organizations to 
address crime and disorder problems, gangs, and drug 
activities. Within the amounts provided for the Safe Schools 
Initiative, the Committee expects the COPS office to award 
grants for the following programs:
  --$5,000,000 for training by the National Center for Missing 
        and Exploited Children for law enforcement officers 
        selected to be part of the Safe Schools Initiative;
  --$750,000 for a grant to the Milwaukee schools' Summer Stars 
        program;
  --$250,000 for the Sioux Falls, SD, school district to expand 
        an alternative educational support program for at-risk 
        youth;
  --$250,000 for the Safe Schools program at the University of 
        Montana;
  --$500,000 for the Kenosha County, WI, Sheriff's Department 
        to address school resource officer needs;
  --$500,000 for Berkeley, CA, for an intercom and surveillance 
        safety system;
  --$250,000 for the King County, WA, school resource officer 
        program;
  --$750,000 to the University of Louisville Center for the 
        Study and Prevention of Violence in Urban Schools;
  --$350,000 for a grant to Bennington, VT, for a teen 
        delinquency prevention project;
  --$1,500,000 for the Youth Advocacy Program;
  --$400,000 for the Alaska Community in Schools Mentoring 
        program;
  --$750,000 for Compton, CA, for the Youth Center and After 
        School Initiative;
  --$2,000,000 for a grant to the National Center for Rural Law 
        Enforcement for the school violence research center; 
        and
  --$500,000 for the Waukesha, WI, Police Department to address 
        school resource officer requirements.
    5. Bullet-proof Vests Grant Program.--The Committee 
recommendation includes $26,000,000 to continue this program 
for formula grants to States, local governments, and Indian 
tribes to be used for the purchase of armored vests for law 
enforcement officers in the jurisdiction of the grantee.
    6. Police Corps.--The Committee recommendation includes 
$29,500,000 to continue advanced police education and training 
in the Police Corps Program.

                       Juvenile Justice Programs

Appropriations, 2000....................................    $287,097,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     289,000,000
House allowance.........................................     287,097,000
Committee recommendation................................     279,697,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $279,697,000. 
The recommendation is $9,303,000 below the budget request.
    Juvenile justice and delinquency prevention.--The Committee 
recommendation includes a total of $271,597,000 for 
administrative expenses and grants to States and localities for 
projects in the areas of education, research, prevention, and 
rehabilitation including:
    1. $6,847,000 for the Office of Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention [OJJDP] (Part A).
    2. $89,000,000 for formula grants for assistance to State 
and local programs (Part B).
    3. $42,750,000 for discretionary grants for national 
programs and special emphasis programs (Part C).
    Within the amounts provided for Part C discretionary grants 
and all of the other funds provided under Juvenile Justice 
programs, the Committee directs OJJDP to provide the following 
grants:
  --$3,000,000 for Parents Anonymous, Inc., to develop 
        partnerships with local communities to build and 
        support strong, safe families and to help break the 
        cycle of abuse and delinquency. To meet the needs of 
        States and organizations who are no longer affiliated 
        with Parents Anonymous, 10 percent or more of the funds 
        provided by the Committee may be made available to the 
        Child Welfare League of America and Prevent Child Abuse 
        America for distribution in those States that choose 
        not to use Parents Anonymous services. The Committee 
        directs that Parents Anonymous travel reimbursements 
        should be available only for those individuals employed 
        at Parents Anonymous' headquarters office. Furthermore, 
        overhead costs at the headquarters office are not to 
        exceed 25 percent of available funding;
  --$1,500,000 for continuation of the Center for Research on 
        Crimes Against Children which focuses on improving the 
        handling of child crime victims by the justice system;
  --$2,000,000 for equipment and programming costs at the Brown 
        County, SD, Juvenile Detention Center;
  --$750,000 for juvenile drug treatment services in Cook 
        County, IL;
  --$250,000 to the Low Country Children's Center;
  --$1,250,000 for the Teens, Crime, and the Community Program;
  --$2,000,000 to expand the Milwaukee Safe and Sound Program 
        to other Milwaukee neighborhoods;
  --$200,000 for the Decatur Mentoring Project in Decatur, IL;
  --$150,000 for the Mel Blount Youth Home;
  --$1,900,000 for continued support for the law-related 
        education program;
  --$500,000 for the New Mexico PAL program;
  --$250,000 for the juvenile assessment center in Billings, 
        MT, for child and family intervention programs;
  --$150,000 for Sioux Falls, SD, Turning Point locations 
        including the Bowden Youth Center;
  --$500,000 for the Crossroads program in New Brunswick, NJ;
  --$500,000 for the New Mexico Cooperative Extension Service 
        4-H Youth Development Program;
  --$1,000,000 for Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital for Project 
        Escape;
  --$400,000 for the Institute for Character Development, Civic 
        Responsibility, and Leadership at Neumann College;
  --$1,000,000 for Utah State University's Youth and Families 
        with a Promise program;
  --$200,000 for the South Dakota Unified Judicial System to 
        continue the Intensive Juvenile Probation program;
  --$250,000 for the Hawaii Navigator Project;
  --$750,000 for the North Eastern Massachusetts Law 
        Enforcement Council;
  --$250,000 for Allegheny County, PA, youth development 
        program;
  --$150,000 for the Vermont Coalition of Teen Centers;
  --$400,000 for the Better Way program in Muncie, IN;
  --$350,000 for drug prevention programs in Shelby County, KY;
  --$1,000,000 to establish and enhance after-school programs 
        in Baltimore, MD;
  --$750,000 for the University of South Alabama for Youth 
        Violence Prevention Research;
  --$150,000 for the South Dakota Network Against Family 
        Violence and Sexual Assault;
  --$1,500,000 for the Stop Truancy Outreach program;
  --$100,000 for the Alfred University Coordinating County 
        Services for Families and Youth program;
  --$3,000,000 for the National Council of Juvenile and Family 
        Courts;
  --$750,000 for the Kansas YouthFriends program;
  --$500,000 for the purposes of performing a national 
        demonstration of the Learning for Life Program 
        conducted by the Boy Scouts of the National Capital 
        Area, which is then to be replicated by the Gulf Ridge 
        Council and others;
  --$1,000,000 for the Mobile County, AL, Juvenile Court 
        network aftercare system;
  --$1,500,000 to the State of Alaska for a child abuse 
        investigation program;
  --$1,500,000 for Aberdeen, SD, for a youth enrichment 
        program;
  --$200,000 for the Drug Free Pennsylvania program; and
  --$438,000 to the National Association of State Fire Marshals 
        for implementing a national juvenile fire setter 
        intervention mobilization plan that will facilitate and 
        promote the establishment of juvenile fire setter 
        intervention programs based on existing model programs 
        at the State and local level.
    4. $12,000,000 for 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.
    5. $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 program.
    6. $16,000,000 for the Juvenile Mentoring Program [JUMP] 
(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. This program has 
proven successful in reaching at-risk youth and has significant 
support at the local level. 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. The Committee encourages OJP to focus on applications 
submitted by community based organizations with a proven 
history of providing effective and efficient one-on-one 
services. Within the amounts provided, the Committee provides 
$3,000,000 for the Big Brothers/Big Sisters program to expand 
its capacity to serve more at-risk youth.
    7. $95,000,000 for the At Risk Children's Program (Title 
V). Under Title V of juvenile justice programs, the At Risk 
Children's Program provides funding to support comprehensive 
delinquency prevention plans formulated at the community level. 
The program targets truancy and school violence; gangs, guns, 
and drugs; and other influences that lead juveniles to 
delinquency and criminality.
    Safe Schools Initiative [SSI].--The Committee includes 
$15,000,000 within the Title V grants for the Safe Schools 
Initiative. This effort may include training and services such 
as: accountability and responsibility training; violence 
reduction training, including dispute resolution; juvenile 
mentoring; training for teachers and families to recognize 
troubled children; and parent accountability and family 
strengthening education. In addition, OJJDP is directed to 
provide a grant, if warranted, to the ``I Have a Dream'' 
Foundation for an at-risk youth program.
    Tribal Youth Program.--The Committee includes $12,500,000 
within Title V grants for programs to reduce, control, and 
prevent crime both by and against tribal and Native youth; for 
interventions for court-involved tribal youth; for improvement 
to tribal and Native juvenile justice systems; and for 
prevention programs focusing on alcohol and drugs.
    Enforcing the Underage Drinking Laws Program.--The 
Committee recommends $25,000,000 within Title V grants to 
assist States in enforcing underage drinking laws. Within the 
amounts provided for underage drinking, OJP shall make an award 
of $750,000 to expand Oregon Partnership programs.
    Juvenile justice research, evaluation, training, and 
technical assistance.--The Committee recognizes that high 
quality research, evaluation, and statistical analysis are 
critical to understanding and addressing the causes of youth 
crime, understanding the scope of delinquency and its impact on 
the juvenile justice system, and identifying effective 
approaches to delinquency control that can be replicated at the 
State and local levels. The Committee recommendation allows the 
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Programs 
[OJJDP] to set aside 2 percent for training and technical 
assistance and 10 percent for research, evaluation, and 
statistics activities.
    8. Victims of Child Abuse Act.--The Committee recommends 
$8,100,000 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. The recommendation includes $8,100,000 to 
improve investigations and prosecutions (subtitle A) as 
follows:
  --$1,100,000 to establish regional children's advocacy 
        centers, as authorized by section 213 of VOCA;
  --$4,900,000 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
  --$600,000 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, 2000....................................     $32,541,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      38,024,000
House allowance.........................................      33,224,000
Committee recommendation................................      33,224,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $33,224,000. 
The recommendation is $4,800,000 below the budget request and 
provides all mandatory funding for death benefits under the 
Public Safety Officers Benefits Program. 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, $918,000 in prior 
year carryover balances are available to pay for disability 
benefits to public safety officers who are permanently disabled 
in the line of duty. Within the available carryover balances, 
sufficient funding is available for the program which provides 
payments for education purposes to the dependents of Federal, 
State, and local public safety officers who are killed or 
permanently disabled in the line of duty. No additional funding 
is provided to expand the education benefits program in fiscal 
year 2001.

               General Provisions--Department of Justice

    The Committee recommends the following general provision:
    Section 101 makes up to $45,000 of the funds appropriated 
to the Department of Justice available for reception and 
representation expenses.
    Section 102 makes permanent certain authorities included 
with Public Law 96-132.
    Section 103 eliminates automated entry and exit control and 
student tracking requirements.
    Section 104 restores fee revenue essential to maintaining 
INS operations.
    Section 105 makes resources available should a judgment be 
lodged against the Justice Department for lost wages.
    Section 106 allows the Department of Justice to spend up to 
$10,000,000 for rewards for information regarding acts of 
terrorism against U.S. citizens or property at levels not to 
exceed $2,000,000 per reward.
    Section 107 allows the Department of Justice, subject to 
the Committee's reprogramming procedures, to transfer up to 5 
percent between appropriations, but limits to 10 percent the 
amount that can be transferred into any one appropriation.
    Section 108 authorizes the Assistant Attorney General for 
the Office of Justice Programs to have final authority over all 
grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts for OJP and its 
component organizations.
    Section 109 increases the amount available for civil debt 
collection activities.
    Section 110 funds 112 victim/witness specialists nation-
wide.
    Section 111 amends 42 U.S.C. 5633(a)(14) to assist rural 
States.
    Section 112 allows for the proper placement of Federal 
prisoners.
    Section 113 treats Justice Department attorneys as 
professionals for the purpose of pay.
    Section 114 allows the Department of Justice to provide 
additional funds for training and technical assistance.
    Section 115 provides a transfer of funds to address 
critical offender incarceration needs.
    Section 116 prohibits formula or discretionary grants to 
certain municipal jails.

         TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND RELATED AGENCIES

    The Committee recommends a total of $5,941,608,000 for the 
U.S. Trade Representative, the International Trade Commission, 
and the Department of Commerce for fiscal year 2001. This 
amount is $818,568,000 below the total request. The fiscal year 
2001 request contained advance appropriations for systems 
acquisitions which the Committee does not recommend. Also, the 
recommendation is $2,817,425,000 below the total amount 
appropriated for these programs for fiscal year 2000.

                  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, 2000....................................     $25,635,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      29,600,000
House allowance.........................................      29,433,000
Committee recommendation................................      29,600,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $29,600,000 
for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative [USTR] for 
fiscal year 2001, which is the requested level. The 
recommendation is an increase of $3,965,000 over the fiscal 
year 2000 appropriation.
    The largest increase requested by USTR in its original 
fiscal year 2001 request was $1,200,000 for personnel, 
including funds for 12 new full time equivalent (FTE) 
personnel. In past years the Committee has expressed concern 
that the agency should request the resources it needs to hire 
permanent personnel to achieve its mission rather than relying 
on detailees from other Federal departments and agencies. The 
USTR request for fiscal year 2001 requests funding for 
permanent positions in critical areas which had been covered in 
the past by detailees. For example, USTR is requesting funds to 
hire a Director for Central America and the Caribbean, an area 
which represents the seventh largest market for U.S. exports. 
During the past few years, State Department detailees have been 
carrying out responsibilities associated with this market area. 
In order to ensure consistent U.S. policy, particularly in the 
negotiation of the Free Trade Area of the Americas, USTR should 
have the staff resources to provide continuity and 
responsibility for promoting and protecting trade in this 
important market.
    The original Administration budget submission requested 
$1,300,000 to be provided to the USTR from funds appropriated 
to the Department of Commerce in fiscal year 2001. The 
Committee was concerned about this proposal, and believed the 
USTR was being penalized again by having its budget request 
included under the Executive Office of the President [EOP]. The 
seeming importance to the Executive Office of the President of 
having a flat or minimal increase in its budget request calls 
into question the agency's commitment to serious trade 
compliance activities while the EOP pursues a short-term public 
relations gimmick. There is little question that the USTR needs 
increased trade compliance personnel to monitor and enforce 
trade agreements and laws. These funds, however, should be 
requested by USTR and not funneled through another Executive 
Branch department if Congress is to reasonably conclude that 
this funding is a high priority for the Administration and 
USTR. The Administration submitted a budget amendment to 
Congress on March 31, 2000 which recognized the need to request 
these funds on behalf of USTR rather than passing the funds 
through the International Trade Administration. The Committee 
recommendation fully funds this request.

                     International Trade Commission


                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $44,495,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      49,100,000
House allowance.........................................      46,995,000
Committee recommendation................................      49,100,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $49,100,000. 
This is equal to the budget request.
    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.

                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


                   International Trade Administration


                     Operations And Administration

Appropriations, 2000....................................    $308,503,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     352,147,000
House allowance.........................................     318,448,000
Committee recommendation................................     315,686,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $315,686,000 
for the programs of the Commerce Department's International 
Trade Administration [ITA]. The amount provided is $7,183,000 
above the fiscal year 2000 appropriation, and $36,461,000 below 
the Administration's fiscal year 2001 request.
    The Committee recommends the Administration's estimate of 
$3,000,000 in fees during fiscal year 2001. As in past years, 
the Committee expects ITA to continue working on efforts to 
structure its programs to enable the agency to increase fees 
for the services it provides.
    The recommended funding levels are reflected in the 
following table:

                                                   ITA FUNDING
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Committee
                                                                 2000 enacted    Budget request   recommendation
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Trade development............................................          62,376           62,395           65,347
Market access and compliance.................................          19,755           26,655           25,655
Import Administration........................................          32,473           44,070           40,645
U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service..........................         186,693          202,703          170,715
Administration/executive direction...........................          12,206           16,324           16,324
Fees/pay reforms.............................................          (3,000)          (3,000)          (3,000)
Carryover restoration........................................          (2,000)  ...............  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      ITA total appropriation................................         308,503   ...............         315,686
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Trade Development.--The recommendation includes $65,347,000 
for the International Trade Administration's Trade Development 
activities. The Committee does not recommend funding the e-
commerce, clean energy export or cultural heritage initiatives 
requested in the budget submission. Of the new initiatives 
requested for fiscal year 2001, the Committee recommends 
$500,000 for the enhancement of the agency's export database. 
The Committee does recommend continued funding for the National 
Textile Center at a level of $10,000,000 and the Textile/
Clothing Technology Center at a level of $3,500,000. In 
addition, the Committee recommends continued funding for the 
Access Mexico project at a level of $355,000.
    The Committee, in past years, has recommended the transfer 
of international industry sector funding from the Department of 
State to the International Trade Administration. The Committee 
made this recommendation because the Department of State has 
been late in paying the U.S. contributions to these 
international industry sector groups. The Committee believed 
the ITA should be more attentive to the needs of the Nation's 
basic industries. However, the proposal met with strong 
objection from ITA, and the Committee has not recommended this 
transfer in fiscal year 2001. It has come to the Committee's 
attention that ITA personnel have not been permitted to travel 
to international negotiating sessions which have significant 
consequences for United States basic industries. The Committee 
has been told by ITA that a shortage of travel funds kept key 
personnel from attending these negotiations. The Committee has 
provided the base funding requested by the Administration for 
the line offices in ITA for fiscal year 2001, as well as the 
full funding requested for administration and executive 
direction. The Committee cannot justify funding new initiatives 
if the agency is unable or unwilling to support its core 
missions.
    Market Access and Compliance.--The Committee recommends 
funding ITA's Market Access and Compliance (MAC) activities at 
a level of $25,655,000 in fiscal year 2001. This is a 
$5,900,000 increase over the fiscal year 2000 appropriation. 
The Committee has recommended fully funding the United States 
Trade Representative's request for increased compliance 
activities in fiscal year 2001, and is recommending increased 
funding of $5,300,000 for the Import Administration's 
compliance initiative.
    The Committee requests that the Market Access Cooperator 
program consider the efforts being made by the Mid America 
Regional Council and provide funding, if warranted.
    The Committee has been advised that Israel may have 
terminated a cable television franchise and that the company 
has been informed that it will have to turn over its entire 
$350,000,000 cable network or pay a fee of $1,500,000,000 in 
order to continue using its own network. The Committee is 
concerned about these reports and requests that the Secretary 
of State initiate discussions with Israel to resolve this 
matter as quickly as possible. It further directs the 
Department of Commerce to determine whether such actions are in 
violation of international trade agreements and bilateral 
agreements with Israel.
    Import Administration.--The Committee recommends 
$40,645,000 in fiscal year 2001 for the ITA's Import 
Administration. This is an increase of $8,172,000 over the 
fiscal year 2000 appropriation. The Committee recommends 
funding the following trade compliance initiatives: $1,250,000 
for overseas compliance; $2,225,000 for China and Japan trade 
compliance; and, $3,000,000 for import surge monitoring and 
subsidy enforcement. The Committee does not recommend funding 
the request for a $1,700,000 trade law technical assistance 
center or an $800,000 for a World Trade Organization [WTO] 
enforcement rights initiative.
    The Committee directs the Import Administration to station 
a senior official in Geneva to work with the USTR on issues 
related to antidumping and countervailing duties. This official 
will participate in the meetings of the Antidumping and 
Subsidies Committees, assist the USTR in Dispute Settlement 
proceedings that are relevant to the Antidumping and Subsidies 
Agreements, monitor developments in the Working Party on Trade 
and Competition Policy, and provide policy expertise on matters 
pertaining to the maintenance of strong antidumping and 
antisubsidy laws in the United States. As a cost saving 
measure, the Committee anticipates that the USTR's Geneva 
office will provide the necessary space within its offices for 
use by the Import Administration.
    U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service [US&FCS].--The 
Committee recommends a level of $170,715,000 for the US&FCS for 
fiscal year 2001, which is a decrease of $15,978,000 over the 
fiscal year 2000 appropriation. The Committee does not 
recommend funding for the $7,000,000 e-exporting, cultural 
heritage or clean energy export initiatives.
    The Committee is concerned about whether the $41,510,000 
being requested by the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service for 
Export Assistance Centers is being used efficiently, and 
provides $30,000,000 for the agency's domestic operations in 
fiscal year 2001. In some instances, notably Miami and 
California, there are two centers in a metropolitan area. For 
example, Miami has two centers. In California, there are 
centers in San Jose and Santa Clara, even though they are 
adjoining towns. In addition to these two centers, there are 
centers located in Oakland, San Francisco, and North Bay. At a 
minimum, some of these facilities should be consolidated. The 
Committee is also concerned about the agency's request for 
$25,978,000 for personal services contracts. In order for the 
agency to do business overseas, such contracts are frequently 
necessary. An object class analysis, however, appears to 
indicate that the bulk of the funds being requested for these 
contracts are not for the agency's foreign operations. The 
Committee recommends no more than $15,000,000 for this purpose 
in fiscal year 2001.
    The Committee supports the Commercial Service's work on the 
Appalachian-Turkish Trade Project, a project to promote 
opportunities to expand trade, encourage business interests, 
stimulate foreign studies, and to build a lasting and mutually 
meaningful relationship between the Appalachian States and the 
Republic of Turkey, as well as the neighboring regions, such as 
Greece. The Committee expects the agency to support the 
project.
    Administration and Executive Direction.--The Committee 
recommends the requested level of $16,324,000 for the 
Administration and Executive Direction of the ITA in fiscal 
year 2001. This is an increase of $4,118,000 over the fiscal 
year 2000 appropriation. The Committee has learned that the 
agency has been taking funds from other line offices under this 
heading to pay for the travel and other expenses of the Under 
Secretary's office. The Committee created a line item for 
Administration and Executive Direction to provide a separate 
appropriation to provide funds for this office, and to end the 
practice of taking funds from other line offices. Bill language 
is included which prohibits certain offices from taking funds 
from other accounts. If additional funds are needed, a 
reprogramming request should be submitted to the Committee for 
approval.

                         Export Administration

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $54,038,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      71,554,000
House allowance.........................................      53,833,000
Committee recommendation................................      61,037,000

    The Committee recommends a fiscal year 2001 appropriation 
of $61,037,000 for the Bureau of Export Administration [BXA], 
which is a $6,999,000 increase over the fiscal year 2000 
appropriation and $10,517,000 below the fiscal year 2001 
request.
    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 detects, prevents, investigates, and 
assists in the sanctioning of illegal dual-use exports.

                  Economic Development Administration

Appropriations, 2000....................................    $388,379,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     436,938,000
House allowance.........................................     388,378,000
Committee recommendation................................     249,542,000

    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 funding of $249,542,000 for the 
programs and administrative expenses of the EDA for fiscal year 
2001. This is $187,396,000 below the request and is 
$138,837,000 below the fiscal year 2000 level. The Committee 
expects EDA to use an estimated $500,000 in funds carried over 
from fiscal year 2000 to support its programs in fiscal year 
2001. Funding amounts for the two appropriations accounts under 
this heading are displayed below.

                Economic Development Assistance Programs

Appropriations, 1999....................................    $361,879,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................     407,750,000
House allowance.........................................     361,879,000
Committee recommendation................................     218,000,000

    The Committee recommendation provides total funding of 
$218,000,000 for economic development assistance programs in 
fiscal year 2001. This amount is $143,879,000 below the fiscal 
year 2000 level and is $189,750,000 below the budget request.
    The Committee recommendation includes funding of 
$30,000,000 for defense economic adjustment. In addition, the 
Committee recommendation provides $144,000,000 for public works 
grants (title I), $10,000,000 for planning assistance, 
$24,000,000 for trade adjustment assistance, and $10,000,000 
for economic adjustment grants (title IX).
    The Committee is aware of the economic distress that 
continues to be experienced by communities affected by the Base 
Realignment and Closures of 1996. The Committee strongly urges 
the continued use of defense conversion funds, as provided 
herein, to assist communities in addressing their economic 
needs resulting from these actions.
    The Committee is aware of several proposals for economic 
development or adjustment assistance and strongly urges EDA to 
consider applications for the following proposals within 
applicable procedures and guidelines and provide a grant, if 
warranted: (1) Madisonville Community College, KY; (2) a 
proposal for wiring the Southwest Border in New Mexico; (3) 
Center for Emerging Technologies in St. Louis, MO; (4) Montana 
State University--Billings project for tourism-dependent 
communities; (5) Trenton, NJ Business Incubator project; (6) 
Seward Harbor, AK; (7) the Vermont Technology Incubator, 
Randolph, VT; and, (8) the NELHA Gateway project in Hawaii.
    The Committee expects EDA to continue its efforts to assist 
communities impacted by economic dislocations relating to 
industry downswings as well as to assist communities impacted 
by downturns due to environmental concerns. This includes the 
timber and coal industries, United States-Canadian trade-
related issues, communities in New England impacted by 
fisheries regulations, and communities in the Southeast 
impacted by downturns due to NAFTA.
    The Committee continues its interest in the agency's 
university research program, and asks that the agency consider 
establishing programs in New Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode 
Island.

                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $26,500,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      29,188,000
House allowance.........................................      26,499,000
Committee recommendation................................      31,542,000

    The Committee recommendation provides $31,542,000 for the 
salaries and expenses of the EDA. This amount is $2,354,000 
above the requested level for fiscal year 2001, and is 
$5,042,000 above the fiscal year 2000 appropriation.

                  Minority Business Development Agency


                     Minority Business Development

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $27,314,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      28,156,000
House allowance.........................................      27,314,000
Committee recommendation................................      27,000,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $27,000,000. 
The recommendation is $1,156,000 below the budget request. The 
Committee notes that since its inception in 1969, neither the 
Minority Business Development Agency nor its predecessor, the 
Office of Minority Business Enterprise, have ever been 
authorized.

                Economic and Information Infrastructure

    The Committee includes 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, 2000....................................     $49,499,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      54,713,000
House allowance.........................................      49,499,000
Committee recommendation................................      53,992,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $53,992,000. 
The recommendation is $721,000 below the budget request and 
includes $3,000,000 to begin the necessary task of updating and 
improving statistical measurements of the U.S. economy, 
international transactions, and the effects of e-business.
    The Economic and Statistics Administration 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.

                          Bureau of the Census

Appropriations, 2000....................................  $4,758,573,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     719,205,000
House allowance.........................................     670,867,000
Committee recommendation................................     693,610,000

    The Committee recommendation provides $691,610,000 for the 
Bureau of the Census for fiscal year 2001. This amount is 
$4,066,963,000 below the amount provided for fiscal year 2000 
and $22,595,000 below the President's request. The Committee's 
recommendations for the Census Bureau accounts are described in 
more detail below.

                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 2000....................................    $140,000,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     173,826,000
House allowance.........................................     140,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     158,386,000

    The Committee recommendation the Bureau's salaries and 
expenses in fiscal year 2001 is $158,386,000, an increase of 
$18,386,000 over the fiscal year 2000 appropriation, and 
$15,440,000 below the Administration's request. 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 decision-making by governments, private 
organizations, and individuals.
    The Committee's recommendation provides funding for current 
Bureau programs, and limited funding for a variety of new 
initiatives which were requested. Under the subactivity of 
current economic statistics, the Bureau requested $10,000,000 
to begin an annual survey of minority-owned business 
enterprises ($1,500,000) and an electronic business initiative 
($8,500,000). Minority business data is collected every 5 years 
as part of the Bureau's economic census, which is to be 
conducted in fiscal year 2002. According to the Bureau's 
request, this new annual survey would include ``questions that 
affect critical policy issues such as participation in 
electronic commerce, international trade and use of growth 
oriented technologies. This policy-oriented information will be 
at the national level only, with no industry detail.'' The 
design of this program seems to be at variance with the 
Bureau's mission to collect objective data. If such a ``policy-
oriented'' survey is a high priority, the Committee believes it 
should be supported by funding from the Small Business 
Administration or the Minority Business Development 
Administration.
    The Committee recommends $2,000,000 for the initiation of 
an electronic business initiative which the Committee assumes 
will be part of the economic census conducted in fiscal year 
2002. The Committee agrees that collecting data on the growth 
of e-commerce is a critical need and the funds provided will 
allow the Bureau to hire the personnel necessary to establish a 
measurement of electronic business in the United States.
    The Committee has provided the fiscal year 2001 base 
funding for the key programs of the Census Bureau in fiscal 
year 2001. The Committee is particularly concerned that key 
reports on manufacturing, general economic and foreign trade 
statistics are maintained and issued on a timely basis.
    The Committee requests that the Bureau include in its 
budget submission in fiscal year 2002 a report on the 
reimbursements it has received for work requested by other 
Federal agencies or private organizations.

                     Periodic Censuses And Programs

Appropriations, 2000....................................  $4,618,573,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     545,379,000
House allowance.........................................     530,867,000
Committee recommendation................................     535,224,000

    The Committee recommends $535,224,000 for periodic censuses 
and related programs for fiscal year 2001. This amount is 
$4,078,058,000 below the amount provided for fiscal year 2000 
and is $10,155,000 below the fiscal year 2001 budget request.
    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 understands that Americans living overseas 
were not included in the 2000 census. The Committee directs the 
Bureau to work with the Department of State to include 
Americans living abroad in future censuses when appropriate.
    For other programs under this account, the Committee 
recommends the requested levels of $42,846,000 for economic 
censuses; $3,082,000 for census of governments; $5,583,000 for 
intercensal demographic estimates; $6,000,000 for electronic 
information collection; $35,108,000 for geographic support; and 
$23,305,000 for data processing systems. The Committee also 
recommends $4,769,000 for demographic survey sample redesign 
and $21,615,000 for the continuous measurement program.
    The Committee recommends $3,200,000 for engineering and 
design for a new facility for the Bureau of the Census at the 
Suitland Federal Center. The current facility is substandard, 
and poses environmental hazards for employees working at the 
site. The Committee includes bill language requiring the Bureau 
and the General Services Administration to provide quarterly 
reports on the design and plans for this new facility.

       National Telecommunications and Information Administration

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $52,975,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     423,009,000
House allowance.........................................      57,475,000
Committee recommendation................................      76,937,000

    The Committee recommends $76,937,000 in direct 
appropriations for the National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration in fiscal year 2001. This level is 
$23,962,000 above the fiscal year 2000 appropriation and 
$346,072,000 below the fiscal year 2001 request. The request 
included an advance appropriation of $197,500,000 for the 
Public Telecommunications Facilities Program [PTFP] which was 
not included in the Committee recommendation.
    The Committee recommends language requiring NTIA to conduct 
a study of the uses of spectrum by public and private entities 
which provide energy, water and railroad services, including 
utilities, pipelines and railroads. In addition to the spectrum 
assessment, the study should consider technological 
developments available to enhance the use of current spectrum 
allocations. The Committee expects all Federal departments and 
agencies with an interest or regulatory responsibility for the 
safety and reliability of these industries to be consulted in 
the course of conducting the study.

                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $10,975,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      20,315,000
House allowance.........................................      10,975,000
Committee recommendation................................      11,437,000

    The Committee recommends $11,437,000 in appropriations for 
the ``Salaries and expenses'' appropriation of the National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration [NTIA]. This 
amount is the requested base level for fiscal year 2001, and 
does not include any of the proposed programmatic increases.
    The Committee retains language from previous years allowing 
the Secretary of Commerce to charge Federal agencies for a 
portion of the cost of coordination of spectrum management, 
analysis, and operations.
    The Committee does not approve the requested funding for 
the critical infrastructure program, or for research and 
development costs associated with this program. The Committee 
agrees that protection of our nation's communications 
infrastructure is a high priority. The Administration continues 
to request funds for this program but does not give the 
Secretary of Commerce or his designees within the Department 
the ability to control the use and expenditure of these funds. 
The Committee cannot appropriate funds for a program which is 
controlled by an entity outside of the Department. Since the 
Secretary is unable to account for the use of these funds 
within the Department, the Committee believes it is unwise, if 
not a derilection of fiscal responsibility, to appropriate 
funds for this program.

       Public Broadcasting Facilities, Planning, And Construction

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $26,500,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     110,075,000
House allowance.........................................      31,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      50,000,000

    The Committee recommends $50,000,000 for planning and 
construction grants for public television, radio, and non-
broadcast facilities for fiscal year 2001. This amount is 
$23,500,000 above the fiscal year 2000 appropriation and 
$60,075,000 below the requested level. The Administration also 
requested an advance appropriation for fiscal years 2002 and 
2003 of $197,500,000 for this program. The Committee does not 
recommend this advance appropriation. Public broadcasters face 
a significant challenge in making the transition from analog to 
digital broadcasting. The public broadcasters, as well as 
commercial broadcasters, are required to make the change from 
analog to digital broadcasting by 2005. This is an expensive 
task, and is going to be particularly challenging for public 
broadcasters whose networks include numerous translator 
stations.
    These challenges are particularly great for those 
broadcasters who are located in, or who serve, largely rural 
areas. As in past years, the Committee continues to urge the 
agency to place emphasis on the needs of these stations, and to 
support focusing resources on distance learning initiatives 
targeting rural areas.

                   Information Infrastructure Grants

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $15,500,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      45,119,000
House allowance.........................................      15,500,000
Committee recommendation................................      15,500,000

    The Committee recommends $15,500,000 for the Information 
Infrastructure Grant [IIG] Program in fiscal year 2001, a 
decrease of $29,619,000 from the fiscal year 2001 request and 
identical to the fiscal year 2000 appropriation. The Committee 
expects NTIA to limit eligibility for this program. The 
administration's fiscal year 2001 request changes the name of 
this program to Technology Opportunity Grants. By either name, 
the program has never been authorized by Congress.
    The regional information sharing system [RISS] under the 
Department of Justice provides funding for law enforcement 
entities which have traditionally obtained funding from the IIG 
Program. The Committee recommendation excludes law enforcement 
entities eligible for the RISS Program from applying for IIG 
funds. The Committee expects NTIA to give preference to 
applications from consortia and for purposes such as public 
safety or other uses for which there is no other funding source 
available.
    The Committee is aware of several proposals for information 
infrastructure grants and strongly urges NTIA to consider 
applications for the following proposals within applicable 
procedures and guidelines and provide a grant, if warranted: 
(1) an electronic commerce initiative at the University of 
Missouri-Columbia; (2) phase III of the Marshall University, WV 
infrastructure program; (3) North Dakota State University 
education technology partnership program; (4) a technology and 
training initiative proposal by Morgan State University; and 
(5) Vermont Interactive Television.

                          Home Internet Access

Appropriations, 2000....................................................
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     $50,000,000
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................................

    The Committee does not recommend funding for the fiscal 
year 2001 request for $50,000,000 for Home Internet Access. 
Funds for this program were not requested or appropriated in 
fiscal year 2000. There is no authorization for this program.

                      Patent and Trademark Office


                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 2000....................................    $871,000,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................   1,038,732,000
House allowance.........................................     904,924,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,038,732,000

    The Committee recommends the administration's request of 
$1,038,732,000 for the Patent and Trademark Office [PTO] in 
fiscal year 2001. This amount is $167,750,000 above the fiscal 
year 2000 appropriation.
    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. The Patent and 
Trademark Office Efficiency Act was enacted on November 29, 
1999 and under its provisions, PTO is subject to the policy 
direction of the Secretary of Commerce, but the agency has 
independent control of its budget, expenditures, personnel, 
procurement and other administrative and management functions 
of the agency.
    The PTO has experienced significant growth in recent years 
due to the increase in applications for patents and trademarks. 
Trademark applications have exploded due to the number of 
Internet entities seeking to register their website names, and 
the high technology and biotechnology industries have accounted 
for the growth in patent applications. The Committee has 
provided the amount requested by the administration for the PTO 
in fiscal year 2001, but there is some concern that this 
funding level may be inadequate for the agency's needs. The 
Office of Management and Budget has determined that some of the 
fees collected by the agency should be withheld for 1 fiscal 
year and unavailable for expenditure. The withholding of fees 
has increased over the past 5 years, and in fiscal year 2001, 
it is estimated that 32 percent of the agency's fee collections 
will be unavailable for expenditure until fiscal year 2002.
    The ability of the administration to formulate an adequate 
budget for PTO is further complicated by the failure of PTO to 
forecast its workload. The President's budget has 
underestimated the annual growth for patent and trademark 
applications for each of the past five fiscal years. The PTO 
has informed the Committee that they expect trademark 
applications to increase 40 percent over the number of 
applications received in 1999. In order to improve the accuracy 
of these critical forecasts and to ensure that an adequate 
funding level is requested for the agency, the Committee 
directs PTO to work in conjunction with the Office of 
Management and Budget to develop a workload forecast for the 
agency with advice from a representative sample of industry and 
the inventor community. The Committee directs that this 
forecast be used as a benchmark for future PTO budget forecasts 
just as OMB now uses the average of the 50 blue-chip economic 
forecasts as the benchmark for economic assumptions contained 
in the President's budget.
    The PTO recently completed a study entitled ``Official 
Insignia of Native American Tribes.'' The study recommended 
that PTO create, maintain and update an accurate and 
comprehensive database containing official insignias of all 
State- and Federally-recognized Native American tribes. The 
Committee directs that the PTO comply with its own 
recommendations and create such a database.

                         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, 2000....................................      $7,972,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       8,716,000
House allowance.........................................       7,945,000
Committee recommendation................................       8,216,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $8,216,000. 
The recommendation is $500,000 below the budget request and 
will fully fund the current operations of the Technology 
Administration.

             National Institute of Standards and Technology

Appropriations, 2000....................................    $638,982,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     712,991,000
House allowance.........................................     422,892,000
Committee recommendation................................     596,619,000

    The Committee recommends a total of $596,619,000 for the 
three appropriations accounts under the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology [NIST]. The recommendation is 
$116,372,000 below the budget request. A description of each 
account and the Committee recommendation follows:

         Scientific And Technical Research And Services [strs]

Appropriations, 2000....................................    $283,132,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     337,508,000
House allowance.........................................     292,056,000
Committee recommendation................................     305,003,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $305,003,000. 
The recommendation is $32,505,000 below the budget request.
    The Committee recommendations are displayed in the 
following table:

Electronics and Electrical Engineering..................     $40,127,000
Manufacturing Engineering...............................      20,821,000
Chemical Science and Technology.........................      33,360,000
Physics.................................................      31,556,000
Material Science and Engineering........................      54,658,000
Building and Fire Research..............................      15,932,000
Computer Science and Applied Mathematics................      47,551,000
Technology Assistance...................................      17,349,000
National Quality Program................................       5,205,000
Research Support Activities.............................      38,444,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, STRS.......................................     305,003,000

    Within the amounts provided, the Committee approves the 
following increases: (1) $1,000,000 in the Manufacturing 
Engineering Program for the development of standards pertaining 
to the exchange of electronic data; (2) $2,000,000 in the 
Physics program to provide measurements, standards, and test 
methods for the development of advanced nanotechnologies; (3) 
$2,000,000 in the Computer Science and Applied Mathematics 
program to develop new measurements, test methods, and 
guidelines for the protection of the Nation's critical 
infrastructures. No funding is provided for Commerce Department 
expert review teams. Presidential Decision Directive # 63 
clearly suggests that every department and agency of the 
Federal Government shall be responsible for protecting its own 
critical infrastructure, especially its cyber-based systems. 
While the program is laudable, it is clearly not the 
responsibility of the Department of Commerce to provide 
computer security to other Federal agencies; and, (4) under the 
Wind Research Program, the Committee recommends $2,000,000 to 
continue funding an existing cooperative agreement between NIST 
and Texas Tech University.

                     Industrial Technology Services

Appropriations, 2000....................................    $247,436,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     339,604,000
House allowance.........................................     104,836,000
Committee recommendation................................     262,737,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $262,737,000. 
The recommendation is $76,867,000 below the budget request.
    Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program [MEP].--The 
Committee recommends an appropriation of $109,137,000. The 
recommendation is $5,000,000 below the budget requests and 
fully funds all MEP centers. No funding is provided for the 
Department's election commerce outreach or manufacturing 
interoperability programs. The rapid expansion of the Internet 
to individuals and businesses in the United States has been 
extraordinary, and a myriad of private sector resources are 
available to businesses who wish to access e-commerce 
technologies. The marketplace is providing e-commerce solutions 
at such a pace that efforts by the Federal Government in this 
area would be slow and inadequate. The Committee supports the 
efforts of the Northern Great Plains Initiative for Rural 
Development to expand the MEP e-commerce project to rural areas 
to assist small manufacturers for marketing and business 
development purposes.
    Advanced Technology Program [ATP].--The Committee 
recommends an appropriation of $153,600,000. The recommendation 
is $45,000,000 below the budgt request. The Committee has been 
advised that approximately $45,000,000 in prior-year 
deobligations and unobligated balances will carry forward from 
fiscal year 2000. The recommendation, when combined with the 
carryover amount, will provide a total funding level of 
$198,600,000, the full amount requested. Within the amounts 
made available, $45,200,000 shall be used for administrative 
costs, internal laboratory support, and for Small Business 
Innovation Research Program [SBIR] requirements.
    Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection 
[IIIP].--The Committee does not recommend funding for the 
Institute for Information Protection. The Committee is very 
concerned about protecting the Nation's critical 
infrastructures and commends the administration for its efforts 
to coordinate the numerous Federal agencies involved in this 
area. The importance of this area necessitates unprecedented 
coordination and cooperation, yet it appears that there is 
ongoing debate within the administration as to what is 
envisioned for the IIIP project in particular. With no clear 
plan to implement or administer the IIIP the potential for 
mission overlap with other Federal agencies is of particular 
concern.
    The Committee notes that funding for critical 
infrastructure requirements are addressed by the Committee in 
the Department of Justice account.

                  Construction of Research Facilities

Appropriations, 2000....................................    $108,414,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      35,879,000
House allowance.........................................      26,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      28,879,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $28,879,000. 
The recommendation is $7,000,000 below the budget request and 
fully funds the highest priority safety, capacity, maintenance, 
and repair projects at NIST. Within the amounts provided, 
$500,000 is to address electrical service issues at NIST's 
Boulder, CO, campus. In addition, $4,000,000 is provided for a 
grant and a cooperative agreement.
    No funding is provided for the outfitting and relocation 
costs associated with the Advanced Measurement Laboratory. 
Funds for these activities will be provided when the building 
nears completion.

            National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


                  Operations, Research, And Facilities

                     (including transfers of funds)

Appropriations, 2000....................................  $2,343,736,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................   2,761,181,000
House allowance.........................................   2,230,959,000
Committee recommendation................................   2,687,070,000

    The Committee recommends discretionary appropriations of 
$1,958,046,000 for operations, research, and facilities for 
fiscal year 2001. 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. For 
the ``Procurement, acquisition, and construction'' account and 
other NOAA accounts, the Committee recommends an appropriation 
of $669,542,000. The total Committee recommendation for NOAA in 
fiscal year 2001 is $2,687,070,000. During this time of 
continued budgetary constraint, the Committee recommendation 
continues to make funding for ocean, coastal, fisheries, and 
atmospheric programs a high priority.
    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 is concerned about the future of the nation's 
living marine resources. The competing demands being placed on 
the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) under a variety of 
statutes, including the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the National 
Environmental Protection Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, 
and the Endangered Species act among others, may begin to 
impair the ability of the agency to balance these demands while 
conducting the research necessary to maintain healthy 
fisheries, rebuild stocks and manage them effectively. The 
Committee has included $3,000,000 in the fiscal year 2001 
budget to review the ability of NMFS to adequately meet its 
legal mission and requirements. The Committee expects this 
review to be headed by an individual from outside of the agency 
who is familiar with oceans and fishery management issues. The 
Committee expects the individual selected, with the concurrence 
of Congress, to seek the assistance of the National Academy of 
Sciences and the American Society for Public Administration in 
conducting a top to bottom review of NMFS' programs, budgetary 
requirements management and constituent relations. The 
Committee anticipates that the issues to be addressed would 
include, but not be limited to, the following: the ability of 
the agency to meet the scientific and technical challenges of 
fishery management after the passage of the Sustainable 
Fisheries Act; the relationship of the Regional Fishery 
Management Councils to its constituents and the agency; whether 
the agency effectively incorporates or considers independent 
peer-reviewed research in its own science; and, whether the 
science and management functions of the agency are sufficiently 
separated in such a manner as to ensure the confidence of all 
participants in the management process. Finally, the Committee 
requests that the relationship of the agency with its 
constituency should be examined to determine whether there are 
actions which could be taken to improve relationships between 
the agency and the fishing industry, the environmental and the 
university research communities, as well as State and local 
governments. The Committee expects this review to take 9 months 
to a year to complete, and expects to receive regular progress 
reports prior to receiving the final written report which shall 
outline findings and recommendations for the future.
    In addition, the Committee provides within the funds 
available for NOAA $3,000,000 to be used by the NOAA 
Administrator for conservation and management of corals under 
the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Management and 
Conservation Act, including completion and implementation of 
the coral reef ecosystem fishery management plan being 
developed by Western Pacific Fishery Management Council. The 
Committee has provided this funding to clarify and express its 
full support for the Department of Commerce's authority to 
manage corals in Federal waters under the Magnuson-Stevens Act. 
The Committee does not support efforts of the Department of the 
Interior to expand its jurisdiction into ocean and coastal 
management activities conducted by the Department of Commerce 
under its existing authorities.
    The Committee recommendations by program are displayed in 
the following table:

                        [In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                   2000      2001 budget     Committee
                              appropriation    request    recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
   NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE

Navigation Services:
    Mapping and Charting....       35,298        38,456         40,256
    Address Survey Backlog..       18,900        18,000         22,000
    Geodesy.................       20,159        20,206         21,134
    Tide and Current Data...       12,390        15,089         12,293
    Acquisition of Data.....       15,546        17,246         19,246
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, Navigation           102,293       108,997        114,929
       Services.............
                             ===========================================
Ocean Resources Conservation
 and Assessment:
    Ocean Assessment Program       44,846        41,465         49,515
    Great Lakes                     6,825         6,085          7,000
     Environmental Research
     Lab (GLERL)............
    Response and Restoration       15,329        20,149         19,884
    Oceanic and Coastal             8,470         8,500         10,500
     Research...............
                             -------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Estuarine          68,645        76,199         86,899
       and Coastal
       Assessment...........
                             ===========================================
Coastal Ocean Program.......       17,200        18,232         19,432
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, Ocean Resources       85,845        94,431        106,331
       Conservation and
       Assessment...........
                             ===========================================
Ocean and Coastal
 Management:
    Coastal Zone Management        54,700       147,400         60,000
     Grants.................
    Estuarine Research              6,000        12,000         12,000
     Reserve System.........
    Nonpoint Pollution              2,500         4,500   ..............
     Control................
    Program Administration..        4,500         6,608          4,500
                             -------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Coastal            67,700       170,508         76,500
       Management...........
                             ===========================================
Marine Sanctuary Program....       23,000        32,000         23,500
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, Ocean and             90,700       202,508        100,000
       Coastal Management...
                             ===========================================
      Total, National Ocean       278,838       405,936        321,260
       Service..............
                             ===========================================
  NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES
           SERVICE

Information Collection and
 Analysis:
    Resource Information....      108,348       101,989        117,995
    Antarctic Research......        1,234         1,200          2,000
    Chesapeake Bay Studies..       [1,890]        1,500          2,500
    MARFIN..................        2,750         2,750          3,500
    SEAMAP..................        1,200         1,200          1,200
    Alaskan Groundfish                900           661            900
     Surveys................
    Bering Sea Pollock                945           945            945
     Research...............
    West Coast Groundfish...          820           780            780
    New England Stock               1,000         1,000          1,000
     Depletion..............
    Hawaii Stock Management           500    ...........           500
     Plan...................
    Yukon River Chinook             1,200           700          1,800
     Salmon.................
    Atlantic Salmon Research          710           710            710
    Gulf of Maine Groundfish          567           567            567
     Survey.................
    Dolphin/Yellowfin Tuna            250           250            250
     Research...............
    Pacific Salmon Treaty          17,431        10,587         10,587
     Program................
    Hawaiian Monk Seals.....          750           500            800
    Red Snapper Monitoring..  .............  ...........         7,500
    Steller Sea Lion                4,000         1,440         12,300
     Recovery Plan..........
    Hawaiian Sea Turtles....          285           248            300
    Halibut/Sablefish.......        1,200         1,200          1,200
                             -------------------------------------------
      Subtotal..............      146,980       128,427        167,334
                             ===========================================
Fishery Industry
 Information:
    Fish Statistics.........       13,000        18,871         21,871
    Alaska Groundfish               5,500         5,200          7,100
     Monitoring.............
    PACFIN/Catch Effort Data        3,000         3,000          3,700
    AKFIN (Alaska Fishery           2,500    ...........         3,400
     Information Network)...
    RECFIN..................        3,700         3,100          3,700
    GULF FIN Data Collection        3,500    ...........  ..............
     Effort.................
                             -------------------------------------------
      Subtotal..............       31,200        30,171         39,771
                             ===========================================
Information Analyses and           20,900        21,403         21,403
 Dissemination..............
Computer hardware and               3,500         3,500          3,500
 software...................
                             -------------------------------------------
      Subtotal..............       24,400        24,903         24,903
                             ===========================================
      Total, Information,         202,580       183,501        232,008
       Collection and
       Analyses.............
                             ===========================================
Conservation and Management
 Operations:
    Fisheries Management           39,060        40,325         72,595
     Programs...............
    Columbia River                 12,055        15,212         15,743
     Hatcheries.............
    Columbia River                    288           288            288
     Endangered Species.....
    Regional Councils.......       13,150        13,100         15,100
    International Fisheries           400           400            400
     Commissions............
    Management of George's            478           478            478
     Bank...................
    Pacific Tuna Management.        2,300         1,250          3,000
    Fisheries Habitat               2,000         4,000          2,000
     Restoration............
    NE Fisheries Management.        6,000        11,980          8,980
    Transfers from USDA.....  .............      20,000         20,000
                             -------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Fisheries          75,731       112,033        145,284
       Management Programs..
                             ===========================================
Protected Species Management        6,200         8,988         11,288
    Driftnet Act                    3,439         3,278          5,250
     Implementation.........
    Marine Mammal Protection        7,583         7,225          9,225
     Act....................
    Endangered Species Act         43,500        55,450         47,765
     Recovery Plan..........
    Dolphin Encirclement....        3,300         3,300          3,300
    Native Marine Mammals...          950           700          1,200
    Observers/Training......        2,650         4,500          4,925
                             -------------------------------------------
      Subtotal..............       67,622        83,441         82,953
                             ===========================================
Habitat Conservation........        9,200        11,079         11,079
Enforcement and Surveillance       17,950        22,354         22,354
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, Conservation,        170,503       228,907        261,670
       Management and
       Operations...........
                             ===========================================
State and Industry
 Assistance Programs:
    Interjursidictional             2,600         2,590          2,590
     Fisheries Grants.......
    Anadromous Grants.......        2,100         2,100          2,100
    Interstate Fish                 7,750         4,000          8,750
     Commissions............
                             -------------------------------------------
      Subtotal..............       12,450         8,690         13,440
                             ===========================================
Fisheries Development
 Program:
    Product Quality and             9,500         8,328          9,078
     Safety/Seafood
     Inspection.............
    Hawaiian Fisheries                750    ...........           750
     Development............
                             -------------------------------------------
      Subtotal..............       10,250         8,328          9,828
                             ===========================================
      Total, State and             22,700        17,018         23,268
       Industry Programs....
                             ===========================================
Acquisition of Data.........       25,943        25,944         26,944
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, NMFS...........      421,726       455,370        543,890
                             ===========================================
   OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC
          RESEARCH

Climate and Air Quality
 Research:
    Interannual and Seasonal       16,900        14,986         14,986
    Climate and Global             67,000        67,095         68,895
     Change Research........
    Climate Observations and  .............      24,000         14,000
     Services...............
    GLOBE...................        3,000         5,000   ..............
                             -------------------------------------------
      Subtotal..............       86,900       111,081         97,881
                             ===========================================
    Long-term Climate and          30,000        30,525         33,025
     Air Quality Research...
    High Performance               12,750        12,750         12,750
     Computing..............
                             -------------------------------------------
      Subtotal..............       42,750        43,275         45,775
                             ===========================================
      Total, Climate and Air      129,650       154,356        143,656
       Quality Research.....
                             ===========================================
Atmospheric Programs:
    Weather Research........       37,350        37,075         38,075
    STORM...................        1,000    ...........         1,000
    Wind Profiler...........        4,350         4,350          4,350
                             -------------------------------------------
      Subtotal..............       42,700        41,425         43,425
                             ===========================================
    Solar Terrestrial               7,000         6,182          6,182
     Services and Research..
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, Atmospheric           49,700        47,607         49,607
       Programs.............
                             ===========================================
Ocean and Great Lakes
 Programs:
    Marine Research                27,325        22,595         30,245
     Prediction.............
    Sea Grant Program.......       59,250        59,250         64,750
    National Undersea             [13,800]   ...........        17,000
     Research Program.......
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, Oceans and           107,200        87,595        111,995
       Great Lakes Program..
                             ===========================================
Acquisition of Data.........       12,952        12,952         12,952
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, Ocean and            300,502       302,510        318,210
       Atmospheric Research.
                             ===========================================
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

Operations and Research:
    Local Warnings and            444,487       466,471        463,237
     Forecasts..............
    Susquehanna River flood         1,125           619          1,500
     system.................
    Aviation forecasts......       35,596        35,596         35,596
    Advanced Hydrological           1,000         1,000          1,000
     Prediction System......
    WFO Maintenance.........        3,250         5,250          5,250
                             -------------------------------------------
      Subtotal..............      485,458       508,936        506,583
                             ===========================================
Central Forecast Guidance...       37,081        38,001         38,001
Atmospheric and Hydrological        3,000         3,068          3,068
 Research...................
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, Operations and       525,539       550,005        547,652
       Research.............
                             ===========================================
Systems Acquisition:
    Public Warnings and
     Forecast Systems:
        NEXRAD..............       38,836        38,802         38,802
        ASOS................        7,345         7,423          7,423
        AWIPS/NOAA Port.....       32,150        38,642         38,642
                             -------------------------------------------
          Total, Systems           78,331        84,867         84,867
           Acquisition......
                             ===========================================
          Total, National         603,870       634,872        632,519
           Weather Service..
                             ===========================================
   NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL
    SATELLITE, DATA, AND
     INFORMATION SERVICE

Satellite Observing Systems:
    Ocean Remote Sensing....        4,000         4,000          4,000
    Global Disaster           .............       5,500   ..............
     Information Network....
    Environmental Observing        53,300        53,912         56,412
     Systems................
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, Satellite        .............      63,412         60,412
       Observing Systems....
                             ===========================================
Environmental Data
 Management Systems:
    Data and Information           12,335        12,335         12,335
     Services...............
    Regional Climate Centers        2,750    ...........         3,600
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, Environmental         53,785        44,789         51,689
       Data Management
       Systems..............
                             ===========================================
      Total, NESDIS.........      111,085       108,201        112,101
                             ===========================================
       PROGRAM SUPPORT

Administration and Services:
    Executive Direction and        19,387        19,902         19,902
     Administration.........
    Systems Acquisition               712           712            712
     Office.................
                             -------------------------------------------
      Subtotal..............       20,099        20,614         20,614
                             ===========================================
Central Administrative             36,350        33,132         36,350
 Support....................
Minority Serving              .............      17,000   ..............
 Institutions...............
Retired Pay, Commissioned     .............  ...........  ..............
 Officers...................
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, Administration        56,449        70,746         56,964
       and Services.........
                             ===========================================
Aircraft Services...........       10,760        11,009         14,309
Rent Savings................       -4,656    ...........  ..............
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, Program Support       62,553        81,755         71,273
                             ===========================================
Fleet maintenance and              13,243         9,294         19,004
 planning...................
                             ===========================================
Facilities:
    NOAA Facilities                 1,809         1,941          1,941
     Maintenance............
    Environmental Compliance        2,000         3,899          7,899
    Suitland Facility.......  .............  ...........        14,700
    Columbia River                  3,365    ...........         3,465
     Facilities.............
    Boulder Facilities              3,850         5,350          4,000
     Operations.............
    NERRS Construction......  .............  ...........         3,000
    NARA Records Management.  .............         262            262
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, Facilities.....       11,024        11,452         35,267
                             ===========================================
Offset for Fee Collections..        4,000    ...........         4,000
Mandatory Payment, NOAA       .............  ...........        14,400
 Corps Retirement...........
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, direct             1,802,841     2,009,389      2,071,924
       obligations..........
                             ===========================================
Reimbursable obligations....      195,767       204,400        204,400
Fiscal Year 2000 Magnuson           3,600         3,600          3,600
 Fee Collections Offsetting
 Collections (data sales)...
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, direct             2,002,208     2,217,389      2,279,924
       obligations..........
                             ===========================================
Financing:
    Deobligations...........      -36,000       -36,000   ..............
    Unobligated Balance           -36,000       -36,000        -10,000
     transferred, net.......
    Offsetting Collections         -3,600        -3,600         -3,600
     (data sales)...........
    Offsetting Collections         -4,000    ...........  ..............
     (fish fees/IFQ,CDQ)....
    Anticipated Offsetting    .............     -20,000   ..............
     Collections (Fish fees)
    Anticipated Offsetting    .............     -14,000   ..............
     Collections (navigation
     fees)..................
    Mandatory Payment, NOAA       -14,400       -14,400   ..............
     Corps Retirement.......
    Federal Funds...........     -134,927      -147,700       -147,700
    Non-Federal Funds.......      -60,640       -56,700        -56,700
                             -------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Financing...     -242,019      -244,000       -218,000
                             ===========================================
Budget authority............    1,760,189     1,973,389      2,061,924
                             ===========================================
Financing from:
    Promote and Develop           -68,000       -68,000        -66,278
     American Fisheries.....
    Damage Assessment         .............      -2,162   ..............
     Revolving Fund.........
    Coastal Zone Management        -4,000        -3,200         -3,200
     Fund...................
    NOAA Corps Retirement...  .............  ...........       -14,400
    Transfer from USDA,       .............  ...........       -20,000
     Disaster Research......
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, ORF............    1,688,189     1,848,189      1,958,046
                             ===========================================
  PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION,
      AND CONSTRUCTION

Systems Acquisition:
    AWIPS...................       16,000        17,300         17,300
    ASOS....................        3,855         5,125          5,125
    NEXRAD..................        8,280         9,580          9,580
    Computer Facilities            11,100        15,085         15,085
     Upgrades...............
    Polar Spacecraft and          190,979       213,639        213,639
     Launching..............
    Geostationary Spacecraft      266,615       290,824        290,824
     and Launching..........
    Radiosonde Replacement..        7,000         7,000          7,000
    GFDL Supercomputer......        5,000         7,000          7,000
    CAMS....................  .............      15,823         17,823
    Evansville Doppler Radar  .............       5,500   ..............
    National Data Archive...  .............       4,000          4,000
    Weather Radio Expansion/  .............       6,244          6,244
     Enhancement............
                             -------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Systems           508,829       597,120        593,620
       Acquisition..........
                             ===========================================
Construction:
    Boulder Lab Above
     Standard Costs:
        WFO Construction....        9,526         9,526          9,526
        NERRS Construction..       13,250         8,000         15,000
        Folly Beach.........  .............  ...........         2,000
        Botanical Gardens...       [1,500]   ...........  ..............
        Alaska Facilities...        9,750         1,000         19,000
        CSC Wing............  .............  ...........         4,000
        Pribilof Island       .............  ...........         3,000
         Cleanup............
        Marine Sanctuaries..        3,000         3,000   ..............
        Suitland Facility...        3,000    ...........  ..............
        Western Region        .............         200            200
         Consolidation......
        LaJolla Bluffs......  .............       4,600          4,600
        Norman Consolidation  .............       3,000          3,000
         Project............
                             -------------------------------------------
          Subtotal,                41,571        29,326         60,326
           Construction.....
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Fleet Replacement:
    Naval Surplus Vessels...       51,567    ...........         6,800
    Fisheries Research        .............       8,300          8,300
     Vessel Replacement.....
    Adventurous               .............       8,000          8,000
     Refurbishment..........
                             -------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Fleet              51,567         8,000         23,100
       Replacement..........
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Deobligations (PAC).........       -7,400        -7,504         -7,504
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, PAC............      594,567       635,222        669,542
                             ===========================================
Pacific Coastal Salmon Funds       58,000       160,000         58,000
Pacific Salmon Treaty.......       20,000       100,000   ..............
Coastal Impact Assistance     .............     100,000   ..............
 Fund.......................
Fisherman's Contingency.....          953           951            953
Foreign Fish. Observer Fund.          189           191            191
Fisheries Finance Program...          338         6,628            338
                             -------------------------------------------
      Total, NOAA...........    2,343,736     2,761,181      2,687,070
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    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 
$321,260,000 for activities of the National Ocean Service [NOS] 
for fiscal year 2001, a decrease of $84,676,000 below the 
request.
    The request included the assumption of fees to be imposed 
on navigation services, a proposal which was to be developed in 
conjunction with the U.S. Coast Guard. The fees, estimated to 
total $14,000,000 in fiscal year 2000, would be used to offset 
NOAA's overall budget authority in fiscal year 2000. The 
Committee has not received a proposal from the administration 
in support of this fee initiative, and, therefore, does not 
recommend its adoption in fiscal year 2001.
    For navigation services, the Committee recommends a total 
of $114,929,000, an increase of $5,932,000 over the fiscal year 
2001 request and $28,182,000 above the fiscal year 2000 
appropriation. Included in this amount is: an increase of 
$1,500,000 above the administration's request for shoreline 
mapping; an increase of $4,000,000 above the request for funds 
to address survey backlogs; $500,000 to continue the South 
Carolina geodetic survey; $500,000 to continue the National 
Height Modernization Survey; and $2,880,000 to continue funding 
for the evaluation and interpretation of innovative equipment 
and techniques for the acquisition of survey data at the 
University of New Hampshire's joint hydrographic center. The 
Committee recommends $2,000,000 above the request for data 
acquisition for building NOAA Corps officer strength and days 
at sea.
    Under the ``Ocean resources conservation and assessment'' 
account, the Committee recommends a level of $49,515,000 to 
fund pfiesteria and harmful algal blooms research and 
monitoring, hypoxia research, ecosystem monitoring in south 
Florida, and other activities supporting clean water 
initiatives. Included in this funding is $5,800,000 to support 
NOAA's cooperative agreement with the Cooperative Institute for 
Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology and $20,000,000 
for the Coastal Services Center, of which $1,250,000 shall be 
made available for a Pacific Coastal Services Center in Hawaii. 
The recommendation contains a total of $5,175,000 for pfisteria 
and other harmful algal bloom research and monitoring, of which 
$1,000,000 is for a pilot project to preemptively address 
emerging problems prior to the occurrence of harmful algal 
blooms to be carried out by the South Carolina Department of 
Marine Resources. The Committee funds the South Florida 
Ecosystem line item under this account at $900,000, which is 
$1,000,000 below the request and equal to the fiscal year 2000 
appropriation. The Committee has moved funding for coral reefs 
from the ``Response and Restoration'' line item to the Ocean 
Assessment program. Under this heading, the Committee 
recommends $2,000,000 to support critical research at the 
National Coral Reef Institute and to continue Hawaiian coral 
reef monitoring and assessment by the University of Hawaii. The 
recommended level also funds the Great Lakes Environmental 
Research Laboratory (GLERL) at a level of $7,000,000, an 
increase of $915,000 above the request. Of the funds made 
available for GLERL, the Committee recommends increased 
research efforts on the ``fishhook flea'' in the Great Lakes 
Basin, including Lake Champlain. Under the ``Response and 
Restoration'' line of this account, the Committee recommends a 
total of $19,884,000, which includes: base funding of 
$10,000,000; $2,674,000 for estuarine and coastal assessment, 
$5,210,000 for damage assessment, $1,000,000 for the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990, and $1,000,000 for coastal resource 
coordination. In addition, the Committee supports an increase 
of $1,000,000 above the requested level for the ``Oceanic and 
coastal research'' line item for operational costs of the 
Marine Environmental Health Research Laboratory, an increase of 
$500,000 for continued fish forensics, enforcement and 
pfisteria as well as $280,000 for the Southeast Fisheries 
laboratory. The recommendation also includes $250,000 for a 
coastal urbanization study consistent with the direction 
contained in the fiscal year 2000 report. Under funding for the 
Coastal Ocean Program, the Committee directs the program to 
work with and continue its current levels of support for the 
Baruch Institute's research and monitoring of small, high-
salinity estuaries. The recommended funding level also supports 
$1,200,000 for continuation of the 1995 competitively approved 
land use-coastal ecosystem study, and funding at the requested 
level for ECOHAB pfiesteria, hypoxia, and the South Florida 
ecosystem.
    The Committee is concerned about the national overhead 
costs associated with managing the missions and operations of 
the research facilities funded in the Oceanic and Research 
account. Therefore, the Committee recommends a pilot initiative 
whereby oversight for the budget and management operations for 
the Marine Environmental Health Research Lab and the Charleston 
Lab would be provided by the Coastal Services Center in an 
effort to reduce program management costs and enhance program 
effectiveness. The Committee intends that the full funding 
level appropriated within the Oceanic and Coastal Research 
account for these two labs also be transferred to the Coastal 
Services Center.
    Under the ``Ocean and coastal management'' account, the 
Committee recommends an overall funding level of $100,000,000. 
The recommendation of $60,000,000 increases support for coastal 
zone management grants by $5,300,000 above the fiscal year 2000 
appropriation and is $87,400,000 below the request. Program 
administrative expenses are funded at $4,500,000, which is last 
year's level, and $2,108,000 below the request. The 
administration's request for over a twofold increase in funding 
for the coastal zone management grant program is based on 
enactment of legislation which has not been approved by 
Congress. The Committee funds the National Estuarine Research 
Reserve System [NERRS] Program at $12,000,000, which is the 
requested level. The Committee recommends funding of 
$23,500,000 for the Marine Sanctuary Program in fiscal year 
2001, which is $500,000 above the fiscal year 2000 
appropriation, and is $8,500,000 below the request. The 
recommendation includes $500,000 for the continued funding for 
the Northwest Straits Commission. The Committee encourages the 
agency to continue its work with the Mariner's Museum and the 
Navy on efforts to recover and preserve the Monitor. The 
Committee does not recommend funding the section 6217 nonpoint 
pollution control program.

                   National Marine Fisheries Service

    The Committee recommendation provides a total of 
$543,890,000 for the programs of the National Marine Fisheries 
Service [NMFS] for fiscal year 2001, instead of $455,370,000 as 
requested. The Committee recommends 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 administration's request for NMFS contained proposed 
new fees totaling $20,000,000 in fiscal year 2001. Of this 
amount, $4,000,000 are authorized to be collected under the 
Magnuson-Stevens Act to support the Community and Individual 
Fishery Quota Program. The Committee directs NOAA to spend 
these fees to support this program during fiscal year 2001. The 
Committee recommends $500,000 for the Hawaiian Community 
Development Program and fishery demonstration projects for 
native fisheries development as authorized under the Magnuson-
Stevens Act. The remaining fees to be collected were to be 
derived from an ex-vessel tax on the value of fish caught by 
commercial fishing vessels. The Committee is concerned that 
NMFS has become overburdened by lawsuits regarding a variety of 
issues related to fisheries and protected species, for example, 
steller sea lions and the Northern right whale. In order to 
assist the Committee in assessing this trend, NMFS is directed 
to provide a quarterly status report on pending litigation.
    Like the fees discussed elsewhere in this report, the 
administration has based its budget submission on the adoption 
of a fee proposal which does not exist and which has been 
promised to Congress for 3 years. The Committee has, in the 
past, expressed its willingness to consider a well-reasoned fee 
proposal developed in conjunction with interested parties. The 
failure of the administration to forward a fee proposal, yet 
base its budget request on the collection of the fees, could be 
overlooked if it were done in one fiscal year. The decision to 
pursue such a scheme year after year is a cynical abuse of the 
budgeting process.
    Information Collection and Analysis.--Under NMFS' 
``Information Collection and Analysis'' account, the Committee 
makes several recommendations, the majority of which are to 
continue funding for existing programs. The Committee 
recommends $117,995,000 in the resource information line item 
under this account. Within the base resource information funds, 
the Committee recommends $250,000 for the harvest technology 
unit. This will provide onsite technical assistance to the 
National Warmwater Aquaculture Research Center at Stoneville 
until sufficient harvest technology expertise can be 
transferred from NMFS to the staff at the center. The Committee 
directs that $6,500,000 be used to implement the Magnuson-
Stevens Act off the coast of Alaska, including the survey of 
Gulf of Alaska stocks, in-season fishery monitoring 
improvements, implementation of the license limitation program 
and preparation of an environmental impact statement on steller 
sea lions. The recommendation includes $4,000,000 for West 
Coast groundfish of which the Committee recommends that NMFS 
make available a total of $3,250,000 to the base budget of the 
Northwest Fisheries Science Center to perform groundfish 
research. The Committee further recommends West Coast 
groundfish research currently performed by the Alaska and 
Southwest Fisheries Science Centers not be shifted to the 
Northwest center without additional funding in excess of the 
$3,250,000 base funding recommended by the Committee; 
$2,500,000 for the Gulf of Mexico stock enhancement consortium; 
$1,000,000 for the Chesapeake Bay Oyster Recovery Partnership; 
$1,250,000 for Alaska near shore fisheries; $200,000 to conduct 
sampling of the lobster population in State waters in New 
England; $200,000 for a Kotzebue Sound test fishery for king 
crab and sea snail research; $400,000 to continue research on 
shrimp pathogens in the southeastern United States; $300,000 to 
continue a study of the status and trends of southeastern sea 
turtles; $300,000 for research on the Charleston bump, an 
offshore bottom feature which attracts large numbers of fish; 
$200,000 for research on Atlantic herring and mackerel; 
$500,000 for the South Carolina Taxonomic Center; $600,000 for 
bluefin tuna tagging; $500,000 for the Chesapeake Bay multi-
species management strategy; $3,600,000 for a Tri-Coastal 
Marine Stock Assessment; $1,500,000 for Bering Sea crab; and 
$200,000 for the Northeast Fisheries Science Center for the 
Virginia Institute for Marine Science to continue participation 
in the Cooperative Marine Education and Research Program. The 
Committee recommends funding Chesapeake Bay Studies at a level 
of $2,500,000, an increase of $1,000,000 above the request. The 
Committee recommends a level of $2,000,000 for Antarctic 
Research, an increase of $800,000 above the request. Funding 
for MARFIN is increased by $750,000 above the request to 
initiate a red snapper monitoring program. Alaskan Groundfish 
Surveys are funded at $900,000; the Hawaii Stock Management 
Plan at $500,000; the Yukon River Chinook Salmon at $1,800,000, 
with funding being made available to the Yukon River Drainage 
Fisheries Association to continue habitat restoration, 
monitoring projects, stock assessments, and bycatch research. 
Funding for NMFS' work in support of the Pacific Salmon Treaty 
Program is funded at a level of $8,743,000, which is the 
request for the base program. The request for the Pacific 
Salmon Treaty funds is provided within the appropriation for 
the Department of State. The recommendation assumes the 
requested funding for the Chinook Salmon Agreement. Out of 
funds provided for this account, NMFS is directed to provide 
$25,000 to support the organizational meeting of the North 
Pacific Research Board which is planning to provide additional 
marine research resources in the North Pacific. In addition to 
the MARFIN enhancement, $7,500,000 is recommended for red 
snapper monitoring and research. Funding of $300,000 is 
included to continue Hawaiian Sea Turtle studies and $800,000 
for Hawaiian monk seal research.
    The Committee is greatly concerned by the administration's 
proposed reduction of funding for Steller sea lion recovery off 
Alaska. The cause of the Steller sea lion decline is still 
unknown, and costly limitations which could seriously impede 
the Nation's most productive fisheries are being implemented. 
Lawsuits are being filed which challenge the agency's data on 
the Steller sea lion, and more resources are needed to enable 
the agency to produce the science and data to keep these 
fisheries open while protecting the sea lion population. The 
Committee, therefore, has provided a total of $12,300,000 
including $7,000,000 for the National Marine Fisheries Service, 
$2,500,000 for the State of Alaska, $1,000,000 for the Alaska 
SeaLife Center; $1,000,000 for the Gulf Apex Predator study at 
the University of Alaska; and, $800,000 for the North Pacific 
Marine Mammal Consortium, to address this pressing concern.
    The Committee recommends $3,500,000 for computer hardware 
and software, which is the requested level for fiscal year 
2001. The Committee cautions NMFS to pay careful attention to 
guidance provided in the fiscal year 2000 report with regard to 
involving affected States in the development of software.
    Fishery Industry Information.--The Committee recommends a 
level of $39,771,000 for NMFS' Fishery Industry Information 
programs. The recommendation includes funding for two new 
initiatives: the effort to collect information in support of 
Magnuson-Stevens Act National Standard 8, and research and data 
collection on fishing communities and economics. A General 
Accounting Office (GAO) report, conducted at the request of the 
Committee, found that NMFS did not have the economic data or 
statistics to make credible judgements regarding the impact of 
fisheries disasters on fishing communities. The Committee 
recommendation includes a base increase of $2,000,000 for the 
Atlantic States Marine Fishery Commission (ASMFC), of which 
$1,750,000 is for their statistics work and $250,000 is for 
lobster disease research. The Committee has provided $7,100,000 
for Alaska groundfish monitoring. Of this amount, $1,600,000 is 
for the State of Alaska to implement new obligations required 
by the American Fisheries Act and the crab/scallop license 
limitation programs; $850,000 is for crab management, $800,000 
is for rock fish research by the State of Alaska, $350,000 is 
for NMFS rock fish research, $300,000 is for the Bering Sea 
Fisherman's Association, $225,000 is for the Gulf of Alaska 
Coastal Communities Coalition, and $450,000 for the NMFS Alaska 
region to implement an in-the-field fishery monitoring program 
to meet Magnuson-Stevens Act requirements. The Committee 
recommends $3,700,000 for PACFIN, the Pacific fishery 
information network. The Committee directs NOAA to ensure that 
Hawaii receives an appropriate share of PACFIN resources. The 
recommendation provides $3,400,000 for the Alaska fishery 
information network, AKFIN. The Committee has provided 
$3,700,000 for the recreational fishing information network 
[RecFIN] program, and expects that the Pacific, Atlantic, 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 $250,000 
will be used to continue the effort to enhance the annual 
collection and analysis of economic data on marine recreational 
fishing.
    Conservation, Management, and Operations.--The Committee 
recommends $261,670,000 for NMFS conservation, management, and 
operations. Within this account the Committee includes base 
funds for fisheries management programs and the maintenance of 
several existing NMFS facilities. The Committee recommendation 
funds the requested level for Atlantic salmon recovery, Chinook 
Salmon management, and the State of Maine recovery plan; 
$3,000,000 for the Pelagic Fisheries Research Program, of which 
$400,000 is for swordfish research at the NMFS Honolulu 
laboratory, and $2,600,000 is for JIMAR. The Committee 
recommends $15,743,000 for Operations and Management of the 
Mitchell Act Columbia River hatcheries. Of this total, 
$12,000,000 is provided for base operations and maintenance, 
$1,287,000 for conservation marking, and $1,839,800 for 
monitoring and evaluation, reform of hatchery broodstocks, and 
reform of release protocols. In light of the importance of fall 
chinook for the lower Columbia in-river and ocean fisheries, 
$600,000 for fall chinook rearing is to be added to the base 
funding of $4,792,000 for Washington State. Administration and 
overhead costs are not to exceed 3 percent of the total funds 
provided. Funds are to be spent consistent with the Pacific 
Northwest Power Planning Council's ``Artificial Production 
Review'' and requirements under the Endangered Species Act. 
Production programs will be reviewed by the Independent 
Scientific Review Panel (ISRP) as part of the provincial review 
process as currently proposed by the NWPPC. Funding for the 
Mitchell Act Fishway and Irrigation Diversion Screen Program is 
in addition to funding for the Hatchery Program and is provided 
separately under the NOAA Construction Account. The Committee 
recommendation also provides $6,700,000 for the implementation 
of the American Fisheries Act, of which not less than $500,000 
shall be available to the North Pacific Fishery Management 
Council, and of which $500,000 shall be available to the State 
of Alaska. The recommendation assumes the requested funding of 
$4,407,000 for NMFS facilities at Santa Cruz ($800,000), Kodiak 
($1,500,000) and Sandy Hook ($2,107,000).
    The Committee continues to be concerned about the 
deteriorating State of the Gulf of Maine groundfish fishery and 
has provided $8,980,000 to NMFS for cooperative research, 
management, and enforcement to address this issue. Included in 
this amount is $5,000,000 for the Northeast Consortium to 
continue cooperative research and development of selective gear 
technologies and for initiation of a program to utilize 
commercial fishing vessels as research platforms. The Committee 
further requests NMFS to work with the New England Fisheries 
Management Council and affected stakeholders to develop a long-
term, comprehensive strategy to rebuild the Northeast 
groundfish stocks and provide for viable and stable fisheries
    Protected Species Management.--Under the ``Protected 
species management'' account, the Committee recommends a total 
of $82,953,000 for fiscal year 2001. The recommendation 
includes funding for Driftnet Act implementation and the Marine 
Mammal Protection Act. The recommendation includes $3,500,000 
to provide assistance for the State of Maine Atlantic salmon 
recovery effort. The Committee recommends $5,250,000 for 
implementation of the High Seas Driftnet Fisheries Enforcement 
Act, North Pacific Anadromous Stocks Convention Act, Central 
Bering Sea Fisheries Enforcement Act, for the expenses of U.S. 
advisers and scientific observer coverage relating to these 
matters. Within this amount, $225,000 is intended to be divided 
evenly between the State of Alaska and State of Washington for 
their participation in these three important areas. Also 
included under the Driftnet Act implementation is $1,700,000 
for scientific observer coverage on vessels in the Russian 
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) to stop interceptions of U.S.-
origin salmon, and an additional $150,000 to provide operating 
costs for the Pacific Rim Fisheries Program, which provides 
unique information to Federal and State governments, as well as 
to the fishing industry that promotes fisheries commerce in 
Pacific rim countries. The Committee recommends $8,225,000 for 
the Marine Mammal Protection Act, of which $1,000,000 is 
provided to the State of Alaska to continue harbor seal 
research. Within the amount provided for Endangered Species 
Recovery Plans, the Committee has included the Administration's 
request of $850,000 for the Alaska NMFS Region for Stellar sea 
lion recovery, $750,000 for California sea lions, and dolphin 
encirclement studies. The Committee expects NMFS to continue 
its right whale research and provides $5,000,000 for this 
purpose, an increase of $900,000 above the fiscal year 2001 
request. Of this amount, the Committee directs NMFS to make 
$2,900,000 available to the Northeast Consortium to administer 
a competitive grants program with an independent review panel 
of experts and scientists in the field to fund research on gear 
modification and operations. The Committee directs NMFS to use 
$1,100,000 of these funds to work with the fishing and shipping 
industries to design and conduct programs in disentanglement 
methods, aerial surveys, habitat monitoring, tagging, and 
stranding response studies. The Committee expects NMFS to 
continue funding acoustic studies and reproductive research. 
The Committee was dismayed at the agency's lack of 
responsiveness to the Committee's direction on the allocation 
of right whale funds in fiscal year 2000, and directs the 
agency to report to the Committee no later than November 30, 
2000 with a spending plan for fiscal year 2001.
    The Committee does not recommend the $12,900,000 request 
for 41 new employees at the Northwest Regional office for the 
purpose of salmon recovery work. The Committee is concerned 
that the work of the staff has not focused on obtaining and 
analyzing scientific data on the status of the stocks, but more 
on regulatory and enforcement activities. The Committee sees no 
utility in providing more staff until the agency can provide a 
plan for salmonid recovery which is based on sound scientific 
data and analyses. Of the funds provided for the Endangered 
Species Recovery Plan for salmon, the Committee directs that at 
least $3,000,000 be used only by the Northwest Fisheries 
Science Center's Cumulative Risk Initiative in Seattle for a 
coordinated ocean estuarine and ecology research program to 
improve the understanding of factors, such as the Pacific 
Decadal Oscillation phenomenon, which may control ocean 
recruitment, mortality, and habitat of salmon from the Columbia 
River estuary into the Pacific Ocean. The implementation by the 
agency of any regulations for threatened salmonid species under 
section 4(d) of the Endangered Species without a careful review 
of these factors is of concern to the Committee.
    The Committee recommends funding the native marine mammal 
commissions line item at a level of $1,200,000. Included under 
native marine mammal commissions are funding for the Alaska 
Eskimo Whaling Commission ($400,000), the Beluga Whale 
Committee ($250,000), the Harbor Seal Commission ($200,000), 
the Bristol Bay Native Association ($100,000), and the Aleut 
Marine Mammal Commission ($250,000). The fishery observers/
training line includes: $1,875,000 for North Pacific marine 
resource observers; $2,275,000 to enhance observer coverage for 
vessels working in overfished fisheries on the West Coast; 
$425,000 for the North Pacific Fishery Observer Training 
Center; and $350,000 for east coast observers. Under 
enforcement and surveillance, the Committee recommends 
continued support at last year's level for marine forensics and 
southeast fisheries' law enforcement, and the Committee expects 
continued cooperative laboratory activities between NMFS and 
State and local governments and the academic community.
    State and Industry Assistance Programs.--For State and 
industry programs, the Committee recommends $2,590,000 for the 
interjurisdictional fisheries grants and $2,100,000 for 
anadromous fishery grants. Of the $8,750,000 provided for the 
interstate fisheries commissions, $8,000,000 shall be provided 
to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission for the 
Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Fisheries Management Act, and the 
remainder shall be provided to each of the three interstate 
fisheries commissions (including the ASMFC).
    Fisheries Development Program.--The Committee recommends 
$10,128,000 for the ``Fisheries Development Program'' account. 
Within this amount, the Committee recommends $750,000 for the 
Hawaiian Fisheries Development Program. As in prior fiscal 
years, the Committee expects the Hawaii Stock Enhancement and 
Hawaiian Fisheries Development Programs to be administered by 
the Oceanic Institute. The Committee also recommends $300,000 
for the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation [AFDF] for its 
operational costs relating to the goals and objectives of the 
Magnuson-Stevens Act.

                    Oceanic and Atmospheric Research

    The Committee recommendation includes a total of 
$318,210,000 for oceanic and atmospheric research for fiscal 
year 2001, instead of $302,510,000 as requested and 
$300,502,000 as funded in fiscal year 2000.
    The Committee recommends a fiscal year 2001 level of 
$143,656,000 for climate and air quality research. Within this 
account, the Committee recommendation provides the requested 
level of $14,986,000 for interannual and seasonal climate 
research, which includes $2,000,000 for the Climate Change 
Research Center at the Institute for the Study of Earth, 
Oceans, and Space. The Committee recommends $68,895,000 in 
fiscal year 2001 for the Climate and Global Change Program. The 
Committee has restored $750,000 to the funding for the 
International Research Institute for Climate Prediction (IRI), 
bringing the fiscal year 2001 funding level to $8,000,000, as 
was provided in the fiscal year 2000 appropriation. This 
restoration of funding at the fiscal year 2000 level will 
permit the IRI to continue important work in experimental 
climate modeling and end-to-end, seasonal-to-interannual 
forecasting. It will also permit IRI to further develop 
applications in the areas of water, agriculture and public 
health.
    The fiscal year 2001 request contains a new line item 
entitled Climate Observation and Services. Of the $24,000,000 
requested by the Administration for this new initiative, the 
Committee provides funding of $14,000,000 for ocean 
observations. Of this amount, $1,250,000 shall be made 
available for ice physics research at the Thayer School of 
Engineering.
    The Committee does not include funding for the GLOBE 
Program. Since its inception, $58,000,000 in Federal funds have 
been expended for the GLOBE Program. In the fiscal year 2000 
report, the Committee directed NOAA to submit a report about 
the steps taken to make the program self-sustaining. The report 
sent to the Committee in response to this request indicated 
that the agency has no plans to make the program self-
sustaining, even though Congress was told when the program was 
started that a sustained effort to seek private funding would 
be initiated. The level of funding the program has received to 
date exceeds the funding for many NOAA research programs in a 
comparable time period. The apparent unwillingness of the 
program to seek private contributions, as originally promised, 
and the tough decisions this Committee must make on funding 
decisions, places this program at a lower priority compared to 
other research programs.
    The Committee recommends fiscal year 2001 funding for long-
term climate and air quality research at a level of 
$45,775,000. Within this amount, $12,750,000 funds the request 
for high-performance computing. Included in the base funding 
for this account is $500,000 to match an investment of State, 
local, and private resources of over $8,600,000 for the Central 
California Ozone Study.
    For the atmospheric programs, the Committee recommends a 
fiscal year 2001 level of $43,425,000, an increase of 
$2,000,000 above the request. The recommendation provides 
$37,075,000 in base funding for weather research, of which 
$2,000,000 is for the U.S. Weather Research Program. The 
Committee provides continued funding of $1,000,000 to be used 
by OAR to incorporate wind-profile data into its operational 
forecast models and evaluate wind-profile measurements for 
improving the accuracy of weather forecasts. This data is being 
collected by NESDIS as a pilot project. The Committee directs 
that $1,000,000 be made available to the Science Center for 
Teaching, Outreach and Research on Meteorology [STORM] for the 
collection and analysis of weather data in the Midwest. The 
Committee recommends the requested level of $6,182,000 for 
fiscal year 2001 for solar terrestrial services and research.
    The Committee recommends a level of $111,995,000 for the 
ocean and Great Lakes programs for fiscal year 2001. The 
Committee has several recommendations within this account: 
$1,500,000 shall be provided for southeast Atlantic marine 
monitoring and prediction at the University of North Carolina; 
$500,000 for continued hypoxia research; $2,100,000 for the 
VENTS Program; $1,650,000 for Arctic research; $1,000,000 for 
National Invasive Species Act implementation; $850,000 for 
ballast water research and small boat portage zebra mussel 
dispersion problems in the Chesapeake Bay and Great Lakes, 
including Lake Champlain; $200,000 for a Champlain Canal 
barrier demonstration; $500,000 for the Pacific Tropical 
ornamental fish program; $200,000 for the New England airshed 
pollution study; $300,000 for the Lake Champlain study; and, 
$6,400,000 for marine aquaculture, of which $2,400,000 is for 
the Open Ocean Aquaculture Program, and $2,000,000 is for an 
ocean exploration initiative. The Committee also funds tsunami 
mitigation at a level of $3,300,000, of which $1,000,000 will 
be used for the Tsunami Warning and Environmental Observatory 
in Alaska (TWEAK). The Committee expects OAR to honor its 
commitment under the U.S.-Japan Common Agenda for Cooperation 
in Global Perspective to provide $1,000,000 to the 
International Pacific Research Center at the University of 
Hawaii.
    The Committee recommends $64,750,000 for the Sea Grant 
Program in fiscal year 2001. Of this amount, the Committee 
recommends: $3,000,000 for aquatic nuisance species research; 
$1,500,000 for oyster disease research; and, $1,000,000 for the 
Gulf of Mexico oyster initiative.
    For the National Undersea Research Program [NURP], the 
Committee recommends a level of $17,000,000, an increase of 
$6,050,000 above the fiscal year 2001 request. The Committee 
expects the funds to be equally divided of which $7,500,000 is 
to be used for research conducted through east coast NURP 
centers and of which $7,500,000 is to be used for research 
conducted through west coast NURP centers, including the Hawaii 
and Pacific center and the west coast and polar regions center. 
The remaining $2,000,000 shall be used to work with the 
National Center for Natural Products for the development of 
biomedical products using sea resources.

                        National Weather Service

    The Committee recommendation includes a total of 
$632,519,000 for the National Weather Service [NWS] for 
operations, acquisitions, and research, which is $2,353,000 
below the budget request.
    The Committee recommends a total of $547,652,000 in fiscal 
year 2001 for NWS operations and research. Of this amount, 
$463,237,000 will support local warnings and forecasts. The 
Committee makes several recommendations: $2,300,000 requested 
for the Cooperative Observers Network; $1,000,000 for the 
advanced hydrological prediction system initiative in fiscal 
year 2001 and $1,500,000 for the Susquehanna River basin flood 
system. The Committee recommendation also provides $3,650,000 
for coastal data buoys and $35,596,000 for aviation forecasts. 
Of the funds provided for operations and research in fiscal 
year 2001, the Committee directs the NWS to provide $590,000 to 
the NOAA Cooperative Institute for Regional Prediction at the 
University of Utah to implement data collection and automated 
weather station installation in preparation for the 2002 Winter 
Olympic games and $500,000 for the Mt. Washington Observatory. 
The Committee further directs the NWS to provide the following 
amounts for NOAA weather transmitters: $125,000 for New 
Hampshire; $100,000 for South Dakota; $855,000 for new and 
replacement transmitters for Kentucky, including back up power 
for Elizabethtown; and, $270,000 for the North Dakota 
agricultural weather network. The Committee also directs the 
National Weather Service to expedite delivery and installation 
of radio transmitters for Grant, Ellis and Dickinson Counties, 
Kansas. The ``1995 Secretary's Report to Congress on Adequacy 
of NEXRAD Coverage and Degradation of Weather Services'' 
requested further studies of several sites, including 
Williston, ND and and Erie, PA. The Committee provided funds to 
begin mitigation in fiscal year 1999 at these sites. The 
Committee has provided $4,790,000 for the Secretary's 
mitigation line to continue current operations at these sites. 
In addition, the Committee directs the NWS to make appropriate 
arrangements to maintain a local presence for the maintenance 
of the NOAA weather radio antenna in Erie, PA and develop a 
strategy to adequately address the prediction of lake-effect 
snow in the area. The Committee also funds the requested levels 
of $38,001,000 for central forecast guidance and, $3,068,000 
for atmospheric and hydrological research.
    The Committee recommends a total of $84,867,000 for systems 
acquisition in fiscal year 2001. Included in this amount are: 
$38,802,000 for the NEXRAD radar system and $7,423,000 for the 
advanced surface observing system [ASOS]. The Committee 
recommends funds for the advanced weather interactive 
processing system [AWIPS/NOAA Port] at a level of $38,642,000.
    For the NWS' portion of the ``Procurement, acquisition, and 
construction [PAC]'' account, the Committee recommends funding 
for the following requested items: $9,580,000 for the NEXRAD 
radar system; $5,125,000 for the ASOS system; $17,300,000 for 
AWIPS/NOAA Port; $15,085,000 for computer facilities upgrades; 
$7,000,000 for Radiosonde Replacement; $7,000,000 for the GFDL 
Supercomputer; and, $6,244,000 for weather radio expansion and 
enhancement. Under the construction account, the Committee 
recommends the requested $3,000,000 for the Norman 
consolidation project.

    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 $112,101,000 for fiscal year 2001. Of 
the funds made available in this recommendation for fiscal year 
2001, $60,412,000 is for satellite observing systems, which is 
$3,000,000 below the request. Of this amount, $4,000,000 is to 
continue ocean remote sensing and $56,412,000 is for 
environmental observing systems, of which $2,500,000 is to 
continue the wind demonstration pilot project at the Institute 
for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space initiated in fiscal 
year 1998.
    The Committee recommends fiscal year 2001 funding of 
$35,754,000 for environmental data management systems. This 
amount is $3,300,000 above the request and $2,946,000 below the 
fiscal year 2000 appropriation. Within this account, the 
Committee recommends: $2,500,000 for the Center for Spatial 
Data Rescue; $26,754,000 for Weather Records Data Rescue; and 
$6,000,000 for the National Coastal Ocean Data Development and 
Management Center in Bay St. Louis, MS. The Committee 
recommendation also includes the requested level of $500,000 
for the cooperative network modernization. For data and 
information services, the Committee recommends $12,335,000, 
which is the requested level. The Committee directs that 
$3,600,000 from available funds be used to fund regional 
climate centers.
    The Committee recommends a total of $504,463,000 for the 
``Procurement, acquisition, and construction [PAC]'' account 
for NESDIS, of which: $136,985,000 is recommended for the 
``Polar K-N'' and $232,209,000 for the ``GOES N-Q'' accounts; 
polar convergence [NPOESS] is funded at a level of $76,654,000; 
and GOES I-M is funded at a level of $58,615,000.

                            Program Support

    The Committee recommendation provides $71,273,000 for the 
NOAA program support functions. This level is $8,720,000 above 
current year funding and $10,482,000 below the request. The 
recommendation includes $14,309,000 for aircraft services in 
fiscal year 2001. The Committee does not recommend funding for 
a $17,000,000 initiative to provide funding to historically 
black colleges and universities to train scientists. While the 
Committee believes that more women and minorities should be 
encouraged to seek careers in mathematics and sciences, funding 
for this purpose should be provided by the Department of 
Education, the National Academy of Sciences or the National 
Science Foundation. Within the Procurement, Acquisition and 
Construction account, the Committee provides the requested 
$17,823,000 for the Commerce Administrative Management System 
(CAMS) an increase of $2,000,000 above the request. The 
Committee requests quarterly reports from the agency on the 
implementation of CAMS. The initial report should include an 
overview of planned CAMS implementation, including milestones, 
and cost estimations for each stage of the project deployment. 
All subsequent reports should outline progress in meeting the 
milestones and spending targets.

                      Coastal Zone Management Fund

    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 $3,200,000 from the 
coastal zone management [CZM] fund for CZM program management 
and other purposes authorized by section 308 of the Coastal 
Zone Management Act.

                     fleet maintenance and planning

    The Committee recommendation provides the requested level 
of $19,004,000 for the ``Fleet maintenance and planning'' 
account.

                               FACILITIES

    The Committee recommends a total of $35,267,000 for NOAA 
facilities during fiscal year 2001. This account includes: 
facilities maintenance funding and space planning environmental 
compliance; Boulder facilities operations; and National 
Archives and Records Administration records management.
    The Committee is concerned about the 39 percent increase in 
the rent for the Boulder facility, and believes the General 
Services Administration (GSA) is overcharging the agency for 
this facility. The Committee directs the agency to continue 
working with the GSA to negotiate a reasonable rent level for 
this facility. The recommendation provides $4,000,000 for the 
Boulder facility in fiscal year 2001, which is an increase of 
$150,000 above the fiscal year 2000 appropriation and is 
$1,350,000 below the request.

               PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION, AND CONSTRUCTION

    Funding for the ``Procurement, acquisition, and 
construction'' account has been described in the narrative 
regarding systems acquisition projects associated with the 
major line offices of NOAA. The total amount for this account 
in fiscal year 2001 is $669,542,000. Within the 
``Construction'' account, the Committee recommends a total of 
$60,326,000, of which: $9,526,000 is for Weather Forecast 
Office construction; $15,000,000 is for National Estuarine 
Research Reserve construction (of which $5,000,000 is for Great 
Bay and $5,000,000 is for Kachemak Bay); $19,000,000 is for 
Alaska facilities (of which $15,000,000 is for Juneau and 
$4,000,000 is for the Sealife Center); $2,000,000 is for the 
Folly Beach Seabrook Tract; $3,000,000 is for Pribilof Island 
cleanup; $200,000 is for Western region consolidation; 
$4,000,000 is for the Coastal Services Center; and, $4,600,000 
is for LaJolla bluffs stabilization. The Committee directs NOAA 
to plan, design, and construct the Juneau facility in a manner 
that allows the University of Alaska (UA) to connect to 
critical systems, including the sea water and waste water 
systems, provides adequate access to the NOAA/UA facilities, 
allows the efficient addition of the UA building, and avoids 
unnecessary duplication without increasing costs. For ``Fleet 
Replacement'', the Committee recommends a fiscal year 2001 
level of $23,100,000. Of this amount, $6,800,000 is for the 
acquisition and refurbishment of navy surplus vessels for use 
as research ships for the agency; $8,300,000 is for continued 
construction of a new fishery research vessel; and $8,000,000 
is to be used to refurbish the Adventurous and the 
Fairweather.''

                                 Other

                    Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $58,000,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     160,000,000
House allowance.........................................      58,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      58,000,000

    The Committee recommendation provides $58,000,000 for the 
Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Account, which is the same as 
the fiscal year 2000 appropriation, and is $102,000,000 below 
the request. The recommendation allocates these funds according 
to the levels contained in last year's appropriation: 
$18,000,000 for Washington; $14,000,000 for Alaska; $9,000,000 
each for Oregon and California; $6,000,000 for coastal tribes; 
and, $2,000,000 for river tribes. Of the funds made available 
to the State of Washington, $4,000,000 shall be allocated 
through the Salmon Recovery Funding Board directly to the 
Washington State Department of Natural Resources and other 
State and Federal agencies for purposes of implementing the 
State of Washington's Forest and Fish Report. The monies shall 
be spent in accordance with the terms and conditions of the 
Forest and Fish Report and consistent with the requirements of 
the Endangered Species Act and Clean Water Act. Of the funds 
made available to the State of Alaska, $6,650,000 shall be 
allocated for a salmon research center at Ship Creek, and 
$350,000 shall be used to continue the operation of the Crystal 
Lake hatchery in Petersburg, and $1,000,000 for the Metlakatla 
hatchery.

                      Fishermen's Contingency Fund

Appropriations, 2000....................................        $953,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................         951,000
House allowance.........................................         951,000
Committee recommendation................................         953,000

    The Committee recommends the requested amount of $953,000 
for the fishermen's contingency fund, which is at the level 
appropriated for fiscal year 2000.
    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, 2000....................................        $189,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................         191,000
House allowance.........................................         189,000
Committee recommendation................................         191,000

    The Committee recommends $191,000 for the foreign fishing 
observer fund for fiscal year 2001, as requested.
    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.

                   fisheries finance program account

Appropriations, 2000....................................        $338,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       6,628,000
House allowance.........................................         238,000
Committee recommendation................................         338,000

    The Committee recommendation provides $338,000 for the 
fisheries finance program account. This amount is $6,290,000 
below the fiscal year 2001 request and at the level of the 
fiscal year 2000 appropriation. Of the funds provided, $100,000 
is for entry level and small vessel individual fishery quota 
(IFQ) obligation guarantees in the halibut and sablefish 
fisheries off Alaska pursuant to section 1104A(a)(7) of the 
Merchant Marine Act of 1936. These funds are provided for IFQ 
loans in accordance with section 303(d)(4) of the Magnuson-
Stevens Act and section 108(g) of the Sustainable Fisheries 
Act.

                         Department Management


                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $31,500,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      51,408,000
House allowance.........................................      28,392,000
Committee recommendation................................      48,140,000

    The Committee recommends a total of $48,140,000 for 
Departmental Management in fiscal year 2001. This account used 
to be entitled ``General Administration'', and included 
salaries and expenses for the Department of Commerce, including 
the Office of the Secretary, the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer, General Counsel, Congressional and Public Affairs. For 
this purpose in fiscal year 2001, the Committee recommends an 
appropriation of $32,340,000 for salaries and expenses.
    The fiscal year 2001 budget submission included separate 
funding requests entitled ``Digital Department'' and 
``Security''. These matters should not be considered separately 
from the overall administration of the Department of Commerce, 
and are included under this new heading, ``Departmental 
Management''. The request for the ``Digital Department'' is to 
provide $5,800,000 to update the wiring and cable in the 
Department's main building. The rewiring of this building is 
needed, but the Committee is concerned about the lack of 
specificity about the Department's plans in carrying out this 
project. The Committee requires a spending plan for these funds 
not later than December 1, 2000.
    The Department also requested $13,268,000 for Departmental 
security for fiscal year 2001. The Committee recommends funding 
$10,000,000 of this request, but also requires the submission 
of a spending plan by December 1, 2000. These funds should be 
used only for Department-specific activities and are not to be 
used to fund counterintelligence activities or programs outside 
of the Department.

                    Office of the Inspector General

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $20,000,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      22,726,000
House allowance.........................................      21,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      19,000,000

    The Committee recommends $19,000,000 for the Commerce 
Department's Office of the Inspector General for fiscal year 
2001. This amount is $1,000,000 below the fiscal year 2000 
appropriation and $3,726,000 below the fiscal year 2001 
request.

               General Provisions--Department of Commerce

    The Committee includes the following general provisions for 
the Department of Commerce that were included in the fiscal 
year 2000 appropriations act. Sections 201 through 208 are 
continuations of language included in previous appropriations 
acts.
    Section 201 makes Commerce Department funds 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 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 funds 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 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 allows the Secretary to award contracts for 
certain mapping and charting activities in accordance with the 
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act.
    Section 207 allows the Department of Commerce franchise 
fund to retain a percentage of earnings from services provided 
for capital investments.
    Section 208 permits the Department of Commerce franchise 
fund to retain a percentage of earnings from services provided 
for capital investments.
    Section 209 provides funding for a grant and a cooperative 
agreement.

                        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 recommends a total appropriation of 
$4,236,991,000 for the judiciary. The recommendation is 
$184,996,000 below the budget request. The Committee is aware 
that a total of $79,642,000 in fees, reimbursables, and 
carryover is available in various accounts across the title.
    Steady growth in costs associated with Defender Services, 
court security, GSA rental payments, and pay and benefits at a 
time of declining resources is putting serious pressure on the 
judiciary budget. The Committee urges the judiciary to make 
every effort to contain mandatory costs.

                   Supreme Court of the United States

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $43,494,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      45,275,000
House allowance.........................................      44,312,000
Committee recommendation................................      45,121,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $45,121,000. 
The total amount is provided in two separate appropriation 
accounts as follows:

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $35,492,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      37,745,000
House allowance.........................................      36,782,000
Committee recommendation................................      37,591,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $37,591,000 
for the Justices, their supporting personnel, and the costs of 
operating the Supreme Court, excluding the care of the building 
and grounds. The recommendation is $154,000 below the budget 
request. A cost-of-living adjustment for the Justices is 
addressed by section 304.

                    Care of the building and grounds

Appropriations, 2000....................................      $8,002,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       7,530,000
House allowance.........................................       7,530,000
Committee recommendation................................       7,530,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $7,530,000 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 identical to the budget 
request.
    Building renovations.--Included in the recommendation, 
$1,971,000 is made available until expended, to be used to 
complete design efforts and begin construction documentation on 
which future Supreme Court building improvements will be based.

             U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $16,797,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      19,533,000
House allowance.........................................      17,846,000
Committee recommendation................................      17,930,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $17,930,000. 
The recommendation is $1,603,000 below the budget request. 
Certain mandatory increases for judicial officers are provided. 
The recommendation includes additional funding requested by the 
Court to hire two additional technical assistants. No funding 
is provided for additional staff in the Clerk's Office or for 
courtroom renovations. A cost-of-living adjustment for the 
judges is addressed by section 304.

                   U.S. Court of International Trade


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $11,957,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      12,506,000
House allowance.........................................      12,299,000
Committee recommendation................................      12,456,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $12,456,000. 
The recommendation is $50,000 below the budget request. Certain 
mandatory increases for judicial officers are provided. A cost-
of-living adjustment for the judges is addressed by section 
304.

    Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services


                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 2000....................................  $3,114,677,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................   3,498,694,000
House allowance.........................................   3,328,778,000
Committee recommendation................................   3,359,725,000

    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 appropriation of 
$3,359,725,000 for salaries and expenses of the Courts of 
Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services. The 
recommendation is $138,969,000 below the budget request. The 
recommendation reflects a refinement of anticipated funding 
requirements which is $50,730,000 below the budget request. In 
addition, as noted at the beginning of the title, the Committee 
understands that up to $79,642,000 in carryover, reimbursables, 
and fees will be available to apply to this account, if 
necessary. Certain mandatory increases for judicial officers 
are provided. A cost-of-living adjustment for judges is 
addressed by section 304.
    The Committee recommendations are displayed in the 
following table:

Courts of appeals, district courts, and other judicial services

                        [In thousands of dollars]

                                                               Committee
                                                          recommendation

Appeals court:
    Judicial officers:
        Article III judges:
            Active............................................    24,546
            Senior............................................    16,815
        Court staff:
            Article III judges' staff.........................    64,159
            Circuit executives................................    21,251
            Clerks offices....................................    36,980
            Staff and prearguement attorneys..................    35,465
            Librarians........................................    17,490
            Bankruptcy appellate panels.......................     1,358
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

              Subtotal........................................   218,064
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
District courts:
    Judicial officers:
        Article III judges:
            Active............................................    99,238
            Senior............................................    56,972
        Magistrate judges.....................................    70,352
        Court of Federal Claims judges........................     2,454
    Court staff:
        Article III judges' staff.............................   192,145
        Magistrate judges' staff..............................    68,524
        Federal claims judges' staff..........................     3,989
        Clerks offices........................................   359,532
        Court reporters.......................................    47,215
        Court interpreters....................................     6,125
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

          Subtotal............................................   906,546
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Bankruptcy courts:
    Judicial officers: Bankruptcy judges......................    50,365
    Court staff:
        Bankruptcy judges' staff..............................    47,265
        Clerks................................................   274,125
        Bankruptcy administrators.............................     3,750
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

          Subtotal............................................   375,505
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Probation/pretrial services:
    Investigations and supervision............................   626,018
    Drug dependent offenders..................................    33,802
    Mental health.............................................     4,447
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Subtotal................................................   664,267
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Services, supplies, and equipment.............................   441,534
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Rental payment to GSA.........................................   754,610
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Fiscal year 2001 initiatives: State Justice Institute.........     8,000
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Spending reductions: Section 304..............................     8,801
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Total, courts........................................... 3,359,725

    The Committee recommendations are discussed in more detail 
in the following paragraphs.
    Southwest Border.--The Committee is concerned about the 
shortage of personnel and resources on the Southwest border and 
has tried to address this issue, in part, by redirecting funds 
from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. The 
Committee expects that those savings will be transferred and 
utilized by the five Federal districts on the Southwest border 
that now handle 26 percent of all criminal court filings in the 
United States. In addition, the Committee encourages the 
Judiciary to utilize the funding provided in excess of current 
services to address Southwest border requirements.
    Courtroom Sharing.--An April 2000 review by the 
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) indicated that the sharing of 
courtrooms by judges should not cause trial delays for more 
than 95 percent of the trials, and that for the few that might 
be delayed, the waiting time would be less than half a day. The 
CBO study also found that courtrooms were in use only 54 
percent of the available workdays. A study recently completed 
by Ernst and Young of the Judiciary's space and facilities 
program, however, suggested that requiring judges to share 
courtrooms is not practical and that current court records do 
not adequately track courtroom usage making it difficult to 
determine if courtroom sharing by Federal judges is a viable 
option. The Committee directs CBO to work with Ernst and Young 
to reconcile their reports and provide the Committees on 
Appropriations with the results no later than February 1, 2001. 
This issue is of great importance to the Committee because the 
cost savings associated with the reduction in the number of 
courtrooms and associated court space could significantly 
reduce rental payments which continue to consume an inordinate 
amount of the Judiciary's available resources. The Committee 
notes that in order to accommodate rental payments, the 
Committee recommendation necessitates a downward adjustment for 
support staff.

               The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act

Appropriations, 2000....................................      $2,515,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       2,602,000
House allowance.........................................       2,600,000
Committee recommendation................................       2,602,000

    The Committee recommends a reimbursement of $2,602,000 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 identical to 
the budget request.

                           Defender Services

Appropriations, 2000....................................    $385,095,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     440,351,000
House allowance.........................................     420,338,000
Committee recommendation................................     416,368,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $416,368,000. 
The recommendation is $23,983,000 below the budget request. The 
recommendation reflects a refinement of anticipated funding 
requirements.
    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 is aware that Defender Services has 
$35,604,000 in fiscal year 1999 carryover available which the 
Committee expects will be used to offset fiscal year 2001 
funding requirements. No funding is provided to increase panel 
attorney rates of compensation beyond what was provided in 
fiscal year 2000. In addition, as noted at the beginning of the 
title, the Committee understands that up to $79,642,000 in 
carryover, reimbursables, and fees will be available to apply 
to this account, if necessary.

                    Fees Of Jurors And Commissioners

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $60,918,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      60,821,000
House allowance.........................................      60,821,000
Committee recommendation................................      59,567,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $59,567,000. 
The recommendation is $1,254,000 below the budget request and 
is a refined estimate of fiscal year 2001 requirements. This 
account provides for the fees and allowances of grand and petit 
jurors and for the compensation of land commissioners and jury 
commissioners.

                             Court Security

Appropriations, 2000....................................    $193,028,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     215,353,000
House allowance.........................................     198,265,000
Committee recommendation................................     199,575,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $199,575,000. 
The recommendation is $15,778,000 below the budget request. The 
recommendation is based on an estimate by the U.S. Marshals 
Service of court security requirements and funds court security 
personnel, equipment, and perimeter enhancements. The Committee 
is aware that this account has $7,889,000 in carryover 
available which should be used to offset fiscal year 2001 
funding requirements.

                Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts


                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $55,000,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      61,215,000
House allowance.........................................      58,340,000
Committee recommendation................................      50,000,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $50,000,000. 
The recommendation is $11,215,000 below the budget request.
    In 1997, the Chief Justice of the United States noted that 
the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts [AO] has ``enabled 
each court to make decisions locally about how to achieve 
economies and where to devote its limited resources most 
productively.'' In addition, ``decentralized judicial 
administration has been the key to the success of the Federal 
judiciary's ability to bring innovation and economy to the 
courts' operations.'' The Committee recommends that this 
decentralization continue by redirecting $5,000,000 from the AO 
to the Federal courts where funds are critically needed, 
especially along the United States Southwest border. The 
Committee believes that providing Federal judges with greater 
autonomy over their limited resources would prove beneficial in 
every judicial district.
    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.

                        Federal Judicial Center


                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $18,000,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      19,337,000
House allowance.........................................      18,777,000
Committee recommendation................................      19,215,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $19,215,000. 
The recommendation is $122,000 below the budget request. The 
recommendation provides for adjustments to base and for a 
requested increase for the Judicial Center's distance education 
initiatives.
    The Federal Judicial Center improves the management of 
Federal judicial dockets and court administration through 
education for judges and staff and research, evaluation, and 
planning assistance for the courts and the judicial conference.

                       Judicial Retirement Funds


                    Payment To Judiciary Trust Funds

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $39,700,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      35,700,000
House allowance.........................................      35,700,000
Committee recommendation................................      35,700,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $35,700,000. 
The recommendation is identical to the budget request.
    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.

                       U.S. Sentencing Commission


                         Salaries and Expenses

Appropriations, 2000....................................      $8,500,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      10,600,000
House allowance.........................................       9,615,000
Committee recommendation................................       9,931,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $9,931,000. 
The recommendation is $669,000 below the budget request.
    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.

                   General Provisions--The Judiciary

    The Committee recommends the following general provisions 
for the judiciary, all of which were included in previous 
appropriations acts.
    Section 301 permits funds 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 permits up to 10 percent of any appropriation 
made available for fiscal year 2001 to be transferred between 
judiciary appropriation accounts with the proviso that no 
appropriation shall be decreased by more than 10 percent or 
increased by more than 20 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 limits official reception and representation 
expenses incurred by the Judicial Conference of the United 
States to no more than $11,000.
    Section 304 authorizes a cost-of-living adjustment for 
Justices and judges in fiscal year 2001.
    Section 305 amends section 501 of 5 U.S.C. App.

            TITLE IV--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY

                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of 
$6,558,856,000. The recommendation is $3,754,676,000 below the 
budget request. The reduction from the request in this account 
is largely attributable to the Committee's denial of the 
$3,350,000,000 advance appropriation.
    Historically, the Department has emphasized staffing levels 
at the expense of investments in security, technology, and 
infrastructure. The Committee recommendation continues the 
reversal of this trend. Security, technology, and 
infrastructure accounts have received the maximum funding 
deemed prudent.
    Budget justification books.--The budget justification books 
(``J books'') accompanying this year's budget request were not 
helpful to the process, yet the Department clearly puts 
considerable effort into assembling the two-volume set. As a 
result, the Committee wastes valuable time extracting readily 
available budget information from the Department, information 
that should have been included in the J books. The Committee 
looks forward to working with the Department to improve the 
quality of the J books in preparation for the fiscal year 2002 
budget cycle.

                   Administration of Foreign Affairs

                    diplomatic and consular programs

Appropriations, 2000....................................  $2,823,825,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................   3,104,325,000
House allowance.........................................   3,089,325,000
Committee recommendation................................   3,148,494,000

    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 an appropriation of 
$3,148,494,000. The recommendation is $44,169,000 above the 
budget request. Within the amount provided, the Committee 
recommendation includes $175,000 to support the United States' 
membership in the Arctic Council and $40,000 for the Bering 
Straits Commission. The former includes funds for 
representation expenses and travel for U.S. delegates.
    The Committee recommendations, by bureau or operation, are 
displayed in the following table:

Diplomatic & Consular Programs

                        [In thousands of dollars]

                                                               Committee
                                                          recommendation
Overseas Bureaus:
    African Affairs.....................................        173,238 
    Near Eastern Affairs................................        133,759 
    South Asian Affairs.................................         47,326 
    East Asian & Pacific Affairs........................        210,100 
        East-West Center................................         12,500 
    European Affairs....................................        489,875 
    Western Hemispheric Affairs.........................        222,439 
    International Organization Affairs..................         43,357 
    International Conferences...........................          5,999 
    FSN Separation Liability Trust Fund.................          6,211 
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal..........................................      1,344,804 
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                    ____________________________________________________
Functional Bureaus:
    Consular Affairs....................................         46,233 
    Economic & Business Affairs.........................         20,256 
    Intelligence & Research.............................         33,599 
    International Information Programs..................         40,461 
    Oceans/Int'l Environmental/Scientific Affs..........         18,663 
        Pacific Salmon Treaty...........................         60,000 
    Political-Military Affairs..........................         20,631 
        NonProliferation................................         17,196 
        Arms Control....................................         14,380 
        Verification & Compliance.......................          8,177 
    Diplomatic Security.................................        222,952 
    Information Resource Management.....................         72,844 
        Information Technology Pilot Program............         17,000 
    Democracy, Human Rights, & Labor....................         10,707 
    Population, Refugees, & Migration...................            543 
    Legislative Affairs.................................          7,580 
    Finance Management & Policy.........................         54,458 
    Bureau of Public Affairs............................         19,568 
    All Other Bureaus, Offices, and Operations..........          66,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal..........................................        751,248 
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Management Programs.....................................        144,030 
    Diplomatic Telecommunications Service...............        [43,452]
Administrative Programs.................................        560,576 
    Enhance Management Training.........................          3,000 
    Continuing Language Training Overseas...............         10,000 
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal..........................................        717,606 
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Initiatives:............................................
    World Trade Organization............................          5,000 
    Cultural preservation...............................          1,000 
    CWC inspections.....................................          6,000 
    Letelier FOIA requests..............................          1,000 
    APO shortfall.......................................          7,000 
    East Africa security shortfall......................          1,500 
    Security re-investigations..........................          1,200 
    Security training...................................          1,400 
    Classified LAN......................................         25,000 
    Post assignment travel shortfall....................          8,000 
    Transit subsidy.....................................          5,000 
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal..........................................         62,100 
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Worldwide Security Upgrades:
    Domestic/Local Guards...............................        141,420 
    Physical Security Equipment.........................         10,368 
    Physical Security Technical Support.................         49,862 
    Armored Vehicles....................................          4,538 
    Personnel/Training..................................         65,548 
    Radio Replacements..................................          1,000 
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal..........................................        272,736 
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, Diplomatic & Consular Programs.............      3,148,494 

    Some of the Committee recommendations displayed in the 
table are described in more detail in the following paragraphs.
    Southern Cone.--Posts located in Buenos Aires, Argentina; 
Montevideo, Uruguay; and Sao Paulo, Brazil are well run, 
language skills are uniformly excellent, and personnel are 
genuinely enthusiastic about, and deeply involved in, the local 
government, community, and culture. The Committee believes 
these posts serve as a model embassies to be emulated. The 
recommendation adjusts funding for the Western Hemispheric 
Affairs bureau to reflect the high caliber of operations in the 
Southern Cone.
    In addition, lesser increases have been provided to the 
Near Eastern Affairs bureau in anticipation of increased 
workload associated with the Israeli withdrawal from southern 
Lebanon and the change of regime in Syria and the Consular 
Affairs bureau in anticipation of increased immigrant and non-
immigrant workload worldwide.
    Worldwide security upgrades.--Last year, the Committee 
noted that a chance accident revealed potential deficiencies in 
so-called Inman facilities. They were considered state-of-the-
art facilities. In addition, the Committee noted that the 
maintenance costs associated with certain security systems have 
proven far greater than anticipated. Finally, the Committee 
noted that the police forces of some host governments have 
enthusiastically embraced embassy protection, but lack the 
funds for such basics as gasoline for patrol cars. None of 
these problems are addressed in the administration's request. 
Moreover, the Committee lacks a final accounting of the over 
$1,000,000,000 in additional security funds provided in fiscal 
years 1999 and 2000. The Committee recommendation includes 
$272,736,000 for worldwide security upgrades, a decrease of 
$137,264,000 from the request. Part of the decrease is due to 
the transfer of construction funds to the appropriate account. 
None of the funds provided here for security may be obligated 
until a complete and thorough accounting of prior year security 
funds has been forwarded to the Committee. In addition, the 
Department is directed to provide a report to the Committee on 
the problems cited above not later than December 31, 2000.
    Bomb detection equipment.--The Committee has long been 
concerned with the high false positive rate of explosive trace 
detection equipment being procured for overseas embassies and 
is aware of possible irregularities associated with the sole 
source procurement of this equipment. The matter has been 
referred to the Inspector General.
    Office of Defense Trade Controls.--The Committee is alarmed 
by the administration's recent proposal to relax export 
controls on sensitive technologies destined for ``allies''. At 
one time or another in the last decade, almost all of our 
allies have been found to re-export sensitive technology to 
hostile powers. The Committee continues to expect the Office of 
Defense Trade Controls to review applications, regardless of 
identified end user, with the utmost scrutiny.
    Biotechnology.--The Office of Agricultural and Textile 
Trade Affairs [ATTA], Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, 
is playing a critical role in promoting abroad an understanding 
of the benefits and safety of biotechnology. The Committee is 
aware that the European Union [EU] has launched a 
misinformation campaign aimed at scaring regulators and policy 
makers in the developing world into opposing biotechnology. 
These scare tactics are intended to help protect the EU's 
increasingly uncompetitive agricultural sector. The Bureau is 
directed to provide the support to posts necessary to refute 
the EU's calumnies regarding biotechnology. Furthermore, the 
Department is directed to increase the manpower of the ATTA to 
the level needed both to prepare U.S. negotiators on trade 
related and food safety talks and to thoroughly educate foreign 
governments on the importance of biotechnology. In support of 
the latter, the Committee expects the Department to increase 
funding for the speaker's program promoting plant 
biotechnology. Program enhancements should be targeted 
exclusively at Southeast Asia, Latin America, Africa, and 
India. The Committee directs the Department, in coordination 
with the Foreign Commercial Service, to submit a comprehensive 
plan for supporting biotechnology overseas not later than 
December 31, 2000.
    Influence.--Too often, U.S. assistance to underdeveloped 
nations is either invisible to all but a handful of bureaucrats 
or appears to benefit us at the expense of the recipient 
country. The Committee believes that cultural preservation 
offers an opportunity to show a different American face to 
other countries, one that is non-commercial, non-political, and 
non-military. By taking a leading role in efforts to preserve 
cultural heritage, we show our respect for other cultures by 
protecting their traditions. The Committee recommendation 
includes $1,000,000 out of available funds to create an 
Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation. U.S. Ambassadors 
from underdeveloped countries may submit competitive proposals 
for one-time or recurring projects with awards based on the 
importance of the site, the country's need, and the ability to 
make a meaningful contribution to the preservation of a site, 
object, or form of expression. The Department is directed to 
submit a report to the Committees on winning projects on an 
annual basis.
    Continuing language education.--Language skills are central 
to the effectiveness of State Department employees abroad, 
regardless of assignment. As important, language skills ensure 
dependents are not overwhelmed by feelings of isolation and 
alienation, resulting in lowered post morale. The Committee 
applauds Department efforts to revive continuing language 
education programs at posts. Within available funds, the 
Committee recommendation directs that $10,000,000 shall be 
available only for continuing language education programs for 
both employees and dependents at posts worldwide. Language 
classes should also be open to non-State Department (Federal) 
employees on a space available, reimbursable basis. The 
Department is directed to report to the Committee on the final 
distribution of funds not later than June 1, 2001.
    Tour length.--The Committee is aware that the Bureau of 
Personnel and the Inspector General [IG] are still arguing over 
the performance and cost benefits of longer tours, especially 
at incentive language posts. Assuming it takes at least 1 year 
in-country to master the language and get oriented to the 
government, society, and culture, 2 year tours seem 
unreasonably short, with the exception of truly hardship posts, 
and 3 year posts hardly seem to pose the threat of staff 
falling into a rut. The Committee continues to believe that 4 
year posts may result in real improvements in effectiveness 
while limiting costs associated with permanent change of 
station moves. Therefore, the Committee directs the Bureau of 
Personnel to modify the criteria by which promotions are 
determined to create opportunities for staff to serve extended 
tours, particularly at incentive language posts. The Department 
is directed to report back to the Committee on proposed changes 
in promotion criteria not later than February 15, 2001.
    Details.--In its recent report, the Overseas Presence 
Advisory Panel identified the shortage of competent managers as 
a serious deficiency of the Foreign Service. In fact, the 
Department is spending millions of dollars to develop 
leadership and management courses for officers at all levels. 
The Committee is unwilling to have an undermanned State 
Department subsidize the senior management of other agencies. 
Therefore, the Committee recommendation includes a provision 
that would limit detailees serving at the Senior Executive 
Service level to no longer than 2 years out of any 5 outside 
the Department to ensure that outside assignments are for the 
training of Foreign Service Officers and not a means of 
augmenting the management of other organizations.
    International conservation of sea turtles.--The Secretary 
of State shall, on an expedited basis, act to protect sea 
turtles, particularly those listed under CITES, through strong, 
enforceable management and reporting measures (including 
economic measures) negotiated under regional management 
agreements for living marine resources, particularly in the 
Pacific region. The Secretary of State shall focus on reducing 
bycatch mortality of turtles as part of the current 
negotiations on the draft Convention on the Conservation and 
Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and 
Central Pacific Ocean (the Multilateral High Level Conference). 
These measures shall be comparable to those imposed upon the 
Hawaii longline fishery for turtle protection. In addition, the 
Secretary is urged to ensure that the provisions of the Inter-
American Sea Turtle Conservation Treaty and the Inter-American 
Tropical Tuna Convention are sufficiently protective of sea 
turtles with respect to both fishery impacts and protection of 
nesting habitat. The State Department shall report back to the 
Committee on the status of these international turtle 
conservation efforts and accomplishments within 90 days of 
enactment.
    Pacific salmon treaty implementation.--The Committee has 
provided $60,000,000 to implement the 1999 Pacific Salmon 
Treaty Agreement. Of this amount, $20,000,000 is for further 
capitalizing the Northern Boundary Fund, $20,000,000 is for 
further capitalizing the Southern Boundary Fund, and 
$20,000,000 is to retire certain permits pursuant to the 1999 
Agreement.
    The Committee is concerned that National Marine Fisheries 
Service (NMFS) continues to consider further harvest 
restrictions in Alaska in its efforts to recover some stocks of 
Pacific salmon. The Committee believes Alaska has made 
sufficient harvest reductions under the Treaty, and that any 
further recovery efforts should address other impacts to listed 
stocks.
    Out of funds provided for this purpose, NMFS should 
continue to work with the State of Alaska in monitoring the 
effects of the decline of Pacific Northwest-origin salmon on 
the harvest off Alaska of Alaska-origin salmon.
    Overseas trade compliance and monitoring.--The State 
Department is proposing to undertake an overseas trade 
compliance and monitoring initiative. The Committee believes 
this proposal duplicates on-going U.S. Foreign Commercial 
Service and U.S. Trade Representative efforts. The Committee 
notes that this is the second year in a row that the Department 
has sought to pursue initiatives traditionally the domain of 
the Department of Commerce. The push by the State Department to 
expand its portfolio seems inexplicable, considering the lack 
of progress it has made in resolving the many intractable 
foreign policy crises confronting the United States. No funding 
is provided for this initiative.
    Misallocation of resources.--The merger of State, the U.S. 
Information Agency, and the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency 
has created an inordinately top heavy management structure. 
With a $5,900,000,000 budget and 18,000 employees, State boasts 
a Secretary, a Deputy Secretary, 6 Under Secretaries (with 
another requested), a Counselor, 37 Assistant Secretaries or 
Assistant Secretary equivalents, and 94 Deputy Assistant 
Secretaries or Deputy Assistant Secretary equivalents. Each has 
a staff ``tail''. A host of Coordinators, Ambassadors-at-Large, 
Special Representatives, and Special Advisers add to the list 
of senior policymakers. By comparison, Justice, with almost 
four times the budget and more than seven times the employees, 
has 31 percent fewer senior managers. With embassies and 
consulates desperately short of staff, it is unconscionable 
that this situation has been allowed to develop. The Secretary 
is directed to undertake a position by position review of 
senior management positions. Recommendations on consolidation 
shall be submitted not later than December 1, 2000.
    Sierra Leone.--The Committee is aware that certain 
political appointees in the Africa Bureau appear to be actively 
undermining the 5-point plan for Sierra Leone transmitted to 
Congress by the United States U.N. Ambassador. The apparent 
support of these appointees for Liberia's ill-concealed attempt 
to annex the diamond rich areas of Sierra Leone is 
inconceivable, especially considering the barbaric record of 
Liberia's proxies in Sierra Leone, the Revolutionary United 
Front. The recommendation eliminates funding for the Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, various special 
assistants, and the numerous offices that, through action or 
inaction, have not stopped the current butchery in Sierra 
Leone.
    Equatorial Guinea.--Three years ago, the Committee funded a 
consular agent in Equatorial Guinea to meet the demands of 
universal representation. The Committee has been pleased with 
the result, but realizes that the dynamism of events in Africa, 
and budget constraints, merit the periodic review of our 
presence there. If the Department determines, based on 
workload, that a consular agent is unwarranted, the Department 
is directed to terminate the services of the agent. If the 
Department determines that a consular agent remains 
appropriate, the Department is directed to ensure proper 
training of the agent and to recommend additional locations in 
Africa where a consular agent may be of value. If the 
Department determines that the consular agent lacks the 
necessary authorities to properly execute the job, the 
Department is directed to explore the establishment, within 
resources currently available to the Africa Bureau, of an 
American Presence Post. The Committee believes U.S. companies 
operating in Equatorial Guinea would be willing to provide 
space for such a post. The Committee expects a report on our 
presence in Equatorial Africa to be provided not later than 
November 1, 2000.

                        Capital Investment Fund

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $80,000,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      97,000,000
House allowance.........................................      79,670,000
Committee recommendation................................     104,000,000

    This account provides resources for needed investments in 
information and communications systems. Until recently, the 
Department's information and communications systems were 
totally inadequate to meet critical mission requirements. Even 
today, many of the Department's radios, computers, and 
telephones are obsolete and in need of replacement.
    The Committee recommends $104,000,000. The recommendation 
is $7,000,000 above the budget request.
    The Committee recommendations, by initiative, are displayed 
in the following table:

Capital investment fund

                        [In thousands of dollars]

                                                               Committee
                                                          recommendation

Diplomatic Telecommunications Service...................          25,000
Mainframe computer centers..............................           9,937
Central management functions............................           7,935
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                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal, infrastructure systems..................          42,872
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Core foreign affairs systems............................          22,102
Financial systems.......................................           6,224
Administrative systems..................................          13,212
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal, corporate information systems & services          41,538
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Office automation.......................................          14,390
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Training................................................           5,200
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, capital investment fund..........................   104,000

    Some of the Committee recommendations displayed in the 
table above are described in more detail in the following 
paragraphs.
    Diplomatic Telecommunications Service.--The Diplomatic 
Telecommunications Service [DTS] was established in 1992 to 
create a global telecommunications network for all agencies 
overseas. A single network was intended to reduce duplication 
in equipment, staffing, training, and operations, as well as 
achieve cost savings through economies of scale. The 
Department's co-partner has sought to undermine this 
partnership since its inception and has tried to divorce itself 
from Department of State operations. Should the joint program 
office be abolished, the Committee recommends that the co-
partner abandon all DTS equipment without reimbursement in cash 
or in kind to those agencies that continue to participate in 
the network. Furthermore, Department recoveries shall not be 
limited to communications.
    Despite the failure of the Department's co-partner to 
provide DTS funds in fiscal years 1999 and 2000, the Committee 
recommendation provides an increase of $7,000,000 over the 
budget request for DTS to maintain program momentum.

                      Office Of Inspector General

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $27,495,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      29,502,000
House allowance.........................................      28,490,000
Committee recommendation................................      29,395,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $29,395,000. 
The recommendation is $107,000 below the budget request.
    Exoneration letters.--A major inequity of the OIG's 
investigative process is the lack of exoneration letters for 
employees who are the victim of false, malicious, or 
unsubstantiated accusations of wrongdoing. The Committee is 
aware that the Justice Department OIG has done pioneering work 
in developing such letters. The Committee directs the State OIG 
to adopt the practice of sending exoneration letters, when 
appropriate, and expects the Bureau of Personnel to include 
these letters in the personnel jacket of those unjustly 
accused.
    Bomb detection equipment.--The Committee is concerned with 
the high false positive rate of explosive trace detection 
equipment being procured and is aware of possible 
irregularities associated with the sole source procurement of 
this equipment. Considering the importance of this equipment to 
the security of overseas embassies, the Committee considers 
resolution of this issue a top priority. The Committee directs 
the OIG to report back to the Committee on its findings not 
later than January 31, 2001.

               Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs

Appropriations, 2000....................................    $205,000,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     225,000,000
House allowance.........................................     213,771,000
Committee recommendation................................     225,000,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $225,000,000. 
The recommendation is identical to the budget request.
    The Committee recommendations, by program, are displayed in 
the following table:

Cultural and Educational Exchanges

                        [In thousands of dollars]

                                                               Committee
                                                          recommendation

Academic Programs:
    Fulbright Program:
        Students, Scholars, Teachers..........................   112,350
        Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program.................     6,097
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

          Subtotal............................................   118,447
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
    Other Academic Programs:
        Educational Advising & Student Services...............     3,200
        English Language Programs.............................     2,600
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

          Subtotal............................................     5,800
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
    Other Special Academic Programs:
        American Overseas Research Centers....................     2,280
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Subtotal, Academic Programs.............................   126,527
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Professional & Cultural Programs:
    International Visitors Program............................    51,337
    Citizen Exchange Program..................................    14,440
    Cultural Exchanges to Africa..............................       750
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Subtotal................................................    66,527
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Other Professional & Cultural Programs:
    Mike Mansfield Fellowships Programs.......................     2,200
    Montana State U. International Business Exchange..........       100
    U. of Akron Global Business Exchange......................       100
    North/South Center........................................     1,750
    Irish Institute...........................................       500
    Olympics/Paralympics/Special Olympics.....................     2,600
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Subtotal................................................     7,250
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal, Professional & Cultural.......................    73,777
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Exchanges Support:
    Employee Compensation & Benefits..........................    22,549
    Program Direction & Administration........................     2,147
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Subtotal................................................    24,696
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, Cultural & Educational Exchanges.................   225,000

    Some of the Committee recommendations displayed in the 
table above are described in more detail in the following 
paragraphs.
    Ireland.--The Committee is aware that Atlantic Corridor USA 
in Buffalo, NY and the Irish Institute in Boston, MA are 
pursuing many of the same initiatives in Ireland. The Committee 
believes a coordinated approach by these two organizations 
would improve conditions on both sides of the Atlantic. The 
Committee directs the Irish Institute to prepare, in full 
cooperation with Atlantic Corridor USA, a master plan for 
business, academic, and citizen exchanges between Ireland and 
the United States. The report shall be delivered to the 
Committee not later than February 15, 2001.
    Cultural Exchanges to Africa.--Performances by touring U.S. 
dance and music troupes have afforded our diplomats unusual 
access to oft-times elusive senior policymakers in Africa. The 
Committee has provided $750,000 to revive Federal support for 
touring companies as a means of expanding and deepening 
diplomatic contacts throughout the continent.
    Fulbright.--Reductions from the budget request shall not be 
applied to the number of U.S. participants proposed for fiscal 
year 2001.
    Overseas educational advising centers.--The Committee 
strongly supports the essential mission of overseas educational 
advising centers [OEACs] in recruiting international students 
to study at U.S. colleges and universities. The Committee notes 
that modest funding for OEACs helped leverage $11,000,000,000 
in spending by international students and their dependents in 
communities and higher education institutions throughout the 
United States in the academic year 1998-99. In the Committee's 
view, OEACs must receive adequate funding to keep pace with 
increasing competition from other nations to attract foreign 
students. The Committee directs the State Department to use the 
increase in funding for OEACs to conduct a study to develop a 
coordinated international student marketing and recruitment 
strategy, to improve technology at OEACs, and to provide 
advanced professional training and resources for overseas 
advisors.
    Foreign policy priority.--The Committee recognizes that 
international education--imparting global literacy to students 
and other citizens as an integral part of their education--is 
important to ensure our nation's ability to meet key 
challenges, including national security and the management of 
global conflict, competitiveness in the global market, and an 
increasingly multi-cultural society. The Committee urges the 
Department of State, in cooperation with the Department of 
Education and other agencies with exchange programs, to give 
higher priority to international education and raise its level 
of importance on the national agenda.
    Seed programs.--The Committee has continued a very modest 
program begun last year to provide one-time funding to 
international exchange start-ups. The Committee intends to 
track the survival rates of new starts to determine the success 
of this initiative.

                       Representation Allowances

Appropriations, 2000....................................      $5,850,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       5,973,000
House allowance.........................................       5,826,000
Committee recommendation................................       6,773,000

    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 an appropriation of $6,773,000. 
The recommendation is $800,000 above the budget request.

              Protection Of Foreign Missions And Officials

Appropriations, 2000....................................      $8,100,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      10,490,000
House allowance.........................................       8,067,000
Committee recommendation................................      10,490,000

    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 an appropriation of $10,490,000. 
The recommendation is identical to the budget request.
    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.

            embassy security, construction, and maintenance

Appropriations, 2000....................................    $742,178,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................   1,079,178,000
House allowance.........................................   1,064,976,000
Committee recommendation................................     782,004,000

    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 an appropriation of $782,004,000. 
The recommendation $297,174,000 below the budget request.
    Funding ``bow wave''.--The Committee is concerned by the 
growing unfunded construction requirement for embassies, 
consulates, housing, and other facilities. Land acquisition, 
site preparation, and building design are relatively 
inexpensive, allowing the State Department to pursue a large 
number of projects at a very modest up front cost. The problem 
comes when multiple projects begin to transition to 
construction. Today, due largely to security requirements, the 
average new embassy or consulate costs $100,000,000. As of 
April 25, 2000, the unfunded construction requirement was 
$1,222,500,000. This does not count housing and chancery 
projects at multiple sites in China and Taiwan. Unfunded 
construction requirements are displayed, by project, in the 
following bar chart:


    The Committee, in its recommendation, has found it 
necessary to limit the number of new starts and, where 
possible, fully fund on-going projects to prevent the 
construction funding ``bow wave'' from growing to the point 
where this or future Congresses are completely unable to pay 
bills coming due.
    The Committee recommendations by project or program are 
displayed in the following table:

Security and maintenance of U.S. missions

                        [In thousands of dollars]

                                                               Committee
Capital Program:                                          recommendation
    Housing:
        Acquisition:
            Chengdu, China....................................    6,700 
            Shenyang, China...................................    6,400 
            Marine Houses--worldwide..........................    5,450 
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

              Subtotal, housing...............................   18,550 
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
    Facilities:
        Planning/Site Acquisition/Design:
            Beijing, China--chancery..........................   19,900 
            Guangzhou, China--COB/CGR/MSGQ....................   13,500 
            Taipei, Taiwan--American institute................   20,000 
        Construction:
            Sofia, Bulgaria--chancery.........................   78,300 
            Yerevan, Armenia--chancery........................   64,000 
            Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire--chancery..................    6,200 
            Damascus, Syria--chancery.........................   69,700 
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

              Subtotal, facilities............................  271,600 
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Leasehold Program.............................................  109,692 
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

Functional programs:
    Buyout of uneconomic leases...............................   19,011 
    Physical security upgrade.................................    5,800 
    Safety and fire programs..................................    8,643 
    Energy, conservation, and investment......................    3,778 
    Power Support Program.....................................    6,615 
    Seismic Program...........................................      720 
    Post communications support...............................    6,000 
    Maintenance of buildings..................................   80,800 
    Facility rehabilitation...................................   59,610 
        Istanbul, Turkey--chancery............................     [500]
        Moscow, Russia--consular space........................   [3,800]
        Improve Marine houses.................................   [5,450]
    Facility maintenance assistance...........................   41,096 
    Program execution.........................................   31,942 
    Construction security.....................................   22,985 
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Subtotal................................................  287,000 
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Administration................................................   20,412 
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Other worldwide security projects:
    Perimeter security enhancements...........................   74,750 
        Post housing..........................................   [5,000]
        Marine housing........................................   [2,500]
        Overseas American schools.............................   [1,250]
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Subtotal................................................    74,750
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, security and maintenance.........................  782,004 

    Some of the Committee recommendations displayed in the 
table above are described in more detail in the following 
paragraphs.
    Joint ventures.--The Committee is aware of a proposal to 
exploit very desirable, but not invulnerable, downtown 
locations in several major cities. American non-governmental 
organizations and businesses, in some combination, would build, 
refurbish, or occupy center city office buildings. State 
Department would reserve space, on a reimbursable basis, for a 
ceremonial Ambassador's suite, for representational events, 
and, where appropriate, for consular activities. The Committee 
believes that this model may be applicable to Berlin, Germany; 
Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil; and Istanbul, Turkey. The 
Department is directed to assess the viability of this proposal 
as it relates to these four cities, and any other location the 
Department chooses, and to report back to the Committee not 
later than October 1, 2000.
    Cost savings.--The Committee is aware of several innovative 
approaches that would allow the Department to sharply reduce 
the cost of new embassies by building ``open'' posts. Many of 
these approaches also are applicable to existing posts. The 
Committee enthusiastically endorses these cost saving measures 
and urges immediate implementation.
    People's Republic of China (PRC).--After several years of 
delay, the Committee understands that the Department is 
prepared to close on the Liang Ma He site for the new embassy 
in Beijing. Unfortunately, site acquisition has been delayed by 
the PRC government over the mistaken bombing of the their 
embassy in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. The PRC government also 
appears to be awaiting the outcome of the trade normalization 
vote in the Senate. While we are forced to wait, post personnel 
languish in an unhealthy and inadequate chancery. The 
recommendation provides $19,900,000 to either begin design of a 
new chancery or, if the Liang Ma He site has not been acquired 
by January 1, 2001, continue refurbishment of the present 
chancery, Marine security guard quarters, consular facilities, 
and the Ambassador's residence or acquire additional Western-
style housing for post personnel.
    Germany.--Last year, the Committee was briefed by the 
Ambassador on a proposal to build American-style apartments in 
Berlin, referred to as ``stadtvillas''. The Committee approved 
the plan in spite of its initial objections, in part, because 
it was led to believe that the post could have the necessary 
paperwork completed, permits approved, and housing sold (for a 
total of $9,600,000) within 30 days of approval of the plan. 
The Committee notes that more than 1 year later the permits are 
still months from approval. Had, at any time, the State 
Department or the post followed the Committee's recommendation 
to renovate the existing Pueckler and ``Duck Pond'' housing, a 
recommendation it has been making since July 1998, the housing 
situation in Berlin would be well on its way to resolution by 
now. If the post is unable to manage a $12,000,000 housing 
project, the Committee can have no confidence in its ability to 
run a $150,000,000 chancery project. No design or construction 
funding for a chancery in Berlin will be provided or approved 
until the housing for embassy staff is completed.
    Also, the Committee is aware that the proposed location for 
the new embassy in Berlin fronts streets on two sides with no 
set-back. The Pariser Platz lot will never meet security 
standards. Therefore, unless the joint venture proposal 
discussed above is successful, the Committee recommends the 
sale of this unusable downtown site. Considering the importance 
of Germany to U.S. security and economic interests, the 
Committee expects the Under Secretary for Management to take 
personal charge of the effort to locate and acquire a secure 
site for the new embassy. The Under Secretary or her designee 
shall also provide monthly updates on the progress of the land 
sale and purchase. The Committee expects a new site to be 
acquired not later than December 1, 2000.
    France.--The Committee has received an uncredited report 
from the Department on the merits of selling a one acre lot in 
downtown Paris used for parking. The lot has an estimated value 
of $1,000,000 or more. The author-less one page study claims 
that the lot is required for setback for the Ambassador's 
residence. The Committee believes that the lot is a convenience 
and nothing more. To finally resolve this issue, the General 
Accounting Office [GAO] is directed to report on the need of 
this lot for security purposes. GAO shall report to the 
Committee not later than November 1, 2000.
    Turkey.--The Palazzo Corpi, the first consulate purchased 
by the United States Government and home to the American 
mission in Istanbul, was famous for its beautiful frescoes of 
mythological scenes. In the 1930s, the wife of a Consul 
General, offended by nude figures in the frescoes, had most of 
them painted over, badly marring otherwise magnificent 
representational spaces. The post has begun a painstaking 
restoration effort that the Committee strongly endorses. Within 
the funds available for facility rehabilitation, not less than 
$500,000 shall only be available to restore frescoes at the 
Istanbul consulate. The Committee directs that regular updates 
on the progress of the project be provided.
    Moscow, Russia.--The Committee is aware of the robust and 
increasing case load handled by the Moscow Consular office. 
Over 11,000 immigrant visa cases, 100,000 non-immigrant visa 
cases and 4,000 special consular services cases were handled in 
1999. Of the immigrant visa cases handled, almost half were 
American adoption cases. Poor planning for the new office 
building that recently opened and significant construction and 
security problems during the past two decades has resulted in 
inadequate space for providing these critical services. The 
Committee provides $3,800,000 to renovate the existing facility 
to accommodate the large number of individuals who stand 
unprotected on the street for hours waiting for assistance.
    Family security.--As overseas embassies, consulates, and 
other government facilities are hardened against terrorist 
attack, so-called soft targets such as homes and schools become 
increasingly vulnerable. Soft targets are highly visible and 
those who operate them work on very predictable schedules. 
Nothing could be more detrimental to the performance of 
personnel overseas than the fear that their families were at 
risk of harm. Therefore, as part of the overall response to the 
worldwide security threat to U.S. personnel abroad, the 
Committee recommendation includes $6,250,000 to enhance the 
security of post housing and overseas American schools. The 
Committee expects to be consulted prior to the release of these 
funds.
    Buyout of uneconomic leases.--High lease costs are a drain 
on Department resources. The Committee supports efforts by the 
Department to selectively acquire properties in cities with 
volatile rental markets, thus generating significant out-year 
savings. The Committee recommendation provides $19,011,000 for 
opportunity purchases.
    Marine security guards.--The Committee recommendation does 
not include funding to expand the number of embassies with 
Marine security guards. Instead, the requested amount of 
$10,900,000 shall only be used to repair and improve existing 
Marine houses and posts, the condition of which are often 
deplorable, or acquire new housing. In addition, recognizing 
that the high profile of Marine contingents abroad make them 
ideal targets for terrorists, the Committee recommendation 
provides $2,500,000 to improve the security of Marine houses.
    In a break from the past, the Department is directed to 
submit, and receive approval for, only those projects or 
subaccounts funded under this account, whether from direct 
appropriations or proceeds of sales, that deviate from the 
financial plan outlined above. Any proposed deviations shall 
include project-level detail, and shall be provided to the 
Appropriations Committees not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act. Any deviation from the above plan 
shall be treated as a reprogramming in the case of an addition 
greater than $500,000 or as a notification in the case of a 
deletion, a project cost overrun exceeding 25 percent, or a 
project schedule delay exceeding 6 months. Notification 
requirements also extend to the ``rebaselining'' of a given 
project's cost estimate, schedule, or scope of work.

           Emergencies In The Diplomatic And Consular Service

Appropriations, 2000....................................      $5,500,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      11,000,000
House allowance.........................................       5,477,000
Committee recommendation................................      11,000,000

    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; (3) payment of rewards for information 
concerning terrorists and war criminals; and (4) representation 
expenses for senior administration officials.
    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $11,000,000. 
The recommendation is identical to the budget request.

                   Repatriation Loans Program Account

Appropriations, 2000....................................      $1,200,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       1,200,000
House allowance.........................................       1,195,000
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 an appropriation of $1,200,000. 
The recommendation is identical to the budget request.
    The Committee has neither the desire nor the resources to 
subsidize irresponsibility when less than 20 percent of 
repatriation loans are ever repaid. The Committee strongly 
endorses efforts by consular services to limit assistance only 
to victims of unforeseen circumstances or travelers whose 
mental instability presents a risk to themselves or others.

              Payment To The American Institute In Taiwan

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $15,375,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      16,345,000
House allowance.........................................      16,345,000
Committee recommendation................................      16,345,000

    The Taiwan Relations Act requires that programs concerning 
Taiwan be carried out by the American Institute in Taiwan 
[AIT]. 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 AIT to carry out these activities.
    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $16,345,000. 
The recommendation is identical to the budget request.
    The Committee notes with pleasure the first peaceful 
transition of power from one political party to another in 
Taiwanese history. The Committee is aware that security 
deficiencies will force the relocation of the Institute and has 
provided site acquisition funds for that project elsewhere in 
the bill.

     Payment To The Foreign Service Retirement And Disability Fund

Appropriations, 2000....................................    $128,541,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     131,224,000
House allowance.........................................     131,224,000
Committee recommendation................................     131,224,000

    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 an appropriation of $131,224,000. 
The recommendation is identical to the budget request.

              International Organizations and Conferences


              Contributions To International Organizations

Appropriations, 2000....................................    $885,203,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     946,060,000
House allowance.........................................     880,505,000
Committee recommendation................................     943,944,000

    This account funds payment of the obligations of U.S. 
membership in international organizations as authorized by 
treaties or specific acts of Congress.
    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $943,944,000. 
The recommendation is $2,116,000 below the budget request.
    The Committee recommendations, by organization, are 
displayed in the following table:

Contributions to international organizations

                        [In thousands of dollars]

                                                               Committee
                                                          recommendation
United Nations and affiliated agencies:
    Food and Agriculture Organization...................         82,388 
    International Atomic Energy Agency..................         53,015 
    International Civil Aviation Organization...........         12,446 
    International Labor Organization....................         59,387 
    International Maritime Organization.................          1,318 
    International Telecommunications Union..............          6,606 
    United Nations--Regular.............................        299,608 
    United Nations--War Crimes Tribunals................         36,000 
        Cambodia War Crimes Commission..................         [3,000]
        Iraq War Crimes Commission......................         [4,000]
    Universal Postal Union..............................          1,354 
    World Health Organization...........................        108,109 
    World Intellectual Property Organization............            974 
        International Intellectual Property Institute...           [100]
    World Meteorological Organization...................         10,223 
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal..........................................        671,428 
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Inter-American organizations:
    Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on 
      Agriculture.......................................         16,560 
    Organization of American States.....................         54,196 
    Pan American Health Organization....................         65,258 
        Southwest Border Initiative.....................        [13,000]
    Pan American Institute of Geography and History.....            324 
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal..........................................        136,338 
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Regional organizations:
    Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation...................            601 
    Colombo Plan Council for Technical Cooperation......             14 
    North Atlantic Assembly.............................            770 
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization..................        113,390 
        NATO HQ Replacement.............................        [64,800]
    Organization for Economic Cooperation and 
      Development.......................................         56,926 
    South Pacific Commission............................          1,214 
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal..........................................        172,915 
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Other international organizations:
    Customs Cooperation Council.........................          3,252 
    Hague Conference on Private International Law.......            110 
    International Agency for Research on Cancer.........          1,670 
    International Bureau/Permanent Court of Arbitration.             23 
    International Bureau/Publication of Customs Tariffs.            101 
    International Bureau of Weights and Measures........            925 
    International Copper Study Group....................             68 
    International Cotton Advisory Committee.............            238 
    International Center/Study of Preservation and 
      Restoration of Cultural Property..................            755 
    International Hydrographic Organization.............             93 
    International Institute/Unification of Private Law..            111 
    International Lead & Zinc Study Group...............             62 
    International Natural Rubber Organization...........            193 
    International Office of Epizootics..................             86 
    International Organization of Legal Metrology.......            110 
    International Office of the Vine & Wine.............             58 
    International Rubber Study Group....................            108 
    International Seed Testing Association..............              7 
    International Tropical Timber Organization..........            105 
    International Union/Conservation of Nature and 
      Natural Resources.................................            255 
    International Grains Council........................            490 
    International Union/Protection of New Varieties of 
      Plants............................................            177 
    Organization for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons.         13,543 
    World Trade Organization/General Agreement on 
      Tariffs and Trade.................................         13,210 
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Subtotal........................................         35,750 
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Spending reductions:
    Exchange rate savings...............................        (23,482)
    U.N. buydown........................................        (44,664)
    Administrative overhead.............................         (4,341)
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal..........................................        (72,487)
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, international organizations................        943,944 

    Some of the Committee recommendations displayed in the 
table above are described in more detail in the following 
paragraphs.
    Pan American Health Organization.--A potential public 
health crisis is one of the less discussed consequences of the 
avalanche of people pouring out of Central and South America 
across the Southwest border. Measles, tuberculosis, malaria, 
and dengue fever are just some of the better known diseases 
that have joined the migration north. The Pan American Health 
Organization is well positioned to combat the spread of these 
diseases. The Committee recommendation includes an increase of 
$13,000,000 to initiate a disease prevention and control 
program south of the border based on the paper submitted to the 
Committee April 12, 2000.
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization.--The Committee 
recommendation includes the full State Department share of the 
total U.S. contribution to replace the decrepit North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. 
Structurally and functionally, the current complex of buildings 
has more than reached the end of its useful service life. The 
Committee appreciates the generous donation of land by the 
Belgian people, and commends the Departments of State and 
Defense on the thoroughness of the cost-benefit analysis 
underlying the decision to replace, rather than renovate, 
existing facilities.
    War crimes.--The Committee endorses the efforts of the U.S. 
Ambassador to the U.N. to force efficiencies on the tribunals. 
The State Department is directed to report to the Committee not 
later than September 1, 2000 on the establishment, mission, and 
activities of the Iraq and Cambodia tribunals and on the 
prospects for a Sierra Leone tribunal. The Department is 
further directed to provide to the Committee not later than 
March 1, 2001 an itemized accounting of war crimes tribunal 
funding, from all sources, United States or otherwise, for the 
period 1996 through 2000.
    Spending decreases.--The recommendation assumes exchange 
rate savings due to the continuing strength of the U.S. dollar, 
savings realized from withdrawal from the Interparliamentary 
Union and the Bureau of International Expositions, and savings 
attributable to denial of membership on the Inter-American 
Indian Institute. The recommendation also anticipates approval 
of a reprogramming involving $19,759,000 in fiscal year 2000 
``Contribution to International Organizations'' [CIO] funds 
that will be used to partially prepay UN regular budget 
assessments for calendar year 2000 by a like amount. In 
addition, the Committee directs the Department to provide 
$24,905,000 out of funds made available in fiscal year 2000 for 
peacekeeping to also partially prepay U.N. regular budget 
assessments for calendar year 2000.
    Excessive administrative overhead.--The Committee endorses 
the efforts of the new Director of the U.N. Educational, 
Scientific, and Cultural Organization [UNESCO] to streamline 
and reform an entrenched and self-serving bureaucracy. The 
Committee recommendation reflects efficiencies achieved by the 
Director. The Committee also has imposed reductions on 
international organizations with inordinately high 
administrative costs.
    Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.--In 
1996, the United States withdrew from the Development Center of 
the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. 
Events since then have heightened sensitivities to the 
potential for problems in developing countries to impinge on 
the healthy functioning of the global economy. The Committee 
requests a report from the Secretary of State by April 30, 
2001, on the potential utility for the United States to 
reconsider membership in the Development Center.

        Contributions For International Peacekeeping Activities

Appropriations, 2000....................................    $500,000,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     738,666,000
House allowance.........................................     498,100,000
Committee recommendation................................     500,000,000

    This account funds U.S. payments for contributions for 
international peacekeeping activities.
    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $500,000,000. 
The recommendation is $238,666,000 below the budget request. 
The Committee is aware that $20,000,000 in carryover is 
available in this account. The amount provided has been 
distributed to peacekeeping missions based on U.S. foreign 
policy priorities, demonstrated successes, and proven 
management expertise.
    The Committee recommendations, by mission, are displayed in 
the following table:

Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities

                        [In thousands of dollars]

                                                               Committee
                                                          recommendation

U.N. Disengagement Observer Force--UNDOF......................    17,800
U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon--UNIFIL.........................    55,000
U.N. Iraq/Kuwait Observer Mission--UNIKOM.....................     4,500
U.N. Operations in Angola--MONUA..............................     1,000
U.N. Mission in Bosnia/Herzegovina--UNMIBH/U.N. Mission of 
    Observers Prevlaka--UNMOP.................................    45,000
U.N. Mission in Kosovo--UNMIK.................................    50,000
U.N. Force in Cyprus--UNFICYP.................................     6,500
U.N. Observer Mission in Georgia--UNOMIG......................     7,800
War Crimes Tribunals--Yugoslavia, Rwanda & Sierra Leone.......    30,000
U.N. Mission in Sierra Leone--UNAMISL.........................    87,000
U.N. Transitional Administration in East Timor--UNTAET........   142,400
U.N. Operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo--MONUC....    44,000
U.N. Operations in Ethiopia/Eritrea...........................    29,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Total, Peacekeeping.....................................   520,000

    Some of the Committee recommendations displayed in the 
table above are described in more detail in the following 
paragraphs.
    Spending adjustments.--The Committee commends the U.N. on 
the successful conclusion of the mission to Tajikistan. Also, 
the shift from a Chapter VI to Chapter VII mission in Sierra 
Leone, and the intervention of a regional force outside the 
U.N. mandate, has reduced the requirement for purely 
peacekeeping funds there. Finally, longstanding objections to 
funding the peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara and smaller 
than projected forces in Kosovo and East Timor has eased 
funding pressure on this account. The account total has been 
adjusted accordingly.
    War crimes.--The Committee continues to be concerned by 
slow spending by the war crimes tribunals, noting that 
$6,000,000 in unobligated balances were transferred to more 
efficient organizations in fiscal year 2000. As late as May 8, 
2000, the Cambodia and Iraq tribunals were still not 
operational. Yet, the various war crimes tribunals are 
receiving funds from four separate accounts in this bill and 
the Foreign Operations appropriations bill. The fiscal year 
2000 budget for the Yugoslavia panel alone was almost 
$111,000,000. At least one high level official at State has 
characterized the tribunals as ``fat'' to the Committee. The 
recommendation reflects concern that the budgets of the 
tribunals are out of control.
    Also, the Committee is aware that the chief prosecutor for 
the war crimes tribunals initiated an investigation of charges 
against those responsible for the planning and execution of the 
air war over Serbia and Kosovo. The Committee understands that 
the probe was suppressed. The Department is directed to report 
to the Committee on the nature and scope of the charges, the 
resources and man hours expended in the preliminary review, and 
the findings of that review prior to its abrupt termination not 
later than December 15, 2000.
    Rwanda.--The Committee is aware of the finding in a U.N. 
panel report that the United States, the U.N., France, and the 
Catholic Church were indirectly responsible for the massacre of 
more than 500,000 Rwandans in 1994. The Committee is also aware 
that the panel recommended that a commission be established to 
determine what reparations are due Rwanda. The Committee 
reminds the U.N. Secretary-General, who endorsed the report, 
that the United States is not responsible for the slaughter in 
Rwanda. Nor is France. Nor the Catholic Church. Rwandan Hutus 
alone are responsible for the wholesale extermination of 
Rwandan Tutsis. The Committee is concerned that such blatant 
accusations undermine legitimate efforts by the United States 
to fund ongoing peacekeeping operations and war crime tribunals 
on the Continent. Until some African nations accept 
responsibility for their own actions, tragedies such as the 
genocide in Rwanda, the continuing atrocities in Sierra Leone, 
and the looting of the Congo will continue.

                           Arrearage Payments

Appropriations, 2000....................................    $351,000,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................................
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................     102,000,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $102,000,000. 
The request is $102,000,000 above the budget request.
    The Committee is aware that Congress and the administration 
have a difference of opinion regarding the total amount of 
arrears due the United Nations. The Committee has provided the 
disputed amount in support of efforts by the United States U.N. 
Ambassador to reduce U.S. regular and peacekeeping assessments.

                       International Commissions


 International Boundary And Water Commission, United States And Mexico

                         Salaries and Expenses

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $19,551,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       7,142,000
House allowance.........................................      19,470,000
Committee recommendation................................       7,142,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $7,142,000. 
The recommendation is identical to the budget request.

                              Construction

Appropriations, 2000....................................      $5,939,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      26,747,000
House allowance.........................................       6,415,000
Committee recommendation................................      26,747,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $26,747,000. 
The recommendation is identical to the budget request.
    The Committee recommendations, by project, are displayed in 
the following table:

International Boundary & Water Commission Construction

                        [In thousands of dollars]

                                                               Committee
                                                          recommendation
Boundary-wide construction:
    Facilities renovation construction..................             425
    Heavy equipment replacement.........................           1,000
    Land mobile radio systems replacement...............             500
    Hydrological data collection system rehabilitation..             500
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal, boundary-wide construction..............           2,425
Rio Grande construction:
    Rio Grande American Canal extension.................             200
    Rio Grande canalization continuation................             200
    Rio Grande flood control system rehabilitation......           1,285
    Safety of dams rehabilitation.......................           1,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal, Rio Grande construction.................           2,685
Colorado River construction: Colorado River boundary/
    capacity preservation...............................             805
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal, construction............................           5,915
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Operations & maintenance................................          20,832
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total.............................................          26,747

    The Committee expects to be consulted prior to any 
deviation from the above plan for fiscal year 2001.
    Should delays in other construction projects free up the 
necessary funds, the Committee urges the Commission to give 
full consideration to the proposed feasibility study of in-
channel and flood plain habitat restoration projects for the 
Rio Grande River from the Elephant Butte Dam to Fort Quitman.

              American Sections, International Commissions

Appropriations, 2000....................................      $5,733,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       8,891,000
House allowance.........................................       5,710,000
Committee recommendation................................       6,741,000

    This account funds the U.S. share of expenses of the 
International Boundary Commission [IBC], the International 
Joint Commission [IJC], and the Border Environment Cooperation 
Commission [BECC].
    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,741,000. 
The recommendation is $2,150,000 below the budget request. The 
Committee adjusted its recommendation to compensate for an 
increase provided in the fiscal year 2000 supplemental.
    The Committee recommendations, by commission, are displayed 
in the following table:

American Sections, International Commissions

                        [In thousands of dollars]

                                                               Committee
                                                          recommendation
International Boundary Commission:
    Commission operations...............................            457 
    Maine-Quebec project................................            129 
    Washington-British Columbia.........................            229 
    Montana-Alberta, British Columbia...................            155 
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal, IBC.....................................            970 
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
International Joint Commission:
    United States Section...............................          3,295 
        Studies & investigations........................           [210]
    U.S. Geological Survey..............................            476 
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal, IJC.....................................          3,771 
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Border Environment Cooperation Commission:
    Studies & investigations/solid waste projects.......            400 
    All other operations................................          1,600 
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal, BECC....................................          2,000 
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, American sections..........................          6,741 

    The Committee expects to be consulted prior to any 
deviation from the above plan for fiscal year 2001.

                  International Fisheries Commissions

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $15,549,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      19,392,000
House allowance.........................................      15,485,000
Committee recommendation................................      19,392,000

    This account funds 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 Committee recommends an appropriation of $19,392,000. 
The recommendation is identical to the budget request.
    The Committee recommendations, by commission, organization, 
or council, are displayed in the following table:

International Fisheries Commissions

                        [In thousands of dollars]

                                                               Committee
                                                          recommendation
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission.......................     2,132
Great Lakes Fishery Commission................................    12,353
Pacific Salmon Commission.....................................     2,151
International Pacific Halibut Commission......................     1,881
International Whaling Commission..............................        90
North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission......................        97
Int'l Commission/Conservation of Atlantic Tunas...............       118
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization.....................       143
Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living 
    Resour- 
    ces.......................................................        55
North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization...............        27
Int'l Council for the Exploration of the Seas.................       139
North Pacific Marine Science Organization.....................        66
Inter-American Sea Turtle Convention Commission...............        50
Expenses of the U.S. Commissioners............................        90
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Total...................................................    19,392

    The Committee expects to be consulted prior to any 
deviation from the above plan for fiscal year 2001.
    Of the amount provided for the Great Lakes Fishery 
Commission [GLFC], not less than $300,000 shall be used to 
treat Lake Champlain with lampricide. The GLFC is directed to 
give priority to States that have provided matching grants when 
distributing lampricide funds.

                                 Other


                     Payment To The Asia Foundation

Appropriations, 2000....................................      $8,250,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      10,000,000
House allowance.........................................       8,216,000
Committee recommendation................................................

    The Committee does not recommend funding for the Asia 
Foundation. The recommendation is $10,000,000 less than the 
budget request.
    The Asia Foundation is a nongovernmental grantmaking 
organization that Congress has repeatedly urged to aggressively 
pursue private funds to support its activities. The Committee 
believes that the time has come for the Asia Foundation to 
transition to private funding.

                                 OTHER


                 Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program


           Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund

Appropriations, 2000....................................        $465,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................         500,000
House allowance.........................................         500,000
Committee recommendation................................         500,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $500,000 in 
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 equal to the budget request.
    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, 2000....................................        $340,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................         375,000
House allowance.........................................         375,000
Committee recommendation................................         375,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of interest and 
earnings for the Israeli-Arab Scholarship Endowment Fund 
estimated to be $375,000. The recommendation is equal to the 
budget request.
    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 (USIA) under section 556(b) of the 
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 1990, as amended. The obligations of the 
now dissolved USIA are handled by the Department of State. 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.

                            East-West Center

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $12,500,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      12,500,000
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................      13,500,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $13,500,000. 
The recommendation is $1,000,000 above the request. The 
Committee is aware that another $12,500,000 is available to the 
Center from the ``Diplomatic and consular programs'' account.

                           North/South Center

Appropriations, 2000....................................      $1,750,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       1,750,000
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................................

    The Committee has included funds for the North/South Center 
under the ``Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs'' 
account.

                    National Endowment For Democracy

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $31,000,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      32,000,000
House allowance.........................................      30,872,000
Committee recommendation................................      30,999,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $30,999,000. 
The recommendation is $1,001,000 below the budget request.
    Nation-building.--In conjunction with peacekeeping efforts 
described elsewhere in the report, the recommendation includes 
not less than $1,500,000 each for National Endowment for 
Democracy programs designed to assist in the reconstitution of 
civil governments in Kosovo, Sierra Leone, the Democratic 
Republic of the Congo, and East Timor. The Committee expects 
the Endowment to coordinate closely with the State Department, 
the U.N., and relevant non-governmental organizations. A master 
plan for each country shall be submitted to the Committee not 
later than February 1, 2001.

                            RELATED AGENCIES


                    Broadcasting Board of Governors


                 International Broadcasting Operations

Appropriations, 2000....................................    $388,421,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     405,056,000
House allowance.........................................     419,777,000
Committee recommendation................................     388,421,000

    This account funds the operating and engineering costs of 
Voice of America [VOA], Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty [RFE/
RL], Radio Free Asia [RFA], Worldnet Television, and the 
Broadcasting Board of Governors [BBG].
    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $388,421,000. 
The recommendation is $16,635,000 below the budget request.
    The Committee recommendations are displayed in the 
following table:

                        [In thousands of dollars]

                                                               Committee
                                                          recommendation

Broadcasting Board of Governors...............................    2,871 
International Broadcasting Bureau:
    Voice of America..........................................  111,787 
    Worldnet Television and Film Service......................    3,683 
    Engineering and technical operations......................  109,011 
    Program support...........................................   14,641 
    Administrative support....................................   52,125 
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Subtotal................................................  294,118 
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Independent grantee organizations:
    Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty...........................   69,533 
    Radio Free Asia...........................................   24,770 
        Uyghur................................................   [1,000]
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

          Subtotal............................................   94,303 
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
          Total, international broadcasting operations........  388,421 

    Some of the Committee recommendations displayed in the 
table above are described in more detail in the following 
paragraphs.
    China.--The Committee recommendation includes a $1,000,000 
increase over the budget request for Radio Free Asia to 
increase daily Uyghur broadcasts from 1 hour to 2 hours. 
Uyghur, a Turkic language, is spoken by minorities in northwest 
China.
    Mission.--VOA is charged with: (1) providing comprehensive 
and balanced news; (2) explaining American values, 
institutions, and thought; and (3) presenting U.S. foreign 
policy and responsible discussion of it. The Committee believes 
it essential that these three requirements receive equal 
priority in terms of resource allocation, regularly scheduled 
programming, and affiliate and placement efforts. The 
introduction of the News Now format and concomitant efforts to 
eliminate American experience and American foreign policy 
programming calls into question VOA's compliance with its own 
Charter, which has the standing of law and which has been 
reaffirmed in legislation related to international 
broadcasting. Therefore, the Committee directs the BBG, the 
Director of the International Broadcasting Bureau, and the 
Director of VOA to take immediate steps to: (1) increase the 
type and amount of VOA programming, whether radio, TV, or 
Internet streaming, devoted to fulfilling the American foreign 
policy requirement of the VOA Charter, including, but not 
limited to, the daily Editorial, the weekly foreign policy talk 
show ``On the Line'', and the International Crime Alerts 
(including abducted children alerts), until such programming 
achieves a proportionate and reasonable share of total VOA 
programming, and (2) establish an American Interests Division, 
using funds from the current VOA News Now budget, the mission 
of which shall be to produce programming that fulfills the 
American experience mandate of the VOA Charter.
    VOA TV.--Voice of America [VOA] has been piloting a 
television/Internet initiative that the Committee believes has 
real promise. The Committee directs that the 23 Worldnet 
employees currently detailed to VOA for the TV pilot be 
permanently transferred to VOA. The transfer shall include all 
associated equipment and supplies.
    Worldnet.--Worldnet, the television arm of international 
broadcasting, features the interactive talk show, 
``Dialogues'', produces a limited amount of original 
programming, and airs selected documentaries. This past year, 
the Committee rejected a merger of VOA and Worldnet for cost 
and other reasons. This year, the Committee recommendation 
distributes Worldnet personnel and assets to VOA, as mentioned 
above, the State Department, and grantees on an as-needed, as-
desired basis. The Committee expects qualified Worldnet 
employees to have right of first refusal for openings across 
the international broadcasting community. The recommendation 
provides $3,683,000 to transition and close out Worldnet 
operations. Exchange rate savings and carryover may also be 
used for this purpose.
    Shifting requirements.--The Committee believes an 
opportunity exists to reach important and isolated minorities 
in the Northern Caucasus. RFE/RL has in the past broadcast in 
native languages to this region. The Committee believes that 
doing so today would not be financially prohibitive, and 
further believes that the Chechen crisis has created a genuine 
need in this region for objective, uncensored information. The 
Committee directs RFE/RL to expand broadcasting to the Northern 
Caucasus and to develop programming in Avar, Chechen, and 
Circassian. To the degree desirable, RFE/RL should exploit TV 
assets discussed under Worldnet. RFE/RL shall report back to 
the Committee on this effort not later than February 14, 2001.

                          Broadcasting To Cuba

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $22,095,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      23,456,000
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................      22,095,000

    This account funds the operating and engineering costs of 
Radio and Television Marti.
    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $22,095,000. 
The recommendation is $1,361,000 below the budget request.

                   broadcasting capital improvements

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $11,258,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      19,760,000
House allowance.........................................      18,358,000
Committee recommendation................................      31,075,000

    This account funds necessary maintenance, improvements, 
replacements, and repairs of broadcasting sites; satellite and 
terrestrial program feeds; and engineering support activities, 
broadcast facility leases, and land rentals.
    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $31,075,000. 
The recommendation is $11,315,000 above the budget request.
    Worldwide security upgrades.--The Broadcasting Board of 
Governors has delivered the report requested by the Committee 
on worldwide security requirements. The recommendation includes 
$1,315,000 above the requested level to upgrade security at 
various locations. The Committee expects to be notified of the 
planned use of these funds prior to release.
    Coverage.--The Committee recommendation provides 
$10,000,000 for two rotatable transmitting antennas at the IBB 
transmitting site in Greenville, NC, an initiative proposed 
last year that could not be acted upon due to budget 
constraints. These antennas will allow broadcasts to be sent 
around the world and will replace antennas that only broadcast 
to Central and South America.

      General Provisions--Department of State and Related Agencies

    The Committee recommends the following general provisions:
    Section 401 permits funds appropriated in this act for the 
Department of State to be available for allowances and 
differentials, services, and hire of passenger transportation.
    Section 402 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 allows the Department of State to recover the 
costs of administering munitions export controls.
    Section 404 prohibits the use of Department of State funds 
to support the Palestinian Broadcasting Corp.
    Section 405 prohibits the U.N., or any of its specialized 
agencies, from imposing a tax on the Internet.
    Section 406 requires that a consulate or diplomatic 
facility in Jerusalem be under the supervision of the U.S. 
Ambassador to Israel.
    Section 407 requires government publications to list 
Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
    Section 408 allows Israel to be recorded as the place of 
birth on registrations of birth, certifications of nationality, 
and passport applications for U.S. citizens born in Jerusalem.
    Section 409 limits the fundraising ability of criminal 
groups trafficking in ``conflict'' diamonds.

                       TITLE V--RELATED AGENCIES

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                        Maritime Administration

Appropriations, 2000....................................    $178,082,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     185,119,000
House allowance.........................................     197,915,000
Committee recommendation................................     203,340,000

    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 recommends a total appropriation of 
$203,340,000, which is $18,221,000 above budget request. The 
Committee's recommendations for specific accounts are described 
below.

                       Maritime Security Program

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $96,200,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      98,700,000
House allowance.........................................      98,700,000
Committee recommendation................................      98,700,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $98,700,000. 
The recommendation is identical to the budget request.
    The Maritime Security program maintains a U.S.-flag 
merchant fleet crewed by U.S. citizens who serve both the 
commercial and national security needs of the United States. 
The Committee's recommendation fully funds the 47 ships 
authorized to participate in this program.

                        Operations And Training

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $72,073,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      80,240,000
House allowance.........................................      84,799,000
Committee recommendation................................      80,240,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $80,240,000. 
The recommendation is identical to the budget request.
    This account funds operations of the Maritime 
Administration [MarAd], the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, and 
provides grants to State maritime academies.
    The recommendation includes $37,236,000 for the U.S. 
Merchant Marine Academy and $9,484,000 for the State maritime 
schools. Within the amounts provided for the U.S. Merchant 
Marine Academy, $3,000,000 is included to reduce the 
maintenance and repair backlog at the Academy, and to begin to 
make needed capital improvements. Within the amounts for State 
maritime schools, $1,200,000 shall be for student incentive 
payments, and $2,511,000 is provided for the rehabilitation of 
the EMPIRE STATE. The Committee notes that MarAd anticipates 
using $2,000,000 in Ready Reserve funds to support the 
schoolship maintenance and repair program.

                    Maritime Guaranteed Loan Program

Appropriations, 2000....................................      $9,809,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       6,179,000
House allowance.........................................      14,416,000
Committee recommendation................................      24,400,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $24,400,000. 
The recommendation is $18,221,000 above the budget request and 
assumes administrative expenses of $4,179,000.
    The Maritime Guaranteed Loan Program (title XI) provides 
subsidies for guaranteed loans for purchasers of vessels built 
in U.S. shipyards and includes the guarantee for facilities or 
equipment pertaining to marine operations related to any of 
those vessels.
    The Committee is concerned that the amount of subsidy 
requested by the Administration is inadequate to meet the needs 
of MarAd for fiscal year 2001. Projects currently under 
consideration, and many future maritime projects could be in 
jeopardy. The recommended subsidy amount, when combined with 
$28,700,000 in anticipated carryover balances, should provide 
sufficient funding to cover expected out-year requirements. In 
addition, the Committee recommendation eliminates the 
$1,000,000,000 program limitation. The Committee believes the 
Title XI cap is no longer necessary because of Federal Credit 
Reform Act protections and because the cap actually discourages 
the approval of low risk loans.

                        Census Monitoring Board

Appropriations, 2000....................................................
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      $4,000,000
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................................

    The Committee does not recommend funding in fiscal year 
2001 for the Census Monitoring Board. The recommendation was 
funded within the Bureau of the Census in fiscal year 2000.

      Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad


                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 2000....................................        $490,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................         390,000
House allowance.........................................         390,000
Committee recommendation................................         490,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $490,000. This 
amount is $100,000 more than the budget request. 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 Civil Rights


                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 2000....................................      $8,900,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      11,000,000
House allowance.........................................       8,866,000
Committee recommendation................................       8,900,000

    The Committee recommends $8,900,000 for the salaries and 
expenses of the Commission on Civil Rights. The amount 
recommended is $2,100,000 less than the budget request and is 
equal to the current year appropriation.
    The Committee recommends bill language which provides: (1) 
$50,000 to employ consultants; (2) a prohibition against 
reimbursing commissioners, including the Chairman, for more 
than 75 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.

                       Commission on Ocean Policy

Appropriations, 2000....................................................
Budget estimate, 2001...................................................
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................      $1,000,000

    The Committee recommends that $1,000,000 be appropriated in 
fiscal year 2001 for the Commission on Ocean Policy. 
Legislation is pending directing the President to establish a 
Commission on Ocean Policy, as the successor to the objective, 
science-based 1966 Stratton Commission. The Committee is 
concerned that the Nation's long-term interests are being 
undermined by the ever increasing efforts of private or special 
interest groups. Ocean policy issues are selectively chosen in 
an effort to subjectively influence national decisions 
regarding ocean management. In addition, the current disarray 
is being exacerbated by the administration's whimsical and 
disjointed ocean policy announcements designed more for short-
term public consumption than for achieving long-term national 
goals. The Committee believes the best way to responsibly 
address the numerous issues associated with management and 
conservation of our ocean resources is through a balanced, 
independent and comprehensive review that includes input from 
all affected interests. To date $4,500,000 has been 
appropriated for the Commission.

            Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe


                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 2000....................................      $1,182,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       1,370,000
House allowance.........................................       1,182,000
Committee recommendation................................       1,370,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,370,000. 
This is equal to the budget request.
    The Commission was established in 1976 to ensure 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, 2000....................................    $282,000,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     322,000,000
House allowance.........................................     290,928,000
Committee recommendation................................     294,800,000

    The Committee recommends $294,800,000 for the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission [EEOC] in fiscal year 2000. 
This amount is $27,200,000 less than the request and 
$12,800,000 above the fiscal year 2000 appropriation. During 
the past 3 years, the EEOC has received increases significantly 
higher than most of the agencies funded under this bill. No new 
initiatives are funded under this year's recommendation, but it 
does provide the requested adjustments to base funding for 
fiscal year 2001.
    The Committee recommendation includes $31,000,000 to fund 
fair employment practices agencies. This should permit the EEOC 
to increase the contract rate for cases closed to $575. In 
order to ensure the EEOC understands the importance the 
Committee places on the work of State and local fair employment 
practices agencies, bill language is included to direct the 
agency to increase funding for the charge rate paid to these 
agencies.
    The Committee expects the agency to use its anticipated 
fiscal year 2000 carryover funds and the remainder not used for 
the above purposes to modernize its computer systems.

                   Federal Communications Commission


                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 2000....................................    $210,000,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     237,188,000
House allowance.........................................     207,909,000
Committee recommendation................................     237,188,000

    The Committee recommends the requested fiscal year 2001 
program level of $237,188,000 for the salaries and expenses of 
the Federal Communications Commission [FCC], of which 
$200,146,000 is to be derived from collection of existing fees. 
The remaining $37,042,000 is provided from direct 
appropriations. The recommendation is $27,188,000 above the 
fiscal year 2000 appropriation.
    The FCC is an independent agency charged with regulating 
interstate and foreign communications, including radio, 
television, wire, wireless, cable, and satellite.
    From within the funds recommended, the Committee directs 
the FCC to support public safety, security, emergency 
preparedness and telecommunications functions of the 2002 
Olympic Winter Games.
    The bill contains language which prohibits the FCC from 
expending funds to grant a license or operating authority to 
any entity in which a foreign entity has more than a 25 percent 
direct or indirect ownership or interest.
    Section 309(j) of the Communications Act prohibits the FCC 
from utilizing competitive bidding to award a broadcast license 
to a non-commercial educational or public station to operate on 
a non-reserved channel. This statutory exemption for public 
broadcasters was enacted because of the unique public service 
they provide, particularly in rural and underserved areas, and 
because these stations are financially unable to compete in the 
competitive bidding process. Congress did not intend publicly 
funded stations to use public funds to pay for a Federal asset 
to provide a public service.
    The Committee believes the Commission misinterpreted the 
law and the underlying congressional intent when it decided to 
subject public broadcast stations to the competitive bidding 
process against commercial broadcast stations. See MM Docket 
No. 95-31 at 101-111 (rel. April 21, 2000). The Commission's 
decision to subject mutually exclusive broadcast applications 
for non-reserved spectrum to competitive bidding when one of 
the applicants has proposed a non-commercial educational 
television or radio station could result in the shutdown of the 
poorest public stations or the denial of new service.
    According to the Congressional Budget Office, public 
broadcasters would have to pay approximately a quarter of a 
billion dollars to acquire the spectrum they will need for 
digital conversion through a competitive bidding process if the 
Commission's decision is upheld. The Committee therefore 
directs the FCC to reconsider the non-commercial non-reserved 
spectrum auction portion of its Report and Order and adopt 
another approach that does not subject public broadcasters to 
auction when they apply for broadcast spectrum not specifically 
reserved for non-commercial educational use. The Committee 
further understands that this matter is currently pending in 
the Court of Appeals and urges the Court to take notice of 
Section 309(j), congressional intent, and the public policy 
goals underpinning the statute.
    The Committee is concerned about the declining standards of 
broadcast television and the impact this decline is having on 
America's children. An analysis of all prime-time programming 
has found that overall sexual content, foul language and 
violence have nearly tripled over the past decade. In December 
1999, the FCC issued a notice of inquiry regarding the public 
interest obligations of broadcasters during and after the 
transition to digital transmission. The Committee directs the 
FCC to report to Congress on the issues associated with 
resurrecting a broadcast industry code of conduct for content 
of programming that, if adhered to by the broadcast industry, 
would protect against the further erosion of broadcasting 
standards. By June 1, 2001, the FCC is directed to report its 
findings to the Appropriations Committee.

                      Federal Maritime Commission


                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $14,150,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      16,222,000
House allowance.........................................      14,097,000
Committee recommendation................................      16,222,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $16,222,000. 
The recommendation is identical to the budget request.
    The Federal Maritime Commission is an independent 
regulatory agency charged with administering several laws 
relating to the waterborne domestic and foreign offshore 
commerce of the United States.

                        Federal Trade Commission


                         Salaries and Expenses

Appropriations, 2000....................................    $125,024,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     164,600,000
House allowance.........................................     134,807,000
Committee recommendation................................     159,500,000

    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. The FTC regulates 
advertising practices, service industry practices, marketing 
practices, and credit practices as it addresses fraud and other 
consumer concerns.
    The FTC requested, as part of their fiscal year 2001 
budget, language which would restructure the fee schedule for 
Hart-Scott-Rodino pre-merger filings pursuant to section 605 of 
Public Law 101-162, as amended. These filing fees are used to 
offset the cost of the merger reviews which are conducted by 
the FTC or the Department of Justice Antitrust Division. Pre-
merger filing fees are evenly divided between the two agencies. 
The Committee has incorporated this request in the bill. 
Current law requires a pre-merger filing fee of $45,000 on all 
merger transactions in excess of $15,000,000. The FTC proposes 
changing the minimum threshold for filing from $15,000,000 to 
$35,000,000. In addition, the request would establish a three-
tiered fee schedule. Businesses filing merger transactions 
valued up to $99,999,999 would pay the current pre-merger 
filing fee of $45,000; businesses filing merger transactions 
valued from $100,000,000 to $199,999,999 would pay $100,000; 
and, businesses filing merger transactions valued over 
$200,000,000 would pay $200,000. The number of pre-merger 
filings has tripled since 1991. This restructuring would 
provide relief to small businesses, and would eliminate filing 
fees for approximately 40 percent of current filers. 
Transactions at higher valuations are complex and require 
significant staff time to review; thus, a higher fee for pre-
merger filings more accurately reflects the cost of the review. 
The language in the bill also permits agencies to seek civil 
penalties or any other appropriate remedy as provided for under 
15 U.S.C. section 18a(g) for misrepresenting the size of a 
transaction in a pre-merger notification filing.
    Competition.--The FTC's mission is divided between consumer 
protection and maintaining competition. For fiscal year 2001, 
the FTC is seeking increases for both of the agency's missions. 
The agency is seeking an additional 69 full-time equivalent 
[FTE] personnel and $15,600,000 to maintain its Hart-Scott-
Rodino merger reviews and continue to monitor and enforce non-
merger matters effectively. The number of merger reviews have 
increased significantly over the past 5 years. Staff regularly 
assigned to non-merger business reviews have been diverted to 
merger reviews in order to meet statutorily imposed deadlines 
for the completion of merger investigations. The Committee 
recommends the agency's request for the additional resources to 
ensure completion of merger reviews on a timely basis, while 
maintaining the staff necessary to review non-merger business 
practices, including monitoring, enforcement and compliance.
    Of the funds recommended for the Bureau of Competition, the 
Committee expects the FTC to expend up to $900,000 for the 
completion of its investigation into slotting allowances in 
order to ensure fair competition in the retail grocery 
business.
    Consumer Protection.--The FTC is requesting an additional 
$16,500,000 in fiscal year 2001 and 69 [FTE] for its consumer 
protection activities. The FTC has responsibility for the 
newly-enacted Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act, and 
is developing a database to meet its statutory requirements 
under this law. The other major area of consumer protection 
activity is prevention and prosecution of Internet fraud. In 
1999, consumers are estimated to have spent $20,200,000,000 on-
line. This amount is expected to grow almost exponentially 
during the next 4 years. The FTC expects to expand its toll-
free consumer hotline, established during fiscal year 1998, to 
handle 45,000 calls per month. In addition, the agency expects 
to expand its Consumer Sentinel database to make it available 
to international law enforcement officials to create data 
sharing arrangements. The Committee does not approve of 
$5,100,000 of the requested increase in funding for consumer 
education and outreach. The agency's plans for the deployment 
of mobile information kiosks with interactive CD-ROMs as a 
method of reaching the public does not seem cost-effective. 
While there is a need to educate consumers to protect 
themselves from fraud, the agency should seek to network with 
public and private sector entities to get the agency's message 
to the public. It should be in the interest of legitimate 
businesses to help the FTC educate the public about using 
credit wisely and to spot deceptive advertising.
    Internet.--The FTC has brought 100 cases against 300 
companies and individuals for Internet fraud. Internet fraud is 
proliferating as rapidly as on-line sales. The agency is also 
charged with monitoring compliance with the Children's Online 
Privacy Protection Act. The Committee's recommendation ensures 
the agency is adequately prepared to meet the challenges of 
increased fraud on the Internet and the agency's recognition 
that Internet fraud is an international phenomenon since the 
Internet has no borders.
    The Committee has reviewed the FTC's May 2000 report 
entitled ``Privacy Online: Fair Information Practices in the 
Electronic Marketplace.'' Many of the Commission's findings 
raise legitimate concerns in the areas of consumer privacy and 
security. However, the report concludes that legislation and 
agency rulemaking are necessary to ensure that privacy and 
security are maintained. Five years ago, a small percentage of 
the population accessed the Internet. Few new technologies have 
been adopted as quickly as using a personal computer to access 
the Internet, and its use is changing the way Americans live 
and work. Industry is aware that privacy and security in using 
the Internet are concerns of its users. The industry knows full 
well that if these concerns are not addressed, people will 
cease to purchase products and services on-line. In this 
regard, the Committee encourages the industry to develop and 
implement effective self regulatory measures, which the 
Committee believes will improve consumer confidence in the 
Internet.

                       Legal Services Corporation


               payment to the legal services corporation

Appropriations, 2000....................................    $305,000,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     340,000,000
House allowance.........................................     275,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     300,000,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $300,000,000. 
This is $40,000 less than the budget request. The Committee 
recommendation includes $289,000,000 for basic field programs, 
to be used for competitively awarded grants and contracts, 
$8,900,000 for management and administration, and $2,100,000 
for the Office of the Inspector General [OIG]. The Committee is 
aware that LSC released statistics stating its grantees 
received over $605,000,000 in total funding during 1999.
    The Committee is concerned by the amount spent on travel 
costs and on past Board of Directors' meetings held at four 
star hotels and resort spas which are not on the Federal 
Government's approved list. Federal funding is being provided 
for the program's core mission: to provide basic legal aid to 
poor individuals. With this in mind, the Committee recommends a 
less indulgent approach in these areas. Furthermore, from 
available funds, the Committee recommends five additional 
investigators for the Compliance and Enforcement Division to 
investigate field grantees' compliance with the limited 
regulations grantees agreed to abide by when accepting Federal 
taxpayer funding.

                       administrative provisions

    The Committee recommendation continues the administrative 
provisions contained in the fiscal year 1998 appropriations act 
(Public Law 105-119) 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.
    The Committee recommendation continues administrative 
provisions restricting the use of Legal Services 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 attorney 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 continues the exception to the 
restrictions in a case where there is imminent threat of 
physical harm to the client or prospective client.
    Also, it extends the language providing for the manner in 
which LSC grantees are audited, the manner in which they 
contract with certified public accountants for financial and 
compliance audits, and the provisions on recompetition and 
debarment.

                        Marine Mammal Commission


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 2000....................................      $1,270,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       1,400,000
House allowance.........................................       1,700,000
Committee recommendation................................       1,700,000

    The recommendation provides $1,700,000 for the Marine 
Mammal Commission in fiscal year 2001. This is $430,000 above 
the fiscal year 2000 appropriation and is $300,000 above the 
fiscal year 2001 request.

                   Securities and Exchange Commission


                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 2000....................................    $367,800,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     422,800,000
House allowance.........................................     392,624,000
Committee recommendation................................     489,652,000

    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 $489,652,000 for the Securities and 
Exchange Commission for fiscal year 2001. The recommended 
amount of budget authority is $66,852,000 above the fiscal year 
2001 total request and is $121,852,000 above the fiscal year 
1999 funding level.
    The recommendation reduces the section 6(b) registration 
fees to a pro rata rate of $250 per $1,000,000 (roughly \1/40\ 
of 1 percent) for fiscal year 2001. In fiscal year 2000, the 
fee rate was \1/38\ of 1 percent. The recommendation assumes 
that $295,000,000 in fees collected in fiscal year 1999 and 
$194,652,000 in fees collected in fiscal year 2001 will be 
available as offsetting collections.
    For fiscal year 2001 the Committee continues to emphasize 
the importance of the Office of Economic Analysis within the 
Commission and expects adequate funds be provided in order to 
carry out these 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 
governmental and regulatory officials.
    Financial Controls.--In October 1999, the SEC's Office of 
Inspector General reported that the ``overall control 
structure'' over the collection of fees remained inadequate. 
The Committee understands that a new fee system is being 
developed. The Committee directs the Chairman of the SEC to 
report to the Committees on Appropriations on the status of 
implementation of this new computerized system no later than 
December 1, 2000. The report should include a description of 
any new financial controls that will be put into place and 
when.
    Civil Penalties.--The Securities Enforcement Remedies and 
Penny Stock Reform Act of 1990 allows the SEC to seek civil 
monetary penalties in enforcement actions in Federal district 
court or administrative proceedings against any individual or 
firm in the securities industry. The district court has the 
discretion to determine the civil penalty to be imposed in 
judicial proceedings. Depending on the seriousness of the 
violation, the SEC has the statutory authority to seek 
penalties that range from $5,500 to $1,100,000 or up to 3 times 
the gross amount of the pecuniary gain to the defendant as a 
result of the violation. If these penalties are not paid within 
a prescribed time, the SEC may request contempt proceedings in 
Federal district court. It appears these penalties are no 
longer dissuading perpetrators from committing these acts of 
fraud. The Committee directs the SEC to provide recommendations 
for increased penalties which will deter future criminal 
intent. These recommendations should be provided to the 
Committees on Appropriations no later than December 1, 2000.
    Investing on the Internet.--The Committee continues to be 
concerned about fraud related to stock transactions via the 
Internet. Our markets have been transformed by far-reaching and 
fast-paced innovation. More Americans than ever before invest 
in the securities markets, and today many are investing through 
the Internet.
    While the Internet has had many positive effects on the 
practice of investing--lowering brokerage commissions, 
increasing the flow of information, and increasing public 
participation in the market place--the growth of online 
investing and increased access to investment-related 
information also has created some significant dangers for 
unwary investors. The Internet, along with surging markets, has 
brought millions of relative novices to the markets, while also 
providing simple, effective and essentially anonymous ways for 
fraudulent operators to exploit them.
    Increases in securities fraud could potentially place a 
significant burden on regulators' limited resources. Customized 
software must be developed at the State level to search out and 
detect Internet fraud. The Internet does not recognize 
jurisdictional boundaries. Consequently, cooperation among 
international, Federal, and State securities regulators is 
critical. Well defined partnerships must be established among 
our foreign regulatory counterparts and the SEC as well as 
between individual States. This coordination should include 
information sharing about surveillance techniques, questionable 
transactions that suggest fraud, and successful prosecutorial 
approaches. Such partnerships will better enable the SEC to 
obtain evidence necessary to initiate enforcement actions.
    The Committee acknowledges that the most effective 
countermeasure against securities fraud is an educated 
investing public. Given the potential for fraud, investment 
decision's should not be based solely on information obtained 
over the Internet. Rather, investors should take a number of 
independent steps to ensure the accuracy of information 
provided about a stock over the Internet. These steps include 
reviewing financial information about the company that may be 
available from independent sources, determining whether the 
company is in fact developing a technology as advertised over 
the Internet, and contacting companies that are alleged to be 
in the process of signing contracts with the company in 
question.
    The Congress provided additional resources to the 
Commission in the fiscal year 2000 appropriation to address the 
rapidly expanding area of securities fraud on the Internet. The 
Committee is pleased with the Commission's progress to date in 
applying these funds to enhance its Internet fraud efforts. The 
SEC's request for fiscal year 2001 continues the program at the 
fiscal year 2000 level and is based on information available in 
the early stages of implementation of the enhanced program. The 
Committee recommends an increase of $2,000,000 above the 
request for additional information systems support to help the 
SEC investigate and prosecute these cases more efficiently and 
to fund the full cost of required information systems 
improvements.

                     Small Business Administration

Appropriations, 2000....................................    $877,000,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................   1,057,820,000
House allowance.........................................     860,699,000
Committee recommendation................................     887,465,000

    The Committee recommends total funding of $887,465,000 for 
the Small Business Administration. This amount is $524,000 
below the fiscal year 2000 enacted amount and a decrease of 
$170,355,000 from the budget request. The total funding is 
distributed among the five SBA appropriation accounts as 
described below.

                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 2000....................................    $322,800,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     163,000,000
House allowance.........................................     304,094,000
Committee recommendation................................     143,475,000

    The Committee recommendation provides a direct 
appropriation of $143,475,000 for the salaries and expenses of 
the Small Business Administration. This amount is $19,525,000 
below the fiscal year 2001 request and $179,325,000 below the 
fiscal year 2000 appropriation. In fiscal year 2001, the SBA 
request for salaries and expenses was divided into two 
accounts. Those costs, which are directly attributable to some 
of the agency's ``non-credit business assistance programs'', 
are shown in a new account with that name. The new salaries and 
expenses account includes funds wholly devoted to the 
administrative operations of the agency. Among the activities 
included in this account are the agency's request for: a 
systems modernization initiative; workforce transition; 
information technology infrastructure; the New Markets program 
administration; and, an asset sales financial advisor. Of 
these, the Committee recommends funding $8,000,000 for the 
SBA's systems modernization initiative. The Committee has, in 
past years, provided $24,000,000 for this purpose.
    The Committee is concerned about reports from the General 
Accounting Office (GAO) that the SBA plans to undertake a 
prototype development without the completion of the necessary 
systems analysis. The Committee is concerned that this lack of 
planning greatly increases the risk to the success of the 
project. Not later than December 31, 2000, the SBA is directed 
to submit a plan, in accordance with section 605 of this Act, 
for the expenditure of these funds, including evidence that the 
agency has completed, to the satisfaction of GAO, the eight 
planning steps set forth in the Small Business Reauthorization 
Act of 1997.
    The Committee recommendation does not include funding for 
workforce transition. The agency has not completed a workforce 
transition plan, and the Committee sees no utility in funding 
this request until a coherent plan has been developed and 
Congress has had the opportunity to review it. 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 
Committee assumes SBA will offset its operations in fiscal year 
2001 by collecting $3,000,000 in fees. In addition, the 
Committee expects SBA to transfer funds from the business loan 
and disaster loan programs, a total of $162,000,000, to cover 
the salaries and expenses associated with those programs. With 
the combination of these funds, the agency has $308,475,000 
available for the administrative operations of the agency in 
fiscal year 2001.

                Non-Credit Business Assistance Programs

Appropriations, 2000....................................................
Budget estimate, 2001...................................    $256,050,000
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................     153,690,000
    For SBA's non-credit business assistance programs, the 
Committee recommends a total of $153,690,000. This amount is 
$102,360,000 below the fiscal year 2001 request. The Committee 
recommends the following amounts for these programs:

Small Business Development Centers......................     $90,000,000
USEAC Program...........................................       3,100,000
Business LINC...........................................       1,500,000
SCORE...................................................       4,000,000
BICs....................................................         500,000
Women's Business Centers................................       9,000,000
Women's Council.........................................         600,000
WOBE Census.............................................         790,000
7(j) Technical Assistance...............................       5,000,000
One Stop Capital Shops..................................       3,100,000
Advocacy Research/Database..............................       1,100,000
Microloan Technical Assistance..........................      10,000,000
Veteran's Outreach......................................       4,000,000
Pro-Net.................................................         500,000
Regulatory Fairness Board...............................         500,000
SBIR Technical Assistance...............................       5,000,000
HubZone Progam..........................................       5,000,000
PRIME Technical Assistance..............................      10,000,000

    The Committee believes the Small Business Development 
Centers (SBDCs) provide useful services to small businesses 
nationwide. The Committee, however, is concerned that there is 
an expectation that Federal funds for these centers will 
continue to increase annually. The original law creating the 
SBDCs envisioned ever-increasing funding from outside the 
Federal sector to permit the centers to grow. Most SBDCs raise 
significant funds from the private sector as well as State and 
local governments. The Federal share of funding for SBDCs is 
not likely to grow as dramatically as in previous years, and 
the SBDC community must consider this possibility in planning 
for the future.
    The Committee has provided funding of $10,000,000 for each 
of the Microloan and PRIME technical assistance programs. The 
Committee believes the PRIME program has great promise for 
providing assistance to the entrepreneurs who have no access to 
capital and has a training component for assisting these small 
businesses which is missing in some of the other SBA assistance 
programs.
    A concern about the Small Business Innovation Research 
(SBIR) program has been the geographic concentration of awards. 
This issue was most recently highlighted in a GAO report 
released on June 4, 1999, which found that companies in one-
third of the States received 85 percent of the SBIR awards from 
fiscal year 1993 through 1996. The Committee recommends 
$5,000,000 for the Federal and State Technology Partnership 
Program to encourage organizations in States to assist in the 
development of small high-technology businesses. The Committee 
believes that increasing the overall participation in the SBIR 
program by high-technology small businesses will ultimately 
lead to an overall increase in the quality of SBIR proposals 
and completed projects.
    The Committee has provided the $4,000,000 requested for 
veterans' outreach. The Committee directs that the $4,000,000 
go to the National Veterans' Business Development Corporation, 
as authorized by Public Law 106-50.
    The Committee funded the Women's Business Centers program 
at the fiscal year 2000 level. The Committee is concerned about 
a General Accounting Office report from September 1999 about 
the SBA's management of the program, and believes expansion of 
the program would be unwise until the agency improves its 
ability to maintain complete and accurate financial data on the 
availability and disbursement of funds to these centers. 
Semiannual financial reports are required for all currently 
funded centers, and the GAO found these reports missing in 11 
of the 35 files they reviewed at the SBA. The GAO found that 
there was a ``lack of understanding between the Office of 
Women's Business Ownership and the Office of Procurement and 
Grants Management regarding their responsibilities for the 
financial reports.'' The GAO also conducted a report for the 
authorizing committees in September in response for their 
request for information in anticipation of reauthorizing the 
program. The GAO was unable to provide complete data for this 
report because of incomplete files maintained by the SBA on the 
program. The Committee expects the GAO to do a follow-up study 
for fiscal years 1999 and 2000 to determine whether the agency 
has improved its management of the program.

                      Office Of Inspector General

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $11,000,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      14,315,000
House allowance.........................................      10,905,000
Committee recommendation................................      13,000,000

    The Committee recommends $13,000,000 for the Office of 
Inspector General of the Small Business Administration. This 
amount is an increase of $2,000,000 over current funding and 
$1,315,000 below the request. The Committee directs the 
Inspector General's office to continue the activities outlined 
in the fiscal year 2000 Senate report, and expects the office 
to report on its progress in reviewing and auditing the 
agency's financial management systems. The bill contains 
language making $500,000 available to the Inspector General's 
office from funds made available to the disaster loan program 
for its activities.

                     Business Loans Program Account

Appropriations, 2000....................................    $266,800,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     328,355,000
House allowance.........................................     269,300,000
Committee recommendation................................     296,200,000

    The Committee recommends $296,200,000 for the business 
loans program account including $130,800,000 for administrative 
expenses related to this account. The administrative expenses 
may be transferred to and merged with SBA salaries and expenses 
to cover the common overhead expenses associated with the 
business loan programs.
    The Committee recommendation funds the 7(a) loan program 
subsidy budget authority at a level of $134,000,000, which is 
$26,500,000 above the fiscal year 2000 appropriation and is 
$8,600,000 below the request. The Committee's recommendation 
would support a 7(a) program level of $10,800,000,000, assuming 
a subsidy rate in fiscal year 2001 of 1.24 percent. The Senate 
includes bill language requiring the SBA to submit a 
reprogramming under section 605 if the agency wishes to exceed 
a program level of $10,800,000,000. The recommendation includes 
$2,600,000 in subsidy budget authority for the Microloan 
program, which will support a program level of approximately 
$29,050,000 in fiscal year 2001, assuming a subsidy rate of 
8.95 percent. There was no request for funds for the Microloan 
guarantee program, which is proposed to sunset at the end of 
fiscal year 2000. The administration originally requested an 
appropriation for the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) 
debentures program, but a subsequent budget amendment submitted 
by the administration withdrew that request. The Committee 
recommends providing $26,200,000 in subsidy budget authority 
for the SBIC participating securities program in fiscal year 
2001. This level will support a program level of $2,000,000,000 
assuming a subsidy rate of 1.31 percent. The Committee does not 
recommend funding for the New Market venture capital program, 
since funds were made available in the fiscal year 2000 
appropriation contingent on the authorization of this program. 
An authorization has not been enacted, thus further funding is 
not recommended.

                     Disaster Loans Program Account

Appropriations, 2000....................................    $276,400,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     296,100,000
House allowance.........................................     276,400,000
Committee recommendation................................     281,100,000

    The Committee recommends a disaster loan program funding 
level of $281,100,000 for fiscal year 2001. Of this amount, 
$142,100,000 is for direct loan subsidies, for a program level 
of $871,134,000. The remaining $139,000,000 is made available 
for administrative expenses for the program, and can be merged 
with the agency's salaries and expenses account.
    The Committee notes that the disaster loans program expects 
to receive $10,000,000 in recoveries during fiscal year 2001, 
and the Committee expects the agency to use all recovered funds 
in support of the loan program.

                       Administrative Provisions

    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 10 percent or increased by more than 20 
percent. The language also makes the transfers subject to the 
Committee's standard reprogramming procedures under section 
605. In addition, a reprogramming notification is required in 
any proposed organization, whether or not funding transfers 
will be associated with the proposed reorganization.

                        State Justice Institute


                         Salaries And Expenses

Appropriations, 2000....................................      $6,850,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       6,850,000
House allowance.........................................       4,500,000
Committee recommendation................................       6,850,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,850,000. 
This is equal to the budget request. The Committee is aware 
that $8,000,000 is available to the Institute from the ``Courts 
of appeals, district courts, and other judicial services'' 
account.
    The Institute was created in 1984 to further the 
development and adoption of improved judicial administration in 
State courts. This goal is to be reached by providing grants 
for programs which (1) create a national program of assistance 
to assure a fair and effective system of justice, (2) foster 
coordination with the Federal Judiciary in areas of mutual 
concern, (3) promote recognition of the separation of powers, 
or (4) provide education to judges and support personnel 
through national organizations.

                      TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    The Committee recommends the following general provisions 
for the departments and agencies funded in the accompanying 
bill.
    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 establishes new position within the Department 
of Justice.
    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 more, 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 provides availability of funds for certain 
Commission employees.
    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 limits the use of funds for diplomatic 
facilities in Vietnam unless certain conditions are met.
    Section 610 credits fees as offsetting collections.
    Section 611 limits obligation rates in the last 2 months of 
the fiscal year.
    Section 612 prohibits the use of funds to provide certain 
amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system.
    Section 613 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 614 limits the availability of pornography to 
Federal prisoners.
    Section 615 prohibits funds from being used to issue a visa 
to any alien involved in extrajudicial and political killings 
in Haiti.
    Section 616 prohibits a user fee from being charged for 
background checks conducted pursuant to the Brady Handgun 
Control Act of 1993 and prohibits implementation of a 
background check system that does not require and result in the 
immediate destruction of certain information.
    Section 617 addresses the allocation of funds under the 
bill to certain National Estuarine Research Reserve 
Sanctuaries.
    Section 618 addresses FCC interests in cases including 
insolvencies or receiverships.
    Section 619 delays obligation of some receipts deposited 
into the Crime Victim Fund.
    Section 620 redefines the terms of employment for certain 
Justice Department employees.
    Section 621 ties visa issuance to cooperation on so-called 
``non-returnables''.
    Section 622 corrects various agencies' misinterpretation of 
the budget process.
    Section 623 broadens the cap on medical costs to suspects 
in FBI custody.
    Section 624 establishes a permanent moratorium on hunting 
Cook Inlet Beluga whales unless such hunting occurs under a co-
management agreement with the National Marine Fisheries Service 
(NMFS). The current moratorium expires on October 1, 2000.
    Section 625 authorizes the Pacific Salmon Treaty and the 
Pacific Salmon Recovery fund.
    Section 626 prohibits the misuse of Social Security 
numbers.

                         TITLE VII--RESCISSIONS

                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

                           General Provisions

                              (rescission)

                         GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

                          Working Capitol Fund

                              (rescission)

    The Committee recommends a rescission of $76,698,000 from 
the unobligated balances available in the ``Working Capitol 
Fund''.

                            LEGAL ACTIVITIES

                         Asset Forfeiture Fund

                              (rescission)

    The Committee recommends a rescission of $96,383,000 from 
the unobligated balances available in the ``Asset Forfeiture 
Fund''.

                    Federal Bureau of Investigation

                         salaries and expenses

                              (rescission)

    The Committee recommends a rescission of $40,000,000 from 
the unobligated balances available for the Information Sharing 
Initiative in the ``Salaries and Expenses'' account.

                    DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION

                   Drug Diversion Control Fee Account

                              (rescission)

    The Committee recommends a rescission of $8,000,000 from 
the amounts otherwise available for obligation in fiscal year 
2001 for the ``Drug Diversion Control Fee Account''.

                DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCIES


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE


        Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities


                              (recission)

    The Committee recommends a rescission of $212,744,000 from 
the unobligated balances available in the ``Contributions for 
International Peacekeeping Activities'' account.

                TITLE VIII--SOUTHWEST BORDER INITIATIVE

    The Committee recommendations, by item or location, are 
displayed in the following table:

Southwest Border Initiative

                        [In thousands of dollars]

                                                               Committee
                                                          Recommendation

U.S. Marshals:
    Courthouse Security Equipment:
        Phoenix, AZ...........................................       200
        Tucson, AZ............................................        75
        El Centro, CA.........................................       200
        Los Angeles, CA.......................................       283
        Oakland, CA...........................................       100
        Riverside, CA.........................................        25
        San Francisco, CA.....................................       180
        Albuquerque, NM.......................................       200
        Las Cruces, NM........................................       325
        Brownsville, TX.......................................       150
        Del Rio, TX...........................................       550
        El Paso, TX...........................................       595
        Houston, TX...........................................       675
        Laredo, TX............................................       725
        Tyler, TX.............................................       260
        Waco, TX..............................................       725
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

          Subtotal, Courthouse security equipment.............     5,268
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
    Construction:
        El Centro, CA.........................................       350
        Oakland, CA...........................................       400
        San Francisco, CA.....................................       150
        Las Cruces, NM........................................     1,025
        Del Rio, TX...........................................     1,200
        El Paso, TX...........................................     1,300
        Houston, TX...........................................     1,200
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

          Subtotal, Construction..............................     5,625
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
    Justice Prisoner & Alien Transportation System: Large Body 
      Aircraft................................................    52,000
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Drug Enforcement Administration:
    Twin-Engine Aircraft/Helicopter...........................    10,500
    Tucson, AZ--Satellite Forensic Laboratory.................     3,100
    MERLIN Computer Workstations..............................     3,300
    Firebird Deployment.......................................     3,800
    EPIC Information System Enhancements......................     1,800
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Subtotal, DEA...........................................    22,500
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Immigration & Naturalization Service: Equipment:
    Border Patrol:
        Light Helicopters.....................................    36,111
        Fiber Optic Scopes....................................     1,560
        Hand-Held Searchlights................................     1,160
        Vehicle Infrared Cameras..............................     1,100
        Global Positioning Systems............................     1,046
        Infrared Scopes.......................................    18,000
        Night Vision Goggles..................................     1,108
        Pocket Scopes.........................................     7,500
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

          Subtotal, INS equipment.............................    67,585
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Immigration & Naturalization Service: Construction:
    Border Patrol:
        Douglas, AZ--Border Patrol Station....................    12,000
        El Paso, TX--Checkpoints..............................     2,872
        Laredo, TX--Checkpoints...............................     5,341
        Temecula, CA--Border Patrol Station...................     9,373
        Naco, AZ--Border Patrol Station.......................     8,961
        Presidio, TX--Border Patrol Station...................     6,372
        McAllen, TX--Border Patrol Station....................    10,477
        Fort Hancock, TX--Border Patrol Station...............     4,939
        Comstock, TX--Border Patrol Station...................     5,000
        Del Rio, TX--Checkpoints..............................     5,273
        Tucson, AZ--Border Patrol Station.....................       500
        Sanderson, TX--Border Patrol Station..................     3,880
        El Centro, CA:
            Border Patrol Sector Headquarters.................     6,050
            Border Patrol Station.............................     6,000
        Falfurrias, TX--Border Patrol Station.................     4,905
        Hebbronville, TX--Border Patrol Station...............     3,688
        Rio Grande City, TX--Border Patrol Station............     4,420
        Sierra Blanca, TX--Border Patrol Station..............     2,486
        Yuma, AZ--Border Patrol Sector Headquarters...........     2,000
        Alpine, TX--Border Patrol Station.....................     1,252
        Brownsville, TX--Border Patrol Station................     4,004
        Chula Vista, CA--Border Patrol Station................     9,333
        Santa Teresa, TX--Border Patrol Station...............       800
        Campo, CA--Border Patrol Station......................    11,800
    Detention & Deportation:
        Krome, FL--Service Processing Center..................    24,552
        San Pedro, CA--Service Processing Center..............     4,630
        El Centro, CA--Service Processing Center..............     3,300
        Aguadilla, PR--Service Processing Center..............     6,600
        Port Isabel, TX--Service Processing Center............    10,400
        Florence, AZ--Service Processing Center...............     7,000
        El Paso, TX--Service Processing Center................     7,000
        Buffalo, NY--Federal Detention Center.................     6,600
        Stockton, TX--Service Processing Center...............    52,200
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

          Subtotal, INS construction..........................   254,008
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Judiciary:
    Office Expansions, Relocations, Forced Moves, & Build-Outs     4,392
    CSOs, X-Ray Machines, Metal Detectors, & Radios...........     2,562
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Subtotal, Judiciary.....................................     6,954
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, SWB initiative...................................   413,940

    The Committee expects to be consulted prior to any 
deviation from the above plan for fiscal year 2001.

  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, 
salaries and expenses; National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act; 
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; Weed and Seed 
Program; Missing Children's Program; and Victims of Child Abuse 
Act 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 V--Related agencies: Department of Transportation; 
Maritime Administration, operations and training; Commission on 
Civil Rights; Federal Communications Commission (except 
offsetting fee collections); Legal Services Corporation; 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, H.R. 4733, the fiscal year 2001 
Energy and Water Development Appropriations bill, and H.R. 
4690, the Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary 
Appropriations bill, both subject to amendment and subject to 
the section 302 budget allocation, with the exception of an 
amendment repealing three provisions in Public Law 106-246, 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
Mrs. Hutchison
Mr. Kyl
Mr. Byrd
Mr. Inouye
Mr. Hollings
Mr. Leahy
Mr. Lautenberg
Mr. Harkin
Ms. Mikulski
Mr. Reid
Mr. Kohl
Mrs. Murray
Mr. Dorgan
Mrs. Feinstein
Mr. Durbin

 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 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES

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PART III--EMPLOYEES

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Subpart B--Employment and Retention

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CHAPTER 31--AUTHORITY FOR EMPLOYMENT

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SUBCHAPTER II--THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE

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Sec. 3132. Definitions and exclusions

    (a) * * *

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                    (A) * * *

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                    (C) the Federal Election Commission; [or]
                    (D) the Office of the Comptroller of the 
                Currency, the Office of Thrift Supervision, the 
                Federal Housing Finance Board, the Resolution 
                Trust Corporation, the Farm Credit 
                Administration, the Office of Federal Housing 
                Enterprise Oversight of the Department of 
                Housing and Urban Development, and the National 
                Credit Union Administration; or
                    (E) the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Subpart D--Pay and Allowances

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CHAPTER 53--PAY RATES AND SYSTEMS

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SUBCHAPTER VII--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

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Sec. 5373. Limitation on pay fixed by administrative action

    (a) * * *
            (1) * * *
            (2) section 831b of title 16; [or]
            (3) sections 403a-403c, 403e-403h, and 403j of 
        title 50[.] ; or
            (4) section 4(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 
        1934.

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TITLE 5--APPENDIX

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ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT ACT OF 1978

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   TITLE V--GOVERNMENT-WIDE LIMITATIONS ON OUTSIDE EARNED INCOME AND 
                               EMPLOYMENT


SEC. 501. OUTSIDE EARNED INCOME LIMITATION

    (a) Outside Earned Income Limitation.--
            (1) Except as provided by paragraph (2), a Member 
        or an officer or employee who is a noncareer officer or 
        employee and who occupies a position classified above 
        GS-15 of the General Schedule or, in the case of 
        positions not under the General Schedule, for which the 
        rate of basic pay is equal to or greater than 120 
        percent of the minimum rate of basic pay payable for 
        GS-15 of the General Schedule, may not in any calendar 
        year have outside earned income attributable to such 
        calendar year which exceeds 15 percent of the annual 
        rate of basic pay for level II of the Executive 
        Schedule under section 5313 of title 5, United States 
        Code, as of January 1 of such calendar year.
            (2) In the case of any individual who during a 
        calendar year becomes a Member or an officer or 
        employee who is a noncareer officer or employee and who 
        occupies a position classified above GS-15 of the 
        General Schedule or, in the case of positions not under 
        the General Schedule, for which the rate of basic pay 
        is equal to or greater than 120 percent of the minimum 
        rate of basic pay payable for GS-15 of the General 
        Schedule, such individual may not have outside earned 
        income attributable to the portion of that calendar 
        year which occurs after such individual becomes a 
        Member or such an officer or employee which exceeds 15 
        percent of the annual rate of basic pay for level II of 
        the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of title 5, 
        United States Code, as of January 1 of such calendar 
        year multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is 
        the number of days such individual is a Member or such 
        officer or employee during such calendar year and the 
        denominator of which is 365.
            (3) Honorarium shall not be included in outside 
        earned income.
    (b) Honoraria Prohibition.--An individual may not receive 
any honorarium while that individual is a Member, officer or 
employee. This subsection shall not apply to any individual 
while that individual is a justice or judge of the United 
States.
    (c) Treatment of Charitable Contributions.--
            (1) Any honorarium which, except for subsection 
        (b), might be paid to a Member, officer or employee, 
        but which is paid instead on behalf of such Member, 
        officer or employee to a charitable organization, shall 
        be deemed not to be received by such Member, officer or 
        employee. No such payment shall exceed $2,000 or be 
        made to a charitable organization from which such 
        individual or a parent, sibling, spouse, child, or 
        dependent relative of such individual derives any 
        financial benefit.
            ``(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), any honorarium 
        which might be paid to a justice or judge of the United 
        States but which is paid instead on behalf of such 
        justice or judge to a charitable organization, shall be 
        deemed not to be received by such justice or judge. No 
        such payment shall be made to a charitable organization 
        from which the justice or judge or a parent, sibling, 
        spouse, child, or dependent relative of such justice or 
        judge derives any financial benefit.''

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TITLE 12--BANKS AND BANKING

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CHAPTER 16--FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

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Sec. 1833b. Comparability in compensation schedules

    (a) In General._The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 
the Comptroller of the Currency, the National Credit Union 
Administration Board, the Federal Housing Finance Board, [the 
Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board of the Resolution 
Trust Corporation,] the Farm Credit Administration, and the 
Office of Thrift Supervision, in establishing and adjusting 
schedules of compensation and benefits which are to be 
determined solely by each agency under applicable provisions of 
law, shall inform the heads of the other agencies and the 
Congress of such compensation and benefits and shall seek to 
maintain comparability regarding compensation and benefits.
    (b) In establishing and adjusting schedules of compensation 
and additional benefits for employees of the Securities and 
Exchange Commission, which are to be determined solely by the 
Commission under applicable provisions of law, the Commission 
shall inform the heads of the agencies referred to under 
subsection (a) and Congress of such compensation and benefits, 
and shall seek to maintain comparability with such agencies 
regarding compensation and benefits.

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                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE


CHAPTER 1--MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE

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Sec. 18A. PREMERGER NOTIFICATION AND WAITING PERIOD

    (a) * * *

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          (3) * * *

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                  (A) * * *
                  (B) an aggregate total amount of the voting 
                securities and assets of the acquired person in 
                excess of [$15,000,000] $50,000,000.

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                Assessment and Collection of Filing Fees

    Pub. L. 101-162, title VI, Sec. 605, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 
Stat. 1031, as amended by Pub. L. 101-302, title II, May 25, 
1990, 104 Stat. 217; Pub. L. 102-395, title I, Oct. 6, 1992, 
106 Stat. 1847; Pub. L. 103-317, title I, Aug. 26, 1994, 108 
Stat. 1739, provided that: ``Five working days after enactment 
of this Act [Nov. 21, 1989] and thereafter, the Federal Trade 
Commission shall assess and collect filing fees established at 
[$45,000 which] (a) $45,000, if as a result of the acquisition, 
the acquiring person would hold an aggregate total amount of 
the voting securities and assets of the acquired person in 
excess of $35,000,000 but not exceeding $99,999,999; (b) 
$100,000, if as a result of the acquisition, the acquiring 
person would hold an aggregate total amount of the voting 
securities and assets of the acquired person equal to or in 
excess of $100,000,000 but not exceeding $199,999,999; or (c) 
$200,000, if as a result of the acquisition, the acquiring 
person would hold an aggregate total amount of the voting 
securities and assets of the acquired person equal to or in 
excess of $200,000,000. Such fees shall be paid by persons 
acquiring voting securities or assets who are required to file 
premerger notifications by the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust 
Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a) and the regulations 
promulgated thereunder. For purposes of said Act, no 
notification shall be considered filed until payment of the fee 
required by this section. Any misrepresentation of the 
aggregate total amount of the voting securities and assets to 
be held as a result of the acquisition would subject the 
acquiring person to civil penalties and any other appropriate 
remedy as provided for under 15 U.S.C. section 18(a)(g). Fees 
collected pursuant to this section shall be divided evenly 
between and credited to the appropriations, Federal Trade 
Commission, `Salaries and Expenses' and Department of Justice, 
`Salaries and Expenses, Antitrust Division': Provided, That 
fees in excess of $40,000,000 in fiscal year 1990 shall be 
deposited to the credit of the Treasury of the United States: 
Provided further, That fees made available to the Federal Trade 
Commission and the Antitrust Division herein shall remain 
available until expended.''

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CHAPTER 2B--SECURITIES EXCHANGES

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Sec. 78d. Securities and Exchange Commission

(a) * * *

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    (b) Appointment and compensation of staff and leasing 
authority

    [(1) Appointment and compensation

    [The Commission is authorized to appoint and fix the 
compensation of such officers, attorneys, examiners, and other 
experts as may be necessary for carrying out its functions 
under this chapter, and the Commission may, subject to the 
civil-service laws, appoint such other officers and employees 
as are necessary in the execution of its functions and fix 
their salaries in accordance with chapter 51 and subchapter III 
of chapter 53 of title 5.

    [(2) Economists

          [(A) Commission authority

          Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 51 of title 
        5, the Commission is authorized--
                  [(i) to establish its own criteria for the 
                selection of such professional economists as 
                the Commission deems necessary to carry out the 
                work of the Commission;
                  (ii) to appoint directly such professional 
                economists as the Commission deems qualified; 
                and
                  (iii) to fix and adjust the compensation of 
                any professional economist appointed under this 
                paragraph, without regard to the provisions of 
                chapter 54 of title 5, or subchapters II, III, 
                or VIII of chapter 53, of title 5.

        [(B) Limitation on compensation

          [No base compensation fixed for an economist under 
        this paragraph may exceed the pay for Level IV of the 
        Executive Schedule, and no payments to an economist 
        appointed under this paragraph shall exceed the 
        limitation on certain payments in section 5307 of title 
        5.

        [(C) Other benefits

          [All professional economists appointed under this 
        paragraph shall remain within the existing civil 
        service system with respect to employee benefits.]
            (1)(A) The Commission may appoint and fix the 
        compensation of such officers, attorneys, economists, 
        examiners, and other employees as may be necessary for 
        carrying out its functions under this Act.
            (B) Rates of basic pay for all employees of the 
        Commission may be set and adjusted by the Commission 
        without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 or 
        subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United States 
        Code.
            (C) The Commission may provide additional 
        compensation and benefits to employees of the 
        Commission if the same type of compensation or benefits 
        are then being provided by any agency referred to under 
        section 1206(a) of the Financial Institutions Reform, 
        Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (12 U.S.C. 
        1833b(a)), or, if not then being provided, could be 
        provided by such an agency under applicable provisions 
        of law, rule, or regulation.
            (D) In setting and adjusting the total amount of 
        compensation and additional benefits for employees, the 
        Commission shall consult with, and seek to maintain 
        comparability with, the agencies referred to under 
        section 1206(a) of the Financial Institutions Reform, 
        Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (12 U.S.C. 
        1833b).

    [(3)] (2) Leasing authority

          Nothwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
        Commission is authorized to enter directly into leases 
        for real property for office, meeting, storage, and 
        such other space as is necessary to carry out its 
        functions, and shall be exempt from any General 
        Services Administration space management regulations or 
        directives.

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TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

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PART III--PRISONS AND PRISONERS

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CHAPTER 301--GENERAL PROVISIONS

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Sec. 4006. Subsistence for prisoners

    (a) In general.--The Attorney General shall allow and pay 
only the reasonable and actual cost of the subsistence of 
prisoners in the custody of any marshal of the United States, 
and shall prescribe such regulations for the government of the 
marshals as will enable him to determine the actual and 
reasonable expenses incurred.
    (b) Health care items and services.--
            (1) In general.--Payment for costs incurred for the 
        provision of health care items and services for 
        individuals in the custody of the United States 
        Marshals Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
        and the Immigration and Naturalization Service shall 
        not exceed the lesser of the amount that would be paid 
        for the provision of similar health care items and 
        services under--
                    (A) the medicare program under title XVIII 
                of the Social Security Act; or
                    (B) the medicaid program under title XIX of 
                such Act of the State in which the services 
                were provided.
            (2) Full and final payment.-- Any payment for a 
        health care item or service made pursuant to this 
        subsection, shall be deemed to be full and final 
        payment.

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TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE

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PART II--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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CHAPTER 31--THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

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Sec. 504. Deputy [Attorney] Attorneys General

    The President may appoint, by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate, a Deputy Attorney General and a Deputy 
Attorney General for Combating Domestic Terrorism.

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TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

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CHAPTER 72--JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION

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SUBCHAPTER II--PROGRAMS AND OFFICES

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Part B--Federal Assistance for State and Local Programs

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Sec. 5633. State plans

    (a) Requirements

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          (1) * * *

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          (14) provide that no juvenile shall be detained or 
        confined in any jail or lockup for adults, except that 
        the Administrator shall, through 1997, promulgate 
        regulations which make exceptions with regard to the 
        detention of juveniles accused of nonstatus offenses 
        who are awaiting an initial court appearance pursuant 
        to an enforceable State law requiring such appearances 
        within [twenty-four] 48 hours after being taken into 
        custody (excluding weekends and holidays) provided that 
        such exceptions are limited to areas that are in 
        compliance with paragraph (13) and--

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CHAPTER 112--VICTIM COMPENSATION AND ASSISTANCE

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Sec. 10601. CRIME VICTIMS FUND

    (a) * * *

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    (d) * * *

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          (3) Of the sums remaining in the Fund in any 
        particular fiscal year after compliance with paragraph 
        (2), such sums as may be necessary shall be available 
        for the United States Attorneys Offices and the Federal 
        Bureau of Investigation to improve services for the 
        benefit of crime victims in the Federal criminal 
        justice system.

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COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1934

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SEC. 309. APPLICATION FOR LICENSE.

    (a) * * *

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    (j) Use of Competitive Bidding.--
            (1) General authority.--

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            (8) Treatment of revenues.--
                    (A) * * *

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                    (C) * * *
                    (D) Protection of interests.--
                            (i) Title 11, United States Code, 
                        or any otherwise applicable Federal or 
                        state law regarding insolvencies or 
                        receiverships, or any succeeding 
                        Federal law not expressly in derogation 
                        of this subsection, shall not apply to 
                        or be construed to apply to the 
                        Commission or limit the rights, powers, 
                        or duties of the Commission with 
                        respect to (a) a license or permit 
                        issued by the Commission under this 
                        subsection or a payment made to or a 
                        debt or other obligation owed to the 
                        Commission relating to or rising from 
                        such a license or permit, (b) an 
                        interest of the Commission in property 
                        securing such a debt or other 
                        obligation, or (c) an act by the 
                        Commission to issue, deny, cancel, or 
                        transfer control of such a license or 
                        permit.
                            (ii) Notwithstanding otherwise 
                        applicable law, the Commission shall be 
                        deemed to have a perfected, first 
                        priority security interest in a license 
                        or construction permit issued by the 
                        Commission under this subsection and 
                        the proceeds of such a license or 
                        permit for which a debt or other 
                        obligation is owed to the Commission 
                        under this subsection.
                            (iii) This paragraph shall apply 
                        retroactively, including to pending 
                        cases and proceedings whether on appeal 
                        or otherwise.

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IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT

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    Sec. 245. (a) * * *

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    (i)(1) [Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) 
and (c) of this section, an alien physically present in the 
United States--
            [(A) who--
                    [(i) entered the United States without 
                inspection; or
                    [(ii) is within one of the classes 
                enumerated in subsection (c) of this section; 
                and
            [(B) who is the beneficiary (including a spouse or 
        child of the principal alien, if eligible to receive a 
        visa under section 203(d)) of--
                    [(i) a petition for classification under 
                section 204 that was filed with the Attorney 
                General on or before January 14, 1998; or
                    [(ii) an application for a labor 
                certification under section 212(a)(5)(A) that 
                was filed pursuant to the regulations of the 
                Secretary of Labor on or before such date;
[may apply to the Attorney General for the adjustment of his or 
her status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent 
residence. The Attorney General may accept such application 
only if the alien remits with such application a sum equalling 
$1,000 as of the date of receipt of the application, but such 
sum shall not be required from a child under the age of 
seventeen, or an alien who is the spouse or unmarried child of 
an individual who obtained temporary or permanent resident 
status under section 210 or 245A of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act or section 202 of the Immigration Reform and 
Control Act of 1986 at any date, who--
            [(i) as of May 5, 1988, was the unmarried child or 
        spouse of the individual who obtained temporary or 
        permanent resident status under section 210 or 245A of 
        the Immigration and Nationality Act or section 202 of 
        the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986;
            [(ii) entered the United States before May 5, 1988, 
        resided in the United States on May 5, 1988, and is not 
        a lawful permanent resident; and
            [(iii) applied for benefits under section 301(a) of 
        the Immigration Act of 1990. The sum specified herein 
        shall be in addition to the fee normally required for 
        the processing of an application under this section.]
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (c) of 
this section, an alien physically present in the United States 
who--
                    (A) entered the United States without 
                inspection; or
                    (B) is within one of the classes enumerated 
                in subsection (c) of this section, may apply to 
                the Attorney General for the adjustment of his 
                or her status to that of an alien lawfully 
                admitted for permanent residence.
    (2) Upon receipt of such an application and the sum hereby 
required, the Attorney General may adjust the status of the 
alien to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent 
residence if--
            (A) the alien is eligible to receive an immigrant 
        visa and is admissible to the United States for 
        permanent residence; and
            (B) an immigrant visa is immediately available to 
        the alien at the time the application is filed.
    (3)(A) The portion of each application fee (not to exceed 
$200) that the Attorney General determines is required to 
process an application under this section and is remitted to 
the Attorney General pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this 
subsection shall be disposed of by the Attorney General as 
provided in subsections (m), (n), and (o) of section 286.
    [(B) Any remaining portion of such fees remitted under such 
paragraphs shall be deposited by the Attorney General into the 
Breached Bond/Detention Fund established under section 286(r).]
    (B) One-half of any remaining portion of such fees remitted 
under such paragraphs shall be deposited by the Attorney 
General into the Immigration Examination Fee Account 
established under section 286(m), and one-half of any remaining 
portion of such fees shall be deposited by the Attorney General 
into the Breached Bond/Detention Fund established under section 
286(r).

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                          SOCIAL SECURITY ACT


     TITLE XI--GENERAL PROVISIONS, PEER REVIEW, AND ADMINISTRATIVE 
SIMPLIFICATION

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    Sec. 1150. * * *

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      prohibition of certain misuses of the social security number


    Sec. 1150A. (a) Limitation on Display.--Except as otherwise 
provided in this section, no person may display to the public 
any individual's social security number, or any identifiable 
derivative of such number, without the affirmatively expressed 
consent, electronically or in writing, of such individual.
    (b) Prohibition of Wrongful Use as Personal Identification 
Number.--No person may obtain any individual's social security 
number, or any identifiable derivative of such number, for 
purposes of locating or identifying an individual with the 
intent to physically injure, harm, or use the identity of the 
individual for illegal purposes.
    (c) Prerequisites for Consent.--In order for consent to 
exist under subsection (a), the person displaying, or seeking 
to display, an individual's social security number, or any 
identifiable derivative of such number, shall--
            (1) inform the individual of the general purposes 
        for which the number will be utilized and the types of 
        persons to whom the number may be available; and
            (2) obtain affirmatively expressed consent 
        electronically or in writing.
    (d) Exceptions.--Except as set forth in subsection (b), 
nothing in this section shall be construed to--
            (1) prohibit any use of social security numbers 
        permitted or required under section 205(c)(2), section 
        7(a)(2) of the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a note; 
        88 Stat. 1909), section 6109(d) of the Internal Revenue 
        Code of 1986, the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 
        1681 et seq.), or the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (Public 
        Law 106-102; 113 Stat. 1338);
            (2) prohibit or limit the use of a social security 
        number for purposes of retrieval of other information 
        by professional and commercial users who appropriately 
        use the information in the normal course and scope of 
        their business or profession so long as such number (or 
        any identifiable derivative of such number) is not 
        displayed to the public;
            (3) prohibit or limit the use of the social 
        security number for purposes of law enforcement, 
        including investigation of fraud or as required under 
        subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 31, United States 
        Code, and chapter 2 of title I of Public Law 91-508 (12 
        U.S.C. 1951-1959); or
            (4) prohibit or limit the use of a social security 
        number obtained from a public record or document 
        lawfully acquired from a governmental agency.
    (e) Civil Action in United States District Court; Damages; 
Attorneys Fees and Costs; Regulatory Coordination.--
            (1) In general.--Any individual aggrieved by any 
        act of any person in violation of this section may 
        bring a civil action in a United States district court 
        to recover--
                    (A) such preliminary and equitable relief 
                as the court determines to be appropriate; and
                    (B) the greater of--
                            (i) actual damages;
                            (ii) liquidated damages of $2,500; 
                        or
                            (iii) in the case of a violation 
                        that was willful and resulted in profit 
                        or monetary gain, liquidated damages of 
                        $10,000.
            (2) Attorney's fees and costs.--In the case of a 
        civil action brought under paragraph (1)(B)(iii) in 
        which the aggrieved individual has substantially 
        prevailed, the court may assess against the respondent 
        a reasonable attorney's fee and other litigation costs 
        and expenses (including expert fees) reasonably 
        incurred.
            (3) Statute of limitations.--No action may be 
        commenced under this subsection more than 3 years after 
        the date on which the violation was or should 
        reasonably have been discovered by the aggrieved 
        individual.
            (4) Nonexclusive remedy.--The remedy provided under 
        this subsection shall be in addition to any other 
        lawful remedy available to the individual.
    (f) Civil Money Penalties.--
            (1) In general.--Any person who the Commissioner of 
        Social Security determines has violated this section 
        shall be subject, in addition to any other penalties 
        that may be prescribed by law, to--
                    (A) a civil money penalty of not more than 
                $5,000 for each such violation, and
                    (B) a civil money penalty of not more than 
                $50,000, if violations have occurred with such 
                frequency as to constitute a general business 
                practice.
            (2) Determination of violations.-- Any willful 
        violation committed contemporaneously with respect to 
        the social security numbers of 2 or more individuals by 
        means of mail, telecommunication, or otherwise shall be 
        treated as a separate violation with respect to each 
        such individual.
            (3) Enforcement procedures.--The provisions of 
        section 1128A (other than subsections (a), (b), (f), 
        (h), (i), (j), and (m), and the first sentence of 
        subsection (c)) and the provisions of subsections (d) 
        and (e) of section 205 shall apply to civil money 
        penalties under this subsection in the same manner as 
        such provisions apply to a penalty or proceeding under 
        section 1128A(a), except that, for purposes of this 
        paragraph, any reference in section 1128A to the 
        Secretary shall be deemed a reference to the 
        Commissioner of Social Security.
            (4) Coordination with criminal enforcement.--The 
        Commissioner of Social Security shall take such actions 
        as are necessary and appropriate to ensure proper 
        coordination of the enforcement of the provisions of 
        this section with criminal enforcement under section 
        1028 of title 18, United States Code (relating to fraud 
        and related activity in connection with identification 
        documents). The Commissioner shall enter into 
        cooperative arrangements with the Federal Trade 
        Commission under section 5 of the Identity Theft and 
        Assumption Deterrence Act of 1998 (18 U.S.C. 1028 note) 
        for purposes of achieving such coordination.
    (g) Limitation On Regulation by States.--No requirement or 
prohibition may be imposed under the laws of any State with 
respect to any subject matter regulated under this section.
    (h) Definition.--In this section, the term ``display to the 
public'' means the intentional placing of an individual's 
social security number, or identifying portion thereof, in a 
viewable manner on a web site that makes such information 
available to the public, or otherwise intentionally 
communicating an individual's social security number, or an 
identifying portion thereof, to the public.

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DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED 
         AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1994, PUBLIC LAW 103-121


AN ACT making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, 
  and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 1994 and for other purposes.

TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND RELATED AGENCIES

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General Provisions--Department of Justice

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    Sec. 108. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 or any other 
statute affecting the crediting of collections, the Attorney 
General may credit, as an offsetting collection, to the 
Department of Justice Working Capital Fund, for fiscal year 
1994 and thereafter, up to three percent of all amounts 
collected pursuant to civil debt collection litigation 
activities of the Department of Justice, except that, for 
fiscal year 2001 and thereafter, the Attorney General may 
credit up to six percent of all amounts collected. Such amounts 
in the Working Capital Fund shall remain available until 
expended and shall be subject to the terms and conditions of 
that fund, and shall be used [only] first for paying the costs 
of processing and tracking such litigation, and thereafter for 
other personnel, administrative, and litigation expenses of 
civil debt collection litigation activities.

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   OMNIBUS CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1997, PUBLIC LAW 104-208


DIVISION C--ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION REFORM AND IMMIGRANT RESPONSIBILITY ACT 
OF 1996

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[SEC. 110. AUTOMATED ENTRY-EXIT CONTROL SYSTEM.

  [(a) System.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall develop an 
automated entry and exit control system that will--
          [(1) collect a record of departure for every alien 
        departing the United States and match the records of 
        departure with the record of the alien's arrival in the 
        United States; and
          [(2) enable the Attorney General to identify, through 
        on-line searching procedures, lawfully admitted 
        nonimmigrants who remain in the United States beyond 
        the period authorized by the Attorney General.
  [(b) Report.--
          [(1) Deadline.--Not later than December 31 of each 
        year following the development of the system under 
        subsection (a), the Attorney General shall submit an 
        annual report to the Committees on the Judiciary of the 
        House of Representatives and of the Senate on such 
        system.
          [(2) Information.--The report shall include the 
        following information:
                  [(A) The number of departure records 
                collected, with an accounting by country of 
                nationality of the departing alien.
                  [(B) The number of departure records that 
                were successfully matched to records of the 
                alien's prior arrival in the United States, 
                with an accounting by the alien's country of 
                nationality and by the alien's classification 
                as an immigrant or nonimmigrant.
                  [(C) The number of aliens who arrived as 
                nonimmigrants, or as a visitor under the visa 
                waiver program under section 217 of the 
                Immigration and Nationality Act, for whom no 
                matching departure record has been obtained 
                through the system or through other means as of 
                the end of the alien's authorized period of 
                stay, with an accounting by the alien's country 
                of nationality and date of arrival in the 
                United States.
  [(c) Use of Information on Overstays.--Information regarding 
aliens who have remained in the United Staty beyond their 
authorized period of stay identified through the system shall 
be integrated into appropriate data bases of the Immigration 
and Naturalization Service and the Department of State, 
including those used at ports of entry and at consular 
offices.]

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    [Sec. 641. (a) Section 1--Authorization of 
Appropriations.--Section 8(a)(1) of the Whistleblower 
Protection Act of 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note, Public Law 101-12, 
April 10, 1989, 103 Stat. 34, as amended Public Law 103-424, 
Section 1, October 29, 1994, 108 Stat. 4361), is amended by 
striking the words: ``1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997,'' and 
inserting in lieu thereof ``1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002''.
    [(b) Section 2--Effective Date.--This Act shall take effect 
on October 1, 1998.]

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   1999 EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, PUBLIC LAW 106-31


TITLE I--EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS

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TITLE III--SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS

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                               CHAPTER 11


GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS TITLE

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    Sec. 3022. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
taking of a Cook Inlet beluga whale under the exemption 
provided in section 101(b) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1371(a)) [between the date of the enactment of this 
Act and October 1, 2000,] shall be considered a violation of 
such Act unless such taking occurs pursuant to a cooperative 
agreement between the National Marine Fisheries Service and 
affected Alaska Native organizations.

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   DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1999, PUBLIC LAW 106-113


DIVISION A

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APPENDIX A--H.R. 3421

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TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS

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    Sec. 623. (a) Northern Fund and Southern Fund.--
            (1) As provided in the June 30, 1999, Agreement of 
        the United States and Canada on the Treaty Between the 
        Government of the United States and the Government of 
        Canada Concerning Pacific Salmon, 1985 (hereafter 
        referred to as the ``1999 Pacific Salmon Treaty 
        Agreement'') there are hereby established a Northern 
        Boundary and Transboundary Rivers Restoration and 
        Enhancement Fund (hereafter referred to as the 
        ``Northern Fund'') and a Southern Boundary Restoration 
        and Enhancement Fund (hereafter referred to as the 
        ``Southern Fund'') to be held by the Pacific Salmon 
        Commission. The Northern Fund and Southern Fund shall 
        be invested in interest bearing accounts, bonds, 
        securities, or other investments in order to achieve 
        the highest annual yield consistent with protecting the 
        principal of each Fund. [The Northern Fund and Southern 
        Fund shall each receive $10,000,000, of the amounts 
        authorized by this section.] Income from investments 
        made pursuant to this paragraph shall be available 
        until expended, without appropriation or fiscal year 
        limitation, for programs and activities relating to 
        salmon restoration and enhancement, salmon research, 
        the conservation of salmon habitat, and implementation 
        of the Pacific Salmon Treaty and related agreements. 
        Amounts provided by grants under this subsection may be 
        held in interest bearing accounts prior to the 
        disbursement of such funds for program purposes, and 
        any interest earned may be retained for program 
        purposes without further appropriation. The Northern 
        Fund and Southern Fund are subject to the laws 
        governing Federal appropriations and funds and to 
        unrestricted circulars of the Office of Management and 
        Budget. Recipients of amounts from either Fund shall 
        keep separate accounts and such records as are 
        reasonably necessary to disclose the use of the funds 
        as well as to facilitate effective audits.

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    [(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            [(1) For capitalizing the Northern Fund and the 
        Southern Fund, there is authorized to be appropriated 
        in fiscal year 2000, $20,000,000.
            [(2) For salmon habitat restoration, salmon stock 
        enhancement, salmon research, and implementation of the 
        1999 Pacific Salmon Treaty Agreement and related 
        agreements, there is authorized to be appropriated in 
        fiscal year 2000, $50,000,000 to the States of 
        California, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska. The State 
        of Alaska may allocate a portion of any funds it 
        receives under this subsection to eligible activities 
        outside Alaska.
            [(3) For salmon habitat restoration, salmon stock 
        enhancement, salmon research, and implementation of the 
        1999 Pacific Salmon Treaty Agreement and related 
        agreements, there is authorized to be appropriated 
        $6,000,000 in fiscal year 2000 to the Pacific Coastal 
        tribes (as defined by the Secretary of Commerce) and 
        $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2000 to the Columbia River 
        tribes (as defined by the Secretary of Commerce).]
    ``(d)(1) Pacific Salmon Treaty.--
            ``(A) For capitalizing the Northern Fund there is 
        authorized to be appropriated in fiscal years 2000, 
        2001, 2002, and 2003 a total of $75,000,000.
            ``(B) For capitalizing the Southern Fund there is 
        authorized to be appropriated in fiscal years 2000, 
        2001, 2002, and 2003 a total of $65,000,000.
            ``(C) To permanently retire commercial salmon 
        permits pursuant to the 1999 Pacific Salmon Treaty 
        Agreement, there is authorized to be appropriated in 
        fiscal years 2000, 2001, and 2002 a total of 
        $30,000,000.
    ``(2) Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery.--
            ``(A) For salmon habitat restoration, salmon stock 
        enhancement, and salmon research, including the 
        construction of salmon research and related facilities, 
        there is authorized to be appropriated for each of 
        fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003, $90,000,000 to 
        the States of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and 
        California. Amounts appropriated pursuant to this 
        subparagraph shall be made available as direct 
        payments. The State of Alaska may allocate a portion of 
        any funds it receives under this subsection to eligible 
        activities outside Alaska.
            ``(B) For salmon habitat restoration, salmon stock 
        enhancement, salmon research, and supplementation 
        activities, there is authorized to be appropriated in 
        each of fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003, 
        $10,000,000 to be divided between the Pacific Coastal 
        tribes (as defined by the Secretary of Commerce) and 
        the Columbia River tribes (as defined by the Secretary 
        of Commerce).''

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  COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR FISCAL
                                                                        YEAR 2001
                                                                [In thousands of dollars]
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                                                                                                        Senate Committee recommendation compared with (+
                                                                                                                             or -)
               Item                      2000       Budget estimate  House allowance     Committee    --------------------------------------------------
                                    appropriation                                      recommendation        2000
                                                                                                        appropriation   Budget estimate  House allowance
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  TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

      General Administration

Salaries and expenses............          79,328           91,553           84,177           83,713           +4,385           -7,840             -464
Joint automated booking system...           1,800            1,800            1,800           15,915          +14,115          +14,115          +14,115
Public key infrastructure........  ...............           4,376   ...............  ...............  ...............          -4,376   ...............
Narrowband communications........          10,625          188,000           95,445          205,000         +194,375          +17,000         +109,555
    (By transfer)................         (92,545)  ...............  ...............  ...............        (-92,545)  ...............  ...............
Counterterrorism fund............          10,000           10,000           10,000            5,000           -5,000           -5,000           -5,000
Telecommunications carrier                  7,000          105,000          136,771   ...............          -7,000         -105,000         -136,771
 compliance fund.................
    Defense function.............           8,000   ...............         141,250   ...............          -8,000   ...............        -141,250
Administrative review and
 appeals:
    Direct appropriation.........          98,136          164,549          159,570          112,814          +14,678          -51,735          -46,756
    Crime trust fund.............          50,363   ...............  ...............  ...............         -50,363   ...............  ...............
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Administrative               148,499          164,549          159,570          112,814          -35,685          -51,735          -46,756
       review and appeals........

Detention trustee................  ...............          26,000            1,000   ...............  ...............         -26,000           -1,000
Office of Inspector General......          40,275           42,192           41,825           42,192           +1,917   ...............            +367
    (Transfer out)...............            (-40)  ...............  ...............  ...............            (+40)  ...............  ...............
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, General                      305,527          633,470          671,838          464,634         +159,107         -168,836         -207,204
       administration............
          Appropriations.........        (255,164)        (633,470)        (671,838)        (464,634)       (+209,470)       (-168,836)       (-207,204)
          Crime trust fund.......         (50,363)  ...............  ...............  ...............        (-50,363)  ...............  ...............
                                  ======================================================================================================================
 United States Parole Commission

Salaries and expenses............           8,527            9,183            8,855            7,380           -1,147           -1,803           -1,475
                                  ======================================================================================================================
         Legal Activities

General legal activities:
    Direct appropriation.........         357,016          553,235          523,228          494,310         +137,294          -58,925          -28,918
    Crime trust fund.............         147,929   ...............  ...............  ...............        -147,929   ...............  ...............
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, General legal                504,945          553,235          523,228          494,310          -10,635          -58,925          -28,918
       activities................

Vaccine injury compensation trust           4,028            4,028            4,028            4,028   ...............  ...............  ...............
 fund (permanent)................

Antitrust Division...............         110,000          134,000          113,269           95,838          -14,162          -38,162          -17,431
    Offsetting fee collections--          -28,150          -29,034          -36,098   ...............         +28,150          +29,034          +36,098
     carryover...................
    Offsetting fee collections--          -81,850         -104,966          -77,171          -95,838          -13,988           +9,128          -18,667
     current year................
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Direct appropriation.......  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............

United States Attorneys: Direct         1,161,957        1,292,633        1,247,416        1,159,014           -2,943         -133,619          -88,402
 appropriation...................

United States Trustee System
 Fund:
    Current year fee funding.....         106,775          127,202          126,242          127,212          +20,437              +10             +970
    Fees and interest                       6,000   ...............  ...............  ...............          -6,000   ...............  ...............
     (legislative proposal)......
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, United States                112,775          127,202          126,242          127,212          +14,437              +10             +970
       trustee system fund.......

          Offsetting fee                 -106,775         -121,202         -120,242         -121,202          -14,427   ...............            -960
           collections...........
          Offsetting fee                   -6,000   ...............  ...............  ...............          +6,000   ...............  ...............
           collections--legis.
           proposal..............
          Interest on U.S.         ...............          -6,000           -6,000           -6,000           -6,000   ...............  ...............
           securities............
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, U.S. trustee                -112,775         -127,202         -126,242         -127,202          -14,427   ...............            -960
       offsetting fee collections

Foreign Claims Settlement                   1,175            1,214            1,000            1,214              +39   ...............            +214
 Commission......................

United States Marshals Service:
    Direct appropriation.........         333,745          586,469          560,438          550,472         +216,727          -35,997           -9,966
        (Transfer out)...........         (-2,762)  ...............  ...............  ...............         (+2,762)  ...............  ...............
    Crime trust fund.............         209,620   ...............  ...............  ...............        -209,620   ...............  ...............
    Construction.................           6,000            6,378            6,000           25,100          +19,100          +18,722          +19,100
    Justice Prisoner and Alien     ...............  ...............  ...............          97,855          +97,855          +97,855          +97,855
     transportation system.......
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, United States                549,365          592,847          566,438          673,427         +124,062          +80,580         +106,989
       Marshals Service..........

Federal prisoner detention.......         525,000          597,402          597,402          539,022          +14,022          -58,380          -58,380
Fees and expenses of witnesses...          95,000          156,145           95,000          156,145          +61,145   ...............         +61,145
Community Relations Service......           7,199            9,829            7,479            8,475           +1,276           -1,354             +996
Assets forfeiture fund...........          23,000           23,000   ...............          23,000   ...............  ...............         +23,000
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Legal activities....       2,871,669        3,230,333        3,041,991        3,058,645         +186,976         -171,688          +16,654
          Appropriations.........      (2,514,120)      (3,230,333)      (3,041,991)      (3,058,645)       (+544,525)       (-171,688)        (+16,654)
          Crime trust fund.......        (357,549)  ...............  ...............  ...............       (-357,549)  ...............  ...............
                                  ======================================================================================================================
 Radiation Exposure Compensation

Administrative expenses..........           2,000            2,000            2,000            2,000   ...............  ...............  ...............
Payment to radiation exposure               3,200           13,727            3,200           14,400          +11,200             +673          +11,200
 compensation trust fund.........
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Radiation Exposure             5,200           15,727            5,200           16,400          +11,200             +673          +11,200
       Compensation..............
                                  ======================================================================================================================
   Interagency Law Enforcement

Interagency crime and drug                316,792          328,898          328,898          316,792   ...............         -12,106          -12,106
 enforcement.....................
                                  ======================================================================================================================
 Federal Bureau of Investigation

Salaries and expenses............       2,044,542        2,977,089        3,070,282        2,676,931         +632,389         -300,158         -393,351
    (Transfer out)...............        (-50,000)  ...............  ...............  ...............        (+50,000)  ...............  ...............
Counterintelligence and national          292,473          326,776          159,223          400,650         +108,177          +73,874         +241,427
 security........................
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Direct appropriation.........       2,337,015        3,303,865        3,229,505        3,077,581         +740,566         -226,284         -151,924

Crime trust fund.................         752,853   ...............  ...............  ...............        -752,853   ...............  ...............
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Salaries and            3,089,868        3,303,865        3,229,505        3,077,581          -12,287         -226,284         -151,924
       expenses..................

Construction.....................           1,287            3,187            1,287           42,687          +41,400          +39,500          +41,400
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Federal Bureau of          3,091,155        3,307,052        3,230,792        3,120,268          +29,113         -186,784         -110,524
       Investigation.............
          Appropriations.........      (2,338,302)      (3,307,052)      (3,230,792)      (3,120,268)       (+781,966)       (-186,784)       (-110,524)
          Crime trust fund.......        (752,853)  ...............  ...............  ...............       (-752,853)  ...............  ...............
                                  ======================================================================================================================
 Drug Enforcement Administration

Salaries and expenses............       1,013,330        1,451,309        1,445,852        1,429,198         +415,868          -22,111          -16,654
    (Transfer out)...............        (-20,733)  ...............  ...............  ...............        (+20,733)  ...............  ...............
    Diversion control fund.......         -80,330          -83,543          -83,543          -83,543           -3,213   ...............  ...............
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Direct appropriation.......         933,000        1,367,766        1,362,309        1,345,655         +412,655          -22,111          -16,654

Crime trust fund.................         343,250   ...............  ...............  ...............        -343,250   ...............  ...............
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Salaries and            1,276,250        1,367,766        1,362,309        1,345,655          +69,405          -22,111          -16,654
       expenses..................

Construction.....................           5,500            5,500            5,500   ...............          -5,500           -5,500           -5,500
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Drug Enforcement           1,281,750        1,373,266        1,367,809        1,345,655          +63,905          -27,611          -22,154
       Administration............
          Appropriations.........        (938,500)      (1,373,266)      (1,367,809)      (1,345,655)       (+407,155)        (-27,611)        (-22,154)
          Crime trust fund.......        (343,250)  ...............  ...............  ...............       (-343,250)  ...............  ...............
                                  ======================================================================================================================
  Immigration and Naturalization
             Service

Salaries and expenses............       1,642,440        3,159,138        3,121,213        2,895,397       +1,252,957         -263,741         -225,816
    (Transfer out)...............        (-18,510)  ...............  ...............  ...............        (+18,510)  ...............  ...............
    Enforcement and border             (1,107,429)      (2,580,890)      (2,547,899)  ...............     (-1,107,429)     (-2,580,890)     (-2,547,899)
     affairs.....................
    Citizenship and benefits,            (535,011)        (539,390)        (573,314)  ...............       (-535,011)       (-539,390)       (-573,314)
     immigration support and
     program direction...........
Crime trust fund.................       1,267,225   ...............  ...............  ...............      -1,267,225   ...............  ...............
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Direct and crime        2,909,665        3,159,138        3,121,213        2,895,397          -14,268         -263,741         -225,816
       trust fund................

Fee accounts:
    Immigration user fee.........        (446,151)        (529,103)        (478,879)        (494,384)        (+48,233)        (-34,719)        (+15,505)
    Land border inspection fund..          (1,548)          (1,641)          (1,641)          (1,670)           (+122)            (+29)            (+29)
    Immigration examinations fund        (708,500)        (899,817)        (874,717)        (891,017)       (+182,517)         (-8,800)        (+16,300)
    Breached bond fund...........        (110,423)        (110,134)         (80,600)        (130,634)        (+20,211)        (+20,500)        (+50,034)
    Immigration enforcement fines          (1,850)          (1,850)          (1,850)          (5,593)         (+3,743)         (+3,743)         (+3,743)
    H-1b Visa fees...............          (1,125)          (1,125)          (1,125)          (1,473)           (+348)           (+348)           (+348)
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Fee accounts.....      (1,269,597)      (1,543,670)      (1,438,812)      (1,524,771)       (+255,174)        (-18,899)        (+85,959)

Construction.....................          99,664          111,135          110,664          133,302          +33,638          +22,167          +22,638
Immigration services capital       ...............          34,800   ...............  ...............  ...............         -34,800   ...............
 investment......................
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Immigration and           (4,260,416)      (4,848,743)      (4,670,689)      (4,553,470)       (+293,054)       (-295,273)       (-117,219)
       Naturalization Service....
          Appropriations.........      (1,742,104)      (3,305,073)      (3,231,877)      (3,028,699)     (+1,286,595)       (-276,374)       (-203,178)
          Crime trust fund.......      (1,267,225)  ...............  ...............  ...............     (-1,267,225)  ...............  ...............
          (Fee accounts).........      (1,269,597)      (1,543,670)      (1,438,812)      (1,524,771)       (+255,174)        (-18,899)        (+85,959)
                                  ======================================================================================================================
      Federal Prison System

Salaries and expenses............       3,179,110        3,545,769        3,500,596        3,573,729         +394,619          +27,960          +73,133
    Prior year carryover.........         -90,000   ...............         -70,000   ...............         +90,000   ...............         +70,000
        (Transfer out)...........           (-500)  ...............  ...............  ...............           (+500)  ...............  ...............
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Direct appropriation...       3,089,110        3,545,769        3,430,596        3,573,729         +484,619          +27,960         +143,133

Crime trust fund.................          22,524   ...............  ...............  ...............         -22,524   ...............  ...............
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Salaries and            3,111,634        3,545,769        3,430,596        3,573,729         +462,095          +27,960         +143,133
       expenses..................

Buildings and facilities.........         556,791          835,660          835,660          724,389         +167,598         -111,271         -111,271
    Advance appropriations,        ...............       1,326,000   ...............  ...............  ...............      -1,326,000   ...............
     fiscal years 2002-2003......
Federal Prison Industries,                  3,429            3,429            3,429            3,429   ...............  ...............  ...............
 Incorporated (limitation on
 administrative expen-  ses).....
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Federal Prison             3,671,854        5,710,858        4,269,685        4,301,547         +629,693       -1,409,311          +31,862
       System....................
          Appropriations.........      (3,649,330)      (4,384,858)      (4,269,685)      (4,301,547)       (+652,217)        (-83,311)        (+31,862)
          Advance appropriations.  ...............      (1,326,000)  ...............  ...............  ...............     (-1,326,000)  ...............
                                  ======================================================================================================================
    Office of Justice Programs

Justice assistance...............         307,611          371,260          307,611          426,403         +118,792          +55,143         +118,792
    (By transfer)................          (7,000)          (7,000)          (7,000)          (7,000)  ...............  ...............  ...............

State and local law enforcement
 assistance:
    Direct appropriations:
        Local law enforcement             523,000   ...............         523,000          400,000         -123,000         +400,000         -123,000
         block grant.............
            Boys and Girls clubs          (50,000)  ...............         (50,000)         (70,000)        (+20,000)        (+70,000)        (+20,000)
             (earmark)...........
        State prison grants......         686,500           75,000          686,500           76,000         -610,500           +1,000         -610,500
        State criminal alien              420,000          600,000          420,000           50,000         -370,000         -550,000         -370,000
         assistance program......
        Indian tribal courts                5,000           15,000   ...............           5,000   ...............         -10,000           +5,000
         program.................
        Drug interdiction........  ...............          75,000   ...............  ...............  ...............         -75,000   ...............
        Indian grants............  ...............          21,000   ...............  ...............  ...............         -21,000   ...............
        Byrne grants (formula)...  ...............         400,000          500,000          400,000         +400,000   ...............        -100,000
        Byrne grants               ...............          59,500           52,000           52,000          +52,000           -7,500   ...............
         (discretionary).........
        Juvenile crime block       ...............  ...............         250,000          100,000         +100,000         +100,000         -150,000
         grant...................
        Drug courts..............  ...............          50,000           40,000           40,000          +40,000          -10,000   ...............
        Violence Against Women     ...............         296,000          283,750          284,854         +284,854          -11,146           +1,104
         grants..................
        State prison drug          ...............          65,000           63,000           63,000          +63,000           -2,000   ...............
         treatment...............
        Other crime control        ...............           5,700            5,700            4,400           +4,400           -1,300           -1,300
         programs................
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Direct              1,634,500        1,662,200        2,823,950        1,475,254         -159,246         -186,946       -1,348,696
           appropriations........

Crime trust fund:
    Byrne grants (formula).......         500,000   ...............  ...............  ...............        -500,000   ...............  ...............
    Byrne grants (discretionary).          52,000   ...............  ...............  ...............         -52,000   ...............  ...............
    Juvenile crime block grant...         250,000   ...............  ...............  ...............        -250,000   ...............  ...............
    Drug courts..................          40,000   ...............  ...............  ...............         -40,000   ...............  ...............
    Violence Against Women grants         283,750   ...............  ...............  ...............        -283,750   ...............  ...............
    State prison drug treatment..          63,000   ...............  ...............  ...............         -63,000   ...............  ...............
    Other crime control programs.           5,700   ...............  ...............  ...............          -5,700   ...............  ...............
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Crime trust fund.       1,194,450   ...............  ...............  ...............      -1,194,450   ...............  ...............
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, State and local law        2,828,950        1,662,200        2,823,950        1,475,254       -1,353,696         -186,946       -1,348,696
       enforcement...............
                                  ======================================================================================================================
Weed and seed program fund.......          33,500           42,000           33,500           40,000           +6,500           -2,000           +6,500

Community oriented policing
 services:
    Direct appropriations:
        Hiring program...........         344,500          614,000          389,500          510,500         +166,000         -103,500         +121,000
        Management administration          29,825           36,000           29,825           29,825   ...............          -6,175   ...............
        Crime identification              130,000          350,000          130,000          130,000   ...............        -220,000   ...............
         technology..............
            Safe schools                  (15,000)  ...............  ...............         (15,000)  ...............        (+15,000)        (+15,000)
             technology..........
            Upgrade criminal              (35,000)         (70,000)  ...............         (33,000)         (-2,000)        (-37,000)        (+33,000)
             history records.....
            DNA identification/           (30,000)         (50,000)  ...............         (30,000)  ...............        (-20,000)        (+30,000)
             crime lab...........
        Methamphetamine..........          35,675   ...............          45,675           41,700           +6,025          +41,700           -3,975
        Community prosecutors....          10,000          200,000   ...............  ...............         -10,000         -200,000   ...............
        Crime prevention.........  ...............         135,000   ...............  ...............  ...............        -135,000   ...............
        COPS technology..........  ...............  ...............  ...............         100,000         +100,000         +100,000         +100,000
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal, Direct                550,000        1,335,000          595,000          812,025         +262,025         -522,975         +217,025
           appropriations........

    Crime trust fund: Hiring               45,000   ...............  ...............  ...............         -45,000   ...............  ...............
     program.....................
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Community oriented           595,000        1,335,000          595,000          812,025         +217,025         -522,975         +217,025
       policing services.........
                                  ======================================================================================================================
Juvenile justice programs........         287,097          289,000          287,097          279,697           -7,400           -9,303           -7,400
    (Transfer out)...............         (-7,000)         (-7,000)         (-7,000)         (-7,000)  ...............  ...............  ...............

Public safety officers benefits
 program:
    Death benefits...............          32,541           33,224           33,224           33,224             +683   ...............  ...............
    Federal law enforcement        ...............           4,800   ...............  ...............  ...............          -4,800   ...............
     dependents assistance.......
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Public safety                 32,541           38,024           33,224           33,224             +683           -4,800   ...............
       officers benefits program.
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Office of Justice          4,084,699        3,737,484        4,080,382        3,066,603       -1,018,096         -670,881       -1,013,779
       Programs..................
          Appropriations.........      (2,845,249)      (3,737,484)      (4,080,382)      (3,066,603)       (+221,354)       (-670,881)     (-1,013,779)
          Crime trust fund.......      (1,239,450)  ...............  ...............  ...............     (-1,239,450)  ...............  ...............
                                  ======================================================================================================================
      Total, title I, Department       18,646,502       21,651,344       20,237,327       18,726,623          +80,121       -2,924,721       -1,510,704
       of Justice................
          Appropriations.........     (14,613,288)     (20,325,344)     (20,237,327)     (18,726,623)     (+4,113,335)     (-1,598,721)     (-1,510,704)
          Crime trust fund.......      (4,033,214)  ...............  ...............  ...............     (-4,033,214)  ...............  ...............
          Advance appropriations.  ...............      (1,326,000)  ...............  ...............  ...............     (-1,326,000)  ...............
              (Transfer out).....        (-99,545)         (-7,000)         (-7,000)         (-7,000)        (+92,545)  ...............  ...............
          (Limitation on           ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............
           administrative
           expenses).............
              (By transfer)......         (99,545)          (7,000)          (7,000)          (7,000)        (-92,545)  ...............  ...............
                                  ======================================================================================================================
 TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
       AND RELATED AGENCIES

     TRADE AND INFRASTRUCTURE
           DEVELOPMENT

Office of the United States Trade
          Representative

Salaries and expenses............          25,635           29,600           29,433           29,600           +3,965   ...............            +167

  International Trade Commission

Salaries and expenses............          44,495           49,100           46,995           49,100           +4,605   ...............          +2,105
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Related agencies....          70,130           78,700           76,428           78,700           +8,570   ...............          +2,272
                                  ======================================================================================================================
      DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

       International Trade
          Administration

Operations and administration....         311,503          355,147          321,448          318,686           +7,183          -36,461           -2,762
    Offsetting fee collections...          -3,000           -3,000           -3,000           -3,000   ...............  ...............  ...............
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Direct appropriation.......         308,503          352,147          318,448          315,686           +7,183          -36,461           -2,762
                                  ======================================================================================================================
      Export Administration

Operations and administration....          52,161           66,416           51,963           56,787           +4,626           -9,629           +4,824
    CWC enforcement..............           1,877            5,138            1,870            4,250           +2,373             -888           +2,380
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Export                        54,038           71,554           53,833           61,037           +6,999          -10,517           +7,204
       Administration............
                                  ======================================================================================================================
       Economic Development
          Administration

Economic development assistance           361,879          407,750          361,879          218,000         -143,879         -189,750         -143,879
 programs........................
Salaries and expenses............          26,500           29,188           26,499           31,542           +5,042           +2,354           +5,043
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Economic Development         388,379          436,938          388,378          249,542         -138,837         -187,396         -138,836
       Administration............
                                  ======================================================================================================================
  Minority Business Development
              Agency

Minority business development....          27,314           28,156           27,314           27,000             -314           -1,156             -314
                                  ======================================================================================================================
      Total, Trade and                    848,364          967,495          864,401          731,965         -116,399         -235,530         -132,436
       Infrastructure Development
                                  ======================================================================================================================
     ECONOMIC AND INFORMATION
          INFRASTRUCTURE

Economic and Statistical Analysis

Salaries and expenses............          49,499           54,713           49,499           53,992           +4,493             -721           +4,493
                                  ======================================================================================================================
       Bureau of the Census

Salaries and expenses............         140,000          173,826          140,000          158,386          +18,386          -15,440          +18,386
Periodic censuses and programs...         142,320          545,379          530,867          535,224         +392,904          -10,155           +4,357
    Emergency appropriations.....       4,476,253   ...............  ...............  ...............      -4,476,253   ...............  ...............
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Bureau of the Census       4,758,573          719,205          670,867          693,610       -4,064,963          -25,595          +22,743
                                  ======================================================================================================================
 National Telecommunications and
    Information Administration

Salaries and expenses............          10,975           20,315           10,975           11,437             +462           -8,878             +462
Public telecommunications                  26,500          110,075           31,000           50,000          +23,500          -60,075          +19,000
 facilities, planning and
 construction....................
    Advance appropriations,        ...............         197,500   ...............  ...............  ...............        -197,500   ...............
     fiscal years 2002-2003......
Technology opportunity grants....          15,500           45,119           15,500           15,500   ...............         -29,619   ...............
Home internet access.............  ...............          50,000   ...............  ...............  ...............         -50,000   ...............
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, National                      52,975          423,009           57,475           76,937          +23,962         -346,072          +19,462
       Telecommunications and
       Information Administration
          Appropriations.........         (52,975)        (225,509)         (57,475)         (76,937)        (+23,962)       (-148,572)        (+19,462)
          Advance appropriations.  ...............        (197,500)  ...............  ...............  ...............       (-197,500)  ...............
                                  ======================================================================================================================
   Patent and Trademark Office

Current year fee funding.........         755,000          783,843          650,035          783,843          +28,843   ...............        +133,808
    (Prior year carryover).......        (116,000)        (254,889)        (254,889)        (254,889)       (+138,889)  ...............  ...............
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Patent and Trademark        (871,000)      (1,038,732)        (904,924)      (1,038,732)       (+167,732)  ...............       (+133,808)
       Office....................
          Offsetting fee                 -785,976         -783,843         -650,035         -783,843           +2,133   ...............        -133,808
           collections...........
                                  ======================================================================================================================
      Total, Economic and               4,830,071        1,196,927          777,841          824,539       -4,005,532         -372,388          +46,698
       Information Infrastructure
          Appropriations.........        (353,818)        (999,427)        (777,841)        (824,539)       (+470,721)       (-174,888)        (+46,698)
          Advance appropriations.  ...............        (197,500)  ...............  ...............  ...............       (-197,500)  ...............
                                  ======================================================================================================================
      SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

    Technology Administration

 Under Secretary for Technology/
   Office of Technology Policy

Salaries and expenses............           7,972            8,716            7,945            8,216             +244             -500             +271
                                  ======================================================================================================================
 National Institute of Standards
          and Technology

Scientific and technical research         283,132          337,508          292,056          305,003          +21,871          -32,505          +12,947
 and services....................
    (Transfer out)...............  ...............         (-6,200)  ...............         (-6,200)         (-6,200)  ...............         (-6,200)
Industrial technology services...         247,436          339,604          104,836          262,737          +15,301          -76,867         +157,901
    (Transfer out)...............  ...............           (-100)  ...............  ...............  ...............           (+100)  ...............
Construction of research                  108,414           35,879           26,000           28,879          -79,535           -7,000           +2,879
 facilities......................
Working capital fund (by           ...............          (6,300)  ...............          (6,200)         (+6,200)           (-100)         (+6,200)
 transfer).......................
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, National Institute           638,982          712,991          422,892          596,619          -42,363         -116,372         +173,727
       of Standards and
       Technology................
                                  ======================================================================================================================
 National Oceanic and Atmospheric
          Administration

Operations, research, and               1,688,189        1,882,189        1,608,125        1,958,046         +269,857          +75,857         +349,921
 facilities......................
    Offsetting collections         ...............         -20,000   ...............  ...............  ...............         +20,000   ...............
     (fisheries) (proposed)......
    Offsetting collections         ...............         -14,000   ...............  ...............  ...............         +14,000   ...............
     (navigations) (proposed)....
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Direct appropriation.......       1,688,189        1,848,189        1,608,125        1,958,046         +269,857         +109,857         +349,921

          (By transfer from               (68,000)         (68,000)         (68,000)         (68,000)  ...............  ...............  ...............
           Promote and Develop
           Fund).................
          (By transfer from        ...............           3,200   ...............           3,200           +3,200   ...............          +3,200
           Coastal zone
           management)...........
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Total, Operations,          1,688,189        1,851,389        1,608,125        1,961,246         +273,057         +109,857         +353,121
             research and
             facilities..........

Procurement, acquisition and              596,067          635,222          563,456          669,542          +73,475          +34,320         +106,086
 construction....................
    Advance appropriations,        ...............       6,417,495   ...............  ...............  ...............      -6,417,495   ...............
     fiscal years 2002-2019......
Pacific coastal salmon recovery..          58,000          160,000           58,000           58,000   ...............        -102,000   ...............
Fisheries assistance.............  ...............          10,000   ...............  ...............  ...............         -10,000   ...............
Coastal impact assistance........  ...............         100,000   ...............  ...............  ...............        -100,000   ...............
Coastal zone management fund.....           4,000   ...............           4,000   ...............          -4,000   ...............          -4,000
    Mandatory offset.............          -4,000           -3,200           -4,000           -3,200             +800   ...............            +800
Fishermen's contingency fund.....             953              951              951              953   ...............              +2               +2
Foreign fishing observer fund....             189              191              189              191               +2   ...............              +2
Fisheries finance program account             338            6,628              238              338   ...............          -6,290             +100
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, National Oceanic and       2,343,736        9,178,676        2,230,959        2,687,070         +343,334       -6,491,606         +456,111
       Atmospheric Administration
          Appropriations.........      (2,343,736)      (2,761,181)      (2,230,959)      (2,687,070)       (+343,334)        (-74,111)       (+456,111)
          Advance appropriations.  ...............      (6,417,495)  ...............  ...............  ...............     (-6,417,495)  ...............
                                  ======================================================================================================================
      Total, Science and                2,990,690        9,900,383        2,661,796        3,291,905         +301,215       -6,608,478         +630,109
       Technology................
                                  ======================================================================================================================
     Departmental Management

Salaries and expenses............          31,500           32,340           28,392           32,340             +840   ...............          +3,948
Digital department...............  ...............           5,800   ...............           5,800           +5,800   ...............          +5,800
Security.........................  ...............          13,268   ...............          10,000          +10,000           -3,268          +10,000
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Departmental                  31,500           51,408           28,392           48,140          +16,640           -3,268          +19,748
       management................
                                  ======================================================================================================================
   Office of Inspector General

Office of Inspector General......          20,000           22,726           21,000           19,000           -1,000           -3,726           -2,000

 National Oceanic and Atmospheric
          Administration

Fisheries promotional fund                 -1,187   ...............  ...............  ...............          +1,187   ...............  ...............
 (rescission)....................
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Department of                    308       12,060,239        4,277,002        4,836,849       -3,812,459       -7,223,390         +559,847
       Commerce..................
          Appropriations.........      (4,174,242)      (5,445,244)      (4,277,002)      (4,836,849)       (+662,607)       (-608,395)       (+559,847)
          Emergency                ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............
           appropriations........
          Rescissions............         (-1,187)  ...............  ...............  ...............         (+1,187)  ...............  ...............
          Advance appropriations.  ...............      (6,614,995)  ...............  ...............  ...............     (-6,614,995)  ...............
                                  ======================================================================================================================
      Total, title II, Department       8,719,438       12,138,939        4,353,430        4,915,549       -3,803,889       -7,223,390         +562,119
       of Commerce and related
       agencies..................
          Appropriations.........      (4,244,372)      (5,523,944)      (4,353,430)      (4,915,549)       (+671,177)       (-608,395)       (+562,119)
          Emergency                ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............
           appropriations........
          Rescissions............         (-1,187)  ...............  ...............  ...............         (+1,187)  ...............  ...............
          Advance appropriations.  ...............      (6,614,995)  ...............  ...............  ...............     (-6,614,995)  ...............
              (Transfer out).....  ...............         (-6,300)  ...............         (-6,200)         (-6,200)           (+100)         (-6,200)
              (By transfer)......         (68,000)         (74,300)         (68,000)         (74,200)         (+6,200)           (-100)         (+6,200)
                                  ======================================================================================================================
     TITLE III--THE JUDICIARY

   Supreme Court of the United
              States

Salaries and expenses:
    Salaries of justices.........           1,698            1,698            1,698            1,698   ...............  ...............  ...............
    Other salaries and expenses..          33,794           36,047           35,084           35,893           +2,099             -154             +809
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Salaries and                  35,492           37,745           36,782           37,591           +2,099             -154             +809
       expenses..................

Care of the building and grounds.           8,002            7,530            7,530            7,530             -472   ...............  ...............
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Supreme Court of the          43,494           45,275           44,312           45,121           +1,627             -154             +809
       United States.............
                                  ======================================================================================================================
  United States Court of Appeals
     for the Federal Circuit

Salaries and expenses:
    Salaries of judges...........           1,945            2,021            2,021            2,021              +76   ...............  ...............
    Other salaries and expenses..          14,852           17,512           15,825           15,909           +1,057           -1,603              +84
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Salaries and                  16,797           19,533           17,846           17,930           +1,133           -1,603              +84
       expenses..................
                                  ======================================================================================================================
      United States Court of
       International Trade

Salaries and expenses:
    Salaries of judges...........           1,525            1,525            1,525            1,525   ...............  ...............  ...............
    Other salaries and expenses..          10,432           10,981           10,774           10,931             +499              -50             +157
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Salaries and                  11,957           12,506           12,299           12,456             +499              -50             +157
       expenses..................
                                  ======================================================================================================================
   Courts of Appeals, District
    Courts, and Other Judicial
             Services

Salaries and expenses:
    Salaries of judges and                240,375          248,000          248,000          248,000           +7,625   ...............  ...............
     bankruptcy judges...........
    Other salaries and expenses..       2,717,763        3,250,694        3,080,778        3,111,725         +393,962         -138,969          +30,947
        (Transfer out)...........  ...............  ...............  ...............         (-8,000)         (-8,000)         (-8,000)         (-8,000)
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Direct appropriation...       2,958,138        3,498,694        3,328,778        3,359,725         +401,587         -138,969          +30,947

        Crime trust fund.........         156,539   ...............  ...............  ...............        -156,539   ...............  ...............
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Total, Salaries and           3,114,677        3,498,694        3,328,778        3,359,725         +245,048         -138,969          +30,947
           expenses..............

Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust           2,515            2,602            2,600            2,602              +87   ...............              +2
 Fund............................
Defender services................         358,848          440,351          420,338          416,368          +57,520          -23,983           -3,970
    Crime trust fund.............          26,247   ...............  ...............  ...............         -26,247   ...............  ...............
Fees of jurors and commissioners.          60,918           60,821           60,821           59,567           -1,351           -1,254           -1,254
Court security...................         193,028          215,353          198,265          199,575           +6,547          -15,778           +1,310
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Courts of Appeals,         3,756,233        4,217,821        4,010,802        4,037,837         +281,604         -179,984          +27,035
       District Courts, and Other
       Judicial Services.........
                                  ======================================================================================================================
   Administrative Office of the
       United States Courts

Salaries and expenses............          55,000           61,215           58,340           50,000           -5,000          -11,215           -8,340

     Federal Judicial Center

Salaries and expenses............          18,000           19,337           18,777           19,215           +1,215             -122             +438

    Judicial Retirement Funds

Payment to Judiciary Trust Funds.          39,700           35,700           35,700           35,700           -4,000   ...............  ...............

     United States Sentencing
            Commission

Salaries and expenses............           8,500           10,600            9,615            9,931           +1,431             -669             +316

        General Provisions

Judges pay raise (sec. 304)......           9,611   ...............  ...............           8,801             -810           +8,801           +8,801
                                  ======================================================================================================================
      Total, title III, the             3,959,292        4,421,987        4,207,691        4,236,991         +277,699         -184,996          +29,300
       Judiciary.................
          Appropriations.........      (3,776,506)      (4,421,987)      (4,207,691)      (4,236,991)       (+460,485)       (-184,996)        (+29,300)
          Crime trust fund.......        (182,786)  ...............  ...............  ...............       (-182,786)  ...............  ...............
                                  ======================================================================================================================
  TITLE IV--DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Administration of Foreign Affairs

Diplomatic and consular programs.       2,569,825        2,694,325        2,679,325        2,875,758         +305,933         +181,433         +196,433
    (Transfer out)...............         (-1,162)         (-1,162)  ...............  ...............         (+1,162)         (+1,162)  ...............
    (Transfer out)...............         (-4,000)         (-4,000)         (-4,000)         (-4,000)  ...............  ...............  ...............
    Worldwide security upgrade...         254,000          410,000          410,000          272,736          +18,736         -137,264         -137,264
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Diplomatic and             2,823,825        3,104,325        3,089,325        3,148,494         +324,669          +44,169          +59,169
       consular programs.........

Capital investment fund..........          80,000           97,000           79,670          104,000          +24,000           +7,000          +24,330
Office of Inspector General......          27,495           29,502           28,490           29,395           +1,900             -107             +905
Educational and cultural exchange         205,000          225,000          213,771          225,000          +20,000   ...............         +11,229
 programs........................
Representation allowances........           5,850            5,973            5,826            6,773             +923             +800             +947
Protection of foreign missions              8,100           10,490            8,067           10,490           +2,390   ...............          +2,423
 and officials...................
Embassy security, construction            428,561          431,178          416,976          417,104          -11,457          -14,074             +128
 and maintenance.................
    Worldwide security upgrade...         313,617          648,000          648,000          364,900          +51,283         -283,100         -283,100
    Advance appropriations,        ...............       3,350,000   ...............  ...............  ...............      -3,350,000   ...............
     fiscal years 2002-2005......
Emergencies in the diplomatic and           5,500           11,000            5,477           11,000           +5,500   ...............          +5,523
 consular service................
    (By transfer)................          (4,000)          (4,000)          (4,000)          (4,000)  ...............  ...............  ...............
    (Transfer out)...............         (-1,000)         (-1,000)         (-1,000)         (-1,000)  ...............  ...............  ...............
Commission on Holocaust Assets in          (1,162)          (1,162)  ...............  ...............         (-1,162)         (-1,162)  ...............
 U.S. (by transfer)..............

Repatriation Loans Program
 Account:
    Direct loans subsidy.........             593              593              591              593   ...............  ...............              +2
    Administrative expenses......             607              607              604              607   ...............  ...............              +3
        (By transfer)............          (1,000)          (1,000)          (1,000)          (1,000)  ...............  ...............  ...............
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Total, Repatriation               1,200            1,200            1,195            1,200   ...............  ...............              +5
           loans program account.

Payment to the American Institute          15,375           16,345           16,345           16,345             +970   ...............  ...............
 in Taiwan.......................
Payment to the Foreign Service            128,541          131,224          131,224          131,224           +2,683   ...............  ...............
 Retirement and Disability Fund..
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Administration of          4,043,064        8,061,237        4,644,366        4,465,925         +422,861       -3,595,312         -178,441
       Foreign Affairs...........
          Appropriations.........      (4,043,064)      (4,711,237)      (4,644,366)      (4,465,925)       (+422,861)       (-245,312)       (-178,441)
          Advance appropriations.  ...............      (3,350,000)  ...............  ...............  ...............     (-3,350,000)  ...............
                                  ======================================================================================================================
 International Organizations and
           Conferences

Contributions to international            885,203          946,060          880,505          879,144           -6,059          -66,916           -1,361
 organizations, current year
 assessment......................
    New NATO headquarters........  ...............  ...............  ...............          64,800          +64,800          +64,800          +64,800
Contributions for international           500,000          738,666          498,100          500,000   ...............        -238,666           +1,900
 peacekeeping activities, current
 year............................
Arrearage payments...............         351,000   ...............  ...............         102,000         -249,000         +102,000         +102,000
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, International              1,736,203        1,684,726        1,378,605        1,545,944         -190,259         -138,782         +167,339
       Organizations and
       Conferences...............
                                  ======================================================================================================================
    International Commissions

International Boundary and Water
 Commission, United States and
 Mexico:
    Salaries and expenses........          19,551            7,142           19,470            7,142          -12,409   ...............         -12,328
    Construction, operations, and           5,939           26,747            6,415           26,747          +20,808   ...............         +20,332
     maintenance.................
American sections, international            5,733            8,891            5,710            6,741           +1,008           -2,150           +1,031
 commissions.....................
International fisheries                    15,549           19,392           15,485           19,392           +3,843   ...............          +3,907
 commissions.....................
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, International                 46,772           62,172           47,080           60,022          +13,250           -2,150          +12,942
       commissions...............
                                  ======================================================================================================================
              Other

Payment to the Asia Foundation...           8,250           10,000            8,216   ...............          -8,250          -10,000           -8,216
Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship                465              500              500              500              +35   ...............  ...............
 Program, trust fund.............
Israeli Arab scholarship program.             340              375              375              375              +35   ...............  ...............
East-West Center.................          12,500           12,500   ...............          13,500           +1,000           +1,000          +13,500
North/South Center...............           1,750            1,750   ...............  ...............          -1,750           -1,750   ...............
National Endowment for Democracy.          31,000           32,000           30,872           30,999               -1           -1,001             +127
                                  ======================================================================================================================
      Total, Department of State.       5,880,344        9,865,260        6,110,014        6,117,265         +236,921       -3,747,995           +7,251
          Appropriations.........      (5,880,344)      (6,515,260)      (6,110,014)      (6,117,265)       (+236,921)       (-397,995)         (+7,251)
          Advance appropriations.  ...............      (3,350,000)  ...............  ...............  ...............     (-3,350,000)  ...............
                                  ======================================================================================================================
          RELATED AGENCY

 Broadcasting Board of Governors

International Broadcasting                388,421          405,056          419,777          388,421   ...............         -16,635          -31,356
 Operations......................
Broadcasting to Cuba.............          22,095           23,456   ...............          22,095   ...............          -1,361          +22,095
Broadcasting capital improvements          11,258           19,760           18,358           29,060          +17,802           +9,300          +10,702
    Worldwide security upgrade...  ...............  ...............  ...............           2,015           +2,015           +2,015           +2,015
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Broadcasting Board           421,774          448,272          438,135          441,591          +19,817           -6,681           +3,456
       of Governors..............
                                  ======================================================================================================================
      Total, related agencies....         421,774          448,272          438,135          441,591          +19,817           -6,681           +3,456
                                  ======================================================================================================================
      Total, title IV, Department       6,302,118       10,313,532        6,548,149        6,558,856         +256,738       -3,754,676          +10,707
       of State..................
          Appropriations.........      (6,302,118)      (6,963,532)      (6,548,149)      (6,558,856)       (+256,738)       (-404,676)        (+10,707)
          Advance appropriations.  ...............      (3,350,000)  ...............  ...............  ...............     (-3,350,000)  ...............
              (Transfer out).....         (-6,162)         (-6,162)         (-5,000)         (-5,000)         (+1,162)         (+1,162)  ...............
              (By transfer)......          (6,162)          (6,162)          (5,000)          (5,000)         (-1,162)         (-1,162)  ...............
                                  ======================================================================================================================
    TITLE V--RELATED AGENCIES

   DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

     Maritime Administration

Maritime Security Program........          96,200           98,700           98,700           98,700           +2,500   ...............  ...............
Operations and training..........          72,073           80,240           84,799           80,240           +8,167   ...............          -4,559

Maritime Guaranteed Loan (Title
 XI) Program Account:
    Guaranteed loans subsidy.....           6,000            2,000           10,621           20,221          +14,221          +18,221           +9,600
    Administrative expenses......           3,809            4,179            3,795            4,179             +370   ...............            +384
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Maritime guaranteed            9,809            6,179           14,416           24,400          +14,591          +18,221           +9,984
       loan program account......
                                  ======================================================================================================================
      Total, Maritime                     178,082          185,119          197,915          203,340          +25,258          +18,221           +5,425
       Administration............
                                  ======================================================================================================================
     Census Monitoring Board

Salaries and expenses............  ...............           4,000   ...............  ...............  ...............          -4,000   ...............

 Commission for the Preservation
   of America's Heritage Abroad

Salaries and expenses............             490              390              390              490   ...............            +100             +100

    Commission on Civil Rights

Salaries and expenses............           8,900           11,000            8,866            8,900   ...............          -2,100              +34

    Commission on Ocean Policy

Salaries and expenses............  ...............  ...............  ...............           1,000           +1,000           +1,000           +1,000

Commission on Electronic Commerce

Salaries and expenses............           1,400   ...............  ...............  ...............          -1,400   ...............  ...............

    Commission on Security and
      Cooperation in Europe

Salaries and expenses............           1,182            1,370            1,182            1,370             +188   ...............            +188

   Equal Employment Opportunity
            Commission

Salaries and expenses............         282,000          322,000          290,928          294,800          +12,800          -27,200           +3,872
                                  ======================================================================================================================
Federal Communications Commission

Salaries and expenses............         210,000          237,188          207,909          237,188          +27,188   ...............         +29,279
    Offsetting fee collections--         -185,754         -200,146         -200,146         -200,146          -14,392   ...............  ...............
     current year................
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Direct appropriation.......          24,246           37,042            7,763           37,042          +12,796   ...............         +29,279

   Federal Maritime Commission

Salaries and expenses............          14,150           16,222           14,097           16,222           +2,072   ...............          +2,125
                                  ======================================================================================================================
     Federal Trade Commission

Salaries and expenses............         125,024          164,600          134,807          159,500          +34,476           -5,100          +24,693
    Offsetting fee collections--          -21,000           -7,000          -13,709           -1,900          +19,100           +5,100          +11,809
     carryover...................
    Offsetting fee collections--         -104,024         -157,600         -121,098         -157,600          -53,576   ...............         -36,502
     current year................
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Direct appropriation.......  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............

    Legal Services Corporation

Payment to the Legal Services             305,000          340,000          275,000          300,000           -5,000          -40,000          +25,000
 Corporation.....................

     Marine Mammal Commission

Salaries and expenses............           1,270            1,400            1,700            1,700             +430             +300   ...............
                                  ======================================================================================================================
     Securities and Exchange
            Commission

Current year fees................         173,800          282,800          252,624          194,652          +20,852          -88,148          -57,972
    1998 fees....................         194,000   ...............  ...............  ...............        -194,000   ...............  ...............
    1999 fees....................  ...............         140,000          140,000          295,000         +295,000         +155,000         +155,000
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Direct appropriation.......         367,800          422,800          392,624          489,652         +121,852          +66,852          +97,028
                                  ======================================================================================================================
  Small Business Administration

Salaries and expenses............         322,800          163,000          304,094          143,475         -179,325          -19,525         -160,619
Non-credit business assistance     ...............         256,050   ...............         153,690         +153,690         -102,360         +153,690
 programs........................
Office of Inspector General......          11,000           14,315           10,905           13,000           +2,000           -1,315           +2,095

Business Loans Program Account:
    Direct loans subsidy.........  ...............           5,370            2,500            2,600           +2,600           -2,770             +100
    Guaranteed loans subsidy.....         137,800          190,460          137,800          162,800          +25,000          -27,660          +25,000
    Administrative expenses......         129,000          132,525          129,000          130,800           +1,800           -1,725           +1,800
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Business loans               266,800          328,355          269,300          296,200          +29,400          -32,155          +26,900
       program account...........

Disaster Loans Program Account:
    Direct loans subsidy.........         140,400          142,100          140,400          142,100           +1,700   ...............          +1,700
    Administrative expenses......         136,000          154,000          136,000          139,000           +3,000          -15,000           +3,000
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Disaster loans               276,400          296,100          276,400          281,100           +4,700          -15,000           +4,700
       program account...........
                                  ======================================================================================================================
      Total, Small Business               877,000        1,057,820          860,699          887,465          +10,465         -170,355          +26,766
       Administration............
                                  ======================================================================================================================
     State Justice Institute

Salaries and expenses............           6,850            6,850            4,500            6,850   ...............  ...............          +2,350
    (by transfer)................  ...............  ...............  ...............          (8,000)         (+8,000)         (+8,000)         (+8,000)

   United States Commission on
 International Religious Freedom

Salaries and expenses............  ...............           3,000   ...............  ...............  ...............          -3,000   ...............
                                  ======================================================================================================================
      Total, title V, Related           2,068,370        2,409,013        2,055,664        2,248,831         +180,461         -160,182         +193,167
       agencies..................
                                  ======================================================================================================================
   TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 604......................  ...............  ...............  ...............          23,000          +23,000          +23,000          +23,000
                                  ======================================================================================================================
      TITLE VII--RESCISSIONS

      DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Working capital fund (rescission)  ...............         -10,000   ...............         -76,698          -76,698          -66,698          -76,698

         Legal Activities

Asset forfeiture fund............  ...............  ...............  ...............         -96,383          -96,383          -96,383          -96,383

 Federal Bureau of Investigation

Information sharing initiative     ...............  ...............  ...............         -40,000          -40,000          -40,000          -40,000
 (rescission)....................

 Drug Enforcement Administration

Drug diversion fund (rescission).         -35,000   ...............  ...............          -8,000          +27,000           -8,000           -8,000

  Immigration and Naturalization
             Service

Immigration emergency fund                 -1,137   ...............  ...............  ...............          +1,137   ...............  ...............
 (rescission)....................

 DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED
             AGENCIES

       DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Contributions for International    ...............  ...............  ...............        -212,744         -212,744         -212,744         -212,744
 Peacekeeping activities
 (rescission)....................

 Broadcasting Board of Governors

International broadcasting                -15,516   ...............  ...............  ...............         +15,516   ...............  ...............
 operations (rescission).........

         RELATED AGENCIES

   DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

     Maritime Administration

Maritime Guaranteed Loan (Title    ...............  ...............          -7,644   ...............  ...............  ...............          +7,644
 XI) Program Account: Guaranteed
 loans subsidy (rescission)......

  Small Business Administration

Business Loans Program Account:           -13,100   ...............  ...............  ...............         +13,100   ...............  ...............
 Guaranteed loans subsidy
 (rescission)....................
                                  ======================================================================================================================
      Total, title VII,                   -64,753          -10,000           -7,644         -433,825         -369,072         -423,825         -426,181
       Rescissions...............
                                  ======================================================================================================================
   TITLE VIII--SOUTHWEST BORDER
            INITIATIVE

  United States Marshals Service

Direct appropriation (contingent   ...............  ...............  ...............           5,268           +5,268           +5,268           +5,268
 emergency appropriations).......
Construction (contingent           ...............  ...............  ...............           5,625           +5,625           +5,625           +5,625
 emergency appropriations).......
Justice prisoner and Alien         ...............  ...............  ...............          52,000          +52,000          +52,000          +52,000
 transportation system
 (contingent emergency
 appropriations).................
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, United States         ...............  ...............  ...............          62,893          +62,893          +62,893          +62,893
       Marshal Service...........
                                  ======================================================================================================================
 Drug Enforcement Administration

Salaries and expenses (contingent  ...............  ...............  ...............          22,500          +22,500          +22,500          +22,500
 emergency appropriations).......

  Immigration and Naturalization
             Service

Salaries and expenses (contingent  ...............  ...............  ...............          67,585          +67,585          +67,585          +67,585
 emergency appropriations).......
Construction (contingent           ...............  ...............  ...............         254,008         +254,008         +254,008         +254,008
 emergency appropriations).......
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Immigration and       ...............  ...............  ...............         321,593         +321,593         +321,593         +321,593
       Naturalization Service....
                                  ======================================================================================================================
            Judiciary

    Court of Appeals, District
    Courts, and Other Judicial
             Services

Salaries and expenses (contingent  ...............  ...............  ...............           4,392           +4,392           +4,392           +4,392
 emergency appropriations).......
Court Security (contingent         ...............  ...............  ...............           2,562           +2,562           +2,562           +2,562
 emergency appropriations).......
                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Judiciary...........  ...............  ...............  ...............           6,954           +6,954           +6,954           +6,954
                                  ======================================================================================================================
      Total, title VIII,           ...............  ...............  ...............         413,940         +413,940         +413,940         +413,940
       Southwest Border
       Initiative: New budget
       (obligational) authority..
          Contingent emergency     ...............  ...............  ...............        (413,940)       (+413,940)       (+413,940)       (+413,940)
           appropriations........
                                  ======================================================================================================================
      Grand total:
          New budget                   39,630,967       50,924,815       37,394,617       36,689,965       -2,941,002      -14,234,850         -704,652
           (obligational)
           authority.............
              Appropriations.....     (31,004,654)     (39,633,820)     (37,402,261)     (36,536,769)     (+5,532,115)     (-3,097,051)       (-865,492)
              Contingent           ...............  ...............  ...............        (413,940)       (+413,940)       (+413,940)       (+413,940)
               emergency
               appropriations....
              Emergency                (8,692,253)  ...............  ...............  ...............     (-8,692,253)  ...............  ...............
               appropriations....
              Advance              ...............     (11,290,995)  ...............  ...............  ...............    (-11,290,995)  ...............
               appropriations....
              Rescissions........        (-65,940)  ...............         (-7,644)       (-260,744)       (-194,804)       (-260,744)       (-253,100)
              Crime trust fund...      (8,692,253)  ...............  ...............  ...............     (-8,692,253)  ...............  ...............
          (Limitation on           ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............
           administrative
           expenses).............
          (Transfer out).........       (-105,707)        (-19,462)        (-12,000)        (-26,200)        (+79,507)         (-6,738)        (-14,200)
          (By transfer)..........        (173,707)         (87,462)         (80,000)         (94,200)        (-79,507)         (+6,738)        (+14,200)
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