[Senate Report 106-404]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
Calendar No. 703
106th Congress Report
SENATE
2d Session 106-404
======================================================================
DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED
AGENCIES APPROPRIATION BILL, 2001
_______
September 8, 2000.--Ordered to be printed
_______
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
----------
Page
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]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Budget authority Outlays
---------------------------------------------------
Committee Amount of Committee Amount of
allocation bill allocation bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\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
--------------------------------------------------------------
____________________________________________________
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
--------------------------------------------------------------
____________________________________________________
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
--------------------------------------------------------
____________________________________________________
Subtotal, activity................................ 2,891,100
========================================================
____________________________________________________
Adjustments to Base: Centralizing of JPATS funds........ (32,640)
--------------------------------------------------------
____________________________________________________
Subtotal, adjustments to base..................... (32,640)
========================================================
____________________________________________________
Transfers: S&E to Fees.................................. (100,000)
--------------------------------------------------------
____________________________________________________
Subtotal, S&E transfers to/from fees.............. (100,000)
========================================================
____________________________________________________
Initiatives:
Southwest Border.................................... 112,347
Northern Tier....................................... 19,290
Nationwide.......................................... 5,300
--------------------------------------------------------
____________________________________________________
Subtotal, initiatives............................. 136,937
========================================================
____________________________________________________
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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Projected Percentage
Ratio per agent/sector Item total Present of Inventory
need inventory requirement required
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
--------------------------------------------------------------
____________________________________________________
Subtotal............................................ 22,013
==============================================================
____________________________________________________
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
--------------------------------------------------------------
____________________________________________________
Subtotal............................................ 4,524
==============================================================
____________________________________________________
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
--------------------------------------------------------------
____________________________________________________
Subtotal............................................ 20,700
==============================================================
____________________________________________________
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
--------------------------------------------------------------
____________________________________________________
Subtotal............................................ 4,133
==============================================================
____________________________________________________
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
=================================================================
________________________________________________
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
--------------------------------------------------------------
____________________________________________________
Subtotal................................................ 48,477
==============================================================
____________________________________________________
Program Execution............................................. 8,750
==============================================================
____________________________________________________
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
--------------------------------------------------------------
____________________________________________________
Subtotal................................................ 416,397
==============================================================
____________________________________________________
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
--------------------------------------------------------------
____________________________________________________
Subtotal................................................ 63,152
==============================================================
____________________________________________________
Capacity To Absorb INS Long Term Detainees:
USP Lompoc, CA............................................ 30,451
USP Terre Haute, IN....................................... 30,000
FCI Butner, NC............................................ 30,000
--------------------------------------------------------------
____________________________________________________
Subtotal................................................ 90,451
==============================================================
____________________________________________________
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
--------------------------------------------------------
____________________________________________________
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
--------------------------------------------------------
____________________________________________________
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.....
===========================================
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..........
===========================================
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
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
========================================================
____________________________________________________
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
--------------------------------------------------------
____________________________________________________
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
* * * * * * *
PART III--EMPLOYEES
* * * * * * *
Subpart B--Employment and Retention
* * * * * * *
CHAPTER 31--AUTHORITY FOR EMPLOYMENT
* * * * * * *
SUBCHAPTER II--THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE
* * * * * * *
Sec. 3132. Definitions and exclusions
(a) * * *
* * * * * * *
(A) * * *
* * * * * * *
(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.
* * * * * * *
Subpart D--Pay and Allowances
* * * * * * *
CHAPTER 53--PAY RATES AND SYSTEMS
* * * * * * *
SUBCHAPTER VII--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
* * * * * * *
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.
* * * * * * *
TITLE 5--APPENDIX
* * * * * * *
ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT ACT OF 1978
* * * * * * *
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.''
* * * * * * *
TITLE 12--BANKS AND BANKING
* * * * * * *
CHAPTER 16--FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
* * * * * * *
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.
* * * * * * *
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 1--MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE
* * * * * * *
Sec. 18A. PREMERGER NOTIFICATION AND WAITING PERIOD
(a) * * *
* * * * * * *
(3) * * *
* * * * * * *
(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.
* * * * * * *
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.''
* * * * * * *
CHAPTER 2B--SECURITIES EXCHANGES
* * * * * * *
Sec. 78d. Securities and Exchange Commission
(a) * * *
* * * * * * *
(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.
* * * * * * *
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
* * * * * * *
PART III--PRISONS AND PRISONERS
* * * * * * *
CHAPTER 301--GENERAL PROVISIONS
* * * * * * *
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.
* * * * * * *
TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
* * * * * * *
PART II--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
* * * * * * *
CHAPTER 31--THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
* * * * * * *
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.
* * * * * * *
TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
* * * * * * *
CHAPTER 72--JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION
* * * * * * *
SUBCHAPTER II--PROGRAMS AND OFFICES
* * * * * * *
Part B--Federal Assistance for State and Local Programs
* * * * * * *
Sec. 5633. State plans
(a) Requirements
* * * * * * *
(1) * * *
* * * * * * *
(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--
* * * * * * *
CHAPTER 112--VICTIM COMPENSATION AND ASSISTANCE
* * * * * * *
Sec. 10601. CRIME VICTIMS FUND
(a) * * *
* * * * * * *
(d) * * *
* * * * * * *
(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.
* * * * * * *
COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1934
* * * * * * *
SEC. 309. APPLICATION FOR LICENSE.
(a) * * *
* * * * * * *
(j) Use of Competitive Bidding.--
(1) General authority.--
* * * * * * *
(8) Treatment of revenues.--
(A) * * *
* * * * * * *
(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.
* * * * * * *
IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT
* * * * * * *
Sec. 245. (a) * * *
* * * * * * *
(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).
* * * * * * *
SOCIAL SECURITY ACT
TITLE XI--GENERAL PROVISIONS, PEER REVIEW, AND ADMINISTRATIVE
SIMPLIFICATION
* * * * * * *
Sec. 1150. * * *
* * * * * * *
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.
* * * * * * *
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
* * * * * * *
General Provisions--Department of Justice
* * * * * * *
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.
* * * * * * *
OMNIBUS CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1997, PUBLIC LAW 104-208
DIVISION C--ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION REFORM AND IMMIGRANT RESPONSIBILITY ACT
OF 1996
* * * * * * *
[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.]
* * * * * * *
[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.]
* * * * * * *
1999 EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, PUBLIC LAW 106-31
TITLE I--EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
* * * * * * *
TITLE III--SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
* * * * * * *
CHAPTER 11
GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS TITLE
* * * * * * *
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.
* * * * * * *
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1999, PUBLIC LAW 106-113
DIVISION A
* * * * * * *
APPENDIX A--H.R. 3421
* * * * * * *
TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS
* * * * * * *
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.
* * * * * * *
[(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).''
* * * * * * *
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]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Senate Committee recommendation compared with (+
or -)
Item 2000 Budget estimate House allowance Committee --------------------------------------------------
appropriation recommendation 2000
appropriation Budget estimate House allowance
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------